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Greater Victoria is in for a treat tomorrow (June 27) as Monday Magazine blazes a new WEST COA trail in Victoria publishing.

ST COOL D IS C O V E R As Black Press announced earlier THE A D VENTURE this month, Monday Magazine has been W IT H IN re-imagined from an alternative weekly to V IC T O R IA a comprehensive arts and entertainment ’S U LT IM guide in print and with 24/7 updates on AT E G E T A D A M S AW O U T G U ID AT S K Y | J O -ANN RO the web.

BERTS | M E IKE DELA MONT | E M M A YA R D LEY | DO In addition to the new Monday N G E N O VA | ROBERT MOYES Magazine, which hits the streets this Thursday, a revamped website features weekly blogs, fun videos and continuous updates from our writers with plenty of effervescent film reviewer Robert Moyes and the ever-popular room for readers to share their thoughts and ideas. horoscopes by Georgia Nicols, Monday will now feature popular Black Press’ Victoria community newspapers — Victoria CTV entertainment reporter Adam Sawatsky, arts maven Janis News, Saanich News, Oak Bay News and the Goldstream News La Couvée, independent film advice from Victoria Film Fest Gazette – will also host an expanded, Monday-approved arts and director Kathy Kay, the contemporary musings of CBC Radio entertainment section in your familiar Wednesday and Friday host Jo-Ann Roberts, tips from interior design consultant Sheri community newspapers, complete with an events calendar that Peterson, comedic relief from Mike Delamont, fashion it-girl begins Friday, June 28.

Emma Yardley and well-known gastronaut Don Genova.

The vibrant, full-colour Monday also offers extensive Part of the kick-off includes a contest with a chance to win coverage of outdoor recreation (check out the “West Coast a new 2013 Honda NCH50 Giorno scooter. Find all the details Wild” adventures column with Danielle Pope), sports (see how inside the July issue.

Kyle Slavin makes out in the first “Playing With the Pros”) and The new Monday includes plenty of in-depth features and an expanded events calendar – available in print and also at information on what’s happening in Greater Victoria that you MondayMag.com and Vicnews.com. won’t find anywhere else, so we invite you to join us as we delve “Now more than ever, Monday’s focus is celebrating the deeper into the arts scene and discover the adventurer within wealth of talent and culture our city offers,” said publisher us all.

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The Oak Bay High replacement project is one step closer.

Farmer Construction Ltd. has been awarded the contract to create the district’s new school and will work with design partner, Hughes Condon Marler, through completion.

The choice follows an extensive evaluation of three shortlisted firms.

Negotiations between Farmer and the Greater Victoria School District are expected to result in a fixed-priced agree- Peg Orcherton ment within a few weeks. Design-build activities will begin immediately after.

“Today we have reached an important milestone in the delivery of the new high school for the students and the community of Oak Bay,” Greater Victoria Board of Education chair Peg Orcherton said.

“Having an experienced, first-class team such as Farmer Construction Ltd. to work with … is significant and we are looking forward to putting shovels in the ground this summer.”

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Yogis welcomed in Willows Park Stymied in past by bureaucracy, summer yoga classes set to go Natalie North News staff

After the Oak Bay parks and recreation commission shut him down in 2012, the organizer of free summer yoga sessions in Willows Park is ready to take a deep breath in and try it again. “We have a permit and it’s all legit,� said Pete Rose, a yoga instructor for VI Fitness and Synergy Wellness Centre.

Last year Rose organized and promoted a weekly free summer yoga series in the park, but without having applied for a permit to use the park, saw just one session come to fruition before the series halted.

Following the disappointment, Rose filed an application for use of the park in 2013. The commission okayed the event, Rose purchased insurance and yoga will now take place Tuesday nights from 6 to 7 p.m. in Willows Park.

The permit was granted on a trial basis for one year. “Things do work if you go through the bureaucracy. It just takes a lot of planning and foresight.�

The gentle Hatha class is open to all ages and abilities and will run no matter the weather. “Even if it’s raining, we can do fast yoga under the trees.�

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(From left) Kirsten Pierce and Jules Payne, co-owners of Ajna Yoga Studio in Oak Bay, join Michelle Schroeder and Pete Rose, co-ordinator of Yoga in the Park, in a strecth on the field at Willows Park. ple from age four to 70 – roughly half were first timers – came out to what Rose describes as a truly magical location for yoga. “It’s been practised for thousands of years in India

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Gyro Park in line for overhaul Saanich offers three plans for public input

A pair of deer eat away at a hedge in a yard along Cotswold Road in the Uplands district in Oak Bay. The public consultation process on strategies to deal with the abundance of urban deer continued at Oak Bay’s council meeting on Monday night.

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Oak Bay closer to determining its strategy: mayor Danielle Pope News staff

What has at least 200 legs and 33 open mouths? The turnout for a discussion on deer in Oak Bay. More than 100 people, 33 of whom spoke, attended Oak Bay’s special committee of the whole meeting June 12 regarding the Capital Regional District’s Regional Deer Management Strategy.

The meeting was in response to the CRD’s request, last spring, that council provide a response to 10 suggestions

made around possible implementation of the strategy.

Those requests were brought to a heated discussion at the meeting, which provided an opportunity for further public input.

“There are, of course, many different views on the issue, but everyone is supportive of this (consultation) process,” Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen said. “I do think we are in a position now to make some decisions.”

Following the input, council was expected to make its decision on Monday (June 24, after the News’ deadline) on a number of the requests.

Strategies the CRD has looked at include pursuing fencing subsidies, improving public education around deer and the use of repellent, devising aggressive-deer protocols, changing public hunting regulations, enhancing the First Nations harvest, pursuing a catch-and-euthanize approach, refining road signage and speed limits, tracking deer-related complaints and formalizing participation in a Regional Deer Management Strategy oversight committee.

One speaker, Susan Vickery of EARS Sanctuary in Coombs, advocated for and shared

“There are, of course, many different views on the issue, but everyone is supportive of this (consultation) process.

I do think we are in a position now to make some decisions.”

– Mayor Nils Jensen her efforts in testing out an immuno-contraceptive on her own herd of 40 rescued deer.

Vickery offered sanctuary for some of the University of Victoria rabbits during its campus-wide cull in 2011.

In three weeks, Vickery was able to raise $80,000 in support funds for the rabbits and offered her services to now help find sponsors for the nonlethal contraceptive shots.

“There are a handful of people who would like to see all the deer gone and a handful of people who would like to see them all stay,” she said. “But most of us are looking for that middle ground where we can recognize everyone’s needs – our gardeners, farmers, children and the deer – and find the tools to co-exist.”

Jensen says part of the problem is that the deer have no natural predators in the area, save cars. While the CRD has no official numbers on how many deer currently live in the region, the district has seen an “explosion” of deer complaints in the last decade, and public works crews in Oak Bay have tracked the numbers of carcasses they’ve had to collect through accidents.

Three dead deer were taken to Hartland Landfill in 2007, none were found in 2008, 2012 saw 23 removed and crews have removed 11 bodies in 2013.

“Mostly what we’ve heard is a general need for action,” Jensen said. “And what people are saying is that deer are not meant to be urban animals.” news@mondaymag.com

Gyro Park could be unrecognizable in the coming years, as Saanich parks planners are looking to give the Cadboro Bay beach a major facelift.

Last week planners released three concept plans that outline a variety of upgrades designed to make the park more accessible and usable year-round.

“Right now the park is looking somewhat worn out and tired, so these new facilities would certainly improve the appearance and aesthetics of the park,” said Gary Darrah, manager of parks planning with Saanich.

“The main (principle for the three plans) is trying to reclaim as much of the prime waterfront space as we can for park users, rather than cars,” he said.

All three concepts call for the main gravel parking lot to be reduced in size and the area closest to the water re-greened and turned into open space. A secondary parking lot – both lots will be paved – is part of all three plans to reduce the loss of vehicle parking.

Among the potential changes is moving the tennis courts closer to Cadboro Bay Road and creating a stormwater pond.

“I think everyone recognizes the fact that stormwater control and flood mitigation ... is important for us. Annually you can count on the park flooding,” Darrah said.

“One of the things we’re trying to achieve with this redevelopment is comfortable year-round use of the park – not slogging through water to get to the beach or the playground.”

Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard says he’s been trying to get Gyro Park updated since 1987, so he’s optimistic the community will provide the feedback and support for a much-needed change.

“We’d like to get a concept plan adopted so that it’s a park that gets a little TLC. I would like to see it get some attention after all these years,” he said. kslavin@saaniuchnews.com

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Feds cut astronomy outreach Centre of the Universe, telescope tours done after summer season Edward Hill News staff

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The Centre of the Universe, a public interpretative centre located next to the main telescope (above) at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, is being shut down due to budget cutbacks.

The Centre of the Universe, a hub for astronomy education in Victoria, is closing to the public for good at the end of the summer.

The National Research Council confirmed that the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory interpretive centre will close at the end of August, after the

final student summer camps end. Two employees will lose their jobs and one will be reassigned, the NRC says. The facility has been open for 12 years.

“It’s got to do with financial constraints,” said Charles Drouin, spokesman for the NRC in Ottawa. “We do exercises that look at all the activities and programs, and rejig them. It was a tough decision, but one we felt we had to do.”

The Centre of the Universe facility – which houses historical artifacts like the original 1.8metre mirror from the Plaskett Telescope and runs historical tours, multimedia shows and youth programs – costs about $32,000 to operate and $245,000 in employee wages, and brings in about $47,000 per year in revenue, giving the NRC a sum savings of $230,000 per year.

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It will accommodate up to 1,300 students and will include a neighbourhood learning centre, daycare and state-of-the-art performing arts facility.

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The society has been around as long as the observatory.

Members volunteer to help NRC staff with telescope setup and tours. “Someone’s first foray into astronomy is always amazing.

People gasp when they see their first close-up of the moon. It’s one thing to see it on a computer, it’s another to see it through a telescope,” Walker said.

Drouin said the decision to close the Centre of the Universe is not related to Ottawa’s announcement in May to reorganize the NRC as an “industryfocused research and technology organization.” “This was an independent exercise,” he said.

The artifacts and displays in the Centre of the Universe building will stay after the facility is closed.

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The observatory employs about 100 people in research and its engineering shop.

Drouin confirmed the astronomy facility and national historic site will have no public outreach come late August or early September, and locals and visitors will no longer be able to tour the Plaskett Telescope, in operation since May 6, 1918.

This would be the first time in decades, if ever, the facility hasn’t hosted Saturday night observing events or tours of the telescope.

“It’s one thing to do away with the Centre of the Universe, but the large telescope will not be available for public outreach,” said Nelson Walker, president of the Royal Astronomical Society, Victoria Centre.

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Mustard Seed receptionist Jessica Woods is smiling from ear to ear as she describes her remodeled reception area at the Queens Avenue facility.

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Feds abandon science education Many parts of Greater Victoria offer a view of the large white dome atop of Observatory Hill in Saanich.

At the end of the summer, that’s about the only way people will get to take in the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.

The National Research Council reluctantly admitted last week that it plans to close the Centre of the Universe interpretive centre and end all public outreach connected with astronomy and astrophysics at the attached Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics.

This will likely be the first time in the facility’s nearly 100 year history the public has been shut out of this local national historic site.

Greater Victoria has a lot to be proud of with the observatory – for a brief moment, the Plaskett telescope was the largest in the world, and it is a site that continues to make significant contributions to precision technology and our understanding of the universe.

The scientific research arm of the site, the NRC Herzberg Institute, isn’t closing and will continue to employ more than 100 people. But the federal government’s mandate to reorganize the NRC as an “industry-focused” organization certainly doesn’t inspire confidence.

Closing the Centre of the Universe is being framed as a cost saving measure under a regime of restricted budgets, and not a consequence of the NRC’s new approach.

It’s fair to say that the federal government has decided to abandon public education linked to its federal science.

Closing the Centre of the Universe will save the NRC about $230,000 of its $900 million budget, implying the decision was driven by an ideology suspicious of and hostile to science, rather than the principle of saving a few public tax dollars.

If the government wants “industry-focused” research and advanced technology, closing the door of research centres to young people is shortsighted and counterproductive.

Out of the thousands of kids that visit the Centre of the Universe each year, if only a handful are inspired to enter engineering, math and the sciences, the public outreach has proved its worth.

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.

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Cabinet rookies handed hot files bargaining agency and achieve a There are nine new faces in 10-year peace with the teachers’ Premier Christy Clark’s cabinet, union. seven of them elected to the B.C. Justice Minister legislature for the first Suzanne Anton has time on May 14. worked as a Crown They have been handed prosecutor, so she’ll have some of the hottest some insight into the problems, and Clark’s system that still grapples marching orders in with Stanley Cup rioters “mandate letters” for each from two summers ago. ministry. And this is the Her orders are to get start of a four-year term, traffic tickets and other when unpopular reforms administrative penalties are attempted. out of the courts, keep Take Amrik Virk, the Tom Fletcher working on integrating former RCMP inspector B.C. Views police fiefdoms and from Surrey who’s generally treat the suddenly in charge of constipation that afflicts advanced education. law enforcement today.

His mandate includes: “Review Oh, and get that new Okanagan the student loan program to make prison built, to relieve a system recommendations for improvement that has inmates living in tents. to ensure the loan program is And examine whether to spin off meeting the needs of today’s the Liquor Distribution Branch into students.” a Crown corporation, a possible Virk must also set targets to prelude to selling it. “match the skills we need with Transportation Minister Todd the skills we are graduating” and Stone’s first test was a grilling by require post-secondary schools the Vancouver media. Yup, this to “ensure student seats are being Kamloops hayseed has been to the filled.”

Big Smoke a few times, ridden that B.C. can’t afford to keep cranking fancy SkyTrain and taken the odd out university grads with $50,000 ferry, too. in debt and no job prospects in a Now he has to impose the system that’s subsidized 65 per ferry route reductions that have cent. been worked on by two previous Virk will be working closely ministers, and push Metro with Education Minister Peter Vancouver through a referendum Fassbender, who must “ensure on ways to fund its own transit. If seamless transitions” from more tolls or taxes are going to be high school to the workforce implemented, now is the time. for post-secondary trades and Coralee Oakes has made a apprenticeships. political leap from Quesnel city In his spare time, Fassbender hall to the Ministry of Community, is to overhaul the school district

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One of her key tasks is to invent a framework for a “rural dividend” from liquefied natural gas development in northwestern B.C. Oakes has to figure out how to “better provide provincial support” to sport and cultural organizations, but do it with no new money. All ministers have strict instructions to balance their lean budgets and take part in the latest “core review” to identify government functions that can be sold, delegated or shut down.

New Minister of International Trade, Richmond’s Teresa Wat, has to find a way to continue the growth of lumber and other exports to China, India and elsewhere on the Pacific Rim. On top of that, the alwaysdelicate softwood lumber agreement with the U.S. expires in three years.

The last major eruption on that front was in 2009, when B.C. cut stumpage rates for remote coastal areas to give communities much-needed employment. The Americans were livid, just as they were with our beetle-kill harvesting efforts. And of course, the U.S.directed environmental movement continues to target Canadian industries.

Third-term MLA John Rustad gets aboriginal relations, with specific instructions to deal with gas and perhaps oil pipelines through his Nechako Lakes constituency.

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LETTERS Deer meeting showed progress I would like to thank Mayor Nils Jensen for conducting an open meeting on the “deer problem” on June 12. This is what should have happened at the Capital Regional District level a year ago, as was pointed out by more than one speaker.

Deer have been migrating into Oak Bay in recent years as they have been losing their natural habit, in what used to be more rural areas of the CRD. People want to see the deer removed, but one topic was not touched on: the method of killing or, more politely, population reduction.

The clover trap/bolt gun is not humane and is used in slaughter houses for domestic animals held in restraints, much different from a wildly thrashing live animal, thrown down and held by force while someone puts a bolt gun to her head and hopes he gets it right.

A wildlife biologist spoke about a humane alternative, a contraceptive for animals called SpayVac, which could be used in a pilot project. It would put Oak Bay on the map as being a compassionate, forward-looking place, as opposed to a place with a medieval mentality no

longer controlled by thinking human beings.

With regard to the mothers who spoke out vehemently about the loss of their gardens to the deer and the inability of their children to walk barefoot on the grass, why not get a little dog for the children? They would love it, it would teach them about kindness to animals, and no deer would enter their yard. Deer stay away from dogs. The only downside might be that Mom might have to pick up the dog feces.

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Readers respond: The Clive, drivers, Tea Party Clive Avenue proposal has a long way to go We are pleased that the Oak Bay News has addressed the misleading impression given in their June 6 article with regard to The Clive development proposal.

Local residents have now reviewed four versions of this proposal.

On May 21, council asked the developer to amend the latest proposal to address the issues raised and the concerns documented by their own staff.

The proposal represents an almost total lack of compliance with zoning requirements, the parking bylaw and the Oak Bay Community Plan. The result would be inadequate setbacks on all sides of the building, lot coverage and floor area ratio in excess of the maximums, two apartments with well below the minimum permitted floor area, ignorance of the requirement for parking to be below ground and far fewer parking units than are required.

While there has been positive movement on the part of the developer since the first proposal, the changes have not addressed, to any great extent, the major amendments required to make this an acceptable and positive development for this community.

The latest proposal, with its lack of regard for local bylaws and the current OCP, would result in a building much too large for the lot in question, with the same issues that have been pointed out by residents and municipal staff since the project was first proposed in December 2012.

Such a large building would overwhelm the immediate area, provide inadequate green space, increase parking on nearby streets and increase traffic congestion at the already busy junction of Clive Drive and Oak Bay Avenue.

Let us hope the next proposed version for The Clive will be a great deal more considerate of the Oak Bay community and respectful of local laws.

Lance and Helga Traylen Oak Bay

Impatient drivers rampant in region I do not understand Victoria drivers’ need for speed.

Musgrave Street by Willows School is a 30 km/h zone, not just during school hours but 24-7. Try to drive 30 km/h along there anytime after school and before you know it some vehicle is pushing you off the road.

The same thing happens on Fort Street by Oak Bay High, even during school hours. Drive through the school zone at 30 km/h and impatient drivers are on your bumper or passing on the right into the right turn lane just to get ahead of you.

Last week on Blanshard Street, as I was approaching Cloverdale Avenue and heading north, an irate driver was angry because I was doing the speed limit. He passed waving his fist and yelling obscenities and when I got to the next red light he was stopped beside me.

Whatever happened to police enforcement, especially in Oak Bay? Ralph Burns Oak Bay

Tea Party complaints sound cynical at best Re: Oak Bay Tea Party left a bitter taste (Letters, June 19) Jim Nicholl’s attempt to sour the memory of this year’s Oak Bay Tea Party celebrations should not go unanswered.

As I heard the screams of delight from those on each of the rides at Willows Park and watched them thrill to the experience they had safely enjoyed as they dismounted, clearly the mighty dollar was

the last thing in mind as they dashed to the next one.

Sure, the cost isn`t cheap, but to claim the whole event was overshadowed by exorbitant prices and alarmingly short rides is utter nonsense. Furthermore, to proffer this as a valid reason for the exclusion of midway activities from future Tea Party weekends because he doesn’t believe that “the cost to participate in the rides equates to any sort of positive return” is just too cynical for words.

Who ever suggested that there should be a cost-benefit analysis for rides on a ferris wheel or bumper cars?

Heaven protect us from killjoys who promote change for change’s sake just because fun for the children of all ages who flock to the Tea Party costs more than it used to.

This year the spirit and behaviour of riders and carnival staff was again, exemplary and during my several hours on site, nothing seemed to get in the way of ‘a great time for everyone,’ which is what tea parties and carnivals are about.

Derrick Johns Oak Bay

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Fryer set to lead Canadian Club The Canadian Club of Victoria has a new president. John Fryer, a member of the Order of Canada and former union executive and University of Victoria professor, was elected at the club’s annual meeting June 18.

Ellen Stensholt was elected vice-president.

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Women in charge The investiture of Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon as Vice Prior of the Order of St. John marked the first time that all top positions in St. John Ambulance have been filled by women. From left, Chancellor Mairi Arthur, CEO Karen MacPherson, B.C. Yukon Council chair Jean Chute and Lt.-Gov. Guichon.

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The M.V. Coho switched to its summer schedule June 21 with four daily roundtrip sailings between Victoria and Port Angeles. The passenger and vehicle ferry departs Victoria at 6:10 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. with returns from Port Angeles at 8:15 a.m., 12:45 p.m., 5:20 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

The Victoria Clipper adds a third sailing to its schedule between B.C.’s capital and Seattle, departing daily at 11:20 a.m., 5:30 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. from the Inner Harbour.

The Victoria Clipper III was back in service last week after a minor engine room fire forced it to make an emergency stop in the San Juan Islands on June 14.

Meanwhile, B.C. Ferries is boosting its sailings across its fleet for summer travellers as well. Beginning today (June 26), the Swartz Bay-Tsawwassen run will use four vessels which will make up to 32 sailings daily. Check bcferries.com for details. editor@vicnews.com

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“I think the entire community will benefit [from this festival],” says Camosun’s Daphne Shaed, director in the student Victoria is about to get a litsociety. “The advocacy work I tle more queer, thanks to the do is always directed at those efforts of the Victoria Film Feswho do not have the opportutival. nity, either through identity or Just in time for Pride Week, exposure, to be informed about the festival has partnered with the experiences of otherness in Out In Schools, the Camosun a society that privileges the perCollege Student Society and formance of hegemony.”

Victoria Pride Society to presJillian Wedel, regional facilient the first Reel Queer Film tator of Out In Schools, is Festival, June 28 to 30. responsible for the youth The festival is open to all and will explore “the world of Danielle Pope/News staff component of the festival. Her queer” in a lighthearted and The Reel Queer Film Fest crew efforts to “work towards ending engaging event at the Vic The- includes Jillian Wedel, left, homophobia/transphobia in atre. Four major films are fea- MaryAnne Dieno, Kathy Kay, schools and communities” utitured including Margarita, She’s Daphne Shaed and Donovan lizes the power of film to inspire and create social change. a Boy I Knew, Jihad for Love and Aikman.

“We are very excited to be Beyond Gay. The event also features six cult classic options a part of the youth portion of Victoria’s Reel for two nights of “Reel Queer Roulette” and four Queer Film Festival in order to further our goals of promoting diversity and cultivating a climate of special youth shorts.

“Part of our mandate is to celebrate different acceptance among the youth in our communities,” philosophies and lifestyles and we really spent Wedel says.

The youth films originated from a handful of a lot of time looking into quality films that showcased that,” says festival director Kathy Kay. “I short films shot for the Out in Schools roster, as don’t think that queer cinema is widely repre- well as the winning films from its Rise Against Homophobia short video contest. sented here, and this is, at least, a start.”

Kay says the response she’s received from the From the eye-opening journey through the life of Vancouver filmmaker Gwen Haworth and her community has been real affirmation to VFF’s decimale-to-female gender transition in She’s a Boy sion to host the event.

“The more people who find ways to show their I Knew, to Vancouver filmmaker Bob Christie’s celebrated Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride, there support of diverse communities, the more awarepromises to be something for everyone (Christie ness can be brought to that need. This is really just the periphery for us, but it’s an evolution.” will also attend the screening via Skype).

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Taj Weekes and Adowa bring their 2013 tour of Western Canada to the Victoria Jazz Festival this week.

Weekes and Adowa unite a social consciousness with an unforgettable reggae groove. They play Thursday, June 27 at 9:30 at Club 9one9, 919 Douglas St. (No minors).

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The Victoria Folk Music Society presents Tim Readman with Jennie Bice, on Sunday, July 7 after open stage at 7:30 p.m. at Norway House, 1110 Hillside Ave. Vancouver’s Readman is a musician, folksinger, songwriter and music journalist, originally from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He is the former leader of Canadian Celtic/folk favourites Fear of Drinking and has played with The Arrogant Worms. Tickets are $5 and are available at the door.

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Although he plays a range of styles including jazz and bluegrass, it is his talents in the world of Celtic music that are drawing the most attention. Go to thesuperior.ca for more information.

Call to student artists

A call for submissions for the downtown Victoria Art Extravaganza is open to current and former Vancouver Island School of Art students.

The Vancouver Island School of Art, in collaboration with the Downtown Victoria Business Association, is looking for artists who want to showcase their work in a downtown storefront as part of a summer Art Extravaganza event.

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Dr. Dawn Webster takes an initial look into a patient’s mouth. Webster and fellow dentist Matt Evans are collecting discarded gold fillings to raise money for Jeneece Place.

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Webster, husband and wife dentists at Fort Street Dental Centre, collect unwanted gold teeth pulled from patients’ mouths. The gold is melted down, sold and the money is donated to charity.

“We just ask every patient who needs to get an old crown or gold tooth pulled out if they want to donate it,” Webster said.

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“We have a gold vendor who knows it’s for charity and gives us a bit better rate.”

After cashing in more than two years of teeth, the husband and wife dentistry team received a cheque for $8,700, then topped it off with their own funds to donate $10,000 to Jeneece Place, through the Saanich-based Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island.

Jeneece Place, near Victoria General Hospital, is a large home where families can stay while their children receive care at the hospital.

“I had the pleasure of getting the phone call,” said Jessica Woollard, communications officer for Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island, which operates Jeneece Place. “We always tell people who want to fundraise for us to use their skills and interests to get creative. This is by far the most unique.”

The donation goes toward the $325,000 annual operating costs for Jeneece Place.

The dentists decided to donate to Jeneece Place after their daughter, Amelia Mae, became very ill at only seven weeks old. She spent two days in hospital and her parents witnessed many children with other serious illnesses.

The couple did not use Jeneece Place, but began thinking about out-of-town families with sick children.

“I got to wrap my baby and take her home,” Webster said.

“We were sitting at the hospital with the rest of the sick kids and it tore our hearts out.”

The 200-tooth collection started after Amelia Mae’s illness. Now she is a healthy twoand-a-half year old and has a younger sister, eight-month-old Sarah Elaine.

“Maybe one in 50 people say they want to keep (their tooth), the rest donate,” Webster said.

Fort Street Dental Centre continues to collect gold, choosing a different charity each time. Gold donations can be dropped off at 102-1780 Fort St. For more on Jeneece Place, see jeneeceplace.org. charla@goldstream gazette.com

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Oaklands shop a throwback to old-time merchants Don Descoteau Biz Beat

Stepping through the door of The Local General Store on Haultain Road, one is greeted with a pleasantly fragrant aroma.

Almost sensing the visitor’s curiosity about the source of the fragrance, shop co-owner Alix Harvey leads him to a corner of the shop where a vintage full-sized Beach stove is mostly covered by a collection of organic body care products.

Next to it is a cupboard housing custom-made pottery – mugs, plates and other items – made by at-risk women in Vancouver who are being taught new job and life skills. Nearby is a shelf featuring hemp underwear and shirts, courtesy of a Bellingham supplier.

“The idea, as much as possible, is to be sourcing local and B.C. and Pacific Northwest products,” says Harvey, a retired special education teacher who wasn’t ready to kick back yet.

The non-grocery items are just part of the mix for the Local, which opened about a month ago next to Adams Food Fair – a more traditional corner grocery store. There’s a section of raw whole grains, and an electric mill for turning rice, oats and wheat into flour. While there’s many gluten-free products here, Harvey clarifies that this is not a “health-food store,” but a “whole food store.”

With the help of husband Chris Harvey, a retired assistant superintendent of schools for Greater Victoria, and a pair of enthusiastic staffers, Harvey is chasing her dream of narrowing the distance between consumers and their sources of food and other specialty products.

With fresh baked goods, a modest amount of produce, organic chocolate, specialty pet foods and artisan crafts, this shop is as much destination as old-time general store.

A word that comes up more than once in the conversation is “relationships,” as in knowing your suppliers and your customers.

Both are important, Harvey says.

She calls the shop a combination grocery store and gift shop.

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Baby shop opens at Mattick’s A Greater Victoria couple is hoping to turn their experiences as parents into business success.

Momease Baby Boutique is the brainchild of Lyra McLean and husband, Adam, who are offering what they call “innovative and well-researched products” for the

modern family in their new shop at Mattick’s Farm in Cordova Bay. The emphasis is on Canadian suppliers and unique, common sense items that make life easier for new parents. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Check out their Facebook page for more information.

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Each game day, a staff of about 20, not including volunteers, meet at noon at the HarbourTravis Paterson Cats’ Vancouver Street News staff office. Most game days go until 10:45 p.m., when The Victoria HarbourCats earned the field is raked. a “messy win” over the visiting Bend “On opening day in Elks on Sunday, 3-2 at Royal Athletic preparation for our first Park. night, we practiced our It gave the HarbourCats 10 wins new ticketing system in 14 games as the baseball team all day and afternoon. entered a five-day break in the West We invested in it, and Coast League schedule this week. it worked fine, then we The next game isn’t until Saturday opened the gates and when the HarbourCats visit the the scanners weren’t Cowlitz Black Bears (6-6) in Washworking. So you always ington. have to be prepared,” “Five days off, what a luxury. We’d McLean said. rather be playing but we’ll take it,” The HarbourCats coach Dennis Rogers said. have enjoyed a strong The HarbourCats took two of three gate, announcing 1,246 against the Elks (12-6), the first place in paid attendance on team in the WCL’s southern division.

Sunday. The HarbourThe HarbourCats earned only one Cats are third in the of three runs on Sunday. Jordan Ellis league with an averscored on a passed ball in the fourth age of 1,424 per game, inning. Justin Burba singled in the sixth inning scoring Chris Lewis and Don Denton/News staff behind the Medford advancing David Schuknecht to third The HarbourCats are fitting in nicely at Royal Athletic Park, having won seven of the first nine home games. Rogues, 1,429, and Bend Elks, 1,566. base. Shuknecht scored the winning It’s hard to gauge how “At the end of the (Sunday’s) game I tact with the ball on Sunday, but the heavy run on a wild pitch during the next humidity and light drizzle of rain kept the told the team it was a good weekend, we much of an effect winning is having on the at bat. won the series and be proud of that, but fan draw, but it’s clear the connection to Left hander Bryan Conant earned the ball in the park.

“It was noticeable the ball wasn’t going reminded them to stay on task with a lot of the players is a tangible one, as Nick Pivwin, pitching four scoreless innings of relief.

“It was a bit of a messy win,” said right anywhere. On a sunny day the ball flies things,” Rogers said. “They’re in the defini- etta pitched two wins for the HarbourCats fielder Austin Russell, who went hitless in pretty well here, but it always depends on tion stages of their careers, in total con- before signing a pro contract and joined the trol of their thoughts and effort level. Fif- Washington Nationals minor league system two at-bats. The former Esquimalt Little the weather,” Russell said.

This week’s unofficial break, which is the teen games into it we have a little bit of two weeks ago.

League player piled up the hits earlier in “People always love a winner, there’s no the month, but has gone without a hit since longest of the two-month season, is a time tempo going with our club. We’re probably for the players to work on fundamentals two or three players away from being fully question,” McLean said. “We made a conJune 17 in Kelowna. scious effort to recruit first year and second “With our hot start and adding on more and for coaches Rogers and Bob Miller to enhanced so it’s very exciting.”

The players enjoyed a day off on Monday year players who can come back next year. players and more talent, we’re going to get get a chance to look at the team, which will We want the core of this team to go back to and will spend Friday traveling to Cowlitz. real good here. Every day we mesh more add its final players later this week.

This week’s break is also a time for co- their college teams after the summer and But Rogers was quick to temper expecand winning helps,” Russell said. “Right now (Bend is) just another team, it’s early tations as the team is barely one quarter owner and president John McLean to reflect talk about how wonderful the team experience, the coaching and the fans were in still, but good to come out with the series of the way through the 54 game schedule, on the first few weeks.

“Patience is the biggest thing I’ve learned Victoria.” though it has played one third of its home win.” sports@vicnews.com so far,” he said. “And having a contingency Batters from both sides made solid con- games.

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SPORTS NEWS IN BRIEF Shamrocks axe Ads but fall to Burrards

The Maple Ridge Burrards upended the Victoria Shamrocks for the second time this season, winning 10-9 in Maple Ridge on Sunday.

The Shamrocks (7-3) retain first in the Western Lacrosse Association ahead of the second place Burrards (6-4), thanks to the Shamrocks’ 13-6 defeat of the Coquitlam Adanacs (4-6) on Friday (June 21) at Bear Mountain Arena.

Rookie Mitch Jones led the Rocks with two goals and two assists against the Burrards on Sunday. Corey Small and Scott Ranger each scored a hat trick in Friday’s win over the Ads. Small is second in WLA scoring with 25 goals and 25 assists for 50 points. Maple Ridge’s Curtis Dickson is first with 38 goals and 32 assists for 70 points.

Next up for the Shamrocks is a home game Wednesday, July 3 versus the Burnaby Lakers.

Junior Shamrocks split in Langley, Delta

The Victoria Jr. A Shamrocks split its road trip weekend with a 17-16 win over the Delta Islanders on Saturday and 19-14 loss to the Langley Thunder on Sunday.

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overtime to push the Shamrocks past Delta on Saturday.

Devon Casey picked up a whopping eight assists and two goals for 10 points in the win on Saturday, with Jesse King also notching seven helpers.

Brody Eastwood’s four goals and four assists went for naught in a losing cause on Sunday.

The Jr. Shamrocks are home Saturday, June 29, 5 p.m. to the Langley Thunder at Bear Mountain Arena.

Baby Rocks double Islanders, Ads

The Victoria Intermediate A Shamrocks beat the Delta Islanders 12-10 on Sunday, in Delta, and defeated the Coquitlam Adanacs 11-9 at Bear Mountain Arena on Saturday.

Nate Wade, Connor Leies and Cole Pickup each scored twice for Victoria with Ryan Taylor, Graham Winship, McLean Chicquen and Jordan Green adding one each on Saturday The Int. A Rocks (10-2) are second in the B.C. Intermediate A Lacrosse League behind the Richmond Road Runners (11-1).

Former Vikes track star on triathlon podium Calgary’s Ellen Pennock, a former UVic Vikes cross country and track sensation, ran to second place at the Edmonton World Cup sprint triathlon on Sunday.

Joining Pennock on the podium was Victoria’s Kirsten Sweetland, 24, who wins her

SportS stats Running 2013 Navy Run at CFB Esquimalt, June 23 Place Div/Tot Div Guntime Pace Name City 1 1/55 M2534 33:25 3:21 Jonathan Gendron Victoria 2 1/61 M3544 36:19 3:38 Felipe Edora Victoria 3 2/55 M2534 36:39 3:40 Mathieu Rocheleau North Saanich 4 2/61 M3544 37:26 3:45 Michael Arensen Victoria 5 1/30 M4554 38:07 3:49 Mark Ritchie Victoria 6 3/55 M2534 38:31 3:52 Mike Janes Victoria 7 3/61 M3544 38:50 3:53 Chris Skinner Victoria 8 4/61 M3544 39:03 3:55 Howard Manderson Sooke 9 5/61 M3544 39:28 3:57 Wade Smith Cowichan Bay 10 6/61 M3544 39:32 3:58 Warren Beattie Victoria 11 1/28 M0124 40:04 4:01 Iain Wilson Ancaster 12 4/55 M2534 40:07 4:01 Ian George Victoria 13 1/6 NOAGE 40:11 4:02 Tony Elwell 14 1/32 F3544 40:24 4:03 Kirsten Arensen Victoria 15 5/55 M2534 40:42 4:05 Richard Boxhall Victoria 16 7/61 M3544 40:43 4:05 Greg Schoenbaechler 17 1/10 M5564 40:47 4:05 Robert Gebbie Victoria 18 2/28 M0124 40:48 4:05 Maxime Forest Winnipeg 19 6/55 M2534 40:58 4:06 Iain Meredith Victoria 20 8/61 M3544 41:10 4:07 Chris McCrea Victoria 21 9/61 M3544 41:15 4:08 Andrew McDonald Victoria 22 3/28 M0124 41:22 4:09 Sully Heraud 23 4/28 M0124 41:31 4:10 Angus Brown Victoria 24 7/55 M2534 41:58 4:12 Johnny Peters Victoria 25 8/55 M2534 41:59 4:12 Frank Downs Victoria 26 10/61 M3544 42:18 4:14 Simon Brown Victoria 27 9/55 M2534 42:36 4:16 Keven Jolicoeur Sooke 28 10/55 M2534 42:37 4:16 Mat Dawkins Langford 29 11/55 M2534 42:43 4:17 Alexander Nicholson Victoria 30 5/28 M0124 43:00 4:18 Ben Puszka Victoria

Time 33:25 36:17 36:38 37:26 38:07 38:31 38:48 39:03 39:28 39:30 40:00 39:58 40:10 40:23 40:39 40:42 40:45 40:35 40:43 41:09 41:13 41:09 41:26 41:49 41:56 42:13 42:33 42:28 42:19 42:57

Place Div/Tot Div Guntime Pace Name City 1 1/16 M0124 16:45 3:21 Andrew Patterson Belle River 2 1/17 M2534 17:35 3:31 Matt Carlson Victoria 3 2/16 M0124 18:50 3:46 Matt Telfsur 4 2/17 M2534 18:54 3:47 Matt Walsh Langford 5 3/17 M2534 19:09 3:50 Daniel Smith Victoria 6 1/19 F0124 19:28 3:54 Catharine Farish Vancouver 7 1/22 M3544 19:50 3:58 Akos Krasznai 8 1/20 M4554 20:43 4:09 Andre Pickersin Victoria 9 2/20 M4554 21:04 4:13 Mark Cunningham Victoria 10 4/17 M2534 21:47 4:22 Andrew Gregg Victoria 11 3/20 M4554 21:52 4:23 Majid Dehshiri Victoria 12 1/15 F4554 22:37 4:32 Jane Gibson Victoria 13 3/16 M0124 22:54 4:35 Taylor Holmwood Victoria 14 2/22 M3544 22:59 4:36 Tony Specht Victoria 15 5/17 M2534 23:10 4:38 Matthew Marzstelli Victoria 16 6/17 M2534 23:40 4:44 David Marcotte Victoria 17 7/17 M2534 23:46 4:46 Andre Aubry Victoria

Time 16:45 17:35 18:49 18:54 19:09 19:28 19:48 20:40 21:01 21:43 21:52 22:31 22:51 22:55 23:10 23:32 23:42

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first international in three years with bronze.

Canada’s Amelie Kretz, only 20 years old, won the women’s race and made it a sweep for Canada.

All three finished within 17 seconds of each other.

The sprint is shorter than the regular Olympic distance event, with a 750-metre swim, 20-kilometre bike and five km run, making for an up-tempo race.

Olympian Kyle Jones took silver, the only Canadian male on the podium.

Vic cyclist surprises as national champion

Curtis Dearden, 31, won the Canadian Road Cycling time trial championshp last week completing the 39-kilometre race in 48 minutes and 24 seconds.

The mechanic at Russ Hay’s Bike Shop in Victoria races part time for the Russ Hay’s Accent Inns Team with a primary focus on his time trial racing.

Oak Bay’s Adam deVos finished 10th.

There was another Victoria surprise in the women’s time trial championship, with 23-year-old Anika Todd taking silver.

Tripleshot Racing Club rider and UVic grad covered the 27 km distance in 40:40.

The championships ran in St. Georges, Que., Thursday and Friday.

Anika also finished seventh in the elite road cycling championship on Friday. Victoria based pro Rob Britton was fourth in the men’s road cycling championship.

4/16 M0124 23:59 4:48 Gregory Allan Victoria 1/24 F2534 24:00 4:48 Carly Youlton Victoria 2/24 F2534 24:26 4:54 Laura Coxson Victoria 5/16 M0124 24:30 4:54 Guillaume Leblanc Jonquiere 3/22 M3544 24:33 4:55 Leroy Bourgoin Victoria 3/24 F2534 24:36 4:56 Edith Boulanger Victoria 4/24 F2534 24:40 4:56 Natashia Erickson Victoria 8/17 M2534 24:40 4:56 Clayton Erickson Victoria 1/22 F3544 24:42 4:57 Kimberly Chaisson Victoria 4/20 M4554 24:43 4:57 Ang Li Victoria 2/22 F3544 24:44 4:57 Melody Tuinman-Love Navarre 4/22 M3544 24:44 4:57 Magnus McElory Victoria 1/5 NOAGE 24:47 4:58 Charles Kuyper

Women’s age group winners 10 KM 1 F3544 Kirsten Arensen Victoria 2 F2534 Mary-Jil Coude 3 F2534 Jessica Loughead Victoria 4 F2534 Jody Dans Victoria 5 F2534 Rosetta Duncan 6 F2534 Michelle Stroulger Lake Cowichan 7 F3544 Alice Dean Victoria 8 F0124 Sam Prowse Victoria 9 F2534 Amanda Moreira Vancouver 10 F3544 Stephanie McFarlane Victoria

40:24 43:15 44:19 47:01 48:15 48:21 49:57 50:48 50:50 51:05

Women’s age group winners 5 KM 1 F0124 Catharine Farish Vancouver 2 F4554 Jane Gibson Victoria 3 F2534 Carly Youlton Victoria 4 F2534 Laura Coxson Victoria 5 F2534 Edith Boulanger Victoria 6 F2534 Natashia Erickson Victoria 7 F3544 Kimberly Chaisson Victoria 8 F3544 Melody Tuinman-Love Navarre 9 F2534 Ashley Eyre Victoria 10 F0124 Madeleine Brown Victoria

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Men’s age group winners 5 KM 1 M0124 Andrew Patterson Belle River 2 M2534 Matt Carlson Victoria 3 M0124 Matt Telfsur 4 M2534 Matt Walsh Langford 5 M2534 Daniel Smith Victoria 6 M3544 Akos Krasznai 7 M4554 Andre Pickersin Victoria 8 M4554 Mark Cunningham Victoria 9 M2534 Andrew Gregg Victoria 10 M4554 Majid Dehshiri Victoria

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Men’s age group winners 10 KM 1 M2534 Jonathan Gendron Victoria 2 M3544 Felipe Edora Victoria 3 M2534 Mathieu Rocheleau North Saanich 4 M3544 Michael Arensen Victoria 5 M4554 Mark Ritchie Victoria 6 M2534 Mike Janes Victoria 7 M3544 Chris Skinner Victoria 8 M3544 Howard Manderson Sooke 9 M3544 Wade Smith Cowichan Bay 10 M3544 Warren Beattie Victoria

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Previous payroll experience is an asset.

Fax resume to 250-956-4888 or email hr@lemare.ca.

Closing date: July 11, 2013.

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Other positions available. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

THE JOHN Howard Society of BC is looking for long-term volunteers to socialize on Wednesday evenings with inmates at William Head Institution in Metchosin. Training provided.

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GORDON HEAD 1 bdrm, incld’s cable, parking. NS/NP. $650. June 1. (250)472-8381 SHELBOURNE/ McKENZIE well maintained 1 bdrm in quiet area, $850. inclds utils & internet, parking. NS/NP. Call 250-721-4853.

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Victoria brothers plan kayak trip of a lifetime Daniel Palmer News staff

While many freshly christened university graduates escape the ivory tower for a beach, lake or backpacking trip, two Victoria-based brothers are taking their love of adventure to a new extreme, kayaking from Brazil to Florida over the next seven months.

Graham and Russell Henry left for Belém, Brazil on June 10 and won't be back on North American soil until January.

“I think the biggest hassle has been getting all of our stuff there,” said Russell, 21, before the brothers’ departure.

The seed was planted when Russell was tasked with planning an expedition for his adventure sports certificate class through Thompson Rivers University last year.

Thanks to their father’s love of sea kayaking, the brothers were already naturals on the water.

“We had custom paddles at the age of five,” Russell said.

Early experiences at the YMCA’s Camp Thunderbird in Sooke solidified a love for the outdoors, starting the Henrys on a path that has brought them to their current 6,500-kilometre trek through Amazonian wilderness, heat, isolation and open ocean crossings.

“The biggest and scariest factor is the human factor,” said Graham, 22. “You can pitch a tent on a shoreline, but you don’t know what the next person you see will do or how they’ll react.”

The trip begins at the mouth of the Amazon River, continuing along the South American coastline to Venezuela, where

the Henrys don’t expect to hit civilization for up to two weeks.

From there, the brothers turn their sea kayaks, donated by Current Designs, north to island-hop across the Caribbean Sea towards Florida.

When they return, the Henrys plan to use their experience to inspire elementary and high school students to dream big and embrace the outdoors.

“We want to take this trip as a speaking tour across Western Canada to get kids thinking outside the box,” Graham said, adding youth today need to free themselves of an “increasingly bubble-wrapped world.”

To read more about the Henrys’ advenSubmitted photo ture and follow updates along the way, Graham Henry, left, and brother, Russell, visit henrykayak.com. leave in September for a seven-month sea kayaking trip from Brazil to Florida. dpalmer@vicnews.com

COMMUNITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Boot barrier broken down The Salvation Army in Greater Victoria is helping remove a barrier to employment for people looking to get into jobs that call for approved footwear.

The organization’s third annual Breaking Down Barriers Boot Drive, on now through July 15, encourages people with new or gently used work boots to drop them off at Capital Iron, 1900 Store St. Boots can also be dropped off at any time of year at Sally Ann thrift stores at 2695 Quadra St. or 525 Johnson St.

TEDx courts Victoria speakers TEDxVictoria organizers are looking for the Capital Region’s most inspired speakers.

TEDxVictoria will take place Nov. 16 at the McPherson Playhouse. The full-day conference promises an eclectic lineup of Victoria’s thinkers, inventors and innovators.

Applications for speakers are being accepted at tedxvictoria.com until June 28.

Check out ted.com/talks for the best of past speakers. editor@oakbaynews.com

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4 DAY SALE! 4 DAY SALE!

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Per Steak

CLUB PRICE

4 DAY SALE!

New York Strip Loin Steak Boneless. Sold in a Twin Package of 4 Only for $24.00.

4 DAY SALE!

10

3$ for

CLUB PRICE

THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 28 TO MONDAY JULY 1, 2013!

2

99 lb 6.59/kg

4 DAY SALE!

5

49

Extra Lean Ground Beef Fluff Style. LIMIT FOUR.

CLUB PRICE

4 DAY SALE!

Coca-Cola or Pepsi Soft Drinks Assorted varieties. 12 Pack. Plus deposit and/or enviro levy where applicable. HOUSEHOLD LIMIT SIX - Combined varieties.

1

99

Or Whole Wheat Garlic Bread. 454 g.

300 g.

4

2$ for

CLUB PRICE

for

CLUB PRICE

4 DAY SALE!

Original Two Bite Brownies

5

2$ for

CLUB PRICE

5

3$

Safeway Hot Dog Buns Or Hamburger. Assorted varieties. Package. of 12.

Artisan French Garlic Bread

Double 15 Roll.

HOUSEHOLD LIMIT THREE.

4 DAY SALE!

CLUB PRICE

4 DAY SALE!

ea.

CLUB PRICE

Purex Bath Tissue

Raspberries Product of U.S.A. 170 g.

HOUSEHOLD LIMIT THREE.

4 DAY SALE!

4 DAY SALE!

Mini Babybel

Old Spice Deodorant

6’s

3

Or Gillette 3X or Secret. Or Antiperspirant. 45 to 85 g.

Or Secret Body Spray 89 mL. Assorted varieties.

49

BUY 1 GET

1 FREE

ea.

EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE

CLUB PRICE

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Online and in-store prices, discounts, and offers may differ.

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