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Dressed in a heavy collared shirt and tough jeans, Jeff Krieger exudes an air of formal ruggedness, like Indiana Jones at a press conference.

Krieger sits in an overstuffed leather chair in his Metcho-sin home. The small Harris hawk on his knee is a juvenile male named Taruk and the larger one on his hand is a female named Easy. In his lap sits a Jack Russell terrier named Pixie.

He has always had an affinity for wildlife. As a child growing up in Windsor, Ontario, Krieger spent every possible moment out in the woods. Now he’s had “every animal under the sun,” including fruit bats, muskrats and “every kind of reptile pos-sible.”

His business, Alternative Wildlife Solutions, offers a humane option for dealing with wild animals which settle in attics, garages or anywhere else on their property. Otters under floorboards and hawks in grocery stores are all part

of a days work for Krieger, who started the business eight years ago with encour-agement from Sara Dubois, Manager of Wildlife Services at Metchosin’s BCSPCA Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre (Wild ARC).

Dubois and Krieger, both volunteers at the centre, saw a niche for safe animal relocation and rehabilitation.

“There were other people doing removal but no one was doing anything humane,” Krieger says. “They’d just trap them and then euthanize them.”

Within a year part-time turned into full-time, leading to a life as unique as the situations he deals with.

“There’s no school you can go to, to learn what I do,” he says. “I basically made up a career that I love.”

That love shines through when he talks about the animals that share his home. Along with Pixie, Easy and Taruk, there is a per-egrine falcon, a red-tailed hawk, an endangered Madagascar tree boa (the only one in North America) two cats and a 65-pound sulcata tortoise.

The trio Krieger sits with on the chair add an element to his work that gives his business a leg, or wing, up on the competition. While Pixie flushes out unwanted rabbits from school fields Easy soars overhead waiting for a sign of movement and a reason to dive toward Earth.

This aspect of his job is the only one that steps outside his no kill policy, but even in this he finds comfort in the fact that his birds are being fed, doing what they would naturally do in the wild.

“Birds of prey particularly are just so noble and so prestigious,” he says.

Along with running his business and caretaking at Wild ARC, Krieger uses the tree boa, tortoise and peregrine falcon to educate the public, especially students, about the importance of caring for endangered and exotic species.

Despite the odd bite or peck to the face, Krieger has never had to go the hospital while on the job – a feat he attributes to years of experience and “knowing what you’re doing.”

Ultimately the minor wounds are nothing compared to the rewards.

“It’s a lot of self satisfaction. It comes to seeing an animal come in and knowing it’s going to get a second chance,” he says. “Aside from helping the animals it’s nice to provide that service to the public as well.”

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The Big Bike Day event needs volun-teers to help run the day.

The Heart & Stroke Big Bike is described as a one-of-a-kind, unabash-edly fun event. A total of 29 riders form one team and ride on one big bike to raise money.

Organizers are looking for help. Vol-unteering requires a time committment of four to six hours. Responsabilities include greeting riders, taking registraions, counting money, helping with setup and tear down and helping at the food and beverage table.

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The BBB serving Vancouver Island, in partnership with Access Records & Media Management, shredded over 5,000 pounds of confidential paper documents and raised $659.75 for the Rotary Club of Victoria at its first com-munity shredding event in Langford on Friday, April 26.

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Rotary raises money to buy books for young readers

West Shore Rotary, along with Col-wood Rotary and other Rotary organiza-tions from throughout Greater Victoria, celebrate the success of its 1000 x 5 book program.

Throughout the region Rotary raised over $4,985 to buy 1,085 books.

The program collects used books and donations to buy books, which are then made available for families that can’t otherwise afford them. Donated books are cleaned up and packaged as gifts to be given out at Pacific Centre Family Services Association, StrongStart B.C. locations and other resource centres.

The concept is that every child should have 1,000 stories either read to or by them by the age of five.

“It gives them a good start,” said Dale Simon, literacy chair for West Shore Rotary. “Their literacy rates will improve if there’s books available for them to read.”

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Bernie Shannon remembers the call like it was yesterday.

“You ready for some new lungs tonight?” the voice on the line asked.

After a lifetime of medication to keep cystic fibrosis at bay, and a year of simply surviving, she was more than ready.

“I went white,” the Langford woman says, five years after her double-lung transplant. “You wait so long that the call is the best thing because you know you’re running out of time. You’re in a body that doesn’t work.”

Shannon recalls the details of the trip to Vancouver and, most vividly, her first deep breath.

She still faces days filled with anti-rejection medication, drugs to combat the existing CF and those to battle the side effects of other meds.

But she feels for the kids deal-ing with CF.

“Kids do an equivalent of four months a year doing treatment to stay healthy,” she said. “By the end (pre-transplant) that’s all I was doing was inhaling medication and dripping medi-cations.”

She hopes residents will sup-port the cause through the ninth annual Great Strides fun-draising and awareness walk March 26 at Royal Roads Uni-versity.

“It’s a national signature event, looking to raise aware-ness to what cystic fibrosis is

and get correct information out there, as well as raise dollars to fund research,” said George Colussi, manager, community development for the Victoria Chapter of Cystic Fibrosis Can-ada. “The funds from this walk we hope will loop back into the two local clinics.”

Registration is by donation at 9 a.m. Walk starts at 10 a.m.

“It’s through three kilometres of low impact scenic trails at Royal Roads,” Colussi said. “It’s a very family oriented friendly event.”

After the walk enjoy enter-tainment, barbecue and prize draws. Learn more about the illness at www.cysticfibrosis.ca, while there click on Great Strides and search for Victoria to learn more about the event, or contact Colussi at [email protected]

Bernie Shannon of Langford takes numerous medications to keep healthy after a double lung transplant five years ago after Cystic Fibrosis destroyed her lungs to the point of transplant.

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Off the Grid will again bring its message of youth empowerment in environmental stewardship to the fields of Fort Rodd Hill on Friday, May 24.

The free, family-friendly event features live music from Victoria’s own Zerbin and other acts (on a stage powered by clean energy), along with food cart fare, exhibits and information on topics from native habitat restoration to

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When disaster strikes, being prepared is the most important key for response.

So says a group of students at Royal Roads University who are helping the City of Colwood determine just how prepared it is for a major emergency.

The master of arts in disas-ter and emergency management group is made up of mature stu-dents from a variety of back-grounds and with a wide breadth of experience in fields such as military, policing and emergency management.

The group utilizes the Mak-ing Cities Resilient campaign, a mandate of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduc-tion. Communities from around the world are taking part in the program. Those which do excep-tionally well, including Saanich and Oak Bay, are declared “role model” cities.

“That’s the key, community-based research. We drew on as many sources as possible,” said Jim Forrest, group mem-ber. “We wanted to be thorough, we wanted to be objective and we wanted to conform with accepted standards of research.”

The study looks at 10 areas: organization and co-ordination; budget; up-to-date data; infra-structure; the safety of schools and health facilities; building regulations and land use; edu-cation and training; protected ecosystems and natural buf-fers; early warning systems; and reconstruction plans.

Out of the 10 areas, the group found Colwood is above-average in seven, including organization, budget and infrastructure.

In two areas the group found the city could use some improve-ments. The safety of schools and health care facilities fall short of above-average preparedness and plans for reconstruction fol-lowing an emergency also could be improved.

The lowest ranked area for the city was related to disas-ter risk assessment. While achievements have been made, the group explained they were incomplete and more work is required to formalize informa-tion.

Even with the shortcomings, Colwood fared well enough to warrant a recommendation for the Role Model status.

“You have a wonderful com-munity, with great potential,” said Jason Loy, team lead, to city officials. “You should be very proud of your current level of resiliency and we look forward

to seeing what you accomplish next.”

One initiative the group declared a highlight for the city is Solar Colwood, which they said encourages self-sufficiency and helps take the strain off local infrastructure.

In terms of infrastructure, one facility of note is the pumping station on the Coburg Pennin-sula, which the team identified as high-risk due to erosion. The city is aware of the issue and have started steps to address it, but the team stressed the pro-cess needs to be ongoing.

Mayor Carol Hamilton said the assessment has been helpful for the city and she expects to see some recommendations from the study end up before council.

“Stuff happens. We don’t have to go far back to that big wind-storm we had,” Hamilton said. “That devastated the local com-munity and ground us to a halt. … It is important to have those plans.”[email protected]

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PRESENTATION OF 2012 ANNUAL REPORT

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Students learn better and build stronger connections to both the outside world and each other when they

have access to natural play and education environ-ments, studies say.

In this spirit, Eagle View ele-mentary, located in View Royal but a part of the Greater Victoria School District, is working towards “naturescaping” the school’s play-ground to offer students greater connection to the

natural world.The school has a wooded area

which has been open to students for over a year now. The area is a hit with students.

“They love it,” said parent advisory committee, green com-mittee chair Gillian Petrini. “The

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Elementary education runs wildEagle View school’s playground upgrades to naturescape area

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“Their imaginations just run wild,” Petrini said. “It just opens them up for endless possibilities and creativity.”

The first work party will start in on the project on Wednesday, May 22. The event is not open to the public, but will involved staff, students and parents from the school.

“The students are all a part of this, so there’s a big stewardship piece to this as well,” Petrini said. “It’s important … to connect children with the outdoors, and to preserve and protect this amazing natural play-space for the future.”

While the work party is closed to the public, project organizers are always interested in fund-ing partnerships or donations.

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Eagle View elementary students Jenna Peterson, Grade 4, left, and Shae Penner, Grade 5, play around in the school’s natural play area, which will soon be upgraded with wood chip trails and outdoor learning features.

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Theft from vehicles already up this year

As the good weather approaches the West Shore RCMP reminds residents to lock their vehicles and remove valu-ables when out and about this summer.

The Lock It or Lose It cam-paign is ongoing to spread awareness of how everyone can help lower the rates of theft from vehicles.

Theft from vehicles is up so far this year over 2012

“We want to encourage people to take steps to reduce their chances of being a victim,” said Cpl. Kathy Rochlitz.

The top 10 items stolen from vehicles in 2012 were smart phones, personal electronics (tablets, laptops, iPods), work tools, credit cards, stereo equip-ment, cash, car parts, garage door openers, sunglasses and keys.

“The CRD in general has been a target of this kind of opportu-nity,” Rochlitz said.

Police encourage residents to report thefts from vehicles to help RCMP track crime in the commu-nity and develop strategies.

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This summer the RCMP will again work with the Capital Regional District to patrol West Shore parks.

The focus of the patrols will be open alcohol, which warranted the majority of the tickets issued last year. Patrols will be on foot and bicycles, and will include trails, beaches and parking lots. There will also be boat patrols on the water.

The focus will be on Matheson Lake, Mt. Work Regional Park, Durrance Lake, Sooke Potholes, Thetis Lake and Woody’s Lagoon.

An estimated 5.7 million people visit local parks and trails per year.

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Parents need to talk tough

At least twice each year we see a real push from police against drinking and driving. Once at Christmas and again in spring.

At Christmas, age is not a consideration for police, but in springtime, the target group is clear.

Drinking drivers tend to be younger in spring. They are, frequently, young men experiencing what some would call the rites of passage.

Drinking and driving, however, isn’t a rite, it’s a crime – one with deadly consequences.

More than two years ago the province introduced Canada’s toughest impaired driving laws and the number of alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths went down by half.

But drinking alone is still a threat to our youth, whether they get behind the wheel of a car or not. From risky sexual behaviour to an increase in physical and sexual assault to death from alcohol poisoning, the risk to youth from alcohol use is real.

With any luck, the days of parent-sanctioned “wet” grad parties are a thing of the past.

With more parents and students concentrating on dry grad activities that have youth celebrating in a safe, non-alcohol fuelled atmosphere, one would think the old hay field parties of yore have been left in the past. But some parents still believe in the old adage, ‘kids are going to drink anyway, so we’ll just make sure they don’t drive.’

That is a difficult stance to take when, as a parent, you’ve spent the last 18 years of your child’s life trying to teach them right from wrong. Then you’re telling them that wrong is OK, as long as mom or dad says so.

As parents, it’s our job to make the tough decisions – even if they are not the most popular ones with our kids. All their lives we’ve made decisions for our children based on what we think is best for them. We’ve denied them sugary cereals. We’ve made them eat their broccoli. We’ve strapped unwilling toddlers into car seats, because it’s the safest way for them to ride.

It may not be the easiest thing you’ve done lately, but convincing your teen that drinking alcohol to celebrate is not a necessity and could bring them harm in ways other than the risk of driving drunk will make everyone feel better in the morning.

One benefit of the surprising fourth term for the B.C. Liberal Party is that the provincial government won’t be subjected to another big, expensive ideological remake.

Taxpayers are spared a bill of millions in severance pay for deputy ministers and other senior staff who would be purged in large numbers in the left-right lurch that has defined B.C. politics for a generation.

BC Ferries will continue as an arms-length operation, with ferry commissioner Gord Macatee in charge of service levels as well as fare caps. The service rationalization that the government set out in the past year will continue.

The NDP platform vowed to “position BC Ferries as an integral part of B.C.’s transportation infrastructure.” Freely translated, that means “suck BC Ferries back into government,” as one of their strident supporters likes to say.

That would conceal the growth of the subsidy and facilitate the kind of political and union interference that resulted in the current structure.

There will be no $10 million rehash of the BC Rail sale and subsequent seven-year trial, to enrich elite lawyers once again.

The NDP promised an inquiry for strictly political reasons, to drag their opponents through the scandal

one more time. It was not a prelude to “nationalizing” the province’s train service, dream scenarios of the

NDP provincial council notwithstanding.

Costly legal confrontations over development projects have been avoided. The Jumbo Glacier Resort proponents finally won a 20-year fight for permits, and the NDP promised to take them away.

A larger ideological battle over private power contracts has also been avoided. The B.C. Liberals

have been caught by a sudden shift in power markets caused by cheap, abundant natural gas, but the billions in commitments to independent power producers isn’t the fiasco that critics have described.

If all those privately developed run-of-river hydro projects were owned and operated by BC Hydro, the Crown corporation would have to staff them and maintain them all for the next 40 years. There are differing views about the future demand for electricity in B.C., but it can only rise with industry and population growth.

A decade of federal and provincial work to end duplication of environmental assessment won’t be undone. NDP leader Adrian Dix’s promise for “made in B.C.” reviews was a strategy to choke resource projects to death under endless procedure, which may yet be the

fate the Jumbo resort.We will have a Seniors’ Advocate

office, but it won’t be staffed up to duplicate the Ombudsperson’s role of taking complaints.

That’s good, since the Ombudsperson has become ineffective, labouring for years over a massive seniors’ report with so many recommendations it sank like a stone.

We have 85 seniors’ advocates now. They’re called MLAs, and they definitely take complaints.

They have staffed offices in their home communities and in Victoria. When they’re not doing political work that everyone denies is going on in constituency offices, those office staffers try to help people through the labyrinth of seniors’ at-home and institutional care.

A new seniors’ advocate can offer advice at the management level to help the health care system evolve, but only elected politicians are positioned to tell individuals they can’t have what they are demanding. The government should be adding more direct services, not more bureaucrats.

There will be many arguments about the failure of the NDP to win against an unpopular B.C. Liberal government that is still weighed down by the harmonized sales tax and other heavy baggage.

This election could be the beginning of the end for the old left-right model for B.C. politics.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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Parents need to talk tough

At least twice each year we see a real push from police against drinking and driving. Once at Christmas and again in spring.

At Christmas, age is not a consideration for police, but in springtime, the target group is clear.

Drinking drivers tend to be younger in spring. They are, frequently, young men experiencing what some would call the rites of passage.

Drinking and driving, however, isn’t a rite, it’s a crime – one with deadly consequences.

More than two years ago the province introduced Canada’s toughest impaired driving laws and the number of alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths went down by half.

But drinking alone is still a threat to our youth, whether they get behind the wheel of a car or not. From risky sexual behaviour to an increase in physical and sexual assault to death from alcohol poisoning, the risk to youth from alcohol use is real.

With any luck, the days of parent-sanctioned “wet” grad parties are a thing of the past.

With more parents and students concentrating on dry grad activities that have youth celebrating in a safe, non-alcohol fuelled atmosphere, one would think the old hay field parties of yore have been left in the past. But some parents still believe in the old adage, ‘kids are going to drink anyway, so we’ll just make sure they don’t drive.’

That is a difficult stance to take when, as a parent, you’ve spent the last 18 years of your child’s life trying to teach them right from wrong. Then you’re telling them that wrong is OK, as long as mom or dad says so.

As parents, it’s our job to make the tough decisions – even if they are not the most popular ones with our kids. All their lives we’ve made decisions for our children based on what we think is best for them. We’ve denied them sugary cereals. We’ve made them eat their broccoli. We’ve strapped unwilling toddlers into car seats, because it’s the safest way for them to ride.

It may not be the easiest thing you’ve done lately, but convincing your teen that drinking alcohol to celebrate is not a necessity and could bring them harm in ways other than the risk of driving drunk will make everyone feel better in the morning.

One benefit of the surprising fourth term for the B.C. Liberal Party is that the provincial government won’t be subjected to another big, expensive ideological remake.

Taxpayers are spared a bill of millions in severance pay for deputy ministers and other senior staff who would be purged in large numbers in the left-right lurch that has defined B.C. politics for a generation.

BC Ferries will continue as an arms-length operation, with ferry commissioner Gord Macatee in charge of service levels as well as fare caps. The service rationalization that the government set out in the past year will continue.

The NDP platform vowed to “position BC Ferries as an integral part of B.C.’s transportation infrastructure.” Freely translated, that means “suck BC Ferries back into government,” as one of their strident supporters likes to say.

That would conceal the growth of the subsidy and facilitate the kind of political and union interference that resulted in the current structure.

There will be no $10 million rehash of the BC Rail sale and subsequent seven-year trial, to enrich elite lawyers once again.

The NDP promised an inquiry for strictly political reasons, to drag their opponents through the scandal

one more time. It was not a prelude to “nationalizing” the province’s train service, dream scenarios of the

NDP provincial council notwithstanding.

Costly legal confrontations over development projects have been avoided. The Jumbo Glacier Resort proponents finally won a 20-year fight for permits, and the NDP promised to take them away.

A larger ideological battle over private power contracts has also been avoided. The B.C. Liberals

have been caught by a sudden shift in power markets caused by cheap, abundant natural gas, but the billions in commitments to independent power producers isn’t the fiasco that critics have described.

If all those privately developed run-of-river hydro projects were owned and operated by BC Hydro, the Crown corporation would have to staff them and maintain them all for the next 40 years. There are differing views about the future demand for electricity in B.C., but it can only rise with industry and population growth.

A decade of federal and provincial work to end duplication of environmental assessment won’t be undone. NDP leader Adrian Dix’s promise for “made in B.C.” reviews was a strategy to choke resource projects to death under endless procedure, which may yet be the

fate the Jumbo resort.We will have a Seniors’ Advocate

office, but it won’t be staffed up to duplicate the Ombudsperson’s role of taking complaints.

That’s good, since the Ombudsperson has become ineffective, labouring for years over a massive seniors’ report with so many recommendations it sank like a stone.

We have 85 seniors’ advocates now. They’re called MLAs, and they definitely take complaints.

They have staffed offices in their home communities and in Victoria. When they’re not doing political work that everyone denies is going on in constituency offices, those office staffers try to help people through the labyrinth of seniors’ at-home and institutional care.

A new seniors’ advocate can offer advice at the management level to help the health care system evolve, but only elected politicians are positioned to tell individuals they can’t have what they are demanding. The government should be adding more direct services, not more bureaucrats.

There will be many arguments about the failure of the NDP to win against an unpopular B.C. Liberal government that is still weighed down by the harmonized sales tax and other heavy baggage.

This election could be the beginning of the end for the old left-right model for B.C. politics.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

Polarized politics a costly system

‘Costly legal confrontations over development projects have been avoided.’

Tom FletcherB.C. Views


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Pedestrian crossing

A temporary pedestrian bridge, left, sits next to the old Craigflower Bridge as construction work continues on replacing the bridge and upgrading Admirals Road. The new walkway, allowing pedestrians and cyclists to continue to cross the Gorge during construction, was expected to open to the public yesterday (May 21). With its opening, demolition of the old bridge can now begin, and is likely to start this week.

Don Denton/News staff photo

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Prepare for a fight over sewage

Re: Don’t pass the sewage buck (Our View, May 15)

In your opinion piece, you describe the proposal of Mayor Desjardins as “woefully self-serving and [something which] would only accomplish passing the buck to a different munici-pality.”

If that is so, how would you describe the actions of the rest of the councillors on the Capital Regional District board, particu-larly the nine from Saanich and Victoria? They have pulled out all the stops to ensure that only Esquimalt is adversely affected by sewage treatment infrastruc-ture.

And now that they have suc-cessfully stuck us with the bur-den of dealing with their sew-age, they seek to do whatever they can to build the plant as cheaply as possible, using out-dated technology, so as to limit the tax increases for their own constituents. Woefully self-serv-ing, indeed.

This battle has only just begun. I encourage Esquimalt council to do whatever they can, whenever they can, to frustrate, delay and ultimately stop the CRD from ramming this down our throats. They should refuse to change the zoning, refuse to approve the plans, secede from the CRD and require every environmental impact assessment or review which the law permits.

And when those avenues are exhausted, take them (and by them I mean the provincial and

federal governments as well, if necessary) to court and keep fighting until they either give up or agree to change the plan to something better and more reasonable. Failing that, I guess we’ll all get to find out just how many Esquimalt residents are willing to chain themselves to heavy equipment. While I would never advocate such civil disobedience, I can tell you that people here really are that angry.

Let me be clear, I (and I dare say most Esquimalt residents) are not against sewage treat-ment, just this monstrosity of a plan. The CRD can avoid many headaches in the years to come if only they recognize that and act appropriately.

Mike BakerEsquimalt

Gordon Head voting unique in Canada

Last Wednesday’s startlingly unexpected B.C. election results created a new and unique elec-toral-environmental grouping of citizens not found elsewhere in Canada. How is that?

First, Gordon Head residents’ newly-elected member of the provincial legislative assem-bly Gordon Weaver represents the Oak Bay-Gordon Head rid-ing and is B.C.’s first and only elected member of the provin-cial Green party.

Second is that their federal member of parliament Elizabeth May represents Saanich-Gulf Islands, and is the first and only elected member of the federal

Green party.Weaver was the lead cli-

mate scientist of the panel that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prized with former U.S. vice-president Al Gore. The 2006 documentary film of Gore’s attempts to raise awareness of climate change was unfor-tunately named “An Inconve-nient Truth.” The truth may yet embarrass both Gore and Weaver.

The considerable interna-tional scientific research and review of recent years has pre-sented few final or definitive conclusions, but has lessened the climate-change hyperbole to which we’ve all been exposed.

The Economist noted that head of NASA’s Goddard Insti-tute reported “the five-year mean global temperature has been flat for a decade.”

Such findings in 2006 would have prevented what was prob-ably the unjustified awarding of a Nobel Peace Prize.

Odds are that in the future Gordon Head citizens will avoid double jeopardy and have a provincial MLA and a federal MP with different party colours.

Ron JohnsonSaanich

Election results mimic 1983 for NDP

As the election returns came in last Tuesday night, I was reminded of the 1983 provincial election, when all the opinion polls and pundits predicted that there would be an easy victory for the NDP.

Nevertheless, the incumbent Socreds were re-elected with an increased majority.

Last Tuesday felt very much like, as Yogi Berra would say, deja vu all over again.

Darryl GreenSaanich

Former leader would have given NDP a win

It needs to be said. Carol James would have won this one.

She was ahead in the polls when she was replaced and has both the personality and reputation as a moderate.

The B.C. Liberals would have found it much harder to target her than Adrian Dix.

And she would have been much, much better in the TV debate.

Andy Mulcahy Victoria


Happy 25th Anniversary to the

Town of View Royal!

Honouring View Royal’s 25th Anniversary! 250-405-6550

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View Royal marks silver anniversary

Come help the Town of View Royal kicko� its silver anniversary this Saturday with a celebration of community.

The day begins bright and early May 25 with a free Pancake Breakfast from 8 to 10a.m. Guests will enjoy pancakes with fruit topping and whip cream, and co� ee/tea/juice (prepared by Four Mile Pub/Restaurant) while listening to live musical entertainment.

The community will gather for a brief time capsule ceremony, emceed by Mayor Graham Hill, where they will watch the capsule be sealed away for 75 years.Following the ceremony, families can take part in a scavenger hunt in Portage Park, beginning at 10 a.m. from the lower parking lot at Town Hall. Also at 10 a.m., noted local historian, author and tour

guide John Adams will lead a historical walking tour through the neighbourhood. Approximately 90-minutes long, the tour will include two of the oldest remaining buildings in Victoria—the Four Mile House and the Craig� ower Manor farmhouse, both dating from the 1850s, including a rare opportunity for a look inside the 1856 Manor, the pride and joy of farm baili� Kenneth McKenzie and his wife Agnes.

With the community expected to come be a part of the celebrations, residents are encouraged to bike, bus, walk, or use an alternate method of transportation to Town Hall as parking will be limited.

For more information, visit the Town’s website at www.viewroyal.ca or call 250-479-6800.

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“I n these anniversary events we celebrate our wonderful community, its pioneers and the great people who live here.”

Mayor, Graham Hill

YearsYears in View Royal

25th Anniversary

KickoffSaturday May 25th

8 – 10 am: Free Resident Pancake BreakfastEnjoy tasty pancakes, warm beverages and live entertainmentLOCATION: Town Hall Parking Lot

9 am: Time Capsule CeremonyWatch the capsule be sealed away for 75 yearsLOCATION: Island Highway Stone Mural Wall

10 am: Family Scavenger Hunt A fun scavenger hunt for the whole familyLOCATION: Portage Park - start in Lower Parking Lot of Town Hall

10 am: Historical Walking TourGuided by John Adams and Maureen Du� usLOCATION: Meet at the Town Hall Flag Pole

Please use an alternate mode of transportation ie: bike, walk, bus, as parking will be limited!

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Happy 25th Anniversary to the

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Maurine Karagianis, MLA Esquimalt – Royal Roads 250-479-8326 www.MaurineKaragianis.ca

Proudly Celebrating View Royal’s History and Beauty

MK-Gaz-ViewRoyal25-1305.indd 1 2013-05-17 3:44 PM

West Shore Parks & Recreation is proud to join the Town of View Royal

in celebration of their 25th anniversary.

250-478-8384www.westshorerecreation.ca

CONGRATULATIONSView Royal

…the workin’ folks car and truck store!

1658 Island Highway, Victoria250.478.1128 • www.car-corral.com

Proud to dobusiness

in View Royal

View Royal marks silver anniversary

Come help the Town of View Royal kicko� its silver anniversary this Saturday with a celebration of community.

The day begins bright and early May 25 with a free Pancake Breakfast from 8 to 10a.m. Guests will enjoy pancakes with fruit topping and whip cream, and co� ee/tea/juice (prepared by Four Mile Pub/Restaurant) while listening to live musical entertainment.

The community will gather for a brief time capsule ceremony, emceed by Mayor Graham Hill, where they will watch the capsule be sealed away for 75 years.Following the ceremony, families can take part in a scavenger hunt in Portage Park, beginning at 10 a.m. from the lower parking lot at Town Hall. Also at 10 a.m., noted local historian, author and tour

guide John Adams will lead a historical walking tour through the neighbourhood. Approximately 90-minutes long, the tour will include two of the oldest remaining buildings in Victoria—the Four Mile House and the Craig� ower Manor farmhouse, both dating from the 1850s, including a rare opportunity for a look inside the 1856 Manor, the pride and joy of farm baili� Kenneth McKenzie and his wife Agnes.

With the community expected to come be a part of the celebrations, residents are encouraged to bike, bus, walk, or use an alternate method of transportation to Town Hall as parking will be limited.

For more information, visit the Town’s website at www.viewroyal.ca or call 250-479-6800.

Celebrating in View Royal25

“I n these anniversary events we celebrate our wonderful community, its pioneers and the great people who live here.”

Mayor, Graham Hill

YearsYears in View Royal

25th Anniversary

KickoffSaturday May 25th

8 – 10 am: Free Resident Pancake BreakfastEnjoy tasty pancakes, warm beverages and live entertainmentLOCATION: Town Hall Parking Lot

9 am: Time Capsule CeremonyWatch the capsule be sealed away for 75 yearsLOCATION: Island Highway Stone Mural Wall

10 am: Family Scavenger Hunt A fun scavenger hunt for the whole familyLOCATION: Portage Park - start in Lower Parking Lot of Town Hall

10 am: Historical Walking TourGuided by John Adams and Maureen Du� usLOCATION: Meet at the Town Hall Flag Pole

Please use an alternate mode of transportation ie: bike, walk, bus, as parking will be limited!

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Celebrating in View Royal25What’s in the Time

Capsule?For those who can’t wait 75 years for the opening of the time capsule at View Royal’s centennial, what will be buried in the town’s beautiful retaining wall this Saturday? • Thoughts and feelings from View Royal elementary students• Mayor Graham Hill – Letter to the future Mayor • Information from Community Associations and groups • Brochures and information from local businesses• Samples from local musicians • Work by View Royal artists • Photo series from around the Town of View Royal • Pennies from the past 10 years • Material about the building of the stone art wall – Andreas Kunert • A railway spike of the EN railway• A piece of the Old Craig� ower Bridge • Town documents • Goldstream News Gazette and Times Colonist clippings, 2012-2013

Message from the MayorAnniversaries and milestones say much about us. 2013 marks the 25th anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of View Royal.

In these anniversary events we celebrate our wonderful community, its pioneers and the great people who live here. It is a time for each of us to enjoy pride of place and re� ect on how far we’ve come and the promising future that lies ahead. With our beautiful parks and trails, colourful gardens, historic buildings, inspiring public art, streetscapes and dining, View Royal is truly one of the best places to call home.

We have much to celebrate. Please join us for View Royal’s 25th Anniversary Kicko� on May 25. What fun!

Sincerely, Mayor Graham Hill

YearsYears

anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of View Royal.

In these anniversary events we celebrate our wonderful community, its pioneers and the great people who live here. It is a time for each of us to enjoy pride of place and re� ect on how far we’ve come and the promising future that lies ahead. With our beautiful parks and trails, colourful gardens, historic buildings, inspiring public art, streetscapes and dining, View Royal is truly one of the best places to call home.

We have much to celebrate. Please join us for View Royal’s 25th Anniversary Kicko� on May 25. What fun!

Sincerely, Mayor Graham HillSincerely, Mayor Graham Hill

Message from the MayorMessage from the MayorAnniversaries and milestones say much about us. 2013 marks the 25th anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of View Royal.

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She learned of, researched and signed on for the 10-week part-time Employment Skills Access Program at Royal Roads University.

“It was work, but it was transformational, because it assisted me in recognizing what I was doing was transferrable,” she said of skills developed during the first dozen years raising her kids. “They were market-able and transferable and I needed to look at them that way.”

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often highlights for people the skills they already possess said, said Sandra Cranz., ESA Lead Program Coordinator, Continuing Studies at RRU.

”A common theme that we find is folks are lacking confidence and (have an) inability to talk about the skills that they have,” Cranz said. “We have a three-day behavioural interview component that really helps people build their confidence.”

Participants often range from early 20s to late 60s, including those with no post-secondary education to those with masters degrees out of the workforce for myriad rea-sons. Some of it is emotional, as it’s reflec-tive, but the benefits are great, she said.

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“I looked at myself as an individual, ‘here’s what I want to do’ – It can provide so much to someone if they work at it,” Swan said. “It was work, but it was transformational, because it assisted me in recognizing what I was doing was transferrable.”

That transformation is not uncommon, Cranz said.

“The first day of class to the last leaves a visible difference in participants. We see a physical difference in folks in their confi-dence. It’s amazing.”

The next program starts with orientation tomorrow at RRU. To find out if you’re eligi-ble contact Kirsten Amadu at 250-391-2600 ext 4533 or Cranz at ext 4521.

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Stashed stolen scooters recovered not far from scene of theft

Three Yamaha motor scooters stolen last week were recovered nearby, stashed in some bushes. Saanich police Sgt. Steve Eassie said a passerby found them May 15 within two blocks of where they were stolen.

“It looked like somebody stashed them and was looking to come back, but were unable to,” he said.

Two scooters parked in the 500-block of Cros-sandra Cres. and one in the 3900-block of Ray-mond St. all disappeared overnight on May 13.

Police recommend scooter owners invest in theft prevention devices.

Man wounded, three arrested in Victoria stabbing

A Victoria man suffered stab wounds in a fight May 14 in the 2400-block of Wark St.

Victoria police officers rushed to the area around 8:30 p.m. and found the 35-year-old man bleeding. They arrested three suspects.

The victim was treated in hospital and released, while the suspects were released on bail on various charges.

Police believe all the men knew each other.

Dunsmuir Road residents expectto see summer construction

Expect traffic delays this summer along Dun-smuir Road in Esquimalt as public works crews replace water and gas mains and update the road corridor.

Work will take place primarily between Head Street and Garrett Place and will include sewage and drainage improvements, road resurfacing and new sidewalks on the south side. The target end date is in September.

Daytime parking restrictions will be in effect. Call Esquimalt municipal hall at 250-414-7101 for more information.

Female storyteller offers tours of 150-year-old Victoria synagogue

Victoria’s Congregation Emanu-El, one of the country’s oldest synagogues, celebrates its 150th year with public tours led by Canada’s first ordained maggidah (female storyteller), Shoshana Litman.

The tour touches on the history of Jewish-Canadians, including the first Jewish judge in Canada and the first Jew elected to the House of Commons.

Tours run from June to August, from noon to 3 p.m. on Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays and 8 p.m. on Sundays in July. Chil-dren under 12 are free, adult admission is $10. For more information, call 250-382-0615 or visit congregationemanu-el.ca/community/syna-gogue-tours/.

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Students enrolling in the Fast Track Distributed Learning summer sessions have the opportunity to attend face-to-face sessions with their teachers, as well as complete on-line paper-based assignments each day. This is an excellent option for students who can work independently and are interested in finishing their courses quickly. Teachers will be available to assist you.

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June 26:Family Management 12 (3:30 pm)

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Grade 12: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Calculus, Law, English, Communications, History, Geography, Physical EducationPre-calculus Math

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Transit teams with Wilson’s for cruise terminal pickups Daniel PalmerNews staff

A decision by the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority to use B.C. Transit buses for cruise ship passengers has transit drivers fuming.

The GVHA awarded a one-year con-tract to Wilson’s Transportation Ltd. on Monday. Under the contract, six B.C. Transit buses will be driven by Wilson’s drivers and make runs between Ogden Point and downtown Victoria.

The round-trip fare will cost tourists $10.

But Canadian Auto Workers Local 333 President Ben Williams said B.C. Transit

likely violated its collective agreement by leasing the buses for private service without using B.C. Transit employees.

“I cannot understand how an employer, with a contract that clearly stipulates it must consult with the union on any new work, would refuse to do exactly that,” Williams said.

In a statement, B.C. Transit spokes-woman Meribeth Burton said a reduc-tion in summer hours means unused buses are able to be leased to generate further revenue.

“B.C. Transit has a provincial fleet of 1,000 buses. Six of those buses will be leased to the GVHA,” Burton said.

“The revenue generated from leasing

these idle buses will be invested back into transit services.”

The GVHA approved the one-year contract while it begins testing cleaner and quieter buses for use through James Bay.

It was not clear what type of buses would be supplied by B.C. Transit for the cruise shuttles.

“The end goal is a sustainable trans-portation network for cruise passengers and crew that minimizes impacts on the community,” said harbour authority president and CEO Curtis Grad.

CAW Local 333 plans to grieve the use of B.C. Transit buses, Williams said.

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Kyle SlavinNews staff

The University of Victoria association that rep-resent professors says its relationship with the university has deteriorated to such a point that its members want legal protection, in the form of a union.

Jason Price, vice-president of the UVic Faculty Association, says recent “contentious” contract negotiations have highlighted just how one-sided governance discussions have become.

Last month the UVic FA executive council voted unanimously to pursue unionization. It will be brought to the association’s membership for a vote in the fall, Price said.

At issue is the argument that being an associa-tion, as opposed to a union, doesn’t give the UVic FA fulls negotiating rights.

“Right now essentially the only thing we can grieve is salary issues – that isn’t what’s driv-ing this,” Price said. “What disappoints us is the working conditions issue, things related to appointment, tenure, long-term disability.”

The university was unable to comment by deadline, as they did not know about the poten-tial unionization until the News sought out a com-ment.

Price equated unionizing to “hitting the reset button” on a working relationship with adminis-trators.

“We’re doing this because we care about this university, we care about the quality of education we deliver to our students,” Price said.

“Folks who have removed themselves from teaching and research context (for administrative roles) are not in touch with the issues in terms of education. We want to come back to a time where we were collegial, were consulted, there were more symmetrical rela-tions and felt empow-ered.”

If 45 per cent of UVic FA members support unionizing, the Labour Relations Board would administer an official vote, which would then require 50 per cent sup-port to unionize, Price explained.

The Faculty Asso-ciation has previously considered unionizing, but Price said that dis-cussion never went beyond the executive council, and members always remained optimistic the relationship would improve.

“There’s always been this hope we would not have to go to these types of legal protections; that we’d be able to develop a collegial responsi-bility. … It hasn’t happened,” Price said.

“We’re not the only employee group on campus that have had difficulties. UVic is a great univer-sity, unfortunately it’s a poor employer.”

In January the Faculty Association was unable to reach a contract agreement with the university by a set deadline. As a result, the association’s old framework agreement was automatically renewed.

The association represents some 850 regular faculty, senior instructors, limited-term faculty appointments and librarians.

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University profs seek to unionize

“There’s always been this hope we would not have to go to these types of legal protections; that we’d be able to develop a collegial responsibility. … It hasn’t happened.”

– Jason Price

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Robert Bateman doesn’t think of himself as a particularly talented technical painter.

“I don’t think I’m a great painter, technically. I’m always struggling,” Bateman said. “I’m always making mistakes. … I don’t know what I’m doing half the time, I’m exploring and discovering and always trying to improve.”

He sees this as a perhaps part of the reason his paintings have proven to be so popular for so many years, however. He explains hundreds of artists paint birds and wildlife, as he is known for, so it’s not the subject matter alone which draws people to his work.

It perhaps has more to do with his approach, his vision of nature and this sense of discovery he approaches each project with.

The Robert Bateman Centre is opening Saturday, May 25 at noon in the old CPR Steamship Terminal and will feature around 160 of Bateman’s works, ranging from his earliest years as an artist through to the wildlife paintings he has become so well known for.

The exhibit will shed light on a side of Bateman few ever get the chance to see. An entire room has been devoted to Bateman’s environmental message

paintings. Some of Bateman’s portrait work will also be on display, mainly featuring paintings of his wife and friends.

“Most people don’t think of me as somebody who paints landscapes and portraits, but I do. They just don’t get out there,” Bateman said. “I’ve always kind of balked at being pigeonholed as a wildlife artist. It’s OK. It’s not an insult, but it’s kind of like saying Rembrandt is a portrait artist. Well he’s an artist in all kinds of broad ways.”

Bateman even went through an abstract expressionism period, which is represented at the gallery.

“That’s a major, major show for any artist,” Paul Gilbert, executive director of the Bateman Foundation, said. “It’s the first exhibition that’s kind of an insight into Bateman’s life, his personal interests, the work he did that most of the world has never seen.”

The show features original prints and reproductions, something Bateman said has been a tad controversial.

“It’s the only way to show the scope of my work. It would be impossible to start getting shipping and insurance and permissions,” Bateman said. “The reproductions, which have been going on since 1980, they’re very high quality, they’re not just like a poster.”

“The most important thing is the thought, the idea behind it.”

The majority of the paintings and prints have video and audio supplements of

Bateman talking about the work, which can be accessed via smart phones or tablets. The gallery will have tablets to loan to patrons who wish to take the self-guided tour.

Gilbert said he had some reservations installing the gallery in the old CPR Steamship Terminal building, a heritage

building designed by Francis Rattenbury. The second floor, where the gallery is located, was a shell, and Gilbert said he had a hard time seeing how the gallery’s layout would all come together.

Ultimately Gilbert is more than happy with the outcome.

“It’s worked better than I could possibly have hoped for.”

A gift shop is set to open on the first floor of the building about a month after the gallery’s opening. A service, which will be offered starting in the fall, is an opportunity for visitors to the gallery to order prints of the works on display through an interactive ordering station. Customers will pick the print they want to purchase, along with options such as framing, and the print will be shipped to the customer’s home.

Money from the sales of prints will go towards the Robert Bateman Foundation, which promotes exposure to nature for young students.

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Bateman Centre opens in Steamship Terminal

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Roman Czarnomski, from Signs Of The Times, hangs a wall poster of a Robert Bateman painting on the outside wall of the historic CPR Steamship Terminal on Victoria’s Inner Harbour.

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A local filmmaking duo jet-ted to France last week as their latest collaboration once again reached amazing heights at the Cannes International Film Festi-val.

Director Jeremy Lutter and screenwriter/producer Daniel Hogg took off to iconic festival for the screening of the short film Floodplain, part of Telefilm

Canada’s Not Short on Talent program. The recognition fol-lows the success of their previ-ous work Joanna Makes a Friend, which screened at Cannes in 2012.

The story behind Floodplain, a coming-of-age-tale of a young couple who raft across an inte-rior B.C. floodplain, was written by fellow University of Victoria

alumnus and BBC National Short Story Award winner, D.W. Wilson and largely funded by a National Screen Institute Drama prize and an indigogo campaign.

The two have collaborated on more than 20 films since they met as UVic students at the Vic-toria Film Producers’ Associa-tion launch party in 1999.

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Filmmaking team returns to Cannes

Laura LavinNews staff

Robert Budd has been lucky since birth.“When I was two-days old my brother named

me Lucky. My parents named me Robert when I was seven days old. But everyone calls me Lucky,” says the 37-year-old author.

His brother Adam, older by six years, did not want to add another sister to the family of four children. “He thought he was lucky to have another boy.”

More than luck has brought Budd some noto-riety, he is the host of CBC radio’s Voices of B.C. and author of the book Voices of British Columbia, in which he recounts the stories of B.C’s pioneers from hundreds of voice recordings taken in the late 1950s.

Budd’s latest book, Raven Brings the Light, is a collaboration with one of the country’s renown First Nation’s artists, Roy Henry Vickers.

Vickers contacted Budd 18 months ago, search-ing for some recorded interviews he had used as inspiration for some of his art. The artist invited Budd to Tofino to listen to one of his storytelling workshops.

“We hit it off like gangbusters,” says Budd of meeting 66-year-old Vickers.

After hearing Vickers tell the story of Raven, Budd envisioned a book.

“We just started rolling and he was completely inspired,” says Budd. Vickers created 19 new images for the book which tells the story of a boy named Weget who is destined to bring light to the world. With the gift of a magic raven skin, Weget fulfills his destiny. The book, released earlier this month is already in its second printing.

Meet Budd and Vickers at a book signing and art show at Madrona Art Gallery, 606 View St., on May 24 and 25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more informa-tion go to harbourpublishing.com.

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Robert Budd, left, and Roy Henry Vickers bring the artistry of their new book (inset) to a show at Madrona Gallery this weekend.

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A local filmmaking duo jet-ted to France last week as their latest collaboration once again reached amazing heights at the Cannes International Film Festi-val.

Director Jeremy Lutter and screenwriter/producer Daniel Hogg took off to iconic festival for the screening of the short film Floodplain, part of Telefilm

Canada’s Not Short on Talent program. The recognition fol-lows the success of their previ-ous work Joanna Makes a Friend, which screened at Cannes in 2012.

The story behind Floodplain, a coming-of-age-tale of a young couple who raft across an inte-rior B.C. floodplain, was written by fellow University of Victoria

alumnus and BBC National Short Story Award winner, D.W. Wilson and largely funded by a National Screen Institute Drama prize and an indigogo campaign.

The two have collaborated on more than 20 films since they met as UVic students at the Vic-toria Film Producers’ Associa-tion launch party in 1999.

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Robert Budd has been lucky since birth.“When I was two-days old my brother named

me Lucky. My parents named me Robert when I was seven days old. But everyone calls me Lucky,” says the 37-year-old author.

His brother Adam, older by six years, did not want to add another sister to the family of four children. “He thought he was lucky to have another boy.”

More than luck has brought Budd some noto-riety, he is the host of CBC radio’s Voices of B.C. and author of the book Voices of British Columbia, in which he recounts the stories of B.C’s pioneers from hundreds of voice recordings taken in the late 1950s.

Budd’s latest book, Raven Brings the Light, is a collaboration with one of the country’s renown First Nation’s artists, Roy Henry Vickers.

Vickers contacted Budd 18 months ago, search-ing for some recorded interviews he had used as inspiration for some of his art. The artist invited Budd to Tofino to listen to one of his storytelling workshops.

“We hit it off like gangbusters,” says Budd of meeting 66-year-old Vickers.

After hearing Vickers tell the story of Raven, Budd envisioned a book.

“We just started rolling and he was completely inspired,” says Budd. Vickers created 19 new images for the book which tells the story of a boy named Weget who is destined to bring light to the world. With the gift of a magic raven skin, Weget fulfills his destiny. The book, released earlier this month is already in its second printing.

Meet Budd and Vickers at a book signing and art show at Madrona Art Gallery, 606 View St., on May 24 and 25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more informa-tion go to harbourpublishing.com.

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Robert Budd, left, and Roy Henry Vickers bring the artistry of their new book (inset) to a show at Madrona Gallery this weekend.

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Sterk remains Green leaderDaniel PalmerNews staff

The leader of the B.C. Green party no longer intends to step down, promising instead to help the party’s first MLA adjust to life in the legislature.

Jane Sterk said she was convinced to stay on as party leader at a May 15 meeting with MLA-elect Andrew Weaver, who made history by winning in Oak Bay-Gordon Head the night before, and the party’s executive director and chair.

“We have to sort out what Andrew’s role will be and how the party and I can support him in that role,” Sterk said. “Since we’ve never had a candi-date elected, it will take some time to figure out what that’s going to look like.”

Weaver will likely hire four staff members and begin setting up his constituency office in the com-ing weeks, said Sterk, who took 38 per cent of the vote in Victoria-Beacon Hill last week but failed to clinch the seat. Incumbent NDP MLA Carole James received nearly 49 per cent support to retain her seat in the legisature.

Despite her personal defeat, Sterk said the Greens are reinvigorated by Weaver’s win and are already focused on the upcoming byelection in which Premier Christy Clark will seek a return to the legislature.

Clark lost her seat in Vancouver-Point Grey to the NDP’s David Eby on election night by 785 votes, but she will remain B.C. Liberal leader.

The date for the byelection has not yet been announced.

The Greens plan to create constituency associa-tions across the province and increase their mem-bership base, building on the success of Weaver in the coming years.

“Everybody is absolutely thrilled that it was Andrew who got elected because he is a scientist, he has that evidence-based decision-making per-spective, and that makes him a stronger MLA than if he was coming from a highly partisan position,” Sterk said.

“We’re looking forward to this being a stepping stone to much more success for the party.”

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B.C. Green Party leader Jane Sterk joins husband, John, in watching the election results roll in last week. Sterk lost her seat but will remain at the helm of the party, at least for now.

Future expansion eyed for Ogden PointNatalie NorthNews staff

Victoria is home to Canada’s busiest cruise ship port of call, with 500,000 visi-tors expected to disembark at Ogden Point in 2013.

But with the projected increase in cruise traffic comes a need for expansion – a master plan now two years in the making for the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority.

The plan for the future of the hub, shaped by consultation with the public and dependent on zoning from the city likely won’t be complete for another year.

“With the larger ships coming on

board and the Panama Canal being expanded, we will see larger ships in this market and they could be upwards of 330 to 360 metres long,” said Curtis Grad, GVHA’s chief executive officer and president.

Another challenge: half of the port is landfill. The reclaimed land has less capacity for development, but plays an important role in supporting crews, Grad said. Since dredging two years ago, the berths can accommodate ships up to 315 metres in length.

“As we continue to grow in the Alaska market over the next 20 years, we will actually need a fourth berth, likely in the Victoria area, not necessarily at Ogden.”

Esquimalt and Sidney are as yet uninvestigated possibilities, he said.

Bigger changes won’t be on the way until after the master plan is complete, a process expected to take the better part of this year.

In the meantime, 2013 will bring smaller upgrades which fall within the current zoning restrictions. A key component: a multipurpose float facility which would allow water taxi service to downtown and decrease congestion, and allow whale watching boat access.

Reconfiguration of the parking areas, improvement of walking pathways and linking with the city’s harbour pathway are among the finer details.


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we always have this ongoing challenge to bring more business.”

The conference centre anticipated more bookings when it leased the Crystal Garden, a 30,000-square-foot facility across the street at 713 Douglas St., to its existing 40,000-sq.-ft.capacity.

Gialloreto said all stakeholders “recognize the numbers are going in the wrong direction” and are eager to see the recommendations of the VCC review.

“Everybody would like to see better perfor-mance out of the conference centre. How to get that done is a much trickier proposition.”

The review is expected to take months, said City of Victoria spokesperson Katie Josephson.

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City of Victoria councillors are expected to approve a comprehen-sive review of the Victoria Confer-ence Centre tomorrow (May 16) in hopes of luring business back to the Capital Region.

Past and upcoming bookings for 2013 will see 40,000 fewer delegates attend events at the conference cen-tre compared to a high of 137,000 delegates in 2007.

Most North American cities, including Victoria, subsidize their conference facilities as economic generators. Cities can be slow to take action when economies change, said Bruce Carter, Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce CEO.

“That corporate market has all but disappeared for a number of rea-sons, partially due to economics, but also partially due to social responsi-bility,” he said. “Public bodies gener-ally need to be pushed. If this were a private business, (the review) would likely be done much faster, with less consultation.”

VCC bookings from U.S. organiza-tions have failed to bounce back in the wake of the recession due to stiff competition from other Canadian cit-ies and smaller delegate numbers, said Carrie Russell, managing direc-tor of consultancy firm HVS Global Hospitality Services.

“At its peak, Victoria was almost 50/50 with (hosting) U.S. and Cana-dian conferences,” she said.

Tighter passport regulations, a depressed U.S. economy and compe-tition from newer regional facilities such as the Vancouver Conference Centre are all factors in Victoria’s lack of recovery, Russell added.

Hoteliers use conference bookings as a “bedrock of occupancy” to set room rates, said Tourism Victoria CEO Rob Gialloreto.

“Conferences book business way in advance. … If you’re relying 100 per cent on leisure travel, that’s a really risky way to do business,” he said.

While other Canadian cities have seen hotel room bookings and rev-enue increase since 2008 lows, Vic-toria has actually declined, Russell said.

“The trend in Victoria has been one of the poorest in the country.”

Conference centre general man-ager Jocelyn Jenkyns said the 8,000 hotel rooms in Greater Victoria, along with the long-term lease inked on Crystal Garden, are reflective of an optimistic period when the region had a more buoyant tourism econ-omy.

“In 2007, we were turning away business,” she said. “We do really well in terms of what we’re able to generate, but because we have this abundance of hotel rooms in the city,

Sluggish centre reflects lagging tourism

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A totem stands tall inside the Victoria Conference Centre. The facility is struggling to win back business.

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we always have this ongoing challenge to bring more business.”

The conference centre anticipated more bookings when it leased the Crystal Garden, a 30,000-square-foot facility across the street at 713 Douglas St., to its existing 40,000-sq.-ft.capacity.

Gialloreto said all stakeholders “recognize the numbers are going in the wrong direction” and are eager to see the recommendations of the VCC review.

“Everybody would like to see better perfor-mance out of the conference centre. How to get that done is a much trickier proposition.”

The review is expected to take months, said City of Victoria spokesperson Katie Josephson.

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City of Victoria councillors are expected to approve a comprehen-sive review of the Victoria Confer-ence Centre tomorrow (May 16) in hopes of luring business back to the Capital Region.

Past and upcoming bookings for 2013 will see 40,000 fewer delegates attend events at the conference cen-tre compared to a high of 137,000 delegates in 2007.

Most North American cities, including Victoria, subsidize their conference facilities as economic generators. Cities can be slow to take action when economies change, said Bruce Carter, Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce CEO.

“That corporate market has all but disappeared for a number of rea-sons, partially due to economics, but also partially due to social responsi-bility,” he said. “Public bodies gener-ally need to be pushed. If this were a private business, (the review) would likely be done much faster, with less consultation.”

VCC bookings from U.S. organiza-tions have failed to bounce back in the wake of the recession due to stiff competition from other Canadian cit-ies and smaller delegate numbers, said Carrie Russell, managing direc-tor of consultancy firm HVS Global Hospitality Services.

“At its peak, Victoria was almost 50/50 with (hosting) U.S. and Cana-dian conferences,” she said.

Tighter passport regulations, a depressed U.S. economy and compe-tition from newer regional facilities such as the Vancouver Conference Centre are all factors in Victoria’s lack of recovery, Russell added.

Hoteliers use conference bookings as a “bedrock of occupancy” to set room rates, said Tourism Victoria CEO Rob Gialloreto.

“Conferences book business way in advance. … If you’re relying 100 per cent on leisure travel, that’s a really risky way to do business,” he said.

While other Canadian cities have seen hotel room bookings and rev-enue increase since 2008 lows, Vic-toria has actually declined, Russell said.

“The trend in Victoria has been one of the poorest in the country.”

Conference centre general man-ager Jocelyn Jenkyns said the 8,000 hotel rooms in Greater Victoria, along with the long-term lease inked on Crystal Garden, are reflective of an optimistic period when the region had a more buoyant tourism econ-omy.

“In 2007, we were turning away business,” she said. “We do really well in terms of what we’re able to generate, but because we have this abundance of hotel rooms in the city,

Sluggish centre reflects lagging tourism


A totem stands tall inside the Victoria Conference Centre. The facility is struggling to win back business.


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JumpShip postponed, ‘will return’ in 2014Cycling Festival changes look without JumpShip and Tour de Victoria

Travis PatersonNews staff

The most popular spectator event of the Victoria International Cycling Festival is tak-ing a one-year hiatus.

Due to a lack of necessary sponsorship the JumpShip event will not happen in 2014, a blow to the Cycling Festival’s overall expe-rience.

It’s not for a lack of sponsors per se, but a lack of cash to cover the event’s costs, said Eban Tomlinson, JumpShip event director.

“The current climate is sponsors want to give us in-kind and a festival this size needs $80,000 for indelible costs, for insurance and porta potties and the land, so it’s dif-ficult for us.”

JumpShip invites top stunt-jumping cyclists from all over the world to compete for cash prizes on a world-class course built on a barge at Ship Point.

It’s been a huge draw for foot traffic to the festival’s final weekend the past two years and was slated to headline its own weekend

at this year’s festival, June 14 to 16.The barge draws a huge crowd of specta-

tors, including hundreds in the neighbour-ing beer garden.

Despite disappointment from JumpShip

fans feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, Tomlinson added.

“Even if JumpShip is scaled down the event’s cash costs will remain the same,” Tomlinson said.

“Everybody understands if we can’t fund it we shouldn’t put it on. People are glad we’ve decided to postpone it rather than run a deficit so that we can make 2014 a much better year.”

Planning has already turned to 2014 for JumpShip organizers.

Ryder Hesjedal’s Tour de Victoria, which ended smack in the middle of the Inner Harbour during the final weekend last year, has also moved dates. It will happen in Sep-tember so Hesjedal can attend, post race season.

“We’ve still got a slate of nine events and yes, it’s a shame to lose JumpShip, but we’re good to go and moving ahead,” said VICF chair John Briggs. “it is a loss for that particular weekend.”

The VICF starts with the Robert Cameron Law Series on Friday, May 31, a weekend of road cycling stages with a time trial, road race and Bastion Square criterium.

New this year to the VICF is Ride, Don’t Hide, a mass participation event to ben-efit the mental health of women and their families.

Ride, Don’t Hide has three distances along Dallas Road to Oak Bay, 7.5 kilome-tres, 22 km and 29.5 km. It will be officially announced today at Oak Bay Bikes.

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Rain parted for sunshine and a crowd on the final day of the second annual JumpShip at Ship Point in June 2012.

St. Michaels romp to Colonel Hodgkins trophy against GNSTravis PatersonNews staff

The Oak Bay Barbarians retained the Howard Russell Cup as Lower Island high school boys AAA rugby champions with a 39-17 win over the Mount Douglas Rams at Oak Bay High on Thursday.

Grade 12 student Conor McDiar-mid led the Barbs with a hat trick of tries. Captain Evan Cambridge scored the second try of the day as the Barbs used a well rounded attack to stymie the talented but new-to-rugby Rams.

“The Rams are a team of great athletes, you can see that, and we had to use our skill and structure to win,” Cambridge said.

Cambridge, a graduating senior and B.C. Youth 7s team member, will join the UVic Vikes rugby pro-gram next year. Vikes head coach Doug Tate was at the game watch-ing his son, Barbs’ fly half Morgan Tate.

On the opposite side of the field, Rams’ fullback Mason Swift gave the Barbs all kinds of fits. Swift is headed to play running back for the Guelph Gryphons football squad in the CIS this year and showed his skills are transferable.

“Rugby’s in my blood, I’m half Tongan, but I never played until

(last year),” Swift said. “Really I love it, but I just haven’t played enough.”

Swift lined up at centre most of the season but was moved to full-back for the Howard Russell Cup by coach Matt Staples.

And the decision paid off.“I think we’d rather face Swift

at centre so he has less space to

start with,” said Cambridge.Swift’s runs almost always

started from standing, at times on his heels, not that it mattered, as he casually slapped off at least two tacklers per carry.

Early line breaks and a game’s worth of tackle breaks may have sapped Swift’s extraordinary fit-ness, though he continued to

break Barbarians’ tackles at half speed. Swift also managed mul-tiple try-saving tackles including two during one set of Barbarian phases.

The win is another notch in the historic rugby program so impor-tant to the Oak Bay High culture.

“It means a lot to win this tro-phy,” Cambridge said. “We hear

about what it means to be a Bar-barian from the time we’re in Grades 5 and 6. It’s passed down not just from older kids, but from our parents.”

The Rams, to their credit, surged in the second half using its massive forward pack to barge ahead but couldn’t convert their work into tries.

Jags run over GNSThe St. Michaels Blue Jaguars

romped to a 56-5 win over the Glenlyon Norfolk Gryphons in the AA Colonel Hodgkins Cup immedi-ately following the Howard Russell on Thursday.

GNS fielded a team full of Grade 10s and 11s and to their credit, scored the try of the day to end the game, said Blue Jags coach Ian Hyde-Lay.

All four above teams qualified for the first round of provincials, which happen Saturday (May 25) at Brentwood College. The No. 3 seed Blue Jags are missing a hand-ful of key regulars and will likely call up some talented Grade 10s when they face No. 14 seed Lady-smith in AA play. The 11 seed Gryphons face McRoberts (Rich-mond).

In AAA play No. 8 Oak Bay faces No. 9 Carson Graham and No. 14 Mount Doug draws No. 3 Earl Mar-riott.

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Mount Doug Rams flanker Sasha Shurvin tackles Oak Bay Barbarians captain Evan Cambridge in the Howard Russell Cup, Thursday (May 16) at Oak Bay High. The Barbs won 39-17.

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Outstanding Female AthleteAgnes Esser (Frances Kelsey) - Discus record, 49.75 m, Shot Put record, 13.55 m

Outstanding Male AthleteThomas Getty (Mount Douglas) - 3,000m Record 8:34.93

Most Inspirational AthleteThomas Getty (Mount Douglas secondary)1st 800m 1:56.68 1st 1,500m 4:00.291st 3,000m 8:34.93

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Those interested in applying should submit their resumé by Friday, May 24, 2013 to:

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All inquiries and applications will be held in the strictest confidence.We would like to thank in advance all who apply, however only those chosen for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please.

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PERSONAL SERVICES

PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

BICYCLES

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BUILDING SUPPLIES

METAL ROOFING & siding sales. Seconds avail. Custom roof Flashings. 250-544-3106.

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MOVING SALE at Langford Lake- Vintage dining rm table (seats 8), computer desks, chairs, 33 gallon fi sh tank w/oak stand, glass top patio set, dinette, barbecue and much more. 250-478-1661.

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

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MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700

TOOLS

FULL SET of drywall tools+ extras, texture machine, open to offers. (250)478-8921.

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

COLLEGE HEIGHTS. 3-level, 4bdrm +1bdrm suite. Beautiful Ocean & City views. 0% Down! Easy to buy. Call (250)753-0160 for more info.

COLLEGE HEIGHTS. 5bdrm +1bdrm suite. Gorgeous Ocean & City views. Easy to buy. 0% Down! Call (250)753-0160 for more info.

COLLEGE HEIGHTS. Beauti-ful Ocean & City views. 4bdrms + 2bdrm suite. Easy to buy. 0% down. (250)753-0160 for more info.

COZY COTTAGE on 2.14 acres a stone’s throw from the ocean. This 800sqft, 2 bed-room home was completely renovated in 2007 with new electric, plumbing, bathroom, kitchen, roof, etc. It is close to schools, a corner store, and neighbourhood pub and is only 5 kms to downtown Courte-nay. The property is zoned for 2 dwellings so you could live in the cottage while building your dream home and after rent out the cottage for extra revenue. Gardener’s paradise with sev-eral heritage fruit trees, ber-ries, grape vines and beautiful roses. The Royston area re-ceived a grant this year to put in sewer. (778)428-1159.

WATER VIEW FROM EVERY WINDOW; Must see 2 year old Westhills home in pristine con-dition. 2261 sq’ 4 bdrm, 4 baths incl. custom master en-suite with 6’ whirlpool tub. Le-gal 1 bdrm. suite with sep. en-trance incl. W/D; Many extras. everything still under warranty. OPEN HOUSE Friday. Sat & Sunday 12.30 - 4pm for more info.call 778-433-1767 or go to propertyguys.com ID#192352------- 3042 Waterview Close

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

GARDENER’S PARADISE1 acre. 4-bdrm character

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GORDON HEAD- (4062 Felt-ham Pl) 3 bdrm Rancher, w/appls, F/P, garage. Close to Uvic, Shelbourne. $519,000. Move-in now, Motivated seller. MLS #321255. 250-514-3286.

JUST BUILT family home in downtown Langford, 10 year warranty, across park, 3 bed, 3 bath, family room, potential suite, garage, 2200 sq.ft. $459,900. Call 250-216-4415.

LADYSMITH- 3 bdrms, 2 bath, 6 year old roof, 2200sq ft, lrg sun deck w/ocean view, close to all amenties, quiet no through road, needs TLC, $245,000. Call (250)245-4155.

MUST SEE: 3 Bdrm, 1 1/2 Bath, sep. offi ce with private entry nestled in Qualicum Woods. Just 5 mins to Village, beach, forest & 2 golf courses. Low maint. gardens, fenced backyard, offers privacy & peaceful surrounding. Lots of updates & reno’s, infra-red sauna in garage. $349,000.00 If interested call:250-594-5654

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

Sidney luxury Condo- beauti-ful 2 Bdrms, 2 full baths, closeto downtown, ocean views.#201-9942-Third St. $498,000.778-351-1239 ID#192331www.propertyguys.com

TOWNHOUSE $389,500. Mo-tivated sellers! Will pay3%/1.5% to buyers agent.MLS #320099. 20-1950 CultraAve, Saanichton. For viewingcall 250-818-7038 online: propertyguys.com id# 192357.

HOUSES FOR SALE

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property or full time living. Motivated seller $378,800.

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MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

LANGFORD MOBILE home inSeniors Park, upgraded interi-or, fully furnished, A/C, fencedyard & 2 sheds. REDUCED to$35,000. 250-590-2450.

OTTER POINT RV Trailer Park. 40’ park model trailer (nopad fees) 3 slide outs +30’x52’ lot, fi nished deck &shed in new condition. Opento offers. Call 306-290-8764.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

LANGFORD. TOP fl r 2 bdrm,2 bath furn’d Condo. Nearshopping, restaurants, RoyalRoads University. 10 foot Ca-thedral ceilings, secure under-ground prkg, in-suite laundry.$1250 mo. 250-743-5182.

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RAAMCO International Properties

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Cubbon Apartments For Seniors - 55+1035 North Park StreetBachelor - $575 and upOne Bedroom - $800 & upTwo Bedroom - $950 & up.Close to sunny downtown Victoria and designated for seniors 55 years or older Amenities include a coffee lounge, games room, exer-cise room, and library and garden plots available for your green thumb. Pets wel-come w/some restrictions.

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Wetherby ApartmentsFor Seniors - 55+ 3205 Wetherby RoadSeniors only please - 55+.Bachelor - $7251 bdrm - $9152 bdrm - $1100This seniors only building has on site laundry, outdoor and covered parking, Shop-ping at Hillside Mall is just steps away. Pets welcome with some restrictions.

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COTTAGES

DEEP COVE- cozy 1bdrm, wood fl oors, acreage, skylights $895/mo, N/S. 250-656-1312.

BUYING - RENTING- SELLING

RENTALS

HOMES FOR RENT

LANGFORD. 3-BDRM + den. 2 bath, double car garage, huge deck, quiet street, 5 mins to all amens. N/S. $1900 mo + utils. (Immed). 250-686-4445.

NEAR COOK St. village, new 2 bdrm 5 apls prvt fenced yard small pet ok $1400 N/S. May15/ June 1. 250-383-8800

VIC WEST: July 1. Bright sun-ny 3 bdrm+ sunroom, 2 lvng rms, near ocean, $1650. 1 pet ok. N/S, ref’s. 250-383-8800

SUITES, LOWER

COLWOOD- 2 lvl, furnished 1 bdrm, 5 appls. $800 inclu-sive, NS/NP. 250-380-0700

COLWOOD- BRIGHT, quiet 2 bdrm, $1000 incls utils, D/W, shared lndry, A/C, int hookup, N/S, N/P. Ref’s. 250-391-7915.

GORDON HEAD: 1 bdrm, NS/NP. $650 incld’s cable, prkng. June 1. (250)472-8381

KEATING, 1300 sq ft, 2 bdrm, grd level, N/P, N/S, $1000 mo + utils. June. 1. (250)888-8668

LARGE BRIGHT, 2 br, gr. lev-el, 4 piece bath, laundry, n/s, utils. incl’d, close to bus, avail. June 1, refs. $900. 250-642-5995. 250-812-6012

MARIGOLD AREA- 1 bdrm, shared lndry, quiet. NS/NP. $850, May 1. 250-727-6217.

QUADRA/MCKENZIE, newer grd level 2 bdrm, 2 full baths, F/S, lndry, part use of dbl gar-age, N/P, N/S, $1200 + part utils. Avail now. (250)658-5123

SIDNEY: 2 bdrm, lrg back-yard, gardens. 12x12 insulated shed. N/S. $1100+ utils. Avail. June 15th. Call 250-888-5972.

UPTOWN: 3 bdrms, newly re-no’d, 4 appls, bus route, NS/NP. $1600 utils included, own laundry. 250-480-0849.

RENTALS

SUITES, LOWER

SOOKE 1 br + offi ce, large quality walk-in + private stor-age, laundry rm, F/P, all in-cluded, sm pet, quiet N/S, refs, $835. Phone 250- 589-5337

SUITES, UPPER

BRENTWOOD BAY, 3 bdrm, 2 bath. Free Rent for May. Gas F/P, D/W, lndry, lrg deck/yard. NS/NP $1500. (250)589-9997.

ESQUIMALT, MAIN fl oor Character suite, N/S, N/P, $800 incls utils. (250)385-2846

LANGFORD: 1 bdrm above garage suite, W/D. $900 util’s and internet incld’d. Avail. June 1st. N/S. (250)661-0566.

SOOKE- QUAINT 1 bdrm $675/mo. Shared laundry. Available now. Pets consid-ered. Call (778)352-1618.

TOWNHOUSES

SIDNEY- 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath w/garage, gas F/P new, sun-room. NS/NP. $1550+ utils. Avail July 15. (250)656-7456.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

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TRANSPORTATION

AUTO SERVICES

TOP CASH PAID

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Free Towing $$$ 250-885-1427 $$$

CARS

2001 HONDA Accord (pewter grey), 4 door, 4 cylinder, auto, low kms (137,000), CD player, power options, tinted windows, alarm, lady driven, in excellent condition in and out. Asking $5600 obo. (250)592-1268.

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 fi rm. 250-755-5191.

SPORTS & IMPORTS

2004 FORD MUSTANG Con-vertible, 40th anniversary Spe-cial Edition. Black Beauty! 56,000 km, V-6 automatic, new soft top, fully loaded. $11,500 obo. Serious inquiries only. 250-474-1293, Barb.

MOTORCYCLES

MILE Zero Motorsports- Vancouver Islands Exclusive Arctic Cat dealer. Trades Welcome! Financing Available Located just south of Na-nimo airport at 3-13136 Thomas Rd, Ladysmith. 250-245-5414 Toll Free: 1-866-567-9376

TRANSPORTATION

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

2000, 26’ Golden Falcon 5th wheel, 3 way fridge, slide out, new hot water 10gal tank, queen bed. In exc. cond. Stored in Ladysmith. $7200 fi rm. Call (250)580-2566.

TRANSPORTATION

UTILITY TRAILERS

7’x12’ Deck Utility Trailer. Good for small tractors andquads. 4 wheels, loadingramps, green. $1350 obo. Call(250)384-7954.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

CARPENTRY

BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.

INSTCARPET ALLATION

CARPET, LINO installation re-stretches & repairs. 30 years exp. Glen, 250-474-1024.

DRAFTING & DESIGN

GRAPHIC DESIGN. Business cards, logos, ads, posters. Rea-sonable. in.fl [email protected].

HOME RENOVATIONDesign for PermitCall Steven- 250. 381.4123.

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779.

AT&T ELECTRIC. Renova-tions. Residential & Commer-cial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm. Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.

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Manitoba may not be known for its mountain ranges and steep terrain, but it was on the hills of the prairies that owner of Fawcett Expeditions, Rob Fawcett, began his passion for mountain bik-ing.

Fawcett – a retired chartered accountant – now works in partnership with an Italy-based company, Progetto Avventura, along with Oak Bay Bicycles, to take adventure seekers to international destina-tions on two wheels.

The idea came to Fawcett after a year-long 15,000-kilometre around-the-world mountain bike trip. Instead of taking highways and main roads, he opted for the trail less traveled.

“I went from Vancouver to Halifax, and from there I took a plane to Ireland and biked to Wales and then England and over to France, Belgium, Holland to Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Croa-

tia,” he said.The journey continued from Greece and through

the Middle East into Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzebekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China.

“(I) tried to find the most interesting way to get from here to there,” Fawcett said. “Because you can take the highway, but as a mountain biker, I find that’s the least fun and admirable way to ride your bike.”

The B.C. portion of Fawcett’s trip ended up being the first expedition offered by the company, which now takes people to Italy, Mongolia and China.

Oak Bay Bicycles owner Karl Ullrich got involved about three years ago, when he and a couple of staff headed to Italy to scope out new routes.

The company now helps guide the Rome to Florence route, which goes through Umbria and Tuscany, taking the long road.

“Even backroads would be generous. They’re old cart trails and old farming roads,” Ullrich said. “It’s a unique way to experience it, to be able to ride through fields and woods and pop out into these towns.”

The Italian journey costs participants about $3,000, not including airfare, which covers every-thing needed once the tour begins. While it’s a nice package to be able to offer, Ullrich said it’s also great for the staff who get to go as guides.

“Anybody who enjoys cycling finds for the most part that when you go to new environments you have better endurance and more enthusiasm, just because around every corner it’s a new vista.”

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“You hit the Etruscan road on the second day and actually ride that for two or three hours,” said Fawcett. “It is basically like a canyon that is carved out by the Etruscans, and you can ride it now with your mountain bike.”

For those thinking this might be a fun adventure, Fawcett has a few tips.

“These expeditions are designed for people who have a high level of fitness. They don’t necessar-ily have to have a high level of mountain bike skill, but a bit is good,” he said. “Often mountain bikers can be more into free riding and don’t have the fit-ness for this type of thing.”

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Oak Bay Bicycles owner Karl Ullrich leads the way during a bike tour in Italy from Rome to Florence, through Umbria and Tuscany. Ullrich is working with Fawcett Expeditions, which now offers a variety of tour packages to destinations around the world.


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Manitoba may not be known for its mountain ranges and steep terrain, but it was on the hills of the prairies that owner of Fawcett Expeditions, Rob Fawcett, began his passion for mountain bik-ing.

Fawcett – a retired chartered accountant – now works in partnership with an Italy-based company, Progetto Avventura, along with Oak Bay Bicycles, to take adventure seekers to international destina-tions on two wheels.

The idea came to Fawcett after a year-long 15,000-kilometre around-the-world mountain bike trip. Instead of taking highways and main roads, he opted for the trail less traveled.

“I went from Vancouver to Halifax, and from there I took a plane to Ireland and biked to Wales and then England and over to France, Belgium, Holland to Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Croa-

tia,” he said.The journey continued from Greece and through

the Middle East into Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzebekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China.

“(I) tried to find the most interesting way to get from here to there,” Fawcett said. “Because you can take the highway, but as a mountain biker, I find that’s the least fun and admirable way to ride your bike.”

The B.C. portion of Fawcett’s trip ended up being the first expedition offered by the company, which now takes people to Italy, Mongolia and China.

Oak Bay Bicycles owner Karl Ullrich got involved about three years ago, when he and a couple of staff headed to Italy to scope out new routes.

The company now helps guide the Rome to Florence route, which goes through Umbria and Tuscany, taking the long road.

“Even backroads would be generous. They’re old cart trails and old farming roads,” Ullrich said. “It’s a unique way to experience it, to be able to ride through fields and woods and pop out into these towns.”

The Italian journey costs participants about $3,000, not including airfare, which covers every-thing needed once the tour begins. While it’s a nice package to be able to offer, Ullrich said it’s also great for the staff who get to go as guides.

“Anybody who enjoys cycling finds for the most part that when you go to new environments you have better endurance and more enthusiasm, just because around every corner it’s a new vista.”

On the trip, cyclists follow parts of the 2,000 year old Roman road, Via Francigena, in addition to a segment of an even older Etruscan road, to get them from Rome to Florence.

“You hit the Etruscan road on the second day and actually ride that for two or three hours,” said Fawcett. “It is basically like a canyon that is carved out by the Etruscans, and you can ride it now with your mountain bike.”

For those thinking this might be a fun adventure, Fawcett has a few tips.

“These expeditions are designed for people who have a high level of fitness. They don’t necessar-ily have to have a high level of mountain bike skill, but a bit is good,” he said. “Often mountain bikers can be more into free riding and don’t have the fit-ness for this type of thing.”

Though still a young company, Fawcett is merg-ing with his Italian partner to form an international expedition company under the name Mongolia Bike Challenge Cycling.

For more detailed information go to fawcett expeditions.com.

“(I) tried to find the most interesting way to get from here to there.”

- Rob Fawcett

Ride an Etruscan road

Submitted photo

Oak Bay Bicycles owner Karl Ullrich leads the way during a bike tour in Italy from Rome to Florence, through Umbria and Tuscany. Ullrich is working with Fawcett Expeditions, which now offers a variety of tour packages to destinations around the world.


Online micro loans connectbusiness to finances, mentors


Three years ago, Chelsey Taporowski was barely making ends meet.

A single mother, she was studying for her mort-gage broker’s licence and working as a server at night, struggling to find time to spend with her kids.

When she came across Community Micro Lend-ing, Taporowski tapped in to a support base and an affordable way to take control of her profes-sional life.

“I took a small loan, but it was enough to give me the confidence to allow me to quit my job as a waitress and put some time into building my busi-ness,” she said.

The made-in-Victoria micro loan program gives local entrepreneurs a boost by providing low-inter-est loans and peer mentorship, creating commu-nity networks in the local economy.

Lenders can browse online about budding entre-preneurs and contribute in $500 increments with a guaranteed two-per-cent return.

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Last month, the non-profit unveiled a revamped website that allows donors to make automatic online contributions, and there are plans to expand the service across Canada, Helps said.

“It’s quite a simple concept. I’ve got money, you need money, I’ll lend you a little bit of money so you can create a sustainable livelihood for your-self,” she said. “A lot of people said this is never going to work here, this is more suited to the devel-oping world. But it happened.”

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Success by Six announces 2013 Early Years Awards

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Some Greater Victoria busi-nesses and recreation operations take special care to address the needs of families with young chil-dren.

The efforts of a number of those merchants and organizations are not lost on the parents who use them on a regular basis and are spotlighted yearly by the south Vancouver Island chapter of Success by Six through its Early Years Awards.

“It’s all about recognizing the work the community does on behalf of young children, and indeed, their families,” said Dave Pitre, local co-chair of Success by Six and a retired high school principal in the Greater Victoria School District.

“With these awards, we’re trying to help family friendly enterprises be successful as well – everybody looks after everybody else. It’s a kind of harmonious relationship we’re

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Three categories specifically addressed services for First Nations children and families.

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Success by Six is an international program that focuses on early childhood development. Since its founding in 1988, it has expanded to more than 300 communities in Canada and the U.S.

The south Island chapter, funded by the province and United Way Greater Victoria, works with various community groups to help create programs for children up to age 6 and enhance public support for early childhood initiatives.

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