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estimate to help restore the cemetery, but in tight financial times, nothing is set in stone. The heritage commission has $4,500 in a maintenance fund for the site. “At this point in time (money) is included in the budget and we plan to get those repairs done this year,� said Colwood Coun. Cynthia Day. “As soon as the budget is approved we would contact the contractor to get the works underway.�
Randall Garrison, Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca MP, wants a day on the links to be a business write off. On Friday the rookie NDP MP introduced a private member’s bill that adds golf to the list of activities that can be deducted as a business expense. If bowling or attending NHL games can be used as a business expense, Garrison argues golfing should be too. “There are 10 golf courses in my riding. More than 1,000 people are employed by golf courses here,� Garrison said, noting more than one-third of those employees are students. If the bill is passed, Garrison said it will help create more jobs on the West Shore and help the economy. In the past golf was an activity that could be written off, but it was removed with yachting and hunting, Garrison said. “At that time it was only something the rich would do.� Times have changed and Garrison said golfing is the largest participatory sport in Canada. “More people golf than play hockey or any other sport in Canada.� “I think this is excellent, if passed it will really help the golf industry,� said Randy Frank, general manager of Olympic View golf course. Frank said golfing is an ideal activity for business connections. “You are out there for four hours in a peaceful environment with no interruptions,� he said.
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William Silvester, with the Colwood Heritage Commission looks on from behind a gravestone that has broken off on the top and leaning over after years of neglect. Colwood hopes to begin restoration this year.
Graves crumble at pioneer cemetery Colwood mulls restoration of historic site Arnold Lim News Staff
Wale, Kelly, Wishart and Peatt. These are not just familiar roads stretching over miles on the West Shore. The names, synonymous with Colwood’s history, are also covered in dense moss, amid cracked ledgers and
broken monuments. With a history stretching back more than 100 years, grave sites of many families in the Colwood Pioneer Cemetery are badly in need of repair and restoration. “They are pioneers, the first people who lived in this area,� said William Silvester of the Colwood heritage commission. “It is important that people know where they came from, it gives them a better idea of why they are the way they are, and gives them better ideas for the future.� On land originally donated
by Alfred Thomas Peatt in the 1800s, the ailing cemetery is now in the hands of the City of Colwood, which reviews its spending budget March 6 and 7 at committee of the whole meetings. The last restoration work on the Glencairn Lane cemetery was completed in 1993, but Silvester called the minor repairs a “Band-Aid.� He said money simply hasn’t been made available for restoration work over the past decades. Colwood intends to fund the difference from the $9,200 work
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Kidnapping suspect remains behind bars
A bail hearing was again delayed for a man accused of kidnapping and prostituting a 16-year-old girl online. Stephen Charlie, 22, is facing charges related to forcing the girl into prostitution, using threats to live off the avails of prostitution, extortion, assault and kidnapping. The indictment document alleges Charlie forced the girl into a life of prostitution and sold her on the Internet, and then lived off the avails of that prostitution from October 2010 to July 2011. It also alleges he kidnapped and assaulted the girl on or around Nov. 22, 2010. Around the same date, he is charged with extortion of a man, who like the teen, can’t be named. The indictment indicates the alleged crimes took place in or near Victoria, although the West Shore RCMP say they took place on the West Shore. He was charged on Jan. 19 after a year-long investigation led by West Shore RCMP. Charlie also faces unrelated charges involving breaking and entering, assault and robbery in Victoria last May. A hearing last Thursday was held over for two weeks. Charlie remains in custody at Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre and will appear by video in Western Communities Courthouse on March 8, 10 a.m., possibly for a bail hearing.
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Saanich and View Royal are hosting an open house for the design of the new Craigflower bridge and upgraded Admirals Road project. The project team is presenting an overview of the final design concept, as well as a draft detour route for traffic during the six month construction and closure of Admirals Road from Island Highway to Gorge Road. People can give feedback to engineers and municipal councillors. The open house is Wednesday, Feb. 22, 3 to 7:30 p.m. at View Royal town hall, at 45 View Royal Ave.
Langford assistant fire chief Kerry Zado straps a neck brace to Belmont student Ashlie Cook during a car crash demo at Victoria General Hospital. Grade 10 students were given a first-hand look at the hospital’s trauma centre as part of a program to encourage safe driving. Edward Hill/News staff
Belmont students join the ‘party’ Teens get close look at VGH trauma ward Edward Hill News staff
From the groans and squirms from the young audience, it was probably the pulpy, shredded faces of two women that drove the message home. On the big screen in the lecture hall at Victoria General Hospital, Dr. Rod McFadyen laid out the realities of what happens to a body in a car crash, and the journey that body makes from the crumpled vehicle to the operating room. Perhaps the more intense portion of the PARTY program, 90 Grade 10 students from Belmont secondary, all who have or are on the verge of getting a learners permit to drive, witnessed the harsh outcomes of making poor choices while behind the wheel. “I’ve had far too many conversations with people your age with preventable traumatic injuries as a result of bad decision making,” McFadyen, an ER doctor for 30 years, told the teens. “I’ve had lot of conversations with parents breaking the ultimate bad news.” As Vancouver Island’s primary trauma centre, McFadyen pointed out that if you get in a bad car crash, chances are he would see you in the ER. He walked the kids through the stats: car crashes are the No. 1 killer of teens and young adults in B.C. and that new drivers
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are five times more likely to be involved in a crash. Faces of past Belmont students who perished in a car crash also flashed on the screen, as did NHL hockey player Dan Snyder, who died after his friend and teammate Dany Heatley crashed his car after speeding. The doctor noted auto collisions involve three crashes — the vehicle, the body inside the vehicle and internal organs moving through the chest cavity, such as when a chest slams into a steering wheel. “The idea isn’t to gross you out, but is about making you aware of the consequences of decisions,” McFadyen said. “I ask you, please don’t come see me at work — unless you are a medical trainee.” The kids had a tour of the trauma ward, including in the operating room, and talks on the graduated licensing program from West Shore RCMP, vehicle extraction from a Langford firefighter, people living with brain injuries. They experienced “drunk” driving in a driving simulator, complete with visual impairment goggles, from Drive Wise driver training. Belmont student Ashlie Cook, 15, said the PARTY program should make her peers reflect on consequences of choices, as they enter their driving years, although she suspects some will still make bad decisions. “It might not stop (bad decisions), but people will think about it,” she said. “Seeing pictures of people going through windshields should change how people think.” Louise Gill, a trauma nurse at VGH and the organizer for the PARTY program (prevent trauma and risk-related trauma in youth), said it’s critical to get teens thinking about
making wise choices, and taking “smart risks.” The volunteer-run PARTY program, at VGH since 2007, traditionally focused on outcomes from drinking and driving, but these days looks at cellphone use as well. “You are 23 times more likely to get into a crash if you are texting. It’s worse than drinking and driving, which is seven times more likely,” Gill said. “But texting is what teens do.” Gill pointed out a study released last year shows this kind of intensive seminar hits home with youth. A March 2011 study in the Journal of Trauma showed that youth who attend the PARTY program are less likely to sustain a traumatic injury, especially females. “The stats show the program is making a difference,” Gill said. “We are seeing fewer and fewer youth come through the trauma centre here.” Using a smashed car as a prop in the hospital parking lot, Langford assistant fire chief Kerry Zado described the process of extracting injured people. A new volunteer to the program, Zado offered his own advice to the kids on how to get a erratic or drunk friend to stop a vehicle. “Do not ever get in with a drunk driver. If your friend is not driving responsibly, get out of the car,” he said. “But how do you get out? Hold your mouth and say you are going to puke.” “I think this is a very worthwhile program,” Zado said later on. “It has shock value. You’ve got to show kids exactly what happens what you might go through if you get in a car with a drunk driver.”
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Jeff Calderwood, of National Golf Course Owners Association Canada, Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca MP Randall Garrison and Randy Frank, of Olympic View golf course are all hoping to see golf as a business expense. Garrison has introduced a private member bill to make it happen.
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Jeff Calderwood, chief executive officer of the National Golf Course Owners Association Canada, is thrilled by the bill. “Arguably there is no better way to entertain a client than at a golf course,” Calderwood said. Not being able to write off a round of golf has hurt the industry, he said. “If you are business person, you don’t want to take
a client to a place that you can’t write off. The income tax act is not supposed to be penalizing any industry.” While at this point Garrison, who doesn’t golf, has introduced his bill and hopes it moves quickly through Parliament. “It could be voted in within the year, but the minister of finance could put it in his budget this month if he wanted to,” Garrison said.
Supportive of the project and cautiously optimistic, Day hopes restoration could start as early as April, but that will be dependent on budget allocations. The cemetery may be repaired in order of importance if money isn’t there in full. “The cemetery is one of the most beautiful places in Colwood,” Day said. “Shortly it will be a great place to take photographs, it is very peaceful and it has lots of heritage.” In the meantime, the former site of a Presbyterian church sits, with green moss covering many of the grave sites, some of which are unmarked, cracking or rotting away. “Everyone in there has had their story, family and hopes and dreams. It is humbling to go there and see all these people that came before and it is almost forgotten now,” Silvester said. “The people in there are at the beginning of our history and it is good to remember them.” editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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First perfect game bowled at Langford Lanes in a couple months. He upgraded it to 10 carat gold with a diamond. “Most bowlers will go their entire lifetime without bowling a perfect game,” said Su Brock, league and tournament manager at Langford Lanes and Xcalibur Bowling Centre in Surrey. On average, bowling centres will see about a handful of perfect games each year, Brock explained. Last year Xcalibur only had one perfect game, but this season since September, the Surrey facility has had nine perfect games. For Durika, bowling the first perfect game at the Langford Lanes means he will be first bowler added to its wall of fame. The notariety from the 300 game has been a bit overwhelming for the humble man, who just wanted a ring. He noted his first game of the
After 12 strikes at Langford Lanes in January, John Durika, is the first person to bowl at perfect game at the new bowling centre. Charla Huber/News staff
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Sidney bowler John Durika is engaged to be married, but there is another ring he’s been waiting for his whole life — his perfect game ring. The Canadian Tenpin Federation offers one lifetime award to each of its members, the coveted is the 300 ring. “This is my first perfect game, I didn’t expect it,” Durika said.
On Jan. 29 during league play at Langford Lanes, Durika bowled 12 crashing strikes in a row finishing with a score of 300. After the first few strikes Durika figured he wouldn’t keep it up. “I kept thinking it’s over, but then on the ninth frame it started to kick in,” he said. “I just started focusing on the lane and ignored everyone else. It was just me and the pins. On
the 11th strike I didn’t see anyone else.” The lanes were full for the Sunday night Weekender’s league. After he successfully knocked down all 10 pins in his twelfth frame, that’s when the bowling centre erupted with clapping and congratulations. The first thing out his mouth was, “I got my ring.” Durika has ordered his ring and should have it on his finger
night he finished with a score of 160. “I couldn’t strike, I couldn’t do anything,” he said. While warming up he was chewing gum and doing well. He spit the gum out for the first game and decided he needed some more gum for the second. He asked his father for some more gum, and then played a perfect game. He thinks the 300 score was a mix of talent and gum. Either way, he’s accomplished a lifelong goal. Durika, 45, started bowling when he was 10 living in Connecticut. After moving to Greater Victoria in the late 1990s he joined a league at Mayfair Lanes. In between Mayfair Lanes closing in 2006 and Langford Lanes opening, “I basically went on vacation,” Durika said. reporter@goldstreamgazette.com
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Munching on pizza and slurping sodas, Chinese teenagers listened, as patiently as teenagers can, to Royal Roads University’s pitch. The Colwood campus was the last stop for the 165 students’ cross country tour of Canadian universities last week. RRU president Allan Cahoon highlighted the benefits of the specialized university with the iconic castle, as part of an ongoing campaign to woo foreign students. This particular bunch attends Concord College of Sino-Canada, a group of academic schools that blend Canadian and Chinese curriculum. RRU signed a number of exchange and education agreements with Chinese colleges and universities in 2010. “We hope some of them chose Royal Roads as their destination for an undergraduate degree,� said RRU vice-president Cyndi McLeod. “These are outstanding students academically. It would be very, very fortunate for Royal Roads to attract students from that group of colleges.� The university is actively recruiting students from abroad, as it expands its undergraduate
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Royal Roads vice-president Cyndi McLeod hopes to draw hundreds of foreign students into on-campus degree programs. degree programs. Over the next five years, RRU wants 1,400 students studying at the campus, including hundreds of foreign students. “In the last year and a half we went from no international students to just under 200 on campus,� McLeod said. “This growth and diversity of students will have a positive impact on local economies, especially in Colwood and Langford.� As part of a strategy to house these students, last fall the university issued a request for expressions of interest around a plan to build a series of residence buildings on the upper campus, near Sooke Road, called the Uplands Village. Thirty companies responded to the concept, which has been narrowed to seven “tangible� proposals. Cahoon hopes to chose one partner organization within a few months. The key terms of any partnership would be the outside organization coming up with enough capital to
build four-storey, 100-unit student residences. After building its new Learning and Innovation Centre and under the current spending climate, Cahoon doubts the province would fund residencies at RRU. “We need creative approaches to the proposition. (RRU) is not able to borrow to build the residences,� Cahoon said. “The financial climate of the government is a major challenge. The government has no funds for capital improvements.� Cahoon noted the Capital City Centre development at Colwood Corners will eventually offer incoming students a place to live, but he expects many foreign students will want to live on campus. “Many first year students who don’t know anyone will probably want to live on campus or a homestay,� he said. “I’m optimistic about this project. I’m hoping in the next few months to clarify a partner.�
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Keep pets out of Elk-Beaver lake, warns CRD Kyle Slavin News staff
People and their pets are being advised to stay out of the waters at Elk and Beaver lakes after blue-green algae, also known as pond scum, was discovered. The Capital Regional District first became alerted to the visible blue-green sheen near the Elk Lake boathouse on Feb 11. Water quality tests last week confirmed the presence of the toxic bacterial algae. “We do want to let park
visitors know that they and their pets can become sick from ingesting the water,” said Janette Loveys, manager of park operations with CRD Parks. Loveys said blue-green algae blooms on Elk Lake are not a new occurrence — a number of them appeared on the lake at this time in 2009. Even once the algae naturally disappears, the water will remain a health concern for park users and their pets for at least another two weeks. According to Health Canada, blue-green algae usually forms
in “shallow, warm, slow-moving or still water.” Human health concerns regarding ingested blue-green algae include headaches, fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Health Canada says animals can get extremely sick or die, as a result of ingesting blue-green algae. Advisory signs are posted around the lake with information about the health concerns, and Loveys advises that park users check for the most current information on the quality of the lake water.
B.C. Hydro rates rising due to debt Tom Fletcher Black Press
The B.C. Utilities Commission has approved an extra 2.5 per cent interim increase in B.C. Hydro rates, which means a seven per cent increase in electricity bills starting April 1. The commission’s decision is a setback for the B.C. government, which conducted a costcutting review of BC Hydro last year that cut 700 jobs to bring the 2012 rate increase down
below four per cent. The decision is still an interim rate increase. B.C. Hydro can argue for a reduction, which would result in a rebate on electricity bills if it is granted by the commission later this year. The commission ruled that the latest 2.5 per cent increase, about $5 a month on the average residential bill, is needed to pay down B.C. Hydro’s ballooning deferred debt, which was identified in October by B.C. Auditor General John Doyle.
Doyle reviewed BC Hydro’s books and found that as of March 2011, $2.2 billion of the utility’s debt was placed in deferral accounts. Deferred expenses were forecast to grow to $5 billion by 2017. NDP energy critic John Horgan said the auditor’s report showed the B.C. Liberal government was using BC Hydro as an “ATM machine,” collecting $463 million in revenue last year and forcing the utility to pile up debt to do it.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is given that all persons who believe that their interest in property may be affected by proposed Bylaw No. 336 will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the proposed Bylaw at a Public Hearing to be held at the School House, 1589 Millstream Road, Highlands, BC on Monday, March 5, 2012 commencing at 7:00 p.m. The lands that are the subject of the proposed bylaw comprise approximately 4.21 hectares (10.4 acres) and are described as a part of South ½ of Section 14, Highland District, Except Parcel B (DD 32752I) and Except Parts in Plans 8758, 22965, 40257 and 2812 RW (part of 1786 Millstream Road) and are shown shaded as “Proposed Public 2 Zone” on Map 1. Map 1
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“Highlands Zoning Bylaw, 1998, Amendment No. 32, (Public 2 Zone - (Portion of 1786 Millstream Road)) Bylaw No. 336, 2012” General Purpose: Bylaw No. 336 rezones the subject land from Amenity 1 Zone (Am1) to Public 2 Zone (P2), an existing zone in the Highlands Zoning Bylaw that has permitted uses of Assembly, Community Hall, Fire Hall, Municipal Hall, School, Recreation Facility, and Non-motorized outdoor recreation. The total floor area of all buildings on a lot in the P2 zone may not exceed 600 square metres (6,460 square feet). The District of Highlands proposes to build a community hall on the subject land. For any person wishing more detailed information, the proposed Bylaw and other related material may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday excluding holidays, from Tuesday, February 14, 2012 to Monday, March 5, 2012 at the District of Highlands Municipal Office located at 1980 Millstream Road, Victoria, BC V9B 6H1. You can mail or deliver your comments on this Bylaw to the Municipal Office or by fax to 250-474-3677, or email to LBeckett@highlands.ca to be received prior to 12 p.m. on the day of the public hearing. Please note that all correspondence submitted to the District of Highlands in response to this Notice will form part of the public record and will be published in a meeting agenda when this matter is before the Council or a Committee of Council. This includes being published on the District’s website. The District considers the author’s address relevant to Council’s consideration of this matter and will disclose this personal information. The author’s phone number and email address are not relevant and should not be included in the correspondence if the author does not wish this personal information disclosed. For convenience only, some of the documents may be viewed on the District’s website at: www.highlands.ca C.D. Coates, Chief Administrative Officer
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he man at the front of the race to replace the late Jack Layton as leader of the Opposition New Democrats in Ottawa was in town Sunday. Thomas Mulcair, the MP and NDP deputy leader from Outremont, Que., dropped by the University of Victoria for an informal gathering consisting mainly of party faithful from Vancouver Island. Mulcair, anointed as Layton’s Quebec lieutenant several years back, is largely unknown to people in this area. But with two of the region’s three MPs flying the orange of the NDP – they represent two-thirds of the region’s residents – wooing party members in Greater Victoria becomes important for any NDP leadership hopeful, especially those based thousands of kilometres away. Skeena-Bulkley Valley (B.C.) MP Nathan Cullen and Manitoba MP Niki Ashton are both considered longshots to win the leadership. The frontrunners in this race are all from Ontario or Quebec. True, Layton was from Toronto. But he developed a special kinship with voters on this coast, having visited here often before and during the leadup to the 2011 federal election. None of the current batch of hopefuls can claim such a relationship, but it’s incumbent upon them to at least lay the foundation for one. The big question is after the NDP crowns a new leader March 24, will the West, and specifically the Capital Region, have any more of a voice than it had in the Jack Layton era? If Mulcair were to win, would he focus on keeping the Quebecers happy who switched allegiance from the Bloc to the NDP? Or would he, like Layton in the preOpposition years, try to appeal to a broader base of Canadians, with a federal election at least three years away and the Conservatives holding a firm majority? With the majority of the party’s support still in the east, we’re betting on more trips to Quebec than anywhere else. What do you think? Give us your comments by email: editor@goldstreamgazette.com or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Goldstream News Gazette 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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and becoming MDs. Some nurses ialing 9-1-1 would be a big have already become nurse-pracdecision, so I refrained from titioners. Will ambulance-practitiodoing it. Ambulances are for ners and physiotherapistother people, I thought. practitioners work with Such as victims of heart doctors before year 2030? attacks, suspected A nurse hooked an strokes and car crashes. oxygen-emitting gadget And yet, might 9-1-1 be into my nose, and stuck the right idea? a needle into an arm-vein My insides were in to feed fluid in. Another turmoil from the flu. I nurse took blood for had a slight fever. I fell laboratory tests. A doctor backward and bumped asked: “If you should die, my butt on the floor, makwhat do you want us to ing a large bruise which G.E. Mortimore do? Trying to revive you is looked in the mirror as our fall-back strategy.” though it might create a Think About It I won’t disclose my new trend in art if hung answer, but the question as a painting in a frame. made me think about Fluffy, my Six days passed. I ate only a few long-haired black cat friend with the shreds of food, and I couldn’t walk; tufted eartips. Fluffy was a senior my legs folded like chunks of wet cat — maybe older in cat-time than spaghetti. My son Michael consulted the help-line nurse and called I am in human-time — dehydrated like me but never refreshed with 9-1-1. intravenous. “What took you so long?” a paraHe was alert and nimble, jumpmedic asked as he and a colleague ing up on a chair to be combed, checked vital signs and loaded me in a stretcher and carried me up the reclining on the legs of a half-asleep or book-reading person, a typical steps to the ambulance. contrarian cat — until he fell ill with That was how I came to enter Victoria General Hospital, stay there cancer and died in pain. I postponed having Fluffy “put for three weeks, and emerge with to sleep” until it was too late, so I strengthened respect and gratitude felt guilty about the doctor’s tough for the public health-care system. question. I visualized my remainRespect extended to all healthing cat, the elderly orange coloured care professionals, from doctors to Persian, Simba, sharing a bed in a privatized cleaning workers. blended veterinary hospital and In my emergency-ward dayhuman emergency ward. dreams I imagined paramedics Simba would like to bask on going through medical school and the warm blanket which someone hospital residence, continuing to work part-time in ambulance crews, brought me. Pet therapy seemed to
be the only healing strategy lacking in a place where all diagnostics and remedies were gathered together under one roof for same-day service: X-ray, pharmacy, laboratories, physiotherapy — the works. I benefited from all that, as I moved from emergency to beds in wards where friendly nurses identified themselves, writing their names and each day’s activity target on whiteboards: 6 North, then 5 South, the rehabilitation place where staffers encourage patients to dress each day, take physical and mental exercise with walker gadgets and stationary bikes, preparing to return to the world. At first I left most of my food untouched, then progressed to chowing down every crumb. Tests showed that my mainly vegetarian diet wasn’t giving me enough iron. That was one reason why I got extra-sick when the flu germ struck. We hadn’t been putting together the needed combination of vegetables. Hence the iron in the intravenous, and iron pills after the IV came out. I hate slaughterhouses, but I’m back part time on meaty stuff, thanks to hospital food, which I found tasty. The hospital is a good model for the preventive and healing community, but it can’t solve all our problems. Now I’m back with cat Simba, regaining some lost muscle. Thanks, Victoria General. gemort@pacificcoast.net —G.E. Mortimore is a Langfordbased writer and a regular columnist.
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towards residential care. We deserve a competent government that makes life easier for citizens, not harder.
are facing increased fees and the he spring sitting of the Legburden of the HST. islature is now underway, For the third year in and the 2012 buda row, the province has get will be tabled this hiked MSP premiums, week. and this time they're up I will be watching by six per cent. closely to see if the ICBC premiums provincial government increased an average will finally pay attention of 2.1 per cent. Over to the many pressures the next three years, facing taxpayers, and B.C. Ferries wants start providing the help to increase fares by that my constituents another 18 per cent on urgently need in so major routes and 37 per many areas. Maurine cent on smaller routes. A just-released B.C. Karagianis B.C. Hydro rates are Stats report says our MLA Report slated to jump another province has the larg17 per cent over the est income gap in the next three years. country, and yet the government Rates for long-term residential continues to deny the problem. It’s time for government to take care have increased by 93 per cent since 2003, and low-income a hard look at the growing gap between the very wealthy and the seniors are now expected to pay up to 80 per cent of their income rest of British Columbians, who
Help for students Ten years of tuition increases and the elimination of grants by the provincial government have made pursuing higher education increasingly difficult, especially for students from low- and middle-income households. Students in British Columbia are saddled with the highest student loan interest rate in the country, on top of rising tuition and an average student debt load of $27,000. Ensuring access to advanced education must be a cornerstone of any economic growth and jobs plan for the province. It’s time for government to step
up and provide support for students to get the credentials they need to enter the economy of tomorrow. A needs-based grant program, financed through reinstating a minimum tax on financial institutions, would help post-secondary students. Restoring grants is key to improving accessibility, supporting young people and building a more prosperous economic future.
Justice not served There’s a deepening crisis in B.C.’s court system, and addressing the massive court delays in this province should be a priority. The government has a responsibility to ensure criminals get prosecuted in a timely way and the public has the resources necessary to access justice.
Right now, the number of cases on the edge of being thrown out because of unreasonable delays sits at more than 2,500. Yet the Criminal Justice Branch has been told by the government to cut $6 million from its spending this year, and the legal aid budget has been slashed by more than a third. It’s all a result of extensive cuts made to the justice system over the last 10 years. The Opposition is calling on the government to fill court vacancies, use community courts more frequently, and explore ways legal aid can be better used to ensure no British Columbian is denied access to justice. maurine.karagianis.mla@leg.bc.ca —Maurine Karagianis (NDP) is the MLA for Esquimalt-Royal Roads.
LETTERS Fed spending priorities consistent It’s indeed comforting to know that the feds remain consistent in one way or another. Certainly spending habits appear unchanged. Debatable outlays: jails and jets. Paying consultants large amounts of money for help to trim costs, such as civil service salaries/benefits, staff spending perhaps. There is also mumbling about MP golden pensions. Hopefully some of the cuts will actually occur, provide some funds to soften the blow of the upcoming recession for Canadian taxpayers. And then we have our glorious submarines, those lemons bought from the Brits who no doubt were laughing all the way to their bank. All four are now decommissioned. Adding up purchase outlay, refits, repairs and whatever else, anyone want to take a wild guess at the total tab, somewhere in the multiple millions? I can’t help wondering how many ninnies took a peek at that project before approving the original transaction. Don Wilkes Langford
If you buy, don’t complain I keep hearing about corporations’ high wages, benefits and pensions. If you did not buy their products or watch professional sports these people would not be paid these extravagant salaries. The public sector is different. We are forced to pay taxes, therefore we have a say in how much they should be paid and what their benefits should be. Go out in the world start a business if you think you are worth more.
You might surprise yourself, you might find that you can be a lot happier than you obviously are. Mike Elbourne View Royal
Burning a nuisance, health hazard Langford needs to deal with nuisances. I would like to add another item to the list, and that is backyard burning. Smoke is health hazard, among other things I don’t know why Langford carries on, as several places have banned it. I have written several letters on this topic to council. Ross Butterfield Langford
Lawful Access bill derails the rights Despite being very outspoken on the question of crime, Prime Minister Stephen Harper seems far from eager to discuss the legislation he’s promised to pass within 100 days of taking office — legislation that will allow online spying without a warrant. Are we now living in a country where a warrantless range of options by the government has the ability to invade our private lives? Privacy commissioners across Canada have voiced their concerns about this legislation but, as usual, the PM and his Justice Minister ignore the will of experts and the people. If Canadians care about their online privacy, they should take the time to let Harper know this is not the way Canadians do business. Chris Ash Victoria
Electronic spying laws misguided There are many problems with this online spying legislation. It will slow our electronic economy down far below those of our G8 and G20 partners. It will be very costly to set up, and once set up will be equally costly to maintain. Increased taxes are the only way to offset these costs as the monitoring scheme itself will generate no revenue. By allowing the authorities to intercept the electronic traffic of any Canadian citizen, it essentially presupposes guilt on the part of the defendant — something that undermines the fabric of our justice system in a way that democracies have not yet seen. It eliminates the need for “reasonable cause” on the part of the authorities to whom these sweeping and invasive powers will be granted at the same time as it removes the decision from a judge who determines whether a warrant for observation is, well, warranted. There is no evidence that this legislation is needed. If enacted, it will hurt individual Canadians as much as it will hurt Canada as a whole. Please encourage your readers to go to www.stopspying.ca for more information on this issue, as well as to let Mr. Harper know that this legislation is unnecessary and unwanted. John Goring Victoria
Lawful access act disgusting The proposed legislation that Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has brought to Parliament that will allow warrantless wiretapping of law abiding citizens is abso-
lutely disgusting, beyond the pale and smacks of fascism. The fact that he has compared opposers of the bill to sympathizers of pedophiles and child molesters is unconscionable in the extreme. The right to privacy is in our constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms and this is an attack on our fundamental rights as Canadians. True patriots must stop this invasive and totalitarian nonsense before these traitors ruin our nation. Freedom of speech and privacy is our birthright as Canadians and no amount of smearing of the populace will stop that. To slide this rubbish into law under the guise of child protection is so utterly deceitful and slimy it boggles the mind. My grandfathers fought against this kind of fascism and are rolling in their graves. Gary Parker Victoria
Access bill upends charter of rights The proposed bill would allow for unwarranted gathering of information on Canadian citizens (a practice that is currently illegal based on our Charter of Rights and Freedoms). Under no circumstances is it now or will it ever be OK to collect information on anyone here in Canada without a warrant. Just the fact that our government is willing to allow this piece of legislation to pass goes directly against the nature of our legal rights as expressed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. (Section 8 reads: Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.) Correct me if I’m wrong but there are no reasons that our long-standing legal right to privacy should not apply to intel-
lectual properties of either individuals or the web-based corporations to which said intellectual property was signed over to. If this bill passes it will be the beginning of a steady decline in personal freedoms. I love Canada because we have freedom of expression, as demonstrated by this letter. I can assure you if the government was listening right now I would likely not be very comfortable writing this letter as it proves that I am against a government policy. Fortunately we are not yet as loose in defining a domestic terrorist as certain U.S. legislation has been, however if we were I would be a terrorist just for writing this. I don’t want that, you don’t want that. Lets take control of our country while we still can. This is the first step towards a Patriot Act. Orion Sawchuk Victoria
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Colwood teen chef wins top honours Natalie North News staff
Pork loin, Tabasco sauce, half an hour and less than two metres of counter space. Throw in some forethought and nerves of steel from 17-year-old chef Amanda St. Pierre and the result was a hazelnut crusted pork chop with vanilla yam purée, a seared potato ring, shredded brussels sprouts with pancetta, electric blackberry beurre blanc and chipotle tobasco sauce. The gourmet creation — prepared Jan. 29 during the B.C. Food Service Expo’s Hot Competition Live at the Vancouver Convention Centre — earned the Colwood teen and Spectrum Community School student a silver medal in the Junior Chef Challenge. “I was fine until they said ‘set’ and then I was freaking out,” said St. Pierre, one of four students participating in a pilot project offered through Camosun College. The course is taken online and offers a professional cooking apprenticeship. St. Pierre, also a third cook at Bear Mountain resort, was the only student from Greater Victoria at the Iron Chef-style challenge in Vancouver. It was an intense situation and, with her high school teacher watching, the Grade 12 student finished 20 seconds under the allotted time. “It was pretty inspiring,” said Spectrum culinary arts teacher Lauri Humeniuk, noting St. Pierre’s plate presentation and timing. “I was definitely proud
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Amanda St. Pierre, a Colwood resident and Grade 12 Spectrum culinary arts student won a Jan. 29 culinary arts competition in Vancouver. of her. It’s a real pressure cooker and she did really well.” Cafeteria manager Michelle Darling commends St. Pierre on her ability to stay focused — a trait many of her high school counterparts had yet to fully develop. “She gets it,” Darling said. “It’s really hard to find someone this young with this level of commitment.” Culinary arts students at Spectrum receive a year of full-time experience between Grades 11 and 12 while prepar-
ing two meals a day and catering school and community events. Senior students such as St. Pierre have the opportunity to work toward a Professional Cook (PC) Level 1 certification and apply to postsecondary cooking programs as secondyear students. “It’s just something I’ve always enjoyed doing,” said St. Pierre, who also helps her instructors teach younger students. “I have strong emotions and I cook to relieve stress.”
Doughnuts during coffee run attract police Kyle Slavin News staff
They’re not the kind of doughnuts you’d usually associate with the cops, but Saanich police officers patrolling near Tillicum Centre on were drawn to the less edible kind. Around 9:15 a.m. on Feb. 15, two bike
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members in uniform, who told police they borrowed a friend’s vehicle to make a coffee run. The driver was issued a $196 for driving without consideration, and the vehicle was impounded. Military police escorted the men back to the Esquimalt naval base. editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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Mission accomplished for HMCS Vancouver Erin McCracken News staff
When a lookout onboard HMCS Vancouver spotted a strange object bobbing in the waves of the Mediterranean Sea during the height of the Libyan conflict last fall, little did Petty Officer 2nd Class Duane Gall realize it would put his 22 years on the job to the ultimate test. The warship was deployed to the region last July to work alongside NATO allies to ensure arms weren’t getting into the war-torn nation. Many of the 250 naval and air force personnel watched history in the making as Libyan skies were lit up by tracer ammunition rounds. The lookout’s alert on Oct. 6 added an element of excitement for Gall, who finally had the chance to put decades of demolitions training to work. The bosun and his team were ordered to destroy an unidentified steel cylinder found floating. It was one metre in diam-
eter, about nine metres long and its purpose will remain a mystery to the crew. The object caused a lot of excitement on board “just because we didn’t know what it was,” the Colwood resident and demolitions team section leader said. “Just because of the way it was in the water, it was a hazard to navigation.” The team waited until 6 a.m. the next morning before constructing their charges from three blocks of C4 plastic explosives. Two small boats headed away from the ship, one carrying a backup safety team and the other with Gall and two fellow bosuns. Meanwhile, HMCS Vancouver headed for safety about three kilometres away. “We had only seen one picture of the object the night before, so (I was) a little excited, a little apprehensive coming up to it, not knowing exactly what I was going to get into,” Gall said. Members of the warship’s boarding party also faced
several unknowns during the deployment. “When we get off the ship, we’re literally our own support,” said navy Lt. Scott Meagher, the officer in charge of the boarding party. “It’s definitely a higherrisk job. The adrenalin is pretty high when we depart to do boardings.” Last fall, the 12-member team boarded three vessels to look over crew identification and other paperwork, inspect any cargo and search for weapons. The team, decked out with ballistic vests, pistols and C8 assault rifles, first boarded a Libyan tug in early September. The three-hour search produced one weapon, kept for self-defence. Under the arms embargo “we were looking for weapons, military-related items such as clothing, ammunition,” said Meagher, a Langford resident. “You leave the comfort of the ship and you go to the unknown every time you board, so there’s a lot of risk involved in board-
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Demolitions team member Able Seaman Lucien Pelletier keeps track of the fuse burn time while he heads to a safe distance during a demolition operation in the Mediterranean Sea. ing,” Meagher said, adding that the stakes were higher in a region impacted by civil war. The team boarded a Singapore gas tanker on Sept. 19, “which literally kind of just showed up out of the blue,” he said. “That one was full of gas that they were actually trying to sell to the Libyans on spec, and the odd thing about that one was nobody in Libya knew they were coming.” The frigate’s crew needed to figure out where the gas was going, “whether it was going to the proGadhafi forces ... or the anti-Gadhafi
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Woman saves pug trapped in icy Beaver Lake Natalie North News staff
It had been an unremarkable jog for Mary Brookes. She ran the 10-kilometre loop around Elk Lake and rounded the bend to the Beaver Lake parking lot. Then she spotted a woman waist-high in the water. It was Jan. 24, and remnants of the previous week’s cold snap still lingered that morning — snow on the ground and ice on the lake’s surface. At first, Brookes assumed the middleaged woman in the distance was practising some form of cold water therapy. As she ran closer, she saw a handful of people were gathered around the woman along with a small dog struggling to keep its head above water about 30
metres from the shoreline. Without so much as a moment’s thought, Brookes — a 44-year-old real estate agent and mother of two young children — ran past the crowd of bundled-up onlookers and plunged into the frozen lake. “People were saying: ‘(The dog owner) can’t swim! She can’t swim!’ And I thought: I can,” Brookes said. “I didn’t really think about it. I just kicked my runners off. It wasn’t even something I had to decide. That’s all I thought: ‘I can swim.’” A former owner of a golden retriever, Brookes remains a dog lover. She was simply not willing to stand there and watch the animal die, she said. Tethered to the group on shore via a rope thrown in her direction, the five-
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was lunging on it to break it.” When she reached the exhausted animal, believed to have been chasing birds prior to falling through the ice, she placed it on her shoulder and struggled to swim back weighted down by her new passenger. She called for a tug. Between her efforts and those at the other end of the rope, Brookes landed back on the beach after nearly 15 minutes in the water. Cold, cut and bruised, but without major injuries and in desperate need of a hot shower, Brookes assured the ambulance attendants who had arrived on the scene of her health and drove to her nearby home. “All I kept thinking is: ‘Thank God I’m fit’ because when I got back, I was pooped.” Maggie the pug received veterinarian care following the incident and is believed to be in good health. Her owners declined to be interviewed for this story. Brookes doesn’t see her actions as particularly risky or outside what anyone would do in the situation. Still, her efforts were heroic enough for one of her friends to call the newspaper. “She’s a lovely lady and she has such a passion for life,” said Andrea Volnik, who contacted the Saanich News after seeing Brookes’ bruises and hearing the dramatic tale. “Not everyone would have done it and I can’t stop thinking about it. She’s a hero.” editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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Orange you glad you gave a buck Thrifty Foods launches fundraiser for hospitals Roszan Holmen News staff
They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Now, an orange a day can boast a more tangible connection to health. Organic orange farmers Lisle and Mary Lou Babcock choked up at a fundraiser launch event at Thrifty Foods in View Royal last week. “We come from a simple background,” said Lisle, who will tour 20 grocery outlets over 10 days. “We are so blessed by this event … This is not something we’ve ever expected to grow into.” Thirteen hospital foundations across Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland will benefit from their oranges purchased at Thrifty Foods. “The awareness (of the partnership) is such a huge benefit,” said Melanie McKenzie, executive director of the Victoria Hospital Foundation. “When (Thrifty Foods) does their pumpkin campaign, they raise
$30,000 for us, so our hope with this campaign would be more than that; $60,000 or more would be great. We still need heart monitors at the bedside, so this is going to do an awful lot for patient care.” One dollar from the sale of each four-pound bag of Buck Brand Naval Oranges will be donated to the foundation nearest the store of purchase. The California farming couple’s connection to the grocery chain dates back to the mid 1990s. At that time, Thrifty’s took a risk supporting the Babcocks when nobody else would, said Mary Lou. Unlike mainstream orange growers, the Babcocks product was unsprayed, unwaxed, and picked fully ripe for full flavour. Thrifty took a a chance, she said, while slicing up various varieties for sampling. “The risk (was) to invest in us, and then it may not work. It might mildew or it might mould.” Instead, the product was a hit. “Buck Brand oranges is such a big brand for Thrifty Foods,” said president Jim Dores. “We always want to get out in the community, and do what’s right for the community, and it just seems like such a natural fit.” The One Buck at a Time campaign runs until March 13.
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The Friends of Music Society are promoting sound relationships for mental health with a free community concert series. Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. the Haywires play new country and country hits from way back.
Seats take centre stage at arts fundraiser Laura Lavin
for one of my charity groups.” The festivities begin at 5 p.m. and include a champagne reception, a grazing supper, silent and live auctions and concert which begins with the Canadian Scottish Pipes and Drums and the Victoria Symphony playing together. Charman’s wish as he blows out the candles on this year’s cake is for the event to raise $300,000 for the three host organizations. “I grew up as a penniless orphan in England, I was never adopted. In my lonely life, music was a comforting thing,” Charman said of his dedication to making professional music more affordable. The “chair-ity” comes in with unique works of art provided by
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A special “chair-ity” event is being held to mark one of Greater Victoria’s most prominent citizen’s 80th birthday. Philanthropist Eric Charman, who is well-known for supporting the arts, will be fêted at a bash hosted by the Victoria Conservatory of Music, Pacific Opera Victoria and the Victoria Symphony on March 4 at the McPherson Playhouse. “Eric’s greatest passion is music,” said Patrick Corrigan, executive director of Pacific Opera Victoria. “Due in large part to his lifelong work and dedication, Victoria has one of the most vibrant musical scenes in the country – one in which the opera, the symphony and the conservatory have tremendous donor support.” “They wanted to have a dinner to honour me on my 80th birthday, but I’ve been honoured enough,” said Charman. “If they want to tie me up on my birthday, they should have a function like we did for my 60th, 65th, 70th and 75th – on each occasion the party raised funds
Eric Charman, on stage in the Alix Goolden Hall, speaks during the announcement that Pacific Opera Victoria, the Victoria Symphony, and The Victoria Conservatory of Music will host an 80th birthday celebration for him on March 4 at the McPherson Playhouse. Don Denton/News staff
15 B.C. artists who used a chair as their subject. The one-of-a-kind chairs, from hand-painted upholstered chairs to paintings of chairs, will be offered in both silent and live auctions at the gala. “Honouring Eric Charman, who has worked tirelessly for many years on behalf of the Victoria Symphony and all the arts, is one of the most meaningful things that all of us in Victoria can do. The arts in this community owe Eric a debt that can never be repaid,” said Mitchell Krieger, executive director of the Victoria Symphony. “If there is one thing I would want it’s to encourage new people to come,” said Charman. “It will be a great evening, though $250 sounds expensive, you get a tax receipt for $100 and receive a gala performance.” Tickets for Eric Charman’s 80th Birthday Gala are $250. For those wishing to attend only the concert, a limited number of balcony tickets are available for $75. For tickets call 250-382-1641 or charmanbirthday@gmail.com. For more information go to www.pov. bc.ca. llavin@vicnews.com
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Carmen thrills Youth choirs unite for spring Experience 150 voices together as youth choirs collide for Awaken Spring! Chamber choir Vox Humana presents a collaboration with the University of Victoria Chamber Singers, the Victoria Conservatory of Music Chorale, Brentwood College Concert Choir, Pacific Christian School choirs and members of Ensemble Laude, Feb. 25 at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave. The evening will include Eric Whitacre’s Three Songs of Faith and the premiere performance of a new work by Aaron Jensen. Tickets are $15 for adults over 25, $10 for seniors and free for people 25 and under. Find tickets online at voxhumanachoir.ca, in person at Long & McQuade, 756 Hillside Ave. and Ivy’s Bookshop, 2188 Oak Bay Ave., by phone at 250483-4010 or by email at info@voxhumanachoir.ca. nnorth@saanichnews.com
Pacific Opera Victoria is ready to take you to the steamy streets of Seville, where passion awaits and murder will be done. Carmen, one of the world’s most popular operas runs tonight and Feb. 24 and 28 with a matinée Feb. 26, at the Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St. Bad, beguiling, and dangerous to know, Bizet’s heroine exudes life and draws all to her as moths to a flame. When she fixes on Don José as her next (but certainly not her last) lover, the naive but volatile young soldier hasn’t a chance. He is seduced into a life of crime. Tragedy is inevitable.
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opera version was created after Bizet’s death, it is the original version with spoken dialogue that Pacific Opera Victoria is presenting.
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The family and friends of Tristan Taylor hope an upcoming night of hard rock tunes will benefit the 22-year-old Esquimalt resident who is battling cancer. Taylor has neuroblastoma and says he is running out of treatment options. He is trying to raise $100,000 for an alternative therapy at the Byrzynski Clinic in Texas. The cost is not covered by B.C.’s Medical Services Plan. The upcoming fundraiser, featuring local bands Deckard Cain and Sexy Offenders, happens March 10, 7 p.m. to midnight, at the Esquimalt Dockyard branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, 622 Admirals Rd. Ticket holders must be at least 19 years old. Tickets are $10, and are available at the Legion, in advance or at the door. emccracken@vicnews.com
Area Liquid Waste Management Plan is now available for review by the public.
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Of the Core Area Liquid Waste Management Plan commitments for the CRD, 61 of 66 individual commitments for the CRD were met and all five of the shared commitments for the CRD were met.
All of the commitments for the seven municipalities were also met. We are actively working to address the few outstanding commitments in 2012.
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We’d like to know what you think of the audit report. Public feedback is encouraged through February 29, 2012. Copies of the report are available online at www.wastewatermadeclear.ca or in hard-copy at the CRD Fisgard office.
Rio Samaya Band plays for folk
Feedback, comments and submissions can be
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Victoria Folk Music Society hosts the Rio Samaya Band, after open stage, March 4, 7:30 p.m. at Norway House, 1110 Hillside. Tickets $5 at the door.
Sentimental melodies meet Sabbath
Capital Regional District Attention: Dan Telford, Senior Manager, Environmental Engineering
Join Black Valley Gospel for their record launch at the Fort Cafe on March 3. Doors at 7, show at 9:30 p.m. Tickets in advance at the Fort Cafe and Picnic on Fort St.
625 Fisgard Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 2S6
See TED Talks live and local
TEDxVictoria is pleased to announce TEDxVictoriaLive 2012 at the Belfry Arts Centre, 1291 Gladstone Ave., on Feb. 29. Watch a full day of live streaming the TED conference in real time, as it happens in Long Beach, California. There will be four separate sessions to attend, check out the schedule at www.tedxvictoria.com. Tickets for individual sessions are available free at the Belfry box office or on their website (https://tickets.belfry.bc.ca). Although tickets are free, attendees are urged to book only for sessions which they are certain they can attend. Donations will be accepted at the door to help cover venue labour costs.
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Victoria police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a number of pieces of crowdcontrol gear which have gone missing. The items include tear gas canisters, pepper ball guns and ammunition, ARWEN rounds (a hard plastic baton used for crowd dispersal) and several tactical vests. But most worrying to the department is the absence of a Remington shotgun, which police use to fire non-lethal rounds, but which can also fire conventional 12-gauge shells. “This weapon is the source of our greatest concern, and my highest priority to recover,” said Chief Const. Jamie Graham. Graham would not say when the items went missing, nor do police know whether the equipment was stolen or if it has simply been misplaced. All the gear belongs to the department’s crowd management unit, but while some of it is locked away until needed, other items are stored in police vehicles. There are no apparent
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Examples of crowd-control equipment which recently went missing from the Victoria Police Department. signs of theft or break-ins to any we will do everything possible to recover these items and of the vehicles, Graham said. ensure that this doesn’t happen The chief has launched two again.” separate investigations into the Graham added that he matter. knows to whom the items were The VicPD detective division will look into the circumstances assigned, but that it would be surrounding the disappearance, premature to assign blame at this stage of the investigation. while the professional stanThe department warned that dards unit will perform an audit of the internal policies and prac- anyone coming across the gear should refrain from handling tices related to inventory manit, and contact police either by agement. calling 9-1-1 or Crime Stoppers “Clearly this is unacceptable. at 1-800-222-8477. Whether the items were stolen, “The worst scenario possibly improperly disposed of or inadin the world is some youngster vertently misplaced, it is unacgets ahold of one of these items ceptable not to know their curand hurts themselves. We don’t rent disposition. For that I take full responsibility,” said Graham. want that to happen,” Graham said. “I can promise, however, that
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Auditor general blasts B.C. forest management Tom Fletcher Black Press
The B.C. government doesn’t have enough information about its forest management to deal with the longterm results of widespread beetle kill and fires, B.C. Auditor General John Doyle concludes in a report released Thursday. Doyle’s report also criticizes the province’s shift of responsibility for replanting logged Crown land from the ministry to logging companies. Since 2004, logging companies have been responsible for replacement trees until they reach “free growing” height, which takes seven to 20 years depending on species. The audit found the policy tends to reduce species diversity.
“Reforestation is a cost to forest companies, not an investment,” Doyle writes. “In managing their business, forest companies tend to take the least-cost, least-risk approach to meet reforestation regulations, which means planting lowercost, faster-growing species.” Doyle also concluded that the forests ministry has fallen behind in a long-standing commitment to reforest areas damaged by natural disturbances before 1987, when industry first became responsible for replacing harvested areas. Opposition MLAs pressed Forests Minister Steve Thomson in the legislature Thursday. “The ministry is degrading the forest,” said NDP forests critic Norm Macdonald.
BC JoBs Plan: FORESTRY
British Columbia has traditionally been synonymous with forestry and today this industry is still one of the cornerstones of our economy, especially in many rural communities which strongly value and support timber harvesting. With over two-thirds (60 million hectares) of the provincial land mass covered in forest we can count on a healthy industry for many more years. B.C. has more than 110 lumber mills, over 70 with a capacity of more than 40 million board feet per year; 27 veneer, plywood and OSB (oriented strand board) mills, eight pellet mills, 18 pulp mills (six of which are also paper mills) and over 80 other primary processing mills such as chips, shake and shingle, pole, and log manufacturers. The forestry sector has a deep pool of skilled professionals and a highly trained workforce. Altogether the industry employs well over 50,000 well paid employees, often the life-blood of small towns. B.C.’s forest sector is definitely starting to recover from the last decade’s downturn. Since 2009, over two dozen mills have announced they are reopening or adding shifts. The importance of this industry to B.C. is demonstrated by the fact that 40% of the province’s regional economies are based on forestry activities, in more than 7,000 businesses. Western Forest Products include timber harvesting, reforestation, sawmilling logs into lumber and wood chips, and value-added remanufacturing in their product line. The company’s 3,000 employees are an integral part of WFP. They are known for their knowledge of the fibre base, skills in product manufacturing and dedication to customer service as well as their commitment to safety, community and environmental values. It was good news for Ladysmith when the company reopened the mill. 100% of the product generated will be shipped to China. One reason for growth in the industry is the Asian market. International buyers know that B.C. is a stable supplier of high-quality wood products; we can provide timber supply security. This secure supply, coupled with the fact our spruce, pine, fir, hemlock and balsam fibre baskets are among the richest in the world makes B.C. extremely attractive. The B.C. brand of wood products is well estab-
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lished globally with market-leading shares in key countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. B.C. is also looking to be the first major country that deals in softwood lumber to establish its products in the India marketplace. Working with the federal government and industry, the Province has strengthened and diversified the B.C. forest sector by increasing market demand for softwood lumber throughout Asia. The global demand for bio-products from the forest is predicted to reach $200 billion a year. Renewable fuels, plastics, and chemicals for the pharmaceutical and food industries can potentially be manufactured by running wood fibre and residues through bio-refinery. B.C. has taken steps to make it easier for the non-lumber sector to source supplies of lower quality fibre. This includes fibre supply licences to cut to use logging debris that is left behind on landings and roadsides. Taking care of this natural abundance is critical. An amazing statistic is the fact B.C. has planted more than six billion trees since reforestation programs began in the 1930’s, and is on track to plant its seven billionth tree in 2013/14. We plant an average of 200 million trees each year. B.C. produces more wood products certified to environmental standards than any other region in the world and has 53 million hectares certified to one of three internationally recognized sustainable forest management certification standards. Growth now and in the future requires a solid foundation. B.C. created the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations to deal with increasing demands and pressures on the land base by taking a more integrated approach to managing B.C.’s natural resources. BC Hydro launched a two-phase Bioenergy Call for Power. Phase one has helped advance bioenergy development in Kamloops, Castlegar and Prince George, while phase two has done the same for Chetwynd, Fort St. James, Fraser Lake and Merritt. B.C. has also passed the Wood First Act to promote and encourage a cultural shift that will make wood the first choice for construction in the commercial and institutional sectors as well as residential. The future looks very bright for this most iconic of British Columbia industries.
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Salvage logging in Baker Creek watershed west of Quesnel, where 80 per cent of the trees were removed after pine beetle infestation. Thomson replied that the government has invested $236 million in its Forests for Tomorrow program since 2005, when it was set up in response to the pine beetle epidemic in the B.C. Interior. That program calls for 14.5 million seedlings to be planted in 2012-13 and another 21.5 million in 2013-14. Speaking to reporters, Thomson rejected Doyle’s conclusion that the ministry is falling behind in reforestation. But he
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acknowledged that the current estimate of 733,000 hectares “not satisfactorily restocked” is likely to be revised upward once an ongoing update of B.C. forest inventory is complete. “We’re working through the harvesting of the mountain pine beetle,” Thomson said. “What we have to do is make sure that we know where areas are being harvested or not harvested before we go in and do the reforestation work, because
we don’t want to put resources into areas that still need to be available for potential salvage harvesting.” Cariboo North MLA Bob Simpson said the auditor’s findings show why the government does not know whether there is sufficient timber supply in northwestern B.C. to justify the reconstruction of the Burns Lake sawmill that was destroyed by fire in January. editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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Cougars rest for playoff run Victoria Cougars enter playoffs on 15-game win streak Travis Paterson News staff
With a chunk of the team’s core injured and looking on from the stands, the Victoria Cougars still managed to walk through the Campbell River Storm with a 6-1 win at the Archie Browning Sports Centre last Thursday (Feb. 16). Before the game, captain Brody Coulter accepted the Andy Hebenton Trophy on behalf of the Cougars as the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League’s regular season champs — the fourth time the Cougars have finished first in the last six years. There may be some players in the junior and pro hockey worlds with superstitions about touching “lesser” awards along the way to a playoff championship. Coulter isn’t one, gladly picking the Hebenton trophy up before the game. “It’s not the trophy we want. But no, there’s no superstitions.” With a first-round bye, the Cougars will watch the rest of the league start the playoffs this week. It gives the Cougars, including Coulter, who sat Thursday’s game out, a chance to jump into the second round with full health. Coulter, along with fellow Juan de Fuca minor hockey product Rhys Wil-
Wheelin’ on to London Canadian wheelchair rugby player Ian Chan, right, is blocked in by Patrice Dagenais, front left, Mike Whitehead, back left, and Zak Maddl, during the hard-hitting red versus black exhibition game at Pacific Institute of Sports Excellence. The team is holding a three-week training camp at PISE in preparation for the London 2012 Paralympic campaign. Canada won bronze at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. Sharon Tiffin/News staff
liams, Ben Kinshella, Thor Rosback and Trevor Chown, continued “rehabilitation” as on-ice assistants for the Victoria Ice Hawks minor hockey association’s shootout competition, which took place during the intermissions of Thursday’s game. “(The injured players) are probably playoff-ready but there’s no reason to rush them back,” said Cougars coach Mark Van Helvoirt. Even without Coulter, who dropped out of the scoring title race by missing the last two games, the Cougars brought enough intensity to bomb the Storm in front of hundreds of youth hockey players. Chris Bannister scored twice for the Cougars, as Sam Rice, Josh Wyatt, Wade Johnson and Nathan Chen-Mack each scored once in the win. Netminder Evan Roch stopped 34 of 35 shots on net. Last season, the battle for the Hebenton and its right to home advantage throughout the playoffs went down to the wire between the Cougars and Panthers. The Cougars needed until the last game of the season to clinch the top seed. This year, the Cougars clinched firstoverall in mid-January. That created new mental challenges, which the Cougars clearly overcame, ending the season on a 15-game winning streak. “Clinching so early had its disadvantages. We took it one game at a time, like every game is the first game of the playoffs,” Coulter said. Except the playoffs are a different season, Coulter added. And this year there was no foe like the Panthers
were last year. A foe to keep the Cougars razor sharp. “Right now, Saanich (Braves) is probably our biggest rival. (Obviously) playoffs are more physical. We’re a skilled team, but we don’t win without working hard. Saanich is also more of a skilled team. They have good defence and a strong goalie.” The Braves face the Campbell River Storm in the first round of the playoffs. The Cougars ended the regular season in Parksville on Saturday with a 4-2 win over the Oceanside Generals. Josh Wyatt scored twice and Chris Bannister and Colin Minardi each scored once. Bryce Halverson got the win in net with 18 saves.
Jones, Axford draw for scoring trophy All season long it looked like Coulter would take the Island junior B scoring title. When a minor injury kept him out of the last two games, teammate Steve Axford and Braves captain Ty Jones leapfrogged Coulter for the scoring title. The latter two will share the Doug Morton Trophy, Jones with 34 goals, 41 assists for 75 points, and Axford with 25 goals, 50 assists for 75 points. Coulter finishes third with 68 points (27 goals, 41 assists). Braves’ forward Jack Palmer finishes as the top scoring rookie, sixth overall. A linemate of Jones’, Palmer scored 24 goals and 29 assists for 53 points in 37 games.
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Cougars captain Brody Coulter holds the Andy Hebenton Trophy. Coulter is one of many West Shore players on the Victoria Cougars, which boasts a core of Juan de Fuca minor hockey grads.
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Vic to Vernon quite the stretch Gymnasts ready for B.C. Winter Games Travis Paterson News staff
It’s a long bus ride to Vernon, and Victoria’s athletes headed to the B.C. Winter Games are invited to stand up and stretch it out along the way. Luckily for Natalie Louis and Emily Bolink, stretching is their kind of thing. The pair of gymnasts, along with Coral Strugnell, will represent Greater Victoria at the B.C. Winter Games, Feb. 23 to 26. Athletes taking the bus, however, won’t arrive until 2 a.m., late Wednesday (Feb. 22) or early Thursday, depending on how you see it. In the words of one organizer, that means banking as much sleep as possible prior to the marathon bus ride today. “It’s the farthest I’ve ever gone to compete,” said Louis, a 12-year-old from View Royal. “I’ve never really travelled with a whole team. It’s a pretty big deal.” Louis trains at Lions Pride Gymnastics in Langford and is excited about getting together with all 15 Island (Zone 6) gymnast athletes. Most of all, Louis is hoping to match – and improve on – her second-place finish on the uneven bars in the tyro division (age 10 to 11) of last year’s B.C. championships.
Central Saanich resident who trains with Falcon Artistic Gymnastics Centre in Saanich. “Training and competing with a new coach is exciting but I’m also a bit nervous about it,” Bolink said. “Actually we both are nervous because we haven’t had the coach [one of four with the team] before.” With gymnastics broken into a series of disciplines, athTravis Paterson/News staff letes have a chance Gymnasts Emily Bolink, 13, and Natalie Louis, 12, to win multiple medare headed to Vernon to compete in the B.C. Winter als for their team. Uneven bars is the Games this week, Feb. 23 to 26. strength of Bolink and Louis, who will also compete in “Training and competing the floor exercise, the vault and the with a new coach is exciting but balance beam. Each discipline gets its own medal, I’m also a bit nervous about it.” with an overall ranking for the athlete who has the all-around highest total – Emily Bolink score. Zone 6 (Island-Central Coast) finBolink, 13, also finished second on the bars at last year’s provincials. She ished third at the 2010 B.C. Winter competed in the novice division (age Games in Terrace in the gymnastics 12 to 13), which is where Bolink and overall team standings, with Musa Niwa-Heinin and Alyssa Leblond repLouis will compete in Vernon. “Meeting new people and competing resenting Victoria. For more visit BCgames.org. in a new place are the (biggest things) sports@vicnews.com that come to mind,” said Bolink, a
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Hockey all day, night and day again Rink of dreams 24-hour hockey game returns Travis Paterson News staff
Their 24-hour charity hockey game was such a hit last year, rookie organizers Harp Sandhu and Kim Genereux expected a sophmore slump for 2012. But nothing could be further from the truth. “We’ve already got twothirds of the ice times booked up, which is more than we had in total from last year,” said Sandhu, of Macquarie Private Wealth. The entire branch of the downtown investment firm is on board this year as Rink of Dreams returns to Bear Mountain Arena, from noon on Saturday, March 31, until noon Sunday, April 1. The goal is to meet, and hopefully exceed, last year’s total of $104,000 raised for Victoria’s Help Fill A Dream Foundation, which will be the charity of benefit once again. “We cut the prices in
half for entries this year. Without any promotion, we’ve had some great interest from the hockey community, by teams and groups of players, all of it pro-active and unsolicited,” Sandhu said. Downtown lawyer by day and beer league hockey player by night, Nav Parhar is stepping into Genereux’s role this year. Parhar hopes to increase the local business and corporate sponsorships of the event. “The goal isn’t to have just a hockey game, but to create a family hockey festival that happens to have a hockey game going on at the same time,” Parhar said. Food, games, music, a beer garden and more are part of the festival activities Saturday afternoon and evening. Hockey entrants get two ice times and will be treated to a “pro atmosphere” in the dressing room. To register visit Rinkofdreamsvictoria. com, or call Sandhu at 250 -412-3412. sports@vicnews.com
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Kelowna man charged following hit-and-run A 44-year-old Kelowna man was slapped with two costly tickets after driving away from a hit-and-run that sent three people to hospital. On Thursday (Feb. 16), around 9:30 p.m., a black Ford F150 travelling southbound on West Saanich Road crossed the centre line near Interurban Road, sideswiping a northbound Mazda sedan. A mother and her two teenage daughters in the Mazda were taken to hospital with whiplash injuries. The Ford F150 left the scene, and Saanich police put out an advisory asking for the public's help in locating the vehicle.
Eat Well gives healthy foundation Ryan Flaherty
Saanich police found the heavily damaged truck abandoned on Linnet Lane around 7 a.m. Friday. Investigators contacted the truck's owner, a 44-year-old Sidney man, who said he allowed a friend to borrow his vehicle the night before. Police spoke with the driver's friend, a 44-year-old Kelowna man, later in the day, and he admitted to being the driver. He was charged under the Motor Vehicle Act with failing to remain at the scene of an accident, and driving without due care and attention. Each ticket comes with a $368 fine.
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Moms and dads will tell you, getting a child to eat their vegetables can be one of the tougher obstacles parents can face. And in this age of Wiis and Blu-Ray players, convincing the kids to go outside and play can be a challenge of its own. That’s why a program returning to a number of Capital Region schools this spring is trying to turn exercise and healthy eating into a lifelong habit for students at a young age. The program, called Eat Well, Get Moving! is a partnership between the Vancouver Island Health Authority and Greater Victoria recreation centres. It offers a variety of prizes to kids who eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables and engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day. The plan is simple. Kids get a card to track their progress. At the end of each month — the program
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