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Castaway Wanderer Stephanie Hanson tackles Amelia Gordon Saturday at Windsor Park. The women’s premier division rugby squad was scheduled to play Simon Fraser University/Highland Saturday but a fenderbender postponed the Vancouver team’s trip. The Castaway Wanderers sit on top of the premier standings with 50 points and a 10-2-0 record. They face defending champions Westshore Thursday at the University of Victoria’s Wallace field.
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Oak Bay council supports “in principle” using a municipally owned home on Hampshire Road to house Syrian
refugee families, but awaits commitment of a suitable community group to officially come forward. An ad hoc group, led by Jan Mears, proposed using it for temporary refugee housing for two years, but without a lead agency, the district can’t do much, staff told council March 14. Mears said a community gathering of people would like to give the home get a facelift then potentially offer two different Syrian families one year of
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“My preference would be to see what we’re going to do with (the property) first and see if this fits in with that,” said Coun. Kevin Murdoch. The property is on council’s priority list, but the potential for temporary or affordable housing has not been mentioned. Until a few years ago it was a rental property. Council has yet to determine what to do with the land, though discussion surrounding it has included parking and parkland. “I’m hoping you could see this as two years of support while you do that,” Mears said, noting Oak Bay bought the property more than 15 years ago. Of major concern was the temporary aspect of the housing proposal. Two questions came to head on opposite ends of the spectrum: What if a family isn’t ready to move when their lease is up and what if they’re firmly ensconced in the community and can’t afford to remain? “I would feel very responsible to make sure that next step is there,” said Coun. Michelle Kirby. “It
feels like a very big decision and a very big commitment.” Staff would start working on the legal and administrative protocols once an established group comes forward to take the lead in the partnership, council decided. That would offer municipal staff more information and parameters on what the group could provide, and what Oak Bay would require. Council stipulated that a group would need to ensure they could do the work prior to September. “Unfortunately this isn’t as simple as saying ‘go’ and running with it,” Murdoch said. They agreed to accept the proposal in principal, provided a suitable organization that would commit to remediate the site by September comes forward. Several parameters staff may address in any forthcoming report, should the proposal proceed, could include a little backstory on the district’s work as a landlord. “I would love to have a sense of how many we are already landlord for and how that works,” said Coun. Eric Zhelka. Staff did not have that information at hand. Count. Tom Croft also suggested he’d like to see some history of the building as well. “So we understand what that asset is,” he said, and ensure there are no outstanding legal or moral obligations. See related story page A5.
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UVic to review sexual assault policies, procedures MLA Andrew Weaver gets provincial support for private member’s bill to legislate policies Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News
The University of Victoria will review policies, procedures and practices in the wake of a series of sexual assault complaints, and concerns over the processing of complaints. “I want to make it clear that sexual assault and other unwelcome sexual conduct are utterly at odds with our values and are not tolerated. UVic has policies and practices related to education, prevention and response to sexualized violence. Recent focus on this issue on our campus and beyond, as well as advocacy by student and other groups, have made it clear that we need to do more,” said UVic President Jamie Cassels in a statement Friday. “We will be reviewing our current policies, procedures and practices. In the time since I made that commitment UVic and other B.C. post-secondary institutions have been working with the provincial government to collect best practices and develop a framework that provides guidance and an integrated approach for responding to sexualized violence. “Our approaches need to evolve as we learn from our experiences here and best practices elsewhere for effective supports and services for survivors and clearly articulated and fair processes to respond to reports of unacceptable behaviour.” The review comes in the wake of Green Party leader Andrew Weaver’s call for university policies to prevent sexual assault with a private member’s bill last Tuesday.
The bill, if passed, would create a legal responsibility for every university and college in B.C. to develop and maintain policies that would provide education for students, support for survivors and Oak Bay-Gordon would work to Head MLA Andrew prevent the occurrences of sexual Weaver assault on campuses. “I don’t want to shame government into action. We laid out a four- to six-week strategy where we would try to bring this forward,” Weaver said. It started with the private member’s bill utilizing language used in legislation recently passed in Ontario. “We thought, this is really good legislation; we could apply that here.” They went on to engage groups across the province and toured the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre to “make a compelling case that solutions are there for us and everyone wins when we implement them. “The next step was to ask in question period to continue to get this on the radar,” Weaver said. “I was surprised the premier got on board so early on.” In question period he outlined how a UVic student described a recent university investigation of her sexual assault complaint left her feeling “completely invalidated and silenced,” Weaver said. A male UVic student was arrested in late February and charged with five counts of sexual assault after a series of attacks in recent months. Weaver’s bill would require colleges and
universities to develop policies to educate this behaviour is universally understood as students and prevent sexual assault as well unacceptable and that reflects the values as support people who are assaulted on of inclusion, safety, wellness and respect as the foundations of a healthy university campus. Premier Christy Clark said it’s unlikely community.” In the meantime, UVic continues to take that legislation can be prepared and passed this spring, but agreed the problem of sex- reports of sexualized violence seriously ual assault on campuses is an urgent prior- with the first concern the wellbeing of stuity and the advanced education ministry is dents, said Rita Knodel, University of Victoria director of counselling services and working on it. “Sexual assault on campus is a cultural multi-faith services. “UVic’s student counselling services problem,” Clark said. “So yes, we have to help and support women if they are exists to help students with their problems attacked. But we have to change the culture and we would not discourage a student from reporting their experience,” Knodel so it doesn’t happen.” While “there are legislative drafters that said. “We have professionally trained and have to look at this,” Weaver is optimistic. “We have to recognize there may be some credentialed mental health professionals B.C.-specific language that needs to be in including psychologists, social workers and there. I’m open to all that and thankful that clinical counsellors on staff. Some of our staff have worked and they’re moving forward. trained at the Victoria “A legislated approach Sexual Assault Centre. is required to ensure best “I want to make it clear provide students practices and consistent that sexual assault and other We with professional, free, standards are met, while confidential, counselestablishing a clear legal unwelcome sexual conduct ling.” responsibility for postare utterly at odds with our They also inform stusecondary institutions to maintain these policies,” values and are not tolerated.” dents about off-campus services including the said Weaver. “I want to thank the premier for her – UVic President Jamie Cassels Victoria Sexual Assault Centre, the Vancouver willingness to make this Island Crisis Line, BC important issue a priorMental Health Informaity.” tion Line and the Men’s Cassels promised to share results as they come forward in the Trauma Centre, and at times refer people to review process, set to involve extensive those community resources. “We also refer students to Campus Health consultation with students and other campus stakeholders and promised to share Services to see a physician or nurse, to UVic Multifaith Services, and to academic adviresults as they come. “Sexual and gender-based violence sors for academic strategies and tips,” she affects every member of our campus, either said. “We can also assist students in seeking academic concession to defer exams and directly or indirectly,” he said. “As members of the UVic community, all studies.” – with files from Tom Fletcher of us have a responsibility to do our part to cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com help create a culture where it is clear that
Oak Bay beach walker hopes to return memorial memento Small wooden boat appears to commemorate elderly couple’s reuniting in death Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News
A stormy Sunday morning set the scene for Alan Gregory to find an emotional memento. A regular walker of “three to five miles a day,” he says Willows beach is usually besieged by walkers during his 7 a.m. walk. With a storm brewing on March 13, Gregory found it unusually quiet. A spot of bright blue butted against the cement wall that barricades the park from the beach captured his attention. Gregory picked it up and discovered it was small wooden boat. Inside, black marker noted two names and dates:
Iris McKinley 1927-2013 and Gerald McKinley 19262016 “together again.” It made for a bit of a moment. “I thought, ‘This is sad,’” Gregory said. “I thought, ‘This has got to go back to somebody.’” He’d love to find the family of what appears to be the hand-made craft, and after a cursory glance at the telephone book, decided it could be daunting. The boat, despite not being too beat up, could have sailed from afar. He carried the small find to a meeting at Monterey, where he showed his peers, and consensus was to try the newspaper. Anyone wishing to lay claim to the wooden boat can contact the Oak Bay News at 250-480-3239 or editor@oakbaynews.com to have their information passed on to Gregory. If he doesn’t find the family that set the boat sail, Gregory plans to return the small wooden craft to the sea. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
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160 Syrian refugees Royals raise $22,000 for hospitals settled in region Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News
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One-hundred-and-sixty Syrian refugees have resettled in Greater Victoria over the past few weeks, more than half of whom are children, the Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria says. The families are now living in hotels until they can go through the federal government’s financial orientation and Resettle Assistance Program, according to ICA executive director Jean McRae. “When they first arrive, people are very tired. You can imagine that people have been in precarious circumstances and have travelled and are not really sure what’s happening until they get here,” McRae said. “Initially people need an opportunity to relax and get some good food.” Most of the refugees are families of three to five people, with a few families of seven and eight people, as well as a few singles and couples. Now comes the task of finding housing with affordable rent. “The challenge is that the amount of money they have – it isn’t a lot for housing, it’s on the low-rent side and that’s challenging for anyone in this community,” said McRae, noting because of the size of families, they will need housing with two to three bedrooms. If the ICA cannot find housing for all families, some may be relocated to Duncan, Nanaimo, Parksville, Comox or Campbell River, home to other resettlement programs. McRae said families need to be housed before the children can get settled into schools in their catchment area. She’s not sure how many more refugees will resettle in Victoria by the end of the year. Anyone who can provide housing can visit icavictoria.org. kendra.wong@vicnews.com
An altruistic air augmented an evening of family, fun and amazing hockey on a night primed to raise funds for local hospitals. “It was fantastic,” said Melanie Mahlman, executive director of the Victoria Hospitals Foundation, who talked to many a fan during the Royals hockey game billed as Hockey for Hospitals on March 5. “They loved the idea that they’re supporting the hospital. It was really exciting hockey and everybody had a great time and they raised $22,000.” The Royals also hammered the Vancouver Giants 7-3. Ticket sales and a donation raised $5,000 shy of their $27,000 goal to purchase three specialized electric stretch-
ers for the Victoria General and Royal stretchers provide critical information. Jubilee Hospital Emergency Depart- For example, an immobile or unconscious person can be weighed directly ments. Last year’s inaugural Hockey for Hos- on the stretcher, providing critical information when adminispitals raised $25,000 for medication. three transportable vital “They loved the idea tering “They sound like signs monitors for the pretty basic tools but ER at Victoria General that they’re supporting they’re really really Hospital. the hospital.” important to care,” The difference – Melanie Mahlman Mahlman said. “They between 2015 and this can raise and lower year is a second gift last depending on what year. kind of care the person “This year we had one which is lovely, it was a $9,000 gift but is receiving. There are a lot of people we could use another $5,000,” Mahl- providing care … these stretchers faciliman said. “We’re really grateful to every- tate that, the railings drop, the position one that came out and supported us. It can move.” For more information on how to makes a difference.” According to Island Health the two donate to the cause call 250-519-1750 or departments helped 108,000 people visit victoriahf.ca online. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com last year, 14,000 of them children. The
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Campus sexual assault policy a necessity It’s a disheartening reality that in this day in age, a formal sexual assault policy for universities is necessary. A series of incidents this year involving University of Victoria students makes it all too clear that a culture of sexualized violence remains acceptable among some individuals. In response, Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Andrew Weaver issued a call for B.C. colleges and universities to institute formal policies to prevent sexual assault. His proposed bill would require the schools to develop policies to educate students and prevent sexual assault as well as support people who are assaulted on campus. UVic President Jamie Cassels emphasizes that the school has policies and practices related to education, prevention and response to sexualized violence, however the recent focus on the issue makes it clear more is needed. “I want to make it clear that sexual assault and other unwelcome sexual conduct are utterly at odds with our values and are not tolerated,” he said in a statement Friday. The local campus is by no means alone. Weaver told the legislature that a Thompson Rivers University student was recently assaulted twice in one term, and was told “maybe you would be better suited to a different school.” It is heartening that an issue raised by a colleague in opposition received support from Premier Christy Clark. “Sexual assault on campus is a cultural problem,” Clark said. “So yes, we have to help and support women if they are attacked. But we have to change the culture so it doesn’t happen.” As a cultural issue, each of has a role to play in effecting change. And while those changes won’t happen overnight, and will require a far-reaching solution, Weaver’s bill, and the university’s response to it, are steps in the right direction. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@oakbaynews.com. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.
Alternatives to urban drug ghettos The Globe and Mail recently profiled My recent columns on B.C.’s struggle with the growing westward migration a methamphetamine addict enrolled at of transients have produced responses Onsite, the belated treatment addition to Vancouver’s Insite supervised injecthat fall mainly into two groups. tion site. It was his fifth try, The largest is people which may have something to relieved that somebody is do with the fact that when he questioning the urban media walks outside he is in the midnarrative. That’s the one where dle of Canada’s biggest street drifters, drug addicts, welfare drug bazaar. shoppers and thieves are the Contrast that with a facilvictims, and working people ity called Baldy Hughes, a whose hard-earned communitherapeutic community 30 ties are being degraded are the km outside Prince George. It’s problem because of their selfa working farm, designed to ish, uncaring attitudes. a year-long program Then there are readers so Tom Fletcher provide of abstinence-based therapy marinated in our nanny-state B.C. Views and meaningful work. education, media and political It uses the traditional system they object to anything other than a big-government response. 12-step program developed by AlcoholThey tend to ask, what’s your solution, ics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, with peer support and group Tom? As someone who has lost one rela- therapy. There’s a greenhouse for winter farmtive to heroin addiction and almost lost another, I reflect on the history of suc- ing, livestock to tend and the residents cessful addiction treatment. That is one have designed and built a new horse stable. There’s also a beekeeping projof detox and abstinence. That’s why I oppose the failed model ect. Residents can complete their high of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, school education, take first aid training where resources are poured into con- and learn basic computer skills. What they can’t do is leave unescentrated housing and “harm reduction” that perpetuate addiction, handouts corted during their treatment program. and helplessness. Housing Minister Rich They can’t bring drugs, alcohol, weapColeman is rolling this out in other com- ons or phones with them. It’s a costly program, with a small munities, in what I fear is an effort to paper over the problem for an election number of spaces available on referral from B.C.’s social development ministry. year.
Others can finance it with the help of medical employment insurance. I mention this not to suggest it is a solution for every community, but to compare it with what the B.C. government is spending millions on. A news event was arranged to greet the first resident moving from Victoria’s squalid downtown tent camp to a refurbished nursing home. And who was the poster child for this project, hand-picked by the agency that runs the growing network of shelters in the area? He described himself as a former Edmonton resident who was hitch-hiking around, going from shelter to shelter and ending up camped in the squat. He was impressed by the tidy room with three meals a day he was being given, in a “low barrier” facility where booze and drugs are brought in, no questions asked. What he was really looking forward to, in addition to accommodations, was an opportunity to kick back and play his favourite video game. That would be Grand Theft Auto, where your character runs around stealing cars, escaping police and meeting with criminal gangs. It’s popular with adolescents, which these days means anyone under 30. This is where your tax dollars are going. Waves of people come in, with key trouble spots being communities on the major highways coming into the Lower Mainland. tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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while Saanich denies the iversity of imported plants with its tyrannical eDPA law, oak Bay forces retention of mported species like the Lomardy poplar shown on your March 16 cover and Jacques irois urges initiation of force to reserve the physical results of ecent human activity. often people imported plants rom where they emigrated rom, such as elms here and the ood plants remaining along the on Goat Trail in Stevens Pass, washington. i challenge the claim that Muhlenberg’s Centaury is rare, s it grows down the coast into alifornia. of course it may not e common here at the northrn limit of its viable range. eware of eco-activists definng species by artificial politial lines rather than essential istinguishing characteristics. on the surface they behave as hough they want a botainical arden at the expense of proprty owners.
By declaring only big trees protected, oak Bay is guaranteeing damage to property and people such as recently in Maple ridge where a tree crushed a woman in her home. on the other hand, while small trees are the future, often they sprout in the wrong places. For example, i know of a Himalayan cedar that is between a fence and the street, which is too little space for that species that grows relatively large – so it will have to be removed. Now, if someone wants to spend their own time and money nurturing something, that is their choice. As volunteers are doing with the California buttercup on an island offshore oak Bay. (i wonder why it is called “California” – was it imported?) Albeit with help from taxpayers in the form of aid from parks staff. But most “protection” enthusiasts mean to do so by force, which is immoral because force stops use of the mind, which is our tool of survival and prospering. “Heritage” enthusiasts want to preserve things, not the
ideas that resulted in the peace and prosperity – individual freedom protected by defense and justice systems against initiation of force. Keith Sketchley Saanich
Rabbits are more than Easter toys easter is just around the corner and this is the time that many youngsters have the urge to adopt a rabbit. if that is the case please give this some serious thought. rabbits are great creatures and make wonderful pets but unlike a cat or a dog, are high-maintenance. A child may accept the idea of caring for a rabbit at first but the novelty quickly wears off and the chore of cleaning a cage daily usually falls onto the parent. rabbits should not be kept in a cage and need exercise. otherwise it would be like living in a prison. A rabbit does not purr nor does it fetch and frankly rabbits do not like being held. Before
long, a parent who has taken on the task of caring for a rabbit finds they are taking up a lot of their time and the rabbit, although may be loved, is no longer wanted. Many times the rabbit is taken out to a highway or a campus and dumped. This is a death sentence in more ways than one. Please, before you choose a rabbit for your child, look into what it
entails. Talk to other rabbit owners or the humane society. And if you have decided to adopt but find that you can no longer care for the creature then take it to a humane society. Do not dump it. rabbits want to be loved for what they are and not just easter toys. William Jesse Oak Bay
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Park would top underground plant at Clover Point Sewage infrastructure already beneath hillside Dan Ebenal Black Press
Clover Point wasn’t on the public’s radar during the most recent consultation process on sewage treatment options. And if everything goes according to plan for the Capital Regional District, a Clover Point facility will remain out of public view once completed. The CRD is moving ahead EPORT with a proposal for a two-plant CIAL R E P S option to meet the region’s wastewater treatment needs – with plants constructed at Clover and either McLoughlin or Macaulay points, near the location of current sewage HE outfalls. IN T The Clover Point plant would be located on a 1.25-hectare parcel of land on the hillside above the current parking lot. That land was granted to the City of Victoria from for a single plant at McLoughlin after that the federal government in 1988 on the option was rejected by Esquimalt in 2014. condition that it be used as parkland. While some expressed concerns “Clover Point has to be underground over locating a plant in a residential to be socially acceptable, and it has to neighbourhood at an oceanfront park, be done in a way that doesn’t smell, committee chair Lisa Helps called that doesn’t cause major disruptions for a “20th-century argument.” The Victoria the neighbourhood,” said Colin Plant, a mayor said we now see treatment plants Saanich councillor who sits on the core in the middle of downtowns and in close area liquid waste management committee. proximity to residences. It was Plant who suggested that CRD Wayne Hollohan, chair of the Fairfield staff should investigate locating a plant Gonzales Community Association land use on the site. A previous option for a solo committee, said the organization didn’t treatment plant at Rock Bay had become learn about the proposed Clover Point bogged down with concerns over cost, particularly $250 million in pipes to convey plant until he received a March 9 email about the site gaining conditional approval treated effluent to existing outfalls. Plant sees Clover Point as a compromise from the CRD earlier that day. “This idea is so new even to the CRD, between those who wanted a single plant that they do not have any actual plans at McLoughlin and those who wanted for it (including) how much space will a distributed option with a number of be required,” said Hollohan in a letter smaller plants. “I suggested it as a way to to Victoria council, suggesting the city spread the burden of sewage treatment,” is not following its own policy on civic he said, adding there is no social licence engagement. The association doesn’t speak on behalf of the community, but provides an opportunity for residents to voice concerns. Hollohan has his own worries about the future of this park he visits with his dog on a daily basis. “I would say that section of Clover Point probably gets upwards of four times the amount of people as Beacon Hill Park. It is Construction of the Sooke colnow becoming the crown jewel of Victoria lection system and wastewater with regards to tourists and people coming treatment plant began in 2004 and … to walk their dog,” he said. the system was commissioned in November 2005. Individual domestic and commercial hook-ups Courtesy Capital Regional District began in January 2006 and conOverhead shot shows areas tinued throughout 2006 and 2007, of Clover Point that would with the majority completed by be used for an underground December 2006. This secondary treatment system sewage treatment plant. services a core area of approximately 5,500 residents.
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Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps stands at Clover Point, site of a proposed underground sewage treatment plant.
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The Saanich Peninsula wastewater plant is a secondary treatment facility with the capability to produce Class A biosolids. The plant commenced operation in 2000, replacing three individual CRD sewage treatment plants that were constructed in the early 1970’s. In 2011, the treatment plant’s heat recovery system was commissioned. It recovers thermal energy from the effluent and supplies hot water to heat the Panorama Recreation Centre pool.
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This two-headed compromise has a cost of $250 million or so more than a single-site option. — Victoria Coun. Geoff Young Helps said the federal land grant serves as an assurance that Clover Point will look almost identical to what it is today, with the addition of such amenities as washrooms and public art. Residents may not realize what is at Clover Point now. Underneath that grassy hillside where people fly kites and walk their dogs, is a pumping station, where 50 million litres of raw sewage is filtered, then pumped through the 1.2-kilometre outfall into Juan de Fuca Strait. The pump station, built in the 1970s, serves close to 200,000 people. The new treatment plant would be built to a footprint that would meet requirements until at least 2045. It would initially handle flows of up to 48 million litres/day and treat the majority of eastside sewage. The treated effluent at Clover would be pumped through a new 250-metre outfall, with the existing longer outfall reserved for wet weather flows. An advanced treatment plant at Clover
Point is estimated to cost about $220 million of the $1.05-billion total project cost, although directors are confident those costs can be reduced. But hurdles remain before construction gets underway. Perhaps the biggest is getting the site rezoned from its designation for single family residences. Victoria Coun. Geoff Young favours a single site at McLoughlin Point and is confident the rezoning will fail. “From the perspective of the taxpayer, we would be better off flipping a coin to determine a single site. This two-headed compromise has a cost of $250 million or so more than a single-site option,” he said. He expects to hear vocal opposition for the plan at the upcoming public hearing. Helps said Clover Point was among the initial sites identified by Victoria council in 2015, and was green-lighted during the first phase of public consultations. Clover Point has cleared the first road bump in the long path ahead, with Victoria council approving a motion establishing a number of conditions. Among them is the presentation by the CRD of a concept drawing of the underground plant to the Fairfield Gonzales Community Association. The project must pass other regulatory hurdles, including a public hearing. If approvals are received, the plant is expected to take about 18 months to construct, with Victoria sharing in $20 million in public amenities provided to host communities.
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Esquimalt takes an uneasy second look at McLoughlin Scaled-down site would take western flows only; Viewfield site surplus
In Friday’s report: The third instalment in our fivepart series sees our team examine money: what’s been spent on the sewage treatment program, how much you can expect to pay; and what the scientists think of the mandated need to treat our sewage.
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Nearly two years ago, the citizens of Esquimalt spoke loud and clear – McLoughlin Point was not the appropriate site for the Capital Regional District’s $783-million sewage treatment plant. Esquimalt councillors were met with a standing ovation when they not only rejected the shoreline site, but unanimously slammed the door on any future proposals. Despite the closed door, the CRD put McLoughlin back on the table due to the cost and disruption of alternatives. This time, however, it’s not being considered as the sole site for a treatment plant, but part of a two-facility solution that also includes Victoria’s Clover Point and allows for a future site on the West Shore. A DNDowned section of Macaulay Point is part of the recommendation, but only as an alternative to McLoughlin. Given the history, the move to revisit McLoughlin didn’t sit well with Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins, but now she’s in favour of moving ahead with the new plan to see how council will respond. She also wants to hear from the private sector, which may propose lower cost and more environmentally friendly solutions. “With me or without me, the committee was going to have brought forward a site at McLoughlin, no matter what Esquimalt had said. There was nothing I could say that would have made any difference and that’s frustrating,” said Desjardins. “I am hearing from residents that there is an opportunity, given the right circumstances, to reconsider. I think the fact that it is not a single site option is really part of that discussion.” Surrounded by Department of National Defence (DND) property, the CRD-owned McLoughlin site is a barren, fenced-off piece of land in an otherwise treed area, hiding it from public view except from the water. There are a few nearby homes used by DND personnel, but otherwise the site — a former oil tank farm — is isolated. It’s also located around the corner from the Macaulay Point outfall. Nick Kovacs, chairman of the Esquimalt Resident’s Association, was surprised to see McLoughlin thrown back into the mix. Citizens are concerned, he noted, but are waiting to see what’s in the details this
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Mayor Barb Desjardins stands at Saxe Point in Esquimalt.
I am hearing from residents that there is an opportunity, given the right circumstances, to reconsider. — Esquimalt Mayor Barbara Desjardins on McLoughlin Point time around. “If you build a modern facility, then McLoughlin Point makes sense. It’s away from the community, it’s an industrial site – what else are you going to build there?” said Kovacs, who favours tertiary treatment using a distributed model. “If certain conditions are met, I would feel much more comfortable, but again, the devil is in the details.” In 2008, Esquimalt began lobbying the CRD to explore a potential sewage treatment facility at McLoughlin Point rather than Macaulay Point. The following year, however, council pulled its support from McLoughlin and advised the CRD to explore other alternatives.
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McLoughlin Point is a fenced-off, isolated piece of land in Esquimalt.
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Nonetheless, the CRD moved ahead on the project, and later purchased a property on Viewfield Road in Esquimalt for $17 million as a potential site for biosolids processing. The McLoughlin Point site was bought from Imperial Oil for $4.6 million. But in a second round of public hearings in March 2014, more than 100 residents from Esquimalt, Saanich, Victoria and elsewhere in the region spoke against the project, citing concerns with the size and environmental impact. A few weeks later council rejected rezoning the site, noting the CRD failed to deliver requested information such as details on First Nations consultations, committee meeting minutes and an independent tsunami report. The CRD was forced to go back to the drawing board, but first appealed to the province to mandate the rezoning of McLoughlin Point. The province refused to meddle in the ongoing sewage saga, even though about $60 million had been spent. Now, however, the province has agreed to help facilitate the process in order to move the project forward. The McLoughlin site still needs a green light from the municipality. In looking back, Desjardins feels there was a lack of respect for the community and that residents still don’t trust the CRD. McLoughlin had been offered as a proactive solution, she explained, with residents seeing it as an opportunity for a possible distributed model with multiple plants. But the CRD sewage committee, basing its decision on staff recommendations, went with a centralized plant there instead. “From there on, it was all about ‘that’s going to happen, you better accept it and by the way we’re not going to give you any mitigation,’” Desjardins said. “Had they done it differently, had they listened to the community and what the needs were, I really believe that process might have ended up differently. “The reality is, it was off the rails long before we made the decision, and that was because of the lack of working with a community … Esquimalt has never been NIMBY and yet it’s painted as NIMBY. It’s always been about ‘let’s get the best solution.’”
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Sewage treatment south of the border Olympia, Wash. The Budd Inlet Treatment Plant was constructed in 1949 and has been upgraded three times, the latest time in 2004, to meet changing needs such as moving to secondary treatment. Servicing 108,000 people, the treatment plant’s estimated replacement value is $500 million. The modern 32,500-square-foot LOTT (Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater and Thurston) Regional Services Centre is the public face of the facility. Reclaimed water is produced and used in the plant and the LOTT centre. The plant (web: lottcleanwater.org/plant.htm) also reuses methane gas to fuel its operations and the services centre. Biosolids are captured for use as fertilizer and soil amendment for surrounding areas.
Snohomish County, Wash. Commissioned in 2011 at a cost of $1.86 billion, the Brightwater Wastewater Treatment Plant was the largest clean water capital project in King County in 40 years. Built on 114 acres, it services a population of 189,000 and has planned capacity for 435,000. In addition to a secondary treatment plant, conveyance pipes and a marine outfall, the multi-faceted project also includes a 15,000-sq. ft. education and community centre (online: 1.usa. gov/1S6Xvq4), the restoration of salmon habitat and the creation of 70 acres of public open space.
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Easter Worship
Oak Bay churches celebrate Easter The community is invited to honour Easter with Oak Bay’s churches this weekend. At St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church, Easter services begin today (Wednesday) with an 11 a.m. Meditative Eucharist and a Lenten noon-hour concert at 12:10 p.m. Admission is by donation. Compline is at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24 brings Maundy Thursday and the Stripping of the Altar at 7 p.m. before Good Friday’s 11 a.m. Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion. On Saturday, March 26 at 8 p.m., St. Mary’s marks the Great Vigil and Communion. Easter Sunday brings a 7 a.m. Sunrise Service at Willows beach by the Kiwanis Tea Room followed by 10 a.m. Sung Communion. For more information, visit stmarysoakbay.bc.anglican.ca. Beginning with Holy Thursday, March 24, Oak Bay United Church hosts a simple soup dinner in the community hall from 5:45 to 6:20 p.m., followed by worship, Remembering the Last
Supper, a short, all-ages worship to remember Jesus’ last gathering with his disciples from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Good Friday, March 25, brings a worship service from 10 to 11 a.m., Gathering at the Cross. A special multi-age children’s church is offered at the same time as the more adult-centric Good Friday Worship. Art and movement-based practices encourage children to wonder about the Easter themes of trust, love and mystery. On Holy Saturday, March 26, Oak Bay United hosts a hot Easter breakfast prepared by the Men’s Club, by donation from 8 to 10 a.m. Fabulous Egg Decorating offers process-based arts and crafts experiences for people of all ages and stages from 9 to 11 a.m. Everyone is welcome. On Easter Sunday, March 27, following the 6:30 a.m. gathering at the Willows Beach Tea House for a reflective walk to the sunrise service at 7 a.m., enjoy coffee and hot cross buns in the
Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church 1924 Carrick St., Victoria, BC V8R 2M4
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Good Friday worship ~ 10:30am
March 27:
Easter Sunday Breakfast ~ 9am Worship ~ 10:30am
Oak Bay United community hall at 8:30 a.m. From 10 to 11:15 a.m. worship celebrates the Rising, Communion and Flowering of the Cross. Bring cut flowers and greenery to add to the church’s living cross. Celebrate the mystery of Easter with music, preaching, prayer, communion and a welcoming children’s church time for anyone who would like to explore Easter themes with art, movement and food. For more information, visit oakbayunitedchurch.ca At Oak Bay’s St. Philip Anglican Church, Good Friday Service runs March 25, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. with a Children’s Story, reading of the Passion Narrative and Children’s Procession of the Cross. On Easter Sunday, March 27, quiet Holy Communion is at 8 a.m. followed at 9 a.m. with a family-friendly Eucharist celebration including the Flowering of the Cross, balloons and an Easter egg hunt. A Choral Eucharist celebration is at 11:15 a.m.
Good Friday
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“What’s Wrong with the World? (& What God’s Doing About It)”
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Holy Thursday March 24 - Mass 7:00pm 8:00-10:30 pm Adoration in the Chapel in the Lower Level of the Parish Centre Good Friday March 25 - 3:00pm Celebration of the Lord’s Passion Holy Saturday March 26 - 7:30pm Easter Vigil Easter Sunday March 27 - 8:30am and 10:30pm Mass 798 Goldstream Avenue • 250.478.3482 • olor@shaw.ca Father Paul Szczur, SDS.
Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist Maundy Thursday • March 24 Good Friday • March 25 2:30 pm Liturgy of the Passion of Our Lord 4:00 pm Evensong and Stations of the Cross
Holy Saturday • March 26 8:00 pm Easter Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter
Easter Day • March 27
10:00 am Choral Eucharist
990 Falmouth Road (corner of Falmouth & Savannah) • Rt. Rev. Shane B. Janzen 250.920.9990 The Christian Faith • The Anglican Tradition • The Book of Common Prayer
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion at 3 p.m., including Liturgy of the Word, General Intentions, Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion. Saturday, March 26 at St. Patrick’s includes the Blessing of the Easter Food at 10 a.m. and the Easter Vigil at 8 p.m. Following the 10:30 a.m. Mass Easter Sunday, St. Patrick’s hosts an Easter egg hunt on the grass by the grotto. See stpats-vic.ca for more information. editor@oakbaynews.com
HAPPY EASTER! CHURCH OF OUR LORD
Corner of Blanshard & Humboldt 250-383-8915 www.churchofourlord.org
MAUNDY THURSDAY, Holy Communion, March 24 at 7 pm
GOOD FRIDAY, Characters and the Cross March 25 at 10:30 am
EASTER SUNDAY, March 27 8 am: Holy Communion 10 am: Celebration and Holy Communion
833 Pandora Ave. Victoria, BC www.centralbaptistchurch.ca
Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church
7:00 pm Choral Eucharist of the Last Supper
Visit stphilipvictoria.ca for more information. In north Oak Bay, Emmanuel Baptist Church celebrates Good Friday with a 10:30 a.m. service, featuring the Passion Story told through the eyes of Peter and God’s unexpected grace for our regrets. Service will include choral music and communion. On Easter Sunday, March 27, the 10:30 a.m. service celebrates the good news of Easter through singing, brass music, baptism and flowering the cross, plus the sermon, “Unexpected Joy.” Learn more at emmanuelvictoria.ca At St. Patrick’s Parish, Easter Triduum services include the Mass of the Lord’s Supper Thursday, March 24, at 7 p.m. Good Friday brings the Stations of the Cross at 10 a.m. with the
Regular service times 8 am, 9:30 am, 10:30 am
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ST. AIDAN’S UNITED CHURCH
Good Friday Service 10 am Easter Sunday Sunrise Service on Mt. Tolmie 7:30 am Easter Celebration at St. Aidan’s 10 am 3703 St. Aidan’s Street | 250-477-2089 | www.staidansunited.ca
All are welcome!
Easter Worship at St. George’s, Cadboro Bay Maundy Thursday, March 24: Easter Day, March 27: 7:oo pm • Choral Eucharist & 7:00 Iam Sonrise W O R SH P •W I T HService US Tenebrae at Telegraph Cove T H I S E8:00 A ST ER Good Friday, March 25: am • Easter Eucharist ST. AIDAN’S UNITED C HURCH 9:30 am • Kids’ Service & Cake 10:00 am • Festive Eucharist Maundy ThursdayProgram ...........................6:30 and Nursery) pm 11:00 am • Good Friday Liturgy (Children’s Good Friday Service .......................10 am
St. George’s Anglican Church, 3909Easter St. George’s Lane (offCommunion Maynard St.) ....10 am Sunday with 250-472-2090 • www.stgeorgecadborobay.ca
3703 St. Aidan’s Street | www.staidansunited.ca St. Aidan’s is an affirming congregation
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Easter hip-hops into the Oak Bay village this Saturday. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 26, the park behind the Oak Bay municipal hall will be filled with the fourth annual Easter celebration, bigger and better than ever, promises co-ordinator and Oak Bay realtor Tony Joe. Hosted by the Oak Bay Business Improvement Association, planned activities include candy hunts, photos with the Easter Bunny, crafts, face painting, coffee, treats and more. There’s also the chance to get
up close and personal with an Oak Bay fire truck and police car. “There are lots of things for kids to do ... (and) we ordered good weather from the Easter Bunny,” Joe says. Between 600 and 800 people are expected to come by the park. “It’s another great way for families to get out together and it’s such a great event for the village as well.” All the activities are free, but families are asked to bring a non-perishable food item or a donation for the Mustard Seed food bank, Joe says.
“With your help, we can make sure everyone has a happy Easter.” Kids of all ages are invited to join the fun and to help the traditional hunt run smoothly, participants will be divided into age groups. Candy hunt start times are: • 0 to 4 years 11:30 to 11:45 a.m. • 5 to 7 years 11:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. • 8 to 10 years 12 to 12:15 p.m. • 11 years and older 12:15 to 12:30 p.m. “It’s just so much fun,” Joe says. “People love it and the kids love it.” editor@oakbaynews.com
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Holy Week at Oak Bay United Holy Thursday, March 24
5:45pm Soup Dinner: Community Hall 6:30pm Worship: Remembering the Last Supper 7:15pm Sanctuary Choir Practice
Good Friday, March 25
10am Worship: Gathering at the Cross 10am Children’s Church: Practices for Easter
Holy Saturday, Mar 26
Holy Week and Easter @ St Mary's Wednesday in Holy Week, March 23
11:00 am Meditative Eucharist 12:10 pm Music for Holy Week: The Confession Stone and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater 8:30 pm Compline (Evening Prayer, 30 minutes)
Maundy Thursday, March 24
7:00 pm Holy Eucharist and the Stripping of the Altar
Good Friday, March 25
11:00 am The Good Friday Liturgy
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Community Calendar Wednesday, March 23 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. Lenten Lunchtime Concert, Music for Holy Week: The Confession Stone – Annual concert series, Wednesdays from 12:10 to 12:55 p.m. at St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 1701 Elgin Rd. Enjoy Kim Greenwood, Stabat Mater, Marnie Setka-Mooney, Sara Partridge, with Jim Hill, piano. 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. Glenn Miller Orchestra – Timeless classics from the world-famous orchestra at UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: University Centre Ticket Centre, 250-721-8480 or tickets.uvic.ca. Info: uvic.ca/auditorium.
Thursday, March 24 Kayaking into Anyox – Victoria Historical Society presentation with Gordon Hutchings 7:30 p.m. at James Bay New Horizons, 230 Menzies St. Info: victoriahistoricalsociety.bc.ca.
Friday, March 25 Drop-in Family Storytime – from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Fridays at the Oak Bay branch of the Greater Victoria
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Saturday, March 26 Recycling Depot – Oak Bay Green Committee’s Recycling Depot returns to Carnarvon Park, 9 to 11:30. a.m., collecting cardboard, styrofoam, electronics and hard and soft plastics. Small charge applies. Volkssport 5/10 km Walk – Meet at Olympic View Golf Course, 643 Latoria Rd. Register at 9:30 a.m. for 10 a.m. walk. Info: Rick at 250-4787020. Fourth annual Oak Bay Easter Celebration – Free Easter activities for the whole family, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the park behind Oak Bay municipal hall, 2167 Oak Bay Ave. Candy hunts, photos with the Easter Bunny, crafts, face painting, coffee, treats, Oak Bay fire truck and police car and more. Please bring a nonperishable food item or a donation for the Mustard Seed. Candy hunt start times: 0 to 4 years – 11:30 to 11:45 a.m.; 5 to 7 years – 11:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.; 8 to 10 years – 12 to 12:15 p.m.; 11 years and older 12:15 to 12:30 p.m. Easter Bake Sale – Pick up traditional Easter breads, frozen cabbage rolls, perogies, kobassa and more. Hot Ukrainian lunch available, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. George’s Ukrainian Church, 1100 Colville Rd. Info: 250-381-1352
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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 28 Drop in baby time – from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Mondays for babies 0 to 15 months and their caregivers. Learn songs, rhymes and fingerplays to use with your baby every day. At the Oak Bay branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Ave.
Tuesday, March 29 Community Town Hall: Seniors and Health Care – MLA Andrew Weaver hosts a town hall with B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie 7 to 9 p.m. at Oak Bay Rec Centre Sports Lounge. Seating first-come, firstserve. Q&A follows. Info: andrew. weaver.mla@leg.bc.ca or 250-4728528.
Oak Bay’s senior boys AAAA basketball suffered a roller-coaster couple of days to finish the season off the podium at provincials. The fourth-seeded Oak Bay team defeated 13-seed Yale 64-54 to start competition at Langley Event Centre March 9. The next day they lost to Walnut Grove 81-60. The team defeated Holy Cross in a tight 64-62 win Friday then fell to Kitsilano 75-62 on Saturday. cvanreeuwyk @oakbaynews.com
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