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Market maniaSecond summer street market a hit on The Ave
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NEWS: Deer signs disappear at UVic /A2ARTS: Gage show opens dialogues /A8SPORTS: Junior Tide strike gold /A12
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$25,000 lost United Way funding cuts into operational budget, while demands increase Christine van ReeuwykOak Bay News
Restorative Justice Victoria fears it may have to turn cases away due to funding shortfalls.
The organization, which also serves Oak Bay, learned in March that an application for funding through United Way of Greater Victoria was not approved and a three-year commitment of $25,000 per year had ended.
“Unfortunately this year we experienced the loss of one of our more significant multi-year funders. This $25,000 loss represented one-quarter of our budget. This would have been devastating to our organization had we not received an unexpected and extremely generous donation,” said executive director Jessica Rourke. “Loss of a significant funder as well as increases in overhead costs and a rising case load means that we desperately need a more stable source of funding.”
A part of the United Way approach to funding is to ensure all agencies are stable when they’re funded, so when funding ends, they should remain stable.
“Policy [is] to never fund beyond 30 per cent of an agency’s revenue so no agency should find them-selves in any difficulty when our funding commit-ment is completed,” said Lee Anne Davies, director of community investment for United Way Greater Victoria.
Shortfall threatens restorative justice Oak Bay provider
PlEASE SEE: Restorative justice access at risk, Page A3
Christine van Reeuwyk/Oak Bay News
local artist hits the beachOak Bay artist Avis Rasmussen will paint on-site most days during July at Oak Bay Beach Hotel. Read about the artists in residence program on page A5.
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Financial Plan AmendmentThe Corporation of the District of Oak Bay
It is anticipated that Oak Bay Municipal Council will consider adoption of Bylaw No. 4651, Financial Plan Bylaw, 2015, Amendment Bylaw No. 2, 2015 at its regular meeting to be held July 20, 2015 commencing at 7:30 pm. This amendment to the 2015 Financial Plan provides spending authority for capital assets which will be financed through an equipment financing program, and the reallocation of expenditures from capital to operating expenses.
Copies of the Bylaw and relevant background information are available for public inspection at the Oak Bay Municipal Hall. Persons wishing to comment on the Bylaw may make their views known in a letter addressed to the Municipal Clerk. Letters received by July 20, 2015 will be placed on the Council agenda for consideration before a vote is taken to adopt the Bylaw. The meeting will be open to the public, and you are welcome to attend as well.
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Residents receiving calls from Oak Bay Police should be wary – it may be a scam.
Residents in Ontario and Greater Victoria report they’ve received a phone call where the caller is stating he is an investigator with the Canada Rev-enue Agency.
“The caller states that taxes are owed by the resident and if they don’t pay promptly the police will be coming to arrest them. The caller has a heavy accent,” said acting Sgt. Rick Anthony, of Oak Bay Police.
“In this recent scam the number showing on the recipients’ call display is the Oak Bay Police switchboard number, however the scammers can manipulate any number so that it will show on the call display on the recipients’ phone in order to make the call look legitimate.”
Oak Bay Police remind residents that the CRA would not call and make these type of demands. They encourage the public to refer to the CRA website cra-arc.gc.ca which offers warn-ings about this scam.
Oak Bay police warn of tax phone scam
Christine van ReeuwykOak Bay News
The University of Victoria was first to approve Fawns Crossing signs and those were the first to disappear.
The election-style signage was posted by the Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society in a cam-paign to create awareness in drivers that where a doe walks a fawn likely follows.
They posted signs along Ring Road which crosses both Oak Bay and Saanich municipal boundaries.
“Unfortunately, our signs up at UVic have been taken twice, all at once and during work hours. We’ve reported the thefts to the Oak Bay and Saanich Police and
UVic Security, but unfortunately there isn’t much they can do,” said vice president Kristy Kilpat-rick, vice president of UWSS.
“We expected the odd sign to be taken here or there, but due to the manner and time of day the UVic signs were taken, it seems as though someone has targeted them, which is a real shame.”
Kilpatrick says they’ve had positive feedback from drivers, cyclists, pedestrians, home-owners, municipal workers and police.
District of Oak Bay statistics show that by July 7 last year Public Works and Oak Bay Police picked up 20 dead deer.
They have picked up 14 to date. Five were found in the
vicinity of Cedar Hill X Road and Cadboro Bay Road area with the rest scattered throughout the community.
The demand for signs from residents in Oak Bay, Victo-ria and Saanich outstrips the supply, she added. As fawn season dwindles the society is ready with a new message.
“We are going to have more signs printed, with the same familiar red stripe and the image of doe and fawns, but with the words “Expect Deer” so that they can be used beyond fawn season in areas where deer cross.”
UWSS fawn crossing signs disappear during daylight
Bryan Gates, president of the Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society, plants a new sign on his lawn warning drivers in the Uplands area. Many similar signs disappeared recently from the University of Victoria’s Ring Road.
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Colin Campbell, a former Oak Bay High band direc-tor and teacher, died July 4 after a motorcycle crash near Ladysmith.
The BC Coroner office con-firmed the 61-year-old Parks-ville resident was driving the motorcycle on the Trans-Canada Highway near Oyster-Sto’Lo Road when it collided with a vehicle stopped at the intersection shortly after 2 p.m. on June 30.
Campbell and his passen-ger were taken to hospital where Campbell died July 4.
Campbell was well-known for his music in Victoria and as an inspiration to former students at Oak Bay High.
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Long-time Oak Bay teacher dies after motorcycle crash
“That’s important to us United Way wants to ensure the community is getting all of the services they need.”
At the United Way, she explained, decisions are made by engaging experts in the community, running the gamut from housing to employment to trauma.
“Those experts sit at the table with us and talk about every application that comes in to us … there will never be enough money, but we do ensure we can meet the greatest needs as best we can,” Davies said. “Every dollar we raise is so respected and really considered in great thoroughness as far as what the needs of the community are.”
Restorative justice offers alternative measures to handle a criminal offence in the community, outside of court, in addition to a trial, or during or after a period of incarceration. Forms of restorative justice include community accountability dialogues, victim-offender mediation, peacemaking/healing circles and hybrid models.
Core funding comes via the Gaming
Commission, frozen for a number of years at $46,000 despite a rising case load. Restorative Justice Victoria receives $17,000 in municipal funding from Victoria and Esquimalt through the police budget and $1,000 from Oak Bay.
Assessing whether there’s a decline in funding is a challenge, Rourke said. The organization frequently secures one-time, non-renewable grants or donations designated toward specific projects rather than staff hours.
“What can be said, is that each year our funding does not match our needs,” she said. “Our purpose is to bring together victims, offenders, and members of the larger community to promote healing and reparation after the harmful effects of a crime. Without adequate funding to devote
toward handling cases, the community suffers.”
Last year RJV did a recidivism study with the Victoria Police Department that
showed a 13 per cent recidivism rate amongst offenders who went through restorative justice. Rourke says the Victoria and Oak Bay police departments as well as Victoria and Westshore Crown Counsel value the services restorative justice offers.
“Each year we are seeing significant
growth in the number of cases referred to us as well as the complexity of the cases referred. In our opinion, more cases means more healing in the community, however, increasing case load and complexity demands more staff hours,” Rourke said. “Our current budget has left us understaffed
and staff burnout is becoming a pervasive issue. If our budget does not increase, we will have to start turning cases and clients away.”
The fear of having to turn away cases due to increasing demands on thinly stretched staff, fewer volunteers, and an inability to grow volunteer skillsets affects both Victoria and Oak Bay communities.
“Filling our funding gap is one of our main priorities … We are exploring every funding opportunity that we come across, however we often hear from funders that they believe the municipality or provincial government should be the ones funding our program,” Rourke said. “We are also working toward entering discussions with the provincial government around this debate … Although one-time grants and personal donations are always extremely welcome and appreciated, what we need is stable operational funding so that we are in a position to respond to the increasing demands from police and crown.”
Learn more about the organization at rjvictoria.wordpress.com online.
“Our purpose is to bring together victims, offenders, and members of the larger community to promote healing and reparation after the harmful effects of a crime. Without adequate funding to devote toward handling cases, the community suffers.”
– Jessica Rourke
Funding puts restorative justice access at risk
Avenue spruce-upOak Bay Public Works Department worker Ben Pearse Adds a fresh coat of paint to the lamp post in front of Municipal Hall Friday afternoon. With the approaching showers of the weekend, the warm, sunny day was ideal for sprucing up the Avenue.Jennifer Blyth/Oak Bay News
Continued from Page A1
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What has become one of Victoria’s top annual attractions is ready to again sail into downtown for 10 days beginning July 17.
The fifth edition of the free-to-attend Vic-toria International Buskers Festival will
present professional street theatre perform-ers from Sweden, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada.
“We hear from peo-ple all year round over how impressed they are with the quality
of talent we present,” said John Vickers, executive director of the Victoria Interna-tional Buskers Festival Society.
“This year’s lineup includes magicians, one of the top hula hoop performers in the world, acrobats, jugglers, we have a fire show act – the commu-nity and visitors alike are in for a real treat.”
Vickers said after last year’s celebra-tory All-Stars event, a majority of stage acts this year are per-forming in Victoria for the first time. They include the UK’s Lisa Lotte, recognized as one of the world’s top
hula hoop performers and the English Gents, an Australian based duo considered to be one of the world’s top busker acts.
Returning from 2011 are Kalamazoo Michigan’s Aerial Angels along with Quebec City’s Les Vitamines, an acrobatic duo who participated in 2012. Also making a second festival appearance is Montreal’s Mat Velvet and Charlie Show who, like Les Vitamines, have performed with the Cirque du Soleil.
For more informa-tion, please go online to victoriabuskers.com.
In today’s technological age, the proliferation of smartphones, tablets and computers has rede-fined many industries. However, not everyone utilizes the Internet to its full potential; some feel overwhelmed or are unsure about how to use it.
The University of Victoria’s Computer Science Department hopes to help. The department is offering a free course for seniors who want to learn about using computers/digital devices and the Internet. This course will aim to address any questions that arise. No prior computer experi-ence is required.
An information session is planned for Monday, July 27 at 4:30 p.m. in the Engineering and Com-puter Science building, room ECS 258. All seniors are welcome. Feel free to bring ideas of topics to cover. For questions, or to volunteer, contact Robert at [email protected]
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What has become one of Victoria’s top annual attractions is ready to again sail into downtown for 10 days beginning July 17.
The fifth edition of the free-to-attend Vic-toria International Buskers Festival will
present professional street theatre perform-ers from Sweden, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada.
“We hear from peo-ple all year round over how impressed they are with the quality
of talent we present,” said John Vickers, executive director of the Victoria Interna-tional Buskers Festival Society.
“This year’s lineup includes magicians, one of the top hula hoop performers in the world, acrobats, jugglers, we have a fire show act – the commu-nity and visitors alike are in for a real treat.”
Vickers said after last year’s celebra-tory All-Stars event, a majority of stage acts this year are per-forming in Victoria for the first time. They include the UK’s Lisa Lotte, recognized as one of the world’s top
hula hoop performers and the English Gents, an Australian based duo considered to be one of the world’s top busker acts.
Returning from 2011 are Kalamazoo Michigan’s Aerial Angels along with Quebec City’s Les Vitamines, an acrobatic duo who participated in 2012. Also making a second festival appearance is Montreal’s Mat Velvet and Charlie Show who, like Les Vitamines, have performed with the Cirque du Soleil.
For more informa-tion, please go online to victoriabuskers.com.
In today’s technological age, the proliferation of smartphones, tablets and computers has rede-fined many industries. However, not everyone utilizes the Internet to its full potential; some feel overwhelmed or are unsure about how to use it.
The University of Victoria’s Computer Science Department hopes to help. The department is offering a free course for seniors who want to learn about using computers/digital devices and the Internet. This course will aim to address any questions that arise. No prior computer experi-ence is required.
An information session is planned for Monday, July 27 at 4:30 p.m. in the Engineering and Com-puter Science building, room ECS 258. All seniors are welcome. Feel free to bring ideas of topics to cover. For questions, or to volunteer, contact Robert at [email protected]
University offers Internet for seniors
Victoria buskers festival draws all-star performers
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Strong Lady rips apart a ‘trashy novel’ with her bare hands at the Victoria International Buskers Festival last year. Black Press file photo
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The commute to work is a little longer these days for Avis Rasmussen. The Oak Bay artist hops a bus for the first bit then finishes with an amble up Mar-gate Avenue to get to her artist in residence gig this month at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel.
“It’s fun, it’s really fun,” she says, working on a watercolour in a sunroom adjacent to the David Foster Foundation The-atre. “A lot of local people come and sit and have coffee.”
Rasmussen tends to vacate the space when summer movie night crowds descend on the venue and on the sunny, still days she’s found out in the gar-dens and terraces painting en plein air.
“When I was a kid I did plein air in my dad’s garden. I never even thought about it,” she says.
Rasmussen is the July installa-tion of the Artists in Residence program where artists occupy hotel lobbies in Victoria, Oak Bay and Sidney, showcasing their works and interacting with hotel guests and the public.
The hotel territory isn’t unfa-miliar for Rasmussen who loves the landscapes offered by the waterfront site and clearly it’s
not far from home. When the hotel opened, guest rooms fea-tured 60 of her works. The artist and printmaker also does studio work. She garnered her Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction in painting in 1979 and her Mas-ters in Art Education in 1982. If you stop by for a visit, Rasmus-sen still loves to tell the tales of inspiring her young pupils and how their freedom of expression inspired her.
Visit between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. Nancy Slaght is slated for resi-dence at Oak Bay Beach Hotel in August and E. Colin Williams appears in September.
Visit artishowvictoria.ca for a list of venues and artists. Get a taste of Rasmussen’s work at [email protected]
Visitors invited to meet artists in hotel program
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Artists and Art Gallery of Greater Victoria staff pose inside the gallery’s big frame to promote the upcoming annual TD Art Gallery Paint In event scheduled for July 18 on Moss Street.
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Did you know?n Avis Rasmussen is among the artists featured in the Estevan Village art walk this summer. Businesses feature artists in their shop windows with rotating artwork.
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Help us celebrate Oak Bay life
A community newspaper serves its readership by reflecting not only the “news” that happens within its local borders but also the people, places and events that make it unique.
While Oak Bay shares many similarities with its neighbouring Greater Victoria communities, for example, it also has a distinctive character that is reflected in its villages, businesses and homes, its streetscapes and special events and in its contributions from local residents.
It’s with this in mind that the Oak Bay News launches our second annual special section, Snapshot: Our Community in Pictures, an opportunity to celebrate Oak Bay in photos.
We are calling on all our community photographers – and we know there’s many of you out there – to show us all that makes Oak Bay such a fantastic place in which to live, work and play.
Is it the numerous municipal parks that dot the landscape? The interesting homes and gardens? The long sandy beaches and unique ecosystems? The many volunteers hard at work to make our local organizations hum?
Whatever “Oak Bay” means to you, we want to see it.
After all, haven’t we got an awful lot to celebrate?
Our Community in Pictures will be published in the Oak Bay News on Wednesday, July 29.
Send your photos to editor Jennifer Blyth at [email protected] by Monday, July 20 to have your photo considered. For best print results, photos should be high-resolution, preferably 300dpi, and please include the photographer’s name, where the photo was taken, and any other pertinent information. For more details, please call 250-480-3239.
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The B.C. legislature is back in ses-sion this week, a rare summer sitting to approve a 25-year project agree-ment for the first large-scale liquefied natural gas project in northern B.C.
Finance Minister Mike de Jong released the lengthy legal agreement prior to the debate, saying this step should remove any doubt that an inter-national investment group led by Petro-nas of Malaysia intends to go ahead.
With billions invested in upstream resources and buyers waiting at home, the Pacific Northwest LNG group includes Chinese state corpora-tion Sinopec, Indian Oil Corp., Japan Petroleum Exploration Corp. and Petroleum Brunei.
The most contentious issue is the government’s intention to protect the investors from “discriminatory” tax and regulations for the life of the project. The government insists these sorts of long-term cost certainty agree-ments are commonplace, and don’t affect provincial and federal taxes or environmental regulations unless they single out LNG operations.
Future governments can raise cor-porate tax rates, carbon tax or enter into a cap and trade system. Ottawa can scrap capital cost allowances that were recently extended to LNG pro-ducers, which is significant because Liberal leader Justin Trudeau has indi-cated he would get rid of what he calls
subsidies to fossil fuels.Both the province and Ottawa allow
capital cost write-offs against corpo-rate tax, to attract investment. B.C. attracted a lot of gas drilling rigs from Alberta with tax breaks for deep drill-ing.
The B.C. government invited com-parisons with Western Australia LNG producers, and NDP researchers did just that. They noted that Australia’s Gorgon and North West Shelf LNG projects have written provisions that local employment and local suppliers will get preference.
Those are absent in B.C., along with apprenticeship guarantees for LNG.
“There was hard bargaining by the companies, and certainly the premier went into this negotiation in a very weak position, having to deliver on her extravagant and grandiose prom-ises from the election,” NDP critic Bruce Ralston said. “The companies did well. Whether the citizens of Brit-ish Columbia did well is certainly an open question.”
Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver painted himself into a corner, having spent the last two years dismissing the B.C. LNG industry as a fantasy that will never come to pass, strictly on economic grounds. He has since branded the Petronas deal, a template for any future projects, a “generational sellout.”
Another big player with gas well investments in northeast B.C. is Shell, with a proposal for Kitimat. Its pros-pects have improved since it took over British Gas Group, which had its own LNG intentions here. Another group led by Altagas remains on track to ship LNG from its Douglas Channel site before the end of the decade.
It’s important to remember that without LNG exports, B.C.’s natural gas industry will shrink rapidly after 50 years of increasingly significant revenues from sales to the U.S. Leav-ing aside all the political positioning around the province’s largest private investment to date, if this doesn’t go ahead we will all feel the effects.
De Jong had a blunt response when asked what the province gets in return for all its guarantees of low tax envi-ronment: “Their money.”
At peak construction, Pacific North-west LNG will need as many as 4,500 workers, with 500 or more operations jobs depending on how far it expands.
The finance ministry forecasts that once Pacific Northwest LNG is up and running, it represents $9 bil-lion in revenues to the province over 10 years, including gas royalties and taxes. That’s more than taxpayers can expect from the entire forest industry.
Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.
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Reinforcing gardening’s innumerable benefitsRe: “Finding Silence in the Garden,”
Oak Bay News, July 8 I have to admit something, I creep
on people’s yards. If I get a glance at the backyard, I’m always checking to see if they have a vegetable garden, because everybody should have a vegetable garden.
I walk my dog every morning near Carnarvon Park and I always see this gentlemen doing something in his yard. (I might add that I have a wee person on my back, sun is shining, and it’s 6:30 in the morning). During my forays past his yard, I have noticed that he has a garden, and I’ve always been curious about what he’s got growing. Anyway, I was walking near there today, he was out in his yard, so I said hello, and then gave the: “How’s the garden growing?”
He said, “Great, want to come check it out?”
“Sure.” And that there is the essence of
gardening. We chatted for 30 minutes about gardening, shared acquaintances, and family. He shared some of his of growing tips, I shared mine. After our delightful conversation, I carried on (said child on back was getting a little restless), and when I came past his house again, he gave me some lettuce. I will return his kind gesture with some veggies from my garden and the relationship will continue, which brings me to this:
Everybody should garden because the health benefits are innumerable. We all get something different from gardening, whether it’s gazing at the beauty of bees at work, watching butterflies flit to and fro, admiring an area of the garden you’ve just weeded, or making new friends. Too often we are ‘connected’ and lose ‘connection’ with what we should be ‘connected’ to: ourselves, and the sharing of our love of growing with fellow gardeners, or even better: ‘gardening converts’.
W. MooreOak Bay
Road rules shouldn’t serve aggressive drivers
With regard to the recently imposed Big Brother left lane edict, I offer the following narrative.
A few days ago, I found it necessary to pick up a friend at the Swartz Bay
ferry terminal. As I had plenty of time, I decided to drive strictly in accordance with the new left lane law.
I entered the Pat Bay highway northbound from the Quadra Street approach, wishing to travel at the posted speed limits of either 80 or 90 km/h while at the same time adhering to this new rule of the road. To do so, I was obliged to change lanes no fewer than 35 times. The overwhelming majority of highway collisions is brought about by lane changes.
I find it highly distressing that traffic flow decisions are now being made to appease “aggressive drivers,” who may become annoyed by being prevented from travelling at rates of speed in excess of the posted speed limit.
I beg to suggest that such scofflaws, rather than law-abiding drivers, ought to the targets of policing bodies. These malfeasants need to be taken off the road and enrolled in compulsory anger management programs.
Is the speed limit what is posted on the traffic sign or not? If it isn’t, then amend the sign.
Surely the administration of justice is brought into disrepute by a law which decrees that a citizen who fails to enable another to engage in illegal conduct be punished while the latter escapes penalty.
At some point in our recent past, signs reading “keep right except to pass” have surreptitiously replaced those reading “slower traffic keep right.”
I myself shall continue to drive in the left lane at the posted speed limit, and look forward to my first ticket, which will enable me to argue the merits of this moronic legislation in Court.
John C. SimpsonOak Bay
School sign explainedRe: Dale McKenzie’s question about
Oak Bay High School’s new sign, (Oak Bay News July 8).
The French translation of ‘Oak Bay High School’ is École Secondaire Oak Bay, therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary repetition of ‘Oak Bay,’ the French part of the name must come first. This is a common occurrence; many products made in Canada have labels that utilize this tactic. I hope that your question has been satisfactorily answered.
Sofie Finn Storan (age 12)Oak Bay
Residents had their sayRe: “Residents deserve a say,” Oak
Bay News, July 3The only statement correct in
“Residents deserve a say” was that council was elected to represent the citizens. The referendum question was simple enough for a fifth grader to understand and was a simple yes/no. Even Mr. Vickers with Amalgamation Yes stated on CFAX that the question was not clear, given the mysterious municipality was not indicated. Duh, Oak Bay could only join with Saanich or Victoria.
The province can study and determine the pros and cons of amalgamation. However, I would suggest that Oak Bay would not be interested. It would lose its unique identity, pay higher taxes given its higher average property value compared to other municipalities, and may lose on height restriction. The big issue of saving is not that big an issue relative to the change in character under a larger city.
Jim ThomasVictoria
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Event Breaking the Silence planned for July 25, with partial proceeds to the Umbrella SocietyChristine van ReeuwykOak Bay News
At first glance, Joanne Thomson’s and Sheryl Fisher’s colourful bright paintings suggest a care-free mood, but their works are carefully crafted to offer a message, and open the door to conversa-tion.
“Our work is quite dissimilar,” Thomson said of the exhibit at the Gage Gallery, an artists’ collec-tive she joined in May.
“We’re speaking about things families don’t speak about, mental illness, addic-tion, death. These images are meant to start conversa-tions.”
Their joint show, Many Faces of Silence, runs July 14 to Aug. 1 at the Gage Gallery with an opening reception July 17.
“I thought [the bottled series] was finished, but when Fisher saw the work she wanted it in the show,” Thomson said.
The abstract works about oppression and abuse were easier to portray without using words, she explained, and had been around nearly two decades, transforming from “bottled women” to “bottled series” as men were integrated.
“It’s been an interesting journey for me to pull them out again and work on them. It’s been fasci-nating … my portion of the exhibition will really be a retrospective,” she said.
“The series was about me getting out of my bot-tle, making a transition,” she said. Part of her tran-sition was from full-time nurse to full time artist and has shifted even more as she’s placed a firm old in the art world and even making a living at it. This show will be a major departure from what she’s best known for now – Westcoast landscapes.
“I fell off using the bottle series to express that
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and funnily enough what I did was a year and a half ago started the ‘mason jar’ series,” she said. “I didn’t realize until later it was bottles again. It’s more literal … they’re quite realistic so its been a real shift.”
Thomson specializes in watercolour on canvas and holds a Masters degree in Adult Education. She is active in the community as an artist advocate, mentor and facilitator. Her bottle series inspired Fisher, who was looking for a shift of her own from jazz toward something more socially active. She developed the mime series that will show during the Many Faces of Silence.
“These are really bright, colourful, exciting pieces and I got excited … I’d been thinking about dong a mime series and I thought ‘now’s the time,’” Fisher said. “We both like to paint with purpose … we
want to waken the viewer’s conscience,”
Thomson and Fisher worked together to make the pieces “jive together” and wound up with a show designed to start conversa-tions, and literally give back to the community.
“You want it to be cohesive and it’s gelled into something quite wonderful,” Fisher said. “It’s kind of a feel-good project
for both of us.” They added a July 25 special event at Gage called
Breaking the Silence featuring guests from the Umbrella Society and She Recovers as well as an artist tai and performance by Olive Jean Love. Also partial proceeds will go to the Umbrella Society.
“It’s giving that nudge … at the same time, we like to support people who are helping other people and resources,” Fisher said.
The show runs July 14 through Aug. 1 with an opening on July 17 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Gage Gallery, 2031 Oak Bay Ave.
“It just works so well together, the mimes not speaking … both are demonstrating lots of things with the body movement and shape and colour,” Thomson said. “It’s going to be interesting to see what reaction we get from it.”
Sheryl Fisher’s Mime series and Joanne Thomson’s Bottled series pair for a conversation-starting show at Gage Gallery where visitors are pushed to explore tough subjects such as mental illness.
“We’re speaking about things families don’t speak about, mental illness, addiction, death. These images are meant to start conversations.”
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Taking it on the road and reaching out to a local music-lover paid off for three musicians featured in the Oak Bay Music Summer Serenade this week-end.
“They were looking to tour in the Victoria, Van-couver and Seattle area,” said Erik Abbink, pro-ducer of Summer Serenade. “I’m always interested in visiting groups. It’s one of the pillars of Oak Bay Music, if people want to play I’ll do my best to make that happen.”
New York-based Fair Trade Trio makes a stop at St. Mary’s Church for an evening concert July 17 during their tour of the Pacific Northwest. The three founding members of the trio, Ashley Win-dle on violin, Kallie Ciechomski on viola and Jea-nette Stenson on cello, all attended the Manhattan School of Music, and over the past five years their relationships as colleagues and friends culminated into taking their trio on their very first tour.
“They’re a young group for sure. They’re an emerging ensemble,” Abbink said. “The real posi-tive thing about it is just getting themselves known and touring in the first place.”
The trio will perform Beethoven, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Canadian composer Murray Adaskin and New York composer Jennifer Higdon.
“I’ve got the idea they adjusted the program a little for us,” Abbink said. “They’ve got a really neat mix of repertoire that people will like.”
Oak Bay Summer Serenade is non-profit Oak Bay Music’s special summer concert series, bringing classical music performed by local and visiting performers.
Fair Trade Trio makes its Victoria debut at St. Mary’s Church, 1701 Elgin Rd. on Friday, July 17 at 7 p.m.
Advance tickets are $20/$15/$10 and are avail-able at Ivy’s Books and online. Tickets at the door are $25/20/10. For more information go to oakbay-music.ca.
New York’s Fair Trade Trio makes a stop at St. Mary’s Church for an evening concert July 17.
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The second Night Market of summer filled Oak Bay Avenue July 8. A wide range of fresh, local produce and food were consumed and purchased in addi-tion creations by artists and artisans with a variety of wares, including wood-turned bowls, hand-made greeting cards, glass art, paper casting, fabric arts, jewelry, toys, fresh-made soaps and cosmetics, and preserves.
The next market, organized by the Oak Bay Business Improvement Associa-tion is slated for Aug. 11. For more info, visit www.visitoakbayvillage.ca
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Above: Balloon man Paul Kilshaw offers up colourful critters to kids attending the market in Oak Bay village. Below: Helen Clarke peruses the ‘princess starter pack’ at the July 8 market.
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Wednesday, July 15Grieving Losses During
the Dementia Journey – A free Alzheimer Society of B.C. workshop, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Hillside Seniors Health Centre, 1454 Hillside Avenue. Pre-registration required. 250-370-5641 (press ‘2’), [email protected]
The O’Brien Family performs for Recreation Oak Bay’s Concerts in the Park. Music starts at 6:30 p.m. at Willows Park.
Thursday, July 16Volkssport – Thursday
evening walk. Meet at Henderson Recreation Centre, 2201 Cedar Hill X Rd. Registration 5:45 p.m.; walk 6 p.m. Contact is Kaye at 250-721-3065.
Friday, July 17Five Hole for Food – The
Victoria stop of a coast-to-coast tour featuring drop-in ball hockey to collect food for the food bank, 12 to 4 p.m. at Mayfair Shopping Centre. No charge to play, but participants and spectators are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item or cash donation. Register in advance at www.fiveholeforfood.com/register/
Summer Serenade – The New York-based Fair Trade String Trio performs, 7 p.m. at St. Mary the Virgin, 1701 Elgin Rd. Advance tickets ($20/$15/$10) available at Ivy’s Books and online. Tickets at the door are $25/20/10. Information: www.oakbaymusic.ca
Art show reception at Gage Gallery from 7 to 9 p.m. Joanne Thomson’s and Sheryl Fisher’s colourful paintings show July 14 to Aug. 1 at 2031 Oak Bay Ave. Info: 250 590-5722 or www.gagegallery.ca.
Concerts in the Park – West My Friend, at the Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, 1:30 p.m.
Drop-in Family Storytime –
From 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the Oak Bay branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Ave.
Live music at the Oaks Restaurant & Tearoom – Featuring Rig-a-Jig, Victoria’s favourite Celtic band, 7 to 9 p.m. at 2250 Oak Bay Ave. No cover charge. All ages welcome. Reservations 250-590-3155.
Saturday, July 18MEC Paddlefest – 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. at Willows Beach. Pick up a new skill, see the races and chat with paddling groups and other marine-friendly organizations during the free event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Summer Star Parties – Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, 5071 West Saanich Rd., 7:30 to 11 p.m. Tours of the historic Plaskett telescope, astronomy lectures and presentations. Info: victoria.rasc.ca.
Volkssport – 5/10 km walk and potluck picnic following. Meet at Fort Rodd Hill, 603 Fort Rodd Hill Rd., Victoria. 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Dave or Gail at 250-642-4515.
Concerts in the Park – History of the Blues, at the Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 19Peace Walk – Join Gordy
Dodd for the sixth annual Walk for World Peace, inspired by Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji at Becon Hill Park’s Cameron Bandshell. Meet at 9 a.m., introductions at 10 a.m., start at 11 a.m. and lunch at noon. Register at 250-360-6662. Donations go to Victoria Hospice.
Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at Esquimalt Recreation Centre, 527 Fraser St., Victoria. 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Hazel at 250-385-5439.
Concerts in the Park – Edie Dupont Trio, at the Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, 1:30 p.m.
Monday, July 20Drop-in Baby Time – From
10:30 to 11 a.m. for babies 0-15 months and their caregiver. Learn songs, rhymes and fingerplays to use with your baby every day. No registration required at the Oak Bay branch of the GVPL, 1442 Monterey Ave.
Rozhanytsia Folk Group – A free, all-ages performance of traditional Ukrainian folk music, 6 to 9 p.m. at Willows Park, hosted by the Ukrainian Cultural Centre.
Tuesday, July 21Volkssport – Tuesday evening
walk. Meet at Running Room, Broadmead Shopping Centre, 777 Royal Oak Dr. Registration 5:45 p.m.; walk 6 p.m. Contact is Gail at 250-477-4472.
Wednesday, July 22The Damian Graham Trio –
Performing for Recreation Oak Bay’s Concerts in the Park. Music starts at 6:30 p.m. at Willows Park.
Thursday, July 23BC Baseball Pee Wee AAA
Provincial Championships – Carnarvon Baseball Park hosts the baseball provincials July 23 to 26, featuring 10 teams of the best 12- and 13-year-olds competing. Information: www.peeweeaaaprovincials.com
Volkssport – Thursday evening walk. Meet at Henderson Rec. Centre, 2201 Cedar Hill X Rd. Registration 5:45 p.m.; walk 6 p.m. Contact is Kaye at 250-721-3065.
Friday, July 24Classic Movie Nights –
featuring The Breakfast Club, 7 to 10 p.m. at the David Foster Foundation Theatre. Movies show Friday evenings in July and August and include a gourmet individual pizza, house-made buttered popcorn and an ice cream sandwich for dessert. Info: 250-598-4556.
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The Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria invites artists, teachers and arts organizations to come together for the second annual Fall for the Arts Expo.
A chance to inform the public about services and activities, the expo takes place Saturday, Aug. 22, from 12 to 4 p.m. at the Victoria College of Art, 1625 Bank St.
Exhibition spaces are available both inside and outside, along with spaces for workshops, activi-ties and performances in 30-minute slots. Basic registration is $10, or $25 with provided table and chairs.
Submit expressions of interest to [email protected] by Friday, July 17.
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Today (July 15) marks the early bird registration deadline for the GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon, which will wind through the streets of Oak Bay Oct. 11.
The 36th annual event features a marathon, half-marathon, 8K road
race and Thrifty Foods Kids’ Run and for the seventh year in a row the event will host the B.C. Mara-thon Championships.
For more details and to reg-ister, visit www.runvictoria marathon.com
Early bird marathoners sign up today
U17 Tide has struck gold at the Provincial Rugby Champion-ships.
The U17 category was a new one at the championships this year, and the Tide put in a strong showing against perennial rival Vancouver North, winning 55-5 and 53-0.
“The Vancouver North team was a strong team, and against any other team would have been competitive,” said Koji Zol-brod, U17 Tide head coach. “But our U17s are an exceptionally strong group of players, eight of whom have already played at the Canada U17 level. Those boys brought the level of all the athletes up, making for a superb
team dynamic.”A program that brings
athletes together from across the lower Island to compete in U18, U17, U16 and U15 provincial championships, the U17 Tide featured 13 players who were students at Oak Bay High School and/or members of the local Castaway-Wanderers Rugby Club.
The Tide’s U18 boys finished up in seventh in their division while the Tsunami U18 girls, representing both the south and north island, came home with a silver medal. During the first weekend of provincial competition at Burnaby Lake RFC, the Junior Tide program
returned home with silver for the U15 boys, bronze for the U16 girls and a fifth-place for the U16 boys.
The U18 Tide team finished one better than last year, improving their overall play and finishing with a 26-0 win over Thompson-Okanagan.
“The U18 level is always a tough year to get commitment from the athletes as they are working and preparing for their first year post-graduation” said Matt Mortenson, U18 Tide head coach. “But this group of athletes showed grit and determination both on and off the field and I was proud to see them finish with a great win.”
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Game FaceGirls’ and boys’ teams from the Island, the Lower Mainland and the United States storm the University of Victoria’s Wallace Field rugby turf last weekend during the Victoria International 7s Rugby Tournament.
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Rudi Hoenson stands inside the newly expanded tea room in the Cary Castle Mews at Government House. Lt. Gov. Judith Guichon officially dedicated the tea room as “Rudi’s Tea Room”, in honour of Hoenson’s contributions to the facility.
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The generosity of a Victoria philanthropist will live on in the newly renamed Rudi’s Tea Room, dedicated by Lt. Gov. Judith Guichon in a ceremony at Govern-ment House’s Cary Cas-tle Mews.
The tea room is named for Rudi Hoen-son, whose donations to the Government House Foundation allowed for a large expansion of the patio to accommodate more patrons and the pur-chase of a commercial dishwasher.
“Rudi’s gift has increased the capac-ity of the tea room, allowing more visi-tors to the Govern-ment House grounds to enjoy the Cary Cas-tle Mews, learn about this National Historic Site and the history and accomplishments of our province and its people,” said Michael O’Connor, President of
the Government House Foundation.
A new exhibit high-lighting the service of distinguished Brit-ish Columbians and complementing the existing historic cos-tume museum and heraldry display was also unveiled. The Cary Castle Mews is a col-lection of wooden ser-vice buildings on the Government House grounds that date to the early 1870s.
The tea room is located in Butterworth Cottage and serves lunch, tea, pastries and other refresh-ments. Originally built as a poultry barn, the cottage was partially adapted as a residence for the head gardener in the 1920s.
“(Rudi) has also con-tributed to new fences for the rose garden, which have allowed the gardens to flourish,” said O’Connor.
Staffed primarily by Friends of Government House Gardens Society
volunteers, the Mews has undergone exten-sive improvements in recent years. The Inter-pretive Centre adjacent to the Tea Room show-cases the history of the Estate of the Lieutenant Governor, a designated National Historic Site, including stories and photos of the people who lived and worked in Government House and on the estate, and the history of the role of the Lieutenant Gov-ernor in B.C.
In celebration of Her Majesty Queen Eliza-beth II’s Diamond Jubi-lee in 2012, the Hon. Steven Point and the Government House Foundation commis-sioned Chief Hunt to carve a replica of the totem pole. The new Hosaqami stands in front of Government House where it remains in perpetuity.
“We are very thankful to Rudi for helping us mark the 150th anniver-sary of the purchase of the Government House
property by dedicat-ing Rudi’s Tea Room in his honour. His gen-erous giving serves as an inspiration to all,” O’Connor added.
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