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Contractor Wylie Thomas (left) and Chris Hyde-Lay, manager of parks for Oak Bay, discuss the coming restoration season in Uplands Park, which include trail markings for the central meadow behind.
Park plays vital biodiversity role Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News
More than just a pretty place, Uplands Park plays a key role in protecting natural heritage and biodiversity. Boasting one of the highest concentrations of rare and endangered plants in Canada, the park contains the remnants of a rare ecosystem complex of Garry oak meadows and woodlands, maritime meadows and vernal pools, which used to cover a much greater area in the region. More than 95 per cent of this habitat has been lost over the last century, said bota-
nist Wylie Thomas who leads the reclamation project for the 32-hectare park. Twenty-one rare and endangered plants are found in the open meadows and vernal pools of Uplands Park – some of which are found in only one or two other locations in Canada. “What’s left is quite compromised,” Thomas said. “These rare plants and ecosystems are under stress, and if we don’t address them now we risk losing an important part of what makes Uplands Park so special. In fact, we have lost at least five rare plant species in the last 20 years, and the pop-
ulations of several extant species are in decline. We have also lost three rare butterflies since the 1950s.” Invasive shrubs and trees prefer the same growing conditions as the rare plants, threatening their ability to grow. Notorious Scotch broom, gorse and carpet burweed are joined by invasive trees slowly crowding the Garry oak, encroaching on the meadows. PlEASE SEE: Volunteers crucial to park’s protection, Page A3
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Young said the Rock Bay site would also likely face vocal opposition, while Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen said getting more detailed costs on a lone plant at McLoughlin would allow for an “apples to apples comparison so we around this table can make an informed decision.” Saanich Mayor Richard Atwell said the debate left him feeling sick to his stomach and he was tempted to walk away from the table. “We came here for clarification and now we’re radically changing [the options]. We need to back away from this.”
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An innovative study and clinical trial led by the University of Victoria’s Centre on Aging, with Island Health and industry partners, will allow nurses and doctors to better monitor the health of local seniors with complex care needs in the comfort of their own homes. Funding for the four-year, $750,000 project, with matching funds from industry partners, was announced last week by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research as part of its e-Health Innovation Partnership Program in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program. The study recognizes that most people prefer being at home to a hospital stay when possible. Technology exists to evaluate blood pressure, glucose, activity, weight and other health measures in a home setting. But as the complexity of health care needs increases, especially after surgery or acute care hospitalization, staying at home becomes more challenging. “This is the beginning of another exciting partnership between UVic and Island Health in building what we call a ‘learning health care system’ that integrates new discoveries with an ongoing evaluation of best practices,” says Scott Hofer, director of UVic’s Centre on Aging. “This study will allow us to evaluate how well this additional information about an individual’s health and wellbeing can be used to tailor care for individuals living at home – with the outcome being a reduction in hospitalizations.” In Phase 1 of the project, software developer Ayogo will create tabletbased apps designed to test cognitive functioning and engage patients in their own care by self-reporting daily wellbeing, health and mobility limitations, physical activity and levels of pain and stress. Cerner Corporation will develop the interface needed to integrate and display the information to home and community care teams. editor@oakbaynews.com
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Volunteers crucial to park’s protection meadow as Uplands Park undergoes another season of Another major concern is preservation this spring and trampling by park users both summer as part of the ongon The 14 plants listed under the federal Species at Risk Act are: human and animal, particuing park project. Purple Sanicle, White-top Aster, Muhlenberg’s Centaury, Kellogg’s larly in wet weather. Some “Right now it’s hard to say Rush, Twisted Oak-moss, Foothill Sedge, Banded Cord-moss, Coast dogs also dig in the meadows where to walk and that damMicroseris, Macoun’s Meadowfoam, Tall Wooly-heads, Water-plantain and their owners don’t pick ages camas and rare plants,” Buttercup, Yellow Montane Violet, Victoria’s Owl-clover and Bearded up droppings adding nutrients Thomas said. “Whatever we Owl-clover. that favour the invasive plants. do, we don’t want to interfere There are another seven provincially listed plants. For years, the District of Oak with people’s enjoyment of n Friends of Uplands Park gather to remove invasive plants March Bay, Friends of Uplands Park the park.” 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. The group will tackle carpet burweed, bur and volunteers have worked to Future work will see staff chervil, ivy and Daphne to aid the endangered Garry oak ecosystem. mitigate the threats. and volunteers continue to Students and children are welcome. No experience required; training With 14 of the rare plants clear mature invasive trees and tools will be provided. Meet in the Cattle Point lower parking lot. listed with the federal Spefrom the centre of the park cies at Risk Act, the municiwhere the majority of the rare The plantings came from Saanich Native pality scored funding from the plants are found, continue to federal Habitat Stewardship Program for Plants, donations from Thomas himself remove the smaller invasive plants from seven of the last 10 years. Last year the grown from seeds collected in the park around the meadows and continue to $34,000 grant funding allowed for hiring a and donations from other Oak Bay resident install trail markers to encourage people to summer crew to remove invasive species. botanists and conservation biologists. stay on paths. They planted 1,500 native plants and The district also provided in-kind support “The goal is to reduce the threats posed bulbs – representing more than 30 species by non-native trees and shrubs to levels and Friends of Uplands Park. “They did an amazing job last year with – and sowed about 60,000 seeds. Oak Bay sufficiently low that subsequent long-term about 1,000 hours of volunteer time,” Parks also planted 10 Garry oaks and a control can be sustained by municipal Thomas said of the organization that pulled native Black Hawthorn. parks staff and volunteers without addi“From what it was to what it’s become is tional support from the HSP,” Thomas said. invasive plants and replanted native ones. Learn more about opportunities to volStaff and volunteers hauled out more than a real transformation. It’s still got a ways to six truckloads (65 cubic yards) of chipped go but we’re going to get there,” said Chris unteer by visiting friendsofuplandspark.org online. invasive trees and 15 trucks loads of loose Hyde-Lay, parks manager. Look for trail markings near the central cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com materials such as Scotch broom and ivy. Continued from Page A1
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A commercial parking zone in front of a Hampshire Road business serving many elderly people makes no sense to one Victoria man, who has asked Oak Bay to change the zone. When Ted Dew-Jones drives his wife, Meg, to her appointments at McNeill Audiology, she often must make a long trek using her walker to the hearing specialists. Street parking directly in front is currently restricted to commercial parking. Adjacent
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Jensen also noted that McNeill Audiology has parking spots in the rear of the building that could be allocated for patient use if needed. Once the BIA has sought input from its members, municipal staff will prepare a report that Jensen expects to come before committee of the whole in May, depending on the BIA’s timeline. BIA president Liz Smith said she has not received any other complaints regarding accessibility for McNeill Audiology and that the commercial zone is very heavily used. “There’s very little commercial loading in the village and we would hate to see that go,” she said, noting she hears often about commercial drivers who find delivering to Oak Bay challenging.
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Jennifer Rowan expects to drive a wee bit more and cycle only a little less now that they have OLiVe, the Outreach Library Vehicle. Rowan, Greater Victoria Public Library adult services and program co-ordinator, regularly tours community events and outings on the Bikemobile library. She expects OLiVe too, to be a popular fixture at summer markets and community gatherings around the region, such as the Oak Bay Tea Party. “Anywhere where there’s a gathering,” she said Feb. 26 when OLiVe, Maureen Sawa, GVPL CEO and library board chair Kevin Murdoch (also an Oak Bay resident and councillor) came with the cupcakes and balloons to the Oak Bay branch. OLiVe – which delivers traditional library services as well as a wifi hotspot – was funded by the Victoria Foundation and Friends of the GVPL and toured all 10 branches over three days to launch the GVPL’s new strategic plan. Among the anticipated initiatives to connect people are OLiVe and a new mobile website. “OLiVe will deliver library services to 10 munici-
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Heritage protection must extend to nature When we talk about heritage, discussion often calls to mind century-old homes or items of cultural significance. But what of our natural heritage? Here in Oak Bay, the 32-hectare Uplands Park boasts one of the highest concentrations of rare and endangered plants in Canada. Not only does the park contain the remnants of a rare Garry oak ecosystem, but also maritime meadows and vernal pools, which used to cover a much greater area in the region. In fact, more than 95 per cent of this habitat has been lost over the last century. Botanist Wylie Thomas, who leads Uplands’ reclamation, notes that 21 rare and endangered plants – some found in just one or two other locations in Canada – are found in the park’s meadows and pools. At least five rare plant species have been lost in the last 20 years, and others are in decline. Three
rare butterflies have also disappeared since the 1950s.
The problem? Urbanization has encroached on these spaces, leaving few intact. Add to that aggressive non-native trees and shrubs like Scotch broom and carpet burweed that favour the same growing conditions and choke out the native species. The park also attracts many human and canine users who can damage some of the delicate plants when straying off the paths. Local government and staff, with enthusiastic volunteers led by the Friends of Uplands Park, have waged an ongoing war with the invaders, augmented by signage and protection for specific areas. Their battle continues, with another attack planned for March 27. No experience is needed, and training and tools are provided. Come join the fight, and help protect a valuable piece of our natural heritage.
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Premiers do the carbon shuffle Of course that’s what Alberta is doing, Premier Christy Clark had her dancing shoes on as yet another “climate change” at a time when many residents are getmeeting ended in disarray in Vancouver ting poorer already. Alberta’s NDP government plans to match the rate of B.C.’s last week. “This is not the end,” Clark assured carbon tax within two years and spend the proceeds. reporters after Prime Minister Other premiers have more Justin Trudeau and the precreative definitions for pricing miers emerged with no agreecarbon. ment on a national minimum Nova Scotia Premier Stecarbon price. No kidding. phen McNeil pointed to transTrudeau declared victory mission lines and power purby announcing the unanimous chases from the Muskrat Falls consent to a “Vancouver Decladam under construction in ration,” which basically pays lip Labrador, to substitute hydro service to the concept of “carfor coal-fired power. The highbon pricing” and kicks another est electricity prices in Cangrand federal election promise Tom Fletcher ada are their “carbon pricing” down the road. B.C. Views plan. As the rest headed for jets Saskatchewan Premier Brad waiting at Vancouver airport, Clark expressed the hope that the public Wall pointed to SaskPower’s Boundary would say “they got together and they Dam carbon capture and storage projmade progress.” Did they? Let’s take a ect. It is the world’s first coal-fired power station to capture carbon dioxide after look. Going into the Whistler-Vancouver stop combustion. The CO2 is sold to oilfield on Trudeau’s globe-trotting glamour tour, operators who inject it into declining Clark correctly noted that it’s other prov- wells to push more oil out, and the projinces that need to make progress. B.C. ect intends to capture sulphur dioxide has a clear price on carbon emissions; and fly ash to process and sell for other it’s been held at $30 a tonne since Clark industrial uses. Wall is the only Canadian leader to succeeded its creator, Gordon Campbell. Clark’s advice for other premiers is to state a couple of inconvenient truths. follow Campbell’s example of a revenue- The purpose of this exercise is to reduce neutral carbon tax, offset by income tax carbon emissions, not to raise tax revreductions. You won’t build public sup- enues. And now is the worst possible port for a carbon tax that makes people time to impose more taxes on the oil and gas industry. poorer, she said.
Clark’s stand-pat strategy on the B.C. carbon tax is going to change this year, as positioning begins for the 2017 election. A B.C. government advisory panel has recommended a 33 per cent increase, conveniently starting in 2018, with annual increases after that. The current seven-cent-per-litre carbon tax on gasoline sold in B.C. is hardly a deterrent these days, as pump prices have tumbled and could stay low for years to come. And with a fragile economy, it seems unlikely that a big boost in carbon taxes will find favour with voters a year from now. The B.C. NDP is trying to rebuild its credibility on climate policy. NDP leader John Horgan tried to revise the party’s history, claiming in year-end interviews that the NDP didn’t oppose the carbon tax, only making it revenue neutral rather than spending the money on green initiatives, as Alberta wants to do. Alas, the NDP’s “axe the tax” campaign going into the 2009 election is a matter of record. The party’s election platform warned that Campbell’s plan “increases taxes for average families by tripling the gas tax” to its current level. Last week the NDP issued a news release denouncing Clark for presiding over increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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LETTERS Cyclist licensing not the answer
Better care needed for golf course boulevards
Re: Cyclists should also be licenced, Oak Bay News, Feb. 26 I recommend that before thinking that bicycle licensing is a panacea Lucy Gething read Toronto’s discussion of the benefits and disadvantages of licensing bicycles. It seems to be a good effort to examine the question. Toronto city eliminated bicycle licensing, as did Richmond. Oak Bay should get more police feet on the street to re-educate bicycle Darwin candidates – and motor vehicle drivers too.
Oak Bay has one of the most beautiful golf courses in the world. Beach Drive is a scenic route which goes through the golf course. It is highly used by locals walking, runners and tours. But, the boulevards on this drive are a sad portrayal of Oak Bay, the Victoria Golf Club and Victoria. The boulevards are left to grow into very messy verges with long untamed grasses, wild and very unattractive bushes, and grass growing over the far too narrow Keith Sketchley sidewalks. Even without the encroachment Saanich
of the grasses the narrow sidewalks cause the heavy foot traffic to constantly step onto the roadway. Oak Bay has told this writer that neither Oak Bay nor the golf course takes responsibility for these boulevards. Yes, everyone can see that. These boulevards should be
kept at high international standards with the grass mowed at the standard of a good lawn, the bushes should be dug up and destroyed (yes they include broom.) The sidewalks ideally should be widened to double the present width. But, alas no one cares or is willing.
A suggestion is that both Oak Bay and the Victoria Golf Club take responsibility and split the cost of improvements and maintenance equally between them. There, not so bad is it? John Bowron Oak Bay
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Gage Gallery welcomes UVic’s CFUV hosts Women Without Borders annual Fundrive Oak Bay Avenue’s Gage Gallery welcomes a new group exhibition this March to celebrate women and International Women’s Day. Women without Borders brings together seven artists to create an exhibition described as “humorous, poignant, evocative and celebratory ... celebrating diversity and courage, ancestry and a bright future.” Included in the exhibition are Angela Menzies, Suzanne Jensen and Bonnie Coulter, working in acrylic on canvas, photographer mary e coakley and Joanne Thomson, painting in watercolours, along with clay sculptors Sharon Bussard Grove and Muriel Sibley. Women without Borders continues to March 19 at Gage Gallery, 2031 Oak Bay Ave. editor@oakbaynews.com
Bonnie Coulter’s Apprentices, in acrylic on canvas, is part of the Gage Gallery group exhibit Women Without Borders, showing through March 19.
The University of Victoria’s CFUV 101.9 FM hosts its annual “Fundrive” fundraiser March 11 to 19. The volunteer-run CFUV aims to raise $25,000 through pledges from listeners and the community. Funds raised will help improve accessibility of the station’s music library and go toward a new sound board to aid the Live Performance and Audio Editing departments. The board will improve the station’s ability to record and edit live performances of local bands, as part of the live performance radio program Basement Closet Sessions. editor@oakbaynews.com
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Wednesday, March 9 Volkssport – Monday and Wednesday morning walks. Registration at 8:45 a.m.; walk at 9 a.m. For current schedule call Rick, 250-478-7020 or Jan, 250-665-6062. Victoria Women’s Newcomers Club March luncheon – Featuring guest speaker Katrin Horowitz, local author of The Best Soldier’s Wife, 11:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Victoria Golf Club, 1110 Beach Dr. Lunch: $29. Register by Sunday March 6. Info: vicdaynewcomers.ca. Lenten Lunchtime Concert, Cello Festival – Annual concert series, Wednesdays from 12:10 to 12:55 p.m. at St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 1701 Elgin Rd. Admission is by donation ($8 suggested) to the BC Cancer Foundation. Bring your lunch. Coffee and tea provided. Info: 250-598-2212 or info@ stmarysoakbay.ca. St Patrick’s Dinner – Celebrate all things Irish with a delicious plated dinner and lively entertainment with the band Cookeilidh, and the O’Connor O’Brien Irish dancers, 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Monterey Rec Centre. Advance tickets required ($24/22.50) call 250-370-7300.
at the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, B-Wing, MacLaurin Building, UVic. Tickets $15 and $10 from the UVic Ticket Centre, 250-7218480 or http://tickets.uvic.ca and at the door.
a.m. for 10 a.m. walk. Info: Marion, 250-477-9851. Craigdarroch Castle in Song: Women’s Life & Love – UVic School of Music voice and piano students explore the castle’s history through song. The lives, loves, dreams and demons of the Dunsmuir women are reflected through Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben, Barber’s Hermit Songs, Wolf’s Mignon Lieder and Ravel’s Don Quichotte, among other works, 7 p.m. at Craigdarroch Castle, 1050 Joan Cresc. Tickets are $18 ($15 for Castle members) from the Castle, 250-592-5323 and https://thecastle.ca/events.
Sunday, March. 13 Kiwanis Sunday Morning Breakfast – Oak Bay Kiwanis hosts fundraising breakfast, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kiwanis Willows Beach Tea Room, $10. Proceeds support Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion Care Facility. World Voices Choral Concert – Concert of traditional music from many lands and cultures featuring the Gaelic Choir, Balkan Babes, Polish White Eagle Band, Jewish Community Choir, Shanty Singers, French Canadian, Indian, Philippine and Chinese music at Congregation Emanu-El, 1461 Blanshard St., 7 p.m. Admission is by donation with partial proceeds to Victoria Immigrant & Refugee Centre Society. Information: 250-721-0466
Variety Cafe – A drop-in, unplugged open mic with a variety of entertainment: music, short poems, trivia, favourite records, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Montery Centre. Entertainers – come prepared to perform. Audience members always welcome.
Monday, March 14 Volkssport – Monday and Wednesday morning walks. Registration at 8:45 a.m.; walk at 9 a.m. For current schedule call Rick, 250-478-7020 or Jan, 250-665-6062.
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Female Transport – Langham Court Theatre presents Steve Gooch’s historical drama about survival and solidarity as six women convicted of petty crimes endure a six-month voyage from 19th Century England to a penal colony in what we now know as Australia. Continues to March 19. Audience advisory: Extreme coarse language, violence, mature themes, suitable for ages 15+ Tickets from langhamtheatre.ca, 250-384-2142 or from the box office, 805 Langham Court. Reel Paddling Film Festival – Ocean River Sports and the South Island Sea Kayaking Association present award-winning paddling films, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre, $12 in advance, $15 at the door.
Friday, March 11 Drop-in Family Storytime – from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Fridays at the Oak Bay branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Ave. No registration required. Fundrive 2016 – UVic’s CFUV 101.9 FM hosts its annual fundraising effort Fundrive, March 11 to 18, seeking pledges from listeners to help support the station. During the Women’s Radiothon March 11, all funds will support the Women’s Radio Collective.
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Crohn’s and Colitis Canada Burger and Beer Fundraiser – Enjoy a $15 burger and beer combo (beef, chicken or veggie) and $5 goes directly to Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, which funds patient programs and research. Maude Hunter’s Pub, 3810 Shelbourne St., 5 to 11 p.m. Info: crohnsandcolitis.ca. Music of the moment with UVic Jazz Ensemble – In addition to playing music by Radiohead and Ornette Coleman, the ensemble premieres original compositions by band members, 8 p.m.
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Lighting designer and now MFA directing candidate, Alan Brodie (right) stages the Tennessee Williams classic Summer and Smoke, which marks theatre professor Allan Stichbury’s (left) final set design for the Phoenix Theatres before his retirement. Brodie brings his vision of Summer and Smoke to the stage March 10 to 19.
Creative collaboration stages Summer and Smoke Phoenix Theatres play a directorial debut and retirement showcase
Brodie holds a similar depth of trust and faith in lighting designer, and fellow masters student, Eryn Griffith. “What I’ve discovered with my graduate studies is my ego is very much removed from the process,” Brodie said. “The trick will be to say ‘that Christine van Reeuwyk doesn’t feel right’ and allow her to do the job of Oak Bay News fixing it.” Coming in with a confidence and certainty about Alan the director and Allan the set designer embark on a spring of Summer and Smoke; Alan his work – he’s won multiple awards – Brodie Brodie in his first full-length directorial debut and sought the MFA as much for a transformation of theatre professor Allan Stichbury in his final pro- practice as anything. “You’re doing something which will either open duction before retirement. Brodie learned quickly that directing was a full- an absolutely new door or open cracks in what time job, leaving little space to micromanage light- you’re doing,” Stichbury advised. “It will enliven your practice. It gives you many more years of ing anyway. engaged work.” “No question it’s a massive Tennessee Williams’ claschallenge, but it’s been a thrill to sic Summer and Smoke is set serve from the inside out. Comin the fictional small town ing up with what’s important in of Glorious Hill, Mississippi, the characters and the story, n Renowned across Canada and where carnal instincts and that’s given me a new perspecthe US, lighting designer Alan social propriety are at odds tive,” Brodie said. Brodie has received 10 Jessie in Miss Alma, the daughter of Brodie spent nearly three Richardson awards, a Sterling a minister and an eccentric decades as an award-winning Award, a Betty Mitchell Award, an mother. She harbours a lifelighting designer – “That’s been Ovation Award, a Victoria Critic’s long infatuation with her restthe lens that I’ve looked at this Choice Spotlight Award and a Bay less and self-indulgent neighthrough for the last 27 years,” he Area Theatre Critics’ Circle Award bour, John. Their bittersweet says – before returning to seek for his work. In 2012 he was relationship – a quintessenhis masters in directing in UVic’s shortlisted for the Siminovitch tial struggle between body Department of Theatre. Brodie Prize in Theatre, Canada’s most and spirit – circles them brings his vision of Summer and prestigious theatre award. around a moral compass that Smoke to the stage for the Phoeleads to profound changes in nix Theatre, March 10 to 19. both their lives. The entire production could “We’re in the hands of a master playwright,” Brohave fast become a battle for light. “He will have things to say, because he has such die said. “We know it’s well written.” Brodie explores the American master’s play a strong visual background,” said Stichbury who also has had a lengthy career in design, includ- with a cast of 14 theatre students and a talented ing both light and set design, and serves as set creative team: graduating student and costume designer Tim Matthews; sound designer Lauradesigner for the Tennessee Williams play. Instead they developed as a collaborative visual Jane Wallace in her final spring at the department; team. Last fall Stichbury presented a set design composer and UVic’s School of Music student so near Brodie’s vision that it remains largely Michael Chambers; and stage manager Barbara Clerihue. unchanged as the curtains come up this week. “Pedagogy really is the No. 1 thing,” Brodie said. “It’s a fluid design that gives me a lot of space,” “When you’re 20 it’s life and death. (As a returning Brodie said. Stichbury’s set design intentionally veers from student) it’s liberating.” Summer and Smoke runs March 10 to 19 at 8 the instructions outlined in the playbook dating p.m. with a matinee Saturday, March 19 at 2 p.m back to the original performances decades ago. that includes sign language interpretation. Join a “We did not want to do that,” Brodie said. “And we can’t. It doesn’t fit in our room and it preshow lecture with Brodie March 12 at 7 p.m. doesn’t fit in 2016,” Stichbury added. “It wasn’t Tickets $15 to $25 are available at the Phoenix box going to be valuable to Al as a director in his learn- office in person or by phone 250-721-8000. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com ing. It needed to be more fluid.”
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Breakers bring home basketball bronze Oak Bay Breakers senior girls are third best in the province in girls AAA basketball. The Breakers had a strong week, defeating Gleneagles 62-41 to start provincials March 2 in Langley. They defeated Pan-
orama Ridge 76-69 the next day. The Breakers lost the shot at gold with a 76-43 loss to the eventual provincial champions, Brookswood Bobcats, in the semi-finals. The team defeated Lord
Tweedsmuir 102-83 on Saturday to finish third in the province. Brookwood beat RA McMath 73-50 in the final. Oak Bay’s senior boys AAAA basketball team vies for the provincial title as the 2016 champi-
onships start today (March 9) in Langley. The fourth-seeded team faces 13-seed Yale to start. Finals are scheduled for Saturday at the Langley Event Centre. cvanreeuwyk @oakbaynews.com
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THE LAND Conservancy (TLC) has opportunities for two volunteers to join their team. TLC seeks friendly volunteers to greet Abkhazi Garden visitors 3 hours per week. Plant knowledge is not essential, but enthusiasm for beautiful gardens an asset. They also seek enthusiastic volunteers for the Cunningham Woods BioBlitz, on March 19, where experts lead volunteers in collecting flora and fauna data. Please call 250-4798053.
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GREAT TIME for pruning. Fruit, ornamental & native trees. Call Maxse for results. Senior disc. 250-634-0347.
BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Painting, Repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.
FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928.
A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.
DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.
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ELECTRICAL 250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779. KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Company. Sm jobs welcome. Lic #86952. 250-415-7991. NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. Call (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.
FENCING ALL TYPES of fencing, repairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.
GARDENING (250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard & garden overgrown? Aerating & pwr raking. Lawn cuts starting $30. Comm/Res. DPM SERVICES- lawn & garden, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 20yrs exp. (250)883-8141.
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HAULING AND SALVAGE $20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279. CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.
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INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING - Student Works Painting COMPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES Contact: Sabrina at 250.886.7589 or sabrinab@studentworks.ca Looking to address a painting project? Whether it is to protect or create change, our Studentrun painting company is local and reliable! -3 Year Guarantee $5 Million in liability insurance Full WCB coverage & Satisfaction Guaranteed!! OLD TIMER. Quality old fashioned service. Great rates. Excellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.
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Province monitoring new college, university fees Tom Fletcher Black Press
New fees at B.C. colleges and universities are being monitored to ensure that new services are being offered and are worth the money, Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson says. Wilkinson was responding to NDP questions about college administrators and student societies reporting increased fees appearing on student tuition bills this year. NDP education critic Kathy Corrigan said the ministry has found a way around its policy that increases to tuition and mandatory fees are capped at two per cent per year. Corrigan said the new fees will cost Selkirk College stu-
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at the end of the current term to see if they received useful service for their fees. NDP critics pointed to a November newsletter from North Island College president John Bowman, describing a “new interpretation” of the policy on fees. After the debate in the B.C. legislature, the deputy minister of advanced education released a letter to all postsecondary students to clarify the tuition cap policy. It was introduced in 2005 and extended in 2007 to include “institutional and program mandatory fees. “For new programs, boards establish the tuition amount for the first year, and the two per cent limit applies thereafter,” the letter states. tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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