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From the heartLet your garden showcase your passions
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NEWS: No time for climate change discussion /A3COMMUNITY: Firefighter offers keys to fitness /A10SPORTS: Bantam Eagles off to nationals /A13
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Great gumboots!Holly Neate, with World Fisheries Trust, introduces Dana Brown, 9, to a Gumboot Chiton. Dana, visiting from Winnipeg, was exploring the MEC Paddlefest at Willows Beach Saturday.Jennifer Blyth/Oak Bay News
Christine van ReeuwykOak Bay News
Visitor numbers appear to up within Oak Bay.
“We have a few ways that we measure visitation,” said Karma Brophy, consultant with Tourism Oak Bay. “The most indica-tive is that hotel numbers are up this year, not just in Oak Bay but also in Victoria which affects us because we get a lot of visitors from downtown.”
The hotel numbers within Oak Bay are
up over last year, says Phil Trott, assistant general manager at Oak Bay Beach Hotel.
Occupancy for June was up 13 per cent over last year, and July is up 17 per cent.
“We’re running about 87 per cent occu-pancy,” Trott said. The average rate is up $30 over last year and occupancies for August are at 93 per cent. “It’s just been a great year for tourism in Victoria. We are becoming a well-recognized brand in Canada and internationally as well.”
In its list of Canada’s Top Hotels, Trip-Advisor ranked the hotel fourth in the
category Luxury Hotel in Canada; ninth in Top Hotel in Canada; and 20th in Top Hotel for Romance in Canada.
“Those accolades are certainly having an impact as well,” Trott said.
“On average about 86 per cent of all travellers will actually check your online reputation, so it’s hard not to have a posi-tive impact on our operation.”
Oak Bay enjoys busy visitor season Something new in Oak BayA few new activities are helping Tourism Oak
Bay bring in visitors this summer season – from sea tales to pedal tours. “We’re always looking for companies that are interested in providing tourism products and we like to support innovation,” said consultant Karma Brophy. The Songhees First Nation and Coastal Sea Ventures launched a cultural boat tour for the summer season. Victoria’s Pedaler plans to have folks cycling Oak Bay, the well-established Discover the Past takes guests on guided walking tours in the community and Feast Concierge offers culinary tours. Learn more at oakbaytourism.comPLEASE SEE:
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Oak Bay Tourism’s down-town campaign includes adver-tising and maps distributed through the core and the Victo-ria Visitors Centre.
“There’s a huge partnership with Tourism Victoria that we leverage plus we work on our own campaign,” Brophy said.
Part of that includes fostering partnerships with businesses that offer hop-on hop-off and cycling tours who include Oak Bay in their area tours.
“We want to show off Oak Bay. We want to make sure that the great businesses, shops and cafés are gaining busi-ness,” Brohpy said.
“We want to make sure we’re doing this in a way that’s responsible and contributes to quality of life.”
Red Art Gallery on Oak Bay Avenue also utilizes downtown advertising and staff there are noticing a marked increase in tourists, as they maintain a daily journal of visitors.
“We classify tourists as someone who has come on their own to Oak Bay versus someone who has stopped in because they are here visiting with friends or relatives,” said owner Bobb Hamilton.
“The recent range of out-of-country tourists includes Bel-gium, Germany, many from California and a lot from Wash-ington State. Yesterday [July
16] we had two sets of people in from Portland, Oregon at the same time and they did not know each other. Once we asked them, they overheard and we all started a conversa-tion about Portland.”
For Red Art Gallery, tour-ists make up more than 30 per cent of the summer traffic, but account for less than 10 per cent of overall sales.
“Tourists seem to find us by either our multiple websites, the Tourism Victoria informa-tion centre in the Inner Har-bour, or our gallery rack cards found in the local B&Bs and the Victoria airport,” Hamilton said.
“Tourists seem to consis-tent in their unsolicited com-ments…they love Oak Bay, they enjoy our gallery and they would be delighted to live here.”[email protected]
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Children love the hot summer months and the opportunity to spend lots of time outside – in the pool, hiking through the woods or going for a bike ride.
“We hope that everyone enjoys this special time of year, but we want to also remind par-ents that there are potential dangers during the sum-mer months, and it’s important to be aware of what they are,” says Oak Bay Fire Capt. Rob Kiv-ell, with the depart-ment’s fire safety division.
Kivell notes that issues around summer safety are extensive, so in addition to the following basics, he recommends parents and caregivers review safety measures around their activities.
Remember that helmets aren’t only for bikes. “An appropriate hel-met must be worn whenever a child is ‘on wheels,” Kivell says, noting mom and day should be donning their helmets as well. “This means bicycles, scooters, skates, roller-blades, skateboards and more.”
To be effective, the helmet must fit properly and be the appropriate helmet for the activity.
Water, while fun, is also poten-tially deadly, and water safety is one of the most important lessons children need to learn. No child or adult is “drown proof” and children can drown in many different water
sources.“Adult supervi-
sion is of paramount importance,” Kivell notes, recommend-ing “touch supervi-sion,” meaning the supervising adult is always within an arm’s length of the child being watched, when near or in the water. “Parents need to focus on their chil-
dren 100 per cent of the time. No distractions.”
Every family should have a first aid kit at home, well-stocked and readily accessible, and a second in the car for those “on the road” emergencies. “Don’t forget to restock the kit once an item has been used (and) be sure to keep a list of emergency numbers where they are easy to find.”
In hot weather, dehydration and heat-related illnesses are not uncom-mon, in addition to risks from exces-sive sun exposure. In addition to a hat, sunglasses, a full-spectrum sun-screen with a high SPF and avoiding the sun during peak hours, keeping
well hydrated is essential.Teach children not to wait until
they’re thirsty to drink. “At this point, he is already dehydrated, so be sure to provide plenty of fluids before going outside, while out in the heat and afterwards,” Kivell empha-sizes.
If active outdoors, look for shade, take lots of breaks and seek medical attention immediately for any signs of heat-related illness.
As families move outside for cooking, where kids are playing and active, never let children near the barbecue and remember, it can remain very hot after it’s no longer being used.
Finally, ticks are responsible for a variety of illnesses, including Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which can be serious. Sugges-tions to protect your family include wearing protective clothing, such as long sleeves and pants tucked into socks when in possibly affected areas, and using tick/bug repellent – including for your pets.
Stay in the centre of paths, avoid overgrown areas and sitting directly on the ground, and perform daily tick checks on family members.
Be aware of the signs and symp-toms of tick-related illnesses and call the doctor immediately should con-cerns arise.
Oak Bay Fire Department offers summer safety tips for families
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“We want to remind parents that there are potential dangers during the summer months, and it’s important to be aware of what they are.”
– Oak Bay Fire Capt. Rob Kivell
“It’s just been a great year for tourism in Victoria. We are becoming a well-recognized brand in Canada and internationally as well.”
–Phil Trott, Oak Bay Beach Hotel
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MLA says the recent forest fires, water restrictions and air quality advisories point to an issue of great public importanceChristine van ReeuwykOak Bay News
MLA Andrew Weaver is stunned his cohorts in the B.C. legislature wouldn’t spend 60 min-utes discussing climate change last week.
“They seem to think no snow on the Olympic mountains, a drought and forest fires is just a
one-off,” Weaver said. “We spent a whole week on LNG ... but they didn’t want to spend one hour debating climate policy in B.C.”
The Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA, deputy leader of the B.C. Green Party and climate scientist, called for an emergency debate on how British Columbia is responding to climate change, arguing that the debate is “a matter of urgent public importance.”
To be debated, matters of urgent public importance must be approved by the Speaker and granted leave by the House.
“It was mind-boggling … here we have all this happening around us and both the BC NDP and the Liberals stood and spoke against it so the Speaker had no choice but to rule against me,” Weaver said. “This to me was so utterly
shocking because we see the effects of climate change all around us.”
He said forest fires, fishing bans, water restric-tions and air quality advisories occurring at alarming rates are indicative of an issue of great public importance – climate change.
“It is sadly ironic that as our forests burn, snowpack melts and frequency of severe sum-mer droughts increase, the government is forc-ing through its generational sellout embodied in the 25-year LNG agreement with Petronas,” Weaver said.
“The impacts and costs of climate change have never been clearer for British Columbi-ans. It’s time we consider what kind of future we want.”
Weaver denied an hour on climate change
Registry aims to reunite owners with stolen bikes
If you use two wheels to commute to Victoria, it might pay to stop in to register your bike with the Victoria Police Department.
VicPD has launched a new bike registry to help reunite found or seized bikes with their owners. The new regis-tration system allows officers to help find the rightful owners of stolen bikes more quickly.
So far in 2015, the VicPD has received 427 reports of stolen bikes and has returned almost half. “This new registration is [a] great tool for our commu-nity,” said VicPD Chief Consta-ble Frank Elsner. “We’re com-mitted to working on combat-ting bike theft in our commu-nity and this registry is a great step in that direction.”
Bike registration must be done in person. Find the form at any event the VicPD is par-ticipating in, VicPD headquar-ters (850 Caledonia Ave.) or the Esquimalt Public Safety Building (500 Park Place.)
For more information, visit [email protected]
New bike registry launched
Jennifer Blyth/Oak Bay News
Cool catWoody and Kyoko Wood show off their 1934 S.S.1 Open Four-seater Sports Jaguar at the annual Jaguars on the Island show Saturday at Windsor Park. The Woods were visiting from Arlington, Wa., for the first public showing of the vehicle in 42 years. Hosted by the Jaguar Club of Victoria, the event attracted Jaguars of all shapes, sizes and vintages and many appreciative enthusiasts.
Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Andrew Weaver
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Between Monday, July 6 and Sunday, July 12, Oak Bay Fire Department members responded to 23 calls for assistance:
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UVic study tweets exercise reminders, toolsChristine van ReeuwykOak Bay News
University of Victoria doctoral candidate Chetan Mistry hopes to send out thousands of texts inspiring the less-than-motivated to get active.
The Behavioural Medicine Lab at the Uni-versity of Victo-ria will deliver free text mes-sages to help residents plan their physical activity this summer.
This is the second, upgraded ver-sion of a study Mistry did in Kingston, Ont., where 350 people got thousands of text reminders for a month.
“It didn’t pan out as expected,” he said. “This is the new and improved version that provides people with a tool.”
The exercise planning study provides
reminders to get active sent to a regis-trant’s mobile phone. It involves one base-line survey and short daily exercise plan-ning surveys for 30 days.
“There’s a lot of evidence that sup-ports planning and if you plan you’re more likely to follow through on exercise,” Mistry said. “People are trying to get off their phones to get more active but cell phones are every-where, 80 per cent or more people have them. They’re not going away.”
Each day for 30 days participants receive a text mes-sage then click the link and fill out the short survey suggesting their plan of action, and how active they plan to be. So far 140 people have regis-tered and they hope to hit as many as pos-
sible by the July 31 cutoff. “Once we gather this information we
can answer some questions about ‘Do peo-ple plan? When they do, do they follow through?”
The study is open to those older than 18 who participate in fewer than 150 min-utes of exercise a week over the past month and are motivated to be more active.
“Victoria is typi-cally a fairly active city, we’re interested in people that are less active than average,” he said.
The protocol has been approved by the ethics board at the university he said.
“When you enrol you give your first name only and your cell phone number. The first name is just used to communi-cate with you and the phone number after 30
days we scrap it.” Find more information, or start with
the baseline survey at http://fluidsurveys.com/s/BL/
By Tom FletcherBlack Press
The B.C. government exceeded its financial targets for the last fiscal year, and the economy grew enough that unions that signed on to the government’s growth-sharing formula will likely see a small pay increase in 2016.
Finance Minister Mike de Jong presented the province’s audited public accounts Wednesday, with a surplus of $1.68 billion, almost 10 times the size it was forecast to be. That was due mainly to higher personal, corporate and sales tax revenue in the later part of the fiscal year that ended in March.
Gross domestic product growth came in at 2.6 per cent for the year, ahead of the finance ministry’s economic fore-cast council figure of 2.3 per cent. Public service union contracts signed last year included a formula to distribute half of any gain above that independent forecast, translat-ing to a 0.15 per cent additional raise on top of negotiated increases.
De Jong said the GDP numbers must still be finalized by Statistics Canada, and the adjustment to pay levels for employees in the health, education and other public ser-vices who signed on will be made in 2016.
De Jong said he is tracking the steeply rising cost of the current forest fire season, and there is a contingency fund
to cover whatever is needed. That uncertainty and interna-tional instability in Asia and Europe mean the government will not assume higher revenues will continue this year, he said.
Sales tax revenue exceeded budget forecasts by $322 mil-lion, and corporate tax revenue was up $208 million. Prop-erty transfer tax was up $128 million, and all other taxes brought in $254 million more than forecast.
Natural resource revenue decreased by $18 million from 2013-14, despite an increase in forest revenue of $35 million due to economic recovery. Less rainfall and snowpack led to a decrease of $74 million in power production.
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I’ve come to a realization this summer: I love growing plants. Elementary, I know.
But I mean, really growing plants, one after another, all the year round, from seed to harvest. I may be a farmer at heart.
My perennial bor-ders – once a fun challenge to create, to adjust, to balance – are now established and despite the weekly or monthly shifts in colour and character, they feel fixed, and I dare say, full up.
Annuals change the tableau and while I tuck them in the way a chef might add a little garnish to a dish, the meat of the borders remain, year in, year out.
My green thumb twitches for more.
This personal conundrum made me think about how each of us is drawn to certain tasks in the garden; how I might love to sow, but not stake; how transplanting makes me feel like a good parent, and pruning, despite all evidence to the con-trary, like a petulant one.
Flower arranging consumes hours of my attention, while lawn care I entirely neglect.
When it comes to gardening, I’m learning that it’s best to play to one’s passions.
Case in point I have a friend
who can’t be happy with his garden if something isn’t crush-ingly, beautifully, in bloom.
He’s a rhododendron, dahlia and lily man of course, but he
knows his weaknesses and therefore also his strength; he grows big flowers well.
Despite his wife’s complaints, he doesn’t see the beauty of the small or the elegance of green. In his garden, alpines and grasses need not apply.
Who are you in the garden?
It’s hot out, so I’m going to make this
easy. Grab a piece of paper, strike a line down it, and write on either side: yea or nay.
Then sit back in the glory of a summer evening, pour yourself a cool beverage, and list all the garden tasks you love and all the tasks you loathe.
List verbs and try using the the present participle to better feel your-self watering, raking, pruning, sowing, composting, weeding, and so on.
Easy work making lists, but they are important, given how they can influence a garden’s design.
As I walk the streets of Oak Bay, I can’t help but think many gardens are attempts to live up to an idea, rather than an outdoor space designed to fit with a homeowner’s skills or interests.
Take bark mulch. Clearly a sign of someone
who doesn’t like weeding, but the problem of weeds would be sooner solved by dense plant-ing.
If you’re bored watering, xeri-scape.
If you love composting, grow vegetables.
The most successful gar-dens fit with the spirit of the gardener, not solely matching plants to a site.
I have a friend who likes to rake moss.
Happy with a tight focus, she has found contentment with a
Japanese-style garden, where she uses rocks, pavers and bam-boo to good effect.
It’s a peace-ful place, shady, with few flowers, and it has taken her years to get
there. Thankfully in life, what you
nurture eventually wins out. Christin Geall teaches creative
nonfiction at the University of Victoria and is an avid Oak Bay gardener.
Garden from your heart
When it comes to gardening, it’s best to play to one’s passions. Pictured here, (starting with green): Bupleurum, Erygium agavifolium, Alchemilla; (yellow) dandelion, Cephalaria gigantea, Hypericum; (orange) Alstromeria, Helenium, Emilia; (red) Astilbe, Begonia, Geranium, Papaver (plum) Astilbe, Nicotiana, Lathyrus ‘Burnished Bronze’; (purple/blue) Lathyrus ‘Navy’, Campanula, Borage, Lupin, Erygium zabelii ‘Big Blue’.
Kendra WongBlack Press
Oak Bay resident Steve McKerrell is the new president of the Victoria Symphony Foundation.
“I was happy, I believe I have the necessary skills to help them guide the foundation along the way,” McK-errell said.
“I think the important thing is to prudently invest donors’ funds to provide for sustainable operation of the symphony and also build the endowment for future initiatives.”
McKerrell has volunteered for three decades, including co-chair-ing one of the first recycling pro-grams in Canada, serving several years on the board of the Art Gal-lery of Greater Victoria and chairing its foundation, serving as founding board member of Arts Sustainabil-ity Victoria and as governor of Glen-lyon Norfolk School Board.
He was also involved with the Vic-toria Foundation, serving as chair for two years.
“We searched widely for some-one with all of the required charac-teristics, experience and managing endowments, public spiritedness and interest in music,” said Harry Swain, board president of the Victo-ria Symphony Society.
“He has had a long interest in the
arts and classical music. I think we will have long-sighted and highly professional management of the foundation [under McKerrell].”
McKerrell takes over for Eric Charman, who was with the founda-tion for decades. Charman retired in 2014.
The Victoria Symphony Founda-tion holds endowments and reserve funds to support the Victoria Sym-phony Society.
The symphony is Vancouver Island’s largest and most active per-forming arts organization.
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“When it comes to gardening, I’m learning that it’s best to play to one’s passions.”
Oak Bay’s Steve McKerrell heads symphony foundation
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Have you noticed the latest degradation of standards on TV news? In addition to sensational depictions of crime, accidents and celebrities, the lineup now incorporates any nonsense that is momentarily “viral” on the Internet.
So it was with an online petition singling out Swiss food corporation Nestlé, which operates a water bottling plant near Hope. It’s the largest in B.C., one of many that bottle the province’s water and sell it back to a gullible public.
This petition is courtesy of SumOfUs, one of those self-appointed environmental watchdogs that seem to pop up like mushrooms overnight. “Fighting for people over profits,” they claim, pitching for donations.
The story has what U.S. comedian Stephen Colbert calls “truthiness.” That’s when something is false, but it “feels” true. “Nestlé is about to suck B.C. dry – for $2.25 per million litres to be exact,” says the SumOfUs headline.
Using her keen sense of what’s superficially popular, Premier Christy Clark instantly called for a review of these low rates for selling the people’s water. It then fell to Environment
4Minister Mary Polak to explain what’s really going on. “People keep saying there’s a deal with Nestlé,” Polak told reporters. “There isn’t. They pay the same as any other industrial user, in fact the highest industrial rate, and it goes for anything from hydraulic fracturing to bottled water, those
involved in mining for example, any of those heavy industrial uses.”
And why is that rate so low? Because the province takes great pains not to “sell” water, which would make it a commodity under trade agreements, like oil or minerals. That would surrender provincial control, and allow the U.S. to press for equal access to Canadian water. “You’re buying the right to use the water,” Polak said. “I know it sounds crazy to the
public, but we call it a rental – a water rental. There’s a reason we use that language, because we are very careful to avoid any suggestion that by paying this amount, you therefore own that water. “That reserves for us the right at any time, for a compelling public need, to say stop. It doesn’t matter if you have a licence.”
As for the brazenly false claim that Nestlé is sucking B.C. dry, I’m indebted to a real environmental professional
named Blair King for explaining this. (His blog, achemistinlangley.blogspot.ca, offers useful technical explanations of issues in the news, many of which contradict so-called environmentalists.)
King notes that the bottling plant uses less than one per cent of the flow through Kawkawa Lake: “If Nestlé stopped operating (and put its 75 employees out of work and stopped paying municipal taxes) would there be more water for the rest of us?” he writes. “Absolutely not. Kawkawa Lake drains its excess water into the Fraser River, which drains into the Strait of Georgia. Neither the Fraser River at Hope nor the Strait of Georgia is particularly short of water, even in the driest of years.”
Clark made one useful contribution, when asked about this urgent non-issue by those seeking to further sensationalize the current drought and forest fires. She correctly noted that most B.C. residents have access to the best tap water in the world, and have no need for bottled water.
Nestlé, Perrier, Coke, Pepsi and other companies have done a fantastic job of convincing people that their drinking water has to be delivered in bottles from some mythical pure source. Here’s a tip, Nestlé critics: Fill a jug with water and stick it in the fridge. Fight the corporations.
Nestlé protest doesn’t hold water
Former Canuck GMa boon for UVic
The news that former Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis will instruct a sports law course in the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Law in the spring of 2016 earned mixed reviews last week.
Despite putting the perfect touches on the 2010- 11 Canucks roster that came within a win of the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup champion- ship, some locals are smirking on social media that the former GM will be in town for part of the spring semester.
The course description says, “the primary focus of this course will be on the operation of sports leagues and the legal and business relationships between leagues, teams, players, agents and unions ... students have the option of ... participating in a mock salary arbitration.”
For good or bad as the Canucks general manager, it’s a coup for the UVic law program.
Sure, being the Canucks GM and earning more money than most means you willingly accept being a public target.
Gillis has been through the trials and tribulations of the NHL – easily Canada’s most over-analyzed, over-hyped sport, and one whose personalties are often portrayed unfairly. He enjoyed the ups, and suffered the downs, of the scrutinizing Vancouver hockey media.
His decision to teach in UVic Law shows a contin- ued willingness to learn. And hockey fans in Greater Victoria don’t need to study law to learn from him.
The response from some local Canuck fans – which we should assume is typical – is a hangover of criticism for his handling of a few trades before he was fired from the Canucks in 2014. But Gillis is also just a few cracked bones and torn ligaments from being hailed forever as the architect of a Stanley Cup champion. During that fateful 2010-11 season as GM he put the right roster together, only to suffer a simi- lar fate as other GMs, watching his team crumble as key players failed to perform due to injury.
He showed a brash will and a true understanding of the league.
And for that, UVic should be thrilled to have him. Whether or not he owes the Greater Victoria hockey community an opportunity to connect with him, perhaps through a charity or youth-oriented event, is another topic for debate.
But he should certainly be welcomed as a lawyer having one of the most rare and unique Canadian experiences.
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LETTERSCouncillors practicing prudent fiscal responsibility
Re: Councillors should recall Sno’uytth’s meaning, Oak Bay News July 10
The Sno’uyutth Pole is a unique com-missioned project of the Community Asso-ciation of Oak Bay (CAOB).
It is funded through private donations, including additional contributions by the District of Oak Bay, clubs and other associations.
Oak Bay residents should applaud Coun-cillors Kevin Murdoch and Hazel Braithwaite for demonstrating pru-dent fiscal responsibil-ity and management.
This is during a time when taxes have been raised by 5.1 per cent.
The District of Oak Bay has funds ear-marked for this project.
Clearly, Coun. Braith-waite wants to ensure the bulk of additional fundraising monies are in reach in order to ensure the District of Oak Bay’s funding is not lost.
Letter writer Karen A. Lightbody takes offense to this real-ism and infers this is an outrageous insult directed at the great carvers/artists. She could not be more wrong.
It is the responsibil-ity of the CAOB to compensate artists and continue raising the remainder monies in order complete this project.
Also note, School Board 61 will be the legal owner of the Sno’uyutth pole.
Heather HolmesOak Bay
Cedar Hill X Rd speed check will help save deer
Re: UWSS fawn cross-ing signs disappear, Oak Bay News July 15
An article in the News about deer/vehi-cle incidents this year again points out that most were killed at the Cadboro Bay Road and Cedar Hill X-Road area.
This has been the most dangerous loca-tion for these incidents for years.
Speed enforcement
is minimal at best. For the whole of 2013 eleven speeding tick-ets and eight warning tickets were issued on Cadboro Bay Road.
When a complaint was lodged with the police department in 2014, they carried out a three-day, 12-hour blitz and issued almost 20 tickets.
For years citizens have met with the mayor, the CAO and the head of engineer-ing asking for a speed reduction on Cadboro Bay Road but the request has fallen on deaf ears.
If the mayor really wants to see a reduc-tion in deer deaths then why is he ignor-ing this obviously vital issue?
William JesseOak Bay
It’s not a driver’s job to police traffic speed
Re: Road rules shouldn’t serve agres-sive drivers, Oak Bay News, July 15
The letter written by the gentleman who avows that he will con-
tinue to drive in the left lane at the posted speed limit is just plain wrong.
Doing this will cause more accidents by frus-trated drivers who are going faster to either tail-gate or pass on the right side.
I can visualize it now. He in the left lane doing the speed limit and another in the right lane doing the speed limit and the enormous back-log of vehicles behind them. Insane idea!
It is not his job to con-trol the speed limit and play traffic cop and just shows pure stubborn-ness.
People will speed and it’s up to the police department to stop them. From my experi-ence that is a never-end-ing battle.
Robert AndersonOak Bay
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Nestled between a residential home and a three-storey commercial building sits a one-storey, stone-coloured villa in the 1400-block of Fairfield Road.
The garden surrounding the 1,200-square-foot home includes a colourful assortment of flowers.From the outside, it’s a modest home, but once you step inside from the porch, it’s like entering a time capsule of the 1860s.
The villa’s 3.6-metre-high drawing room ceilings are lined with blue and white patterned wallpaper, its windows are draped with floral-patterned curtains, a fortepiano sits next to a whatnot and above the fireplace sits a massive over-mantle mirror.
The rest of the home, including the entry hall, dining room, kitchen, three bedrooms and servant’s room are just as authentically furnished as the drawing room.
The Ross Bay Villa Historic House Museum belonged to Frank Roscoe and Anna Letitia Le Breton who lived in the villa from 1865 to 1879. The family eventually
moved from England to settle in Victoria, establishing a hardware business called Fellows & Roscoe. Roscoe also served as a member of parliament and worked to bring the railroad to B.C.
The Gothic revival-style villa quickly became a place for the family and their five children to entertain the creme de la creme of Victoria’s elite.
“They were Unitarians. They came from the enlightened group in England,” said Simone Vogel-Horridge, president of the Ross Bay Villa Society who began working on the restoration of the building in 2000.
“They were also very practical. You could tell by their house, it’s very small and modest. They knew what their means were and they didn’t overextend themselves. [Roscoe] was very smart and intelligent.”
Now, the single-floor home stands almost exactly as it was back in 1865.
Over the past 15 years, the Ross Bay Villa Society has restored the home (which is currently owned by the Land Conservancy of B.C.) to its former glory.
Vogel-Horridge and the team of
more than 150 volunteers have spent years finding and researching authentic period furniture (from an Albion stove to mattresses and card tables and oil lamps), recreating wallpaper, hand-painting the entry hall walls and tiles, and bringing in fine art and textile conservators and heritage consultants to make sure everything in the home is authentic.
But the project wasn’t without challenges.
“Early on the foundations were shot. They were just rotten, wooden pillars,” said Nick Russell, a board member who has been working on the project for the past 15 years.
“We worked under there in the wet, filthy, muddy stinky space to put in 56 concrete posts.”
Finding the funds to complete the restoration was also a problem, but allowed the society to come up with some creative solutions.
“Instead of buying a $50,000 oil cloth, we made it ourselves for $12,000 and fundraised for it,” said Vogel-Horridge, adding that funds mostly came from donations, small grants and the volunteers who donated their time, expertise and materials.
“We’ve done this all on a very tight, shoe-string budget. We’ve invested so much of our time and money, we need to protect it and make it last for a long time.”
On Sunday, the villa celebrated its 150th anniversary. Though most of the home is restored, there are
a few things they hope to do.“You never finish an old
house because it constantly needs renewal,” said Russell.
“The master bedroom we need to finish and we need to make wallpaper for the three rooms.”
Ross Bay Villa is open to the public for tours Saturdays at 2 p.m. Admission $5. each. Special tours are available by appointment.
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Alice Wilson and Davyd McMinn enjoy a cup of tea at the Ross Bay Villa in Fairfield. The historic house museum celebrated its 150th anniversary Sunday (July 19), with costumes, guided tours, tea and information booths.
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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.
Jamshed – Victoria Symphony presents a free concert, 12 p.m. at Centennial Square.
Victoria Symphony presents Beethoven’s Fifth – 7:30 p.m. concert in Christ Church Cathedral. Tickets $20. Info: 250-385-6515.
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
Victoria Symphony Brass Ensemble – Free concert, 12 p.m. at Centennial Square.
Volkssport – 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 24Live music at the Oaks Restaurant & Tearoom – featuring Old Black Rum Newfoundland Band 7 to 9 p.m. at 2250 Oak Bay Ave. No cover charge. All ages welcome. Reservations: 250-590-3155.
Classic Movie Nights – featuring The Breakfast Club, 7 to 10 p.m. at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel’s 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.
Concerts in the Park – Gypsy Rovers is at 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.
Saturday, July 25Summer 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.
Concerts in the Park – John MacArthur Quintet. Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, 1:30 p.m.
Instrumental Opera – Victoria Symphony performs, 7:30 p.m. at Christ Church Cathedral Tickets $20. Info: 250-385-6515.
Sunday, July 26Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at Matheson Lake Park, off Rocky Point Road, Metchosin. 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Rick at 250-478-7020.
Concerts in the Park – Cookeilidh performs at the Cameron Bandshell at Beacon Hill Park, 1:30 p.m.
Monday, July 27Drop-in Baby Time – From 10:30 to 11 a.m. for babies 0 to 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.
Tuesday, July 28Yoga at Willows Park Explore yoga with Oak Bay yoga instructors, Tuesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. in July and August. Bring a mat or towel. Info: www.oakbay.ca
Volkssport – 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.
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Top tortillas with equal amounts of coleslaw. Break fish into chunks; divide among tortillas. Top with diced avocado and radish slices. Serve with a dollop of light sour cream and a splash of hot sauce, if desired.
Serves four. Per serving: 361 calories, 26 g protein, 10 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 40 g carbohydrates, 7 g fibre, 40 mg chol esterol, 472 mg sodium.
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Safe!Junior Premier Eagle Graham Dube gets around Mariner shortstop Caleb Piechnik in last Thursday night’s (July 18) Junior Premier Baseball League match-up at Lambrick Park. The Eagles came out on top 5-4 following a 10-0 Mariner thumping at Henderson July 16. The Junior Premier Eagles stand in fifth place overall while the Junior Mariners are in eighth in the 10-team league.
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Golden rowGorge Narrows Rowers Brayden Mitchel (left), Graeme Knowles, Graham Stewart and Max Corman celebrate their Junior B Boys Quad Championship win at Elk Lake last week. Mitchel, Stewart and Corman are all entering Grade 11 at Oak Bay High while Knowles is at St. Andrews High School. The boys were competing in the Challenge West / BC Championship Regatta July 11 and 12. All four rowers will be competing for their respective high schools when the school season returns in September.
Three Oak Bay high school alumni will be lac-ing up the cleats for Team Canada in the 2015 Pacific Nations Cup, which started this past weekend in San Jose with Canada taking on Japan.
Oak Bay grads Phil Mack, Connor Braid and Callum Morrison have each earned a spot on the 31-man roster.
The team spent the last week at Shawnigan Lake
School training ahead of the Japan fixture, focusing on game-plans as well as having players compete head-to-head as they battle for position.
Fresh off of winning a gold medal at the 2015 Pan-American games in rugby sevens, Mack and several other teammates will all make the quick transi-tion back to the fifteens
Three Oak Bay alumni on Pac Nations team
form of the game. “Sevens is com-
pletely different from fifteens so there’s some work that needs to be done there so it’s about getting them involved in the fifteens environment again in the different systems and structures,” said coach Kieran Crowley.
“It’s a big challenge for those players as you’re working under a lot of pressure and you don’t have as much time or the space you have in sevens.
Following the Japan fixture, Canada will host three PNC matches on home soil. On July 24 at Burnaby’s Swangard Stadium, Canada will square off against Tonga.
The squad will then head to Toronto to take on Samoa at BMO Field before returning to Burnaby for the PNC finals day Aug. 3.
Following the PNC, Canada will announce its World Cup squad that will face the USA in Ottawa Aug. 22 and the Glasgow War-riors in Halifax Aug. 29 before heading over-seas to face Georgia Sept.2 in Esher and Fiji on Sept. 6 in London.
Canada begins its World Cup pool play on Sept. 19 against Ireland.
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Former Oak Bay High student Phil Mack is representing Canada in the 2015 Pacific Nations Cup, continuing through Aug. 3.
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The Carnarvon-based Eagles are B.C. champs after a dramatic, come-from-behind win
The Carnarvon-based Bantam AAA Black Eagles have captured the provincial champion-ship and are off to Nationals in Vaughan, Ont.
The Eagles, part of the high-performance divi-sion of the Greater Victoria Baseball Association, secured the provincial title Sunday, July 12 in a come-from-behind 3-2 thriller in Rutland, B.C., near Kelowna.
“The boys worked hard to get to the final game and overcame an opening loss that would have discouraged most teams in their age group,” said the Black Eagles business manager, Sean Collett. “But they regrouped the same day, and won five straight games.”
On Day 1 of the three-day tournament, the Black Eagles suffered a 15-0 pounding at the hands of the Kelowna Athletics in the first of their four-game, round-robin series.
Undeterred, they went on to defeat the Tri-City Indians from Coquitlam, the Coquitlam Reds, and the North Shore Twins to advance to the semi-finals on Sunday morning. Led by first baseman Luke Seginowich’s three hits, Victoria batters ripped 14 hits, dispatching the Coquitlam Reds
12-4 to advance to the finals against those same Day 1 Kelowna Athletics.
“We just wanted a second chance against the Kelowna As to prove that we belonged on the same field,” said Collett. “I think we may have sur-prised them in the finals.”
The final game went five scoreless innings, pitting Black Eagle pitcher Matt Collett against Kelowna’s Noah Patterson in a classic pitcher’s duel.
In the top of the sixth inning, the As scored one run, followed by another run in the top of the seventh. When Eagle Matt Collett reached his maximum number of pitches allowed he was replaced by Hayden Wilcox, who shut down any more Kelowna offence and in the bottom of the seventh, the Eagles’ bats came to life.
Three successive Eagle hits loaded the bases, bringing Victoria’s Jared Anderson to the plate with none out. Anderson smacked a hard ground ball hit, scoring two runs to tie the game. Andy Weir laid down a perfect bunt to load the bases once again, setting up Jayden Wakeham, who hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the sev-enth inning to score Trey Sjerven to claim the provincial title.
The Black Eagles now represent British Colum-bia by advancing to the Baseball Canada 15U Boys National Championship on Aug. 20 to 24 in Vaughn, near Toronto.
Bantam Eagles off to Nationals
The Greater Victoria Baseball Association’s Victoria Black Eagles, based at Carnavon Park, celebrate with after winning the 15U BC Provincials in Rutland, B.C. The team is now off to Nationals in Vaghan, Ont.
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PRODUCTION WORKERSCanada’s Largest Independently owned news-paper group is currently looking for Part Time Production Workers for its Victoria location.This is an entry level general labour position that involves physical handling of news-papers and advertising supplements.REQUIREMENTS:• Prior bindery and/or
machine operator experience would be an asset
• Motivated self-starter willing to work in a fast paced environment performing repetitive tasks
• Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs and stand for long periods of time
• Ability to work cooperatively in a diverse, team based environment
• Must be reliable, dependable, have excellent communication skills and good attention to detail
• Must have own transportation
✱Afternoon and evening shifts 16-20 hours per week. $11.25 an hour
Interested parties can email [email protected]
or drop off their resumes between 9am and 5pm at:
GOLDSTREAM PRESS#200-770 Enterprise Avenue, Victoria, BC
V8X 6R4
Advertising SalesConsultantThe Goldstream Gazette has an opening for an experienced multimedia Advertising Consultant.
By joining the leading community newspaper serving the West Shore, you can develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing while contributing to one of the most vibrant communities in Victoria. The team environment at the Goldstream Gazette will inspire you to the highest level of customer partnership and reward your motivated approach to excellence. You should be a strong communicator, well organized, self motivated and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. Print and/ or online advertising sales experience is preferred. A car and a valid driver’s license are required.
The Goldstream Gazette is a member of Black Press, Canada’s largest private independent newspaper company with more than 150 titles in print and online in British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Hawaii, California and Ohio.
Send your resume with cover letter byJuly 24, 2015 to:
Christine Scott, [email protected] Gazette205-774 Goldstream Ave.,Victoria, BC. V9B 2X3
blackpress.ca bclocalnews.com
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INFORMATION
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AUCTIONS
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ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.
WELL SEASONED Balanced mix. Call Burnrite Firewood at (250)709-9211.
GARAGE SALES
JAMES BAY #1 Jambo Sale
(Yard Sale) Saturday, July 25,
10am–8pm, 144 Dallas Road.
All proceeds benefi t Common Voice Society.
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS- $2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enter-prise Cres, Victoria. Gold-stream Press Division.
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
STEEL BUILDINGS. “Our big 35th anniversary sale” 20x20 $4500. 25x24 $5198. 30x30 $7449. 32x36 $8427. 40x46 $12140. One end wall includ-ed. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.
MISCELLANEOUS WANTED
ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700.
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE BY OWNER
COW BAY. 5yr old Rancher. 1/2 acre, water view, in ground services. 3 bdrm 2 bath, easy commute to Victoria or Nanai-mo. $474,900. (250)597-7847, or (250)701-5503
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RENTALS
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL
DUNCAN. 640 SQ.FT. ware-house space on Trans Canada Hwy. $550 per month +GST. Overhead door, shared wash-room. Located next to retail operations. Avail June 1, call Shannon 250-710-0245.
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SOOKE, WORK Shed. 1349 sq.ft., high ceilings, double door access; 240 sq.ft. built-in cooler; 4890. sq.ft. concreted and gated yard. Contact Butler Bros. at 250-652-1680.
DUPLEXES/4PLEXES
SOOKE 3-BDRM- 4-plex, $775 mo, on bus route, nice deck & yard. 250-478-2450.
ROOMS FOR RENT
FAIRFIELD ROOM- Available Aug 1. Walk to Cook St Village and amenities. NS/NP. Wom-en only. 250-382-6681.
STORAGE
$250 STORAGE/Workshop on Carey Rd, near McKenzie. Building 23x13 ft internal on plan, 7-9ft internal height. In-sulated walls, windows, sky-lights, electrics, double garage doors. Approx. 50sqft of addi-tional high level storage com-partments. Removable ramps for vehicle access. Call 250-661-8827.
RENTALS
SUITES, UPPER
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AUTO SERVICES
FREE REMOVAL of all vehi-cles, cash paid for some. Any condition. Call (250)889-5383
CARS
MERCEDES C230, 2002. 2-door, blue, auto. 113,000 km, $6300. obo. 250-893-8727
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TRANSPORTATION
CARS
We Buy Cars!Scrap Junk
Running or Not!Cars Trucks Vans$50 to $1000FREE TOW AWAY
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U-NEEK SEATS. Hand cane, Danish weave, sea grass. UK Trained. Fran, 250-216-8997.
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GARDENING
(250)208-8535. Landscaping Tree & hedge pruning, full yard clean-up, soil delivery, hauling. 25yrs experience.
DPM SERVICES- lawn & gar-den, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141.
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(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free estimate
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JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.
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FULL SERVICE plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928
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A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.
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PAINTING
HIGH QUALITY and FAST. Professional Painting. $20./hr. Free est. Glenn 778-967-3607.
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blackpress.ca bclocalnews.com
Advertising Sales RepresentativeBlack Press Community News Media is seeking a motivated and cheerful individual to join our growing advertising sales team at the Victoria News.
By joining the leading community newspaper serving Victoria, you can develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing while contributing to one of the most vibrant communities in the Capital Regional District. You are creative, organized and thrive in a competitive market with frequent deadlines. Candidates for this position are results oriented and possess the ability to service existing clients plus develop new business and understand meeting sales targets. Print and/or online advertising sales experience is preferred. A car and a valid driver’s license are required.
Black Press is Canada’s largest private independent newspaper company with more than 180 community, daily and urban newspapers located in BC, Alberta, Washington State, Ohio and Hawaii.
We offer a competitive salary plus commission, plus benefi ts and opportunity to grow your career. Deadline is July 28, 2015.
Please forward resume and cover letter to:
Penny Sakamoto, Group [email protected] News818 Broughton StreetVictoria, BC V8W 1E4
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