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No clear link in knife attacks: cops Two men assaulted in separate incidents within a week Daniel Palmer News staff

Two knife attacks in the past week in Victoria are concerning but don’t appear to be related, say police.

On Tuesday morning, a 20-year-old Victoria man was attacked by a knife-wielding man near Sumas Street and

Manchester Road; the botched robbery fortunately left the victim with only superficial injuries, said VicPD Const. Mike Russell.

“We certainly don’t see these stranger-on-stranger attacks often,” he said. “But it is certainly cause for concern. We sent a lot of resources out there looking for the suspect, but to no avail.”

The suspect is described as between 40 to 50 years old, 5-foot-8 with a stocky build, grey moustache and grey hair.

At the time of the attack, he was wearing a grey sweatshirt and a white baseball cap covered with dried paint.

Another violent attack with a knife occurred Nov. 23 overnight, when a 26-year-old man was stabbed multiple times in the 700-block of Johnson St. The victim required surgery for non-life threatening injuries.

“We don’t know any motivation behind the Saturday attack, and it’s still unknown to us if it was stranger-onstranger, or if the victim and suspect might have been known to each other,” Russell said.

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PumP up the volume Podcasters in Victoria are helping to reshape the way people listen to radio

Daniel Palmer Reporting

Twice a month, Eric Bramble puts a microphone and a growler of beer on a boardroom table and invites the world to his downtown office.

As the founder of 29er Radio, the 40-something commercial property investor is one of a growing number of locals making names for themselves in Victoria and beyond, through podcasting.

“I have been a wannabe radio person forever,” Bramble says.

Podcasting is a simple concept: discuss a topic, make a digital recording and put it online.

Bramble’s podcasting portfolio includes the Growler Hour, where Victoria influencers like Nick Blasko from Atomique

Productions and Accent Inns CEO Mandy Farmer discuss what makes them tick.

He’s also got the Lisa, Gene and Eric Show, a bi-weekly podcast with Victoria Coun. Lisa Helps and Monday Magazine founder Gene Miller that explores urban and regional issues. (Most recently, the trio invited a sewage expert to discuss the potential benefits of burning human waste for energy).

“Sometimes I think we forget about the amazing people we have in town here,” Bramble says. “And we can get better, deeper information if we sit down and listen to what those people have to say.”

The Front Nine author Mike Vardy, a self-proclaimed “productivityist,” somehow finds time between regular international speaking gigs to host a weekly podcast, Mikes on Mics, from his Victoria home.

Vardy and his Brooklyn-based co-host, Michael Schechter of workflowing.net, use Skype to talk shop on staying productive with the latest technology. The podcast has been so successful, the duo get paid to host their

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Podcaster Eric Bramble gets comfortable with the microphone in his dowtown office at Torrent Investments, where he records his programs for rebroadcast later online. work at 5by5.tv, a U.S. Internet broadcasting network.

“Podcasting is a lot easier to do than ever before, and with people wanting to listen to something when it’s convenient, they’re becoming a lot more popular,” Vardy says.

The audience for Mikes on Mics is about 70 per cent U.S. listeners, he adds.

“If you’re thinking you don’t have much to talk about that anyone in Victoria is going to care about, well Victoria is a small place,” he says. “There’s a lot more people out there.”

Greater Victorians are typically

known as early adopters with new technologies and online innovations, said Rian Bowden, an Internet strategy consultant at plusROI.com.

In 2009, Bowden built a podcasting platform, dailysplice. com, that attracted a surprising number of Capital Region emergency services like Saanich police and Sidney Fire Department. The platform is still used by View Royal fire department to easily broadcast updates to its website..

“It was one of the earlier platforms and fairly innovative,” Bowden says. “You just pick up

the phone, dial an 800 number, leave a message and that goes to your website’s podcast feed in a few seconds.”

Vardy encourages anyone to try podcasting at home, but cautions that once an opinion is online, it’s probably there forever.

“It’s just like Facebook or other social media,” he says. “You want to be very careful about what you put out there, podcasts included.”

Listen to Bramble’s podcasts at 29erradio.com.

Find Vardy’s podcast at mikesonmics.com. dpalmer@vicnews.com

Cold weather punishing to local homeless community Former Our Place boss seeing poor health on street Daniel Palmer News staff

Unseasonably cold weather in and around Victoria is prompting frontline homeless advocates to plead for warm clothing dona-

tions from generous locals.

During his daily early morning outreach, Rev. Al Tysick of the Victoria Dandelion Society has noticed a spike in the number of homeless people suffering from pneumonia, frostbite and hacking coughs. He and his team are often the first point of contact for many homeless people in the region.

Last week, B.C. Housing launched its extreme weather protocol to open up emergency

shelter spaces during belowfreezing weather.

“But there are still some people that, due to their behaviour or their choice, are not going into those shelters and I’m the one serving those people. They’re often barred from those organizations,” Tysick said.

Victoria’s average monthly temperature in November is 9.4 C, but the past week saw overnight temperatures below freezing.

The Dandelion Society needs toques, warm gloves, socks, heavy sweaters, jackets, blankets, waterproof materials and sleeping bags. Hand warmers are also highly valued, Tysick said.

“We don’t have an office. We try to put as much money back onto the street. So cash donations are always helpful as well,” he said.

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Students ease into trades training Pre-apprenticeship programs help trades students find their niche Edward Hill News staff

In Camosun College’s sheet metal workshop, students hammer and contort metal for HVAC systems and toolboxes. Whether they stick with this trade remains to be seen, but the college and the province are trying to make entry into trades education as easy and enticing as possible.

The Ministry of Advanced Education announced recently that it is granting Camosun $349,000 for 68 seats in carpentry and electrical foundation programs, introductory trades training without the onerous requirement of securing an apprenticeship.

That ministry funding also opens 32 seats in the discovery skills program, a pilot project where students dip their toes in a number of trades at the Interurban campus.

“What is intended here is to provide the opportunity to have a more informed entry into trades,” said Olaf Nielsen, chair of trades development and special projects

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Beth Grayer builds a toolbox for a project in a women in trades discovery program class at Camosun College Interurban, where students sample a number of trades. The province recently announced funding to boost the number of seats at Camosun that allow students to experience trades training without having to secure an apprenticeship. at Camosun. “This helps make a more informed career decision.”

Ministry of Advanced Education-funded seats add to the 336 funded by the Industry Training Authority at Camosun for foundation programs. The ITA focuses mainly on apprenticeships, and funded 1,812 of those seats at the

college this year.

Nielsen said foundation programs help expose more people to less well known but still highly employable trades.

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Eric Sehn, Camosun’s dean of trades and technology, said

Artisan Fair celebrates 25 years of crafting The Out of Hand artisan fair has come a long way since a collection of crafters gathered to display and sell their wares at the Victoria Conference Centre in 1989.

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apprenticeship numbers tend to rise and fall with the economy and infrastructure spending.

If companies aren’t hiring and sponsoring apprenticeships, fewer people enter trades training. Trade foundation programs help fill the gap, Sehn said, and gives graduates school credit toward an apprenticeship.

“It’s important during times when the economy is quite soft and vulnerable. Students can join the foundation program without a sponsor,” he said, noting that while shipbuilding is ramping up, some construction related trades have taken a hit over the past few years.

“It can be really challenging to find an apprenticeship when the economy is down and employers aren’t taking on staff.”

The discovery skills program, which covers everything from electrical to auto repair to metal work to welding, is the “trades sampler,” Sehn said, and can lead to a foundation program or even an apprenticeship.

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Esquimalt municipal workers Jay Pringle, right, and Greg Taberner untangle a string of lights as the township gets ready for the Celebration of Lights on Tuesday (Dec. 3).

Esquimalt primes switch for Celebration of Lights Don Descoteau News staff

The eighth annual Esquimalt Celebration of Lights brings Christmas cheer to the seaside community next Tuesday (Dec. 3).

The parade starts at 6 p.m. from the DND parking lot at Canteen Road and Lyall Street and runs along Lyall, Admirals Road and Esquimalt Road, finishing around 6:30 behind Archie Browning Sports Centre.

Visitors there are invited to enjoy refreshments, visits with Santa and entertainment until 8 p.m. Esquimalt resident and rec centre fitness co-ordinator Lorraine Nygaard and her trio will play light jazz and Christmas music. Also performing are the Esquimalt Concert Choir and

Esquimalt High rhythm and blues band.

Visitors are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items for the Rainbow Kitchen.

There are still spots open for entries into the parade. Interested parties can call Murray Boyce at 250-383-8171.

The township is also hosting its annual community holiday lighting contest. The deadline to enter your house, business, apartment building or balcony is Dec. 15.

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Many clients hesitate on their way out of Canada’s Reno Rebate principal Sean Leitenberg’s Fairfield office, where they have just handed over a sheaf of paperwork and receipts for a major home renovation.

“Is this for real?” they ask Sean.

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Sean understands the skepticism, though. He asked the same thing when his brother-in-law in Ontario called him and said, “You might be entitled to a rebate on the HST you paid when you did your reno.”

This rebate has been available for the last three years and it’s about to disappear. It must be claimed within two years of the purchase of a new house or condo or completion of an owner-built home or a major renovation. Even if you have sold your home, you are entitled to a rebate if your intention for the build or renovation was to keep the home.

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Canada’s Reno Rebate has teamed up with builders, trades, designers and Realtors to share the good news about the potential rebate with their qualifying clients.

“We know several contractors and Realtors who are going through their files and calling everyone they helped

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Kim Reynhoudt had been looking forward to Dec. 1 all year. He imagined he’d be hosting a Craigflower bridge reopening sale at his Canadian Tire store this weekend to welcome back customers who avoided the area during eight months of construction.

But now, with the bridge’s expected opening date pushed to May 2014, Reynhoudt and nearby business owners are bracing for what they say could be a dismal Christmas shopping season.

“It’s been extremely disastrous for business,” said Reynhoudt, who expects to have lost $1 million in sales before the bridge is complete.

“We certainly planned for the closure for the eight months. ...

Normally December is my busiest month, but I’m expecting it to be a much quieter month.”

Lori Lelonde, owner of Your Pet Pals in nearby Nelson Square, says sales are down 30

about the bonus target,” he said.

Local business owners, however, say they were led to believe Dec. 1 was firm.

“All (the municipalites) say is: ‘The bridge will open when it opens. These things happen.’

We’re stuck now,” Reynhoudt said. “I accept the fact in this world we have to upgrade our infrastructure, but it is very upsetting that I certainly feel that this has been poorly executed, poorly thought out and poorly communicated.”

He says he won’t need to hire extra help at Canadian Tire this Christmas season – he typically increases his staff by 15 per cent; Lelonde won’t be adding staff either.

“It’s so hard when you put your heart and soul into something you love so much, and something like this happens and your hands are tied,” she said.

Lelonde and Reynhoudt say they still don’t have a straight answer to how certain things, like earthquake-proofing the bridge, were missed before shovels were in the ground.

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per cent compared to last year.

“It’s brutal. We are just hanging on by our fingernails,” she said.

Having been impacted by the Admirals Bridge (June to September 2009) and Island Highway (July 2010 to June 2011) construction, Lelonde anticipated a downturn with this bridge project. She even took a second job and stopped taking a salary from her pet store in order to keep her three employees on staff.

In July 2012, Saanich and View Royal, which share responsibility of the bridge, delayed construction by nearly a year to avoid this situation.

“The loss of (access between Saanich and View Royal during) the Christmas shopping (season) would be devastating” to businesses, Jim Hemstock, Saanich’s manager of capital projects, said last year.

But bridge construction was delayed twice this summer due to a North American steel shortage and the discovery that the original bridge plans were seismically unsafe. Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard said Dec. 1 was merely the “expected” completion date.

“There was a (financial) bonus if it was done early. I think we’re all guilty of getting enthusiastic

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Pop-up shops eye Christmas shopping season The idea of pop-up retail shops is not new. The concept of setting up shortterm spaces to expose new customers to one’s products or reduce stock has seen success in local shopping malls, and on a larger scale in cities like New York and Los Angeles.

Abbey Riddell and Arunima McNeish, a pair of young women who have developed a following for their vintage clothing ideas at local vintage fairs and other shows, are testing the pop-up waters downtown for the month of December with Vintage After Death.

“It’s become more popular, with the economy leaving storefronts more Don Descoteau (available),” says Riddell, who also operates Bikram Biz Beat Yoga Saanich and will work with McNeish in the tiny former jewelry store on the Pandora Avenue edge of Fan Tan Alley. “Landlords have become more open to accept shortterm leases.”

Vintage A.D. will stock men’s and women’s vintage clothing, vintage knickknacks and figurines.

“I’m excited about creating an atmosphere where people can chill and play dress-up,” McNeish says. She likes the idea of having fun with fashion and bringing art back into the way people dress.

Ken Kelly, executive director of the Downtown Victoria Business Association, says one of the keys to a successful pop-up business is opening up where there is a heavy traffic flow.

“It takes a lot of precision, in terms of getting the right match of the space and the tenant, not to mention the best deal for both the tenant and the property

through the annual Share-a-Bear campaign. Buy twin teddies for $11 at any local store and leave one behind to be sent to a community charity helping families in need. The campaign is going on at all 195 stores in B.C. until just before Christmas.

owner,” he says.

The store opens Dec. 1 and will be open every day but Christmas. Riddell and McNeish hope to gain a barometer for their ideas by having a storefront.

They’ll gauge whether to pursue another short-term lease from their success, but they’ve picked the busiest shopping month of the year to open.

Sounds like a good time to try it out.

– Vintage After Death, 3 Fan Tan Alley, opens Dec. 1, hours are from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. 250-891-5634.

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Fort Street merchants celebrating early Retailers along lower Fort Street in Victoria are banding together for an old fashioned Christmas evening. Festive Fort happens tomorrow (Nov. 28) from 5 to 8 p.m. and features candle-lit streets, carolers, featured in-store specials and chances to “Win the Window” at 795 Fort St.

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Vintage After Death proprietors Abbey Riddell, left, and Arunima McNeish stand in front of a Fan Tan Alley gate marking the address of their pop-up vintage clothing store. The women took a short-term lease to test the retail waters.

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I would like to nominate Reverend Allen Tysick. He played a major role in creating, renovating and overhauling Our Place but ended up with a lot of administrative work.

When he turned 65 he found it was time to move on.

He started a new organization called The Dandelion Society to serve the most vulnerable members of our community. He wakes up very early in the morning and, operating out of a van, visits the homeless on the street bringing coffee, sandwiches, donuts and most of all hope and Love with a capital “L”. He understands them, knows how to find and talk to them and is often able to help them. He also visits our brothers and sisters in the hospital or jail. He is very humble and special – one of a kind. Boy, what an example for all of us to follow, if even in a small way. Without a doubt, Rev. Al is one of the most wonderful human beings I have ever met. He surely deserves this award.

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Christmas season a time for giving There may not be snow on the ground, but Christmas is definitely in the air.

You may have taken advantage of the recent dry spell to put up decorative lights. Santa’s helpers are now at local Take time to think of ensconced malls, and the those less fortunate hype for seasonal is in full while out shopping sales swing.

It’s hard to escape the commercial trappings of Christmas.

Nor should we. Livelihoods depend on it.

But amidst the hustle and bustle of the next month, it’s important to take some time out, and reach out to those who don’t have the means to indulge, who can’t afford to get their kids the latest toy sensation, who don’t have proper winter coats in their closets, who can’t put a holiday feast on their dinner table or may not even have a home to keep them warm.

There’s no shortage of groups and organizations who work hard all year to help make life a little easier for people who are struggling.

Those struggles are magnified during the holiday season, with all the expectations it brings.

For those of us hustling from store to store, fulfilling wish lists, it takes but a moment to drop some spare change into the Salvation Army red kettle at the front door, or to drop a winter coat, mittens or hats at a business holding a coat drive, or to place a few cans of hearty soup in the Food Bank box at the grocery store.

Better yet, pitch in by volunteering some time and energy to those worthy groups.

They’re busy this time of year, and would likely appreciate the help.

Or pledge to make an effort to help out through the year. Need doesn’t go by dates on the calendar.

They’re small gestures, but for those on the receiving end, they’re blessings.

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Ferries subsidy shakeup needed Re: Tough decisions needed by Ferries (Our View, Nov. 22) I agreed with your comments for the most part, but you were a little over the top about the slot machines. Their use is optional, so maxed-out passengers can just ignore them and thus incur no cost, but I do acknowledge that it raises the question of enabling those addicted to gambling.

As a senior I am sorry to lose my free travel Monday to Thursday, but I do understand. I enjoyed it while it lasted. Maybe a happy compromise might be to give us old folks 50 per cent off seven days a week and thus encourage us to travel more often.

Your comments about those living on smaller islands having chosen their lifestyles (“Forcing the majority to pay through ever-higher fares to service the minority doesn’t make sense”) are true and it had to be said, but I am sure it didn’t make you a lot of friends. It does raise another issue that maybe should be discussed.

There is always talk that the ferries are part of the highway system and should be subsidized.

Fair comments to be sure, but we must also address why the inland freshwater ferries, operated by the Ministry of Transportation, are 100 per cent subsidized and free to use.

To follow your reasoning above, are we on the coast not subsidizing, through our tax dollars, the lifestyle choices of those who live in the B.C. Interior and use those ferries?

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ferries free. Can you imagine the boom in the tourism sector, among others, on all of the islands?

Or, have the inland ferries charge a reasonable amount, with the revenue used to subside the coastal ferries. Either option is more fair than what we have now.

Peter Dutton Central Saanich

Change in ferry revenue is just a smokescreen Re: Tough decisions needed by Ferries (Our View, Nov. 22) We are being led to believe that reducing the seniors discount is necessary to improve B.C. Ferries’ bottom line. Every free trip taken by seniors is paid for when BCF sends the government the bill. This change will save the corporation nothing, but may well save the provincial treasury a large sum.

Payments from government to BCF will vanish and because seniors will now travel much less, the 50-per-cent fare they pay will be dramatically less revenue, hurting B.C. Ferries’ bottom line.

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Broaden the benefit for Saanich park users Re: Cedar Hill Park users deserve more (Letters, Nov. 22) We have lived beside the golf course since 1967 and I agree with Andy Ruszel’s comments.

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When we moved here, many children played along the path or in the bushes beside the golf course.

It was wonderful to hear their voices as I worked in my garden or walked the trail. Now life is different and children can no longer play in wooded areas by themselves.

What a wonderful opportunity we have. The underused playing field would be an ideal location for an adventure playground. Parents could sit and enjoy a cup of coffee and watch their little ones play safely in the fresh air.

We already have golf, tennis, walking, running and many activities available in the rec centre for adults and older children, but there is no playground for small children in the area between Cedar Hill Road, Cook Street/Maplewood Road and Finlayson Street and Cedar Hill Cross Road.

Such a playground would indeed provide better substantial benefit for the largest number of community members, while actually costing us less. Then maybe we could have some money left to upgrade parts of the walking trail to make it safer for all ages. At the very least let us have more community input before we basically give away this beautiful public land to a private club.

Once it is gone it is gone.

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A volunteer-based service that provides daily contact for seniors living alone is expanding across Greater Victoria.

The Reassurance for Seniors Volunteer Program (RSVP), run

by Silver Threads Service, provides weekday check-in phone calls to help seniors who live independently do so longer, said Tracy Ryan, community relations director.

“Part of the intake process is we collect emergency contact information for family or neighbours with a key who can check in,” Ryan said.

“It puts that safety measure in place to make sure everything is OK, and if we can’t make contact with them we will follow up.”

Silver Threads works with municipal police and similar programs provided by the James Bay New Horizons Society and in Oak Bay that ensure independent seniors aren’t forgotten, she said.

There’s also been an influx of newly retired volunteers who are willing to provide daily phone calls to seniors who want the service, Ryan said.

“If you think about a senior being someone who’s 65, they’re generally pretty active. What we’re finding is more of our younger seniors are volunteering to support our programs, which is great,” she said.

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The victim hasn’t yet been able to provide an accurate description of the attacker, he added.

“Right now, we’re proceeding as if these two events are unrelated because there’s not anything firmly drawing a link between the two,” Russell said.

According to VicPD’s crime reports online map, there have been 11 assaults with a deadly weapon in the past month in Victoria. Russell said the crime category captures a variety of

criminal acts ranging from domestic assault to threatening behaviour between acquaintances.

“An assault with a weapon doesn’t necessarily mean I hit you with a baseball bat. But if I threatened to hit you with a baseball bat, that charge (assault with a deadly weapon) is still applicable,” he said.

Anyone with information about either incident is asked to call VicPD on the non-emergency line at 250-995-7654 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222TIPS (8477). dpalmer@vicnews.com

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Reopening the centre would hapreach and to have someone available to operate the historic Plaskett pen without any direct funding from telescope on Saturday nights for the federal government. Closing the the public, either by an NRC staff centre saved the NRC’s $900-milmember or a trained volunteer. The lion budget about $230,000 per year, mainly from staff wages. details have yet to be worked out.

Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca MP RanGregory Fahlman, director general of the NRC Herzberg astronomy dall Garrison tabled a petition in astrophysics programs, said the November with nearly 2,000 signatures calling to intention has always reopen the centre. been to open the CenThe government has tre of the Universe until February 2014 building for the pubto respond to the lic, it’s just the “how” petition. which needs to be “We knew probworked out. ably by the end of “There’s a sense …

September (the fedthat a plan had been eral government) made, but I would say was a tree not worth it’s more like the outbarking up,” Popham lines of a plan. There said. “So instead of is a plan to get a plan,” looking at this as an Fahlman said. “At least opportunity lost, we there is a consensus as had to start looking to how this large group Gregory Fahlman at it as a new opporcan move forward.”

NRC has committed to maintain- tunity.”

Science Venture, a non-profit orgaing the building and making it available to community groups at a nomi- nization at UVic, has also presented a six-month pilot project it wants nal cost.

“Everybody recognized that the to run with outreach for children, draw is the (Plaskett) telescope, the including workshops for school observatory,” said Nelson Walker, groups and spring and summer president of the Victoria branch of break programs.

“Potentially, if we can get that the Royal Astronomical Society of going, kids will have access again as Canada.

Volunteers from the society, who early as February,” Popham said.

Between 8,000 and 10,000 people are at the facility regularly on Saturday nights using their own tele- – many of them school kids – have scopes, will potentially take on pub- visited the national historic site each year since the Centre of the Universe lic outreach roles, Walker said.

“The NRC professional staff of the opened 12 years ago.

Without NRC funding, Saturday Centre of the Universe is who did that, and they’re not there,” he said. night astronomy events can now be “We feel bad about the staff leaving. advertised, something which was We don’t fancy just stepping into not possible under the old model.

Two working groups have been their shoes, but who knows. That’s struck to help the facility move forwhat we’re discussing.”

A tentative plan emerged from a ward. The short term group will be meeting on Saturday at the observa- working towards having the facility tory. NRC vice-president Dan Wayner, open for Saturday nights by April. flew in from Ottawa to speak with The long-term group will be looking about 30 local stakeholders, includ- at the overall future of the observaing University of Victoria professors, tory.

Popham said a Friends of the astronomers, educators, parents and Observatory charity will also likely others. “(NRC) want to work with us. They be necessary to organize volunteers said they will do everything that and fundraise to help keep the facilthey can to make sure that works ity going.

Wayner has also committed to fly well,” said Lana Popham, MLA for out again for the first Saturday night Saanich South.

The Centre of the Universe houses the facility is reopened for stargazinteractive educational displays and ing. “He knows it’s important and he historic astronomy artifacts. It was wants to experience it too,” Popham closed to the public in August, due said. to funding cuts from the federal govkwells@goldstreamgazette.com

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BY MARILYN McCRIMMON December is a month of celebration, but it is also a month of diminishing light, where the days shorten and the nights lengthen.

People who have lost a loved one experience this contrast all too painfully—while those around them enjoy seasonal festivities, their feelings of loss are intensified as they feel out of step with the festive atmosphere surrounding them.

While nothing can bring a loved one back, sometimes a simple symbolic gesture, and time spent with others who have experienced a similar loss, can be reassuring, healing and comforting.

Again this year, Victoria Hospice honours those who are grieving in our community by offering the 28th annual Celebratea-Life event, beginning November 30 and running until December 11 at Hillside Centre. A few days later, on Sunday, December 15, Hospice invites the community to attend a Memorial Service at 3 pm at the University of Victoria Interfaith Chapel.

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tree in December.

“It is a way to participate on the fringes of the festive season and still honour the people they have lost,” explains Marney.

Centre will invite you to share thoughts of your loved one by writing a personalized message on a tribute card to hang on the Celebratea-Life tree. There are many memories and stories behind the messages on those simple little ornaments.

and added that she was content knowing that he would bring up their children to have the same compassion he showed toward her.

As soon as Halloween is over, says Hospice Bereavement counsellor Marney Thompson, many bereaved people worry about how they will get through the holidays.

Every November, Hospice’s Bereavement Department hosts a seminar dealing with grief in anticipation of this stressful time. Many of the seminar’s participants then visit the Celebrate-a-Life

Some families make it an annual tradition to visit the Celebrate-a-Life tree to remember those they have lost, says Wendy Innes, Victoria Hospice Corporate and Community Relations Officer.

The December 15 non-denominational memorial service, led

by Victoria Hospice Coordinator of Spiritual and Religious Care Tammy Lindahl, is a simple, quiet ceremony based in spirituality rather than any one religion. “A harpist starts playing a half hour before the service, and often people come early to sit for some quiet reflection. The service will include music, poetry reading and candle lighting. It is a gift of time and space from Hospice to the community,” explains Tammy.

Please consider making One Christmas, a donation to Victoria an ornament was Hospice so that they inscribed by a Hospice may continue to provide patient, a young mother support to Victoria’s who was just days bereaved families. away from death.

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The bride was Catherine Middleton; her prince was William, Duke of Cambridge, and they were about to start a new life together in the wedding of the century.

With the help of Hospice staff, Rosemary’s son Christopher planned a party for her. Guests were invited to her room, where on the eve of the wedding they all sipped champagne and toasted the young couple’s future happiness.

A month later, Rosemary died at Hospice on her birthday.

Though Rosemary’s story is magical, for Hospice it’s not unusual. Victoria Hospice is committed to helping patients and those who love them live each day in celebration.

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Esquimalt heritage team feted for centennial project

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Marking 100 years of history is no small feat, but the Esquimalt centennial committee and historian Sherri Robinson did a bang-up job.

The committee’s efforts in promoting the 100th anniversary of the township’s incorporation, getting residents and business owners involved in the celebration and leaving a legacy for future genera-

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“It was really special, good news for us,” she said. “I was so thrilled they recognized and honoured Esquimalt in this way.”

Bruce Devitt, vice-chair of the centennial committee, said the group adopted a credo early on that in leaving a legacy they would “honour the past and leave something for today.”

The legacies were two-fold: the walkway in Memorial Park off Esquimalt Road that is an ongoing project, and the inclusion of information about the centennial year and its activities, on the townships’s website.

“Our whole idea was, ‘enjoy the celebration but leave something for the future,’” Devitt said.

People can still purchase personalized paving stones for the walkway project, which is part of the township’s Memorial Park upgrade. To find out how, or read more about the centennial, visit esquimalt.ca/cultureHeritage/2012. ddescoteau@vicnews.com

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Wreath-cycled Artist Alicia LaRue gives her Rudolph the Reindeer wreath a kiss on his reflection material nose. LaRue was one of nine local artists who created wreaths from upcycled materials for the first ever Wreath-Cycled collection on display at the Robert Bateman Centre Nov. 21 to Jan. 5. There are more than 20 wreaths on display, made by the artists and the public. The wreaths can be bought through a sealed bid auction atusedvictoria.com. LaRue who calls herself a recycled materials artist even makes her clothes out of recycled material; her coat is made from an old kite.

B.C. land trusts healthy, despite TLC creditor woes Edward Hill News staff

The Land Conservancy, a high-profile land trust saddled with $7.5 million in debt and under creditor protection, is an exception to the rule, according to a survey of land trusts across B.C. TLC, in its aggressive drive to preserve properties under threat of development, is the only land trust in B.C. to have taken on mortgages, often without a clear and sustainable revenue stream for paying debt or for long-term monitoring and maintenance.

Paul McNair, executive director of the Land Trust Alliance of B.C., compiled an economic snapshot of land trusts in the wake of TLC’s financial woes, and found none hold mortgages and only two carry debt – $1,500 and $15,000 respectively. Together, the 31 land trusts own 700 properties covering 1.4 million acres in B.C. “Across the board for our membership there was no debt, except for two,” said McNair, who is based in Victoria. “They campaign (to raise money) and pay outright. They are in really good shape.”

McNair’s survey indicated B.C.’s land trusts either have stable or increasing funding, and have endowments worth an aggregate $15 million. A key part of land conservation is having a fund for monitoring and maintenance of conservation land in perpetuity.

TLC holds covenants on 250 properties and purchased 50 through donations and grants. Court documents say it assumed debt in anticipation of donations and endowments that failed to materialize, and that over the decades it built up a portfolio of properties with little or no funding for ongoing monitoring. By 2009, it had monthly expenses of

$300,000, with only $100,000 coming in from memberships and donations. “(TLC) has a completely different model than other land trusts,’ McNair said. “I’m not saying theirs is better or worse, but it has risk ... other land trusts purchase outright so there is no debt on the land.”

Habitat Acquisition Trust, for one, holds joint covenants with TLC on nearly 4,000 acres in Greater Victoria, and draws from an endowment fund to help maintain its obligation to monitor lands under protection. HAT executive director Adam Taylor said with TLC grappling with insolvency, his staff can fill the gap.

“Fortunately we’ve got the capacity to do that,” Taylor said. “It’s a lot of work and planning to uphold the agreements.”

Taylor said donations for HAT remain steady, but donors do have questions about giving money and the permanency of land held in trust, while TLC is obliged to explore selling properties to repay creditors.

“For us, it’s about getting the message out that we’re not engaged in the same kind of financial transactions as the TLC,” Taylor said. “We have no debt and we’re not in a position to sell off properties.

“For HAT, if donations dried up or if we lost our grants, we wouldn’t be talking about getting rid of land. There’s nothing forcing us to get rid of properties we’re trying to protect.” editor@saanichnews.com

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To say Domingo Daniels is an ideal sales manager is an understatement. His easy smile and natural manner with both clients and staff have helped him build a career he loves with a company that has earned a reputation as one of Canada’s – and Victoria’s – favourites.

“I just like people,” he says simply. “I like Domingo the smiles you see on Daniels people’s faces when welcomes you help them find the you to Sears products and service Hillside Full they want – I just love it!”

Line Store in Domingo joined Victoria’s Sears Home Victoria store two years ago, moving over to Sears at Hillside earlier this year to become Senior Sales Manager in the major appliance department. In addition to managing the sales team, Domingo is also responsible for between $5 million and $6 million in his department’s annual major appliance sales.

While he has enjoyed a career in sales and retail for 11 years now, Sears’ reputation for customer service made joining the company an easy choice.

“I had heard about the great customer service Sears provided, and when a friend who worked for the company confirmed it, I knew it would be a great fit,” Domingo recalls.

When not at the store, you’ll likely find Domingo with his wife, Carolina, and their three busy boys, 17, 15 and 12-years-old. Sports, camping and other fun activities are often on their family calendar, and having moved to Victoria 11 years ago from Toronto, he appreciates the laid-back lifestyle and the ability to pursue many of these pastimes year-round.

That Sears enjoys a reputation that stretches from St. John’s to Toronto to Victoria is a testament to the company’s commitment to quality products and service, and to its many long-term staff, he says.

“I think people appreciate the variety of the items we carry and the customer service we provide. I see people who have been dealing with Sears for 40 or 50 years and I am very proud of that.

“Because of the customer service we provide, we have the opportunity to meet repeat customers every day,” he adds, inviting customers new and old to come in and take advantage of this weekend’s amazing Black Friday sale.

“Whether you’re looking for holiday gifts or new appliances for your holiday entertaining, Black Friday is going to be the best time to shop before Christmas Day!”

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Tending the garden Jacob Rafuse from Terra Worx clears the leaves from one of the rain gardens that borders much of the newly renovated Hillside Shopping Centre. The rain garden helps clean the rain water of contaminants before it enters Bowker Creek.

Victoria busker Terry Groom is among the featured speakers at We are Here, An Evening of Storytelling, marking World AIDS Day on Dec. 2 at the Belfry Theatre.

Known on the street as the ukulele playing Tee Jay, Groom will offer his personal story as a way to shed light on what it’s like living with HIV, and the stigma in the community facing people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. As part of the project, storyboards reflecting local stories are in place at the Greater Victoria Public Library’s central, Bruce Hutchison and Juan de Fuca branches.

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n a van outside of Carborro, North Carolina, Basia Bulat hears her words coming out fast and loud, an effect of over-caffienation and wavering cellphone reception.

If the Toronto-based singer-songwriter seems edgy at all, it would make sense. Along with fielding questions related to her musical offerings, she has become somewhat of an unofficial commentator on her hometown’s now notorious political landscape across borders.

“People are asking all sorts of crazy things. They’re curious,” she says, punctuated by a string of laughter. “But I just don’t know. I’m not there.”

Since the beginning of October, Polaris Prize nominated Bulat has been taking her latest musical offering, Tall, Tall Shadow, a deeply personal and more electronically-informed, disc on the road. The third record to date for the 29-year-old is a departure from her first two indie-folk albums, which were recorded in the fully analog Hotel 2 Tango studio in Montreal. Tall, Tall Shadow was produced by Arcade Fire’s Tim Kingsbury, along with Mark Lawson and captures Bulat’s newfound fascination with a more plugged-in sound, of synths alongside her electric autoharp.

“I’ve never really been attracted to synths and electronic music in the way that I am now, so that’s been really exciting, learning this whole other language.”

And then there’s the Andean charango.

“I’m not very good at playing it the traditional way, but the people who are, the traditional players have given me their blessing,” said Bulat of the instrument she first came across while in residency at the Banff Centre in 2009.

Bulat, classically trained in piano and known for her use of the autoharp, took time away from piano before returning to write at the keyboard as an adult.

“I never felt confident in my piano playing and now I’m playing two keyboards at once, live, which is really exciting and scary. I feel like now, I’m really back in it. That’s what’s neat about all these synthesizers. In a way it’s new, but it also feels very familiar.”

Charango, a stringed instrument in the lute family, is not as loaded with history for Bulat – yet scary in a different way, for the lack of classical education with the instrument and desire to create something new in her own way.

“I hope I’m not offending professionals and traditional charango players because there is a real traditional method and there is a real traditional and canon of music. ... It is a bit difficult in Toronto to find a charango teacher – and I’ve looked. My YouTube history is full of charango videos.”

From a colourful palette, Tall, Tall Shadow paints the image of a difficult time in Bulat’s life following the passing of friend just two months prior to when she was slated to enter the studio. She scrapped the original songs and rewrote the record.

“When I look back at it now, it was about trying to reach out in a certain way and trying to lift myself up. It’s about me. I can only write from my own experience, but I was hoping that the people I was thinking about when I wrote it would like it. I was really making it with the hope that certain people would hear it. That’s already been done for me.

Everything else on top of that is wonderful.”

Tall, Tall Shadow is about joy and heartbreak and ultimately, looking forward towards the light.

“I try to limit saying what the songs are about, because I want to give people the space of feeling what they feel for the songs,” she says. “I hope people will see themselves in the songs.”

Bulat plays Sugar Nightclub (858 Yates) at 8pm Dec. 4, along with the surreal woodsman tunes of Jonas Bonnetta in Evening Hymns. Tickets, $18 advance, ticketweb.ca.

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t’s not often that Victoria’s homeless and disadvantaged people are behind a book launch or an art show, and are not just the subject.

And it’s not often easy for them to express their inner struggles and feelings openly, but that is what they will be doing at the Downtown Story Collective’s opening reception, this Saturday evening at Dales Gallery.

The Downtown Story Collective is a group of Victoria inner-city residents that have been meeting every Tuesday at Our Place Society to learn and practise ways to express themselves through different types of art, said co-facilitator Meghan Richey.

“This is a culmination of what they have been doing all year,” Richey said. “They are excited and nervous about the reception.”

The group started in January 2012 as a free drop-in class that offered a safe and nurturing place for people to explore their creativity. The supplies are donated by various individuals and the space is donated by the Our Place Society Chapel. The facilitators volunteer their time.

Much of the work in the book will be displayed at the reception, which will also have an open mic for poetry readings. Original artwork will also be on display and for sale, with proceeds going towards keeping the non-profit group going, which is a struggle.

“We rely on people’s donations,” Richey said.

“The people who come every week want this to continue and I think we will continue. I hope it will continue.”

The reception starts at 6:30 p.m. Dales Gallery is located at 537 Fisgard.

More information about the Downtown Story Collective can be found at thedscollective.wordpress.com

Fashion in action - The Out of Hand artisan fair is celebrating its25th anniversary with Fashion in Action, a show featuring fashions available at the fair. Christmas classics will be on the turntable while ballerinas from Ballet Victoria parade down the runway. Proceeds to benefit Ballet Victoria. At 7pm, Crystal Garden. $8/25.

SuN. Dec. 1 Merry and Bright- Raise a glass at Intrepid Theatre’s annual fundraiser with the casts of Pick of the Fringe winners Grim and An Improvised Quentin Tarantino and bid on one of a kind experiences. Cash raised supports festivals, venues and programming. Tickets, $40, at ticketrocket.org.

Stage Fri. Nov. 29 an eMily carr christMas - Theatre Inconnu’s youth project presents young artists, along with pros, in a play written and directed by Timothy Gosley. Featuring puppets, Carr’s writing, carols, and a shadow play. Runs Nov. 29 and 30 at 7pm and Dec. 1 at 2pm at the Berwick Royal Oak, 4680 Elk Lake. Continues Dec. 6 -14 at Merlin’s Sun Home Theatre.

Contact timgosley@telus.net or 250598-7488. Tickets $12/8.

2 For tea - The sold out 2013 Victoria Fringe hit returns as James and Jamesy lure audiences into their delightfully bizarre world of innocence and endearing chemistry.

Tickets, $20 at the door or 250-5906291. Until Nov. 30 at the Metro (1411 Quadra). eddie izzard - See the guy John Cleese calls the funniest man in England on his world tour, Force Majeure. Until Nov. 30 at the Royal theatre. Tickets, $71.25. rmts.bc.ca.

MusIc Fri. Nov. 29 JiM Byrnes - Blues musician/actor, Jim Byrnes stops by The Charlie White Theatre (2243 Beacon) in Sidney.

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Tickets, $15, ticketweb.ca. shad - Touring with his fourth album, the Juno-Award winning rapper makes a Victoria appearance with We Are the City at Sugar (858 Yates).

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wORds MoN. Dec. 2 we are here - To mark World Aids Day, AIDS Vancouver Island hosts an evening of storytelling from people living with HIV/AIDS at the Belfry Theatre. Theatre, music, video and spoken word are used as tools to foster understanding and healing.

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The Victoria HarbourCats made a series of major announcements this week as the West Coast League baseball team introduced Jim Swanson as the new general manager and vicepresident.

Swanson is relocating here from Prince George and will handle the team’s business and administration.

Meanwhile the HarbourCats will be led by the same coaching staff of co-head coaches Dennis Rogers and Bob Miller, and assistant coach Ben Jackson.

Swanson oversaw the World Baseball Challenge in Prince George which had almost as many games as the HarbourCats’ 54, but compressed into 11 days.

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After meeting in the Island AAA boys soccer championships the Oak Bay Bays and Reynolds Roadrunners met again in the bronze medal game of the AAA Boys Soccer Provincials in Burnaby on Saturday.

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one thing is constant: that there’s a love of baseball. The on-field product is something we’ll focus heavily on.

We’ll find every edge to win a championship. You don’t do this if you don’t want to win a championship.”

The HarbourCats went 22-32 and averaged 1,437 in attendees in 27 home games at Royal Athletic Park, a total of 38,793 total. They also set the West Coast League record for allstar game attendance with 4,210. sports@vicnews.com

scored for Reynolds.

Sutherland routed the Bays 6-0 in the semifinal then won in the tournament final over Burnaby Central 2-1.

Reynolds went 3-0 in pool play, needing a shootout win over Panorama Ridge.

Reynolds fell to Burnaby Central 3-1 in the other semifinal.

“I’m very proud of the players,” Reynolds coach J.J. Atterbury said. “They played well, represented their school with pride and demonstrated a lot of heart.”

Reynolds won the Fair Play Award for sportsmanship.

Vikes host Bays for Barnard Cup

It’s an age-old rivalry as the James Bay Athletic Association visit the UVic Vikes for the Barnard Cup Island senior men’s rugby championship at UVic’s Centennial Stadium roday (Nov. 29).

The Barnard Cup series is one of the longest sporting traditions in western Canada, dating back to 1911. James Bay has won it 56 times.

The Vikes/Victoria College has won it 12 times.

Kick-off is at 7 p.m. under the lights of Centennial.

Like a ghost, Marcus Davis deceptively moves through the football field. Would-be tacklers line him up only to come just inches shy of getting a hand on him.

If you can get close enough to Davis to get straight-armed, you’re doing well.

The Grade 12 Mount Douglas student and Rams star was named the AAA High School Football Player of the Year for the second year running at the awards banquet in Vancouver on Tuesday.

The electric Davis, who scored touchdowns from all areas of the field as a running back, wide receiver, kick returner and defensive back, is playing the trophy down for now. “(Player of the Year) doesn’t matter too much, the main goal is to win the championship, on top of that it’s just a bonus.”

The Rams face the Terry Fox Ravens in the AAA Subway Bowl high school championship in B.C. Place on Saturday.

Shaw TV will broadcast the game with a 7 p.m. kick-off.

The entire Rams team attended the Tuesday banquet and picked up some heavy hardware. Lineman Zach Wilkinson took home a trophy as important as he is big, as he’ll depart the Rams’ program as the provincial defensive MVP. Offensive lineman Christian Krause and Aarmin Purewal were named to the AllStar team with defensive lineman James Nicholas and Julian Luis. Seye Farinu, a nimble tack-

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Regardless of the accolades the only thing on Rams’ minds is beating Terry Fox and going down in history for winning three straight AAA B.C. titles.

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‘Repatriation’ designed to keep athletes in CIS CIS loosening strict rules to win top athletes back Travis Paterson News staff

As a desirable school with plenty of successful sports teams the University of Victoria could see a bump in NCAA student-athletes for the 2014 fall season.

This week the Canadian Interuniversity Sport axed one of its strictest rules and removed the one-year penalty for Canadian athletes who transfer to a Canadian university from the NCAA. The one-year sit out penalty was originally put in place to prevent Canadians from taking the risk and going to the NCAA. But it isn’t effective, Hamilton said.

The CIS also opened the door this week to increased scholarship packages for student-athletes, which will be explored through a pilot project that allows CIS women’s ice hockey programs to offer greater athletic scholarship packages. Instead of being limited to tuition and compulsory fees, as all CIS athletes are, women’s hockey programs can offer to cover room, board and books, as the NCAA does.

The pilot goes hand in hand with the repatriation rule, and both were a long time coming, says UVic Vikes director of athletics and recreation Clint Hamilton, former CIS president.

Hamilton was a co-chair of the

“It’s a double-edged sword, Canada West task force that was created a few years ago for this I’m not opposed to (the repatriation) as the hope is you get a few purpose.

“These rules send a strong kids back,” Beaucamp said.

There will likely be a signal to Canadians few Vikes athletes who who’ve chosen to lose their spot either attend U.S. destinanext year or in the tions,” Hamilton said. coming years because “Canada West and of the changes. HamilUVic are strong supton understands, but porters to create conit’s a casualty of the ditions for top Canaprocess. dian athletes to pursue “Our coaches are their post-secondary at Canadian instituArmando Tura held accountable to recruit (top student tions.”

Clint Hamilton athletes). When it While he admits it’s ironic UVic doesn’t have a wom- comes to our rosters were looken’s hockey team – and no, there ing to sport the best student-athare no plans for UVic varsity letes we can,” Hamilton said.

Beaucamp isn’t against the expansion, he affirmed – Hamilton says the women’s hockey repatriation but he is realistic situation was an obvious choice that it doesn’t fix the original because so many of its players problem.

“Will there be an annual flow went to U.S. schools.

As for the increased scholar- of Canadians coming back? Not ship packages, they will be lim- necessarily. You’ve got a few facited in that the team will still tors. Students can now go down be under the same cap, though (to the NCAA) without worry it will have flexibility in how it about wasting a year. If you do allocates its money to players. go, and you don’t really play, you Canadians can finally get a “full had to sit out another year and ride” scholarship here in their that was two years without playing basketball. That’s two years own country.

The task force is not done yet, out of an already short university career.” either, said Hamilton.

Beaucamp won’t, however, “We’re moving towards other types of things we can do to recruit Canadians already ensure Canadian student ath- enrolled at NCAA schools. If letes want to attend Canadian they contact him, however, he is open to the possibility. schools.”

“There’s a high percentage of As for the potential bumper crop of Canadians transferring students who don’t have a sucfrom the NCAA this year, Vikes cessful career down there, so we men’s basketball coach Craig may see a bit of a bump back.” sports@vicnews.com Beaucamp is unsure.

How the Vikes shaped Nash Book features Steve Nash’s rise in Victoria Travis Paterson News staff

There are many in town who can recall the glory days of 1980s and 90s basketball in Victoria.

Even if you were there, you won’t have seen it in the same light as co-authors Dave Feschuk and Michael Grange, who revisit Steve Nash’s Victoria upbringing in a new book, Steve Nash: The Unlikely Ascent of a Superstar.

The bio piece brings Nash’s start in Victoria back to life with new relevance, with a revisionist approach based on modern sports science.

Feschuk and Grange focus on the major elements which shaped Nash into a future NBA star, beginning with former national team player Eli Pasquale’s decision to leave Sudbury, Ont. for the UVic Vikes.

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Perhaps Steve Nash would have leaned towards soccer if it wasn’t for the UVic Vikes dominant basketball teams.

A series of links are made from the impact of the 1980s Vikes and how they ultimately affected Nash’s decision to make a goal of playing in the NBA.

The authors unearth telling data through interviews with legendary Vikes coach Ken Shields and 1980s Vikes players Ian Hyde-Lay, who later coached Nash at St. Michaels University School, and Pasquale, who should have played in the NBA. From the book: “While Pasquale was playing on the national team, it was the UVic campus where teenaged Nash went to basketball games and snuck in after hours to work on his game. It was also where Shields, the Canadian national team coach, gave that high school kid a chance to practice with the best players in the country, Pasquale among them.”

It also keys on the influence of then-Vikes rower Silken Laumann, and how Shields re-appropriated the Vikes rowing team’s high performance strategies to his basketball team and how that, in turn, affected Nash. And it doesn’t end there, tracking the many instances a “butterfly has flapped its wings” in Nash’s direction.

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Silk Road Tea owner Daniela Cubelic, left, and Royal B.C. Museum botany collections manager Erica Wheeler with a card showing B.C raspberries and the Nootka Rose that are local ingredients in the special blend, Royal BC Museum Tea. The special tea is being sold at Silk Road Tea and the Royal Museum shop as a fundraiser for the museum.

Sales of B.C. tea blend benefit museum foundation Don Descoteau News staff

A subtle aroma of rose presents itself to the nose. A delicate sweetness caresses the taste buds and a warm finish provides a broad satisfaction.

Sound like a fine wine tasting? Try again.

It's the latest offering to hit local tea lovers' palates, a madein-B.C. blend labelled Royal B.C. Museum Tea. The loose-leaf blend of India, China and Cey-

lon teas is infused with such native species as Nootka rosehips, black raspberry, salmonberry and salal berry.

Erica Wheeler, botany collections manager at the museum, said the Nootka rose (Rosa nutkana) was used by the WSÁNEC (Saanich) people and was first collected on the B.C. coast by a Bohemian botanist in the 1790s. According to the museum's research, it wasn't named or described until the mid-1800s.

Kids choir kicks off local holiday cheer One of Victoria’s most unique Christmas performances comes to Christ Church Cathedral on Monday (Dec. 2).

The ninth annual Classical Christmas Concert features 60 children and teens from the Victoria Children’s Choir as well as the St. Christopher Singers performing classical music in a classic setting.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the performance begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors and students.

The Royal B.C. Museum's herbarium, home to various plant specimens and part of the natural history collection, was the site this week for the official launch of the blend, to be sold as a fundraiser for the museum's foundation.

The tea is available for purchase at at the Royal Museum Shop and both Silk Road stores.

For more information, visit rbcm.bc.ca or silkroadstore. com. ddescoteau@vicnews.com

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Colour will catch Santa’s attention and will stand out when in the newspaper.

Once you’re done, visit: vicnews.com/contests and upload your picture letter

by Dec. 1. Ask a grown up to help you.

Winners will be contacted Dec. 2. All letters received will be sent to Santa via Canada Post.

The Letter to Santa keepsake will come out in the Dec. 11 edition of your community newspaper.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: THE ESTATE of CATHERINE PORTER MALCOLM GODFREY late of 1780 FAIRFIELD ROAD, VICTORIA, BC. NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the estate of the above deceased are hereby required to send them to the undersigned at 3rd Floor, 612 View St., Victoria, BC V8W 1J5, before December 14, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the said estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which she then has notice.

KATHRYNN FOSTER Executor By her Solicitors HORNE COUPAR

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THE OLD Spaghetti Factory now hiring F/T KITCHEN HELPER Duties include: clean, peel, slice and trim food, prepare food, portion/wrap food, stock refrigerators and salad bars. $10.40/hour. Apply in person, 703 Douglas, 250-381-8444.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Notice is Herby Given that Creditors and others, having claims against the Estate of Michael Grant Matkovich a.k.a. Micheal Grant Matkovich a.k.a. Michael G. Matkovich a.k.a. Micheal G. Matkovich formerly of 511-100 Saghalie Road, Victoria, BC V9A 0A1, Deceased are hereby required to send the particulars thereof to the undersigned Executor, c/o Donald J. Johnson, 545B Lawrence Ave., Kelowna, BC V1Y 6L8 on or before January 1, 2014, after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received. Donald J. Johnson, Executor.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: Estate of ANNE GORDON SHAW HUDSON, also known as ANNE GORDON HUDSON and ANNE HUDSON, Deceased Date of Death: August 17, 2013 Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Anne Gordon Shaw Hudson, also known as Anne Gordon Hudson and Anne Hudson, late of Parkwood Court, Suite 207 - 3000 Shelbourne Street, Victoria, BC, are hereby required to send particulars of their claims to the Executor at 4379 Fieldmont Place, Victoria, BC, V8N 4Z4, on or before December 30, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor has notice.

Peter Darling, Executor By his solicitors: Jones Emery Hargreaves Swan

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Re: Estate of Brenda Patricia Parker, Retired Nurse, formerly of #1006 St. Charles Street, Victoria, British Columbia who died on 4th day of October 2013, at Victoria, BC. Creditors and others having claims against the above-named deceased are hereby notified that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executor, in care of MacMinn & Company, 846 Broughton Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 1E4, on or before the 28th day of December, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.

BRENDA JANE MILBRATH By her Solicitors, MacMinn & Company.

WAREHOUSE LIEN ACT Notice is given by A To B Moving Ltd, 878 Viewfield Rd, Victoria, BC that the contents of the following locker will be sold on Thursday, December 19, 2013, if the monies owed are not paid, and the contents are not removed from the premises: Deborah Crouse.

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LOST: PANDORA charm bracelet, very sentimental (present from deceased husband). Reward ($200), if found please call (250)592-5911.

THE OLD Spaghetti Factory now hiring F/T LINE COOK. Duties incl: cooking, prep work, cleaning, training & supervising. Min. 3 yrs. exp. or equivalent vocational training. $13.73/hr. Apply in person, 703 Douglas, 250-381-8444.

HOME CARE/SUPPORT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES MAKE A FORTUNE with $3000, we know how! Free info pack. Call (250)590-9634.

PERSONALIZED & QUALITY Home Care Services available

by Jan. 35yrs experience in Senior care. Call for my list of services. (250)532-3840.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

HOME STAY FAMILIES

ARE YOU 55 PLUS? Worklink is offering a funded 12 week job re-entry program for nonEI eligible applicants.

Call 250-381-1194 HELP WANTED BURGER KING Victoria is currently hiring FT & PT Staff.

Mature candidates & students welcome to apply. Must be available between 10am10pm. Wages $10.25 per hour. Please apply in person at 910 Government St. or 1328 Douglas St. THE LEMARE GROUP is accepting resumes for the following positions: •Heavy Duty Mechanics •Boom man •Chasers •Hooktenders •Grapple Yarder Operators •Off Highway Logging Truck Drivers •Hydraulic Log Loader Operators •Processor Operators •Hand Buckers •Coastal Certified Hand Fallers Fulltime camp with union rate/benefits.

Please send resumes by fax to 250-956-4888 or email to office@lemare.ca.

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

SHORT-TERM Homestay Families needed for 2014.

Host 2 Japanese students, aged 14-15 yrs. Feb. 20-28, 2014. No previous experience necessary. More opportunities possible. Contact CPCI at Victoria@toa-cpci.com.

TRADES, TECHNICAL AUTOBODY TECH, 3 years minimum experience required in Campbell River. Travel assistance available for out of town employees.

Benefits, hourly. Call 250-287-8258.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT Technicians required for work in Fort McMurray. If you are interested in a balanced schedule, competitive wages and benefits please send your resume to: hr@gladiatorequipment.com or fax to 1-780-986-7051.

SHEETMETAL AND CRANE OPERATORS WANTED WKM is currently looking for journeymen and/or registered apprentices We offer competitive wage packages and LOA Please send resumes to Box 225, Trail BC V1R4L5 or email davidfontaine@shawcable.com or phone 250-364-1541 for more information

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The sale will take place at 1247 Parkdale Avenue, Victoria, B.C. on December 16, 2013.

For offers and info call 250-474-7376.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: THE ESTATE of THOMAS DUGGAN RETIRED, late of VICTORIA, BC. NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the estate of the above deceased are hereby required to send them to the undersigned at 3rd Floor, 612 View St., Victoria, BC V8W 1J5, before January 6, 2014, after which date the Executor will distribute the said estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which he then has notice.

GEORGE EASDON Executor By HORNE COUPAR

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Medical and dental office clerks and transcriptionists are always in high demand. In addition to basic administrative and bookkeeping skills, you will also learn standard medical terminology.

Career Opportunities: Medical Office Assistant O Dental Office Assistant Medical Transcriptionist MSP Billing Clerk O Ward Secretary Pharmaceutical Firms O Medical Supply Firms Medical Clerical in Research & Care Agencies

CALL VICTORIA: 250.384.8121 OR VISIT SPROTTSHAW.COM

VICTORIA NEWS - Friday, November 29, 2013 Victoria News Fri, Nov 29, 2013

PERSONAL SERVICES VOLUNTEERS THE ALZHEIMER Society of BC is looking for a media/public relations person with communication and organizational skills to develop contacts and promote their work. Other positions available. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

VICTORIA DISABILITY Resource Centre is recruiting Volunteer Employment Mentors to help clients with disabilities gain information and self-confidence in a field of employment interest. Requires 4 to 6 hours per month for 6 months. Other positions available. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

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Black Press Community Newspapers requires a Part Time Paginator in our Victoria ofďŹ ce.

This is an entry-level position and while this is not a design position, some ad building will be required. The successful candidate will have a good knowledge of InDesign, as well as a basic knowledge of PhotoShop and Adobe Acrobat.

Other skills required include a good working knowledge of either Mac or PC platform and a willingness to learn the other, the ability to be focused and to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment and to think independently and be a good problem solver. Additionally, the ability to learn several industry speciďŹ c software packages is a must.

Candidates must be willing to work day shifts Monday to Wednesday, totaling approximately 20 hours a week.

Black Press is Canada’s largest independent newspaper group with over 150 community, daily and urban papers located in BC, Alberta, Washington State, Hawaii and Ohio.

To apply, please send your resume to: Loralee Smyth, Operations Manager 818 Broughton Street, Victoria BC V8W 1E4 Or email: lsmyth@blackpress.ca with Paginator in the subject line.

Deadline for applications is December 6, 2013.

Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. www.blackpress.ca

APARTMENT/CONDO

ROOMS FOR RENT

AUTO SERVICES

JAMES BAY- bright, immaculate condo 55+ building with services. 250-652-9725.

FAIRFIELD ROOM- walk to Cook St village & amenities.

NS/NP. Women only. Call (250)382-6681.

$$$ TOP CA$H PAID $$$. For ALL unwanted Vehicles, any condition. Call (250)885-1427.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE BURIAL PLOTS 2 ADULT interment spaces at Hatley Memorial Gardens.

Lots 215 & 216 in Colwood G. $4900. 1(520)825-1773.

FRIENDLY FRANK

QUADRA ST- (across from Lumber World) Sat, Nov 30, 9-3pm at Galavan Party Supplies #3-3958 Quadra St, Christmas, Wedding, Decor.

Items all like new.

ROBERT’S BAY- 10345 All Bay (corner of Resthaven and Ardwell), Sat & Sun Nov 30 & Dec 1, 10-2. Kitchen, garage, outdoor, no kid’s stuff.

MEDICAL SUPPLIES 2011 PEGASUS 4W Scooter.

Excellent condition. $1900.

Ask for Warren, 250-2084392.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE APARTMENT SIZED Inglis washer & dryer, hardly used, $150/each. (250)592-1690.

FIGURINES: ROYAL Doulton, Coalport, Armani, Mrs. Albee, & misc artists - some very old, some more recent editions.

Call (250)474-2774.

GAME CYCLE VIDEO GAMES. BUY SELL TRADE Video Games & DVD’s. 890 Esquimalt Rd Ph. (250)-5901557 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

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NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS$2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enterprise Cres, Victoria. Goldstream Press Division.

PENTAX CAMERA with 3 lenses and flash, good cond. 4 Michelin 17� snow tires, used 2 seasons. (250)479-5208.

APARTMENT/CONDOS

MARIGOLDcozy 1 bdrm, woodstove. shared W/D, quiet.

NS/NP. $850. 250-727-6217.

ROYAL OAK- grd level 2 bdrm, newly reno’d, close to all amens, NS/NP. $950 heat & H/W incld. 250-704-6613.

OPEN HOUSE- Sat & Sun, Nov 23 & 24, 1-4pm. New Duplex’s For Sale, Duncan, BC at 5909 & 5911 Stone Haven Rd, in Stone Manor Estate’s (behind Hospital). 1850sq ft each, 3 bdrms, 4 bath, 5 appls and much more. $309,000.

Call Gord 1 (250)710-1947.

SIDNEY WATERFRONT home, 1 bdrm, fully furnished, all utils incld, F/S, W/D, small dog ok, N/S. $1100/mo. Refs.

Call 250-665-6367.

QUADRA VILLAGE- lrg 1 bdrm, cat ok, hwdflrs, utils incld, $830. (250)812-4154.

SIDNEY- DOWNTOWN. 1400 sq ft, $1800. 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 6 appls, 1 secure prking. NS/NP. Avail Now. (250)655-4184.

SAANICH WEST- 1246 Hastings St, 3 bdrm Rancher, 2 garage, dining/living/family rooms, 2 bath (ensuite), F/P, appls incld, new roof. Walking distance to Interurban campus. Reduced price, $460,000.

Call 250-477-4600.

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

HOUSES FOR SALE

COLWOOD- 2-BDRM suite in 4 plex on Ledsham Road. $875. plus utilities. Call 250748-6574 or 250-857-9122.

RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO

TOWNHOUSES SIDNEY 3-BDRM, 2.5 bath. 5 appl’s, gas F/P, garage, sunroom. NS/NP. $1600. + utils.

Avail Nov. 15. (250)656-7456.

TRANSPORTATION ANTIQUE/CLASSICS

Move in today 250-588-9799

PARKSVILLE- furnished studio apt. for professional person. NS/NP, self-contained. $700. Call (250)248-4902.

QUALITY HOMES in quiet, historic Ladysmith in a 55+ community.

Homes from $119,700. A selection of floor plans and lots of options. Pets allowed. Homes are CSA A277 approved. Only 45 minutes from Victoria & 5 minutes from Nanaimo airport. Call Duck Paterson 250-246-0637 or email to: info@lmfhomes.ca

WATERFRONT. NORTH Saanich. Above grnd, large 2bdrm, 2 bath. $1800./mo + 1/2 utils. Possibly sm boat moorage +. NP/NS. (250)656-5999.

Bright lg Bach 1,2,3 br. Units Fully reno 5 min drive to DT Victoria Full time on site manager

SIDNEY- 2444 Amherst Ave. 1300 sq.ft. updated character home looking for a family w/2 children and a dog. Fenced south facing corner lot near the Salish Sea. Walk to town and schools. Organic gardens & fruit trees, fireplace, hot tub, 6 appls. Free TV forever....

New price$484,000.

(250)656-6136.

COTTAGES

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

MAPLEWOOD- Lrg 1 bdrm suite beside main house, own entry, parking, shared W/D. NS/NP. $975 inclds utils. Avail Dec 1. Call 250-592-4288.

1966 CHEVY Pick up, 1/2 ton short box, burgundy. 3 in the tree, 6 cylinder. Good condition, runs great, comes with second set of winter tires and rims. Second owner for last 45 years, in Victoria. $6,000 obo.

Call: 250-479-0441 or email: havoc@telus.net

ANTIQUES, BOOKS, collectibles, furniture, china, jewelry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700

GRANT MANOR Newly renovated suites, Starting at $675 per mo

To view call 250-380-8133

1990 CHEVROLET Cavalier Z 24, 3.1 Litre. Only 70,000 km on rebuilt motor. Newer Luc High Performance clutch, 5sp trans, near new Hankook tires. Red, sun roof, mint interior, power doors/windows (new motors and regulators). Pioneer stereo w/iPod adapter, sub woofer, Pioneer 6x9 3 way speakers. Same owner since 1990, have all receipts. $3000.

Chris, 250-595-0370 lv mess.

$50 to $1000 Scrap Junk Broken Down Cars Trucks Vans

FREE TOW AWAY

250-686-3933 SPORTS & IMPORTS 55 BENTLY 4 door in white, 6 automatic with a/c, lhd. ex California car. Needs paint and bodywork. Sacrifice price only $14,000. Call (289)2967411.

BRITISH CLASSIC bargains.

69 Royals Royce silver shuttle.

Rust free. Excellent throughout, low mileage. Right hand drive. Ideal for Hong Kong buyers. Only $8,500 firm and fair. Call (289)296-7411.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

AUTO ACCESSORIES/ PARTS

SET OF 4 Michelin all season tires on rims, P265/70R17 L2X A/T2. $650. (250)479-3775.

AUTO FINANCING

HOMES FOR RENT

1998 TRAVELAIRE 5th wheel. Excellent condition for further info call 250-652-9660 or view at 2537 Mt Newton X Rds.

TRUCKS & VANS

4-BDRM HOUSE, near Commonwealth Pool. N/S, N/P. $1900 + utils. (250)920-6282 or (250)361-1569.

2011 FORD RANGER Sport.

4WD, 6 cyl. 25,000 km. $20,000. (778)351-0852.

SAXE POINT- 3 bdrm, 2 bath, brand new executive home w/ocean view & high end finishes. $2350 inclusive. Pets considered. (250)686-1513.

MARINE BOATS

RECREATION

14’ FIBERGLASS boat with 50 HP Suzuki, 4 stroke, used only for 13 hours. $6,000 obo.

Call (250)652-1725.

RV RESORT ON THE LAKE

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

SCANDALLI 120 bass piano accordion, 13 treble switches and 5 bass. Hohner Diatonic button accordion, 5 treble switches, 8 bass buttons. Both in very good condition. Call (250)479-5208.

LANGFORD (Mill Hill)- large, bright, quiet 1 bdrm, on bus route, parking NS/NP. Refs. $950 inclusive. (250)478-5261

DUPLEX/4-PLEX

FOR SALE BY OWNER

CARS

LANGFORD: 2-BDRM, in suite laundry, parking, lots of closets. NS/NP. $1100 heat & lights incld. (250)686-4445.

NANAIMO WATERFRONT 2nd floor condo. 1500 sq.ft.

LR/DR/2bdrms with view, den, gas FP, secure bldg. 2 underground parking spaces. Maintenance fee includes hot water/gas/landscaping. 1 pet OK. $339,900 (250)753-9123

WASHER/DRYER Frigidaire white, 8 cycle HD, $550.

(778)351-3349.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

SUITES, LOWER

REAL ESTATE

GARAGE SALES

Part Time Paginator

TRANSPORTATION

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fir, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

HELP WANTED

RENTALS

STEINWAY- BOSTON Studio Grand, model 178, ebony, 6 years, immaculate, references.

Home studio professional quality. Custom cover included. $15,000. Serious enquiries only please (250)594-5072.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

RENTALS

PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

LIGHT OAK office desk, filing dr, $50.Gott garbage can, on wheels, $15. (250)656-7786.

MIND BODY & SPIRIT

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

RETOUCH, RESTORE, Edit Photos. Home Movies to DVD. Also, Portraiture, Baby, Family + Maternity.

250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com

FOOT MASSAGER, Dr. Scholl, new $35. Massage heat pad $50. 250-721-9271.

PERSONAL SERVICES

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PERSONAL SERVICES

9 READER’S Digest hard cover piano books, $10/each.

(250)642-6949.

VICTORIA FILM Festival 2014 which takes place Feb. 7-16 requires volunteers in many positions including box office, special events, decorating help. Some positions require time before the festival. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-3862269.

Kripalu full body massage.

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Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Eileen Jespersen, 250-686-4820

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Saturday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Ltd Eleanor V Smith, 250-818-6662

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Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rosemarie Colterman, 250 592-4422

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Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Karen Dinnie-Smythe, 250 744-3301

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Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Robert Nemish, 250 744-3301

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Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty James Liu, 250 477-5353

102-1663 McKenzie Ave Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Shaunna Jones, 250-888-4628

Sunday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Doreen Halstenson, 250-744-3301

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast James Gardiner (250) 507-4333

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SAANICH WEST 206-150 Gorge, $232,000

Saturday 1-3 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091

225-40 Gorge Rd W, $279,900

Sunday 1-3 Address Realty Ltd., Shaughna Boggs-Wright, 250-391-1893

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Mara, 250-384-8124 104-9115 Lochside, $699,000 Saturday 3-4 Re/Max Camosun Karen Scott, 250-744-3301

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952 Paconla, $519,000

3327 Blueberry Lane, $359,800

3895 South Valley, $729,900

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He Said, She Said We asked Joscilyn and Brian Jupp

Q: WHAT WAS THE CLINCHER FOR YOU ON THIS HOUSE DEAL? SHE SAID: There’s three bathrooms and they’re all nice, but there’s lots of potential to make them even nicer. Plus being heavily pregnant, I liked the fact the house was move-in ready.

HE SAID: The garage grabbed my attention.

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Move fast on that home with everything Don Descoteau News staff Searching for a home that would meet their needs, not just now but years down the road, wasn’t a quick experience for Joscilyn and Brian Jupp.

After spending five months looking at photos and property specs and trooping through numerous homes around the West Shore, the couple found what they wanted in Langford.

“We were living in a two-bedroom condo with one child and we were lucky enough to get pregnant again,” Brian recalls.

“We wanted a house regardless, but having a second child on the way put a little urgency into the situation.”

For the Jupps – Brian, 36, manages the Caprice Theatre in Langford and Joscilyn, 26, is a nurse at Victoria General Hospital – a big part of the process was determining what features they wouldn’t budge on and where they might be willing to compromise.

“We knew we needed at least three bedrooms and two bathrooms, because as girls grow up, we know they spend lots of time in the bathroom,” says

Joscilyn, who gave birth to their second daughter just six weeks ago.

The couple had been looking casually at homes through last winter to get a sense of what was out there. In spring the search became more serious, as they enlisted a realtor and searched for new listings that matched their requirements.

They found the market more competitive than expected and homes that met their needs on price and features were lost to other home buyers ready to pounce.

When their realtor contacted them about the five-bedroom home they ultimately bought, they were away on vacation.

But with more of a feel for the market after their house-hunting experience, they didn’t hesitate to make a deal when they returned, Brian says.

The property appealed for many reasons. With very young children, having the bedrooms on the same floor was important. So was the idea of having a large yard.

Shelley Mann, president of the Victoria Real Estate Board, says today’s real estate market

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Langford homeowners Joscilyn and Brian Jupp, with daughter Julia, 1-1/2, relax in their sizeable backyard last month. is far different than a few years back, when deals were written after a first showing and properties often entered a bidding war.

Prices have remained flat for months on single family detached homes in the region and there’s good choices – nearly 1,300 are currently listed.

Mann agrees with the Jupps about the need to act fast on quality homes, especially with interest rates still low. “If they’re looking for a pretty spe-

cific property and see one come up, they have to jump on it. There’s a lot of people looking for the same thing.”

The previous owner of the Jupps’ house had completed much of the work toward creating a rental suite, a fact the busy young couple is thankful for and one that will boost their home’s resale value.

Unlike some of their friends, they didn’t need that rental income to afford the mortgage pay-

ments, Joscilyn says. Converting the suite to usable family space has tripled their square footage.

“A lot of people my age … are compromising their living space to be able to afford a house,” she says.

“I’ve been starting to tell my friends to start saving for a house even if they’re six months or more out from seriously looking, so they’re ready (when they find that perfect home).” ddescoteau@vicnews.com

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LA-LA Land auto extravaganza LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Auto Show is full of eye-popping sights and some even include cars!

It’s not difficult to have your head turned but it is a challenge to pick one’s top picks but I’m for the challenge.

Nissan GT-R Nismo Nissan stole the show with not only one of the fastest cars in the world but the fastest man in the world. Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Usain Bolt was on hand as Nissan’s Director of Excitement. Usain was clearly taken with the new GT-R Nismo, there were also promises to get him one to replace his gold coloured GT-R. Power has been pumped up to 600hp taking this new Nismo version to 100 km/h in just two seconds.

Look for the new GT-R in the spring of 2014. I suspect Usain will get his a bit earlier.

Chevrolet Colorado The mid-size pickup truck market has been all but abandoned by the domestic automakers over the last few years leaving this category entirely to Toyota and Nissan with the Tacoma and Frontier trucks. Wait until next year and the choice will include the all-new Colorado from Chevrolet.

Building off the success of the all-new full-size Silverado, the engineers have taken the same approach to this new truck. On the economy front, eventually there will be three engines to choose from. Out of gate, there is the base 2.5L 4-cylinder engine or a 3.6L V6.

Subaru WRX Fans of the Subaru WRX will be very excited about the arrival of an all-new car but maybe a bit disappointed that this production model

doesn’t look very much little the sleek and sexy concept that was unveiled earlier this year. It should prove to be a capable car thanks to an all-new direct injection 2.0L 4-cylinder putting out 268hp and matched to the first 6-speed in the WRX. Subaru Legacy Concept A head Zack Spencer turning design that my sources tell me looks a lot like the production car.

The metallic, almost chrome looking paint, certainly helps to make the car pop but the bold front grille and macho stance could very well be included in the final version.

Lincoln MKC Lincoln has a long and distinguished history as an American premium brand but over the last few decades, it has been an extension of existing Ford products using different badging and trim. There is now a long-term plan to resurrect the Lincoln brand with all-new vehicle that use some Ford components but are developed separately from the main Ford line of products. The compact crossover MKC shares a platform with the Ford Escape but has been designed and engineered to be a very different car.

The design, other than the trademark Lincoln grille is very European and the back wrap-around hatch is maybe Audi-inspired. Standard in Canada will be all-wheel-drive and adaptive suspension, matched to a 6-speed automatic transmission.

BMW 4 Series Cabriolet BMW has changed its naming: the 3 Series is now the sedan only while the coupe and convertible version are now called 4 Series.

The all-new cabriolet is wider and features a new three-piece retractable hardtop and for the first time X-Drive AWD is now available on the convertible models.

Interior refinements include a new neck warmer to that blows a steady stream of warm air on the front passengers neck and shoulders, helping to elongate the convertible season.

Porsche Macan This small SUV is based on the same platform as the Audi Q5. This lower, sleeker and much more aggressive Macan will attract a lot of attention based purely on looks. Porsche made it very clear that this is not juts a Porsche in name but also in performance. Look for the Macan coming next year.

Jaguar F-Type Jaguar made a big splash with the Jaguar F-Type convertible this year and next year we look forward to the coupe version, a dynamite looking coupe with a stunning silhouette and improved dynamics thanks to a stiffer body. The body of the car is built with extensive use of aluminum to produce the stiffest Jaguar ever made. This is one heart-pounding coupe I cannot wait to try.

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How to get noticed at the L.A. Auto Show Tinseltown. Hollywood.

L.A. No matter what you call it, it’s a city of millions and it’s easy to get lost in the crowd.

But not if you’re attractive, have a great body and well, you shine. With hundreds of vehicles showcased at the Los Angeles Auto Show, it takes a lot to stand out among the plethora of sparkling sheet metal, which is constantly detailed by show workers.

If you’re a sexy snake, that’s automatic grounds for attention. The SRT Viper GTS was on display, but it wasn’t just any old venom-producing reptile.

It came with the anodized carbon special edition package. Aside from 640

horsepower and 600 lb-ft of torque being produced from its handcrafted, all-aluminum 8.4L, mid-front V10, it comes with the first use for the Chrysler Group’s unique metallic matte exterior colour. And exclusivity is the name of its game.

Only 50 will be made and they’ll be available as of January 2014.

Speaking of fast things, you don’t get any faster on feet than Usain Bolt does. And if you’re paired next to Nissan’s fastest production GT-R to date, that’s an even more potent combination. Godzilla takes on the NISMO (a.k.a.

NISsan MOtorsport) badge with a healthy helping of

600 horsepower and some defining exterior features.

In regard to its body, it’s more rigid than before and you’ll also find it has a factory-tuned enhanced suspension.

The aero package, which not only looks good, improves road holding, minimizes the negative impact of drag, while also giving the car a menacing and muscular appearance.

If you’re a luxury German vehicle and you have a worldwide debut in L.A., chances are you’ll draw quite the A-list crowd. The Porsche Macan did such a thing, with visitors such as Jerry Seinfeld and professional tennis player Maria Sharapova paying heed.

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You don’t get any faster on feet than Usain Bolt does. And if you’re paired next to Nissan’s fastest production GT-R to date, that’s an even more potent combination.

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Alexandra Straub

The Indonesian word for tiger, it’s the first Porsche

in the compact SUV segment. Or you could say it’s the baby brother to the popular-selling Cayenne.

Either way, they both have some spice to them.

Two renditions of Macan will be available: the Macan S and Macan Turbo.

Standard features include active all-wheel drive and the Porsche double-clutch transmission (PDK). The Macan S is powered by a new Porsche-designed 3.0L V6 bi-turbo engine that puts out 340 horsepower. The Macan Turbo hosts a 3.6L V6 bi-turbo engine and emits 400 horsepower. Purrrr.

Practical and eye catching? – You might not expect that from a cargo

van, but when you team up with Hot Wheels, you’ll get exactly that: hot wheels.

Ford paired up with Hot Wheels and had its Transit Connect XLT Cargo Van LWB beaming a custom bright blue exterior with orange accents and custom 20-inch wheels.

But the fun doesn’t stop on the outside. Sure, there’s a new front fascia and grille, and even a one-off “shark-fin” roof mounted antennas supporting GPS and satellite radio along with custom gull-wing doors (which replace the standard sliding doors), but there’s a party waiting on the inside.

Alongside the custom ST

seats, there’s a sleeping area and a 55-inch TV. Maybe I will try my hand at camping again, but only with this van.

It wouldn’t be a California auto show without a special edition Jeep Wrangler.

Complete with bronze satin gloss accentuated 18-inch wheels, a matching grille, and other dark parts, the Wrangler Dragon Edition is sure to heat things up. If the bronze bits weren’t enough of a giveaway, the large dragon graphic on the hood will surely let you know that this mythical creature means business both on and off road. alexandra.straub@ drivewaybc.ca

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Some cars just ooze cool, especially those with a high price tag, good looks and the right people driving them.

Here are four of the coolest classics of all time along with the legends who drove them and pushed their cool factor over the top:

1964 Aston Martin DB5 James Bond’s long-standing association with this iconic British GT began in 1964, in Goldfinger.

“007: You’ll be using this Aston Martin DB5, with modifications.”

Whether you love the gadgets like the machine guns and ejector seat or you’re just a fan of its classic Italian styling by Touring Superleg-

were the originators of the cool ethos: “Live fast, die young and leave a good-looking corpse.”

gera and chrome wire wheels, the DB5 has more cool in the air of its tires than the entire first season of Mad Men.

1968 Ford Mustang GT 390

1955 Porsche 550 Spyder

Combine a Highland Green 1968 Mustang GT 390 Fastback, Steve “The King of Cool” McQueen and Bullitt, which contains perhaps the greatest chase scene ever committed to celluloid – it just doesn’t get any cooler than this.

James Dean was a budding race car driver of some talent. He ordered what was then Porsche’s fastest dual-purpose (race/street) car available, and after wrapping Giant, had famed customizer Dean Jeffries paint in script on the car “Little Bastard.” Whether that was a reference to the car itself, or a reference made to Dean by studio head Jack Warner isn’t clear. What is clear is that Dean tragically perished in the car on his way to a race in Salinas, Calif., at the age of 24, remaining forever young. Dean and the 550

1957 Continental Mark II

The Continental MK II of 1956-57 wasn’t branded a Lincoln. Continental was a division unto itself for those years, and to this day it remains America’s best attempt at building a car of Rolls-Royce or Bentley calibre. At 10 grand, it was double the cost of the average Cadillac and so much hand labour went into the car that Ford estimates they lost $1,000 on each one. The Mark II’s spot in the iconography of cool comes from its association with the Rat Pack during its Vegas/Palm Springs glory years.

1964 Aston Martin DB5

Pic of the Week: Youabian Puma

By Keith Morgan

It’s larger than a big Bentley Mulsanne. It rides on 20-inch chrome wheels huge 44inch tires.

The Los Angeles-based manufacturer says the car was “conceptualized for those individuals who dare to be different than the ordinary.”

Power comes from a 7.0L V8, generating 505 horsepower and 470 lb-ft of torque, mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. kmorgan@drivewaybc.ca

If you have $1.1 million burning a hole in your jeans pocket then this could be the car for you.

The Youabian Puma has been all the talk this past week at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

The bulbous shaped, four-seat convertible is a massive 6.15 metres long, 2.24 metres wide and stands 1.8 metres tall, sitting atop a 4.15-metre wheelbase.

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Building blocks for a future car can be automatically positioned in While most driving enthusiasts or be removed from a tight parking do not recognize the advent of a stall situation. That certainly beats self-driving car as a good thing, crawling in or out of drivers who have the rear hatch, when to endure crowded there’s not enough urban parking lots room to get in from and the drudgery of a side door. This new stop-n-go highway system builds on commutes on a daily Ford’s current active basis probably have park assist feature, a very different view. which is restricted The fully autonoAll of these sensor- to parallel parking mous car may never situations and uses become a reality based technologies ultrasonic sensors. for non-technical make driving safer reasons. We are, Using similar sensor today, and they could and automated vehihowever, seeing layer upon layer of also be considered as cle control technolnew technologies building blocks for a ogy, Ford engineers that certainly move are also working more comprehensive on an advanced things along in that automated driving general direction obstacle avoidance and could make it system. The concept system technically feasible, vehicle detects and perhaps produc- Bob McHugh slow-moving or station feasible, on a tionary obstacles in restricted basis. the same lane ahead and warns the The new Ford Edge Concept driver. If the driver fails to respond, revealed at the L.A. Auto Show the system automatically brakes or included two interesting automated steers the Edge around the object. driving technology advances that “Democratized technology” is are currently under development an expression used frequently by

by Ford: self-parking and obstacle Ford engineers. It’s about making avoidance systems. leading-edge technologies, which What’s different about this traditionally took a long time to advanced self-park technology is trickle down from expensive luxthat it allows an owner to do it ury vehicles, available on popular, from outside the vehicle with a affordable vehicles much sooner, push-button remote. The vehicle or even ahead of luxury class

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Ford’s current active park assist system is already available on 12 models. This system automatically guides the vehicle into a parallel parking spot, while the driver controls the gas and brake pedals.

A lane-keeping system is available on 11 Ford models today. This uses a forward-facing camera to scan the road surface for lane markings.

The system evaluates if the vehicle is drifting out of its lane and alerts the driver by vibrating the steering wheel. If the driver does not respond, the system provides steering torque to nudge the vehicle back toward the centre of the lane.

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Blind spot information system is available on 13 Ford models. Radar sensors in the rear corners monitor the spaces next to and just behind the vehicle. On the road, these sensors trigger a warning light in the mirror when there is another vehicle in the driver’s blind spot.

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Compact concept has the promise of a champ Four-time Formula One champion driver Sebastian Vettel has his fingerprints all over the Infiniti Q30 Concept on display at the L.A. Auto Show.

If that were literally the case, the detailing crew constantly cruising the show floor would soon remove his dabs. However, the hands-on impressions of the Infiniti-Red Bull racer are more than skin deep, extending deep into the performance of the sporty compact.

No powerplant details have been revealed for the car, which will start rolling off the production line in early 2015 at Infiniti’s first European-based plant in the northeast U.K. city of Sunderland.

However, Vettel’s involvement and input on performance

specifications suggests this will be no slouch in takeoff and road handling. The Q30 Concept is the first model that the 26-year-old German driver has influenced from start to finish in his role as Infiniti’s Director of Performance.

A few words on that before we take a look at the sleek auto’s design.

My cynical colleagues have suggested publicly that Vettel’s title is no more than a marketing ploy, with Vettel filling no more than a celebrity spokesman role. That is most certainly not the case, based on my private conversations with some Infiniti engineers.

Just prior to my arrival for a drive with the young phenom on a French track this past spring, he

had secretly put a number of Infiniti products and competitors through their paces and given immediate trackside input on suggested adjustments. In fact, one engineer told me Vettel is remarkable in the way he can do one lap and return with a complete commentary on how a car performed on every part of the track. If the F1 gig doesn’t work out there’s maybe a new career opportunity for him in the near future.

The Q30 Concept is a fusion of coupe, hatchback and crossover body styles, and, like Vettel’s race car, there’s liberal use of carbon fibre throughout. That makes it a very light, aerodynamic and potentially high-performing and economical car.

Interestingly, I’m told the designers combined Italian coachwork with the Japanese art of calligraphy to create the lightweight design. Inside, cream and bronze leather features with violet bespoke tailoring, along with contrasting matte and gloss finished metalwork.

Sculpted ceramics are integrated into the upper front seatbacks housing speakers for a “symphonic audio experience.” It offers a level of technologies and features not typically found in compact cars, such as the Infiniti InTouch infotainment system, which uses two touch screens.

Infiniti claims it expects significant growth in the compact premium segment among young-minded affluent customers. (Note the reference to the

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young-minded.)

“The Infiniti Q30 Concept is highly predictive of a new head-turning premium compact

that we will launch in early 2015,” said Michael Bartsch, vice-president, Infiniti Americas.

“Research among the new generation of buyers – with Gen X and Gen Y soon to represent 80 per cent of the market – shows an increasing rejection of traditional notions toward premium cars. These buyers are less willing to connect size, presence and high-output power as key ingredients of the premium product. Rather, they’re looking more for balance, great design and outstanding execution.”

The Q30 will likely count the Mercedes-Benz B-Class and the Lexus CT200h hybrid hatchback among its competitors. This car could be a game changer in its class. keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca

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2014 Volvo XC60 has arrived in Canada The new Volvo XC60 has a sleek profile with sweptback headlights and raised hood give the sport ute a smart look. And you don’t have to be Swedish to enjoy it.

You have to hand it to the Europeans for their incredible automotive designs and attention to detail.

The wheels are a standard 19-inch with an option to go with 20s, which I prefer.

They really fill the wheel wells in quite nicely.

Volvo has a history of having some of the safest automobiles out there, but who knew they were this comfortable? My tester, a XC60 T6 AWD Platinum, came equipped with fully adjustable heated leather bucket seats; leather clad three spoke steering wheel, centre armrest with cup holders, and a leather clad shifter knob. The back seats are 40/20/40 split folding.

I really like the use of aluminum for the inlays and the fabric that extends all the way up the B-pillars are a nice touch. A high performance audio system by Volvo comes with aux and iPod jacks, is Bluetooth capable and is Sirius XM ready. The

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touch screen allows you to browse the Internet, stream your playlist and get travel directions.

The power under the hood is a 3.0L, inline 6 cylinder with dual overhead cam, 24 valve, turbo charged and a six-speed, geartronic auto transmission. The T-6 model features paddle shifters. An impressive 325 horsepower with 354 lb-ft of torque is squeezed out of this straight six. Traction control is standard on the 2014 model and the torque vectoring system helps reduce under steer by applying brakes to the inside wheels

when accelerating out of a curve in the road.

Speaking about safety, the available technology package includes collision warning with full auto brake, cyclist detection, pedestrian detection, land departure warning and distance alert. Pretty much anything dangerous gets in your way, this vehicle is going to tell you about it and react automatically.

Standard safety equipment includes whiplash protection seating system, tire pressure monitoring system, side impact airbags, driver and front passenger dual threshold airbags, side impact protection and inflatable side curtain air bag.

Driving around the city in the XC60 not only makes you feel safe and comfortable, but there is little to no road noise inside the cab. The engine is smooth and responsive. The door seals and heavy use of sound deadening material offered a stress-free driving experience. That is until I hit Vancouver’s car-clogged Cambie Street. ian.harwood@ drivewaybc.ca