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Paul Seal, in his tiny downtown Victoria office decorated with a poster of the iconic Johnson Street Bridge, has generated more than 20,000 “likes” for his Facebook page, I ♥ Downtown Victoria. The social media page is generally stocked with aggregated material and submitted items, but Seal also sells posting space to merchants. Daniel Palmer/News staff

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assing Paul Seal on the street, you’d never guess the 40-something consultant has his finger on the pulse of Victoria. But from inside his 78-sq. ft. office in the Maynard Court building on Johnson Street, Seal wields the sort of clout most of the 4,000 Daniel Palmer Greater Victoria businesses Reporting on Facebook can only dream of. “People are 20 times more likely to like a page than unlike a page,” he says, displaying the latest data from his curated “I ♥

Downtown Victoria” Facebook page. Seal’s page recently reached the 20,000 likes summit, becoming the first Victoriacentric page to do so. Almost 160,000 people saw posts from the page last week alone. To put that number in perspective, the Downtown Victoria Business Association has about 4,000 likes, while the City of Victoria has 8,000. The second-largest local page is Tourism Victoria at 18,800 likes. But what does Facebook influence really mean? And more importantly to Seal and those clients who pay him to post their business information, what is it worth? “There’s no such thing as an all-commercial TV or radio station,” he says. “If all you’re posting is advertising on your

page, people tune out.” I ♥ Downtown Victoria relies on aggregated and submitted content: breaking news stories, lost pet photos and multiple photographers who gladly offer their shots of the Inner Harbour and other Victoria landmarks at no charge. Interspersed with these water-cooler posts is advertising – plenty of it – from real estate listings to restaurant and event promotions. “People who work in social media and public relations will often do this,” says Gil Wilkes, a communication and culture professor at Royal Roads University.

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The Victoria News earned some well-deserved recognition at the Canadian Community Newspapers Awards gala last week in Toronto. Roszan Holmen received a second-place award in the category of Best Business Writing for her detailed look at the operations of the Victoria Conference Centre. As well, Ole Heggen earned a second-place nod for Best Local Cartoon, with his humorous depiction of how the Victoria Police Department could take the success of their bait car program and use it to combat purse-snatching. In all, Black Press newspapers in Greater Victoria captured 12 awards in the national competition. Holmen’s feature story is also a top-three finalist in the Business Writing category for the B.C. and Yukon Community Newspaper Awards, to be handed out April 20 at the River Rock Hotel in Richmond. Also chosen from the News as a finalist are Kevin Laird in the Special Publications category (over 25,000 circulation), for Progress 2012; and Laura Lavin in Photo Essay for Day in the Life of Esquimalt. editor@vicnews.com

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Stopping strokes before they hit Greater Victoria hosts $10-million project that aims to help detect warning signs of a stroke

hen Moses Pimentel found himself collapsed on his bathroom floor one Sunday morning last June, a stroke wasn’t the first ailment that came to mind. He even wondered why his wife called an ambulance. Paramedics conducted a rapid assessment on the fit, healthy, 47-yearold Saanich parks staffer, and found telltale left body paralysis. They rushed him to the care of Dr. Andrew Penn, a neurologist at Victoria General Hospital. Edward Hill Penn and his staff Reporting at VGH, the nucleus of stroke care for Vancouver Island, found Pimentel’s underlying heart defect that triggered the stroke, but it was that rapid response that was crucial in preventing lasting damage. Pimentel regained control of his body the same day, was out of hospital in six days and back to work in two months. “Without that rapid assessment who knows what would have happened? I have a physical job and a family to take care of,” Pimentel said. “I’m not sure what I would have done.” Recognizing that quick and early detection of strokes can save lives and medical resources, the Vancouver Island Health Authority and Genome B.C. have launched a $10-million project that will give emergency room doctors a tool for nearly instantaneous diagnosis of a minor stroke, called a transient ischemic attack (TIA). “If you think of stroke as an earthquake, a TIA is the rumbling before the earthquake,” Penn said during the project announcement at VGH on Thursday. About 10 per cent of minor strokes lead to full-blown major strokes within two days, but diagnosing a TIA is difficult and expensive. Less acute medical problems such as dizziness and severe headaches can look like a TIA, but it can take considerable medical resources to separate the mimics form the real thing. “There are about 30 mimics of TIAs for different (medical) conditions,” Penn said. “The full meal ticket is expensive. To investigate a TIA costs thousands of dollars involving dyes, radiation, CT scans or MRIs.”

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Moses Pimentel sits near the CT scan machine at Victoria General Hospital, where he had a brain scan last June after suffering a stroke. The Vancouver Island Health Authority and Genome B.C. have teamed up on a project they hope will one day allow medical technicians to detect the early signs of a stroke with the use of a simple blood test. In 2004, VIHA allowed Penn to set up a stroke rapid assessment unit at VGH, which in turn allowed him to amass the largest stroke database in the world from 11,000 patients across Vancouver Island. About 4,000 blood samples from that database will allow the University of Victoria’s Genome B.C. Proteomics Centre at the Vancouver Island Tech Park to crunch through reams of data, all to find the signal set of proteins associated with a TIA. If researchers can nail down the pattern of proteins released by the brain during a TIA event, diagnosing a TIA could become a relatively simple blood test, rather than time-consuming brain scans. The project, the largest in VIHA’s history, expects to see results within four years. “VIHA took a gamble and set up a TIA unit to rapidly assess a TIA before a stroke hit. The project was a great success … in two years we’ve saved some 150 strokes on Vancouver Island,” Penn noted. “But with that success came failure – we were flooded with patients, but about half weren’t TIAs. They might be migraines or

“If you think of stroke as an earthquake, a TIA (transient ischemic attack) is the rumbling before the earthquake.” – Dr. Andrew Penn, stroke expert

seizures or other things that might not need urgent care (in the ER). We needed a blood test to differentiate those who needed urgent care.” Dr. Brad Popovich, the chief scientific officer for Genome B.C., said it’s hard to overstate the importance of Penn’s database of Vancouver Island stroke patients. It holds more stroke information than any other major medical centre in the U.S. and Europe, he said, due to VIHA’s centralized system, and was key to unlocking $10 million to get quick TIA detection off the ground. “The funding for this project addresses critical and immediate needs,” Popovich

said. “Stroke is the No. 1 cause of adult disability and stroke patients are the leading users of long term care in Canada. This (TIA test) will be better, cheaper, faster … this will bring tangible results to British Columbians and beyond.” VIHA estimates rapid TIA detection technology will help doctors prevent 4,000 strokes per year in Canada, cut risks for patients due to the use of radioactive dyes during the diagnosis, cut costs to the health system in terms of patient care and allow for better use of MRI and CT scan machines. At VGH, the stroke assessment unit is set to expand into the hospital’s former emergency wing (the new emergency centre opened in 2009), which will give the stroke team six exam rooms and four offices, up from two rooms now. “Health professionals want to improve stroke care. A lot of people don’t understand the devastating affects on the lives, livelihood and families of stroke victims,” said VIHA board chair Don Hubbard. “That is why this research is so important.” editor@saanichnews.com

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B.C. Transit is hoping to lease six of its buses to the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority this summer to transport cruise ship passengers. However, the union representing local transit bus drivers doesn’t like it. The proposal, which would see buses transport passengers between Ogden Point and the downtown core, does not include using unionized drivers, said Ben Williams, Canadian Auto Workers local 333 president. The recently

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Cruise ships Zaandam, left, and Dawn Princess sit in port at Ogden Point. The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority will soon choose a bidder to provide bus service from the cruise ship terminal to downtown. negotiated union contract states B.C. Transit bus drivers must be used on any buses that begin and end their service in Greater Victoria, Williams said. “If B.C. Transit has extra equipment they can lease out, it should be going to addressing transit issues in Greater Victoria,” he said.

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3 cities, 7 districts, 2 towns and a township We asked the mayors of the CRD municipalities: ‘Do you support some form of municipal amalgamation?’ Daniel Palmer and Kyle Slavin News staff

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It’s difficult to find anyone in the Capital Region who thinks local government is perfect the way it is. Businesses, municipal councillors, developers and, most importantly, residents, know something needs to change, but that’s where the collective agreement ends. Amalgamation proposals are

almost as numerous as the region’s 91 municipal politicians. But an organized and motivated group of residents is igniting a grassroots push to turn ideas into reality. The News is taking a comprehensive look at amalgamation with a five-part series, beginning with what the Capital Region’s 13 mayors think about the ‘A’ word. Next, we’ll talk with key

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stakeholders from Halifax, a similarsized region that went through a rocky amalgamation in the mid1990s. Former politicians, journalists and stakeholders tell us what they’ve learned, what the process was like and how things are today. In Parts 3 and 4, organizers from local citizen group Amalgamation Yes lay out how they plan to convince the region’s 360,000 residents why merging is better,

“No, I don’t support Sooke amalgamating with other municipalities in the CRD, however I support amalgamation with the unorganized areas surrounding Sooke, subject to the desire of those residing there. Sooke is distinct from the municipalities in the CRD because of the geographical separation between the populated areas. But Sooke has many similar interests as the unorganized areas surrounding the municipality.”

Dean Fortin, Victoria

“Yes. Amalgamation, done well, can give the residents of Greater Victoria better planning: of civic infrastructure, of public transportation and of landuse patterns. It can offer efficiencies in the delivery of services and programs. Program and service design can ensure responsiveness to local and community values so that all voices are heard.”

John Ranns, Metchosin “Perhaps. The fiefdoms currently work well and amalgamation does not save money, so any change should be done to solve problems. Issues such as policing, transportation, settlement patterns, sewer, etc., would be easier to resolve under a single urban authority. Successful amalgamation models must recognize low-population rural and agricultural areas – they won’t survive unless they are governed separately.”

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Stew Young, Langford “Yes. I support amalgamation if the region was divided into three areas: Saanich Peninsula, Downtown Victoria core and West Shore. The CRD is taking on too many divisions and areas aren’t getting proper representation. The CRD worked in the ’70s, but now it’s really run by bureaucracy.”

Nils Jensen, Oak Bay “No. Amalgamation, like fool’s gold, has a shiny attraction but little value. Bigger government, bigger bureaucracy does not work – bigger is not always better. Smaller government is more economic and more responsive to the real needs of residents. Where amalgamation has been tried costs have gone up and quality of service has gone down.”

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Carol Hamilton, Colwood “Yes. Communities as a whole are trying to strive for that wholesome sustainability and it’s difficult to do when you have a smaller geographic area, or if you have only one particular entity within your boundaries. Looking to the West Shore, I see the opportunity for some success in moving towards that model. I think we have a stronger presence and a more sustainable presence as a West Shore group.”

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Frank Leonard, Saanich “No. I think we can accomplish improvements to our communities by integrating services, where appropriate. That’s what I’ve always worked on.”

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Graham Hill, View Royal “No. I don’t believe that the history of amalgamation has illustrated benefit. I believe that the residents of my community would not particularly benefit in terms of the cost of operations and I also expect as the City of Victoria’s potholes get smaller, those in View Royal could get bigger.”

Barb Desjardins, Esquimalt “No. Local land-use decisions are best dealt with by local communities through planning processes which incorporate the values of the residents of the area. The region could do a better job in co-ordination in such areas as public safety and transportation. The key to regional oversight is the governance model which must not allow one area or two areas to control the region.”

while politicians and devoted council attendees trumpet the beauty of direct democracy. Finally, we discuss the changes already taking place with policing, emergency services and transit throughout Greater Victoria. Follow the ongoing discussion on Twitter by searching the hashtag #oneyyj, and visit the News’ Facebook page to weigh in. dpalmer@vicnews.com

Jane Mendum, Highlands “Perhaps. Highlanders voted to incorporate just 20 successful years ago, and we value our selfdetermination. The current regional governance/administrative model is diverse, dynamic and representative of local values, and responsive to local needs. If other municipalities choose to join together, I maintain that potential outcomes need to demonstrate an actual net benefit for residents over the current model.”

Alastair Bryson, Central Saanich “It would be an uninformed position to make any type of representation at this point. My job as mayor is to get information and then talk to our communities. It’s not our role as mayors to represent our personal opinions. I am certainly in support of having a better understanding of what the opportunities are for our communities to work more closely together.”

Larry Cross, Sidney “I need to see the analysis of the impact on Sidney residents regarding costs, services and accessibility, first. I believe municipalities can do better in seeking benefits from closer co-operation, however.”

Alice Finall, North Saanich “No. Small governments are more responsive to residents in terms of balancing desired services with the amount the community is prepared to pay for them. Amalgamation does not reduce costs, it increases them. Taxes, debt and other charges increase dramatically due to cost levels rising to the highest common denominator. Where issues and needs overlap municipal boundaries, the CRD administration structure has been praised as efficient and effective.”

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Amalgamation, but at what cost? A pane of glass is easier to shatter than to piece back together. For years citizens and politicians of Greater Victoria have called for some kind of amalgamation of the many political fiefdoms of the region, and little has been done about it. The News is examining the issue of amalgamation in a five part series – the financial and bureaucratic pros and cons; how Halifax, a city similar in size to Victoria, achieved amalgamation and why it went down that road; and defacto amalgamation through regional services. The political unification of Greater Victoria, into one city, or a group of two, three or more larger districts, seems to outsiders looking in as a no-brainer, but even the smallest steps have proven to be extraordinarily difficult. Victoria, Saanich, Oak Bay and Esquimalt have been distinct municipalities for well over 100 years, and, until recently, have had no serious grassroots or political push for a merger. In 2008, Colwood council rejected a proposal for a civic referendum just to gauge community interest in joining with Langford. In the mid2000s, the province funded investigations for the merger of Metchosin and unincorporated East Sooke, but even those sparsely populated, ideologically aligned areas haven’t made it work yet. Concerns arose if Metchosin had the capacity and tax base to take on the burden of roads and bridges in East Sooke. That example highlights that in any political merger, there can be winners and losers – some citizens might get lower taxes and better services, while others might see a loss. When it comes to property taxes and crumbling infrastructure, under political amalgamation your neighbour’s problems can become your own. Amalgamation is a complicated and contentious question. Greater Victoria residents need to ask if erasing political boundaries is the solution, or if pushing for the elimination of duplication of municipal services is really the true goal. Or should the status quo remain – don’t fix what isn’t broken? What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@vicnews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Victoria 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.

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Greenhouse gas leaks from Trust change program. To make the B.C. The Pacific Carbon Trust government’s operations “carbon orchestrated a months-long neutral,” the government and all of campaign of calls and letters to its agencies were required discredit a report from to pay the trust $25 per B.C.’s Auditor General on tonne for their carbon its first two big carbon dioxide emissions from offset projects, before it fuel use. could be released. In 2011 alone, B.C. Just as the audit report universities paid $4.46 was about to be made million to the trust. B.C.’s public, the trust, a Crown 60 school districts paid corporation created a total of $5.36 million at taxpayer expense, the same year, and the participated in the leaking province’s six health of selected critical letters Tom Fletcher authorities paid $5.79 to media outlets. B.C. Views million. The money Then the Speaker of is supposed to go to the B.C. legislature, Bill projects that capture Barisoff, made a final, clumsy effort to delay the release of carbon, thus “offsetting” the heating of schools, the fuel burned by the report. ambulances and so forth. As soon as it was out, The 55,000-hectare forest reserve Environment Minister Terry Lake is known as Darkwoods. The audit tried to discredit it, by blustering shows that the Nature Conservancy about all the highly paid experts of Canada decided in 2006 to buy who swore up and down that a it, using $25 million of federal forest reserve near Kootenay Lake, taxpayers’ money. The deal closed and a gas flaring reduction project in 2008, the same year the Pacific near Fort Nelson, were bona fide Carbon Trust was formed. carbon offsets worth $6 million of From 2008 to 2010, the trust taxpayers’ money. The audit states in plain language, bought 450,000 tonnes of carbon offset, based on independent with charts and timelines, that evaluations that all rested on the the $6 million was basically given assumption that Darkwoods would away for nothing. I look forward be clear-cut logged. to further audits on this carbon Since the forest was already offset scheme, assuming it survives owned by Canada’s leading after the May election, because conservancy, this assumption these two projects aren’t the only makes no sense. Was the boondoggles. conservancy going to log it, or flip The Pacific Carbon Trust was it to someone who would, after set up in 2008 as part of former accepting $25 million in tax money premier Gordon Campbell’s climate

to acquire it? Legally, it could not. (I would add that the assumption that logging releases all of the carbon in a forest is also false. Lumber actually sequesters carbon for longer than trees, which eventually die and rot.) The audit found a similar case against EnCana’s flare reduction program, which the company used on many wells before the trust started offering money. EnCana was saving money as well as reducing emissions without collecting offsets. Therefore, the audit concluded, neither of these projects was a credible offset because the emissions savings would have occurred anyway. Here’s the next Pacific Carbon Trust project that should be audited. In a complicated transaction, the trust bought offsets from something called the Great Bear Carbon Credit Limited Partnership. Yes, this is the worldfamous forest on B.C.’s North Coast that was subject to a preservation deal hammered out between the Coastal First Nations, the B.C. government and three U.S.-backed environmental groups. That was in 2006. The offset purchases were in 2009 and 2010, years after detailed preservation areas were mapped and codified in law. Again, the trust paid for forest that was already preserved. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Harper fails to follow Obama’s lead President Obama recently designated a national monument in the San Juan Islands, proclaiming the archipelago “a refuge of scientific and historic treasures and a classroom for generations of Americans.” Unfortunately, like our own Salish Sea National Marine Conservation Area off Victoria and Vancouver, neither national designation protects the fragile marine environment from oil tanker spills. Few can imagine, metaphorically speaking, permitting the routing of the likes of the Exxon Valdez

through other national treasures like Yosemite, Yellowstone or Banff national parks, so why do so in our shared waters? Surely the Creator must have indeed been either emotionally distant or scientifically asleep at the helm when creating this beautiful blue planet, not realizing that the soon-to-be dominant human species would so grossly discriminate against (even turn to acid) all the great seas. That is, unless we were made to never evolve to shed our ancestral gills, climbing the beach to the land.

The planet’s oceans would have fared better if the great whales had received the opposable thumbs and we the blow hole. Prime Minister Harper, Obama and our soon-to-be new premier have the power, and hopefully a Darwinian prescience of intellect, to realize what now truly needs to be done to save us all, before we all end up a thin fossilized layer in future oily shale. Ignore the money-and-oiladdicted collapsitarians: kill the tankers, not the seas. Howard Breen Victoria

Readers respond: Election coverage, wine prices CBC pundit a poor choice The level of hypocrisy in B.C. politics has surely reached a new high (or low), with CBC television hiring former premier Gordon Campbell’s one-time chief of staff, Martyn Brown, as one of its expert commentators for the May 14

provincial election. I expect him to repeat, ad nauseum, his rant that Christy Clark’s government is suffering from a serious lack of transparency. To put it in Shakespearean terms, this would be the equivalent of Iago complaining that there has been far too much scheming and skulduggery going on

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Black Press celebrates Greater Victoria’s Women in Business Women from across Greater Victoria gathered with Black Press at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel last Wednesday for the Women in Business spring gala. Thanks to support from premier sponsor Thrifty Foods and event sponsors Island Savings, Level Ground Trading, the Aveda Institute, Used Victoria, Oak Bay Beach Hotel and Purdy’s Chocolates, the women enjoyed an entertaining and informative afternoon, highlighted by a new feature, “5 for 5.” Local business women Micky Fleming, Gayle Robinson, Shellie Gudgeon and the CBC’s Jo-Ann Roberts joined Black Press Group Publisher Penny Sakamoto in a moderator-led panel discussion and Q&A session with the audience. Guests were also treated to a preview of the season’s fashion scene with Mayfair fashion stylist Bonnie Pollard while the Aveda Institute’s Roxana Da Costa offered her tips for this spring’s makeup and skincare trends. And as a sweet treat just in time for Easter, Purdy’s Chocolates’ Peter Higgins led a delicious “edible workshop” chocolate tasting. Lucky guests also took home a selection of terrific prizes. Aruna Dey, campaign coordinator for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada’s Light the Night Walk, won an iPod Nano from Used Victoria, Julie Evans, manager of Sands Funeral Chapel – Colwood, won chocolate for a year from Purdy’s, and Annette Quan, from Stephen Whipp Financial, won a 60-minute Classic Boathouse Massage from the Oak Bay Beach Hotel. Planning is already under way for the fall gala and the annual Black Press Women in Business Awards – watch your community newspaper for details and start thinking about local women making a difference.

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Tuscany restaurant switches labels Tuscany Village in VIATeC seeking Saanich has a new tennominations ant, Original Joe’s Restaurant and Bar, which With categories opened on Sunday ranging from Techin the former Applenology Company of bee’s space. Co-owner the Year and InnoMichelle Britton and vative Excellence to her husband also own Employer of the Year, the location in Weststhe annual Victoria hore Town Centre in Advanced TechnolLangford. The eatery is Don Descoteau ogy Council (VIATeC) the 59th in Canada for Technology Awards Biz Beat the company, which recognize a wide claims to be the fastestvariety of tech sector growing casual dining establish- firms around the region and Vanment in the country. For menu couver Island. The awards gala, details, visit originaljoes.ca. set for June 20 at the Victoria Conference Centre, celebrates the “imagination economy,” said Bosley’s appreciates VIATeC executive director Dan pets and shelters Gunn. Nomination deadline is April 9. For categories and For the month of April, Bosley’s Pet Food Plus is offering customers the opportunity to help out local animal shelters. “Paws” will be available in-store to purchase for donations of $1, $2, $5 or $10. During donation drives this weekend (April 5 to 7) and next (April 12 to 14), pet food, supplies and toys will be accepted, to be passed on to shelters in the area. Visit bit.ly/104sxUr for local Bosley’s stores locations.

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Names in the news around Greater Victoria The Vancouver Island Health Authority named Dr. Brendan Carr acting CEO to replace outgoing boss Howard Waldner. VIHA decided last week to suspend its search for a permanent replacement until after the provincial election … London Drugs chair/CEO Brandt Louie has been named 2013 distinguished entrepreneur of the year by the University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business. Louie will receive his award at a gala dinner May 22. Please send your business news to editor@vicnews.com.

Painters offer charity service White Knight Painting is giving the Victoria Brain Injury Society a hand this week, donating an estimated $3,000 worth of services to repair and paint the society’s programming room. The work is part of Bob Fuchs’ company’s fifth annual Charity Paint Giveaway. Past recipients include Bridges for Women Society, Single Parent Resource Centre, the Cridge Transition Centre for Women and McDonald House, a support centre for people suffering from brain injuries.

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Highlanders seek Mexican playboys Travis Paterson News staff

New general manager Mark de Frias is boldly taking the Victoria Highlanders where they’ve never gone before, to the front page of Playboy’s website. Playboy Mexico, that is. It’s all part of an out-of-the-box approach to recruiting players this season, the first with de Frias and head coach Steve Simonson at the helm of the Highlanders’ premier men’s team. The Highlanders have a history of fielding imports such as Ash Burbeary of England last season and even Tynan Diaz of Australia from four years ago. This year de Frias is big on a Belgian player who is committed to attending the Highlanders’ upcoming trials, April 8 to 10, at the Pacific Sports Institute of Excellence. But it’s interest and requests from young males in Mexico that are filling the GM’s inbox. “It’s not exactly where everyone would think we’d be found (in the media),” de Frias said. You can say that again. But it also makes sense, given the, ahem, demographics of the site’s viewers, and that country’s penchant to produce high level soccer players the numbers of which Canada does not have. As of Monday the GM had 40 requests from the story, which,

to be clear, is strictly about soccer, a feature on how the Highlanders organization got off the ground and it’s direction. It’s also clearly directed at recruiting players for the Highlanders men’s Professional Development League team and not the premier women’s side, respectfully, which will feature local players as it returns to the Pacific Coast Soccer League. The story came about as Playboy Mexico’s web editor Erick Tapia, who interviewed de Frias and wrote the story, is friends with Highlanders new administration assistant Saul Garcia, a UVic grad who hails originally from Mexico. “In terms of responses from one particular article it’s generated a lot of response for the PDL men’s team. If anything its just more proof how important it is to us to compete, and to find a hidden gem out there,” de Frias said. “And it helps our branding objectives of going global, it broadens the horizon of an amateur club playing fully professional teams.” With the Fraser Valley (Abbotsford) Mariners dropping out of the PDL this year it means the Northwest division is down to seven teams and, more importantly, is down to three instead of four playoff spots. The Highlanders will return

the Hughes brothers, Jordie at striker and Tyler on defence, as well as six or seven UVic Vikes, de Frias said. Only eight players on the PDL roster can be over 23-years-old. “We want to make it into the playoffs and the championship final. But five of the last six years the finalists have come from our division, most of them MLS reserve clubs, fully professional. It’s no easy thing.” Hey, no one can argue with what works. The Highlanders aren’t expecting 40 prospective Mexican players to show up at trials next week. But they’d also be surprised if two, maybe three, of the most interested players didn’t make it here. In the end the players are ultimately selected by Simonson, though it’s also de Frias’ job to bring in as many quality players as possible. It’s also up to import players to travel here and cover their own costs during their stay, though players selected to the team will get most, or perhaps all, of their travel and accommodation costs reimbursed. Trials run 8 p.m. at PISE beginning Monday night. Interested players need to be in touch with the Highlanders office 250-590-8432 email trials@ victoriahighlandersfc.com. sports@vicnews.com

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Cougars sweep Glacier Kings in VIJHL final Travis Paterson News staff

The Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy is staying in Victoria. Captain Brody Coulter scored a goal and two assists as the Victoria Cougars defeated the Comox Valley Glacier Kings 5-2 to finish a four-game sweep of the Glacier Kings on Saturday (March 30) and win back-to-back Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League titles. The Cougars and Glacier Kings both advance to the 2013 Cyclone Taylor Cup, April 11 to 14 in Courtenay, with the Glacier Kings entering as the hosts.

Kelyn Opel, Dane Feeney, Sam Rice and Jordie Davie also scored for the Cougars in the title clinching win on Saturday. Goalie Evan Roch made 13 saves on just 15 shots for his 10th win over the postseason. Backup goalie Michael Herringer, a Victoria Royals prospect from Comox, earned a 21-save shutout in Game 3, a 5-0 Cougars win at Archie Browning Sports Centre on March 28. Sam Rice was named the series MVP for the Cougars. The 20-year-old forward recorded hat tricks in Games 1 and 2 of the final, and finished tied for the playoff scoring lead (13 goals, 18

assists in 14 games) with teammate Dane Feeney (11 goals, 20 assists in 14 games). The Cougars only lost two games in the playoffs, one in the opening round to the Peninsula Panthers and once in the second round to the Saanich Braves. The Cyclone Taylor Cup field is still incomplete. As of Monday the Castlegar Rebels and Okanagan Knights were in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League final. The Pacific Junior Hockey League champions Richmond Sockeyes defeated the Aldergrove Kodiaks in the other final. sports@vicnews.com

Eagle joins junior national team Kurt Horne of the Victoria Eagles will attend the Canadian junior national team’s spring training camp this month. Horne, a 16-year-old lefthanded pitcher, joins 28 other players from across Canada to compete at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando, Fla., April 12 to 21. Also attending is Eagles general manager Gautam Srivastava as a guest coach for the camp. The annual camp features daily practices and seven exhibition contests against MLB pros-

Jacobs rink shoots ahead

pect teams, including a match against a Toronto Blue Jays development squad on April 16 in Dunedin. Horne played for the Victoria Eagles premier team last year, throwing 55 innings with an earned run average of 2.00 and a 5-2 record. He helped the B.C. Selects capture silver at the Canada Cup last summer. Last year Srivastava became a regional scout for the Minnesota Twins. He was Baseball Canada's 2010 Coach of the Year and for the past two years he has been

The Brad Jacobs rink roared ahead of the field at the World Men’s Curling Championship this week winning its first three games. Team Canada’s Jacobs rink, of Sault St. Marie, Ont., won 7-6 over China on Saturday, came back

the manager of the B.C. Selects at the national cup. B.C. Premier Baseball League season begins this weekend as the Eagles visit the Nanaimo Pirates for a double-header on Saturday. The Victoria Mariners season starts Saturday, April 13 when the Parksville Royals visit for a double-header at Henderson Park, 12 and 2:30 p.m. The Eagles first home game is also April 13, when the Whalley Chiefs visit Lambrick Park for two games, 12 and 2:30 p.m.

from giving up a fourender to win 8-6 over Finland in Draw 3 on Sunday morning, and won 9-4 against Scotland in Draw 5 on Sunday night. The round robin continues today (April 3) with Canada facing Japan at 8:30 a.m. this morning

in Draw 12, and against Russia at 1:30 p.m. Round robin play ends Thursday with Canada facing Denmark at 2 p.m. and against Sweden at 7 p.m. Tiebreakers and playoffs begin Friday. sports@vicnews.com

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COTTAGES METCHOSIN: 1-BDRM coach house. Avail May. 1st. $800 mo inclds: cable, W/D. Util’s not incld’d. N/P, N/S. Call (250)478-8438.

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1989 FORD Grand Marquis. V8, 186,000 km. $1000. Call (250)642-5006.

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7’x12’ Deck Utility Trailer. Good for small tractors and quads. 4 wheels, loading ramps, green. $1350 obo. Call (250)384-7954.

APARTMENTS FURNISHED DOWNTOWN SIDNEY: Bright 1 bdrm deluxe suite. Short term. Call (250)514-7747.

SUITES, LOWER GLANFORD- LARGE 2 bdrm, bright, quiet. Reno’d kitch & bdrm, 8’ closet. W/D, full bath, storage, priv entr, sm yrd, near bus, amens. NS/NP, $980. heat, h/w, hydro/internet incld. Refs. Apr 1. 250-704-0197.

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ACCOUNTING Vida Samimi

EXPERIENCED ELECTRICIAN. Reasonable rates. 250744-6884. Licence #22202.

QUALITY INSULATION blown fiberglass. Affordable rates. WCB. (250)896-6652.

EXPERIENCED JOURNEYMAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104. FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376. FREE ESTIMATES. Reasonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

Certified General Accountant Bookkeeping, Audit, Payroll, HST. Set up & Training. E-File

TAX

250-477-4601 INCOME TAX preparation, personal and small business, 30 years experience, starting $45. 250-477-7578.

CARPENTRY BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.

CARPET INSTALLATION MALTA FLOORING Installation. Carpets, laminates, hardwood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278

CLEANING SERVICES AFFORDABLE! SUPPLIES & vacuum incld’d. All lower Island areas. 250-385-5869. MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estates, events, offices. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

COMPUTER SERVICES

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm. Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632. KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.

EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini excavator & bob cat services. Perimeter drains, driveway prep, Hardscapes, Lot clearing. Call 250-478-8858.

FENCING ALL TYPES of fencing, repairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637. THE LANGFORD MANdecks, fences, quality work, competitive pricing, licensed & insured. Fred, (250)514-5280.

GARDENING (250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard & garden overgrown? Aerating, pwr raking, pruning. Weed, moss, blackberry, stump & ivy rmvl. 25yrs exp. 250-216-9476 ACCEPTING new clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, finish carpentry, garden clean-ups.

COMPUDOC MOBILE Computer Services. Repairs, tuneups, tutoring, web sites, etc. 250-886-8053, 778-351-4090. CUSTOM BUSINESS software solutions powered by PYTHON. No project too small. Free project quotes. Email Jim at genovese.jim@gmail.com.

ELECTRICAL 250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779. AT&T ELECTRIC. Renovations. Residential & Commercial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.

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Powerwashing, de-mossing, roof sweeps, repairs, windows, gutter guards. Insured. Free Estimates.

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LANDSCAPE & TREE- lawns, hedges/tree pruning, gardening, new landscapes. Monthly maintenance. WCB. 18 years exp. Andrew (250)893-3465.

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flagstone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. (250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com

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ACORN & BRANCH- BBB. Lawns, gardens & hedges. Certified, Professional staff. Affordable. Call 250-818-4900. AURICLE BSC 250-882-3129 Spring clean up Lawn aeration & fertilize-soil-hedges & more. DPM SERVICES- lawn & garden, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141

HANDYPERSONS AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397. BEETLES RESIDENTIAL Renovations Ltd. Bathrooms, decks, painting, landscaping and handyman services. Fully insured and guaranteed. Free estimates. Call 250-889-4245. BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Stairs, Painting, General household repairs. Free estimate. Call Barry 250-896-6071

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HAULING AND SALVAGE

778-678-2524 GARDEN OVERGROWN? Weeding, lawn cuts, cleanups, pruning. John Kaiser 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236. J&L GARDENING Specialty yard clean-up and maintenance. Master gardeners. John or Louise (250)891-8677. SPRING CLEANups, complete maintenance. Residential & Commercial. 250-474-4373.

250-479-7950 FREE ESTIMATES • Lawn Maintenance • Landscaping • Hedge Trimming • Tree Pruning • Yard Cleanups • Gardening/Weeding • Aeration, Odd Jobs NO SURPRISES NO MESS www.hollandave.ca

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

SPRING CLEANUP special: $25/hr. Weeding, Pruning, etc: Free est’s. Steve 250-727-0481 WEEDING, MOWING, Pruning, Planting, Composts, Organic Spraying, Fertilizing. Howard (250)383-5144, Ext. 1022.

WILL DO GARDENING etc. $15/hr. Your tools. Reliable. Call (250)383-3995.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS 11 DIAMOND DAVE- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free ests. (250)889-5794.

$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279. ALL-HAUL JUNK REMOVAL Const Debris, Garden Waste. Call John 250-213-2999. CITY HAUL- a lot of junk won’t fit in your trunk, you’re in luck I own a truck. 250-891-2489. CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164. FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463. GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.

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JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk. Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK. ✭BUBBA’S HAULING✭ Honest, on time. Demolition, construction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, topsoil, mulch), garden waste removal, mini excavator, bob cat service. 250-478-8858. PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774 SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS HAPPY VALLEY Reno’s. Home repairs, small reno’s. No job too small. 30 years experience. Call (250)474-7277. M&S OXFORD Home/Commercial Reno’s & Painting. Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hardwood and Trim. 25 yrs exp. Quality Guar. 250-213-5204. THE MOSS MAN ChemicalFree Roof De-Mossing & Gutter Cleaning since 1996. Call 250-881-5515. Free estimates! www.mossman.ca

INSULATION MALTA BLOWN Insulation. Attics - interior/exterior walls & sound silencer. (250)388-0278

ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d & Professional. Chimneys, Brick Veneer, Retaining Rock Walls, Cultured Stone, Interlocking Paving. Excavating. Fully insured. Estimates. 250-588-9471

MOVING & STORAGE 111 WRIGHT Moving-123 ton. $80/hr for 2 men. Senior’s discount. Call Phil (250)383-8283 11 DIAMOND Moving- 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr. Call 250-220-0734. 2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on local moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507. DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. Senior Discount. Free Est’s. No travel time before or after. SMOOTH MOVES. Call Tyler at 250-418-1747.

PAINTING

PRESSURE WASHING DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm. ISLAND POWER Washing. Driveways, patios, walkways. Free est. Chris (250)885-7494.

RUBBISH REMOVAL MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

STUCCO/SIDING RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50 years experience. Free estimates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

TREE SERVICES BUDDY’S TREE SERVICESTrimming, pruning, chipping, removals, hedges, lawn care, Insured. Keith, (250)474-3697.

WINDOW CLEANING

ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694. A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220. B L Coastal Coatings. Quality, reliable, great rates. All your Painting needs. (250)818-7443 ST PAINTING free est, written guarantee and full ref’s. WCB ins. Call Kaleb (250)884-2597.

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WINDOWS ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Windows Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years Construction experience. 250-382-3694.

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