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Food for thought Willows elementary kindergartners Tyler Marshall, left, Ben Vallance, Hazel Rees and Jailyn Ringland sort food their class collected for World Food Day last Wednesday. Kindergarten classes are collecting non-perishable food until today (Oct. 16) when Oak Bay Fire fighters will pick the donations up and drop them off for the Mustard Seed’s Great Canadian Food Fight. The classes are hoping to beat last year’s total of 700 items. Food can be dropped off at the school on Musgrave Street where the classes will count, sort and categorize food as they learn skills through helping others. Sharon Tiffin/News staff
Oak Bay to consider new off-leash area Committee to consider making Oakdowne Park more dog-friendly Elodie Adams Special to the News
Oak Bay residents love their dogs. Dog owners are fortunate to have access to 12 parks within the municipality, designated as off-leash parks with no restrictions, and four parks with sea-
sonal restrictions to let their dogs run free. At the municipality’s next Committee of the Whole meeting, on Oct. 21, the committee will deliberate recommendations made by the Windsor Park Dog Group to fence Oakdowne Park and designate it as an offleash park. They also would like to see the restrictions for dogs in Carnarvon Park changed. “Parks are for people, first and foremost,” writes Lesley Ewing in a letter to the editor (see Page 9). Ewing, who lives in Oak Bay near both Oakdowne and Car-
narvon Parks, wrote in after giving some thought to what she read in the report. “I just want to bring the issue to the general public, and specifically to the people who live around the Carnarvon and Oakdowne area,” Ewing told the Oak Bay News. Ewing says she feels this recommendation is “flying under the radar.” “Unless people go to the municipal website they wouldn’t even know this was happening,” she said. “This is a big deal; to take a whole park and fence it off
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said. “Fenced-off areas are used in other communities with great success. It provides appropriate measures of safety for the people using the park, and allows for a longer period of time of dog use.” Ewing points out the expense fencing Oakdowne Park would incur, as well as increased traffic to the area, an issue that also concerns Oak Bay resident Greg Mahonney, who lives right across from the park.
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Dog park could alienate people Continued from Page A1 Although Mahonney and his wife use the park regularly with their two dogs, he expressed some reluctance to see the park’s designated use changed. “We’ve seen an increase in the number of small children in the neighbourhood, which is great,” Mahonney said. “The way it is right now, it’s a multi-use park. And there’s quite a natural self-policing of the different uses. The only dogs that use this park are dogs that have good recall.” As well as the increase in children, Mahonney says in the last two years there have been more families using the park, as well as groups that come over and play bocce ball or pick-up football. “The question is how do you impose multi-use with the fence?” he asked. “I would worry that I wouldn’t want to see it turn into what we call ‘the dog park’ (the fenced park on Henderson Road).
Geoffrey Dallas gets the attention of the pups that are part of the Windsor Park Dog Group as they wait for him to toss a ball. A new proposal to turn Oakdowne Park into an off-leash area for dogs will go before Oak Bay council next week. Black Press file photo
“You get a very different crowd there, and you don’t get kids playing there,” he said. “And you get some more challenging dog behaviour.” The municipality is asking for public input in the form of written
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Unravelling a mystery A worldwide search expands to find Craigdarroch Castle’s original building plans
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ife as a museum curator sometimes mirrors that of a coldcase detective. You spend months, years even, chasing down leads, hoping for a break that sheds new light on a case or a story. For Craigdarroch Castle curator Bruce Davies, all clues have so far led to dead ends in his search for the building’s original plans. “It’s always like that with the castle,” he said with a sigh, surrounded by books, binders, files and assorted historical photos in his third-floor, back room office in the former Dunsmuir mansion. “There’ll be some little bit of information and you feel like you’re there – then nothing.” One such instance came when it was learned David Williams, son of the home’s purported architect, Warren H. Williams, displayed two exhibits on Craigdarroch in Portland, Ore. in 1908. While for many years it was believed the exhibits contained the actual building plans from 1889, the year before the home was completed, later scrutiny this year found they were early presentation drawings only, not the final plans. Not only are the whereabouts of the architectural plans a mystery, there is a dearth of other information about the inside of the mansion. Such details as how the Dunsmuirs furnished the castle, the layout of the original kitchen and where certain doorways were situated, for example, are largely unavailable. Incredibly, only one photo remains of the family in the home: that of Robert and Joan Dunsmuir’s daughters playing music. And working with the handful of direct descendants to get information has proven largely fruitless. Despite making the occasional connection over the years that has led to better information on physical facets of the mansion – not long ago Davies discovered the original design of a main-floor stained
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Craigdarroch Castle executive director John Hughes, left, and curator Bruce Davies are on the search for the mansion’s original building plans. “There’ll be some little bit of information and you feel like you’re there – then nothing,” says Davies. glass window – the logistical problems can be rather vexing when your mandate is to represent the building in as historically accurate a way as possible. “I’m pretty patient, but it just becomes worrying, the thought of doing something wrong,” Davies said of setting up a room or display based on best guesses. “It’s just conjecture. People come to museum to see the truth.” Further challenging the idea of returning the castle to its original state is the fact it has been used for several different purposes since Joan Dunsmuir died in 1908 and the property was sold. It’s been a military hospital, housed Victoria College and school board offices and is the former home of the Victoria Conservatory of
the missing plans, using the Music. society’s well-read website John Hughes is executive and social media to cast the director of the Craigdarroch research net a little wider. Castle Historical Museum Davies Society, has written which “It just becomes worrying, an essay runs and entitled, maintains the the thought of doing Canada’s site. While something wrong. It’s just Craigdarroch the story of Castle: the building’s conjecture. People come to are various the museum to see the truth.” Where the original functions is – Bruce Davies on making building told on site, Craigdarroch Castle as plans? It he said, most visitors come historically accurate as possible talks about the Williams expecting family, Arthur L. Smith – said to see “Downton Abbey,” not to have overseen the project a plainly appointed office after Warren H. Williams’ death building. Hughes, Davies and Elizabeth in 1888 – and their career paths and offers clues as to where the Hazell, manager of operations plans may have ended up. and development, are working The essay is in PDF format a different angle to shed new on the website (thecastle. light into the mystery of
ca) and it is being distributed to various architectural associations and other possible sources related to the two men, in hopes someone might take another look at that pile of papers in the basement or perhaps a dusty old file cabinet. “Maybe there’s a conversation out there that’s waiting to happen,” Hughes said. “If nothing else, it tells people what we’re doing.” ddescoteau@vicnews.com
Castle conversation Comments, suggestions or ideas about the search for the original building plans for Craigdarroch Castle are welcomed on the society’s blog: thecastle.ca/ building-plans.
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The 2001 Oak Bay death of Owen Padmore has had new light shed on it with the release of information related to the investigation. In July, the Oak Bay News reported that a Vancouver Police officer was under investigation for allegedly lying and interfering with the investigation into Padmore’s death, which was initially ruled accidental. On Sept. 10, the external discipline authority determined
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misconduct had been proven against the officer, Const. Stephen Todd, in relation to two counts of deceit, one count of neglect of duty, one count of corrupt practice and one count of improper disclosure of information. The authority proposed dismissal as one of the disciplinary measures. Pursuant to the Police Act, a member may request a public hearing or review on the record where the disciplinary measure proposed is dismissal or a reduction in rank. Todd has now requested a public hearing into the matter. In the notice of public hearing released by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner, further details of Todd’s connection to the case were revealed. The information states that Todd was interviewed by Oak Bay Police as a witness in the homicide investigation in March 2011, and he “told investigators that in July 2010, while on duty, he met the suspect, his cousin, and they sat in a police car and had a discussion.” The complaint states Todd “advised he queried the suspect on police information systems and gave the results to his cousin.” Todd also told investigators that his cousin allegedly “made admissions” which were relevant to the investigation. The information received by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner also alleged “during his March 2011 interview, Todd also admitted that in September 2010, approximately two months after his cousin had made a confession to him, he provided information to his cousin on how to avoid police investigative techniques, including wire taps and surveillance.” Police say, one month later Todd recanted the evidence he gave to homicide investigators. Todd has not been charged with any criminal conduct. Retired B.C. Court of Appeal judge Wally Oppal has been appointed as adjudicator for the hearing; a date has not yet been set. Padmore was 31 when he died on Dec. 11, 2001. He had been visiting his mother’s house on Hampshire Road the day previous. At one point, he left the house and he returned suffering from a head injury. His mother called an ambulance and Padmore was taken to Victoria General Hospital, where he later died. Initially investigators suspected foul play, but a coroner’s report and witness statements at the time resulted in the death being classified as nonsuspicious. The investigation was reopened in early 2011. Details of the information that led police to reopen the investigation have never been disclosed, and the investigation remains open.
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Oak Bay Beach Hotel co-owner Kevin Walker has been inducted into the Tourism Industry Association of Canada’s hall of fame. The third generation hotelier is one of three people across Canada to be inducted this year. The other inductees are Earl Wilde, president of the Victoria Regent Waterfront Hotel and Suites, and Barbara Genge, owner of Tuckamore Lodge in Newfoundland. Walker took the recognition in stride. “I was quite surprised and I got quite a chuckle from being called a pioneer in the tourism industry,” “I have always Walker, 55, said. “I have always been an advocate for been an advocate everything tourism and for everything and getting getting a good response tourism a good response from government in from government in promoting the promoting the tourism tourism sector.” sector.” A luncheon and – Kevin Walker induction ceremony will be held on Dec. 4 in Ottawa. TIAC spokesman Rob Taylor said the hall of fame honour is an acknowledgement from peers of the work one has done in their career. “They have made an outstanding contribution to their industry in their own area and nationally,” Taylor said. “We’re very proud of them and those who are dedicated in improving our industry.” Walker got his start in tourism and hospitality in 1976 when he started working at a hotel owned by his father and grandfather in Winnipeg. Walker’s dad purchased the Oak Bay Beach Hotel in 1983 and Walker joined him in running it until his dad retired in 1995. Walker met his wife while working at the hotel and they
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Kevin Walker, owner of the Oak Bay Beach Hotel, will soon be inducted into the Tourism Association of Canada’s hall of fame. Walker has spent 31 years working in the hospitality industry in a number of capacities. purchased the hotel together. In 2005, Walker Hospitality Group was formed to manage the couples’ four business interests, Oak Bay Beach Hotel, Discovery Club, Miraloma on the Cove and Beachside Adventures. Walker has sat on numerous boards related to tourism and hospitality in his 31 years working in the industry. He is currently vice-chair of Tourism B.C. and is a board member for the B.C. and Yukon Hotels Association. He was named B.C. hotelier of the year in 1994 and was named B.C. Tourism Industry leader of the year in 2004. “I felt that I learned more than what I gave,” Walker said, about his participation on the various boards. reporter@vicnews.com
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were opposed to the motion, a significant turnaround from a 12-11 defeat of a similar bylaw last May. Health officials argued tougher smoking restrictions have already been shown to decrease the percentage of smokers in the Capital Region, which is currently at 11 per cent of the population. Opponents argued the bylaw is largely unenforceable and an infringement on the reasonable behaviour of smokers. Once finalized, the clean air bylaw will also require smokers to light up seven metres away from any doorway, window or air intake. It will take at least a couple of months for CRD staff to finalize the bylaw, said spokesman Andy Orr. dpalmer@vicnews.com
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Tighter smoking restrictions are coming to the Capital Region. Last week, the Capital Regional District board voted in favour of a new clean air bylaw, but the legislation still needs to be completed by CRD staff and approved by the province before it passes into law. The bylaw includes plans to ban smoking in city parks, playgrounds and in high-traffic public spaces like Bastion and Centennial squares. Directors also opted to restrict smoking at bus stops throughout the region, while smoking on beaches will still be permitted. Only Victoria Coun. Geoff Young and Metchosin Mayor John Ranns
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Volunteer Board & Committee Appointments Rabbi Harry Brechner of the Congregation Emanu El, located at the corner of Blanshard Street and Pandora Avenue, reads from one of their Torah scrolls in anticipation of the arrival of 300-yearold Torah scrolls. The texts were faded and damaged from centuries of being handled and were recently restored in London. William Shepherd/News staff
Victoria synagogue restores 300-year-old religious scrolls Daniel Palmer
this year, sent its Torah scroll off to the U.K. for restoration earlier this year. But it wasn’t until professional scribes examined the document that they realized it was at least three centuries It takes a lot of patience to copy by hand the old. ancient Jewish texts collectively known as the “Judging by the colour that’s faded and the Torah. So when Congregation Emanu El’s 300-year-old ink that’s used and the way the parchment is stitched, it’s considerably Torah scrolls were returned to than we thought,” said Victoria this month, its rabbi “It takes a scribe probably older Brechner, adding the scrolls decided a celebration was in close to a year to write an likely originated in Central order. Europe. “It takes a scribe probably entire Torah scroll.” To celebrate the text’s close to a year to write an – Rabbi Harry Brechner return, Congregation Emanu entire Torah scroll,” said El is inviting the public to Rabbi Harry Brechner. “It’s participate in a short parade at the corner of used for ritualistic purposes, we read Torah Blanshard Street and Pandora Avenue on Sunday publicly three times per week.” (Oct. 20), followed by music, dancing and food The 45-metre scrolls of ancient Hebrew, comprising the first five books of the Bible, is the at the synagogue. The event begins at 10 a.m. For more information, please call 250-382-0615. most esteemed text in a synagogue. Emanu El, celebrating its 150th anniversary dpalmer@vicnews.com News staff
Oak Bay Municipal Council welcomes expressions of interest from residents who wish to volunteer their time as members of the following Council appointed boards and committees, which currently have vacancies. Appointments are typically made annually in December for terms of one or two years each and may be renewed for additional terms. Active Transportation Advisory Committee The role of this committee is to advise Municipal Council on matters pertaining to identifying, planning and implementing active transportation opportunities in the Municipality, taking into account the Active Transportation study, along with considering financial impacts, economic viability and social implications. Advisory Design Panel The Advisory Design Panel assists Council in assessing the design merits of plans submitted in conjunction with rezoning, development permit, Uplands building permit and other land use applications. For the current vacancy, the applicant must be registered with the Architectural Institute of British Columbia. Allan Cassidy Recognition of Renovation and Building Achievement Awards Panel Oak Bay Municipal Council has a program which presents awards of appreciation to property owners in recognition of notable new buildings or renovations in the District of Oak Bay. For the current vacancy, Council welcomes expressions of interest from residents and members of the arts community who wish to volunteer their time on the Panel, which evaluates the nominations for the awards. Community Initiatives Committee The mandate of the Community Initiatives Committee is to make recommendations to Oak Bay Municipal Council regarding community events and celebrations, public recognition, public spaces and monuments. Environmental Advisory Committee This advisory committee is tasked with advancing environmental sustainability through recommendations to Municipal Council on legislation, regulation, tools, education, and strategic policies that support effective environmental management practices, with financial impacts, economic viability and social implications also being considered. Heritage Foundation The Heritage Foundation seeks persons interested in serving as volunteer directors. The goals of the Foundation are to promote the preservation, maintenance and restoration of buildings, structures and land in the Municipality of Oak Bay which have been designated as municipal heritage sites, or added to the Community Heritage Register, by Municipal Council. As a registered society, the Foundation raises and disburses funds in this regard. Persons who have an interest in architecture, heritage buildings or a good appreciation of heritage matters are encouraged to apply. Oak Bay Tourism Committee The Tourism Committee is a body comprised of at least eight persons who are responsible for developing projects and programs related to tourism marketing within the Municipality. Funding for the activities of the Committee is provided by means of a Hotel tax authorized by the Province of British Columbia. Parks and Recreation Commission The Commission is a nine member body responsible for overseeing recreation programs and parks within the Municipality, and providing policy direction to a professional management staff. A demonstrated interest in community service, plus an appreciation of the financial and operational complexities of parks and recreation management would be desirable qualifications. Wall of Fame Selection Committee The role of the Committee is to select individuals to be recognized for the Wall of Fame Community Recognition which has been established as a means to honour individuals who have been instrumental in the development of Oak Bay’s parks, facilities and programs and who have exercised extraordinary commitment and voluntary service to the community. Please refer to the Oak Bay Municipal website at oakbay.ca/municipal-hall/committees for further information on volunteer boards and committees. Residents interested in serving on the above noted boards and committees should submit letters to the undersigned, including any pertinent information that may assist Council in making the appointments, by 4:30 pm on Friday November 1, 2013. Loranne Hilton, Municipal Clerk - District of Oak Bay, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria, BC V8R 1G2 Telephone: 250-598-3311/ Fax: 250-598-9108, Email: lhilton@oakbay.ca
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Invisibility cloaks can stay at home Unlike Harry Potter, who relished becoming invisible to other mortals by wearing a certain piece of clothing, visibility is critical for those of us who share the streets with vehicles, especially at this time of year. Dark clothing is, and probably always will be, in style. That makes it Being highly visible fact even tougher for more important than drivers to spot crossing avoiding bad fashion people streets or riding along the edge of roadways without lights or flashers. But visibility is a two-way street. Not only do drivers need to be constantly aware of the presence of other types of road users, those cyclists, runners, walkers, scooter users and skateboarders that drivers encounter also need to respect the fact they may not be easily seen. We hear experts say when you meet up with a bear in the woods, a good idea is to make yourself seem “big.” In the case of road users not in vehicles, being “big” means being visible, enough so that no question arises about your actions or use of the shared space. For non-drivers who may have an inflated sense of entitlement for their choice to use alternative transportation, including your feet, think about this: you’ll virtually always lose a head-to-head confrontation with a vehicle. While the rules of the road are meant to be observed by all parties, there is no substitute for pedestrians and drivers making eye contact at a crosswalk, or, if riding your bike on a main thoroughfare, being aware that the light behind you just changed and traffic will soon be upon you. Those are common safety practices good for any time of the year, but fall and winter are particularly tricky for visibility. So why not get yourself a reflective vest, flashing reflector buttons or lights, or reflective cuff strips? Your life is worth more than any pain you might suffer from making a temporary bad fashion statement. 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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‘Social justice’ as indoctrination The BCTF has a quarterly “Social As the B.C. Teachers’ Federation Justice Newsletter” filled with executive moseys back to the predictable economic assumptions. bargaining table after a summer off, Readers of the latest I’m reminded of former issue are reminded at education minister George length that the United Abbott’s thoughts on his Nations takes a dim view time trying to establish a of Canada’s record on civil discussion with the human rights, including province’s most militant a right to housing. union. Undefined “poverty” It started with a lecture. statistics are cited, “In my first meeting with although Statistics the BCTF, and I gather this Canada has nothing is characteristic of all first but incomplete relative meetings with education Tom Fletcher measures. ministers, the TF advises B.C. Views One article describes that yes, they are a union, a social justice club but first and foremost for Grade 2 and 3 students, with they are social activists and agents activities that include collecting of social change,” Abbott recalled. Their buzzword is “social justice,” food bank donations and “writing to the premier asking for a systemic which is portrayed by leftists as superior to plain old justice, in ways plan to address child poverty.” Leaving aside whether eight-yearthat are seldom defined. So what olds know what “systemic” means, exactly are the goals of this “social this rhetoric is taken directly from change”? Here’s some of what I’ve the tired, old NDP policy book. It gleaned. rests on the cherished myth that Parents may recall the 2008 poverty is imposed by right-wing introduction of an elective high governments that refuse to double school course called Social Justice the minimum wage and pile more 12. This was mainly the result of taxes on “the rich.” intense protest by a couple of gay And what about that darned activist teachers, and the ministry “globalization”? The BCTF still curriculum describes its emphasis has a 2001 teaching guide on its on inclusion of racial, cultural and website promoting the claim that sexual differences. Nike is uniquely guilty of making That’s all good, and it’s now shoes and exercise gear in Third bolstered by urgently needed antiWorld sweatshops. Teachers are to bullying and empathy efforts at all instruct students how to organize grades. a boycott of Nike, thus passing Then there is the BCTF version. the received wisdom of campus It’s not just a battle against “racism, radicalism to the next generation. homophobia and sexism” but also This was all debunked years ago. “poverty and globalization.”
Are Adidas, Reebok, Apple and Microsoft any different? Has nothing changed in 12 years? A quick web search will show this is a stale old tale with a convenient villain, to avoid complex questions. A BCTF official assures me this unit is being updated. Once that one is done, maybe they could check over their teaching unit on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway proposal, another labour of the union’s “social justice” truth team. Entitled “What We Stand To Lose With Pipelines and Supertankers,” it boasts wildlife photos and “key sources” from the left (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) to the far-left fringe (Pipe Up Network). It is another protesters’ guide designed around a pre-determined viewpoint. BCTF bosses love to talk about the importance of “critical thinking.” These one-sided caricatures of Nike, Enbridge and other familiar villains seem designed to produce the opposite. They remind me of George Orwell’s classic novel 1984, where loyal party members are required to focus on selected enemies in a daily ritual called the Two Minutes Hate. Perhaps this is a clue to why our school system produces so many students lacking in employment skills and bursting with demands for government-imposed wealth redistribution. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalNews.com Twitter:@tomfletcherbc E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Park space should be reserved for humans, not off-leash dogs Residents in the area of Oakdowne and Carnarvon Parks should be aware that Oak Bay council is considering recommendations by a south Oak Bay dog group to fence Oakdowne Park for running off-leash dogs. This group is also recommending that Carnarvon Park be available for dogs. It is among many changes that Oak Bay council will consider at the committee of the whole meeting on Oct. 21. The full report can be read at the municipal website oakbaybc.org. The dog group reports that there are already 12 off-leash parks in Oak
Bay with no restrictions and four with seasonal restrictions. When adjacent municipalities of Victoria and Saanich are added, the total climbs to 24 off-leash parks with no restrictions and eight with seasonal restrictions. And now they want Oakdowne Park. Parks are for people, first and foremost. It is not acceptable that funds are readily available for fencing a dog park, meanwhile the wee kiddies at the Carnarvon Park child care centre are relegated to a Soviet-style windowless cinder block building. And no safety improvements are made to crosswalks
on nearby busy roads to assist those on foot, pushing infant strollers, using walkers or wheelchairs, or biking to and from these parks. Consider also the increased vehicle traffic on residential streets around Oakdowne, as dog owners drive to this destination since park use is not limited to Oak Bay residents. Residents are urged to comment to the the mayor and council by writing and attending the meeting to voice your concerns about this proposal. Lesley Ewing Oak Bay
Readers respond: Oak Bay OCP, The Clive, CRD smoking bylaw Official Community Plan lacks teeth on building size I have lived in Oak Bay for 48 years and I have never seen so many people unhappy with council. It seems like whatever street you go down there is a very big house being built – no matter how big the lot is. So many trees are being cut down and gardens lost. The neighbours don’t seem to matter, they are just blocked out. When members of this council came to the door during the last election, they said they wanted to keep Oak Bay as Oak Bay. That’s why I voted for them. However I have just read that there are problems now with the new community plan and it seems they want to allow even more building. I’m wondering how it’s all going to end? Most likely with Oak Bay being like every other community – overcrowded and overbuilt. People who have helped build our community don’t count. If we allow real estate to take over, Oak Bay won’t have a chance – it will be changed forever. I don’t see why we couldn’t have kept the parts of our old community plan that made people build according to the size of the property and restricted the location and six of big apartment buildings. It’s too bad we are not like the Uplands, with a say on how homes fit in. I know we are not rich but shouldn’t council members be looking after our interests? After all, this is what they promised they were going to do. V. Wookey Oak Bay
Oak Bay newcomers shouldn’t change municipal environment Re: Residents sound off on Clive development (Letters, Sept. 18) The writer, who referred to my letter, “Uglification of Oak Bay,” is barking entirely up the wrong tree in assuming that “the Uglification of Oak Bay” was aimed only at the Clive development. It was in fact, prompted by knowledge of a pending proposal for a four-storey condo development in the same area, requiring property rezoning. The gradual creeping of such
developments into mainly residential areas was the focus of the letter and there’s little doubt that the vast majority of those who live in these areas are opposed to this trend. If it is felt that the Clive development contributes to “uglification,” then so be it. It is baffling to many to find that the needs of outside interests are often given preference over the wishes of local residents, who vote. People move to Oak Bay because it is a pleasant place to live. If projects designed only to accommodate the needs of newcomers result in unwanted changes to the face and living environment of the municipality, then residents must unite to prevent such changes taking place. It is easy for an average person to get lost in the political process involved in dealing with development projects, but if we want to defend what we have, participation in the process is the only way to go. Alan Jones Victoria
Smokers thrown under the bus Re: Smokers kicked to the curb (News, Oct. 9) Regarding the new suggested smoking regulations: The change from three metres to seven metres will place smokers out in the middle of the streets. One more way of “throwing them under the bus?” Dianne Omness Esquimalt
Secondhand smoke akin to bird poop Re: Smokers kicked to the curb (News, Oct. 9) I came to Victoria on a beautiful September afternoon in 2012 for a job interview. Walking along Douglas I was appalled by the amount of (a) bird poop; and (b) smokers. I mentioned this during my interview and my interviewer told me, “The rain washes away the bird poop, nothing we can do about the smokers.” So far, she is right. Walking down Douglas is unpleasant
because of the amount of sunny-day smokers perched on benches (i.e. in front of the Bay Centre and at the Royal Bank bus hub) and, during less clement weather, lurking beneath canopies when possible. I am a former smoker and frankly I don’t care if someone chooses to smoke in their own environment, but I am tired of smokers imposing their habit on me in public places and spaces. The rain doesn’t wash it away. By the way, time to do something about the bird crap too. Brenda Montgomery Victoria
Smoking ban a great idea Re: Smokers kicked to the curb (News, Oct. 9) Why should the majority of people have to put up with even one smoker polluting the environment? You are so right that smoking should be banned from all public places, and if someone is selfish enough to smoke, let them do it only inside their own premises – except that too can be smelled by others nearby or in the same building. The ONLY place it should be permitted is in the wide open spaces in a wind to dissipate the foul smell – not only the smoke, but the smell of the smoker! Thanks for listening. A never-been smoker! Bruce Hetherington Victoria
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to take their idea forward, or if it’s just the next bright idea of the week,” said Dale Wershler, the other founding advisor. “If they are accepted as a client, it’s a big commitment of resources by the ICE team.” Anderson and Wershler acknowledge there are more big ideas on campus than advisor capacity. As it is, they expect the centre to manage about 15 clients in various stages of development, with about 30 to 40 volunteer advisors. In the past two years, ICE has helped mould a dozen startup companies, which have raised $300,000 in investment capital. Among them, an economics major is creating a service to help students find off-campus housing. Two graduate students in biology are developing a product to eliminate invasive plant species. And LimeSpot Solutions, a social media platform for retailers to gauge customer interests, emerged from the ICE program. Carolyn Brandly is launching a pilot test of a dementia patient care centre at Goward House in October, as part of her company, New Hope. It’s been two years of planning and pitching to investors under the guidance of her ICE advisors. She plans to open six private centres across B.C. with day programs and services for people with dementia and their caregivers. “It’s about engaging people with dementia to reduce apathy and boredom. The vision is a country club for people with dementia,” said Brandly, a UVic MBA grad who worked in health care in the Lower Mainland. “I saw lots of holes in the system. I wanted to create the opportunity to look after people with dementia.” Wershler noted that ICE itself is a non-profit startup with a yearand-a-half of funding left. “We volunteered to get it going,” he said. We are trying to get solid, permanent funding.” Find more on the centre at iceuvic.ca. editor@saanichnews.com
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mokers are upgrading paper rolled tobacco for electronic cigarettes. Nadine Brosseau, owner of Vapour Solutions, takes a puff of her shiny, red e-cigarette while comfortable in her Langford store and exhales a white cloud of vapour. Since swapping tobacco for the e-cigarette, Brosseau doesn’t have to go outside or stand more than three metres from a door to get her daily dose of nicotine. She’s upgraded to “vaping” as opposed to smoking. E-cigarettes are battery operated devices that use a refillable liquid cartridge. Patrons can purchase nicotine or non-nicotine juice and both are popular, said Brosseau. “We do sell nicotine juice here, there is nothing bad in it. There is no heart and lung disease and it’s a better alternative to smoking,” Brosseau said. “There aren’t any health claims and this is not a health product.” Health officials are still unsure of the product. “(Electronic cigarettes) aren’t regulated under provincial or (Capital Regional District) legislations and in Canada, they don’t contain tobacco,” said Kim Bruce, regional manager for tobacco and control with Island Health (formerly VIHA). “In Canada if these products contain nicotine they are not authorized for sale.” E-cigarettes are still relatively new in Canada and Bruce is cautious, saying she’s unaware of any significant health studies available on the product. “It’s an unknown area at this time,” Bruce explained. “The problem is it’s taking off before the science is.” Perhaps flavours are a part of the allure. E-juices come in an assortment of flavours including caramel cappuccino and banana cream pie. But even with 200 flavours, tobacco flavoured is the best seller at Vapour Solutions. The e-juices contain propylene glycol, a substance often found in food colouring and medicines, and vegetable glycerin, that Brosseau said is found in potatoes and beets. Brosseau started smoking at the age of 15 and 20 years later used e-cigarettes to make the switch. “These are for people who want to keep that terrible habit and just do it in a different way,” Brosseau said. “People who don’t smoke want no involvement in them.” Brosseau’s clientele come from all walks of life, with one thing in common, each has been
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Sales conflict Nadine and Kevin Brosseau opened Vapour Solutions on Hillside Avenue in September 2012 and last month they opened a second location on Goldstream Avenue. The business is unable to advertise due to Health Canada regulations but both stores are always busy, said Brosseau. E-cigarettes have not been approved or given market authorization by Health Canada. Health Canada’s most recent public release on e-cigarettes from 2009 states: “Persons who may be importing, advertising or selling electronic smoking products without the appropriate authorizations are asked to stop doing so immediately.” Even though e-cigarettes are not authorized for sale in Canada, they can be found in various outlets including gas stations and convenience stores. Distributors are banding together through the Electronic Cigarette Trade Association, which is in the process of working with Health Canada to become a self-regulating group Brosseau said.
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Coast Collective 2.0 blends familiar faces with new names The five-year-old Coast Collective Arts Centre at Esquimalt Lagoon will evolve into a non-profit enterprise as part of the Society for Arts on the South Island, beginning in January. Founding directors Deborah Czernecky, Marcela Strasdas and Sharlene Stushnov-Lee will stay on to provide continuity and governance for the West Shore visual arts destination. Barbara Giuliany, another of the five original directors, will step away to re-focus on family, travel and a return to her own creative works. A new management team will work with the collective’s associate members to build what SASI is calling “Coast Collective 2.0.” Executive director Cindy Moyer will lead team 2.0 and co-ordinate arts education programs. There will be three other program co-ordinators, including one of the Coast Collective’s original team: Terri Rodstrom guiding the evolution
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ive Camilo Dominguez some cards and prepare to be mesmorized. The young 23-yearmagician began honing his craft at the ripe young age of four when he was growing up in Colombia. Dominguez is performing his close-up magic at the McPherson Playhouse, Oct. 18 and 19. Projectors will be set up with large screens so the audience can get a good look at his tricks. “I told my mother I wanted to be a magician and she looked one up in the phonebook to teach me,” he said, adding the
first card trick he learned involved four aces. He has since mentored under other magicians who have helped him develop his career as a professional magician. Dominguez attended Belmont secondary school when he was 15 as an international student and now lives in Vancouver. At Belmont he worked with teacher Troy Harris, founder of Canadian World Education Society. Through his society, Harris has built and run a school in Nepal. Harris’ society is now helping educate children from preschoolers to Grade 12. Dominguez has performed at several of the CanWES fundraisers and is donating a
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take the stage. Take a workshop and write with the pros, or pull up a seat and listen to them read. Camosun College (311 Foul Bay). Most tickets are $12. victoriawritersfestival.com. antimatter [media art] Showcases of experimentation in film, video, audio and emerging time-based forms: screenings, installations, performances and media hybrids,
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and original bluegrass music from the inmates at 6000 William Head. Continues until Nov. 9. Tickets, $20 at ticketrocket.org. 250-391-7078. who dUnit? -The St. Luke’s Players kick off their 2013/2014 season with a bang – or is it a stabbing? The Hitchcockian murder mystery continues until Oct. 27. at St. Luke’s Anglican Church hall (3821 Cedar Hill Cross). Tickets, $12-15.stlukesplayers. org.
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falstaff - Pacific Opera Victoria presents their 100th production, a celebration of laughter, human resilience and the portly, harddrinking scoundrel Sir. John Falstaff. Continues until Oct. 27 at The Royal Theatre (805 Broughton). Tickets start at $40. rmts.bc.ca. GoodniGht desdemona (Good morninG jUliet) - The Belfry Theatre presents a comic mash-up and re-imagining of Othello and Romeo and Juliet by novelist/ playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald. Nightly at 8 p.m. until Oct. 20. Tickets, $25-40 at belfry.bc.ca. harvey - Heather Jarvie directs the story of disarming Elwood P. Dowd and his friendship with a giant white rabbit that only he can see. The family-friendly show runs until Oct. 19 at Langham Court Theatre (805 Langham). Tickets range to $21 at 250384-2142 or langhamtheatre.ca. falstaff - Theatre Inconnu’s adaptation of British author Robert Nye’s novel is a one-actor romp through the life of Sir John Falstaff. Heroic, comical and with adult content. Actually, definitely not the opera. Continues until Oct. 19 at Theatre Inconnu, 1923 Fernwood. Tickets $14 at ticketrocket.org.
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hen Kitt & Jane: An Interactive Guide to the Near Post-Apocalyptic Future hits the stage the University of Victoria this week, it will be as refined as is physically possible. The SNAFU-produced show was part of SPARK Festival two years ago and the Vancouver Fringe last month. “We’ve been workshopping it a lot since then,” says director Kathleen Greenfield. Kitt & Jane is a highlight on this year’s Spotlight on Alumni that runs Oct. 17 to 26. It’s a collaborative effort of UVic Theatre alumni Greenfield (BFA ‘05) and Ingrid Hansen (BFA’09) with Rod Peter Jr. As much as 40 to 60 per cent of it has changed Greenfield says, noting all three involved – Hansen and Peter who perform as Kitt & Jane – work collaboratively. “When we start a project it’s never really finished, we’ve even made some changes since Vancouver,” Greenfield says. “As soon as you perform it for a group of people it changes. You learn what works and what doesn’t quite quickly.” The story focusses on two socially awkward 14-year-olds who hijack their high school presentation and launch into fantastical instructions on how to survive the impending apocalypse told through playful music, fantastical lighting, shadow and found-object puppetry and naturally, humour.
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Royal Roads instructor enters Canadian Sports Hall of Fame Olympic rower Jennifer Walinga joins elite list of Canadian athletes Charla Huber News staff
Tears filled Jennifer Walinga’s eyes as she held her gift of a gold medal. Moments earlier standing at the Esquimalt Lagoon, Walinga beamed with excitement recapping her life as a rower for Team Canada. “For two years we were indomitable, it was a stronger-than-thesum-of-parts type of thing. It was magical,” said the director of the School of Communications and Culture at Royal Roads University. “As individuals we weren’t that strong, but together as a combination we were unstoppable.” Today (Oct. 16) at a ceremony in Toronto, Walinga and teammates on Canada’s 1992 women’s coxless four crew will be inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. This year’s list of inductees is impressive, including among others, NHL and Olympic champion Joe Sakic and one-time UVic student Alison Sydor, who won the world mountain biking championship and an Olympic silver medal. Walinga is originally from Peter-
borough, Ont., and now lives in Cadboro Bay. She was a longtime St. Michaels University School rowing coach, has three teenagers, and is a graduate of the University of Victoria. She met her crew of Kirsten Barnes, Brenda Taylor and Jessica Monroe-Gonin in the national program in 1988. By 1990 they were rowing together, with Walinga in the stroke position for both the coxless fours and eights teams. “I sat at the stern and set the pace and the rhythm for the team,” she said. In 1991 Walinga’s teams won both events at the World Rowing Championships in Vienna, where they set a world record that would remain unbroken for the next 20 years. “I can’t remember the time, but it was bloody fast,” she said with a laugh. During the world championships Walinga pushed through back troubles to compete, causing permanent injury. “I raced when I shouldn’t have, I didn’t understand how much damage I could do.” Spare rower Kay Worthington replaced her at the Olympics and Walinga watched from the sidelines as her team dominated and won both events again. “I knew they were going to be fine. I was worried I would let them down,” she said. “I did worry I would be jealous if they
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Jennifer Walinga shows off a gold medal won by the 1992 Olympics women’s eights rowing team. She was a stalwart on the team but was injured during the Olympics that year. She is being inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame today. won, but I wasn’t.” A month after the Games, the athletes were reunited at a wedding. “Brenda (Taylor) came to me and said ‘I got something for you.’ I thought it was shampoo I left in the room or something like a shirt,” recalled Walinga. Instead, her teammate handed her one of the two gold medals
she had been awarded. Walinga declined, but Taylor wouldn’t take no for an answer and insisted Walinga earned it. “At the Olympics for curling or basketball, everyone on the team gets a medal, but not for rowing. Only the people in the boat get one,” Walinga said, wiping tears from her eyes. The rest of the 2013 Hall of
Fame inductees are Olympic and world champion curler Russ Howard, Quebec’s high performance training pioneer Jean-Guy Ouellet, Paralympian wheelchair athlete André Viger, the 1992 Women’s Olympic gold medal rowing team and Canadian hockey visionary Murray Costello. – with files from Travis Paterson sports@vicnews.com
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Lunchtime workout sessions have ended and a group of men trickle out of Zuma Ultimate Martial Arts in Vic West. They laugh about the super high intensity training they’ve been put through by their mixed martial arts instructor Sarah Kaufman. But their faces don’t lie, as they wear a look that screams post-workout exhaustion. Each thanks Kaufman for the class as they exit, and Kaufman returns the thanks in kind. By day, Kaufman, the former Strikeforce MMA world champion, runs classes for adults and kids alike. She fits in hours of daily training for herself too, nothing new for the 28-year-old, Victoria’s highest profile MMA athlete. But it’s been a while, and on Saturday (Oct. 19) Kaufman returns to the limelight in her UFC debut at UFC 166 in Houston, Tx. against fellow UFC rookie Jessica Eye (10-1). For a fighter who is not far removed from the distinction of former title holder, the UFC has taken its sweet time to put
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MMA athlete Sarah Kaufman (12-2) of Victoria in the cage at Zuma Ultimate Martial Arts. Kaufman makes her UFC debut against Jessica Eye (10-1) at UFC 166 in Houston, Oct. 16. Kaufman back in the cage. She’s even slotted at No. 2 on the UFC rankings in its women’s bantamweight (126 to 135 lbs.) division, probably one spot below where
she should be, considering she’s beaten the division’s most proven fighter except for standing title holder Ronda Rousey. “They have used me for a num-
ber of promotional events but yes, I’d like to get another fight in this winter at the latest,” she said. UFC company Zuffa purchased Strikeforce in 2011 and has
since officially absorbed, and relaunched, the women’s bantamweight division. Kaufman, the good kid, isn’t afraid to speak her mind but has so far escaped the common UFC branding as a mouth with a fighter attached to it. There’s still time for that though. A win this weekend will put Kaufman into serious contention though it’s clear there is a final resolution coming between the Miesha Tate and Rousey rivalry, currently being played up on the reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. “You never know with how they edit that show what’s really being said between them. Or when they’re going to fight, which seems due,” Kaufman said. Though Kaufman hasn’t fought in the UFC she’s enjoyed being part of it. She was flown out earlier this year to UFC events in Calgary and Winnipeg, and to Toronto for the launch of Sportsnet 360. “UFC is really well organized and your schedule is all laid out for the week you’re there to fight,” she said. “The good thing about Houston is I don’t know much about it so I don’t expect it to be a distraction, which some cities can be when you’re there to fight,” Kaufman said. sports@vicnews.com
Phantom twins take opposite roles on ice Sisters split to goalie and forward as youth Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
New hockey parents can have difficulties sorting out which kid is which on the ice. While it may have been an issue when twins Melinda and Alisha Choy started with Saanich Minor hockey in Grade 6 it didn’t take long for them to adapt very different roles. Melinda straps on thick goaltender pads to protect the net, while Alisha batters opposing netminders notching goal after goal. They play for the Island Pacific Hockey Association’s Senior A team, the Phantoms. Last season Alisha was the South Coast league’s top scorer with 22 goals and 13 assists. “Alisha’s the biggest game breaker. If we’re down a goal or need a goal ... she’s the one that will step up and do it,” coach John Lou-Poy said. “Her style of game is a power forward.” Melinda won a gold medal with the Canadian Interuniversity Sport’s national women’s ice hockey team at the 2009 FISU Games in Harbin, China. “Melinda, she’s played at the best level
group,” Alisha said. that you can find for that given They started a third season age group,” said Lou-Poy, referwith the Phantoms in Septemring to the gold-medal win. ber, with hopes of a bolstered “She’s a very, very good athroster this season. lete, they’re both excellent “All our competition is offathletes. They’ve always been Island,” Melinda explained. very good physically with dexAway rosters are affected terity and co-ordination.” by work and home commitThe women are products of ments. Despite taking a team a continuous female hockey of just 11 players, with two program in Saanich, startforward lines, the Phantoms ing as sixth graders with only finished third at provincials road hockey skills honed in the last season. Accolades and street alongside the coach’s medals, however, aren’t the daughter, Pam, also a member largest lure of the sport. of the Phantoms. “For younger girls its a “That was the first year the good learning environment. Saanich Braves offered a girls It’s friendly and you can build team,” Alisha explained. confidence and self esteem,” The twins took a unique path said Melinda. to senior A women’s hockey, For more information on playing only in girl-specific proChristine van Reeuwyk grams along the way, including Melinda and Alisha Choy are back for another season with the the Phantoms visit victoriaphantoms.com or email manwith the now-defunct midget Victoria Phantoms senior A hockey team. ager Brigitte MacKenzie at rep Breakers program. Most arch-tech1@shaw.ca or coach Now 25, the Choys really do share a girls play at least one or two career. They’ve rarely played apart, on Lou-Poy at icesavers@yahoo.ca. minor hockey seasons with boys. The Phantoms won, lost and tied at the “You get the most experience with U18 regional selection teams, and made the trip women’s teams and (regional) teams. That’s together to play with the UBC Thunderbirds World Girls Tournament in Surrey Oct. 5 and 6. On Oct. 26 the Phantoms host South where you get scouted,” added Melinda, varsity team. “Playing at UBC was a high because it was Fraser at Panorama Rec Centre, at 9:15 a.m. who was sharing net duties in her second editor@goldstreamgazette.com competitive and we got to travel and be a minor hockey season.
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Shot blocker Handsworth Royals player Lena Klockgether has a shot blocked by Glenlyon Norfolk Gryphons player Julianna Bourjeaud during Friday’s pool play in the Bridgman Cup high school field hockey tournament at UVic. Visit vicnews.com for results from the tourney which ended on Sunday.
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Wed. Oct. 16: WHL, Prince George Cougars at Victoria Royals, 7 p.m., Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Wed. Oct. 16: VIJHL, Nanaimo Buccaneers at at Westshore Wolves, 7 p.m., Bear Mountain Arena. Wed. Oct. 16: VIJHL, Peninsula Panthers at Saanich Braves, 7:30 p.m., Pearkes Arena. Fri. Oct. 18: VIJHL, Westshore Wolves at Saanich Braves, 6:30 p.m., Pearkes Arena. Fri. Oct. 18: BCHL, Cowichan Capitals at Victoria Grizzlies, 7:15 p.m., Bear Mountain Arena. Fri. Oct. 18: VIJHL, Campbell River Storm at Peninsula Panthers, 7:30 p.m., Panorama Rec. Centre. Sun. Oct. 20: BCHL, Chilliwack Chiefs at Victoria Grizzlies, 2 p.m., Bear Mountain Arena.
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Sat. Oct. 19: CDI men’s premier, James Bay at Castaway Wanderers, Div. 1 at 1 p.m., Premiers at 2:45 p.m., Windsor Park. Sat. Oct. 19: CDI men’s premier, Capilano at UVic Vikes, Div. 1 at 1 p.m., Premiers at 2:45 p.m., Wallace Field.
From left Victoria Royals fans 15-year-old Mala Mertens, 14-year-old Ana Moeller and 15-year-old Anna Scheulen before a game at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre earlier this month. The Royals host the Prince George Cougars, originally from Victoria, tonight (Oct. 16) at 7 p.m.
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Fri. Oct. 18: CIS men’s, Lethbridge Pronghorns at UVic Vikes, 7:15 p.m. Centennial Stadium Fri. Oct. 18: VISL Div. 1 men’s, Vic West FC vs. Gorge FC, 7 p.m., Hampton Park. Fri. Oct. 18: VISL Div. 1 men’s, Lakehill Reds vs. Saanich Fusion, 8 p.m., Tyndall Turf. Sat. Oct. 19: CIS men’s, Calgary Dinos at UVic Vikes, 7:15 p.m. Centennial Stadium. Sat. Oct. 19: LIWSA Premier women’s, Saanich Fusion vs Vic West, 8 p.m., Tyndall Park. Sat. Oct. 19: VISL Div. 1 men’s, Prospect Lake Lakers vs. Bays Utd., 6 p.m., Finlayson Turf. Sun. Oct. 20: VISL Div. 1 men’s, Cowichan at Castaways FC, 2 p.m., Finlayson Turf. Sun. Oct. 20: LIWSA Premier women’s, Lakehill vs. Gorge FC, noon, TBD, LIWSA.com. Sun. Oct. 20: LIWSA Premier women’s, Prospect Lake vs. Castaways, noon, TBD, LIWSA. com. Sun. Oct. 20: LIWSA Premier women’s, Peninsula Co-op Highlanders Prospects vs. Vic A’s, noon, PISE.
Basketball
Fri. & Sun. Oct. 18 & 20: CIS women’s, Wilfred Laurier at UVic Vikes, 8 p.m. Friday and noon Sunday, McKinnon Gym.
Sat. Oct. 19: Men’s premier, Surrey Lions at UVic Vikes, 2 p.m., UVic Field Hockey Turf.
Sharon Tiffin/News staff
IN BRIEF New division for HarbourCats
The Victoria HarbourCats baseball club will see a different schedule for the 2014 season of the West Coast League. The league voted to realign the college baseball circuit into three divisions for 2014, based on geographical boundaries. Joining the HarbourCats in the West division are the Bellingham Bells, Kitsap (Kitsap County) BlueJackets, and Cowlitz (County) Black Bears. The South division contains four teams in Oregon while the Kelowna Falcons are in the East division.
Wrestlers needed for Bulldogs club
Training is underway on Tuesday and Thursday nights for the Victoria Bulldogs school district wrestling team in the gym of the Cedar Hill middle school, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Contact Ed Ashmore for more information at 250-384-9459. No experience necessary. sports@vicnews.com
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The B.C. environment ministry has released its promised study of the current state of crude oil spill response capability, tracking the growing tonnage of petroleum shipping along the West Coast and estimating response time and effectiveness if oil was to spill at sea. Oil recovery in computer simulated oil spills could be as high as 25 per cent after five days, or as low as four per cent for Alaska crude, with another quarter evaporating. The study was commissioned to back up Premier Christy Clark’s conditions for B.C.’s approval of expanded heavy oil shipments, either from twinning the TransMountain pipeline from northern Alberta to Burnaby, or the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway project across northern B.C. to a new tanker port at Kitimat. Environment Minister Mary Polak said the study shows the need to increase response capability before the B.C. government would consider increased oil shipments.
Entrance, with four per cent “While we respect federal recovery in summer and three jurisdiction over marine spills, per cent in winter. we must ensure B.C.’s interests One scenario examines a are being met, and that means summer-time adding more spill of diluted resources to “We must ensure bitumen in the protect our B.C.’s interests are Juan de Fuca coast,” Polak Strait, with said. being met, and that response from The threemeans adding more Canadian and volume report also details the resources to protect our U.S. ships and oil recovery huge and growing equipment. It traffic that exists coast.” – Mary Polak estimated 31 per now. cent oil recovery Shipping data after five days, in summer show a 17 per cent increase conditions with daylight-only in marine traffic volume from operations. 2011 to 2012. An estimated Tanker shipments from 110 million cubic metres of Kinder Morgan Canada’s petroleum products per year Burnaby terminal hit a high of are shipped, about a third of 69 in 2010, some of which were which is crude-like bunker oil diluted bitumen. The expansion carried as fuel on ships of all would mean 300 tankers a kinds. The biggest tanker cargo year in and out of Vancouver is 38 million cubic metres of harbour. mostly Alaska crude a year. The federal government has The study includes recovery launched its own research estimates for seven oil spill scenarios, six of which assumed project to model the drift and behaviour of a bitumen a spill of Alaska North Slope spill in the ocean around crude that has been shipped Kitimat, and funded marine by tankers down the B.C. coast weather forecasting to facilitate to U.S. refineries since the shipping. 1970s. Two scenarios involve editor@oakbaynews.com an Alaska crude spill in Dixon
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Pot reformers have fallen short of their sign-up target for the first third of their campaign to force a provincial referendum on marijuana enforcement. Sensible BC spokesman Dana Larsen said the campaign had 65,000 signatures as of Oct. 9 – 15,000 less than their aim of 80,000 by the 30-day mark of the 90-day petition drive. “We’re a little bit behind the target we set,” Larsen said, adding getting canvassers officially registered has proven more onerous than expected. But he remains confident the campaign can succeed in getting the signatures of 10 per cent of eligible voters in every B.C. district. That would take 300,000 signatures in total, but Larsen said the aim is for 450,000 or 15 per cent in each riding to provide a buffer against signatures that are declared invalid. The campaign aims to pass legislation that would bar police from spending any time or resources enforcing the federal law against possessing small amounts of marijuana. Its goal is to use that as a starting point to work towards broader cannabis legalization. Defeat in any single district means the petition campaign fails. And even if it succeeds, a referendum is not automatic – the Legislature could introduce the proposed Sensible Policing Act but not put it to a vote. If it was sent to referendum it could be nonbinding – the HST referendum after a successful Fight HST petition was binding only because thenPremier Gordon Campbell declared it so. Fight HST also had many more signatures at their 30-day mark – more than 300,000 – and wrapped up with 705,000. “They got a lot more than they actually needed,” Larsen said. “They could have done it with less.” Larsen said canvassers have already got nearly enough signatures in Vancouver districts like the West End and along False Creek. Most Interior and Northern districts are also doing well, with about a third of the signatures gathered, and campaigns are running ahead of schedule in Nelson, Kelowna and Kamloops.
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