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A day for winning Lioudmila Kortchaguina was the first woman runner to cross the finish line in the Goodlife Fitness Victoria Marathon on Sunday. Kortchaguina had a finishing time of two hours, 41 minutes and 39 seconds. She also set a Masters (35 years and older) record (the old record was set by Victoria’s Cheryl Murphy in 2009). On the men’s side, Daniel Kipkoech won the overall marathon with a time of 2:20:04. For more on the marathon, please turn to page A13. Contributed
Trash in doorways leaves merchants fuming election!
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Kevin Laird Victoria News
Finding used syringes, discarded food and other garbage in front of their Trounce Alley businesses was the last straw for Katerina Ulasovska and Sabine Colin. In business in the old city quarter since last December, the pair say they put up
with garbage strewn throughout the area and homeless people camped out in fron of their businesses for more than nine months. “How are we supposed to do business and how are we supposed to attract customers and tourists in such conditions? asks Ulasovska, owner of Domani Fashion Chic.
Colin, who operates Delicos de France and has lived in Calgary and Quebec City, has never seen anything like it. “I’m very uncomfortable,” she said. “Quebec City is very similar (to Victoria), small town, lots of tourists and I’ve never seen this in Quebec City. It’s very clean there. There is no homeless anywhere. It’s very
different.” Mayor Dean Fortin said city council has worked hard to limit the amount of people homeless in Victoria, and is surprised by the drug use in Trounce Alley. He admits there are other areas of the city where drug use occurs, butt very little seems to occur in Trounce Alley area.
“Regrettably, it can happen,” he said. “We can’t ignore the issue and there is always more we need to do.” Ida Chong, who’s running against Fortin in this fall’s civic election, said some parts of the downtown have an unwelcoming atmosphere. PLEASE SEE: Politicians plan, Page A6
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