Seasonal sail
Yacht club hosts annual holiday sail-past Page A8
tmas s i r h C s ’ y e n d i S See de! i s n I t r o p s s a P Wish Book &
LET US SHOW YOU HOW TO INCREASE YOUR USEABLE SPACE...
NEWS: Oak Bay poet earns inaugural Cedric Award /A5 BUSINESS: Abra-Kid-Abra enjoys new digs /A9 ARTS: CCPA takes on The Great Gatsby /A10
OAK BAYNEWS
CALL US TODAY! 250-744-2195 OR 1-800-670-5505 3075 DOUGLAS ST., VICTORIA MURPHYBEDS-VICTORIA.COM
Vancouver Island’s Only Authorized Murphy Bed Dealers
www.oakbaynews.com
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Gallery Walk, Social Thursday
s s e n i s u sdney b .5” 2 x ” 5 . 2
Jennifer Blyth Oak Bay News
Oak Bay Avenue will be filled with the sights and sounds of the season Thursday evening. From 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3, the 12th annual Art on the Avenue Gallery Walk welcomes art lovers, while the accompanying Christmas Social kicks the evening off at 5 p.m. “It started small, with the galleries and a few restaurants participating but it has grown to include right up to Foul Bay Road so it’s the entire Avenue,” says Avenue Gallery owner Heather Wheeler, one of the original participants. Jennifer Blyth/Oak Bay News The walk welcomes art lovers and shoppers alike for an evening of exhibits Santa arrives on Oak Bay Avenue Sunday night as the Oak Bay Business Improvement Association welcomed hundreds to the village to and special events. celebrate the 15th annual light-up. The annual Christmas festival continues through December. See more photos page A3. With the largest concentration of galleries on the Island, the walk is a great opportunity to enjoy a wide range of art within a short stroll – amid twinkling lights hasn’t been a 20-year study on this stuff … It’s a Christine van Reeuwyk and holiday cheer, says new enough product that we just don’t know.” Oak Bay News Wheeler, whose Avenue She hoped to hear the school district would Gallery hosts the All That Some are voicing concern with an online peti- consider a plant-based alternative to replace the 1. Duplex on 11,800sf View Lot exhibition, 73 Glitters jewellery tion and hope to see a change to the turf options shredded rubber tires traditionally usedSylvan as the Lane with $1,099,000 351211 several MLS artists in attenat Oak Bay High. infill for artificial turf. dance. In addition, videog“We were so excited to hear about the turf field Among her concerns are known carcinogens, 2. Renovated rapher Legal Duplex Views from Davewith Phillips, going in at Oak Bay High,” said Kathryn Vallance, including mercury, lead, benzene and acetone in 1828 Crescent Road Video, $1,199,000 MLS a Uber will create an Oak Bay mom of four young soccer players. the pellets along with other irritants. 353190 short film at the Gallery. Then it came to her attention there are ongoing 3. Gordon Point Executive Home 4516 health concerns about the use of crumb rubber PlEASE SEE: PlEASE SEE: Gordon Point Drive $1,175,000 COMING pellets used as underlay for artificial turf. “There Risks unknown: parent, Page A2 SOON Old-Fashioned Social, Page 12
Ho, ho, ho!
Crumb rubber causes turf field concerns Island Health report cites ‘insufficient evidence to indicate that the level of exposure with casual use would exceed the threshold for risk to human health’
Estevan Village 4 Bdrm Executive Home 2732 Dewdney Avenue MLS 355993 $1,500,000
RE/MAX Camosun
1,200 Sq. Ft. James Bay Condo #402-405 Quebec Street MLS 358294 $479,900
250.220.5061
Fantastic Jubilee Area Condo #313-2022 Foul Bay Road MLS 358310 $219,900
www.preferredhomes.ca
Guy
Scott
Karl