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Long-time Oak Bay police officer retires

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Spring is in the air Peter Dowgailenko, in the foreground, and Glen Chanin take advantage of a welcomed break in the rain to get in a little springinspired plein air painting at Cattle Point.

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Receiver’s report offers first look at troubled hotel Christine van Reeuwyk News Staff

The receiver overseeing the Oak Bay Beach Hotel has offered the first look at the hotel’s financial picture.

The hotel is on an upswing financially since receiver Ernst and Young, appointed

by B.C. Supreme Court, took over operations at 1175 Beach Dr. late last year, said the March 26 report.

Following its appointment, the receiver terminated employment of five members of the management team, including Kevin Walker, his wife, Shawna, and their daughter Kate.

Icon Services Ltd. has been working since Dec. 8 on a month-to-month term to manage the hotel. The company receives a base management fee of 3 per cent of the gross operations revenue with a monthly minimum of $30,000 for the first two months, and $20,000 per month thereafter, lower than the 5 per cent management agreement between Bison Properties (OBBH) and Walker Hotel Management.

The hotel went into receivership this winter owing $125 million. As of the report’s writing, the receivers have distributed $612,000 to construction lenders, a group of three organizations owed $60.5 million.

“In order for any creditor subordinate to

the Construction Lenders to receive any recovery, the sale of the debtor’s property must generate transaction proceeds in excess of $70 million,” according to the report.

The District of Oak Bay is ranked as a super priority claim in the receivership of Oak Bay Beach Hotel, which owes nearly $800,000 in 2014 property taxes. The receiver commissioned the Altus Group to review and appeal the BC Assessment values which they expect will materially reduce the property taxes to be borne by the hotel in the future.

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The OBBH has a fundraising partnership with the David Foster Foundation. Since its re-opening, the hotel had collected approximately $20,000 from the sale of live theatre event tickets for donation to the foundation that hadn’t been remitted to the foundation as of receivership. Ernst and Young has continued the partnership, honouring the outstanding donations.

Visit ey.com/ca/oakbaybeachhotel online to see all the reports and documents from Ernst and Young. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com

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New location, new route for Scotiabank MS Walk Jennifer Blyth, News staff

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Hodgins explains.

Donations to the MS Walk provide those Participants in this year’s Scotiabank MS Walk will enjoy a new route at a new location, living with MS access to education seminars, information and emotional support, member but their goals remain unchanged.

After many years at Willows Beach, walkers and partner/caregiver support groups and the will this year gather at Marigold Elementary equipment provision program. They enjoy School before heading out along the Galloping drop-in gym and exercise programs, physiotherapy, advocacy, social and recreational Goose Trail toward Thetis Lake.

“We are excited about the new location and events, a resource library and much more.

In addition, donations also support MS how central it is for Greater Victoria. We hope this move makes the event more accessible to research being conducted right here in British people from Sidney, Saanichton, Brentwood Columbia, Hodgins adds, noting that progBay, View Royal, Colwood and Langford and ress toward ending a disease typically emerges encourages them to join us on May 3 with from thousands of small breakthroughs from their friends and family,” says Ashley Hodgins, hundreds of researchers. Tens of thousands Manager of Development, MS Society Van- of fundraisers each contribute to those small breakthroughs, which lead to bigger and betcouver Island Region.

In addition, the new location offers more ter ones.

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While much is new for this year’s walk, MS, symptoms can worsen and new sympBarriers team its goals, atmosphere and motivation remain toms can appear out of nowhere. The course unchanged. As always, the route is fully acces- of the disease affects everyone differently and sible to people using wheelchairs, scooters and can change without warning, which makes it walkers. Participants will also enjoy delicious difficult to live with.

“So, to combat a disease that is so unprefood from Country Grocer and Island Farms, not to mention on-site musical entertainment dictable, we organize, prepare for and plan an event – the Scotiabank MS Walk – to come that will set the tone for the day.

“With everybody coming out the whole together on a particular day at a particular time thing is quite lovely. With so many people to celebrate what we can accomplish together,” it’s a nice place to be and a happy event,” says Hodgins says. “And when we see you and your Pippa Blake, entering her 13th MS Walk as family and friends, we want to announce to everyone that we’ve met our fundraising goal, Rise Above Barriers team captain.

Crediting “wonderful friends and fam- because we will only find a cure for MS if everyily who have been in it from the start,” her one helps.” team has raised more than $30,000 over the years, estimates Blake, who champions both the MS Society staff and the Asking for and receiving a donation is both powerful and inspiraservices they provide. “It tional, and almost all of the MS Walk fundraisers get their donations really is the most unique in more than one way, Hodgins says, pointing out that challenging place because we just have yourself is a great way to build confidence and build on your initial everything under one roof.” fundraising success.

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Church brightens with Harrison works Christine van Reeuwyk

He was also heavily involved in the Anglican Church in Carcross, where the families lived.

Beams of colour will “He was very involved stream through the high in the organization there. stained glass windows infusIn his own words, he said ing already-bright Ted Harhe pretty much ran the rison works with light in the church there,” Carroll latest exhibition to honour recalled. “Whenever Ted the late, great artist. represents church in a Christ Church Cathedral landscape it’s always the in Victoria celebrates his life Anglican Church in Carand work with a public show cross… it’s almost a sigand sale starting April 7. Harnature. It’s a bit like the rison, who died in Victoria in raven.”

January, had a lifelong conShortly after he moved nection with the Anglican to the Yukon, Harrison’s Church. art underwent a sudden Malcom Read, one of the transformation to the brilorganizers of the event, had liant, colourful style for an idea spurred by a fellow which he became famous. church member’s friend“That was where Ted ship with Marion Carroll. threw away his rule book; He knew the Harrison family he tried to apply the tradiand Carroll family had long tional rules and he found ties going back to their days he couldn’t,” Carroll said. living in Carcross, Yukon.

Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff After he moved to the “It seemed to me there Wearing the frock Ted used to call her ‘Ted Harrison dress,’ Marion Carroll, was not any opportunity to centre, and Malcolm Read look over the matte and framing underway by Lale Island, his Oak Bay studio was often visited by art recognize his association Minielly at Oak Bay’s Prestige Frameworks. lovers of all ages. Several with the Anglican Church,” Read said, noting that as a child, Harrison was ous work the artist did for the Anglican of them are lending private copies of his work to church, says Carroll, who knew Harri- the exhibit. a choir boy in Wingate in County Yarrow.

“He was very eclectic. In Victoria he was He became actively involved when he moved son and his wife Nicky for 30 years. Carroll to Carcross, Yukon. Their cabin, on the edge too, lived in the Yukon, moving there with involved in the Unitarian Church too because his of Crag Lake, is now an artists’ retreat in his her late husband, Desmond, in 1985 as he little dog Maggie could come to church with him,” became dean of the church Carroll said. name. there.

Over coffee, a group of In honour of his father, Charles has Ted and Nicky offered to donated 10 limited-edition prints of some the churchgoers hashed do the stained glass win- of his most famous and beloved images, out a plan – the Christ Ted Harrison’s memorial service is dow for the Whitehorse which are numbered, signed, dated and Church Cathedral 150th Saturday, April 4 at 1:30 p.m. at cathedral, Carroll recalled. being framed by the same business the Anniversary Celebrations UVic’s University Club. It’s open to He designed the panes, but man himself used, Prestige on Oak Bay AveExhibition and Sale of Art family, friends and those who wish to there wasn’t a budget to nue. The works will be sold by silent auc

by Ted Harrison. All sale pay their respects to an artist who have the work done. proceeds will go to the made an impact on their life. Find tion during the exhibition. cathedral’s newly estab- more information at tedharrison.com Alongside the prints for sale, publishers have “Ted generously offered to lished 150th anniversary do a painting of the original donated books for sale including A Brush Full fund, in support of its cathedral … they sold very of Colour: The World of Ted Harrison by Marongoing ministry to the city. quickly and raised the necessary funds in just a griet Ruurs and Katherine Gibson, as well as “It seemed an opportunity to celebrate his couple weeks,” Carroll said.

Ted Harrison Collected, with forward by Victolife in some way and his contributions to the “That Old Log Church print can still be pur- ria author Robert Budd, that launches April 4.

Anglican Church,” said Read, adding the space chased on the Harrison website.”

The exhibition and sale runs weekdays April is ideal for any art, but with its bright stained In lieu of a signature, Ted, Nicky, their son 7 to 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. glass windows, is perfect for Harrison works.

Visit christchurchcathedral.bc.ca for details.

Charles and their two dogs appear in a pane of the The exhibition ties nicely into previ- stained glass creation. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com

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A book collection of Ted Harrison prints launches the same day as his Saturday memorial at the University of Victoria.

Ted Harrison Collected is the brainchild of the late artist’s curator Kaitlyn Webb Patience and Victoria author Robert “Lucky” Budd.

“I’m a really big fan of his art so I got in touch with his curator three years ago to buy a print,” says Budd, whose work includes a best-selling series collaboration with Roy Henry Vickers artwork on Northwest Coast legends.

His second title in the series came out last year and it was time to begin the Harrison book.

“I’m a huge fan of Ted’s art and the book was there needing to be done,” he says. “One of the things that’s always impressed me about Ted’s art is there’s an element of folk to it. It’s art for people.”

Ted Harrison Collected (Douglas & McIntyre) features 85 of the former Oak Bay resident’s 88 limited-edition prints created between 1980 and 2010.

With format in mind, he settled in to a series of in-person conversations while poring over artwork in what turned out to be Harrison’s final months.

“More than anything it was sitting with Ted and looking at art and talking with him whichPLEASE SEE: Harrison Collected, Page A8

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Notice is hereby given that all persons who deem their interest in property affected by the following bylaws will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions to Oak Bay Municipal Council on the matters contained therein at a Public Hearing to be held at the Oak Bay Municipal Hall, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria, B.C., at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 13, 2015.

Bylaw No. 4635, 2470 Bowker Avenue Heritage Designation Bylaw, 2015 At the request of the property owner and on the recommendation of the Oak Bay Heritage Commission, Bylaw No. 4635 would designate the exterior of the principal building at Lot 11, Section 61, Victoria District, Plan 874 (2470 Bowker Avenue) as protected pursuant to the heritage conservation provisions of the Local Government Act. A report on the property has been prepared and is available for inspection at the Oak Bay Municipal Hall.

Bylaw No. 4636, 1220 Transit Road Heritage Designation Bylaw, 2015 At the request of the property owner and on the recommendation of the Oak Bay Heritage Commission, Bylaw No. 4636 would designate the land, the exterior of the principal building and specified affixed interior features or fixtures of the principal building at Lots 3 and 4, Section 23, Victoria District, Plan 1035 (1220 Transit Road) as protected pursuant to the heritage conservation provisions of the Local Government Act. A report on the property has been prepared and is available for inspection at the Oak Bay Municipal Hall.

Copies of the above-described bylaws, and all other background material which has been considered by Council may be inspected prior to the Public Hearing between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding holidays, from April 2 – April 13, 2015 inclusive, at the office of the Municipal Clerk, Oak Bay Municipal Hall, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria, B.C. Loranne Hilton, Municipal Clerk

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Our VIEW

Standing strong and free On a map, Syria and Iraq are a long way from Oak Bay. However, for those who have family and friends in the Canadian Armed Forces, the conflict there hits much closer to home.

Last week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper rose in the House of Commons asking MPs to support a 12-month renewal of an international fight against ISIL, including air strikes over Syria.

Canada, it should be noted, has contributed $700 million in humanitarian aid to the war-torn region. Yes, we are committing to more CF-18 sorties, but we are not stopping the help we are providing to children and other civilians caught in the conflict.

There is much to criticize about this government. All governments that have been in power for a time make mistakes.

However, we scratch our heads when we hear the exaggerated wailing about how Canada has lost its place in the world, lost respect, how we used to be a helper and peacekeeper but now we’re not.

We continue to provide hundreds of millions, no, billions to humanitarian aid, food and medical supplies and education to children who did not choose to be born in war-torn or drought-afflicted areas.

Has our role in the world changed?

That was inevitable — the world changed. We can no longer send brave members of our Forces into welldefined conflicts wearing baby blue berets.

But With a continued combination of humanitarian aid and armed support, Canada is doing what it has always done.

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Seeking an end to rampant bike theft Day after day living in this city I feel an overwhelming sense of futility. There is a problem that has affected directly or indirectly every citizen. It is something your co-worker may have experienced this morning, or maybe your neighbour told you about last week.

It happens every day. It destroys faith in humanity and can be understated as petty crime.

Bike theft.

This letter is written in hope of change; maybe one stolen bike can be recovered or better yet prevented.

My wife and her co-worker bicycle from their respective houses every day, rain or shine to downtown Victoria. One less car?

Bike-friendly city? Stay in shape?

All of the above.

The problem is they have now been forced to walk, drive or bus. All due to our city’s rampant problem with bicycle theft.

Having locked bikes stolen in broad daylight, with the perpetrator caught on camera is not enough for justice. Both victims were forced to scrounge enough savings to start again.

With fresh commuter bikes, burly, state-of-the-art locks and a new plan for defense. This time the security guard tells them not to keep their bikes inside, safe from thieving eyes; instead they are kicked to the streets, picking a busy Starbucks front as the least likely candidate for more thievery.

But things go awry again.

This time it is seats and safety lights, anything with seemingly minuscule value. How desperate are the thieves in our city? That answer should seem all too obvious, to way too many of us.

Let’s step up and put an end to this rambling “petty” crime and return our lifestyles to something more enjoyable.

I have looked into GPS tracking devices. The technology is there but that won’t stop your seat from surreptitiously being ripped off. Bait Bike programs – are we doing enough? A quick Google search turns up the last successful program was by VicPD in 2006.

Let’s ramp it up. If funding is the excuse, well, as property tax time is fast approaching I know how I would like some of my municipal dollars to be spent.

If we want to be a bicycle city more like our friends in the Netherlands then we need to collectively check the problems that discourage everyday citizens from going green and bicycling.

Joshua Paul Victoria

What is B.C.’s grand treaty plan?

Re: Treaty trouble has deep roots (B.C. Views, March 31).

No one would disagree that the B.C. treaty process hasn’t been as successful as hoped. Indeed, there are also many First Nations who think it is the wrong process of reconciliation altogether.

However, that doesn’t excuse

Premier Christy Clark’s recent decision to blindside B.C.’s treaty partners by refusing to appoint George Abbott as head of the B.C. Treaty Commission.

Although it might be comforting to think that Premier Clark’s reckless behaviour was done in consultation with the federal government, there is simply no evidence to suggest that.

Not only did Jerry Lampert, the federal government’s appointee to the treaty commission, say Ottawa was as surprised as the other parties to the process, but on March 26, NDP Leader John Horgan stood in the legislature and asked Premier Clark three times whether she had discussed her plans with the federal government, and she did not contradict the words of Mr. Lampert.

If the B.C. Liberal government has a grand plan for reinventing the treaty process, they aren’t sharing it with any of their constitutional partners.

B.C.’s approach to reconciliation needs to be re-energized so that First Nations, resource workers and those seeking to bring new investment to B.C. can have certainty. This means not only fixing the treaty process, but doing more to find a way forward with First Nations who have chosen a different path. That means working together, not going it alone.

Scott Fraser, MLA for Alberni-Pacific Rim New Democrat spokesperson for Aboriginal Relations

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After nearly two decades with the Oak Bay Police Department, Sgt. Dave McMillan has grand plans to visit Europe and be a ‘full-time grandpa’ during retirement.

From Sgt. to Grandpa with one last party News Staff

Sgt. Dave McMillan spent his final days as an Oak Bay Police officer with the added burden of planning his own retirement party.

Thursday marked his last official day working from the Monterey Avenue headquarters.

McMillan started his policing career with the Mounties in 1989, posted to Manitoba where the skies were big and blue, compared to grey, mountain-locked Ocean Falls, B.C. where he grew up.

“It was quite a culture shock,” he says.

McMillan spent seven years on the Prairies before his next 19 with Oak Bay Police, but it was there he had the highlight of his career. He worked closely with the aboriginal community, “being adopted by the chief of the day … and learning the language and culture.”

His goal was to change the perception of a police officer and it altered him as well. “It helped me as a person and a police officer … seeing a different side as opposed to just policing. Being inside their homes and seeing they’re people much like us.”

Seeking a move to B.C., he joined Oak Bay Police in 1996. “It worked out for me and my family … getting back to the Island was really important for us,” he said.

Deputy Chief Kent Thom describes McMillan as an “inspiration to everyone.”

“He’s funny but extremely professional. He makes everybody around him a better police officer and a better person. It’s just the way he operates,” Thom said. “He’s going to be missed significantly. I think he’s one of those guys we are going to miss more than we realize.”

The entire crew came together with a few returnees to say farewell on Thursday in a function at Oak Bay Recreation Centre.

“He is our unofficial event planner. He brings the group here together and is the prime reason we have the camaraderie we do here at the Oak Bay Police Department,” Thom said. “He comes up with wonderful ideas and puts them together. He

put his own farewell together.”

McMillan’s aim was to thank everyone at once with the evening event that included his entire support system, peers and family.

“I’m certainly going to miss them all and thank them all,” he said, adding “I wanted to thank the community for having confidence in me.”

Over the years, McMillan has worked in integrated units, been the administrative sergeant, on patrol and in the detective’s office. “There isn’t too much area he hasn’t covered, and he’s accomplished a lot,” Thom said.

“I had a chance to move around,” McMillan said.

“I had a very good career and I’m leaving on a really good high note.”

A “humble guy,” McMillan also does a wonderful job presenting the organization to n Dave McMillan the stakeholders, the was awarded the public.

Queen’s Diamond “His goal is to do the Jubilee in 2012 best possible job and for contribution to improve the image and community and production of the Oak organization.

Bay Police Department.

Everything he does is for the good of the organization,” Thom says.

Most recently in support services, he’s worked with large events such as the Oak Bay Tea Party and others, ensuring the safety of residents and participants.

“It’s important for me that the department functions well,” he said. “Esprit de corps is very important.”

First up in the retirement plans is a bucket list item. He and wife Mary will celebrate both his retirement and their 35th wedding anniversary with an extended trip to Europe.

After some quality family time.

“I have a number of grandchildren who will get quite a bit of my time,” he said. “I’m looking forward to being a full-time grandpa.” cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com

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“You start learning a little bit about who these characters are … and they are characters and they all live in his imagination,” Budd said. “He [Ted] said all of the characters in his drawings are out for a bit of fun.”

Budd enjoyed the narrative of those works, the storyline created by three decades of boldly coloured artwork.

“He had such deep, deep imagination … there’s so much joy in his art, in every single image.”

Budd says the quote from Harrison himself (on the back of the book) best describes it: “The North is a special sort of symphony: its landscape is a dance, the wind is an orchestra, and the cries of the birds are big notes in the background.”

“That’s exactly what I found,” Budd says. “His art is so musical, it’s impossible to not look at his art and not feel all the senses.”

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Harrison died in Victoria on Jan. 16 at age 88.

“I visited him three days before he died,” Budd recalls. “I didn’t want it to be a biography … I wanted it to be about his process and his art. You step in the middle of a scene where something is moving or happening … even the mountains seem to have rhythm and dance.”

The collection showcases the numerous subjects and settings Harrison depicted in his signature style of sweeping lines and broad swatches of solid pigment, a style he shifted to when he moved to the Yukon. “When you start looking at his art as a collection there’s a few really, really amazing things that come out,” Budd said.

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View online Erjon Bleta, the owner of the new Good Earth Coffeehouse on Oak Bay Avenue, pours a cup for Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen during the grand opening ceremony.

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Business perks up at local coffeehouse Dan Ebenal News Staff

The owner of a new coffee shop on the Oak Bay border is hoping the shop becomes a regular stop for local residents.

The Good Earth Coffeehouse opened on Oak Bay Avenue at the beginning of March.

“Things have been going a lot better than we expected,” said Erjon Bleta, owner of the coffeehouse located at the corner of Oak Bay Avenue and Foul Bay Road.

“People have been supporting us and we already have repeat customers who come all the time. It proves that we’re in a great neighbourhood.”

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“We bake in the back so the food is fresh,” said Bleta. “Our coffee beans are high quality, we use only Arabica beans. Most of our beans are organic and all of them are fair trade.”

He said they tried to make the atmosphere warm and welcoming, with lots of seating and an open floor plan.

“We tried to make it like a home for people of all ages, even for kids. We’ve got great gelatos,” said Bleta.

The Oak Bay coffeehouse is the third Good Earth location in Victoria and 51st since the company started in Calgary in 1991.

Good Earth is open seven days a week, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday. editor@oakbaynews.com

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The hottest trend in the market today is the small crossover vehicles that come in many shapes and sizes, and from all over the world.

The Fiat 500X is an example of the latest from Europe, allowing a young family practical, thrifty transportation in a stylish Italian design. Built on the same platform as the new Jeep Renegade, the 500X has more panache and curb appeal.

The 2015 Vancouver uver International Auto Show marked the 95th year of this annual event and it was the biggest ggest and boldest yet.

Kelowna resident Rick Kelly thinks Tesla has missed the boat with its Model S design, so he’s created his own sporty coupe version of the electric car.

Well, actually, the car-loving artist has created a digital version of what he calls a Model S 2+2-coupe concept.

Kelly explained: “The only ‘sporty’ electric vehicle on the market right now is the BMW i8 – I’ve seen one here in Kelowna and it is spectacular, albeit out of most people’s price range ($145,000). Tesla has the performance in its electric Model S to be entertaining as a driver’s car. The Model S is one of the nicestlooking cars on the road, but it has FOUR doors – that precludes it from being ‘sporty’ in my book.”

You can check out Kelly’s other creations at his website: http://automotiveart.shawwebspace.ca, his blog at http://digital-automotive-art.blogspot.ca and he even has a fun iBook called Digital Automotive Art on iTunes.

Check it out. What do you think about Kelly’s digital re-creation of the $114,700 Tesla?

“The Model S is one of the nicest-looking cars on the road, but it has FOUR doors – that precludes it from being ‘sporty’ in my book.”

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British Columbia’s Monashee Mountains are renowned for their steep north faces and massive old-growth cedars.

While its rugged terrain is largely inaccessible by road, logging activities have given rise to a network of steep, roughly cut access roads, which the spring thaw recently converted to deep quagmires of confidence-sucking mud, rock, and debris. What fool would attempt to drive a large commercial-style van up these routes of impending doom?

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In 1985, there were five breeding pairs of Western Purple Martins left in the wild.

Well, “In the wild” isn’t even really accurate, as they were nesting in the portholes of an old decommissioned ship at the Department of National Defence dock in Colwood.

But then people with the Victoria Natural History Society and Western Purple Martin Foundation stepped in and started putting up nesting boxes to compensate for the loss of their natural habitat.

Now, approximately 1,000 mating pairs return to the area each spring from their winter migration to South America.

“There was a slow and steady increase over the first few years (of the nesting box program),” says foundation director Charlene Lee. By about 2002, she adds, there were approximately 200 pairs. It was evidence the program was working and the foundation received funding to expand it.

“We weren’t sure, being a swallow, that they would take to the boxes,” Lee says, explaining many swallows are territorial about their nesting areas.

More boxes were put up at the DND docks, Royal Roads University, Goldstream Park and at Pedder Inlet near Pearson College.

The Purple Martin’s instinctual nesting habitat is in the holes woodpeckers make in burned-out trees and other dead or dying wood. These days, Lee says, those areas are forested rather than left to nature, creating a lack of area for the birds to nest upon their annual return from South America.

The growth of the population also has a lot to do with luck – at least the meteorological kind. Lee says there needs to be the right kind of weather at the right time to create the natural circumstances

that support increased numbers.

“From 2002 to 2006 we had really good summers for bugs,” she says. Martins survive off large bugs like moths, beetles and dragonflies, as opposed to smaller ones like mosquitoes, so if those types of insects aren’t plentiful when the martins are trying to feed their young, progress is lost in the resurgence efforts.

If it’s too wet at the wrong times or for too long, not enough of the birds’ preferred diet is produced for the ones that are trying to survive, let alone to feed their young.

It remains to be seen what the numbers will be like this year. The first ones are expected to return to the area to nest in late April.

While the nesting box program is not actively being expanded now, those willing to put up boxes and manage them are encouraged to email Lee (wpmf@ georgiabasin.ca).

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SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES IN BUYING AND SELLING YOUR HOME The Oak Bay News is looking to help tell your stories about buying and selling your home.

Homefinder is going local and our staff is collecting story ideas for this page.

Whether you are a first-time home buyer or a senior couple looking to downsize, contact us to share your story and it just might help someone else going through one of the biggest events of their lives.

You can call editor Dan Ebenal at 250-480-3239 or email editor@ oakbaynews.com to share your ideas.

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Home tour celebrates 25 years of quality Visitors to be inspired by upgrades and modern construction Don Descoteau Black Press

Getting a sense of what’s hot and what ideas might work in your own home have long been drawing cards for the Young Life Home Design and Renovation Tour.

Celebrating its 25th year of showcasing the work of some of the South Island’s best practitioners in restoration, renovation and new home construction, the tour has provided many visitors with ideas and connected them with professionals in the industry.

This year’s tour, set for April 10 and 11, offers some serious makeovers, from a 400-square-foot micro-loft suite in Fairfield to a 1973 Saanich home that has been transformed into an ultra-modern living space.

While four of the 10 homes on tour are essentially brand new contemporary designs, a common theme in the remaking of the other homes has been renovating the kitchen and moving out from there, says Young Life tour spokesperson Bill Okell.

“It boggles my mind the whole emphasis put on the kitchen reno; that’s what stands out really,” he says. “I think almost all the (preexisting) homes are complete renovations, but it’s amazing what gets initiated in the kitchen.”

While updating each of those homes’ dining and food preparation areas was central to the renovations, the structures themselves are a mix of styles, from a typical 1960s family home in Gordon Head to a spacious, restored Central Saanich farmhouse that will leave one daydreaming of the Deep South.

As always, the tour organizers encourage homeowners, designers and suppliers to stick around during the tour to speak with visitors about

Photo courtesy Young Life Victoria

Turning a 400-square-foot suite into a luxurious micro-loft was a labour of love for the owner of this home in Fairfield. Its vaulted ceilings and expansive windows open up the cozy space to the garden and patio.

It’s part of this year’s Young Life Home Design and Renovation Tour. their work, ideas and sources of inspiration.

Those conversations invariably wind up happening in the kitchen, Okell says.

“When you look at a kitchen with all the appliances, the sink detail and the counters, it’s a great conversation starter,” he says. “You can really display your products, from countertops to cupboards, the electronic aspect or even the utilization of a fan – the technology that’s drawn into that busy area of the home is really quite amazing.”

The tour provides an opportunity to witness firsthand the workmanship offered by some of Victoria’s most reputable designers and builders, including Jason Good Kitchens, Max Huxley and Emma Dane Design, to name just a few. The 1,000-plus expected visitors should have a great time viewing some stunning homes.

While the tour always attracts Greater Victoria architecture and design fans, the two-day event is the primary fundraiser for Young Life, a Christian organization that

provides teens with a summer camp opportunity at RockRidge Canyon near Princeton, B.C., and runs various other local programs for youth at schools and in the community.

Passport-style booklets for the self-guided tour sell for $25 and are available at hardware stores around the region, as well as the Young Life office; call 778-977-3551 to arrange pickup. For passport sales locations and more information on the tour visit younglife.ca/victoriahometour. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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524 Cecelia Road, $574,900

MLS 347685, Saturday 2:304:30 RE/MAX Camosun April Prinz, 250-744-3301

101-1235 Johnson St., $249,900 MLS 345736, Sat. 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty, Sladja Stojkovic, 250-477-5353

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Lawn bowlers host open house

GNS hosts Edward Milne in high school rugby action High school rugby (U18), and mixed-grade action continues with Girls’ 7s.

A handful of high several senior boys’ games on April 7, plus school senior badminton games are Scrum Fest, also on the hosted by calendar this C l a re m o n t coming week.

Secondar y Among the later in the six sets of week. games schedT u e s uled for Tuesday’s games day, April 7, will begin Oak Bay’s at 3:45 p.m.

Devon Gall Glenlyon with GlenJock Talk Norfolk vislyon Norfolk its Reynolds, School hostwhile Oak ing Sooke’s Edward Milne Com- Bay High School visits munity School and St. neighbour Mt. Douglas Michaels University and SMUS heads across School welcoming town to Claremont.

Court action continSpectrum.

On the junior pitch, ues Thursday, April 9 Oak Bay hosts SMUS in when Oak Bay visits exhibition play Wednes- Claremont. All games will start at 3:45 p.m. day, April 8.

The regular season In Cordova Bay Claremont’s seventh is about to start for the annual Scrum Fest hits Victoria Mariners and the pitch April 9 to 11, Victoria Eagles baseball with up to 30 teams clubs.

Based at Henderson expected in three categories: Junior Boys Park, the Mariners’ (U16), Senior Boys regular season opens

at home against North Shore April 18 before the squad heads north to take on the Parksville Royals April 19.

The Premier Eagles get things going at Lambrick Park April 11 against the Nanaimo Pirates, while April 12 brings the Parksville Royals to Eagles territory. The April 11 games will start at 11:30 a.m., with April 12’s going at noon.

Can’t wait for highperformance baseball?

This Friday, April 3, catch the Carnarvon Park-based Eagles Bantam AAA Black team in pre-season exhibition play against the Victoria Mariners Junior Premier squad. Games start at noon and 3 p.m. at Layritz Park. Games Oak Bay football fans take note: the Westshore Rebels Football Club is starting to look for billets for the 2015 Rebels squad. Billets will receive of $600

The Oak Bay Lawn Bowling Club is preparing to hit the greens for the 2015 season, but before the season gets underway May 2, members welcome the community for an open house Sunday, April 19.

Newcomers are invited to visit the club at Carnarvon Park from 1 to 3 p.m. and discover why more than 200 members enjoy the camaraderie and competition of lawn bowling, not to mention the many other year-round activities.

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club welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds.

Coffee, tea and treats will be served; the only request of visitors is that they wear flat-soled shoes to protect the greens.

A second summer open house will be announced later for July.

The club’s official 2015 opening day is May 2 at 1 p.m.

Learn more at www.bowlsoakbay.ca, including information about lawn bowling and details of the club’s year-round daily activities. editor@oakbaynews.com

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON LOCAL ELECTIONS EXPENSE LIMITS Chair: Jackie Tegart, MLA (Fraser-Nicola) Deputy Chair: Selina Robinson, MLA (Coquitlam-Maillardville)

The Special Committee on Local Elections Expense Limits is conducting public consultations on campaign expense limit amounts for candidates for local government positions, such as mayor, councillor, school trustee, regional district electoral area director, Vancouver Park Board commissioner, or Islands Trust trustee. In addition, the Committee is examining limits for third party advertisers in local elections.

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British Columbians are invited to participate by attending a public hearing in person or via teleconference in Victoria on Wednesday, April 15 from 9:00 am to 12 noon, Douglas Fir Committee Room, Parliament Buildings. Interested persons may also make a written submission, send an audio or video file, or complete an online survey. The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 17, 2015.

Please visit the Committee website www.leg.bc.ca/cmt/leel for more information or contact: Parliamentary Committees Office, Room 224 Parliament Buildings, Victoria BC V8V 1X4 Tel: 250.356.2933, or toll-free in BC: 1.877.428.8337 Fax: 250.356.8172, e-mail: LocalElectionsCommittee@leg.bc.ca Kate Ryan-Lloyd, Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees

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