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Aussie greens welcome Oak Bay bowler Local lawn bowler excited for Australian experience in final junior competition Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News
Oak Bay lawn bowler Jaymee Sidel will represent the region and nation in Australia in her last event as a junior
competitor. After confirming that not every nation was able to send a female athlete, World Bowls reached out to Canada to invite a third entry to play in the women’s singles and to partner in the mixed pairs event with one of the already confirmed male competitors from a nation with only a single entry. As the second-ranked female athlete from the initial selection process, Oak Bay Lawn Bowling Club’s Sidel earned the spot in the 2016 World Junior Championships in Queensland, Aus-
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Weed seized in roadside check A Wednesday evening impaired driving road check netted two drivers for separate substances. Oak Bay Police were working at Beach Drive and Goodwin Street March 23. At 7:48 p.m. a vehicle drove up to the road check and the officer noted the odour of liquor on the driver’s breath. The driver admitted to recently consuming alcohol and after a roadside breath test, received a 24-hour driving prohibition. His vehicle was impounded. Around 8:30 that night, an officer smelled burned and fresh cannabis in another vehicle. The occupants were arrested and a subsequent search produced two baggies of pot that were seized for destruction.
Tagging mars new high school Staff at Oak Bay High School discovered graffiti spread across the south side of the new school the morning of March 25. Sidewalks, brick walls, doors and the front entrance were all tagged overnight. Estimated cost for the cleanup is $5,000. Police are investigating.
Oak Bay car burned in Victoria Police have identified a suspect as they investigate a car stolen in Oak Bay and burned in Victoria. The morning of March 25 an Oak Bay resident reported her 1997 Honda Civic stolen from the 2100-block of Cadboro Bay Rd. The vehicle had last been seen four days earlier. Around 5 p.m. that day, VicPD located the vehicle parked in the 3100-block of Carroll St. with smoke coming from engine compartment which subsequently turned to flame and the car burned.
Radar nabs excessive speeder Shortly before 9 p.m. on March 26 Oak Bay Police were conducting a speed check in the 3400-block of Cedar Hill Cross Rd. Officers observed a vehicle travelling east at 94 km/h in the 50 km/h zone. The driver was charged with excessive speeding which carries a fine of $348 and his vehicle was impounded for seven days. reporter@oakbaynews.com
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I never have to go through that again?” Pusateri said the courses When Chuck Pusateri had provide skills and answers a heart attack, questions to many questions. whirled through his brain. “Some people have never The 41-year-old father of done any physical activity, three had no health probthey don’t know one side of lems before the heart attack, a rec centre from another,” leaving him wondering he said. “How to eat, they’ve about changing his diet, how been eating the same way he exercised, how he could for 50 years; how do they reduce stress, whether he become vegetarian? It’s just should change jobs and how beyond them. But we kind much longer his life would of get them started through be. these classes, to pick out “There was just a whole some things they can do Dan Ebenal/Black Press myriad of things that went to change their lives a little Chuck Pusateri stands outside the Hillside Seniors Health Centre, bit.” through my head.” Pusateri found many of home to the Heart to Heart program. He said the class of 30 the answers through Island or so people is also likely To Heart. Heart to Heart, an organization he’s still The program hosts a series of seven two- the first time many have been in a roomful associated with 22 years later. “In fact, I did hour classes, offered 10 times a year. The of others who understood what they were change jobs to some extent and I did start classes feature talks from cardiologists, going through. exercising differently and I did start looking pharmacists, dieticians and others to help The course costs $40 for an individual at food differently. I sort of started a jour- provide insight on living with heart disease. and $60 for a couple for the seven sessions. ney over the last 22 years,” he said. “It’s not just for people that have had a “People learn things to help themselves,” Island Heart To Heart operates from the said Pusateri, who underwent his third heart problem,” said Pusateri. “We have Hillside Seniors Health Centre attached to heart surgery in October. some people in the class who know they the Aberdeen Hospital, providing informa“After five days you leave the hospital have a family history of it and are trying to tion to cardiac patients at Island hospitals. and the hospital is very proud to have got prevent a heart attack.” “We know that there’s a lot of people you out in five days. But then you get home The next two Heart to Heart sessions run who are missed because we don’t get to and you have a recovery – sometimes a Tuesdays, April 5 to May 17, from 6:30 to them in hospital or they don’t hear about it long, painful recovery – and you start to 8:30 p.m. and Thursdays, May 5 to June 16, from their doctor so we’re trying to go out look at, what do I do with the rest of my from 7 to 9 p.m. For more information, visit to the public and let them know it’s there,” life, what’s the rest of my life going to be islandhearttoheart.ca. said Pusateri, a director with Island Heart like, what can I do to help myself so that editor@saanichnews.com Black Press
Camaraderie draws young bowler to sport Continued from Page A1 “That was my favourite part, bowling with another country and seeing how they bowl,” she said. The sense of camaraderie is something she’s always enjoyed about the sport, and is excited to explore again on the international level. While there she’ll pair up with an Irish fellow for the partners competition. “I’m looking forward to meet-
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Estimates evaluation shows parks, rec and culture surplus Council sets aside April 6 and 13 for further budget deliberations Christine van Reeuwyk Oak Bay News
Some years are good and others less so, dependent on factors such as weather, but this year the Parks, Recreation and Culture Commission maintained a healthy budget. Oak Bay council perused the commission’s 2016 budget, seeking a 2.4 per cent increase, during the first of three estimates meetings. “Generally the feeling was it was a reasonable budget,” said Mayor Nils Jensen.
“What we’re going to look at is some years we have surplus and some years we have deficits … there was surplus last year (and we’re going to ) get some direction on how best to apply that to the municipality. “We may well be able to use some of it in capital projects.” The Parks, Recreation and Culture Department finished 2015 with a net operating expenditure of $3,586,064, 11.64 per cent (or $472,255) less than the approved net budget of $4,058,319. Council asked that the director of financial services come back with information on how best to use surpluses. “One always has to be careful to take surpluses into operating. You can do that but you may not have a surplus next year and what are you going to do about that? Never depend on a surplus … then you have to look at reducing services and it has the
potential for spiralling,” Jensen said. They plan to start a public engagement “We’ll look at whether all the capital proj- process, he said, to determine community ects are necessary, we’ll make a decision ideals. on that when we come to Oak Bay has two making decisions on the more budget meetings “Now that the original set. overall budget.” Among other notables Carnarvon renewal project “We’ve looked at coming up during budget the police budget, the that will get discussion this moved, we have to go back parks recreation and year are funds set aside to and see what facilities culture budget,” Jensen start reviewing the future of said. should be there.” Carnarvon Park. “We’ll look at all the “We did have a plan for other departmental – Nils Jensen Carnarvon Park to renew budgets.” the park. Most of the plan The final two estimates meetings are was put into place by moving into the Neighbourhood Learning Cen- stalled for April 6 and 13 at 5:30 p.m. in tre,” he said. council chambers at municipal hall, 2167 “Now that the original Carnarvon renewal Oak Bay Ave. Find agendas online at oakproject moved, we have to go back and see bay.ca. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com what facilities should be there.”
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Troubled youth face tragic deadline What are the limits of compassion in our society, and specifically B.C.? Can we put a price on it? Does it stop at a certain age? Right now, young people in care in the province are being virtually cut adrift in our society as soon as they reach the age of 19. While children in foster care – or in a youth agreement to receive financial help – may continue to receive some support and referrals after this deadline, government help largely dries up as soon as they “age out” of the system. It’s time for them to fend for themselves, society seems to believe. It’s a convenient solution, but it forgets that there are good reasons, often profoundly complex, why these individuals are placed in care as children. These circumstances don’t disappear the moment a child is 19. It’s not a new problem and for many of us, it’s easiest to leave it to someone else to deal with. It is, however, Stephanie Cadieux’s problem. The minister of children and family development is well aware of the challenges young people face when aging out of the system, and says her ministry is doing everything it can to increase support for the transition. But whenever the death of a young person formerly receiving government help is discovered, as happened recently with a young woman in Burnaby, it seems to serve as a tragic reminder of how the system is failing some of our most vulnerable. How many more suffer below the radar of the public eye? It is obvious that more needs to be done for children in government care. As a society, we can espouse many things, but ultimately, our level of compassion must be judged by our actions.
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Council’s deer decision is disappointing At Oak Bay’s Committee of the Whole meeting on March 21, the Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society expanded on its proposed five-point program for deer management in the municipality. Council rejected the program. We interpret this decision as a rejection of science and logic, and the rejection of an informed group of working and retired professionals, including wildlife biologists, who are guided on scientific matters by University of Victoria and Camosun College scientists. With the exception of councillors Tara Ney and Eric Zhelka, Mayor Nils Jensen and council have demonstrated a puzzling resistance to facts, expertise and planning. Our proposal includes a values-based survey of Oak Bay residents, which would provide important information on issues and attitudes in the community concerning deer. This survey has already been drafted by experts in this field, independent of the UWSS, and would be administered and interpreted by independent experts. With the support of mayor and council, it would have guided our elected representatives in making informed decisions on deer management. Instead, council moved to look into the costs of
their own independent survey of public attitudes. We contend that the mayor’s expressed preference for using a “polling company” rather than a scientifically developed survey will not provide the necessary information for informed deer management. UWSS has always been clear that our objective is to provide science-based recommendations for non-lethal deer management alternatives, and that our work is guided by an independent science advisory group. It was puzzling and disappointing to hear Mayor Jensen dismiss the mandate of the UWSS as an “anti-cull advocacy organization” that “only provides information.” We are a science- and communitybased, non-profit, volunteer-powered group, ready to partner on a best-practices action plan – one that we have developed over the past year. Our sole objective is to help Oak Bay deal with the issue of human-deer conflict in a scientifically sound, fiscally responsible and humane way. A year ago the mayor and some council members felt that public health and safety warranted a lethal cull. This cull, ineffective in reducing the deer population, divided our community. Since then
council has provided no public education on living with urban deer, deer management did not make council’s priority list and council rejected an opportunity to apply for financial support through the provincial government’s recent deer management cost-sharing program. This is despite our encouragement and offer to help prepare the application. Although council is rightly concerned with costs, they have not considered the cost to the taxpayer of doing nothing, or of making uninformed and therefore ineffective decisions. The UWSS has consistently offered assistance with public education to reduce human-deer conflict, deer counts to estimate population trends, and an immunocontraception program that could potentially see a reduction in the birth of fawns as early as spring of 2017. We have repeatedly been rebuffed by Oak Bay council, which remains stubbornly and perplexingly resistant to working cooperatively with its own citizens on a matter of public policy. We think this is unacceptable. And so should the taxpayers of Oak Bay. Kristy Kilpatrick, UWSS vice-president Oak Bay
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Leapin’ lizards! At home in a sunny backyard paradise sleeves: they let their tails fall off which then keep twitching, thus decoying their predator and allowing them to get away. Afterwards the lizard grows another tail. Like all reptiles, these fellows are cold-blooded, meaning they warm up by sunning themselves, so we don’t see them in winter. They hibernate from about November to March, then begin mating in early spring and continue throughout the summer. Common in hot countries, they are relatively novel in Oak Bay, and fun at a garden party if a guest hasn’t been told that they’re there. “Eek!” she’ll say, “I just saw a flat scaly mouse. What’s in this wine punch anyway?” Oh, that’s just the lizard, you say: don’t worry, he won’t bite. In truth, he brings a pleasing sense of exoticism to the northern garden. He’s not crowding any other species out of its habitat, and Nature has her own ways of re-wilding suburbia.
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Hampshire house ‘foot-dragging’ dismaying Re: Critical link missing in Syrian housing bid, Oak Bay News, March 22, 2016 It is dismaying to read of Oak Bay council’s foot-dragging on the approval to allow a needy Syrian family to temporarily rent a municipally owned house on Hampshire that has sat vacant for two years. We all know that these families have fled devastating circumstances and endured many months, perhaps years, in refugee camps waiting for the chance to come to Canada. Most of us cannot even imagine what they have endured. Yet, our neighbourhood of Oak Bay, the richest community in Greater Victoria, wrings its hands in indecision, even though a group of volunteers
has come forward with offers to paint and do minor refurbishments to ready the dwelling. Every year thousands of dollars in municipal grant monies are given to groups of volunteers in Oak Bay who are not constituted as legal entities. Organizing as a non-profit society is a task the municipality has stated is “too onerous” for them. So why has this become a critical issue for housing a Syrian refugee family? It merely highlights that Oak Bay council appears to be less than willing to help, with any excuse to deny or delay assistance. Council members have expressed bewilderment at what the families might need. May I suggest a home with a roof,
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kitchen, bathroom, a couple of bedrooms, a living room – the same as the rest of us. This is not the complicated matter that council wants us to believe. The house was rented for 15 years until vacated two years ago. But since the refugee housing request, suddenly the municipality’s interest in other uses for this property, such as a parking lot, have resurfaced. I urge the residents of this community to voice your support for these displaced people and request that Oak Bay council to do the right thing and assist them with housing in an expeditious manner. Lesley Ewing Oak Bay
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largely unnoticed. The striking thing about the Once they find a good spot, little grey-green-brown lizards these lizards breed in the same in my sister’s Oak Bay garden place over generations, laying (other than their presence at two or more clutches all) is what home-bodper year of up to 11 ies they are. Surroundeggs. ing properties don’t In this particular seem to have them; garden they have they like to stay close south-facing walls, a to where they were useful climbing wisborn. All they need is teria to hide behind, a good, warm wall and a patio and cement they’re as happy as ... planters with cracks basking lizards. wide enough to dart Where did they come from? Are they a Barbara Julian into, and apple and Suburban Wild pear trees shedding native species? lots of fruit. The answer to the They eat the fallen fruit plus second question is no, and to flies, beetles and spiders. For a the first: they came from south wall lizard, this backyard habicentral Europe via Saanich. tat is paradise. Although there are three speShe doesn’t spend all her cies of lizard native to B.C., this time sunning herself however; type isn’t one of them. these lizards jump and dart in This is the European wall lizpursuit of prey, beginning as ard, and according to the Royal soon as they hatch from the B.C. Museum they are here eggs which are laid in soil or because a defunct reptile zoo bark. in Saanich once housed some, My relatives’ family cat as and let them go when it closed well as a few visiting felines in 1970. have tried and failed to catch Being small (16 to 23 cm in the quicksilver creatures, and total length, the tail twice as even if something (such as a long as the body) the lizards bird) does succeed, the lizards were good hiders, and they have a great trick up their scaly travelled across the region
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Sunday, April 3 Michael Dunahee Family Fun Run/Walk – Warm up starts at 9:30 a.m. at the curling rink, Archie Browning Arena. April Jazz Vespers – The Bob Watts Trio, featuring Cuban piano virtuoso Pablo Cardenas with Ross Macdonald (bass) and Bob Watts (drums), 7:30 p.m. at St Philip Anglican Church, 2928 Eastdowne Rd. By donation. Monterey Note-Ables Spring Revue 2 – Entertainment for all ages – song, dance, theatrics and laughs, 2 to 4 p.m. Tickets $10. Info: 250-370-7300.
Monday, April 4 Jennifer McIntyre & Carolyn Kowalyk art exhibit – Eclectic Gallery, 2170 Oak Bay Ave., opens a new exhibit featuring McIntyre’s joyful, colourful and expressive acrylics and Kowalyk’s abstracts. Show continues through May 7. Info: eclecticgallery.ca Pro-D Day Swim – Enjoy the waterslide, climbing wall, and more at the Oak Bay pool, 3 to 5 p.m. Coast Capital Free Swim – Free everyone welcome swim, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Oak Bay Rec Centre.
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Next-gen Tiguan at the Arctic Circle to hit the European After three flights market this spring. and 24 hours of travFor Canadians, we elling I finally arrive will need to wait until at my hotel room in next fall to get our Arvidsjaur, Sweden hands on this muchand flop onto my bed improved compact for a quick nap. utility. I need my rest The Tiguan has because I only have always been a fun-toa few hours the next When car drive, great-handling day to experience companies want to compact utility, but the next-generation for many it’s just a VW Tiguan in this test how a car will bit too compact. The remote part of the start, heat up and coming Tiguan is the world, just below the function in extreme first utility to be built Arctic Circle. Why is on the award-winning VW holding an event temperatures, they platform developed in the heart of Lap- test them in places for the latest VW land? Well, this is the Golf, to be shared European equivalent like Kapuskasing and across dozens of VW of Kapuskasing, On., Arvidsjaur. products worldwide. a cold-weather testZack Spencer This platform – MQB ing facility for auto– provides a stiffer, makers. When car safer, lighter but more imporcompanies want to test how a car tantly, larger platform to build will start, heat up and function in this Tiguan. The European model extreme temperatures, they test I had a chance to drive is 111 mm them in places like Kapuskasing longer in the wheelbase than the and Arvidsjaur. existing Tiguan but the one we’ll Volkswagen did its cold weather get here, next year, will be 187 testing on the next Tiguan here mm longer between the wheels. two years ago and it’s now set
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can model but might be included down the road. As mentioned, the larger dimensions are welcome. The back seat, even with the European proportions, is a big improvement; the larger car sold here should be rather generous in the back seat and cargo area. Part of the reason for driving in northern Sweden was to experience the latest VW 4Motion all wheel drive system in conditions exactly like much of Canada. This new AWD has the ability to send the power to the front or rear wheels and from side-to-side. This, along with a new control dial in the centre of the console, lets the driver choose different programs for snow, off-road and a normal, default setting. The new system will then use the stability program, ABS and active differentials to contain slippage and keep
the Tiguan heading down the road. I tried this system on and off and when I had it off, I plowed into a snow bank and thankfully didn’t need to be towed out! This stuff does work. Engine options have not been confirmed for our Canadian market but a good guess is the existing 200hp turbo 4-cylinder will be put to work and hopefully a refined TDI diesel version. This car has been engineered to take the TDI and the intention is for it to come here, we’ll just have to wait until the TDI mess is cleared so we can get this next Tiguan with that fuel-saving engine. This is a major step forward for VW and the Tiguan will be a force in the heart of this competitive segment. Next fall will be here before you know it. zack.spencer@drivewaybc.ca
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U.S. neighbours impatient over CRD sewage scenario Former premier recalls 1990s cleanup attempts Don Descoteau Black Press
Given how long the issue of sewage treatment has percolated in the Capital Region, it’s clear local politicians have had a difficult time agreeing on SPECIAL REPORT how to get it done. So what happens when politicians from a jurisdiction in another country take action in IN THE an attempt to steer the sewage treatment ship in Greater Victoria? The recent support for legislation in Washington State that would ban the Don Denton/Black Press reimbursement for any business A freighter carrying a load of containers passes through Juan de Fuca Strait in front of the Olympic Mountains in Washington State. travel to Victoria by state have told Victoria to get on with employees – except in emergency it and implored the province to or court-ordered situations – intervene, from Christine Gregoire for the next year or until the during a pre-Olympics chat CRD ceases to pump untreated with Gordon Campbell in 2006, sewage into the ocean shows our to Jay Inslee last year after the neighbours to the south continue McLoughlin plan blew up. to watch we’re doing on the As to whether optics are issue. playing a role in Washington As anyone who has advocated getting involved yet again, for the region’s tourism sector — Mike Harcourt Tourism Victoria CEO Paul over the past 20-plus years can Nursey can give a firsthand attest, this isn’t the first time answer. Elardo, director of King County’s said ‘yes-no,’” he says of how runoff from pulp mills, raw Washingtonians have made a “This stuff really hurts us a lot. wastewater treatment division sewage and car exhaust,” he says. they answered the question of stink about our lack of sewage When I’m pitching conferences it and Washington representative whether damage was being done That co-operative approach to treatment. always come up,” he says. “The on the Seaterra Commission to the marine environment near regional environmental issues, in Mike Harcourt, who grew up Washington State employee thing overseeing the CRD’s sewage Greater Victoria’s outfalls. part, led to Harcourt promising in Victoria and lectures these is a very small number, but it’s treatment efforts, quit over the Harcourt believes the findings Lowry in an informal agreement days on environmental stability the negative publicity around that project’s lack of progress. In her not only convinced Victoria in 1993 that Victoria would have among other topics, was B.C.’s that is damaging.” resignation letter she wrote, member of parliament and then primary treatment in place by premier in 1992 when he signed Harcourt admits there has been “It appears that construction minister of environment David 2002, and secondary treatment the Environmental Co-operation “nonsense” spoken about the and operation of a wastewater Anderson not to put any federal up and running sometime Agreement with then Washington issue on both sides from people treatment system is now years, if dollars into treatment, but led between 2008 to 2013. governor Mike Lowry. without credentials. not decades, away.” him to embrace the notion that He recalls some of the work That deal, which came a year Regardless of negative The Seattle Times newspaper “dilution is the solution.” being done at the time, including before a U.S. group unhappy with comments and potential followed up with an editorial Of Lowry and himself Harcourt a joint scientific panel set up with the lack of progress threatened boycotts, the bottom line, he calling Victoria’s political process says, “We were stymied, he and researchers from the University a tourism boycott of the city, says, is that the region just needs “constipated” and wrote, “The I, because our scientists came of Victoria and Washington state. was part of a broader collective to get on with it. “This is about failure is an embarrassment up with this ambivalent, at best, That group, having studied the vision for the Georgia Basin and what you would expect any for stately Victoria, and it shared marine waters, came back response.” Cascadia, Harcourt says. municipality to do in Canada or undermines the rigorous work to There have been other sewagewith what Harcourt characterizes “It’s a very fragile, difficult area the U.S., which is to treat your clean up Puget Sound.” related snubs since. A telling one as “bizarre” findings. with lots of challenges, including sewage.” Other Washington governors came last summer when Pam “To our astonishment, they pollution of the water and the air,
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It’s a very fragile, difficult area with lots of challenges, including pollution of the water and the air, runoff from pulp mills, raw sewage and car exhaust.
What they said: Richard Atwell, Saanich mayor
“This project is so mammoth, we are either going to be famous for it or infamous for it. There’s nothing in the middle.”
Colourful comments from some of the CRD’s key players David Screech, View Royal mayor
“I just want to scream, I really do. I just cannot tell you how absurd and how silly I think it is that politically driven motives are trying to design a sewage treatment plant.”
Geoff Young, Victoria councillor
“From the perspective of the taxpayer, we would be better off flipping a coin to determine a single site.”
Lisa Helps, Victoria mayor
“It’s a leap of faith, but we’re not taking that leap in the dark. We’re taking that leap with the help and hopefully the longterm help of two ministers and their staff.”
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‘Preferred’ Rock Bay site now in limbo Dan Ebenal Black Press
The options originally presented to the public showed that any solution to the Capital Region’s wastewater concerns would need to run through Rock Bay. But when the dust finally settled, Rock Bay was merely an afterthought in the region’s search for the site for a sewage treatment facility. The seven municipalities participating in the Capital Regional District project initially identified dozens of possible sites for a plant. But all seven options identified for public consultation by consultants for the CRD’s core area liquid waste management committee included a site in Rock Bay as a critical component. How Rock Bay became featured so prominently is a mystery to many in the community and some around the board table. “That’s a good question,” said Saanich mayor and committee vice-chair Richard Atwell. “The consultants just all of a sudden made it [Rock Bay] the choice.” Atwell has closely followed the sewage treatment issue for more than three years, riding the prominence of heading up the RITE plan to the mayor’s office. He didn’t mince words in his opinion of Rock Bay.
We’re in this to clean up the Salish Sea and we want to be part of the solution. — Andy Thomas, Esquimalt Nation Chief “It’s a terrible site. It’s at sea level, it’s clay, it’s not a seismically stable site.” The decision to step back from Rock Bay came as a blow to the Esquimalt and Songhees First Nations, whose chiefs were visibly upset when the committee voted last month to focus on other sites. “They want to put McLoughlin, Macaulay and Clover Point back on the table. And then they start arguing against themselves. It’s confusing,” Esquimalt Chief Andy Thomas. Bob Mason, economic development officer with Esquimalt First Nation, said no thought has been given to alternate uses for the Rock Bay property. The two First Nations are purchasing 1.7 hectares of the site for $2.8 million and will take ownership once remediation work is completed by current owners BC Hydro and Transport Canada. “We’re all in on the sewage treatment plant. When it becomes evident that it’s not
going to go there, then we’ll look to plan B,” Mason said. While the sale of the land to the CRD would have injected millions into Matullia, an economic development corporation operated by Esquimalt and Songhees, money from the sale wasn’t the motivating factor for Thomas. He said they have been frustrated by the process and that local First Nations have demonstrated their commitment to protection of the environment. “We’re in this to clean up the Salish Sea and we want to be part of the solution,” he said. “They don’t understand our relationship to the land, the water and the resources. It’s our sacred trust.” The main thing working in Rock Bay’s favour was that the Clover Point site was originally deemed too small for a treatment facility and McLoughlin Point was not put forward by Esquimalt council. The 3.47-hectare site at Rock Bay is made up of two parcels. BC Hydro and
Transport Canada have been working to clean up their lands since 2004 and removed more than 200,000 tonnes of contaminated soil. The most recent estimate put the price tag for a centralized tertiary treatment plant at Rock Bay at $1.077 billion. The main factor working against the site was $248 million in conveyancing required to pump effluent to outfalls at Macaulay and Clover points, a cost not necessary in a McLoughlinClover Point option. But the conveyancing was just one drawback with Rock Bay. The site would also require construction of a fivemetre wall to protect from tsunamis, and Victoria council would also likely have sought millions in compensation for the loss in taxation. Rock Bay would also exact a toll on Victoria merchants, with the laying of pipe said to cause up to a year of disruption on Cook Street from Dallas Road to Bay Street, then from Bay to Government Street.
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Victoria Coun. Marianne Alto, left, Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins and Colwood Coun. Cynthia Day listen to debate around liquid waste management in the Capital Region’s core.
What’s been done elsewhere in B.C.? North Vancouver Since opening in 1961, the Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant has operated as a primary treatment facility and served about 180,000 residents in the District of West Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver. While its capacity has been expanded several times, the facility is one of two primary level treatment plants remaining in the region. New regulations, however, require it to be upgraded to a secondary treatment facility. The regional government, facing similar deadlines as Greater Victoria, has until Dec. 31, 2020 to complete a new $700-million plant to be located approximately two kilometres east of the existing treatment plant.
Nanaimo
The Regional District of Nanaimo owns and operates four wastewater treatment facilities throughout the region, servicing more than 110,000 residents between Qualicum Beach and Duke Point. Two facilities provide chemically-enhanced primary treatment; the others provide secondary treatment. Wastewater from about 93,000 people in the City of Nanaimo and parts of Lantzville is treated at the Greater Nanaimo Pollution Control Centre. It was built in 1973 for just under $10 million and ended the discharge of raw sewage into the Strait of Georgia. The other treatment facilities were constructed several years later.
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CRD sewage trunk lines lead to outfalls at Macaulay, left, and Clover points. Figures above list percentage of total flow in the CRD sewage system.
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Victoria Mariner third baseman Harrison Hurford puts the tag on Victoria Eagle Kobe Morris during exhibition play last weekend at Lambrick Park. Oak Bay’s Mariners are back in action this weekend.
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With spring break now just a memory, high school spring sports ramp up. The high school badminton season opens Tuesday, April 5 when Glenlyon Norfolk School heads to St. Andrews to tip off the first day of league play. Later in the week, GNS hosts Reynolds and Oak Bay hosts Mt. Doug Thursday, April 7. All games start at 3:45 p.m. From one court to another, AAA and AA tennis also starts this week with GNS facing Lambrick at Carnarvon at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday,
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WEDNESDAY EVENINGS APRIL 6 THROUGH APRIL 27 | 7:00 P.M.– 8:30 P.M. April 6 | BUILDING FOR ETERNITY John Peter Oleson | Underwater marvels of the ancient Roman world Harry Hickman Lecture Theatre
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Windsor Park at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 3. After the Premier men return from this weekend’s trip to Seattle, they host the University of BC Thunderbirds at Windsor Park at 2:45 p.m. Saturday, April 9. The University of Victoria men’s rugby team has a single home game this week, hosting Vancouver Capilanos at 2:45 p.m. Saturday, April 2 on Wallace Field. Looking ahead, the Vikes return to Vancouver to take on the Rowers April 9. The Henderson Park-based Victoria Mariners continue preseason play this week, hosting Nanaimo at Layritz Field on Saturday, April 2 before hitting the road to Parksville Sunday, April 3 to take on the Royals. The local boys head to the Best of the West tournament in Kamloops April 7 to 10. Pacific Athletics and Victoria Track and Field Club co-host one more “try it out” session at Centennial Stadium this Sunday, April 3. From 10 to 11 a.m. athletes looking to participate in a track club environment can get an idea of how it works, with coaches on hand to take the athletes through practices. For more information about the two clubs and their programs visit pacifathletics.ca and victrack. ca. With the Victoria Cougars’ Island playoff run finished – with another Island title – the team hosts the Cyclone Taylor Cup this Wednesday, April 7 to 10 at Archie Browning Sports Centre. The event welcomes the champions from the KIJHL, PJHL and the VIJHL, plus Campbell River, competing for this prestigious award; the winners move on to the Keystone Cup. Colin Gall is a local athlete and Grade 11 student at Mt. Douglas Secondary. Send coming sports events to jocktalk@telus.net
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Ensemble Laude Women’s Choir rolls a caravan of music through St. Mary’s in its latest choral offering. “We’re performing a program that’s really diverse. We’re going to be taking people on a journey through time,” said Carolyn Howe, associate conductor. “We’ve designed the program in an interesting way. The first half will be real lively and rhythmic a lot of culturally interesting pieces.” Ensemble Laude’s Caravan will take listeners on a journey of discovery, with era sweeping melodies weaving a tapestry of music ranging from medieval and Celtic to African and modern Canadian songs. The concert also features original songs from Victoria composers Nicholas Fairbank and Georgina Craig. “We’re presenting the entirety of our commissioned work,” Howe said. The first half soars along with rhythm and excitement before shifting into a serene, meditative second half that includes Craig’s full Beyond the Violet piece and Fairbanks’ soothing Aurora. “We’ve introduced a couple of the movements (of Beyond the Violet) at our Christmas concert but we’re introducing the full work,” Howe said of the work written by choir member and
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Ensemble Laude Women’s Choir rehearses for its performance in Oak Bay this Saturday, April 2 at St Mary’s Church. nationally recognized composer, Craig. Fairbank’s Aurora is “a beautiful soundscape meant to reflect the aurora borealis,” she said. “He wrote it on an artists’ retreat on a boat in the arctic. When I hear it I think it sounds like the aurora.” Other Canadian composers represented are Sarah Quartel, Mark Sirett and Stephen Hatfield. Signature favourites include Media Vita arranged by Michael McGlynn, Reel a Bouche by Malcolm Daglish and Warrior by Kim Baryluk. “It just shows the diversity of the program,” Howe said. “It’s an incredible boom in Canadian choral composition right now. There are amazing composers working in the world. There are so many exciting things happen-
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The Monterey Note-Ables “Spring Revue”
Monterey Recreation Centre - Saturday April 2 - 2 & 730pm & Sunday April 3 - 2pm Great entertainment for all ages. With song, dance, theatrics and lots of laughs. Tickets: $10 For more info: 250-370-7300
Coast Capital Free Swim
Oak Bay Recreation Centre - Monday April 4 - 6:30-830pm Enjoy free admission with this everyone welcome swim.
ing in Canadian choral composition right now; it’s great to be part of that.” Now in its 18th year, Ensemble Laude is known for its a cappella performance and medieval repertoire. In June 2015, Ensemble Laude won second place in the national CBC Choral Competition, and is an invited guest to the 2016 international Choralies festival in France. Director Elizabeth MacIsaac has led choral ensembles for more than 25 years, in both Canada and France. Ensemble Laude presents Caravan Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church, 1701 Elgin Rd. Tickets are $15 to $18 and free for children 12 and younger. For more information visit ensemblelaude.org. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
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Live Music Series - Lizzy Hoyt Trio and The Small Glories
Oak Bay Recreation Centre - Upstairs Lounge - Friday April 8 - 6pm Doors open at 6pm (join us for dinner). Music at 7:30pm This award-winning, Winnipeg-based vocalist and songwriter who also happens to rank among the top Celtic instrumentalists in the country has the voice of an angel, delivering music stories with soaring melodies rooted in Celtic and folk traditions. Tickets available at Oak Bay Recreation reception or online at: www. beaconridgeproductions.com
Live Music Series - The Sutcliffes
Oak Bay Recreation Centre - Upstairs Lounge - Friday April 15 - 6pm Doors open at 6pm (join us for dinner). Music at 7:30pm A Beatles band with a slightly different take. Their focus is on the Beatles from Hamburg, to the Cavern and the BBC Studios. The songs they wrote, the songs they covered and the songs they loved. Tickets available at Oak Bay Recreation reception or online at: www. beaconridgeproductions.com
Earth Day Swim
Oak Bay Recreation Centre - Friday April 22 - 6:30-9:30pm Celebrate Earth Day at the Recreation Oak Bay pool! The lifeguards will be running tons of Earth-loving games.
Live Music Series - James Hill
Oak Bay Recreation Centre - Upstairs Lounge - Friday April 22 - 6pm Doors open at 6pm (join us for dinner). Music at 7:30pm
Ontario based James Hill is a Juno Award nominee and winner of a Canadian Folk Music Award. He is a most celebrated ukulele player and songwriter, an uncompromising artist who gives the ukulele its dignity back without ever taking himself too seriously. Tickets available at Oak Bay Recreation reception or online at: www. beaconridgeproductions.com All proceeds from this concert will be donated to Doctors Without Borders - Syria Project.
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Uplands Parks - Entrance to Cattle Point - Sunday April 24 - 1:30-3:30pm A family program examining nest building techniques of some birds in Uplands Park, with Margaret Lidkea, environmental teacher at Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary. Suitable for kids aged 4+ and their parents and grandparents. Donations to Friends of Uplands Park are welcome. friendsofuplandspark.org
Oak Bay Rotary - Paul Harris Awards Evening
Oak Bay Beach Hotel - Thursday April 21 - 6pm This year the Rotary Club has named 3 outstanding citizens as Paul Harris Fellows: Bob McDonald, Host of CBC’s Quirks and Quarks, Author and Broadcaster, Tania Miller, Music Director of the Victoria Symphony and Hazel Braithwaite, Oak Bay Councillor and extraordinary volunteer. This is a black tie (optional) event with a Prosecco reception starting at 6pm. Dinner tickets are $60/pp. Contact Sue Lukewich at 250-940-0328 or by email at: admin@oakbaybeachhotel.com for tickets. Open to all Rotarians and Friends of Rotary.
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This 90-minute session will provide you with information on how you can be prepared for any emergency. Learn how to develop your personal preparedness plan, put together your evacuation grab and go kits, and a kit for you and your family to be self-sufficient for a minimum of 7 days after a major emergency. Evening Session – Tuesday, May 3, 2016 Begins at 7:00 pm - Windsor Park Pavilion, 2451 Windsor Road
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VOLUNTEERS 1UP VICTORIA Single Parent Resource Centre seeks participants for their Peer Helper for Single Parents training session. Volunteers attend a 10-week training in effective listening, empathy, and community resource referral. Training runs Thursdays from 12:00–2:30 pm. Volunteers are asked to commit to one 3-hour shift per week for six months. Please call 250-3851114.
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“AN Experience of a Lifetime� - From July 4th to August 5th, the Saanich English Language Summer Academy will be hosting International and Quebecois students (15 to 17 years old). We are looking for families who can host two students during the program. Please contact Michelle by email michelle@selsa.ca or call 250.385.0583 to express your interest. You will be compensated $1,750.00 (2 students for 5 weeks). We look forward to hearing from you. (www.selsa.ca)
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FREE REMOVAL of all vehicles, cash paid for some. Any condition. Call (250)889-5383
BLUE NOSE II professionally framed, 22x26, $25. Call (250)383-5390. SINGER SEWING machine, $29. Antique lamp, $20. Framed animal picture, $5. Freezer for truck or camper, $5. Leather jacket, $20. Antique mug, $10. Japanese tea set, $10. (250)391-6064
FUEL/FIREWOOD ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fir, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.
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CARS RENTALS COTTAGES DEEP COVE: cozy 1 bdrm, wood floors, acreage, skylights $950/mo+, N/S. 250-656-1312
MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT PARKING SPACE near Lansdowne Camosun College. 3 min. walk to campus. Only $75/mo. Save $55/mo (or more for long-term). Chris, 250-595-0370.
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TRUCKS & VANS 2013 CHRYSLER Town & Country van. 89,000 km. Luxury, economical, dependable family transportation. $18,750. (250)479-6935, (250)818-5134
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Oak Bay Toastmasters, club-level International Speech winner Brad Buie (left) and runner-up Max Stephan, compete this week in a bid to earn a berth to an international speech competition. Photo contributed
Oak Bay Toastmasters aim for international competition Each spring thousands of Toastmasters from 135 countries compete in the International and Evaluation Speech Contests. The competition begins with more than 15,000 club challenges to find winners who move up through a series of area, division and district levels. This huge annual contest culminates at the International championships held in Washington, D.C. in August. Brad Buie took first place for his speech “The Danger of Persuasion� in the Oak Bay Toastmasters club-level competition while Max Stephan was runner-up with “My Best Journey.� Mary Douthwaite received top marks for her evaluation of a guest speech. The Oak Bay winners and those from four other clubs were scheduled to compete for Victoria’s
Area 4 yesterday (Thursday), after the News went to press. “Speakers come from all ages and backgrounds and guests will be entertained by a wide variety of topics and presentation styles,� says Anna Rasmussen, an area director and longtime Oak Bay Toastmaster.  Eighteen clubs will compete in four area competitions followed by nine divisional competitions before the winners face-off in Washington. Oak Bay Toastmasters offers a supportive environment that helps individuals become more effective speakers, communicators and leaders. The club meets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m in St. Patrick’s Church on Haultain Street. Learn more at oakbaytoastmasters.ca. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
OPEN HOUSES APRIL 1 - APRIL 7 , 2016 VICTORIA 1-444 Michigan St., $479,000 Saturday & Sunday, April 2nd & 3rd, 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Alison Stoodley, 250-889-0246 www.alisonstoodley.ca
VIEW ROYAL 138 Gibraltar Bay Drive Saturday & Sunday, April 2 & 3, 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Corie Meyer, 250-818-3216 www.coriemeyer.com
SAANICH WEST 310-3811 Rowland Ave., $396,800 MLS 361234 Saturday, April 2nd, 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Marsha Crawford, 250-889-8200 www.victoriarealestateby marsha.com
3509 Fulton Rd., $839,000
SAANICH PENINSULA 104-1240 Verdier Ave., $342,000
MLS 362190, Sunday, April 3rd, 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Francis Wade, 250-656-0131
2064 Weiler Ave., $679,900
MLS 360589 Sunday, April 3rd, 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608 www.craigwalters.net
11296 Tern Place, $938,000
MLS 362325 Saturday, April 2nd, 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608 www.craigwalters.net
WEST SHORE 7-3650 Citadel Pl., $629,000 MLS 360638 Sunday, April 3rd, 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rosemarie Colterman, 250-592-4422 www.rosiesays.ca
MLS 362006 Saturday, April 2nd, 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Chris Fairlie, 250-479-3333 www.chrisfairlie.com
621 Kingsview Ridge, $489,900 MLS 362252 Saturday, April 2nd, 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Jim Fields, 250-857-5467 www.jimfields.ca
948 Walfred Rd., $459,900
Saturday, April 2nd, 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Deidra Junghans, 250-744-3301 www.focusrealestate.ca
McCormick Meadows, From $499,900 Daily 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445 www.McCormick Meadows.com
McLeod Place, From $439,900
Saturday & Sunday, April 2nd & 3rd, 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445 www.McLeodPlace.com
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BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Painting, Repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.
Done Right Moving $85/hr. A+ BBB. Senior Disc. No travel time before/after local moves. Penny 250-418-1747
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