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an Island Original.10 minutes to
downtown Victoria5 minutes tothe West Shore
New 3 acre park
HELMCKEN ROAD
TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY
WATKISS WAY
GALLOPING GOOSE REGIONAL TRAIL
VictoriaGeneralHospital
Future transit station
BU
RN
SIDE
ROAD WEST
VICTORIACOLWOOD
LANGFORD
Quality FoodsView Royal # 110 - 27 Helmcken Rd
OPEN DAILY!
Over $30,000 to be won in the Money Tree
prize giveaway!
Opening
Soon!OPENING IN VIEW ROYALTHURSDAY, FEB. 25
OPENING IN VIEW ROYALTHURSDAY, FEB. 25Ribbon Cutting + Store Opening 10:00amPlusRibbon Cutting + Store Opening 10:00amPlus A special preview evening for our
important customers aged 65+WED. FEB. 243PM-7PM
CONTESTS + PRIZES IN STORE!
WIN GROCERIES INSTANTLY
AT THE CHECKOUT!
WIN CHANCES TO BE A FINALIST FOR MORE PRIZES + MAYBE
Here's your chance to be ready to WIN once the doors open!WIN
Use your
Q-Card &
Each time your Q-Card is scanned at the new View Royal Quality Foods store, you're automatically entered to WIN!
Here's how to get your Q-Card number right now...
1
2
3
GET the QF App
SELECT
REGISTER
You're ready to scan, win prizes and save money! No physical card
required...your phone will scan!
Already have a Q-Card? Simply use your Q-Card number when you check out and you're in the draw!
See store for details.
OR register online at QualityFoods.com!
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Hoop dreamsOak Bay youth hits the hardwood
at the BC Winter Games Page A3
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Brian
BRIAN LANGHELT
DELI DEPARTMENT MANAGER
"I'm truly excited to
tell the world about the
world-class deli and
everything in it!"
What happens when you hand select Canadian beef and pork, add our signature Island Smokehouse spices, sauces and glazes, then cook it reeeaaal slow and low over maple logs and black cherry wood?
ONCE YOU TRY ITYOU WILL BE BACK!
Slow Smoking with a special blend of black cherry and
maple wood makes the Island Smokehouse BBQ a delight.
You get the best barbecue tastes and textures this side of Tennessee!
Y’all come on down to the only store in the area with this kind of offering…Vancouver Island-style.
View Royal was built with sustainability in mind. We've installed the latest in highly effective LED lighting that
looks amazing and brightens the store, but uses tiny amounts of electricity. Our new energy efficient refrigeration systems
feature recovery systems that heat our water and maintain the air temperature in the store and our new hot and cold display
cases draw a fraction of the power traditionally needed. From composting systems to supporting local people, we are thrilled with the green efficiencies of this adventure!
But, what's most exciting about your new View Royal store is that everything combines to create a beautiful, warm, and inviting environment to make your shopping experience more comfortable and enjoyable. We hope you'll agree.
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What happens when you hand What happens when you hand select Canadian beef and pork, add our signature Island Smokehouse spices, sauces and glazes, then cook it reeeaaal slow and low over maple logs and black cherry wood?
ONCE YOU TRY ITYOU WILL BE BACK!
Slow Smoking with a special blend of black cherry and
maple wood makes the Island Smokehouse BBQ a delight.
You get the best barbecue tastes and textures You get the best barbecue tastes and textures You get the best barbecue tastes and textures You get the best barbecue tastes and textures this side of Tennessee!
Y’all come on down to the only store in the area with this kind of offering…Vancouver Island-style.
View Royal was built with sustainability in mind. We've installed the latest in highly effective LED lighting that
looks amazing and brightens the store, but uses tiny amounts of electricity. Our new energy efficient refrigeration systems
feature recovery systems that heat our water and maintain the air temperature in the store and our new hot and cold display
cases draw a fraction of the power traditionally needed. From composting systems to supporting local people, we are thrilled with the green efficiencies of this adventure!
But, what's most exciting about your new View Royal store is that everything combines to create a beautiful, warm, and inviting environment to make your shopping experience more comfortable and enjoyable. We hope you'll agree.
We're sprouting new roots in View Royal!
an Island Original.
Opening Feb 25!
10 minutes todowntown Victoria
5 minutes tothe West Shore
New 3 acre park
HELMCKEN ROAD
TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY
WATKISS WAY
GALLOPING GOOSE REGIONAL TRAIL
VictoriaGeneralHospital
Future transit station
BU
RN
SIDE
ROAD WEST
VICTORIACOLWOOD
LANGFORD
Quality FoodsView Royal
# 110 - 27 Helmcken Rd
10 minutes todowntown Victoria
5 minutes tothe West Shore
New 3 acre park
HELMCKEN ROAD
TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY
WATKISS WAY
GALLOPING GOOSE REGIONAL TRAIL
VictoriaGeneralHospital
Future transit station
e park
BU
RN
SIDE
ROAD WEST
VICTORIACOLWOOD
LANGFORD10 minutes to
downtown Victoria5 minutes tothe West Shore
New 3 acre park
HELMCKEN ROAD
TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY
WATKISS WAY
GALLOPING GOOSE REGIONAL TRAIL
VictoriaGeneralHospital
Future transit station
BU
RN
SIDE
ROAD WEST
VICTORIACOLWOOD
LANGFORD
A greener
Jordan Schley
JORDAN SCHLEYSTORE MANAGER
"We're super excited to be opening another Island Original grocery store!"
New 3 acre park
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JORDAN SCHLEYJORDAN SCHLEYSTORE MANAGER
footprint for better business!
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n In many of our stores, the Hot Chinese Kitchen has become one of QF's most popular features. We're pleased to offer this full-service counter to View Royal.
chef
'scut In addition to a good old-fashioned
full-service meat department, our butchers still prepare custom requests right in the store. We call this unique section Chef’s Cut, where you’ll find those extra little trimmed, stuffed and wrapped touches.
Oak Bay High Breaker Judy Christine gets up and over Clair Church of the Belmont Bulldogs in senior girls basketball action during the city finals Friday at Belmont secondary school in Langford. Oak Bay went on to win 74-33 over Mt. Douglas Secondary in the semi-finals and 53-47 over Claremont in the finals. The Island championships go this week, Feb. 18 to 20, at Claremont.Arnold Lim/Black Press
Hoop dreamsYouth hits the hardwood at the BC Winter Games
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Christine van ReeuwykOak Bay News
The province proposes a framework for discussion that less-than-impressed Oak Bay council.
Following up on meetings with area munici-pal councils in December, Minister Peter Fassbender, of Ministry of Com-munity Sport and Cultural Development, wrote to local governments in the region seek-ing feedback on a potential framework for a planned Capital Integrated Services and Government Ini-tiative.
“Although opinions varied, I believe a number of com-mon interests were identi-fied which could benefit from further collaborative discus-sion,” Fassbender’s letter read.
Council considered having the issue discussed during a
committee meeting, allowing for public input, but consen-sus around the table is the majority of the community is not interested in amalgama-tion. Oak Bay was the lone community, of eight that posed a referendum ques-
tion during the 2014 municipal election, where voters rejected a m a l g a m a -tion. Residents opposed the notion by 62 per cent, 3,594 to 2,184.
Some on council share a concern talks of integration would indicate
otherwise. “We have a mandate from
our electorate to not amal-gamate,” said Coun. Eric Zhelka.
Coun. Kevin Murdoch dismissed the purpose out-lined in the letter to council:
Oak Bay council willing to talk ‘integrated services’
“What’s really important is that we balance the creation of efficiencies while respecting regional autonomy.”– Coun. Tara Ney
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“The proposed initia-tive will help facilitate a discussion among local governments in the Capital Region toward identifying any poten-tial opportunities to enhance the efficient delivery of service that citizens need. The ini-tiative will provide the opportunity for individ-ual perspectives to be heard and may lay the groundwork for local governments to pursue options for greater inte-gration of services and governance.”
“It’s not a goal, it’s an aspirational state-ment,” Murdoch said. “We’re not going to get meaningful discussion out of it.”
Jensen plans to respond with a letter to the province showing interest in participating in discussion and voic-ing concern over lack of clearly defined goals in the proposed frame-work.
“We are open to be involved in discussions with our regional part-ners so that we can build on existing net-works and introduce incentives that opti-mize efficiencies in ser-vices and governance,” said Coun. Tara Ney, after the meeting.
“What’s really impor-tant is that we balance the creation of efficien-cies while respecting regional autonomy.”
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POLICE NEWSIN BRIEF
Two impounds for excessive speedTwo drivers faced hefty finds and had vehicles
impounded after police nabbed the excessive speeders.
Oak Bay Police issued a 28-year-old Victoria man a ticket for excessive speed – with a $483 fine – and impounded his vehicle for seven days shortly after midnight the morning of Feb. 6. Police stopped a pickup truck that had been eastbound in the 2300-block of Cedar Hill Cross Road after police clocked the vehicle at 127 km/h in the 50 km/h zone.
The next night, around 10 p.m., a 59-year-old Oak Bay driver was issued a ticket for excessive speed – with an associated $368 fine – and his vehi-cle was impounded for seven days. Oak Bay Police stopped the driver after the vehicle was clocked travelling 105 km/h in the 50 km/h zone eastbound in the 2300-block of Cedar Hill Cross Road.
Ground floor door bustedOak Bay Police are investigating after a ground-
floor sliding door was discovered pried open Feb. 5. The owner was away at the time and Saan-ich Forensic Identification Section examined the scene.
Motors swiped from beached boat A Nissan 15 hp short leg motor, a Mercury 7.5
hp motor and a fore sail with a large oil patch stain were reported stolen Feb. 4. The complain-ant had his boat moored in Cadboro Bay but it washed ashore during a storm and items were stolen within the previous six weeks.
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As gloomy skies threaten rain, Myles Kitson bounds around his backyard bas-ketball hoop. The 18-year-old makes leaps and layups and three-pointers – with
the occa-s i o n a l nothing-b u t - n e t f r o m b e h i n d the back-
board, just for fun. Kitson’s occasional “drained it” punc-tuates the quiet mid-morning shootout in Oak Bay.
“He’s at Oak Bay pool every weekend playing hoops,” said mom Debbie Seto-Kitson. “He’ll spend a couple hours there just shooting.”
Those well-honed skills, reintroduced to the team aspect this fall, earned Kitson, who has Down syndrome, a spot with the Special Olym-pics BC Zone 6 basketball team at the BC Winter Games this month in Pent-icton.
“He used to play for the school teams until they got too big and too fast,” said Seto-Kitson. He played first at St. Patrick’s then at St. Andrews but in recent years stuck to the solo play at Oak Bay Rec and the backyard. In September she brought the team aspect back to the solo shootouts he’s well known for at home and at Oak Bay Rec.
“I thought to myself, he’s missing that part of
the game, the running and defence,” Seto-Kitson said.
So she signed him on at the Victoria Special Olympics BC basketball program that practices at Arbutus Middle School in Saanich. About 25 athletes hit the hardwood each week, a big leap in the program from last year’s 14, under the tutelage of coach Lisa Green and her volunteer coaches, athletes from basketball programs in area high schools, UVic and Camousun.
“I’m just so incredibly amazed by the calibre of
coaching,” said Seto-Kitson. “She has a small army of volunteers. There are about seven or eight assistant coaches at any given time.”
The BC Winter Games, held this year in Penticton Feb. 25 to 28, will feature Special Olympics BC basket-ball for the second time. The BC Games are distinct from Special Olympics BC Games, hosted by SOBC solely for SOBC athletes. SOBC ath-letes have been showcasing their skills in the standard BC Games for 12 years, com-peting in Special Olympics divisions.
Prior to 2014, SOBC ath-letes at BC Games competed in athletics and swimming. Their expansion into BC Winter Games continues in 2016 with the addition of fig-ure skating.
Three members of the Victoria Special Olympics BC team were selected for the BC Winter Games team that plays in Pentiction.
“She picked Myles for his skills and sportsman-ship,” Seto-Kitson said.
A huge Canucks fan, Kitson also plays ice hockey with an adaptive team. He also enjoys hard-earned-cash from his part-time work at Otta-vio.
A young man of few words, “it’s fun,” he says of basketball in general and holds out high hopes for the food at the BC Winter Games.
Resident uncertain who to call in deer dilemma Christine van ReeuwykOak Bay News
Uncertain what to do, one Oak Bay resi-dent took to Twitter in seek of aid for a buck.
Karen Wallace-Prince went out in her gar-den to shoo the buck off and noticed a wire hanging planter dangling from its antlers.
“He stood there and he looked at me. I talked to him and I walked towards him and he didn’t move,” she said.
She wanted to help, but knew she couldn’t, and wouldn’t, get close enough to untangle the wire. So she snapped a picture and sent it out into social media hoping the right per-son would find it.
Wallace-Prince got some heartening, and accurate, advice early on when a a friend on Instagram said the antler will fall off soon.
The Oak Bay woman was right when she felt she wouldn’t get close enough to remove the wound wire, said Con-servation Officer Peter Pauwels.
“You’ve got to have them sedated to get something like that off,” Pauwels said. “It’s very difficult to do, they don’t like to be handled and they react very vigourously.”
She’s also not the only one who noticed the plight of this particular buck, though it’s not unusual this time of year to see deer tango with tomato cages, Christ-mas lights, hammocks and rope swings.
“This sort of thing happens probably 20
times a year,” Pauwels said. “They are about to drop their antlers so there’s a good chance this will resolve itself.”
Conservation offi-cers had calls two weeks ago about an Esquimalt deer with garden netting in its antlers. They had three or four calls about the deer that was still mobile, and feeding. Then came the call it was tangled in a tree and they went out to help.
“We’ll help it if we can but there are limits
to what we can do,” said Pauwels. “If it’s still mobile there’s not much we can do.”
Based in Langford, it would take too long
to arrive. A mobile deer would also dart off if they used a tranquilizing dart – it can take five or 10 minutes to take effect – which officers aren’t inclined to do if a deer isn’t in peril.
“We do a lot of freeing of deer when they’re caught up, but in most cases it has to get caught up,” Pauwels said. “It can be done in certain situations, but we’ve got to be there and see it.”
Wallace-Prince, who has an active deer yard, says it’s not the first time she’s seen a tangled up ungulate. But it’s the first time she took to Twitter to find a solution – tagging her community newspaper @Oak-BayNews and @hazeloakbay (Coun. Hazel Braithwaite) who added Oak Bay Police into the Twitter loop.
“If an animal looks like it’s suffering or it can’t move, call us,” Pauwels said.
Report injured or suffering animals toll free at 1-877-952-7277.
Did you know?n The 2016 BC Winter Games in Penticton – the 28th Winter Games and the fourth time in Penticton – expect as many as 2,082 participants, including 1,495 athletes, 361 coaches and 226 officials.n The BC Winter Games provide a competitive multi-sport environment that supports the development of athletes, coaches and officials through higher levels of competition. n 18 BC Games alumni represented Canada at the 2014 Olympics and Paralympics, including Jamie Benn (hockey), Denny Morrison (speed skating), Kelsey Serwa (ski cross) and Josh Dueck (Para alpine). Fifty-seven per cent of the Team BC athletes who competed at the 2015 Canada Winter Games were BC Games alumni.
Christine van Reeuwyk/Oak Bay News
Myles Kitson goofs around with the ball in his Oak Bay kitchen. The 18-year-old heads for Pentiction to play for the Zone 6 Special Olympics basketball team during the Penticton Winter Games Feb. 25 to 28.
Karen Wallace-Prince photo
An Oak Bay resident tweeted a photo of a buck with a basket entwined on his antlers in hopes of getting him some help.
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Incident shows why Pink Shirt Day remains vital
Bullying doesn’t happen in a vacuum.Some members of Oak Bay High’s junior
boys basketball team were recently involved in taking an inappropriate photograph and sharing it through social media. As a result, a fellow student and teammate was bullied.
When the school’s investigation suggested that many on the team were aware of the incident, administrators responded not by sidelining one or two players, but by ending the entire team’s season, just as it was set to embark on playoffs.
We commend the school’s decision. One of the main messages of the coming
Pink Shirt Day and the WITS anti-bullying program presented in local schools is the importance bystanders play in bullying.
WITS – which stands for Walk away, Ignore, Talk it out and Seek help – notes that “Peer victimization rarely involves just an aggressor and a victim. There are usually bystanders, and depending on how these bystanders respond, they contribute to either the solution or the problem.”
With this in mind, disciplining the team as a whole recognizes the role of the group in the incident and its members’ collective responsibility to stand up and say “no.”
Teens, both boys and girls, will make bad choices. One of the differences today is that social media spreads the results of those choices so much farther, as apparently happened in this case.
If good can come from this, we hope that parents and children will talk about the implications of those decisions, first and foremost for the victim, but also for the others involved. Players on the team received direct and real consequences for their actions – or inaction – and we trust that will offer the opportunity for positive discussion.
Looking forward, on Feb. 24, students and schools in Oak Bay and across Canada will recognize Pink Shirt Day, raising awareness of bullying in all its forms.
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Housing Minister Rich Coleman was flabbergasted at the angry response to his solution to the Victoria courthouse “tent city,” the latest tarp-covered camp to spring up in southern B.C.
Coleman announced two temporary shelters with three meals a day and medical supports. One is a former nursing home close to the courthouse squat, con-veniently located near panhan-dling and drug dealing spots as well as taxpayer-funded ser-vices. The other offers indoor or outdoor tent space at a former youth custody centre, with a dedicated downtown shuttle bus so these “victims” of “homelessness” don’t have to endure B.C.’s most generous transit bus system.
We weren’t consulted, said the indig-nant spokespeople for those bringing new-looking tents to take advantage of food and other handouts, offered in B.C.’s warmest climate by the province’s most naïve local government.
But this was just a show for the media by our resident professional protesters, some of whom aren’t really “homeless.”
After the reaction, which Coleman described as “bizarre,” the combined 88 housing opportunities are being snapped up. Those on welfare will have to fork over their $375 monthly housing allowance, as the province continues to
convert more housing and offer more rent subsidies.
It’s no wonder that southern B.C. is the destination of choice. Coleman said it’s always been a seasonal thing, but this winter has been the highest in a decade,
largely due to an exodus of economic migrants from the downturn in Alberta, naturally heading for B.C.’s most desir-able real estate.
I asked him about two other homeless hotspots. In Abbots-ford, campers have ignored a city deadline to take down structures in a three-year-old camp, after temporary shelter and costly provincial supports were brought on. A courtroom and street confrontation looms with self-styled “drug war sur-
vivors” and their Vancouver legal help.In Maple Ridge, a tent camp sprang up
next to the local Salvation Army shelter, with people cycling through the shelter’s 15-day limit, camping and being fed until they could go back in.
Mayor Nicole Read, who has worked in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, said Maple Ridge took on its own outreach, shelter and housing effort because the province’s $1 million-a-year Salvation Army operation isn’t working.
Coleman is not amused. He said he’s had no complaints about Abbotsford’s Salvation Army shelter, and Read is the
only one griping. And no mayor is going to tell him how to spend provincial dol-lars. Maple Ridge now has two shelters with accompanying street drugs, prosti-tution and crime.
I asked Coleman about the 10-year-study led by Simon Fraser University researcher Julian Somers on the housing, outreach and services in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. This is the heart of B.C.’s “housing first” strategy, where the province has bought and renovated 30 “single room occupancy” buildings, built another dozen and poured in every possible support, including the buyout of high-living executives at the Portland Hotel Society.
The study found that the hardest cases are worse off than ever, based on court, hospital and other service records, while the influx to the notorious Vancouver drug ghetto have tripled in 10 years.
“I haven’t had a chance to go over that report yet, but I disagree with the assumption I’ve heard already, because I walk the Downtown Eastside,” Coleman said. “I don’t know if they do every few weeks to a month, but I’ve been doing it for about nine or 10 years and I can tell you it’s a whole lot better down there.”
The question is whether problems are being solved, or just better hidden from view.
Tom Fletcher is Black Press legislature reporter and columnist. [email protected]
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YOUR VIEWPedestrians: Please, let yourself be seen
Like most local motorists it is my habit to give pedestrians the right of way. But, please, I have to be able to see you first.
It was a dark drizzly, moonless night. You were wearing a black, long, hooded coat.
No, I did not see you emerging out of the dark nearly next to my car, not to mention the dirty looks and unlady-like lingo. (Unfortunate byproduct of women’s equality).
Do you not realize when you are dressed like that on a dark night you almost become invisible?
Even a bright-coloured scarf would do the trick.
Please, allow me to practice my habit by giving you the right of way.
William Rauschning Oak Bay
Sewer charges unfair to gardeners
As gardening season approaches and warmer weather draws nigh, the dreaded charge to support the sewer utility also approaches.
Apparently Oak Bay council believes that every litre of water delivered equals a litre of water dis-charged to the sewers. That’s prob-ably close to being accurate for sani-tary sewage, i.e., only for the water used within a residence, and is con-stant throughout the year.
But not all water delivered to a property is used within the resi-dence; the remainder is used for irri-gation, discharging into neither the sanitary nor the storm sewer. So the total volume of sewage that can be
attributed to any household really changes little during the year.
In winter, rainfall contributes to storm sewage volume, but to attri-bute any change of volume to house-holder behavior requires a stretch of logic.
So if those who don’t irrigate are charged only by volume of metered water, and those who do irrigate, and don’t contribute to storm sewer demand either, then kiting up the sewer charge to irrigators based on water volume delivered is unfair and discriminatory, and a subsidy to those who don’t irrigate. That’s what Oak Bay does. It’s lazy, and it has to stop.
Other municipalities understand this matter, and charge for sewers base on the lowest quarterly use of water. That method covers both sani-tary and storm sewers, and is rev-enue neutral to the municipality.
I assume that the billing is com-puterized; if so, the correct way of billing for sewers would be easy to effect. Otherwise, a simple frontage charge would be fairer than the pres-ent system.
Those who irrigate the urban can-opy we all prize, the flowers we all enjoy and the vegetables and fruit this group grows, lawns too, contrib-ute much to the ambience all of us in Oak Bay treasure. We shouldn’t be penalized for doing so.
Those readers who, as I do, want this change made may email Oak Bay councillors at [email protected] to register their point of view.
Please bear in mind that this let-ter refers to single-family dwellings. Apartment buildings and commercial properties present different issues.
Bob GubbeOak Bay
R. Penty and B. Sieffert submitted this photo of Oak Bay’s municipal hall, one of 40 venues across B.C. dressed in purple as part of the Provincial Eating Disorders Awareness (PEDAW) campaign’s third annual event in support of eating disorder awareness. #Purple4PEDAW brings awareness to eating disorders. On Feb. 5, members of the public were invited to wear purple, take photos of themselves and of any purple BC landmarks and share. For information, email [email protected] or visit jessieslegacy.com.
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Jacob ZinnBlack Press
If two consecutive international awards are any indication, MBA stu-dents from the Univer-sity of Victoria may be the next leaders of sus-tainable business world-wide.
Students from UVic’s Gustavson School of Business have again won the Corporate Knights’ Business for a Better World competi-tion, which challenges teams from universities around the world to develop case studies to address sustainability issues in business man-agement and investment.
This year’s competition – in Davos, Switzerland and coincid-ing with the World Economic Forum – saw teams draw up a clean, sustainable portfolio for the Norway Government Pen-sion Fund Global, largely depen-dent on coal. Valued at $940 bil-lion US, it’s the largest sovereign fund in the world.
“We created a framework con-sidering the five different met-rics, including the sustainabil-ity and the financial metrics,” said MBA candidate Mukesh Dhatwalia.“A lot of schools focused on just the numbers – they thought that enabling them to earn more profit would win the competition, but on our side, the numbers weren’t our only focus. We made sure that sustainability was the frontrun-ner, rather than supporting the framework.”
The team was made up of
Dhatwalia, Xuan Pan, Bhupin-der Dulku and Laurent Sévigny. Dhatwalia and Pan served as financial analysts while Dulku was the team’s economist and Sévigny was their business con-sultant.
The framework was divided into three steps – divest, invest and influence – to create a more sustainable portfolio. Dhatwalia said in some cases, it wouldn’t be possible to divest funds from larger companies, so the port-folio had to work to influence such changes. “In those scenar-ios where you know if you divest money it will hurt your portfo-lio, you can try to influence,” he said, “and the influence part, I think, made us really look good.”
The UVic team also received advice from last year’s winning team, which Dhatwalia said was very beneficial. “In terms of the preparation, after we were into the final round, the school orga-nized an industry panel presen-
tation for us,” said Dhatwalia. “We presented in front of them and they gave us feedback. Last year’s team was also there, so they knew what kind of ques-tions we could expect.”
The Gustavson team edged out teams from North Carolina’s Duke University and Toronto’s Schulich School of Business for the top spot.
“The fact that we were able to put our mark on this two years in a row and highlight that this is what we stand for and that we can compete with the best in the world to do that is a won-derful reflection of our program,” said Dr. Saul Klein, Dean and Lansdowne Professor of Interna-tional Business at the Gustavson School of Business.
“It resonated particularly because the focus of the com-petition, Business for a Better World, is really what the Gustav-son school is all about.”[email protected]
UVic tops in Swiss competition – again
Jacob Zinn/Black Press
From left, coach Dr. Matthew Murphy with UVic MBA students Bhupinder Dulku, Mukesh Dhatwalia, Xuan Pan and Laurent Sévigny, who won the Business for a Better World competition in, Switzerland.
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Jennifer BlythOak Bay News
Artists from Oak Bay and around the Pacific Northwest are invited to share their impressions of the Salish Sea in a locally inspired art contest and fundraising auction.
The brainchild of Oak Bay’s Bill Smith and other volunteers with the Cattle Point Foundation, the art contest and auction aims both to raise awareness of the Salish Sea and to support ArtsAlive2016, a year-long sculpture walk planned by Oak Bay Arts Laureate Barbara Adams, Smith explains.
“The idea is to incorporate your favourite Salish Sea scene but include at some spot in the work your impression of Chris Paul’s sculpture – out of place, out of context – but in a compelling iconic visual,” explains Smith, Oak Bay News Night Skies columnist, who has been working with Bert Web-ber, a professor with the Salish Sea Studies Insti-tute at Western Washington University, to raise awareness of the Salish Sea.
“So this art contest has a local Oak Bay dimen-sion with a much grander pan-Salish Sea objec-tive,” Smith explains, noting many local galleries are spreading the word through their artists.
All are welcome and the contest is divided into adults and youth. “No matter what your skill level is you are encouraged to join in, and please encour-age your children or grandchildren to submit their creations in the youth category,” Smith says.
The online art auction component of the pro-gram runs March 15 to April 16. Contest entries will be judged during the Celebration of the Sal-
Artists encouraged to share impressions of the Salish Seaish Sea event at the Shaw Ocean Discov-ery Centre April 2, to be re-branded Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea. To enter, send a photograph of your completed work
to [email protected], including your full name and email address, artwork title, type and size, and reserve price. From the auction, artists will receive 50 per cent of
the bid price and 50 per cent will support the Salish Sea projects. For details, visit cattlepoint.org. Find tickets for Celebra-tion of the Salish Sea at 250-665-7511.
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Jacob ZinnBlack Press
If two consecutive international awards are any indication, MBA stu-dents from the Univer-sity of Victoria may be the next leaders of sus-tainable business world-wide.
Students from UVic’s Gustavson School of Business have again won the Corporate Knights’ Business for a Better World competi-tion, which challenges teams from universities around the world to develop case studies to address sustainability issues in business man-agement and investment.
This year’s competition – in Davos, Switzerland and coincid-ing with the World Economic Forum – saw teams draw up a clean, sustainable portfolio for the Norway Government Pen-sion Fund Global, largely depen-dent on coal. Valued at $940 bil-lion US, it’s the largest sovereign fund in the world.
“We created a framework con-sidering the five different met-rics, including the sustainabil-ity and the financial metrics,” said MBA candidate Mukesh Dhatwalia.“A lot of schools focused on just the numbers – they thought that enabling them to earn more profit would win the competition, but on our side, the numbers weren’t our only focus. We made sure that sustainability was the frontrun-ner, rather than supporting the framework.”
The team was made up of
Dhatwalia, Xuan Pan, Bhupin-der Dulku and Laurent Sévigny. Dhatwalia and Pan served as financial analysts while Dulku was the team’s economist and Sévigny was their business con-sultant.
The framework was divided into three steps – divest, invest and influence – to create a more sustainable portfolio. Dhatwalia said in some cases, it wouldn’t be possible to divest funds from larger companies, so the port-folio had to work to influence such changes. “In those scenar-ios where you know if you divest money it will hurt your portfo-lio, you can try to influence,” he said, “and the influence part, I think, made us really look good.”
The UVic team also received advice from last year’s winning team, which Dhatwalia said was very beneficial. “In terms of the preparation, after we were into the final round, the school orga-nized an industry panel presen-
tation for us,” said Dhatwalia. “We presented in front of them and they gave us feedback. Last year’s team was also there, so they knew what kind of ques-tions we could expect.”
The Gustavson team edged out teams from North Carolina’s Duke University and Toronto’s Schulich School of Business for the top spot.
“The fact that we were able to put our mark on this two years in a row and highlight that this is what we stand for and that we can compete with the best in the world to do that is a won-derful reflection of our program,” said Dr. Saul Klein, Dean and Lansdowne Professor of Interna-tional Business at the Gustavson School of Business.
“It resonated particularly because the focus of the com-petition, Business for a Better World, is really what the Gustav-son school is all about.”[email protected]
UVic tops in Swiss competition – again
Jacob Zinn/Black Press
From left, coach Dr. Matthew Murphy with UVic MBA students Bhupinder Dulku, Mukesh Dhatwalia, Xuan Pan and Laurent Sévigny, who won the Business for a Better World competition in, Switzerland.
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Katherine EngqvistBlack Press
While most of the country is busy shovelling snow, Greater Victoria is busy boasting about all its mild climate has to offer this time of year.
Hoping to use some of that good-natured ribbing to their advantage, a number of organizations, including Tourism Victoria, the Victoria Cham-ber of Commerce, Butchart Gardens and Gardens British Columbia, have come together to promote tourism in the region while highlighting some beautiful blooms.
With just over 17 billion blooms counted in 2015, the annual Flower Count offers residents a chance to get outside and promote the region during a season that isn’t typically known to draw in large crowds of tourists.
“It just gets everybody involved… It adds to tourism, it helps the economy and it adds to business,” said Victo-ria Chamber of Commerce Chair Al Hasham.
Paul Nursey, Tourism Victoria CEO, noted, “flower garden tourism is a big sector,” drawing both international and domestic tourists.
He said the image of cherry blos-soms covering streets, or “Victoria snow” as he called it, “gives a great story to share… (And) we get to share this all over the world.”
In its 41st year, Flower Count officially runs March 3 to 9, with the award for Bloomingest Com-munity going to the municipality that counts the most blooms. The City of Colwood has claimed the title the past two years and is looking for a three-peat, said Mayor Carol Hamilton.
“We all benefit (from) the fun events that bring community and people outside,” she said, offering a friendly challenge to all the mayors in the region.
It’s a rivalry that mirrors history, according to Royal Roads University School of Tourism and Hospitality director Brian White. Laura Dunsmuir, who resided in RRU’s Hately Castle, and Jennie
Butchart of the now world famous Butchart Gardens, also had a friendly rivalry in establishing their own gardens.
The Butchart Gardens’ Scott McDonald, public relations, added, “they even hired the same Japa-nese garden architect… It was the thing to do at the turn of the century.”
Scott said gardens pro-mote cross-generational involvement, with grand-
parents getting grandchildren involved. He said they are also a place for the community to gather, a place to enjoy a cup of coffee, walk your dog or just relax. “It’s about the quality of life,” added White, who is also a representative for Gardens British Columbia.
White said the Flower Count is also about get-ting residents involved and taking pride in their community. “All the things you see around you reflect our heritage,” he said. “It’s a symbol of the life we lived here… gardens are an icon.”
Join the fun, win prizes n UsedVictoria.com is placing “hidden blooms” on its site every day of Flower Count. When a user finds a hidden bloom classified ad, they’re encouraged to share the ad via Twitter for a chance to win one of seven daily prizes provided by Tourism Victoria members.
Katherine Engqvist/Black Press
Flower Count, March 3 to 9, crowns the municipality counting the most blooms the Bloomingest Community.
Christine van ReeuwykOak Bay News
An Oak Bay police officer is among 71 to earn provincial commissions.
Deputy Chief Const. Kent Thom was among the officers in B.C. to receive the Police Officer Commissions, a new provincial honour to formally recognize high-calibre, senior members of municipal police departments and designated policing units for their rank, professionalism and dedication to policing.
Officers meet the criteria of an exemplary service record; 10 or more years of service in B.C.; a baccalaureate or mas-ter’s degree or equivalent, or the rank of inspector or higher for at
least four years; and a qualifying supervisor or police board’s rec-ommendation for a commission.
“Kent was the one member in our department who met the criteria and we thought it was a great opportunity to acknowl-edge his service and his dedi-cation to the community,” said Chief Andy Brinton. “He’s been providing a high level of dedica-tion to the community.”
Thom came to Oak Bay 11 years ago after 25 years with the Edmonton Police Service. He’s served as deputy chief in Oak Bay for eight years. “The hon-our bestowed by the province on Deputy Chief Thom is richly deserved. I am very glad his dedicated service and contribu-tion to our community has been
recognized in such a fitting way,” said Mayor Nils Jensen, chair of the Oak Bay Police Board.
Government passed related legislation in 2014 and recently finalized eligibility criteria.
“The outstanding leadership and dedication of the officers recognized today reflect their ongoing commitment to the highest level of service to Brit-ish Columbians,” said Solicitor General Mike Morris, Minister of Public Safety. “These officers have raised the public-safety benchmark in this province, and we can all take comfort in their continued efforts to make our communities safer.”
Only currently serving mem-bers are eligible to receive a commission.
Officer recognized for dedicated service
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Wednesday, Feb. 17 Lenten Lunchtime Concerts Curt Bergen, organ and Kelly Kyungch Chang, violin – Annual concert series, Wednesdays from 12:10 to 12:55 p.m. at St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 1701 Elgin Rd. Admission is by donation ($8 suggested) to the BC Cancer Foundation. Bring your lunch. Coffee and tea provided. Info: 250-598-2212 or [email protected].
Matt Andersen – The powerhouse singer-songwriter blending blues, roots and folk performs at UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: UVic Box Office, 250-721-8480, or online at tickets.uvic.ca.
Friday, Feb. 19Drop-in Family Storytime – from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Fridays at the Oak Bay branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Ave. No registration required.
Dinner Theatre at The Oak Bay Beach Hotel – Weekends through Feb. 20, Double Diamond: A Tribute to Neil Diamond featuring tribute artist Bill Zaalberg, who takes audiences through five decades of Diamond’s musical success. Main backup vocalist and Stevie Nicks tribute artist Kathleen Zaalberg will also add several of Nicks’ songs to this non-stop 90-minute performance. Tickets $89, incl. three-course meal in the David Foster Foundation Theatre. Info/tickets visit the front desk or call 250-598-4556.
Saturday, Feb. 20Volkssport 5/10 km Walk – Meet at Strawberry Vale, 11 High St. Registration at 9:30 a.m., walk at 10 a.m. Info: Camilla at 250-479-4950.
Organ virtuoso Curt Bergen – St. Matthias Church, 600 Richmond Rd., hosts Bergen in concert, 8 p.m. Tickets $15 adults/$10 seniors and students. Info: 250-598-2833.
Sunday, Feb. 21 Kiwanis Sunday Morning Breakfast – Oak Bay Kiwanis hosts fundraising breakfast, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at
the Kiwanis Willows Beach Tea Room, $10. Proceeds support Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion Care Facility.
Volkssport 5/10 km Walk – Meet at Running Room, 2401G Millstream Rd. Registration at 9:30 a.m., walk at 10 a.m. Info: Francine, 250-361-4563.
The Song of Poets – Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue fundraising concert for the synagogue’s Syrian Refugee Family Sponsorship Project, 2 p.m., 1461 Blanshard St. Poetry by Judith Castle, Dvora Levin, Isa Milman and Barbara Pelman and music by “The Klez.” Admission by donation. Light refreshments served. Info: 250-382-0615 or [email protected].
Monday, Feb. 22Volkssport – Monday and Wednesday morning walks. Registration at 8:45 a.m.; walk at 9 a.m. For current schedule call Rick, 250-478-7020 or Jan, 250-665-6062.
Tuesday, Feb. 23Volkssport – Tuesday evening walk. Meet at Running Room, Broadmead Shopping Centre, 777 Royal Oak Dr. Registration at 5:45 p.m., walk at 6 p.m. Info: Gail, 250-477-4472.Tuesday Movie Nights
at The Oak Bay Beach Hotel – Trumbo. Enjoy new release movies in the comfort of the David Foster Foundation Theatre, 6 to 9:45 p.m. Tickets
$24, incl. theatre fare, dessert and house-made popcorn, plus option to purchase a beverage. Info or tickets: front desk or 250-598-4556.
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The annual Garden Refuse Collection is scheduled for the week of March 14 – 18, 2016. The day of your pickup day is noted with a green diamond on your 2016 Curbside Collection Schedule.
All garden refuse to a maximum of 3 cubic metres per property in total must be placed on the boulevard by 8:00 a.m. on the day of your pickup.
Material must not exceed 5’ in length and 3” in diameter. No stumps, wood, rocks or soil will be collected.
Items should be placed on the boulevard Material may be placed loose, not in plastic bags. In order to avoid safety hazards items should only be placed on the boulevard, not on roadways or sidewalks.
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Katherine EngqvistBlack Press
While most of the country is busy shovelling snow, Greater Victoria is busy boasting about all its mild climate has to offer this time of year.
Hoping to use some of that good-natured ribbing to their advantage, a number of organizations, including Tourism Victoria, the Victoria Cham-ber of Commerce, Butchart Gardens and Gardens British Columbia, have come together to promote tourism in the region while highlighting some beautiful blooms.
With just over 17 billion blooms counted in 2015, the annual Flower Count offers residents a chance to get outside and promote the region during a season that isn’t typically known to draw in large crowds of tourists.
“It just gets everybody involved… It adds to tourism, it helps the economy and it adds to business,” said Victo-ria Chamber of Commerce Chair Al Hasham.
Paul Nursey, Tourism Victoria CEO, noted, “flower garden tourism is a big sector,” drawing both international and domestic tourists.
He said the image of cherry blos-soms covering streets, or “Victoria snow” as he called it, “gives a great story to share… (And) we get to share this all over the world.”
In its 41st year, Flower Count officially runs March 3 to 9, with the award for Bloomingest Com-munity going to the municipality that counts the most blooms. The City of Colwood has claimed the title the past two years and is looking for a three-peat, said Mayor Carol Hamilton.
“We all benefit (from) the fun events that bring community and people outside,” she said, offering a friendly challenge to all the mayors in the region.
It’s a rivalry that mirrors history, according to Royal Roads University School of Tourism and Hospitality director Brian White. Laura Dunsmuir, who resided in RRU’s Hately Castle, and Jennie
Butchart of the now world famous Butchart Gardens, also had a friendly rivalry in establishing their own gardens.
The Butchart Gardens’ Scott McDonald, public relations, added, “they even hired the same Japa-nese garden architect… It was the thing to do at the turn of the century.”
Scott said gardens pro-mote cross-generational involvement, with grand-
parents getting grandchildren involved. He said they are also a place for the community to gather, a place to enjoy a cup of coffee, walk your dog or just relax. “It’s about the quality of life,” added White, who is also a representative for Gardens British Columbia.
White said the Flower Count is also about get-ting residents involved and taking pride in their community. “All the things you see around you reflect our heritage,” he said. “It’s a symbol of the life we lived here… gardens are an icon.”
Join the fun, win prizes n UsedVictoria.com is placing “hidden blooms” on its site every day of Flower Count. When a user finds a hidden bloom classified ad, they’re encouraged to share the ad via Twitter for a chance to win one of seven daily prizes provided by Tourism Victoria members.
Katherine Engqvist/Black Press
Flower Count, March 3 to 9, crowns the municipality counting the most blooms the Bloomingest Community.
Christine van ReeuwykOak Bay News
An Oak Bay police officer is among 71 to earn provincial commissions.
Deputy Chief Const. Kent Thom was among the officers in B.C. to receive the Police Officer Commissions, a new provincial honour to formally recognize high-calibre, senior members of municipal police departments and designated policing units for their rank, professionalism and dedication to policing.
Officers meet the criteria of an exemplary service record; 10 or more years of service in B.C.; a baccalaureate or mas-ter’s degree or equivalent, or the rank of inspector or higher for at
least four years; and a qualifying supervisor or police board’s rec-ommendation for a commission.
“Kent was the one member in our department who met the criteria and we thought it was a great opportunity to acknowl-edge his service and his dedi-cation to the community,” said Chief Andy Brinton. “He’s been providing a high level of dedica-tion to the community.”
Thom came to Oak Bay 11 years ago after 25 years with the Edmonton Police Service. He’s served as deputy chief in Oak Bay for eight years. “The hon-our bestowed by the province on Deputy Chief Thom is richly deserved. I am very glad his dedicated service and contribu-tion to our community has been
recognized in such a fitting way,” said Mayor Nils Jensen, chair of the Oak Bay Police Board.
Government passed related legislation in 2014 and recently finalized eligibility criteria.
“The outstanding leadership and dedication of the officers recognized today reflect their ongoing commitment to the highest level of service to Brit-ish Columbians,” said Solicitor General Mike Morris, Minister of Public Safety. “These officers have raised the public-safety benchmark in this province, and we can all take comfort in their continued efforts to make our communities safer.”
Only currently serving mem-bers are eligible to receive a commission.
Officer recognized for dedicated service
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4Cats returns opens the doors on a bright new space on the Avenue
Christine van ReeuwykOak Bay News
4Cats Art Studio returns to its roots with a studio in Oak Bay.
The original 4Cats stu-dio opened in 2005 near the intersection of Bowker Avenue and Cadboro Bay Road, says Katrina Khan, western corporate leader.
Back then, Sam Jensson, product key leader, was among the students in those early classes of the now-international com-pany.
“Now she gets to teach the classes,” says Frances McDonald, studio director.
“We’re really excited to be back at our foundation … We’ve always wanted to come back ago Oak Bay. We’re excited to be back where it all started.”
The return makes for three in Greater Victoria,
joining those in Langford and Saanich. “It’s a beautiful neighbourhood,” says Khan. “And a beautiful location, right on the Avenue,”
adds Jensson. With early signage
showing the advent of a 4Cats space on the busy street, passersby have offered encouragement. Overheard conversations in adjacent coffee shops reinforce for the trio of studio staff that residents are excited about the business that officially opened Feb. 12.
“We are an arts studio for adults and kids,” said Khan. 4Cats Art studios offer art classes, art his-tory, art parties, art sup-plies and party planning for children and adults.
“People come in and the first thing they say is ‘I’m not an artist’,” says McDonald.
“Everyone is an artist and we want to help with that.”
“We’re there to break down the process,” adds
Khan. They’ve all worked in other studios or facets of
the 4Cats business and have seen three-year-old birthday parties, to bachelorette parties, to great grandmother parties where granny takes home artwork created by the grandkids.
“It spans all ages and abilities,” Khan says. The newest 4Cats is located at 2201 Oak Bay
Ave. Learn more about what they offer at 4cats.com/
Did you know?n 4Cats Art Studio carries a variety of art supplies, ranging from canvas to paintbrushes to paint. Their own 4Cats acrylics are made on Salt Spring Island.
Christine van Reeuwyk/Oak Bay News
Frances McDonald (left), studio director, Katrina Khan, western corporate leader, and Sam Jensson, product key leader, prepare to paint as 4Cats returns to its roots in Oak Bay with a studio on the Avenue.
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Phoenix offers Frayn adaptation of Chekhov to Feb. 20.
Christine van ReeuwykOak Bay News
The joy of teaching first-year arts students is you see them early and watch them grow and progress and change and mature and become who they’re meant to be.
Peter McGuire, a teaching assistant professor in the theatre department at the University of Victoria, even vol-unteers for convo-cation ceremonies just to watch those students cross the stage.
Working with first-year students in a tight program such as theatre also puts him in a prime place to pick the productions to stage.
A little over a year ago he decided it was time for Wild Honey.
“I realized we had the right mix of students to do it,” the director said. “Sometimes you see a cohort come in and there’s just something about a group … you can spot certain talent, abil-ity, gifts, combinations of people (and) also the gender mix.
“All the right things came together.”
Wild Honey is a 1984 Michael Frayn adaptation of an earlier play by Anton Chekhov.
“It’s classic work, it’s the gold standard of playwrights,” McGuire said of Chekhov. “It’s
strong, it’s funny, it’s very well written. We’re enjoying his work more and more every day. We’re finding wonderful subtle clues in his writing.”
Wild Honey delves into the intricacies of love and the human condition via the charm-ing but roguish main character Platonov – a schoolteacher and pseudo-philosopher who has a way with women.
When the village welcomes home the socialite and widow Anna Petrovna with a get-together on her country estate, the festivities get out of hand and everyone starts playing
elaborate games of romantic cat-and-mouse, resulting in multitudinous love triangles.
“It’s the kind of play where young people can play these (older) char-acters, but it’s within their range, their intellectual
and emotional range,” McGuire said.
Some will find it odd to see a younger person acting as an older one, but he’s confident they can capture the spirit.
While it’s set in the 1900s there’s a nod to the mid-1970s in the production.
“We’ve mashed it up a little bit and it’s been exciting for Graham (McMonagle, cos-tume designer),” McGuire said. McMonagle returns to UVic for an MFA in costume design after a successful career as a profes-sional ballet dancer.
McGuire also enjoys working with the students, on stage and off, in varying roles. For exam-
ple, Dallas Ashby, set designer for Wild Honey, acted under his direction two years ago in Picnic.
“I get to work with her in a dif-ferent way,” he said.
“It’s a big-scale show,” he added. “She’s got the full sand-box to play in. It’s given her scope as a designer.”
With a nod to rural Russian architecture, graduating fifth-year student Ashby offers lush but rugged portrayals of estate gardens, an old schoolhouse and birch forests.
The lighting design is created by a former colleague from the professional days, Michael Whit-field, an original student in the theatre department
“He’s had an illustrious career around the world,” McGuire said.
Whitfield – resident lighting designer for Stratford Festival for more than 25 years and now a sessional UVic instructor – cre-ated a lighting design that high-lights those birch creating shad-ows for clandestine activity.
“It’s great for our students to witness that (returning of almni). They see the legacy, the history, the passing of the torch in many ways,” McGuire said. “They get to witness the fact that you can … go on to have a full, rich, rewarding career in the arts.”
University of Victoria’s Phoe-nix Theatre presents Wild Honey from Feb. 11 to 20.
“It’s about human relation-ships and anyone in the audi-ence will recognize themselves on that stage – young love, old love, unrequited love, heart-break,” McGuire said.
Tickets range from $15 to $25. Call the Phoenix Box Office 250- [email protected]
Perfect storm of talents sets stage for Wild Honey
“It’s classic work, it’s the gold standard of playwrights.”
– Peter McGuire
Photo by David Lowes.
Anna Petrovna (Arielle Permack) tries to cheer up Platonov (Jack Hayes) with plans for the future, in Wild Honey, Michael Frayn’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s ‘lost’ play, running at UVic’s Phoenix Theatre until Feb. 20.
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