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Master carver Tom LaFortune (left) and Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre inmate Brandon Castle work on the eagle atop the totem pole that will be erected at the Wilkinson Road facility this fall. See story on Page A3. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)

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The University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) initiative will receive a federal investment of $114.8 million over the next six years to advance ocean observing and expand the reach of its open access big data.

Announced Friday (Aug. 19), the funding will be awarded through the Major Science Initiatives Fund of the Canada Foundation

for Innovation, a fund that covers portions of operating and maintenance costs of select national science facilities across the country.

Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world and ONC is the only national ocean observatory – it operates more than 9,000 coastal and deep sea sensors in the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic oceans.

The support will aid the observatory’s endeavour to develop climate crisis solutions, in addi-

tion to promoting safer coastal communities, Indigenous ocean data stewardship and a sustainable economy.

“This funding recognizes Ocean Networks Canada for its leadership and the profound difference it’s making on all three Canadian coasts and internationally,” said UVic president and vice-chancellor Kevin Hall. “As a research university, we take pride in working in partnership to create a better world – by taking action on cli-

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Over the last 16 years ONC has expanded beyond its initial work in the Salish Sea to create an extensive network of underwater observing infrastructure. According to ONC president and CEO Kate Moran, real-time and long-time series ocean data enable a range of services that facilitate scientific discovery.

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Welcome Back to School!

First Day of School is Tuesday, September 6, 2022 The Greater Victoria School District welcomes all new and returning students for the 2022/2023 school year.

First Day of School Schedule: ELEMENTARY: Students attend from 9:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m.

MIDDLE: Students attend from 9:30 a.m.—11:30 a.m.

Please note the exceptions: Cedar Hill Grade 6 students 9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Cedar Hill Grade 7 & 8 students 10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Colquitz Grade 6 students 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Colquitz Grade 7 & 8 students 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Gordon Head Grade 6 students 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Gordon Head Grade 7 & 8 students 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Shoreline Grade 6 students 9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Shoreline Grade 7 & 8 students 10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

SECONDARY: Students will attend as follows: Esquimalt: Grade 9’s meet in the theatre from 10:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m.

Grades 10, 11, 12 meet in the gym from 12:30 p.m.—1:30 p.m.

Lambrick Park: Grade 9’s meet in the drama studio from 9:00 a.m.—11:00 a.m.

Grades 10, 11, 12 in block A class from 9:45 a.m.—11:00 a.m.

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Schools will reopen on August 29 to September 2, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily to assist with online registrations.

Mt Douglas: Grade 9’s meet in gym from 9:30 a.m.—11:30 a.m.

Grades 10 & 11 meet in the gym from 12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m.

Grade 12 meet in homeroom from 12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m.

Oak Bay: Grade 9’s meet in the theatre from 9:00 a.m.—10:30 a.m.

Grade 10, 11, 12 meet in Teachers Advisory from 11:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m.

Reynolds: Grade 9’s meet from 10:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.

Grades 10, 11, 12 meet from 1:00 p.m.—2:00 p.m.

Spectrum: Grade 9’s meet in the gym from 9:00 a.m.—11:00 a.m.

Grades 10, 11, 12 meet from 11:45 a.m. —12:45 p.m.

Vic High: Grade 9’s meet in block A class from 11:00 a.m. —1:30 p.m.

Grades 10, 11, 12 meet in block A class from 9:30 a.m.—10:30 a.m.

Victor: No school on September 6th.

All students will attend a full day schedule from 8:45 a.m. —2:30 p.m. on September 7th.

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Orcas’ near miss with spill a ‘wake-up call’ Jake Romphf News Staff

As Monika Wieland Shields looked out from the west edge of San Juan Island on Tuesday, the diesel sheen from a fishing boat that sunk Saturday was less pronounced.

And by Wednesday, almost 4,000 feet of booms had been dropped into nearby ecologically sensitive areas to absorb the leaked fuels on the Washington state-Greater Victoria marine border. Knowing that endangered orcas had come eerily close to the site while other ecological impacts remain unknown, Shields said a better response was needed to protect wildlife.

“Having trained responders and equipment ready to deter marine mammals from an active spill zone seems like something that needs to be deployed within hours rather than days,” Shields, the U.S.-based Orca Behavior Institute’s director, said in an interview.

The institute tracked the entire southern resident killer whale population head-

ing into Haro Strait on the afternoon of the spill, but luckily they turned around just a few miles short of the affected area.

“Having almost the entire population exposed to diesel is not conducive to them recovering,” Shields said of the close call. Noting it’s not unusual for all 74 known southern residents to travel together in summer, a catastrophic spill could wipe out the remaining population, she added.

“So many people care about these whales and are doing so much to help the population recover, but one accident could reverse all of that hard work and could result in the extinction of this population.

“And that’s just not acceptable.”

The orcas have since kept their distance, but Shields frets about other animals – like the Biggs killer, minke and humpback whales, harbour seals, steller sea lions and otters – coming into contact with the fuels.

“We don’t really know the impacts on marine life yet, but it’s certainly a concern.”

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During response activities Tuesday (Aug. 16) U.S. Coast Guard personnel recover most of a seine fishing net that detached from a vessel that sank off San Juan Island. (U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Northwest/Twitter) There’s also worry sur- the water on Tuesday, while For Shields, the incident rounding whether marine divers removed some parts has brought a hard realibirds such as marbled mur- of a second net located 30 zation to the forefront – relets and tufted puffins – metres under the surface. given the number of boats, which are threatened and A statement from Jon freighters and tankers traendangered, respectively – Ladyga, the response’s versing the area, it likely were exposed. Aerial pho- on-scene coordinator, said isn’t a matter of if, but tos taken Monday (Aug. 15) they’re proud of all the when a larger accident will placed the murrelets on San involved agencies for min- happen. She hopes the relaJuan Island and showed the imizing the pollution’s en- tively small spill puts a focus sheen heading toward Smith vironmental impacts. on better preparation and Island – one of the puffins’ “While optimistic about speedier responses that enlocal breeding spots. the on-water and shoreline sure marine life is protected.

Most of a seine fishing assessments, we recognize “This is very concerning net that floated free from that critical work remains,” and very much a wake-up the wreck was pulled from he wrote. call.”

District of Saanich workers vote in favour of strike Evert Lindquist News Staff

A majority of the 1,200 District of Saanich workers represented by CUPE Local 2011 voted Tuesday (Aug. 16) to strike, after the union rejected what its president called a “rollover” agreement that fails to address cost-of-living challenges.

More than 94 per cent of employees who voted picked the option to strike. District and union negotiators reached an impasse last week after Saanich’s latest contract proposal was turned down by the union.

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Totem pole helps Saanich inmates build community

Graham said last week that the district on Aug. 4 withdrew affordability items from its offer. Much of the contract hasn’t been reviewed or updated in more than a decade, he added. The two parties have been negotiating a new collective agreement since December 2021.

“We thought we were getting somewhere with negotiations in late July, early August,” Graham told Black Press Media. “We would be quite happy to re-enter negotiations and get back to the table … as long as the district is willing to listen.”

In a statement, Saanich acting chief administrative officer Suzanne

Samborski confirmed the union rejection of its offer. Should a strike occur, she added, certain “essential work” must continue, noting the parties are currently negotiating an essential services agreement in accordance with the provincial Labour Relations Code.

“CUPE is not in a legal position to serve 72-hour strike notice until the essential service levels are finalized and approved by the provincial Minister of Labour,” Samborski wrote.

Public services provided by CUPE Local 2011 members includes water, wastewater, sanitation, roads, parks, planning, recreation and police and

fire operations. Affordability proposals the union has brought forward cover benefit improvements, allowances, safety equipment and casual and precarious worker support, its Wednesday statement said.

“For a lot of our workers, they’re living paycheque to paycheque,” Graham said, detailing the growing struggle to finance groceries, housing and transportation. “We don’t have anywhere to go with what addresses our members needs.”

Samborski said the district remains open to resuming negotiations when the union’s bargaining committee wishes to do so.

Inmates at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre in Saanich are hoping to raise a 41-foot totem pole carved from a 340-year-old cedar log this fall.

Tsawout brothers Tom and Aubrey LaFortune are teaching participants how to design and carve a totem pole alongside the jail’s Indigenous cultural liaison, Max Henry. The project began last summer to provide inmates with a greater sense of community and connection with the land they’re on – whether Indigenous or not.

It’s helping inmates build practical skills in drawing and woodworking and learn cultural teachings that will prepare them for life on the outside. It’s the first project of its kind for a maximum-security institution and it’s putting the corrections back in correctional, according to Tom LaFortune.

“One of the rules around the pole is that everyone’s on a first-name basis,” he said, adding some corrections officers have also joined in the carving.

Etched into the totem are images of the eagle, the owl, the wolf, the frog, the beaver – all important symbols of strength, healing, community and family – and four paddles representing the Salish, Nu-ChahNulth, Kwakwaka’wakw and non-First Nation peoples.

Dion Sam-Joseph, also from the Tsawout First Nation, joined the team of carvers about three months ago when he saw some fellow inmates carving the cedar log from his cell window. While he hasn’t been on the project too long, he’s been able to connect with his Indigenous identity, and more importantly, feel human.

“Everything about this is a positive experience. This project’s been an eye opener to all the positives that can come out of (it) – whether it’s a short stay or a long stay in here – it just brings you back to your roots,” he said.

“To say the least, it gets us out of that concrete jungle, or cell, for a couple of hours out in the sun. There’s sharing, there’s teaching, there’s learning and a lot of camaraderie.”

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Saanich park to return to its Indigenous title Saanich, WSANEC councils support changing name of Mount Douglas to PKOLS Austin Westphal News Staff

Mount Douglas Park will soon be known by its Indigenous name – restoring a title that’s existed for thousands of years.

An important step towards reconciliation was taken during Monday (Aug. 15)

night when Saanich council approved a WSANEC Leadership Council request to restore the area’s original name.

PKOLS is the name for Mount Douglas in the SENCOTEN language and a historically significant location steeped in culture and tradition, Tsawout First Nation elder and WLC community engagement coordinator, Eric Pelkey explained in a news release.

“PKOLS is an extremely important location in the history of the WSANEC Nation,” he said. “It was created by XALS as the border between us and the Lekwungen people, and it was where we met with James Douglas in 1852 to discuss what became known as the

Saanich council approved the WSANEC Leadership Council’s request during its Monday (Aug. 15) meeting. (Black Press Media file photo) Douglas Treaty. For those reasons, we, as WSANEC people, have a special relationship with PKOLS.” Under the district’s parks naming policy, Saanich council has the authority to name or rename municipal parks.

Back in 2019, council included renaming the park in its four-year strategic plan as an action to recognize the sacred significance of the area to the

WSANEC people. In 2021, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Saanich and the WLC which prioritized the park’s renaming.

“This is another step forward in our journey toward reconciliation,” Mayor Fred Haynes said. “As we work to build and strengthen relationships with our neighbouring First Nations, I’m pleased to address this significant action

from our strategic plan.”

The plan calls for Saanich and WLC staff to work together to develop an appropriate protocol to honour the name restoration. A ceremony to mark the park’s renaming is expected to take place in 2023.

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Greek Fest makes full return over next two weekends Athens dance troupe one of the highlights of event that kicks off this Friday Evert Lindquist News Staff

The 21st annual Greek Fest descends soon on Royal Oak, returning this year in full swing and expected to attract thousands after enduring limited, distanced and toned-down celebrations in recent years.

Happening Aug. 26 to 28 and Sept. 2 to 5 at the Greek Community Centre at 4648 Elk Lake Dr., the festival will allow Greek food and cultural fans to indulge in souvlaki, spanakopita, baklava, loukoumades and two long weekends of free entertainment. The festivities kick off

at 11:30 a.m. all seven days.

Attendees can enjoy libations courtesy of Hoyne Brewery and Arterra Wines, and should arrive with an immense appetite for authentically roasted lamb. The event will also bring back its Greek Heritage Project Museum and shine a light on some of B.C.’s most significant historical Greek figures.

“Personally, I like the feeling of community,” said festival entertainment director Jim Koutougos, whose heritage comes from Patras, Greece.

He anticipates attendance of roughly 20,000 at this year’s event. The festival drew more than 18,000 in 2021, making it one of the country’s largest annual Greek events.

Spotlight performances this year include those of Greek dance troupe Iykeion Ellinidon, which brings its members to Greater Victoria from various communities around Athens exclusively for this year’s Greek Fest.

“That took some searching and negotiat-

ing and jumping through hoops, but we got it done,” Koutougos said.

Bringing back the entertainment portion of the event in full this year has proved a struggle, he noted, but he’s pleased to see Greek Fest returning, rain or shine, to the same scale, intensity and spirit of cultural celebration it

was pre-pandemic.

“In the case the rain gods should grace us with that, we have tents for our guests,” he said with a chuckle. “We’re all really looking forward to getting back in full swing.”

To learn more about the festival visit greekfest.ca or call 250-727-1580.

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Trustee Information Session: Saturday, August 27, 2022, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

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Zac Economou prepares the Greek salads at Greek Fest Victoria. (Black Press Media file photo)

Notice of Nomination Period Public notice is hereby given to electors of the Greater Victoria School District No. 61 that a General Local Election will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2022 for the election of nine (9) Trustees for a four (4) year term commencing on November 7, 2022.

Nominations will be received by the Chief Election Officer or designate, as follows:

BY HAND, MAIL OR OTHER DELIVERY SERVICE Drop off at Board Office: 556 Boleskine Road Victoria, BC, V8Z 1E8 Attention: Deputy Chief Election Officer, Vicki Hanley

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From: 9 am on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 Until: 4 pm on Friday, September 9, 2022 Appointments are strongly recommended.

Please call 250-475-4106 or email Vhanley@sd61.bc.ca to book an appointment.

Originals of emailed nomination documents must be received by the Chief Election Officer by 4 pm on Friday, September 16, 2022.

Interested persons can obtain information on nomination requirements and procedures, including nomination forms at www.sd61.bc.ca/board-of-education/trustee-elections or in person at the Board Office: 556 Boleskine Road, Victoria, BC between the hours of 9:00 am and 4:00 pm.

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Greater Victoria School District General Local Election to be held on Saturday, October 15, 2022 QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a School Trustee if they meet the following criteria: • Canadian Citizen; • 18 years of age or older on general voting day Saturday, October 15, 2022; • resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed; and • not disqualified under the School Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.

CAMPAIGN PERIOD EXPENSE LIMITS and THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING LIMITS In accordance with the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, for the 2022 general local election, the expense limit for candidates during the campaign period is $79,847.36. In accordance with the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, for the 2022 general local election, the expense limit for third party advertising is $3,992.37 and the cumulative third-party advertising limit is $161,967.47.

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OUR VIEW

B.C. doctor shortage no laughing matter Around British Columbia in recent weeks, far too many people have had a frightening experience – driving to their local emergency room only to find it closed.

Several areas, especially in northern and rural B.C., have been hit by doctor and nurse shortages so catastrophic that ERs have simply had to shut their doors on some days. There just aren’t enough personnel to keep them running.

Meanwhile, despite years of efforts by both the current NDP and the previous Liberals, one in five British Columbians does not have a family doctor. That’s about one million people.

In response to this, one Greater Victoria couple placed an ad in the newspaper seeking a family doctor. Through this unorthodox route, they found one.

That prompted Premier John Horgan to quip that perhaps B.C. should take out an ad of its own, to convince the federal government to cough up more money for health services.

That kind of flippant response isn’t helpful.

For years, we’ve had difficulties with doctor shortages and health staffing in B.C. There have been issues getting foreign-trained doctors and nurses certified. It’s difficult to hire and keep doctors in remote and rural areas. There have never been enough family doctors to go around.

The COVID-19 pandemic and an aging population are putting even more pressure on the health system, as professionals struggle with burnout.

Part of the current problem is the latest Omicron wave of COVID-19 sweeping across Canada. Even among triple-vaccinated healthcare workers, absenteeism is up as people sit at home, sick and unable to work for fear of infecting their co-workers and patients.

That wave will abate in time, but the underlying doctor and nursing shortage won’t go away when this wave passes.

Horgan is stepping down as premier in the near future, but he’s still in charge right now.

His party will be in charge for a couple more years.

Yes, more federal funds would be helpful.

But Horgan can’t pretend that provincial hands are tied. Even a partial solution would be better than a bad joke.

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YOUR VIEW

Online surveys fail to gauge concerns of local residents Two recent online surveys were created by the municipality of Saanich, claiming to be Cadboro Bay community surveys designed to help the district draft the community’s future design through an updated local area plan. The latest offered even more densification than before, potentially all the way to Telegraph Road, and was open to anyone in the world to fill out, as many times as they wanted; without any working verification process in place to determine who they were or where they were from.

If the same criteria as an open online survey (web poll) were used for any democratic election, the UN wouldn’t even bother to send out observers, such would be the obviousness of the farce.

Now based on this ‘winning formula’, there is even another survey being put out this summer by the district to help determine the future of the Saanich official community plan (OCP) and this one offers once again the agenda of densification, but now for the wider district.

How about ending phony unaccountable and unscientific plebiscites and having actual secure referendums for the public instead? Does the council fear real referendums toward their agenda from the public?

The only secure survey in Saanich for the actual electorate will be the one at the polls on Oct. 15. At the polls, your vote can finally be counted fairly and accountably.

Sasha Izard Saanich

Put the brakes on Tillicum bike lanes

to spend this type of money on a street that was just fixed a few years ago, it’s one of the best streets in Greater Victoria. I was very impressed with the work and now all that money was for nothing. This new project is a waste of money.

I do not understand why the public did not get a chance to vote on this type of spending.

With the housing crisis and the cost of living there are plenty more avenues this money could be spent on. I am very disappointed in this decision.

Denise Hall Saanich

Keep name of Mount Douglas

I just finished reading the article in the Saanich News about the bike lanes on Tillicum Road.

The roads were just fixed in recent years.

They are nice and wide, they already have existing bike lanes on both sides. The traffic is extremely heavy on this part of Tillicum as people need to get up to the highway. Saanich politicians talk about the environment, but what they are doing now is having more cars sitting and idling.

Those bike lanes are nice and wide, I have used them myself. There is absolutely no reason

I’ve walked up Mt. Doug’s trails (and nontrails) too many times to count, from all points of the compass, and as far as this third-generation (now senior citizen) Saanich resident is concerned, to anyone but the woke-conscious, Mount Doug will always be Mount Doug.

What’s next, the same name-change for Mount Douglas Secondary?

Give it a rest! And get rid of Saanich council, in the process.

T.L. Pedneault-Peasland Saanich

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Ground up pavement is transferred into a dump truck Thursday (Aug. 18) on Tillicum Road in Saanich as part of the district’s project to re-lane and add protected bike lanes to the road between the Tillicum bridge and Arena Road at Tillicum Centre.

The so-called “quick build” project is expected to take at least two weeks to complete. (Don Descoteau/ News Staff)

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Commuters should expect lane closures and delays along Tillicum Road in Saanich, as work continues on bike lane installation and re-laning.

Work began Wednesday (Aug. 17), with final line painting expected early next month. A concrete curb buffer will also be added on both sides of the road for protection following the installation of the bike lanes.

“This section is an important corridor for safety improvements, as it’s a particularly vulnerable area for active transportation users,” the district stated in a release.

Crews will first remove two vehicle lanes – leaving two general purpose

lanes and one left-turn lane along Tillicum Road between Arena Road (at Tillicum Centre) and Saanich’s boundary with Esquimalt on the Tillicum bridge.

A protected bike lane will then be installed on each side of Tillicum Road.

Construction will also be taking place on Arena Road, leading toward Pearkes Recreation Centre.

“Improving conditions for pedestrians and cyclists on Tillicum will address an important gap in safe infrastructure and help enable residents to have multiple transportation options,” Coun. Rebecca Mersereau, chair of Saanich’s active transportation committee, said in the release.

Work will happen from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and transit buses will be accommodated along the route; however, streets intersecting Tillicum Road may be limited to local traffic only periodically during construction.

Traffic control personnel and signage will also be in place to guide drivers, cyclists and pedestrians safely through the construction zone. Delays can be expected to last until early September.

Approved by council back in March, the project is estimated to cost $500,000 with the bike lanes expected to open late this year.

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One of Kimberly Proctor’s killers denied day parole Christine van Reeuwyk News Staff

Warning: This story includes references to sexualized violence and murder.

One of the two men responsible for the brutal sexual assault, torture and murder of Langford teen Kimberly Proctor was again denied day parole.

Kruse Wellwood, 28, remains a high risk to be violent within a relationship and re-offend sexually with no viable release plan, no community strategy and no support for day parole in place, according to a Parole Board of Canada decision dated Aug. 4.

The decision notes that the dynamics of the murder and mutilation of the victim’s body continue to raise serious concerns.

Wellwood and Cameron Moffat admitted to pre-planning the rape and killing of their classmate on March 18, 2010, and burning her body under a bridge on the Galloping Goose trail the next day.

In April 2011, Wellwood then 17 and Moffat then 18, were handed life sentences with a fiveyear concurrent sentence for indignity to human remains in April 2011.

A psychiatric assessment completed in 2011 indicated Wellwood had deviant sexual disorder in the form of sadism, and there were indications of necrophilia. The psychiatrist concluded he was very high risk for committing a similar offence.

In July 2019 the psychologist assessed his risk for general and violent reoffending as high,

noting sexual deviance rarely changes without extensive and focused treatment.

In an April psychological risk assessment, the psychologist concluded Wellwood remains a high risk for general, violent and sexual reoffending.

The doctor noted Wellwood sat slumped, failed to make eye contact and referred to the murder as the ‘event.’ He did not use Kimberly Proctor’s name throughout the interview. The risk assessment does not support a release or a transfer to minimum security.

The board noted Wellwood completed a sex offender institutional maintenance program and showed moderate to good commitment and ability to use those skills to manage risk factors.

However, the report indicates he discussed sexual fantasies in some detail and indicates Wellwood imagines he is in control of the acts and the partner is a mythical creature whose role is to provide sexual pleasure. Wellwood also ordered anime magazines, one of which was flagged as containing images of women in bondage.

Wellwood was first denied parole in May 2020, less than one year after being denied day parole.

Proctor’s family members continued their steadfast input to the board, filing a compelling submission for the most recent application.

“It is clear from the statements that the murdered victim’s family were forever changed by the violent and cruel way they lost their loved one. They were seriously traumatized. They say they have seen no remorse, are angry and do not believe you deserve parole,” the decision reads.

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BC Ferries reports busiest-ever spring for vehicle traffic A record number of vehicles were ferried around coastal B.C. this past spring.

BC Ferries released first-quarter results Aug. 18, reporting that vehicle traffic this spring was up 42 per cent from the previous year to reach its highest-ever levels for that time of year.

Passenger traffic overall was up 74 per cent from the first quarter last year but was 6.3 per cent lower than preCOVID-19 levels; however, vehicle traffic in the first quarter this year was up 3.8 per cent from before the pandemic.

Revenues and earnings were also up, the ferry company noted in a press release.

Revenues for the first quarter of 2022 increased $35.7 million from the previous year, which BC Ferries attributed to higher traffic volumes as well as retail

sales. Removing ‘safe restart’ pandemic recovery funding from the calculations, BC Ferries’ revenues were up $93.2 million from the previous year.

The company’s net earnings for the quarter were $7.9 million, up from $4.7 million, and operating expenses were $242.1 million, up from approximately $211 million. BC Ferries reported that the higher expenses were mainly due to more sailings – which came with higher labour costs and greater fuel consumption – and higher fuel costs. BC Ferries reported $26.5 million on capital expenditures in the first quarter, which included “quarter-life” upgrades to Coastal class vessels, shoreline work at the Tsawwassen terminal, IT upgrades, and other projects.

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BC Ferries acknowledged recent sailing cancellations due to crew shortages, but calculated that the cancellations represent fewer than one per cent of ferry trips.

“The company apologizes to its customers for these service interruptions and continues to take all reasonable steps to reduce the impact to the travelling public,” the release noted.

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An Oak Bay resident is helping British Columbians navigate BC Ferries sailing times and capacities more easily with a rebranded mobile app that carries on the legacy of its predecessor.

“I find the BC Ferries website a bit confusing,” said 22-year-old Samuel Pratt, who works for Victoria’s Kano gaming studio and wanted to offer a more convenient and intuitive way to view sailings.

He released BC Ferry Times in April for iPhone after revitalizing the interface of the former Ferry Rush BC app that ran from August 2013 to late 2021. Pratt reached out to the app’s developer, Salmon Runner, which “scraped data” from BC Ferries to show its sailings, and received the code to keep the project going under a new name.

“It’s a nice convenience we should continue to have.”

Ferry Rush BC shut down due to the increasing workload of following BC Ferries website updates and accessing data from several different pages. Pratt worked around this issue by using information from a 24-7 open-source server, instead of having the app retrieve the data directly from the website.

In an “easy-to-use” format, his app displays up-to-date schedule and sailing capacity details for all major BC Ferries terminals. Enabling location services allows the app to show the nearest terminal when users open it.

“People have been reacting super positively,” Pratt said, adding that users have given lots of useful feedback so far.

He studied computer science for two years at the University of Victoria and often uses BC Samuel Pratt Ferries to visit family and access destinations like Salt Spring Island and the Sunshine Coast. Though he doesn’t collect ferry usage data himself for the app, Pratt observes that the Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay terminals receive some of the most traffic.

“The other routes, it’s more a static schedule,” he said of the non-capacity sailings.

People can navigate the majority of his app for free but may access nonessential perks for $4 if they’re frequent users or want to support further improvements and add-ons.

“The idea is I don’t want to put anything essential behind a paywall.”

Along with adding non-capacity routes, future plans for Pratt’s app include linking it to the BC Ferries location-tracking website and making it available on Android, which he said presents a whole other project.

“You basically need to build it up from scratch a second time.”

He also hopes to make a similar version of BC Ferry Times for Washington State Ferries with the same user interface.

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Victoria rents rising at a nation-leading pace Victoria rents are climbing faster than anywhere else in the country.

According to the latest national rent report from Rentals. ca, average rents over all property types in Victoria jumped a Canadian high 27 per cent in July over the same month in 2021, going to $2,667 from $2,093, a figure that had increased 15 per cent from 2020.

Average rent in July for one-bedroom suites placed Victoria fifth out of the 35 cities at $2,107, (up 20 per cent from last July) while the average monthly rent of $2,836 for a two-bedroom (up 34.8 per cent) was fourth-highest in the nation.

Vancouver topped the list for average one-bedroom rents at $2,500, followed by North Vancouver ($2,411), Richmond ($2,292) and Toronto ($2,257). Vancouver’s rental rates jumped 14.4 per cent for a one-bedroom and 19.4 per cent for a two-bedroom over the past year.

Average rent for all Canadian property types listed on Rentals.ca was $1,934 in July, an increase of 10.4 per cent year over year, according to the report. Month over month, average rents rose 2.6 per cent over June.

“The 2.6-per-cent monthly increase in average rents in Canada is the second highest monthly jump in three years, topped only by the 3.8-per-cent rise in May 2022,” said Ben Myers, president of Bullpen Research & Consulting. “Rents were boosted by rent growth of 20 per cent and higher in several major municipalities in Canada, and double-digit growth in a number of the most affordable rental markets, such as Red Deer and Saskatoon.”

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Common anti-depressant in short supply, pharmacies scrambling Bailey Moreton News Staff

A commonly prescribed anti-depressant drug is in short supply nationally again and local pharmacies are struggling to secure enough for their customers.

There has been a lack of Wellbutrin XL – one of the trade names for bupropion, used to treat depressive disorders – since July 8 due to a surge in demand, according to the federal government’s drug supply website.

Harish Sharma, owner of the Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy on Jacklin Road in Langford, said he was lucky to get in a supply of this extended-release version of the drug on Aug. 4. When he checked the supplier’s website in the morning, there were 800 bottles and he was able to buy 10 to cover his clients’ needs.

But when he checked the website again a few hours later, the stock had completely sold out.

“Eight hundred bottles seems like a lot, but across however many – hundreds of pharmacies – (who) might need some, it goes fast.”

Sharma’s pharmamanager at Langcy is relatively new in ford Pharmachoice the area and he has on Peatt Road, also a smaller client list pointed out that as than some, but the there are not a lot of pandemic has still similar drugs availcreated challengable, finding appropriate substitutes es with managing stock, he said. Peocan be difficult. ple would ask for a Harish Sharma The 2020 Survey year’s supply of a medication on COVID-19 and Mental when the pandemic was first Health found 15 per cent of declared, but Sharma said he Canadians screened positive avoided doing that as it would for major depressive disorder, have created shortages and left twice as many as pre-pandemother customers without. In- ic, according to a 2021 report stead they gave patients only a from the Public Health Agenmonth’s supply in some cases. cy of Canada on the mental In general those fluctuations health impacts of the panhave mostly settled down, he demic.

People who reported five or said. But managing supply, including ensuring medications more COVID-19 risk factors in short supply are spread out were nearly 30 times more between customers who need likely to have major depresthem, or making alternatives sive disorder. available, is a regular part While the estimated end date of pharmacy work, Sharma for the Wellbutrin XL shortage added. is Sept. 15, Serabana said she’s In the case of Wellbutrin XL, seen such dates fluctuate with Sharma said, its slow-release other medications in the past.

This isn’t the first time this formulation as a coated tablet means it cannot be split into version of the drug has been half doses, making it tougher to in short supply, as multiple respread among more customers. ported shortages have occurred Iriny Serabana, pharmacy since 2018.

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Andrew Weaver returns to climate science roots to advance solutions Christine van Reeuwyk News Staff

An Oak Bay climate scientist turned politician returns to his roots, resurrecting his role as an outspoken expert on the topic.

Andrew Weaver, former MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head and leader of the BC Green Party, returns to writing, first shifting his website to his current focus, while leaving justified positions, speeches and essays as the first Green elected to a Canadian provincial legislature, on the site.

“I believe it is critical for elected officials to preserve their public records for archival/historical purposes and so I have no intentions of deleting any of my past posts on this site,” he said in the first post in more than a year.

Weaver archived the website and associated Facebook page in 2020 when the provincial election was announced marking the end of his second term as MLA. Weaver served two terms and did not seek reelection in 2020. He stepped down as party leader at the start of

through 2013 or so, that year.

Before that, and he clashed with the now again, his “so-called deniers” primary role is as who argued climate a professor in the change wasn’t hapSchool of Earth pening. Those are and Ocean Scienchard to find now, es at the Universihe said. Every enty of Victoria. vironmental chal“I’m concerned lenge can be viewed about the public Andrew Weaver through two lenses, discourse on climate, it’s just he said, despair or opportuniin the gutter,” Weaver said. ty. He chooses the latter.

“What we need is level-headed “Extremism does not adsolutions. vance solutions,” Weaver said, To that end, while returning critical of the hard right and to UVic to teach second- and hard left. third-year courses, he’s workThe key is to find co-beneing on his writing, returning fits of doing something. For to the blog (and associated example, the breadth of benefits of active transportation, Facebook page).

“I’ve published (academic where more movement in the papers) very extensively. We walking, cycling and even don’t need more science to tell skateboarding commute means us what the problem is, we need less noise, pollution and fuel solutions, so my focus is those,” costs while positively impacting health and related costs.

Weaver said.

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The blog is in mid-name The title symbolizes the change but can be found at approach he’s come to after www.aclimateforhope.com. c.vanreeuwyk@blackpress.ca years in the field. From1985

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Grandmothers’ pedalling powers African relief effort Bailey Moreton News Staff

Victoria Grandmothers for Africa are hopping on their bikes again for a charity ride from Campbell River to Victoria.

The group of 30 women 55 years and older – the number is capped to ensure safety on the roads and that they can find accommodation along the route – will ride 275 kilometres between Sept. 9 to 11 to raise money for grandmothers in Africa. The campaign is run by the Stephen Lewis Foundation and supports women raising orphaned children whose parents died from HIV/AIDS. “Our jobs is to raise funds and their job is to raise children,” said Lisbie Rae, 78, a spokesperson for the Victoria group and a longtime volunteer and participant in the rides.

Rae got involved with the organization in 2007 after hearing a speech by Lewis.

She started volunteering in Hamilton, and upon moving to Victoria in 2015 hopped on her bike and began riding, gradually at first. Rather than jumping straight in with the long ride, she did a 50-kilometre ride on the Saanich Peninsula.

“I decided I better be smart,

Participants in the Victoria Grandmothers for Africa ride set off during a previous year’s event. (Courtesy of Victoria Grandmothers for Africa) rather than ambitious,” Rae said.

Able to manage that effort, she decided the following year to train for the full ride and has been doing it ever since – although it’s always still a challenge.

“Yesterday we did about 82 (kilometres). Next week, we’re doing two in a row, Monday and Tuesday, and they’re both over 90. So having done that, if you can do that, then you can do the Campbell River ride. So call me next week,” Rae said, laughing.

“They’re a very supportive team. Some of them are elite

cyclists, all 55 years and older.

Many of us are in our 70s and some of the people who are doing the months-long tour are in their 80s. So it’s a pretty remarkable, supportive community of older women cyclists.”

The group is also organizing and seeking participants for a virtual ride happening Aug. 13 to Sept. 9, with riders able to set their own distance goals and ride when they can.

A wait list exists for the Campbell River ride.

In 2020 the group raised $147,000 and Rae hopes they’ll be able to beat that this year.

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Volunteers with Wild ARC celebrate pair of bird releases A pair of birds set free mark the month the BC SPCA Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre celebrates its silver anniversary.

On Aug. 5, 1997 an oriole became the first of more than 50,000 wild animals admitted to the Metchosin facility. Other patients that month included wrens, gulls, American robins, Canada geese and crows. Wild ARC is the only wildlife rehabilitation centre on southern Vancouver Island and treated 3,128 animals last year.

This month volunteers enjoyed at least two bird releases, shared on social media.

A barn owl arrived in June

at the rehab centre and healed enough to be released earlier this month. Donors raised more than $2,000 to support the animal. After getting trapped and needing to be rescued, a gull spent a few days in care while it recovered from some minor wounds. It was also released this month.

A pair of finch chicks remain in care after they were found alone on the ground beside their deceased sibling. When they arrived at Wild ARC, they were bruised and cold, but otherwise alert.

With no nest or parents for reunification, and damage

done by a long fall, rehabilitators worried about internal trauma. Close monitoring of the bruising and behaviour, pain and anti-inflammatory medications, as well as a specialized diet plan were put in place to give the frail babies the best chance at recovery.

Slowly, the bruises are healing and their feathers have started to grow in. While they’ve doubled in size and weight since they came into care at only a few days old, they still have several weeks to go before they’ll be big and strong enough to go home to the wild, the organization said.

Baby bump brings need for cedar branches Volunteers and staff at the south Island’s wildlife rehab facility in Metchosin have babies, branches and browse on the brain.

BC SPCA Wild ARC is in need of greenery as its raccoon patients grow and transition to outdoor enclosures. The branches and browse provide enrichment and help prepare the critters for their return to the wild. Staff and volunteers use cedar branches with lots of greenery attached because it sheds easily and is usually not full of sap, making it ideal for enclosures.

Anyone with cedar branches to share can email info@wildarc.com to schedule a drop off.

Maturing raccoon cubs aren’t the only babies at the centre. The mid-August wave of squirrel kits is right on time. Babies can quickly become critically ill without proper care, so anyone who finds an animal they are concerned about should consult with a wildlife specialist.

Anyone who finds a wild animal they feel may be in distress should contact the BC SPCA provincial call centre at 1-855-622-7722 for advice.

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Oak Bay’s immunocontraception program has cut deer numbers in and around the municipality by 40 per cent since it began in 2019.

The Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society (UWSS) continues to analyze data from the program’s third year and aims to pursue a sustainable future for deer and residents alike. This year’s focus will include deer habitat use before and after contraception, fawn and adult deer abundance after three years of sterilization, and plans for science-based, long-term and non-lethal urban deer management.

UWSS research team helper Alina Fisher said contraception, GPS collars and camera traps were used to reduce the approximately 100-adult-deer population to about 60 between 2019 and 2021.

“I’m hoping to see a sustained reduction in fawns every year,” she said, adding population numbers for 2021-22 are still being finalized.

After the first year, the numbers dropped to 58 per cent of the original population.

“In that time, we saw a huge change in the number of fawns being born.” Given their low survival rate, she said, “it’s not like you see a fawn and that equals one deer the next year.”

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In Oak Bay, does no longer carry the bulkier GPS collars. “They were big and they had battery packs in them and they fell off after three years’ use.” Deer collars and tags now come in “every colour on the rainbow,” she said, so they stay uniquely identifiable.

Does sporting pink tags are mostly unsterile “control deer,” which purposely haven’t received contraception to help UWSS track their movement in comparison to sterilized does.

In terms of other options, culls prove largely ineffective and translocation merely moves the problem from one community to another, Fisher said. A sudden absence of deer somewhere may prompt does in other areas to fill that space, capitalize on reduced food competition and even team up.

“There’s no silver bullet in this, or else we would’ve found it.”

The BCSPCA supports such non-lethal measures as landscape changes, fencing that deer can’t see past, motion-activated lights and sprinklers, and the planting of fragrant, prickly and poisonous plants such as daffodils, lavender and rhododendrons. It also supports the UWSS program, a spokesperson confirmed.

The Ministry of Forests stated in 2016 that alternatives to fertility control, such as culling, must be used to achieve quicker results and that sterilization requires capturing, treating and surveilling 70 to 90 per cent of does for longterm population change. Its Provincial Urban Deer Operational Cost-Share program matches up to $100,000 annually for communities developing socially acceptable deer management solutions and will soon let municipalities apply for the 2022-23 year.

In a recent statement to Black Press Media, the ministry said it continues to partner with Oak Bay on the contraception program “on a trial basis before determining next steps.”

While a long-term deer management plan for Oak Bay remains in the works, Fisher cautioned the community about resident fawns growing older and, as a result, more mobile.

“Like most middle schoolers, they’re not going to make good choices,” she joked, speaking from experience as a mother. “Keep your eyes peeled for those goofy fawns.”

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Metchosin horse heroine celebrates award winner stage,” Leweke said. had another foal, a colt called BobThere may be more winners com- bie that Leweke has high hopes for ing down the pipeline. Ivy recently in the future.

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Paula Leweke spent years working to be able to afford to rescue horses. Now “a miracle” has happened in her words: one of her horses has been named best bred Canadian horse for 2021.

The national award, presented to her

by Equestrian Canada, comes after a long journey for both Leweke and Bella, the winning 10-year-old horse who went from clopping around Metchosin as a young filly to jumping under talented Canadian rider Alicia Gadban Lewis on the international stage.

“In the international, really expensive horse world, I am a nobody,” Leweke said. “It’s really, really fabulous and fantastic and a bit of a miracle, because these are the kinds of horses that top riders in Canada and the United States usually go to Europe to buy and pay $500,000 up to a million dollars each for them. The fact that this quality and level of an athletic horse was bred here – it just shows that Canada has the capabilities of breeding top international horses.”

Leweke’s love for horses was instilled early, growing up on a ranch in Mount Robson, off of Highway 16 north of Jasper National Park. Between pack trips over the Rocky Mountains and living on the ranch, she developed a good eye for horses.

She worked as a nurse and later taught nursing at several universities as well as Camosun College, and kept her eye on saving enough to be able to afford horses of her own. She started rescuing horses and eventually breeding them at her Robin Hill farm in Metchosin.

She knew early on that Bella – who competes under the name Beneficial – was a winner.

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She was incredibly athletic with a very strong hind end.”

Bella was born from a mare, Ivy, that competed nationally, but never reached the heights her offspring has since. Looking to give her prized filly a chance to run and grow stronger, Leweke sent her to a big open ranch in Kamloops when Bella was around two.

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— Paula Leweke After some years there, the five-yearold Bella was ready to be trained into a serious competitor, but it was hard to find a buyer. Being a small town breed-

er, it took some convincing for people to take Leweke and Bella seriously.

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Residents rally to fix community fridge Christine van Reeuwyk News Staff

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The battle against local food insecurity continues as residents rallied to raise cash to repair a Victoria community fridge and organizers seek to install a second one.

Victoria’s Community Food Support organization created the Rock Bay Avenue fridge and pantry more than a year ago. Anyone can walk up and take food, no questions asked.

“In my experience being at the fridge, the pantry and fridge can go from completely full, to empty in anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour,” Community Food Support member Jewel Bohach said. “The team currently shops for about $500 worth of groceries a week to fill the fridge. If we had the funds, we could triple that amount and still not have enough food.”

After over a year of heavy use, the fridge door broke and the appliance remains off until it can be repaired or replaced. An online fundraiser targeting $3,000 for repairs far exceeded the target within a day.

The online fundraiser will cover cost of repairs or removal and replacement as well as stocking the pantry with increased dry goods in the fridge’s absence. Additional funds raised will be used for future repairs, food and a fridge for a second location – once organizers find a space.

“If we had two, three or even four fridges right now there would still be a place for folks to access fresh food while we fixed the fridge,” Bohach said.

They’ve been looking for a second location for about a year.

“It can sometimes be a bit demoralizing doing outreach with such little success, but we are

still hopeful to find that needle in a haystack. I think that the stigma surrounding people who are assumed to use a resource like a community fridge deters potential hosts,” Bohach said.

Community fridges popped up more across Canada in response to growing rates of hunger prompted by COVID-19.

According to HungerCount 2021, food bank visits increased by more than 20 per cent since 2019, with more 1.3 million visits to food banks in March 2021. HungerCount is a cross-sectional, census survey of most Canadian food bank programs compiled by Food Banks Canada.

Because of COVID-19, the organization did not conduct a survey in 2020.

Food banks in urban centres of 100,000 people or more showed massive increases in need, with 28 per cent seeing visits more than double compared to 2019.

“It is currently impossible to keep up with the need for no barrier access to food in the community. The fridge is based on ‘solidarity not charity’ and there is no divide between people who give or take food,” Bohach said.

Anyone looking to host a community fridge – with access to an electrical outlet, four to eight square feet of space and room to protect it from the elements can email fridges@ communityfoodsupport.com.

The Community Fridge Victoria and Oaklands Community Association co-host an event Aug. 28 where folks can meet the volunteer team, listen to some live music, learn about grass roots groups, play lawn games, and have breakfast at Oakland Community Centre, 2725 Belmont Ave. from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Visit communityfoodsupport.wordpress.com to learn more about the organization. vnc.editorial@blackpress.ca

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Feds ask CFB Esquimalt union to restart wage negotiations Aug. 10 rally called for inflationappropriate pay increases Jake Romphf News Staff

The federal government says it’s committed to a fair wage deal with employees at Greater Victoria’s naval base, but said it is disappointed their union walked away from the bargaining table.

CFB Esquimalt members represented by the Public Sector Alliance of Canada were among the federal workers rallying near the base on Aug. 10 for fair wage increases.

The Treasury Board of Canada’s most recent offer of an annual 1.75-per-cent wage increase is out of touch given current cost of living challenges, the union said at the rally.

The Treasury Board said it

hopes to work collaboratively with PSAC at the bargaining table, as it believes a deal that’s fair for employees and reasonable for Canadians can be reached. The feds added they’re disappointed that the union has stopped negotiating in recent months.

“We are concerned about public comments from the Public Service Alliance of Canada on specific proposals being discussed at the bargaining table and would simply state that this is not an accurate portrayal of the events in question,” Martin Potvin, a spokesperson for the Treasury Board, said in an email.

PSAC’s national president Chris Aylward told Black Press Media the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board agreed the two sides were at an impasse in June. He said the next step is for a three-person panel to hear what both sides need to get a deal done before it produces a report on the negotiations, which could take months.

PSAC also claimed the government’s recent offer rejected mandatory training on systemic racism and discrimination. The Treasury Board said that doesn’t fairly represent the work with bargaining agents that promote positive and safe workplaces.

The Government of Canada has courses available for all its public servants on Indigenous topics, harassment prevention and anti-racism – including a mandatory orientation course for new employees, which includes diversity and inclusion components, Potvin added.

“The public service is committed to taking continual and deliberate steps to remove discrimination from our institutions, and to addressing all forms of such oppression, as well as challenging biases, and empowering employees.

We remain steadfast in our commitment to building a diverse and inclusive public service and will continue to work with bargaining agents to realize this goal.”

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