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Destination for kitchen scraps on back burner CRD receives 15 proposals to process organic waste locally Christine van Reeuwyk News Staff

Developing an Island solution for kitchen scraps is on hold and Oak Bay’s organic waste continues to be shipped to the Lower Mainland.

“We are in a holding pattern,” said Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen.

CRD staff suggested a “pause on the process” because the CRD’s core area liquid waste committee has embarked on a market sounding process for technologies to process liquid waste that could incorporate kitchen scraps and municipal solid waste.

“In the meantime, kitchen scraps in Oak Bay are being sent to a processing plant in Richmond,” Jensen said.

Kitchen waste from Victoria, View Royal, Esquimalt and Sidney are also transported to Harvest Power.

“It’s unfortunate, I think, but we know the carbon footprint of shipping it to the Richmond energy garden is better than landfilling. It prolongs the life of Hartland [landfill]. We’ll be hard-pressed to find a new landfilll site so close so whatever we can do to prolong the life is good,” said Oak Bay Coun. Michelle Kirby.

“I just hope this doesn’t delay construction of a local facility by any great extent because we need it as soon as possible.”

As Hartland landfill set about banning kitchen waste to start this year, last fall the board tasked CRD staff to see if there was a way to “establish a processing society in region or in proximity to the region.”

They received 15 proposals.

However, staff expect the market sounding to look at residual solids from liquid waste process and how kitchen scraps could be integrated.

“Clearly we’re going to accumulate a sizable quantity of diverted kitchen scraps with potentially no solution other than sending them offshore,” said Central Saanich Mayor Ryan Windsor. “I’m wondering what potential is there that this could take years to resolve?”

CRD staff suggest it could only be a couple of months until the market sounding results come back. Those

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Oak Bay Coun. Michelle Kirby hopes a local solution for kitchen scraps isn’t delayed too long after 15 proposals to the CRD were put on hold last week. results too were a concern for Windsor, where Central Saanich has dipped into the issue of biosolids use on farmland.

“It’s fairly obvious when the proposal of combining biosolids with other scraps and creating a soil… the community responds in a way that is not positive, to put it lightly. But I’ll wait to see the report back in a couple months.”

It’s a stance the CRD has also taken in the past, vowing no biosolid use on land.

“There seems to be a clear policy that we’ve taken as a board that it not be done in this region,” said Jensen,

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As for the timeline, the next step would have been a shortlisting which takes time, so staff presume a couple months is within reasonable timelines to respond to those who submitted the 15 proposals.

“I would rather see us move forward sooner rather than later … operators may not be so keen down the road,” Windsor said. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com

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Vancouver officer found guilty of corrupt practice Officer improperly disclosed information related to Oak Bay homicide investigation Dan Ebenal

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Const. Stephen Todd was found guilty of corrupt practice and improper disclosure of information in connection with the

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A Vancouver police officer has been found to have engaged in improper conduct in relation to an

investigation into the Dec. 11, 2001 death of Owen Padmore in Oak Bay. “As an experienced police officer he clearly knew that his conduct in accessing the computer database was improper,” said adjudicator Wally Oppal in his findings for the Office of the Police Complaint

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“The fact that he accessed a database on three different occasions, confirms my view that he wilfully disclosed the information to his cousin.”

The charges stem from the death of Owen Padmore, who died under somewhat mysterious circumstances from a head injury suffered in a residence that was occupied by his mother Jeanne Padmore, his sister Christabel Padmore and Ander.

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testified that she had been awakened by a thump and went downstairs to discover her son in an apparent dazed condition with a head wound. He was taken to the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria where he died after being in a coma for 36 hours.

The death was originally ruled as a result of an accidental fall and the file remained closed until 2008 when a friend of Padmore contacted RCMP to say there had been animosity between Ander and Padmore.

As a result of the new information, Oak Bay Police reopened the investigation, obtaining authorization to

intercept private communication for Ander as well as Christabel and Jeanne Padmore.

By 2010 the police investigation began to focus on Todd, who was brought in for questioning.

Todd told police that Ander admitted his involvement in Padmore’s death.

However, Todd later told his representative with the Vancouver Police Union that he made up the confessions because he was under immense emotional pressure.

“There were of course, a number of blatant untruths that were conveyed to Todd,” said Oppal, who pointed to a false report to Crown

counsel as well as a fabricated letter under a Deputy Attorney General letterhead.

“At times the conduct of the police was flagrant,” said Oppal in his decision.

“It is well recognized that deception by the police in the investigation of crimes is often acceptable. In this case, however, the actions of the police were well beyond the pale.”

Oppal said he could not determine if Ander committed the assault which caused Padmore’s death, and as a result found Todd not guilty of the more serious charges of deceit, discreditable conduct and neglect of duty. editor@oakbaynews.com

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Guides plan an Oak Bay blitz Eastside eyes sites Christine van Reeuwyk News Staff

Savannah Newton actually lights up in excitement as she anticipates her first cookie blitz in Oak Bay. “I like selling cookies,” said the second-year Brownie with 1st Chatham Girl Guides who only sold door-to-door last year.

“This year I’m doing it with Emily.”

Emily MacMillan, for her part, has a great story about last year’s cookie sales.

“The mayor came along and bought lots of cookies,” she said with a grin.

Selling a lot of cookies means more camping for girls from the local level to international travel.

“They are our main mode of fundraising for Girl Guides across the country,” said Neala St. Hilaire, a Pathfinders leader and Chatham District commissioner. “We really try to make it so parents, they pay the fee, they sell the cookies and that would be all they need to do (financially).”

Registration, and the fall tea, provide some of the maintenance of Bowker Hall where 1st Chatham meet, along with other incidentals.

“The cookies go more toward the events the kids are doing,” St. Hilaire said.

For example, this year one unit bumped its cookie order to 95 cases, the norm is 65, to help fund an overnight trip at Vancouver Aquarium.

“They are going to be out in full force,” St. Hilaire said.

The cookies also support every level, from local groups to international work, and at the Oak Bay Girl Guide hall there are at least two girls slated for international travel this year – to Mexico and India.

They fund the provincial and national websites and other administration tools that make the volunteers’ jobs easier, St. Hilaire said.

The young ladies will also sell their classic chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies in a one-day blitz of Oak Bay Avenue. They plan to set up stands March 28 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. along Oak Bay Avenue between Wilmot Place and Monterey Avenue. The girls usually spread out along both sides of the street, making sure that they do not interrupt the flow of pedestrian traffic or block businesses.

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Victoria keeping sewage options open Andrea Peacock Black Press

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps is open to giving up government funding for a regional sewage treatment plan if it means finding opportunities for cheaper technology and different sites.

The City of Victoria is working to make a sewage treatment plan work with the CRD, but it is still keeping its options open, said Helps.

The city is not only contributing to a region-wide solution, but it is also looking into a Vic-

toria-only option.

“My preference is that we can get along with our neighbours and find a way to bring this project to completion in a collaborative and forward-looking way,” said Helps. “At the same time, I am committed to finding a solution that is cost-effective and long term. We’re keeping our options open.”

This may mean giving up the government funding.

“There are a lot of restrictions that come with certain pots of funding, and I would like to try to meet those, but at

the same time, we’ve got to be realistic. Do we chase money, or do we create long-term, cost-effective solutions?

“We’ve got to truly be open to things that we might not have thought of before in terms of sites or conveyancing. If we can come up with cheaper technology, different sites, less conveyancing, the project itself may not cost that much.”

The CRD approved a timeline for sewage treatment that will not see it completed until 2023 or 2024, yet still follows the funding deadlines set by

the provincial and federal governments.

“I think we can get things done before then, if only because we have to,” said Helps.

There may be opportunities to shorten the timeline, including in the procurement and construction processes, said CRD chair Nils Jensen.

“There’s never a guarantee when you have seven communities around the table trying to wrestle with a very complex issue and moving parts,” he said.

The issue of sites came up during a planning and strategy session on public input during the Eastside Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery Select Committee meeting on March 4.

Oak Bay Coun. Kevin Murdoch attended the meeting in Mayor Nils Jensen’s place.

“My hope here is really that this committee fairly quickly and efficiently comes up with a list of possible sites, technologies and costs that might be viable as a standalone Eastside option, get that back to the CRD board as quickly as possible and have those three – Westside, Eastside and conjoined – options available.”

Costs are determined by linkages, locations and levels of expected treatment and early on it’s “very much an engineering exercise.”

“I think our job is to narrow it down as soon as possible to a few viable ones,” Murdoch said during discussion. “Then we can go out to public consultation and get a better understanding – they’re all going to have impact on traffic, on smell, on digging up roads and things to lay pipes – and get some public consultation back on that front.”

His sentiment that it’s “much easier for people to address a concrete proposal” was a common theme among the board.

The City of Victoria asked for a list of potential sites and asked each other municipality to provide the same.

They don’t have the time for a “blank notebook” and “open-ended public consultation” isn’t an option, said Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps “We don’t have that luxury right now,” Helps said. “What I would like, is to have each municipality at this table cough up some sites – not just a site because this is a really bad idea – and have some intelligent conversation with the public about what’s possible on those sites.”

Oak Bay staff will seek out potential wastewater treatment locations in the community to report back to an in-camera, or closed session, of council as it’s a land issue.

Each municipality would be expected to bring those possible sites back to the CRD in early April.

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Changes won’t solve minimum wage issue In announcing changes to the wages of the lowest paid British Columbians it’s clear the provincial government got it half right.

Jobs Minister Shirley Bond announced that the minimum wage will be rising by 20 cents in September to $10.45 Linking rate to an hour, with all future tied to the B.C. inflation must be increases consumer price index. accompanied by Those increases will be in March an established determined with the wage hike to baseline take effect in September, giving business time to adjust accordingly.

Linking the minimum wage to inflation is a good idea to provide certainty for both business and workers as well as eliminate the temptation of using people’s livelihood for political game.

Unfortunately, in linking the minimum wage to the consumer price index the government is acting on the assumption that the current rate is the definitive model. And the government’s argument fails under the weight of that one flawed assumption.

While the provincial government consulted with business owners prior to announcing the changes, the same courtesy doesn’t appear to have been extended to those representing lowincome earners.

B.C. Federation of Labour president Irene Lanzinger said the announcement guarantees that hundreds of thousands of British Columbians will continue to live in poverty for years to come. Her call for a $15 minimum wage won’t be realized until 2034 under the government’s current plan.

People often have a tendency to downplay minimum wage workers as a small segment of the society primarily made up of students looking to make a few extra bucks. But the facts show otherwise: more than 120,000 British Columbians earn the minimum wage, and almost half of those are over the age of 25.

While the government has obviously listened to the concerns of business, those British Columbians struggling to put food on their family’s table will continue to have their voices go unheard.

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Auditor leak has B.C. Liberals bailing The “value for money” promise March has been a good month is on the rocks. The government for the B.C. NDP, and it’s been a appointed a quasiwhile since I’ve been able independent board to say that. (hello, BC Ferries and Opposition critics fired TransLink) that hired a shot amidships at the chartered accountant B.C. Liberal government Basia Ruta, a veteran when they began of the federal Auditor questioning the lack of General office who had progress by the new also served as chief Auditor General for Local financial officer at Government.

Environment Canada This experimental and had done local vessel was launched in Tom Fletcher government audits in Premier Christy Clark’s B.C. Views private practice. leadership campaign, NDP local government and two years after it set critic Selina Robinson sail, it is listing, taking on started asking why this office has water and in danger of sinking. spent $5.2 million and produced The original idea was to expand only one audit out of a promised 18. the B.C. Auditor General’s office Community Minister Coralee Oakes, so it could check the financial a former Quesnel councillor in her performance of local governments first cabinet post, allowed that too. Business groups were there had been some rough water concerned about municipal taxes but there is smooth sailing ahead. going up too quickly, with staff Then came a big leak, in the form growing even as the province of a “work environment review” grappled with a hiring freeze. of the good ship AGLG that was Mayors and councillors began given to the NDP by a seasick crew to talk of mutiny over that plan, member. protesting that their budgets are It described chaos below decks, already required to balance and are with “shifting priorities and unclear subject to annual audits. direction,” as well as “wasted time But this will be “performance and work” and “inefficient use of auditing,” Clark insisted, not just consultant and staff resources.” making sure the figures add up.

Worse, the review noted a human It will determine the public is resources monitor had been receiving “value for money” on stationed at the office for most of projects like arenas and services January to maintain a “respectful like police, by comparing different workplace for all employees.” communities’ results. A new AGLG “A peacekeeper,” as NDP leader office opened in Surrey.

John Horgan described the grim scene. “This is like we’re in Cyprus.”

Then it was confirmed that when the AGLG board tried to conduct a performance review, Ruta’s response was to hire a lawyer.

Ruta seems to be decisive when protecting her job, if not when hiring, running the office or meeting her own work targets.

Whatever goodwill had been restored with local governments over this experiment is likely gone. Municipal staffers have been dealing with new auditor demands as their councils grind away at their own budgets, and now they see signs that what they have contributed may well have been swept overboard.

Oakes remains on deck, eyes fixed on the horizon. An audit of capital procurement in Rossland is finally scheduled to be done by the end of March, she said. Similar reports on Delta and Sechelt are due in April. The latest revision of that schedule is underway, no doubt in another series of long, acrimonious meetings.

Clark addressed the situation in her last question period before the legislature’s spring break this week. She didn’t have a lot to say about the AGLG’s voyage of the damned, mostly familiar rhetoric about “lower taxes, less red tape” and so on.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Confusion clouds the total cost of deer cull Oak Bay has completed its cull of up to 25 deer by killing only 11. Does the mayor think that by having 11 fewer deer there will be no more car accidents, no deer attacks and no more poop in the parks (his words)?

Of course he doesn’t, which makes me ask why did he kill 11 innocent animals?

To prove a point? To show his cronies how big he is? What a waste of time and at a cost of $16,000 plus. He can be proud of

Cull results not worth it Now that Mayor Nils Jensen has finally fessed up to the results, it’s clear his deer cull in Oak Bay was a dismal failure. Eleven deer were killed at a cost to Capital Regional District and Oak Bay taxpayers of more than a quarter million dollars (including the urban deer management strategy), or $23,000 per deer.

Seven were bucks, the ones who roam widely throughout the CRD without regard to municipal borders. They’ll soon be replaced by others moving into the vacated space in Oak Bay from elsewhere in the region.

Maybe now those Oak Bay councillors who have been privately telling citizens that the cull was pointless will step in and stop the waste of money and animal life before the mayor goes for another round.

That same spotlight-seeking mayor is curiously silent on the real issue of public safety in our municipality. A woman is attacked in her front yard by a weapon-toting assailant in broad daylight and we hear nothing from Mayor Jensen about what he is doing to protect our community from a repeat.

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himself because very few others are.

When Oak Bay first mentioned a deer cull they said there would be a cost of $500 per deer for a one-time cull of 25 deer, totalling $12,500. In a staff report to council dated Oct. 14, 2014, it states that half of the $25,000 budget has been spent.

In the Request For Proposal dated Dec. 5, 2014 section 16 under Budget and Costs, it says the budget for the capture and euthanizing will not exceed Oak Bay’s

prematurely say that maybe the deer are smarter than he is. Maybe there is not a deer overpopulation in Oak Bay as he has so often said or maybe the ministry revoked the cull permit when it learned that all of the mitigating steps had not been completed.

Of course the answer he gave does not relate to any of those thoughts. But do we trust his answers? I don’t.

Gerard Potvin Oak Bay

Video unfair to police There has been a video going viral on Facebook of a woman getting arrested downtown by two Victoria Police officers. In this video, the lady resists being arrested and it results in one of the police officers kneeing her in the side of her body.

Social media has blown this out of proportion by stating that this is police abuse. This is not police abuse; it is the act of force that police have to use for people who resist arrest.

There is actual police abuse happening a lot around the world but this is not an example of it. This makes me question how social media has shaped society’s views on the police and their authority.

Ryan Timmer Victoria

Nothing gained from cull Politicians lose respect So it’s over. The mayor’s cull killed 11 deer. What will that prove? Nothing except that the cull was a farce.

Questions as to why it ended

Having been in this wonderful community since childhood, I am dismayed that mistruths, erroneous statistics and pure fabrication has led to a cull of 11 innocent deer.

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budget of $15,000. Further along in section 19, subsection 19.1, it includes payments on scenarios based on 25 deer at $600 per animal to a maximum of 25 deer, with a cost for an eight-week period from $3,000 to $15,000. For fewer deer (up to four) for that same two- to eight-week period, payment will be $2,800.

In a CFAX interview when asked how much money had been spent, the mayor said the only figure he knows is the $16,000

How one can get away with this bewilders me. At one time we were taught to respect teachers, police officers and politicians. We can no longer respect politicians. There will be a change in four years. Hope I’ll be here to see it.

Jonathan Stinson, 86 Oak Bay

Cull was a farce The so-called successful cull carried out by Oak Bay was a colossal farce.

The rest of the province is laughing at the stupidity of it and what it didn’t prove. The secrecy of it and the threat of arrest to anyone who happened to be in the area and observe it certainly shows signs of a dictatorship.

Of course it was a success, at least in the mayor’s mind, and killing just one of the 25 nuisance deer would also be a success.

George W. Baker Victoria

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So from an initial cost of $500 for each of the 25 deer, the cull has actually cost almost $1,500 plus for each of the 11 deer.

What happened to the maximum of $15,000 specified in the RFP? Nowhere in any document has the $16,000 been mentioned.

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The Oak Bay Bays couldn’t live up to their No. 1 ranking at the B.C. AAAA senior boys basketball championships in Langley.

The Terry Fox Ravens jumped out early and Oak Bay was never able to mount a rally, falling 70-50.

“They’re a good team, they were No. 1 most of the season.

They ended up second in the tourney to a very good Yale team,” said Oak Bay coach Chris Franklin.

“We were a little flat, I think a little nervous and they just got the best of us. Full credit to Terry Fox, they came out and played hard and executed well.”

None of the Bays were able to get to double-digits on the scoresheet in the game they trailed 27-15 after one and 41-27 at the half.

Terry Fox were knocked off in the finals 69-63 by the Yale Lions.

Oak Bay opened the provincial tournament with a convincing 92-28 win over Mt. Baker.

Matthew Griffin paced the Bays with 18 points, while Atlas St. Paul-Butler netted 14 and Matt Gray, who was awarded a Telus scholarship, chipped in 11.

Oak Bay followed the loss to Terry Fox with an 82-80 win over Lord Tweedsmuir.

“That was a fun game. That was just two teams playing loose and having a good time,” said Franklin.

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The Bays wrapped up the tournament with a 79-75 loss to Burnaby South to finish in sixth place.

“We were leading most of the way but they have a really

good player named Jermaine Haley and he kind of rolled us into the post and we had no real answer for him,” said Franklin.

He said he was fortunate this year to have a great group of kids who were committed to the sport and came ready

to play and practise hard every day.

“I think they gave excellent effort throughout. We held steady at a high level throughout the year,” said Franklin. “I really enjoyed coaching the group, I’ll really miss the seniors.” editor@oakbaynews.com

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B.C. minimum wage to be tied to inflation

The provincial government has announced B.C.’s minimum wage will be increasing by 20 cents in September, to be followed by annual increases tied to the B.C. consumer price index.

It’s the first increase since 2012, when the current wage of $10.25 was set. Jobs Minister Shirley Bond said this year’s increase reflects what would have taken place if indexing to inflation had been in place at that time.

Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Andrew Weaver said there was insufficient consultation and an apparent lack of expert review to determine today’s increase and the baseline for future increases.

“This is a political move that doesn’t actually solve the problem. Annual increases tied to inflation will only ensure minimum wage doesn’t fall further behind,” said Weaver.

“This government hasn’t done

enough to ask whether it still has some catching up to do before indexing minimum wage to the B.C. consumer price index.”

The Green Party deputy leader called for an independent examination of B.C.’s minimum wage policy, including advice on how to determine future increases and to explore what the baseline minimum wage should be.

“We need to move the decisions about increases into a non-politicized environment so they can be about people, not politics,” said Weaver.

The lower minimum wage for restaurant and pub servers is being retained, going from $9 to $9.20 in September. The discount from the general minimum wage will remain at $1.25 per hour to account for tips earned by servers, Bond said.

Piece rates for seasonal piece workers are to receive

“This is a political move that doesn’t actually solve the problem. Annual increases tied to inflation will only ensure minimum wage doesn’t fall further behind” -Andrew Weaver

proportional increases, as are day rates paid to live-in camp counsellors and residential caretakers at apartment buildings.

B.C. is the last province in Canada to move to an automatic formula for setting the minimum wage. The annual increase will be announced each March based on the previous year’s consumer price index, and will take effect each September to give small businesses time to prepare.

In the case of negative

inflation, which the province experienced briefly in recent years, the minimum wage would not be decreased.

Bond said she expects continued debate on the wage rate, led by the B.C. Federation of Labour, which is calling for an immediate increase to $15 an hour.

“Today’s announcement guarantees that hundreds of thousands of British Columbians will continue to live in poverty for years to come,” said Irene Lanzinger, President of the B.C. Fed. “Lifting the minimum wage to $10.45 is nowhere close to the increase that is needed – and indexing a poverty wage only entrenches people in poverty.”

Business was more supportive of the move. The B.C. Chamber of Commerce said increases to the minimum wage have a very real and direct effect on business, and that linking increases to inflation provides

business with the certainty it needs while keeping B.C. competitive with rates in other provinces.

“A raise is warranted,” said Al Hasham, vice-chair of the Victoria chamber. “Long-term planning of smaller incremental changes provides a foundation of predictability for small business and the chamber looks to be engaged with the mechanisms around this ongoing process.”

Naomi Yamamoto, B.C.’s minister of state for small business, said consultation with business was clear that employers want predictable increases, not large jumps.

The September increase amounts to about two per cent, keeping B.C.’s minimum wage higher than Alberta and Saskatchewan’s $10.20 an hour.

Using a similar formula, Ontario’s minimum wage rose to $11 an hour last year. editor@oakbaynews.com

Small claims, strata disputes will go to online tribunal Government estimates 40,000 people will eventually the tribunal Tom Fletcher Black Press

Financial disputes involving less than $10,000 will soon be directed to an online “civil resolution tribunal,” in an effort by the B.C. government to keep them from clogging up the courts.

The new tribunal will also provide a place to resolve strata disputes, which now have only the costly B.C. Supreme Court option if strata councils can’t resolve them, Justice Minister Suzanne Anton said.

Anton presented legislation last week to create the new tribunal, which is to come into effect later this year. She said it will begin as a voluntary option, and later a deposit will be required for those who want to go directly to court instead.

Anton said B.C. is the first jurisdiction in the world to establish an online dispute resolution tribunal. The government estimates that 40,000 people a year will eventually use the tribunal.

“The really big change for stratas is that there is now a place for minor strata issues to go to,” Anton said.

“Everybody knows somebody who has been in a strata nightmare.

Often it’s about something fairly minor, like a tree or a parking spot. There hasn’t been a forum to have a resolution to those disputes.”

The tribunal will operate in three stages. The first is an application submitted to a website describing the claim, with an opportunity for response from the other party. That service will be

offered free, and includes information and self-help suggestions to settle the dispute without further intervention.

If that fails, the second stage would bring in a mediator to seek an agreed

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settlement of the dispute. The third stage would be sending the dispute to a tribunal member for arbitration. Fees for the second two stages have not yet been established.

Tony Gioventu, executive director of the non-profit Condominium Home Owners Association of B.C., welcomed the new approach. But he cautioned there will be a learning curve for strata councils.

“Education will be essential and CHOA is committed to working with the strata community to ensure the creation of a system that provides good justice in a timely manner that works for all strata corporations,” Gioventu said.

The B.C. government has used mediation before in an effort to relieve the load on provincial and B.C. Supreme Court.

The Family Law Act of 2011 was designed to encourage outof-court settlements of property and parental responsibility disputes when marriages and common-law relationships end.

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Beach hotel sets table for kitchen party Christine van Reeuwyk News Staff

Stories from the music trade are on stage at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel, and guest musicians create a different experience each weekend in the dinner theatre turned Kelt Eccleston’s Kitchen Party.

Hosted by entertainer and actor Kelt Eccleston himself, the show is an entertaining night of engaging music, fascinating improv, headshaking stories and laughter.

“It’s a real departure from theatre or musicals. It’s a real party, we sit around and have some laughs and tell stories about what we do,” said Eccleston. “You get to meet experienced local musicians in a relaxed environment.”

He recalls sitting in a cafe while learning a new song, singing five words aloud.

Those five words spurred the lady behind him to strike up conversation as it tweaked a memory for her to share.

Those little sparks of memory are something they hope to both ignite and create for audiences at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel between now and May 2.

“We’re always entertained passively,” he said. People go to the movies, or sit on the couch, missing the experience of going out.

“People are starting to lose the wonderful experience of sitting among people… we want to give memories.”

An East Coast tradition,

Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff

Kelt Eccleston, left, Mark Hellman and Tobin Stokes jam in preparation of a kitchen party in the David Foster Foundation Theatre. The Kelt Eccleston Kitchen Party runs until May 2 at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel. the kitchen party is perfectly paired with dinner theatre, he noted, without the food you can’t develop that atmosphere.

This particular kitchen party includes a pickled beet and goat cheese salad with salted pecans as a starter, followed by a main of free range chicken with wild mushroom farce, roasted pepper demi, parsnip puree and seasonal vegetables and a hazelnut chocolate torte brandy tulie and Grand Marnier cream for dessert.

Each week features a special mystery guest to join Kelt and his band on stage in its bid to turn a roomful of strangers into old friends.

Sweet musical treats include guest appearances by Yvonne Hernandez, Oliver Swain, Calvin Cairns and John Gogo.

They’ll all share the tales of their profession over the run of the Kitchen Party. Kelt says he had no problem getting anyone to sign on: “They wanted to be part of the party.”

That story-telling audience-

inclusive feeling is what sold the gig when Eccleson proposed it, said Kris Morash, director of marketing for the hotel.

“We really liked that it was an engaging show,” Morash said. “People could come back and get a different experience.”

Visit oakbaybeachhotel. com or call 250-598-4556 for ticket and reservation information. The Kitchen Party runs weekends through May 2. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com

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Three Wide Men headline Friday’s show Christine van Reeuwyk News Staff

The Oak Bay Cabaret goes Irish this month with a rollicking show to celebrate St. Paddy’s day.

“Wear your green, sing along, clap, stomp and laugh with this fun show,” said producer Jim Ricks.

Three Wide Men headlines an evening of fabulous performers including The Coastline Quartet from the Coastline Celtic Music Band, Stuart Nemtin and Sally Glover, Mike Fenger, Gordon Miller, Michael Majocha and Robin Alexander.

The monthly Oak Bay Cabaret, organized by 13 volunteers,

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Cabaret features a myriad of performers headlined by Three Wide Men Friday, March 20 at Oak Bay United Church. celebrates its second year next month with audiences now reaching 80 to 90 patrons.

“The performers love being in front of this audience, which is welcoming and responsive,” said Ricks. “The open stage has been the first time for many performers. It’s also been visited by the

seasoned ones.”

Previous featured performers include well-known artists such as West My Friend, Ceilidh Briscoe, Oliver Swain, Tim Rogers, Mike Demers, Stephanie Grieves, May Brown and The Carolina Bluebirds.

Doors open at 7 p.m. on March 20 with the show at 7:30

at Oak Bay United Church hall, corner of Mitchell and Granite streets. Admission is $5. Visit facebook. com/bringitoncabaret for updates.

Anyone interested in performing should contact Jim Ricks at 250-383-4001 or rednosejim@gmail. com. cvanreeuwyk@oak baynews.com

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Camp Barnard celebrates 70 years of scouting Upgrades and changes made every decade Pirjo Raits Black Press

One hundred and fifty porta-potties, 400 picnic tables, over 225,000 pounds of gear and 60,000 meals will land at Camp Barnard this summer for Pacific Jamboree, an eight-day adventure for Scouts from across Canada.

The Boy Scout camp has been a naturalist’s dream for 70 years and a legacy for the future.

In February 1945, Senator George Henry Barnard turned his hunting lodge over to the Victoria Council of Scouts Canada. He was a lawyer and a Conservative politician serving as an alderman, mayor and a member of the House of Commons for Victoria. He was appointed to the Senate and served there until retiring in 1945.

Barnard gifted Scouts Canada 200 acres of second growth forest, just west of Victoria in Otter Point, which included the 17-acre Young Lake.

That was the beginning of 70 years of activities at what is Camp Barnard. The camp, along Young Lake Road, just out of Sooke, is now 251 acres and is used year-round by the Boy Scouts, community groups and organizations, and most recently the film industry.

Both scouting and non-scouting children learn about camping, nature and the environment.

In the 1940s camping was rough and the hardy campers slept in tents and cooked on open campfires. Every decade since improvements continued and now the camp boasts new water systems, expanded electrical systems, upgrades to bridges and renovations to almost all of the building to prepare for the Pacific Jamboree in July of this year.

Indoor plumbing, 24 bunkhouses and a kitchen fit to feed an army all make camping a lot more comfortable than in the formative years.

The camp is expecting 25,000 camper nights in 2015, a huge increase from the 2,781 camper nights in 1956. The camp has grown along with the need for safe, nurturing, clean and sustainable facilities accessible to all.

In July, 2015, Camp Barnard will play host to the Pacific Jamboree with an expected 3,250 Scouts and service/staff from throughout B.C. and the Yukon. Camp Barnard has not hosted a Jamboree since 1987.

“The main road in camp has been widened, turn around provided and bus parking created.

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Today’s campers have more amenities than earlier visitors to Camp Barnard, with the inset photo showing the camp that greeted Scouts in 1946.

Bridges have been reinforced to carry the load of service vehicles for food delivery, pumping port-a-potties, etc.,” said, Penny Hill, of the Camp Barnard Management Committee.

It is a monumental task and everything is being considered. Hill said they have extended electricity service to allow for an on-site hospital, security, post office, shops, phones, internet and bank.

“We have worked for a year with local first responders and emergency preparedness experts to create a comprehensive emergency plan for the camp.”

It’s a major operation and the financial benefits to the area are tremendous. It is expected to generate $700,000 of economic spending in Sooke and the CRD region through suppliers and vendors. This does not include what the youth, volunteers and families spend in the local communities.

“Based on projections by previous chambers of commerce, we expect an economic impact of $500,000 or more over the course of the jamboree,” stated Hill.

The Pacific Jamboree is being hosted

by Scouts Canada - Cascadia, Fraser Valley and Pacific Coast Councils. Youth aged 11-18 will be participating in outdoor activities ranging from archery and climbing to scuba diving and kayaking.

Activities will take place not only on camp

property but throughout the Greater Victoria area.

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Elizabeth DeArmond didn’t anticipate becoming a model at the age of 87.

She certainly didn’t envision her “well earned” facial lines would be the featured content of a photo project.

The Oak Bay woman served among the models for fellow resident and photographer Emma Kelly, in pursuit of her certificate of fine arts at the Vancouver Island School of Art. As a former nurse, Kelly loves interacting with people and it was her chance encounter with an older lady at a bus stop on Oak Bay Avenue that inspired her photography project.

“She told me that she was 92 and in very good health,” Kelly explained. “During our lively discussion about casinos, which is where she was heading, I became fascinated by a pattern of square wrinkles and crevices on her right cheek as she was speaking. In particular my interest was drawn to the darker areas between each wrinkle and the shadows which they created.”

It seemed that in some way these hidden and shadowed areas were a metaphor for the wisdom and depth that can come with aging and the passing of time. The experience of meeting the lady and the beauty of her skin stayed with me.”

Life lined includes 22 images exploring those depths and shadows using Monterey volunteer models aged 75 to 95. It will be displayed in the Monterey Recreation Centre foyer March 23 to 28.

“It’s just looking at lines and wrinkles in a different way,” Kelly said.

DeArmond, a 20-year Monterey recreation member, is among the models whose skin will be on display.

“It was something different and I thought it would help someone,” DeArmond said.

“We all age,” the older woman added. “It’s just another aspect, another form of enjoying the lines we have – of acceptance.” cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com

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Community Calendar Wednesday, March 18 Restoring Your Home an evening with the experts hosted by Oak Bay Heritage – Nick Russell, Simone VogelMorridge and Bill Patterson. Talk starts at 7 p.m. at Windsor Pavilion.

Victoria Sketch Club show and sale – Celebrating over 106 years of unbroken activity, the Victoria Sketch Club invites you to view the work of its members at Glenlyon Norfolk School, 1701 Beach Dr. from March 17-22 .

Free admission. Show runs daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, visit www. victoriasketchclub.ca.

Thursday, March 19 Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee St. Registration 5:45 p.m.; walk 6 p.m. Contact is David at 250-598-4316.

Friday, March 20 Oak Bay Cabaret brings Ceilidh Music Night to Oak Bay United Church, 1355 Mitchell St. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5.

Friday Music – featuring School of Music string students.

12:30 p.m. at UVic’s Phillip T. Young Recital Hall (Admission by donation).

Drop-in Family Storytime from 10:3011 a.m. at the Oak Bay branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Ave.

Saturday, March 21 Louise Rose shares her philosophy in life – gratitude – at Carleton House. Call Katherine at 250-5951914 to RSVP as space is limited.

Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Fisherman’s Wharf Park, Dallas Road

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Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Wendy at 250-5989390.

Sunday, March 22 Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee St. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Carol at 250-386-6670.

Bluegrass Mass is back this Sunday March 22 at 4 p.m. at St. Philip Church (2928 Eastdowne At Neil).

Gospel bluegrass and Americana with songs to sing-along with and a brief reflection from the Ven. Christopher Page. It all gets rolling at 4 p.m. with a free/ by donation meal to follow. This month we take on the theme of “C’mon out of the Wilderness” with songs by the Civil Wars, Quartette, The Carter Family, Hank Williams and lots of Bluegrass standards.

More info at www. stphilipvictoria.ca or call 250 592 6823.

Monday, March 23 Drop in baby time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. for babies 0-15 months and their caregiver.

Learn songs, rhymes and fingerplays to use with your baby every day. No registration required at the Oak Bay branch of the GVPL, 1442 Monterey Ave. Life lined photography display at Monterey Recreation.

Photographer Emma Kelly explores wrinkles and lines in the faces of Monterey models at the rec centre, 1441 Monterey until March 28.

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Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Running Room, Broadmead Shopping Centre, 777 Royal Oak Dr. Registration 5:45 p.m.; walk 6 p.m. Contact is Gail at 250-477-7742.

Drop in Toddler time, for youngsters 16-35 months and their caregiver. Toddlerterrific stories, songs, rhymes, and puppets.

No registration required. Starts 10:30 a.m. at the Oak Bay branch of the GVPL, 1442 Monterey Ave.

walk 6 p.m. Contact is David at 250-598-4316.

Friday, March 27 Drop-in Family Storytime from 10:3011 a.m. at the Oak Bay Branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Ave.

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Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Olympic Golf Course, 643 Latoria Rd., Colwood.

Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Rick at 250-478-7020.

Big screen movie at the Oak Bay Rec Centre. Watch How to Train Your Dragon 2 at 5:15 p.m. in Sportsview Lounge.

Arrive early seating is limited.

An afternoon in Russia. Maestro Pablo Diemecke leads the DieMahler String Quartet at St. Mary’s the Virgin church, Wednesday, March 25 1701 Elgin Rd. Feb. 21 at 2:30 p.m. This Lenten Lunchtime: second concert in Chamber Music for the quartet’s 2015 Strings at St. Mary Chamber music series the Virgin Church, features music by 1701 Elgin St. from Shostakovich, and 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 Borodin. All programs p.m. Admission is by donation ($8 suggested are subject to changes. amount) with proceeds Tickets are available at the door for $25 (or to benefit Abbeyfield from McPherson Box House Society. Bring Office, Cadboro Bay your lunch; coffee Books or Ivy’s Book and tea are provided.

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Inside Opera Sunday, March 29 Madama Butterfly, free talk with Robert Birding in Uplands Holliston of Pacific Park with Geoffrey Opera Victoria at Newell of the Friends Monterey. Register of Uplands Park. Meet at reception, 1441 at Cattle Point by the Monterey Ave. first boat launch for 9 a.m. Bring binoculars, Thursday, March 26 bird books or simply show up to enjoy the outing, rain or shine.

Free coffee at Good Volkssport 5/10 Earth Cofeehouse km walk. Meet at grand opening. Ribbon 125C South Shore cutting ceremonies, Rd., Lake Cowichan. prizes and samples at Registration 9:30 Village Walk, 1971 Oak a.m.; walk 10 a.m.

Bay Ave. Contact is Christine Volkssport 5/10 at 250-478-7020. (This km walk. Meet at walk is sponsored by Oak Bay Recreation Volkssport Association Centre, 1975 Bee St. of B.C.) Registration 5:45 p.m.;

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Jester’s Pub Night in the Fern Café at Thursday, April 2 Monterey rec. from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

In the Neighbourhood Members $13.25 nonopening event at Red members $15.25 at Art Gallery, 2249 Oak 1441 Monterey Ave. Bay Ave. from 6 to 8 p.m. Gallery artists Lenten Lunchtime: portray their ideas STABAT MATER by from the perspective Pergolesi sung by of some chosen Marnie Setka-Mooney neighbourhoods, or and Sara Weickerperhaps their own Partridge with pianist worlds.

Curt Bergen at St. Share your Mary the Virgin community event Church, 1701 Elgin St. from 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 email your community calendar item to p.m. Admission is by donation ($8 suggested editor@oakbaynews. amount) with proceeds com. a.m. at the Oak Bay branch of the GVPL, 1442 Monterey Ave.

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“I knew from the time I was eight years old I was different,” says Swansson, 64, a Victoria resident.

Swansson, though, lived the life back then as Pat Doyle, a rough

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and tumble sports editor, working in the world of macho professionals.

“It was tough going into team dressing rooms to hear the language,” she recalls.

“The contempt [athletes] held for gay people and for women.

The misogyny was terrible.”

After several years, Swansson refused to go to dressing room interviews and found her sources elsewhere.

Seven years ago, she became true to herself, beginning the process of gender reassignment. It started with hormone therapy and ended with surgery in 2009.

Swansson’s long struggle has a triumphal ending of sorts, at least in the newspaper world. Last month, she returned to Winnipeg as one of the inductees to the Manitoba Sports Writers Hall of Fame.

“The phone call came out of the blue,” she says. “I started to laugh because I’ve been out of the business so long.”

Swansson moved to Victoria in 1999 and toiled at a variety of jobs. There was the cleaning jobs, work in an antique store and even a brief stint as sports editor of the Victoria News.

The induction in the hall of fame is something special.

“I just did my job, so to be recognized, it was lovely,” she says.

But to those who

know her, Swansson did more than just come into work every day and do her job.

Swansson is one of the finest journalists longtime friend and former co-worker Dave Komosky ever came across.

“Patti is very serious about the newspaper business. She has a really nice touch with words and humour,” he says.

Komosky, who first worked with Swansson in 1972 and was a coworker at both the now-defunct Winnipeg Tribune and the Winnipeg Sun, says there was no indication the sportswriter wanted to be a woman.

“She seemed to like women. She had three wives and five kids over the years.”

Along the way, Swansson has had a huge influence on many people’s careers, in media circles from Toronto to Winnipeg, adds Komosky.

To Swansson, though, the biggest influence she might have is on a gay youth who has aspirations of becoming a sports writer.

“I don’t know a gay sports writer in Canada, male or female,” she says.

“For me to get this award is what it represents. I hope a gay youth reads about it, hears about it and can understand that if I can do it, then they can do it. They won’t have to hide in the closet any longer.”

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For more than 50 years, Patti Dawn Swansson was living a nightmare: she was a woman trapped inside a man’s body. It never stopped her from being one of the top journalists in the country and being named to Manitoba Sports Writers Hall of Fame.