Symbol of sacrifice Legion members seek West Shroe community support for the annual poppy drive. Community, Page A3 A former councillor is aiming to unseat Metchosin’s long-time mayor in this month’s election. Election, Page A8 Video online 250-474-4175 Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Watch for breaking news at www.goldstreamgazette.com KUMON CENTRE of LANGFORD-WESTSHORE This story has accompany- ing video images at www. goldstreamgazette.com. Edward Hill News staff Edward Hill/News staff
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Election, Page A8 New high schools for West Shore Edward Hill News staff Beloved but battered Belmont secondary is facing its final years after the B.C. Ministry of Educa- tion committed $100 million to build two new high schools on the West Shore. Education Minister George Abbott, after joking about trip- ping on duct tape in Belmont, announced the province will fund the Sooke School District’s plan to build a new Belmont at the Glen Lake elementary site in Langford and a new Colwood high school at Royal Bay. “I would acknowledge as I was tripping over your duct tape walk- ing down the hallway, quite pos- sibly your ‘bricks and mortar’ are getting a little bit tired,” Abbott said Monday at Belmont second- ary. “I’m delighted to say that the Sooke School District will get not one, not one and a half, but two new high schools.” The announcement has set in motion two virtually simultane- ous $50 million construction projects, one at the Glen Lake site and the other in Royal Bay, over the next three or four years. Kids in Grade 5 today will be the first cohort of youth in several genera- tions to enter a new West Shore high school. To contribute to the project, SD 62 will sell the seven hectare Bel- mont property for an estimated $30 million, making the ministry’s net contribution $70 million. With the district’s plan authorized, the education minister and SD 62 staff don’t expect to engage in a formal public process to sell the property. “This is the most amazing day I’ve had as superintendent. It’s probably the most amazing day I’ve had in my 30 years in the Sooke School District,” said SD 62 superintendent Jim Cambridge. “It is the future of our district. I couldn’t be more happy.” “I’m over the moon. Christmas came early,” added SD 62 board chair Wendy Hobbs. Over the past four years, trust- ees, district staff, students, West Shore mayors and MLAs have waged a relentless campaign of nagging and cajoling the Educa- tion Ministry that the duct tape won’t hold the overflow of stu- dents, and that the Sooke District is growing — and fast. Abbott said the community’s overwhelming and consistent advocacy for the plan played a key role in finding capital funding for new West Shore high schools. He singled out Belmont Grade 12 student Ravi Parmar, who orga- nized a student walkout last year, and told the minister about sorry, shabby state of his high school. “I can’t believe it’s all over. Peo- ple have been working on this for 15 years,” Parmar said. “Everyone has worked hard to get to this point today.” “Pushing has been team effort, with lots of support, lots of advocacy from everyone at the West Shore,” Abbott said. “(The schools) certainly are due and quite possibly overdue.” The two new schools will hold about 800 students each, and each will have a different focus. A new Belmont at the Glen Lake site will use Goudy and Bear Moun- tain turf fields under an agree- ment with Langford. Colwood and the West Shore Chamber of Commerce are working to build an arts complex next to the new high school at Royal Bay. “From an economic develop- ment point of view this is huge,” said West Shore Chamber of Com- merce CEO Dan Spinner. “There were people leaving the commu- nity because they were worried about the quality of the schools. This changes everything.” Juan de Fuca MLA John Horgan (NDP) was happy to give credit to the Liberal government for com- mitting money to one of the few districts seeing student growth. “Now we can say goodbye to this site and look to an exciting future for our kids and our fami- lies,” Horgan said. “I’m grateful to George, I’m grateful to govern- ment recognizing this is the right thing to do. When something is right it’s right. Replacing this school has been right for some time, this government recognizes it, now we can step ahead.” New high schools will finally allow the district to reconfigure it’s grades — and avoid fields of portable classrooms — has Grade 6 is shifted from elemen- tary to middle school and Grade 9 is shifted into high school. “This will free up elementary school space, which will be cru- cial in two or three years,” Cam- bridge said. The superintendent expects the design and building phase to last three or four years. “Certainly there is a good con- struction climate, but we won’t know (a timetable) until we have our architectural plans,” Cam- bridge said. “But we’re hoping kids in Grades 5 now will be going to new high schools.” [email protected]Province funds $100 million project for schools in Langford, Colwood Edward Hill/News staff Sooke School District trustees Denise Riley and Dianna Seaton stand with Education Minister George Abbott, donning an SD 62 Santa Claus hat. Abbott announced the biggest Christmas gift the district has ever received — $100 million to build two new high schools on the West Shore. This story has accompany- ing video images at www. goldstreamgazette.com. Video online
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Best bodyshop 9 years in a row (blush).
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
NEWSG A Z E T T EGOLDSTREAM
Watch for breaking news at www.goldstreamgazette.com
Symbol of sacrificeLegion members seek West Shroe community support for the annual poppy drive.
Community, Page A3
Ranns vs. CooperA former councillor is aiming to unseat Metchosin’s long-time mayor in this month’s election.
Election, Page A8
New high schools for West Shore
Edward HillNews staff
Beloved but battered Belmont secondary is facing its final years after the B.C. Ministry of Educa-tion committed $100 million to build two new high schools on the West Shore.
Education Minister George Abbott, after joking about trip-ping on duct tape in Belmont, announced the province will fund the Sooke School District’s plan to build a new Belmont at the Glen Lake elementary site in Langford and a new Colwood high school at Royal Bay.
“I would acknowledge as I was tripping over your duct tape walk-ing down the hallway, quite pos-sibly your ‘bricks and mortar’ are getting a little bit tired,” Abbott said Monday at Belmont second-ary. “I’m delighted to say that the Sooke School District will get not one, not one and a half, but two new high schools.”
The announcement has set in motion two virtually simultane-ous $50 million construction projects, one at the Glen Lake site and the other in Royal Bay, over the next three or four years. Kids in Grade 5 today will be the first cohort of youth in several genera-tions to enter a new West Shore high school.
To contribute to the project, SD 62 will sell the seven hectare Bel-mont property for an estimated $30 million, making the ministry’s net contribution $70 million. With the district’s plan authorized,
the education minister and SD 62 staff don’t expect to engage in a formal public process to sell the property.
“This is the most amazing day I’ve had as superintendent. It’s probably the most amazing day I’ve had in my 30 years in the Sooke School District,” said SD 62 superintendent Jim Cambridge. “It is the future of our district. I couldn’t be more happy.”
“I’m over the moon. Christmas came early,” added SD 62 board chair Wendy Hobbs.
Over the past four years, trust-ees, district staff, students, West Shore mayors and MLAs have waged a relentless campaign of
nagging and cajoling the Educa-tion Ministry that the duct tape won’t hold the overflow of stu-dents, and that the Sooke District is growing — and fast.
Abbott said the community’s overwhelming and consistent advocacy for the plan played a key role in finding capital funding for new West Shore high schools. He singled out Belmont Grade 12 student Ravi Parmar, who orga-nized a student walkout last year, and told the minister about sorry, shabby state of his high school.
“I can’t believe it’s all over. Peo-ple have been working on this for 15 years,” Parmar said. “Everyone has worked hard to get to this
point today.”“Pushing has been team effort,
with lots of support, lots of advocacy from everyone at the West Shore,” Abbott said. “(The schools) certainly are due and quite possibly overdue.”
The two new schools will hold about 800 students each, and each will have a different focus. A new Belmont at the Glen Lake site
will use Goudy and Bear Moun-tain turf fields under an agree-ment with Langford. Colwood and the West Shore Chamber of Commerce are working to build an arts complex next to the new high school at Royal Bay.
“From an economic develop-ment point of view this is huge,” said West Shore Chamber of Com-merce CEO Dan Spinner. “There were people leaving the commu-nity because they were worried about the quality of the schools. This changes everything.”
Juan de Fuca MLA John Horgan (NDP) was happy to give credit to the Liberal government for com-mitting money to one of the few districts seeing student growth.
“Now we can say goodbye to this site and look to an exciting future for our kids and our fami-lies,” Horgan said. “I’m grateful to George, I’m grateful to govern-ment recognizing this is the right thing to do. When something is right it’s right. Replacing this school has been right for some time, this government recognizes it, now we can step ahead.”
New high schools will finally allow the district to reconfigure it’s grades — and avoid fields of portable classrooms — has Grade 6 is shifted from elemen-tary to middle school and Grade 9 is shifted into high school.
“This will free up elementary school space, which will be cru-cial in two or three years,” Cam-bridge said.
The superintendent expects the design and building phase to last three or four years.
“Certainly there is a good con-struction climate, but we won’t know (a timetable) until we have our architectural plans,” Cam-bridge said. “But we’re hoping kids in Grades 5 now will be going to new high schools.”
Province funds $100 million project for schools in Langford, Colwood
Edward Hill/News staff
Sooke School District trustees Denise Riley and Dianna Seaton stand with Education Minister George Abbott, donning an SD 62 Santa Claus hat. Abbott announced the biggest Christmas gift the district has ever received — $100 million to build two new high schools on the West Shore.
This story has accompany-ing video images at www.goldstreamgazette.com.
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A woman’s undergar-ment, wire cutters and quick thinking saved a pan-icking horse in Metchosin last Wednesday.
Metchosin firefighters helped rescue a horse that became entangled chicken wire, said Metchosin fire Chief Stephanie Dunlop.
“The fencing was flimsy. The horse tried to jump over it and fell,” Dunlop said. “It got tangled up.”
Fortunately the firefight-ers knew exactly what tool they’d need — a bra, which isn’t yet part of the fire-fighter’s rescue kit, but will be soon. A resident of the Neild Road home was able to supply one of hers.
As the animal thrashed on the ground, the firefight-ers placed bra over its eyes to act as a blinder.
“The horse calmed down
right away,” Dunlop said.Once the horse settled
down, firefighters cut away fencing and the animal stood up. Firefighters are not animal specialists, but
the horse appeared to be fine, Dunlop said.
Metchosin volunteer firefighters learned the bra technique only a few weeks ago after the department
hosted a large animal res-cue course. The firefighters who attended the Neild Road incident learned the technique at an earlier course in Duncan in June.
The Metchosin fire department is compiling a large animal rescue kit that will include a 40 inch B-cup bra for horse related incidents.
COMMUNITYNEWSIN BRIEF
Two Colwood all-candidates meetings
Two separate Colwood all-candidate meetings are being held tonight (Nov. 2).
Sponsored by the West Shore Chamber of Com-merce, a Colwood munici-pal all-candidates meeting is Nov. 2, 7 p.m., Church of the Advent, 510 Mount View Ave.
Former Kwantlen college president Skip Triplett will moderate.
Sponsored by the Con-cerned Citizen’s Coalition, the other Colwood munici-pal all-candidates meeting is Nov. 2, 7 p.m., Colwood Pentecostal Church, 2250 Sooke Rd. The moderator is Mike Geoghegan.
School safety program seeks votes
A school safety program launched in the memory of murdered Langford teen Kimberly Proctor is seeking votes to secure a grant.
The School Safety Program for Kids was launched by Proctor’s aunt Jo-Anne Landolt, who is vying for an $150,000 Aviva Community Fund grant. Voting runs until Nov. 9 at www.avivacom-munityfund.org, search for idea 11490.
Bottle driver fundraiser for family
Friends of a Langford child with leukemia are seeking refundable bottles and donations to help the family.
Kenny Smithson, 5, is diagnosed with leukemia and is undergoing chemo-therapy at B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, say family friends.
On Saturday, Nov. 5, supporters are collecting bottle and cash donations at 3300 Happy Valley Rd. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 250-661-5118 to arrange for a pick up.
The funds will support the Smithson family while they are living in Vancou-ver.
Charla HuberNews staff
After years of serving our coun-try and communities, Royal Cana-dian Legion veterans are asking folks of the West Shore for a hand.
This year the West Shore Poppy Fund committee has come up short with volunteers to help with the annual poppy drive.
Last year the committee, work-ing out of the Royal Canadian Legion, Prince Edward Branch in Langford, had about 225 volun-teers. This year the number of has dropped to 125 people and the veterans need help covering the community.
Volunteers don’t have to be vet-erans or part of a military family. Positions are open to anyone over 19 years old.
“We can brief them and send them out with poppies to desig-nated businesses,” said Gerry Lee, West Shore Poppy Fund committee chair.
The volunteers may be sent to coffee shops, grocery stores or shopping malls. Each shift is two hours.
“We have to have these stations manned otherwise we are not
going to get the pubic support,” said Ervin Kobialko, the West
Shore Poppy Fund committee trea-surer. Last year the poppy drive raised $80,000.
Kobialko served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a warrant officer for 25 years. Lee was in the master warrant officer in the Cana-dian Army for 31 years.
“We appreciate it when (people wear a poppy) to remember the veterans and to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice,” Lee said.
The men said they like seeing children wear poppies and learn about what veterans have done for our country.
Funds raised from the poppy drive helps out veterans and their families. Money is donated to various groups such as the Priory, Broadmead Care Society, Cockrell House, WestCom Medi-lend Soci-ety and the West Shore Adult Day Centre.
“We try to help out as much as we can,” Lee said.
To volunteer call the poppy fund committee at 250-478-9812 or the the Langford Legion Branch 91 at 250-478-1828.
Ervin Kobialko, with the West Shore Poppy Fund, is looking for volunteers to help sell poppies leading to Remembrance Day. The poppy fund helps veterans and non-profits across the region.
Metchosin firefighters handy with a bra
Jennifer Woods, live stock handling specialist, demonstrated in Metchosin a few weeks ago how a women’s 40B bra can calm a horse down in case of emergency. The technique came in handy last Wednesday when a horse became tangled in chicken wire.
Langford’s long-standing council reenforced its tight-knit unity at an all-candidates meeting last week, while only two new hopefuls sought to give voters an alternative.
Admitted underdog and one-time Langford tree sitter Chris Johnson is challenging six-term mayor Stew Young. Recent Belmont secondary grad Grant McLachlan is trying to unseat one incumbent councillor.
Councillors Denise Blackwell, Winnie Sifert, Lillian Szpak, Lanny Seaton, Matt Sahlstrom and Roger Wade are seeking another term guid-ing Langford. Young, Backwell and Sifert are seeking a seventh term, and have sat on council since incor-poration in 1992.
Johnson, who lives in the Port Renfrew area, said he wants to give voice to people in Langford con-cerned about the rate of residential growth and development. The City needs to examine if it’s too depen-dent on development as a means to generate jobs, he said.
He also wants to make the public process at council more transpar-ent and accessible to get more citi-zens involved. He admitted he was behind the curve in knowing all the issues facing Langford, but said he is willing to work hard and would move to Langford.
“People want an opportunity to feel meaningfully engaged. The people I’ve met have not been as meaningfully engaged as they want to be,” Johnson told the polite and attentive audience at Gordon United
Church. The West Shore Chamber of Commerce sponsored the meet-ing, and former Kwantlen University president Skip Triplett.
“It’s not what happens, but how it happens. People feel left out of the process,” Johnson continued.
“I won’t deny that somebody needed to run (against the mayor) ... and express a different point of view and have a dissenting vote. I offer everything I can and I would work hard.”
McLachlan, who is seeking a coun-cil seat, said with the pace of devel-opment, “many feel the environment is an afterthought.” He advocates for stronger labour policies, a new balance between ecology and devel-opment, getting youth involved in civic life, and reiterated the point that some citizens feel disconnected from council.
“There has been many changes in Langford, some I agree with, some I disagree with,” he said. “I’m ready to be the energetic, progressive voice this city desperately needs.”
Langford’s incumbent mayor and many of the councillors contrasted life in Langford in the 1970s and 80s — high unemployment, no services, derided as “dogpatch” — to life now, with City Centre Park, many new businesses, improved boulevards and relatively affordable housing.
“When I was growing up, we had no sewers, no sidewalks, no streetlights,” Young said. “Now tax decreases are the norm in this area. Nobody has reined in taxes and done the improvements this council has done.”
Known regionally as a pro-devel-
opment council, the incum-bents reenforced that notion, and credited that relationship as key to building infrastructure and public amenities through the recession.
“We are no longer a bedroom community, we are a city on it’s own,” said Sahlstrom, a four term councillor. “Growth is inev-itable. People want to live and work in this community, and have no more one hour drives to Victoria.”
“We love development here. Our little town has grown up nicely and we can thank devel-opers for that,” Sifert said.
Councillors also noted that the city’s economy needs diver-
sity, tacitly acknowledging that residential development won’t do the trick forever.
“I’d like to see more govern-ment offices in this neck of the woods,” said Wade, a one-term councillor. “We’ve got to get people working here who live here and go downtown every-day. We’ve got to move jobs to this community.”
“Our biggest challenge is diversification. People want to work and play where they live,” said Szpak, a three term coun-cillor. “We are open for business and we want to bring in more high-tech jobs.”
Councillors acknowledged growing traffic congestion in the
city. Seaton, a five-term council-lor, said council is focused on developing a trail and bike path network to give people options.
“We’ve started a plan for more bike lanes and trails to connect neighbourhoods so people don’t have to drive,” Seaton said. “But I don’t see get-ting rid of all the cars, but there is a great opportunity to get the E&N train going into town.”
“We can build more roads or spend $1 billion on light rail that goes to Colwood Corners,” Young said. “Or we could get the (E&N) train going, and going the right way. That should be the priority.”
High-risk sex offender Roger Badour is still on the loose.
Victoria police say he is very dangerous and are asking the public for infor-mation to help capture Badour, 62.
Wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant for violating parole conditions, Badour has a lengthy crimi-nal history including sexual assault with a weapon and forcible confine-ment.
Victoria police took the precau-
tion of putting out a public warning that he is danger-ous when Badour was relo-cated to Victoria in January to serve out his parole.
Badour has been on the run for six months and was last seen on April 29 in the 500-block of Johnson Street.
Badour is white, has medium length grey hair and blue eyes, stands five-
foot-eight, weighs 175 lbs and has a tattoo of a heart on his left shoulder.
Anyone with information on Badour can call 250-995-7233.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) that an Election by Voting is necessary to elect, for a three (3) year-term commencingDecember, 2011 terminating after the election held in 2014 in accordance with the legisla-tion in the Local government Act (2014), to fi ll the offi ces of Trustee on the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) and that the persons nominated as candidates at the Election by Voting, and for whom the votes will be received are listed below:
SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES – NINE TO BE ELECTED:
Surname Given Names Residential Address
ALPHA Catherine 695 Polyanthus Crescent, Victoria, BC V8Z 2J3BRATZER David 1023 Leeds Place Victoria, BC V8X 4B8FERRIS Tom 2811 Prior Street, Victoria, BC V8T 3Y2HOLLAND Jim 1975 Renfrew Road, Shawnigan Lake, BC V0R 1W2HORSMAN Bev 3931 Rainbow Street, Victoria, BC V8X 2A3LEONARD Elaine 570 O’Connell Place, Victoria, BC V8Z 2C4LORING-KUHANGA Edith 4169 Quadra Street, Victoria, BC V8X 1L3McEVOY Michael 4345 Gordon Head Avenue, Victoria, BC V8N 3Y4McNALLY Diane 353A Linden Avenue, Victoria, BC V8V 4G1NOHR Deborah 943 Hampshire Road, Victoria, BC V8S 3S4ORCHERTON Peg 2653 Cedar Hill Road, Victoria, BC V8T 3H1PAYNTER Rob 1333 George Street, Victoria, BC V8S1A8PITRE Dave 4208 Rossiter Drive, Victoria, BC V8N 4S7RAND David 405- 649 Bay Street, Victoria, BC V8T 5H8STERN Richard 1658 Feltham Road, Saanich, BC V8N 6A6YOUNG John A. 204-850 Rupert Terrace, Victoria, BC V8W 2K2
General Voting Day will be opened on Saturday, November 19, 2011, to qualifi ed electors of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) at the following places:
The Corporation of the City of VictoriaBurnside Community School 3130 Jutland RoadCentral Baptist Church 833 Pandora AvenueCook Street Village Activity Centre 380 Cook StreetGeorge Jay Elementary School 1118 Princess StreetJames Bay Community School 140 Oswego StreetJames Bay New Horizons Centre 234 Menzies StreetMargaret Jenkins School 1824 Fairfi eld RoadOaklands Elementary School 2827 Belmont AvenueQuadra Elementary School Gymnasium 3031 Quadra StreetSir James Douglas Elementary School Gymnasium 401 Moss StreetSundance Elementary School Gymnasium 1625 Bank StreetVictoria West Community Centre 521 Craigfl ower Road
The Corporation of the Township of EsquimaltThe Corporation of the Township of Esquimalt Municipal Hall 1229 Esquimalt Road
The Corporation of the District of Oak BayMonterey Centre 1442 Monterey AvenueMonterey Middle School Gymnasium 851 Monterey AvenueEmmanuel Baptist Church 212 Cedar Hill Cross Road
That portion of the Corporation of the District of Saanich lying withinSchool District 61 (Greater Victoria)Campus View Elementary School Gymnasium 3900 Gordon Head RoadCedar Hill Middle School Gymnasium 3910 Cedar Hill Road Cloverdale Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room 3427 Quadra StreetCordova Bay Elementary School Gymnasium 5238 Cordova Bay RoadDoncaster Elementary School Gymnasium 1525 Rowan StreetFrank Hobbs Elementary School Gymnasium 3875 Haro Road Glanford Middle School Gymnasium 4140 Glanford AvenueGordon Head Middle School Gymnasium 1671 Kenmore RoadHillcrest Elementary School Gymnasium 4421 GreentreeTerraceLochside Elementary School Gymnasium 1145 Royal Oak DriveProspect Lake Elementary School Gymnasium 321 Prospect Lake RoadReynolds Secondary School Gymnasium 3963 Borden Street Royal Oak Middle School Gymnasium 4564 West Saanich RoadSpectrum Community School Lunchroom 957 Burnside Road WestTillicum Elementary School Gymnasium 3155 Albina Street Victoria Pacifi c Rim Alliance Church Gymnasium 792 Townley Street
The Town of View RoyalView Royal Elementary School Gymnasium 218 Helmcken Road
That portion of the District of Highlands lying within School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria)District of Highlands Municipal Hall 1980 Millstream Road
That portion of the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area lying within School District No.61 (Greater Victoria)View Royal Elementary School Music Room 218 Helmcken Road
And such voting places shall be open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
ADVANCED VOTING OPPORTUNITIES shall be available at the following places on the dates and hours stated:
FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA AT VICTORIA CITY HALL, 1 CENTENNIAL SQUARE (DOUGLAS AND PANDORA) on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 and Monday, November 14, 2011 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT AT THE DISTRICT OF ESQUIMALT MUNICIPAL HALL, 1229 Esquimalt Road, on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 and Wednesday, November 16, 2011 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF OAK BAY AT THE OAK BAY MUNICIPAL HALL, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 and Wednesday November 16, 2011 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CORPORATION OF THEDISTRICT OF SAANICH LYING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT 61 (GREATER VICTORIA) SAANICH MUNICIPAL HALL, 770 Vernon Avenue, on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 and Monday, November 14, 2011 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL AT THE VIEW ROYAL MUNICIPAL HALL, 45 VIEW ROYAL AVENUE on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 and Wednesday, November 16, 2011 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THAT PORTION OF THE DISTRICT OF HIGHLANDS AT THE DISTICT OF HIGHLANDS MUNICIPAL HALL, 1980 MILLSTREAM ROAD on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 and Wednesday, November 16, 2011 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE RURAL PORTION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 61 (GREATER VICTORIA) LYING WITHIN JUAN de FUCA ELECTORAL AREA OF THE CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 62 (SOOKE) BOARD OFFICES, 3143 JACKLIN ROAD, on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 and Wednesday, November 16, 2011 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.
NOTE: SCHOOL DISTRICT BALLOTS ARE PART OF THE BALLOTS OF THE DISTRICT OF OAK BAY, DISTRICT OF SAANICH AND CITY OF VICTORIA AND MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR MAIL IN BALLOTS UPON REQUEST TO THE MUNICIPALITY AT WHICH YOU MAY WISH TO VOTE.
ELECTOR REGISTRATION To register as an elector at the time of voting, you will be required to make a declaration stating that you meet the following requirements:
• 18 years of age or older• Canadian citizen• Resident of BC for a least 6 months immediately preceding voting day• Resident or registered owner of real property in the School District for at
least 30 days immediately preceding voting day, and• Not otherwise disqualifi ed by law from voting.
Resident electors will also be required to produce 2 pieces of identifi cation (at least one with a signature). Picture identifi cation is not necessary. The identifi cation must prove both residency and identity.
Non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identifi cation (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if applicable, written consent from the other property owners.
Given under my hand at Victoria, B.C. this twenty fourth (24th) day of October, 2011.
Thomas F. MooreChief Election Offi cer
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 61 (GREATER VICTORIA)NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING
NOTICE OF ADVANCE AND VOTING DAY OPPORTUNITIES
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COLWOOD, TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL AND DISTRICT OF METCHOSIN MUNICIPAL ELECTION ALL CANDIDATE’S FORUM
All Candidate’s Meeting – City of ColwoodHosted by the Anglican Church of Canada510 Mount View Ave (at Sooke Road behind the Shell Station)Wednesday November the 2nd at 7:00 p.m.Moderator: Leslie (Skip) Triplett
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PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of School District No. 62 (Sooke) that an Election By Voting is necessary to fi ll the offi ces of Trustees on the Board of School District No. 62 (Sooke) and that the persons nominated, for a three year term commencing December 2011 and terminating after the election held in 2014 in accordance with the legislation in the Local Government Act (2014), as candidates at the Election By Voting and for whom votes will be received are listed below: BELMONT ZONE Four Trustees to be elected:Surname Given Names Residential Address
Evans Janet 1658 Naissa Road, Sooke, B.C., V9Z 0T1Martin Terrance 6517 Stonewood Drive, Sooke, B.C. V9Z 0Y6Phillips Robert F. 2459 Kemp Lake Road, Sooke, B.C. V9Z 0R3Poirier Neil 5155 Sooke Road, Sooke, B.C.,V9Z Swinburnson Margot 4527 Otter Point Road, Sooke, B.C. V9Z 0K4Watson Allison 1894 Tominny RoadSooke, B.C. V9Z 0P8
General Voting Day for the election of trustees will be open Saturday the nineteenth (19th) day of November 2011, TO QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 62 (SOOKE) at the following places:
BELMONT ZONE
Ruth King Elementary School 2764 Jacklin RoadMillstream Elementary School 626 Hoylake RoadView Royal Elementary School Music Room 218 Helmcken Road Colwood Municipal Hall 3300 Wishart RoadMetchosin Community Hall 4401 William Head RoadMalahat Fire Hall 935 Whittaker RoadDistrict of Highlands Municipal Offi ces 1980 Millstream Road
MILNES LANDING ZONE
East Sooke Community Centre 1397 Coppermine RoadOtter Point Fire Hall 3727 Otter Point RoadEdward Milne Community School 6218 Sooke RoadShirley Community Hall 2795 Sheringham Road Road Port Renfrew Elementary School Parkinson Road
AND SUCH VOTING PLACES SHALL BE OPEN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF EIGHT O'CLOCK A.M. AND EIGHT O'CLOCK P.M. ADVANCED VOTING OPPORTUNITIES shall be open at the:
1. Offi ces of School District 62 (Sooke), 3143 Jacklin Road, Victoria, B.C. 2. Sooke Community Hall, 2037 Shields Road, Sooke, B.C.3. Langford City Hall, 2nd Floor,877 Goldstream Avenue4. Colwood City Hall, 3300 Wishart Road5. Metchosin Municipal Hall, 4450 Happy Valley Road
between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, the ninth (9th) day of November 2011 and Wednesday, the sixteenth (16th) day of November 2011 of which every person is hereby required to take notice and be so governed accordingly.
Given under my hand at Victoria, B.C. this Twenty fourth (24th) day of October, 2011.
Thomas F. Moore,Chief Election Offi cer
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 62 (SOOKE)NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING
2011
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John Ranns is seeking his sixth term as mayor of Metcho-sin, but he will have to face off against former councillor Ed Cooper.
Cooper, 81, is running on a platform of keeping roads rural and civic fiscal responsibility.
He calls current road upgrades in Metchosin “super highways.”
“Happy Valley and Kangaroo roads are being paved shoul-der to shoulder,” said Cooper, a 51 year resident who was councillor from 2002-05. “Rural roads are windy, narrow roads with the odd pot hole here and there.”
Another key issue for him is how the District spends its money, particular the recent purchase of roads equipment.
“I think it’s a terrible thing that is going on with the mayor and council,” Cooper said. “I am mainly running because of how our finances are being spent. We just purchased road equip-ment that we needed like we
need a hole in the head.”Metchosin bought a
back hoe, a grater and other gear from a long-time roads contractor for about $50,000 after the company shut down.
With the equipment, Metchosin is operating its own public works yard and has hired on staff.
“We will not have a pub-lic works yard or staff, It will be a tendered out,” Cooper said. “Otherwise it will bankrupt Metchosin.”
Cooper said he supports seconary suites. “We have to start thinking about the younger generations and by that I mean people in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s.”
Ranns is running for his sixth (non-consecutive) term as mayor.
“I am glad Ed threw his forms in,” Ranns said. “Now I have a platform. Otherwise I would have been sitting here twiddling my thumbs.”
In his past term on council, Ranns has been involved with getting three new fire trucks, a rejuvenated fire department and building a public works yard.
“We’ve done that while maintain-ing the lowest tax rate in the region,” said Ranns, 63, a lifelong resident of Metchosin. “The community man-
agement results speak for themselves.”
Over his years of ser-vice Ranns, helped imple-ment contracting the Dis-trict staff instead of hav-ing several full-time staff.
“I’ve spoken up and down the Island to groups interested in running a rural municipality,” Ranns said. “The con-trast between us and fast growth municipalities has never been more obvi-ous.”
While other munici-palities are in debt, Ranns said, “We are the oppo-site, we have money in the bank. It’s all about innovations, we are com-ing into tough economic times that we haven’t seen before and we are ready for them”
Ranns is a Capital Regional Dis-trict director and chair of the CRD finance committee. “I am one of the most experienced regional direc-tors,” he said. “I play a fairly influen-tial role in the region.”
For the non-binding referendum question, Ranns said he has no posi-tion on detached secondary suites.
“I think it’s being sufficiently flushed out. The residents can make an informed decision. I’d go with that either way,” Ranns said.
In the game of broom removal, it’s two steps forward, one step back.
On Thursday, 10 bundles equating to about three tonnes of Scotch broom, was heli-lifted off Mill Hill regional park in Langford, marking the 10th year of the eradication effort.
Over the years, hundreds of tonnes of broom has been clipped, airlifted and eventually incinerated in the uphill battle to lessen the invasive plant's choke-hold on Garry oak mead-ows.
“It takes a long time to see results,” said Marilyn Fuchs, environmental conservation specialist with Capital Regional District parks. “Invasive species removal is a long-term proposi-tion. When you first take broom out, it doesn’t mean it’s gone. There’s always seeds around in the soil.”
Fuchs said reclaiming the land is slow but steady. Native plants are repopulating the soil in broom-free areas, including a dozen listed as species at risk. Ultimately, the effort is about preserving the one of the few remaining Garry Oak ecosys-tems on Vancouver Island.
“The significant thing about Mill Hill is the concentration of plants,” Fuchs said. “With 160 (plant) sites, it’s the highest concentration of rare plants in the province.”
For the past three weeks, 14 CRD parks staff and a total of 130 volunteers cut away fields of broom from the west face of Mill Hill overlooking Langford.
Removing broom is a pains-taking process. Typically a staff member will feel their way down the plant stem, brush away debris and moss at the root, and clip the plant slightly below ground with as little soil disturbance as possible.
“Working from the top of the hill, it was tiny little broom. It’s like cutting grass with scis-sors,” said project leader Jamie Hamel. “It’s painfully slow until you get down the hill. This
year they wanted all the broom gone. Even the small stuff.”
Alpine Disposal in Langford chips the broom and mixes it with wood waste for facilities which can burn biofuel, such as the Harmac pulp mill.
Fuchs said Mill Hill broom removal will continue for at least a few more years. The fed-eral Ministry of Environment has committed about $40,000 per year for the next two years, and the CRD usually chips in $20,000 plus staff time and equipment.
The funding will allow CRD biologists to continue the Mill Hill monitoring program, which documents the species and vol-ume of native plants returning to broom-free areas.
“We are showing positive results, we are seeing more rare native plants in relation to broom removal,” Fuchs said. “We’ve also seen when broom is removed, the area becomes flush with invasive grasses, then native plants move in. It shows how complex these ecosystems are.”
Mill Hill broom removal effort hits 10 year mark
Edward Hill/News staff
Keilih Gates and Jamie Hamel prepare to hook a 500 pound bundle of broom to a helicopter on Thursday on Mill Hill.
A vehicle security system proved its worth after a truck theft in Metchosin last week.
A Metchosin man called 9-1-1 at 4:30 a.m. on Oct. 24 to report his Chevrolet pickup was stolen from his house.
He also called his “OnStar” security service, which remotely killed the truck engine on Sooke Road near the Sooke-Metchosin border.
The two male thieves fled into a crawl space under a nearby house, said RCMP Cpl.
Kathy Rochlitz. With help from Victoria police dog services, West Shore RCMP officers quickly found where the men were hiding. They surrendered voluntarily.
“The OnStar service resulted in a relatively quick resolution to the situation,” Rochlitz said.
Police found stolen property — including various pieces of ID, mail, financial documents, vehicle keys, tools, electronics and gun ammunition — and suspected GHB and crystal
meth linked to the men.Derek Fast, 25, and Michael
Desbiens, 26, face charges of theft under $5,000, theft over $5,000, possession of stolen property, possession of drugs and breach of court ordered conditions.
Both Langford men are well known to police and have lengthy criminal records.
They were set to appear in court at the Western Communi-ties Courthouse on Tuesday.
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John Ranns is seeking his sixth term as mayor of Metcho-sin, but he will have to face off against former councillor Ed Cooper.
Cooper, 81, is running on a platform of keeping roads rural and civic fiscal responsibility.
He calls current road upgrades in Metchosin “super highways.”
“Happy Valley and Kangaroo roads are being paved shoul-der to shoulder,” said Cooper, a 51 year resident who was councillor from 2002-05. “Rural roads are windy, narrow roads with the odd pot hole here and there.”
Another key issue for him is how the District spends its money, particular the recent purchase of roads equipment.
“I think it’s a terrible thing that is going on with the mayor and council,” Cooper said. “I am mainly running because of how our finances are being spent. We just purchased road equip-ment that we needed like we
need a hole in the head.”Metchosin bought a
back hoe, a grater and other gear from a long-time roads contractor for about $50,000 after the company shut down.
With the equipment, Metchosin is operating its own public works yard and has hired on staff.
“We will not have a pub-lic works yard or staff, It will be a tendered out,” Cooper said. “Otherwise it will bankrupt Metchosin.”
Cooper said he supports seconary suites. “We have to start thinking about the younger generations and by that I mean people in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s.”
Ranns is running for his sixth (non-consecutive) term as mayor.
“I am glad Ed threw his forms in,” Ranns said. “Now I have a platform. Otherwise I would have been sitting here twiddling my thumbs.”
In his past term on council, Ranns has been involved with getting three new fire trucks, a rejuvenated fire department and building a public works yard.
“We’ve done that while maintain-ing the lowest tax rate in the region,” said Ranns, 63, a lifelong resident of Metchosin. “The community man-
agement results speak for themselves.”
Over his years of ser-vice Ranns, helped imple-ment contracting the Dis-trict staff instead of hav-ing several full-time staff.
“I’ve spoken up and down the Island to groups interested in running a rural municipality,” Ranns said. “The con-trast between us and fast growth municipalities has never been more obvi-ous.”
While other munici-palities are in debt, Ranns said, “We are the oppo-site, we have money in the bank. It’s all about innovations, we are com-ing into tough economic times that we haven’t seen before and we are ready for them”
Ranns is a Capital Regional Dis-trict director and chair of the CRD finance committee. “I am one of the most experienced regional direc-tors,” he said. “I play a fairly influen-tial role in the region.”
For the non-binding referendum question, Ranns said he has no posi-tion on detached secondary suites.
“I think it’s being sufficiently flushed out. The residents can make an informed decision. I’d go with that either way,” Ranns said.
Former councillor challenges Metchosin mayor
John Ranns
Ed Cooper
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“Big Tobacco” would love to grab the billions of dollars that will flow from mari-
juana if its sale is made general and lawful across Canada.
But public health and the public treasury will arguably be in better shape if corporate indus-try is shut out and mari-juana is carefully legalized, step by step, and made a government monopoly in Canada, as tobacco used to be in France and Spain.
I say “arguably” because there are hot-gospellers both for and against legal-ization, and wise decisions do seem more likely to occur if emotionally-based beliefs, and their supporting bundles of evidence, are held up to daylight.
When the shouting and banging of gavels quiets down, I believe the benefits of separating marijuana from nastier chemicals and placing pot under open public supply and control far outweighs disadvantages of any other possible policy choice.
In answer to objections, legal-ization campaigners can only say: Listen to everyone, take on the role of pathfinder for the world, build a consensus network, give the change a sufficiently long trial, don’t surren-der to drug hysteria, watch for unin-tended consequences, and be ready to fine tune the action.
Few Canadians have heard of Altadis, a name that sounds like a distant star. For those who know
about it, however, the name raises thoughts of lung cancer. Altadis is a multinational manufacturer
and seller of cigarettes, tobacco and cigars.
My wife died of lung cancer. For this and other reasons, I have strong feelings about the subject.
I found out from friends that Peggy was still taking occasional puffs long after she said she had quit. Altadis played a part in causing the premature deaths of millions of nicotine-ad-dicted people.
By 1971, France and Spain — inspired by the doctrine of the “free market” — had reached the final stage in the privatization of what used to be their nationally operated tobacco industries.
Privatization meant a strong though subtle drive to increase the sales of this death-drug and get new addicts hooked while denying or concealing tobacco’s fatal effects.
By the logic of the “free market,” this is a virtue, not a crime. Com-mercial corporate executives are pledged to boost sales and profits. It’s their duty to the shareholders.
The leaders of a publicly owned tobacco or marijuana operation have no such duty.
They may be enjoined to reduce sales and thereby stretch lifespans longer, while companion govern-ment offices raise compensatory revenues by taxing other chemicals
and activities that are damaging yet popular. Activities such as stock-market and currency gambling, for example.
“Altadis was formed via a 1999 merger between Tabacalera, the for-mer Spanish tobacco monopoly and SEITA, the former French tobacco monopoly,” Wikipedia reports. “The company was acquired by the Brit-ish tobacco giant Imperial Tobacco in 2008.”
Hopefully there won’t be any takeover of legalized marijuana by an Imperial Tobacco and Marijuana Corporation.
Marijuana is a socially popular, low-hazard, sometimes medically helpful drug that lacks the extreme dangers of alcohol. Is it a gateway to hard drugs, a major cause of road crashes, or a cause of lung cancer? A fast look at the evidence suggests that the answer to all three questions is “no.”
The aroma of pot wafts up from millions of homes and party gather-ings.
Forbidding its use, and filling jails with its growers and sellers, seems just as quirky, hazardous and self-defeating as the prohibition of alco-hol was in the U.S.A. (and Canada briefly) long ago, when convivial drinkers filled speakeasies owned by gangsters, and referred to the forbidden beverage by such coy, joking terms as “panther sweat.”
—G.E. Mortimore is a Langford-based writer. Think About It runs every second week in the Gazette.
The case for lawful, controlled pot
The hard work begins for SD 62
OUR VIEW
Call it hitting the jackpot or an early Christmas gift.
To thunderous applause of students and almost every politician on the West Shore, Education Minister George Abbott announced what many West Shore people have been waiting to hear for years: Belmont secondary will be replaced in a new location and a new high school will be built in Royal Bay.
It’s estimated as a $100 million project, one that will keep many trades employed for years. The ministry will pocket some $30 million when the Sooke School District sells the large Belmont school property, and Langford’s commercial and residential core will have a chance to expand along Jackin Road.
Replacing Belmont is long overdue. SD 62 maintenance staff needs to work hard to keep the building — a patchwork of several buildings going back to the 1950s — in safe and working order. The famous duct tape is a minor problem. The city block-long structure needs a seismic overhaul.
To the a relief of SD 62 staff and trustees, the ministry in its wisdom opted to build two schools, as opposed to a single building, which was hinted at earlier this year.
The long and often frustrating lobbying campaign by trustees, superintendents, students and local politicians played no small role in swaying the highest levels of government to release capital funding. As acknowledged by Education Minister George Abbott, in this case the squeaky wheel does indeed get the grease.
Having SD 62’s capital plan authorized by the province is a huge win for the West Shore, and shows the B.C. Liberals will hand out money for good projects, regardless of the political stripes of area MLAs.
Not everyone will be happy. People living near the old Glen Lake elementary have been concerns about a high school opening their neighbourhood.
Selling the Belmont property, which includes its playing fields, is sure be a contentious. Unlike the heated debate over closing Glen Lake, the Ministry of Education has given SD 62 permission to sell Belmont without a public process.
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The Ministry of Education announced on Monday that the West Shore will finally receive its
two new high schools to replace the aging and overcrowded Belmont high school.
This long awaited decision has huge positive implications for the entire West Shore popu-lation from Sooke through Col-wood, Langford and beyond — all of School District 62.
Firstly of course for the long suffering students, teachers and parents of the District — they will soon have brand new, long deserved facilities.
Special thanks to the leader-ship of the SD 62 trustees and administration and also to Bel-mont student Ravi Parmar and his team who led an inspired student walk out last June that probably helped push this over the goal line — some-times civil action does work.
The Belmont site will be sold for the highest and best use, most likely at a premium price, as it is prime develop-ment land right in the heart of Langford, giving the province millions of dollars in new revenues.
Local municipalities will gain enor-mously as these schools will promote
increased development and housing and combined with the new use of the old Belmont site for development, will sub-stantially increase the tax base.
The municipalities of Langford and Colwood are to be especially thanked and congratulated for their civic leadership and creativity — especially Lang-ford Mayor Stew Young and Colwood Mayor Dave Saun-ders as they came together with SD 62 and created an innovative partnership that will save the province mil-lions of dollars.
In Langford a unique use arrangement with developer Westhills, will let the students of the new high school there (to be located on the old Glen
Lake school site) use the new sports fields on Langford Parkway including Goudy field and Bear Mountain stadium. Saving the province millions for land and facilities normally connected to a high school.
In a different but similar vein in Col-wood, the 11 acres that SD 62 owns in Royal Bay will be supplemented by an additional 3.5 acres that the City of Col-wood will receive from any new owner.
Colwood has committed this acreage
to the SD 62 for use for an arts centre. The West Shore Chamber of Commerce recently completed a report on this cen-tre’s potential and found that more than 96 per cent of those local residents sur-veyed favoured this idea.
The new schools will go a long way to encourage families to come and stay on the West Shore — we were actually los-ing families and having trouble attracting others to the West Shore over this issue, making this a huge economic develop-ment opportunity. The decision there-fore, also fits nicely into the premier’s families first and jobs plan.
Not only for the construction and teaching jobs implied but for the con-tribution to the long term continued growth of the West Shore, including all our new small business jobs. Thanks to all those in the provincial cabinet that saw the importance of this decision for this fast growing and business- friendly community.
While it is long overdue, it shows what can happen when communities come together and fight the good fight, how-ever many years it takes.
Healthy schools means a healthy com-munity for the West Shore.
Re: View Royal taxes hiked too much, Letters, Oct. 28, 2011.
I write in response to Jim Powell’s inflammatory and inaccurate letter regarding View Royal tax hikes.
Powell quotes a study done by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business that shows View Royal spend-ing growing at 4.41 times the rate of pop-ulation growth and inflation.
The problem with these “statistics” is that the numbers are terribly skewed and do not portray an even remotely accurate picture.
The CFIB report covers the period from 2000-2008. During this time of course the Great Canadian Casino opened and the Town joined the Greater Victoria Public Library along with the West Shore Parks and Recreation Soci-ety.
This equated to roughly $800,000 in new expenses (funded from the casino) and on top of this the Town started to send 60 per cent of the casino revenue to Langford (another $3 million) as part of the revenue sharing agreement.
All of these expenses are factored into the CFIB’s wild claims of increased spending, but the reality is that all this had no impact on the tax roll and were actually offset by significant increases in revenue.
The president of the Union Of Brit-ish Columbia Municipalities issued an official response to provincewide CFIB report, part of which states: “What municipalities take exception to are reviews that ignore or misrepresent the fiscal and service realities facing local governments, and that unfairly charac-terize local governments as being less-than-responsible financial managers.”
View Royal’s taxes did increase by five per cent this year and this amounted to
a $57 increase for an “average” home. The View Royal residential tax rate
continues to be the fourth lowest out of the 13 Capital Region municipalities.
David ScreechView Royal councillor
Colwood citizens need to get out the vote
It’s election time in Colwood again. For those of you who make up the 73 per cent of eligible voters who did not vote in 2008, I say, “you can’t afford not to vote” this time. You need to become engaged with your community and the issues.
We desperately need new, positive, respectful leadership from all our candi-dates in these tough economic times.
I challenge you to educate yourself about the candidates running this year especially after the deliberate confusion caused by the candidates who chose to have another Colwood all-candidates meeting on the same night and at the same time as the one at the Church of the Advent.
We only need six of the 10 candidates running for city council, but you don’t have to vote for six, vote strategically for the one or two you feel strongly for. Talk with your friends and neighbours and make an informed decision.
There are so many issues that we feel powerless to change, so take your one opportunity to make a difference and vote Nov. 19. Let’s take Colwood into the future with dedicated councillors who will show up at meetings.
Jacqui LevsonColwood
Two all-candidates meetings typical Colwood
When will we get our political act
together in Colwood? Currently, there are two all-candidates meetings set for the same evening — Nov. 2. How can they be all-candidates meetings when candidates for mayor and council are split between two locations?
The Church of the Advent has always hosted the all-candidates meetings sup-ported by the West Shore Chamber of Commerce.
This Church announced the meet-ing date to their congregation on Oct. 2. Meanwhile, on Oct. 13 a splinter group (Concerned Citizen’s Coalition) announced their all-candidates meeting for Nov. 2 at the Colwood Pentecostal Church.
Now they are like two children argu-ing over who owns the ball as they both claim to be the only legitimate venue.
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“Big Tobacco” would love to grab the billions of dollars that will flow from mari-
juana if its sale is made general and lawful across Canada.
But public health and the public treasury will arguably be in better shape if corporate indus-try is shut out and mari-juana is carefully legalized, step by step, and made a government monopoly in Canada, as tobacco used to be in France and Spain.
I say “arguably” because there are hot-gospellers both for and against legal-ization, and wise decisions do seem more likely to occur if emotionally-based beliefs, and their supporting bundles of evidence, are held up to daylight.
When the shouting and banging of gavels quiets down, I believe the benefits of separating marijuana from nastier chemicals and placing pot under open public supply and control far outweighs disadvantages of any other possible policy choice.
In answer to objections, legal-ization campaigners can only say: Listen to everyone, take on the role of pathfinder for the world, build a consensus network, give the change a sufficiently long trial, don’t surren-der to drug hysteria, watch for unin-tended consequences, and be ready to fine tune the action.
Few Canadians have heard of Altadis, a name that sounds like a distant star. For those who know
about it, however, the name raises thoughts of lung cancer. Altadis is a multinational manufacturer
and seller of cigarettes, tobacco and cigars.
My wife died of lung cancer. For this and other reasons, I have strong feelings about the subject.
I found out from friends that Peggy was still taking occasional puffs long after she said she had quit. Altadis played a part in causing the premature deaths of millions of nicotine-ad-dicted people.
By 1971, France and Spain — inspired by the doctrine of the “free market” — had reached the final stage in the privatization of what used to be their nationally operated tobacco industries.
Privatization meant a strong though subtle drive to increase the sales of this death-drug and get new addicts hooked while denying or concealing tobacco’s fatal effects.
By the logic of the “free market,” this is a virtue, not a crime. Com-mercial corporate executives are pledged to boost sales and profits. It’s their duty to the shareholders.
The leaders of a publicly owned tobacco or marijuana operation have no such duty.
They may be enjoined to reduce sales and thereby stretch lifespans longer, while companion govern-ment offices raise compensatory revenues by taxing other chemicals
and activities that are damaging yet popular. Activities such as stock-market and currency gambling, for example.
“Altadis was formed via a 1999 merger between Tabacalera, the for-mer Spanish tobacco monopoly and SEITA, the former French tobacco monopoly,” Wikipedia reports. “The company was acquired by the Brit-ish tobacco giant Imperial Tobacco in 2008.”
Hopefully there won’t be any takeover of legalized marijuana by an Imperial Tobacco and Marijuana Corporation.
Marijuana is a socially popular, low-hazard, sometimes medically helpful drug that lacks the extreme dangers of alcohol. Is it a gateway to hard drugs, a major cause of road crashes, or a cause of lung cancer? A fast look at the evidence suggests that the answer to all three questions is “no.”
The aroma of pot wafts up from millions of homes and party gather-ings.
Forbidding its use, and filling jails with its growers and sellers, seems just as quirky, hazardous and self-defeating as the prohibition of alco-hol was in the U.S.A. (and Canada briefly) long ago, when convivial drinkers filled speakeasies owned by gangsters, and referred to the forbidden beverage by such coy, joking terms as “panther sweat.”
—G.E. Mortimore is a Langford-based writer. Think About It runs every second week in the Gazette.
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The hard work begins for SD 62
OUR VIEW
Call it hitting the jackpot or an early Christmas gift.
To thunderous applause of students and almost every politician on the West Shore, Education Minister George Abbott announced what many West Shore people have been waiting to hear for years: Belmont secondary will be replaced in a new location and a new high school will be built in Royal Bay.
It’s estimated as a $100 million project, one that will keep many trades employed for years. The ministry will pocket some $30 million when the Sooke School District sells the large Belmont school property, and Langford’s commercial and residential core will have a chance to expand along Jackin Road.
Replacing Belmont is long overdue. SD 62 maintenance staff needs to work hard to keep the building — a patchwork of several buildings going back to the 1950s — in safe and working order. The famous duct tape is a minor problem. The city block-long structure needs a seismic overhaul.
To the a relief of SD 62 staff and trustees, the ministry in its wisdom opted to build two schools, as opposed to a single building, which was hinted at earlier this year.
The long and often frustrating lobbying campaign by trustees, superintendents, students and local politicians played no small role in swaying the highest levels of government to release capital funding. As acknowledged by Education Minister George Abbott, in this case the squeaky wheel does indeed get the grease.
Having SD 62’s capital plan authorized by the province is a huge win for the West Shore, and shows the B.C. Liberals will hand out money for good projects, regardless of the political stripes of area MLAs.
Not everyone will be happy. People living near the old Glen Lake elementary have been concerns about a high school opening their neighbourhood.
Selling the Belmont property, which includes its playing fields, is sure be a contentious. Unlike the heated debate over closing Glen Lake, the Ministry of Education has given SD 62 permission to sell Belmont without a public process.
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Public Notice is hereby given to the electors of the City of Colwood that an Election By Voting is necessary to elect, for a three year term commencing December 2011 and terminating in 2014 after the election held in accordance with the legislation in the Local government Act (2014), a Mayor and six Councillors to fi ll the offi ces of Mayor and Councillors on the Council of the City of Colwood. The persons nominated as candidates at the Election By Voting and for whom the votes will be received are listed below:
MAYOR – one person to be electedHAMILTON Carol 3274 Kenwood Place, Colwood, B.C., V9C 3H1NAULT Jason 274 Belmont Road, Colwood, B.C., V9C 1B1TUCKNOTT Brian 3479 Fulton Road, Colwood, B.C.,V9C 3N2
COUNCILLORS – six persons to be electedCULLINGTON Judith 3338 Acemink Road, Colwood, B.C., V9C 2J6DAY Cynthia 3546 Charley Place, Colwood, B.C., V9C 3B9HARVEY Teresa 3430 Karger Terrace, Colwood, B.C., V9C3K3LOGAN Gordie 3060 Brittany Drive, Colwood, B.C., V9B 5P7LUKENS Shari #401-3223 Selleck Way, Colwood, B.C., V9C 0E7 MacNEILL Duane 487 Sue Mar Place, Colwood, B.C., V9C 3E1McKAY Rick 3309 Crowhurst Place, Colwood, B.C., V9C 3S9MARTIN Rob 258 Portsmouth Drive, Colwood, B.C., V9C 1R9ROBERTSON Ernie 651 Mount View Avenue, Colwood, B.C., V9B 2B7WAGNER Bill 3451 Fulton Road, Colwood, B.C. V9C 3N2
GENERAL VOTING DAY for the election of Mayor and Councillors will be open on Saturday the nineteenth (19th) day of November 2011, to qualifi ed electors of the City of Colwood at: Colwood City Hall, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, B.C., and such voting place shall be open between the hours of eight o’clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.) and eight o’clock p.m. (8:00 p.m.)
ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITIES shall be open to all qualifi ed electors of the City of Colwood at Colwood City Hall, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, B.C., between the hours of eight o’clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.) and eight o’clock p.m. (8:00 p.m.) on Wednesday, the 9th day of November 2011 and Wednesday, the 16th day of November 2011, of which every person is hereby required to take notice and be so governed accordingly. Any qualifi ed elector may vote at an Advance Voting Opportunity.
Given under my hand at Colwood, B.C. this twenty fourth (24th) day of October 2011.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: To be a Qualifi ed Elector in a local government election, a person must meet the following requirements:
a) Be a resident elector or non-resident property elector at the time of voting b) Not be disqualifi ed by the Local Government Act or any other Act; andc) Be registered as an elector of the City of Colwood.
A person cannot vote if they are incarcerated. A person is disqualifi ed as an elector if that person falls under any of the categories outlined in section 49(2) of the Local Government Act. No corporation is entitled to be registered as an elector or have a representative registered as an elector and no corporation is entitled to a vote.
A person must not vote in a local government election unless entitled to do so.
RESIDENT ELECTORTo be registered as a resident elector of the City of Colwood, you must meet all the following requirements on the day of registration.
a) You must be, or will be, age 18 or older on the day of votingb) You must be a Canadian citizenc) You must have been a resident of British Columbia for at least 6-months immediately before that day;d) You must have been a resident of the City of Colwood for at least 30-days immediately before that day. e) You must not be disqualifi ed by this Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or be otherwise disqualifi ed by law.
If you are not on the List of Registered Electors you may register on General Voting Day or Advance Voting Days providing you meet the eligibility requirements. You must produce two pieces of identifi cation that prove your identity – at least one must bear your signature - and preferably one with pictorial identifi cation, e.g. drivers license and credit card.
Non Resident Property ElectorTo be registered as a Non-Resident Property Elector of the City of Colwood, you must meet the following requirements on the day of registration:
a) You must not be entitled to register as a resident elector;b) You must be, or will be, age 18 or older on the day of voting;c) You must be a Canadian citizen;d) You must have been a resident of British Columbia for at least 6-months immediately before that day;e) You must have been a registered owner of real property in the City of Colwood for at least 30-days immediately before that
day (the only persons who are registered owners of the real property, either as joint tenants or tenants in common, are individuals who are not holding the property in trust for a corporation of another trust);
f) You must not be disqualifi ed by this Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or be otherwise disqualifi ed by law.
A person may only register as a non-resident property elector in relation to one parcel of real property in the City of Colwood. If the property is in multiple ownership you must provide written consent from the majority of registered owners that you have been designated to vote accompanied with adequate documentation, such as a Land Title Search, proving ownership of the property claimed as the basis for a vote.
As taxpayers, we want to attend all-can-didate meetings, not candidate rallies.
There are many new candidates for politi-cal office in Colwood. The decision of who to vote for just got a little easier.
Pick the slate of can-didates that will be at your meeting of choice.
Me, I’m going to the Church of the Advent Meeting sponsored by the Chamber of Com-merce as that is where the majority of candi-dates will be tonight.
John TownsonColwood
Colwood taxing sewer debt too high
All Colwood proper-ties that pay sewer tax should be aware that the City is charging five per cent interest on the sewer debt.
The real cost to the City is only 1.7 per cent. That means that you are paying an extra 3.7 per cent. So what, you might ask?
Well as an example, the Lagoon proper-ties paid $725 last year
(principle and inter-est). The extra 3.7 per cent meant that an extra $343 was paid. The actual principle and interest payment (on $2.9 million over 25 years) should have been $382.
This extra interest amount collected in not shown in any City account. You will never know where it has gone.
Arnold RossanderColwood
Mixed messages for earthquakes
In anticipation of the “big one” supposedly due to hit within the next 50 years, who are we to believe?
Last I heard, stand-ing in a door frame was debunked, that having been a longstanding protection recommen-dation.
Nowadays, an opin-ion gap persists con-cerning what should be done if you are caught in an earthquake.
One side tells us to get outside. The other, recently: drop, cover, hold on.
appeared in a local paper showed folk inside a building and under a table with fold-up legs.
Appeared to me to be a cover I’d not con-sider if I had a choice.
Don WilkesLangford
Financial system rigged to the rich
Re: Nothing wrong with rewarding hard work, Letters, Oct. 26, 2011.
What’s wrong with a system that rewards the hard worker?
There’s nothing wrong about a system that allows, in true Horatio Alger Jr. fash-ion, some to climb to the pinnacle of finan-cial success.
But there is some-thing wrong with a system that, as they climb that ladder, their burden of maintaining the common good is shifted to those hang-ing onto the last rung by their very finger-tips. In short, a system that is rigged.
There’s a cherished American myth that’s made its way to Can-ada — the notion that the fabulously wealthy, the one percenters, are the job creators and therefore they deserve special treatment. The one percenters don’t create jobs. In fact, no person creates jobs. No one.
It is demand for goods that is the cata-lyst for job creation. And for there to be demand, first there must be a mass of humanity with enough money in its pockets to buy more than basic necessities.
For this demand to be met, the entre-preneurs then enter the picture to hire the workers to produce, transport and sell the goods.
So the “one percen-ters,” to the degree that this elite is involved in the process at all, are at the end of the continuum, not at the beginning.
But in our present economy, some entity has to prime the pump; some entity has to put those excess dollars in people’s pockets so they can create a
demand that can be met by the entrepre-neurs and thereby produce the taxes to pay for those excess dollars. That entity is the government. No surprise there. That’s why it exists.
To the writer’s part-ing question “If we’re going to change the system, what are we going to change to?”
The obvious answer is going to a system that is not calibrated to benefit only the rich, the powerful, the privi-leged.
To a system in which all may share to an equitable degree in the fruits of a just and compassionate society. And one in which all may share to an equi-table extent in support of that society.
Dennis NobleColwood
Occupy about recognizing hard work
Re: Nothing wrong with rewarding hard work, Letters, Oct. 26, 2011.
That is what this protest is all about — people who work hard fixing our roads, delivering our mail, working for Air Canada, and don’t forget wage earners in the service industry, who also help keep this country running.
When I started out I was able to buy my first home shortly after reaching 30. That cost me $4,500. But as I understand it, today’s young couples face prices such as a half million dollars, and evidently both must work, even while bringing up children.
How are we going to change the system? Our politicians need to find some balance between socialism and capitalism.
Good luck with that.Andy Mulcahy
Victoria
Working hard not getting workers ahead
Re: Nothing wrong with rewarding hard work, Letters, Oct. 26, 2011.
Obviously the writer doesn’t get it. His examples relate to exactly why people
are protesting. For every Jimmy Pattison success story, there are millions who work, and have worked, far harder and are struggling or poor.
The increasing cost of making ends meet and the average person’s overwhelming housing debt load and increasing taxes makes it extremely difficult just to get by.
Governments have contributed to the present situation by using tax dollars for business bailouts, dramatically reducing taxes on corporations and the rich, eroding consumer protections through the elimination of public utility and monopoly laws, then permitting deregulation and amalgamation. Free trade agreements have allowed wholesale outsourcing of jobs.
Government decisions must be based on the health and well being of the Canadian community.
Anthony MearsOak Bay
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FOUR SEASONS MUSICAL Theatre presents Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Nov. 4, 5, Isabelle Reader Theatre, 1026 Goldstream Ave. See www.fourseasonsmusicaltheatre.com.
WEST SHORE CHRISTMAS craft fair, Nov. 4 to 6, Eagle Ridge arena in Langford. See www.eagleridgecommunitycentre.com under upcoming events.
FLU SHOT PUBLIC clinic, free vaccinations for seniors and children under two, Nov. 4, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., West Shore Parks and Rec, 1767 Island Highway.
SATURDAYBOTTLE DRIVE AND fundraiser for a Langford five
year old with cancer, Nov. 5, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Drop off cash donations, bottles at 3300 Happy Valley Rd. Call 250-661-5118 for bottle pick up.
METCHOSIN ALL-CANDIDATES AFTERNOON tea, Nov. 5, 2 to 4 p.m., Metchosin Community House, 4430 Happy Valley Rd.
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Inventing Iron Man is Zehr’s second book. His first, Beyond Batman, looked at whether a person could realistically whip themselves into superhero shape à la Dark Knight.
Zehr said the pop culture icons are a perfect way to explore scientific concepts in an accessible way.
“When you try and talk about science with the general public, I like to choose things that everyone’s already familiar with,” he said. “If I say Iron Man to you, you have a mental image, we have the same common image and we can talk about the science.”
Not only that, writing has helped Zehr in his research at UVic.
“As a scientist, you have to reduce down, so you can answer questions yes or no. But we don’t often zoom it back out and say ‘What does that mean? How does it affect these things? What does it relate to this?’
“You have to do that to write a book.”
Whether a real-life Iron Man suit is indeed possible — Zehr thinks that it’s likely that there are some governments already working on some version — the author hopes
the book opens people’s minds to some new concepts.
“I think we ought to be thinking about some of these things before we get to that point (that a suit is made). A little advanced thought would be helpful, I think.”
It’s not quite a superpower, at least not in the comic book sense, but in a way, Zehr has found a way to look into the future.
Ryan FlahertyNews staff
By day, he studies new rehabilitation methods for stroke and spinal cord injury patients.
By night, he uses comic book superheroes to explore the outer limits of biological and technological development.
It’s not quite as dramatic a contrast as those of the characters he uses for inspiration, but Paul Zehr is living his own version of a double life, nonetheless.
A professor of neuroscience and kinesiology at the University of Victoria, Zehr is carving out a name for himself as an author of what he calls “speculative non-fiction.”
His second book, Inventing Iron Man: The Possibility of a
Human Machine, was published this year by Johns Hopkins University Press. In it, Zehr examines whether it would be possible to create an armoured suit such as the one worn by the titular superhero, and the consequences of creating one.
“In our brains, ever since we were developing in utero, this mapping has been occurring where sensory information from the skin of your body is helping to create this map of sensations in your brain that represents your body,” he explained.
“If you have a map that’s full already, and you jam an armoured suit on top of it, where does it go?”
To try to answer that question, Zehr looked at three main elements of the Iron Man suit: the amplification of strength it provides, its
ability to fly and the physical protection it offers.
But beyond discussing the plausibility of such a suit, and the technology that would be necessary to build one, Inventing Iron Man goes deeper, looking at the physical and mental effects it could have on the wearer.
“If you’re in this suit that amplifies your abilities, it means you’re not actually using your body to move your body around,” Zehr said.
“You wind up having deconditioning and reduced output, and reduced strength and reduced bone mineralization.”
And what about the mind?“We’re thinking of it from the
perspective of, ‘we’re connected to the device, so we can control it and do stuff.’ But the device
From Batman to Iron Man
Ryan Flaherty/News staff
Paul Zehr’s new book, Inventing Iron Man, explores the physical plausibility of building a real-life armoured suit like the one in the Iron Man comics and films.
OAK BAY NEWS - Wednesday, November 2, 2011 www.oakbaynews.com • A13
Quote along with Ron, dress the partVictoria Film Festival presents Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. at the Vic Theatre, 808 Douglas St. Tix: $10 +HST at the door.THE ARTS
Guitarist Brad Prevedoros, left,
percussionist Niel Golden and flutist Greg Joy combine
their disparate musical styles on
their new CD, Three Worlds. Their CD
release concerts go Friday and Saturday
(Nov. 4 and 5).Photo contributed
Breaking down musical bordersThree Worldsat home■ Brad Prevedoros, Niel Golden and Greg Joy celebrate the release of their first CD together, Three Worlds, with two concerts.■ The first happens Friday (Nov. 4), 8 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre, Pat Bay Highway and Beacon Avenue in Sidney.■ The second goes Saturday (Nov. 5), 8 p.m. at St. Ann’s Academy, 835 Humboldt St.■ Tickets are $20 for each concert, available in advance at www.marywinspear.ca (Sidney) and Munro’s Books, 1108 Government St. (Victoria) or toll free (credit card only) at 1-888-539-5319.
Innovative Vancouver Island-based trio records their first compilation CD
Arnold LimNews staff
One new album, two concerts and three award-winning musicians.
The debut compilation, Three Worlds, features the Latin-influenced guitar of Brad Prevedoros, the Asian-inspired, bluesy percussion of Niel Golden and the celtic folk stylings of Greg Joy.
It is integrated with such non-traditional instruments as the hammered dulcimer and hang (a flying-saucer shaped metal percussion) and boasts a sound that is truly the trio’s own.
“Even though we come from diverse places, it really works well whenever we perform (together),” Golden said.
“We have an ease of getting along … we understand each other musically and oth-erwise. We are breaking down borders as we go. It is part of the beauty of the new age.”
The unique musical palette of the Van-couver Island trio includes more than 30 albums of musical experience between
them. The new 15-track release serves notice that music without lyrics can still speak volumes.
“What we do is music that makes people feel good. Loosely defined as relaxation music … People kind of get into a mesmeric mood. It is uplifting,” Prevedoros said.
“I just like people to relax and enjoy it and not have to feel like I’m sing-ing songs about lost loved ones or (hardships) in the world. There is so much crap going on in the world it is always nice to get peo-ple out of that space. That is what I’m try-ing to do.”
Recorded at Golden’s home studio between January and September of this year, Three Worlds was in some ways about letting go of the business side of music, after 30 years of performing and recording and multiple Canadian Western Music and Juno award nominations.
“We see it as an opportunity to have fun
more than anything else. We are all over 50 now and we have to do things because we enjoy it, as opposed to marketing our-selves,” Prevedoros said.
“I see people that are so aggressive and try to make it. I just want to enjoy myself.”
Enjoyment is what the group hopes to share with their audiences as they perform two CD release concerts this weekend, in Sidney and Victoria.
“The evening is a journey that goes through various influences of India, Spain,
Irish celtic music. Be transported for two hours on a musical journey that crosses borders and takes you to new places,” Golden said.
“Whenever we perform, audiences enjoy what we do and ask us where is the CD?”
After three years performing together and with Three Worlds under their belt, that question has now been answered.
“Even though we come from diverse places, it really works well whenever we perform (together).”
– Niel Golden
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Vancouver talent agent Richard Lucas stands with a Lucille Ball dress he owns that is being auctioned as a fundraiser for the Canadian College for Performing Arts and the Vancouver Performing Arts Lodge. The Lucille Ball gala happens Friday (Nov. 4) at the Fairmont Empress Hotel.Vivian Moreau/News staff
They love LucyDon DescoteauNews staff
Taking an idea and running with it was the evolution of the Canadian College of Performing Arts’ upcom-ing event and fundraiser.
This Friday’s (Nov. 4) “Lucille Ball,” a tribute to the late comedienne and madcap star of stage and TV, began with an idea to auction off an item of memorabilia.
“Richard Lucas, a talent agent in Vancouver who ended up teach-ing on our faculty, has an authentic Lucille Ball gown and he wanted it to go to charity,” said college director Ron Schuster.
After conversations around how to best do that, the idea came up of hosting an all-Lucy event in Victoria.
“We’ve got 24 lovely Lucies that will be floating around – all of our students will be dressed as Lucy or (fellow I Love Lucy characters) Fred
or Ricky Ricardo or Ethel,” Schuster said.
Among the festivities will be a rec-reation of the physical comedy clas-sic scene featuring Lucy and Ethel working on a chocolate assembly line that goes crazy.
A memorabilia booth will be set up for fans looking for Lucy items, and Lucas will be on hand sharing stories about times on set with Ball over the years.
Among the silent auction and raffle items up for grabs are a Warhol-style portrait of Lucy by local artist Chris-topher Lucas, and a two-week stay in Hawaii.
The dress auction proceeds will be split between the college and the Vancouver Performing Arts Lodge.
Tickets for the fundraiser, $115 each, are available at the college, 1701 Elgin Rd. in Oak Bay from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.
It’s been 30 years since the death of renowned American jazz pianist Bill Evans, but the music he made lives on.
The Bill Evans Project jazz quar-tet will perform Friday (Nov. 4) at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St.
The Montreal-based group is made up of bassist Michel Donato, pianist Francois Bourassa, saxo-phonist Frank Lozano and drummer Pierre Tanguay.
They’ll play music in support of their fall-released album Autour De Bill Evans, dedicated to the music of Evans, with a range of swing, ballads, bop and cool mixed in.
Tickets are $19 in advance, avail-able at the Victoria Jazz Society, Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records and the Royal and McPherson Box Office, or online at www.rmts.bc.ca. Showtime is 8 p.m.
Ballet group performsProkofiev classic
A new Victoria-based ballet troupe is putting on a production of
Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf.ZarYevka Ballet performs the
coming-of-age story on Saturday (Nov. 5) at Metro Studio Theatre, 1411 Quadra St. at 2 and 7 p.m.
Tickets are $15 by calling 250-590-6291. For more information, visit peterandthewolf.ca.
Authors readingat the library
From free access to almost every sporting event, to the aftermath of D-Day and the Clayoquot logging blockade, the Greater Victoria Pub-lic Library is hosting a series of free readings this month.
The readings start tomorrow (Nov. 3) with sports writer Jim Tay-lor discussing his book And to Think I Got in Free! from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Emily Carr Branch, 3500 Blanshard St.
On Nov. 9, Mark Zuehlke reads from Breakout from Juno, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Central branch. Nov. 12 sees author Betty Krawczyk read from This Dangerous Place, 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Emily Carr Branch.
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2011 General ElectionNotice of Election by Voting
Public Notice is Hereby Given to the electors of the District of Metchosin that an election by voting is necessary to elect a mayor and 4 councillors and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are:
Councillor – 4 to be elected Usual Name Residential Address
GRAMIGNA, Bob 4737 Lisandra Road, Metchosin, BC
HORGAN, Dani 378 Chapel Heights Drive, Metchosin, BC
KAHAKAUWILA, Kyara 4459 Parry Cross Road, Metchosin, BC
MILNE, Moralea 4704 Sooke Road, Metchosin, BC
MITCHELL, Jo 530 Witty Beach Road, Metchosin, BC
TREMBLAY, Larry 3743 Dallimore Road, Metchosin, BC
WATSON, Karen 1290 Boulderpath Road, Metchosin, BC
WILSON, Terry 896 Tiswilde Road, Metchosin, BC
Mayor – 1 to be elected Usual Name Residential Address
COOPER, Ed 3760 Sooke Road, Metchosin, BC
RANNS, John 648 Taylor Road, Metchosin, BC
Referendum QuestionNotice is also given that the following question will be submitted to the electors of the District of Metchosin at the 2011 general election to obtain the opinion of the electorate:
“Are you in favour of allowing detached secondary suites where allof the following conditions can be met:
• Maximum suite size of 70 m2 (753 ft2);• Lots are 0.8 ha (1.98 acres) or larger; and • The detached suite is located at least 15 m (49.2 feet) from all property lines and a maximum distance of 15 m from the principal dwelling?”
YES NO
General Voting Day will be open to qualifi ed electors of the District of Metchosin on
Saturday, November 19, 2011from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
at the Metchosin Community Hall4401 William Head Road
Advance Voting Opportunities will be open to qualifi ed electors of the District of Metchosin on
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 and Wednesday, November 16, 2011
from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. each dayat the District of Metchosin Municipal Hall
4450 Happy Valley Road
Elector Registration If you are not on the list of electors, you may register at the time of voting by completing the required application form available at the voting place. To register you must meet the following qualifi cations:
• 18 years of age or older• Canadian citizen• resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding voting day• resident of OR registered owner of real property in the District of Metchosin for at least 30 days immediately preceding voting day, and• not otherwise disqualifi ed by law from voting.
To register as a resident elector, you will be required to produce 2 documents that provide evidence of identity and place of residence, at least one with a signature. A solemn declaration may be made as to your place of residence if you do not have evidence of your place of residence.
To register as a non-resident property elector, you must produce 2 documents that provide evidence of your identity, at least one with a signature, and proof that you are entitled to register in relation to the property, and written consent from the other property owners if applicable.
Rachel ParkerChief Election Offi cer250-474-3167
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When Sami Muntaser was awoken by his tele-phone ringing in the wee morning hours last Thursday, he knew there was news from his Lib-yan homeland.
Family members told him Moammar Gadhafi, Libya’s dictator for 42 years, had been captured and killed. Stunned by the news, Muntaser and his wife were overcome by “a feeling of euphoria.”
“(Gadhafi) was famous for terrorism,” said the Victoria resident, who has been living in Canada for 29 years. “He was another Hitler in the mak-ing.”
During a visit to Libya in 1989, Muntaser said he was accused of being a communist and impris-oned for four days, during which a gun was pointed at his head and the trigger pulled in a ter-rorizing game of Russian roulette.
“It felt like 40 years,” he said of the experience.When Gadhafi forces began attacking civilians,
the United Nations authorized a no-fly zone over the country in March. Muntaser and many of the 25 Libyans living in Greater Victoria went to work, raising money and sending over medical supplies.
Muntaser and his friend, Ali Ezletni of Gordon Head, watched with pride as Canada did its part, sending fighter jets and two CFB Esquimalt war-ships to their homeland.
HMCS Vancouver left for the Mediterranean Sea on July 10, taking over for the East Coast’s HMCS Charlottetown. Vancouver has been patrolling the Libyan coast with its NATO allies, enforcing an arms embargo in the region.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Sunday that NATO has decided to end its mission at the
end of October. “The mission itself may end but I know of no current plans to have (Vancouver) return in the immediate future,” said Lt.-Cmdr. Nathalie Garcia, Esquimalt-based navy spokesper-son.
“I was hoping Canada would be leading (inter-national military efforts). We are very proud,” said Ezletni, who has been in Canada since 1987.
“The beauty of this is that the world stood with us (the Libyan people). I can’t thank them enough.”
Victoria Libyans celebrate homeland’s liberation
Sharon Tiffin/News staff
Eight-year-old Muhammed Ezletni, left, and his brother, six-year-old Ibrahim make the victory sign to celebrate a new chapter for their homeland while Ali Ezletni and Sami Muntaser hold the Libyan flag near their home in Victoria.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the City of Colwood will hold a hearing to afford the public an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters in the following proposed bylaws at a PUBLIC HEARING to be held in the COUNCIL CHAMBERS at CITY HALL, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, B.C. on Monday, November 14, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.
1. “Colwood Offi cial Community Plan Bylaw No. 999, 2008, Amendment No. 3 (2465 Sooke Road), Bylaw No. 1427, 2011.”
The intent of the proposed Bylaw No. 1427 is to amend Section 3.0 of the Colwood Offi cial Community Plan by re-designating from the “Hillside-Shoreline Controlled Growth Area” to “Neighbourhood Controlled Growth Area” the property located at 2465 Sooke Road more particularly described as Lot 3, Section 77, Esquimalt District, Plan 50959. The purpose of this re-designation is to allow a slight increase in density from a maximum of 10 dwelling units per hectare to 13.7 units per hectare in order to accommodate a subdivision proposing to create six additional single-family residential lots varying in size from 550 square meters to 812 square metres.
2. “Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989, Amendment No. 121 (2465 Sooke Road), Bylaw No. 1428, 2011”.
The general intent of proposed Bylaw No. 1428 is to amend the Land Use Bylaw as follows:
• By deleting from the Residential 1(R1) Zone and adding to the Residential 5 (R5) Zone 0.1135 hectare, more or less, of the property located at 2465 Sooke Road, more particularly described as Lot 3, Section 77, Esquimalt District, Plan 50959, as shown outlined by a solid bold line on the map below:
A copy of the proposed bylaws and other related material may be inspected at City Hall, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, B.C. between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays, up to and including Monday, November 14, 2011. For further information please contact the Planning Department at 250 478-5999.
Alan Haldenby,Director of Planning
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I, Tina Neurauter, Deputy Chief Election Offi cer for the District of Highlands, do hereby declare, pursuant to Section 76 of the Local Government Act, the following candidate(s) elected by acclamation:
Offi ce of Mayor 1. MENDUM, Jane
Offi ce(s) of Councillor 1. DOBB, Allen 2. GILL, Diane 3. JOHANNESEN, Sigurd 4. MCLEAN, Marcie 5. ROESSINGH, Karel 6. WILLIAMS, Ken
Given under my hand at Victoria, British Columbia, this 24th day of October, 2011.
When Sami Muntaser was awoken by his tele-phone ringing in the wee morning hours last Thursday, he knew there was news from his Lib-yan homeland.
Family members told him Moammar Gadhafi, Libya’s dictator for 42 years, had been captured and killed. Stunned by the news, Muntaser and his wife were overcome by “a feeling of euphoria.”
“(Gadhafi) was famous for terrorism,” said the Victoria resident, who has been living in Canada for 29 years. “He was another Hitler in the mak-ing.”
During a visit to Libya in 1989, Muntaser said he was accused of being a communist and impris-oned for four days, during which a gun was pointed at his head and the trigger pulled in a ter-rorizing game of Russian roulette.
“It felt like 40 years,” he said of the experience.When Gadhafi forces began attacking civilians,
the United Nations authorized a no-fly zone over the country in March. Muntaser and many of the 25 Libyans living in Greater Victoria went to work, raising money and sending over medical supplies.
Muntaser and his friend, Ali Ezletni of Gordon Head, watched with pride as Canada did its part, sending fighter jets and two CFB Esquimalt war-ships to their homeland.
HMCS Vancouver left for the Mediterranean Sea on July 10, taking over for the East Coast’s HMCS Charlottetown. Vancouver has been patrolling the Libyan coast with its NATO allies, enforcing an arms embargo in the region.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Sunday that NATO has decided to end its mission at the
end of October. “The mission itself may end but I know of no current plans to have (Vancouver) return in the immediate future,” said Lt.-Cmdr. Nathalie Garcia, Esquimalt-based navy spokesper-son.
“I was hoping Canada would be leading (inter-national military efforts). We are very proud,” said Ezletni, who has been in Canada since 1987.
“The beauty of this is that the world stood with us (the Libyan people). I can’t thank them enough.”
Victoria Libyans celebrate homeland’s liberation
Sharon Tiffin/News staff
Eight-year-old Muhammed Ezletni, left, and his brother, six-year-old Ibrahim make the victory sign to celebrate a new chapter for their homeland while Ali Ezletni and Sami Muntaser hold the Libyan flag near their home in Victoria.
As the dramatic voice of Ken Lavigne flooded the hall, an emotional Jo Campbell stood and embraced her children and grandchildren.
Lavigne sang Time to Say Goodbye to conclude a celebra-tion of the life of Thrifty Foods co-founder Alex Campbell Sr. on Sunday afternoon, evoking tears from not only Campbell’s family, including his wife, Jo, but a vast number of the 1,200-plus people who attended.
The crowd mourned a man described as an intelligent entrepreneur, an avid boater and a father with a sense of humour by speakers at the event — friends and business associates who got to know Campbell over many years.
Campbell died Oct. 11. He was 70.
CTV Vancouver Island news anchor Hudson Mack hosted the celebration. Lavigne’s four songs drew many tears from the audience, especially Danny Boy, which was one of Campbell’s favourites. Local piper James Troy’s music brought out tis-sues as well.
Held at the Victoria Confer-ence Centre, the celebration was decorated by large arrange-ments of white orchids, irises and roses. Before the hall filled for the 1 p.m. event, people
stood and talked, many hugged each other and made introduc-tions to new acquaintances.
The celebration was just as Campbell would have wanted it, Mack said, with laughs along the way.
Friends remembered failed fishing feats with Campbell, who was nicknamed “the smile in the aisle” for his presence at his Thrifty Foods stores.
Mack read from his speech that Campbell’s three children were “proud of his honesty, integrity and confidence.”
Campbell wasn’t one to lose
his cool in business or at home, he didn’t make rash decisions and was unfailingly loyal.
Having lost his own father at a young age, Mack shared a personal note: “Death can end a life, but it can never extinguish love or end a relationship.”
The Campbell family left the celebration after dozens of hugs from friends in the room, all of whom had come to pay respects to a generous philan-thropist and successful busi-ness owner who touched count-less lives on the Island.
1,200 attend celebration of life for Alex Campbell
Sharon Tiffin/News staff
Olga Bridge writes a message for the Campbell family at a celebration of life ceremony held for Thrifty Foods co-founder Alex Campbell Sr. at the Victoria Conference Centre.
Nearing three years since a pipe burst above their condo unit, the Prescotts have finally resolved the problem with their strata council.
Since filing a claim through the Provincial Small Claims Court in June 2010, the elderly Victoria couple won $8,000 in a settle-ment reached in August.
“It felt like winning the lottery,” says daughter Deborah Groen-
heyde, who lives in Hawaii, but has travelled to Victoria to act on her parents’ behalf.
The disagreement boils down to the quality of repairs to the damage in the Prescotts’ unit at 1715 Richmond Rd. The pro-tracted and bitter experience cost $1,500 in legal fees and has left Groenheyde exasperated at the regulations governing strata councils in B.C.
“The whole strata thing is sim-ply out of control,” she said in an email to the News.
The province seems to be listening. In response to grow-ing frustration by strata owners suffering unresolved conflict with their neighbours, the B.C. government has proposed a new approach to dispute resolution, which is open to public feedback until Oct. 31.
The idea is to create a low-cost tribunal, which doesn’t require people to hire a lawyer.
Deryk Norton, director of the Vancouver Island Strata Own-ers Association calls it a small,
New dispute resolution board eyed for stratasbut positive step. He’s optimistic the proposed tribunal will be an improve-ment over current options.
Right now, the avenues open to strata owners in dispute are to take the matter to court, which is costly, or arbitration, which is “vague and unpredictable,” Norton said.
The government’s online discus-sion paper and survey on the issue, however, leaves Norton with several questions.
“The whole thing is silent on the accountability of condo developers and strata managing companies,” he said. “Their actions could be at the heart of the dispute.”
A management company could provide self-serving advice to a strata council that runs contrary to the Act, Norton said. “I run into that a lot, which raises questions about the eth-ics and the competence of the strata manager.”
Similarly, he said, condo devel-
opers sometimes fail to hand over important documents, leaving the strata council with inadequate infor-mation about the building. Strata councils can then run into problems when it’s time to do maintenance.
The Ministry of Housing, however, disputes the gap in the tribunal’s jurisdiction.
“Owner-developers could be subject to the proposed tribunal’s jurisdiction,” said a ministry spokes-person in an email. Some complex issues, however, “are best heard by the courts. Some of these involve owner-developers of phased strata plans, and we are looking for input through this consultation on whether that is appropriate.”
Strata managers, on the other hand, are regulated by the Real Estate Services Act and therefore not cov-ered by the Strata Property Act.
There are more than half a million strata owners in B.C.
Greater Victoria will be hit hard this winter as the La Nina phenom-enon makes its return, says a promi-nent U.S. based weather forecasting company Accuweather.
BC Hydro, whose crews and infra-structure would bear the brunt of a brutal cold snap, isn’t planning any changes to its usual winter prepara-tions.
Thanks to smart meters, it will be easier for BC Hydro to pinpoint out-age locations, even when custom-ers are asleep and don’t know the power has gone out, said spokesper-son Ted Olynyk.
The information will make it easier for Hydro to dispatch repair crews to the most critical sites serv-ing the most people, he said.
Region in for stormy winter
TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL
NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY given to the electors of the Town of View Royal that an election by voting is necessary to elect four Councillors for a three-year term commencing December 2011 and terminating December 2014, and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are:
Mayor – One (1) to be elected
Surname Usual Names Jurisdiction of Residence
BRITTON Andrew 33-300 Six Mile Road, Town of View Royal, BCFETHERSTONHAUGH Barb 273 View Royal Avenue, Town of View Royal, BCHILL Graham 296 Eltham Road, Town of View Royal, BC
Councillor – Four (4) to be elected
Surname Usual Names Jurisdiction of Residence
MATTSON Ron 284 Pallisier Avenue, Town of View Royal, BCRAST Heidi 44 Camden Avenue, Town of View Royal, BCROGERS John 525 Prince Robert Drive, Town of View Royal, BCRUDGE Frank Albert 407 Margaret Lane, Town of View Royal, BCSCREECH David 1256 Burnside Road West, Town of View Royal, BCWATTERS Brian 63 Kingham Place, Town of View Royal, BC
GENERAL VOTING DAY will be open to qualifi ed electors of the Town of View Royal on Saturday, November 19, 2011 between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm at the following location:
View Royal Elementary School, 218 Helmcken Road
Elector Registration There is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of all electors for this election will take place at the time of voting. You will be required to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements:
• 18 years of age or older• Canadian citizen• resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding voting day• resident of OR registered owner of real property in the Town of View Royal for at least
30 days immediately preceding voting day, and• not otherwise disqualifi ed by law from voting.
Resident electors will also be required to produce 2 pieces of identifi cation (at least one with a signature). Picture identifi cation is not necessary. The identifi cation must prove both residency and identity.
Non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identifi cation (at least one with a sig-nature) to prove identity, must declare that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if applicable, provide written consent from the other property owners.
Advance Voting OpportunitiesAdvance voting will be open at the Town Hall, 45 View Royal Avenue, Wednesday, November 9, 2011 and Wednesday, November 16, 2011 between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm each day.
Should you have mobility issues it is advised that you vote at one of the advanced voting oppor-tunities as there will be less travelling involved from the parking area to the polling station at the Town Hall location.
If you require further information please contact the Deputy Chief Election Offi cer at 250-479-6800.
A rainbow of bowls covers a large table in the art room at Arbutus middle school. Handcrafted by grades 7 and 8 students during the classes’ pottery units, the 63 earthen-ware dishes have been fired and glazed, and are ready to take home.
But these bowls aren’t going home with the young potters. Instead, all the students are donating their art to the Souper Bowls of Hope fundraiser, which happens Nov. 8 at the Fairmont Empress downtown Victoria.
“I think it’s a really neat way to pull community into the classroom,” said art teacher Rachel Liddell. “They learn the procedures and proper steps (of making pottery), but they also contribute to a nice com-munity cause. They don’t have to donate their bowls, but once I explain what they’re helping, they all want to take part.”
Souper Bowls of Hope, now in its 14th year, is a lunchtime fundraiser for the Victoria Youth Empowerment Society.
Hungry supporters (or pot-tery enthusiasts) are invited to the Empress for a soup lunch catered by hotel staff and Patis-serie Daniel. After the meal, diners take home a bowl made by a local student or the South Vancouver Island Potters Guild.
“(Student) involvement means so much because, in the future, they will realize why it is important to give back to your community, wherever they are in the world,” said Souper Bowls organizing committee member Helen Hughes.
All the money raised goes to
help fund the Youth Empower-ment Society’s summer oppor-tunities program, which helps pay for food, supplies and out-
ings for at-risk youth.The Souper Bowls event also
includes an auction of celebrity-signed bowls, including ones
Kyle Slavin/News staff
Arbutus middle school students Lorena Munoz and Aidan Fisher show the offering of bowls the school’s art class made to help raise money for at-risk youth in Victoria.
‘Souper bowls’ help youth at riskfrom singer Elton John, Glee star Cory Monteith (a former Victoria resident) and Selena Gomez.
The Nov. 8 lunch costs $25 and
includes the bowl of your choice. Tickets can be purchased at guest
services at the Bay Centre or by call-ing 250-383-3514.
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in theWest Shore
COLWOOD PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
2250 Sooke Road 250-478-7113
LEAD PASTOR: AL FUNKSun. Worship 9:00 & 11:00amwith Sun. School for ages 3-11
Fri Youth Meeting 7:30pm
WESTSIDE BIBLE CHURCHPastor Tim Davis
SUNDAY SERVICE: 10:30 amWednesdays @ 7:30 pm
Bible Study & Prayer3307 Wishart Rd. 250-478-8066www.westsidefamily.org
WEST SHOREPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
760 Latoria Road250-474-0452
MINISTER: Dr. Harold McNabb10:30am Worship & Church School
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PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of the City of Langford that an Election By Votingis necessary to elect the Council of the City of Langford, for a three year term commencing December 2011 and terminating in 2014 after the election held under the Local Government Act for the year 2014 and that the persons nominated as candidates at the Election By Voting for 2011 and for whom votes will be received are listed below: MAYOR – one person to be electedJOHNSON Christopher A. 16654 Island Road, Port Renfrew , B.C., V0S 1K0YOUNG Stew 116 1244 Muir eld Place, Lagford, B.C.V9B 6T3
COUNCILLORS – not more than six persons to be electedBLACKWELL Denise 951 Glen Willow Place, Langford, B.C., V9B 4W3HORGAN Sean P. 893 Walfred Road, Langford, B.C., V9C 2P1McLACHLAN Grant A. 3033 Cressida Crescent, Langford, B.C., V9B 5W9SAHLSTROM Matt 936 Walfred Road, Langford, B.C., V9C 2P4SEATON Lanny 2997 Glen Lake Road, Langford, B.C., V9B 4B3SIFERT Winnie 918 Walfred Road, Langford, B.C., V9C 2P4SZPAK Lillian M. 528 Treanor Road, Langford, B.C., V9B 3H1WADE Roger S. 974 Wild Blossom Court, Langford, B.C., V9C 4M8
General Voting Day for the City of Langford will be open Saturday the nineteenth (19th) day of November 2011, TO QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LANGFORD at the following places: Ruth King Elementary School 2764 Jacklin Road, Langford, B.CMillstream Elementary School 626 Hoylake Road, Langford, B.C. AND SUCH VOTING PLACES SHALL BE OPEN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF EIGHT (8:00 A.M.) O’CLOCK A.M. AND EIGHT (8:00 P.M.) O’CLOCK P.M.
ADVANCE VOTING OPORTUNITIES shall be open at the:
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Greater Victoria’s economic growth rate has slumped by as much as one half of what it was prior to the global recession that has crippled cities in other industrial countries, according to the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce.
Economic growth has shrunk to “a modest two to three per cent” com-pared to the pre-recession growth rate in Greater Victoria of about four per cent, said Bruce Carter, chamber CEO.
But that’s still large growth com-pared to many American cities where shopping centres are devoid of customers and stores, and unem-ployment is nine per cent or higher, he said.
He considers the Capital Region’s six-per-cent jobless rate almost full employment, with many employers
complaining they can’t find quali-fied and experienced workers to fill vacancies.
Carter said employers have told him Greater Victoria’s high hous-ing prices make it difficult to recruit workers from outside the region.
Global economic uncertainty has hammered consumer confidence here and elsewhere, he said, mean-ing people are spending less and are more careful — making it “a little tougher on the retail side.”
That means “margins are tight” and “everybody is sharpening their pencils” to reduce costs to compen-sate for lower profits, Carter added.
The tightening economy has affected chamber membership, which Carter said has shrunk slightly and now sits at about 1,500 members out of about 8,000 businesses that serve the region.
However, the region’s strong hous-ing sector and continuous growth in the ever-expanding technology sec-tor, combined with the good summer results for the local tourist accom-modation industry, show Greater Vic-toria is in pretty good shape, Carter said.
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A changed mindset and new approach to hockey is all part of the new Ty Jones.
The Saanich Braves captain had plenty of reasons to be frus-trated to start the 2011-12 hockey season, namely getting dropped from the junior A Cowichan Capi-tals of the B.C. Hockey League.
The Spectrum hockey academy grad was key in the Braves 5-3 win over the Victoria Cougars at George Pearkes arena on Friday.
Jones was the first star, scoring two goals including the game winner, as the Braves rallied from a 3-1 deficit with four straight goals.
It’s the first time the Braves (5-7-3) defeated the Cou-gars (13-2-1) this season evening the home-and-home series, which started with a Cou-gars’ 5-2 win at Archie Browning arena on Thursday.
Jones was the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League rookie of the year in 2009-10 and was named captain of the Braves by coach Brad Cook shortly after returning to the team this year. It was an easy decision for Cook, who coached the Braves that sea-son before leaving for a stint as
an assistant with the BCHL’s Vic-toria Grizzlies.
But Jones didn’t come to terms with his return to the Island’s junior B hockey league overnight. He started slow in the points col-umn and was ejected from back-to-back games on Sept. 29 and 30.
“It was a rough start. I’m defi-nitely more relaxed, trying to be a leader for the team on the ice and in the room,” Jones said after the
Thursday win.The 18-year-old
is the latest exam-ple of a local player finding his game after being cut from junior A, an annual occurrence on the junior circuit.
“There was some frustration coming back from Cowichan, but I’m happy being back with the Braves and living at home,” Jones said. “We (were) making too many mental mistakes. Now I
just want to see us get some wins, especially in one-goal games.”
The Braves’ story has repeated itself the past few seasons.
A solid program that’s devel-oped players such as Wade Mur-phy, leading scorer of the Victoria Grizzlies, the Braves continually play second fiddle in the win col-umn to local rivals the Cougars and Peninsula Panthers.
“We’re right there, we’ve beat
(North Division leaders) Comox and now Victoria,” Cook said. “We’re learning how to win. And some of that is with the returning players, not just the young guys, finding their way.”
Player of the weekTy Jones scored twice with line-
mate Jack Palmer, Sheldon Trees and Jaden Schmiesser (empty net) each scoring once in the Braves win over the Victoria Cou-gars on Friday.
Prior to the weekend Jones was named Island league player of the week for scoring two goals and two assists, while taking zero pen-
alty minutes in two games. The Braves lost 4-3 in a shootout to the Peninsula Panthers on Oct. 19 and won 6-3 over Campbell River Storm on Oct. 23.
The Braves host the Oceanside Generals at Pearkes arena, Friday (Nov. 4) at 6:30 p.m.
Shawn McBride of the Saanich Braves battles Anthony Bonner of the Victoria Cougars during the annual Pink in the Rink fundraiser at Pearkes Arena, Oct. 28. The Braves won 5-3.
Belmont sports wrap upSr. Girls Volleyball: The senior
girls grabbed the No. 1 seed for the upcoming AAAA Lower Island Championships, finish-ing with an impressive overall record of 24-4.
Jr. Girls Volleyball: The junior girls continue their winning form in league play, defeating PCS and Reynolds 2-0 to improve to 16-0. The team is going to city championships on Nov. 4-5 in Victoria.
Senior Boys Volleyball: Senior boys finished fourth of six teams, at Lambrick Park.
Cross country: The cross country team finished its sea-son at Island championships at Beaver Lake. Jericho O’Connell placed 15th out of 200 runners in a time of 22:21. This qualifies Jericho for the BC Champion-ships in Kelowna on Nov. 5. Special mention also goes out to Jeff Allan, who was the top junior boys runner and Jill Lam-beth who was the top senior girls athlete.
Football: The junior varsit team lost to the defending AAA champion Vancouver College. The team played its heart out but depth at some key posi-tions didn’t allow it to compete in the end.
The varsity team played Gulf Islands and defeated them 37-0 with everyone getting substan-tial minutes in the game. The varsity team has a bye this week as the Mark Isfeld team has folded and are unable to field a team.
Varsity is looking forward to the first round of playoffs where it will play either Timberline or EMCS.
Greater Victoria’s economic growth rate has slumped by as much as one half of what it was prior to the global recession that has crippled cities in other industrial countries, according to the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce.
Economic growth has shrunk to “a modest two to three per cent” com-pared to the pre-recession growth rate in Greater Victoria of about four per cent, said Bruce Carter, chamber CEO.
But that’s still large growth com-pared to many American cities where shopping centres are devoid of customers and stores, and unem-ployment is nine per cent or higher, he said.
He considers the Capital Region’s six-per-cent jobless rate almost full employment, with many employers
complaining they can’t find quali-fied and experienced workers to fill vacancies.
Carter said employers have told him Greater Victoria’s high hous-ing prices make it difficult to recruit workers from outside the region.
Global economic uncertainty has hammered consumer confidence here and elsewhere, he said, mean-ing people are spending less and are more careful — making it “a little tougher on the retail side.”
That means “margins are tight” and “everybody is sharpening their pencils” to reduce costs to compen-sate for lower profits, Carter added.
The tightening economy has affected chamber membership, which Carter said has shrunk slightly and now sits at about 1,500 members out of about 8,000 businesses that serve the region.
However, the region’s strong hous-ing sector and continuous growth in the ever-expanding technology sec-tor, combined with the good summer results for the local tourist accom-modation industry, show Greater Vic-toria is in pretty good shape, Carter said.
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Running Vancouver Island High School Cross Country Championships,
Oct. 26 at Beaver Lake Park
Boys team resultsPlace (Points) School Time1. (64) Dover Bay
2. (82) Oak Bay 1 Liam Kennell 21:15.292 Taylor Chan 22:17.283 Liam Farrar 23:07.044 Simon Psotka 23:27.305 Evan Carey 23:37.046 Graham Landells 23:38.047 Benjamin De Jong 24:48.06
4. (97) Mount Douglas 1 Thomas Getty 21:17.532 Tyler Norman 21:42.533 Joel Taylor 23:20.054 Ethan Getty 23:31.295 Nathan How 24:21.046 Mohand Khouider 24:46.327 Ryan Niezen 25:08.57
5. (104) Reynolds 1 Seamus Maguire 21:56.062 Erik Evans 22:41.313 Drew Peacock 22:51.054 Jon McKay 23:51.785 Thomas Thierbach 24:04.806 Thomas Kempster 26:53.797 Nic Miller 27:31.04
6 (152) Glenlyon Norfolk School1 Ben Weir 21:13.052 Mikey Declare 23:57.313 Laim Shillingtom 24:07.044 John Sharpe 24:30.805 Evan Letkeman 24:54.816 Matt Zava 28:19.06
7. (234) Highland SS 8. (260) Carihi
9. (276) Belmont 1 Jericho O’Connell 22:21.782 Ray Frang 26:42.793 Jordan Fenn 27:18.314 Brock Holland 27:22.315 Gerry Dandan 27:42.576 Kane Johnston 28:24.56
7 Eric Spaven 28:54.05
10. (287) Shawnigan
11. (302) St. Michaels University1 Liam Knightley 24:03.042 Cole Turner 25:48.063 Samuel Jackson 27:33.814 Danny Park 27:38.065 Gabe Lunn 27:55.556 Justin Chiu 28:15.057 Min Hyuk Park 28:27.30
12. (313) Campbell River Christian 13. (324) Brentwood 14. (326) Nanaimo District
15. (388) Lambrick Park 1 Julian Fell 26:44.312 Michael McCue 27:00.283 Camilo Valbuena 29:32.294 Kevin Kuo 29:34.795 Curtis Darnell 32:25.31
Girls team resultsPlace (Points) School Time1. (48) Nanaimo District
2. (49) Oak Bay 1 Maddie Secco 16:44.042 Madelyn Brunt 16:45.553 Elise Butler 16:52.294 Morgan Roskelley 16:57.055 Heather Van Tassell 17:44.306 Emily Mills 17:58.797 Gillian Briggs 18:26.78
When track and field star Katelyn Hayward of Mount Douglas second-ary put her own ambi-tions aside to finish the four-kilometre Island cross country champion-ship at Beaver Lake Park with a twisted ankle last Wednesday, it meant the end of her cross country season, but a provincial berth for her team.
Nanaimo District sec-ondary won the Island girls team trophy at Bea-ver Lake and will head to provincials in Kelowna on Saturday (Nov. 5).
The top four boys and girls teams each qualify seven runners to the B.C.’s, with Mt. Doug and Oak Bay the only Island schools sending both.
Dover Bay (first), Oak Bay (second), Claremont (third) and Mt. Doug (fourth) will represent the boys. Nanaimo (first), Oak Bay (second), Mt.
Doug (third) and Spec-trum (fourth) will repre-sent the girls.
Hayward and Mt. Doug teammate Caleigh Bachop were favoured to compete for the top spot. Bachop finished fourth, Hayward seventh.
The effort marks the latest achievement in Mt. Doug’s attempt to restore the glory it enjoyed as a cross country power-house under legendary coach Stan Gill in the 60s, 70s and 80s.
“If (Hayward) stops, our girls team doesn’t go to the B.C. championships,” said teacher sponsor and coach Bernie Kidd. “It was extremely coura-geous of her. She ran for the team.”
Hayward, a Grade 12 student, is Canada’s top steeplechaser for her age and the standing B.C. high school champion in the 3,000-metre, as well as the record holder in the 1,500m. She’s currently being courted by uni-
versities and had every reason to pull out of the race. Because of the injury Hayward won’t be attending provincials.
“It’s Mt. Doug’s best Island result in two decades,” he added.
Kidd credited coaches Steve Murenbeeld and Al Niezen for preparing Mt. Doug’s best cross country team since Gill stepped down in the 1990s.
“We’re all excited about the prospects at provin-cials and looking forward to getting another crop of strong runners from Arbutus middle school next year,” Kidd said.
Duo tops on IslandPowerful Claremont
duo Lehm Maguire and Connor Foreman finished the 6.7-km boys race one second apart in first and second, respectively, leading the Claremont boys to provincials.
Claremont took fourth overall, displacing the Reynolds boys team which ended up in fifth despite managing three top-20 finishes: Seamus Maguire (11), Erik Evans (18) and Drew Peacock (19).
“If (Hayward) stops, our girls team doesn’t go to B.C.’s.”
– Bernie Kidd
7. (168) St. Michaels University1 Stephanie Wong-Harrison 18:59.292 Sarah Taylor 19:07.053 Alexis Thind 19:11.054 Jackie McKay 19:15.565 Valentina Rodriquez 19:27.786 Chrissy Robillard 19:58.317 Christina Chewyl 19:58.78
8. (223) Reynolds1 Klara Hlavon 18:29.542 Sara Lax 19:44.043 Amy Bruce 20:06.804 Sarah Nuttall 22:17.315 Sally Schubach 22:31.806 Elizabeth Underhill 23:03.80
9. (248) Brentwood
Top-22 boys Guntime School 1 Lehm Maguire 20:52.79 Claremont2 Connor Foreman 20:53.55 Claremont 3 Joel Deschiffart 20:54.55 Nan.Christ.4 Ben Weir 21:13.05 Glenlyon 5 Liam Kennell 21:15.29 Oak Bay 6 Thomas Getty 21:17.53 Mt. Doug 6 Thomas Oxland 21:30.29 Dover Bay 8 Peter Oxland 21:38.79 Dover Bay 9 Garrett Dunlop 21:40.32 Dover Bay 10 Tyler Norman 21:42.53 Mt. Doug 11 Seamus Maguire 21:56.06 Reynolds 12 A. Commandeur 22:16.05 Highland 13 Taylor Chan 22:17.28 Oak Bay14 S. Commandeur 22:18.53 Highland15 Jericho O’Connell 22:21.78 Belmont 16 Nic Ascui 22:23.78 Dover Bay17 Haven Ullstrom 22:25.53 Timberline18 Erik Evans 22:41.31 Reynolds19 Drew Peacock 22:51.05 Reynolds 20 Calvin Jennings 22:57.04 Shawnigan21 Liam Farrar 23:07.04 Oak Bay22 Jordan Kinghorn 23:11.28 Claremont
Top-22 girls Guntime School 1 Miryam Bassett 16:22.28 Nanaimo2 Marita Deschiffart 16:22.79 Nan. Christ.3 Erica Deschiffart 16:27.30 Nan. Christ.4 Caleigh Bachop 16:31.05 Mt. Doug5 Megan Kinghorn 16:32.54 Spectrum6 Brittany King 16:35.04 Spectrum7 Katelyn Hayward 16:40.78 Mt. Doug 8 Carly O’Sullivan 16:43.05 Nanaimo 9 Maddie Secco 16:44.04 Oak Bay 10 Madelyn Brunt 16:45.55 Oak Bay 11 Andrea Lyon 16:48.80 Fran. Kels.12 Elise Butler 16:52.29 Oak Bay 13 Morgan Roskelley 16:57.05 Oak Bay 14 Rachel Elliott 16:59.29 Dover Bay 15 Chloe Hegland 17:06.28 Parkland16 Jenaya Pynn 17:16.83 Wellington17 Rebecca Bassett 17:23.31 Nanaimo18 Tkia King 17:23.54 Nanaimo19 Tatianna Haggard 17:23.82 John Stubbs20 Farisha Arensen 17:32.56 Mt. Doug 21 Ally Martindale 17:44.04 Arbutus MS22 Heather Van Tassell 17:44.30 Oak Bay
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CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE Lifeguard/Instructor. Come join the adventure in the Diamond Capital of North America! The City of Yellowknife is currently seeking an enthusiastic and qualifi ed individual to assume the position of Lifeguard/In-structor at the Ruth Inch Me-morial Pool in Yellowknife. The City offers an attractive salary of $54,270-$63,652 plus hous-ing allowance, comprehensive benefi ts package and reloca-tion assistance. For more in-formation on this position and the qualifi cations required, please refer to the City of Yel-lowknife’s web page at: www.yellowknife.ca or contact Human Resources at (867) 920-5603. Submit re-sumes in confi dence no later than November 11, 2011, quoting competition #602-138U to: Human Resources Division, City of Yellowknife, P.O. Box 580, YK, NT, X1A 2N4; Fax: 867-669-3471 or Email: [email protected]
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WELDERS WANTED. Jour-neyman 2nd and 3rd year ap-prentices with tank manufac-turing experience. Automated Tank Manufacturing Inc. Lo-cated in Kitscoty, Alberta. 20km West of Lloydminster is looking for 15 individuals that want long term employment and a secure paycheque. Journey wages $33. - $37.50/hour. Wages for ap-prentices based on hours and qualifi cations. Benefi ts, train-ing programs, full insurance package 100% paid by com-pany, savings plan for retire-ment, profi t sharing bonus. Join a winning team. Send re-sume to: [email protected] or fax 780-846-2241. Phone interview will be set up after receiving resume.
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Federal NDP leadership candidate Brian Topp picked up more supporters on a visit to the B.C. legislature Thursday, and walked into a contro-versy over the allocation of six new MP seats for B.C.
The federal government revealed its bill to add 30 House of Commons seats Thursday, including six each for B.C. and Alberta, 15 for Ontario and three for Quebec. Victoria-Beacon Hill MLA Carole
James, on hand to endorse Topp's leadership bid, said based on population, B.C. should have nine more seats.
Topp is running to lead a federal party now dominated by Quebec MPs, and he avoided tak-ing a position.
"The good news in the announcement today, if there's any of it, is that we're making progress," Topp said. "Western Canada and Ontario should get more seats. And it's the federal party's job to look at the details and listen to the voices at speak up across the country, and to come to a judgment about what they think about the pro-posal."
B.C. NDP leader Adrian Dix issued a statement calling the seat decision unfair, saying it unfairly favours Alberta and Quebec at the expense of B.C. He said he will write to Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper asking that B.C. get more seats.
B.C. Liberal MLA John Les accused Topp of supporting an increase that would keep the ratio of seats the same in Quebec and other provinces, as western provinces have grown faster.
Montreal MP Thomas Mulcair also brought his leadership candidacy to B.C. this week, reflecting the province's importance as the home of one-third of party members.
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