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With committee members from the seven municipalities involved voicing concerns over the cost to taxpayers, Clover Point in Victoria, the previously shelved McLoughlin Point in EsquiDon Descoteau, malt and a nearby alternative, a DND (Department of Black Press National Defence)-owned project leader section of land on Macaulay Point, have emerged.

Each potential site, presented in a conditional recommendation to the CRD board, is being fully costed out. The goal is to have a cost-effective business plan to present to the province and the federal government for consideration before March 31, the funding deadline for a portion of the federal dollars promised.

When a single plant at McLoughlin was previously pursued, the province refused to step in and either mandate an agreement or broker a deal with Esquimalt, which had rejected a variance for the site. This time, the B.C. government is helping facilitate completion of the siting process, which includes receiving approval from both Victoria and Esquimalt council. don.descoteau@blackpress.ca See page A12 and A13

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Fraud victim loses $40,000 in cheque scam Fraud prevention month aims to educate citizens Kendra Wong Victoria News

A Victoria man is out $40,000 after falling victim to a cheque cash scam that has resurfaced in the city.

The victim saw an ad in a

local newspaper in which a company called DSC Capital claimed to offer loans of $45,000.

After the victim called the number and left a message, someone called him back asking for his personal information including his social insurance number, which the victim provided.

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The fraudster then asked the victim to wire transfer $5,000 to cover the insurance of the loan. This happened roughly five times in the span of a month in amounts ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 to different bank accounts in November.

“Just because a cheque goes to the bank and you get money, doesn’t mean it’s actually cashed, which

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Munro’s makes National Geographic’s list of top 10 bookstores in the world Kendra Wong Victoria News

Stepping into Munro’s Books is like entering a neo-classical bookstore in the 18th century.

The wooden shelves are neatly lined with hundreds of books, 24-foot-tall columns stretch towards the ceiling, blue stained glass windows line the back of the building and colourful textile assemblages line the walls.

Now, Munro’s is being recognized as one of top 10 bookstores in the world by National Geographic.

Destinations of a Lifetime, published earlier this year, lists Munro’s as the third top bookstore behind bookstores in Greece and Mexico.

Munro’s managing partner Jessica Walker said the store has been on other top 10 lists before, but nothing as high profile as National Geographic.

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Marianne Kelly, employee at Munro’s Books, shows off the National Geographic book Destinations of Lifetime, in which Munro’s is named of the top 10 bookstores in the world to visit. is a fairly high profile travel publisher. It was great,” said Walker, who has been working at the store for the past 15 years. “The building and the environment — it’s a beautiful place to browse. I think people feel it’s a real community place.”

Munro’s Books has been a fixture on Government Street

since 1984 — a store for locals to find new and obscure novels and an ever-popular tourist attraction drawing people from around the world.

Opened in 1963 by Jim Munro and his first wife, Alice (who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 2013) in the heart of Victoria’s old town, the store

mostly consisted of paperbacks.

The neo-classical building was originally designed in 1909 by architect Thomas Hooper and includes ceilings that resemble those of the porch of the library of Ephesus built by the Romans in ancient times. The store relocated to a larger building on Fort

Street in 1979 and to its current location in 1984.

Over the years, the store has garnered a reputation for its architecture.

Growing up on the Mainland, even Walker knew of the store’s legendary reputation, which is why she decided it was the only bookstore in Victoria she wanted to work in.

“As a child, I remember just thinking it was a great place to discover books that I hadn’t seen anywhere else and it was such a comfortable and old-fashioned place to browse,” she said.

It’s a reputation that reaches around the world.

Marianne Kelly has worked at the store for the past three years, after moving from England.

“I came in and thought the building was amazing,” said Kelly of her first experience in the store. “It’s the experience of coming here, the building and the atmosphere. People want to browse in this kind of environment.”

Also on National Geographic’s list of top 10 bookstores are Atlantis Books in Greece, Cafeberia el Pendulo in Mexico, Powell’s City of Books in Oregon, Librairie Avant-Garde in China and Shakespeare and Company in France. kendra.wong@vicnews.com

Scams happen more often than reported, say police Continued from Page A1

The victim came forward to police in January after he realized it was a scam.

“He was really embarrassed about it and I think a lot of people don’t come forward because they’re embarrassed,” said Lapierre, adding this is the most amount of money he’s seen a victim from a scam. “I felt horrible for the gentleman. He’s on a pension and now he’s responsible for the money that he’s lost.”

Victoria police are now investigating, but Lapierre said it’s difficult to track wire transfers, especially if money gets moved off shore.

According to Const. Matt Rutherford with Victoria police, scams are happening more often in the community than what’s being reported.

“They feel very victimized and they’re maybe embarrassed for falling victim to something so they don’t report it to us,” he said, noting many scams are done through electronic communication such as email, text message or phone calls.“If the money

doesn’t mean anything to them then they don’t report it.”

Last year, there was roughly $2 million in losses that were reported to Victoria police.

The VicPD is trying to reduce the number of locals who fall victim to scams by educating people as part of fraud prevention month.

The top scam on its radar continues to be the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) scam, which first surfaced last August in Victoria and continues to claim victims.

Victims of the scam typically receive a phone call from an angry caller, claiming to represent the CRA and that taxes are owed. The caller leaves voicemails demanding potential victims call them back or face immediate criminal sanctions for unpaid or fraudulently filed taxes.

Other common scams in Victoria are the charity and giving scams, such as the grandson scam, in which someone will call an elderly victim pretending to be a niece or grandchild injured or in jail. They request money and the victim sends cash

through money transfer.

Lottery scams, in which victims receive an email or call claiming they won the lottery but asking for money up front to claim the prize, is also a problem.

Heading into the spring, gutter and re-pavement scams, where people offer to repave a driveway or unclog a gutter and ask for money upfront and never return to do the work, tend to pop up as well.

But there are ways to protect the city’s most vulnerable.

Rutherford said never offer money up front and checking the URLs of websites linked in emails can help prevent people from falling victim to scams.

“We want to encourage people to look out for their elderly neighbours or relatives,” Rutherford said. “A lot of times, elderly people are more susceptible to these scams because maybe they don’t have any family around or aren’t close with anyone. Just have those conversations with your neighbours.” kendra.wong@vicnews.com

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Skateboarding now permitted downtown Skateboarding is officially allowed on the streets of Victoria now that changes have been made to the streets and traffic bylaw. The bylaw allows the use of a skateboard, roller skates, inline skates or a non-motorized scooter on city streets with an expectation that users will adhere to the same rights and responsibilities as a cyclist. Skateboarding on sidewalks remains off limits.

New signage now marks streets and a series of “skate city” educational videos and materials are available to guide all road users on the new regulations. As part of the city’s promotion of safe skateboarding, free LED lights can be picked up at city hall.

Designs wanted for Ship Point The City of Victoria is calling on urban designers, industrial designers, architects, landscape architects, contemporary artists and creative types to submit concepts for a temporary pop-up public space at Ship Point. A panel of six design professionals will judge submissions based on the following criteria: social interaction and connection, aesthetics and originality, function and context, sustainability and feasibility. The winning team will receive a $5,000 award and up to $35,000 to design, build and install a place that pops. Submissions must be received by Friday, May 13. The winner will be announced on June 3 and the installation will take place in July.

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In a letter to Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps, Catherine MacKay, Island Health executive vice president and chief operating officer, said it has begun discussions with relevant stakeholders to bring a site to fruition.

“Island Health is in the beginning stages of embarking on planning with various stakeholders around the potential establishment of supervised consumption services on the South Island, including in the City of Victoria,” MacKay said in the letter.

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Taxi association urges Victoria to block the arrival of Uber Province taking its time studying the issue Tim Collins Victoria News

On March 10, Mohan Kang, president of the B.C. Taxi Association, appeared before Victoria council, appealing for them to block the arrival of the ride-sharing company, Uber to the city.

His appearance followed statements made by Mayor Lisa Helps in February, where she said she was in favour of the concept of Uber.

She said it was an example of the “surplus capacity” of an automobile that’s not used all the time, and can be used to produce income for the car’s owner.

But according to Kang, Uber is a multi-billion dollar company (estimates range from $17 to $70 billion) whose record of scofflaw behaviour should define it as less than an ideal corporate citizen.

Uber’s first foray into B.C. came in 2012 when it set up operations in Vancouver. That move was stopped by then Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Mary Polak, who advised Uber drivers they would be required to operate under the same rules as limousine companies and would be required to charge a minimum hourly rate of $75. The move, and threatened fines for flouting the regulation, shut down Uber operations.

In 2014, however, Uber reappeared in B.C. by posting jobs for various positions in Vancouver. The post read, “We won’t stop until all of Vancouver is riding Uber.” That foray back into B.C. was quickly thwarted when the government threatened the company with hefty fines.

Kang said it’s that persistent and disrespectful business approach that should be concerning to

British Columbians.

He said Uber feels itself to be above the law and that its past record of moving

be prevalent in B.C.” Shortly thereafter B.C.’s Premier Christy Clark appointed Peter Fassbender, the minister responsible for TransLink, to begin discussions with municipalities and Uber about how to handle the ridesharing issue.

According to Fassbender, the government is going to take its time studying the issue and no legislation will be ready for this government session. editor@vicnews.com

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into a series of cities in North America without first gaining approval should be indicative of an approach that the people of B.C. should reject.

“Are we living in a society where the rules don’t mean anything?” said Kang.

“This is a company with billions of dollars at its disposal who can and have defended the people who are fined and who can fight in court to get whatever they want. They have deep pockets and it’s not a level playing field for the cab companies.”

He pointed out that cab drivers are required to carry a class four license, pass criminal record checks, have their cars regularly inspected, carry adequate insurance for the protection of their passengers, and generally work to be a positive part of the community.

Kang pointed to the cab drivers participation in the amber alert program as an example of how they are a part of the community. Many cab drivers are trained as first responders and have developed strong relationships with the police.

Kang also told council that Uber is guilty of “cherry picking” only a certain part of the riding public. He said that Uber only takes fares from people who have pre-approved credit card accounts.

“If Uber were to put cabs out of business, what does that do to the people who can’t get credit cards, or who rely on coupons and vouchers?” said Kang, adding cab companies invest in accessible vehicles that cost much more to put on the road than regular cabs and Uber does not provide

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“It’s ridiculous,” said Dunstan, with the Capital Regional District’s Integrated Road Safety Unit. “You only have to stop at a red light and look over your shoulder and see two or three people around you thinking ‘here’s an opportunity to send that text, check my email or take that selfie’ or whatever it is people do. It’s just crazy.”

Most recently on his way home from work, Dunstan looked over at a novice driver scrolling on her phone non-stop at a red light. He issued her a $167 fine for using an electronic device while driving.

According to Dunstan, distracted driving is on the rise in Greater Victoria and it is something

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distracted driving, people still aren’t getting the message. “(Distracted driving) has become so prevalent now and the consequences are so catastrophic that I wouldn’t be surprised if the legislation was changed to increase the penalty for this kind of offence,” he said. “Clearly $167 is seen as the cost of doing business for some people.”

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The road safety unit doled out roughly 150 tickets in one day, 46 of which were issued for using an electronic device while driving.

Dunstan noted many tickets given out that day were because drivers were distracted with their device, leading to other violations.

For example, people using electronic devices will forget to put on their seatbelt or drivers so engrossed in their phone will miss a green light and try to speed through the red light.

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Seminar provides education, support for child amputees Tim Collins Victoria News

Lewis Jeon was born without a right arm below the elbow and when he emigrated to Canada from Korea at the age of eight, he found it difficult to deal with both the language barrier and the lack of a limb — both of which set him apart from his peers and often made life difficult.

“It was pretty hard for me. I got stared at and I couldn’t explain myself,” said Jeon.

Life improved for Jeon when he began to attend the seminars operated by the War Amps B.C. Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program. That’s where he met counsellors who helped him cope with his experiences.

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“They became like the big brothers and sisters that I never had,” said Jeon.

Now 16 years of age, Jeon is giving back and this past weekend’s CHAMPS seminar, held at the Fairmont Hotel in Victoria, was his opportunity to

act as a counselor for the younger seminar attendees. The seminar played host to over 90 child amputees and their parents and covered topics that ranged from the latest developments in artificial limbs to how to cope with bullying and teasing.

Rob Larman, the director of the War

Amps Play Safe, Drive Safe Program said the annual conference was the launch-pad for the 2016 seminar season, adding its impossible to overstate the importance of these kind of events to the children.

Larman is an amputee himself and, as a child, found being different from your peers could be a difficult road to travel.

He said that teasing, staring, and bullying are all too common for child amputees.

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Jeon said he’s grateful he can now return the kindness he’d been shown in the past by helping out those young amputees who are having a hard time coping with life today.

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The actual measured precipitation is slightly below average for the October 2015 to midMarch period, but several high intensity episodes of precipitation managed to flood basements and otherwise overwhelm storm water run-off systems.

“It’s due to something called atmospheric river events,” said University of Victoria Associate Professor David Atkinson. He said that veritable rivers of atmospheric moisture are picked up over the equator due to the high energy (of sunshine) over those regions. This prompts the storage of very moist air, which,

if drawn toward the North American landmass by a combination of strong pressure systems, has the effect of causing substantial, prolonged rainfall events.

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According to Atkinson, another reason for the high intensity rainstorms this year has been the shifting of pressure systems along the coast, which has drawn storm moisture in from pressure systems formed over the ocean.

“We generally get the remnants of storms that form around Alaska. That results in lower intensity rainfall events of longer duration,” he said. “But this year we’ve seen storm systems move in from the Pacific and even down the California coast.”

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It’s the program’s 70th anniversary and Larman proudly reported more than 1.5 million sets of lost keys have been returned to their owners during that time.

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Put the phone down — for at least 10 minutes Ridiculous. That’s the word a local police officer is using to describe the amount of drivers still staring at their phone behind the wheel.

It’s a good word because it really is ridiculous when you stop and think about why people are still doing this, especially when they could receive a $167 fine.

It doesn’t take long to get from point A to point B in Victoria. The most many of us ever have to drive is maybe 10 or 15 minutes to reach our destination. So why is it so hard for some people not to look at their phone for that short period of time? It says a lot about our world.

A recent survey by Nottingham Trent University found that 23 participants within the 18 to 33 age bracket checked their phones about once every 10 minutes, amounting up to 85 times a day.

Other studies have found the average person stares at their phone between 100 to 150 times a day, checking emails, social media posts or texting with friends.

During a recent distracted driving campaign in the capital region, police doled out roughly 150 tickets in one day and 46 of those were for using an electronic device while driving. These tickets aren’t new. They’ve been in place for several years, but many drivers continue to stare at their crotch when stopped at a red light, thinking nobody will know what they’re doing. It looks ridiculous and it’s dangerous.

Every year, more people are killed in crashes due to distracted driving, but these tragedies are 100 per cent preventable.

If you’re one of the many people addicted to their cell phone, do us all a favour the next time you’re on your 10-minute drive home from work and hear the sound of a text message come from your phone — wait until you arrive at your destination, where you have plenty of time to resume staring at your phone every 10 minutes again. It’s that simple.

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Alternatives to urban drug ghettos My recent columns on B.C.’s struggle a methamphetamine addict enrolled at with the growing westward migration Onsite, the belated treatment addition of transients have produced responses to Vancouver’s Insite supervised that fall mainly into two groups. injection site. It was his fifth try, which The largest is people relieved that may have something to do with the fact somebody is questioning the urban that when he walks outside he is in the media narrative. That’s the one where middle of Canada’s biggest street drug drifters, drug addicts, welfare shoppers bazaar. and thieves are the victims, Contrast that with a and working people whose facility called Baldy Hughes, hard-earned communities a therapeutic community 30 are being degraded are the kilometres outside Prince problem because of their George. It’s a working farm, selfish, uncaring attitudes. designed to provide a yearThen there are readers long program of abstinenceso marinated in our nannybased therapy and meaningful state education, media and work. political system they object It uses the traditional to anything other than a big12-step program developed government response. They

by Alcoholics Anonymous Tom Fletcher and tend to ask, what’s your Narcotics Anonymous, B.C. Views solution, Tom? with peer support and group As someone who has therapy. lost one relative to heroin addiction There’s a greenhouse for winter and almost lost another, I reflect on farming, livestock to tend and the the history of successful addiction residents have designed and built a new treatment. That is one of detox and horse stable. There’s also a beekeeping abstinence. project. Residents can complete their That’s why I oppose the failed high school education, take first aid model of Vancouver’s Downtown training and learn basic computer skills.

Eastside, where resources are poured What they can’t do is leave into concentrated housing and “harm unescorted during their treatment reduction” that perpetuate addiction, program. They can’t bring drugs, handouts and helplessness. Housing alcohol, weapons or phones with them.

Minister Rich Coleman is rolling this out It’s a costly program, with a small in other communities, in what I fear is number of spaces available on referral an effort to paper over the problem for from B.C.’s social development ministry. an election year.

Others can finance it with the help of The Globe and Mail recently profiled 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 hitchhiking 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.

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Some kids earn allowances from doing chores around the house, but Ryan Howland made his money busking on the streets of downtown Victoria.

Every day after school and on weekends, Howland would make his way to Government Street where he set down his violin case, took out the instrument and played classical music for hours.

“Most people are surprised. They stop and wonder because normally you just see band music,” said Howland.

“When they see a classical violinist playing Bach or something different that's on another level, it's a really dif-

ferent experience for them.”

On an average day, Howland made anywhere from $60 to $100 a day from tourists and locals.

It's a part-time job he continued for years and one that eventually helped him pay for a trip to Switzerland to study under worldfamous Russian violinist, Zakhar Bron, when he was 13 years old.

Howland first started playing the violin when he was just five years

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His mother worked at the Victoria Conservatory of Music teaching piano. After school, Howland and his brother would wait hours for their mother to finish her lessons.

As a way of keeping them busy, his mother signed his brother up to play the piano, while Howland played the violin.

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It's an after-school hobby that has since transformed into a lifelong passion for the now 16-year-old.

“I always liked it when I started. It was fun for me,” Howland said.

“What I like the most about it is it's so diverse. There's so many things you can do on a violin as opposed to any other instruments. There's so many techniques that are so detailed to express musical ideas.

I think that's really amazing.”

Howland has had the chance to learn under and perform for some of the best violinists and schools in the world. Most recently, he studied with a Dutch violinist at the Zurich University of Arts in Switzerland.

“Ryan is an inspiring young musician. I was impressed with his tal-

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Sixteen-year-old Ryan Howland will learn from a Russian violinist at the International Blackmore Music Academy in Berlin. ent at the Symphony Splash auditions, and

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lenting dedication to his work,” said Tania Miller, musical director with the Victoria Symphony.

Now, Howland is taking his performance to the next level with the rare opportunity to learn under Viktor Tretyakov, a Russian violinist and conductor, at the International Blackmore Music Academy in Berlin, Germany.

Howland, who is currently living in Germany, hopes to develop his own style and interpretations under Tretyakov and wants to one day become a soloist.

He is also raising money to help pay for the cost of living and tuition through an online fundraising campaign.

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A new, collaborative approach to helping the victims of sexual assault has come to Victoria and the partners who made it possible believe it will revolutionize the way victims of sexual assault, abuse and neglect are supported in the community.

Located at 300B3060 Cedar Hill Rd., the Victoria Community Response Centre is a joint initiative of social agencies including the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre and the Victoria Child Abuse Prevention and Counselling Centre.

“It serves as a private, one-stop facility for victims of sexual assault … and for children for victims of any sort of assault or neglect … that allows them to report assaults and receive the help they need in a supportive, private, and professional environment,” said Makenna Rielly, the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre’s executive director.

She says that, for her clients, it replaces the current system where many victims of sexual assault have to go to the emergency room to receive care; a system that is rife with barriers to individuals who are already traumatized and often feeling shamed by the event.

“You can imagine a sexual assault victim having to go into the triage area of a hospital and tell the staff, sometimes with 20 or 30 people in the room, that they’ve been sexually assaulted,” said Rielly.

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The centre has facilities that will allow people to be seen in private, with forensic nurses providing rape kits and offering other medical services like testing for STD’s and pregnancy.

Rielly stressed that adults who come to

and visual recording equipment. The rooms are designed to be comfortable and comforting to victims — a far cry from the sometimes-formidable environment of a police station. Other supports can also be brought in to help make the process less traumatizing.

“This one-stop approach is one of a kind . . . there’s nothing else like it out there and we want to be a model for other regions.”

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the centre to report a sexual assault are not required to report it to the police. The centre provides supports and counselling and takes steps (like taking forensic tests of victims and storing them for up to a year) that allow victims the time to process the initial trauma and make the decision to report if and when they are ready. If they choose to report, centre staff will make the contacts with the appropriate police agency and facilitate a meeting.

To that end, the centre houses stateof-the-art interview rooms complete with unobtrusive audio

One victim, who attended the official opening of the centre commented, “I wish that this clinic was here for me when I was sexually assaulted. Like many survivors after my assault I hardly told a soul…I remember running home and hiding under my covers.”

For children, the centre’s services transcend sexual assault to include the victims of abuse and neglect.

Sandra Bryce is the executive director of the child advocacy organization, also located within the response centre. She sees the initiative as critical to providing a

non-institutional venue for children and youth — the most vulnerable victims of violence.

While it’s required by law for the centre to report the abuse or neglect of children to the police and ministry, its facilities are used for a multi-disciplinary approach that reduces the continued stress and damage to the children involved.

Interviews are done in special rooms where the video and audio recording equipment is not visible and the child only has to tell their story once, with their parents in the room and a professional counsellor present.

Bryce said the importance of this approach is apparent when one realizes that every time a child has to recall and recount their experience it has the effect of re-traumatizing and revictimizing them.

“This one-stop approach is one of a kind…there’s nothing else like it out there. And we want to be a model for other regions, allowing them to learn from our approach and experience,” said Rielly. editor@vicnews.com

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Esquimalt takes an uneasy second look at McLoughlin

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Scaled-down site would take western flows only; Viewfield site surplus

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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.

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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.

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.

Saanich Peninsula

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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McLoughlin Point is a fenced-off, isolated piece of land in Esquimalt.

Arnold Lim/Black Press

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.’”

Get the dialogue going. Send your opinions on this series to don.descoteau@ blackpress.ca, or call 250-478-9552 ext 224. You can also post comments to the Facebook or Twitter pages of your Black Press community newspaper. Please include your name and a telephone number for verification.

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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Park would top underground plant at Clover Point

Esquimalt takes an uneasy second look at McLoughlin

Sewage infrastructure already beneath hillside

Scaled-down site would take western flows only; Viewfield site surplus

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.

CRD

Sooke

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.

Pamela Roth

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Sewage treatment around the region

In Friday’s report:

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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.

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

Read your community paper March 25 to find out more.

Share your thoughts

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.

Saanich Peninsula

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.

Don Denton/Black Press

McLoughlin Point is a fenced-off, isolated piece of land in Esquimalt.

Arnold Lim/Black Press

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.’”

Get the dialogue going. Send your opinions on this series to don.descoteau@ blackpress.ca, or call 250-478-9552 ext 224. You can also post comments to the Facebook or Twitter pages of your Black Press community newspaper. Please include your name and a telephone number for verification.

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 Easter Worship

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March 25:

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March 27:

Easter Sunday Breakfast ~ 9am Worship ~ 10:30am

Good Friday

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Easter Sunday

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Easter Worship at St. George’s, Cadboro Bay Maundy Thursday, March 24: Easter Day, March 27: 7:oo pm • Choral Eucharist & 7:00Iam W O R SH P •WSonrise I T H Service US Tenebrae at Telegraph Cove T H I S E A ST E R Good Friday, March 25: 8:00 am • Easter Eucharist ST. AIDAN’S UNITED C HURCH 9:30 am • Kids’ Service & Cake 10:00 am • Festive Eucharist Maundy(Children’s ThursdayProgram ...........................6:30 and Nursery) pm 11:00 am • Good Friday Liturgy Good Friday Service .......................10 am

St. George’s Anglican Church, 3909 St. George’s Lane (offCommunion Maynard St.) ....10 am Easter Sunday with 250-472-2090 • www.stgeorgecadborobay.ca 3703 St. Aidan’s Street | www.staidansunited.ca

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Hop into Easter around town The capital region will be hopping with Easter possibilities this weekend. Here is a list of some of the events going on throughout the area.

• Between noon and 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, the Esquimalt Lions Club will be hosting a free Easter Egg Hunt at Gorge Park.

The event will include entertainment, food, crafts and face painting. Concession opens at 11 a.m.

• On March 27, head to Beckwith Park in Saanich from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., for the eighth annual Signs of Hope in Africa Easter Egg Hunt.

Families will be able to enjoy bouncy castles, face-painting, crafts, games, entertainment, and the chance to to meet the Easter bunny.

No registration is required, only a $5 admission for children age 13 and younger.

With 23,000 chocolate eggs to be found in

the 11 a.m. egg hunt, the search is divided into three age groups: three and under, starting at 11 a.m., four to six, starting at 11:15 a.m., and seven plus, starting at 11:25 a.m. A barbecue lunch is available for $6 which includes a burger or hot dog, plus chips and a drink.

• The community of Oaklands is having an Easter Eggstravaganza from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The event, hosted at the Oaklands Community Centre, is $5 and will include an Easter egg hunt, a bunny petting zoo, cookie decorating, face painting, a bouncy castle and crafts. To register call 250-370-9101.

• The Victoria West Community Centre is hosting a Bunny Bonanza on Saturday between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. Bring your Easter egg basket for a hunt, bounce on a giant bouncy castle, make some crafts and get a treat.

Admission is $3 per child.

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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

Holy Saturday, March 26

8:00 pm The Great Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter

Easter Sunday, March 27

7:00 am Early Easter Worship near Willow's Beach Tea Room 10:00 am Holy Eucharist 1701 Elgin Rd • 250-598-2212 • stmarysoakbay.ca

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Easter Sunday, March 27

6:30am Gathering: Willow’s Beach Tea House for walk to sunrise service 7am Worship: Sunrise Celebration, Cattle Point 8:30am-ish Coffee & Hot Cross Buns Hospitality, Oak Bay United Community Hall 10am Worship: Celebrating the Rising, Communion, and Flowering of the Cross

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HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SERVICES Maundy Thursday, March 24

Solemn High Mass & Stripping of the Altar 7:30 pm

Good Friday, March 25

Procession of the Cross through the City 9:00 am beginning at Pioneer Square 12:00 pm The Good Friday Liturgy

Mozart Requiem

With the Cathedral Choir and members 7:30 pm of the Victoria Symphony, Conducted by Michael Gormley Soloists: Margaret Lingas, soprano, Zachary Windus, alto, Kaden Forsberg, tenor Nathan McDonald, bass

Benefit Concert for Refugee Support: Admission by donation

Holy Saturday, March 26

The Great Vigil of Easter with Baptisms, Confirmations & Reaffirmations

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Four-year-old Drew McInnes (centre) rides her therapy horse, Smudges, as part of the equine therapy program.

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Drew McInnes is four years old and her life has been anything but easy.

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It was an experience that left Drew with difficulties using her arms, and caused other physical difficulties resulting in her not learning to walk until she was two-and-a half years old.

At the age of four she couldn’t dress herself or put on her shoes and her physical difficulties contributed to a lack of confidence that was worrisome to her mother Shannon.

That’s when Drew’s physiotherapist at the Queen Alexandra Centre for Children’s Health (QA) in Victoria suggested equine therapy. Drew was enrolled in the program in January.

Equine assisted therapy is an alternative form of therapy delivered on horseback that uses the fundamentals of learning to ride a horse to help in the development of core strength, coordination, and confidence as well as a number

“Drew has pictures of (her therapy horse) Smudges all over her walls . . . She can’t wait to get back to riding. It’s been a game-changer for all of us.”

— Shannon McInnes

position to ride sideways and even backward on the horse, and work through a number of other activities to improve their strength and coordination.

Shannon said the therapy has had amazing results on her daughter.

Drew now dresses herself and is far more independent at home, insisting on trying to do things on her own where previously she would have asked for help.

“The program is fantastic and it’s definitely something that we’re going to continue as soon as possible,” said McInnes.

“Drew has pictures of (her therapy horse) Smudges all over her walls and we go visit “her horse” on a regular basis.

She can’t wait to get back to riding. It’s been a game-changer for all of us.” editor@vicnews.com

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of other goals as outlined in advance by family and medical staff.

Valerie Poirier, the physiotherapy clinical leader at the QA, said the program is made possible through a partnership with the Victoria Therapeutic Riding Association and a grant from the Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island as well as funding from the provincial government.

“We run three, eight-week sessions a year for children aged three to five and that’s a real change since equine therapy hadn’t been available for anyone under the age of five prior to this program,” said Poirier, adding it’s important to start therapy as early as possible.

“In the past it wasn’t possible because the horses were just too big, but as part of this program we were able to get some smaller horses that made the younger children feel more comfortable.”

That comfort level is further enhanced through the participation of volunteers who help to lead the horses and walk on either side of the child when they are on the horse.

While riding, the child will throw and catch balls, shift

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Five ways the new B.C. curriculum can be applied before kindergarten riculum. It turns out, they were doing this all along.

Here are some of the "big ideas" from the province's new curriculum website.

Idea 1: Learning can take place anywhere, not just in the classrooms.

This one is really taken to heart. Every day children get outside to explore and learn, whether it's in the enormous back yard and garden, on one of the walks to the local parks and beaches, or on a field trip further afield.

Within the framework of the new B.C. curriculum, many ideas have emerged as a result of years of extensive research into the most effective way for children to learn, retain and apply their knowledge and skills.

Although the implementation of these strategies is intended to start at kindergarten, teachers at Christ Church Cathedral Childcare and junior kindergarten wanted to know how to prepare children for kindergarten with the new cur-

more. This is called the emergent curriculum.

Idea 3: Skills can be developed through play.

Fine motor skills are developed at the craft table, gross motor skills on the playground structures, and people skills with peers and teachers everywhere. It's all in a day's play at junior kindergarten.

Learning has no boundaries during a day at junior kindergarten.

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Idea 5: Confidence develops through the process of self discovery.

Making discoveries about oneself in the presence of supportive teachers and friends is a great confidence builder.

Educators across the province agree, success in school begins with exploration and play.

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The only game in town Victoria College of Art (VCA) has been Vancouver Island’s creative centre for 43 years, with more than 5,000 alumni.

Constantly re-fashioning itself as times have changed, it has recently evolved to become the only Vancouver Island fine and applied art institution of any kind to offer a completely comprehensive two-year diploma in 2D/3D modeling and gaming animation.

Designated a “Centre of Excellence in Animation Education” (one of five in Canada including Sheridan College)

by Corus Entertainment’s Toon Boom software inc., its graduates are qualified and ready to become future leaders in Vancouver Island’s exploding animation studio phenomenon.

“We are constantly in touch with latest developments in the industry and with new initiatives such as Vancouver’s Bron Studios, which has recently opened an animation features production facility in Duncan under the direction of Hollywood producer vice pres-

ident Luke Carroll — a former guest lecturer at VCA,” said VCA president Peter Such.

The college’s aim is to make sure Vancouver Island’s creative young people will no longer have to move to the mainland where ultra-high living and tuition costs make obtaining a fine or applied arts diploma prohibitive.

Five years in development, the programme seeks to produce home-grown skilled artists to attract more facilities to the Island which presently are hiring elsewhere to fill the demand.

“We are seeing an increasing number of highly motivated young women entering the animation profession and climbing to the top echelons of production facilities,” Such said.

“It is our good fortune to have recently acquired the services of an extremely talented 3D Maya and FX professional to join with our two Sheridan graduates, and other specialist members of our Fine Arts faculty, to round out our program. This is a win-win proposition for everyone involved.”

Youth engaging community with art Kendra Wong Victoria News

Youth from Vic High, in partnership with local artists are engaging the community with art as part of a project with the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.

Eight students from the high school, along with Fairfield artist Valarie Salez have created a mural to shine a spotlight on missing and murdered indigenous women, LGBTQ and mental health issues in the community.

The group has created a mural, located outside the art gallery on Moss Street, featuring the sihloutte of a person. In front of them is a thought bubble thinking about the Highway of Tears. It also includes blue tears with the faces of the 19 missing women and 20 empty tears representing unidenfitied women who have gone missing on the highway and stencils saying “No more stolen sisters.”

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Vic High students (from left) Claire Abercrombie, Sasha Hunter, Hannah Hunt and Emmarie Webster show off part of their mural at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.

Inside the sihloutte is a multi-coloured brain representing LGBTQ, anxiety, depression and mental health issues.

They wanted to focus specifically on the Highway of Tears, a notorious stretch of highway between Prince George to Prince Rupert where more than 30 aboriginal women have gone missing.

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people who have died and not many people pay attention to that, but we should becaue it's important and we should put a stop to it,” said Grade 9 student Hannah Hunt, adding family members have gone missing on the highway.

The mural is part of the art gallery’s New Extreme program, in which local artists and

educators are paired with youth to explore a range of artistic practices and ideas.

The project has been an emotional one for the group, as they searched for images of the missing women online.

This year, groups from the LAU, WELNEW Tribal School, the Youth Empowerment Society and Royal Bay Secondary are participating in the program, using a number of a different artistic mediums. “(I want them to take away) a sense of being heard, that their voices really matter, a sense that this art gallery and arts and culture insitutions are places that really want to hear about what questions and ideas are most on the minds of young people,” said Jennifer Van de Pol with the art gallery.

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complete four years of high school in three.

“Right from the beginning, I enjoyed it,” said the 97-yearold Berwick Royal Oak Retirement Community resident.

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his career as a history teacher at TrailTadanac High School in Trail, B.C. Three years later, he returned to Victoria and landed a job at his former high school, where he was asked to take on the drama program. He also became the teacher-sponsor of the Vic High Calamity Player, a group that performed skits.

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Mayne was Victoria’s Town Crier from 1990 to 2010 and still supports the Blue Bridge Theatre, Helmcken House, Royal B.C. Museum, UVic’s theatre scholarship program and the Victoria High School Alumni Association.

The Black and Gold Dinner II will posthumously honour Carr and the Peden brothers, Torchy and Doug.

Mayne, Norma Mickelson (education), Dr. Stewart Smith (Princeton particle physicist) and Hans de Goede (rugby) will also be inducted as the school’s Illustrious Alumni at a gala dinner on Friday, May 13 at CFB Esquimalt. The dinner begins with cocktail hour at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m.

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They married in 1955.

The best man was G.A.V. (Victor) Thomson, who was the vice principal of Vic High at the time.

After 33 years of teaching at Vic High, Mayne decided to retire early at age 59.

“I miss the interplay,” he said of his time with students, adding some students wanted to call him by his first name but he insisted he be called sir or Mr. Mayne.

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Playoff bound: Royals to take on Spokane Chiefs Kendra Wong Victoria News

It was a storybook ending for the Victoria Royals last weekend.

The team ended the season with a solid 4-1 victory over the Everett Silvertips and was awarded the Scotty Munro Trophy for finishing atop the Western Hockey League (WHL) regular-season standings — all on home ice at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on Saturday.

“We’re extremely pleased,” said head coach Dave Lowry.

“At the beginning of the year, I don’t think we envisioned our team having the success that we’re able to have this year and it’s a credit to our leadership and how they (the team) prepared everyday.”

It was an impressive season for the team, finishing with a 50-16-3-3 record and 106 points.

A number of players ended with career highs.

Centre Tyler Soy finished the season with 46 goals, while left winger Jack Walker was on a 19-point game streak from February to the end of March.

Rookie Matthew Phillips also earned the WHL rookie scoring

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title with 76 points, after notching his final point against the Silvertips over the weekend.

Rookie netminder Griffen Outhouse and Coleman Vollrath both closed out the season in the top three goalies with a 0.937 and 0.912 save percentage, respectively.

“We have standards and our guys hold each other accountable to our standards and they don’t let anyone deviate from the way we play to have success,” Lowry said.

Up next, the Royals will take on the Spokane Chiefs in the first round of WHL hockey beginning this week.

The Royals have faced the Chiefs four times this season, trading wins each time the two teams have met.

But Lowry was quick to note, the game changes heading into playoffs.

“Playoffs are a different animal, we have to be weary of our opponent. Every game and round will get tougher to win,” he said.

“The biggest thing is we want to make sure we maintain our game and we play at our level. It will be up to the coaches to put a plan in place, but it will be up

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The Royals will have home ice advantage when they face off against the Chiefs for games one and two on Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March. 26.

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FAIRFIELD GONZALES Community Association seeks volunteers for its Third Annual Community Yard Sale on Saturday, May 28. Roles include set-up, sorting, take-down and sales. Please call 250-3862269.

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Applications close March 31.

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BCAA is looking for Licensed Insurance Advisors to join our Victoria teams.

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MANAGER OF NURSING SERVICES Nuu-chah-nulthTribal Tribal Council is seeking a permanent, full-time Nuu-chah-nulth Council (NTC) (NTC) is seeking a permanent, full-time Manager of Manager of Nursing Services tofor bethe responsible for the overall of Nursing Services to be responsible overall management of NTC management Nursing Services NTC Nursing Services and to provide leadership to 20 plus staff. This position and to provide leadership to 20 plus staff. This position is based out of Port Alberni, and is based out of Port Alberni, and has a unique opportunity of applying has a unique opportunity of applying indigenous andthe mainstream approaches with the indigenous and mainstream approaches with innovative Nuu-chah-nulth innovative Nuu-chah-nulth Nursing Framework.

The successful applicant receive a Nursing Framework.

The successful applicant will receive a will competitive salary, benefit package, and professional development opportunities. competitive salary, benefit package, and professional development opportunities.

For full details visit: www.nuuchahnulth.org/tribal-council/hr.html Responsibilities will include: Apply by March 31, 2016 by sending your cover letter, three references and resume to: x x x

To manage delivery and allocation of available resources to most effectively respond to Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council the nursing service needs of Nuu-chah-nulth communities and members P.O. Box 1383 To ensure that terms of contracts, including service delivery, reporting and evaluation Port Alberni, BC V9Y 7M2 are completed in a timely manner Human Resource Manager Review and monitor program financial andAttn.: statistical reports, and provide analysis of trends and effectiveness of service delivery Fax: (250) 723-0463

Qualifications: x x

Email: apply@nuuchahnulth.org

(We regret that we will only respond to those applicants chosen for an interview)

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