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CFB Esquimalt union says ‘no thanks’ to morale booster Feds’ appreciation party patronizing in wake of layoffs across the country: union boss Daniel Palmer News staff

The union representing civilian employees at CFB Esquimalt plans to boycott celebrations meant to boost morale, as members protest layoffs and attrition at the base.

Public Service Week, scheduled for June 9 to 15, is a legislated annual event where federal employees are given several hours off for a complimentary lunch and to attend events in recognition of their efforts.

Base officials plan to hold their event June 5, but many union employees won’t be attending, said Mark Miller, B.C.’s vice-president of the Union of National Defence Employees.

“It’s difficult for us to accept Don Denton/News staff photo being patted on the back at the Mark Miller, B.C. vice-president of the Union same time as the government’s of National Defence Employees, stands at the kicking us in the ass,” he said.

Naden entrance to CFB Esquimalt. He wants About 30 positions at the base base civilian employees to boycott Public have been eliminated through Service Week celebrations at the base. attrition or layoffs in the past two years, but hundreds more layoffs have more closely with the unions, and in times occurred across Canada, said Randall Gar- of constrained resources, find better ways rison, NDP MP for Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca. to save money than simply by cutting “Those who stay have to do more work positions.” with fewer people available, so it’s a pretty tough sell,” he said.

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The tour touches on the history of JewishCanadians from Victoria, who included the first Jewish judge in Canada, first Jewish mayor in British North America and the first Jew elected to the House of Commons.

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Tsawout First Nation Chief Eric Pelkey, dressed in traditional clothing that’s been handed down to hereditary chiefs for generations, stands near the top of Mount Douglas. He is leading a day of action on May 22 to rename the mountain Pkols, its pre-colonial name.

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First Nations seek to reclaim name of Mount Doug Existing name is a slap in the face for local aboriginal people, Tsawout chief says Edward Hill News staff

When Victoria-area First Nations chiefs called for a meeting with colonial governor James Douglas 160 years ago, the peak of Mount Douglas was the natural spot.

The 213-metre rocky outcrop is ingrained in Saanich First Nation creation stories and culture, but its existing name is synonymous with what aboriginal people still consider longstanding historical injustices.

Tsawout First Nation Chief Eric Pelkey calls the name Mount Douglas an insult and is leading an effort to have the ancient name of Pkols returned to the site.

Pelkey is leading a march up Mount Doug today (May 22) at 5 p.m. for a symbolic renaming ceremony and a re-enactment of the meeting with Douglas.

“Renaming Mount Doug is to bring out to the public the significance of Pkols to Saanich and Songhees and Esquimalt. It is a sacred site and it means a lot to

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us,” Pelkey said. “This has been in the heart of our elders as long as I can remember, to bring back the true name.”

University of Victoria indigenous governance professor Taiaiake Alfred said renaming Mount Douglas is akin to renaming the Queen Charlotte Islands as Haida Gwaii.

Victoria, too, is awash in place names rooted in aboriginal languages – Saanich, Sooke, Esquimalt, Metchosin and Malahat, to name a few.

“The longer vision is not to erase the colonial history. We are not seeking to rename the whole park, just Mount Doug,” said Alfred, who is a member of the Indigenous Nationhood Movement.

“We want to rename the peak to give it its proper name, as distinct from the park. This isn’t about looking for some kind of retaliation. It is looking to restore the balance and show respect for the original name.”

The Douglas treaties, which arguably delineated Fort Victoria colonial territory and First Nations

territory, have their origins in an 1852 meeting on the mountain between Douglas and a group of chiefs, Pelkey said.

The chiefs had actually planned to kill Douglas and wipe out Fort Victoria in retaliation for a farmer killing an aboriginal youth, he said, but were convinced otherwise by a missionary.

“The chiefs decided to spare James Douglas and not wipe out the colony and to live in peace, but they wanted a promise their way of life would be protected and their territory honoured,” Pelkey said.

That discussion and promise would become the Douglas treaties.

“The fact that it is called Mount Douglas is a slap in the face for our people,” he said. “It’s where the Douglas treaties were signed in 1852 by James Douglas as a representative of the Queen. Since that day, successive colonial governments have not honoured those treaties.”

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as government reserve land.

The City of Victoria designated the land as a park in 1889 and it was transferred to the municipality of Saanich in 1992.

“We wouldn’t move to remove the park status, just that this is Pkols and is a sacred place,” Pelkey said.

“There are no land claims in the works.”

Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard said he’s never been asked formally or informally by First Nations leaders to rename the mountain.

“There’s been no contact at all, and we haven’t given it any thought at all,” he said.

Saanich parks staff and police will be on hand to ensure the safety of the march with regard to vehicle traffic.

“We will try to make sure it’s safe. After the event we’ll figure out where to go from there. if and when they contact us we’ll discuss it then,” Leonard said.

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Dunsmuir Road residents to see summer construction Expect traffic delays this summer along Dunsmuir Road in Esquimalt as public works crews replace water and gas mains and update the road corridor.

The work will take place primarily between Head Street and Garrett Place and will include sewage

and drainage improvements, road resurfacing and new sidewalks on the south side of the road. The target end date is in September.

Daytime parking restrictions will be in effect in the area. Call the Esquimalt municipal hall at 250414-7101 for more information.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING taKe notiCe that a puBliC hearinG will be held on Monday, May 27, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Esquimalt Municipal Hall, 1229 Esquimalt Road, Esquimalt, B.C., to allow the Public to make representations to the Municipal Council respecting matters contained in the following amending bylaw: Zoning Bylaw, 1992, no. 2050, amendment Bylaw [no. 207], 2013, no. 2798 Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw [No. 207], 2013, No. 2798 provides for a change in the zoning designation of 622 Admirals Road [legal descriptions below] shown hatched on the map below from C-3 [Core Commercial] to CD No. 82 [Comprehensive Development District No. 82].

Sterk staying as Green leader Will lead MLA-elect Weaver, party through transition phase Daniel Palmer

Sterk said the Greens are reinvigorated by Weaver’s win and are already focused on the upcoming The leader of the B.C. byelection in which PreGreen party no longer mier Christy Clark will seek intends to step down, a return to the legislature. promising instead to help Clark lost her seat in Vanthe party’s first MLA adjust couver-Point Grey to the to life in the legislature.

NDP’s David Eby on elecJane Sterk said she was tion night by 785 votes, but convinced to stay on as she will remain B.C. Liberal party leader at a May 15 leader. meeting with MLA-elect The date for the byeAndrew Weaver, who made lection has not yet been history by winning in Oak announced.

Bay-Gordon Head the night The Greens plan to crebefore, and the party’s ate constituency associaexecutive director and tions across the province chair. and increase their member“We have to sort out ship base, building on the what Andrew’s role will success of Weaver in the be and how the party and coming years.

I can support him in that “Everybody is absolutely role,” Sterk said. “Since thrilled that it was Andrew we’ve never had a candiwho got elected because date elected, it will take he is a scientist, he has that some time to figure out what that’s going to look Christine van Reeuwyk/News staff evidence-based decisionlike.”

B.C. Green Party leader Jane Sterk joins making perspective, and Weaver will likely hire husband, John, in watching the election that makes him a stronger four staff members and results roll in last week. Sterk lost her MLA than if he was coming begin setting up his con- seat but will remain at the helm of the from a highly partisan position,” Sterk said. stituency office in the com- party, at least for now.

“We’re looking forward ing weeks, said Sterk, who took 38 per cent of the vote in James received nearly 49 per to this being a stepping stone Victoria-Beacon Hill last week cent support to retain her seat to much more success for the party.” but failed to clinch the seat. in the legisature. dpalmer@vicnews.com Despite her personal defeat, Incumbent NDP MLA Carole

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Fight leads to stabbing A Victoria man suffered stab wounds in a fight May 14 in the 2400-block of Wark St. Victoria police officers rushed to the area around 8:30 p.m. and found the 35-yearold man bleeding. They arrested three suspects who were attempting to flee the scene.

The victim was treated in hospital and released, while the three suspects were released on bail on various charges.

Police believe all the men knew each other. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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Scraps program exceeds target Daniel Palmer News staff

The City of Victoria’s kitchen scraps program has already diverted nearly 400 tonnes of waste from the Hartland landfill and turned it into compost.

That diversion rate is 37 per cent, seven per cent better than the rate predicted by city staff in February.

The early success of the program is being partially attributed to the city’s online reminder service, which sends a text, automated phone message or email on the day before garbage pickup, said city spokesperson Katie Josephson.

A tug helps to separate fishing trawler American Dynasty from the hull of HMCS Winnipeg after Dynasty slammed into the bow of the naval frigate last month.

Investigations into the collision are ongoing.

“The online collection day reminder tool and app are now being utilized by over 3,300 households,” she said.

About 6.5 tonnes of kitchen scraps are being collected and composted from 14,000 Victoria households every day. The city is also selling compostable waste bags made of cornstarch for $10 a roll. Plastic and biodegradable bags are not accepted in kitchen scraps bins. The bags are available for purchase at City Hall and the Crystal Pool and Fitness Centre.

For more information, visit victoria.ca and search “kitchen scraps.” dpalmer@vicnews.com

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Extent of damage to warship still unknown: CFB Esquimalt Daniel Palmer News staff

The extent of the damage to a Canadian Navy warship at CFB Esquimalt won’t be known for months, but officials are beginning tests on the fishing vessel responsible for the collision.

On April 23, the fishing trawler American Dynasty slammed into HMCS Winnipeg at “C’ Jetty at CFB Esquimalt, damaging both ships and the jetty where the Winnipeg was docked.

Early reports indicated the Dynasty’s throttle may have become stuck as it approached the drydock, sending its bow directly into the port side of the frigate, said Raymond Mathew, regional manager for TSB Pacific marine investigations.

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“There are further tests that will be carried out on the engines of the fishing vessel,” Mathew said.

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The Winnipeg was set to begin sea trials at the end of 2013 after a multi-million dollar overhaul, but was not expected for fleet operations until at least 2014, said Lt.-Cmdr. Desmond James, navy public affairs officer.

“Winnipeg was in extended readiness when all this happened,” he said. “There is no immediate impact to (coastal defence) operations … but to give a timeline for the investigation, it’s impossible to do that right now.”

The Winnipeg is one of 12 Canadian naval frigates that has or are scheduled to undergo technology retrofits as part of a program projected to cost $3.1 billion (2007 estimate). dpalmer@vicnews.com

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Wednesday,May May22, 22,2013 2013--VICTORIA VICTORIA NEWS NEWS Wednesday,

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OUR VIEW

Parents need to talk tough At least twice each year we see a real push from police against drinking and driving. Once at Christmas and again in the spring.

At Christmas, age is not a consideration for police, but in springtime, the target group is clear.

Drinking drivers tend to be younger in spring around graduation time. They are, frequently, young men experiencing what some would call the rites of passage.

Drinking and driving, however, isn’t a rite, it’s a crime – one with deadly consequences.

More than two years ago the province introduced Canada’s toughest impaired driving laws and the number of alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths went down by half.

But drinking alone is still a threat to our youth, whether they get behind the wheel of a car or not. From risky sexual behaviour to an increase in physical and sexual assaults to death from alcohol poisoning, the risk to youth from excessive alcohol use or drinking to get drunk, is real.

With any luck, the days of parent-sanctioned “wet” grad parties are a thing of the past.

With more parents and students concentrating on dry grad activities that have youth celebrating in a safe, non-alcohol fuelled atmosphere, one would think the old hay field parties of yore have been left in the past. But some parents still believe in the old adage, ‘kids are going to drink anyway, so we’ll just make sure they don’t drive.’

That is a difficult stance to take when, as a parent, you’ve spent the last 18 years of your child’s life trying to teach them right from wrong.

Then you’re telling them that wrong is OK, as long as mom or dad says so.

As parents, it’s our job to make the tough decisions – even if they are not the most popular ones with our kids. All their lives we’ve made decisions for our children based on what we think is best for them. We’ve denied them sugary cereals. We’ve made them eat their broccoli.

We’ve strapped unwilling toddlers into car seats, because it’s the safest way for them to ride.

It may not be the easiest thing you’ve done lately, but convincing your teen that drinking alcohol to celebrate is not a necessity and could bring them harm in ways other than the risk of driving drunk will make everyone feel better in the morning.

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

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

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

2009 WINNER

Polarized politics a costly system one more time. It was not a prelude One benefit of the surprising to “nationalizing” the province’s fourth term for the B.C. Liberal train service, dream scenarios of party is that the provincial the NDP provincial council government won’t be notwithstanding. subjected to another big, Costly legal expensive ideological confrontations over remake. development projects Taxpayers are spared have been avoided. The a bill of millions in Jumbo Glacier Resort severance pay for deputy proponents finally won a ministers and other 20-year fight for permits, senior staff who would be and the NDP promised to purged in large numbers take them away. in the left-right lurch that A larger ideological has defined B.C. politics Tom Fletcher battle over private power for a generation.

B.C. Views contracts has also been B.C. Ferries will avoided. The B.C. Liberals continue as an armshave been caught by a length operation, with sudden shift in power markets ferry commissioner Gord Macatee caused by cheap, abundant natural in charge of service levels as gas, but the billions in commitments well as fare caps. The service to independent power producers rationalization that the government isn’t the fiasco that critics have set out in the past year will described. continue.

If all those privately developed The NDP platform vowed to run-of-river hydro projects were “position B.C. Ferries as an integral owned and operated by B.C. Hydro, part of B.C.’s transportation the Crown corporation would have infrastructure.” Freely translated, to staff them and maintain them that means “suck B.C. Ferries back all for the next 40 years. There are into government,” as one of their differing views about the future strident supporters likes to say.

That would conceal the growth of demand for electricity in B.C., but it can only rise with industry and the subsidy and facilitate the kind population growth. of political and union interference A decade of federal and provincial that resulted in the current work to end duplication of structure. environmental assessment won’t There will be no $10-million be undone. NDP leader Adrian Dix’s rehash of the B.C. Rail sale and promise for “made in B.C.” reviews subsequent seven-year trial, to was a strategy to choke resource enrich elite lawyers once again. projects to death under endless The NDP promised an inquiry for procedure, which may yet be the strictly political reasons, to drag their opponents through the scandal fate of the Jumbo resort.

We will have a Seniors’ Advocate office, but it won’t be staffed up to duplicate the Ombudsperson’s role of taking complaints.

That’s good, since the Ombudsperson has become ineffective, labouring for years over a massive seniors’ report with so many recommendations it sank like a stone.

We have 85 seniors’ advocates now. They’re called MLAs, and they definitely take complaints.

They have staffed offices in their home communities and in Victoria.

When they’re not doing political work that everyone denies is going on in constituency offices, those office staffers try to help people through the labyrinth of seniors’ at-home and institutional care.

A new seniors’ advocate can offer advice at the management level to help the health care system evolve, but only elected politicians are positioned to tell individuals they can’t have what they are demanding.

The government should be adding more direct services, not more bureaucrats.

There will be many arguments about the failure of the NDP to win against an unpopular B.C. Liberal government that is still weighed down by the harmonized sales tax and other heavy baggage.

This election could be the beginning of the end for the old leftright model for B.C. politics.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

‘Costly legal confrontations over development projects have been avoided.’

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LETTERS

Sewage plant editorial strikes a chord in Esquimalt Re: Don’t pass the sewage buck (Our View, May 15) CRD should prepare for a fight over sewage In your opinion piece, you describe the proposal of Mayor Desjardins as “woefully self-serving and [something which] would only accomplish passing the buck to a different municipality.”

If that is so, how would you describe the actions of the rest of the councillors on the Capital Regional District board, particularly the nine from Saanich and Victoria? They have pulled out all the stops to ensure that only Esquimalt is adversely affected by sewage treatment infrastructure.

And now that they have successfully stuck us with the burden of dealing with their sewage, they seek to do whatever they can to build the plant as cheaply as possible, using outdated technology, so as to limit the tax increases for their

own constituents. Woefully selfserving, indeed.

This battle has only just begun. I encourage Esquimalt council to do whatever it can, whenever it can, to frustrate, delay and ultimately stop the CRD from ramming this down our throats. They should refuse to change the zoning, refuse to approve the plans, secede from the CRD and require every environmental impact assessment or review which the law permits.

And when those avenues are exhausted, take them (and by them I mean the provincial and federal governments, as well, if necessary) to court and keep fighting until they either give up or agree to change the plan to something better and more reasonable.

Failing that, I guess we’ll all get to find out just how many Esquimalt residents are willing to chain themselves to heavy equipment. While I would never

advocate such civil disobedience, I can tell you that people here really are that angry.

Let me be clear, I (and I dare say most Esquimalt residents) am not against sewage treatment, just this monstrosity of a plan.

The CRD can avoid many headaches in the years to come if only they recognize that and act appropriately.

Mike Baker Esquimalt

Sewage buck passed to Esquimalt This statement seems extremely hypocritical considering that the “sewage buck” from the Clover Point outfall will be passed over to Esquimalt without a second thought.

Although the good citizens of Oak Bay and Victoria appear to be unable to “take one for the team” and find a site to deal with

the bulk of the region’s sewage discharge, they are not financially constrained in finding the funds to pump this inconvenience over to Esquimalt. Apparently the “sewage buck” only stops at McLoughlin (Point) and Viewfield (Road).

The best of a hard situation, to paraphrase your editorial, is for Esquimalt to “suck it up and be a team player.” By not dealing with a hard situation and not being team players on the Clover Point, Oak Bay and Victoria are simply passing the problem on to someone else.

Hypocrisy: the state of pretending to have virtues or moral principles, etc., that one does not actually have.

Filippo Ferri Esquimalt

Treatment plant to scale would be just fine In a few short paragraphs, you state that Esquimalt doesn’t want any sewage treatment plants and we should suck it up because

Readers respond:

there is no other option than the current plan.

Neither is true. None of my neighbours are opposed to taking our share of sewage treatment, so long as those plants are appropriate for the land we have.

McLoughlin Point is too small for a large, centralized plant and has only residential road access. A smaller, decentralized plant using modern technology, however, may fit just fine.

Viewfield Road is right next to a grocery store and directly across the street from residences, with zero setback, which is not where sludge plants are typically built, for reasons ranging from safety to smell.

Stop calling us NIMBYs and stop thinking old-school treatment: the day the Capital Regional District starts to plan smartly, consults residents first and brings a plan to Esquimalt that properly fits in our neighbourhood, is the day the opposition ends.

Meagan Klaassen Esquimalt

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Victoria MLA James could have won for NDP It needs to be said. Carole James would have won this one. She was ahead in the polls when she was replaced and has both the personality and reputation as a moderate. The B.C. Liberals would have found it much harder to target her than Adrian Dix. And she would have been much, much better in the TV debate.

Andy Mulcahy Victoria Don Denton/News staff

NDP tactics failed, not their ideology The demographics are changing. It’s not a traditional B.C. anymore and that to me is amazing.

But to verbalize the elephant in the room: With Christy Clark re-elected, with a majority no less, will Dix be dropped with a thud? I had thought he would have announced his resignation by now.

Outright predictions gave way to minute dissections of specific ridings that seemed to brace for the inevitable.

The whys and hows of this are for future posts. But this is a fact, sad, but a fact nonetheless.

The New Democrats were unable to pull it out, during

Re-elected Victoria-Beacon Hill NDP MLA Carole James applauds a televised concession speech by party leader Adrian Dix on election night with Victoria-Swan Lake MLA-elect Rob Fleming. One reader surmises that the New Democrats might have won the election had James remained as leader. a year in which it seemed enthusiasm would all be on their side.

The good news is that we the electorate, let alone the NDP, won’t be caught off guard again, and that all this talk from the pollsters and media about how we’re living in B.C., just isn’t true. The NDP lost a tactical race Tuesday night, not an ideological one. The polls told us the Liberals were not working hard enough, but voters didn’t listen.

Democracy survives.

Melek Demir Saanich

Election results mimic 1983 for NDP As the election returns came in last Tuesday night, I was reminded of the 1983 provincial election, when all the opinion polls and pundits predicted that there would be an easy victory for the NDP. Nevertheless, the incumbent Socreds were re-elected with an increased majority.

Last Tuesday felt very much like, as Yogi Berra would say, “deja vu all over again.”

Darryl Green Saanich

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Miller said the union is also worried about discussions to centralize engineering and public works decisions in Ottawa, which he says could lead to the removal of day-to-day decisionmaking power from the base commander.

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contracted out,” he said.

While CFB Esquimalt hasn’t seen the same level of cuts to DND civilian jobs as other Canadian bases, the boycott is intended to support some 2,000 union members who have lost their jobs nationally.

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Base officials are aware of the union’s position on Public Service Week celebrations, said Capt.

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“The event is meant to recognize the exemplary work done by the defence team’s civilian employees every day, so we do sincerely hope that all civilian employees will participate in the recognition. But we do respect that they may decide not to,” she said.

In 2012, nearly 17,000 Canadian public service positions were axed as a result of the federal government’s Budget 2012 implementation bill, which amounted to a 5.5 per cent reduction from 2011 staffing levels. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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Victoria saw building boom in 1913 Edward Hill News staff

If the handcrafted stonework, jutting window casements or ornate gabled roofing doesn’t give away the age of a house, remnants of a so-called California cooler just might.

A square hatch on the side of David Cubberley’s home is all that remains of pre-refrigeration food storage – a cabinet with high and low ducts that promoted air circulation – in the 1913 bungalow.

Hundreds of grand old homes in Greater Victoria are celebrating their first century this year.

Circa 1913 was a golden era for residential construction – hundreds of houses went up to meet a growing influx of immigrants, and matched the expansion of railway lines through Victoria and the Saanich Peninsula.

“Victoria had a sustained economic boom. It was the last good year and there was a record number of building permits,” said Cubberley, a former Saanich councillor and provincial MLA. The Hallmark Heritage Society of Victoria property database shows 230 homes were completed in 1913 and 238 in 1912, the peak of building for the era, although the list is incomplete. Construction declined dramatically through the lean and tumultuous years of the First World War. “Then midway through 1913 was a world-wide recession,” noted society president Ken Johnson. “The lumber market

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David Cubberley stands outside his restored 100-year-old home in Saanich. Hundreds of homes are turning a century old after a building boom in Victoria from 1912-13. and fisheries market slumped (in B.C.). The recession started before the war. It was an unfortunate coincidence.”

Cubberley has spent years restoring what was the first house on Grange Road (formerly Blackwood Road), designed and lived in by architect Hubert Savage. For his restoration efforts, the Hallmark Society recently granted Cubberley an award of merit.

The home retains its arts and crafts look and thick stone columns that bookend the veranda. Some exterior and interior elements of the house were in rough shape when Cubberley bought it 25 years ago, but overall the framing weathered the past century with little trouble.

“It is a well-built house. It has full dimension two by fours of clear Douglas fir. That wood is so strong you can’t pound a nail

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McLoughlin Point Rezoning The Capital Regional District (CRD) has submitted an application to the Township of Esquimalt for a rezoning and OCP amendment that would allow for a wastewater treatment facility at McLoughlin Point.

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into it,” Cubberley said.

Jumping into restoration isn’t cheap and has a sharp learning curve, he noted. Not only that, it can be tough to find restoration experts.

“Deferred maintenance is the killer of older homes and wooden buildings. You’ve got to stay with it.”

People can volunteer their homes for “heritage designation” if they meet certain criteria. Homes with heritage designation can receive grants for renovations, but require municipal council approval for alterations.

“Protecting a house is a voluntary thing. The owner has to want to do it and many owners do,” Johnson said. “These houses are important. They’re part of (our) history … they’re a part of peoples’ stories.”

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Clarification A Friday story on Ogden Point (Future expansion eyed for Ogden Point, News, May 17), contained incorrect information. The rezoning of the Fisherman’s Wharf area has not yet passed, but is still being considered.

The issue, which passed unanimously after much consultation, was a tenancy agreement between the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority and float home residents at Fisherman’s Wharf.

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Bateman Centre opens in Steamship Terminal Another side of noted artist to be on display Kyle Wells News staff

Robert Bateman doesn’t think of himself as a particularly talented technical painter.

“I don’t think I’m a great painter, technically. I’m always struggling,” Bateman said. “I’m always making mistakes. … I don’t know what I’m doing half the time, I’m exploring and discovering and always trying to improve.”

He sees this as a perhaps part of the reason his paintings have proven to be so popular for so many years, however. He explains hundreds of artists paint birds and wildlife, as he is known for, so it’s not the subject matter alone which draws people to his work.

It perhaps has more to do with his approach, his vision of nature and this sense of discovery he approaches each project with.

The Robert Bateman Centre is opening Saturday, May 25 at noon in the old CPR Steamship Terminal and will feature around 160 of Bateman’s works, ranging from his earliest years as an artist through to the wildlife paintings he has become so well known for.

The exhibit will shed light on a side of Bateman few ever get the chance to see. An entire room has been devoted to Bateman’s environmental message

Bateman talking about the work, which “Most people don’t think of me as can be accessed via smart phones or somebody who paints landscapes and tablets. The gallery will have tablets to portraits, but I do. They just don’t get loan to patrons who wish to take the selfout there,” Bateman said. “I’ve always guided tour. kind of balked at being pigeonholed as Gilbert said he had some reservations a wildlife artist. It’s OK. It’s not an insult, installing the gallery in the old CPR but it’s kind of like saying Rembrandt is Steamship Terminal building, a heritage a portrait artist. Well he’s an artist in all building designed by Francis kinds of broad ways.”

The second floor, Bateman even went through “I don’t know Rattenbury. where the gallery is located, an abstract expressionism was a shell, and Gilbert said period, which is represented what I’m doing had a hard time seeing at the gallery. half the time, I’m he how the gallery’s layout “That’s a major, major would all come together. show for any artist,” Paul exploring and Ultimately Gilbert is Gilbert, executive director discovering and more than happy with the of the Bateman Foundation, always trying to outcome. said. “It’s the first exhibition “It’s worked better than I that’s kind of an insight into improve.” could possibly have hoped Bateman’s life, his personal - Robert Bateman for.” interests, the work he did that A gift shop is set to open most of the world has never on the first floor of the building about seen.” a month after the gallery’s opening. A The show features original prints and service, which will be offered starting in reproductions, something Bateman said the fall, is an opportunity for visitors to has been a tad controversial. the gallery to order prints of the works on “It’s the only way to show the scope display through an interactive ordering Don Denton/News staff of my work. It would be impossible to station. Customers will pick the print they Roman Czarnomski, from Signs Of The start getting shipping and insurance want to purchase, along with options such Times, hangs a wall poster of a Robert and permissions,” Bateman said. “The as framing, and the print will be shipped Bateman painting on the outside wall of reproductions, which have been going to the customer’s home. the historic CPR Steamship Terminal on on since 1980, they’re very high quality, Money from the sales of prints will go they’re not just like a poster.”

Victoria’s Inner Harbour. towards the Robert Bateman Foundation, “The most important thing is the which promotes exposure to nature for thought, the idea behind it.” paintings. Some of Bateman’s portrait young students.

The majority of the paintings and prints work will also be on display, mainly kwells@goldstreamgazette.com have video and audio supplements of featuring paintings of his wife and friends.

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Robert Budd, left, and Roy Henry Vickers bring the artistry of their new book (inset) to a show at Madrona Gallery this weekend.

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Robert Budd has been lucky since birth.

“When I was two-days old my brother named me Lucky. My parents named me Robert when I was seven days old. But everyone calls me Lucky,” says the 37-year-old author.

His brother Adam, older by six years, did not want to add another sister to the family of four children. “He thought he was lucky to have another boy.”

More than luck has brought Budd some notoriety, he is the host of CBC radio’s Voices of B.C. and author of the book Voices of British Columbia, in which he recounts the stories of B.C’s pioneers from hundreds of voice recordings taken in the late 1950s.

Budd’s latest book, Raven Brings the Light, is a collaboration with one of the country’s renown First Nation’s artists, Roy Henry Vickers.

Vickers contacted Budd 18 months ago, searching for some recorded interviews he had used as inspiration for some of his art. The artist invited Budd to Tofino to listen to one of his storytelling workshops.

“We hit it off like gangbusters,” says Budd of meeting 66-year-old Vickers.

After hearing Vickers tell the story of Raven, Budd envisioned a book.

“We just started rolling and he was completely inspired,” says Budd. Vickers created 19 new images for the book which tells the story of a boy named Weget who is destined to bring light to the world. With the gift of a magic raven skin, Weget fulfills his destiny. The book, released earlier this month is already in its second printing.

Meet Budd and Vickers at a book signing and art show at Madrona Art Gallery, 606 View St., on May 24 and 25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information go to harbourpublishing.com. llavin@vicnews.com

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As flowers bloom in the late spring and summer sun of Greater Victoria, so, too will the art such beauty inspires.

Nearly 40 artists will be working out of and showcased by hotels throughout Greater Victoria from now until the end of October for the third annual Artishow Victoria.

“Art is an integral part of our community, and our life,” Oak Bay Tourism director Hazel Braithwaite said at the event kickoff May 1 at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel. “They basically took the concept from a blank canvas to what it is today, a full-fledged painting – planning it out, adding brush strokes and layers. Every year it gets better and better and bigger and bigger.”

Eight hotels will host an artist in residence, typically one per month each, along with other art-centric events. The Chateau Victoria Hotel and Suites will host Art Lunches and the Fairmont Empress will see local artists painting on the hotel grounds Sundays from June 30 to Sept. 1.

Kenna Fair is the artist in residence at the Beach Hotel and will paint there May 22 to 24.

Her work will be displayed through the month.

Fair’s work focuses on the ocean and its inhabitants, above and below the water. She said the event is beneficial to artists as it connects them to other industries, such as tourism.

“Exposure. I get to meet people that don’t run in similar circles,” Fair said. “That kind of stuff is priceless for an artist, particularly if you’re trying to make a living.”

Artishow co-founder Kerry Liggins was inspired by the level of support for artists in Europe, where she spends part of the year and felt compelled to try and instill a similar spirit here.

“When I would go around I would be so impressed, and I thought ‘why can’t we be doing something like that in Victoria?’” she said. “With funding cutbacks there are fewer and fewer opportunities for artists to show their works.” reporter@vicnews.com

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Royal Roads offers free employment program Christine van Reeuwyk News staff

When Tania Swan’s children entered school full-time she returned part-time.

Armed with a bachelor of science degree from the University of Victoria, the Sooke woman sought programs with the goal of returning to the workforce after 12 years as a stay-at-home mom.

She ultimately signed on for the 10-week part-time Employment Skills Access Program at Royal Roads University.

“It was work, but it was transformational, because it assisted me in recognizing what I was doing

was transferrable,” she said, of skills she developed raising her kids. “They were marketable and transferable and I needed to look at them that way.”

The program often highlights skills that people already possess, said Sandra Cranz, lead co-ordinator for the program in Royal Roads’ continuing studies department.

“There tends to be a common theme, that folks are lacking confidence and the ability to talk about the skills they have,” she said.

“We have a three-day behavioural interview component that really helps people build their confidence.”

Participants range from their early 20s to late 60s, and include people with no post-secondary education and others with master’s degrees who are out of the workforce for various reasons.

The program can be emotional, given its reflective nature, but the benefits are great, Cranz said.

“It really focuses on helping people figure out the preferred employment with the preferred employer. It’s about figuring out where your passions are, and your beliefs and values, and trying to match those with an employer.”

The approach worked for Swan.

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The transformation experienced by Swan is not uncommon, Cranz said.

“The first day of class to the last leaves a visible difference in participants,” she said. “We see a physical difference in folks in their confidence. It’s amazing.”

The next program starts with orientation tomorrow (May 23) at Royal Roads.

For more information about eligibility requirements, call Kirsten Amadu 250-391-2600 ext. 4533 or Cranz at ext. 4521. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

Oil pipeline issue pivotal: Clark Jeff Nagel Black Press

Kinder Morgan’s proposed twinning of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline through the Lower Mainland looks more likely with the B.C. Liberals staying in power than if the NDP had won last week’s election.

NDP leader Adrian Dix had vowed to block a big increase in oil tanker exports from Metro Vancouver. His reversal of a previous pledge to wait for a formal project application became a major campaign issue.

Premier Christy Clark said voters weren’t impressed by “the idea that

you’re going to say ‘no’ to economic development before you even see it.”

She said the province will put any Kinder Morgan proposal to the same requirements as the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline to Kitimat, including world-leading safeguards against ocean and land spills as well as a substantial share of benefits for B.C.’s risk.

The Trans Mountain pipeline from northern Alberta to Burnaby has operated for more than 50 years, but Kinder Morgan wants to nearly triple its production, resulting in more oil tankers plying Pacific waters. editor@vicnews.com

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“I didn’t have to compromise what I wanted. You have a choice, and I don’t think a lot of people necessarily know that,” Swan said.

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about what it means to be a Barbarian from the time we’re in Grades 5 and 6. It’s passed down not just from older kids, but from our parents.”

The Rams, to their credit, surged in the second half using its massive forward pack to barge ahead but couldn’t convert their work into tries.

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The Oak Bay Barbarians retained the Howard Russell Cup as Lower Island high school boys AAA rugby champions with a 39-17 win over the Mount Douglas Rams at Oak Bay High on Thursday.

Grade 12 student Conor McDiarmid led the Barbs with a hat trick of tries. Captain Evan Cambridge scored the second try of the day as the Barbs used a well rounded attack to stymie the talented but new-to-rugby Rams.

“The Rams are a team of great athletes, you can see that, and we had to use our skill and structure to win,” Cambridge said.

Cambridge, a graduating senior and B.C. Youth 7s team member, will join the UVic Vikes rugby program next year. Vikes head coach Doug Tate was at the game watching his son, Barbs’ fly half Morgan Tate.

On the opposite side of the field, Rams’ fullback Mason Swift gave the Barbs all kinds of fits. Swift is headed to play running back for the Guelph Gryphons football squad in the CIS this year and showed his skills are transferable.

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Jags run over GNS

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Mount Doug Rams flanker Sasha Shurvin tackles Oak Bay Barbarians captain Evan Cambridge in the Howard Russell Cup, Thursday (May 16) at Oak Bay High. The Barbs won 39-17. (last year),” Swift said. “Really I love it, but I just haven’t played enough.”

Swift lined up at centre most of the season but was moved to fullback for the Howard Russell Cup by coach Matt Staples.

And the decision paid off.

“I think we’d rather face Swift at centre so he has less space to

start with,” said Cambridge.

Swift’s runs almost always started from standing, at times on his heels, not that it mattered, as he casually slapped off at least two tacklers per carry.

Early line breaks and a game’s worth of tackle breaks may have sapped Swift’s extraordinary fitness, though he continued to

break Barbarians’ tackles at half speed. Swift also managed multiple try-saving tackles including two during one set of Barbarian phases.

The win is another notch in the historic rugby program so important to the Oak Bay High culture.

“It means a lot to win this trophy,” Cambridge said. “We hear

The St. Michaels Blue Jaguars romped to a 56-5 win over the Glenlyon Norfolk Gryphons in the AA Colonel Hodgkins Cup immediately following the Howard Russell on Thursday.

GNS fielded a team full of Grade 10s and 11s and to their credit, scored the try of the day to end the game, said Blue Jags coach Ian Hyde-Lay. All four above teams qualified for the first round of provincials, which happen Saturday (May 25) at Brentwood College. The No. 3 seed Blue Jags are missing a handful of key regulars and will likely call up some talented Grade 10s when they face No. 14 seed Ladysmith in AA play. The 11 seed Gryphons face McRoberts (Richmond).

In AAA play No. 8 Oak Bay faces No. 9 Carson Graham and No. 14 Mount Doug draws No. 3 Earl Marriott. sports@vicnews.com

JumpShip postponed, ‘will return’ in 2014 Cycling Festival changes look without JumpShip and Tour de Victoria Travis Paterson News staff

The most popular spectator event of the Victoria International Cycling Festival is taking a one-year hiatus.

Due to a lack of necessary sponsorship the JumpShip event will not happen in 2014, a blow to the Cycling Festival’s overall experience.

It’s not for a lack of sponsors per se, but a lack of cash to cover the event’s costs, said Eban Tomlinson, JumpShip event director.

“The current climate is sponsors want to give us in-kind and a festival this size needs $80,000 for indelible costs, for insurance and porta potties and the land, so it’s difficult for us.”

JumpShip invites top stunt-jumping cyclists from all over the world to compete for cash prizes on a world-class course built on a barge at Ship Point.

It’s been a huge draw for foot traffic to the festival’s final weekend the past two years and was slated to headline its own weekend

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Rain parted for sunshine and a crowd on the final day of the second annual JumpShip at Ship Point in June 2012. at this year’s festival, June 14 to 16.

The barge draws a huge crowd of spectators, including hundreds in the neighbouring beer garden.

Despite disappointment from JumpShip

fans feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, Tomlinson added.

“Even if JumpShip is scaled down the event’s cash costs will remain the same,” Tomlinson said.

“Everybody understands if we can’t fund it we shouldn’t put it on. People are glad we’ve decided to postpone it rather than run a deficit so that we can make 2014 a much better year.”

Planning has already turned to 2014 for JumpShip organizers.

Ryder Hesjedal’s Tour de Victoria, which ended smack in the middle of the Inner Harbour during the final weekend last year, has also moved dates. It will happen in September so Hesjedal can attend, post race season.

“We’ve still got a slate of nine events and yes, it’s a shame to lose JumpShip, but we’re good to go and moving ahead,” said VICF chair John Briggs. “it is a loss for that particular weekend.”

The VICF starts with the Robert Cameron Law Series on Friday, May 31, a weekend of road cycling stages with a time trial, road race and Bastion Square criterium.

New this year to the VICF is Ride, Don’t Hide, a mass participation event to benefit the mental health of women and their families.

Ride, Don’t Hide has three distances along Dallas Road to Oak Bay, 7.5 kilometres, 22 km and 29.5 km. It will be officially announced today at Oak Bay Bikes. sports@vicnews.com

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SOFTWARE Developer for Engineering Applications Lucidyne Technologies, an industry leader in Automated Lumber Grading is seeking an experienced & talented person to join our software/engineering development team. We offer rewarding challenges, a stimulating work environment, 401K with employer contributions and the college town amenities of Corvallis, Oregon. Our scanning systems include multiple cameras and sensors, electronics, multiple PCs and network equipment. The mechanical and electrical components of the system are highly integrated into the customer’s production flow and equipment. Software developers must understand the underlying technology and also appreciate the perspective of end users (operators, technicians, etc.), to develop efficient applications. We’re looking for a person that will take pride in their work and will help us make our product the best it can be. Job Description Implement and test machine vision algorithms to classify defects in lumber with our senior image processing staff. Validate code changes using regression testing against an archive of customer data Verify sensor performance using custom calibration software and analysis tools Interact with customers to capture requirements for software upgrades Maintain and update C++ code for image processing improvements and computational geometry extensions Experience Must have 3-5 years experience with C++ and a degree in either engineering or computer science. Good mathematics and troubleshooting skills are required. Vision to see big picture and problem solving ability are also a must. Additional desired experience in: Real time systems, Subversion, Xml, Windows OS, PC troubleshooting, and basic electronics skills. This is a real-time software coding position. Your code will control our customer’s production lines so errors are expensive. Please use your cover letter to describe what modern software engineering principles you have used to help you write bug-free code while holding to ontime delivery schedules. Applicants must be fluent in English and have the energy to produce results under time constraints. Salary commensurate with experience and education.

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TRADES, TECHNICAL SYSTEMS Software Developer Lucidyne Technologies, an industry leader in Automated Lumber Grading is seeking an experienced & talented person to join our software/engineering development team as a Systems Software Developer. We are looking for a person to design and program GUI and software components that acquire and visualize electronic, scientific and production data. Must have 3-5 years experience with .Net framework and ADO.Net. Experience with many of the following: NET VB/C#, Subversion, SQL Server, Xml, Windows OS, PC troubleshooting, ADO.NET, user-interface design, MS Report Viewer, networking, basic electronics skills, PLC systems.

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2004 FORD MUSTANG Convertible, 40th anniversary Special Edition. Black Beauty!

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MP seeks protection for Goldstream Kyle Wells News staff

Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca MP Randall Garrison introduced a private member’s bill to change the status of Goldstream River and offer it greater federal protection. The bill addressed concerns from constituents.

“It’s such an iconic river,” he said. “So many people, even from a very young age on the Island, get their first up-close

contact with the whole lifecycle of salmon at the Goldstream River.”

A fuel truck crash in 2011, which resulted in the spilling of 43,000 litres of fuel into the river, also brought to people’s attention the importance and fragility of the river, he said.

The controversial Bill C-38 passed by the Conservative party, also known as the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act, changed industry

development rules connected to waterways. Only waterways specifically named in Schedule 2 are federally protected. Others now fall under provincial and municipal guidelines when projects are considered.

Should Goldstream be added to Schedule 2, work that affects it, such as work related to the E&N Railway revitalization, would be subject to a federal environmental assessment. kwells@goldstreamgazette.com

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Saanich cop attempts to clear name Officer made arrest in interest of public safety: lawyer Kyle Slavin News staff

The lawyer representing a Saanich police officer alleged to have coaxed a man out of his home to arrest him for being drunk in public says his client did what was necessary to diffuse a heated, alcohol-fuelled situation.

Const. David Smit’s arrest of a man involved in a domestic dispute on May 20, 2011 was made with the best intentions, Richard Neary said last week.

“Any errors in judgment or missteps were honest mistakes (as part of) dealing with a pressing need to ensure the safety (of the people involved),” Neary said.

Smit’s actions are being scrutinized in a public hearing by the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner. The officer requested the hearing after being demoted and reprimanded by Saanich police. It’s alleged that he misled his sergeants about how the arrest was made and changed his story, which Neary chalked up to Smit having difficulty articulating the circumstances surrounding the arrest.

“He went from a state of mind thinking he’d done the right thing, to being attacked … by his supervisors,” Neary told public hearing adjudicator Jakob de Villiers.

When Smit arrived at the home where the dispute was taking place, he found two of the three people who lived there outside. Those people can’t be named due to a publication ban. The officer learned the third person, a man who was involved in a dispute that had ended, was still inside the home.

Neary said Smit believed arresting the man until he sobered up would help reduce any risk of him endangering himself or the other two people.

Smit knocked on the front door and the man answered. He asked the man to step outside and Smit led him off the property to the public boulevard, where he was immediately arrested, said public hearing counsel Bradley Hickford.

The man was arrested under the Liquor Control and Licensing Act for being in a state of intoxication in a public place. Hickford told de Villiers that charges very rarely stem from such an arrest, and it’s typically used by officers to take a drunk person who is in a public place out of a situation where they could harm themselves or others.

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Hickford said Smit told his supervisors he “found” the man in a public place, as opposed to

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Once Smit explained to his superiors the circumstances surrounding the arrest, the man was immediately released and driven home. He was returned home within an hour of being arrested.

The OPCC hearing is examining misconduct allegations of abuse of authority and deceit.

A Saanich police investigation in 2012 proved the deceit and abuse of authority allegations, and Smit was suspended without pay for seven days, and his rank was to be demoted to third-class constable. An officer is allowed to request a hearing in cases of dismissal or a reduction in rank. Smit contacted the OPCC in January 2013.

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