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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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Did you know? n Tickets for the gala dinner and silent auction are $80 and are available on Sundays from 9 a.m. to noon at the Willows Beach Tea Room, at the Kiwanis Pavilion at 3034 Cedar Hill Road or by calling Jan at 250-592-1570 or go to kiwanisclubofoakbay.com

Bowker flood coverage gets a nod The Oak Bay News is being recognized by the 2013 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards. The annual awards program features 33 categories honouring outstanding editorial, photography, multimedia and overall excellence in community newspaper publishing. The News was awarded second place in News story for Tim Collins’ coverage of the Bowker Avenue flood in November last year. The 2013 competition saw more than 250 nondaily publications from coast-to-coast submit more than 2,000 entries representing their best work from 2012. The Oak Bay News is also a finalist for five awards in the BCYCNA Ma Murray awards. Along with a prestigious nomination for overall Newspaper Excellence, Oak Bay News’ launch of Tweed magazine netted two awards for Newspaper Promotion and Special Publication. Editor Laura Lavin and her entire team are also nominated in the Special Section category for “A Day in the Life of Oak Bay,” while the creative team pick up a nod for Ad Design. The 2013 British Columbia Yukon Community Newspaper Association awards will be handed out at the Ma Murray Awards Gala on Sat., April 20 at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond. editor@oakbaynews.com

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Music Therapist Julie Bomhof leads a hand chime choir to the tune of Beautiful Dreamer at the Kiwanis Pavilion on Cedar Hill Road. Sharon Tiffin/News staff

Music therapy strikes a chord

usic is often referred to Bomhof said. Bomhof began working at the as a universal language, and one person who Kiwanis Pavilion while she was in has seen this first hand the fifth year of earning her bacheis Kiwanis Pavilion music therapist lor of music therapy, and was hired as the music therapist right after Julie Bomhof. At the Pavilion, Bomhof primar- she graduated. “I spent half of my 20s ily works with residents volunteering overseas,” who have been diagBomhof said. “I am pasnosed with dementia. sionate about helping Though she works others. I have always with many of them week loved music and have after week, they often seen the ability that don’t remember her. music has to reach past “I work with a resident the surface to the heart of who is bed or wheelchair a person. Music therapy bound,” she said. “At is a combination of two of times her eyes light up my passions: counselling with recognition when and creating music.” I come in. She may not Megan Cole Bomhof’s volunteerknow my name or me, but Reporting ing days came to an end recalls previous music when she was 27, and a experiences with me.” The resident shows a connection friend’s mom told her she would be with Bomhof through eye contact, a good music therapist. She’d never heard of the profesa smile or a gentle touch of her sion before and after some research hands. “After singing with another resi- into what would be required, it dent, I caught out of the corner of seemed the career was a perfect my eye, she had brought her hands fit for her. “It was during my internship that together in a gesture of applause. This was a valuable moment of I decided on music therapy and a socially cognitive response,” the geriatric population. I haven’t

regretted a single day. I love my job and can’t imagine doing anything else.” In her work at the Kiwanis Pavilion, Bomhof works with residents at various stages of dementia, which dictates the approach she takes with her therapy. For those who still have high cognitive function, she runs a hand chime choir called the Blue Bells. “The residents engage in creating a melody by watching for direction and individually playing a hand chime, which encourages muscle strength and gives a sense of accomplishment, along with social interaction,” said Bomhof. “For someone with dementia, memory fades and cognitive function decreases. Soon they do not recognize faces of loved ones and are confused and upset about why they are not living at home.” One thing Bomhof has seen is although memories fade at different rates for different patients, long term memory lasts longer than short term memory. Familiar songs from a patient’s past have the power to transport them back to the time they heard it. “For that short period of time the

music has restored a part of their memory. The lyrics return and are sung, the emotions and memories are expressed,” she said. Bomhof also works with residents who are in the later stages of dementia, who have lost the ability to communicate with words. “Non-verbal cues are important, such as a foot or hand tapping with the rhythm of the music, eye contact, a smile and the gesture of applause,” she said. “These are also expressions of music memories and communication. Music can still reach past the disease and create a social interaction.” The Kiwanis Pavilion is a care home run by the 35 members of the Oak Bay Kiwanis club, it includes 122 complex-care beds. In addition to the other projects the group runs, such as the Tea Room at Willow’s Beach and two other homes for seniors. As a fundraiser for the music therapy program at the Pavilion, the Oak Bay Kiwanis is hosting an event at the Uplands Golf Club on April 20. The group hopes to raise a total of $100,000 for the Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion Foundation. mcole@oakbaynews.com

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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

Wendall Milne, Sooke

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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If you build it, they will come Oak Bay looks at improvements for cyclists

establishing another crosswalk “(We’re) trying to get (Oak installed on the north side Bay) in line with the rest of of Haultain, with markings the region,” Kirby said. “It’s identifying its use for mounted been identified as a corridor cyclists. Dave Marshall, director in the regional master plan, of engineering, said but we haven’t city staff are trying done anything to find a solution to facilitate cohesive with the or encourage Motor Vehicle Act cycling.” and are looking Critics say there at what other aren’t enough municipalities have cyclists to justify done. spending the Twenty money to make “wayfinding” signs any changes, are in the works Kirby said. She believes the “(We’re) trying for Haultain, which give directions opposite is true, to get (Oak Bay) in will to cyclists arriving that the number of cyclists on the line with the rest of in Oak Bay on how to get to various road will increase the region.” locations, such only after the - Coun. as the Recreation money has been Michelle Kirby Centre or Estevan spent to improve Village. The budget infrastructure for for the signs has not cyclists. been approved yet, but $3,000 Kickstand, a presentation is being requested to be set by two European cycle aside. infrastructure experts to There is no estimate of council on March 11, has inspired council and staff, Kirby costs for a crossing yet and no current plans for its inclusion in said. In 30 years, Denmark has the upcoming budget. seen a 25 per cent increase in Kirby said she would like to the number of people using see all changes implemented in bicycles for transportation, for time for summer. a current level of 36 per cent. reporter@vicnews.com “They’ve done it by making the facilities so easy to use it’s easier to ride your bike than to take a car. There’s a huge Share it with readers of the incentive there.” Oak Bay News. email: editor@ What the committee oakbaynews.com. would like to see is a bylaw

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Coun. Michelle Kirby wants to see the day when cyclists can rival the number of cars on the roads of Oak Bay. The Active Transportation Advisory Committee, on which Kirby sits, believes the change should start with improvements at the intersection of Haultain Street and Foul Bay Road. The problem is, once riders arrive at Foul Bay, they have to either wait for a break in often heavy traffic to get across the road, or dismount their bicycles and use the pedestrian crosswalk. “It may seem like a minor thing,” Kirby said. “But if we want to encourage people to use that route and want to make it safe and convenient and easy, then we need to put in some infrastructure to support that.” Regionally, Haultain Street has been identified as a “bicycle corridor” due to its direct route to downtown and its minimal traffic. But as soon as it enters Oak Bay, at this intersection, its bike friendliness disappears, said Kirby. Fort St. is the other option, but it loses its bike lane once it hits Oak Bay.

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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@oakbaynews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The OAK BAY 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

‘The audit states that $6 million was basically given away for nothing.’

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Even the flowers enjoy the view Dozens of daffodils nod merrily in the breeze as pedestrians and pups enjoy the sunny weather with a walk along Beach Avenue, past boats moored in Oak Bay.

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Rethink repaving Re: Spend on potholes, not plug-ins says resident (News, March 27). Lulie Street is a short road with light traffic and is a low priority listing for repaving. The article and Oak Bay public works explain how repaving is categorized. Instead of vilifying a progressive initiative such as the electric vehicle charging stations, a more positive outlook would be to use alternative road surfaces to reduce rainwater run-off. The pressure on the aging sewer system points to major expenditures. Just repaving the street would be a lost opportunity without considering a redesign to serve as a prime example of a quiet street, safe for pedestrians, cyclists and cars. James Holtz Oak Bay

New family law needs tweaking Re: Breaking up is hard to do (Our View, March 22) As earlier noted, the governing B.C. Liberals forgot the advice of a former Liberal Prime Minister that “there’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.” If that PM’s son Justin Trudeau inherited any politically astute genes, our governing provincial party should have sought his advice in drafting the new B.C. Family Law Act. Any such federal level input could only have improved the present Orwellian legislation with which we are now saddled. It will shock more than a few B.C. couples to learn that if they’ve been in common-law relationships for two or more years – thanks to the new and obviously misnamed Family Law Act – they’re now considered equivalent to being legally married. Now lacking a multiyear opt-in option for such couples, this retroactive law is unacceptable.

The reported child protection aspects of the Act should be supported, but without changes the current Act will reduce social stability. Many that have “roommates with privileges” will be checking calendars to verify co-habitation dates. Some will be ending their conjugal relationships thereby confirming a new normal shorter time-frame for sequential monogamy in B.C. There’s always hope that after our May provincial election, the government will amend the Family Law Act to deal with family issues only. A better bet is that there will be legal challenges based on the above-noted retroactive issue, and that there will be a court ruling requiring government to correct the currently ill-considered Act. Let’s close the bedroom door to government busybodies. Ron Johnson Saanich

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When 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-year-old 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. Penn and his staff 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 pricey. 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

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Church Cathedral school and a door at Mount Edwards Court care home in November 2011. Originally set for trial this month, crown prosecutors decided an alternative measures program was more appropriate. This requires the accused accepting responsibility then completing required steps in order to atone for the crime. This can include apologies, community service and paying restitution.

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ground and belief,” Antonsen said. “It’s not so much a church brand as familyfriendly plays. Parents can know our plays will be good for anyone.” Victoria has no shortage of theatre groups, but Goble and Antonsen have found broad support in the local arts community. They’ve surpassed their $1,000 fundraising target for Godspell through the crowdsourcing website Indiegogo. St. Matthias donated the church hall in return Edward Hill/News staff for a tithe (yes, 10 per Thomas King, left, Adriana Ravalli, cent) from ticket sales Nabil Ayoub play those eager for New going to the RainTestament parables from Jesus, played bow Kitchen Society. by Griffin Lea (lower centre) in an Remaining profit from upcoming production of Godspell at St. ticket sales from five performances will Matthias Church. go to pay the seven actors. ing in duties of directing, proGodspell itself lacks a distinct duction and possibly musical accompaniment in Godspell with plot, but is a series of vignettes regular jobs – he is a lifeguard where Jesus teaches parables to and swim coach, and she works a small group of followers, and for the Out of Ireland store. those followers act those lessons Goble, Antonsen and Lea are out as frenetic, overjoyed clowns. “The cast will play instruments also performing in Kaleidoscope theatre’s Singin’ in the Rain at while singing and dancing. I was the McPherson Playhouse this nervous at our first rehearsal, but it sounds awesome so far,” month. “We already have six days per Antonsen said. “It is going to be week of rehearsals on top of our different for Victoria theatre.” “It’s lighthearted. It’s lots of jobs and on top of Godspell,” Antonsen said. “Being at CCPA laughs. Even with the crucifixteaches you to function well in ion he’s not nailed to the cross,” Gobels points out. “It’s a beautiful crazy-busy situations.” They launched Epiphany Pro- play. You can do anything as long ductions as a Christian-based as you stay true to the intent of theatre company, although both high energy and fun.” Godspell runs May 30, 31, June remain uneasy with that branding. Gobel is keen on big musi- 1, 2 at 7:30 p.m. and a 2 p.m. cals and Antonsen enjoys edgier matinee on June 2 at St. Matthias modern drama, both say Victo- Anglican Church, 600 Richmond ria has room for productions Rd. See epiphanyproductionssafe for kids, parents and grand- theatre.wordpress.com for ticket information or to donate to its parents. “In general we want to appeal Indiegogo campaign. editor@saanichnews.com to anyone of any age and back-

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A new tool for your tackle box British Columbia freshwater fishing enthusiasts have a new, up-to-date tool in their tackle box. The B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Black Press have produced the 2013-2015 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis. The Synopsis is printed every two years as a resource for local and visiting fishers to have on hand as they enjoy B.C.’s lakes and rivers. An electronic version will also be updated periodically if regulations change. In addition, the synopsis will also be featured in a flip book format on the websites of all Black Press newspapers in B.C. Inside, in addition to the most

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Calling all war brides The Canadian War Brides and Families Association is hosting its annual reunion in Victoria April 12 to 14. There are plenty of fun events planned and they encourage any war brides and their family members to join them at the Fairmont Empress Hotel. There were 48,000 war brides and 22,000 children that crossed the Atlantic to join their Canadian

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Tuscany Village in Saanich has a new tenant, Original Joe’s Restaurant and Bar, which opened on Sunday in the former Applebee’s space. Co-owner Michelle Britton and her husband also own the location in Westshore Town Centre in Langford. The eatery is the 59th in Canada for the company,

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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-

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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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