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The entrepreneurial spirit runs through Yana Hempler. The recent University of Victoria commerce graduate earned four straight Black Press business scholarships through her academic career. And she may be a big fan of Dragons’ Den, but for Hempler, business comes second to fitness, health and community. She’ll combine all three in “Run for Their Lives,” a 495-kilometre run from Port Hardy to Victoria in aid of three Greater Victoria charities. “I like to challenge myself, and running and fitness are my biggest passions,” says the 23-yearold Saanich resident, a certified fitness trainer and a health and fitness blogger. “There’s nothing more rewarding than knowing that I can help people at the same time.” Hempler, a 2008 graduate of North Island secondary in Port Hardy, plans to start her journey there May 20 and aims to run a marathon per day, about 42 km, for two or three days straight, rest for a day, then resume her pace. “The biggest thing with distance running is to be patient and not increase the distance too quickly,” she says. Hempler has been thinking about tackling a major run for a few years.
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Tillicum expected to take brunt of traffic; pedestrian crossing remains open
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Craigflower Bridge closed to vehicles for eight months
It doesn’t have the notoriety of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, nor does it come with the controversy of Victoria’s Johnson Street Bridge. But it’s expected the 110-metre-long, 80-year-old Craigflower Bridge will be missed when it’s gone – at least for the time being. Just before 5 a.m. this morning (April 10), the last vehicle crossed the old span, as it was permanently closed to mark the start of an eight-month replacement project. “On Wednesday the first of the big cranes will arrive, and they’ll start building a work bridge on the west side of the old bridge,” said Jim Hemstock, Saanich’s manager of capital works, about the job plans of contractor Don Mann Construction. “They can also certainly start to strip the asphalt and old sidewalk out.” Tillicum Road is expected to bear the brunt of the traffic diverted from the closure. Hemstock says a number of traffic lights on both sides of the Gorge will be reprogrammed to help ease congestion. “No matter how you go about it everyone will be delayed,” said Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard. Though all the details haven’t been hammered out, Hemstock says a temporary pedestrian bridge is expected to be built coming off the work bridge. Walkers and cyclists will still have access to the bridge’s east sidewalk for the next few weeks though.
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