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University of Victoria Rotaract members Nora Wu, left, Sasha Katzaby and Sophia Bullock get ready to make some connections at the first Oak Bay Village market of the season.

Liquor sales a success at first night marketChristine van ReeuwykNews Staff

Sunny skies, smiles and sell-outs served as a testament to success for the first market of the season on Oak Bay Avenue.

“We had more vendors than we’ve ever had before,” said Heather Leary, project manager. “Our produce vendors were very successful, our beer and wine and spirit vendors were very suc-cessful, people were appreciating that local product.

The market boasted almost 100 vendors, with farm produce and edibles joining artisans showing locally crafted items including jewellery, clothing, wood turned items, pottery, art cards and fur-niture.

“People enjoyed the great diversity of stuff that was there. It was an interesting mix and I think the community really embraced that,” Leary said.

“There’s a real sense of commu-nity. I know the vendors feel well supported by the community so they really like to be there.”

The seventh season’s inaugu-ral market featured a plethora of tasting options from hummus to the newly added beers and spir-its which went over well with the market crowd.

“We sold out of beer and glass-

ware with an hour left,” said Chris Morin of Spinnakers, vowing to be prepared for July’s market. “Peo-ple were really happy to be able to buy a growler and squealer on site and take it home.”

They sold 50 containers and about 150 litres of beer.

“I think it was a surprise in general to people that we were there,” Morin said.

“(Wednesday) was a trial run; we’re definitely keen on doing as many as possible [in the region],” he said.

“It’s more exposure for your local breweries and ciders and wineries. With all the negative things going on with prices it’s a nice positive thing.”

The only negative was folks seeking a cup of beer to enjoy while perusing the nearly 100 vendors that lined the Avenue.

“They understood once they understood it was law,” Morin said.

The Oak Bay Village Night Market also brought free yoga to the lawn at municipal hall, which will also con-tinue through the season.

Markets run July 8, Aug. 12 and Sept. 9 from 4 to 8 p.m. on Oak Bay Avenue.

“We don’t anticipate a single empty space,” Leary said of the July market. “It’ll be the same size but a little more full.”

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A new website that uses data from a pri-vate weather station at Ten Mile Point should be a boon to local resi-dents as well as rec-

reational boaters and ocean enthusiasts in and around Cadboro Bay.

The weather station is owned and main-

tained by local resi-dent Julian Elliott, a San Francisco native who retired to Saanich with his wife.

While Elliott has been

operating the weather station since 2006, the user-friendly website will be appreciated by outdoor enthusiasts, he said. “I’ve always been

interested in weather and saw this as a great opportunity to set up a station to monitor it just for myself,” Elliott said.

“After a while, I got involved in submitting it online to a world-wide network and then friends encouraged me to make it more widely available to the com-munity.”

Elliott’s data is part of an international network of govern-ment and private sta-tions used to monitor weather conditions, refine local forecasts and improve climate change projections.

“While I haven’t before tailored it to the public, some residents check it to see what real-time local condi-tions are, which can be very different from pub-lic reports as they usu-ally rely on data from Victoria International Airport,” he said.

Elliott said some sail-ors and kayakers have been accessing his data for years through a rudimentary website to monitor real-time weather in the micro-climate around Ten

Mile Point and Baynes Channel before transit-ing.

Its unique location at the tip of Ten Mile Point makes it the eastern-most weather station on Vancouver Island, and one of the first to log the southeast-erly storms that pass through during winter months, he said.

“Sixty-four knots is the record. That was an exciting night,” Elliott said.

The weather hob-byist is open to feed-back from residents about how to improve the website. To check it out, go online to ten-milepoint.com.

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Oak Bay wastewater sites get ‘yellow’ designationOnly two ‘feasible sites’ remain for wastewater treatment in Oak Bay Christine van ReeuwykNews Staff

Oak Bay is essentially off the table for sites conducive to potentially host regional wastewater treatment.

After public input the Capital Regional District released information showing how the potential sites fared under further scru-tiny, offering an easy-to-decipher colour-coding of how sites fared using green, yel-low and red.

“The only two sites that remain for con-sideration in Oak Bay – they’re yellow lights – are Windsor Park and the Turkey Head parking lot at the Oak Bay Marina,” said mayor Nils Jensen.

“They are still under consideration as fea-sible. More work is being done with respect

to them. The rest of the sites in Oak Bay are no longer under consideration.”

Oak Bay, Saanich and Victoria offered a list of potential places “technically feasible” to site wastewater treatment projects in each community.

Each municipality, together called the Eastside Select Committee, brought for-ward potential sites as part of the public engagement process expected to end with selection of a site or sites by late summer.

Publicly owned land in Oak Bay deemed feasible were all parks: Henderson, Carnar-

von, Willows, Fireman’s, Windsor, Lafayette, Anderson Hill, Walbran, Trafalgar and the Turkey Head Walkway.

The filtering process took into consider-ation public priorities and emerging tech-nological, social, economic and environ-mental considerations.

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Oak Bay will send a letter of support in principle for Victoria to host the 2017 55+ B.C. Games.

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FAR bylaw to public hearing

The zoning bylaw set to implement recommen-dations by the floor area review committee is set for public hearing after getting first two readings at coun-cil June 8. The public hear-ing is slated for June 22 at 7:30 p.m in council cham-bers, 2167 Oak Bay Ave. Coun. Eric Zhelka withdrew his previous intent to make a motion to hold off all development applications pertaining to the floor area ratio review recommenda-tions based on the upcom-ing public hearing, and potential implementation.

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COMMUNITY NEWSIN BRIEF

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With unseasonably warm tem-peratures, dry weather and lack of moisture, local fire departments are bracing for a long season of grass and mulch fires.

“Right now we’re monitoring our grass levels. Some of the areas like Anderson and Gonzales hills, there we’re starting to look at whether or not that’s going to be posted in the next week or so, with regards to fire danger for those grass areas,” said Oak Bay fire chief Dave Cockle.

“We are monitoring just because the weather has been so good and we’ve had limited rainfall for almost four weeks now.”

Oak Bay fire doused two bark mulch fires in June, both outside Oak Bay Recreation Centre.

“Things are really dry out there,” said Capt. Richard Pala of the Saa-nich Fire Department. “Our hazard rating in Greater Victoria, certainly in Saanich, is at high and that means the surface fuels are very dry. So grass fires are very easy ignited.”

Saanich fire responded to 59 grass fires in 2014. So far this year, they’ve seen 20 grass fires – 14 of which were in May and three already in June.

The main culprits are people who leave cigarette butts.

“People go out and have a smoke break and in two hours it’s gone from smouldering to flaming,” said Pala, noting that many of the fires occurred in front of businesses such as gas stations, offices or bus

stops. Broken glass, which can also

magnify the rays of the sun, is also cause for concern.

The Victoria Fire Department has also seen a significant increase in the number of mulch fires. From January to June of this year, crews have responded to 23 mulch fires, almost double the amount they had the previous year.

“With the exceedingly dry condi-tions, they can start with something as simple as a cigarette butt being carelessly discarded to someone deliberately setting it with a match or a lighter,” said Doug Carey, deputy chief with the Victoria Fire Department.

He noted it takes a minimum of one fire truck and four firefighters to respond to a mulch or grass fire.

With the extra-dry conditions in mind, local fire deparments are ask-ing people to be diligent outside.

The number one way to reduce the risk of grass and mulch fires is to properly discard cigarette butts or make sure they’re completely out before walking away, and prop-erly discarding glass jars or bottles.

For property owners, keep lawns cut reasonably low and clear leaves that may have collected.

“Be aware that we’re in extreme drought conditions in the Greater Victoria area. We’ve just come through the driest May on record and we’re setting up for a very dry June. Please be diligent with your use of parks and recreational areas,” said Carey.

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Weather puts firefighters on high alertUnseasonable dry weather producing an increase in grass and mulch fires


Oak Bay Fire Chief Dave Cockle checks out the remains of a fire that left multiple thick logs scorched on the beach along Dallas Road.

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Clover Point marks the finish/start line to this leg of the race

A veil of sails will race through waters off the south Island today and tomorrow as the Van Isle 360 racers make their way ‘round the Island toward Oak Bay.

The 10th Van Isle 360 Inter-national Yacht Race, held every second year, started June 6 in Nanaimo Harbour with 51 ves-sels setting sail up the coast.

Leg 8 of the race to circumnavi-gate Vancouver Island starts June 17 with the finish line at Clover Point and racers overnighting at Royal Victoria Yacht Club, the oldest yacht club in Western Canada. Situated on the protected waters of Cadboro Bay, RVYC will welcome the Van Isle 360 fleet for the first time in the race’s history.

Boats have until 4 p.m. on June 18 to finish and will be moored both at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club and the Inner Harbour.

RVYC will also play host to the inaugural Gulf Island Nanaimo race, hosting a dinner to bring together for the first time, skippers and crews for both races, a blending of the some of the best sailors and fastest sailboats in the Pacific North-west. GIN will be part of the Vancouver Island Rac-ing Series.

Leg 9, the 60.40 nautical mile race to the finish in Nanaimo, kicks off at noon at Clover Point. GIN starts 10 minutes later.

Visit vanisle360.com to follow the race and view results online.

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Van Isle 360 races into RVYC for the first time

Where to get the best view?n Head for Clover Point ahead of the noon start June 18 and hang around as two separate legs of Van Isle 360 depart.

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Sailors depart Nanaimo June 6 in a race to circumnavigate Vancouver Island. They’ll sail into Greater Victoria waters June 17 and depart June 18 from Clover Point.

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Roaring good rideJuno Cumberland takes a joyful spin on the carousel lion in the children’s section of the Oak Bay branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library.

The province is forecasting significant water supply shortages on Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and Haida Gwaii unless there’s significant rainfall before the end of June.

Those areas are already experiencing Level 3 drought conditions, which call for voluntary water

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A scientist, or any knowledgeable person, will tell you climate change is a serious threat for Canada and the world. But the RCMP has a different take. A secret report by the national police force, obtained by Greenpeace, both minimizes the threat of global warming and conjures a spectre of threats posed by people who rightly call for sanity in dealing with problems caused by burning fossil fuels.

The RCMP report has come to light as federal politicians debate the “anti-terrorism” Bill C-51. Although the act wouldn’t apply to “lawful advocacy, protest, dissent and artistic expression,” its language echoes the tone of the RCMP report. It would give massive new powers to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to prevent any person or group from “undermining the security of Canada,” including “interference with critical infrastructure” and the “economic or financial stability of Canada.” It would infringe on freedom of speech and expression and would lack necessary public oversight.

The RCMP report specifically names Greenpeace, Tides Canada and the Sierra Club as part of “a growing, highly organized and well-financed anti-Canada petroleum movement that consists of peaceful activists, militants and violent extremists who are opposed to society’s reliance on fossil fuels.” The report downplays climate change, calling it a “perceived environmental threat” and saying members of the “international anti-Canadian petroleum movement …

claim that climate change is now the most serious global environmental threat and that climate change is

a direct consequence of elevated anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions which, reportedly, are directly linked to the continued use of fossil fuels.” It also references anti-petroleum and indigenous “extremists.”

Language in the RCMP report and Bill C-51 leaves the possibility that the act and increased police and CSIS powers could

be used against First Nations and environmentalists engaging in non-violent protests against environmentally destructive projects.

As University of Ottawa law professor Craig Forcese points out, with its reference to “foreign-influenced activities within or relating to Canada that are detrimental to the interests of Canada,” the anti-terrorism law could be used in the case of a “foreign environmental foundation funding a Canadian environmental group’s secret efforts to plan a protest in opposition to the Keystone Pipeline Project.” Considering government ministers have already characterized anti-pipeline protesters as “foreign-funded radicals”, that’s not a stretch. The RCMP could consider my strong support for greenhouse gas emissions reductions and renewable energy as “anti-petroleum.”

Combatting terrorism is important, but Canada is not at war, and we already have many laws to deal with terrorist threats. More importantly, the RCMP report fuels

the fear that the new law could be used to curtail civil liberties.

If, for any reason, someone causes another person harm or damages infrastructure or property, that person should – and would, under current laws – face legal consequences. But the vast majority of people calling for rational discussion about fossil fuels and climate change aren’t “violent anti-petroleum extremists.” They’re people from all walks of life and ages who care about our country, our world and our future.

Canada is much more than a dirty energy “superpower.” Many people from different cultures and backgrounds and with varying political perspectives have built a nation that is the envy of the world. We have a spectacular natural environment, enlightened laws on issues ranging from equal rights to freedom of speech, robust social programs and a diverse, educated population. We mustn’t sacrifice all we have gained out of fear, or give up our hard-won civil liberties for an overreaching law that, as Forcese and University of Toronto law professor Kent Roach point out, “undermines more promising avenues of addressing terrorism.”

Pollution and climate change caused by excessive burning of fossil fuels are real threats, not the people who warn that we must take these threats seriously. While we must also respond to terrorism with the strong tools already in place, we have to remember that our rights and freedoms, not fear, are what keep us strong.

Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor Ian

Hanington. Learn more at www.david-suzuki.org.

Let’s not sacrifice freedom out of fear

Fire safety a community responsibility

Islanders sure are enjoying the summer that has come early this year.

With regular temperatures above 20 degrees, people are enjoying the fact that they get to hit the beach a few weeks early.

Environment Canada has predicted it will be an unusually hot summer, which can be good for sun-lovers, but will mean an almost certain increase in grass and mulch fires in Greater Victoria — fires that are very often human-caused and easily preventable.

Oak Bay Fire Department is keeping a close eye on its valuable parkland, where grass becomes dryer by the day. A handful of bark mulch fires attest to the concerns.

“We are monitoring just because the weather has been so good and we’ve had limited rain fall for almost four weeks now,” says Oak Bay Fire Chief Dave Cockle.

According to the Victoria Fire Department, they’ve already had 23 mulch fires – often started when cigarette butts are thrown into bark mulch in planters – almost double the amount they had the previous year.

The Saanich Fire Department saw 14 grass fires in May and three in the early days of June.

Fire officials attributed many of these fires to cigarette butts not properly discarded, but rather tossed into planters outside gas stations, bus stops and recreation centres.

Local fire departments say it takes on average one fire truck and four firefighters to respond to such fires.

It seems like a huge waste of resources for something that is absolutely preventable.

The answer is simple: don’t throw your cigarette butts into planters, bushes or grassy areas.

Use the cigarette canisters and make sure they’re properly put out or wet down before getting rid of them.

Firefighters can only do so much.With the warm weather expected to continue,

local fire departments are asking the public to be diligent outside.

Now it’s in the hands of the public. It’s not too much to ask that we play a role in our community’s safety.

David SuzukiScience Matters

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LETTERS

(Re: Rotarians come together for food rescue, June 3)

I have some questions about the Food Share Network that cause me to wonder about the effectiveness and unintended consequences of this idea.

1) Why is so much excess food being produced in the first place? Food waste is a real problem that needs to be dealt with all along the food value chain, not just at the retail end of it. Giving farmers and gro-cery stores tax incentives for food donations to the network will not be a financial incentive for the food industry to reduce waste, but to keep producing it.

2) Why would we want to further entrench food re-distri-bution centres into our commu-nity’s life, knowing all the prob-lems inherent with reliance on this way of providing food secu-rity for hungry people? Perhaps a bigger mousetrap will make the mouse feel more comfortable,

but in the end, it’s still a mouse-trap. Just look to the States or Ontario where they’ve had such corporate food waste recycling systems in place for decades. Has anyone ever seen such a system dismantled after a few years because hunger no longer existed?

3) Whose responsibility is it to ensure that all citizens have adequate, accessible and appro-priate food? The easy answer and the one that governments since 1982 have been repeating ad nauseum is “all of us.” But actually, it’s government and the social policies they support that determine who will eat and who won’t in this province and nation.

Food security is and has always been, a matter of politics, not charity. But too many well-meaning, compassionate people now believe that food banks are acceptable, even necessary. And it appears they are ramping up support for a superior food

“recovery” system, one that will take care of grocery inventory surplus for business; that will need hundreds of thousands of dollars spent just to get up and running.

But what about the long-term operating costs? Trucks, driv-ers, refrigeration units, build-ings, land-where will those funds come from? Oh right...all of us.

Wouldn’t it be a lot simpler if people with limited incomes were simply given more money so that they could buy their groceries like everyone else? Raising the welfare rates and minimum wage, providing more affordable housing, subsidiz-ing child care and transporta-tion costs – all of these policy changes that governments could choose to implement would result in less hunger in our com-munities. And a whole lot more dignity and justice.

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Oak Bay News offered a free community afternoon tea as a thank-you to our readers and an opportunity for everyone to mingle and have some fun.

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the afternoon enjoying finger sandwiches catered by the ladies of Oak Bay United Church and tea delivered by many VIP pourers. Our guests were also kind enough to donate to the Oak Bay Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation and Oak Bay’s pair of riders in the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock ride this fall.


Get out the red and white for June 25 dinner dance eventChristine van ReeuwykNews Staff

Oak Bay’s Bald Eagles are set to rock the rec cen-tre in their second year celebrating a rockin’ Can-dada Day at Monterey.

“It was one of the most fun gigs we’ve had at the Monterey centre,” said Ron Carter of last year’s performance. “We had a great setup and a wide demographic of audience. It was open to all ages of adults and so there were people there from 19 to 91.”

The Oh Canada Dinner and Dance is Thursday, June 25 and it will be the second time The Bald Eagles have played in Monterey’s big hall on the big stage.

“The octogenarians were rivalling the younger crowd for dancing,” Carter said. “We realized this is a crowd that really enjoys rock and roll … Everything we play is danceable, fast, slow and in between. It’s proba-bly our greatest reward, having people up there dancing.”

The Bald Eagles fea-ture Carter on guitar and lead vocals; Kevin Carter on bass, guitar and vocals; Sean Rhy-nas on lead guitar and

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“We’ve added a sixth member, we have another vocalist so we have some depth in our vocals,” Carter said of Andrea Careless, who brings with her a choral background. “She’s really got a sound singing voice. That sixth piece makes a difference for us up there.”

Being a celebration of Canada, they hope the audience will be decked out in red and white and the band will open with the national anthem.

“We have a little surprise song to sing related to Canada too,” Carter said.

Advance tickets ($25.50 and 29.50) are required, get them at the centre, 1442 Monterey Ave., or by calling 250-370-7300. Visit baldeaglesmusic.com/home for a taste of the music.


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Thursday, June 18Volkssport Thursday

evening walk. Meet at Running Room, Broadmead Shopping Centre, 777 Royal Oak Dr.. Registration 5:45 p.m.; walk 6 p.m. Contact is Susan at 250-727-6826.

Tours bring Victoria’s Jewish history to life – Tour Congregation Emanu-el Synagogue Thursdays at 1 p.m. in June, July and August. Cost is $10 for adults; free for children under 12. Tour Jewish Victoria at a leisurely pace Thursdays from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in June, July and August. Cost is $15 for adults; $13 for students/seniors; $2 discount for taking both tours. For these tours meet at Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue, 1461 Blanshard St., Victoria.

Call to artists – The 11th annual Bowker Creek Brush Up Art Show and Sale in Oak Bay has 10 spots available to artists residing outside of Oak Bay. This year’s show is the exciting closing event of Oak Bay’s Arts and Culture week. Be a part of this excellent summer outdoor art show on Aug. 16 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Registration forms at www.oakbayartists.com under Bowker Creek in the menu. For further information contact Flo-Elle Watson at [email protected].

Bridges for Women Society annual general meeting. Camosun College Lansdowne Campus, 3100 Foul Bay Rd., 5:30 p.m. Info: 250-385-7410 or email [email protected].

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presented by Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy. Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St., 7:30 p.m. Info: rmts.bc.ca or call 250-386-6121.

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The Victoria Cat Rescue Corps annual Strawberry Tea and Rummage sale runs from 1 to 4 p.m. at Knox Presbyterian Church, 2964 Richmond Rd. For information call 250-656-1100 or visit www.victoriacatrescue.com.

Architectural cycling tour. Learn about architecture in Victoria led by architects and designers. The ride begins at Centennial Square at 10 a.m. Bring a lunch. The ride is 20 easy kilometres.

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Summer So(u)lstice, an afternoon of music, poets and remember-ing departed friends and family. Royal Oak Burial Park, 4673 Fal-aise Dr. in Saanich, 1 to 4 p.m.

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walk. Meet at Harbour Towers, 345 Quebec St. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Randy at 250-590-7175.

Westcoast Dance Academy presents Robin Hood at 3 p.m. in the Farquhar Auditorium, University Centre, UVic. Tickets are $15 to $22.

Jazz-Gospel Worship Service featuring Maureen Washington, Kelby McNayr and Aidan Miller. First Metropolitan United Church, 932 Balmoral Rd., 11 a.m. to noon.

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Southbound headlines this month’s Bring it On Cabaret.

Alongside the headliner, the monthly show features anyone who schedules to perform in the open mike section at the Oak Bay United Church venue.

“[This] volunteer team takes great pride in the professional standard of the cabaret,” said producer Jim Ricks.

“Sound and lighting, staging and overall management has evolved to give people a great evening of different performers.”

The June 19 Bring it On Cabaret will focus on classic country with South-bound – a group that plays at many locations with a lively blend of country, jazz, contemporary and classic tunes that appeal to broad audience.

The band features Erin Moriarty, vocals, guitar; Sherry Leigh Williams, vocals; Shannon Rae, back up vocals; Wilf Davies, piano, guitar, vocals; Don McClennan, vocals, guitar; and Eric James, bass, vocals.

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A new regional Learn to Skate Program streamlines the pro-cess, and allows pre-school or school-age children to transfer accomplishments from centre to centre.

Oak Bay spear-headed the award-win-ning Active Communi-ties Learn to Skate pro-gram. Specifically, Caro-line Lawrence, sports programmer at Recre-ation Oak Bay, led the team that embarked on creating a standard-ized skating program in 2012.

They wanted to develop a simple rec-reational program simi-lar to those offered at the adjacent swimming pool.

“We all had our own little skating programs,” Lawrence said.

Standardizing the program would raise the quality of instruc-tion and offer residents across the region the opportunity to take classes at an optimum

time, day and venue to suit individual family needs.

“We’re trying to cre-ate a quality program for kids to learn how to skate,” Lawrence said.

Standardized skating earns provincial kudosOak Bay-led program creation offers quality ice skating lessons to foster physical literacy in children

“This benefits every-body.”

After taking some time to craft the pro-gram, they introduced it to seven Greater Vic-toria arenas in fall 2012.

The badge incen-tive program empha-sizes the importance of comprehensive feed-back through report cards. The skate team leader is on the ice during all lesson times and can answer ques-tions about lessons and a child’s progress. For teens, the program improves their skat-ing and offers oppor-tunity to learn instruc-tional skills to advance opportunities for later employment as a skat-ing instructor. The skater-to-instructor ratio on ice ensuxres that the skaters will learn and improve their skating skills.

Promoting physi-cal literacy is a com-mon goal among recre-ational programmers across the region, so they opted to freely share the program online at no cost. All the information avail-able for any program-mer to peruse and uti-lize is online. The com-plete package includes everything from stick-ers and awards to instructor manuals and report cards.

In three years the program has doubled, now offered by 14 rinks from Vancouver Island to High Level, Alta. “We’re having inter-est now from Dawson Creek, Whistler and Delta.”

“We’re trying to get a larger governing body to take this over. It’s grown to a point where it needs to be adopted, and so it doesn’t die,” she said. “Hopefully it’ll just grow.”

An added benefit of the laid-back recre-ational program is it feeds other arena user groups such as fig-ure skating or hockey clubs.

The Active Commu-nities Learn to Skate program won an award last month at the 2015 B.C. Parks and Recre-ation Association Sym-posium held in Victo-ria. The program also received a provincial award.

“Just because it’s inexpensive doesn’t mean it has to be a shoddy program,” Law-rence said.



Caroline Lawrence, Oak Bay’s sports programmer, with the award earned for a project to create a standardized recreational learn to skate program.

The Corporation of the District of Oak Bay NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that all persons who deem their interest in property affected by the following bylaw will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions to Oak Bay Municipal Council on the matters contained therein at a Public Hearing to be held at the Oak Bay Municipal Hall, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria, BC, at 7:30 pm on Monday, June 22, 2015. Bylaw No. 4648, Ninety-Fourth Zoning Bylaw Amendment Bylaw, 2015 This Bylaw will amend the Zoning Bylaw to reflect the recommendations brought forward through the Floor Area Review process. Proposed changes will affect properties zoned One Family Residential Use RS-4 and RS-5, but also include general amendments affecting properties in other zones. The Bylaw provides for the following: 1. Amends definitions for Basement, Building, Building Height, Grade,

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2. Includes exemptions for eaves and cladding, for the purposes of extending into yard setbacks.

3. Increases the gross floor area exemption for garages and carports from 19 m2 to 22 m2 where siting conditions are met.

4. Includes gross floor area exemptions for basements, as determined by first storey floor height, for principal buildings receiving occupancy certificates prior to, and after January 1, 1986.

5. Establishes gross floor area exemptions for covered door landings and verandas.

6. Establishes gross floor area calculations for atriums. 7. For the RS-4 and RS-5 zones, establishes a new single storey home

designation, with the applicable height regulations for this designation set out in Schedule B of the Zoning Bylaw.

8. For the RS-4 and RS-5 zones, increases lot coverage to 30% for all buildings and structures, or 35% for single storey homes, and sets the floor area ratio at 0.4.

9. For the RS-4 and RS-5 zones, amends the rear lot line setback for principal buildings to be the greater of 7.62 metres and 25% of the lot depth.

Copies of the above-described bylaw, and all other background material that has been considered by Council may be inspected prior to the Public Hearing between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding holidays, from June 12, 2015 to June 22, 2015 inclusive, at the office of the Municipal Clerk, Oak Bay Municipal Hall, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria, BC.

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COMMUNITY INCLUSION WORKERS Victoria, BC

We are currently seeking caring, innovative, enthusiastic and mature minded individual in the Victoria area to be part of a supportive team assisting clients with developmental disabilities achieve greater independence and involvement in their local community on a 1 to 1 basis. The hours do vary but the successful applicants should be available during the hours of 8:00 AM to 8PM Monday to Saturday. Skill requirements:

Education - Grade 12 or equivalent Class 5 Drivers License Reliable VehicleCommunity Care First AidExperience is an asset but we will provide on-the-job trainingAdditional skills - all aspects of care and training for adults with developmental disabilities is preferred.

Please visit our website for information on applying or you may fax your resume and cover letter to 604-589-9512.

http://thompsoncommunityservices.com/jobs.htm While, we thank all applicants for their interest in Thompson Community

Services Inc., we will only be contacting qualified candidates.

Service, Commitment, LeadershipThompson Community Services

www.thompsoncommunityservices.com blackpress.ca bclocalnews.com

The Peninsula News Review, a twice-weekly publication, has an immediate opening for a full-time reporter. Reporting to the editor, the successful candidate will provide top-quality work on a range of news and feature stories covering a range of beats.A key attribute will be an ability to work well as a self-starting member of a busy newsroom. You have a passion for and are comfortable with, all aspects of multimedia journalism. The successful candidate will show keen attention to detail, work well under deadline pressures, and willing to learn in a fastpaced environment.Knowledge of Canadian Press style is important, as is the ability to take and carry out instructions in a timely fashion. Basic photography skills are required and successful candidates will have their own camera. Must have a valid driver’s license and working vehicle. Knowledge of InDesign and Photoshop are assets.Interested candidates should send resume, clippings and cover letter by June 26, 2015 to:

Jim ParkerPublisherPeninsula News Review103-9830 Second St., Sidney, B.C. V8L 3C6or e-mail: [email protected]

Thank you for your interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

ReporterPeninsula News Review

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COMING EVENTS

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MEDICAL Transcriptionistsare in huge demand! Train with Canada’s top Medical Transcription school. Learn from home and work from home. Call today! 1-800-466-1535, www.canscribe.com or [email protected].

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HAIR STYLISTS -Full/Part time for

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Hairstyling qualifi cations required. $500 hiring bonus.

$11/hour, benefi ts, paid overtime, vacation pay, 25% profi t sharing, paid birthday,

advanced training, advancement opportunities. Please contact Christina at

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HELP WANTED

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 may drop off their resumes between 9am and 5pm at:

GOLDSTREAM PRESS#220-770 Enterprise Avenue, Victoria, BC

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MEDICAL/DENTAL

LPN’S, RN’s, CRW’s• Licensed Practical Nurses

• Registered Nurses • Community Respite

Workers

Required for Bayshore Home Health for all shifts to support young adult clients who are residing in a Group Home in the Greater Victoria area. We do offer client specifi c training and support as required.

Employee Benefi t Package available.

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EXPERIENCES PowersportMechanic required in White-horse, Yukon for ATV, snow-mobiles, marine, etc. Let’s Talk! $25.00 + per hour DOE. Contact Chris, 867-633-2627, checkeredflagrecreation.com checkeredfl [email protected]

VOLUNTEERS

SALVATION ARMY Victoria Addictions & Rehabilitation Centre is looking for compas-sionate and spiritual people to support the bio psychosocial, spiritual model of well being of residents and community members here. This could be in the form of programming and conversation in the chapel where people gather. They can work around your sched-ule! Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.THE GOERT Society is look-ing for committed new board members who are enthusiastic about Garry Oak Ecosystems and will help the society as it transitions from being primarily government- and foundation-funded to a blended model with an added strong member-ship base. Volunteer Board members with strong manage-ment, strategic planning, lead-ership, and/or networking skills would be ideal. The time com-mitment is 10-12 hours per month. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.THE VICTORIA International Buskers Festival welcomes volunteers to the fi fth annual event from July 17-26. Posi-tions include information booth, pin sellers, two-way ra-dio supervisor, traffi c directors and more! The free-to-attend weekend festival presents fun for the whole family and fea-tures professional street per-formers from our region as well as from across Canada, UK, Sweden, Australia, and the US! Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.


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MIND BODY & SPIRIT

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WESTSIDE MOBILE Footcare For all your footcare needs call 250-727-1935, 250-474-0125.

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PERSONAL SERVICES

PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

RETOUCH, RESTORE, EditPhotos. Home Movies to DVD.Also, Portraiture, Baby, Family+ Maternity. 250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

AUCTIONS

AERO AUCTIONS 1 Day In-dustrial Auction. Tuesday,June 23. 9 a.m. Hwy 16 & Hwy60 Edmonton. Live & On-LineBidding. Timed Auction. Mo-bile offi ces, excavators, doz-ers, graders, truck tractors,trailers, pickup trucks misc at-tachments & much more! Con-signments welcome! Visit:aeroauctions.ca or call 1-888-600-9005.

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ROYAL BAVARIAN candy/ relish dish $40. Lady’s Citizen watch, sm, $30. 778-265-1615

FRUIT & VEGETABLES

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FUEL/FIREWOOD

$150/CORD; DRY hardwoods, fi r, split/delivered/stacked or you pick up. (250)380-8335.

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

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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

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ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700.

REAL ESTATE

HOMES WANTED

WANTED: APARTMENT, Oak Bay area. 1-2 bdrm, unfurn. for retired couple. (250)995-6468.

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.

SOOKE WATERFRONT, land and buildings, rent or lease. 250-652-1043 for details.

SUITES, LOWER

FAIRFIELD- close to the Cook St Village & schools. Lrg 3 bdrm suite, W/D. Avail July 1. $1500. Call (250)384-4925.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO SERVICES

FREE REMOVAL of all vehi-cles, cash paid for some. Any condition. Call (250)889-5383

CARS

We Buy Cars!Scrap Junk

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MOTORCYCLES

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RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

2012 WINNEBAGO 32ft. Ra-ven Trailer. Model #3101RL. Fantastic fi nd! Turn key, like new. Suitable for year round living. $29,999. (250)216-7703

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

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

DRYWALL

BEAT MY Price! Best work-manship. 38 years experience. Call Mike, 250-475-0542.

ELECTRICAL

(250)217-3090.ELECTRICIAN Lic.#3003. 25yrs exp. Any size job. Renos, new homes, knob & tube replacement. Sr. Disc.

250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Company. Res/Com. Lic #86952. Call 250-415-7991.

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $40/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

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

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

ABBA Exteriors Inc.“Spring Clean-Up Specials”Gutter & Window CleaningConcrete Power Washing

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GRAND XTERIOR Cleaning & Repairs- Gutters, roofs win-dows, PW. 250-380-7778.


HANDYPERSONS

BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Painting, Repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.

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

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.

GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.

JUNK BOX- Junk Removal Company. Local guys. Low rates. Call (250)658-3944.

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SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.


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WOODWORKERVictoria Woods Studio

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ALLSTAR MOVING Delivery Service. From $59. Free local travel. Call (250)818-2699.

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HIGH QUALITY and FAST. Professional Painting. $20./hr. Free est. (778)265-3365.


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

✫ DON’S PAINTING ✫(250)479-8748. 30 years exp. Free Est. Quality Interiors.OLD TIMER. Quality old fash-ioned service. Great rates. Ex-cellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.RED SEAL House Painter & Crew. 15% Senior’s Discount. [email protected] 250-882-0024.

PLUMBING

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PLASTERING

PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, match the textures, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-516-5178.

PRESSURE WASHING

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STUCCO/SIDING

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STUCCO/SIDING

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TREE SERVICES

BUDDY’S TREE SERVICES-Trimming, pruning, chipping,removals, hedges. Insured.Call Keith, (250)474-3697.

UPHOLSTERY

UPHOLSTER- Furn. repairs, scratches, fi x springs, marine,commercial. 250-480-9822.

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A pair of Oak Bay High players are among those selected to the Victoria Rugby All-Stars.

Carter White and Jonah Hall, both in Grade 11, are among the 20 players named to the all-star team.

“The Commissioner’s 15 Rugby All-Stars was developed to help recognize boys playing rugby at schools across our city” said Phil Ohl, Tide Rugby board member and head coach of the Clare-mont rugby program. “We wanted to ensure that every school playing rugby had an opportunity to recognize players on their team.”

Each of the coaches of the senior and junior rugby teams puts forward names for the all-star teams, who then receive a T-shirt and an invitation to attend the upcoming Tide Rugby trials. Teams in the U15 through U18 level will compete at the Provincial Regional Competition this summer. Many will then have the poten-tial to be invited to trials for provincial teams.

“The all-star program is a great first step in identifying talent,” said Doug Tate, U17 Tide assistant coach and University of Victoria Head Rugby Coach. “PRCs is a great place for coaches like myself to

identify potential athletes for all levels of competition, including university, pro-vincials and nationals. The all-stars bring out those boys who may not have known about these rugby opportunities.”

The Junior Tide Rugby program has a long-standing tradition of putting play-ers on both the provincial and national teams. Last summer, many of the all-stars went on to play Junior Tide rugby with great success. Over half of last year’s Tide U16 boys team made one of two B.C. U16 teams, and from there nine of the south Island boys went on to compete with the Canada U17 team.

Oak Bay players named to rugby all stars

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Royal Victoria Yacht Club’s Skud 18 Paralympic Sailing Team, John and Jackie McRoberts, have just made a big step forward in their attempts to reach the podium at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.

The pair recently won a silver

medal at Garda Olympic Week in Italy, dominating their Italian rivals and continually harassing the win-ners from Great Britain.

“We had a great week,” said Jackie. “We’ve never beaten Italy before so it was especially sweet

on Italian waters. We learned a lot at Miami OCR this year and that experience paid off for us in Europe. The learning process really does work and we’d like to pass that encouragement on to all the racing sailors at the club.”

“On the last day we were lead-ing in both races,” said John. “But a couple of small mistakes were enough for the Brits to get ahead of us. We’ll never forget that. Watch out GBR.”

The Royal Victoria Yacht Club

congratulates John and Jackie on their fantastic accomplishment and thanks Stephen McBride, the leader of its nationally recognized instructional program, for his efforts coaching John and Jackie to their win.

Paralympic sailors move closer to 2016 Rio dream

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