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With a whistle of wind through their hair kids took to the air and land in the second BikeJam to launch the School Bike League last Friday. While the hoopla at West Shore recreation started the season, there’s still time for schools with riders from grades 6 through 12 to enter a team. “There’s no entry fee or other requirement and you don’t have to ride all nine events,” said Lister Farrar, SBL race director. “The idea is Over the next nine weeks SBL will a variety of venues and nine not only to test cover different kinds of cycling on mostly kids skills but Tuesday evenings April 9 through June 4. “You can do six out of the nine on develop them.” a mountain bike,” Farrar said. Some - Lister Farrar venues, like the velodrome at West Shore recreation, include free bike rental, while the hills and tracks of the North Saanich Free Ride Park are ideal for a mountain bike. “The idea is not only to test kids’ skills but develop them,” Farrar said “The competitive part is relatively low emphasis. … It’s really aimed at all levels of kids.” The bike league has been around since the 1980s during the mountain biking boom, with a surge in the last three or four years expanding to include a variety of styles. “We all believe that being good at all these different skills carries through into the different aspect of the sport you choose. … There’s lots of crossover when you get to the higher competitive levels,” Farrar said. The school must approve an adult supervisor for the team – which can be a lone rider – and email the commissioner esimonson@sd61.bc.ca to confirm participation with name of school and adult. Go to schoolbikeleague.com and download a waiver, get a parent or guardian to sign it, and bring to the school’s team supervisor. The School Bike League is open to all schools in Greater Victoria. Participants can earn points for their school toward league championships and prizes. SBL is offering a prize of three GoPro cameras this season, divvied into three age groups using the top three girls’ and top three boys’ scores at the end of the league. “It’s an incentive to get as many kids from your school out as many times as you can,” Farrar said. editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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Oak Bay’s Tweed magazine named best in Canada Laura Lavin News staff
It’s an award-filled season for Black Press and the Oak Bay News is taking the lead with another prestigious award announced this week. Tweed magazine was announced as the best magazine in the country
Oak Bay’s Tweed was picked as top overall for best Magazine in Canada by Newspapers Canada. Above is the inaugural edition, issued last December and right, is the February edition. Tweed is published four times a year. Pick up the next issue June 21.
in its circulation class in Newspapers Canada’s 2013 Great Idea Awards. “This is very exciting for us,” said publisher Penny Sakamoto. “We’ve been working on this idea of a magazine dedicated to the unique and eclectic community of Oak Bay for a long time. This is great validation of the top quality writing and photography that make up the publication.” The award-winning entries are chosen for demonstrating the most creative and innovative examples of newspaper marketing and promotion from daily and community publications across the country. From imaginative special sections to innovative crossplatform campaigns, the awards showcase a variety of creative initiatives in community news. Published by Oak Bay News’ News owner Black Press, Tweed was officially unveiled by Sakamoto and Director, Advertising Sales Oliver Sommer at a gala event held in the Oak Bay Beach Hotel’s David Foster Theatre in December. “We’re very proud the community and advertisers have embraced Tweed” said Sommer. “It’s fun to be
rewarded for creating something so original and exciting.” Monday Magazine placed second in the Promotional Campaign category for the M Awards campaign and the Goldstream News Gazette placed second in print advertising with an ad for Vis a Vis. On the editorial side, the Oak Bay News won second place for news story for its coverage of the Bowker Avenue flood last November. The Oak Bay News is also a finalist (in the top three) 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 team are also nominated in the Special Section category for “A Day in the Life of Oak Bay,” while the advertising design team picked up a nod for Ad Design for Vis a Vis. The 2013 British Columbia Yukon Community Newspaper Association awards will be handed out at the Ma Murray Awards Gala on April 20 at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond and the Newspapers Canada award winners will be recognized during the Great Idea Awards on May 2 as part of the Ink+Beyond conference at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa. editor@oakbaynews.com
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Switching from one form of government to another Halifax was forced to amalgamate in 1996, but the process in B.C. requires a municipality-led movement Kyle Slavin News staff
Gloria McCluskey’s tries to block as much of 1996 from her memory as possible. As a resident of Dartmouth, she was upset when the Nova Scotia government mandated her city to amalgamate with Halifax, Bedford and Halifax County under the banner of fiscal responsibility. But as the mayor of Dartmouth at the time, she was furious. “I didn’t want to be a part of it. I didn’t like what happened. I felt that Dartmouth was going to be a loser in all of this,” said McCluskey, now 81. “Residents still ask me, ‘Can we
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PART 2 OF 5 go back?’ Of course we can’t go back; we can’t afford to go back. We work and make the best of it, but Dartmouth still gets shortchanged.” At the time, Dartmouth was the Saanich or Langford equivalent of metropolitan Halifax. While known as a bedroom community of the nearby big city, it had its own burgeoning economic generators and a solid population base. It came as a shock to McCluskey that no one – municipal politicians and the region’s residents alike – had a say in the fact that amalgamation was happening, ultimately made official on April 1, 1996. At the time, amalgamation wasn’t really on anyone’s radar, according to a former journalist who covered the merger for the now-defunct Halifax Daily News. It’s a very different story in Greater Victoria, where amalgamation is a regular topic of conversation when discussions surrounding political red tape, budgets or regional services arise. “I can remember there being
more voices to maintain the status quo – the view being if you expanded it, the response to local issues would be impaired,” recalled reporter Peter McLaughlin. “There was a worry (after amalgamation was announced) things would be diluted – you’d be paying more taxes and get fewer services or less responsive service in your community or your neighbourhood.” Bill Hayward was hired by the Nova Scotia government to plan and implement the amalgamation. He was chosen because only a couple years earlier he was commissioned by the province to study whether it was even necessary to amalgamate. “I looked at what would happen (if the region were to amalgamate) and I said, ‘No, all we need to do is put together three critical services – police, industrial development and water supply,” Hayward said. “I still don’t think that it was necessary to (amalgamate), if those three (services were merged). … It was controversial.” Controversial would be an understatement if amalgamation were to happen in Greater Victoria. “Everybody has different ideas. What does amalgamation mean? … Is it political? Is it service? Do we divide up a map?,” said Mat Wright, a co-founder of the Capital Regional Municipal Amalgamation Society, known colloquially as Amalgamation Yes. His organization hopes to engage Greater Victoria residents on the topic of amalgamation, and aims to get a plebiscite on the 2014 municipal ballot. “I think there’s a general consensus after years of conversation that the current system could be streamlined more cohesively for broader community benefit,” added John Vickers, another Amalgamation Yes co-founder. Unlike in Nova Scotia, amalgamation can’t be forced upon our region. A decade ago, the province removed a portion of the Community Charter that gave them that power. It now requires initiation for amalgamation to come from
If a road sign greeted visitors coming off the Swartz Bay ferry painted an accurate picture of how many municipalities one can visit, it would look something like this. With 13 municipalities, 91 local politicians, one regional government, three school boards, four police departments and the RCMP, and 13 fire departments covering 462 square kilometers, amalgamating governments or services in Greater Victoria is a way to reduce redundancies. Kyle Slavin/Photo illustration
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municipalities. Vickers says with local politicians all over the map on amalgamation, the only way to get a true snapshot of the region is to put the question to the voting public. The process to get from the current state to a hybrid model (be it amalgamation or integrated services) would be long and slow. According to the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, even if there was a non-binding vote in 2014 to gauge support for some form of amalgamation, any change would require a second public vote, at which time voters would need to know what the proposed government structure would look like. “If the municipal councils involved agreed that there was enough public support of amalgamation, they could request the Minister to order a
restructure vote in each of the municipalities that participated in the process,” a ministry spokesperson said. “In order for amalgamation to take place, the vote would have to be successful in each municipality.” The jury’s still out on whether the Halifax merger was financially worthwhile. The cost of amalgamating came in higher than anticipated, due to having to settle union contract disparities, but cost savings were found through finding efficiencies and eliminating redundancies (Hayward fired 172 staffers, many in management roles). Even if a plebiscite isn’t held in 2014, hiring someone like Hayward to study amalgamation’s potential in Greater Victoria would be a logical step – at the very least to examine that original question: Is amalgamation necessary? kslavin@saanichnews.com
For decades amalgamation talks on a much smaller scale have been happening on the western border of the CRD. Metchosin and East Sooke (part of the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area) have looked at the possibility of a merger even prior to Metchosin’s incorporation in 1984. “It’s always been regarded as a natural fit, and the idea of it is to ensure rural land in perpetuity,” said Metchosin Mayor John Ranns. The latest series of talks – spurred by development pressures in East Sooke – ended in late 2009, when Metchosin said it’d be best to wait until treaty negotiations with Beecher Bay First Nation are complete. Ranns said some Crown land in Metchosin could become part of the treaty settlement. Juan de Fuca area director Mike Hicks said he sees pros and cons of amalgamating with Metchosin, but would want to see that decision put out as a referendum. “The people of East Sooke seem to be fairly content (right now) and I don’t hear it brought up at all,” Hicks said. “If it’s a marriage with no prenups, Metchosin would be looking at it harder than East Sooke. But I don’t know if East Sooke would be a willing bride or not. That’s the reality of amalgamation.”
Black Press website merger brings more news faster The award-winning stories and photos that have made Black Press community newspapers and websites on southern Vancouver Island a must-read for years have a new digital home today. Black Press has combined the power of the oakbaynews.com, goldstreamgazette. com, vicnews.com, saanichnews.com and peninsulanewsreview.com into one website. The new site can be found at vicnews. com. “The idea is to create a site to aggregate all the news from Greater Victoria in one place,” said Kevin Laird, editorial director
content via local for Black Press“Readers will be happy to know Neighborhoods, South Island. that vicnews.com remains a free website which includes Readers will find unrivaled focusing on what’s happening today – in local news from Oak Bay, Saanich, local content, breaking, local and provincial news.” the West Shore an uncluttered – Kevin Laird and Saanich Penformat and the insula, expanded familiar design of the events calendar and links to UsedVictoour websites all combined into one packria.com and Real Estate Victoria. age. “Readers will be happy to know that vicAlong with coverage of regional news, sports, business, lifestyles and opinion, our news.com remains a free website focusing on what’s happening today – in breaking, arts news will be boosted by the addition local and provincial news,” Laird said. of entertainment news from the staff of Vicnews.com is another step in Black Monday Magazine. We’ve added premium
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Last month Victoria council approved a plan to sublease an unused nursery in Saanich to GOMPS, where the organization will sow and grow Garry oak seedlings. GOMPS declined to say where the nursery is located. “We need to produce a large and healthy enough tree that can be planted without fear of damage in our urban forests – deer, rabbits, people. We need to produce the biggest, healthiest tree that’s economically viable,” Croteau said. Once the tree is big enough to be moved from the nursery, they'll be sold to municipalities, regional groups, public bodies and the general public. “This is something that’s very much needed because people in our community are seeing the trees falling, and they're not being
replaced fast enough for an oak tree to fill the space,” Croteau said. Growing genetically Victoria Garry oaks in optimum conditions in the nursery will give them the best chance of survival once they’re planted in an urban forest. GOMPS aims to produce roughly 1,000 trees to sell each year. But that will take some time. Croteau anticipates the first lot of trees won't be available for five to seven years. The nursery still needs to be prepared for the operation, so sowing likely won’t happen for another month or two. GOMPS is a nonprofit that aims to preserve and restore the Garry oak ecosystem in Greater Victoria. For more information, visit garryoak.info. kslavin@saanichnews. com
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The Zebra Group’s owner Rus Collins and interior designer Lorin Turner sit in the great room of a 1930’s P. Leonard James designed house on St. David Street in Oak Bay that they have totally renovated inside and out for the owners. The house will be part of the Young Life Home Tour.
Availability of design tips make tour more like home show Don Descoteau News staff
The prevalence of home improvement TV shows has contributed to the metamorphosis of the Young Life Victoria Home Tour. The popular annual fundraiser for the Christian youth organization began in 1991 as a showcase of new homes and renovations, but in a rather sterile environment – no homeowners were present and few contractors were on hand to chat with. Today the tour is very personal, with many homeowners happy to stick around to talk to the hundreds of visitors who troop through in the course of two five-hour weekend shifts. Some have even chosen to make snacks for guests, says Young Life spokesperson Bill Okell, but organizers stop short of suggesting that
their project homes. While most to participants. “It’s been quite a transition,” visitors are genuinely interested he says. “Very few homeown- in houses, Collins says, many are ers ever hung out in the homes. looking at building or renovating Now (they realize) they’re a in the future. “It’s an opportunity to get good source of information. In past, it was more of a visual inside these houses that you thing. These days it’s more of a might never have a chance to ‘let’s get as much information as get into,” he says. This year’s tour, we can’ thing.” set for April 13 Feedback from “A lot of these and 14, includes 10 tour participants homes, located in has shown visitors people are like are not only hungry their homes, they’re Oak Bay, Fairfield and Uplands. They to discover more feature a combinaoptions for reno- characters and vation projects, he they’re interesting.” tion of single room renovations, major says, they enjoy - Bill Okell rebuilds and new meeting new peohomes – even a ple. “A lot of these people are like their homes, redesigned houseboat. Passport tickets for the selfthey’re characters and they’re guided tour are $25 each and interesting.” Rus Collins, a partner in the are available at building supply Zebra Group and manager of the stores around the region. For a company’s construction arm, is list of outlets or other informaback with the tour after a hiatus. tion, call the Young Life office at The Zebra crew is showcasing 250-634-3223 or visit younglife. its work on a near total inside- ca/victoriahometour. All money raised from the out renovation of a former Tudor-revival style home on St. tour goes directly to Young Life’s work with teenagers in Greater David Street in Oak Bay. It can be fruitful for builders or Victoria. editor@vicnews.com designers to hang out at one of
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New air carrier services are set to begin flying out of the Victoria International Airport this spring and sum-
mer, as the airport authority works to attract other route services — domestic and foreign —to its terminal. To win and maintain those services, the Victoria Airport Authority has set into motion a 20-year master plan to upgrade and expand the ter-
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minal building, add more space on the tarmac for aircraft and expand its main runway. That master plan has been the subject of two open house presentations, one in downtown Victoria, the second at Sidney’s Mary Winspear Centre March 19. Airport authority chief executive officer Geoff Dickson and director of marketing and community relations Terry Stewart led the presentation and answered questions from the audience. In the short term — 2012 to 2016 — the authority has plans to extend its main runway 600 feet, split between the east and west ends of the airstrip. With hopes to attract services to destinations further afield, Stewart said the runway needs to grow to be able to accommodate larger, long-haul aircraft. “We had Boeing come to the airport and assess all of the fleets available and look at the airport’s needs,” he said. That ended up being an additional 600 feet. Today, the plan is to do the $8.1 million expansion as early as 2016 and 2017, growing by 400 feet at the west end and 200 feet to the east. As well, Stewart noted the airport is 72 years old and the runway itself requires “considerable restoration.” To that end, the authority will work in a threeinch pavement overlay project, for a cost of approximately $7.5
million. Already, the airport authority has started work on upgrades and changes in its terminal building. There will be expansions of pre-screening areas, new escalators and elevators, additional space for retail and food services after the security checkpoint and improvements to parking areas. These, too, are expected to occur between now and 2017 and cost around $8.1 million. All of the short-term projects outlined in the master plan will cost an estimated $41.6 million. Over the medium and long term – to 2031, the authority is estimating all of their improvement projects will cost nearly $162 million. The airport authority generates around $10 million in surplus revenue each year, which Dickson said is put into facility improvements and debt repayment. Stewart added that since the authority took over the operation of the airport in 1997, their investment has been around $100 million. The authority also hopes to get some value out of leasing land surrounding the airport. The master plan shows potential growth areas in the West Sidney industrial and commercial areas, as well as two business park spaces — an existing area where the Thrifty Foods warehouse is located, and the other
— a 38-acre site — in the south west. It’s not developed yet, but Stewart said they are looking for high-end technology and light industrial businesses to move in. This business park could open as early as 2014, but Stewart said it’s more likely to grow over the next five to eight years. The Victoria Airport Authority’s master plan is available on their website, victoriaairport. com/master-plan.
Noise concerns As the Victoria International Airport grows over the next 20 years, its master plan indicated little in the way of corresponding noise growth. Stewart says there’s little increase in aircraft noise predicted between now and 2016. That’s due, in part, to advanced in aircraft technology that make engines more quiet, and the fact that Victoria operates mainly during the day. With new services and aircraft, he noted there will be marginal increases in noise. Other noise from the airport, such as bird control air cannons, still occurs and they have made timing changes to try to disturb their neighbours a little less. He added safety is a top priority and the cannons will continue to be used to prevent bird strikes. editor@peninsulanewsreview.com
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Ken Steacy, program leader for Comics & Graphic Design at Camosun College, shows off a print he made – as an official Lucasfilm artist – for a Star Wars convention. Comics & Graphic Design hosts a Comic Convention at the college’s Lansdowne campus on Sunday.
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to improve that learning experience. Sunday marks the culmination of the first year News staff of offering the program at Camosun, a one-of-akind program in Canada. While superheroes and Archie have domiTo celebrate graduation, the 16 students will nated the comic book world, the flexibility of the show off their works as part of a one-day Comics medium allows writers to tell deep, substantive Conference at the school’s Lansdowne campus. and moving stories. “Our students have shown a strong desire to With a 40-year career as a writer and illustrator create more substantive stories, under his belt, Ken Steacy knows more personal and of a dramatic firsthand the storytelling poten“Visual nature,” Steacy said. “I think we’re tial of comics and graphic novels. storytelling is now all hardwired as storytellers, it’s That’s why he and his wife, Joan, what kind of binds us together as launched a Comics & Graphic Nov- starting to be used to human beings. We communicate els certificate program last fall at educate, to inform and through stories and this is a wonCamosun College. derful medium for our stories.” “We teach comics and graphic to empower.” The free Comic Conference runs novels as a language – the language - Ken Steacy from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 7 on of visual storytelling; this wonderthe third floor of the Lansdowne ful synergy that is created when campus’ Young building. words and pictures collide,” he said. “Visual stoThe event will include displays and presentarytelling is now starting to be used to educate, to tions from working artists, including Paul Chadinform and to empower.” wick (Concrete), Anne Marie Fleming (The MagiSteacy’s talents have been used to tell the cal Life of Long Tack Sam) and Sam Logan (Sam stories of some of the comic book world’s most & Fuzzy). famous characters, including Batman, SpiderFor information on the comics program conMan, X-Men and Astro Boy. He’s currently worktact Steacy at steacyk@camosun.bc.ca. ing on revamping the province’s FoodSafe trainkslavin@saanichnews.com ing manual, using visual storytelling techniques
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Child poverty remains a serious and lingering issue in B.C., and the Canadian Federation of University Women is working to make that issue a priority with voters leading to the May provincial election. The CFUW is organizing talks on child poverty across the province this month, and the Victoria chapter is hosting a forum next Wednesday at the Salvation Army Citadel in Saanich. “A lot of families are hurting due to the recession, minimum wage isn’t keeping up with inflation and the poorest are suffering,” said Jill Leslie, vicepresident Canadian Federation of University Women Victoria. “And in many cases those poor are children.” Leslie points to the 2012 Child Poverty Report Card by First Call - B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition. That report
assessed that B.C. is “at the bottom of the heap” in terms of most poverty measurements: a child poverty rate at 14. 3 per cent, the worst in Canada except for Manitoba; and the worst poverty rate for kids living with two parents. “We think if child poverty moves up the public agenda, then it will move up the political agenda as well,” Leslie said. Poverty researcher David Hay, one of the keynote speakers, said when it comes to child poverty, there are no single policies or quick solutions to make a significant dent in the statistics. Until recently, B.C. has lagged in terms of its minimum wage and major cities such as Vancouver and Victoria are expensive to live in, but Hay said social assistance spending in B.C. isn’t vastly different than other provinces. “It’s hard to pinpoint why (child poverty) is different in B.C. than other provinces,” he said. “B.C. has gone backward over the last decade from one of the best to one of the worst.” The overall economy, job creation and wages can play a key role in reducing
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The other grey tsunami First generation of developmentally disabled adults reach senior years Edward Hill News staff
The Beatles piped into her headphones and a paintbrush in hand, 52-year-old Cindy Walsh dabs watercolours onto her latest work in the Garth Homer Centre. Behind her, Dolores Wilkinson, 79, peruses a book of funny animals with community services worker Alison Webb. Standard morning activities at the day centre for adults with developmental disabilities. Only a few decades ago Wilkinson and Walsh would have been a rare breed – the life expectancy of people with Down syndrome or other cognitive impairments was considerably lower than the general population. But they are members of the first cohort in history of developmentally disabled adults
reaching their senior years in large numbers, a phenomenon that is forcing the provincial government to rethink how it cares for a population that is aging and is intensely vulnerable. “Now we are into the first generation of people with developmental disabilities who are getting old,” said Mitchell Temkin, CEO of the Garth Homer Society. “We believe community inclusion and acceptance has helped life span increase. It’s a baby boomer generation … and there’s lots of them.” The Garth Homer Centre, for one, is trying to take a leadership role in how service providers adjust to the wave of aging adults that is yet to be accounted for through government funding. With 30-plus clients between age 50 and 80 in day programs, the centre hired Phemie Guttin, a registered nurse, as its first director of geriatric services. “I suspect the (number of senior) clients will grow quickly,” Guttin said. “This is happening in a lot of sites. We never had a significant number
before, it wasn’t on the radar.” Much like the regular population of adult clients, senior clients engage in art, reading and writing, cooking, a drama program and music therapy – programs to keep them mentally and physically engaged. Cognitively disabled people age like anyone else – they become frail, medical costs go up and some, especially people with Down syndrome, get early onset dementia. As their clients age, Garth Homer staff, caregivers and the facility will need training on caring for the elderly and the infrastructure to match, but it’s not clear where the money will come from. Temkin says developmentally disabled people reaching old age has presented a quandary for government – agencies like Garth Homer are funded to deal with disabilities and not with geriatrics, while the health care system doesn’t pay for people with disabilities.
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Dolores Wilkinson, 79, and community services worker Alison Webb read through a book of ugly animals at the Garth Homer Centre in Saanich. Wilkinson is among the first generation of people with a developmental disability growing into old age, which is forcing government to rethink how it funds organizations that care for people with cognitive impairments.
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ighty years ago, a person with Down syndrome was lucky to make it to their 16th birthday. Fortunately, advances in health care, nutrition and de-institutionalization has helped the developmentally disabled live into their senior years, largely at the same pace as the rest of society. This shows the lasting and long-term benefits of treating people with Down syndrome, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and other cognitive impairments as members of society, not people to be locked away at home or warehoused in institutions. Greater Victoria and communities across B.C. have service agencies with excellent day programs, job placement programs and group homes, all in an effort to have people with disabilities live rich, dignified lives in their communities and among their peers. With all of these advancements and with hindsight, it’s not surprising that developmentally disabled people are living much longer than they used to. The current cohort is the first in history to get old in large numbers. Ministry of Social Development and by extension Community Living B.C., the Crown agency that manages funding and programs for the developmentally disabled, will roll out plans to better care for their aging clients (it’s also rolling out plans to better manage young adults – CLBC is seeing growing client load at both ends of the age spectrum). Unfortunately, the ministry and CLBC are slow on the uptake. It’s been well known for at least five years that the grey tsunami of cognitively disabled seniors was on its way, but planning for this in government circles really only started last year, after CLBC emerged from multiple damaging scandals. Part of rebuilding credibility is the Ministry of Social Development following through with promises of funding to meet growing service demands. If funding doesn’t materialize, it will leave nonprofit organizations stretched thinner and searching for ways to support aging clients. Older people, disabled or not, need more medical care, walkers and other items to keep them safe at home or in day-program centres. Retirement homes aren’t staffed with people who understand developmental disabilities, and service agencies generally aren’t equipped or funded to run geriatric programs. Last year the government trumpeted its 12-point program to improve how CLBC operates. Hopefully for its most vulnerable citizens, that’s not empty rhetoric. 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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in securing a sustainable supply first heard about the idea of a oil of resources that will flow freely, refinery in Kitimat from David without trade barriers such as Black a number of years ago. surprise taxes, regulations At the time I was or tariffs. skeptical of its chances, Canada has a good based mainly on my 10 reputation as a reliable years of experience on free trade country the board of Imperial with a dependable Oil. I was accustomed source of supply. It’s a to petroleum economics very opportune time being centred in Calgary to attract the vast and saw no need for investment needed a refinery in Kitimat. to make this project There had not been a go ahead. Black, with new refinery built in Jim Shepard his years of diligence, North America in many Guest column deserves appreciation for years, and any needed displaying the foresight increase in petroleum and courage to invest his production was achieved time, money and reputation to help by expanding existing refineries. bring along this huge initiative. During my time with Canfor, I The positive merits of the made nine visits to China in search project are so profound that it of lumber markets. My exposure transcends any political ideologies to the phenomenal expansion of in B.C. Supporters of the NDP, China’s economy opened my eyes Liberals, Conservatives or Green to the true merit of the Kitimat Party should be able to see the refinery concept. I realized it would tremendous benefits it would bring. not simply be relying on the North Let’s look at the “on-the-ground” America market, it could supply the vast appetite of China for petroleum facts of this multi-billion dollar undertaking. products. In the petroleum cycle, from well The challenge has been to exploration to the gas station, the convince Asian investors to the jurisdiction that hosts the refining value of this investment. But it process enjoys a huge portion now appears Black is nearing an of the value addition to the raw agreement that could provide the material. vast capital infusion needed to In Kitimat, that would mean make this refinery a reality. several thousand mostly tradeAsia’s appetite for oil products union jobs for the multi-year term will continue to grow and a Kitimat of the construction phase. It would refinery would be ideally situated also mean the creation of more to take advantage. Asian countries, especially China, are very interested than 3,000 permanent jobs for the
refinery’s operation and supply support. The operation could process 175 million barrels per year, creating immense tax revenue that could fund health care, education and vital services for the disabled and elderly. But job creation and tax revenue are not the only desirable features. It also would provide much lower risk to the marine environment. Shipments from the refinery would be finished products such as aviation fuel, gasoline and diesel, all of which have much less impact on the environment if spilled than crude oil. They would also be transported in smaller ships. While people on both sides of the aisle see this as a political issue, I disagree. This project can be attractive regardless of political affiliation. Trade unions would see a significant increase in jobs and memberships. Hospitals and schools across the province would see increased government funding. And business activity, especially in the challenged northwest B.C. region, would be very positively impacted. The question should not be whether we want this project, but rather, how can we help make sure the petroleum world sees it as an attractive way to invest billions in shareholder capital? Jim Shepard is retired president of Finning and Canfor, two of B.C.’s largest companies, and a past director on the board of Imperial Oil.
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Rutting season Saanich parks worker Michael Kelleher gets the Lakehill Lawn Bowling Club’s green in Reynolds Park ready for the season by using a hollow-line aerating machine. After the soil plugs are cleared, club members fill the holes with sand. Parks staff aerate the four lawn bowling greens in the municipality every spring. Sharon Tiffin/News staff
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Time to crack down on irresponsible cyclists Re: Wearing a helmet is critical for cyclists’ safety (Letters, March 29) For the safety of cyclists and lessened anxiety for motorists, I would suggest that in addition to safety helmets which can reduce injuries, more accident prevention warrants attention. One step towards this is for cyclists riding after dark to take more responsibility, wearing reflective vests and using front and rear lights. While the majority show common sense, there are still cyclists who seem to have a death wish. This is most apparent in the dark months of December through February. My eyesight is good, yet I find it difficult to see
these road users, and in the rain with oncoming traffic, they are almost invisible. On a few occasions I have stopped to calmly explain how precarious it is for these cyclists, who may not drive and may be unaware of the vision difficulties for motorists. This has usually resulted in receiving verbal abuse from the riders. While my responsible citizenship in such cases is done, I still don’t relish the possibility of going through the traumatic experience of injuring this type of cyclist. A way of reducing this irresponsible behaviour is to have more police presence during the
winter months. Ticket offenders and confiscate their bike for six months. Anyone without the common sense to realize the danger of cycling in dark clothing and without lights will not respond to gentle, reasoned persuasion. James McMillan Victoria
Safety virtually built in for European cyclists Re: Wearing a helmet is critical for cyclists’ safety (Letters, March 29) It was nice to see my letter generated a response. Unfortunately, the writer seems to
think I’m against cyclists wearing helmets and has completely missed the point. Cyclists across Canada should always wear helmets for the very reason I pointed out. In Europe, cyclists often have their own separated, barrier-protected lanes and are virtually safe, so helmets are not an issue there. Victoria roads, however, sometimes have a painted line – no protection at all – or else must squeeze in along the curb, forcing motorists to veer into the left lane and go around them, creating the possibility of accidents. I feel sorry for cyclists who do their best by wearing helmets, riding with the traffic, etc. In spite
of their best behaviours, there has not been any recognition of their need for improvements so they can travel more safely. A while back, David Suzuki and one of his daughters traveled to Copenhagen for a CBC special. One of the things they noticed was how nice it was to cycle there. No one wore helmets because there was no danger of being in an accident with a car. Until North American culture changes so our world doesn’t revolve around cars, even the best road improvements for cyclists here do not mean people should forego wearing helmets. Helene Harrison Victoria
Readers respond: Eugenics rebuttal, tuberculosis funding Rebuttals missed point of eugenics letter Re: Quality of letters questioned by reader, Reference to Agenda 21 like 9/11 conspiracy (Letters, March 29) Writers Alan Johnson and Murray Sinclair both attempt to denigrate my well-founded concerns about the Globalist eugenicist sustainability cult and one of its key tyrannical mechanisms, United Nations’ Agenda 21. Johnson suggests that “Gregory Hartnell doesn’t seem to understand the differences between sustainability, birth control and eugenics,” while Mr. Sinclair suggests that I am using “arguments that are the intellectual equivalent (using the term generously) of a 9/11 conspiracy theory.” Both writers seem to have missed the whole point of my original letter, which suggested columnists David
Suzuki and Ian Hanington support Uruguayan president Jose Mujica because he votes for population reduction and the so-called ‘family planning’ programmes of UN Agenda 21. While I agree with Johnson’s assertion that greens support legal, safe and accessible birth control, I part company with him when he writes that fewer unwanted children is a way to slow the environmental damage we are already causing in this world. Sinclair calls Agenda 21 “a voluntary, non-binding environmental plan from the United Nations,” and notes that Christian Heritage Party candidate Dr. Philip Ney included similar warnings about the proposition in his election platform. While I am not a member of that party, I am unashamed to confirm that I was one of the people who voted for him.
Basically, I think Ney and those awakened souls who condemn the dangerous ‘sustainable development’ myth of UN Agenda 21 make more sense than sustainability cultists like David Suzuki and Ian Hanington. Gregory Hartnell Victoria
Mandela’s health issues flashpoint for funding Nelson Mandela is in hospital with a recurring lung infection caused when he contracted tuberculosis in Pollsmoor Prison in 1988. It left an indelible imprint on him and he has relentlessly sought to increase awareness about the dangerous implications of TB. Nowhere are the themes of his life more applicable than in the fight against tuberculosis. This deadly disease is still plaguing the world today with
a staggering 1.4 million people globally succumbing to this killer annually and nearly nine million new cases detected yearly. Mine workers in South Africa have the highest rate of TB in the world and an estimated one-third of TB infections in the southern African region are linked to mining activities. There is a deadly synergy with TB/HIV co-infection in the spread of TB in mining communities. People living with HIV are 20 to 30 times more likely to develop TB due to compromised immune systems. About $1 billion per year of international funding is needed for TB care and control. Let us honour this amazing humanitarian and his struggle and work and address this disease by increasing Canadian investment to the Global Fund when it is replenished this fall. Anita Mark Saanichton
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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 Greater Victoria businesses 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 Victoria-centric page to do so. Almost 160,000 people saw posts from the page last week alone. Daniel Palmer To put that number in Reporting 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. “In order to get clients, you need proof of concept – a Facebook page or Twitter feed with plenty of followers. This demonstrates you are able to develop, to cultivate and to hold the attention of an audience.” The business model is nothing new, but many
social media users may not realize their “Likes” are driving the monetization of Facebook. “Social media is actually in a period of decline,” Wilkes says. “Because it’s so crowded and noisy online, it’s getting harder and harder to compete. So you have to invest more to get less in terms of a market response.” Advertising through social media is only going to get more intense and more severe, particularly because revenues are nowhere near traditional print media, he adds. “It’s cheaper to advertise online, but there’s a reason it’s cheaper. You reach more people, but they don’t necessarily click through. Television advertising is still king.” Trina Mousseau, Tourism Victoria’s director of destination marketing, says whatever the end goal of Seal’s page, anything that promotes Victoria is an asset to the industry. “I appreciate very much they have a big following, and that they push out good content about what’s happening in the city,” she says. “We really need to work together with a common messaging and supporting each other.” In a few weeks, Seal will begin promoting local B.C. Green Party candidate events on his Facebook page. It’s not uncharted territory – during last October’s federal by-election he offered posts to each political party. But he and his partners will likely keep a watchful eye over their subscriber numbers as
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Vic High one of 20 schools at Victoria Performing Arts Festival Travis Paterson News staff
The kids just want to be on stage. Perhaps some more than others. Or so class instructor Kerry Krich mentions, as she reminds the students of Vic High’s D block dance class as they hustle through an exhibition of Put Your Hands Up, a three-minute piece they’ve choreographed themselves for the upcoming Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival. “More expression on your faces please. You’ve chosen to be in the performing arts, so let’s see it,” says Krich. Her words are firm but caring. Vic High’s Platform 61 troupe is made up of 80 dance students from several classes and will do 13 performances over the course of two days, April 23 and 24, at the festival’s School Dance session at the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium. Giving up-and-coming or established artists of all types a chance to attempt, hone or perfect their craft in front of an audience is one of the driving motivations behind this month’s festival, which is already underway
But it’s the School Dance Honours Concert on May 7, which uses select performances from April 23 and 24, that has students from 20 Greater Victoria public and private high schools turning up the heat in rehearsal over the next three weeks. “We’re not always the most technically sound (troupe) but we Travis Paterson/News staff work hard and Vic High dance students Sayaka Pomeroy, left, Mohammed have a lot of pasRashead and Karling Morriss rehearse Put Your Hands Up for sion. Mostly we make sure we have the festival. fun,” Krich said. “The big theme of our group is positivity.” across the city, until May 11. The Vic High students are quite used to It’s the festival’s 86th year, with 15 disciplines represented by Victoria’s performing having a safe, positive environment in their arts community. Shows run almost daily, bright studio overlooking the school’s historwith 11 honours concerts and performances ical track and rugby pitch. So much so, they that showcase some of the higher caliber still joke about some snobby, Glee-like comperformers from the festival’s smaller shows. ments they experienced at last year’s festival. “The festival can be stressful. Other New this year is an honours concert for brass, classical guitar, composition and schools are so competitive and they crush you (with comments), but it’s fun,” said woodwinds on May 2.
Grade 12 student Mohammed Rashead. The 20 dancers of D block choreographed Put Your Hands Up specifically for the festival. It’s a favourite of theirs, as it incorporates all sorts of disciplines, ballet, belly dance, hip hop, jazz, Bollywood and more. But their absolute favourite to rehearse and perform is Happiness, designed in house by Vic High alumnus Ross Wirtanen. The Canadian choreographer is a former student of Krich’s and returns every year to work with Vic High’s dance class. This year he returned for two weeks and worked with the students on Happiness. “We love Happiness for all the energy and passion we can put into it and the style – the costuming was fun,” Rashead said. This year’s festival ends with its final honours concert, the Roberto and Mary Wood Scholarship Competition on May 11, 7 p.m. at the Victoria Truth Centre on Fort St. Performances from all 20 high schools run 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, April 23 and 24. From there, a selection of shows will take place at the School Dance Honours Concert and Awards, 7 p.m. May 7 at the UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium. Tickets for the School Dance Honours Concert and Awards are $12 for adults and $8 for students, senior and children. Visit gvpaf.org for a full schedule. sports@vicnews.com
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The life of hotel bedrooms and in-flight breakfasts can be heard creeping into Ivonne Hernandez’s voice, but more prominent is the vibrant love and passion that has driven her music her entire life. Tonight, in the midst of a flourishing career, the Goldstream-raised fiddler is bringing her high-energy music home to Victoria’s Fairfield Church. “It’s awesome to come back and play in front of friends and family,” says Hernandez. “It’s so nice to see everyone, say hello, and thank them for
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UVic students attempt world-record dance party Dance party aims to crush exam stress and set a record
“(It’s) open to anyone – dancers, people who like to groove and anyone who likes dancing and wants to be a part of setting a world record with us,” said company president Bonnie Hughson. “We are hoping to create as large of a Ben Gawletz crowd as possible, hopefully 300.” News staff The Just Dance competition, The University of Victoria Dance judged by Ubisoft representatives, will award the winning dance crew Company is hoping to help stu$2,500. A Ubisoft film dents crush exam “We are hoping crew in attendance stress with a nationwide dance party. to create as large will give the UVic crew increased exposure to The company and of a crowd as the community and similar crews at seven other Canadian univer- possible, hopefully country, Hughson said. “I’d love for the sities are competing on 300.” company to gain recSaturday (April 6) to - Bonnie Hughson ognition, along with see which campus can the university, as well. throw the best “Just That will help us with Dance” party. our future fundraisers and events.” The event also aims to set The UVic Dance Company a world record for the largest remote dance class. Participants at invites anyone to drop by the Ian H. Stewart Complex field house, UVic and the seven other universi3964 Gordon Head Rd., where a ties will simultaneously dance to massive dance floor will be set up Flo Rida’s Good Feeling, as choreofor the party. Dancers are encourgraphed in Ubisoft’s video game aged to wear ’90s-era workout “Just Dance.” gear. The 20-member UVic Dance The event goes from noon to 3 Company will teach local parp.m. on Saturday. For more visit ticipants the dance – the event is justdance-contest.ca. also open to the public – then the editor@vicnews.com group will follow the game on a TV.
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Welcoming the Worlds 2013 World Men’s Curling Championship photos from the News’ Sharon Tiffin and Travis Paterson
Teams take to the ice for morning draws Wednesday at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Canada’s Ryan Harnden reacts to his throw during Wednesday morning’s draw against Japan at the World Men’s Curling Championship. Canada lost 10-8 in an extra end.
Canadian E.J. Harnden watches the rock after making a throw during Wednesday morning’s draw against Japan at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.
Ryan Fry, left, and Brad Jacobs watch a shot during play against the Czech Republic Tuesday. Canada lost the match 6-4 – their first loss of the tournament.
Scotland’s Dave Murdoch reacts during a Tuesday afternoon draw against Russia at the World Men’s Curling Championship. Scotland won 6-4.
ABOVE: Team Sweden fans Robert Strid and Jonas Lindrall came all the way from Sweden to cheer on their home team at the World Men’s Curling Championship. LEFT: Japan’s Kosuke Morozumi, left, and Tetsuro Shimizu sweep after Yusuke Morozumi makes a throw during Wednesday morning’s win over Canada.
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Team optimistic despite playoff exit Travis Paterson News staff
Life will take care of itself is the motto as the Victoria Royals begin the offseason. On paper there are some tough decisions for coach Dave Lowry and general manager Cam Hope to make when the the Royals return from a five-month break to the Western Hockey League in late August. Returnees, graduating players, and life lessons were the key topics covered as the Victoria media shuffled down the hall from the Men’s World Curling Championships at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre to the Royals dressing room, where the team did exit interviews and said their goodbyes on Tuesday. But life often has a way of sorting itself out, enough to make those decisions clearer, if not easier, for Hope and Lowry. For one, it’s possible all five Royals turning 20 this year might not return healthy to start the season. It’s also possible another team or teams will show interest in them and that all five will get a chance to be an over-age player in the WHL, either on the Royals or elsewhere. Until then, there’s no knowing what will happen to Logan Nelson, Ben Walker, Tim Traber, Jordan Fransoo and Mitch Deacon. All but Fransoo started their WHL careers with the Royals/Chilliwack Bruins. “We’re glad we’re not making that decision today,” Lowry said. “That’ll all play out and take care of itself. The guys who will be fighting for spots will be here in August for camp.” The mood during the locker clean-out had a mellow flavour. “We’re a real disappointed group, but from coaches’ perspective we’re real proud of effort and performance it showed a lot
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The Victoria royals celebrate a goal by Ben Walker during Game 6 of their seven game series against the Kamloops Blazers, played at Bear Mountain Arena. of character, down a lot of bodies,” Lowry said. “Young guys stepped up and at the end of it we ran out of gas.” The book now closes on this season as the Royals’ brass now move on to scouting for the upcoming WHL Bantam Draft on May 2 in Calgary. “We have some scouts meetings right away, a prospect camp in the U.S.A. next week followed by some tournaments before the draft,” Hope said. Expect the Royals to pick up the best players available. That includes possibly taking another goalie at the CHL Import Draft in June, though unlikely, as the team seems content to go with rookies Patrik Polivka and Coleman Vollrath for another season. All indications are Polivka, the 19-year-old Czech import will be back. Polivka showed promise as the Royals
starter. He began the season strong and was in good form during the team’s great January run that put them temporarily in fourth place. During the Royals’ February losing streak, however, Polivka lost the starting spot to Vollrath, who put a solid stamp on the year. Prospect Michael Herringer also played, getting his first win. The team muzzled Polivka from speaking about a lower-body injury that hampered him through the second part of the season. But he says he was healthy for the playoffs, in which he was stellar. As of Wednesday Polivka led all WHL goalies in the playoffs with 244 shots faced and 222 saves. “I was healthy for the playoffs and I’m good now, I can’t feel (the injury), so I’m just looking forward to next year.” Polivka will spend the summer in the Czech Republic finishing high school.
Hope spoke glowingly of Lowry for guiding the Royals to a franchise best record despite the amount of injuries and suspensions to veteran members of the team. “When we were healthy we had a terrific winning streak. When we weren’t healthy, Lowry was able to get the team to take one of the best teams (Kamloops) in the country to six games, and with a little luck, maybe we could have knocked them off,” Hope said. This year’s Royals team leaned heavily on its over-agers, Alex Gogolev, Jamie Crooks and Tyler Stahl. The general consensus is it would have been a different playoff series versus the Kamloops Blazers if Royals’ MVP Gogolev and regular-season captain Stahl were available. Both were out with seasonending injuries. Crooks did play all six playoff games, and scored three goals and four assists. As for next year, think Nelson and Walker instead of Gogolev and Crooks, and Fransoo instead of Stahl. Traber offers a lot of leadership that could have him sticking around. Regardless, it will be youth all over again, Hope said. “Guys who are 17 next year will be taking on leadership roles. Guys who were 17 this year will feel like old men.” This year’s team played three 16-yearolds on defence, Joe Hicketts, Jack Walker and Ryan Gagnon, as well as Brandon Fushimi up front. And all four played regular roles. Pencil dynamic forward Tyler Soy and defenceman Chaz Reddekopp in for next year. “If we are going to keep our young guys on the team then they’re going to play,” Lowry said. “If we feel 16 year olds can play quality minutes then we feel they have that right.” Visit vicnews.com for a web extra feature on forward Brandon Fushimi’s rookie season with the Royals. sports@vicnews.com
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Skip Ben Power and the seven crew of his H20 won the 2011 Juan de Fuca Swiftsure race, 146 kilometres to Clallam Bay and back. They finished second last year but it’s all fun as long as you're trying your best, said Power. Baaad Kitty previously sailed on the Ottawa River. member and purchased a boat just a few years later. More than anything he is adamant that people are missing out on the experience of being a crew member. “It’s B.C.’s best-kept secret. You can have so much fun, it builds team spirit and life skills.” Power and crew first entered Baaad Kitty into the Swiftsure Juan de Fuca race (to Clallam Bay and back) in 2011. That race is famous for its dead wind, and yet Baaad Kitty swept the Juan de Fuca’s categories, crossing the finish line first and having the top time after the adjustments. “One of the mysteries is the wind factor. Because of our boat, we do better in less wind than anyone else. And the less wind the more intense it gets out there, because everyone is fighting for that miniscule amount of speed,” Power said. Last year, in better winds, Baaad Kitty finished second. “I’m not a big fan of second but we did
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SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.
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Find more details on the Open Houses below in the April 4 - 10 edition of Real Estate Victoria
401-670 Dallas Rd, $525,000
2043 Milton St., $564,900
Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Fred Lerch, 250-889-2528 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Bev Carey 250 477-7291
pg. 6
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Lynnell Davidge, 250-477-7291
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheri Crause, 250-592-4422
302-1000 McClure, $199,000 pg. 25
pg. 11
pg. 27
Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921
pg. 9
304-1665 Oak Bay, $289,000 Saturday 11-1 & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Plank, 250-360-6106 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jeff Shaw, 250-474-6003
406-1039 Linden Ave, $289,000 Saturday 3-4:30 Re/Max Camosun Jason Binab, 250-744-3301 Sunday 1-4 One Flat Fee Mayur Arora 250 813-1960
pg. 11
402-103 Gorge Rd E, $409,000 Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty May Hamilton, 250-477-5353
pg. 6
Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333
pg. 8
Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091
305-409 Swift, $329,900 pg. 3
pg. 9
pg. 27
414-10 Paul Kane, $629,000 Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422
pg. 8
101-75 Songhees, $685,000 Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333
pg. 6
pg. 12
pg. 25
pg. 25
Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Marie Blender, 250-385-2033
Sunday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Rosemarie Colterman 250 592-4422
Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Ed G Sing, 250-744-3301
Sunday 2-4 Address Realty Ltd. Rob Angus, 250-391-1893
Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Sharen Warde, 250-592-4422
pg. 8
Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Lynnell Davidge, 250-477-7291
pg. 27
376 Kinver St., $424,900
1805 Mckenzie Ave, $489,000 pg. 12
pg. 10
pg. 25
pg. 12
Sunday 1-3 Address Realty Ltd. Rob Angus, 250-391-1893
1026 Tillicum, $489,900 pg. 12
Sunday 2-4 Fair Realty Ray Kong, 250-590-7011
pg. 6
4294 Torquay Dr, $539,900 pg. 13
pg. 13
313-3277 Glasgow Ave, $199,000
pg. 25
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Gurcharan Chauhan, 250-384-8124
Friday 1-3 JonesCo Real Estate Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653
Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty David Harvey, 250-385-2033
pg. 6
4275 Parkside Cres, 569,900 pg. 25
Saturday 12-2 Re/Max Camosun Jason Binab, 250-744-3301
Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess 250 384-8124
11075 Salal Pl., $599,900 Sunday 2-4 JonesCo Real Estate Ian Heath, 250-655-7653
pg. 3
Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Colin Walters, 250-479-3333
8501 Ebor Terr., $629,000 Saturday 2:30-4 One Percent Realty Guy Effler, 250-812-4910
pg. 25
9708 Fifth St, $599,900 Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608
pg. 15
6665 Buena Vista, $614,000
Saturday 3-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
pg. 21
pg. 21
pg. 21
pg. 9
8230 West Saanich, $649,900
512 Crossandra Cres, $324,900
Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Paul Askew 250 744-3301
Saturday 12-2 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003
pg. 15
1290 Lands End, $769,000 pg. 6
2945 Colquitz, $429,900 Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Sharen Warde, 250-592-4422
pg. 6
1601 Mayneview Terr., $679,000
556 Heatherdale pg. 13
pg. 14
pg. 9
Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588
Saturday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital James Liu 250 477-5353
pg. 3
302-9945 Fifth St, $329,000
Sunday 2-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
Saturday & Sunday 1-4 The Condo Group, Burr Properties Ltd. 250-382-6636
107-537 Heatherdale, $398,000 pg. 12
pg. 8
11061 Salal Pl., $749,000
3356 Whittier, $424,900 pg. 7
pg. 21
10500 McDonald Park, $585,000
Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
4693 Sunnymead, $829,900 Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Brad Gregory, 250-744-3301
Sunday 2-3:30 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Ed G Sing, 250-744-3301
pg. 25
Saturday 11-1 Macdonald Realty Ltd Eleanor V Smith, 250 388-5882
Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Kent Deans, 250-686-4141
pg. 14
2380 Alta Vista Pl, $699,000
304-1618 North Dairy, $332,999
11-4318 Emily Carr Dr., $519,000
303-625 Admirals Rd, $179,900 pg. 3
pg. 13
311-3921 Shelbourne, $299,000
982 Mckenzie, $324,900 Tuesday-Sunday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital James Liu 250 477-5353
311 Uganda Ave., $435,000 pg. 12
pg. 2
Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Kathryn Alexander, 250-881-4440
Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Shelly Reed, 250-213-7444
Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Jack Petrie, 250-385-2033
pg. 13
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Rick Turcotte, 250-744-3301
Saturday 12-1:30 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Rosemarie Colterman 250 592-4422
Saturday 12-1:30 Fair Realty Chris Dusseault, 250-516-8773
98-7701 Central Saanich, $179,900
1801 Laval Ave.
103E-1115 Craigflower, $354,900 pg. 9
pg. 5
1533 Granada Cres, $549,900 pg. 27
pg. 21
2244 Mills Rd, $549,900
841 Maltwood, $775,000 Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Mara, 250-384-8124
Saturday 3-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
Saturday 2:30-4:30 Re/Max Camosun Jason Binab, 250-744-3301
Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Michael McMullen, 250-881-8225
205-1571 Mortimer, $209,000
pg. 27
8930 Tumbo Pl, $1,124,000
305-1620 McKenzie, $328,400
Saturday 2-4 One Percent Realty Valentino, 250-686-2242
Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Lorraine Stundon 250 812-0642
pg. 3
Saturday 2-4 Boorman’s Rod Hay, 250-595-1535
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Cassie Kangas, 250-477-7291
Sunday 1-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Patti Locke-Lewkowich, 250 477-7291
10216 Surfside Pl., $579,000
Sunday 2-4 Brown Brothers Real Estate Robert Young 250 385-6900
1905 Portway, $859,950
1590 Ash Rd, $1,099,000
613 Sturdee
110 Beach
Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Mike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100
pg. 13
20-1473 Garnet, $379,000
pg. 11
2560 Orchard, $769,000 Saturday 2-4 JonesCo Real Estate Ian Heath, 250-655-7653
Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Sharen Warde, 250-592-4422
pg. 5
112-1505 Church Ave, $184,000
106-820 Short St., $354,900 pg. 3
pg. 14
7179 Skyline Cres, $559,900
Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Jeannie Lau, 250-477-5353
Sunday 2-4 Boorman’s Graham Bavington, 250-415-1931
823 Gulfview, $1,065,000
Saturday 2-4 JonesCo Real Estate Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653
Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Doug Poruchny, 250-474-4800
Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Laurie Abram, 250-385-2033
Saturday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Rosemarie Colterman 250 592-4422
pg. 27
Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448
pg. 10
1553 Marcola, $549,000
2201 Arbutus Cove, $1,349,000
2166 Central, $679,000
Saturday 12-2 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Plank, 250 360-6106
Sunday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Vicky Turner 250 592-4422
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Allen Tepper, 250-686-6325
Sunday 2-5 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Rob Garry 250 384-8124
pg. 25
11D-37 Cooper Rd, $164,800
pg. 10
209-2529 Wark, $205,000
Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Sharen Warde, 250-592-4422
6 Falstaff Pl, $389,900 pg. 25
510-1433 Faircliff, $219,900 Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921
pg. 7
5373 Pat Bay Hwy, $599,000
2168 Meadowvale, $624,900
209-71 Gorge Rd W
Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Debbie Hargreaves 250 384-8124
pg. 12
pg. 13
4464 Majestic, $559,900
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Cathy Duncan & Associates 250-658-0967
973 Owlwood, $865,000
19-300 Six Mile Rd, $374,900 pg. 3
732 Belton Ave., $569,900
Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Anna Bjelde, 250-592-4422
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091
Saturday 11-1 Re/Max Camosun Deana Fawcett, 250-893-8932
306-75 Songhees, $698,000
113-21 Erie St, $524,000
pg. 14
4568 Montford Cres, $679,000 pg. 8
316 Brunswick Pl, $499,500
970 Tolmie Ave, $429,900
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Ltd Eleanor V Smith, 250-818-6662
204-21 Conard St, $229,000
5-2116 Richmond, $415,000
Sunday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Jane Logan, 250-920-6868
802-139 Clarence, $389,000
Saturday 11-1 Brown Brothers Real Estate Robert Young 250 385-6900
pg. 3
3022 Cedar Hill, $356,900
Saturday 11-1 Royal LePage Coast Capital Vicky Turner, 250-592-4422
307-4480 Chatterton, $485,000
pg. 11
215 Helmcken, $519,000
1494 Fairfield
Saturday 12-1:30 One Percent Realty Guy Effler, 250-812-4910
Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Michael Luyt, 250-216-7547
Sunday 2-4 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091
7-126 Hallowell, $399,900 pg. 5
Sunday 2-4 Boorman’s Rod Hay, 250-595-1535
pg. 14
67-901 Kentwood Lane, $469,500
4030/4040 Borden St
Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588
201-55 Songhees, $699,000
Sunday 1-3 Newport Realty Jack Petrie, 250-385-2033
pg. 10
4901 Sea Ridge, $629,000
68-14 Erskine, $429,000
11-1880 Chandler Ave., $559,000
1741 Patly, $1,224,000
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Shawn Adye, 250-384-8124
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Ed G Sing, 250-744-3301
1578/1580 Jasper Pl, $798,000
3963 Juan De Fuca Terr.
602-647 Michigan St, $199,000
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Brown Brothers Real Estate Robert Young 250 385-6900
pg. 27
538 Meredith Cres, $432,000
Saturday 11-1 Sotheby’s International Don St. Germain, 250-744-7136
pg. 11
pg. 1
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Camela Slack, 250-661-4088 pg. 10
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Doug Poruchny, 250-474-4800
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Burr Properties Ltd. Patrick Skillings, 250-382-8838
5 Gorge Rd E., $419,000
206-1030 Meares, $399,900
pg. 17
2706 Dorset, $899,800
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rick Hoogendoorn, 250-592-4422
Saturday 2-4 Brown Brothers Real Estate Robert Young 250 385-6900
304-1505 Church Ave, $185,400
1052 Colville Rd, $519,900
Sunday 2-4 Coldwell Banker Slegg Realty Charles Murray, 250-812-8983
Sunday 2-4 Address Realty Ltd. Shaughna Boggs-Wright, 250-391-1893
Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Geoff Martinson, 250-385-2033
204-1715 Richmond Ave., $269,900
Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Phillip Illingworth, 250-477-7291
133-2345 Cedar Hill X, $499,000
107-2930 Cook St, $324,900
1-928 Empress, $424,900
Saturday 1-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Patti Locke-Lewkowich 250 477-7291
pg. 27
Saturday 1:30-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Clifton Mak, 250-479-3333
Saturday - Monday noon - 5 pm Fair Realty Ryan Bicknell 250 883-2715
pg. 12
Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Lorraine Williams, 250-216-3317
244 King George Terr, $1,199,900
733A Humboldt (200 Douglas)
1787 Bay St, $449,888 Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes David Rusen, 250-384-8124
pg. 11
202-1537 Morrison St, $229,900 pg. 11
25-909 Admirals, $369,900
2131 Newton
1273 Denman St, $549,000
628 Cornwall, $598,000
Sunday 1-3 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd. Julie Rust, 250-477-1100
Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Suzanne Mitchell, 250-477-7291
107-250 Douglas, $239,000
203-1120 Fairfield Rd, $349,000
Sunday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Rosemarie Colterman 250 592-4422
Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291
1208 Dallas Rd., $1,100,000
209-165 Kimta
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Saturday 2-4 JonesCo. Real Estate Ian Heath, 250-655-7653
pg. 3
9105 Lochside Dr., $989,000 pg. 25
Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
pg. 21
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Published Every Thursday 1718 Cresswell, $629,900
290 Milburn Dr, $689,000
Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921
pg. 15
Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jeff Bishop, 250-477-7291
pg. 18
Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608
pg. 14
Sunday 2-4 Fair Realty Chris Dusseault, 250-516-8773
pg. 15
4042 Metchosin Rd., $529,900
Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Ray Kong, 250-590-7011
pg. 15
Saturday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683
Sunday 1-3 One Percent Realty Tania McFadden, 250-589-0248
Saturday 2:30-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003
Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Roy Coburn, 250-812-1989
pg. 2
pg. 18
pg. 7
Saturday 12:30-2 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683
pg. 18
Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Lorraine Stundon 250 812-0642
pg. 18
pg. 19
Sunday 11:30-1:30 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jeff Bishop, 250-477-7291
101-982 Rattanwood, $319,900 Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Komal Dodd 250 479-3333
pg. 15
pg. 18
Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Kami Norman, 250-477-5353
pg. 15
3055 Phillips, $699,900
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Kroppmann Realty Dale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808
Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Plank, 250-360-6106
pg. 16
2578 Wentwich, $485,000 pg. 10
39-2587 Selwyn, $134,900 pg. 27
39-551 Bezanton Way, $464,900
Sunday 12-2 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003
205-866 Goldstream, $304,900
Saturday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683
Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Valerie Edwards, 250-477-9947
2216 Players Dr, $719,900
Friday to Monday 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-516-7772
2098 Bishops Gate, $579,000
617-623 Treanor Ave, $234,900
3547 Desmond, $659,500 pg. 18
Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Komal Dodd 250 479-3333
631/633 Rason Rd.
1091 Jenkins, $379,900
1274 Parkdale Creek, $405,000
418 Jayhawk Pl, $474,900
pg. 18
1015 Braeburn Ave.
Sunday 1-3 VIP Real Estate Ltd. Robert Whyte, 250-216-3784
Saturday 12:30-2 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Brad Forrest, 250-474-4800
103-982 Rattanwood, $319,900
Tuesday thru Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Pat Guiney, 250 391-6400
Saturday 10-12 & Sunday 11-1 Re/Max Camosun Deana Fawcett, 250-744-3301
pg. 16
2586 Legacy Ridge, $499,900
2850 Aldwynd
672 Strandlund Ave, $334,900
1225 Millstream Rd, $994,800
Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Lynn MacDonald, 250-479-3333
3395 Haida, $769,000
2680 Deville Rd, $399,999
6509 Bellavista, $498,000
Sunday 2-4 Kroppmann Realty Dale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808
3537 Promenade, $778,000
917 Bullen, $434,900
Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Kami Norman, 250-477-5353
Find more details on the Open Houses below in the April 4 - 10 edition of
741 Bexhill Rd, $509,900
Sunday 11-1 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheri Crause, 250-592-4422
pg. 15
2515 Fielding Pl., $699,888
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Sunday 12-2 Royal LePage Coast Capital Sharen Warde, 250-592-4422
pg. 25
952 Lilmac, $614,500
2983 Dornier Rd. pg. 18
Sunday 12-4 RE/MAX Camosun Brad Gregory, 250-744-3301
Daily 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445
pg. 19
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