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Langford man, who Victoria police say is connected to a criminal gang operating on the Lower Mainland, was apprehended in a dramatic drug bust in Esquimalt on Thursday. A three-month investigation, involving 30 officers with the Victoria Police Department’s Street Crimes and Strike Force units, culminated in the arrest of the Langford man and an Esquimalt man, both in their 30s, and two 17-year-old females from Langford. Bystanders watched the gripping scene unfold as 20 uniformed and plainclothes VicPD officers descended on a small red car in the Shoppers Drug Mart parking lot off Esquimalt Road Erin around 3 p.m. McCracken The teens, who were on Reporting foot, were arrested first. Officers then pulled the men from their parked vehicle and loaded them into a police van. “It was a larger scale operation for the Victoria Police Department,” said Const. Harvey Stevenson, with VicPD’s Street Crimes Unit, and primary investigator of the case. Immediately following the arrests, investigators executed search warrants at apartments in the 1000-block of Esquimalt Rd. and in the 800-block of Goldstream Ave. in Langford. Police say they shut down a cookhouse at the Langford address where cocaine in its powder form was being con-

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Victoria police seized cocaine, heroin and cash in a bust that also netted the arrest of a man police say is connected to a criminal gang operation on the Lower Mainland. verted into smokable crack cocaine. Between the homes and the suspects, police seized about one kilogram of cocaine, with a street value of about $45,000, nine ounces of heroin, worth more than $20,000, $9,000 in cash, and a Volkswagen car, Stevenson said. Most of the seized items were taken from the Langford apartment, he said,

adding no weapons were found. The suspects face more than a dozen charges relating to trafficking of a controlled substance and possession for the purposes of trafficking a controlled substance. “It feels good,” Stevenson said of taking a “significant” drug haul off the streets. Police are also buoyed by the appre-

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hension of a suspect with alleged ties to a Lower Mainland gang, which Stevenson said is connected to recent shootings and gang conflict in the Vancouver area. He would not disclose the gang’s name. “I think what’s more important than targeting drugs, is targeting the people that are selling the drugs,” he said. “Obviously the people that are associated to gangs, like they have on the Lower Mainland – that’s a priority (for police). So it feels good taking action on people like that, and making sure we don’t have those people in our community.” The teens and the Esquimalt man do not have gang affiliations. “Just wrong people, wrong time,” Stevenson said. Victoria is an attractive destination for those operating in the criminal underworld. “We’ve had (gang members) here for sure,” he said. “There’s a large drug population in Victoria. We have a large street population. With that comes drugs. With that comes the opportunity to sell drugs, which obviously is desirable for gang members.” Cocaine, and more specifically, crack cocaine are popular with Victoria’s street people, the officer said. Victoria police were inundated last year with more than 180 files related to possession of a controlled substance for the purposes of trafficking. PLEASE SEE:

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Dancer sees possibility in church As Anglican Diocese properties sell, tenants search for new homes Roszan Holmen

being felt. Cindy Ralph has taken charge of finding a new home for the LansWith a baby on the way, David downe Cooperative Preschool. Beales and his wife were property It has operated out of St. Albans hunting when a unique opportu- Anglican hall in Oaklands for 50 years. nity arose. “We’re the last fully co-opera“I was looking for just a house, and my wife stumbled upon the tive preschool on the Island,” she Anglican Diocese’s (property said. The mother of two is among 60 ads),” said Beales. St. Saviour’s stood out. The families that share responsibility quaint chapel in Vic West includes for running the preschool, from a house, which once served as a management meetings to “duty rectory. There’s also a hall, occu- days” in the playroom, alongside pied until recently by Rainbow paid early childhood educators. “It develops a community Kitchen. The soup kitchen is movfor the children and for the paring to Esquimalt. Beales, a professional ballet ents,” Ralph said. “I’ll have lifelong dancer, plans to convert the hall friends through some of the parinto a studio both for practise and ents I’ve met.” It’s also affordable, due in part possibly some private lessons. “It turned out to be an amazing to the required volunteer hours opportunity, so we jumped on it,” and in part to the low rent the preschool pays to the Anglican he said. His purchase was set to close Diocese. “We make a donation of a really Feb. 6, marking the second property sold on a list of seven for sale reasonable amount,” she said. within the Capital Regional District “We’re completely realistic knowing that wherever we end up, that by the Anglican Diocese of B.C. When news first broke of the fee is going to go up.” The Salvation Army is also Diocese’s plan to sell its assets in 2010, the media’s initial focus was among the groups in limbo. It operates Hope House, a 90-day on uprooting parishioners and the larger struggles of Christian residential program for teenage boys aimed at getting their lives churches to retain people. As the properties begin to back on track. It is located inside change hands, however, the St. Saviour’s rectory and the lease impact to the wider community is is up in October. “We don’t know what’s gong to happen,” said Kyla Ferns, spokesperson for the Salvation Army. Anglican properties for sale in the Neither does Beales, its Capital Regional District, with listing new owner. price. All but St. Albans were first The property offers many listed in June, 2010. possibilities and Beales is ■ St. Saviour’s chapel, hall and open to maintaining sevrectory, Victoria, $0.85 million, sale eral community uses. expected to close Feb. 6 Beales hopes to get per■ St. Albans chapel and hall, Victoria, mission from the city to $1.2 million, sale pending rent out the chapel for ■ All Saints, View Royal, listing price: special occasions. “A lot of $1.4 million people who went to that ■ Brentwood Memorial hall, Central church are still alive and Saanich, listing price: $0.38 million, would like to have things sale pending there,” he said. ■ Church of the Holy Spirit, Saanich., The chapel also boasts a sale pending by church group beautiful pipe organ. “I’ve ■ St. Columba, View Royal, $0.9 spoken to some of the million Council of Canadian Organ■ St. Martin in the Fields, Saanich, ists … If they would like listing price: $1.15 million, sold to to play and maintain it, I religious organization don’t mind,” he said. “One of them has played that

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David and Karen Beales stand outside St. Savior’s Anglican Church, on the corner of Catherine Street and Henry Street, which the couple have recently purchased.

Pease admits the quick sale of organ for 60 years and they were St. Saviour’s suprised him. very happy to hear that.” While a “lovely old structure,” The rectory, however, poses a its heritage designation limits dilemma. “I appreciate what Hope House any development opportunity, he is; I fully respect it,” he said. “The explained. “The reason why halls were original goal was to move in (to the house) … because at the moment generally attached to churches is that prior to the creation of I am renting.” municipal recreHis soft spot for complexes, the organization, “We’re completely ation there weren’t any however, means other community he’s open to the realistic knowing that centres,” he said. idea of living else- wherever we end up, “The church where, so it can that fee is going to go really has done a continue. lot in creating the While it’s a possi- up.” societies we have bility, it’s also way - Cindy Ralph today,” Pease said. more than can be “If you look at the expected of a prichurch now, it’s into assisting a vate purchaser. Rental income is “never suffi- lot of the poor and those that are cient to make it a viable under- marginalized.” But that’s changing too, as attentaking,” said Chris Pease, asset manager for the Anglican Diocese. dance dwindles. “We see the government being Because tenants are mostly nonprofits or small organizations, he pushed more and more to take said, “we’re lucky if we recover over that responsibility,” he said. rholmen@vicnews.com our costs.”

A mattress fire was no match for the sprinkler system at a supported housing unit in Victoria, home to adults with mental illness and addiction issues. Eighteen Victoria firefighters in six trucks raced to the Pacifica Housing-owned Medewiwin apartment complex at 360 Gorge Rd. E around 9:14 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 2). By the time firefighters from all three Victoria stations arrived, the sprinkler system in the suite had extinguished the flames, which were caused by a resident smoking in bed, said Victoria fire Platoon Capt. Dave Bicknell. The fire gutted the bed, scorched one wall and filled the ground-floor of the building with smoke. Fire officials estimate the smoke and fire caused $10,000 in damages. “It wasn’t a severe fire, but I think one of the messages that’s important to get out, other than don’t smoke in bed, is that sprinkler systems are a very effective means of fire suppression,” Bicknell said. Residents were evacuated from the 26-unit complex and took refuge in a B.C. Transit bus for about two hours. Some were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene by B.C. Ambulance paramedics. No other injuries were reported. “For all of the tenants, when you’ve experienced something like that, it’s traumatic,” said Karyn French, executive director of Pacifica Housing. Staff were relieved that tenants were safe from harm. “It was very fortunate that no one was injured, and we had minimal water damage,” French said. Medewiwin Apartments house men and women 19 and older, who have been homeless in the past or have been at-risk of becoming homeless. emccracken@vicnews.com

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followed by environment, followed by location of pickup. “The message I got is that cost is the main issue,” said Coun. Geoff Young. “We have a duty to make the city as affordable as we can.” Complicating the issue were accusations by the municipal workers union. John Burrows of CUPE Local 50 outlined his objections to the city’s plans to redeploy nine workers. “The Union has not been given any confirmation that the potential 18,720 hours of lost employment opportunities will be assigned and maintained annually within the Public Works or Parks Departments,” he said. His concern, however, missed the point for Coun. Shellie Gudgeon. “What I see from the public is they want to save money,” said Gudgeon. Shuffling employees from one position to another won’t accomplish this, she argued. To this, Mayor Dean Fortin assured: “there will be less hours on the spare board.” Council supported a motion, put forward by Young, to endorse option C: a biweekly curbside collection of both garbage and kitchen scraps. The $161 service is set to begin in 2013. The motion also asked for more information on the labour concerns before council makes a final decision. rholmen@vicnews.com

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City Hall renovations progress Esquimalt plans senior playground Roszan Holmen News staff

The City of Victoria has given up on the idea of moving all customer service counters to the main floor at City Hall. “We found that it was a really big challenge,” said Alison Meyers, assistant director of the city’s customer service initiative. The goal of major renovations to City Hall is, in part, to reconfigure the space to be more welcoming. A survey of people coming to City Hall revealed 5,000 people visit the customer service centre on the first floor every month. The second floor, home to development services, engineering and permit and inspections, is visited

by about 2,000 to 4,000 people per month. “We feel there’s a real opportunity to establish a counter on the second floor of City Hall that focuses on serving development, that focuses on serving business,” said Meyer. Other project plans include an elevator for improved accessibility, and a washroom on the main floor. Services will also be brought up to the third “ghost floor.” The project also includes replacing the sprinkler system and continuing seismic upgrades. Renovations are set to start in April and be complete by mid-2013. “We know it’s going to be stressful and disruptive,” said Meyers. “We are working to manage that.” rholmen@vicnews.com

Any branch good for pickup: City corrects previous communication The City of Victoria will collect excess branches of any size from residents. Previously, it issued a press release indicating size restrictions on allowable branches for pickup as part of its annual pickup service. This year’s pickup, launching Feb.

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Township seeks grant dollars to offer free fitness orientation program Erin McCracken News staff

Esquimalt seniors will be able to get moving in a whole new way at a new seniors outdoor fitness park slated to open in the township this spring. The yet-to-be-named park will be created at the back of a newly vacant lot and behind the township’s teen centre on Fraser Street, close to the Esquimalt Recreation Centre. A $25,000 federal grant covered the purchase of up to eight pieces of all-weather equipment from Habitat Systems Inc, designed to improve balance and co-ordination, upper and lower body strength, cardio and range of motion in the shoulders, said Gillian Rowan, adult and 50+ programmer with Esquimalt recreation services. All ages will be able to drop by the park for free. “We want it to be intergenerational,” said Rowan. “But the focus is really to provide something that is really senior-friendly. “(Seniors’ fitness programming) definitely is a trend and we want to be on top of those trends,” she said. “Some people want to be outside rather than inside so we want to appeal to a wider audience as well.” In their research, recreation staff looked to Oak Bay and Langford, where some outdoor fitness equipment is set up along trail systems. The only other outdoor seniors fitness park in the region is in Sidney. To introduce park equipment to seniors “while removing financial barriers and promoting volunteerism,” staff are looking to create a new outdoor fitness program, called e=SeniorFit, Scott Hartman,

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Sidney Coun. Marilyn Loveless, left, and Mayor Larry Cross try out the equipment at the Sidney seniors outdoor fitness park. Esquimalt director of parks and recreation services, wrote in a recent council report. In the coming weeks staff expect to learn whether the proposed program will receive a $20,000 injection in provincial funds to pay for the six-week program, which would be offered four times this year. Participants would be led by a group fitness expert and benefit from “a built-in cheerleading section of (volunteer) senior mentors that will be helping each other,” Rowan said. Park equipment will likely be installed by the end of February, and a grand opening ceremony will happen in the spring. emccracken@vicnews.com

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MUNICIPAL APPOINTMENTS TO ADVISORY COMMITTEES, COMMISSION AND BOARD Each year the municipality accepts applications from individuals interested in serving the community as a member of an Advisory Committee, Commission or Board. Esquimalt Council will be considering applications for appointments as voting members in the following areas: • Advisory Planning Commission (up to 3 vacancies) • Board of Variance (1 vacancy) • Arts, Culture and Special Events Advisory Committee (up to 5 vacancies) • Environmental Advisory Committee (up to 3 vacancies) • Heritage Advisory Committee (up to 5 vacancies) • Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee ( up to 5 vacancies) [Of the 5 vacancies, one (1) appointment will be for the purpose of providing an accessibility focus on the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee] • Victoria Family Court and Youth Justice Committee (1 vacancy) Youth interested in serving the community as a youth representative on one of Council’s Advisory Committees are also encouraged to apply. Esquimalt Council will be considering applications for appointments of youth representatives on the following Advisory Committees: • Arts, Culture and Special Events Advisory Committee (1 vacancy) • Environmental Advisory Committee (1 vacancy) • Heritage Advisory Committee (1 vacancy • Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee (1 vacancy) Youth representative appointments can be for either 6 month or 1 year terms and are full voting members of the Committee. Council will be considering applications from members of the community interested in participating on the Advisory Planning Commission in a non-voting capacity to assist with providing an accessibility focus on the Commission. There are currently two (2) vacancies for which Council will be making appointments. Council will also be appointing a representative from the Environmental Advisory Committee to participate on the Advisory Planning Commission in a non-voting capacity, with a focus on the environment. Please indicate on your application if you are interested in this appointment. The Advisory Planning Commission Bylaw and Terms of Reference for Advisory Committees are available on our website. Anyone interested in being considered for appointment to any Committee, Commission or Board, is invited to submit an application form (available at www.esquimalt.ca or at the Municipal Hall) and a résumé listing professional and volunteer experience and interests, to Anja Nurvo, Manager of Corporate Services by 4:00 p.m. Monday, February 13, 2012. Applicants will be notified of interview date and time. Please contact Anja Nurvo, Manager of Corporate Services at 250-414-7135 or by email at anja.nurvo@esquimalt.ca for further information.

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‘Ship raiders’ attack boaters on Gorge Victoria police arrest two men in bizarre shipboard attack The chaos that unfolded on the Gorge Waterway in Vic West was like a scene from a Hollywood pirate flick. Calling it reminiscent of the movie Master and Commander, Victoria police responded on Tuesday (Jan. 31) at 5:18 p.m. to reports of two armed “ship raiders” attacking two

men aboard a large vessel moored in the Gorge Waterway near Banfield Park and the Selkirk Trestle. The boaters had been celebrating when they were hailed and their vessel boarded by two men who rowed up in a small skiff. Officers later determined the assailants were unhappy with “heaps of garbage” that had been accumulating on the vessel, Deputy Chief John Ducker wrote on the Victoria Police Department’s operations blog.

Victoria officers responding aboard police boat Mike 1 were met with a very grisly scene: blood coated the bulkheads and deck of the vessel, and one boater was bleeding heavily from a head wound. One suspect was arrested while attempting to flee. He faces charges related to assault with a weapon. A second man was arrested an hour later at Victoria General Hospital when he sought treatment for injuries. emccracken@vicnews.com

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Group seeks non-lethal solution to deer problem DeerSafe Victoria approach CRD about joining talks Ryan Flaherty News staff

As the discussion about urban deer in the Capital Region heats up, some area residents are asking to be a part of the problemsolving process. In a letter to the Capital Regional District board last week, members of DeerSafe Victoria asked that they be included in any CRD deer management subcommittee that may form. Though there has been plenty of attention paid to frustrated residents who support a cull, members of DeerSafe feel that the voices of those who want a more humane solution haven’t been given as much coverage. “We acknowledge the issues, but we know that there are nonlethal ways of dealing with these so-called pest animals,” said Kelly Carson, one of the group’s founding members. DeerSafe is not a group of “tree huggers” who simply think the deer should be left alone, said Carson. “We’re just all working together for a common goal and that’s to find a long-term, sustainable solution.” Of particular concern to the group is the potential use of clover traps and bolt guns to get rid of the deer, a measure taken in communities like Cranbrook and Kimberley. “(The city claims) it’s humane, yet they won’t let the SPCA come in and observe it,” said Carson. “That’s a really big concern for us.” Instead, she said, the CRD should be looking at things like improved fencing, wildlife corridors, immuno-contraceptives to control local deer reproduction rates, and increased citizen education. “One of the biggest problems for deer entering urban areas is that people feed them,” said Carson. “There needs to be a large education component to deer management going into the

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Naz sees silver lining in tough tasks Pharmacist and philanthropist honoured for life’s work Natalie North News staff

With a wide smile and a twinkle in his eye, Naz Rayani greets customers and friends who have popped by the Peoples Pharmacy in Cadboro Bay Village. Most receive a hug, others a handshake – all offer kind words and congratulations for Rayani, a businessman, philanthropist and latest recipient of a Leadership Victoria Lifetime Achievement Award. “I feel honoured,” Rayani said of the outpouring from his community. “It’s an incredible feeling.” Rayani, the owner of five pharmacies in Greater Victoria, has recently returned to work after taking time off to recover from two strokes in 2010. Health issues have not dampened the 68-year-old’s spirit or drive, however, as he continues to conduct tours of the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Centre in Burnaby, where he has led some 2,000 visitors. His next tour of the mosque is set for March 28. A devout Ismaili Muslim who immigrated from Kenya in 1974, Rayani’s work connecting people of different faiths reaches back to 1994 when he began work with St. George’s Anglican Church in Cadboro Bay. The church’s pastor at the time, Rev. Logan McMenamie, had corrected a parish member who felt Rayani was a good Christian, by underscoring that Rayani was also a good Muslim, too. When word got back to Rayani, a friendship was born. “I picked up the phone and I thanked him,” Rayani said. “In this part of the world Muslims are known as terrorists. I recognized him for saying I’m a good

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Naz Rayani in his Peoples Drug Mart store in Cadboro Bay. Rayani is being honoured with a lifetime achievement award from Leadership Victoria. Christian, which is a privilege and an honour, but calling me a good Muslim is more important.” Rayani and the small local Ismaili Muslim community continues to support the church through an annual samosa sale – an always sold-out tradition that now coincides with a major focus of Rayani’s work: the World Partnership Walk. Sixteen years ago, Rayani brought the spring event, aimed at raising awareness and funds to support developing countries through the Aga Khan Foundation Canada, to Victoria. It grew from 500 supporters in the first year to about 3,000 currently. In 2010, the walk generated a record $250,000, with Rayani personally responsible for $60,000 of the fundraising. “There was nobody in Victoria who

could do this job and (neither could) I, but Aga Khan found I was most capable. It was a risk.” In 2006, Rayani was appointed a member of the Order of Canada. He is also a member of the Telus Community Board, the Rotary Club of Saanich, the Cadboro Bay Business Improvement Association and is a supporter of the Centre for Religion and Society at the University of Victoria. Yet he remains modest about the accomplishments that led to the recent honour. “I’m filling the shoes of (Thrifty Foods co-founder) Alex Campbell, (Mustard Seed pastor) Tom Oshiro and (community activist) Jane Heffelfinger – so they’re kind of big shoes to fill,” Rayani said of former Lifetime Achievement Award recipients. “He was far and away the best candidate for the award this year,” said Kate Mansell, chair of the Victoria Leadership Awards steering committee. “He embodies so many aspects of good leadership. … When he puts service above self, it is really good indication of what being a leader is all about.” The father of two and grandfather of five doesn’t hesitate to offer the next generation of community leaders a little advice: “Never be afraid to say yes, even though it looks like it might be a mammoth task or incredible task, because there is always a silver lining.” In celebration of the award, Rayani will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Feb. 8, at the Peoples Pharmacy in Cadboro Bay. He will accept his latest honour at the eighth annual Victoria Leadership Awards ceremony Feb. 21, from 4 to 6 p.m., at the Fairmont Empress Hotel. The event is a partnership between Leadership Victoria, UVic, the Rotary Clubs of Greater Victoria, the Victoria Foundation and the United Way of Greater Victoria. nnorth@saanichnews.com

Library plays matchmaking game Victoria, Colwood library branches offer inaugural speed-dating events Erin McCracken News staff

Library staff in Victoria and Colwood are preparing to play cupid. They’re hoping to see romantic sparks fly among single adults and seniors during speed-dating events held for the first time at the Central and Juan de Fuca branches of the Greater Victoria Public Library. Devon Tatton, Juan de Fuca children’s librarian, initiated the speed-dating program after reading about U.S. libraries

providing the service last year. “I really liked (the idea) because I really enjoy reading the missed connections on (online classified websites) and there were a bunch I saw (of) people seeing each other in libraries,” she said. Single seniors, 60 and up, are invited to the Central branch in Victoria on Feb. 11, while singles, age 25 to 40, are invited to try and find their valentine at the Juan de Fuca branch in Colwood on Feb. 14. Dimmed lighting, romantic tunes and homemade sweets at the events will help set the mood for participants looking to find that special someone. They will each have five minutes to sit down one-on-one before the chime sounds and it’s time to switch partners. Participants are encouraged to bring their favourite book to help break the ice.

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“Just the connection of you like the read, I like to read (will help),” Tatton said. Staff will provide contact information to participants who mutually hit it off. The Central branch event happens Feb. 11 from 2 to 3:30 p.m., and the Juan de Fuca branch hosts its session on Feb. 14, 7 to 8: 30 p.m. Registration is required for the free event. Please visit www.gvpl.ca, call the Central branch at 250-382-7241 or the Juan de Fuca branch at 250-391-0653. Given the calls the library has received from people age 41 to 59 wanting their own speed-dating session, one may be held in April or May. “If we get these (sessions) off the ground and running, they’re our next group, in a heartbeat,” Tatton said. emccracken@vicnews.com

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Deer discussion begins heating up Members of DeerSafe, a new citizen’s group promoting a non-cull approach to the Capital Region’s deer overpopulation, have a challenge on their hands. The group hopes to have a seat at the table when the Capital Regional District takes its next steps in dealing with the issue. The key to convincing the CRD board of its value in the discussion is to not come off sounding like members of PETA, the radical animal rights activist group whose supporters have worn lettuce outside Kentucky Fried Chicken and posed nude for anti-fur posters. So far, DeerSafe has offered a rational approach to its call for humane solutions to be found. While it may not have used PETA-style tactics to make its point, DeerSafe has become wrapped up in the mounting hysteria over the potential for the CRD to utilize such tools as a Clover trap – a cage that corrals the deer in a small space – and bolt guns, used to concuss cows and other meat animals before slaughter. The idea of cages being set up in urban neighbourhoods is something the CRD would have to think long and hard about. As for operating bolt guns in those same areas? Many residents couldn’t even stomach the thought of rabbits being collected and shipped off from the University of Victoria. Traumatizing people is not in the cards here. If deer, like rabbits, were as uncuddly as rats, mice or other species generally considered vermin, the conversation about a humane solution wouldn’t be happening. Deer continue to live and propagate in our urban neighbourhoods because, like humans, they’ve found a veritable Shangra-La, offering a cornucopia of edible delights. Interrupt that food source with fencing and enact no-feeding bylaws and the deer should move on, DeerSafe says. We suspect the animals may be too entrenched for such a strategy to achieve significant results. Therein lies the real challenge for DeerSafe as it attempts to keep this a non-cull situation. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@vicnews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Victoria News is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

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B.C. joins the gas gold rush end. Natural gas replaced forest The first thing to understand products some years ago as B.C.’s about the race to liquefied natural top commodity revenue stream, gas exports is how far back in the helping to keep the pack B.C. is starting. lights on in B.C. schools Canada has issued and hospitals. But the its first two export domestic price is down licences for LNG export for the long term and the projects near Kitimat, U.S. has plenty of its own to sell the product of gas now. the vast Horn River The third thing to and Montney shale gas know is that there is deposits in northeastern misinformation about B.C. One LNG plant has shale gas and “fracking.” begun construction, Shaky videos show the second is approved Tom Fletcher someone touching a to proceed and a B.C. Views match to water that third is also proposed has had gas bubbled for the same region. through it, to artificially Unlike the proposed promote the idea that hydraulic Northern Gateway oil pipeline fracturing of shale deposits proposal, plants and associated contaminates groundwater. This pipelines have actually received and some scientifically illiterate all the necessary permits from media reports are all it takes to get our constipated federal-provincial a protest movement going these environmental process. days. The fact that a kilometre or Australia has approved six LNG more of solid rock separates B.C. projects in the last two years, with shale deposits from surface water a combined construction cost of sources is seldom mentioned. $180 billion. Reuters reports that The major public health risk their $34 billion Ichthys project from B.C.’s natural gas boom is will vault Australia past the Middle the escape of sour gas, which Eastern kingdom of Qatar into first contains poisonous, heavier-thanplace among global LNG exporters, air hydrogen sulfide. That’s been a assuming it is built by 2017. Top problem for B.C.’s conventional gas producing countries are Qatar, industry for decades. Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria and There are legitimate concerns Algeria. about water use and chemical The second thing B.C. taxpayers discharge from shale fracturing, and need to know is that there is no the B.C. government has scrambled other practical choice here. Huge to upgrade its regulations on that as shale gas developments around well as sour gas. North America have meant B.C.’s Premier Christy Clark has run to days of making a tidy sum selling the front of the LNG parade, trying gas to the U.S. are coming to an

to convey the notion that multibillion-dollar investments made years ago by Chinese, Japanese, U.S. and Korean corporations are somehow the result of her “jobs plan.” NDP energy critic John Horgan insists that the B.C. Utilities Commission oversee all this, so the B.C. Liberals don’t subsidize these giant transnational energy companies with cheap electricity and stick B.C. Hydro ratepayers with the bill. According to Horgan, the commission should also have lawyered away over the smart meter program for God knows how long, as analog meters become obsolete and Quebec and others modernize their electricity grids without hand-wringing or exploitation of imaginary health threats. This is not a good time to dither. An LNG terminal is proposed for Portland, Oregon and there will be others. LNG plants need lots of electricity, and the B.C. Liberal government wants to market B.C. LNG as the “cleanest” in the world because it’s processed with minimal burning of gas for power generation. Will foreign buyers care about B.C.’s LNG production methods? Are B.C.’s greenhouse gas reduction targets history? More on that in a future column. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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A spot of tea for Her Majesty’s Jubilee Shirley Dargatz, a United Empire Loyalist, dresses for tea with Lt. Governor Steven Point at the Government House celebration of the beginning of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee year on Feb. 6. The day marks the 60th anniversary of the accession of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll to the throne as Queen of Canada. Sharon Tiffin/News staff

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Branch collection, pedicab licensing, electric scooters, Fletcher

Complaints about branch collection changes parks department’s plans It seems that a follow up to my letter of Jan. 25 is required, regarding the city’s branch collection program. I have been informed by a member of the Parks Department, both orally and by email, that the city has received numerous complaints (mine included) regarding the decision to collect only those branches which are more than five centimeters in diameter. As a result, the city has reversed its decision and is instructing their crews to pick up branches of any size, as was done in prior years. The Parks Department assures me that residents need only to put their branch piles on the boulevards, as usual, for collection. With the program set to commence on Feb. 13, I have also been informed that surprisingly the city has no intention of announcing this policy reversal and continues to issue ads and news releases, several of which have appeared in this newspaper, which erroneously state that only the larger size branches will be taken. This makes me wonder why the city has such a large and well paid communications department – for example the Director, Katie Josephson, received a promotion and salary increase to $142,273 last year (News, July 6, 2011). Apparently their mandate now is to keep citizens dazed and confused. Roel Hurkens Victoria

Tom Fletcher talks like a weasel to convey a false message In response to Tom Fletcher’s words: “But wait, aren’t oil, power and aquaculture companies foreign funded? Certainly some are. The difference is, they create jobs.” (B.C. Views, Jan. 25)

He (like the Harper Conservatives he loves to mimic) is using weasel words – words that are technically correct, but convey a totally false image. In short, oil, power, and aquaculture are job intensive while under construction (though whether these are local jobs is suspect) but are definitely not job intensive when they are up and running. Surely you can do better than that, Mr. Fletcher. Richard Weatherill Saanich

Electric scooter story paints a false picture of eco-conscious riders I can’t believe all the rubbish you guys published about electric bike riders in the Victoria News (Electric scooters causing conflict on area roads, Jan. 25). I am not a drunk who lost my licence and I have never hit and killed anyone. I ride an electric scooter as a single mom who doesn’t have the means to buy a car,

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pay for the insurance and gas. Daycare opens at 7:30 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. I couldn’t make it in time to work by bus. It only costs 25 cents per day to charge and I make no green house emissions. It’s my option to be able to make it, and not have to be on welfare. No, I don’t do it for exercise because I get plenty when I’m at work, I don’t sit all day and push buttons. Drivers are already disrespectful with me on the road and what you wrote is only going to make it harder. As for riding on trails, maybe they should think about putting speed limits on trails before kicking us off them. Spandex-clad cyclists zoom past me yelling insults, they don’t slow down when there are children or elderly people walking by and they pass on curves. I think it would be nice to think about the full impact of what you’re putting in your paper before you publish crap that can be damaging for good people who are just trying to make a life for themselves and their children. (Up) yours truly, Roxane Lafrance Saanich

Pedicab company owner’s dire prediction is just protectionism Andrew Capeau sounds like every other person favoured with a quota by government force (City moves to increase pedicab licences, News Feb. 1). Having got his feet into the pedicab business, he now lobbies to prevent competition for customers’ business. Given that licensing of motorized taxicabs has produced poor service and deliberately dangerous drivers, why should anyone believe licensing pedicabs prevents Andrew Capeau’s alarmist prediction? Keith Sketchley Saanich

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Bridge debate spurs decorum breakdown Residents, council needs more info on project progress Roszan Holmen News staff

The City of Victoria’s official map of the future Johnson Street Bridge is giving residents a false impression of the replacement project, according to some new members of council. “Residents are being completely misled right now,” said Coun. Shellie Gudgeon at last Thursday’s meeting of the governance and priorities committee. At issue is a map indicating green space south of the downtown entrance to the bridge, published on www.

johnsonstreetbridge.com. The map gives no indication of a development being considered by council on this land. Pending approval of a rezoning application, council has committed the land to Reliance Properties. Coun. Ben Isitt agreed with Gudgeon’s take. Citing an in-camera discussion Jan. 19, he said, “I would suggest this map is inaccurate.” But Mayor Dean Fortin defended the map. “This is currently what is being proposed,” he said. “It is truthful until such time as we decide (otherwise).” “That’s crap,” Gudgeon replied. “Excuse me,” Fortin interjected, reminding her of the decorum expected at the council table. Decorum quickly

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Victoria secondary suite program reviewed Since Victoria city council introduced incentives to build secondary suites, in March 2009, it has doled out $155,000

returned, but the incident highlighted a greater, and growing concern. Nearly nine weeks since their inauguration to Victoria council, the three newly elected councillors were still in the dark about the city’s biggest, most controversial infrastructure project. “I’m getting inundated with questions and I’d like to be brought up to speed,” said Coun. Shellie Gudgeon. Others at the table, including the mayor, echoed her call for a full briefing. The new councillors “need to understand everything we went through,” Fortin told his engineering staff. Until that happens “we are going to continually lurch.” Council voted to move the briefing up from the end of the month to Feb. 7, after press deadline.

in grants given or committed. The pot remaining equals $95,000. The grant provides a homeowner with up to 25 per cent of their construction costs. In total, 66 applicants have been approved. At a governance and priorities meeting last Thursday, Coun. Lisa Helps suggested an incentive also be offered to homeowners for building garden suites. She gave a notice of motion to follow at a later date.

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The legend (not shown) on this map of the future Jonson Street Bridge designates area 4 as ‘consolidated green space’. As for the map, project director Mike Lai promised,

“we can certainly make a modification to indicate the

In response, Coun. Geoff Young encouraged her to read the minutes from the meeting at which council debated this issue and decided against it.

Victoria council adds voice to shark-fin bill Coun. Charlayne Thornton-Joe added her voice to many across the country

pending application.” rholmen@vicnew.com

speaking out against shark finning. Recently, controversy erupted in the national media over the practice of serving shark fin soup, a delicacy in some Chinese restaurants. Bill C-380 seeks to prohibit the practice of shark finning and the importation of shark fin. Thornton-Joe’s motion, to urge the Prime Minister to support the bill and to urge other municipalities to do the same, was supported unanimously by council.

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Impaireds, bar fight keep VicPD hopping Super Bowl Sunday Victoria police were kept busy Super Bowl Sunday. Downtown bars and restaurants were “jam packed” that day, considered “one of the largest days for beer consumption,” said Const. Mike Russell, Victoria police spokesperson. Officers responded to several complaints of public intoxication, and took two impaired drivers off the streets. A 27-year-old Victoria man was discovered passed out in his vehicle in the 700block of Pandora Ave. just after midnight. Minutes later, an observant citizen notified police of a motorist driving erratically. A 20-year-old Oak Bay woman was pulled over and failed a roadside sobriety test near Fort Street and Richmond Avenue, Russell said. A bar fight at Soprano’s Karaoke & Sports Bar, at 1961 Douglas St., broke out just after midnight. Victoria police

arrested a 24-yearold Saanich man for assault causing bodily harm, after allegedly knocking out a man inside the bar, and another outside the establishment. One man needed to be hospitalized. The suspect was released on a promise to appear in court on March 19.

Knife fight at McDonald’s leads to pot drug bust A 20-year-old Langford man is facing a bevy of

one was injured in the fight. “Officers believe he was selling marijuana in the downtown area and the fight was likely drug-related,” said Victoria police spokesperson Const. Mike Russell. A search of Hayer allegedly turned up a knife and 39 grams of marijuana. He was then taken to hospital with a large gash to

his head, which he received “after repeatedly bashing (his head) against a wall while he was being handcuffed,” Russell said. The suspect faces several charges related to obstruction, weapons-related offences, breach of probation and trafficking a controlled substance. emccracken@vicnews.com

Centennial Square resident taken away by VicPD

A man Victoria police describe as “a long-time Victoria area protestor” has been arrested yet again, this time underneath the Sequoia tree in Centennial Square. David Arthur Johnston, 39 years old and of no fixed address, was taken into police custody, and his tent taken down and removed, last Thursday around 2 p.m. The man had violated court-ordered conditions by setting up camp in the square a few days before on Sunday (Jan. 29), Victoria police Const. Mike Russell said. Johnston has been

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Compare that to Saanich, which saw nine cases last year, and the Vancouver Police Department, which dealt with 220 similar cases in 2011 but has five times the number of officers that Victoria does, Stevenson said. “Every second day we had a file that we arrested somebody who had enough drugs for the purpose of trafficking,” he said. The afternoon arrest shocked Saanich resident Merna Tierney, who had unknowingly parked next to the suspects’ car in the Shoppers Drug Mart parking lot. She was sitting in her vehicle facing Esquimalt Road listening to classic Bob Dylan songs with

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Drawn from the famous characters of the Comedia del Arte-Harlequin and danced to the tuneful rags of Scott Joplin Harlequin’s Piano promises to be the best Valentines date in town.

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With guitar in hand, Shaun Verreault, frontman for popular Canadian band, Wide Mouth Mason, sits on a stool in Andy Briggs’ living room and scans the eager faces before him. It’s Saturday night and about 40 music lovers have gathered for another concert in Briggs’ Fernwood home. By day he is a financial controller, but by night he has been bringing well-known solo artists, bands and their fans together since 2007, as part of his Victoria House Concert B. “I get my (music) fix from these house concerts,” Briggs says. House concerts, though still largely underground and advertised through word of mouth, are gaining in popularity in Canada. Some artists even travel from home to home on house-concert circuits, says Verreault, who performed his first in Briggs’ home last August. “What this guy has done is unbelievable,” the Vancouver resident, who has performed with his band in front of 60,000 people, tells tonight’s crowd. “It’s like the punk scene was in the ‘70s.” Driven by a love of live music, Briggs has hosted more than 50 shows in his home, featuring the likes of Jay Semko from The

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Shaun Verreault, lead singer of popular Canadian band, Wide Mouth Mason, delivers an intimate performance for fans at a house concert in Fernwood. Northern Pikes, Acres of Lions, Vince Vaccaro, Steph Macpherson, Jon and Roy, Snailhouse, The Autumn Portrait and Barney Bentall, among others. The intimate live shows allow artists to try out new music on appreciative fans, as

well as share stories about themselves and the songs they perform. “You can hear a pin drop, and that’s why it’s so amazing,” Briggs says. “It’s like being back stage for everyone.” The venue gives Verreault the chance to

connect with fans, answer questions between sets and perform where there are no distractions. For these reasons, the artist says Briggs is a true

“patron of the arts.” “It’s a well-connected guy whose arranged it so people can come see an acoustic performer play without a P.A. (system) and neon signs crackling in the background, and without a pool table and without a hockey game on TV,” Verreault says. “It’s just a musical, warm place.” Fans pay $20, every penny of which Briggs passes on to the artists. “I got my money’s worth when he (Shaun Verreault) walked by and shook my hand,” says Steve Archambault, seated three rows back where Briggs’ living and dining rooms connect. “This is 10 times the intimacy because they’re right there,” says the Esquimalt resident, who first heard about Victoria House Concert B two years ago. “This is bringing back music the way it should be. It doesn’t get any better than this.” For details check out Victoria House Concert B at www.facebook.com/groups/ VHCBinfo. emccracken@vicnews.com

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Prairie Dance Club will be in Victoria for an anti-Valentine’s Day show with James Kasper & The Sound and Colin Craveiro, at UVic’s Felicita’s Pub Feb. 10.

Anti-Valentine’s triple bill Those who couldn’t care less about Valentine’s Day can head out to UVic’s Felicita’s Pub Friday night (Feb. 10) for an anti-Valentines show. On-the-rise roots rockers Prairie Dance Club will be in Victoria for a triple bill with two other roots-rock locals, James Kasper & The Sound and Colin Craveiro (who fronts seven-piece band Man Made Lake when he’s not a solo act). Prairie Dance Club is an alternative folk rock quartet

which formed in the fall of 2007. Since then they have completed a full length album as well as a five-song EP which was released in the fall of 2010. In its short history, the band has shared the stage with established and up-andcoming Canadian artists such as Tom Wilson, Lee Harvey Osmond, Matt Mays and El Torpedo, Arkells, Flash Lightnin and Armchair Cynics. The band has also had its

music in TV shows America’s Next Top Model and MTV’S 16 and Pregnant. Prairie Dance Club’s song Spring was also featured in the PBS series Road Trip Nation. Help protest love and the over-commercialism of Valentine’s Day at the AntiValentine’s Concert with Prairie Dance Club, Colin Craveiro and James Kasper & The Sound at 8 p.m., Feb. 10. Tickets are $7 at the door. llavin@vicnews.com

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Career change, as it is for many people, is among the top New Year’s resolutions for Keith Martin. The former Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca MP decided to step away from politics last May after speaking out against what he calls Ottawa’s hyper-partisan politics. “I’m ultimately looking for a job – a permanent platform I could work from to address global health, conservation, environmental and policy challenges,” said Martin, the former physician who spent almost 20 years representing this region in Ottawa. “(I’m looking for) a nimble organization that is interested in using the knowledge that we have and helping to scale that knowledge up – bridging the knowledge-action gap.” Martin has spent the past few months doing just that. His work has focused on partnering people doing groundbreaking research with those who could use the work to bring change. One example Keith Martin was connecting Dr. Hayat Sindi, a medical researcher and inventor of inexpensive cancer diagnostics, with a colleague of Martin’s who had recently received a grant to conduct breast cancer research in the Middle East. “Our universities and scientists discover inventions and they publish them, but they’re not necessarily scaled up to be able to benefit the largest number of people,” Martin said. From his View Royal home, Martin has also been contributing to aid efforts in the horn of Africa and co-ordinating the delivery of medical supplies to Libyan doctors who had been operating without anesthesia. Earlier in 2011, he was asked to join the International Union for Conservation Nature, a group that includes 11,000 scientists. Martin created an online mechanism that connects political leaders to scientists in the union. He also joined PEPFAR, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, as well as the Consortium of Universities for Global Health as a way to address issues regarding poverty, the environment, food security and endangered species. Martin plans to continue his volunteer work while exploring career options. But he has no regrets about stepping away from the current political climate that he says has

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Honouring Lindsay Family and friends take part in the second annual Walk for Justice, held Feb. 2 on the fourth anniversary of the unsolved murder of realtor Lindsay Buziak. The walk, which ended at the Saanich municipal hall, started at Royal Oak Burial Park, went down Falaise Drive (above) and past the house on De Sousa Place, where Buziak was slain. Don Denton/News staff

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Seven years of development and more than $30 million of investment got physical last week. There was an official sod-turning for the Promontory, a 21-storey building in Victoria West on the eight-hectare Bayview Place site on Feb. 6. Colin Bosa, of Bosa Properties, developer of the Promontory and land owners and developers of Bayview Place Ken and Patricia Sharon Tiffin/News staff Mariash were joined by Colin Bosa, left, of Bosa Properties, developer of the Promontory, Victoria Mayor Dean Ken and Patricia Mariash, principal of Focus Equities and master Fortin and Coun. Mari- developer of Bayview Place, Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin, Victoria anne Alto to officially Coun. Marianne Alto and 13-month-old Jaydyn Johnston, James turn the soil for the Bay Community Project participant, break ground at the site of the ground breaking. Promontory on Saghalie Road. “This is an exciting day for us at Bosa Properties and for the hundreds of men and women bour is a beautiful and special place, and we will – most of them local – who will be employed work hard to ensure that this addition to the landhere as tradespeople to construct the 177 homes scape is a successful one.” Overlooking the Inner Harbour, the building at Promontory over the coming two years,” said will include 177 units ranging in size from 455 Colin Bosa. “We’re incredibly proud of this project, and do square feet to 1,700 square feet. When complete, in not take lightly the responsibility that comes from approximately two years, the building will be the constructing such a prominent tower in one of tallest in Vic West. llavin@vicnews.com Canada’s most cherished settings. The Inner Har-

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Learning from the aged University of Victoria research centre marks 20 years of investigation into what happens when we get older Ryan Flaherty News staff

There’s something fitting about the University of Victoria’s Centre on Aging celebrating a milestone. The interdisciplinary research centre is entering its 20th year in 2012. Over two decades it has become one of Canada’s foremost examiners of the issues facing our aging population, and their impact

on society as a whole. It seems like a no-brainer that the subject would merit scrutiny, but that wasn’t always the case. “When the centre first opened, there was very little focus in our community on aging, despite the fact that even then, the percentage of older adults was higher in Victoria than most other parts of British Columbia,” says Holly Tuokko, who has been with the

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of remote weather monitoring equipment used to predict, prevent and manage wildfires. They are the single largest fire weather-monitoring network in the world. You see examples of their work every day when you see the fire danger signs on the roads across North America. The data used to provide the info on those signs is from their equipment. During forest fires, their equipment is used to help forest agencies fight the fires and know where to deploy resources. It makes perfect sense that one of their oldest customers is the BC Ministry of Forests. This highly successful British Columbia company has had phenomenal growth over the years with a staggering 68% growth in sales in 2011, this despite the slow down of the world economy. The company is still maintained as a private company with 50 employees and growing and with up to $10M in annual sales. Not to rest on their laurels, FTS is expanding into global markets including Germany, Korea, Japan, China and Australia. This expansion requires recruiting new employees to fill good, stable, high-level jobs. The future is very bright for FTS Other impacts are more global. With an estimated 5.3 billion mobile phone subscribers worldwide – India and China added 300 million subscribers in 2010 alone – the demand for digital, wireless and screen-based entertainment is immense. These two countries, India and China, are undergoing mass movements to urbanization, which also gives B.C. opportunities to offer them clean, efficient energy, waste reduction and health-care solutions. B.C. is perfectly aligned to supply a healthy portion of this demand in the coming years. Airplane sales around the world are expected to reach $US3.6 trillion over the next 20 years to replace aging planes and expand fleets, providing opportunities for our advanced manufacturing sector. Plus, as a climate change leader, we are at the forefront of renewable energy technology development. Finding new markets for our solar, wind, biomass and other technologies can help turn B.C. into a cleantech powerhouse. As Canada’s Pacific Gateway, B.C. is strategically located to reach growing global markets. In addition, B.C. is close to technology and entertainment hubs in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley and Seattle. Under the BC Jobs Plan, the provincial government will work with the federal government to meet our workforce needs and expedite the immigration process for researchers and scientists in other parts of the world who want to bring their expertise to British Columbia. B.C.’s fast-tracked immigration process through the Provincial Nominee Program encourages firms to locate in B.C. so they can hire experienced business immigrants. The B.C. government’s focus on this sector, identified as one of the eight key sectors with the greatest opportunity to bring new dollars into our economy from our most important trading partners, helps nurture an industry that has immense potential to accelerate growth throughout the province.

centre since 1997 and became its Sharon Tiffin/News staff director in 2009. Holly Tuokko, director of the University of Victoria’s Centre on My, how things change. These Aging, stands in the survey room at UVic, where researchers days, the centre has nearly 50 conduct interviews with people across Canada. research affiliates in 18 different areas of study, from engineering people would live as long as most do today, but to nursing, biochemistry to now we virtually all do, and we can expect to.” anthropology. Research projects focus on such In addition, Chappell points out, the first of topics as housing, health service usage and the baby boomers are now entering retirement, caregiving, among many others. which has profound implications for society as a It’s all part of an effort to paint a whole. comprehensive picture of what life is like for “Our definition of old age may start to be older adults, and where our aging population is defined as older.” headed. Chappell is involved in several studies “As we’ve moved forward, more and more currently underway at the centre. One involves of us have become aware of the issues related looking at drugs being given to people with to aging,” Tuokko says. “(Studying) the impact dementia and how their effects are perceived by on society and how society can contribute to patients’ family members and physicians. The healthy aging, (can help) to keep as many of us results of the study could have some very real healthy and active as long as possible.” The director herself is in the midst of a national impacts down the road. “One of our deliverables at the end is to study looking at the hot-button issue of seniors recommend whether they should be covered (by and driving. Opinions abound on whether Pharmacare),” Chappell says. restrictions should be imposed on drivers once It’s just one of many ways the work done at the they reach a certain age, but Tuokko points out centre can influence public policy, notes Tuokko. that very few – including those which shape “I think the centre has made many government policy – are based on hard facts. contributions to raising the profile of aging issues “(Policy) was developed many years ago ... and finding ways to support, be proactive and without the data behind it,” she says. “Now we’re facilitate positive change,” she says. collecting the data to make sure the practices Of course, looking back at the past can lead to that are going on are in fact the best practices.” gazing into the future. To be clear, Tuokko adds, the goal is not And Chappell sees a major shift on the horizon. necessarily to get seniors off the road. “The conversation is going to be very “Our study is to identify at what points we different,” she says. “Instead of declining fertility might need to do some more looking at people, rates and old schools, you may well be talking or what kinds of things will assist people.” about what we’re going to do with these empty Neena Chappell, centre director for the first 10 nursing homes and assisted living places.” years and currently a research affiliate, says this Whatever the questions, the Centre on Aging is a particularly important time for the study of will more than likely be instrumental in finding aging. the answers. “We’re the first cohort where everybody lives reporter@vicnews.com to old age,” she explains. “In earlier times, a few STORES FLYERS DEALS COUPONS BROCHURES CATALOGUES CONTESTS PRODUCTS STORES FLYERS DEALS COUPONS BROCHURES CATALOGUES CONTESTS PRODUCTS STORES FLYERS DEALS COUPONS BROCHURES CATALOGUES CONTESTS PRODUCTS STORES FLYERS DEALS COUPONS BROCHURES CATALOGUES CONTESTS PRODUCTS STORES FLYERS DEALS COUPONS STORES FLYERS DEALS COUPONS BROCHURES CATALOGUES CONTESTS PRODUCTS STORES FLYERS DEALS COUPONS BROCHURES CATALOGUES CONTESTS PRODUCTS STORES FLYERS DEALS COUPONS BROCHURES CATALOGU

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Bryan Kelly has made a mid-season jump from the Saanich Braves to the Edmonton Oilers. Until he arrived in Edmonton on Nov. 28 to start his job as a communications intern with the NHL’s Oilers, Kelly and Jordan Caldwell were a two-man broadcast team calling playby-play for the junior-B Braves. Despite Kelly’s loyalty to the pride of Pearkes arena, the Camosun College applied communications grad couldn’t pass up a chance to jump to the big leagues. “(Caldwell and I) always said we’re doing this for the Braves and because we want to get to the next level,” said Kelly, who applied for the internship online and was interviewed over Skype. “Everyone in the Braves organization is really supportive of the job.” He didn’t have much time before leaving for Edmonton and his first “hello” moment: Kelly, rushing to ready himself on his first day, almost ran over goalie Nikolai Khabibulin in the hallway of Rexall Place prior to game time. But nothing’s been a bigger shock than the northern Alberta winter. “I thought it was cold at Pearkes,” Kelly said. “For Braves games I wore wool socks and long johns, plus three shirts, a sweater

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Bryan Kelly is a long way from Pearkes arena working with the Edmonton Oilers. and an overcoat over my suit jacket. “I’ve been learning to deal with winter in Edmonton. It barely snows, but it’s just straight cold, often -40 in the mornings. I just got a block heater installed in my truck.” The internship is set to end on April 1, when winter begins to ease up. With the Oilers, Kelly helps with the team’s social media, monitoring the content and popularity of the team’s Facebook and Twitter accounts. He also works on promotions, giveaways, prizes and contests and writes stories for Oilers.com about the team or the Oilers Octane ice dancers. It’s a foot in the door of pro sports for the former Oak Bay High rugby player, who did freelance media and communications with Rugby Canada, and interned for the Victoria Salmon Kings last season. Getting there was a bit of a rush, to say the least. Kelly was writing exams in the Royal Roads University bachelor of communications program the week of his departure. “It was pretty crazy the way I packed up and left with pretty much nothing in my bank account. I drove overnight and got snowed in by an avalanche (just north of Kelowna). I got

to Edmonton two hours before they played the Minnesota Wild. I changed into my suit in the parking lot in my truck, and in my first 10 seconds in the building I just about bumped into Khabibulin.” During the season, Kelly will continue his studies at Royal Roads online. sports@vicnews.com

Did you know? ■ Despite the club lacking in the NHL win column, there has been plenty to keep the Oilers’ communications team busy. A few weeks ago they tweeted the “Frankenstein” picture of Oilers forward Taylor Hall, who needed 30 stitches to close the gash in his forehead suffered by a skate cut during pregame warmup. ■ That video went viral with minutes, and earned national attention. As did Sam Gagner when he tied Wayne Gretzky and Paul Coffey with the most points by an Oiler in a game, with eight versus the Chicago Blackhawks on Feb. 2.

Soccer player Jaclyn Sawicki of the University of Victoria is going to the U20 World Cup qualifier in Panama. Sawicki, a second-year midfielder, will join Team Canada for a pre-tournament camp from Feb. 13 to 27 in Costa Rica before playing in the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship in Panama, Feb. 27 to March 11. “Any time you an get an opportunity to play with the national team says a lot about who you are as a soccer player and what your abilities are like,” said Vikes head coach Tracy David. “You never know when an opportunity like this may arise again, so when you’re there you have to show your stuff.” Sawicki was the Vikes 2010-11 rookie of the year and was named as a second-team CIS All-Canadian and first-time Canada West all-star this year. She also earned two caps playing with the senior national team on their fall tour in the U.S. She’s the only CIS player on the U20 roster, otherwise made up of Canadians playing in the NCAA. “Certainly, in the past, players have been encouraged to attend university in the states but this shows young players they do not have to go south of the border to play,” David said. “You can stay at home and have a good career here and play for the national team.” Since 2004, Canada has won two CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championships (2004 and 2008). sports@vicnews.com

Whitfield wins duel in Nanaimo Simon Whitfield showed he’s not letting go of his competitive edge, winning the Cedar 12K in Nanaimo on Sunday. Whitfield won the second event of the Island Race Series with a time of 37 minutes and 36 seconds, just two seconds ahead of James Lander. Based out of Esquimalt, Lander is no slouch. He’s a pro marathoner who was part of the elite group that raced among 449 of the Island’s most faithful runners. Whitfield and Lander were neck-and-neck for the entire race with Whitfield pulling ahead in a thrilling finish. “The race was very hard. (Lander) knows how to hurt and pushed me the whole way,” said Whitfield. “I could tell right away he was going to be very hard to shake, and he kept coming back every time I surged to test him.” Victoria’s Sean Chester finished third overall, while Care Nelson was the first woman at 45:06, just two seconds ahead of Catrin Jones, the 2010

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Victoria Marathon winner. Eight races make up the Island Race Series. The next event is the Hatley Castle 8K on Feb. 19 on the grounds of Royal Roads University, followed by the rescheduled Cobble Hill 10K on Feb. 26. Full race results are available at the Prairie Inn Harriers website, Pih.bc.ca. sports@vicnews.com

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Royals host Everett At last, Sam Grist scores again. The Peninsula product notched just his second career goal in the WHL as his Tri-City Americans defeated the Victoria Royals 6-3 on Saturday. The former Victoria Grizzlies defenceman also tallied an assist. Grist was one of the positives for Victoria hockey fans to take away from the fact the Royals lost both games during their weekend swing through Washington State, including a 6-5 shootout to the Spokane Chiefs on Friday. Gleaning the positives is what being a younger team is all about. Another reason for optimism is the four game goal scoring streak Jamie Crooks is on. Crooks leads the Royals with 29 goals as Victoria host the Everett Silvertips, 7:05 p.m. Wednesday night at SaveOn-Foods Memorial Centre. Grist now has two goals in 102 WHL games. It took him 96 games to get his first goal, which came back on Jan. 14.

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After a run of high scoring, one-sided losses the Victoria Grizzlies plugged the defensive leak on Saturday in a 2-1 loss to the Powell River Kings. Granted the Grizz’ came up short of a win, but the team’s goals against average earned a muchneeded respite after losing 8-5 to the Coquitlam Express on Friday. Former Grizzly Teal Burns, who was also a junior-B Victoria Cougar, returned with the Kings on Saturday. Burns was assigned to the BCHL’s Nanaimo Clippers in January by the WHL’s Everett Silvertips. Nanaimo then traded his rights to Powell River at the deadline, and Burns scored three goals and eight assists in his first nine games.

The Grizzlies play in Coquitlam on Friday (Feb. 10) and Saturday in Port Alberni.

Cougars and Braves in captains duel One-game efforts are great for conversation, which Sam Gagner is finding out, but the true bread and butter of scoring leaders is piling up the multiple point games. It’s how former Saanich Braves player Wade Murphy, now with the Penticton Vees, has climbed to 77 points in 46 games, second overall in B.C. Hockey League scoring (as of Feb. 5). It’s also how Ty Jones of the Saanich Braves has caught Brody Coulter of the Victoria Cougars in what has become a captains’ duel for the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League scoring race. As of Monday each had 68 points, Jones with 33 goals and 35 assists, Coulter with 27 goals and 41 assists. Jones had a late start and has played seven less games. He finally caught and surpassed Coulter with a four point game on Feb. 1. Jones scored twice and added two assists, while Mitch Johnstone scored a hat trick in the Braves 11-0 drubbing of Peninsula Panthers at Pearkes arena. Jones held the torch for just 24 hours, however, as the Braves lost to the Cougars 5-2 in Esquimalt the next night. Jones scored the first goal, one minute and 27 seconds into the game. But the Cougars roared back with two goals by Chris Bannister, and one each from Steve Axford, Connor Stephens, and Graham Zagrodney. Coulter had two assists. The Cougars host the Oceanside Generals Thursday, 7:15 p.m., the Braves host Kerry Park, 6:30 p.m. on Friday. sports@vicnews.com

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OTHER AREAS NAPLES FLORIDA Area! Bank acquired condos only $169,900. Same unit sold for $428,895. Own your brand new condo for pennies on the dollar in warm, sunny SW Florida! Walk to over 20 restaurants/100 shops! Must see. Ask about travel incentives. Call 1-866-959-2825, ext 15. www.coconutpointcondos.com

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ESQ/GORGE, BRIGHT spacious, 2 bdrm grd level, on bus route, laundry, lrg fenced yard, N/S, N/P. $1100 mo incls all utils. Avail now. 250-384-5466 GLANFORD: FEB. 15. 1100 sqft 2 bdrm, quiet/bright. Reno kitch & bdrm closet. w/d, full bath, storage, priv entr., sm yrd, near bus, amens. NS/NP, $1030, ht, h/w, hydro/internet incl’d. Refs. 250-704-0197

COTTAGES SIDNEY CHARMING garden cottage, sea view & beach access on bus route to Sidney & Victoria, close to ferries & airport. Totally renovated, w/beautiful fir floors, 1 bdrm (fits queen or smaller), 1 bath, open kitchen/dining & living area, 4 appls, off street prkg. $1000. NP/NS. Opportunity to garden. Avail March 1. Prefer long term. 250-656-3003.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES SIDNEY- 3 bdrm (behind Thrifty’s) 1 bath. Reno’d. NS/NP. $1375+(250)656-4003

GORDON HEAD Bright, clean 2-bdrm. Near UVic, Camosun & bus route. Laundry. NS/NP. $800. inclds util 250-472-2512 LANGFORD: 1 bdrm, main floor, W/D, NS/NP. $800 incld’s utils. (250)220-8750. LANGFORD. 2-BDRM, in suite laundry, parking, lots of closets. NS/NP. $1100. heat & lights incld. (250)686-4445. LANGFORD (Costco). Bus, shops, school. 2 Bdrm suite, yard, 4 appls, water incl, shared laundry, $1100 + utils. NS/NP. Mar 1. (250)881-2283

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GORDREAU APTS. Suites available. Please call 250-383-5353

SOOKE, 3 bdrm, 4-plex, $750 mo, on bus route, nice deck, yard. Call 250-478-2450.

NEAR GLANFORD- Lower 2 bdrm, W/D, small pet. $950 + hydro. Available now. Equitex 250-386-6071.

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SIDNEY Waterfront- 1 bdrm bachelor. $1000 inclusive. Refs. NP/NS. (250)656-4003. VICTORIA: BRAND new, 2 bdrm, 1 pet ok. fenced yard, N/S. Avail. Mar. 1st. Ref’s req’d. $1485. (250)383-8800.

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CLEANING SERVICES #1 CAREBEAR CLEANING. Earth friendly products. House, office & rental. Senior discount. $25hr. 250-217-5507 ABSOLUTELY CLEAN. Husband & wife team. Power Washing. (778)440-6611. CARING BONDABLE work since 1985. Supplies & vacuum incld’d. Call (250)385-5869 SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning. Affordable, Experienced, Reliable, Efficient. (250)508-1018

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CONTRACTORS CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood floor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877 QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP (BBB) All reno’s, kitchen, bath, custom showers. Anything concrete. 250-658-2656. www.wingfieldcontracting.com

DRAFTING & DESIGN DESIGN FOR PERMIT. w w w. i n t e gra d e s i g n i n c . c o m Call Steven (250) 381-4123.

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BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini excavator & bob cat services. Call 250-478-8858. SEPTIC SYSTEMS. Bobcat Services, Mini Excavator, Full Size Excavator, top soil/gravel. Call 250-474-7384.

FENCING AAA. NO job too small. Fences, decks, installation & repair. References, affordable, experienced. Les (250)880-2002. ALL TYPES of fencing, repairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.

FURNITURE REFINISHING FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & delivery. References available. 250-475-1462.

GARDENING OVERGROWN GARDEN? Cleanups. Pruning roses, fruit tree, hedges. John Kaiser 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397. HIRE-A-HUSBAND, 250-5144829. Specialize in bath/kitchen reno’s and accessibility. Serving Victoria for 23 years.

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IFIX HANDYMAN Services. Household repairs and renovations. Free estimates. Call Denis at 250-634-8086 or email: denisifix@gmail.com SENIOR HANDYMANHousehold repairs. Will assist do-it yourselfers. Fred, 250888-5345.

HAULING AND SALVAGE $20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

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GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS A1 -AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning. Gutter guards, power washing, roof de-mossing, repairs, windows. Package deals! Insured. (250)507-6543.

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HOME REPAIRS HIRE-A-HUSBAND, 250-5144829. Specialize in bath/kitchen reno’s and accessibility. Serving Victoria for 23 years.

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GUTTER CLEANING, repairs, de-mossing. Windows, power washing. 250-478-6323.

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter cleaning, repairs, upgrades & maintenance. WCB, Free est. 250-881-2440.

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DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning. Windows, Gutters, Sweeping Roofs, Pressure Washing, Roof Demossing. Call 250361-6190.

SUMMIT SERVICES. Total property services. Including certified Irrigation & Landscaping, Site Maintenance inside and out. See what everyone is talking about! 250-883-1041. james@summitirrigation.ca

FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.

GLEAMING WINDOWS Gutters+De-moss, Pwr Wash. 18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.

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NORM’S PAINTING- 15% offQuality work. Reliable. Refs. 25 yr exp. 250-478-0347.

FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.

SHORELINE ROOFING. Reroofing specialist. WCB/BBB member. Quality & satisfaction guaranteed. 250-413-7967. shorelineroofing@shaw.ca

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A1. SHAWN The Tile GuyRes/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos. 250-686-6046

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M&S OXFORD Home/Commercial Reno’s & Painting. Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hardwood and Trim. 25 yrs exp. Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.

DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.

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ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d & Professional. Chimneys, Brick Veneer, Rockwork, Cultured Stone, Interlocking Paving. Fully insured. Estimates. Call 250-588-9471 - 250-882-5181

FREE ESTIMATES. Reasonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

NORM’S WINDOW cleaning & gutters. Reasonable rates. 250-590-2929, 250-812-3213.

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