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Sports View lounge will close for summer Culture addition to parks and rec mandate could impact restaurant Christine van Reeuwyk News Staff

Sports View Deli, Bar and Grill will close this summer and be utilized for summer camps for the second consecutive year. That doesn’t mean the space will disappear, with options available to Oak Bay council.

The Sports View at Oak Bay Rec used to turn $60,000 to $100,000 back into community recreational programs.

Impacts including the loss of the curling rink, adjacent ball fields and changes in impaired driving laws all led to a revenue decline.

The licensed restaurant hit a low of roughly $50,000 in losses in 2013. The Parks and Recreation Commission opted to save money by closing the summer months and cut the losses nearly in half.

“They took that space and they put additional summer camps up there,” said Coun. Hazel Braithwaite.

“They were also asked to see what other plans they could come up with for that space.

Options for repurposing the space, as outlined by an architect, came with a price in the $250,000 to $500,000 range.

Recreation Oak Bay ventured into the music scene last fall. Friday nights it transforms into musical venue Upstairs Lounge.

It’s one of many arts-related activities the recreation commission already provides and council has made it clear

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Coun. Hazel Braithwaite pours a glass of water at the Sports View Deli, Bar and Grill at Oak Bay Recreation Centre. While the restaurant will close come June, she hopes it will get a reprieve from longer-term closure with the addition of Upstairs Lounge events. there’s interest in adding ‘culture’ to the title and mandate of its Parks and Recreation Commission.

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Sellout crowds indicate success for the Friday night musical experiment at Oak Bay Rec. They started transforming the Sports View Lounge into Friday evening Upstairs Lounge venues last year and with just four shows left, promoter Marie Bachand is already booking for next September.

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Terry Brennan, left, Kristia Di Gregorio and Dan Weisenberger will take the stage at the Upstairs Lounge on Friday.

& Maggie started with “Once you get past the rec MacDonald, a swing jazz who hail from theme but centre … you open the doors to Scotia, there was the lounge and it’s a nightclub. It’s Nova will perform. a need to Bijoux du branch out,” another completely different vibe.”

Bayou will close said Janet - Maria Bachand the season with Barclay, a Cajun Zydeco manager of dance party May 22. singer-songwriters – recreation programs.

“Then we’ll start up Kristia Di Gregorio, The audience again in September. …

Terry Brennan and expanded as Bachand, We’ve got some pretty Dan Weisenberger promoter and amazing people who – offering varied producer of the live will be performing,” backgrounds, songmusic series, varied Bachand said. writing and musical the musical stylings.

Back by popular stylings in an intimate “We have a core demand, Groove setting. group, but we also Kitchen will make its “They’ll all be have different people third appearance on on stage together coming out,” Barclay Sept. 18. sharing,” Bachand said.

Dave Gunning said. “There are People are taking from Nova Scotia is enough artists out advantage of the allalready booked for there that are really ages venue that offers good, we just don’t see Sept. 25. “He’s a heavy an opportunity for a them holding an entire hitter on the East full family night out, Coast and a fantastic she added. Many enjoy show on their own. singer, songwriter and We’re going to try it a themed dinner to entertainer.” out and they’re [each] make a full night of it.

That show follows very different.”

“The shows have the East Meets West Tango is on tap been well attended. format of a sold-out April 24, Grammy We’ve had a good show with Mae Moore Award nominee response from not in Victoria last year, Pablo Diemecke just the Oak Bay this year featuring community but a lot of and his DieMahler Colleen Eccleston.

Ensemble along with folks that have come The April 10 tripleout to the shows,” said soprano Haley Tarnow. bill starts at 7 p.m.

It will also feature a Bachand. “Once you Tickets for all shows quick tango demo and get past the rec centre are $12 in advance at lesson. … you open the doors Ivy’s Bookshop and “There’s a dance to the lounge and it’s a Oak Bay Recreation floor at the venue so nightclub. It’s another or at beaconridge it’s to take advantage completely different productions.com of that, we expect that vibe.” online. Tickets are $15 This Friday’s concert to be a pretty posh at the door. features a new venture, evening,” Bachand cvanreeuwyk@oak said. a trio of Victoria’s baynews.com On May 8 Cassie most outstanding

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North Saanich rink wins ticket to big league Panorama Rec Centre’s Arena B claims title as Kraft Hockeyville Steven Heywood Black Press

The NHL is coming to the Saanich Peninsula next season.

Panorama Recreation Centre’s Arena B in North Saanich erupted in cheers and shouts as the announcement was made Saturday afternoon that the rink was the top vote-getter in the final round of the Kraft Hockeyville competition. Their 1.1 million votes put Panorama over the top — not only to take home $100,000 for arena improvements, but to host an NHL preseason game. Panorama defeated Chatham, Ont. for Hockeyville’s premier award.

The announced match will be between the Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks, featuring Peninsula hockey product Matt Irwin.

Jason Fletcher, who initially nominated Panorama in the Kraft Hockeyville challenge, says he was thrilled that the rink won and he quickly credited the community and the scores of volunteers who made it all happen.

“We were half a million votes better,” he says. “Hats off to all of the volunteers. I may have started the ball rolling but this went a lot bigger than just me.”

Fletcher was celebrating his birthday Saturday and says the Hockeyville win certainly was a topper.

He says the effort and all of the votes shows that hockey is ingrained in

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Jason Fletcher and a big crowd at North Saanich’s Panorama Rec Centre celebrate winning an NHL preseason game in the nationwide Kraft Hockeyville contest. everyone’s spirit in Canada.

“It doesn’t have to be 30 degrees below zero or covered in snow,” Fletcher says, indicating Vancouver Island’s typically balmy winter weather. “This will be great

for the kids to see their heroes play hockey on the Saanich Peninsula.”

Wayne Ruffle, chair of the Peninsula Recreation Commission, says he sends his thanks out to everyone who voted, as

well as Panorama staff and community volunteers who worked hard to get the word out.

“My head is just spinning,” Ruffle says.

“And congratulations, too, to Chatham for being right there and winning $100,000 as well. It’s a fabulous thing to happen to our area.”

Saanich Peninsula community leaders were on hand to witness the event. Sidney and Central Saanich mayors Steve Price and Ryan Windsor, respectively, noted the NHL game will be a boon for the region.

They agreed that on a larger scale, it was the community that did the work.

North Saanich Coun. Geoff Orr, whose children played in the arena coming up with Peninsula Minor Hockey, says Panorama may be in his community, but so many people throughout the area use it.

“It’s a Peninsula thing,” Orr says, adding he still plays adult rec hockey there.

Saanich North and the Islands MLA Gary Holman adds the win was “remarkable”. He says MLAs from across B.C. got on board. Panorama in his riding, and Dawson Creek in the riding of Liberal MLA Mike Bernier, were in the finals for the west. The two agreed, says Holman, to support each other should one emerge victorious.

“Mike lived up to his end of the bargain,” Holman says.

Fletcher notes that now the work begins. He says representatives with the NHL will be in North Saanich Tuesday (April 7) to inspect the arena and begin the preparations to hold the hockey game at Panorama.

“We get to showcase our community on a very big stage,” he says.

UVic students protest hike in campus housing fees Proposal would raise residence fees 13 per cent in September Travis Paterson Black Press

Chants for educational rights rang strong last week as members of the University of Victoria Student Society protested the UVic Board of Governors proposal to raise on-campus residence fees by 13 per cent by next September.

The students protested by assembling a “mobile dormitory” in the foyer of the University Centre collections office, near a room where the board of governors approved a 10-year renewal program for residence buildings.

“Yes (resident services) needs the money to keep our residence maintenance standards up to par, but not on the

backs of students,” said Greg Atkinson of the UVSS, who blamed the increases in part on a lack of funding from provincial government.

The board approved an initial 13 per cent increase to student housing fees next fall, and students will see six per cent increases in both 2016 and 2017. UVic’s housing fees will still be 14 per cent cheaper in 2025 than the University of B.C., Simon Fraser University and the University of Guelph, said Kathryn MacLeod, director of residence services.

“The 10-year plan of rental increases addresses the deferred maintenance issues in our buildings, and also leads towards constructing a new building, but that’s longer term,” she said.

Three years ago, consultants assessed $70 million worth of work be done to bring the UVic residences up to code, as many buildings are from the 1960s and ‘70s.

“We also did a study to measure what students want from their residence, and with the necessary seismic upgrades the total we plan to spend over the next 10 years

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There are about 2,300 single student beds at UVic – about 400 are in the 1994-built cluster housing and another 181 units are in family housing, including two apartment buildings.

After the initial 13, six and six per cent housing fee increases over the next three years, rates will continue to rise at four per cent annually for the remainder of the 10-year renewal program before returning to the usual three per cent annual increase.

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A spate of downsizing inspired the “most exciting show” this year at Eclectic Gallery, says owner John Taylor.

“These are some of the most well known and prominent artists in the region. The work is all coming from private collections,” he said.

A couple, moving and downsizing, stopped by the Oak Bay gallery to gauge his interest.

“That’s what instigated it. We decided to do a show and the work just came out of the woodwork,” he said. “There’s so many amazing artists.”

The upcoming Modern Visionaries exhibition will feature original paintings, prints and drawings of Victoria’s Limners: Carole Sabiston, Pat Martin Bates, Maxwell Bates, Herbert Siebner, Karl Spreitz and Richard Ciccimara. Included in the exhibit are contemporaries Myfanwy Pavelic, Flemming Jorgensen, Jack Wise, Phyllis Serota, Pablo Picasso and others.

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This ceramic bowl by Wayne Ngan is one of the many works that will be featured at the Modern Visionaries exhibition at Eclectic Gallery this month.

Limners in general were very well respected outside the region … and they chose to live here and continue producing these amazing works,” Taylor said.

Renowned ceramic artists Walter Dexter, Wayne Ngan, Arthur Handy are also represented.

“Wayne Ngan, his work is highly in demand.

He’s one of the most celebrated West Coast artists,” Taylor said. “You rarely see his work … we’re thrilled to have some of his pieces coming it.”

In addition to the artwork, some brilliant finds, including a pair of Bertoia mid-century Bird Wing chairs and a pair of iconic Charles and Ray Eames first production 1948 LCW chairs, are included in the show.

Modern Visionaries runs through to May 2.

Some artists will be present Saturday, April 11 from 3 to 5 p.m. for a public reception. For more information see www.eclecticgallery.ca. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com

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Film sheds light on domestic violence Transition House aims to raise awareness Christine van Reeuwyk News Staff

Victoria Women’s Transition House Society hopes to spotlight domestic abuse sharing an award-winning film.

“We wanted to increase public awareness and encourage dialogue and discussion around domestic violence,” said Marianne Sorensen, development manager for the society. “Transition House, through all of its programs and through its mandate, is wanting to create a society that is striving to prevent and eliminate abuse and build strong, healthy resilient families.”

Heaven on Earth,

by Canadian director and writer Deepa Mehta, tells the story of a young woman who travels from India to Canada to marry, and becomes trapped with an abusive husband.

The feature film presents a sensitive portrayal of the young woman’s experiences of domestic violence and her efforts to free herself.

Organizers felt the film was a way to demonstrate the issue and show how “strong

Victoria Women’s Transition House Society hosts a film screening of Heaven on Earth at Cinecenta April 23 to raise awareness of domestic violence. and resilient and courageous women are” in that situation.

The showing falls intentionally during National Victims of Crime Awareness Week – April 19 to 25. Victoria Women’s Transition House seeks to increase public awareness and encourage discussion and dialogue around the issue of domestic violence.

Each year in Canada, an estimated 362,000 children witness or experience family violence. Last year Victoria Women’s Transition House 24-hour Crisis and Support Line

received 2,037 calls; 153 children and 106 mothers or caregivers participated in individual counselling sessions through the Children Who Witness Abuse program.

“We’re not wanting to paint a really dark picture either for the community,” Sorensen said. “Domestic violence is still, to some extent, a little bit hidden. Lots of good change has happened and lots of good programming is in place, but the fact remains domestic violence is still an issue in families.”

The year marks Victoria Women’s Transition House Society’s 40th year working collaboratively to provide emergency shelter, support, counsel and education to women of all ages, with or without children, so that they can live free from the effects of abuse in intimate relationships.

Heaven on Earth runs Thursday, April 23 at 7 p.m. in Cinecenta, University of Victoria. Admission by donation.

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Report highlights wage imbalance A study by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business indicates that public sector wages are 10 to 15 per cent higher than comparable jobs in the private sector.

Wages for professions such as police officers and firefighters were not taken into account, as there is no comparable private sector positions. However, positions which are part of both public and private sectors were compared for the CFIB’s “Wage Watch” report, the sixth in the past 30 years.

The report takes its data from 2010 information contained in Statistics Canada’s 2011 National Household Survey. It compares more than 200 occupations in public and private sectors.

In 2010, private sector wages were still suffering from the 2008 economic downturn, which dealt a severe blow to many businesses.

Wage increases were non-existent for most employees in 2009 and 2010. Meanwhile, wage increases for government employees continued ticking along.

In years past, public sector wages were often at or even slightly below comparable private sector wages. There was a reason for this — there was more job security in the public sector; there were generous benefits; and there was (and is) a fully-indexed pension plan.

However, in the past 20 years or so, the wages paid to public sector employees have ballooned. This has happened as job security in the private sector has been substantially reduced.

While there was a booming private sector economy in B.C. from 2000 to 2008, many traditional well-paying jobs disappeared to contracting out, new technology or intense competition. The 2008 downturn intensified that trend and there has been only minimal replacement of many of the jobs that have been lost.

Taxes have not been reduced. In fact, they continue to go up — at all levels of government. While the federal government did lower the GST, there has been no comparable move by provincial or local governments.

Salaries paid to public sector workers need a closer look.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@oakbaynews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

The OAK BAY NEWS is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council.

Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

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B.C.’s labour market goes global natural gas projects start, the The labour situation in B.C. is labour shortage in the northeast is showing increased signs of strain, near crisis. even before a longThe last time I was promised boom in heavy in Dawson Creek, radio construction gets set to ads were offering signing ramp up this summer. bonuses for qualified Jobs Minister Shirley truck drivers. In Fort Bond announced last week St. John, grocery and that B.C. is suspending its hardware retailers have “provincial nomination” come to depend on program for 90 days. foreign workers to keep This program allows the going. province to recommend While supposedly people for federal Tom Fletcher educated young people immigration, based on B.C. Views work part time and refuse skills in demand in B.C. to leave the comforts of The B.C. provincial southern city life, this is nomination program saw the reality up north, and it’s only its number of applications triple to going to get worse.

1,200 for the month of December, This summer, work is scheduled as the federal government cracked to start on the Site C dam on down on the temporary foreign the Peace River, the most costly worker program. Thousands of construction project in B.C. history. temporary foreign workers who And a union vs. non-union battle have hit the four-year deadline reminiscent of the old Expo 86 are being sent home, with many labour wars is underway. of them turning to the provincial The B.C. and Yukon Building nomination track.

Trades (BCYT) are demanding a Bond has been pleading with project agreement that requires all Ottawa to raise B.C.’s annual workers on Site C to be paid their provincial nomination quota from rates, and are warning of chaos on 5,000 to 7,000 or more. The threethe huge project if they don’t get month pause is so her ministry can their way. add staff and speed up processing BC Hydro CEO Jessica McDonald time. Backlogged applicants will still told me that’s not all they want. be considered, and exemptions for health care workers and a northeast They are also seeking quotas for pilot program are being maintained. members of their unions on a project that will be a small city of Even with the current slump 1,700 people at peak construction. in energy prices and before BCYT executive director Tom anticipated pipeline and liquefied

Sigurdson says that while all sides acknowledge the need for foreign workers for Site C, he wants to control that too, working with their affiliated unions in the United States.

There will be non-union construction firms, some of them owned by aboriginal communities in the north. There will be contractors affiliated with the Christian Labour Association of Canada. The BCYT hopes to set wages and conditions for them all, and influence Ottawa’s temporary foreign worker program to boot.

McDonald and Premier Christy Clark have politely told them to pound sand. Their formula would add millions in costs to the project, driving up BC Hydro rates even more than they are already rising. BC Hydro has already done dam upgrade projects using a “managed open site” model and it’s not inclined to return to the era of W.A.C. Bennett as Sigurdson demands.

Sigurdson makes a valid point that when two concrete masons compare paycheques on the Site C project and one sees he’s making $5 an hour less, he won’t be happy. He will want the higher rate, and the BCYT is taking BC Hydro to court to ensure they can recruit new members on the site.

It looks like a hot summer ahead.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Residents need an active interest in community I am writing in response to the letters in the March 25 Oak Bay News that were very critical of community activism. Activism has nothing to do with the right of our elected officials to make decisions as they see fit. Instead, activism reflects how much more mature and engaged we have become as a community.

In a democratic society, people have the right to openly agree or disagree with each other and with council. We do so by electing candidates whose ideals we share.

Since we are not all the same, we also elect people with different points of view, interests and commitment with their constituency. That is, of course, the reason why councillors are also entitled to agree or disagree among themselves.

This recently occurred, for example, when the community provided their many concerns about the process that was to be used to implement the new Official

Unfair to blame mayor I do not believe that anyone in Oak Bay wants to see or have deer killed if there is a “nicer” way to deal with the overpopulation problem.

To make our mayor the scapegoat and only voice in favour of a cull, or to portray him as a butcher of deer, is plainly unjust.

Mankind has long ago upset the balance of nature to the extent that now the only inefficient predator of deer is motor vehicles.

Renting a cougar or wolf is not yet an option, and even if it were, make no mistake a deer being killed by any predator is not dying “humanely” and without stress. Nor are any of the animals killed more humanely, that provide us with the meat and fish products most all of us consume on a daily basis. Here, only true vegetarians can congratulate themselves of not being complicit.

Keep in mind that populations left unchecked by natural selection with the absence of predators and with abundant food (sounds like human-beings) tend to over-populate and overrun their environment.

I believe that the current vocal critics of any form of cull will be the loudest complainers that “not enough was done soon enough”, if and when the incidence of Lyme disease increases due to our ever-growing deer population. When they or their children are faced with the fact that they have succumbed to the disease, then they will be the most militant deercull advocates.

Make no mistake the ticks carrying Lyme disease are present. I picked up an affected tick while walking over six- to eight-inch-high grass in a park in Victoria or on Whidby Island. I hope I was lucky

Community Plan. This implementation can substantially impact our land use and zoning. Community input and activism is called democracy. Nothing new about it.

On the other hand, it is up to us community members to hold our elected officials accountable at all times. This is what “checks and balances” are all about. These checks and balances allow council to make sure that things are on track and ethical decisions are being made. Transparency is of the utmost importance.

Oak Bay Watch and other community groups are formed by people who believe that each and every one of us has an important role to play in shaping our future. They show up, share information, advocate for transparency and, above all, make concrete contributions to council in a proactive and respectful way.

OBW makes sure that our Official Community Plan is implemented legally, protects our residents and is

enough to have averted the disease by discovering it early enough, although it was probably after a number of days. I was then able to have it removed and be treated with antibiotics.

I also wish the deer and their ticks would disappear on their own, but that is not about to happen.

Alvin Hudec Oak Bay

Opposition disregarded Since the start of Mr. Jensen’s second term as mayor, the SPCA, DeerSafe and innumerable Oak Bay citizens have publicly voiced their emphatic opposition to Oak Bay’s deer cull. This opposition has been completely disregarded by Mr. Jensen and Oak Bay council, who no doubt view this huge body of protestors as just another insignificant annoyance, like the deer themselves.

I believe that Oak Bay government’s failure to acknowledge or respond to this consistently vociferous public outcry is politically irresponsible. It resembles, to me, a police state type of government.

The deer slaughter issue is not a mere trifle within Oak Bay’s political agenda; it is an issue of life or death of animals in our immediate ecosystem. On a citizen’s rights level, I am completely opposed to my tax dollars being used to kill deer. On an ethical and moral level, I am completely opposed to killing innocent animals who pose no threat, and I highly resent that Oak Bay council and a small group of people with a superiority complex who view deer as a nuisance in their lives, have imposed the cull at their whims.

There is something rotten in the state of Oak Bay, and it isn’t the deer. Clearly, we

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unbiased. This is a good example of what Oak Bay Watch stands for. The bottom line is: getting off the couch to make their opinions heard is what responsible citizens are supposed to do. Yes it’s much easier to just lay down and watch a hockey game; however, the development industry devotes a lot of resources and expense (activism) to lobbying councils for their development goals.

Therefore, council needs to hear from existing residents who have to bare a lot of the taxation, infrastructure and additional service costs – as well as all the other impacts.

Council needs our input to balance their ability to make informed decisions that protect our interests – not just those of the development community. It is important to understand not to provide our perspectives would be incredibly unfair to our council and our community.

James Sultanum Oak Bay

need a referendum on this issue, not later or sometime, but yesterday.

C. Paterson Oak Bay

thanks for (hopefully) publishing another rare letter swimming upstream.

Steen Jessen Oak Bay

Cull the sensible decision

Cull costs need explanation

The Times Colonist recently published a letter responding to many queries (from persons not living in Oak Bay) about the success of our cull. The letter writer simply stated that the cull was successful in that it removed 11 deer from the Oak Bay deer population. Fact.

I have just read a recent edition of the Oak Bay News and note with some disappointment that the Bambi Brigade is still pursuing their crusade against the cull.

I point out, that of the voters who turned out in the last election, a clear majority voted for Nils Jensen, whose main plank was the cull. This is democracy at work and the people who continually chastise the mayor for his cull action should take a breather and back off.

I agree that a more humane method to get rid of the pests should be found, and it already exists. Properly trained and licensed hunters could do the job – I was one of them in the dawn of time – except for the prohibition of discharging fire arms within municipal borders. I would volunteer tomorrow to do this as I did years ago in northern B.C. when hunting was not frowned upon by naïve urban dwellers. Sadly this is no longer an option.

Mr. Mayor, you and council made the only sensible and right decision to press on with the cull. Please don’t bow to strident and emotional pressure. Keep up your good work and increase the cull number next year and start it sooner.

Thanks for your consideration and

The actual cost of the deer cull as shown in two recent letters definitely need explaining. I understand the Capital Regional District added funds (our tax dollars) and Oak Bay paid a set amount, but in both letters the costs of the cull are way above the amount specified by the mayor when he quoted $500 per deer.

I read where it stated in the RFP that the cost was now $600 per deer but the amount paid out was at least three times that.

I know this cull was a secret mission by the mayor but now he has to explain to the taxpayers why the sudden increase in costs. How many more hidden charges are there going to be?

D.B. Reynolds Victoria

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Indian celebration offers a cultural immersion Saanich Fairgrounds playing host to family oriented event

For members of the Sikh community, the centuries-old festival of Vaisakhi marks the beginning of the new year, the birth of the Khalsa and the completion of the wheat harvest.

While local residents with the nonprofit India Canada Cultural Association may not be as directly involved in agriculture as their forebearers, the marking of this special time of year in Greater Victoria offers numerous opportunities to experience Indian food, traditional dance and other cultural activities.

Not so ironically, this Sunday’s Vaisakhi Mela (a Sanskrit word meaning gathering, or to meet) is happening at the Saanich Fairgrounds, a Central Saanich venue tied directly to agricultural celebrations.

The free gathering at the fairgrounds represents the festival side of Vaisakhi, one of the most important cultural events of the year globally for members of the Sikh community – Hindus, Buddhists and Tamils also celebrate, but in slightly different ways. The festival also includes special prayer services and events at the gurdwaras (temples).

It’s primarily about family, says Serena Rai, a Victoria resident who has danced the traditional Indian bhangra style since she was five and performed often at such celebrations.

“We’re a close group. We all kind of

pull together and work well as a group in order to make it a fun event for everybody,” she says.

While the mela has plenty of outward cultural appeal, Rai, as part of the younger generation, also appreciates the efforts being made to maintain her ethnic Indian heritage.

“It’s so important to look at what our elders are doing for us as a community,” she says of Vaisakhi-related events. “It makes me very proud to know my children (will be able to participate), as this is being passed from generation to generation.”

Gordy Dodd, a well-known Greater Victoria merchant and president of the India Canada Cultural Association, noted that the marking of Vaisakhi can have many beneficial elements. “(This) celebration is about sharing and family,” he said.

“I firmly believe that when a community gathers in sharing its food, culture, music, art and dance, then our whole community of Victoria gains a sense of tranquility, equality and belonging that is spiritually healing for all of us.”

The Vaisakhi Mela, running from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at 1528 Stelly’s X Rd. in Central Saanich, features a market, authentic Indian food stalls, henna tattoo applications and a variety of free children’s activities.

There will be outfit, food and decoration contests for attendees to take part in. From an entertainment standpoint, there will be various musical and dance performances and competitions, headlined by members of the Apna Virsa

(translates to our cultural roots), which is billed as the region’s premier Punjabi arts and culture group.

According to Khushia Gill, the coach and leader of Apna Virsa, “Cultural dance knows no race, colour or ethnicity; only talent and passion.” and this groups remarkable energy and synergy symbolizes this way of dance.

The ICCA is mandated to celebrate and raise awareness about the power, diversity and colour of India’s rich culture. For more than 40 years, the society has worked towards creating bridges between the Indo-Canadian community in Greater Victoria and other cultural groups.

Getting there and back For people wishing to attend Vaisakhi events in Saanichton but looking to avoid driving, transportation will be provided from various locations. n Vehicles will leave the Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple at 1210 Topaz Ave. at 11:30 a.m., noon and 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Departures from Saanich Commonwealth Place are at noon, 12:30, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. n Vehicles also leave Mayfair Centre from the Toys R Us entrance at noon, 1 and 2 p.m., while departures from Sizzling Tandoor at Uptown happen at 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. n Regular return times from the fairgrounds begin at 12:30 p.m. and run every 15 minutes starting at 4:30.

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United Way campaign tops $5.7 million Campaign goal not reached, but year still considered successful Andrea Peacock Black Press

United Way of Greater Victoria finished its 2014 campaign on March 31 with a total of $5.7 million raised.

Despite not reaching the campaign goal of $6 million, CEO Patricia Jelinski said it was a successful year full of innovative ideas.

“This past year’s campaign was really energetic,” Jelinski said.

For the first time, United Way of Greater Victoria introduced a pilot project e-pledge system for several workplaces. More workplaces will be added to the online donation system this year.

New events this year also included an engineering challenge with new companies from the engineering sector that came on board for a Popsicle stick playground challenge, and also a financial challenge between BMO, RBC, CIBC, TD Canada Trust and Island Savings.

Ginette Berthiaume, executive administrative assistant from the B.C. Assessment head office, has been leading her workplace in United Way fundraising for four years.

In 2014, the 130 people involved at B.C. Assessment raised $31,000.

They do at least one event every month, in addition to weekly casual

Cathy Ross, left, Deborah Barnes and Lorena Milkert, all from CIBC, take in the United Way SpiritFest event March 24.

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If employees give $2 to the campaign, they can wear casual clothes to work.

Berthiaume also organizes work bake sales, pot lucks, book sales and bingo games to raise money.

Members of the audience at the United Way “You see SpiritFest announcement of nominees for the the need United Way Spirit Awards at the Delta Ocean out there, it Pointe Hotel. breaks my 24. Award heart. There’s nothing I can do on my winners will own, but together we become stronger,” be announced Berthiaume said. “At the same time, it at the Spirit really creates energy in the workplace Awards because we make those things fun.” luncheon on Berthiaume is a finalist for United April 21 at Way of Greater Victoria’s Outstanding the Fairmont Employee Campaign chair award for the Empress Hotel. category with over 100 employees, and The awards B.C. Assessment was also nominated include 11 for the Naden Band Spirit of Excellence categories, 61 award. nominees and 30 The nominees and finalists for United finalists.

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Listen Series: Spring Song with Nicholas Fairbank, Organ at St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 1701 Elgin Street, at 7 p.m. in the chapel. Admission is by donation ($8 suggested amount).

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Poetry Without Borders - Join worldclass poets Patrick Friesen, Rhona McAdam, Inge Israel and Beth Kope for an evening of readings and conversation that celebrates Victoria’s talented community of writers including some of its most thoughtprovoking poets. The free event is at 7:30 p.m. at Munro’s Books, 1108 Government St. For further information visit Facebook.com/ ReadLocalBC.

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Sunday, April 12 Invasive ivy removal in Uplands Park with the Friends of Uplands Park from 1 to 4 p.m.

Meet in the Cattle Point lower parking lot.

Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Mount Douglas Park, Cordova Bay Road. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m.

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Monday, April 13 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.

Tuesday, April 14 Drop in Toddler time, for youngsters 16-35 months and their caregiver.

Toddler-terrific stories, songs, rhymes and puppets. No registration required.

Starts 10:30 a.m. at the Oak Bay branch of the GVPL, 1442 Monterey Ave.

On The Road - Join some of Victoria’s hottest fiction writers for an evening of exploration and conversation with Julie Paul, Aaron Shepard and Charles Tidler. Discover how embarking on quests both real and imagined can unearth secrets and how travel can help you to find yourself - wherever you may be. Starts at 7:30 p.m., Munro’s Books, 1108 Government St. For further information visit Facebook.com/ ReadLocalBC. 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 250-477-4472.

CARP Victoria is bringing CBC’s Quirks and Quarks host Bob McDonald to present “Canadian Spacewalkers”, about the only three Canadian astronauts to put on spacesuits and step outside the international space station. His presentation includes spectacular photos and amazing stories of the ultimate high adventure. The event will be held at 7 p.m. at the Cook Street Activity Centre, 380 Cook St. in the Cook Street Village. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and children under 12 are free.

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Cocktails are at 5:30 and dinner at 6 p.m.

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Thursday, April 16 UVic Professor Dr. Robert Dalton will speak on Popular Myths about Art and Artists at Red Art Gallery, 2249 Oak Bay Ave. at 7 p.m. Limited seating – call for tickets 250-881-0462.

Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Harbour Towers, 345 Quebec St. Registration 5:45 p.m.; walk 6 p.m. Contact is George at 250-386-1279.

Friday, April 17 Drop-in Family Storytime from 10:3011 a.m. at the Oak Bay branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Ave. Volkssport Clubs of South Vancouver Island host the Phoenix Walking Festival from April 17-19 at the Greek Community Centre (4648 Elk Lake Dr.).

There will be several walks to choose from. There is a $10 registration fee plus $2 per walk. To preregister and for more information, visit www. vvpf.ca.

Saturday, April 18 Oak Bay Artists; studio tour runs noon to 4:30 p.m. April 18 and 19. Maps of participating studios and artists will be available prior to the tour at oakbay. ca/parks-recreation online.

French Music Delights – Maestro Pablo Diemecke leads the DieMahler String Quartet at 2:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s the Virgin church, 1701 Elgin Rd. This third concert in the quartet’s 2015 Chamber music series features music by Deussy and Ravel. All programs are subject to changes.

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Crowded feeders a health risk for returning songbirds Residents reminded to regularly clean their bird feeders Backyard bird enthusiasts should regularly clean their bird feeders and bird baths at this time of year, as migratory songbirds return from their winter retreats.

Species such as pine siskins, redpolls and grosbeaks congregate in large flocks in spring, and their close contact at a time of weather stress and nutrition shortage can pass diseases from bird to bird, says a bulletin from the B.C. Forests Ministry.

Cleaning feeders every two weeks and changing water in bird baths every few days can reduce the spread of avian pox virus, avian conjunctivitis and salmonella bacteria among birds. Using metal or plastic feeders rather than wood, and spreading out multiple small feeders that only allow one or two birds at a time also reduces the risk of disease transmission.

Wildlife biologists say these bird diseases can also spread to people handling infected birds or contaminated materials. Placing

bird feeders over a concrete surface allows easier cleanup of litter underneath, which can also prevent spread of infection.

If you see one or two sick birds in your area, biologists advise clearing and scrubbing the feeder. If there are more than three diseased birds, take your feeder down for a week or two to encourage birds to disperse.

Here are some common signs to look for: • Birds with avian conjunctivitis have red, swollen, watery or crusted eyes. Infection can be spread by feeders with small openings that birds touch with the sides of their heads. Infected birds may have trouble feeding and remain on the ground near the feeder.

• Birds with salmonella bacterium may be found dead or appear tame, sitting quietly for hours or days, often with their feathers fluffed up. Salmonella can easily spread to pets or humans, and so strict hygiene should be enforced in these situations.

• Birds with avian pox virus may have warty lesions on the unfeathered parts of their head, legs or feet.

Ferries fuel rebate eases hikes Jeff Nagel Black Press

A one per cent fuel rebate announced by BC Ferries will ease new fare increases that took effect April 1.

On major routes between Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island, it means the approved 3.9 per cent fare increases will mean a 2.9 per cent net increase.

For a driver and vehicle travelling on the major routes, it means the fare has risen to $71.50 from $69.50 – it was originally expected to rise to $75.30.

Walk-on passengers will now pay $16.70, up from $16.25.

BC Ferries president Mike Corrigan said the fuel hedges

they have in place should ensure the rebate remains in place at least through the summer months and possibly into next year.

He said the fare increases are directly linked to increased operating costs and capital replacements, while any fuel surcharges or rebates flow from fuel deferral accounts.

A previous 3.4 per cent fuel surcharge was eliminated in midDecember as fuel prices fell.

Fuel surcharges and rebates don’t apply on northern routes, where fares rise an average of two per cent.

The B.C. Ferries Commissioner indicated fare increases will be capped at a maximum of 1.9 per cent in subsequent years, from 2016 to 2020.

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Investors Group and Bridges for Women host On Saturday there will be five different a Women’s Forum – Creating your Success Story workshops to provide resources, tools and which will bring women together, inspire, and a support system for current and future raise funds for Bridges important programs. female leaders. To get further information This dynamic forum is intended to facilitate and registration details please visit www. discussion on gender bias that still exists in our bridgesforwomen.ca. society when it comes to women in leadership and mentorship roles. By creating a safe environment for women and men to learn how to change their tradition and thoughts, the goal is to elicit the spirit necessary to end the opposing ideals.

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the Hakai-Raincoast geography professor in UVic’s faculty of social sciences, is an interdisciplinary conservation scientist who has conducted groundbreaking research on the importance of wolves and bears to coastal ecosystems and people. For example, he has injected new evidence into the grizzly bear trophy hunting controversy by

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“I’ve been uplifted by my nominators and supporters, who are the same people behind the accomplishments that I’m being singled out for,” he said. “So I feel a sense of pleasant responsibility to give back to my partners – students, non-

Students take action on climate change Students will gather at Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Andrew Weaver’s constituency office Wednesday as part of a provincial day of action for high school students on climate change.

High school students all across B.C. will be meeting with their MLAs to discuss how the government plans to address the proposed export of coal through Fraser Surrey Docks and other facilities in B.C. The day of action, titled Defend our Future, is a youth-led initiative aiming to draw attention to the threat that rising coal exports pose to B.C.’s environment and economy.

“We are reaching a pivotal point in which our generation has to step up and do something about climate change. We [the youth] are calling on our elected decision makers to think about the consequences that their decisions will have on our future” said Sky Losier of Defend Our Future.

Special Olympic season begins The spring sport season for Victoria Special Olympics began this month, offering seven different sport programs for people with intellectual disabilities.

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profit colleagues and the young leaders from the sovereign indigenous nations of our coast.”

Darimont says he’s donating the $1,000 cash award to UVic to help establish a new scholarship for indigenous students.

This is the first year a UVic faculty member has won the Early in Career Award since it was added to the award roster in 2010.

bocce program.

Special Olympics programs are open to people with intellectual disabilities of all athletic abilities and experience. Athletes must be 7 to 11 years in order to participate in the youth program and must be 12 and older for all other sport programs.

Sport practises take place once a week, with additional tournament opportunities available in many sports.

Limited space is still available in the softball, T-ball and FUNdamentals youth multi-sport programs.

Volunteer coaches are welcome to apply for all programs.

In Greater Victoria, 215 athletes ranging from 7 to 70 years will participate in Victoria Special Olympics programs during the 2014-15 season.

More than 250 volunteers help to run 19 different sport programs.

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I should have heard of him sooner. I’ve been gardening for most of my adult life and have not one, but two decent-sized bookcases devoted to natural history and gardening. I have the usual field guides, garden guides and perennial guides, plus oodles of niche gardening books the likes of which are rarely if ever opened – Baskets from Nature’s Bounty, A Weaver’s Garden, and Chicken Gardening among them. I own books on shade and foliage and roses. Glossy photo books, diaries, and more ‘year-in-garden’ books than years I have left to read them.

But I didn’t have Nichols.

And I might have gone my entire life never owning a book

by Beverley Nichols if it weren’t for the Oak Bay library. There I stood one drizzly January day and plucked a vintagelooking novel-sized hardcover from the gardening section.

The title, apt to cheer anyone, was Merry Hall. The story, I learned from the back flap, was about an English bachelor restoring a Georgian manor and its garden in the late 1940s.

I don’t know about you, but chances are if you’re reading a gardening column, you might have harboured just such a restoration fantasy. I certainly have. A walled kitchen garden? Deep rich soil left from annuals past?

Don’t even get me started on laburnum walks, pools, potagers and pergolas.

I snatched up the book. And the next in the series, and the next… until I needed to start on his earlier work with a copy of my own.

I ordered Nichols’ book, Down the Garden Path, first published in 1932, from Ivy’s Bookshop and was at the shop within the hour of its arrival. Shirley had only just called and there I was, practically panting. I felt I had to explain myself.

“He’s really quite a lark.”

A lark? (A Nichols word if there ever was one!) I don’t really even know what lark looks like. Still: The

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“We had a peek.

The lupins…he made it sound positively dramatic collecting seed.”

Shirley opened the cover. “And look at the endplates.”

A hand-drawn

aerial map of a garden unfolded before me.

A kitchen garden, fields, an orchard and statuary – gardener’s Narnia.

Down the Garden Path is the first book in Nichols’ thatched cottage trilogy after which 10 more books about homes and gardens follow, not to mention novels, mysteries, travel writing and more.

If you have a new home or garden, read him. If you dream of one? Indulge. Nichols writes from another time and place, but his stories about becoming a gardener

have kept his books in print for over 70 years.

Thirty-five dollars later, I set off down the avenue with my hardcover, one that will undoubtedly lead to a very pretty little shelf if not a manor.

This week, when I should really be home digging in the garden, I’ll be in England digging through used bookshops for more Nichols. Talk about being led down the garden path.

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New system brings few changes to liquor prices Wholesale model came into effect this month for B.C. government liquor stores

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Arts council calls for submissions Art Victoria Now fine art show will run May 7 to 10 The Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria is calling for artist submissions for its Art Victoria Now fine art show May 7 to 10 at the Atrium Building.

A juried show open to Greater Victoria artists, the exhibit is open to artists of all levels and does not require CACGV membership to enter. Submission of works and hanging costs are free to all applicants. Public admission is also free.

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“We hope this inaugural Art Victoria Now open show will demonstrate to the art-loving public, to collectors and to international visitors that the Capital Region’s creative work is: diverse, significant, authentic and truly ours.”

All entries must be original creations not shown in another juried fine art show in the Greater Victoria area. Submit all 2D and 3D work online at www.cacgv.ca until April 16.

The opening reception is planned for Thursday, May 7 from 7 to 9 p.m.

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victoria’s premier show of the year!

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Victoria’s Largest Building, Renovation and Decor Show!

EXPO

April 17, 18, 19

ONE LOCATION! 3 ARENAS! 3 BIG DAYS! West Shore Parks & Recreation

Design Theatre featuring Amy McGeachy of trend on CHEK!

1767 Old Island Highway

FREE ADMISSION!

The Q Centre Juan de Fuca Curling Arena Juan de Fuca Hockey Arena

Create Your Dream Home Friday, April 17

1:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Saturday, April 18 9:30 am - 5:30 pm

FREE FREE between arenas!

PARKING! See the 2015 version of the SHUTTLE BUS 3000 Year Old Mongolian Yurt!

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Sunday, April 19

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

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