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Before he slips on a pair of orange gloves to pick up the garbage strewn across Victoria’s tent city, Raven is asked how he feels about leaving the place he’s called home since late October. “Leaving?” he says, then explains

he’s been lied to about the showers at the building the tent city campers are supposed to move into next week. Raven doesn’t plan on going anywhere until he has somewhere permanent to move. “This is not a great lifestyle. I wouldn’t mind playing an Xbox once in a while... but aside from that, we made it a home, we made it a community.”

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Aside from selling drugs, Doug was also known as an enforcer, using violence he didn’t even know he was capable of doing. Fearing for his safety, Doug began to carry weapons, such as mace, wrenches and hammers whenever he was out in public. At one point, he had a gun and wondered when he would have to use it. On one occasion, Doug was about to make a drug deal on a random country road when a vehicle rolled up with four guys armed with powerful guns. Doug and his friends were robbed of their drugs. The unexpected encounter left him shaken. “There’s lots of times where I’d be walking down the road and there would be like six dudes that would say, ‘oh there you are,’” said Doug. “I never really thought about what I was doing. Every single day I did this — just stand on the corner with my buddies, make the money selling drugs...If we ever saw anyone in our territory they were dealt with.” Doug’s violent gang life lasted for more than a year before he found himself in youth court, facing

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That’s when things started to go south. He suffered from a series of addiction issues that led to serious health problems. Gilbert, who has diabetes, had an ulcer that got infected with MRSA, a flesh-eating disease, and he was eventually forced to amputate his right leg. Shortly after, he moved to Victoria in search of a new life. But it was harder than he imagined, and the next eight years of his life

were spent on and off the streets. Most recently, he was evicted from his apartment. He went down to Rock Bay Landing, which Gilbert said “served the purpose” of giving him a warm bed to sleep in and a meal to eat, but he didn’t feel welcome there. PleAse see: Mustard Seed, Page A3

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In order to prepare for the eviction, the province has been working to find temporary shelter for the campers to move into and is now getting ready to open 88 units of transitional housing and shelter space, along with 40 rent supplements. Thirty-eight of those spaces will be in the newly purchased Mount Edwards Court Care Home at 1002 Vancouver St., which will provide transitional housing units operated by the Victoria Cool Aid Society. An additional 50 spaces will be available at the former Victoria Youth Custody Centre building in View Royal, which will provide three meals per day along with the option of camping in the courtyard. The View Royal shelter will be open for approximately six months and Mount Edwards for 12 months. Both facilities are slated to open their doors on Tuesday and will provide a range of support services so campers have access to more stable, long-term housing, including rent supplements that will be administered by Pacifica Housing. Don Evans, executive

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Raven, one of the residents of Victoria’s tent city, cleans up some of the garbage at the site on Burdett Avenue. director of Our Place, which is running the shelter in View Royal, said a moving truck will be provided for three days to help campers transition into their new home. Evans admits he’s hearing mixed reactions from campers about the new shelter. As of last Tuesday, 15 people had signed up to move into the facility, but Evans expects it will be full within a few weeks. “Some people are having

a hard time getting around the fact that it was a correctional centre so that is one of the challenges. The other is the distance with how far out it is,” said Evans, adding a shuttle bus will be on hand to take people downtown. “Our job is to make it a positive environment for them so we’re going to do what we can to soften it...I think once people get in there and they get comfortable in that space

they are going to really enjoy it.” At the Mount Edwards location, Don McTavish, manager of shelters for the Victoria Cool Aid Society, had a list last Tuesday of 36 people interested in staying at the building, which was formerly used as an 80-room residential home for seniors with a central courtyard, staff rooms, a built-in kitchen, dining area and lounge. McTavish would like

to explore long-term housing for the building. At this time, however, only the main floor has been renovated to make it operational for 38 rooms. Outside the courthouse, a security guard is now patrolling the perimeter of the site packed with tents, pallets for walkways, garbage, a few permanent structures and an assortment of other items. In a written statement, the province said it hopes the campers will take advantage of the shelter options that are being offered, but it’s premature to say what will happen after the eviction date. Lee Bonwick doesn’t live at tent city, but goes there on a regular basis to visit friends. Many of them don’t want to leave, he noted, because they like the freedom to do whatever they please. “There’s a lot of people that don’t follow a set of normal rules. They get put into housing and then they just get kicked out again and it’s a whole other cycle,” said Bonwick, noting his friends haven’t said much about the eviction date. “I think people are going to try and ignore it until it’s gone.” editor@vicnews.com

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“People can’t really fathom what it means to be homeless. People in the suburbs think ‘oh, it must be awful,’ but it’s worse than awful,” Gilbert said. “Your clothes are wet, you smell, you haven’t shaved because you don’t have a razor, there’s no hope and you feel abandoned. You feel left out of the world.” Then he started going to the Mustard Seed for meals and to use the food bank. The organization has become a beacon of hope for Gilbert. “They nurtured me through the hard years when I was drug addicted and when I really didn’t care about much,” he said. Now, Gilbert is getting his life back on track.

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rity and ethical behaviour. “I serve because I can,” he said. “I learn so much from those who serve with me, and the feeling of making a difference in the lives of those who benefit from our work is thrilling. Time and money spent on community projects and organizations is an investment providing the highest return our lives will ever see.” Along with assisting Leadership Victoria, B.C. SPCA, the Vancouver Island University Foundation and the Nanaimo Child Development Centre, Williams is currently serving as the community campaign chair for the United Way of Greater Victoria. He has also served for a number of years as the host of the VLAs. As one of the VLAs’ founding partners, Rotary has a long record of promoting community service.

“Individuals recognized through the awards embody the spirit of Rotary through volunteerism,” said Michele Wilson, Rotary representative on the VLA steering committee. “Through highlighting the nominees, doing what they do without expectation of recognition, the hope is that we will inspire everyone to get involved in their community.” The four Rotary award nominees for 2016 are: Arielle Guetta, Deborah Antonsen, Maria Dominelli and Sally Reid. The Rotary recipient, along with awards in eight additional categories spanning youth to lifetime achievement, will be presented Feb. 25 at the Victoria Conference Centre at the 12th annual Victoria Leadership Awards gala. To purchase tickets, visit victorialeadershipawards.ca editor@vicnews.com

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Raccoons: wily and adaptive urban animals

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Their scientific name, Procyon lotor, means “dog-like washer,” and perhaps the best-known behaviour of the common raccoon is its habit of washing its food with long, sensitive, lethally-clawed fingers. Surprisingly, raccoons are reputed to live about three years in the wild, while they may live up to 20 in captivity. It has been said the emotional intelligence of humans took a great leap forward when they began living in settled towns (when they had to learn negotiation and getting along). It has also been suggested we have since then massively overdone urbanization, and the overcrowded post-modern city now makes people stupider (dazed by noise, crowding and the mind-numbing digital devices we play with in nature-deficient high-rise boxes). Some have theorized whatever they have done to humans, cities make wildlife smarter. Raccoons would be a case in point. Certainly the urban raccoon seems wily enough to live longer

ivy-clad trees. They like to be private, but a passerby may hear unseen mothers musically vocalizing in the bushes to their young, or growling if we come too close. During mating they sometimes shriek as if to wake the dead. Scientists tell us that several North American subspecies have adapted over time to progressively more northern ranges. The first records of ’coons spotted in an urban setting come from Cincinnati in the 1920s, and they now live as far north as Alaska. Although called “dog-like” raccoons were first classified with bears, until taxonomists eventually grouped them with the

than three years, being an opportunistic scavenging omnivore with more food sources and fewer predators in town than in the wild. Its main enemy is traffic, but leafy stretches of suburbia with linked-up green spaces can make it less necessary for wildlife to cross roads. Being blessed with a curious nature and the ability to open garbage cans, urban raccoons can get access to a range of nutrients beyond the insects, shellfish and birds’ eggs natural to them. We find raccoons all along the banks of Bowker and other creeks, as well as in tunnels, under porches and nesting in the branches of

ring-tailed cats. Fossils show their earliest ancestors came from Europe and apparently crossed to North America via Asia, yet the groups preceding the present North American species seem –— based on morphological and fossil comparisons -— to have come from Central America. They are one of those species that muddle the very idea of “invasives,” having withdrawn from and re-invaded the same territories at several times over their interesting evolutionary career. Raccoon kits are born tiny, blind and deaf, usually two to five in a litter. That early helplessness means mothers must

nurture and teach the young, and the pressure to learn is an aspect of their evolved intelligence. Recent studies have shown that a raccoon can remember solutions to tasks for up to three years. Those of us who study them in our own backyards can

cite many examples of their inquisitive trialand-error behaviour. One of their talents is the ability to get along with other species, not only with humans (who they will befriend if they are being fed and crooned to), but also with resident cats. If cats don’t

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Celebrating family business Some of the Island’s most successful family-run businesses gathered at the Victoria Golf Club to celebrate the 2016 Family Enterprise of the Year Award. Black Press is a platinum sponsor of the event, which honoured award recipient Wilson’s Transportation along with finalists the Business Examiner and Tru Value Foods. The Family Enterprise of the Year Award is presented annually by the Canadian Association of Family Enterprise (CAFE) to recognize, celebrate and promote achievements of Vancouver Island family businesses and the considerable contribution they make to both their local communities and our economy. To learn more about CAFE, visit the website: cafecanada.ca/chapters/vancouver-island.

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Archers on target for B.C. Winter Games

Vic High student takes aim at multisport event Arnold Lim Black Press

Arms outstretched and arrows loaded, two archers are the picture of concentration. Logan Willford and Matthew Lange stand like statues, their breathing muted while they stare down colourful bows at punctured targets at the Victoria Bowmen outdoor archery range in View Royal. From the sidelines, even watching appears stressful and challenging, but Lange said stepping up to the line is always enjoyable. “It's definitely nervewracking sometimes,

but once you start shooting you block everyone else out. You just focus on yourself and have a lot of fun,” he said. “I have a ton of fun.” An archer since he was nine, the life-long Saanich resident trains at the West Shore facility with his Olympic recurve bow, one of several bows paid for by delivering the Saanich News in his local neighbourhood. Now 15, he targets hundreds of arrows per training session in preparation for the 2016 B.C. Winter Games in Penticton. “This is my first time. I am kind of nervous, but excited for it; I've never done something this big before,” he said of competing in the multi-sport event, set for Feb. 25 to 28. “It feels really good that I'm representing the Island. I don't even

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Fifteen-year-old Logan Willford, a Vic High student, will test herself against B.C.'s best young archers during the B.C. Winter Games in Penticton from Feb. 25 to 28. know how to explain it — it's very patriotic, I'm very proud.” Lange will join six other archers from the Island at the Games, including West Shore

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many other strong archers vying for one of seven positions on the Island squad. She vividly remembers the moment she found out she made it. “My coach got a phone call and looked very serious, which was very weird for him … He came over looking serious and gave me a hug,” Willford said. “And he and I both started jumping up and down, we were just so excited. I honestly could not believe it, I did not expect to get in.” Starting her career as an archer after watching the movie The Hunger Games she hit a bullseye in only her second shot. Now in the junior Olympic program along with Lange, the 15-year-old said she's training hard, mimicking competition conditions in tight quar-

“(My coach) and I both started jumping up and down, we were just so excited. I honestly could not believe it, I did not expect to get in.” — Logan Willford

ters, shooting only six inches away from archers on either side of her as she prepares to step up to the line in her first B.C. Winter Games. “Generally in sports I'm not good. I'm not good at running, throwing and catching,” she said. “But I just find this really fun … Everyone wants to shoot because they enjoy shooting, but ultimately I want to get to the Canada Games.” editor@vicnews.com

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As construction and finishing crews continue to buzz around Eagle Creek Village in View Royal this week, a team of merchandisers and tradespeople are putting some of the finishing touches on the plaza's anchor store, Quality Foods. Dry goods and frozen foods are fast filling up the shelves and freezers on the main floor of the 45,000-squarefoot store. Preparations continue on new features for the upper floor, which will include a Starbucks café, a soup and sandwich bar and a 7,000-sq ft. upscale kitchenware boutique branded appropriately as A Step Above. “It's more about creating an atmosphere,” said store manager Jordan Schley, who has shifted to the new location after running the Langford store since it opened in July 2014. The split-level shopping experience is a format

the company has created to great success in several of its stores up Island, but it's a first for the West Shore, he added. All systems are go for the store's official opening and ribbon cutting Thursday, Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. A special sneak preview for seniors 65-over and people with mobility issues is being held the night before. The Island-owned grocery chain has put a great deal of stock in the West Shore marketplace, opening two large stores in the span of 19 months. QF founding partner

Ken Schley said the View Royal location, adjacent to Victoria General Hospital and in close proximity to a fast-growing area of the region, offers many advantages. View Royal Mayor David Screech is equally excited to see the anchor tenant in Eagle Creek get up and running. “For residents in that area, they're going to have a walkable (distance) grocery store,” he said. “For the hospital, it's going to be great for visitors and staff alike.” He especially appre-

ciates the fact that “a wholly Island-owned company” has chosen to locate a major store within the town's borders. As for the progress of the Eagle Creek Village project, which is now starting to see merchants open up, he said, “it's amazing in the last three months how much has come together, from where they were.” For more information on Quality Foods, visit qualityfoods.com and for further details on Eagle Creek, visit eaglecreekvlg.com. editor@vicnews.com

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When your needs change, your home may need to change with them. Homeowners are constantly living through change. From empty nesters who just don’t need the space, and couples or parents who use home equity to travel or pay for children’s tuition, to seniors moving into retirement facilities, downsizing can be a new reality. It can be also be stressful, but downsizing specialist Anney Ardiel said there are ways to ease that transition. “Most of my clients are (primarily) 80 or older; downsizing from a

big home where they raised their kids, to a condo,” she said. “It’s definitely a thing that has negative connotations, but (all) it means is you have more stuff than you can fit into your new space. Sometimes we are downsizing from 3,000 to 700 square feet, so a lot has to go.” Ardiel, who runs Act Together Moving Services, said the first place to start is the space you have in the new place. She encourages people to think about their current lifestyle, and in that respect, some items that have been accumulated will naturally eliminate themselves, based on usage or lack thereof. Many downsizers don’t keep a formal dining room, she added, so the big dining room table and hutch are often among the first big items to go. “The next step is deciding if family members, (perhaps) younger family members might love a dining room set. If family doesn’t want

it, you can sell it,” she said. “The market is flooded, so you won’t get as much value, but you will still be able to send it off to a new home and make a little money.” After starting with family and then trying to sell, a good option, she said, is to donate any excess goods to those in need. Potential donation options include Salvation Army thrift stores, Women in Need, and Ardiel’s own namesake Anney’s Closet. Anney’s Closet, a project undertaken by the Soroptimists International Victoria Westshore chapter, provides free household goods to women of all ages who are clients of various social service agencies and are making a fresh start. It was founded when Ardiel saw youth just out of the foster system, and single mothers, barely have anything to furnish their living spaces. Some seniors, on the other hand, were on the opposite side of the scale.

“We set up a shopping spree from donated lockers at West Shore U-lock, for free, to help (women) furnish their new homes,” she said. “It could help someone start a new life.” Items that may seem to be destined for the dump, such as building supplies, piles of wood, nails, screws, tools and other items, can be donated. Other examples include passing along yarn to knitters and craft clubs, and donating sewing machines to local theatre companies for costumes. Ardiel said matching up the items with the right recipient is something a downsizing specialist like her can help with. “I think the very best tip … is to try to enjoy the process. Give things you no longer need to someone that really needs them,” she said. “Try to make a difference to someone’s life and it will make you feel better about downsizing.” editor@vicnews.com

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Nothing obvious about the all-new Toyota Prius about gas prices fuelling hybrid sales.” It would be no more than an unimagAt the risk of incurring the wrath of the inative statement of the obvious to Toyota marketing department (not that describe the all-new 2016 Toyota Prius, it would bother me), that’s going to be as a gas/electric hybrid powered car. a tough sell. The 2016 edition achieves Obvious perhaps because since its still more fuel economy gains and that launch back in 1997 its nameplate has will continue as a purchase persuader. only ever been offered with a hybrid And the price is right, an equal driver power unit. Clever marketing ensured of sales in my opinion: three trims Prius became synonymous with green No surprise starting at $25,995, which is $300 less driving and the badge showed all that than the outgoing owners were environmentally conthat the fourthgen model. scious. Since then, Toyota has sold more generation model is third Opening the doors than 3.5-million Prius models largely on a hybrid but placing reveals some things the strength of that green cred. don’t change. As No surprise that the fourth-generation the emphasis on is the norm, the model is a hybrid but placing the emthat fact is totally instrument panel is in the centre, phasis on that fact is totally inadequate which always takes me a few drives and undersells its other attributes. The inadequate and to get used to. What is different is the Japanese giant has not abandoned the undersells its other arrangement of the info screens, all the trumpeting of the car’s green nature attributes. stuff you need to pilot safely features but it’s much more low key in its new on a pair of side-by-side LED screens, marketing campaign. Instead, Toyota is Keith Morgan which essentially form a single display, trying to persuade potential buyers that and that sits neatly above a larger infotainment this new version is ready to compete in the mainscreen separated by the heating vents. stream against conventional gas-powered sedans The base console is an uninspiring black plastic but based on price, performance, technology, safety and, it’s replaced by an off-white colour on the other yes, looks! trims. That might take a time to grow on me. Let’s get the latter point out of the way, right away. It The enlarged platform, smaller batteries and reconhas never been a looker but with its new sleek, lower figuration of where they sit, behind and under the stance it is as close to sporty as you are likely to get rear seat translates into much more cabin room and in a Prius. It appears to these eyes that red livery a more comfy rear seat ride. (Incidentally, the base gives it a sharpest appearance but blue looks good model keeps the nickel-metal-hydride units, whereas too. Less enthused about paler renderings. the top trim with a technology package used the Toyota Canada vice-president Stephen Beatty says lithium-ion battery.) the brand wants to “break the cycle of psychology

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The World World Health Health The Organization is is much much Organization in the the news news these these in days, with with epidemic epidemic days, following epidemic. epidemic. following Perhaps there there aren’t aren’t Perhaps many locals locals who who know know many that the the internationallyinternationallythat acclaimed first first acclaimed director-general of of director-general the World World Health Health the Organization made made his his Organization final home home in in Sooke. Sooke. final Dr. Brock Brock Chisholm Chisholm Dr. arrived here here in in the the arrived early 1960s, 1960s, choosing choosing aa early site on on the the waterfront waterfront site just aa bit bit west west of of just today’s boundary boundary today’s between Sooke Sooke and and between Otter Point. Point. Otter Dr. Chisholm Chisholm Dr. served as as directordirectorserved general of of the the World World general Health Organization, Organization, Health headquartered in in headquartered Geneva, Switzerland, Switzerland, Geneva, from 1948 1948 to to 1953. 1953. from Dr. Chisholm Chisholm was was Dr. born in in Ontario Ontario in in born 1896, served served in in the the 1896, First World World War, War, First became aa physician, physician, became psychiatrist and and rose rose psychiatrist to aa major-general major-general to in the the army army prior prior in to his his international international to appointment. appointment. was through through Jean Jean ItIt was Robinson, aa longtime longtime Robinson,

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Dr. Brock Brock Chisholm Chisholm was was the the first first directordirectorDr. general of of the the World World Health Health Organization. Organization. He He general retired to to Sooke Sooke in in the the 1950s. 1950s. retired Otter Point Point resident resident Otter and historian, historian, that that II and met Dr Dr Chisholm. Chisholm. met Because Robinson Robinson Because was active active in in was community affairs, affairs, community and she she had had made made his his and acquaintance right right acquaintance away on on his his arrival arrival as as away neighbor, she she wasted wasted aa neighbor, no time time before before inviting inviting no him as as feature feature speaker speaker him at aa local local meeting. meeting. at Robinson’s son, son, Robinson’s Donald Robinson, Robinson, Donald who now now lives lives in in who

Port Clements, Clements, Haida Haida Port Gwaii, tells tells us us that that Dr. Dr. Gwaii, Chisholm’s wife wife was was Chisholm’s related to to the the Birks Birks related Jewellers family, family, so so Jewellers perhaps that’s that’s why why the the perhaps couple chose chose to to retire retire couple on the the west west coast. coast. on Don tells tells us us that that Dr. Dr. Don Chisholm also also served served Chisholm locally as as aa member member locally of the the Kemp Kemp Lake Lake of Water Board, Board, and and aa Water special enjoyment enjoyment of of special his retirement retirement years years his was playing playing the the pump pump was

organ. organ. We hear hear from from We folks who who knew knew the the folks Chisholms that that they they Chisholms were friendly, friendly, kindkindwere hearted people people who who hearted took aa special special interest interest took in neighbourhood neighbourhood kids, kids, in letting them them use use their their letting rowboats to to fish fish from from rowboats their waterfront waterfront beach. beach. their Apparently, Dr. Dr. Apparently, Chisholm adorned adorned his his Chisholm new home home with with aa Swiss Swiss new cowbell brought brought with with cowbell him from from his his tenure tenure in in him Switzerland. He He also also Switzerland. had aa tramway tramway built built to to had haul firewood firewood up up from from haul the beach. beach. the Karl Linell Linell recalls recalls Karl that his his dad dad Oke Oke Linell Linell that was employed employed to to do do was yardwork at at times times and and yardwork Karl would would go go along along Karl to help help in in the the early early to 1960s. He He recalls recalls that that 1960s. while the the Chisholms Chisholms while cleared enough enough growth growth cleared to afford afford aa view, view, to they were were careful careful to to they preserve as as many many preserve trees as as possible. possible. Bill Bill trees Jessiman is is another another Jessiman neighbor who who recalls recalls neighbor the Chisholms Chisholms when when he he the was aa youngster. youngster. was Young fellows fellows of of Young course, take take particular particular course, note of of vehicles, vehicles, and and note we have have heard heard tales tales of of we the silver silver Jaguar Jaguar and and the the pale pale green green Rover Rover the

driven by by Dr. Dr. Chisholm Chisholm driven that so so impressed impressed the the that community until until the the community good doctor doctor died died in in good 1971. 1971. ••• ••• Elida Peers Peers is is the the Elida historian of of Sooke Sooke historian Region Museum. Museum. Region

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