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The European fire ant (Myrmica rubra) collecting sugars from a peony. The species was first discovered in B.C in 2010.

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Within seconds Ben van Drimmel-en’s hand is swarming with European fire ants.

All it took was one solid thump over where he knew there was a nest – an easy process since he pounded his entire front yard earlier and found five nests in a one-metre section.

“The odd behaviour is the strong bite and the swarming action,” the Oak Bay man said, ants crawling across his cal-loused hand. “They’re nasty, biting, little invasives.”

He’s been trying to get rid of them since discovering the pests living alongside the harmless black ants in his yard in the mid-1990s.

“I didn’t know they were non-native,” he said. “I knew they were annoying.”

This summer, van Drimmelen learned exactly how invasive the pests are after reading media cover-age of a European fire ant problem on the Lower Mainland that cited lead-ing B.C. expert Robert Higgins.

Higgins hopes to spread that knowledge given new funding from the province and the growing con-cern over the tiny, feisty pests.

“One of the many challenges with this new invasive is that few people work with ants and are able to identify them. Right now I am the only person in the province, but a workshop is in the planning stages to train more people,” the entomologist explained. “We’re trying to provide some more information to municipalities so they can stickhandle this.”

A little while later, van Drimmelen simply places his hand on the lawn, with similar swarming affect – no thump necessary. Although only four millimetres long, the ants are known to swarm and sting without provoca-tion, putting the kibosh on bocce, relaxing on the grass and backyard parties, said van Drimmelen’s neigh-bour Rhea Cavelti.

“Once the kids are bitten, After Bite doesn’t work. … The (welts) get massive,” Cavelti said.

Higgins explained that the Euro-pean fire ants became a noted pest about 15 years ago.

“(The species is) forming much denser colonies in areas that it’s

moving into. And it’s becoming much more aggressive,” he said. “This ant doesn’t behave this way in Europe. It doesn’t form colonies anywhere near as densely as in North America. … They seem to understand they are dominating the area and can afford to be aggressive.”

Along with Greater Victoria, the thin, red ants have been found

around Chilliwack, North Van-couver and Burnaby.

“It is to the best of our knowledge localized right now to perhaps half a dozen residences (in Greater Vic-

toria),” Higgins said. “The province has approved fund-

ing to map their distribution in more detail. … By the end of summer we hope to have a better idea of where it is, at least where it’s established.”

A retired biologist, van Drimmelen looks forward to Higgins’ mapping the species and discovering a safe way to combat them. Traditional ant-killing methods have yet to work.

“I’m hoping there’s a way to control these ants without killing the other nice ants,” van Dimmelen said. So far Higgins finds boric acid at a very spe-cific concentration does the trick and is guiding residents accordingly.

“We’re going to be setting up a process, so we can provide some information to municipalities if they become the first contact for these issues,” Higgins said.

They hope to have students map-ping and trapping in the neighbour-hood this week.

Learn more about the species, or contact Higgins through Thompson Rivers University at www.tru.ca/fac-ulty/rhiggins.

Rising temper with temperature

The European fire ant is not a morning creature. In the cold and damp it’s sluggish but as the temperature heats up, say to 20 degrees, it begins to move faster.

“It only tends to sting when you get it under clothing and press against it,” said entomologist Rob Higgins. When the weather hits 25 degrees, this invasive fire ant will “sting without the neces-sity of clothing,” he added. “They show the worst behaviour on warm humid muggy evenings.”

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European fire ants invade Oak Bay

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Fire ants swarm on the Oak Bay lawn of Ben van Drimmelen. He’s willing to showcase the problem in hopes of other neighbourhoods coming forward for the mapping and trapping process.

Stop the spreadA queen is required to establish new colonies,

so simply walking isn’t a danger to spreading the species. Those who have a dreaded ant colony shouldn’t transport soil.

“It’s important not to remove soil from the

area, because we don’t want to spread ants from the area,” Higgins said. If you’re digging up plants and sending them to a friend or a neigh-bour, immerse the roots in water for an hour to kill any potential of transporting a queen. “We definitely want to contain this. … It’s going to be a fight to knock it back.”

“They’re nasty, biting, little invasives.” - Ben van Drimmelen

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As federal political parties adjust to the surprise of Victoria MP Denise Savoie’s resigna-tion last week, the focus is turning to potential candidates and hot-but-ton issues for the likely fall byelection.

Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin is rumoured to be considering a run at the NDP nomination, an opportunity that would see him take leave of city hall during the cli-max of the Johnson Street Bridge project.

“He’s made it quite clear among friends that he’s got aspira-tions for higher office,” said Mat Wright, former communications direc-tor for 2011 Liberal can-didate and former Oak Bay mayor Christopher Causton.

“I think he’s going to look at this as an oppor-tunity he can’t miss.”

Fortin’s office refused comment on his poten-tial candidacy.

Former Conservative candidate Patrick Hunt said he will be making a decision next week on his candidacy. “I certainly haven’t ruled it out,” he said. “We’ll come with a game plan to win this time.”

As a rule, byelections do not favour the gov-erning party and local candidates tend to be magnified more than in a general election, said University of Victoria political scientist Nor-man Ruff.

“All four parties have something to prove,” he said. “The NDP will want to retain (the seat) as continuing evidence of (Tom) Mulcair’s lead-ership appeal while the Liberals are hungry to regain the seat as a sign of some party revival.”

The Conservatives are able to run a strong campaign, Ruff added, while the Greens will be hoping for some “contagion” from Eliza-beth May’s success in Saanich-Gulf Islands to become the first Green MP in 2011.

A byelection also provides more of an opportunity to capital-ize on local issues than in a general election, said former Liberal MP

David Anderson, who held the Victoria seat from 1993 to 2006.

While major national issues like the Enbridge pipeline project, envi-ronmental assessment cuts and a reduction in fisheries officers are going to weigh on vot-ers’ choices, local con-cerns like the Capital Regional District’s sec-ondary sewage treat-ment project – which Anderson opposes – could prove to be para-mount to electoral suc-cess, he said.

“This could be the sleeper that wins either the Liberals or the Greens the election,” Anderson said. “But it’s for the NDP to lose. They are the favou-rites.”

May said the Greens do advocate for regional sewage treatment, but that the proposed proj-ect – of which one-third will be funded by fed-eral dollars – is not the right fit.

“The current system isn’t sustainable for-ever, but it’s certainly

not an urgent crisis where we jump to the wrong system,” May said. “Municipally, pro-vincially and federally, there are a lot of us who don’t think the solution that’s being proposed right now is the right one.”

The byelection pro-vides the first demo-cratic outlet for resi-dents of Victoria, Oak Bay and a large por-tion of Saanich to voice their support or rejec-tion of the controver-sial $782-million sew-age treatment project, which will increase annual municipal taxes by hundreds of dollars per household.

“(Prime Minister) Stephen Harper’s lead-ership style will inevita-bly be the larger back-drop (in the byelec-tion),” Ruff said.

Nathan Rotman, the NDP’s national direc-

tor, called Savoie’s res-ignation disappointing and said the candidate nomination process will likely open after the Labour Day weekend.

“Certainly, we expect this to be a popular nomination race,” Rot-man said, adding the federal government will likely call Victoria’s byelection this fall in conjunction with sev-eral others in Calgary Centre, Durham, Ont. and possibly Etobicoke, Ont.

“I would speculate it will be a late October call for a late November election date,” Rotman said.

The federal govern-ment has 180 days to call a byelection when a seat becomes vacant. If Victoria is not called until February, the bye-lection will occur in the

middle of the provin-cial 2013 election cam-paign, an undesirable scenario for both levels of government.

Last Thursday, Savoie announced she would step down on Aug. 31 for unspecified health reasons. She served as Victoria MP for three terms since 2006, win-ning an impressive 50 per cent of the vote in the 2011 election.

Savoie’s challeng-ers in the last federal election were Conser-vative Patrick Hunt, Jared Giesbrecht for the Greens and Chris-topher Causton, Liberal candidate and former Oak Bay mayor.

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Savoie earned our respect

Most Victorians put politics aside upon hearing of Victoria NDP MP Denise Savoie’s decision to step away from her position.

Citing a “health warning” from her physician, Savoie said last week she could no longer “represent her constituents to the standard they have come to expect.”

Reactions ranged from shock to sadness, and the consensus formed around the region was that Savoie leaves big shoes to fill.

With a career in politics running from her election as a Victoria councillor

in 1999 to her rise as NDP MP in 2006 – a seat she held onto during two subsequent elections – Savoie earned a reputation as a steadfast representative.

Despite political barriers, Savoie helped bring millions of federal dollars to the region for the Johnson Street bridge and sewage treatment projects. She previously spearheaded many regional environmental and humanitarian projects, including the development of the Galloping Goose Trail and the regional housing trust.

That type of commitment and devotion to Greater Victoria citizens will be difficult to replace.

Savoie’s “city council-style” politics will be missed. Her passion for bringing local concerns to federal ears made her stand out among her cohorts in the chamber.

In stepping down from her post at the end of this week, she will leave a legacy of championing cross-party co-operation and initiatives that helped lead the government toward integrating provincial and municipal policymaking.

Although Savoie would not speculate on her replacement, she is looking forward to a “pretty exciting” race for her seat.

Among the names of potential byelection candidates being tossed about in local pubs are Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin for the NDP, as well as 2011 federal election candidates Patrick Hunt of the Conservatives, former Oak Bay Mayor Christopher Causton for the Liberals and former Green Party candidate Jared Giesbrecht.

Beyond that, anyone who wants the job will have to answer to the people of Victoria and be able to speak clearly for them in Ottawa in order to earn the respect Savoie gained during her tenure in politics.

Victoria MP’s departure leaves big shoes to fill

NDP leader Adrian Dix has announced that one of his first acts as premier would be to withdraw B.C. from the joint review of the Enbridge pipeline proposal from Alberta to Kitimat.

The two-year federal-led review will be mostly done by next May, but Dix proposes to start a new provincial assessment to examine the B.C. portion. He doesn’t know how much it would cost, and under questioning he all but admitted the intention is to study the pipeline to death.

Fresh from a summer tour of the pipeline route to reaffirm solidarity with its opponents, Dix is hardly in a position to consider anything but maximum resistance. As Premier Christy Clark did in her showdown with Alberta over benefits, Dix hinted that provincial permits for river and wildlife crossings would be made as expensive as possible, if not refused.

The same fate awaits the Kinder Morgan plan to twin the existing Trans-Mountain oil pipeline to Burnaby. Dix left the impression that he would undo the years of work that have gone into bringing some rational sense to environmental approvals that can be, and have been, dragged out for years.

The B.C. hearings would provide another platform for opponents,

and more complaints to justify refusal at the provincial level, to go along with court cases and direct-action protests.

Speaking of which, the frontal assault by agitators at the federal Enbridge hearings has mostly petered out. After 4,000-odd people were signed up to speak, most didn’t bother, and some hearings were cancelled. Apparently slacktivists such as “Jonathan L. Seagull” and “Cave Man” didn’t make it out of their Vancouver basement suites to tell the panel oil is bad.

Professional environmentalists are now wringing their hands over Ottawa’s decision to leave smaller-scale reviews to the province. This means, for example, that there won’t be a duplicate federal review of the urgently needed refit of the John Hart Dam on the Campbell River.

One reader suggested that environmental pioneer Roderick Haig-Brown is still spinning in his grave over the damming of this legendary salmon river. Perhaps, but that was in 1947. Does it make sense today to lard pointless bureaucracy onto a reconstruction that replaces wooden pipes and provides earthquake protection, without expanding river impact?

NDP environment critic Rob Fleming hammered away at the B.C. Liberals about this in the

spring, reminding them that Auditor General John Doyle had exposed a lack of resources in the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office, even before Ottawa’s changes.

Fleming makes it sound like a huge new burden has been dumped on B.C. False. Provincial assessment already must be done with the participation of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Transport Canada, the provincial ministries of natural resources and energy and mines, and of course aboriginal communities. This is why it’s so long and expensive.

And don’t be fooled into believing that a federal review would go out and count the tadpoles and caribou again. It’s only the desk jobs that have proliferated.

There weren’t just two levels of duplicate review, but three. Earlier in their mandate, the B.C. Liberals exempted major projects such as mines and energy generation from local government control, citing the “provincial interest” similar to the federal authority over projects that cross provincial borders.

I agree with the NDP that B.C. environmental assessment needs more resources, in particular to do the follow-up on approved projects, as called for by the auditor general.

Forest management needs more money too. All the more reason not to waste resources on political gestures.

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Re: Henderson expansion plan revealed (News Aug. 22).

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That sounds way out of line for constructions costs to me. So if Oak Bay were to build a 1,600 square foot house

it would cost over $900,000 – before land costs – dang something sounds out of whack here.

Sounds like we are headed to some heavy cost over-runs now. Next we’ll hear that Oak Bay admin costs are rising as fast as the City of Victoria’s.

Paul ElworhyOak Bay

Another aggressive deer story (Agressive deer chases woman, News Aug. 24), and for the person involved it must have been quite scary.

But let’s look at this logically. I do not know how big the dog is but from the photo it looks quite large. In fact, probably

bigger than the two fawns and maybe as big as the doe itself. Was the doe intent on attacking the dog and owner or was it merely concerned for the welfare of its babies and the doe herself?

William JesseOak Bay

Re: Disappointment over Oak Bay Lodge decision (letters Aug. 8).

As one of the detractors, or so could be indicated, I was questioning whether the proposal would include enough garden and courtyard space and outside walking space because of the limitations of

the physical space.I have heard that adequate

walking and garden space is important to all patients as it is key (as I know) to some of their visitors.

It isn’t a NIMBY issue to us at all.

G.A. MayhewOak Bay

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Safety kick-startVancouver Island Safety Council instructor Don Robertson checks the signals on Kim Hawker’s bike while the class stops at the Oak Bay Marina. Hawker has driven her motorcycle for about a week and a half during the bike traffic safety course after earning her new driver’s licence.

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Greater Victoria students are throwing their support behind the region’s municipalities who want greater control over BC Transit.

Both the University of Victoria and Camosun College student societies are urging transporta-tion minister Blair Lekstrom to give the Capital Regional District control of transportation plan-ning.

“The biggest issue facing stu-dents in the transit system is students being left behind on buses both on and off campus,” said Lucia Orser, UVSS director of external relations.

Lekstrom appointed a review panel in March after complaints that the provincially appointed BC Transit board was making costly changes without consult-ing the communities, whose fares and property taxes cover more than half the cost of transit service.

He promised to respond to the recommendations of the panel during the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference in September.

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Bus pass-ups are still com-monplace for more than 30,000 UVic and Camosun students that commute each day to and from campus, Keller-MacLeod said.

“It’s not just during peak hours, it’s throughout the day as well,” she added.

Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard has publicly stated the pooling of transportation budgets for integrated planning is the even-tual goal of the CRD, a process that could take two years to complete.

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Keller-MacLeod said both student unions have requested a meeting with Lekstrom to express their support.

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The day after the first anniversary of the death of Jack Layton, Victo-ria MP Denise Savoie

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“This spring, my doc-tor gave me a health warning,” Savoie said

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The former Victo-ria city councillor and CRD director was first elected MP in 2006 and named NDP deputy speaker in 2011. She won re-election in 2008 and 2011.

“I got into politics to help make a better world for my children and grandchildren. Now, it’s time for me to devote myself full-time to my family and to see-ing my grandchildren grow up,” said Savoie.

Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin said her skills advocating for Victoria in Ottawa will be sorely missed.

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Toopy and Binoo are coming to town. If you are are wondering who they are, just ask a toddler.

The mouse Toopy and his toy cat stuffed animal Binoo, household favourites on the small screen, are coming to life at the Royal Theatre, Sept. 16 for the show Toopy and Binoo and the Marshmallow Moon.

Creating a stage play from an animated television program had its challenges for Patti Caplette, the show’s writer, director and choreographer.

“We want people to expect a very imaginative, goofy and fast-paced show,” Caplette said. “Of course, the show will have the look and feel of animation and we are very aware of colour and texture to make them identifiable.”

Toopy and Binoo travel with their imaginations to various lands and go on many journeys together in their animated series shown on Treehouse TV.

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“Toopy can open the door and go into any land,” said Caplette, adding that

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“I always produce our shows for people two to 92 (years old),” Caplette said. “We want to see grown-ups standing up and dancing. Come and let your hair down.”

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For those who didn’t get their outdoor iambic fill this summer, another Shakespeare play is popping up along Dallas Road.

Shakespeare by the Sea is staging A Midsummer Night’s Dream nightly at 7 p.m. until Sept. 2 at Holland Point Park, in a relaxed and intimate setting for 100 guests

each night.“There is no Bard on the

Beach here yet, but we’re going to be it,” said director Robert Light, who already has plans to expand to two plays next summer.

“You look out onto the Juan de Fuca and Olympic mountains; it’s the perfect backdrop,” he said.

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well as 13 to 19, to teach the essentials of Shakespearean acting.

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Jon Tupper, Direc-tor of the Art Gal-lery of Greater Vic-toria announced that Janyce Ronson is the new Director of Advancement at the gallery.

Ronson has been a member of the gal-lery’s senior man-agement team since 2007 as the manager of gallery services. Ronson’s new role will see her take responsibility for the Advance-ment Department which includes the AGGV’s annual fundraising and community outreach ini-tiatives.

“Janyce has a deep understanding of the gal-lery, our donors and the community,” said Tupper, “She and her team will be working to build on and achieve new heights of success for the AGGV in the years ahead.”

Ronson has an extensive background in work-ing with non-profit and government organizations in strategic planning and development in both Alberta and Ontario. Prior to joining the gallery she had a successful career in retail management in Victoria.

Ronson holds an M.Sc. from the University of Guelph in resources development and planning and a bachelor of environmental science from the University of Waterloo in urban and regional Plan-ning.

She began her new role at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria on Aug. 20.

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The Carinthia Double Sextet performs at Grace Lutheran Church, 1273 Fort St. at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30.

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The group has travelled the world over and were invited to China and South Africa, where they sang for Nelson Mandela. They are known for singing Austrian and international folk music as well as sacred and secular classical repertoire.

The concert, sponsored by the Linden Singers of Victoria, will be at Grace Lutheran Church, 1273 Fort St. at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30. Admission is by donation.

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A look inside Victoria Royals rookie campTravis PatersonNews staff

Wearing baby blue socks, Bran-don Fushimi stood out among the rest during Team Campos’ debut on the first day of Victoria Royals rookie camp last week.

Fushimi, 16, is a return invite from last year’s camp. It wasn’t the socks that got him noticed, but it was easy to spot the right winger as he and centreman Tyler Soy, the Royals top draft pick in the 2012 WHL Bantam Draft, found early chem-istry.

The duo showed exemplary poise and skill as the banged home three goals in the second half of their first game, each off a passing play with each other.

Along with speedy defenceman Jack Walker, they led the team to first place at the Rookie Camp, winning the Marty the Marmot Cup.

Tracking 148 players on eight teams may seem daunting for head coach Dave Lowry. The new boss had plenty of help in assess-

ing the promising talent of last week’s rookie camp.

But there’s no denying the mag-nitude of the four-day tournament which, for many players and fami-lies who made the trek to Victoria, was an introduction to the West-ern Hockey League.

For regular fans who showed up to watch, it can be little more than a messy game of awkward 15- and 16-year-old teenage boys spinning out of control in an effort trying to impress the Royals brass.

Players are adjusting to growth spurts and their play can vary from spastic and awful to slick and impressive on the same shift.

“And that’s just it,” said Royals general manager

Cam Hope, who was previously with the New York Rangers. “At an NHL rookie camp guys come in with a lot of energy but they’re fully grown and well aware of themselves – their skills are devel-oped.”

With 15-year-olds and even 16-year-olds, he said, there is a graceful allowance of error built into each player’s assessment. It’s more about what they show in terms of skill and potential. Intan-gibles are noted while mistakes,

for the most part, are not. But with 148 players, including two dozen or so top-end bantam draft picks swallowing up the bulk of the attention, players need to do something to stand out.

And that’s why Lowry relies heavily on help from the entire front office of assistant coaches Enio Sacilotto, Ben Cooper and Geoff Grimwood, goalie coach Brady Robinson, director of player personnel Grant Armstrong, and head scout Garry Pochipinski. Throw in a dozen more community coaches brought in by Grimwood to oversee all eight teams, allow-ing Lowry and company to hold a birds-eye view from the press box. Not to mention the team has

a whole whack of scouts, 18 in all. They aren’t all here, but they have a vested interest, as they’re the ones responsible for inviting the players in the first place.

Only 12 to 24 players actually moved from rookie camp to main camp this week, many of them draftees, only a few of which will actually play with the Royals this year.

“We have a pretty good idea who will get first crack at game-time this year,” Lowry said.

The most important factor for the 16-year-olds is improving their stock on the team’s depth chart. For the non-drafted 15-year-olds, it’s getting that all-important invite back for 2013.

“With rookie camp we can’t talk much with every player,” Lowry said, “but we can try to answer any questions they have.”

So who organizes the camp, its 148 wide-eyed players and 300 equally wide-eyed parents?

“It’s probably the busiest week of the year for hockey operations and communications guys Corey St. Laurent and Jeff Harris,” Hope said.

Upwards of 100 players played in main camp beginning on Mon-day (Aug. 27), whittled down to two teams for Wednesday night’s National Bank Intersquad Game, 7 p.m. at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.

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Brandon Fushimi, No. 16, of Team Campos steps onto the ice to face and Team Grant during the second day of Victoria Royals rookie camp on Friday.

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Top U.S.A. prospect joins Royals

Travis PatersonNews staff

The Victoria Royals have added a sec-ond Walker to the roster.

Jack Walker, 16, has joined elder brother Ben, 19, in pursuit of a career in the West-ern Hockey League.

Though Ben was the first to join the team when he made his debut part-way through last season, it was Jack who ini-tially caught the Royals’ attention.

In January, Jack represented his country at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Austria and last month he played for Team U.S.A. at the Under-17 Five Nations tournament in the Czech Republic, where he helped his team win gold.

“(The Royals) contacted me first,” Jack said on Thursday.

When you’re from Edina, Minn., the NCAA is kind of a big deal. Giving up your chance to play in Div. 1 hockey is a decision the whole community notices.

“It took my brother going to the WHL to change things, and convince my family that this is the right path for me. I have an agent who had a couple of NCAA schools interested in me, and my mom wasn’t all that fired up about giving up a college scholarship.”

By signing to the Royals, Jack, like Ben, has waved his NCAA eligibility, even though Jack has yet to make the team. The minor stipend of less than $100 per

week gives him professional status in the NCAA’s eyes.

Right from the start, Walker is being compared to fellow 16-year-old Joe Hick-etts, the Royals top draft pick from the 2011 WHL bantam draft.

“Getting Jack is like having two first round draft picks from 2011,” said general manager Cam Hope.

With the likes of Hicketts and sizeable defencemen Keegan Kanzig, 17, and Chaz Reddekopp, 15, the Royals are stocked with blue chip prospects on defence for the next few years, Hope said.

Both Jack Walker and Hicketts are slightly on the smaller side but have explosive speed and are offensively gifted, projected as puck-moving, power-play quarterbacks.

Hicketts may hold a slight edge in mak-ing the team this year, while Jack might have to wait another year before joining Ben as a WHLer.

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Jack Walker skates during rookie camp Friday. Don Denton/ News staff

“My mom wasn’t all that fired up about giving a college scholarship.” – Jack Walker


Scot Cuachon has been named to the vacant Camosun Chargers men’s basket-ball head coaching position.

Cuachon started with the Char-gers two years ago as assistant coach to Craig Price. Earlier this summer Price took a job coach-ing and teaching at Medicine Hat College in Alberta.

“Price left the program in fan-tastic shape and because of that, the transition will be a much smoother one,” stated Cuachon in a release. “We have a great group of returning athletes, some who have had opportunities else-where including the CIS to play.”

Cuachon was part of the pro-gram’s resurgence from the

basement of the men’s PacWest (B.C.) confer-ence to a bronze medal at the 2012 provincial cham-pionships.

“I’m excited about taking over a program on the rise ... it’s a very big opportu-nity for me,” he said.

Cuachon studied high performance development at the University of West-ern Ontario and has 10 years of coaching experi-ence, including time with B.C.’s U15 and U14 BC youth teams.

Chargers basketball sea-son starts in October.

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Still kickin’Kickboxer Stan Peterec connects with a left kick against Tracy Huber at Summer Slugfest in the curling rink of the Archie Browning Sports Centre on Saturday night. He might look like a 53-year-old but Peterec fought like a 33-year-old as he defeated 35-year-old Huber. It’s Peterec’s fifth decade of fighting, joining a rare club in the history of prize fighting. Local fighters Ben Lee and Lindsay Ball won their fights while Alex Tribe fought to a draw and Hal Kreisel suffered a loss.

Canada’s men’s and women’s teams both qualified for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament in Moscow by winning their respec-tive divisions at the North American Caribbean Rugby Association Sevens (NACRA 7s) tournament in Ottawa on Friday and Saturday.

The Langford-based women’s team outscored their NACRA 7s opponents by a combined total of 284-0 to grab the only qualifying spot for Moscow,

The story was similar for the men, except with U.S.A. there, it meant a stiffer competition for the final. The men carried a heavy contingent of Victoria players, with three graduates of Oak Bay High, captain Phil Mack, Connor Braid and Sean White, as well as UVic Vikes sevens star Sean Duke, James Bay’s John Moonlight and, a

trio of longtime Castaway Wanderers nationals, Chauncey O’Toole, Ciaran Hearn and Nanyak Dala.

On Day 1, Canada blasted Ber-muda, the Bahamas and Mexico. On Day 2 Canada defeated Barabados 45-7 in the quarterfinal and Jamaica 31-0 in the semifinal. It set up Canada versus U.S.A. in the final.

U.S.A. scored first but Canada responded with three tries in the first half and won 26-19. John Moonlight (James Bay) ran in two tries in the final, including one off an intercep-tion at the end of the first half. Conor Trainor and Sean Duke (UVic Vikes) also scored one try each. Duke’s was the game winner, breaking a 19-19 tie late in the match. The CDI Premier rugby season starts Sept. 15.

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UBC BOOK of Medicine, 100 photos of 1985 graduation class. $75. (778)440-5771.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

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NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS- $2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enter-prise Cres, Victoria. Gold-stream Press Division.

STEEL BUILDING- Huge Clearance Sale! 20x24 $4,658. 25x28 $5,295. 30x40 $7,790. 32x54 $10,600. 40x58 $14,895. 47x78 $19,838. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422.www.pioneersteel.ca


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Osteoporosis~MS~Fibromyalgia? Increase Performance? Commercial Vibration ma-chine. Clinically proven. (250)287-2009.

POCKET COIL MATTRESS Sets w/10 yr FULL (Non pro-rated) Warrantee $399., Q/Size $499., K/Size $699.; Q/Size Leather-Look Beds $299., Cherry Bunk-Beds w/Mattresses $489.; 3Pc or 5Pc Wood Dinettes $159.; Rockers, Recliners, Loveseats 1/2 PRICE! Carpenter, Me-chanic’s, Handyman Tools & Hdwe to 50% OFF & No HST! All On Sale, Must Go! BUY & SAVE, 9818 4th St., Sidney. buyandsave.ca Visa, M/C

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RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

1 & 2 Bdrm suites & cabins. Perched on a cliffside with panoramic ocean vista, over-looking The Saanich Inlet. Se-rene & secure. All amenities on-site, fi rewood. $700-$1200 inclusive. Monthly/Weekly. Pets ok with refs. 25 min com-mute to downtown Victoria. Must have references. 250-478-9231.

LANGFORD TOP FLR 2 BR DEN 2 BA LUX CONDO w POOL, nr RRU; vaulted ceil-ings, gas fi replace, u/g pking. Sept. No smokers/pets. 1 yr lease. $1550. 778-433-2239

MT. DOUGLAS Court- 1550 Arrow Rd, Bachelor Suite, $450. Lower income seniors 55+ only. NS/NP. Cable, heat, hot water incl’d. Avail immed & Sept. 1st. Call 250-721-1818.

SIDNEY, 1bdrm, bright, freshly painted, close to amens, quiet, N/P, $800 mo. 250-658-9373

HOMES FOR RENT

COLWOOD: 3 or 4 bdrm + hot tub avail Sept. 1. Great family home located on quiet a cul de sac in the desirable Wishart area. $1900/mo inclds water, garbage pickup. You are re-sponsible for 2/3 hydro (you have your own heat thermo-stat). Private laundry, D/W. Will consider pet (not a fenced yard). Pet deposit req’d, ref’s, Absolutely NO smoking. Call 250-478-4606.

LANGFORD, 3 bdrm, 2 bath house, $1500 mo + utils, N/S, pets neg, large sundeck, W/D hookups. (250)478-6272.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

LANGFORD, FURNISHED large rm, tv, internet, utils incl, $550. Sept. 15. 250-883-0157

SUITES, LOWER

LANGFORD: SPACIOUS 1 bdrm, 1 bath, laundry, $900 mo all util’s incl. Avail Sept. 1st. NS/NP. (250)389-0983.

TOWNHOUSES

SIDNEY- NEW 2 bdrm + den, W/D. NS/NP. $1700 mo. Avail immed. Call 250-217-4060.

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AUTO FINANCING

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

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WANT A Vehicle but stressed about your credit? Christmas in August $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. 1-888-593-6095.www.creditdrivers.ca

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all conditions in all locations

250-885-1427Call us fi rst & last, we pay the highest fair price for all

dead & dying vehicles.Don’t get pimped, junked or

otherwise chumped!

CARS

1977 CADILAC Eldorado, beige metallic. Cruise control, automatic. Very good cond., only 80,000 km. Please call (250)477-7076.

TRANSPORTATION

CARS

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

$50-$1000 CASH

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FOR SALE

1992, 26 ft TRAVELAIRE, Class C Motorhome. Bright, clean, sleeps 4. Twin beds in back and fold down double bed. Excellent and clean condition. Full shower with skylight, gas generator, air conditioning, second owner, new internal batteries (worth $600), new water pump, only 91,300 km. Reliable, clean and functional. REDUCED to $11,500. (250) 748-3539

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2004 VW TOUAREG. Only 135,000 km, economical, spir-ited V6 engine, all wheel driveand tow hitch with electricbrakes. Unique 6 speed Tip-tronic auto transmission. Wellequipped interior, rear mount-ed CD changer. Beautiful, wellmaintained. $13,900 obo, 250-658-1123 [email protected]

2009 ACADIA SLT, AWD,seats 7, loaded. 60,500km.$30,000. 250-923-7203

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ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT

U.S. delinquent tax fi lings & U.S. personal

tax returns.Accounting and

Cdn tax preparation.www.victax.ca(250) 590-7030

CARPENTRY

GEOF’S RENO’S & Repairs. Decks, stairs, railings, gates & small additions. 250-818-7977.

STEPS, DECKS, Fence, new repairs, rot, mould, painting, concrete, brick. 250-588-3744.


INSTCARPET ALLATION

MALTA FLOORING Installa-tion. Carpets, laminates, hard-wood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278

CLEANING SERVICES

GREAT RATES! Guar. clean-ing since 1985. Supplies & vacuum incld’d. (250)385-5869

MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estates, events, offi ces. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

COMPUTER SERVICES

COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites, etc. 250-886-8053, 778-351-4090.

CONCRETE & PLACING

RBC CONCRETE Finishing. All types of concrete work. No job too small. Seniors dis-count. Call 250-386-7007.

CONTRACTORS

BATHROOM REMODELING.“Gemini Baths” Plumb, Elec. Tile, Cabinets. 250-896-9302.


CONTRACTORS

CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood fl oor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877

DRYWALL

AARON’S RENO’S Drywall, taping, texture. Insured/bond-ed. Free est. 250-880-0525.

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193 QUALITY Elec-tric. New homes, renos. No job too sm. Seniors disc. #22779.

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

EXPERIENCED ELECTRI-CIAN. Reasonable rates. 250-744-6884. Licence #22202.

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.


VAEXCA TING & DRAINAGE

BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini ex-cavator & bob cat services. Perimeter drains, driveway prep, Hardscapes, Lot clear-ing. Call 250-478-8858.

FURNITURE REFINISHING

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

U-NEEK SEATS. Hand cane, Danish weave, sea grass. UK Trained. Fran, 250-216-8997.

GARDENING

J&L GARDENING Specialty yard clean-up and mainte-nance. Master gardeners. John or Louise (250)891-8677

1st & last call- Auricle - homes-commercial & strata’s Call 250-882-3129.

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK No lawn can’t be fi xed. Fall pruning, blackberry, ivy & weed removal, 24yrs. WCB.

DPM SERVICES, lawn & gar-den, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141


GARDENING

250-216-9476 ACCEPTING clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, home re-no’s, garden clean-ups.

ARE YOU in need of a profes-sional, qualifi ed, residential or commercial gardener?www. glenwoodgardenworks.com

YARD ART. Yard Mainte-nance, Tree & Hedge Pruning, Lawn Care. Call 250-888-3224

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

250-889-5794. DIAMOND DAVE Gutter Cleaning. Thor-ough Job at a Fair Price! Re-pairs, gutter guard, power/win-dow washing, roof de-moss. Free no obligation estimates.


GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, De-mossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.

HANDYPERSONS

AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.

BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Stairs, Painting, General household repairs. Free esti-mate. Call Barry 250-896-6071

SENIOR HANDYMAN. Household repairs. Will assist do-it-yourselfers. Small hauls. Call Fred, 250-888-5345.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

CITY HAUL- a lot of junk won’t fi t in your trunk, you’re in luck I own a truck. 250-891-2489.

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


HAULING AND SALVAGE

✭BUBBA’S HAULING✭ Hon-est, on time. Demolition, con-struction clean-ups, small loaddeliveries (sand, gravel, top-soil, mulch), garden waste re-moval, mini excavator, bob catservice. 250-478-8858.

SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, gardenwaste, we take it all! Alwayslowest rate, senior discount.Brad 250-217-9578.

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. CallShawn 250-812-7774



HAULING AND SALVAGE

WE HAUL CHEAP LTD. Moving & Hauling. (250)881-1910. www.wehaulcheap.com


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MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flag-stone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. (250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com

& MOVING STORAGE

2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.DIAMOND MOVING. 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr. Call 250-220-0734.MALTA MOVING. Residential & Commercial - BBB Member. (250)388-0278.


& MOVING STORAGE

DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. Senior and student dis-count. No travel time before or after. SMOOTH MOVES. Call Tyler 250-418-1747.

PAINTING

A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wallcoverings. Over 25 yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.

BIG BEAR Painting. Interior & Exterior. Quality work. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071

OLD TIMER. Quality old fash-ioned service. Great rates. Ex-cellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.


PLUMBING

EXPERIENCED JOURNEY-MAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.

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

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

KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICES- Repair, mainte-nance & install. 250-360-7663.

PLASTERING

PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, old world texturing, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-642-5178.


PRESSURE WASHING

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

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

DEMOSS Dr. $499 per/roof. 2 years warranty. We also install new roofs? Call 250-589-4998

RUBBISH REMOVAL

MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

STEREO/TV/DVD

WANTED: FLAT screen TV (inexpensive) for a single par-ent. Please call 250-514-6688


STUCCO/SIDING

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-642-5178.

RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50years experience. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

WINDOW CLEANING

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, Sweeping,Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pres-sure Washing. 250-361-6190.

GLEAMING WINDOWS Gut-ters+De-moss. Free estimate.18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.

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

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