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Bike lanes still just a dream Danielle Pope News staff
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Sitting pretty Municipal clerk Sarah Gaudet makes the most of the warm August weather and enjoys her lunch break and a quick read in the sunshine at the back of Oak Bay municipal hall.
Peddling residents hoping to see Cadboro Bay Road adopt bike lanes will have to wait a little longer for any official word. Members of the committee of the whole decided to turn the proposition into a public consultation process on Monday, Aug. 12, and took no action on moving forward with the lanes at this time. “We wanted to create a public process to invite input from a variety of groups as well as the public to understand what people would like to see in terms of bike infrastructure,” said Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen. The lanes, which have come up in consultation as part of the Oak Bay High school redevelopment project, would span from Foul Bay Road to Cranmore Road along Cadboro Bay, and criss-cross the high school. Last January, School District 61 hired Boulevard Transportation Group to conduct the study, which included a look at traffic impact, parking, demand management and construction management. PleaSe See: More input needed before decision, Page A5
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funds go to the B.C. SPCA Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre (Wild ARC) in Metchosin. “It was a great idea she had Starting with a penny, 10-year-old to drop poop bags off at her Jenna Greene tripled her original neighbours and collect pennies,” goal, and last week, donated $1,525 said Victoria SPCA branch manager to the Victoria B.C. SPCA. Penny Stone in an interview last “My neighbours, and people in week. “It’s awesome for us. … It’s a Oak Bay, are really so generous and really large donation.” they gave so much. That’s how I did Most large donations come it. through events organized by the “I feel happy I could do it here SPCA directly, Stone and I’m really thankful to people who donated,” “I’m really explained. “It’s a surprise when children raise more said Greene. thankful to than $100, so $1,525 is Starting with a goal huge.” of $500 in March, she people who “Jenna is ecstatic,” said quickly surpassed that donated.” her mom, Jane Rousseau. and reached her final tally - Jenna Greene “We wanted to thank you at the end of July. for the initial story in the Breeanna McDonald, Oak Bay News as this helped Jenna Regional Humane Education Coordinator, South Vancouver Island to raise the pennies for pets that amounted to so much and is going B.C. SPCA, gave Greene a tour of the to such an amazing cause.” facility where she was able to see all “It’s amazing for someone her the animals and how they are cared age to learn about charity and to for. put that amount of effort into it,” “Breeanna, she was super nice and she took me on a tour to see the said Stone. The donation will help care for some of the 169 animals small animals first, then we went to see the cats and there were a couple currently housed at the Victoria SPCA. of puppies there who were going “I think I’ll do the same thing next into foster care – they were so cute,” year. Maybe not a penny drive but said Greene. I’m thinking of some new ideas,” Part of Greene’s donation will go said Greene. “I enjoy making other toward supporting a cat adoption people happy. I’ve always liked to room and a plaque with her name help.” on it will be placed outside. The editor@oakbaynews.com youngster asked that $525 of the
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Plastic Shore outreach co-ordinator Taylor Bachand, left, and managing director Andrew Almack are seeking community groups to help clean up plastic debris in the local environment.
A group hoping to monetize the collection of discarded plastics for community and environmental organizations is a step closer to making its goal a reality. PlasticShore, a youth-driven Victoria initiative that is working with industry to find uses for the pellets created in the plastics recycling process, is recruiting volunteer groups to do community cleanups for charity. Plastics for Change, a pilot program running until the end of September, has 12 community groups signed up so far, said Andrew Almack, managing director for PlasticShore. “We’re looking to get more participation and more plastics going into the system,” he said. “It’s a good start. We’re feeling pretty confident of having enough to make a
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Douglas treaties offered as world heritage documents B.C. Archives to submit records of 1850s treaties to UNESCO Edward Hill News staff
Splotched with reds and oranges on its cover, a weathered ledger is held in a vault in the B.C. Archives. The notebook is typical for 150 years ago, but this particular one set into motion the colonial settlement of Greater Victoria, and the sidelining of aboriginal people for generations. Titled with flowing script “Register of Land Purchases from Indians,” the ledger contains 11 of the 14 Vancouver Island treaties, also called the Douglas treaties. In the eyes of the colonial government of the day, the documents recorded the purchase and transfer of the vast majority of Greater Victoria to the British Crown. “This is basically a Hudson’s Bay Co. register to record trade and weather and labour,” said archivist Raymond Frogner, holding a full-size colour copy of the notebook, about the size of legal paper. “The documents embody a lot of the colonial process – good, bad and indifferent.” The Douglas treaties remained the only written agreements with aboriginal people in B.C. for nearly 150 years, were held up by the Supreme Court of Canada as a basis to protect aboriginal rights and continue to fuel First Nations lawsuits against the governments of B.C. and Canada. For their enduring connections to the province’s past and present, the B.C. Archives and the Royal B.C. Museum are
will be submitted to Canada’s UNESCO committee in Ottawa in September, and if it makes the cut, will be passed to the international body in Paris, France. “It’s interesting that in B.C. there are only 14 land title documents written in the colonial era until the Nisga’a treaty (in 2000),” Frogner said. James Douglas, the chief factor for Hudson’s Bay Co., which represented the British Crown, was given the job of establishing the Crown Colony of Vancouver Island in 1849. The colonial office ordered Douglas, who Frogner called “lost at sea” in terms of negoEdward Hill/News staff tiating land deals, to legally Archivist Raymond Frogner shows a replica of the secure land for Fort Victoria original ledger that recorded the transfer of land from local aboriginal people. between James Douglas and aboriginal groups in In April 1850 he called a meetGreater Victoria and Vancouver Island in the early ing with leaders of the Songhees and struck verbal agree1850s. ments with nine sub-groups, recorded the names, and each leader submitting the Douglas treaties to the marked the ledger with an X. UNESCO Memory of the World register, The written terms of the agreement an international program to preserve and remained a blank spot on the page. The highlight the world’s foundational heritage colonial office in London gave Douglas the documents. text of the land purchase after the fact, “We are looking to get these documents based on New Zealand’s 1840 Treaty of UNESCO status,” said Jack Lohman, CEO Waitangi with the Maori. of the RBCM. “That would put them up to “For a set of blankets and coins, the being among the most important docu(Songhees) groups returned verbal agreements in the world.” ments and land and title rights were Frogner, an expert in coastal aboriginal passed to Hudson’s Bay Co.,” Frogner said. history, is drawing up the 30 pages of doc“It seems to be an ad-hoc, improvised uments justifying the inclusion of the treaties to the Memory of the World. The entry document. Legal parameters were lacking
because Douglas was not a lawyer.” Over the next few years, Douglas created agreements with 13 other aboriginal groups in Greater Victoria and Vancouver Island, with each treaty preserving vaguely worded “villages and enclosed fields” for First Nations, and hunting and fishing rights, using the same wording as the Maori treaty. The Douglas treaties were ignored as fast as they were written, but were resurrected for a ground-breaking case in 1964 between the Crown and Nanaimo First Nation to reassert aboriginal hunting rights. In 1982, all preexisting treaties were adopted into the Canadian Constitution, giving them the weight of constitutional law. The Douglas treaties were the basis for the provincial government giving the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations $31.5 million in return for the legislature property in 2006. Last year, the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations filed separate lawsuits covering 376 acres in Saanich’s Cadboro Bay based on the “villages and enclosed fields” being preserved in perpetuity for aboriginal people. The treaties still fire passions of First Nations people, as shown in a packed ceremony in May that renamed Mount Douglas as Pkols, its pre-colonial name. “The fact that it is called Mount Douglas is a slap in the face for our people,” Tsawout First Nation chief Eric Pelkey told the News. “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.” editor@saanichnews.com
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MLA Weaver leaves door open to leadership News of Jane Sterk stepping down as leader of the B.C. Green party has members and candidates looking to the upcoming Annual General Meeting as an opportunity to build on her legacy. The AGM, which will be held Aug. 24 in Vancouver, will give Greens a chance to redefine how the party will move forward. The party elected its first MLA in the 2013 provincial election under Sterk’s leadership, placing UVic climate scientist Andrew Weaver in the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head. “The Green party under Jane Sterk’s leadership has grown and reached a number of notable mile-
stones, especially in the recent provincial election,” said Weaver. “It is important that the party continues to build capacity, membership, and riding associations along with policy that reflects the values and aspirations of British Columbians.” Weaver announced on Aug. 14 that he will not be stepping in as interim leader. “Leading this process is a full-time job that requires full-time commitment. I have an ambitious agenda for my term as MLA and achieving this requires focus and hard work,” he said. “I consider it in the best interests of my constituents, the party and the province if, for now, I focus
on my role as MLA and support a new interim leader who can concentrate on building the party.” In addition to Sterk’s retirement, the AGM will also see the election of several new members to the Provincial Council, including three councillors at large, a secretary, treasurer and vice chair. The incoming council will be responsible for appointing an interim leader and deciding when to call for a leadership convention. However, the interim leader is not eligible to run for party leader at the leadership convention. “The next few years will see many challenges for the province, and possible opportunities for the
party, should by-elections be held,” said Weaver. “I recognize that in the lead up to the 2017 election, should I decide to seek reelection, and if I am the only sitting Green party MLA then it would be natural to seek leadership of the party at that time.” The BC Green Party AGM is on Saturday, Aug. 24, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Vancouver Public Library’s Alice MacKay Room. Membership must be current in order for a ballot to count. Those who cannot make the AGM may vote for Provincial Council by mail, by requesting a ballot online. For more information go to greenparty.bc.ca/agm2013. news@mondaymag.com
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Tom Arnold recalls the moments before he took to the water for Team Canada in Tampa Bay, Fla. It was the 2011 Dragon Boat World Championships, and Arnold was struck by the poise and athleticism of each competitor around him. “I’m looking around at the other teams beside us and most of the guys have Olympic tattoos,” Arnold said. “There’s no doubt about this being a high-level sport.” As an employee at Vancouver Island Paddling and member of Victoria’s Gorging Dragons, Arnold is part of a dedicated number of Vancouver Islanders who use dragon boating as a way of scratching that competitive itch that remains for many former professional athletes.
“Growing up, you maybe make semi-pro at best, but if you don’t make that leap after high school or college, that’s kind of it,” he said. “But in dragon boating, that’s not the case. Even at the world championship level, there are different age groups for competition, up to a 60-plus age category.” While some might consider the sport a recreational activity, Arnold knows many of the 2,000 paddlers arriving this weekend for the 2013 Canada Dry Victoria Dragon Boat Festival aren’t your average competitors.
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The study was forwarded to the active transportation advisory committee, parks and recreation staff and commission and the district’s Engineering Department to provide a comprehensive look at the options. Those options included removing on-street parking to facilitate the lanes, which would accommodate one bike lane in each direction, or eliminating one of the two eastbound travel lanes. The first suggestion would eliminate 35 parking spaces and cost an estimated $5,000 in
paving and signage. The second would reduce road capacity and would cost an estimated $7,000 for signs and paving, however, the plan proposed that a new turning bay would need to be created at Cranmore Road, which would cost an additional $23,000. Council will be meeting with representatives from Oak Bay High in September, and will also be soliciting further input from the advisory group, and from Parks and Recreation before any decisions are made as to what the infrastructure would look like in and around the school.
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The Gorging Dragons have won the Victoria competition for the past two years, but its members are sitting out of this year’s festival to focus on the Canadian national championships at Elk Lake Aug. 23 to 25. “It’s a full year commitment (at our level),” he said. “We’re training every week in both the dragon boat and in small boat workouts as well as gym workouts. It’s a lifestyle.” Arnold encourages everyone to try dragon boating by connecting with Vancouver Island Paddling, VI Paddling, GO Rowing and Paddling Association or the Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club. “If people aren’t familiar with dragon boating, come down and check it out,” he says. “What’s wonderful about this sport is there is a place for everyone.” dpalmer@vicnews.com
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Cheese shop staffers delve into flowers Alexandra Powell and Nicole Ingram are both Libras. As such, they tend to be agreeable and helped convince each other that opening a flower shop together was a good idea. Powell, 29, and Ingram, 28, opened Thorn and Thistle in mid-July in the space vacated by Old Fashioned Flowers on Foul Bay Road, next door to Charelli’s Cheese Shop and Delicatessen. While they own and operate the thriving little business, Powell and Ingram still both work in the deli and occasionally help out in the Don Descoteau sandwich shop opened by Charelli’s Biz Beat in the opposite space in January and managed by Anna Hunt. Taken together, the old building resembles a rabbit warren, with access points to all three spaces running behind the shop areas. “I don’t know how we’re going to do this at Christmas – both sides are going to be crazy,” Powell says of the staffing situation. The florists specialize in fresh-cut local flowers and hand-tied bouquets, available for people off the street or commercial customers for weekly bouquets. They also
have a collection of antique containers and memorabilia that can be used as props with flowers to brighten up special events. “We encourage people to bring in their own vases,” Ingram says. Opening in mid-summer would seem too late to catch some bridal business, but Ingram says they already have two weddings booked for the fall. Carmen Lasooji, Ingram’s mother and owner/operator of Charelli’s – a Foul Bay icon for the past 10 years – jokes she now needs more part-time help to replace the hours the flower shop takes from her staffers. Lasooji also manages the building and has big plans for the three spaces. The vision she hopes will come to fruition in 18 months or so is to knock out the walls separating the three shops and create a large retail store encompassing all three facets of the business. – Thorn and Thistle, open Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 2857 Foul Bay Rd., 250-384-3385, thornandthistle.ca
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CRIME STOPPERS 1-800-222-8477 Clintin Michael Hilton PRESCOTT is wanted for Assault Causing Bodily Harm, Breach of Recognizance and Breach of Probation x2.
The individuals pictured here are wanted as of Aug. 14, 2013
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• Weight: 170 lbs. • Height: 5’5” • DOB: March 5, 1990
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• Weight: 177 lbs. • Height: 5’10” • DOB: Sept. 7, 1971
• Weight: 199 lbs. • Height: 6’ • DOB: Aug. 14, 1981
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• Weight: 161 lbs. • Height: 5’11” • DOB: Sept. 27, 1986
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Former Vic High teacher found guilty of criminal harassment Kyle Slavin News staff
A former school teacher and administrator, who most recently worked at Vic High, has been found guilty on one count of criminal harassment and two counts of being unlawfully in a dwellinghouse relating to incidents involving two women he briefly dated. Francesco (Frank) Canacari was also acquitted of a second criminal harassment charge. Provincial court Judge LornaJeanne Harvey’s decision stemmed heavily on her finding that Canacari’s testimony was “untrustworthy.” She didn’t mince words for Canacari, calling his perception of the events “ridiculous,” “contradictory,” “contrived and unbelievable.”
“I reject his evidence in its entirety,” Harvey said. During his trial in June, Canacari’s former roommate, Terry Bogue, told the court he knew the allegations to be true, as Canacari openly talked about breaking into the two women’s apartments, taking items and sending harassing phone calls and emails. Canacari, during cross-examination, suggested Bogue was the one who had broken into the apartments and was harassing the women. Harvey said Bogue’s testimony was credible. The single guilty count of criminal harassment stems from Canacari’s correspondence with Erin Meyer, a woman who wanted to be just friends. When Meyer began dating another man, Canacari created an
email account and began sending anonymous emails to Meyer, which suggested the author was watching and following her at her house and her new boyfriend’s house. The first count of being unlawfully in a dwelling-house relates to Canacari entering Meyer’s home without her consent. Crown said Canacari entered the home to access Meyer’s personal email account, while Canacari said the front door was left open and he was there to retrieve a sentimental card and a sweater. “The accused’s explanation of why (he was there) is nothing more than a fabrication concocted to the evidence,” Harvey said. The second count of being
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the ruling. Crown prosecutor Chandra Fisher requested a risk assessment be completed on Canacari before he is sentenced. A date to fix his sentencing hearing will be scheduled this month. Canacari, 46, has been on unpaid medical leave from the Greater Victoria School District since June 2010, and he no longer holds a teaching certificate. kslavin@saanichnews.com
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A proposed smartphone app to help individuals with cognitive disabilities easily navigate the challenges of daily life is $50,000 closer to reality, after a group from the University of Victoria was named a finalist in a nationwide Cognition Challenge. A trio of academics working on behalf of UVic’s CanAssist program – Celina Berg, Yvonne Coady and CanAssist founder Nigel Livingston – earned the contest’s top prize, which includes the money, as well as space and expertise to help them develop and commercialize their app. “This is super exciting for CanAssist, and the opportunity for us to expand into a new area of commercialization is really fabulous,” said Berg, who travelled to San Francisco in July with Coady to present their proposal to a panel of judges. Their app, CanDo, would be designed to help cognitively disabled individuals and their caregivers with the planning, navigation and execution of everyday activities, building on the technologies already built in to
“The smartphone has the ability to collect data. It has all these sensors we can make use of – GPS, time stamps, accelerometer, and it can send out notifications to a caregiver,” Berg said. “That’s all valuable to a caregiver to see how their family member is doing, or to a researcher who wants to track how a theory or treatment is helping or affecting their everyday tasks.” The Cognition Challenge was put on by Johnson & Johnson and the Consulate General of Canada, and asked researchers to “submit their solutions to address problems of learning and memory related to Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive orders.” CanAssist is a UVic-based organization that aims to improve the quality of life for those living with disabilities. There’s currently no timeline on getting CanDo to its commercialization phase, as there’s a lengthy research and development process to undertake first. For more information on CanAssist, visit canassist.ca. kslavin@saanichnews.com
unlawfully in a dwelling-house relates to Canacari entering the home of Tracy Gershman and taking photos of the inside of her apartment. The photos were taken with his personal camera. Canacari said Bogue had access to his camera and was likely the one who went to Gershman’s home and took the photos. After Harvey read her decision, defence lawyer Jeff Johnston declined to comment on
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Speed limits need a rethink The debate around the current 50 km/h default speed limit in British Columbia, and by extension, much of North America, will be front and centre at next month’s Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Vancouver.
While UBCM won’t release its final list of resolutions until the week before the event, City of Victoria councillors are confident their unanimous suggestion to lower the default speed limit to 40 km/h is an idea worth their counterparts’ time. The “us versus them mentality” that tends to flare up between drivers and alternative transportation advocates is a misguided and nonconstructive approach, particularly when one examines the majority of Capital Region community plans that call for greater emphasis on cycling and pedestrianfriendly greenways. But will lowering the default speed limit on residential streets by 10 km/hr really serve that end? B.C. Coroner Barb McLintock, who also sits on the Capital Regional District’s traffic safety commission, notes there hasn’t been a pedestrian or cyclist fatality on a residential road in the Capital Region for five years, although she admits injury statistics are more difficult to calculate. But safety is only one piece of a complex puzzle that hasn’t been rethought since the 1950s, when speed limits were set primarily to fan the embers of urban sprawl. The CRD traffic commission, comprised of police, public health, school and government officials, plans to issue a public stance on lowering the default speed limit in September just before the UBCM convention. Yet even if the speed limit resolution fails or the province chooses to ignore it, Victoria councillors will likely still push on with a 40 km/h pilot study in James Bay, something the local neighbourhood association has been requesting for nearly two decades. And as Victoria Coun. Shellie Gudgeon points out, speed limits on main transportation arteries like Blanshard Street could even be raised to accommodate vehicles. A 40 km/h default speed limit won’t create a cohesive approach to shared road space overnight, but it is an effective conversation starter to rethink 70 years of unencumbered car-centric infrastructure development. Local groups like the Saanich-based Community Advocates for Reduced Speed are doing well to spur on debate across the Capital Region, whose municipalities should join Victoria in advocating for a lower default speed limit across B.C.
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 OAK BAY NEWS is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.
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Saving trees a taxing issue proposed bylaw does not require An aerial survey by Habitat replacement trees or tree fund Acquisition Trust indicating a contributions from land zoned for declining tree canopy has become agriculture. Clearly, this an issue in our region. As proposed bylaw and the in any urban environment, lower tax classification new housing is considered create unintended a factor. consequences impacting Saanich is proposing the tree canopy. a new tree replacement New homebuyers have bylaw that includes been targeted to pay for requiring builders to the consequences at a provide two trees for each rate of two for one. protected tree removed Targeting new for site servicing. If there homebuyers to pay is no room to plant trees, for a public benefit they must pay into a tree Casey Edge fund. This new bylaw will Guest Comment has become common practice. It is easier to increase fees for permits, charge additional fees tree surveys, arborists, on developments and homes yetetcetera, costing thousands of to-be-built where there is less fear dollars, eventually paid by new of backlash from existing property homebuyers. owners. However, there are other factors However, this practice may be contributing to a declining tree contrary to a B.C. Supreme Court canopy. ruling indicating there are limits to In 2007, the B.C. Assessment using new housing as a means to Authority reassessed farm land in pay for a public benefit. In a recent Saanich, requiring owners to pay case, a resident wishing to build a higher taxes in treed portions of new home paid an enormous sum land not being used for agriculture. for collecting archeological artifacts Approximately 204 properties on her property as required by the outside the agricultural land B.C. government. reserve (ALR) were reassessed, 97 However, the judge ruled, “In homes received split classifications, my opinion, the arbitrator failed and 22 were disqualified as farms. to consider the relevant factors Subsequently, Saanich received in this case, such as whether it is requests from landowners to reasonable to require the petitioner clear land to qualify for the farm classification and lower their taxes. to pay more than her fair share of the costs associated with providing The B.C. government made a public benefit, being the collection some changes to the criteria, but and preservation of artifacts on the the lower tax rate for agriculture site.” continues to create a financial It’s easy to see how this incentive for removing trees and court ruling may also apply to putting land into production. developers, builders and new In addition, Saanich’s new
homebuyers paying for amenities providing a public benefit. Certainly the tree canopy falls squarely in the category of a public benefit for all members of the community. The purpose of taxing the general population is to pay for amenities benefiting the public. By charging a disproportionate cost to new homebuyers, fairness is undermined and governments expose themselves and taxpayers to judgments addressing this inequity. Also, when costs are added to the development of housing, they are passed on to the purchaser. This is true of any product manufactured for consumers. Since most consumers take out significant mortgages to pay for homes, the added costs may double over 25 years. So $5,000 may become $10,000 depending on the homebuyer’s interest rate and mortgage term. Saanich’s proposed bylaw is under review and now is the time to achieve fair and equitable treatment for new homebuyers, farmers and residents. The responsibility and cost of protecting the region’s tree canopy should be fairly distributed throughout the community via property taxes, tree-planting incentives and credits and other means. Certainly the discussion presents an opportunity to establish a new approach to financing and protecting public amenities enjoyed by all. Casey Edge is the executive director of the Victoria Home Builders Association.
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Cycling is as diverse a sport as they come Re: Time to lose the ‘isms’ (Sports, Aug. 7) “A race for white guys” is how Travis Paterson described the Tour de France in a recent sports column. I hope that’s not what others see. A quick look at the entry list shows the incredible diversity in the peloton. Thirty-four nations were represented in 2013. Is there another single sporting event that’s even close? Even accepting your very narrow view of human diversity, sporting events are cultural. The person you interviewed remarked: “In Asia and South Asia bikes
are a dominant mode of transportation, yet you’re not seeing many Asians on the tour.” Did it occur to her (or you) that Asians might not want to spend three weeks racing around France? Perhaps their childhood heroes did something else. Next, you emphasize the racism point by calling the Tour de France ‘Eurocentric.’ You know where France is right? “Some sort of long-term plan for equality” is a recommendation made. Here you’ve missed the point of professional sports. Fractions of a second separate winners from losers. We add over-time and then ‘sudden
death.’ Equality isn’t the goal. Professional cycling, hockey, football, badminton, etc., are not ‘inclusive’ clubs. Members are often very similar, culturally and physically. Lots of people over 40 cycle, yet you’re not seeing many on the tour. It seems you should add ageism (to sexism and racism) in this criticism of the Tour de France. The column ends with the hope that queer and transgendered athletes might one day be able to participate. Is that because there aren’t any gay professional cyclists now? John Taylor Oak Bay
Sewage ‘quick fix’ not the answer Sydney built an opera house on its harbour. Why do we want to put a sewage treatment plant on the entrance to ours? In its rush to secure federal and provincial money, the Capital Regional District is planning to build the region’s sewage treatment plant at McLoughlin Point across from the cruise ship terminal and adjacent to the West Bay Walkway and Marina. Although at first look it would be a fast fix for the city’s sewage problem, is it really the legacy that we want to leave the city and our provincial capital? Will cruise ship passengers be as eager to return? Will odours occasionally escape and waffle over the B.C. legislature and downtown area? Seagull droppings may be a small problem by comparison. Why do we spend so much money and effort to
beautify the Inner Harbour and reclaim the Rock Bay area but so easily give away the amazing potential of McLoughlin Point? Sewage treatment is an important environmental issue that needs to be addressed but is McLoughlin Point the best choice? At a cost of almost $1 billion, a sewage treatment plant has the potential of being either an extreme benefit or an extreme disaster. A flawed sewage plant would be harder to dispose of than a flawed fast ferry. Do we want to trust the sewage committee’s fast fix? Aren’t there other possible sites? Shouldn’t the citizens who will ultimately pay for the project have a say? Can’t we save both the fish and the harbour? Norma Brown Esquimalt
Let’s sell our sludge to be treated elsewhere I’m tired of hearing and reading about our sewage treatment debacle for that’s what it surely is. I was going to say we, but it is they: our Capital Regional District leaders who have spent tens of millions of dollars on staff time, studies and land and they still don’t know what to do. Now they want to put the brakes on, but the car isn’t even out of the garage yet. I say we should divert the present outfall to where it can be pumped into barges or ships and sold, as is, to the highest bidder and let someone else treat it. It would save the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and
bring in a revenue stream. There’s a few problems with treating our sewage locally, apart from the fact that the group we have running the show right now have come up with nothing after six or so years. No one’s going to want it built in their backyard. It will diminish property values, smell or no smell – it’s the psychology of living near a sewage treatment plant. Why build a plant with such a large footprint when land is at such a premium here (possibly future taxgenerating land)? Piping sludge out to Hartland will involve incredible amounts of environmental damage in the
construction. Routing would have to be planned so as to diminish impact and minimize the inconvenience of having construction going on for years. If there should be a spill or leak, better it be on sea than land because that’s where it’s already going. We could use the saved money to repair broken infrastructure and start to deal with ground water run off and see if we could get some of the provincial and federal government funding diverted to that cause, or just keep the savings to keep taxes lower. Bob Broughton Victoria
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Bombings were a political choice Re: Reflections of Japan, 68 years after surrender (Letters, Aug. 9) Two women of South Korean and Japanese descent I heard, recently, said the American interventions in their countries was neither “moral” nor for the “defence of individuals,” as Keith Sketchley asserted. “We have never been told the about the horrors and real purpose for using the A-bombs,” the Japanese woman told us. She spoke at the annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Day in Tillicum-Gorge Park.
There wasn’t even a hint that the United States “saved” Japan from tyranny in 1945. Brig.-Gen. Hugh Hester affirmed this. He noted that top military leaders of Great Britain and the United States are on record as stating there was no military necessity for dropping the bombs. The conclusion is, therefore, inescapable that the decision to drop them was political: a warning to the Soviet Union, wrote Hester in his book Twenty-six Disastrous Years. Larry Wartel Victoria
Painted crosswalks a matter of safety The news, the other day, had a story of a cyclist being hit by a car at the Galloping Goose crossing at McKenzie Avenue. Both Mainroad Contracting and the Ministry of Transportation should be held accountable. I have on two occasions in the past two months, contacted these offices regarding the danger of this location as the crosswalks have been “painted out.” I hope no one gets killed due to the inability to provide safe crossings. Rick Wutzke Saanich
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ON TOUR: This year’s Tour de Rock begins in Port Alice on Saturday, Sept. 21 and ends Friday, Oct. 4 in Victoria. Tour de Rock raises funds and awareness for pediatric cancer research and programs. HELP OUT: Donations can be made at copsforcancer.ca FIND OUT: To catch up on all the Tour de Rock news, photos and videos, go to:
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Emotions ride high for the Tour No better motivation for officers than kids battling cancer Danielle Pope and Kyle Slavin
(Above) Victoria police officers Mike Russell and Marie Bourque, and Oak Bay police reserve officer Aubrey Blackhall (below) are part of the 2013 Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock team.
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Aubrey Blackhall has been pulling for Tour de Rock since he was in high school. Each year from Grades 9 to 12, the Oak Bay High grad raised money and shaved his head to support the cause. Now, the 21-year-old reserve constable with Oak Bay police is getting an opportunity to ride. “I was really nervous going into the selection process, because I knew that, as a reserve constable, maybe I wouldn’t have the kind of standing that other officers would,” says Blackhall, who has been a reserve officer for a year and a half. “But it seems like what they really wanted to see was that your heart was in the right place.” Blackhall’s heart is there. The young rider lost his grandmother to “an ugly, three-year battle with cancer” when she was only 63 – a loss that motivates him on this ride. Victoria police Const. Marie Bourque has also seen the toll a disease can have on loved ones. In 2001, she learned her father was failing from frontal-lobe dementia and would lose most of his motor skills very quickly. “Even though family is No. 1, caregiving is so tough,” says Bourque, 40. “My dad was 60 years old, which is young, but at least he had 60 years. Caregiving for a child – I just couldn’t imagine that, and what you’d have to go through.”
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Tour de Rock is a fundraiser that benefits children living with cancer and their families, which helps the riders put things into perspective. “We’re all here for the same reason: we’re all gunning for a cure,” says VicPD Const. Mike Russell. “I’m a huge believer of trying to get the kids to have some sort of normalcy when they go through their treat-
ment. This is about finding a cure for cancer. This is about not losing any more kids to cancer.” Russell, 33, a father of three, says meeting kids who are going through cancer and are the same age as his children takes an emotional toll. “I really want to get to know these kids we’re fighting for, their families, on a more personal level. To get to
know them will add another level of motivation for me,” he says. Tour de Rock has raised almost $18 million for the Canadian Cancer Society since 1998 – money aimed to fund pediatric cancer research and support programs for kids and their families, like Camp Goodtimes. “I get the most gratitude from helping people, and I want this to be the year that cancer ends. Whether or not that happens, I can help a lot of kids get to camp,” Blackhall says. Bourque says she’s riding to support families who have to go through the emotions of seeing their child go through treatment. “What’s not fair is that life has to strike any kids with illness. Kids just want to be kids. They want to move forward and not get stuck in all that,” she says. “They may have struggles, but you can’t see it on their faces. You might get tired (riding), but then you realize the effort you will put in. How could you not? They are your inspiration.” news@mondaymag.com
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While middle school brings the expectation of more independence with school work, students still require parents’ support to stay on track. Saanich educator Katherine Tevaarwerk calls on her extensive middle school experience to help families stay organized and on task this school year. Organization: Have children post their timetable to help remind them what they need to bring to school every day (especially helpful for PE strip), Tevaarwerk notes. “It’s also helpful for parents, because the standard ‘How was school today?’ question can become ‘What did you do in science today?’ This may seem like a small difference, but knowing what subject your child has each day helps keep you more involved and your child more accountable. It can also lead to more meaningful discussions about what happened at school.” A homework planner can be another important resource for organization, or the online home work and assignment postings many middle school teachers use. Most use schoolnotes.com, but some create their own blogs. Students and parents can check in daily, or sign up to be notified when the site is updated. Homework: The best way to tackle homework is to start with a routine, especially for those busy with extra-curriular activities, Tevaarwerk says. Try avoiding distractions such as video games and Facebook by scheduling an hour of homework at a set time, every day. “At our house we also have a FIRST... THEN rule: First you do your homework, then you can have time on the computer,” Tevaarwerk says. “On occasions we’ve forgotten this, time just seems to slip by, and then it’s time for bed and the homework still hasn’t been done.”
If students regularly say they have no homework, or you know your child has difficulty staying on top of assignments, contact teachers and ask about overdue assignments. You can even arrange to check in once a month. Projects: Independent and group projects increase substantially in middle school and can be a difficult learning experience for everyone. Best friends may not make the best project partner and while working with someone else can be a valuable experience, it also involves coordination and lots of communication. Most teachers have project criteria sheets, a critical guide outlining what needs to be done, by when, and how many points are assigned to each section. Many students struggle initially in Grade 6 to monitor their own progress on projects, so try to review the criteria together. Tests: Studying for tests can be seem daunting and in most students start by rereading the Cont. on Back to School page 3
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Going the distance: Studying far from home The decision to leave the comfort of home to study in a different city can be one of the biggest decision a student will make, not only financially, but also socially and emotionally. Samantha Postle, a Lambrick Park secondary grad, was entering her third year studying kinesiology at the University of Victoria when she decided to explore a little farther afield. She spent this past year at York University in Toronto. Black Press: What led you to head away to school ? Samantha Postle: I decided to go away to school because I needed a change in my life. I only applied to one school out of high school so I decided I wanted to apply to a bunch of schools to see if I could get in. I finally decided on York because a student who had lived with us was from Toronto and worked at York. BP: Did you have any concerns about going away for school? How did you prepare? SP: I had many concerns about adapting to living away from home in a new city I had never been to. I was very nervous to be going away, especially because I was a third-year student so people in many classes already had their groups. My family made things a lot easier with their support and how they helped me adapt to being on my own. Before I left I talked to a lot of people I knew who had gone away to school and asked about their experiences. Seeing other people’s perspectives helped me find my own ways to get used to all the changes I had in store. BP: What were some of the challenges of being at a new school in a new city? SP: Some of the main challenges involved finding my way around and adapting to the differences between the Toronto lifestyle and the lifestyle I’m used to in Victoria. I had to get my bearings in a very big campus (about four times as big as UVic) and all the different buildings. For me, being the shy person that I am, I think the biggest challenge was meeting new people. I also found it hard being away from my family. I rely so much on my parents and so them not being in the same city whenever I needed them was a huge adjustment for me.
helped in meeting new people. We were all students going through the same ups and downs so it was easy to find common ground and make great friendships. BP: Can you offer a few tips for students who may be nervous about the experience? SP: Mostly I’d suggest just getting out and meeting new people – join intramural teams or clubs or find a job on campus to meet other students who share your interests. Also, don’t forget friends and family back home – they may be far away but they’re still part of your support system and still have a lot of help to give. Overall you just need to keep an open mind. University is one of the most
diverse places young people will go to, with so much to experience and so many new people to meet. BP: What were the rewards of the experience? SP: The biggest reward is the memories and the friendships you make and so many opportunities to try new things. It took me a while to feel comfortable to leave my comfort zone, which is probably my only regret, as I didn’t start meeting new people and trying new things as soon as I got there. But once I did it was lots of fun! Even though I only went for one year I wouldn’t take back my experience for anything; it was a great year full of good memories and lots of fun.
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textbook and their notes – not usually the most effective or most efficient method for studying. For a big unit test, allocate at least two or three study sessions, Tevaarwerk advises. First, establish what they know and what they don’t know. For social studies, science or language arts, students can create an outline by writing down chapter headings, subheadings and keywords from their text and notes. Then, close the book and write down as many details as possible for each, revealing which areas need the most revision. For math, students can complete an end of unit review from their textbook. Many of the educational publishers also have online sites that accompany the textbooks, often with a section of quizzes and tests for students to check their understanding. Now studying can be more focused. For math, practice areas of difficulty using questions from the textbook, or getting some extra practice from the teacher. “For other subjects, students can use the initial outline they created and write down the missing details from their textbook and notes. Point form only though. It is important to try and determine what are the most important ideas and facts to remember. When the outline is complete, students can quiz themselves again using the headings and keywords, or have others test their knowledge.”
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Reading tip round-up for primary students By Jennifer Blyth Encouraging a love for reading is an important goal for many parents, yet it doesn’t come as easily for some children as others. Patience is key, while also recognizing that what works for one child might not work for another, explains Tammy Moore, a teacher with the READ Society who offers a few ideas about how to make reading both easier and more fun. It’s important parents are supportive of their young reader’s efforts but not step in too soon, a common mistake.“Reading is a skill like any other skill,” Moore says. “You didn’t score a goal the first time you played hockey, but how did you learn? Practice, practice, practice. Give them time to work it out.” That doesn’t mean reading has to be boring. Try making a game of it – make words out of license plate letters when driving or pick up alphabet dice and come up with a word beginning with the letter rolled. Reading together – both parent reading to the child and child reading to the parent – will also help share learning and the love for a good story, but patience is key. Sounding out words the child doesn’t know is still the most common technique, but some kids need more visual clues, such as looking for the “e” at the end of the word. Where there’s a word like “head” in a sentence, which could also be pronounced “heed”, suggest the reader try it several different ways and consider which makes most sense in context. Many children will struggle “sight words,” such as “and”, “the” and “is”, words that once recognized on-sight, no longer need to be sounded out, allowing readers to focus on the less common words. Several lists are available to help students learn these words, including the Dolch list, which groups the words according to grade for kindergarten to Grade 3, the Fry List, and the Tarasoff list, which presents the words in families. The difference in approach recognizes that kids learn differently, explains Moore, who typically specializes in the Grades 2 to 7 age group. Offering choices can go a long way toward encouraging children to pick up a book to read. “Don’t make them read what you read,” Moore advises. “Take them to a library or a book store and ask them to go find a book that interests them.” If they return saying they couldn’t find anything, send them back with instructions to find a book that
Popular picks for primary and pre-teen readers While girls will typically pick up a wider variety of titles than boys, some particular favourites include: • For younger readers, any Robert Munsch books. • The Whatever After series by Sarah Mlynowski, good for about Grades 3 to 6. Boys can be a little more choosy in the books they’ll tuck into, but some that have proved popular with Moore’s students include: • Bad Kitty, an illustrated series by Nick Bruel, popular with primary readers. • The Zac Power spy series by H.I. Larry, for Grades 2/3. • The Jack Stalwart adventure series by Elizabeth Singer Hunt, for around Grade 4/5. • New on the shelves is a series by TV’s Survivor host Jeff Probst, Stranded, for around the Grade 5/6 level. • Bad Island, a graphic novel by Doug TenNapel. • Diary of a Wimpy Kid, for Grades 4 to 6.
looks interesting, read a sentence, a paragraph or a page so they can tell you what the story is about. Having taken that approach with her own children, now grown, “I actually had to hunt them down because they had settled in and started reading,” Moore says. The trick is to go when you have time – not when you’re rushed – and to make sure it becomes part of the routine, and not something you only do when school is out. “If reading is an enjoyable experience, they can work it in at any time of the day and through the year.” Parents modeling the reading habit is also crucial, as is sharing an interest in what children are reading, asking questions about the story. The READ Society helps children, youth and adults gain literacy and essential skills, including reading, writing and math. For information, call 250-388-7552 or visit www. readsociety.bc.ca
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andmade scarves, sweaters and other woolen garments or items can offer a wonderful experience, either through wearing them or giving them as gifts. Intricate designs, often tribal or traditional in nature; and various colours, alone or in combination, produce a feeling that the item is something special. But few people outside this specific and creative aspect of crafting likely think much about the process that went into making it. “The time that gets put into these things, the hours and hours of work, people sometimes aren’t aware of that,” says Tierre Joline Taylor, a local milliner, or hatmaker. “It’s usually done with so much love.” Taylor is among 50 or so vendors, and members of craft guilds dedicated to knitting, quilting, embroidering and weaving, who will turn St. Ann’s Academy grounds into a sea of colour on Sunday (Aug. 18) for the third annual Fibrations, a celebration of fibre arts. As part of the day’s events, Taylor will
The wool TruTh - Knotty by Nature proprietor Ryan Davis, left, and stepchildren Elizabeth, 12, and Nathan Sibbeston, 14, demonstrate some of the colour and crafting activities that will make up this weekend’s Fibrations fibre arts festival in the orchard at St. Ann’s Academy. Photo by Don Descoteau/News staff. demonstrate her unique trade, giving visitors – and crafters unfamiliar with her speciality – a sense of how people work with fabric to create those special garments. “It’s really quite a lovely afternoon to wander through an orchard and view these
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thing so functional.” Fibrations organizer Ryan Davis, with his partner Stephanie Papik, runs Knotty by Nature, a gathering place for people looking to become more immersed in fibre arts. Sunday’s event, which has attracted people from Vancouver and Seattle, offers a look back in time as well as examples of modern methods of working with natural fibres, he says. “The history of weaving goes back almost to the dawn of time,” he says by example. “We’re going to have a really cool demo of backstrap weaving, which is a more traditional style. People will also see some brand new types of weaving, with computerized programs to create their weaves.” The Jacquard loom, Davis points out, was considered pretty much the first computer, given that it used punched cards, like the first actual computers, to determine the pattern of weave. Fibrations includes a variety of demonstrations including one on needle felting by Heather Thurston, a toonie raffle with locally crafted prizes and the availability of numerous handcrafted items. It runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Ann’s Academy, 835 Humboldt St. For a list of demos or more information visit fibrationsvic.wordpress.com or call 250-412-0198.
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victoria dragon boat festival - Watch 90 dragon boat teams from across North America race across a 500-metre course. Aug. 16-18 in Victoria’s Inner Harbour. Free. victoriadragonboat.com. West rock tattoo convention - Features artists from across North America. Aug. 16-18 at Pearkes Arena (3100 Tillicum). $20/day, $45/weekend. westrocktatooconvention.ca.
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SAt. Aug. 17 one fleW over the cabernet Peninsula Players presents a story set in an insane asylum, where inmates all believe they are fairy tale characters. When a new patient – a sleeping princess – is admitted and awakened by the doctor, things get crazy. 7:30pm at Muse Winery (11195 Chalet). Tickets $25. Thepeninsulaplayers.ca.
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something fishy (guided fishing program) - Ages 5 to 16: Check out the new fishing pier at Durrance Lake. Join a CRD Regional Parks’ naturalist and the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC for a fun and educational program all about freshwater fish. 10am-noon at Mount Work Regional Park (Saanich). Free. 250-478-3344.
Sun. Aug. 18 kidney Walk 2013 - The Kidney Foundation of Canada, BC Branch is holding its annual walk to raise funds and awareness of organ donation to support the work of The Kidney Foundation. 8am at Clover Point (Dallas). By donation. 604-736-9775. laughter yoga in the park In celebration of summer, a special Victoria Laughter Yoga Event to meet for some yuks and yee-haws; i.e. laughing for no reason. 10:30-11:30am at Saxe Point Park (Esquimalt). Free. 250-477-8608.
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u stralia’s Cate Blanchett (Lord of the Rings, The Aviator) is a great actress, and boy does she have an Oscar-worthy role in Blue Jasmine, the latest film from Woody Allen. She stars as Jasmine, a socialite whose limo lifestyle has imploded since her husband (Alec Baldwin) was jailed for stealing millions. Penniless and emotionally fragile – she’s washing down Xanax with endless Stolle martinis, and talking to herself – Jasmine has retreated from Manhattan to San Francisco to move in with her working class sister, Ginger (Sally Hawkins), and lick her wounds. Abrasive, self-absorbed and clinging to memories of her past, Jasmine does a poor job of trying to reconcile with Ginger and to fit in with her blue collar boyfriend, Chili (Bobby Cannavale). There are shards of dark wit embedded throughout Blue, but this is primarily a drama, and Allen’s bleakest film since 1989’s Crimes and Misdemeanors. He is non-patronizing as he explores the working class milieu of Ginger and her friends, and the
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Sci-fi allegory crash-lands South African writer-director Neill Blomkamp delivered a powerful political allegory in his debut film, District 9, where Apartheid was critiqued via a strange sci-fi tale. He still has politics on his mind in his sophomore feature, Elysium, but this portrait of the savage divide between haves and have-nots is so heavy-handed it undermines what could have been a decent film. Blomkamp’s future dystopia is set on a terribly polluted Earth that has become one giant ghetto policed by brutal robocops. The lucky few get to live above it all – literally, as they dwell on an orbiting space colony that has been landscaped
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weekend ★★½ WE’RE THE MILLERS -(Odeon/SilverCity/Empire Uni 4) Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston star in a crass comedy about a longtime pot dealer who hires a stripper and two feral teens to pretend to be his middle class family as cover for when he smuggles a massive load of weed across the border from Mexico to the States. Intermittently quite funny, this is a case of talented performers struggling with a secondrate script. ★★★ WOLVERINE -(SilverCity/ Westshore) Hairy-faced and Adamantium-clawed Hugh Jackman travels to Japan to confront the diabolical Silver Samurai, in an entertaining Marvel Comics smackdown that combines X-men flair with martial arts and yakuza elements. Directed by James Mangold (Walk The Line, 3:10 to Yuma). ★★★ WORLD WAR Z -(Empire 6/ Caprice/Roxy, 7:00) Countries topple and armies shatter in the face of a zombie pandemic, as a shaggy-haired Brad Pitt tries to save the world. This is an intense and intelligent movie that uses zombies to embody the more plausible horror of a SARS-like threat to the planet.
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Moe “The Eagle” Beaulieu points to his smart-phone sized belt buckle holding up a pair of high-tech trekking pants. It’s kind of an odd combo, as the style of the buckle is traditionally found mounted on the jeans of a Texas cowboy. Yet it makes perfect sense. “I got this from a 100-mile run in Virginia 19 years ago,” he says. The 68-year-old is also wearing a hat, vest and athletic shirt, all displaying the logo of his vegan food sponsor, Green Foods. But it’s the buckle, or “buckling,” I learn, that is one of the most coveted ultra-marathon awards. “I don’t know if it came from the Western States, which is the original 100-ultra-marathon and used to be a 100mile horse race, or from somewhere else. But some runners used to skip a race if it didn’t have a buckle. They’d seek out the Texas-sized buckle and go race there.” That’s the old days, Beaulieu adds. The sport, in his eyes, has grown as much in the last five years as it did in its first 30 years. Moe The Eagle is known by many in the B.C. and northwest ultra-marathon community. Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Beaulieu grew to love the outdoors through hunting with his uncles. He spent most of his adult life between the Okanagan, mainly Penticton, and Victoria. He’s been back in Victoria for three years after spending time here during his 27-year career in sales for radio and television. In the ultra-marathon world,
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Clockwise from top, Moe Beaulieu at the Sun Mountain 50 km in Winthrop, Wash., May 2012; At the Squamish 50 finish line with organizer Gary Robbins on Saturday; On the trail in 2013.
he’s a legend in the making. On Saturday (Aug. 10) he completed his 125th ultra-marathon, the Arc-Teryx Squamish 50-kilometre (the race has three distances: the 50-miler, 50-km and 23-km). It took him nine hours and 55 minutes, 133rd out of the 160 starters who finished, with 46 more who were unable to finish the race. “It was hotter and more humid than in years past,” Beaulieu says. “I was 40 kilometres in when I knew I had to cool down. I sat in a creek up to my waist and when I got out I went to an aid station and asked them for some ice. I stuck it under my hat.
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You can’t ignore your core temperature. You have to be stubborn out there not to let yourself quit, but you can also end up in a coma from heat exhaustion.” Another pack of ice went into his shorts. The aid station attendant said he’d only seen one other ultra-marathoner do that and it was another elder runner. “You guys are tough,” he told Beaulieu. “I told him I’m not tough, I’m just trying to stay alive!” Did Not Finish is a common label on the results page of ultramarathons and one of Beaulieu’s first DNF came on one of his first 100-milers in 1987, his first
attempt at the same Virginia race where he eventually earned a buckle in 1994. “When I first ran it the horses and runners still did the race at the same time. I was 80 miles in and a horse stepped on my foot. You couldn’t see anything particularly bad but the blood was pooling in my foot. I think that was the last year horses and runners shared the race trail.” Two years ago, Beaulieu faced his biggest setback so far, when he overcame stage four throat cancer. He not only beat it and is nearing 24-months remission, but is starting a support group for cancer patients and survivors with long-distance cyclist Dan Young. “The ultra community is like a family. When you have cancer, you’re kind of on you’re own.
I wanted to start visiting people but I thought, ‘I’m going to get attached and I won’t be able to commit to as many,’ so we’re trying to make it a group. Maybe in a little while down the road the group will exist on its own and we can move on to start another one.” Cancer also prompted Beaulieu to change his diet to strictly vegan, and now a few weeks before his 69th birthday on Sept. 5, says he is recovering faster than he did at 59. “It’s like a high performance race car. You only want to put the best fuel in it. Now I feel even better.” Beaulieu’s son Logan, one of his three kids, was already a vegan and helped convince Moe. Logan has his own story, as he suffered a horrific car accident and was told he might not walk again. At 41, he’s now done 75 ultras. The two plan to run the Javelina 100 km in Arizona at Halloween. The support group’s first meeting is Sept. 16. More information can be found through this story online or by calling 778-265-2086 or emailing cancersurvivalgroup@gmail.com. sports@vicnews.com
The Eagle ■ Beaulieu earned the name Moe the Eagle from a couple of different stories. In the 1970s Beaulieu used to donate money to restoring the eagle population, then depleted. He also had a penchant for finding eagle feathers. ■ In 1996 he organized The Eagle ultra-marathon, a 100miler that finished with a 5,000-foot climb up Apex ski resort in Penticton. It ran again in 1997 and ’98, and from 2004 to 2006.
What a sport KidSport Victoria chair Patti Hunter shows her surprise and Ryan O’Byrne cheers as he presents a $40,156.23 cheque to KidSport at Kirby’s Source for Sports from the 2013 Ryan O’Byrne Charity Camp. The one-week hockey school ran at the Ian Stewart Complex Aug. 5 to 9. “We’re absolutely blown away, we thought it would be $25,000, the same as last year. But this is enough to fund the registration grants of 133 kids,” Hunter said. Travis Paterson/News staff
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Greater Victoria had a healthy representation at the Youth Rugby Nationals held in Vancouver last weekend, including a crew of Castaway Wanderers who spurred B.C.’s U16 Gold and Blue teams to gold and bronze, respectively. U16 Gold players Sophie De Goede, at scrum half, and Caroline Crossley, at fullback, helped defeat Ontario 19-0 in the championship final. It’s the first year the nationals had a U16 division for women. Rugby Canada’s female coach of the year Jen Ross led team Gold to an undefeated record. “Our aim was to engage and enhance their love of rugby and for us to set some expectations of fitness and skill level. It was an amazing experience for us all,” Ross said to B.C. Rugby. Crossley led the U16 division with six tries. Five more Castaway Wanderers, Cachelin Hall, Miranda Llewellyn, Alexandria Bos, Adrienne Graham and Imogen White, were named to the U16 Blue roster that finished fourth.
U18 women Brooklyn Navarrete (Stelly’s secondary) was the lone Greater Victoria representative
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The B.C. 1 men’s team dominated the U16 final with a 50-0 win over Ontario. Simon Gray, Gavin Kratz and Dante Morandin were part of the B.C. 1 team that earned three shutouts and went undefeated in six games and surrendered just 13 points in total.
U14 men on B.C.’s U18 team that won silver, falling 25-5 to Ontario in the final. B.C. went 2-1 in pool play and defeated the defending champs Alberta 15-13 in the semifinals.
U18 men Chris Miles and Morgan Tate won silver with the B.C.’s first tier team, falling 29-21 to Ontario in the gold medal game. “It was a good final and you could tell both sides were well prepared. But (Ontario) just had a little more firepower than
Oak Bay’s Lachlan Kratz was part of the silver-medal winning B.C. 1 team which lost 17-7 in the U14 men’s final to Ontario-1.
U19 CRC Earlier this summer a crew of Greater Victoria players, Hayden Evans (No. 8), MacBryan Bos (prop), Jeff NishimaMiller (flanker), Joe Erlic (centre) and Crosby Stewart (wing), helped Team B.C. win the U19 men’s Canadian Rugby Championship. sports@vicnews.com
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Select your home. Select your mortgage.
OPENHOUSES Published Every Thursday
Oak Bay 250-370-7601 Victoria 250-483-1360 Westshore 250-391-2933 Sidney 250-655-0632 Chatterton Way 250-479-0688 www.vericoselect.com
Find more details on the Open Houses below in the Aug. 15-21 edition of Real Estate Victoria
2166 Central, $629,000 Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess 250 384-8124
67 Wellington, $1,200,000
1109 Donwood, $699,900 pg. 9
pg. 9
Saturday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Mike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100
Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Glen Myles, 250-385-2033
13-4540 West Saanich, $385,000 pg. 11
pg. 9
Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Glen Myles, 250-385-2033
pg. 12
Saturday 2-4 One Percent Realty Valentino, 250-686-2242
pg. 9
304-1665 Oak Bay Ave, $279,900 Sunday 11-12:30 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Plank, 250-360-6106
Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921
Sunday 12-2 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736
pg. 7
pg. 1
Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Brad Gregory, 250-744-3301
Sunday 3-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588
pg. 10
pg. 2
1026 Tillicum, $439,000 Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Ray Kong, 250-590-7011
311-1619 Morrison St, $168,900 Saturday 1-3 Newport Realty Marie Blender, 250-385-2033
pg. 22
pg. 8
208-853 Selkirk Ave
Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Shelly Reed, 250-213-7444
101-75 Songhees, $685,000 Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333
pg. 1
pg. 6
16-1020 Richardson, $739,900
pg. 21
Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Fair Realty Bruce McCalla, 250-885-8487
pg. 12
Saturday 2-4 Kroppmann Realty Dale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808
pg. 7
203-3610 Richmond, $395,000 Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921
pg. 8
102-827 Fairfield, $379,000 Saturday 2-4 Dutton & Co. Real Estate Ltd. 250-383-7100
pg. 1
606 Speed, $215,000
pg. 17
201-1120 Fairfield Rd, $334,900 Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheri Crause, 250-592-4422
Sunday 2-4 Brown Brothers Real Estate Robert Young 250 385-6900
205-3260 Quadra
Saturday & Sunday 12-2 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Michael Luyt, 250-216-7547
pg. 22
Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Ed Sing, 250-744-3301
pg. 11
Saturday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Tom Croft 250 592-4422
pg. 19
4030 Borden St., $239,500 Sunday 2-4 Cathy Duncan & Associates 250-658-0967
pg. 3
Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Roland Stillings, 250-744-3301
733A Humboldt (200 Douglas) pg. 1
pg. 9
206-25 Government
pg. 9
1529 Cedarglen, $649,900
Saturday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Dominique Tregurtha, 250-479-3333
2770 Thompson, $664,900
pg. 11
pg. 19
pg. 5
Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Eileen Jespersen, 250-686-4820
pg. 19
Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
pg. 21
Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Ann Watley, 250-656-0131
Saturday 2:30-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
pg. 13
pg. 13
3310 Ocean Blvd, $899,000
pg. 21
pg. 13
Saturday & Sunday 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445
1227 Clearwater, $459,000 Sunday 2-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
Saturday 1-4 Re/Max Camosun Ed G Sing, 250-744-3301
Wednesday-Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Neil Docherty, 250-478-9600
Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124
Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Neil Docherty, 250-478-9600
pg. 21
pg. 6
pg. 13
pg. 14
pg. 14
pg. 5
pg. 21
pg. 8
pg. 23
Saturday 2-3:30 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683
213 Carmanah, $469,900
Saturday 1-2 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588
pg. 2
294 Hatley Lane, $729,800 Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Dale Sheppard, 250-478-9600
pg. 19
891 Wild Ridge Way, $419,900 Saturday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683
pg. 14
3-2563 Millstream, $312,500 Saturday 1-3 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091
pg. 14
658 Rason, $545,500
Saturday 3-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588
pg. 2
2987 Dornier Rd.
Daily 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445
2614 Ernhill Dr, $474,900 pg. 8
Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Mae Alexandria, 250-858-4623
pg. 13
1121 Clearwater, $459,900 pg. 14
2042 Hannington, $775,000 Saturday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jenn Raappana, 250-590-3921
pg. 6
Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Plank, 250-360-6106
Sunday 2-4 Brown Brothers Real Estate Robyn Hamilton 250 385-8780
pg. 14
4-2563 Millstream, $319,900 pg. 16
22-515 Mount View, $279,900
307-10459 Resthaven, $529,000 pg. 12
pg. 8
2162 Bellamy Rd.
1188 Parkdale Creek Gdns, $439,900
Sunday 3-5 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Mara, 250-384-8124
Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Rene Blais 250 655-0608
Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Dennis Guevin, 250-477-7291
Saturday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124
107-627 Brookside, $269,900
102-2360 James White, $219,000 pg. 12
pg. 22
3467 Happy Valley pg. 13
207-2732 Matson Rd, $325,900
9173 Basswood, $899,000 pg. 2
Sunday 2-4 Fair Realty Ray Kong, 250-590-7011
403-605 Cook, $282,000 pg. 22
2215 Spirit Ridge Dr, $939,000
10041 Cotoneaster, $529,000
645 Baker St. pg. 21
Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Saanich Peninsula Properties John Romashenko 250 588-9246
Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess 250 384-8124
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422
Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rosemarie Colterman, 250 592-4422
Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Gabriella Pakos 250 384-8124
10500 McDonald Park, $585,000
Saturday 3-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588
911 Brock, $345,000 pg. 6
pg. 12
202-2779 Stautw Rd, $146,500
1354 Kristine Rae, $615,000
1690 Stanhope, $899,900 Saturday 3-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
pg. 5
333 Davida, $459,900 pg. 7
Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Rene Blais, 250-655-0608
Saturday 12-2 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Leah Victoria Werner, 250-474-6003
8899 Marshall, $779,900
pg. 11
982 Mckenzie, $299,900 Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital James Liu 250 477-5353
pg. 23
204-3206 Alder, $274,900 Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Deanna Noyce, 250-744-3301
2879 Richmond Rd, $469,900 Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Shelly Reed, 250-213-7444
629 Toronto, $548,500
pg. 5
Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333
317-1145 Sikorsky Rd, $339,000
4255 Moorpark, $649,000
Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
pg. 14
27-10520 McDonald Park Rd
Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124
192 Goward Rd, $1,595,000
Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess 250 384-8124
pg. 14
264 Dutnall, $849,900 Saturday 12-2 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jeff Bishop, 250-477-7291
593 Latoria Rd, $294,000
104-2550 Bevan, $599,000
215-1005 Mckenzie Ave. Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Ann Watley, 250-656-0131
1-1717 Blair Ave, $424,800
pg. 16
pg. 16
40-4360 Emily Carr, $515,000 Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921
Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736
105-820 Brock, $321,900
4387 Torquay, $795,000 Saturday 12-1:30 One Percent Realty Guy Effler, 250-812-4910
3223 Linwood, $339,900
3795 Burnside, $569,900
303-1580 Christmas, $229,900 Sunday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Jane Logan, 250-920-6868
776 Helvetia Cres, $888,800
pg. 3
959 Peggy Anne Cres, $499,900
Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736
Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Rick Turcotte, 250-744-3301
3299 Cook, $439,900
Saturday 2-4 Sutton West Coast Realty Mariann Abram 250 884-6796
pg. 8
Sunday 2-4 JONESco Real Estate Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653 pg. 1
pg. 13
Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448
406-611 Brookside, $189,000
4774 Spring Rd, $750,000
4009 Cedar Hill Rd, $529,900
904 Lakeside Pl, $499,500
107-40 Gorge West, $265,900
Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jenn Raappana, 250-590-3921
1620 Mortimer St, $469,900
Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast James Gardiner (250) 507-4333
pg. 2
Sunday 12-3 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124
4959 Arsenault Pl, $569,900
Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608
9948 Swiftsure Pl, $515,000
Saturday 1-2 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588
5410 Fowler, $499,000 317 Uganda, $449,900
523 Michigan, $659,000
Saturday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Tom Croft 250 592-4422
Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rosemarie Colterman, 250 592-4422
1-137 Gorge E, $189,900
2-1319 Gladstone Ave, $359,000
Saturday 12-1:30 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683
Sunday 2-4 Cathy Duncan & Associates 250-658-0967
9706 Fifth St, $569,900
10158 Fifth, $529,000
8-3951 Bethel Pl, $399,000 4030 Borden St., $239,900
pg. 5
pg. 12
pg. 23
31-278 Island Highway, $215,000
Sunday 3-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588
Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Rick Turcotte, 250-744-3301
Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. LuAnn Fraser, 250-384-8124
3937 Lauder Rd, $659,900
Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Dallas Chapple, 250-744-3301
Saturday, Sunday & Monday 1-4 Macdonald Realty Helene Roy, 250 883-2715
pg. 12
402-73 Gorge Rd West, $289,000
1910 Moss Park Gardens, $809,900
Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Scott Munro, 250 477-5353
Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Jeff Shaw 250 474-6003
11-4140 Interurban Rd, $299,900
3760 Doncaster, $569,900
110 Beach, $769,900
Saturday 2-4 Dutton & Co. Real Estate Ltd. Colin Moorman, 250-383-7100
Friday, August 16, 2013 - OAK BAY NEWS OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY
Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Leah Victoria Werner, 250-474-6003
pg. 14
413-2710 Jacklin Rd, $305,000 pg. 14
Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Andrew Plank, 250-360-6106
947 Bray, $499,900
Saturday 12:30-2 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683
pg. 14
2278 Shawnigan Lake Rd, $699,500
3362 Summerhill Cres Saturday 1-3 One Percent Realty Valentino, 250-686-2242
pg. 15
Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448
pg. 15
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