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Under the microscopeMonterey Grade 6 students Hazuki Kishida and Evan McDowell get a closer look at some of the diverse life that can be found along the beach at Cattle Point.

Oak Bay on coursefor 5.1% tax hike

Christine van ReeuwykNews Staff

Playing “catchup” at municipal hall could cost Oak Bay residents 5.1 per cent more in taxes this year.

The expected tax increase translates to about $155 for an average home in Oak Bay (average value $855,000), or $13 a month.

Council approved three readings of its draft budget Monday night and approved its coinciding strategic plan that outlines projects and priorities to 2018.

“Investments like these important, taxpayer-informed initiatives will enable council and staff to deliver meaningful results over the short and long term at a reasonable cost to homeowners. The ratio of community investment to long-lasting benefits returned to the community has been a key consideration in both the development of the strategic plan and the corresponding budget,” said Mayor Nils Jensen, referring to the four-year plan as a “deliberate and thoughtful road map.”

He called the plan sensible yet bold, adding it advances alternative transportation solutions and inspires land-use innovations and introduces new strategic initiatives.

“Council has approved a smart plan that is thoughtfully aligned with the human resources necessary to drive the implementation of the OCP and associated projects. We are investing now in necessities that have been deferred for many years and we are investing in the future in order to preserve and strengthen the livability quotient of our highly desirable community,” said Jensen

The objective of supporting reasonable growth is covered through the official community plan adopted last year. That OCP review process is also credited with the major public input taken into account during development of the strategic plan.

Earliest planned projects are infill development guidelines and policies and a secondary suites review to start this spring. The first element expected complete is the floor area review, with an amended bylaw expected to head to public hearing by June.

The second objective of being well-governed includes a review of staffing – with the planned addition of a human resources manager to the 400 current members of staff – that includes training and succession planning.

Multiple software upgrades are expected including introduction of e-billing for property taxes in time for next year. The webcasting initiative could start this summer, but not be in place until next spring. “A lot of this is catchup and filling gaps,” Jensen said.

Some work has already been phased in over the past two years, he added, noting the hiring of a district planner just this year.

“We’ll continue to do that until we’re in a place where we can move forward with appropriate resources,” Jensen said.

Items such as adding ‘culture’ to Parks and Recreation Commission, increasing the emergency co-ordinator to a full-time position, and review of municipally owned properties (1531 Hampshire, Carnarvon Park and Sports View lounge) fall under the objective of building a livable community.

Dan Ebenal/News Staff

PLEASE SEE: Infrastructure objectives outlined, Page A2


While grocery stores consider offering a selection of B.C. wines, local governments wonder if they can control liquor sales in the community.

In Oak Bay, staff will bring back a short report on the pertaining bylaws after Mayor Nils Jensen came across the issue through his role on the Union of B.C. Municipalities executive.

Changes to the province’s liquor policy to take effect by summer include licensing B.C. wine and beer sales and tastings at farmers’ markets, permitting “happy hour” drinks at licensed businesses and removing the requirement for fenced beer gardens at approved outdoor festivals.

The new framework opened a small number

of new licences for Vintners’ Quality Alliance wine sales form grocery store shelves with future expansion to include B.C.-made craft beer under the same licence.

Endorsing ‘low-cost’ GamesCouncil committed to backing a “friendly, low-

cost Games” during its meeting Monday night.Oak Bay backs the bid for Greater Victoria to

serve as backup community to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

With Durban, South Africa as the only bidder for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Oak Bay resident and prominent businessman David Black (owner of Oak Bay News’ parent company Black Press) sought to have the region serve as backup, should Durban be unable or unwilling to proceed with its bid. Victoria hosted the Games in 1994.

Mayor Nils Jensen emphasized the plan is to simply offer a “friendly, low-cost Games” as a backup.

Jensen will sign his name to a letter showing that support.

Inter-municipal climate actionCoun. Hazel Braithwaite will represent Oak Bay

on the Inter-Municipal Climate Action Steering Committee for the remainder of the 2015 – 2018 council term. The Climate Action Program reports quarterly through the CRD Environmental Sustainability Committee. It serves as an additional reporting and feedback mechanism for elected officials in the region and consists of one elected representative of each municipality as well as three electoral area directors.

Oak Bay soaks in liquor legislation

Infrastructure objectives include infrastructure improvements, implementing a formal asset management plan, Uplands combined sewer separation project, the Urban Forest Strategy and a future building needs assessment for municipal police and fire departments.

A traffic speed study and infrastructure improvements including bike lanes, curb drops and sidewalks are among objectives for diverse transportation.

Finally, they’ll continuing to collaborate with the CRD on initiatives such as sewage treatment and the Bowker Creek restoration. They endeavour to introduce community-to-community forums with the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations.

While the strategic plan was approved April 27, council is expected to consider the budget for adoption during its May 11 meeting. Visit oakbay.ca to view Oak Bay’s entire four-year strategic plan.

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The learning landscape is constantly evolving as technology advances. And teachers are embracing those technologies as new tools.

“You see technologies pervasive in our culture and because of that there’s carry over in our classroom,” said Josh Elsdon, who teaches the Monterey Institute of Technology, an inaugural Grade 7 class that utilizes technology as part of its routine curriculum.

MIT is based in part on what he’d already seen as a teacher in the classroom, with students bringing in the technology of their everyday lives – tablets, laptops, smartphones – and teachers struggling to figure out the place of that technology in the classroom.

“The emergences, like the phones, that’s been interesting watching that evolution take place,” Elsdon said. “They are a powerful tool and I think at first the reaction by most people was to say, ‘They don’t have a place in the classroom’. I think as people recognize [phones] are not going anywhere – and if anything they’re getting more powerful and capable of handling bigger and better jobs – teachers are trying to find a way to harness them.”

Most educators are simply responding to advances in tablets and laptops and even phones as new tools to access information, presenting information and organizing thoughts.

It’s not really any different than when computers first came into the classroom and quickly became a necessity for any school to have.

“When our kids in middle school start wood shop, there are a lot of tools in there that have the ability to create things that are beautiful and functional. They also have the power to hurt and injure.

Technology is the same way,” Elsdon said. “There are a lot of possible outcomes of having access to all of that information and some of them are scary, because it does allow an avenue for inappropriate information to come into school. In the end one of the jobs we have as educators is to show how to use the tools available to us.”

The Greater Victoria School District employs an educational technology co-ordinator, a resource for teachers. The co-ordinator connects with educators across the system to research technology tools and to make the best use of them.

“In our district we have access to a lot of really good professional development opportunities,” Elsdon said. “A lot of it is just personal exploration as well. The tools that the kids are using are the same as those coming into the households of teachers. As we use them in our personal lives we see applications we can use in the classroom.”

It comes down to choice, and how quickly a school embraces and can fund technological advances.

Reynolds secondary is one of those schools lucky enough to score big funding through a Staples program – Recycle for Education.

“They get a school lab worth $25,000,” explained Don Routliffe, general manager of the Tolmie Road store.

It blends the company’s

passion for recycling, a passion shared by today’s youth, and engaging the community.

“We get the opportunity to help build relationships with that program,” said Routliffe.

Monterey recently used technology funding for 15 iPads that are used in multiple classrooms. Through shared-grant application, they’ve funded and purchased a 3D printer.

“Our school has really invested in it … Monterey has made it a priority,” said Elsdon “We have to maintain relevancy. It’s hard to keep up with changing technology, especially from a budgetary point of view, but when we give those opportunities to our students, it’s a sign that we are interested in meeting them in their reality and not just trying to prepare them for a life in the older generation’s reality.” [email protected]

Learning keeps pace with technology

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Luke Wilson, left, and Harrison Emery show teacher Josh Elsdon the ecological succession map they’re working on in Minecraft as part of a science project in the MIT class.

Great TeachersYou can nominate a

teacher who has had a positive impact on your life or the life of someone you know by submitting a story through the Great Teachers link at oakbaynews.com. The deadline for nominations is May 31 and the three honourees for 2015 will be announced in a special supplement in June.

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The new deer population plan recently announced in Oak Bay sounds like a win-win situation that should be encouraged, especially by the mayor and council.

After some research about the contraceptive type proposed, statistics have proven that a doe will remain sterile for basically as long as she lives. Couple this method with speed reduction and enforcement and the number of deer killed by vehicles will decrease as the population decreases.

Add in the fact that this project will be privately funded, leaving Oak Bay taxpayers without the high cost, both financially and emotionally, of a brutal cull.

From what I understand the exorbitant amount Oak Bay paid to cull 11 deer was very close to the amount proposed by this new organization.

Robert MacdonaldOak Bay

Ideologies span the centuriesIn response to a reader’s question,

“insane ideologies” are by no means a 20th century exclusive.

We find them throughout history, driven mostly in those days by religious beliefs (please note the plural), rather than politics. The warfare of the Crusades that spanned over three centuries, followed by the insanity of the Spanish Inquisition, just to name a couple.

The ideologies of the Koran and the Book of Genesis are for the believers entirely, but all too often difficult to

accept for a 21st century mind.William Rauschning

Oak Bay

Oh deerHere’s a simple solution: catch (if

you can) all the stags and castrate them – problem over. What a howl that would raise from the gentlemen in our district.

I do think they are beautiful, graceful creatures (when genetically healthy and not full of ticks). They’re a delight to watch – in the wild or in a deer park.

Hellie McLellandOak Bay

Letter provides a laughTo the writer of the letter ‘Lawn

going to the dogs’ in the April 22 Oak Bay News, thank you for the laugh.

I almost forgot where I lived for a moment, until that is I read this letter to the editor. Maybe the resident should have asked if it was male or female. I mean come on, at least the dog is adding nitrogen to the soil. Too funny.

W. MooreOak Bay

An outsider’s view on cullAs an outsider reading and

hearing about this deer cull in Oak Bay it makes me wonder why it has progressed so far without the use of common sense.

As a former Victoria resident, I still

access the various weeklies online and the number of letters and anti-cull news stories I read means that something simpler than a bloody cull can take place. Educate the residents, put up proper signage, reduce the speeds and enforce the no feeding bylaws and things could change.

The major problem I see is that the local police force does not want to enforce speed limits. The enormous amount of money that was spent to kill 11 deer could have been put to far better use. The community could have purchased some highly visible deer warning signs, educated the public, helped concerned residents with fencing and still have plenty left over. For some reason this was not an option. I think anybody who has been following this situation knows why.

I think it is time for mayor and council to shelve their egos and start acting as a proper council.

Mike DonovanOttawa, Ont.

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Teachers play pivotalrole in all of our lives

Few of us are able to look back on our formative early years without reflecting on a teacher who played an integral role in the person that we’ve become today.

In many cases, it is our teachers who have inspired us to become what we are today. It is our teachers who kindled that interest in a subject that eventually became a rewarding career. It is our teachers who created a love of learning that fostered a desire to expand our horizons throughout our lives. And it is our teachers who helped open our eyes and minds to both people and ideas that we might not otherwise have been exposed.

It is for those reasons, among many others too numerous to mention, that Black Press has partnered with Staples to recognize and honour those passionate individuals who go above and beyond for their students. The Oak Bay News is highlighting the achievements of some of the extraordinary educators that Victoria is home to in our second annual Great Teachers celebration.

The passion for teaching shown by last year’s honourees – now-retired ‘Kelset elementary teacher Marilyn Hodgson, music director Andrea Blair from Gordon Head middle school and high school music director Jamie Davis from Spectrum – inspired past and present students and parents alike to nominate them with stories of admiration, respect and genuine affection.

We encourage you, our reader, to get involved in this year’s celebration and recognize a teacher who has played an important role in your life or the life on someone you know. You’ll find a link to the Great Teachers nomination form at www.oakbaynews.com, where readers can submit stories about the awesome teachers in their lives.

The nomination period closes May 31, and the three honourees for 2015 will be announced in June in a special supplement that will include the nomination letters, offering a chance to get a better sense of how these special individuals make an impact.

We hope you’ll join us in recognizing the achievements of those special teachers who devote so much time and effort to help our children reach their goals.

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These homes at 2176 Windsor Rd. (left) and 2470 Bowker Ave. are among the homes that have received heritage designation.

Oak Bay lands record heritage awardsChristine van ReeuwykNews Staff

Oak Bay will break records as the Hallmark Heritage Society dishes out awards this month.

“We’re just all so excited. It’s the best year we’ve had in years. I work with a group of people that are just wonderful. All our efforts have come to fruition and exceptionally so this year,” said Patricia Wilson of Oak Bay Heritage Commission. “Those homeowners are proud of their homes, they’re willing to have their houses publicly recognized so it’s a nice thank-you [to them].”

A trio of Oak Bay homes will be acknowledged for being designated as heritage this year at the Hallmark Awards: 2470 Bowker Ave., 1220 Transit Rd. and 2176 Windsor Rd.

“By designating their homes it’s preserving them for the future,” said Bronwyn Taylor, chair of the commission.

The Bowker home was built in 1912 and is one of the oldest and biggest on the block. The first residents were builder Royal H. Green, well known for his construction of large homes in the area, and his brother Elmer Elsworth Greene, a prominent architect noted for designing arts and crafts bungalows, particularly in the Seattle area. The second owner was businessman Ernest C. Hayward, who served 12 years on Oak Bay council and then as mayor from 1929 to 1933.

Designed by architects Percy Leonard James and Douglas James, the house at 1220 Transit Rd. exemplifies arts and crafts design with Tudor features. The house also retains its historic interior intact with

few changes except necessary modern upgrading. The historic design features oak flooring, wainscoting, wood paneling, four fireplaces, original windows with leaded or stained glass, wooden staircases, as well as balustrade and newel posts.

The home at 2176 Windsor Rd. was built in 1912, at the historic location of St. Michael’s School, the first private boys’ school in Oak Bay, as well as being the home of its headmaster and founder, Kyrle C. Symons. In 1960, when the school moved to Victoria Avenue, the old schoolroom and gym were demolished, the playgrounds sold and subdivided, leaving the Symons house on the double lot it occupies today. The current owners applied for a Heritage Revitalization Agreement to subdivide the property to finance restoring the house, and therefore designated what is known locally as the Symons House.

A pair of St. Patrick Street homes – at 1014 and 1405 – will be recognized as those added to the heritage registry.

The two-storey Edwardian house at 1014 St. Patrick St. features a distinctive widow’s walk and two covered corner porches. The property anchors a cluster of historic properties on the block and its garden includes Garry Oaks and other indigenous species. Built in 1913 as a speculative venture during a period of prosperity and expansion, the house is valued as a handsome example of Edwardian architecture.

The 1922 house at 1405 St. Patrick is an excellent example of the pattern book homes that were popular during the

1920s. It exhibits features of the arts and crafts style such as the asymmetrical plan and façade, front porch with tapered columns and notched bargeboards; in addition, there are Tudor revival details such as the half-timbered gable ends which provide a landmark in the streetscape. The house retains much of its historic interior intact except necessary modern upgrading.

The cherry on top is The Arthur H. Piggott House at 2028 Runnymede Ave. that garnered the Award of Merit for its careful renovation.

Before beginning the renovations, the current owners met with Oak Bay Heritage to discuss the heritage importance of the home and property and were open to questions and tours.

“The home has recently been extensively, yet sensitively renovated,” Oak Bay Heritage wrote in its application for the award. “The current owners fell in love with a less than ideal property and were faced with major home repairs, cars on the overgrown front lawn and a dilapidated workshop.”

Despite the scale of the work, Oak Bay Heritage said the owners were determined to preserve the essence of the original property.”

“Everybody loves their house,” Wilson said of the homeowners being recognized this year. “They all have this attachment to their neighbourhood and their house.”

The Hallmark Awards will be held May 5 at St. Ann’s Academy in Victoria. To learn more about heritage homes in Oak Bay email [email protected].


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The Avenue Gallery aims to prove that small things can make a big difference.

They’ve shifted a popular showcase in a bid to raise funds the the Victoria Hospice. “A Little Something..in May?” runs May 7 to 10.

“People are so used to it being in the fall so that’s why we have the funny little question mark,” explained gallery owner Heather Wheeler.

This highly successful exhibition, usually held in December, features miniature paintings by more than 20 artists including Ron Parker, Linzy Arnott and Susie Cipolla.

“Every year for our small show we’ve had a lineup of clients and that rarely happens in the art industry, but people really anticipate this show,” said Wheeler. “Even more special this year is the fundraising component. We’re giving back to a cause that’s really worthy.”

The Avenue Gallery will donate partial proceeds from the exhibition and many artists will donate a percentage from their sales, in some cases 100

per cent. Victoria Hospice relies on fundraising for half of its annual budget.

“Hospice has played such an important role for so many people in Victoria and they need to let more people know the service they provide,” Wheeler said. “My mother and father-in-law were under their care for the final days they were with us. Having witnessed first hand what exceptional care

they provide – it’s important.” Visitors can see the works

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The works range in price from $95 to $1,000,

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Heather Wheeler, left, and Kathleen Prince prepare for the heaviliy anticipated show and sale of small works at Avenue Gallery in Oak Bay.



Oak Bay’s John Taylor offers a peak into the progression of his career as a visual artist this month.

“I haven’t shown a lot of my personal work locally,” Taylor said. “I’ve taken a very different direction with my photography than most photographers.”

Domes of Italy, one of his most successful projects, showed years ago at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

It was renowned well beyond Victoria, with stops in Toronto, Vancouver and Rome. He researched it for a decade then spent four months in Italy creating the work.

“From the beginning of my photography career I was interested in architecture,” he said.

As a media studies and photography student at Ryerson University in Toronto he worked with historian Pierre Berton’s successful bid to save Union Station, producing the book The Open Gate in 1972.

“That launched me into ideas of

looking at space and dimensions, space as a subject.” Taylor said.

Taylor’s photographic focus is architecture, with notable professional accomplishments working on assignment for the chief architect of NASA Space Centre, B.C. Attorney General’s Office and Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee. Locally, he was site photographer for projects at St. Ann’s Academy, Victoria Memorial Arena and the Blue Bridge. He spent two years working on site at St. Ann’s during restoration and exhibited his images during the official reopening.

“They wanted an artistic representation of the process, not just documentation,” Taylor said. “I like working on longer term projects like that.”

He documented deconstruction of Memorial Arena, one of those projects where the contracts may be fulfilled, but as an artist he’s not finished integrating into larger or more complex works.

“Everyone in the city has part ownership in this building. It’s removing part of our memories,” he said.

He used multiple exposures of single frames to reflect those living memories as they were eroded and demolished.

“I’ve done a lot of work with multiple exposures,” Taylor said.

Collections of Taylor’s artwork have been purchased by the National Gallery of Canada, Canada Council Art Bank and the University of Texas. He has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Vancouver Art Gallery, Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Hamilton Art Gallery, NY University, Washington, D.C. Project for the Arts and in London, Paris, Rome, Berlin and Tokyo. Visit johntaylorphoto.ca for a sample of his work.

His impending induction into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts spurred the John Taylor Retrospective 1975-2015 set for May 6 to June 6.

“You’re nominated by your peers who are already members,” he said. “It’s a huge honour to be accepted by this group.”

Taylor is one of 12 artists across Canada to

be inducted this May. Other notable Victoria-area artists who have been awarded the RCA in recent years include: Pat Martin Bates, Carole Sabiston, Walter Dexter, Robin Hopper and Robert Amos.

This time, his own space and time will be invested in the exhibition. Taylor, who was born on the Island, and wife Vijaya Taylor moved here 25 years ago.

“We jointly started Eclectic Gallery seven years ago,” Taylor said.

Eclectic Gallery hosts the John Taylor Retrospective 1975-2015 from May 4 to June 6, with a reception May 9 from 3 to 5 p.m. at 2170 Oak Bay Ave.

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Visual artist John Taylor, in front of a favoured Jim McFarland painting in his gallery, will host his own photographic works in a retrospective show at Eclectic from May 4 to June 6.

Picture thisAt Mt. Allison

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Greater Victoria police officers will head to the top of Uptown shopping centre this weekend.

From May 1 to 3, three law enforcement officers will camp out on scaffolding while members of the Oak Bay Police Department, Central Saanich

Police Services, Saanich Police Department and Victoria Police Department collect donations from the community to Free the

Fuzz and raise funds for Special Olympics.Free the Fuzz will kick off Friday, with Special

Olympics athletes and law enforcement members marching together into the shopping centre at 5 p.m.

The fundraiser will also include a dunk tank, face painting for kids, hotdog sales and coffee by donation, as well as police dog demonstrations.

“We are thrilled to bring Free the Fuzz back to Victoria. Special Olympics gives individuals with intellectual disabilities the chance to be part of

a team, and it builds self-confidence,” said event organizer Const. Lisa Bruschetta of the Saanich Police Department.

“Our local athletes are very excited to join in the events we have prepared for the weekend. Our goal is to engage with the community and show our support for our amazing athletes.”

Vehicles impoundedOak Bay Police impounded a vehicle April 21

after a driver blew a ‘warn’ on a breath screening device. An officer stopped the car for a traffic violation and noted the smell of liquor.

The vehicle was impounded for three days and the driver was issued a three-day driving prohibition.

A similar fate awaited a driver stopped in the 3300 block of Henderson Road the next day. The investigating officer smelled liquor and this driver produced a ‘fail’ reading. The driver was issued a 90-day immediate driving prohibition and that vehicle was impounded for 30 days.

Driver impaired by drugsThe telling scent of marijuana led to a field

sobriety test for a driver in the 2700 block of Foul Bay Road on April 21. After being pulled over for speeding by Oak Bay Police, the driver admitted to recently smoking a joint. After failing the standard field test, the driver was issued a 24-hour suspension and the vehicle was towed. The driver was also issued a ticket for failing to produce his driver’s licence.

The same situation went down two days later, April 23, in the 1800 block of Beach Drive. That driver too was issued a 24-hour suspension and the vehicle was towed.

Crooks swipe concession cashOn April 25, Oak Bay Police received a report

of a break and enter to a concession stand at a local park. Money and supplies were stolen. The Saanich Police Department Forensic Identification Section attended and inspected the property for forensic evidence.

Lawn sleeper roused on Beach DriveThe Oak Bay Police Department received a

complaint of a woman passed out on the front lawn of a residence in the 1700 block of Beach Drive on April 21. She was taken to the sobering centre and released the next morning.

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The District of Oak Bay is preparing an Age Friendly Action Plan that sets out a strategy for developing a community that meets the needs of its aging population.

We are currently looking for three (3) residents to participate on a working group. This group will discuss and identify the issues facing seniors within the community. The fi rst meeting of the group will be held May 21, 2015. It is expected the project will be completed by December 2015.

If you are interested in participating on the Working Group, please submit a letter of interest no later than May 8, 2015. Letters can be submitted to Municipal Hall or emailed to [email protected].

Additional information on the Age Friendly project can be obtained by contacting the District of Oak Bay at (250) 598-3311 or visiting Municipal Hall at 2167 Oak Bay Avenue.

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“A Little Something... in May?”May 7th - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

A ‘Small’ Exhibition is being held at the Avenue Gallery, in partnership with Victoria Hospice, 16 of our gallery painters have produced over 100 miniature gems. A percentage of the sale of each painting will be donated to the Victoria Hospice. This special event offers each of us the opportunity to acquire a ‘little’ treasure while supporting this extraordinary community treasure at the same time.

Exhibition continues until Sunday, May 10, 2015

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Less really offers so much moreEvery 90 seconds, Ford sells a Focus somewhere in the world.That’s a pretty staggering fact.And since the Focus’s introduction to the market in 1998, the North American automaker has sold 1.5 million units per year thereafter. Again, another sizeable number, but it’s not always about big numbers. So let me familiarize you with the Focus 1.0L EcoBoost: the smallest displacement engine the Ford brand offers in North America.It was seen first in Canada on the Fiesta in 2014 and now makes its way into the automaker’s compact sedan. The humble powerplant – complete with three cylinders – breeds 123 horsepower and 125 lb-ft of torque.Those aren’t really numbers that send car enthusiasts’ hearts racing, but for a lot of people, less is more. That saying holds especially true if the bulk of your driving consists of commuting to and from work.Chances are, a chunk of that drive time might just be comprised of inching along in the urban jungle or perhaps cruising along at highway speeds. Either way, the Focus 1.0L can accommodate your driving style.Its estimated fuel economy in the city is 8.1L/100km and 5.9L/100km on the highway. Even with my lead foot, I managed to use an average of 7.5L/100km, which was better than the estimated city fuel economy, since I did most of my driving around town.If looking for big horsepower and not as ideal fuel economy results, the Focus ST will be your best bet

right now. Initially, I was skeptical about this particular model’s abilities.In the Fiesta – which is a smaller and lighter vehicle – it seemed to fit symbi-otically. But adding additional weight and bulk to an already small engine had me thinking if it was going to work out as well as it did.I must stay I was pleasantly surprised. For daily commuting, this Focus does the job and does it well.Though you also have to take things at face value with this car. It’s not going to accelerate particularly quickly. So, if your plan is to try and merge ahead of other motorists from a stoplight, you might want to choose Plan B.

But when you rev the engine a little higher – upwards of 3,000 rpm – you quickly forget you have such a small displacement engine powering your vehicle.Helping me harness those 123 horses was the 6-speed manual transmission. Again, another pleasant sur-prise. Gear throws didn’t feel too long and they glided seamlessly whether up or downshifting. The clutch was light, so when I was stuck in construction traffic, I didn’t wish I was in an automatic! It just all worked very well together.To help in achieving my favourable fuel results, there’s an auto start/stop feature that reduces gas consump-tion and emissions. But it wasn’t just the manual transmission or the autostart/stop feature that helped my fondness grow for the Focus 1.0L EcoBoost.It came with some optional equipment that made it look better, and gave me a few creature comforts that came in handy.

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Euro styling, thrifty fuel economy, an extra roomy interior and good value features make the Nissan Rogue stand out in the hugely popular compact utility market segment.The first generation Rogue was voted `best new vehicle in class` by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC), when introduced for the 2008 model year. Good consumer reliability ratings and excellent crash safety performance have helped make Rogue a solid and smart used vehicle choice. It`s also typically priced a little lower than more estab-lished competitors from Honda or Toyota ... another plus for prospective used Rogue buyers. We join Rogue`s first-generation product life story in 2011 when it got a styling refresh inside and out, and a new SV mid-range trim level was added to the model line. Rogue originally came in just S and SL trim levels. The S and SV trims can come with front-drive or all-wheel drive and a top-line SL is strictly all-wheel drive. The newer SV trim adds (compared to an S trim) 17-inch alloy wheels, roof rails, privacy glass, a polished stainless steel exhaust tip, a backup monitor, dual vanity mir-rors, a cargo cover, heated seats, a CD stereo with 4.3-inch colour display, and a USB port.Power in all trim levels comes from an advanced large capacity 2.5 litre 4-cyl-inder double-overhead-camshaft engine

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The Victoria and District Cricket League season is under way in the Capital Region, with a handful of local games this weekend. The Islanders will host Oak Bay at Beacon Hill at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, while Oak Bay plays again Sunday, hosting Cowichan at Windsor Park. The first bowl is at 12:30 p.m.

This is the final week of high school senior boys and girls rugby league play. The senior boys have five games on the ledger this coming week, all on May 7. Glenlyon Norfolk School hosts Stelly’s, Oak Bay visits Claremont and St. Michaels visits Belmont.

The senior girls will have their final games on Friday, with three mini-tournaments. Oak Bay hosts Esquimalt, Spectrum and Stelly’s at Windsor Park, while GNS joins Edward Milne at Belmont and Mt. Doug and Reynolds visit Claremont. All games will begin at 3:45. The season’s final jamboree is next Friday, May 8, with the top six teams playing at Westhills and the bottom five teams at Goudy field. Games start at 10:20 a.m. with the cup final starting

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Premier Baseball club spends Saturday in Vancouver before returning home to host the Coquitlam Reds on Sunday, May 3. First pitch of the

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The Victoria Eagles Premier Baseball team is at home this Saturday, when they host the Coquitlam Reds at Lambrick Park. First pitch will be at noon, with the second game of the doubleheader at 2:30 p.m.

At the Bantam AAA level, the Carnarvon Park-hosted Victoria Eagles play four games at home this weekend. Bob Mabee’s Bantam AAA Red Eagles host Vancouver for a doubleheader Saturday, with White Rock visiting Sunday. Games begin at noon and 3 p.m. both days.

The Victoria HarbourCats Baseball Club is seeking to complete its roster of 2015 summer host families. The season is approximately 10 weeks long with the players on the road for five of those weeks. Host families will be provided with two season tickets per

player hosted. For more information, contact Brittany French at 250-889-3754 or [email protected].

The Pacific Institute of Sports Excellence will host the sixth annual Family Sport Recreation Festival this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The free event will include more than 30 mini-sport activities for kids of all ages to try.

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NEIL, FRANCES E. (nee Black)

May 1,1921- Mar, 25, 2015.We her children, David, Janet and Laurie an-nounce our mother’s passing. We rejoice that she was called home, and is now at peace. Mum’s grand-children, Evangeline, Treena, Jenell and Howie have an ex-traordinary love for her. She was engaged in their lives, in a giving, nurturing way, and they adore her. Her ‘great grands’, Karleigh, Brett, Sarah, Kirsten, Bijou and Noah brought her joy each time they met. She only wished to see them more. Mum lived at Ki-wanis Manor in Oak Bay, since 2002, and ‘love thy neighbour’ was manifest through many loving, and caring friendships she enjoyed while there. We thank you, with all our hearts, for your kind-nesses to her.

“May our lives refl ect her in our living.”

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May 16, 17 and 18Applications for Artisans

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BLACK ADULT Wheelchair, good condition, $99 obo. Call (250)478-0906.

HYDROMETER, CONTAGRIP Boots, camp stove (missing hose). $10. ea. 778-265-1615.

OAK COFFEE table and 2 end tables, $95. Call (250)478-4010.

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

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NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS- $2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enter-prise Cres, Victoria. Gold-stream Press Division.

RECLINING SOFA & chair- 6-piece pine bedroom & oak dining room suites, fi replace, patio set. Call (250)216-2699.

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

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ROOMS FOR RENT

FAIRFIELD ROOM- Available. Walk to Cook St Vil-lage and amenities. NS/NP. Women only. 250-382-6681.

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1984 FORD Bronco XLT, only100,000 km on 351W on pro-pane, 10-1 compression, KeithBlack pistons, Comp cam. C6auto completely rebuilt. Havereceipts and specs. Body rustybut drivetrain better than new.Good 31” tires. $3500. CallMonty, 250-216-3408.

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JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER Reduced rates - Sun Decks, Fences and Siding. Call Ward (250)881-0296.

CLEANING SERVICES

EXPERIENCED HOUSE-KEEPER- Reliable. Refs. 250-920-6516, 250-881-7444.

CONCRETE & PLACING

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

DRYWALL

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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.


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

FENCING

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GARDENING

20% OFF! Pruning, cleanup, soil/mulch del (max 2 cu yd), hauling, aerate (250)479-6495

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Lawn care. Comm/Res. Aer-ating, power raking, land-scape design, all planting, riv-er rock & patio stones, Ivy, blackberry & yard clean-up.

Auricle- 250-882-3129 Spring clean up lawn aeration & ferti-lize-soil-hedges, irrigation

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

LANDSCAPE & TREE Care Lawns, garden, tree prun-ing/shaping, hedge trimming, design, monthly maintenance. Insured, reliable. References. Call Andrew, 250-893-3465.

WILL DO GARDENING etc. $15/hr. Your tools. Reliable. Call (250)383-3995.


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GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

GUTTER CLEANING, de-mossing, grass cutting. Mike 250-474-3701, 250-813-1618.

HANDYPERSONS

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

HAULING AND SALVAGE

$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.

JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Wes 250-812-7774.

PETE’S HAUL A DAY- Junk removal. Airforce guy. Call 250-888-1221.

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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WE HAUL CHEAP! Moving & Hauling. (250)881-1910. www.wehaulcheap.com

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

RENOVATIONS SPECIALIST Carpenter&Sons. decks, fence Doors, windows, painting, dry-wall. Kitchen, bath, suites, Senior Disc. 250-217-8131.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, fi replaces,fl agstone rock, concrete, natural & ve-neered stone. Replace, re-build, restore, renew! Free competitive est. www.cbsma-sonry.com; Call (250)589-9942, (250)294-9942.

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

PAINTING

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

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High quality, Organized. Interior/Exterior

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PLUMBING

FREE ESTIMATES. Rea-sonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

PLASTERING

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PRESSURE WASHING

DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.


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STUCCO MAN- All types ofStucco/ Painting. Repairs, ad-ditions, renovations. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

TREE SERVICES

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

UPHOLSTERY

UPHOLSTERER NEEDS work. Your fabric or mine.250-480-7937.

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

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AS OF APRIL 27/15 COURTESY VICTORIA REAL ESTATE BOARD

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The region’s Solar Col-wood and Solar CRD sub-sidy iniative has passed but the trend for homeown-ers to consider installing solar hot water heating systems or solar photovol-taic panels is still growing, says Judith Cullington, for-mer Colwood councillor who was behind the now-defunct Solar Colwood hot water program.

One of the preconcep-tions with solar that poten-tial buyers get hung up on is the so called ‘payback period.’

“It really is an odd thing about renewable energy, that buyers (automatically) question what the payback period will be,” Cullington said.

The payback period is the return on investment, how much, and how long.

“No one asks what the payback period will be with a new car or a granite counter top, but with solar, everyone wants to know that.”

And the reality is it’s quite strong.

Cullington has solar pho-tovoltaic at her house and on a sunny day it not only provides her house’s elec-trical needs, it supplies the excess energy to other

houses in her neighbour-hood.

Because she’s tied into the grid, she gets that money back from her hydro bill.

“We’re very lucky in B.C., B.C. Hydro makes it very easy to install solar com-pared to other places in the world.

“Once people under-stand what a strong return

on investment you can get I think we’ll see a greater number of people install-ing solar,” Cullington said.

“Anyone who is looking to invest in their future should know you’ll get a very competitive nine per cent return on investment from a solar hot water sys-tem. For most of us that’s better than we’re going to get on a bank’s interest, a

particularly solid invest-ment if you’re planning on staying in the house.”

Solar Colwood results showed an average savings from the hot water system of 44 per cent on the hot water bill.

But misconcep-tions still exist. “One of the biggest is ‘I can’t afford it,’” Cullintgton said, “which is interesting,

because it means, you can’t afford to save money. Every house is different, and yes there is a money upfront but savings grow as hydro rates increase, and we’re seeing that they’re really increasing.”

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208-455 Sitkum Road, $379,900MLS 350069, Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyNoah Dobson, 250-385-2033

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1328 Lyall Street $639,900Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyTroy Petersen, 250-858-1134

SAANICH EAST2153 Jahn Place, $439,000MLS 349881, Sunday 2-4Holmes Realty Ltd.Magdalin Heron, 250-656-0911

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Never one to take the easy road, Mike Irvine not only defended his masters thesis last week, he did it while making university history.

The University of Victoria student plunged into the sea at the James Island Road wharf in Central Saanich, pinstripes buttoned over his wetsuit, to explain via underwater teleconference how the use of marine web cameras can revolutionize ocean

education by bringing the sea depths within reach of anyone.

“The biggest reason for all of this is that there are very few people who know very much about the ocean,” he said. “It’s a great opportunity to see what’s down beneath the waves.”

Following a lifelong passion for the ocean and scuba diving, Irvine, 27, and several friends first explored the idea by doing a live dive at Victoria’s Fisherman’s Wharf for World Oceans Day in 2013 with a GoPro camera jerry-

rigged to a scuba mask.The equipment was

basic, and it was simply an interested audience on shore watching a television set showing the camera’s feed.

Public response was huge and the project rapidly expanded with Irvine creating a company to develop and build better marine cameras. He also co-founded The Fish Eye Project, a non-profit dedicated to ocean education.

Two years and many innovations later, their live

dives can now be streamed on your computer, smartphone or tablet, and the divers can even answer questions in real time too.

They are able to do this with a mask that allows the diver to hear and speak while underwater.

Some of the dives have had more than 4,000 students tuning in from more than 30 countries, proving that the desire for ocean education is strong.

“We’ve come a long way and it’s been exploding exponentially,” said Irvine.

And it’s not just students that are interested, he added. The dives have had nearly as many ‘big kids’ tuning in as well.

“It’s a great opportunity to see what’s down beneath the waves,” said Irvine. “The whole premise of this, is that we’re opening up a window to the ocean and from that we’re hoping to elicit your interest so you will dig deeper and make more informed decisions.”

Irvine is hoping that by providing the opportunity for everyone to actually see what’s going on in the oceans, the project will help fuel change in the way we treat them and start addressing the many threats to ocean ecology.

In addition to highly visible and devastating oil spills, there is also ocean acidification and degradation that affect marine ecosystems, fish stocks, even economic security, he said.

“What we do to the ocean comes back to us and affects us. We just don’t always realize the impacts.”

By bringing the secrets of the ocean to as many people as possible, Irvine said he and The Fish Eye Project hope to inspire people to become involved.

“Our hope, in particular, in following a quote from Dr. Sylvia Earle, is that ‘knowing is the key to caring, and with caring there is hope that people will be motivated to take positive actions,’” he said. “You never know what can happen from that.”

He hopes to continue the live dives in different

spots around the world to highlight meaningful ocean research.

“We’re trying to get a lens to it,” he said. “In terms of accessibility, the ocean just got a whole lot closer.”

For more information on the Fish Eye Project, visit fisheyeproject.org.

UVic student in over his head for masters thesis

Angela Cowan/Black Press

UVic masters student Mike Irvine throws his arms up in victory after spending more than an hour underwater - in pinstripe vest and wetsuit - defending his thesis via tele-conference.

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