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Blind runner proves discrimination from TC10K Human Rights Tribunal awards damages, finds fault with testimony of running society Shirley Granger cleans the head of her club with a makeup brush while playing a round of golf with friends at the Cedar Hill Golf Course earlier this month. Saanich is increasing green fees and annual passes this year as it continues to reduce in the public golf course’s operating expenses.

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while increasing a full annual pass by $70 and the restricted weekday pass by $38.

Val Mieras, president of the Cedar Hill Golf Club, told the News last year that Saanich’s “pay more, get less” golf plan was neglecting the course’s most loyal players.

One year later, she believes the fees should be reassessed, as club members remain disappointed with the fees.

“My suspicion is green fees are up and pass sales are down, because many who would’ve been passholders are now just paying green fees. It’s not necessarily new people playing there,” Mieras said.

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 on Thursday.

Graeme McCreath, a Broadmead resident and running enthusiast who is legally blind, lodged a human rights complaint against the Victoria International Running “It’s just a Society and TC10K run. It’s not the race director Jacqui Sanderson for Olympics. I’m not allowing him to glad the tribunal start five minutes early in the popu- got it.” lar April road race.

– Graeme Tribunal memMcCreath ber Marlene Tyshynski ruled that McCreath’s complaint of discrimination 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 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.”

PLEASE SEE: Regular golfters, Page A12

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Golf fees go up as Saanich reins in costs Kyle Slavin News staff

Playing a round of golf at the municipally owned Cedar Hill golf course will cost a few dollars more this year, as Saanich continues to chip away at the facility’s large operating deficit.

The golf course’s poor finances dominated Saanich’s budget discussions in 2012, after council voted unanimously to close the second-floor clubhouse restaurant to save money.

Last February, the potential 2012 golf course loss was estimated at $820,000.

Closure of the restaurant and a restructuring of food service in the clubhouse,

combined with hikes to passes and green fees, is forecast to cut this year’s loss to $342,000, which will come out of municipal reserves, said Doug Henderson, director of parks and recreation.

Amid heated public discussion surrounding options at the golf course last winter, council approved a three-year plan that set predetermined annual increases to play golf. This season green fees will go up $2 to $47.70 on weekends and $42.70 during the week – but it’s the pass holders who will see the biggest change.

For the second year in a row, they’ll have to pay more to golf less, as Saanich tightens restrictions on the maximum number of rounds playable in the summer season,

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Wrong turn for drunk on Blanshard A drunk driver drove the wrong way down Blanshard Street Saturday night and collided with an oncoming car.

Saanich police say a 63-year-old Victoria man driving a 1988 Chevrolet minivan turned right off Saanich Road into the oncoming northbound lanes of Blanshard just before 10 p.m.

A 36-year-old Sooke woman in a Chrysler Sebring managed to veer away from a head-on collision, but the minivan hit her car. Police say she suffered minor injuries.

The minivan driver failed a roadside alcohol breath test. Police issued him a 90 day immediate roadside prohibition, impounded his vehicle for 30 day and a $368 for driving without due care.

Raid finds shotgun, brass knuckles Saanich police and the Greater Victoria emergency response team raided an apartment on in Saanich after reports came in of a man wielding a number of weapons.

The team executed a search warrant in the 3200-block of Cook Street about 10 a.m. Saturday night, but nobody was home.

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Ex-Saanich priest guilty of sexual touching Former pastor for St. Joseph the Worker found not guilty on three of four charges Kyle Slavin News staff

Father Phil Jacobs has been found guilty of touching a young person for a sexual purpose, but not guilty on three other counts of molestation.

Justice Miriam Gropper handed down her verdict Monday in B.C. Supreme Court after a trial that spanned December and January.

Three young men and former students of St. Joseph the Worker School testified that Jacobs molested or sexually touched them during his tenure as parish priest at the Saanich Catholic school in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

The guilty charge stems from a witness who testified that during tutoring sessions at Jacobs’ house on the school grounds, he ended up in a position of laying on the couch with his legs over Jacobs’ lap.

During testimony in December, the witness told the court that Jacobs’ right hand would slide up and down the witness’s left thigh over his pants – “he went from my knee to my groin back and forth ... the back of his hand touched my genitals.”

Gropper agreed with the Crown’s assertion that Jacobs’ touching of the victim’s genitals was “deliberate,” and not accidental brushing.

The judge found Jacobs not guilty on two counts involving the main complainant, charges of sexual assault and sexual touching of a person younger than 14.

During the trial the young man told the court Jacobs fondled him in a room behind the church altar prior to a school mass and during a time when books were moved between the church and the priest’s residence.

Gropper doubted that witness’s claim of being an altar server during school mass more than once, which threw Philip Jacobs into doubt his assertions of being molested multiple times

by Jacobs, as stated during testimony.

The judge also doubted the accuracy of the book moving incident due to issues with the victim’s testimony, and defence evidence from two witnesses that cast doubt on details, timing and circumstances of the incident.

“Naturally, my client is disappointed,” said Jacobs’ defence lawyer Chris Considine, with regard to the ruling of guilty on one charge. He added, however, that Jacobs is pleased the judge found him not guilty on three of the charges.

Jacobs could face a prison sentence of up to 10 years for the guilty count.

The court ordered a psychiatric risk assessment on Jacobs, meaning sentencing likely won’t take place until June. A date for sentencing will be fixed March 6.

Considine said it’s too early to comment on

an appeal, as sentencing hasn’t yet taken place, but added: “Obviously we’ll be reviewing all legal aspects of the case in due course.”

Jacobs, now 63, worked parttime from 1996 to 1998 at St. Rose of Lima in Sooke before taking the position of parish priest at St. Joseph the Worker in 1997.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria hired Jacobs despite knowing he had been relieved of his duties at a church in Columbus, Ohio, in the early 1990s after admitting to inappropriately touching a teenage boy in the 1980s.

Jacobs admitted during testimony in Victoria court that he had sexually abused two boys in Ohio, but had attended therapy to control his compulsion to instruct boys on masturbation. He told the court he had a series of inappropriate experiences with teenage boys involving camping trips and masturbation.

In a press release from 2002 regarding hiring Jacobs, the Victoria diocese had deemed “Jacobs was not a pedophile nor an abuser and he was no threat in the future.”

A release Monday from Bishop Richard Gagnon, head the Victoria diocese, reads: “A sexual offence against minors is a crime and like all such harmful actions, goes directly against what the Church believes and teaches. … I remain truly sorry for any harm caused by this situation.”

– with files from Edward Hill

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McCreath, who has a prosthetic left eye and only light perception in the other, and 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 seen up to 10,000 runners, launches hundreds of participants onto the route in waves based on expected finish times.

The VIRS denied his request for an early start, and argued the new route through Fairfield established in 2011 should ease congestion and do a better job of 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 had made it dangerous and frightening for him and his guide.

A veteran runner, he has competed in six TC10K 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 guide 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 had suggested in its testimony 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 the new route was in fact reasonable accommodation to McCreath’s request to avoid congestion.

Tyshynski didn't buy it. She wrote that Sanderson's testimony at times was vague and inconsistent, and 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 “specula-

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Blind runner Graeme McCreath, left, with guide Carlos Castillo run in the McNeill Bay Half Marathon in September 2011. The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ruled the TC10K discriminated against McCreath for not allowing him to start the race early, ahead of the main pack of runners. tive” and offered without evidence.

The society also didn’t offer evidence the new route in 2011 actually reduced runner congestion, she wrote.

Shannon Kowalko, vice-president of the VIRS, said the organization won’t appeal the ruling and would 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 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 be working 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 is still running regularly, and he 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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New Habitat housing bound for Saanich Kyle Slavin News staff

More affordable housing units will soon be available in Saanich, as Habitat for Humanity is set to begin work on a new townhouse complex in North Quadra.

The municipality identified a piece of surplus land at 4000 Cedar Hill Cross Rd. that would make for a good location for the next Habitat project, said Mayor Frank Leonard.

“Council has been very supportive of Habitat over the years, we’ve done other projects with them, so we have our radar up that when something comes up as surplus (property) we make them aware of it,” he said.

While the plan is still in its conceptual phase, Leonard says the housing will follow a Flex-Plex model: townhouse units with legal secondary suites in the basement.

“This is part of our affordable housing strategy. We also find this is a good model because it provides affordable housing with an equity opportunity for families,” Leonard said.

Close call on McKenzie for drugged driver A driver thought to be on drugs veered across oncoming traffic on McKenzie Avenue during the rain-soaked rush hour Friday morning, but managed to not hit anyone.

Witnesses told Saanich police that a Ford Explorer headed westbound on McKenzie near Quadra crossed into eastbound lanes shortly before 8 a.m., drove over the curb and sidewalk, onto grass and came to rest against a brick wall next to the Telus property.

Nobody was injured and the Explorer didn’t hit any vehicles, police say.

The 32-year-old male driver remained in the truck and police on the scene suspect he was impaired by drugs.

He faces charges of impaired driving.

Police say weather and speed don’t appear to be factors in the incident. editor@saanchnews.com

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Cows moo-ve into Gordon Head Kyle Slavin News staff

Residential Gordon Head may soon be a smellier, louder place, as the owners of a piece of agricultural land move forward on their plans to put a cattle farm in the middle of a neighbourhood.

Don Alberg, who owns 1516 Mount Douglas X Rd. with the his siblings Gordon Alberg and Florence Davis, told the News this week the cows will move in Tuesday.

The 1.64-hectare property was last year slated to become a 12-lot residential subdivision, which Saanich council rejected.

Then it was to become a 12,000hen poultry farm, which Saanich planning rejected.

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Symphony to hit Uptown in April The Victoria Symphony moves from downtown to Uptown in April for a fundraiser to benefit the symphony’s education and outreach programs.

The cocktail event features a fashion show, food, drinks, a silent auction and entertainment from Sapphire Strings and fusion violinist Kytami.

Tickets ($50) to the April 5 show are available at Uptown guest services, by calling 250-385-6515 or by visiting rmts.bc.ca under “Symphony in the City.”

For more info, visit victoriasymphony.ca.

Rams fundraiser this weekend Mount Douglas Rams football program hosts a fundraiser dance and silent auction March 2 at Bert Richman Hall (next to the Gordon Head rec centre).

Tickets cost $20.

Advance donations for silent auction welcome. For more information e-mail ramsfundraiser@gmail.com or leave a message for Brennan Clarke at 250-590-0737.

the mayor said, is testing that.

“I think they’re acting emotionally, rather than rationally.

And I think they’re hoping the neighbours act emotionally, as opposed to rationally,” Leonard said. “(The Albergs) were successful in using the poultry operation as a means to motivate the neighbours to convince council to send the property to the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC).”

In December, council voted 8-1 to send a potential rezoning application to the ALC. Because the property is protected farmland, the ALC must first approve removing it from the Agricultural Land Reserve before the municipality can approve rezoning.

But the Albergs have since requested the municipality not send anything to the ALC. Unless the Albergs support sending a development application to the ALC, legally there is nothing more Saanich can offer them, when it comes to rezoning the property, the mayor said.

“They want us to be pressured into giving them a 16-lot rezoning. They figure the cattle will help them motivate the neigh-

bours to tell us to do that. It’s against the law to guarantee the rezoning (without ALC approval first),” Leonard said.

Coun. Dean Murdock, the sole dissenting vote at the December meeting, said it’s frustrating that a cattle feed lot is still being considered, let alone being moved in this week.

“I don’t think anybody expected that kind of use of the property. Frankly, a cattle feed lot in a residential neighbourhood seems ridiculous, and I think it is an absurd use of that property,” he said. “Believe it or not though, this is an acceptable use (of the land).”

At the December meeting, Murdock said the zoning and farmland issues aren’t as “black and white” as they appear, and he still believes a happy compromise can be reached that satisfies neighbours, the property owners and the municipality.

“In the meantime, all we can hope is that the neighbours get some relief quickly, and having cattle on that lot is not a situation that goes on any number of days, never mind for the longterm,” Murdock said.

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OUR VIEW

More bureaucracy is not the answer S

o-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.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@saanichnews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

The Saanich News is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council.

Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

The Don Cherry of TV science H

e has a white beard and Commission, insinuating it was set a bully pulpit on CBC up as a pet regulator protecting the television, but he doesn’t industry from stricter oversight. use it to promote hockey Mostly the show fighting. focuses on places like Instead he sucker Dish, Texas and Dimock, punches the oil and Pennsylvania. The Texas gas industry at every segment talks about opportunity, with traces of neurotoxins increasingly flagrant in residents’ blood disregard for the rules samples, blaming this of science. Public on gas drilling and broadcasting referees “fracking,” the new swear keep their whistles in word of professional their pockets, wary of environmentalists. offending a legend.

The evidence shows Tom Fletcher He’s David Suzuki, some people have these B.C. Views and he has evolved from traces in their blood, geneticist to TV celebrity but others don’t, which to his current role as the Don suggests that more likely sources Cherry of Canadian science, an are cigarettes or exposure to angry curmudgeon lashing out at disinfectants. his enemies.

Pennsylvania and Colorado are Earlier I wrote about Suzuki’s key stops for the anti-fracking hit piece on the Alberta oil sands, crowd. For centuries there have featuring selective pollution studies been places known for methane and a celebrity turn by movie dissolved in groundwater, typically director James Cameron, who from shallow coal seams. toured the alleged carbon crime This is where you can find a scene in his personal jet helicopter. rustic fellow to shake a jug of well Suzuki’s latest Scud missile of water and touch his Bic lighter to misinformation was launched Feb. it, producing a brief blue flame.

7 on The Nature of Things. It’s called The standard sequence moves to Shattered Ground, and it borrows a sink and faucet, where a more heavily from earlier shock docs that impressive methane fireball is target hydraulic fracturing for shale generated. oil and gas.

Suzuki’s voice-over notes that this While clearly aimed at the is the scene that really gets media surging shale gas industry in B.C., attention. There’s no evidence that this hour-long program offers little drilling caused it, but hey, it’s TV. about B.C.’s long history of gas Science, meet Hillbilly Handfishin’. development. Suzuki’s voice-over Protest sequences take up much refers briefly to B.C.’s Oil and Gas of the program. Moms rally against

a gas well near a school in Erie, 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

‘Suzuki’s latest Scud missile of misinformation was launched Feb. 7.’

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On guard for military history Volunteers Bill Rowbottom, left, and Dick Reynolds look over a rebuilt carburetor for a 1951 army jeep at the Ashton Garrison Museum. The duo fix many of the antique army vehicles and are looking for volunteers with mechanical knowhow. For more information, stop by the museum at 724 Vanalman Ave. Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday 9 a.m. to noon, phone 250 3638346 or check out ashtonarmymuseum. com.

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LETTERS Treatment

an expensive solution for non problem Re: CRD approves tax hike for sewage treatment (News, Feb. 15).

The bad news flowing from the sewage treatment initiative just does not end.

Many are upset at the “functional-industrial-plant” look of the proposed sewage treatment facility at the entrance to the Victoria harbour. Such esthetic considerations pale in comparison to the waste of dollars, should this project proceed.

Last year a reasoned rational review by an UVic multi-disciplinary team, with a complementary assessment by current and former public health officials, verified there is no evidence-based scientific justification for the CRD sewage treatment plan.

The majority of our elected municipal leaders, clearly cowed by environmental activists, ignored the findings of disinterested experts and committed to a $738 million dollar project.

As reported, we now find that our sewage taxes (levels varying by municipality) start this year, increase yearly, and in 2018 reach a forever yearly high level of hundreds of dollars (plus inflation). Unfortunately, we’ll pay even more than that.

Project proponents frequently emphasize that the provincial and federal govern-

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ments will pay up to $501 million of the total cost.

Sadly, this is promoted by many as justification for the project. Property owners and (municipal, provincial and federal) politicians again need a reminder that there is only one taxpayer.

Yes – that means for this expensive and unjustified sewage extravaganza, CRD taxpayers pay three times; once as a federal taxpayer, again as a provincial taxpayer, and finally (yearly) as a municipal taxpayer.

There’s still time for our local officials to stop the proposed unconscionable expenditures. Let’s limit our new spending to those social programs or business development initiatives we really need.

Ron Johnson Saanich

Turning into a no-fun society Re: Paying more for beer could save lives ( News, Feb. 15) Yes, I suppose pigs could fly too.

The unfortunate headline aside, I am getting so fed up with do-gooders feeding at the public trough telling us that we really must cut down on our pleasures so that,

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presumably, we can live long and healthy lives. One thing for sure: If we cut out all guilty pleasures, our lives will certainly seem longer.

In any event, you would think these deep thinkers would be familiar with North America’s disastrous experiment with the prohibition of alcohol a few decades ago so that they would hesitate to advise us to take even a single step down that perilous road.

Alan Randell Saanich

Lower speed limits also frustrating Re: Increase safety with lower speed limits (Letters, Feb. 6) If the letter writer thinks that grinding along at artificially low speed limits is somehow less frustrating than having to negotiate traffic calming measures, then I’m afraid they are not grasping the reality of it.

I can see that if these people have substandard driving skills and that they would get queasy at anything over 30 km/h but I fail to see why in their arrogance they insist that everyone else has to be dragged down to their level.

Cars are better, roads are better, but I fear that it is the drivers, particularly the speed limit cutters, who can’t seem to get up from the bottom of the class.

Considering the misinformation and actual disinformation that accompanies this campaign to restrict free travel, I can only voice my opinion that there is something more sinister at work here.

It would appear that these people are anti-car and anti-driving for whatever reasons best known only to themselves.

Perhaps they really are coming to take our cars away.

Paul Whitworth Saanich

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Breathing new life into the aging and iconic Plaza hotel Redevelopment with public space and added height on horizon for century-old Edwardian building

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hen Henry storefront on Government Sandham Griffith Street, where the Monty’s and first sketched Metropolis awnings currently the drawings for the Hotel hide the building’s Edwardian Westholme in 1910, he likely heritage features. didn’t imagine it would evolve Milne hopes to restore into a now-defunct the original bay strip club and a windows and rooming house brick exposure with a public urinal and house up to marking its street four commercial corner. tenants on the Known today as ground level. the Plaza Hotel, the “We’ve also Old Town building created an inner at 603-607 Pandora courtyard that will Ave. has had its be accessible off share of eclectic the public right tenants, from its Daniel Palmer of way, and we’ll first restaurant, the have two live-work Reporting Songhees Grill, in units that are on 1911 to the Beatnik the inside of the Coffee House in the 1960s, courtyard on the main level,” where spoken word poets Milne said. gathered in smoke-filled A total of 106 units would rooms to throw down their be created as part of a twojives. storey addition to the hotel, But a rebirth is finally on he added. the horizon for the heritage Downtown Residents registered building. Council Association chair Ian will decide in the coming Sutherland is endorsing the weeks whether to move to new plans, and in a letter of public hearing on new plans support, he commends the that would see two additional developer for agreeing to a storeys of residences and a setback of the upper storeys public plaza on the corner to hide them from street of Pandora and Government view. The public urinal at streets.

Pandora Street would also be “We’ve worked very hard relocated at the developer’s with the city and planning expense. staff over the last year to try But those changes may and find something they’re not be enough for Victoria supportive of,” said Jordan Coun. Pam Madoff, who sits Milne, president of GMC on the planning and land-use Projects, which hopes to committee. develop the building.

She worries incremental The city’s planning and height and density changes land-use committee was to the buildings in Old scheduled to consider the Town could eventually proposed alterations and erode the character of the an upgrade to heritage neighbourhood. designation last Thursday.

“Individually, each building A significant change in may not be considered worldthe new plans is along the class, but as a collection of

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Pedestrians walk under the old Plaza Hotel sign on Government Street. It’s uncertain whether the sign will stay as part of the building’s redevelopment. buildings in an intact district, we really do have a worldclass heritage precinct in our city.”

Coun. Lisa Helps said the focus should be creating vibrancy in the downtown core.

“One of the things that appeals to me with this is the public realm element,” Helps said. “They’ve made it a kid-friendly space and there aren’t a lot of those downtown.” dpalmer@vicnews.com

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Volunteer Today It’s THAT Time of Year!

Spring/summer program guide released Friday From captivating images from the world’s finest wildlife photographers to a fascinating in-depth look at the 1911-1912 race to the South Pole, the Royal BC Museum is presenting exhibits truly international in scope this spring and summer.

At the same time, both locals and visitors will also appreciate the detailed look at the cultural celebrations of Victoria’s own Chinatown, along with the many regular family-friendly exhibits for which the museum is renowned.

Learn more about these events and more in the Royal BC Museum Spring/ Summer Guide. Inside, find details about special lectures, family Sunday activities, spring break and summer camps, coming exhibits and much more, designed to highlight natural and human history here at home and around the globe.

The guide will be available in select home delivery editions of Friday’s Victoria-area Black Press community newspapers and online through eEditions on individual Black Press newspaper websites.

The Royal BC Museum will also have the guide available onsite and through its website, www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.

“The Royal BC Museum is a worldclass cultural attraction right in the heart of Victoria. We’re pleased to showcase this season’s exciting, innovative program for the Black Press readership,” says Penny Sakamoto, Black Press Victoria’s group publisher.

An iconic attraction on Victoria’s Inner Harbour, the Royal BC Museum brings alive British Columbia’s past, present and future with a collection of more than seven million unique objects and documents, along with special events and visiting exhibits.

For more information, visit www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca. editor@saanichnews.com

Victoria police officers bag up clothing at the scene of an early Monday morning drive-by shooting in front of the Strathcona Hotel on Douglas Street.

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Drive-by shooting sends man to hospital Daniel Palmer

suspect vehicle near the scene, but were unable to prevent it from fleeing after the shooting.

The vehicle was found abandoned around 1:20 a.m. at Shelbourne and Ryan streets, along with a firearm believed to be connected to the shooting.

The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries, said Const. Mike Russell.

A woman “associated to the crime” was taken into custody, but the suspect remains at large, he said.

“You’ve got somebody who’s going to put people’s lives at risk by shooting indiscriminately into a crowd,” Russell

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A drive-by shooting sent a man to hospital early Monday morning in the 900-block of Douglas St. Multiple shots rang out around 1 a.m. near the Strathcona Hotel. A large window of the hotel’s Clubhouse bar was shattered, an indication of the direction in which the shots were fired.

On Monday mid-morning, safety cones marked the spots where shell casings littered the street.

Hours earlier police had noticed the

said. “We never get this in Victoria, let alone having it happen on a Monday morning.”

The Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team surrounded an apartment in the 900-block of Esquimalt Rd. around noon on Monday on a tip about a person of interest.

“We believe it could be associated to the shooter,” Russell said. “If not, we’re back to the drawing board.”

Witnesses are asked to call the VicPD non-emergency line at 250-995-7654 or anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). dpalmer@vicnews.com

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Mayor Frank Leonard said “the signs are good” that the direction the golf course is taking is the right one.

“We’re at the front end of a plan, and so far we’re making progress,” he said. “We’re in the right direction, but we’re not where we need to be.”

He acknowledged, however, that the plan is still not sitting well with everyone. “I know that the regulars are not happy. I’m not going to minimize that they’re frustrated, but we need to act in the best interests of all taxpayers.”

In addition to having to pay more to golf, purchasing a long-term pass to access Saanich’s recreation centres is also going up.

The price for a 10-visit access card for adults rises $1.86 to $52.86, while an annual pass rises $11.90 to $411.90.

Drop-in fees for adults, students and seniors, however, will drop by 25 cents.

Henderson attributes that small savings to the adjustment from the HST to the GST/PST system.

Saanich council was expected to approve the 2013 parks and recreation fees at Monday night’s council meeting. The new fee structure would go into effect beginning April 1. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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Saanich golf and recreation centre fee changes as of April 1, pending council approval A full annual Cedar Hill golf pass that allows weekend play on the course will rise $70 to $1,488. A restricted annual pass for weekday play jumps $38 to $1,125.

This year’s full pass allows for just 90 rounds, with a maximum of 50 played in the summer season (April 15 to Oct. 15). The restricted pass gets you 100 rounds this year, with a 55-round maximum during the summer.

Saanich recreation centre dropin fees are going down 25 cents, but 10-visit and annual passes are going up.

Recreation centre 10-visit access card for adults rise $1.86 to $52.86. Annual pass rise $11.90 to $411.90.

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Staff and volunteers dug deep in the waning days and weeks, “leaving no stone unturned,” said United Way CEO Linda Hughes.

“It’s getting more difficult all the time. People are getting cautious and worried about their money,” she said at a modest reception Thursday at the Belfry Theatre.

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The three areas of focus for the 2012 campaign were children’s wellness, ending poverty and building a strong and caring community. Money raised from the campaign will be distributed this year.

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Dress, tux non-profit taking orders Cordova Bay’s Magic Wand Project prepping for graduation The busy season has arrived for the non-profit Magic Wand Project, which offers low cost dress and tuxedo rentals to graduating high school students.

Parents and high school students who can’t afford a tux or a dress can borrow one for a small fee from Elizabeth Surerus, a retired teacher living in

Cordova Bay. Now in its eighth year, Surerus has about 100 new or slightly used prom dresses and about 40 tuxedoes available for Greater Victoria students.

Surerus got the idea from a larger program in Vancouver, and figured some parents in Greater Victoria could use a break from the costs of prom.

About 50 to 60 kids use the service each year.

“We’re just doing this to help students,” she said. “No student should miss their grad because they can’t afford a tux or a dress.”

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Surerus and about six alteration volunteers will be on hand at her house to allow students to pick their outfits and have them adjusted.

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Any high school student graduating in Greater Victoria is welcome to rent an outfit. The fee goes toward dry cleaning the clothes after graduation.

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Performers hope to have audiences seeing double Erin Anderson

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

Erin Anderson St. Michaels University School

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

show to the mainland and up Vancouver Island. For ticket information for both shows, go to rmts.bc.ca. llavin@vicnews.com

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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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April 28 will be a special night, for sure.â&#x20AC;?

The list of nominees includes: Island Song of the Year: For Keeps, Woodsmen; Fueled By Consequence, Spaceport Union; Daytime Carolina, Geoff Howe; Dust And Bones, Isobel Trigger; Man Of The Hour, Doug Folkins; Wide Awake, Riley Smith; Story, Bowler; Divine, Hazen Sage; The Swell, Kyle Truelove; Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Not Islands, Towers & Trees.

Island Live Act of the Year: Brodie Dawson, Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra, Kytami, Coco Jaffro, Skellig.

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.Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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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What could be the most innovative school sport program on Vancouver Island wound up its first season in November, and for participants, next season can’t come soon enough.

The Royal Victoria Yacht Club sailing program co-ordinator, Steve McBride, said the Vancouver Island School Sailing League attracted more than 200 youngsters in its inaugural year. It also won the Sail Canada Sail Training Program of the Year for 2012 “I’d always wondered why there wasn’t a competitive school program,” McBride said. “After all, we’re surrounded by water and it just seemed natural. It was just luck that I ran into Gavin McKay and got to talking about it.”

McKay, a long-time coach and the owner of an Island boat building business, shared his experience with McBride and encouraged him to undertake the competitive sailing program.

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Students from Greater Victoria secondary and middle schools take part in the inaugural Vancouver Island School Sailing League which attracted more than 200 participants. from Grades 6 to 12 had signed on to represent their schools.

“The response was amazing,” McBride said. “We had schools from Oak Bay, but there were teams from Esquimalt, Maple Bay, Comox, Nanaimo, Salt Spring Island … from all over.”

The middle school entrants were trained on one-person Optimist dinghies, while high school would-be mariners trained on larger two-person 420s. The Royal Victoria Yacht Club, the North Saanich Yacht Club and the Canadian Forces Sailing Association supplied the boats.

“Less than five per cent of the kids had ever sailed before,” sailing head coach Christine Williams said. “We spent the first four weeks of the nine-week season

teaching them how to sail.”

The following four weeks saw the students learn to race, a task that Williams said was both exciting and fulfilling.

“It’s not often that a Grade 6 kid will be given control of a vessel and sent out to drive it,” Williams said. “There was a little bit of bumper cars going on out there in the beginning, and a few capsizes here and there, but the kids were incredible. They all learned how to race and when we had the regattas at the end of the season, it was very close.”

McBride plans to expand the program by adding a nineweek spring regatta program to the existing fall 2013 program.

“This is a program that’s unique in so many ways,”

said Oak Bay High teacher and sailing coach, Mark Shippers. “The program is a great way to introduce the sport of sailing and attract students who do not participate in traditional school sports.”

“It is different,” echoed Williams. “It’s co-ed, so the guys and girls are competing at the same time, and you can enter a school team with as few as two people.”

The program could suffer from its own success. “We’re running out of boats,” McBride said. “We still have room for more people, but if it keeps growing, we’re going to need more boats.”

For more information on the Vancouver Island School Sailing League, email sailing@ rvyc.bc.ca. editor@oakbaynews.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.

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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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Victoria Cougars forward Wade Johnson is checked by Peninsula Panthers defenceman Grayson Vickers during Game 3 of their VIJHL playoff series at Archie Browning Sports Centre on Sunday. The Cougars won the game 12-2.

Cougars pounce on Panthers Braves lose captain Travis Paterson News staff

The Victoria Cougars returned to form on Sunday (Feb. 24) trouncing the Peninsula Panthers 12-2 to take a 2-1 series lead.

Results from Monday night’s Game 4 were past press time. Game 5 is Thursday (Feb. 28), 7 p.m. at Archie Browning Sports Centre.

The Panthers stirred talk in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League when goalie Stephen Heslop backstopped them to a come-frombehind 5-3 win over the Cougars on Friday. Rookie Connor Logan scored two goals as the young Panthers evened the series at 1-1. The Cougars won Game 1, 6-2.

The Saanich Braves suffered a defining moment in Game 1 when captain and team MVP Ty Jones left the game with a lower-body injury.

The Braves won that game 4-2 and led the series against the Westshore Wolves 3-1 going into Game 5 last night (Feb. 26) at Pearkes arena.

Game 6, if necessary, is 7:30 p.m.

Thursday at Bear Mountain Arena.

“It’s tough to lose (Jones) that early

in the series,” said Braves rookie Seamus Maguire, who scored the overtime winner in Game 2.

“We have to pick up (what he brings to the team). We have so much depth, we (know) it is possible.”

Jones has taken to standing on the bench with the coaching staff during the games.

“We have to move on and turn the page,” said Cook after Game 2. “(Jones) is not anywhere close to being back.”

While the Braves have survived so far without Jones, his loss is one that will be more evident over time.

His absence will hinder the Braves greatly should they eliminate the Wolves and face the Cougars in the South division final.

Jones, the 2011-12 VIJHL MVP, played 47 of 48 games in the regular season, and scored 90 points, 37 goals and 53 assists, third in the league behind Brody Coulter 118 and Sam Rice 96.

In other VIJHL action the Comox Valley Glacier Kings eliminated the Oceanside Generals in four straight.

The Nanaimo Buccaneers led the wild card Kerry Park Islanders 3-0 going into Tuesday’s Game 4. sports@vicnews.com

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There is also a dinner with five local Olympians on Thursday (Feb. 28).

Over 600 athletes and supporters are expected for the meet.

Prelims run 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day with finals from 5 to 8 p.m.

Randy Bennett, head coach of the 2012 Canadian Olympic swim team, is the keynote speaker for Thursday’s dinner with 2012 Olympic athletes Ryan Cochrane, Richard Weinberger, Brianna Nelson, Alexa Komarnycky and Alec Page. The Olympians will be talking about their experiences and will be available to answer questions from guests.

Tickets are $20. Purchase through Joanne Forsythe, joanne@islandswimming.com. sports@vicnews.com

SPORTS CALENDAR PacWest basketball championships Thurs. Feb. 28: Women, Douglas Royals vs.

Camosun Chargers, 6 p.m.

Men, Quest Kermodes vs.

Camosun Chargers, 8 p.m.

Hockey Wed. Feb. 28: WHL, Lethbridge Hurricanes at

Victoria Royals, 7 p.m. at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.

Fri., Sat. March 1 & 2: WHL, Spokane Chiefs at Victoria Royals, 7 p.m. at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.

Sat. March 2: BCHL, Nanaimo Clippers at Victoria Grizzlies, 7:15 p.m. at Bear Mountain Arena.

Soccer Sat. March 2: VISL Jackson Cup, Vic West (D1) vs. Lakehill Reds (D2), 6 p.m. Finlayson. Bays Utd. vs. Gordon Head (D3) TBD. Fri. March 1: LIWSA Terry Price Cup, Nanaimo at Castaways, 8 p.m. at PISE. Sun. March 3: LIWSA Terry Price Cup, Lakehill at Vic Athletics, noon at Cedar Hill; Saanich Fusion at Prospect Lake, noon at Layritz field.

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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 Centre 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 muchneeded work.

• For information about the Cridge Centre, visit www.cridge.org • For information about Her Way Home, visit http://childrenshealthvi. org/how-we-help/herway-home

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.”

Her Way Home: helping at-risk moms and moms-to-be This January, Greater Victoria welcomed a brand new program designed to help some of the community’s most vulnerable.

Operated by the Vancouver Island Health Authority, in partnership with the Ministry of Children and Family Development and the Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island, Her Way Home “is a child-focused, women-centred, and family-oriented clinic.”

Modelled after similar programs in the Downtown East Side and Surrey, Her Way Home works with women who are pregnant or in early parenting and experiencing challenges with addiction.

The idea is to work with women who want to access the local health and social services but are afraid to, perhaps for fear of having their child taken into provincial care or because of the stigma of their situation, explains program co-ordinator Amanda Seymour.

Others are in early recovery and the program will be able to support them in those efforts.

During three drop-in sessions each week, the women are able to meet with a worker to help identify their goals and needs, and determine how to work toward them. As the program moves forward, additional services will include health care, a midwife and various social supports. “It’s really trying to reduce the barriers that prevent women from trying to access these services,” Seymour explains.

The program has made contact with 11 women in its first six weeks, and expects to work with about 50 women and their families in the first year. Based on experiences in Vancouver and Surrey, along with local research, it’s expected Her Way Home will eventually work with about 100 women each year.

Because transitional housing can be key to longterm success and wellness, Phase 2 will include a housing partnership with the Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island and local housing providers to create a facility for Her Way Home women and their children, Seymour says.

What can you do to help?

Community contributions to the coming transitional housing campaign would be a great help, but on a very personal level, Seymour encourages people to look upon the subject with compassion.

“Examine your own beliefs and judgements and bear in mind that no woman ever plans to be in this position,” Seymour says, pointing out that programs like Her Way Home can be instrumental in breaking the cycle of poverty, trauma and addiction.

The issue becomes not about what these women have done to get to this place, but rather what has happened to these women. In most cases, they too have been victims of significant trauma in their own childhoods.

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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