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Fundraising for the Canadian Cancer Society’s Tour de Rock will be rocking Oak Bay High again this year, as students come together to spin big bucks for the campaign. With a month of scheduled fundraising activities, students will aim to raise $25,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock event – though last year’s goal was about the same and the team pulled in more than $46,000. “I’m involved because I have had a family member who was diagnosed with cancer, and a brother who had to be hospitalized with a life-threatening illness in Grade 5,” said Claire Wood, an Oak Bay High student in Grade 11. “I know what it’s like to have a young person “It feels great you are worried about. … to know that your And last year, when I shaved my head for Cops for Cancer, effort is going I realized what a great way directly to help it is to meet people, and to get the entire community kids.” involved.” - Claire Wood Wood is one of 150 students on the main organizing team for the school’s fundraising activities. From Sept. 9, until Oct. 3, when the Tour de Rock riders arrive at the school for a special appearance, each Teacher Advisory Group (TAG) team will be challenged to bring in the most donations. With nearly 30 people in each team and about 60 teams in the school, Wood is expecting success. “It feels great to know that your effort is going directly to help kids,” Wood said. “There’s a lot of build up and planning, but to see the smiles on (the kids’) faces is the greatest feeling in the world.” One of the main events for the school will be the bottle drive on Saturday, Sept. 14. While some events like the dunk tank have had to be rescheduled due to weather, students and community members in the area will work together for the annual drive. PlEASE SEE: Fundraising teaches new skills, Page A8
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Ella Van Neutegem, 17, gets wet washing a car at Oak Bay High on Saturday, during a charity car wash to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock. Van Neutegem is one of the organizing co-chairs for the school’s annual fundraiser.
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Learn, explore & discover at the Royal BC Museum Find your 2013-14 guide to all that’s happening at the Museum in today’s Black Press Community Newspaper. The Royal BC Museum is renowned for its ability to bring British Columbia’s past to life; this coming year, it will welcome the world. Three new exhibitions will be featured during the upcoming 2013-14 season – the world’s best wildlife images, rare Viking artifacts from Sweden and the voices of First Peoples in BC – complemented by a full calendar of programs and activities. “We are very proud to offer expanded, creative learning opportunities,” said Royal BC Museum Chief Executive Officer, Professor Jack Lohman CBE. “This year we have a rich selection for all ages and interests with more than 60 activities to engage, inform and inspire.” For the third year, visitors will marvel at the all-new Wildlife Photographer of the Top: From Wildlife Year exhibition, featuring the 2013 winners Photographer of the Year, from London’s Natural History Museum. Harvest Gold, Etienne Opening Nov. 29, the striking exhibition Francey (Switzerland). features 100 large-scale, back-lit photoRight: From We Call Them Vikings, two silver graphs chosen from more than 43,000 pendants, Thorshammer international entries and 96 countries. (L) and the oldest known From May 17 to Nov. 11, museum crucifi x found in what is visitors will step back in time with We Call present-day Sweden. Them Vikings, the first North American stop for this exhibition from Sweden. With hundreds of Norse artifacts — jewellery, swords, axes, and clothing and into areas such as domestic life, death rare pieces from trade and travels — the rituals, the power of mythology and the exhibition challenges commonly held symbolism of their ships. beliefs about the Vikings, offering insights Also coming in 2014, Our Living Languages: First Peoples’ Voices in BC is a partnership between the First Peoples’ Cultural Council and the Royal BC A Royal BC membership is one of the best Museum. deals in town. Enjoy unlimited admission to With 34 indigenous languages, BC is galleries and exhibitions, plus a 10% member the most linguistically diverse region in discount on special events and programs, the What’s Insight magazine and an exclusive Canada but only five per cent are fluent Kids’ Club program. In addition, members speakers and the vast majority of those receive a 20% discount at IMAX Victoria, the are elders. Through dynamic video and Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Vancouver Art audio created by the Council’s network Gallery, Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre, Science of artists and cultural experts, hear World, Royal Ontario Museum, Museum of Vancouver, Victoria Butterfly Gardens and the their voices and perspectives, including H.R. MacMillan Space Centre! stories about community champions
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working to ensure the vitality of their languages. For those who want to delve a little deeper, the museum has created new ways to explore these visiting programs, as well as many other aspects of natural and social history showcased within its walls. From family programs like Night at the Museum sleepovers and a genealogy workshop to adults-only evenings, workshops and the ever-popular Live@ Lunch noontime series, there’s much to discover and many ways to explore. For details, look for the 2013-14 guide in this issue of your community newspaper or visit online at www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
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Fred Rohani, Victoria Golf Club president, left, with Catherine Langpap, co-chair of the Victoria Golf Club charity events committee, Tracy Lubick, development director of the Victoria Women’s Transition House and Mitzi Dean, executive director of the Pacific Centre Family Services Association. The golf club raised more than $138,500 for two local charities this year. Danielle Pope/News staff
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omestic violence is often hidden, but it’s when people don’t have a choice about where to go that they feel trapped – and that’s when their children become trapped, says Catherine Langpap. “Children learn at the hands of their parents, and that’s where this begins,” says Langpap, co-chair of the Victoria Golf Club Charity Events Committee. “If we can give women and men options, we are creating a safer environment for our entire community.” That’s the reason Langpap co-organized this year’s Victoria Golf Club Links to Change Charity Golf Invitational – the 12th year the club has raised money for the Victoria Women’s Transition House and the first year it has raised funds for Pacific Centre Family Services Association. With more than 450 golfers participating in this year’s three-day fundraising event from July 11 to 13, the numbers are significant: the club raised more than $138,500 for two local charities, bringing the golf club’s total
violence do go unreported.” contribution to the transition For the centre, the $45,000 house to $813,000 in the past from the charity tournament decade. represents much more than a “This money allows us to percentage of its annual budget provide those support services, – it shows acknowledgment like answering more than 2,000 from the community. crisis calls each year, providing “This support really is shelter to 160 women and 60 tremendous for our programs, children annually and doing as we serve men from the prevention work in schools,” entire south Island,” says says Tracy Lubick, transition “It allows us to have house development director. Danielle Pope Dean. that sustainable service – we The annual charity Reporting can retain our experienced tournament is the single largest counsellors, because not fundraiser for the transition everyone is qualified to deal house, which provides shelter, with these cases, and … it means we will support, counselling and education to be able to serve more families and all be women and children so they can live living in safer communities.” free from the effects of abuse in intimate Though the Victoria Golf Club and relationships. Meanwhile, Pacific Centre domestic abuse might not seem like a Family Services addresses the other side natural connection, Dean expresses that of the equation. abuse happens in every level of life. “Our goal is to hold men accountable, She says the centre’s clients represent and create safer families in our an extremely diverse group of Island communities,” says Mitzi Dean, executive residents. director of the centre. “While there are “There are clients we see who have services available for men who have been extremely well-paying professional jobs, convicted or charged of violent crimes, and while they have to pay to access so many of the men we work with come our services, sometimes that is all the to us with unreported violence – and more valuable because they are investing we know the majority of cases of family
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French is the new black as school comes back into session for students across the Island and B.C. According to a recent study by Canadian Parents for French, B.C. and Yukon division, French immersion enrolment in B.C.’s public education system has reached a record 15th year of consecutive growth. Figures indicate that this year 47,857 students – or 8.5 per cent of the student population in B.C. – are now registered in the program. There are also more than 187,000 students learning French through basic core French. Of the 7,894 students registered in kindergarten to Grade 5 in the Greater Victoria School District
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Walk for ALS brings hope to community Danielle Pope News staff
Members of the community will be celebrating life with hope this week, as the Walk for ALS event encourages friends and family to strut together on Sept. 15. ALS – Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease – is a devastating terminal disease that destroys the voluntary muscles of the body and can sometimes affect the senses. ALS can strike anyone, at any age. “This walk is important, as it raises awareness in the community and brings together friends and family to work towards a cure,” said Adele Fraser, a coordinator for the local walk. “This is a really important chance to celebrate hope, in a situation where, often, people don’t find any.” For many ALS patients real breakthroughs can take place within their lifetime. However, while people wait for that, Fraser says an emphasis has to be placed on the important supports out there to mentor those adjusting to the
stressful new realities of living with a chronic disability. “When someone faces the most frightening diagnosis imaginable, it means so much to know hope is there and that you are not alone,” said Wendy Toyer, executive director of ALS Society of BC & Yukon. “I am inspired daily by the courage and tenacity of those we serve.” There are 15 walk locations in B.C. and Yukon, with the local walk happening Sunday, Sept. 15, 11:30 a.m. at the University of Victoria, Parking Lot 6. This year’s B.C. and Yukon goal is to raise more than $600,000. All proceeds will go towards ALS Patient Services and ALS Research into the cause of, and cure for ALS. “Most people living with ALS want to help others, and they want to contribute,” said Toyer. “They want to stay active and relevant. This is possible if they have the right support. We can provide this.” Everyone is welcome to join the walk, and there is no registration fee. Learn more and register at walkforals.ca. news@mondaymag.com
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Code of conduct already in place The City of Victoria’s proposed Code of Conduct for councillors, which would extend to advisory committees made up mainly of public citizens, has been criticized as being too broad and a threat to open, honest debate. While the Creating policy installation of a code was for behaviour sets such recommended during bad precedent past reviews of the city’s operations, there are already guidelines in place to cover off such things as maintaining decorum, showing respect to others and the process of civic government. Roberts Rules of Order, the B.C. Community Charter, and even to a degree, the Local Government Act already give members of publicly elected bodies an outline for keeping things moving in a respectful way. While Vancouver and other jurisdictions in B.C. have put similar codes in place, councils around the Capital Region seem to be getting along fine without one, relying instead on common sense and the tools already in place to handle issues as they arise. Without a doubt other councils will be watching closely what happens in Victoria. We wonder whether this move is driven by a need to follow recommendations made by outside agencies, as Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin indicates, or intolerance for a fellow councillor’s way of operating at the council table. Regardless, the city can scarcely afford to spend time and funds on creating a program when it has more pressing matters on its plate. The chair of any meeting is expected to keep things on track and call others out if they stray outside the bounds of proper behaviour. In this case, Mayor Fortin would be advised to use the tools at his disposal. If there are continuing problems with decorum or appropriate behaviour, he has every right to use his position to take corrective action. At the very least, a serious conversation between the mayor and any offending individual would go further than a needless policy. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@oakbaynews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The OAK BAY NEWS is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.
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Curing a community cash crunch funded by one point each from Local politicians from across personal and corporate income the province are in Vancouver tax and six per cent of sales, fuel next week to take part in the and resource tax revenues, thus annual Union of B.C. Municipalities increasing in years when convention. provincial revenues were There will be trivia strong. reported as news, such The UBCM proposal as the cost of hotels. is to put a share of Suggestions to license provincial revenues into mobility scooters or lower an infrastructure bank, speed limits to 40 km/h, to be distributed by the dreamed up in Vancouver organization on a more Island retirement locales, stable basis. will be rejected by Saanich Mayor Frank delegates from the rest of the province. Tom Fletcher Leonard, one of the authors of the report, Serious discussion B.C. Views uses a basketball analogy will revolve around to describe the current a report by a UBCM executive committee to reshape the system of federal-provincial grants for road and bridge projects. It’s financial relationship between the a “jump ball,” where communities province and local governments. have to apply to a fund when it’s If this proposal gets the support it offered and then see who gets it. deserves, Premier Christy Clark’s Even if a community wins government will be asked to undo the jump ball, they may find a couple of decades of political themselves with costs inflated by meddling in that relationship. a hot construction market and an One problem for local arbitrary deadline to get the job governments is that they depend done. on property tax, a stable source Then, there are new regulations of revenue but one that has no relationship to the property owner’s imposed by senior governments. The most dramatic example these ability to pay. It tends to load costs days is a 2020 federal deadline for onto lower-income groups such as Greater Victoria to construct landseniors and renters. based sewage treatment. Even with Economic growth results mainly in increased corporate and personal federal and provincial cost sharing, this project is going to land heavily income tax revenues as well as on property tax bills, including sales taxes, which aren’t shared those of pensioners and poor with local governments. renters who will have it passed on One key proposal is to return to to them. a system of revenue sharing grants Leonard points to another introduced by the Social Credit government in the 1980s. They were arbitrary system, provincial
facilities that pay grants in lieu of property taxes. Saanich is home to the University of Victoria, a community of 25,000 people that needs water and sewer service, as well as police and fire protection. Saanich gets an annual grant in lieu of property taxes of $120,000 for UVic, enough to cover wages and benefits for one cop and maybe some gas money. Cariboo Regional District chair Al Richmond, co-chair of the UBCM committee, is concerned about new water and flood protection legislation the province is preparing to impose. His district and others like it have thousands of kilometres of riverfront, with relatively few property owners. Interior communities also want B.C. Hydro to pay something for power lines, as is now being done with some aboriginal territories. Local politicians will be expecting a sympathetic ear from the new version of the B.C. Liberal government. Former Quesnel councillor Coralee Oakes is the new community, sport and cultural development minister, with direct responsibility for local government issues. And one of the original members of this UBCM committee was former Langley City mayor Peter Fassbender, who is now minister of education. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalNews.com Twitter:@tomfletcherbc E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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salaries, expenses and benefits who give themselves costly wage increases during surplus years but these aren’t affected when deficits occur. I wonder when Tom is going to protest price fixing, the erosion of consumer protection, and unfair labour practices. It seems to me that a request for increased wages usually follows price increases, not the other way around. We’ve been told by business, a few times now, Canadians are charged more for the same goods than their U.S. counterparts because they are used to paying more. How ethical is that? Why doesn’t Tom jump all over that one and add some balance to his columns? Anthony Mears Oak Bay
Fletcher’s articles, I honestly believe he wants to see unions and labour laws, and the little consumer protection laws we have left, abolished and a return to a class system of rich and poor. Given his philosophy, he obviously sees himself as part of the “ruling class.” I’m not saying all union initiatives are valid but given where we would be without unions, they are very necessary in our present setup. I’ve often wondered why we simply don’t devise a system where wage increases are tied, across the board, to the cost of living and get rid of wasted negotiations and inconveniences to the public. I also wonder when Tom is going protest overpaid politicians who have very large
Gull sound alarming Some say timing is everything. Yet again on a summer morning I am awakened all too early and left to wonder at those who would deliberately induce a feeding frenzy of screaming seagulls at first light. Once the gulls are aroused, their voluminous cries continue intently, yet sporadically, for the next half hour, making it almost impossible to drift back to sleep. At that hour, if one were to regularly turn their stereo to a volume that could be heard a quartermile away or, heaven forfend, ring a church bell or start a lawn mower, there would be howls of protest and the instigator would be asked to be more considerate of his or her neighbors. A “First World” problem to be sure, but perhaps those who insist on feeding the gulls could wait until after they’ve had their morning coffee, and some of their neighbours have had another 45 minutes of precious sleep? James Finlayson Oak Bay
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Family’s Victoria roots go way back You won’t find small kitchen appliances, a photo-finishing department or hardware in the new Cridge Family Pharmacy. Pharmacist Jason Cridge is more interested in patient care than boosting revenue with products he knows little Don Descoteau about – like vacuum Biz Beat cleaners. “We’re definitely going back to basics in terms of pharmacy service,” he says. “Our dispensary is closer to the front of the store. Right when a patient walks in the door we can talk to them.” Cridge, who graduated with his pharmacist’s ticket in 2012 and worked at a few pharmacies to get his feet wet, opened the outlet in the historic Yarrow Building as a family business with his parents, Mike and Debbie Cridge, on Aug. 1 next to the longtime site of McGill and Orme Pharmacy. The narrow 2,200-square-foot space isn’t adorned with loss leader general merchandise deals on the ends of aisles, retailing commonly practised by larger drug stores. The rows of shelves are laid out in orderly, uncrowded fashion with products easily reachable for customers. And if they have questions, Cridge is happy to help. “We spend a lot of time doing medical reviews, and working with patients’ personal histories,” he says. Often people don’t get enough time in their
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doctor’s office to absorb the implications or side effects of their prescribed medications, he says. But provincial guidelines now pay pharmacists to spend more time with clients, a point he says customers appreciate. If the Cridge name sounds familiar, it should. Jason is the great-great-great grandson of Bishop Edward Cridge, the one-time reverend at Christ Church Cathedral who broke away and started the Church of Our Lord in the 1860s. He was also instrumental in getting a city hospital going and starting a group that would ultimately become the Cridge Centre for the Family. “It’s definitely something to be proud of,” Cridge says. Debbie, working the counter on this day, points out that someone from Church of Our Lord recently dropped by with
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fter only two years on the street, the Victoria Chalk Art Festival is already the largest festival of its kind in Canada. The festival is growing by leaps and bounds this year, with almost 30 local artists and 16 international artists participating. This year, the festival has a theme, focusing on celebrating the art and culture of B.C.’s First Nations. Even the international artists have taken on the challenge. This year’s feature artist is Leon Keer of the Netherlands. He begins working on a 20-by20-foot 3D chalk painting on the lower level of The Bay Centre Wednesday morning. “He’s doing a salute to B.C. First Nations as well,” says Chalk Fest executive director John Vickers. “In the design you will see a Monopoly game as the border of the painting. The streets are replaced by B.C. locations which carry First Nation names. From out of the middle you will not only see some beautiful trees arise from the depths, but also the Industry that is present. It is a kind of metaphor for the struggle and sacrifice which the First Nations have to make to be able to move forward and live in harmony with everybody who is present nowadays in their habitat,” Keer writes by email. Keer will work on his painting in Zone 3 (Bay Centre) from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. His anamorphic art will be finished by the end of the weekend and will remain on display until Sept. 30. Government Street (Zone 2) will be closed
from Fort to Yates streets from 4 a.m. Saturday to 9 p.m. Sunday. More than 30 local artists, some of whom are trying chalk art for the first time, will each get 8-by-10-foot “canvases” to work on right on the street. Artists will be finished painting by 6 p.m., leaving three hours for people to come down and view the finished products before the street reopens to vehicles. Centennial Square (Zone 1) will be open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday with international artists live painting in the square, accompanied by entertainment from First Nations dancers, singers and drummers, and other local musicians, beginning each day at noon. Centennial Square is also home to the kids zone where children have access to thousands of pieces of chalk to design their own street art masterpieces, food vendors and an artisans’ marketplace. As a special treat, Kurt Wenner, an internationally acclaimed chalk artist who founded anamorphic or 3D chalk art will be on hand Saturday in Zone 2 at Munro’s Books (1180 Government) from 2-3 p.m., where he’ll be signing copies of his book Asphalt Renaissance — a sure sign that Victoria is now on the international chalk art map. Vista, California’s Lori Escalara, who is a featured artist at this year’s festival is also hosting a tutorial Thursday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Delta Ocean Pointe. Any local artists who want to try their hands at creating chalk art during the festival can register for the workshop at victoriachalkfestival.com. For complete event listings, pick up a copy of the Victoria International Chalk Art Festival program at the information kiosk at The Bay Centre and check out victoriachalkfestival. com.
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MORE ONLINE: mondaymag.com/calendar sat. sept. 14 VicToRia chalk fesTiVal - The second annual Victoria International Chalk Art Festival takes over Government Street, Centennial Square and The Bay Centre Sept 14-15. For full schedule and more information, visit esquimaltribfest.com. VicToRia anaRchisT bookfaiRThe seventh annual bookfair for anarchists and non-anarchists alike with participants from across North America and beyond. Includes workshops and tabling challenging colonial attitudes and fostering dialogue between various political traditions, creating radical, inclusive, anti oppressive spaces. Saturday and Sunday at the Fernwood Community Centre (1240 Gladstone). Full schedule and more information at victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca. salT spRing island fall faiR - The ever-popular fall fair features livestock, horticulture, homemade wines and food, hobbies, crafts and more. Saturday and Sunday at the Salt Spring Farmers Institute (351 Rainbow). ssifi.org/fall-fair.
EvENts thurs. sept. 12 Rifflandia - The sixth installment of Rifflandia Music Festival takes over Royal Athletic Park (Sept. 13-15) and various night stages around downtown Victoria (Sept. 12-14). Headliners include Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Courtney Love, Big Boi and Death From Above 1979. For full schedule and more information, visit rifflandia.com.
Thinklandia - Twelve days of ideas and imagination as thinkers, entrepreneurs, speakers, makers, artists and creators take over Victoria to share, enlighten and inspire. Until Sept. 15 in tandem with Rifflandia Festival. thinklandia.ca/events.
Fri. sept. 13 RibfesT - Esquimalt hosts the inaugural festival of feasting on ribs featuring a rib cook-off between five champion babecue teams from across North America, Friday (noon-10pm),
Saturday (11am-10pm) and Sunday (11am-2pm) at Bullen Park (1229 Esquimalt). For full schedule and more information, visit esquimaltribfest.com. luxTon fall faiR - Showcases local agriculture with displays and exhibits alongside midway rides, antique farming equipment and live stage entertainment. Friday to Sunday at the Luxton Fairgrounds (Sooke and Happy Valley). Luxtonfair.ca.
conceRTs in The paRk - Free music at the Cameron Bandshell in Beacon Hill Park each Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holiday Mondays until Sept. 13. 1:30-3:20pm. Children’s concert 11am-noon. Free. 250-361-0708 or victoria.ca.
pablo caRdenas fusion coMbo - Plays a tribute to Jobim, possibly one of the most important Brazilian composes of bossa nova and sambas. With Peter Dowse and Kelby MacNayr. 8pm at Hermann’s Jazz Club (753 View). $15/20.
MaRilyn foReVeR - Aventa presents the world premiere of renowned British composer Gavin Bryars’ opera, based on the life of actress Marilyn Monroe with libretto from BC author and poet Marilyn Bowering. Friday and Saturday at 8pm at the McPherson Playhouse. Tickets are $42.50/38.50 at rmts.bc.ca and 250-386-6121. aventa.ca.
dieMahleR chaMbeR seRies - Maestro Pablo Diemecke leads the DieMahler Ensemble in its first concert of the 2013 chamber series featuring Latin music. 2:30pm at St Mary the Virgin Church (1701 Elgin). $25. 250-658-1167.
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Residents of the Capital Region are invited to participate in a FREE workshop on gardening with drought-resistant native plants. Instruction on native plant identification, their benefits and how to use them will be included. An overview of CRD Water Efficiency programs will be provided and participants will be given a tour of a native plant garden. These informative workshops will be held at Swan Lake Nature House, located at 3873 Swan Lake Road in Victoria.
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RuTh Moody - Of the Wailin Jennys plays a solo show, 8pm at Hermann’s Jazz Club (753 View). $21.50 at Ditch Records and Lyle’s Place and $35 at the door.
a nighT of bowie - Syl Thompson and his band play a concert of Bowies hits. 7:30pm at Mary Winspear Centre (2245 Beacon). 250-656-0275. marywinspear.ca.
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end of suMMeR show - The Arts Council of Greater Victoria presents its second annual End of Summer show. Until Sept. 11 at the Arts Centre at Cedar Hall Recreation Centre (3220 Cedar Hill). 250-475-7123.
papeRwoRk - The artists of Vic West Art Quest present a group show of new works exploring how paper can be pushed to its limits by being crumpled, folded, woven, cut, torn or sculpted to be completely reinvented. Opening Reception 7pm at Vic West Community Centre (521 Craigflower). Until Oct. 12. vicwestartquest.com.
cloud QuaRRy- A two-person exhibition that introduces a conversation between recent works of Any Brener and Michael Doerksen. Until Sept. 28 at Deluge Contemporary Art (636 Yates). suMMeR salon- Featuring leading Canadian glass artists and new paintings by Reynald Leclerc of Quebec landscapes at West End Gallery (1203 Broad). westendgalleryltd.com. suMMeR jewels - The perfect opportunity to enjoy a show of all of the wonderful paintings depicting images of summer; camping, boating, hiking, BBQ’s, the swimming hole and more. Until Sept. 15 at Coast Collective (3221 Heatherbell). Melange ii - Bringing together two highly creative local artists whose works and artistic view points are unique, moving and insightful, Carron Berkes and Rob Vickery present a diverse array of two-dimensional works in acrylics, mixed media and photography. Until Sept. 29 at Moka House at Fisherman’s Wharf (#110,19 Dallas).
thurs. sept. 12 sofa siTTeRs of VicToRia - Artist Diana Durrand photographs dogs on abandoned furniture then enlarges the images in black and white and colours in detail with chalk pastels. At the Arts Centre at Cedar Hall Recreation Centre (3220 Cedar Hill). Opening reception Friday at 7pm. Artist demo Sept 22 at 2pm. Until Sept. 24. 250-475-
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sat. sept. 14 jaMes bay aRT walk - Check out 18 painters, potters, photographers and crafters on this self-guided tour through James Bay. Saturday and Sunday 11am5pm. jamesbayartwalk.ca.
WORds thurs. sept. 12 Tongues of fiRe - Celebrate a new season with the Victoria Poetry Slam Team, Jeremy Loveday, Shayne Avec I Grec, Morgan Purvis-Ballamano, Johnny MacRae and Pamela Stewart, who will be representing Victoria at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in November. Doors at 7pm, show at 7:30pm at Solstice Cafe (529 Pandora). $5 at the door.
Fri. sept. 13 all indigenous wRiTeRs nighT - An inspiring evening of Indigenous readings with traditional and DJ music featuring Jennifer Skin Wickham, Garry Gottfriedson, Troy Andrew Sebastian, Janet January Rogers and Alana Sayers. $5-10 donation at the door. 7pm at Little Fernwood Hall (1923 Fernwood).
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Rifflandia - The sixth installment of the Rifflandia Music Festival takes over Royal Athletic Park Sept. 13-15 and more than a dozen night venues Sept. 12-14. This year’s lineup features Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Courtney Love, Big Boi and Death From Above 1979 alongside more than 170 other musical acts. rifflandia.com. John Lake Photo.
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One of two Canadian Navy ships involved in a collision at sea will be back on the waters as early as this week, according to the Pacific fleet’s top officer. On Aug. 30, HMCS Algonquin, an Iroquois-class destroyer, was hit on its port side by the bow of HMCS Protecteur, the navy’s only Pacific supply ship. The mishap occurred during an exercise while the ships were en route to Hawaii. The ships were conducting towing exercises, which require manoeuvring at close quarters. There were no reported injuries from the collision. “Protecteur’s repairs were cosmetic,” said Commodore Bob Auchterlonie, commander of Canadian Fleet Pacific. “Repairs are actually complete now and she’ll be under-
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way as early as (this) week continuing with the crew training she was already doing when the incident occurred.” Algonquin, which sustained heavy damage to its port side hangar, will require extensive repairs, but the scope of the damage has not yet been determined, Auchterlonie said. “It’s still too early to speculate on (Algonquin’s)
return date to sea.” Auchterlonie couldn’t recall a similar incident occurring in his 27 years with the Canadian Navy, but stressed the manoeuvres which caused the ships to collide are a routine exercise. “It’s clear something went terribly wrong,” he said. “The board of inquiry will look at the full range of factors and causes (in the coming months).” Both ships were deploying together to the Asia Pacific region at the time of the collision. This is the second incident involving a naval warship this year. In April, a fishing vessel smashed into HMCS Winnipeg while the frigate was docked at “C” Jetty. An investigation by the Transportation Safety Board is ongoing. dpalmer@vicnews.com
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League’s Champions Cup in 2012 and 2013, with the back-to-back NLL champion Rochester Knighthawks. Jamieson picked up three assists in Game 1 and three more assists and two goals in Game 2. “I’m glad the Mann Cup is a seven game series. It’s a championship atmosphere out there with the fan support. Although, I like it better when we have the lead and (the fans are) nice and quiet.” Jamieson is part of a contingent of Rochester Knighthawks players on both teams, along with Vinc. “Vinc is an all-world goalie and he didn’t give that title to himself,” said Jamieson. “Credit to Vinc, he was awesome, hopefully we can put more past him.” Chiefs coach Rich Kilgour said the Shamrocks’ speedy transition is as fast as any they’ve seen this year but not enough that the Chiefs can’t adjust. “(Game 1) they only got five goals so it’s not like they’re killing us in transition. We just have to play our game,” Kilgour said.
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Jesse King will be watching Game 5 of the Mann Cup national lacrosse championship tonight via webcast, likely in a low-lit apartment somewhere near his Ohio State Buckeyes’campus. Face off is 7 p.m. at Bear Mountain Arena. It’s been two Mann Cup games since King flew the coup for his fourth year with the Buckeyes field lacrosse team. And it’s been three games since the 21-year-old call-up brought victory to the Victoria Shamrocks with his natural hat trick in less then five minutes of the third period. As of Monday the Shamrocks and Six Nations Chiefs were tied 1-1. For updates on Games 3 and 4 from Monday and Tuesday, respectively, visit vicnews.com. King was named the Shamrocks player of the game while Cody Jamieson, who might be the biggest biggame player going in lacrosse today, took that honour for the Chiefs. “It’s a dream come true. All I can say is I’m happy I got to play in the Mann Cup,” said King of contributing to the Shamrocks’ 5-4 win on Friday. The Chiefs out-dueled the Rocks 10-8 to even the series on Saturday night at one win apiece. “I never played at a level like this, never had a sniff of the (junior A national championship) Minto Cup, and now I’m playing for the Mann Cup. I have to thank the Shamrocks, hopefully I can stay here the rest of my life.” King made memories with his game winner on Friday, which came with 10 minutes left. Cory Conway passed it to King who headed for the net and scored on an over-theshoulder, behind-the-back shot which beat Chiefs goalie Evan Kirk.
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Jesse King shoots during Game 2 of the Mann Cup lacrosse championship at Bear Mountain Arena on Saturday. The Shamrocks lost the game 10-8. “A lot of the time with a crappy angle like that, you just got to get the best shot off. I didn’t score a goal like that my whole junior career, I don’t know why I did that,” King said. King scored again on Saturday night but his NCAA status limited him to the weekend. On Sunday he returned to the Buckeyes. King will enter the Western Lacrosse Association draft next February and could end up drafted anywhere. “King did a phenomenal job,” Shamrocks coach Bob Heyes said. “We made
it (more) exciting (than it needed to be) for that last play of the game. We didn’t play a very good first two periods (Friday), but a good third and once again (goalie) Matt Vinc was great.” The stands have been packed with over 2,900 fans at each of the first two games alone. It feels like 4,900 when the Shamrocks score. From the Chiefs end, Cody Jamieson has been the superstar he’s purpoted to be. It’s the first Mann Cup for the playmkaer who was named MVP of the National Lacrosse
Green vs. green The Shamrocks love their green. The Six Nations Chiefs also wear green. Who knew? “(It’s) a little bit difficult with the uniforms, when guys are catching balls in traffic it’s a little tough see who has the ball,” Vinc said. That’s saying something as Vinc is formerly of the Chiefs. “I’ve played against (Chiefs attacker) Colin Doyle in the winter but I’ve been on the Chiefs and on Rochester for the last three seasons so I’ve actually never played against Jamieson and some of the other guys. We have to make it tough on them. Doesn’t matter if they know your tendencies, they’ve all scored before and will continue to do so.” sports@vicnews.com
Reynolds grad at wrestling worlds Travis Paterson News staff
This week’s vote to keep wrestling in the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan is good news for wrestlers world-wide. Saanich wrestling product Stacie Anaka is among that group. This week she’s in Hungary for the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Sept. 16 to 22.
Anaka, 26, is on an upward trend this season and a spot in the 2016 Olympics is beginning to look realistic. Fellow Canadian Carol Huynh won medals in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, so if Anaka needed it, she has Tokyo as added motiviation. In April, Anaka won gold in the 67-kilogram class at the Pan American Games in Panama and in July she won bronze at the Universiade world university
games in Kazan. She wasn’t expecting to wrestle at the world championships this month as she was set on competing for Canada at the Francophone world games in Nice, France, Sept. 6 to 15. She was recently bumped to fourth in the world rankings in her class. Anaka, a former Reynolds and Victoria Bulldogs member, will compete in the worlds on Friday, Sept. 20. sports@vicnews.com
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Hesjedal up front at Tour of Alberta Travis Paterson News staff
Victoria’s hero of road cycling, Ryder Hesjedal, was in high demand during the inaugural Tour of Alberta, Sept. 3 to 8. Hesjedal was the face of the tour before it started and was back in the spotlight for his finish line gaffe on Stage 1 on Sept. 4. Though he was unable to fulfill Canadian hopes of winning the five-stage (plus prologue), 843-kilometre race, his team Garmin-Sharp was able to celebrate the win as Australian teammate Rohan Dennis took first in the general classification. Stage 1, which originated in Strathcona County (Edmonton), finished with three four-kilometre laps of Camrose. Hesjedal was leading the stage and celebrated the win prematurely as he thought he was done one lap too soon. He was caught and finished with the peloton instead. “It’s just a bike race and you move on,” said Hesjedal, shrugging it off during a media scrum after Stage 2 on Thursday. Regardless of the incident, the 2012 Giro d’Italia winner was a contributor to Garmin-Sharp’s overall success helping Dennis win. Hejsedal ended the tour 60th overall, 18 minutes and 39 seconds back of GC winner Dennis, who completed it in 17 hours, 48 minutes and 40 seconds. “This race has been on the schedule for a while, everyone was wondering what it was going to be like. It’s a new event and it’s what we’re used to, big time bike racing,” Hesjedal said. “It’s got lots of support and I’m sure we’ll see it on the calendar for a while.” Giving the Tour of Alberta a shot in the arm was the challenge of Peter Sagan, as the 23-yearold sprinting sensation and multiple Tour de France stage-winner was in the hunt for first in the GC by winning the opening 7.8 km prologue, an individual time trial, as well as Stages 1 and 5. He also placed third on Stage 2. But Garmin was able to capitalize on Sagan’s lack of teammates from Cannondale Pro Cycling. “It’s strength in numbers and Garmin (had) more riders than (Sagan’s) team,” Hesjedal said. The 2011 Tour de France winner Cadel Evans, a countryman of Dennis, won Stage 4. Hesjedal returns to the Island for the 2013 Tour de Victoria, Sept. 22. sports@vicnews.com
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Road warrior hits 200,000 km Travis Paterson News staff
Ken Bonner might be Victoria’s preeminent cyclist. Not in terms of races, but in terms of distance. At the beginning of August Bonner, 70, hit a lifetime achievement by clocking kilometre number 200,000 on his cycling odometer. That’s 200,000 just for brevets, mind you, and it came at the end of the 1,200 km LondonEdinburgh-London brevet. Brevets, or randonneurs, are cycling marathons ranging from 300 to 1,200 km, and happen mostly in North America and Europe. The Oak Bay resident is addicted to them. “Actually it was 200,015 km after the London-EdinburghLondon,” he said. Since then he has completed the Granite Anvil 1,200 km in Ontario and the number continues to climb as he’s in Colorado today (Sept. 11) for the Colorado Last Chance 1,200 km. Departure time is 3 a.m. for the last brevet of the season. Meanwhile his total numbers on the Canadian Kilometre Achiever Program website are 312,439 km. The site is based on the honour system. On Vancouver Island, Bonner
Crystal Silver Streaks Swimming Club at Peninsula Senior Games in Port Angeles, Aug. 24 Dolores Odendahl, 75 to 79 First in 25, 50 and 100-yard backstroke and breaststroke. First in 25 and 50yard freestyle. First in mixed medley relay. Sue Warren, 70 to 74 First in 25, 50 and 100-yard breaststroke. First in 100-yard individual medley. First in mixed medley relay and mixed freestyle relay. Leon Politano, 70 to 74 First in 50 and 100-yard breaststroke. First in 25 and 50-yard butterfly. First
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Westhore Rebels running back Emanuel Juma is brought down by Rams tacklers Joe Patko, top right and Nat De RappardScott, below right, in Langley on Saturday. The Rams smothered Juma, the Rebels’ running back, who managed no yards on nine rush attempts as the Rebels lost 49-17. The Rebels (1-5) seek win No. 2 in Kamloops on Saturday.
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Ultra-cyclist Ken Bonner has now ridden 200,000 kilometres in randonneurs. He hit the mark at the LondonEdinburgh-London, July 28 to Aug. 2. has done both VanIsle 1,200 km brevets, which run from Victoria to Campbell River to Gold River to Campbell River to Port Hardy to Victoria, and is looking forward to his third in 2014. He also organized his own brevet on the Island and enjoyed the now defunct Victoria to Tofino. The retired social worker is
in 50 and 100-yard freestyle. First in 100-yard IM. First in Mixed medley relay and Mixed freestyle relay. Jim Portelance, 80 to 84 First in 100 and 200-yard freestyle. First in 100 and 200-yard IM. First in 100-yard IM. Don Robin, 75 to 79 First in 25 and 50 yard breaststroke. First in 25 and 50-yard freestyle. Second in 100-yard Mixed freestyle relay.
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also looking to make the GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon his lifetime 172nd marathon, but would like to see everyone ride brevets. And while it might seem like he’s speaking to beginners from a cycling pedastal, it’s worth noting he didn’t do a brevet until 1987, while in his forties. “Once you’re on a bike, it’s just a matter of tacking on a little more to each week’s ride,” he says. “Cycling is not like running and unlike anything else, as long as you pace yourself you can go a long way. People should know I average as low as 15 km per hour sometimes.” A quote he heard at the Granite Anvil is sticking with him these days. “Cycling is 90 per cent mental. The other 10 per cent, well that’s mental too.”
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Fairway Markets family celebrates golden milestone with friends and community Fairway Markets management were joined by members of the public last month as they marked their 50th anniversary in business in Greater Victoria. Yuen family members, who own and operate the popular grocery chain, reminisced about the last five decades and shared their dreams for the future with invited guests at the Inn at Laurel Point on Aug. 20. The company began with the store at Gorge and Tillicum roads and has shown tremendous growth in recent years, building its fleet to 10 stores on Vancouver Island. The company now employs nearly 800 people. Fairway founder Don Yuen, specifically, has been honoured with various awards for his accomplishments in business, including a lifetime achievement award from the Ethno Business Council of B.C. and a CFAX 1070 Community Award for Business Leader of the Year. In this special year celebrating 50 years of service to the community, Fairway showed its continued support for the Greater Victoria Dragon Boat Society through the Lights of Courage campaign.
Fairway Markets president Doug Yuen, left, stands with father and company founder, Don Yuen, who holds his C-FAX 1070 Community Award for business leader of the year.
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Doug Yuen’s daughter, Rachel, granddaughter of Businessman and community leader Mel Cooper awards Don Yuen the C-FAX 1070 Community Award. founder Don Yuen, takes the stage.
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