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OAK BAYNEWSOak Bay woman amidst devastation in NepalChristine van ReeuwykNews Staff

While people camped at the airport desperate to leave Nepal following a devastating earthquake, Therese Hanlon just as desperately overcame fear to work her way into the country.

The Oak Bay High grad left late last month on a long-planned return to volunteer at Bhaktapur Self-Sustaining children’s home where she expected to volunteer three weeks, then continue travelling with a friend for the remainder of three months.

She was aboard one of the first planes that landed after the earthquake.

Her parents may have heard the news first of the April 26 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 7,000 people.

“We knew she was in transit so we quickly figured out the time frame and thought, ‘I’m pretty sure she hasn’t landed yet. That’s probably good’,” said mom Trudy Hanlon. They started tracking the flight and found it was landing 90 minutes later than scheduled, roughly 13 hours after the devastating earthquake.

Therese was on a two-hour layover in Guangzhou when she heard about the earthquake. An announcement told them of an earthquake in Kathmandu, delaying the flight. Her initial concern was that it wouldn’t interfere too much with her travel plans – until those with WiFi started to gain more information.

“I learned that this wasn’t just some little tremor, and started

to get scared. The initial death count was around 250. I was so nervous on the plane. I knew my family and friends would be very worried, and I had no way to reassure them. I also didn’t know what I would do at the airport as I knew I would no longer be picked up by the orphanage,” Theresa said in an email to the Oak Bay News.

“I was really scared that night.

The airport was fairly damaged, and Nepali people and foreigners alike were camping in the parking lot of the airport, desperate to get out.”

She took a taxi into the tourist district of Kathmandu and was shocked by what she saw.

“Everyone in Kathmandu was out on the streets, walking around or huddling in groups. Countless houses and stores

were collapsed. I grew more and more apprehensive as the taxi driver dropped us off in the middle of a dark street filled with people.”

She and a friend wandered through the pitch black streets, eventually finding an open hostel. She stayed outside with some other travellers for most of the night, in fear of the buildings collapsing.

“We felt a large aftershock that morning. We leapt out of our chairs and were halfway through the gate before it stopped,” she said. “Everyone was talking about running away, and my survival instinct kicked in as well, urging me to get out of the country any way I could.”

But the note from her mother informing her that the orphanage was in a safe place stopped her.

“She knew at that point that the kids were safe and the orphanage hadn’t collapsed so she had somewhere to go,” Trudy said, reassured that her daughter was making a good decision to stay “keeping the kids calm and happy and on a routine so they’re not traumatized.”

Therese got a taxi early that morning, scraping over cracks and buckles in the highway as she made her way to Bhaktapur.

“I almost started crying in the taxi as I saw the collapsed houses and people on the streets. I eventually made it to the orphanage,” she said.

She settled into Sipadol, a village above the city of Bhaktapur which is a 30-minute taxi ride from Kathmandu.

“Bhaktapur was severely affected by the earthquake – around 70 per cent of the homes collapsed or were quite damaged, and many people died,” she said.

Only a couple of homes collapsed in Sipadol, with others only sustaining minor damage.

Photos courtesy Therese Hanlon

Therese Hanlon reads to Kusum, left, and Sudip at a children’s home in Nepal. The inset photo shows some of the devastation that has rocked the town of Bhaktapur.

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Environmental initiatives are in full bloom at Reynolds sec-ondary in Saanich, where one teacher is using a pilot recy-cling program to sprout off new initiatives to reduce the school’s environmental foot-print.

Heather Coey, a leadership and science teacher, is at the helm of many such undertak-ings at the school. The first began seven years ago with one of the Greater Victoria School District’s first recycling programs.

Through the program, the school has replaced most garbage cans in the hallways with 13 recycle stations, which include the recycle tower, green compost bins and bottle return bins.

“Students now tell me that when they go someplace and can’t recycle, they’re looking for places to (do so),” Coey said. “I’ve had parents tell me they have to recycle (else-where) because they’re so used to doing it at school.”

On the fourth Saturday of every month, Reynolds hosts a program where the commu-nity can drop off items for recy-cling that can’t fit in their blue boxes.

Using funds from the recy-cling program, Coey has expanded the school’s environ-mental initiatives.

The green spaces project has sprouted up recently and encourages students to grow their own fruits and vegetables in plots located at the front of the school and in the inner courtyard.

“Money that they earn from the recycling depot feeds back into other environmental proj-ects in the school,” she said.

“For example, it’s gone to help purchase fencing and benches at the front of the school. We’ve planted crab apple trees, evergreen trees, chocolate lilies, flowering red currents in order to get a more natural area reclaimed.”

With the popularity of the first garden, the district jack-hammered out a piece of asphalt in the inner courtyard to allow students to create a second green space. There they grow kale, parsley, chives,

purple sprouting broccoli.The ability to grow their own

food inspired another major program: the salad bar.

For 20 weeks of the year, students who are part of the Green Group pick vegetables from the garden and serve them to their classmates and staff for lunch.

Grade 12 student Isabelle Leslie, a member of the Green Group, hopes to inspire other students to grow their own food.

“I think it’s nice that the people who get the salad bar or walk by realize that we’ve grown some of the food here,”

she said. “It might inspire them to do it themselves.”

Hannah Berry, also a Grade 12 student, said Coey’s passion for the environment is infec-tious.

“She’s really passionate about environmental stuff – not just in the school – I know she tries to live that way too, which is a really good influ-ence,” Berry said. “She’s a good model, she tries to walk the walk.”

Coey hopes to inspire a life-style change both in her stu-dents and the greater commu-nity through these projects. “(It’s) just a paradigm shift in the way you live your life to consider living sustainably, and that the planet is finite and that the choices and actions you do are going to make a difference,” she said. The goal is “for stu-dents to experience that dif-ference actually happening, so that they can be very hopeful that the future can be bright.”

Teacher cultivates a learning environment

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Reynolds secondary teacher Heather Coey, left, dishes out food at the salad bar at the school. The salad bar is one of many green initiatives, including the green space/garden program and recycling at the Saanich high school.

“No one died, everyone has enough food and water, and people are slowly moving back into their houses. The children are all fine, and the orphanage only has some cracks in the plaster. “

The volunteers are helping out,

cleaning up, teaching the value of hand sanitizer and frequently purchasing fresh fruit, juice and vitamins for the children.

“We’ve also been getting our hands dirty doing manual labour, such as helping to harvest the potato crop, mucking out the goat pen, and cleaning out the buffalo shed, so that the children

could sleep there.”Hanlon said the children are happy

and their fears are slowly subsiding. “Though the adults are still horror-

struck by the destruction to Nepal and the number of people who lost their lives, we try to conceal it from the children as much as possible.”

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Orphanage escapes earthquake with only minor damageContinued from Page A1


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The Oak Bay News is published every Wednesday and Friday by Black Press Ltd., 207A-2187 Oak Bay, B.C. V8R 1G1. Phone: 250-598-4123. Web: oakbaynews.com

The two intersections where Windsor Road meets Newport Avenue and then Beach Drive, have long been a safety hazard to the local residents.

In order to improve safety, and to significantly improve help and traffic flow for both tourists and residents alike, it has been proposed that two small roundabouts be created, with a comprehensive set of signs.

The roundabouts are named after the two hotels which used to stand in the vicinity.

Roundabout No. 1: Rudyard Kipling Roundabout is at the site of old New Oak Bay Hotel and now Rudyard Kipling Apartments. Roundabout No. 2: Mount Baker Roundabout is close to site of the old Mount Baker Hotel (Dorchester).

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Feedback from the public is appreciated. Support is even more appreciated.

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Issues have impact on taxesA tax hike of 5.1 per cent for the

average home in Oak Bay has been levied. All the years I have lived here I have yet to see an average home, and my taxes have always been higher

than the ‘average’ home. I wonder if the Oak Bay Beach Hotel

had paid its $800,000 tax bill and the mayor had not spent close to $50,000 to kill 11 deer if that 5.1 per cent might have been lower.

R. NewbyOak Bay

Never Cry WolfMost of us are familiar with Farley

Mowat’s gripping and authentic account of the wild cousin of man’s best friend: the wolf.

There is no better symbol of the rapidly shrinking, untamed north country than the distant call of the wolf on a moonlit night. I experienced it while on assignment photographing pipeline installations for civil engineering. Unforgettable.

Naturally, I was appalled when I read about the killing of 84 wolves. A million-dollar machine against a running wolf. Isn’t that a bit of an unfair contest? It’s like killing a fly with a sledge-hammer.

But let us talk about the reason of it, and here I stand to be corrected for being somewhat ignorant about the facts.

Mountain caribou, the very word sounds like a contradiction to me. I was under the impression that Rudolf comes this far south only

when he pulls a sleigh for Santa. Is it possible then that they should not be there in the first place, like man being on the moon, or anywhere else in space? (Technology out of control.)

Unlike us, Mother Nature doesn’t eradicate species for the fun of it – if at all. (Yes, yes, I know about dinosaurs.)

Could it be that wolves were challenging man’s interest and, of course, they cannot win, because we have that million-dollar machine. I am always a little dubious when we start controlling in these matters, it reeks suspiciously of conflict of interest. But like a said, I stand to be corrected.

William RauschningOak Bay

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Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

Provincial parties aimfor election control

The provincial government and the courts are doing their best to keep participation in elections under strict control.

The two big political parties, the BC Liberals and NDP, are behind proposed legislation that would give political parties a complete list of everyone who voted in a provincial election.

This is nothing more than an assault on privacy. In some ways, it is an attempt to use sophisticated technological means to go back to the era when people had to cast their votes in public. In those days, voters could lose their jobs, their homes and face assault and other criminal acts – simply because of the way they voted.

Thankfully, Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver, independent MLA Vicki Huntington and the privacy commissioner are standing against this. The effort to coerce Elections BC to hand over this private information to political parties can’t be allowed to succeed.

Meanwhile, the B.C. Court of Appeal has backed provincial legislation which states that groups or individuals must register with Elections BC if they plan to say or distribute anything that might be considered election advertising during an election period.

Elections are the one time when citizens have the power to bring politicians and political parties to heel. They should be freewheeling affairs – not a stage-managed series of photo-ops designed for the 6 p.m. television news, as increasingly happens on both the federal and provincial stages.

While there is a need for some spending limits during campaigns, particularly by parties and candidates, it is highly unlikely that spending of $1,000 by either an individual or group will sway the outcome of an election in a given riding. And if it does, it means that message resonated with a large number of voters.

The law says it applies to “an advertising message that takes a position on an issue with which a registered political party or candidate is associated.” That could be virtually anything, and could apply to a hand-written sign in the back of someone’s pickup.

This law is far too restrictive, and it needs to be repealed.

Roundabouts would improve safety

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Pants puns abound in a conversation with former Oak Bay resident Dan Christensen.

The St. Michael’s University School graduate of 2006 worked extensively on the wordplay as part of his award-winning web series All My Pants.

In a bit of an homage to a soap opera of a similar name, All My Pants utilizes marionette and puppet work that exposes a realm of what life is like for pants when we’re not around.

Christensen grew up in south Oak Bay and still returns a couple times a year to visit his dad. Upon graduation from SMUS he headed for theatre school in Toronto.

“I was surprised to get in because it was a difficult program to get into,” he said.

After a year, he opted to pursue a philosophy degree at University of Toronto, returning to arts upon graduation and working on a couple of friends’ projects. That led to a one-year writing program at Vancouver Film School.

There he connected with Shelley Shelley Stein-Wotten from Nanaimo and the true saga of the pants began.

“I wish there was a story behind it that was logical at all,” he said with a laugh. “Shelley and I are both fans of soap operas, it was generated out of

the title I think.” A handful of the

scripts in their writing program were selected for production at the school that also offers animation, acting and film production.

“The writing program doesn’t typically do their own production,” he said.

The three-episode first season of All My Pants was one of six projects produced.

“The idea was so silly,” admitted Christensen. “We thought it was suited for hyper-short episodes.”

They came up with Threads Attached, Dressed to Kill and She’s Got Legs, each under three minutes long and bursting at the seams with drama.

“Making All My Pants was a really hands-on experience,” said Stein-Wotten. “Not only were we producing a web series on a tiny budget, we were also sifting through racks at thrift stores to do our ‘casting’ and turning those pants into believable characters.”

The series is directed by Ryan Jackson with a cast including Sean Conley, Taizo Ellis,

Josh Hallem, Isaac Keoughan, Sidika Larbes and Kwasi Thomas. The writer’s brother Brian Christensen, formerly of Oak Bay, scored the award-winning work.

It revolves around Gene, voiced by Sachin Sahel of CW’s The 100, a reliable pair of jeans who hopes to get a leg up in the world when his dress pants boss, Mr. Hemmington, offers a promotion. Naturally, there are strings attached and Hemmington threatens to air Gene’s dirty laundry if he doesn’t carry out a deadly deed.

“The writing process was half sitting there developing the characters and tales. The other half of it was just sitting there drumming our heads, being like ‘We need a pun in this line.’ We had a whole long list of pants puns that we had to get in,” Christensen said. “I didn’t even really realize until later that we’re zooming in on crotches. It didn’t even cross my mind.”

Being a student project, instructors had them pay attention to elements

beyond the script, such as promotion.

“Typically writers aren’t involved with promotional production at all, they write the script and move on,” Christensen said. “We decided to really throw ourselves into submissions for festivals and things like that.”

The work paid off with student awards at the Los Angeles Web Series Festival on April 4 for Outstanding Student Series, Outstanding Series Premise (Student), and Outstanding Score (Student). All My Pants is also an official selection of the Korean Web Festival July 30 and 31.

“On the Internet with a web series you’re competing with so much content,” Christensen said. “Trying to carve out your space is challenging.”

The team already has a 13-episode second season planned out.

“Gene isn’t going to be left hanging,” he said with a chuckle at the now-natural pants pun. “We’re hoping to make it more robust in the second season.”

Pants drama offers seam-busting laughsWeb-based series brings accolades to former Oak Bay resident

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Former Oak Bay resident, and SMUS grad, Dan Christensen wrote the award-winning web series with Shelley Stein-Wotten, originally of Nanaimo.

While the Fraser Institute report card spotlights the fastest

improving elementary schools in British Columbia, Oak Bay’s elementary schools remain steady and near the top.

Across British Columbia, 50 elementary schools showed significant improvement in their academic performance over the past five years, according to the Fraser Institute’s annual school rankings released earlier this week.

The Report Card on B.C. Elementary Schools 2015, rates 978 public and independent elementary schools

based on 10 academic indicators derived from the annual Foundation Skills Assessments administered for the B.C. Ministry of Education.

“Parents have repeatedly shown they value the ability to track the academic performance of their children’s schools and compare them to the performance of other schools. With five years of results for most schools, the report card also enables them to quickly and easily determine if their children’s school is improving or worsening academically,” said

Peter Cowley, Fraser Institute director of school performance studies.

In Oak Bay independent schools remain near the top with Glenlyon Norfolk junior school ranked 35th overall with a 9.2 rating while St. Michael’s University junior school ranked 45th with an overall rating of 9.0.

Ecole Willows Elementary ranked 212 last year, with its rating dropping to 7.2 from 7.9 the year before – which was well above the 7.1 from 2012. Willows’ rating over the past five years stands at 121/746.


The Eastside Select Committee wants public input creating criteria for choosing sites and desired outcomes for wastewater treatment in the region.

“We are looking to hear from people on such issues as location of the treatment and resource recovery plant [and] values in terms of level of treatment,” said Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen. “Also people have

ideas on the technology that should be considered. It’ll be a chance for people to discuss and ask questions on where we are currently in the wastewater treatment [process].”

A local conversation Saturday will provide information about what wastewater treatment is, why it is important, and what residents can do to help find the best solution for Eastside communities of Oak Bay, Saanich and Victoria.

“There’s information on

the CRD website and there will be an opportunity to ask questions at the meeting,” said Jensen. “Essentially it’s a community meeting to hear what view residents have on sewage treatment and the way forward.”

The discussion will be held in the Windsor Pavilion Sports Room on Saturday, May 9 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

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Residents can take a walk, and learn how each drop of ocean water helps keep you breathing.

Dr. Diana E. Varela, associate professor in the Department of Biology & School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria, will lead a free community walk and talk for Move for Health Day on May 10.

Move for Health Day is an international event created in 2002 by the World Health Organization to promote physical activity. The B.C. Recreation and Parks Association, with support from Healthy Families B.C., leads our province in promoting this global event.

Oak Bay’s event starts with a talk on the importance of microscopic creatures called phytoplankton that are responsible for much of the oxygen we breath.

“The idea is to tell them the importance of these micro algae. These phytoplankton are producing about

half of the oxygen we breathe,” Varela said. “I thought I would raise awareness about what importance they have on us and what importance they have in the marine environment … they’re the base of the food web.”

Similar to a plant, using photosynthesis they suck up CO2 and create oxygen.

“They’re far more important than anybody thinks,” she said. “Every drop of water has hundreds of thousands of them. They’re doing their thing every day.”

The free Ocean Talk and Walk is slated for Sunday, May 10 from 1 to 3 p.m. starting at Monterey Recreation Centre. Sign up at the reception desk, 1442 Monterey Ave.

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UVic professor leads ocean walk

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Dr. Diana E. Varela, associate professor in the Department of Biology & School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria, will lead a free community walk and talk on Sunday.

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Chez Michel RestaurantA warm welcomes awaits you at Chez Michel Restaurant, located at 1871 Oak Bay Avenue. New life has been breathed into this delightful French Restaurant by the new owners. The restaurant has been tastefully refurbished inside, however the well known outer facade has been kept. Chez Michel’s new Chef has created a mouth watering new menu, filled with French inspired dishes. A perfect place for a celebration, private function, birthday or night out, don’t miss the opportunity to experience the ‘new’ Chez Michel. Chez Michel is planning on opening at selected lunch times - for updates and details about our menu, see our website at:www.chezmichelrestaurant.ca


Oak Bay introduces sisters Cassie and Maggie MacDonald to the Vancouver Island

audience as they bring their traditional Nova Scotia roots to the Island for the first time Friday night.

Their Upstairs Lounge stop is the

second-last show of the West Coast tour so they have one small request of the audience.

“We’re going to really need some energetic

people at that show,” said Cassie in a phone call while giving their rental car a break somewhere south of Seattlte. “We’re going to need the very best audience participation.”

They’re hopeful for that audience input from toe-tappers to those willing to learn and use the “Nova Scotia holler”, best described as a yipping sound and just one of the East Coast kitchen party tidbits they offer.

“We get the audience to practise and then we do a set where each song builds the energy so they can really practise their Nova Scotia holler. It’s a good point in the show … people are getting to know each other and by the time that set comes people are really involved,” Cassie said. “Maggie and I are sisters so we grew up listening to each other and learning to play with each other. We can tell what each other’s thinking musically before we even do it, so it makes for an

energetic show. We can change on a whim … we’re always able to tailor the concert to what the audience is really feeling.”

Maggie performs on piano, guitar and as lead singer while Cassie sings harmony and plays the fiddle. They both add a little step dancing to the performance.

“We’ve been trekking around this four-by-two piece of plywood for the whole tour and it’s starting to get a little beat up,” Cassie said with a laugh. “We like to keep it nice and lively for sure.”

Cassie and Maggie have received nominations at both the Canadian Folk Music Awards and

the East Coast Music Awards, enchanting audiences with their energy, songs and stories.

“One of our favourite things to do is tell the story and history behind the music,” said Cassie, adding their grandparents were well known Antigonish musicians, as are many of their cousins. “We have a lot of connection to the music and some pretty funny stories to tell along with the tune.”

The young duo will be in the tail end of their first West Coast tour and their inaugural Vancouver Island performance May 8 at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6 for those seeking dinner and a show at Upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee St. Tickets are $12 in advance at Ivy’s Books and Oak Bay Recreation Centre reception or $15 at the door or online at beaconridge productions.com.

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Cassie and Maggie MacDonald make their first Vancouver Island appearance May 8 in the Upstairs Lounge at Oak Bay Recreation.


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An impressive home garden on Beach Drive produces more than 1,000 new plants a year.

Twice each year, Toni and John Jordan sell off the new growth in ongoing support of their project to aid widows raising families in Rwanda.

Each January, John Jordan heads to Rwanda for a couple months. It’s something he’s done for six years, each time adding to the economy of the people there, before heading home to Oak Bay.

“Every year we rebuild the broken-down houses of about 80 to 90 widows. Every year we put 70 to 80 kids into boarding school and university,” Jordan said. “That’s the most powerful work that we do, but every year we try to initiate a new technology into the project.”

In the past they incorporated water catchment systems, eco-stoves and tree nurseries – all projects geared to a price level Rwandan widows can afford while satisfying a survival need. The simple technologies, once established, tend to spread with solid reputation.

“This year we succeeded in initiating a project for adolescent

girls – to provide them with reusable, washable, hygiene pads,” Jordan said. “That enables girls to go to school.”

Introduced last year, he took 500 of them – made by Victoria area women – on his annual pilgrimage in January. That pilot project “won everybody over,” he said. “So we stared production in Rwanda in these little sewing shops.”

It’s a prime example of the simple technology they can integrate with big impact. Another project last year were composting toilets, with compost collected and used in gardens. The standard North American pit toilet is a vast improvement from logs across a pit, Jordan said.

“It takes a little time for people to trust that process, that it’s clean and sanitary,” Jordan said. “When I got there this year … They said ‘We love it. It gives us some dignity, it’s secure from the weather, it’s safe for our children’.”

They were pleased that extracting the buckets doesn’t smell because of the composting process of covering waste with ash and leaves. They led him to their gardens

and lauded production as double previous years thanks to the compost.

“So the ultimate magic of this is that which was wasted a year ago – was in desperate need but they didn’t recognize it – is now doubling the crops in their little garden plots that produce a significant part of what they have to eat,” Jordan said.

The first plant sale of the year to provide for the Rwanda Prjoect is this weekend. Toni’s Plant Sale for Rwanda runs May 9 and 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day at 178 Beach Dr.

Last year’s plant sales raised more than $5,000 for the mission to deliver sustainable technology that lifts families from subsistence to sustainability. All donations benefit widows and orphans in rural Rwanda. That project now boasts seven groups of 12 landless widows who now cultivate leased

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If you haven’t started yet, you have one day to tell 10 people about National Hospice Palliative Care

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the end of the campaign called “The Power of 10: Let’s talk about Hospice Palliative Care” and encompasses the idea

of using social circles to spread the message on the importance of quality hospice palliative care in our country.

“Victoria Hospice has been providing

quality end-of-life care for dying people and bereavement support and grief counselling for their loved ones for 35 years,” said Mischelle vanThiel, Victoria Hospice CEO and executive director.

The principles underlining this year’s campaign are simple – everyone is part of a sphere of influence that

includes family, friends and acquaintances. Similarly, all individuals within your sphere of influence are connected to their own social circles.

“Each year the community helps Victoria Hospice raise over $3 million to support specialized programs and services,” said vanThiel.

Last weekend walkers from across the region raised more than $44,000 with the Hike for Hospice, which will be matched by Rudi Hoenson, longtime donor and supporter of Victoria Hospice, bringing the total to over $88,000 to provide care and support to patients and their families.

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Bay people lined up for the popular art exhibition: A Little Something…in May at The Avenue Gallery, with proceeds going to the hospice.

Next month features the 10th annual Teeny Tiny Garden Tour, June 14, a Victoria Hospice signature event that features 10 incredible private gardens, including those in Oak Bay.

“We are urging people to spread the message by sharing our National Hospice Palliative Care Week resources and speaking to 10 people – friends, family, acquaintances – about the importance of quality hospice palliative care in Canada,” said Sharon Baxter, executive director of the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. “We are then asking you to ask those 10 people to speak to 10 people and so forth.”

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Promaster delivers on the road and at workRam follows last year’s introduction of its popular full-size Promaster work van with the launch of a smaller Promaster City version.The original van was designed to com-pete with the highly successful Mercedes Sprinter and this version goes head-to-head with the Ford Transit Connect. Gone are the days when a work van was a full-size truck or traditional North American styled van; these European designs are here to stay and they make more sense. This new Promaster City isn’t really new at all. In fact it has been sold in Europe as the Fiat Doblo for many years and it has won The International Van award twice. FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, formerly Chrysler) has taken the third generation Doblo and modified it to suit our rougher roads and tailored it with a larger powertrain.

InsideThe back doors of any work van are used a lot and Ram uses a 60/40 split to allow the driver easy access to the cargo without having to open the entire door open. The rear doors can also fully extend to 180 de-grees for loading pallets and large objects. The width between the rear wheel-wells is wide enough to take a standard sheet of plywood or big-box store pallet. Above the rear wheel-wells are walls that are nearly vertical, making it easy to outfit this van with custom storage units. Ram claims that the rear cargo area is the largest in the class at 3,729 litres. Another area that is constantly used on these types of vans is the

roof and the Promaster City has pre-drilled and sealed roof rack mounting points, making it easy for the owner to place ladders. The driver’s cabin looks like it is out of a car and not a van. The dash and seats are much more sophisti-cated than any work van I have seen.LooksRam sells four different versions of the Promaster City: two work versions and two passenger versions. The base work version starts at $27,995 and the high-er end version with painted bumpers is $28,995. The passenger models are perfect for a weekday work van and the rear seats can be used for family duties on the weekend. This passenger van might also be a good choice for taxi duty. The passenger models start at $28,995 and a thousand dollars more for painted bumpers. All of these vans

come with two sliding doors for easy access regard-less of the vehicle’s use.DriveWhat makes this van a compelling choice is the ca-pability for the chassis and the engine. Europe diesel rules the road, but Ram has modified the front engine compartment to make room for a 2.4L 4-cylinder gas-oline engine with 178hp – the most in the class 1 van segment. This engine is married to a 9-speed automat-ic, which has wonderful gearing for pulling away from a standing stop. The drivetrain and the platform have a class-leading payload of 854kg. Unlike the competi-tion, the Promaster City uses an independent rear sus-pension, rather than a solid rear axle setup, making

the handling much more car like. Having a chance to drive this new van through an obstacle course made me appreciate the nimbleness of the van. Its car-like ride keeps the driver from feeling fatigued. VerdictOne of the advantages of Fiat taking over Chrysler is the broader range of products they can introduce into the North American market. The team in Mich-igan took the award winning Doblo from Fiat and modified it to meet our needs. Things like the springs and shocks being stiffer and raising the ride height to help when driving over our rougher roads. The larger engine, running on gasoline will appeal to a wider audience than diesel but some buyers will wish that a diesel option were available here. At first glance, this Promaster City is something new, from a brand that has a lot of experience building smaller vans for urban environments. If you are in the trades and don’t need a full-size vehicle, this type of van is up to the job.The LowdownPower: 2.4L 178hp 4-cylinderFill-up: N/AWrite to [email protected]

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“Sex Sells” has long been a popular tenet in advertising. And sex appeal has typically made it easier to sell cars. The movie industry has always favoured convertibles for their leading men and women.Virtu-ally any car becomes sexy when you chop the top, but I did say virtually. These five cars resist the glamour and glitz that often come with convert-ibles.1985-1987 AMC Alliance Con-vertible: Built in the United States using a 1.7-litre engine and trans-mission from Renault, the Alliance was very much French in feeling. It was small, mundane in appearance and less than competitive against the best from Volkswagen, Toyota and Honda. It wasn’t cool with a roof and it didn’t get cooler without one. A good measure of its appeal then is its collectability and desirability now, which is nil. 1989 Yugo Cabriolet: The formula for the Yugo was simple and it was laughable. Buy a 20-year-old-design of a highly rust-prone Italian economy car, barely update it and ship it to America by the thousands. At first, people will buy a product that is vastly cheaper than the competition, but once the public finds out that it is slow, unattractive, outdated, uncomfortable and minimally reliable, the charm leaves in a hurry. Did a convertible version help the image

and dramatically boost the sales? Again, the answer was, “Not really,” a response that was reinforced by a price that was double the cost of the GV Plus hatchback, which had gained fuel injection and six horsepower.1960-1963 Studebaker Lark VI Convertible: Solid, sensible and reliable all summed up Studebaker’s Lark. It was a good car without flash or panache, which had limited appeal to car-mad teens. There’s no question that lowering the top on the Lark made for a pleasant experience, but it didn’t change the status of this car from dud to stud when it came to sex appeal.1908-1927 Model T Ford: Ford’s Tin Lizzie has always been rugged, reliable and in a class of its own. But sexy? Not likely. The roadster or touring car versions may be fun, simply because fun goes with open-air motoring like peanut butter goes with jelly. Sex appeal, though, simply isn’t part of

the equation with this American icon, though the story would be very differ-ent if we were talking about a 1940 Ford Convertible Coupe.1961-1963 Rambler American: The Rambler had to be one of the most sensible cars built in North America: properly engineered to conservative standards, with incredibly reliable straight-six engines and pricing within reach of middle class budgets. For 1961, the line offered a convertible and it was a lot like its sibling—re-sponsible, sturdy and dull. In ap-pearance and performance, the new drop-top was essentially an open-air version of an orthopedic shoe. You know, the kind of show that Marilyn Monroe or Angelina Jolie would avoid like the plague. Even spraying phero-mones on this car wouldn’t give it an ounce of sex appeal.Leon Rochocco, Jr. writes for Hagerty Insurance. Hagerty is the world’s leading specialist provider of classic car and boat insurance. Learn more at hagerty.ca.

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The AA and AAA playoffs will be hosted by St. Michaels University School, with teams from across Victoria having a chance to reign supreme in their respective leagues. The tournaments will both take place on May 14 on the SMUS campus.

On the girls’ side, No. 1-ranked Oak Bay faces the remaining top six schools – Claremont, Reynolds, Belmont, Esquimalt and Mt. Doug – in a final jamboree at Westhills stadium Friday, May 8 beginning at 10:20 a.m. The cup final takes to the field at 2 p.m. Glenlyon Norfolk School will compete with the remaining five teams at the neighbouring Goudy Field.

High school tennis action also comes to a local close this week with AAA finals May 11 and 12 at Henderson, or the Oak

Bay indoor courts as a rain-out option.

To finish up the 2015 season, Falcon gymnasts are training hard for their final competitions including

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Mariners and the Victoria Premier Eagles are both on the Mainland this weekend, but the Eagles’ Midget AAA squad will play in town Saturday, hosting West Kelowna starting at noon. The Junior Premier Eagles will take the field on Sunday when they host the North Shore Junior Twins at Lambrick Park. At Carnarvon Ball Park, the Bantam AAA Red Eagles play host to Duncan on Saturday and then the North Island squad the following day. Both games will begin at noon at Carnarvon Ball Park.

The Victoria HarbourCats Baseball Club is seeking to

complete its roster of 2015 Summer Host families for the 10-week-long season. Host families will receive two season tickets per player hosted. For details, contact Brittany French, at 250-889-3754 or [email protected].

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As was widely expected, on Wednesday April 15, 2015 Th e Bank of Canada announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 3/4 per cent. Th e Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/2 per cent. Core infl ation, at 2 percent, is a refl ection of the dampening eff ects of a slowing economy off set by the pass through eff ects of the lower dollar.

Th e Bank is hopeful that global growth will strengthen in coming months to 3-1/2 percent—consistent with their forecast in January’s Monetary Policy Report (MPR)—as a direct result of central bank rate cuts and quantitative easing in Europe. Lower commodity prices will boost growth in some countries. Th e Bank also believes that strong growth will resume in the United States after a weak fi rst quarter, which, of course, has yet to be confi rmed.

First quarter growth in Canada has been revised downward to 0.0 percent in the April MPR (from 1.5 percent growth in

the January MPR); however, the second quarter is expected to see a rebound to 1.8 percent growth, revised up from earlier expectation. Th e Bank continues to assert that, “Underneath the eff ects of the oil price shock, the

natural sequence of stronger non-energy exports, increasing investment, and improving labour markets is progressing.” Th is will be aided by an improvement in the U.S. economy and the easing in fi nancial conditions.

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uncertainty in this sequence: While March employment in Canada improved substantially, business investment remains disappointing, manufacturing is weak—especially in the auto sector—and the improvement in trade has been less than expected.

Real GDP growth is projected to rebound in the second quarter and subsequently strengthen to average about 2 1/2 per cent on a quarterly basis until the middle

of 2016. Th e Bank expects real GDP growth of 1.9 per cent in 2015, 2.5 per cent in 2016, and 2.0 per cent in 2017.

Th e Bank also believes the risks to the outlook are balanced, an upgrade since the last policy meeting in March. As a result of this view, they judge that the current degree of monetary stimulus is appropriate and have left rates unchanged.

I am cautiously optimistic that the Bank has got it right, but I continue to believe that the risks are on the downside for the economy and infl ation. My forecast for Canadian growth this year is 1.5 percent--below the Bank’s 1.9 percent forecast. Much hinges on the U.S. economy. Th e April MPR revised down its U.S. growth forecast for this year from 3.2 percent to 2.7 percent.

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Responding to recent news reports about the IMF warning of an overheated Canadian housing market, the Chief Economist for Dominion Lending Centres, Sherry Cooper, says the prospect of a soft landing is good news for homeowners, “there is no doubt that letting some steam out of the boiling markets is a good thing because were prices to rise rapidly for too long, a nasty correction would be likely.”

Cooper, one of North America’s most respected economic experts, points out that existing home sales were down 2 percent year-over-year in January, but were still up moderately outside of Alberta. Later data suggests that in February, sales rose month-over-month as gains in Toronto and Vancouver offset faltering markets in other parts of the country. More recently, Sales of existing homes in Canada rose in March from February, led by gains in the big Toronto and Vancouver markets. Sales were even up in Calgary where sales had slowed in recent months in the wake of the oil price decline.

“With home ownership at a record high of 70 percent of households and interest rates at record lows, national sales growth will stabilize at a modest pace,” says Cooper. “However, steady demand from immigrants and non-resident purchasers in Toronto and Vancouver should continue to support housing markets. In addition, Millennials are in their fi rst-time home-buying years. While many might be priced out of the single-family home market, many will take the plunge into condos.”

On the supply side, housing starts and completions are down and are now trending slightly above household formation rates. Taking replacement demand into consideration, the current pace of overall home construction is at appropriate levels to meet long-run demand. We have also seen evidence of a recent increase in dedicated rental housing construction as institutional investors are providing increased funding in this long-overlooked area of the housing market. Condos have effectively replaced traditional apartment units and are an affordable alternative for those who are priced out of Toronto’s detached housing market. Rental vacancy rates remain at extreme lows in Vancouver and Toronto.

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Alcohol believed a factor in rollover

Alcohol may have been a factor in a single vehicle rollover crash Saturday in Oak Bay.

A vehicle hit another parked and unoccupied vehicle in the 2500 block of Landsdowne, sending it over onto its roof. The vehicle had extensive overall damage, leaving the driver and lone occupant trapped. The Jaws of Life was required to extract the man who was taken to the hospital. The Saanich Police traffic analyst and the Forensic Identification Section responded and the investigation is ongoing.

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A series of carvings are in police care after officers responded to a call of property left behind at a beach on April 29. Police retrieved wood carvings of a frog, sea shell, turtle and a collection of rocks. Anyone with information should contact the Oak Bay Police Department at 250-592-2424.

Speed stop nets driver prohibition

A stop for speeding brought a three-day vehicle impounding for one driver in the 3000 block of Cadboro Bay Road on May 1. During the stop, a police officer smelled a strong odour of liquor emanating from the driver. The driver blew a ‘warn’ during roadside screening and was issued a three-day driving prohibition.

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Oak Bay police are again reminding residents to remove valuables and lock vehicles.

April 30 and May 1 were marred with six different reports of thefts from vehicles – most were in south Oak Bay. All of the vehicles were left unlocked and the glove boxes were rifled through and loose change taken.


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Reflections on the joys of motherhoodWhat does it mean to

be a mother, I wondered one Mothers’ Day when the girls were small. What is the essence of motherhood? How does one define the miracles, small and ever expanding?

Orange jujubes, was my first thought. Being a mom has something to do with eating orange jujubes – no one else wants them. They all want the black and the red ones.

Motherhood also has something to do with the first piece of pie or lasagna because it’s the one that falls apart. And crusts. Pizza crusts, tuna sandwich crusts, peanut butter toast crusts – all pushed into your hand with other bits and pieces as children hand over their banana peels and popsicle wrappers with an absent, “Here, momma.”

(Of course, we could insert “father” here too, since so many dads are such a big part of their children’s lives. But,

hey, it’s Mothers’ Day this weekend.) Being a mother means walking from the schoolyard with lunch boxes attached to each arm; knapsacks, art projects and books

clasped to the chest and a discarded coat or two balancing on top of the entire pile, while the children run ahead, light and carefree.

During the babies period, mothering means looking

for stroller access on the sidewalk, learning the location of every park and every toilet in any given place; reading Green Eggs And Ham 1,000 times, singing The Wheels on The Bus 2,000 times; lying awake at night designing flu remedies, earthquake procedures and fire escape routes.

Baby and toddler moms live in a world of cutting teeth and nursing bras and playgrounds. A world where emotions live on the surface and just about anything beautiful or sentimental can make

mom weep. (When reading out loud, I always made one of the girls take over for Charlotte’s death in Charlotte’s Web because I got too teary.)

Mothers of young children assume things will get easier, their lives will return to normal, and if all else fails, at least they won’t be so darn busy once the kids hit school.

Ah. No. This is when the driving begins.

One father I used to know particularly well woke one Mother’s Day and did not say: “Good morning, mother of my children [favourite mother anyway], what glorious things can I do for you today besides pour you a glass of white wine in a steaming bath and worship your every move?”

He said: “Good morning. Aren’t you glad I made you a mother?”

Yes. I am glad. Because there are miracles here that no one, not anyone else in the world, get to experience. Like that first flutter in the belly, that definite flicker that could only be one thing — a miraculous new life.

Then the sweet, sweet smell of a baby’s head; the tiny hand wrapped around your finger; the whisper of a sweet-breathed “I love you momma” against your cheek; the heart-beat of a child asleep in your arms; the absolute unconditional nature of mother-child love; the sudden vision of the world through little eyes that catapults you back in time to your own childhood.

Or how about the exuberance, the excitement, the wonder of a child’s first-time experiences? The moments when you realize that you, the teacher-mother, are learning from the child. Or the point at which those rare times alone turn from treasured gems into a feeling of emptiness, like something (someone) is missing.

Being a mother immediately opens your eyes to the bottomless depth of mother love. I wouldn’t trade it for all the black jujubes in the world.

Susan Lundy is the editor of Boulevard and Tweed magazine.

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What better way to treat that special woman than strolling through beautiful gardens carried along by wonderful music.

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Two-day passes grant exclusive passage to 10 hand-picked, enchanting private oasis to revel in the inspiration and joy of gardening while enjoying music from VCM students and faculty.

Participants are invited to have their gardening questions answered by on-site master gardeners and participate in the ever-popular plant sale and silent auction.

Tickets are also available for those who would like to enjoy a grand finale to the weekend at Daniel Lapp’s Joy of Life concert on Sunday, May 10 at 3 p.m. in Alix Goolden Performance Hall, with those purchasing Garden Tour tickets receiving $10 off.

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Valerie EdwardsSpecial to the News

Many empty nesters immediately plan to sell their family home as soon as the last child is out the door. They look forward to freeing up cash for travelling and freeing up time to do the fun things they previously couldn’t do because of family responsibilities, gardening and home maintenance.

On the other hand, “I’ll be leaving my home when they carry me out in a box” is a comment I’ve often heard from elderly owners who intend to live in their family home until they pass away. I understand the strong emotional attachment some people have to a home where all their fam-ily memories were created.

The government is doing its bit to help them by offering the deferred property tax program and tax relief to install things like grab-bars to enable people to live in their home as long and safely as possible. The assumption is that peo-ple will be happier living in their current home no matter the challenges.

However, I have seen the down side of this philosophy. I recall working with a lovely couple in their mid-to-late 80s. Unfortunately, she had dementia and was physically frail. He was doing better, but not great. They were hiring myriad companies to take care of their property, inside and out, as well as in-home care for her and meals for both of them.

By the time they couldn’t manage on their own, selling and moving seemed formidable, physically and emotionally. Family wasn’t close by, so I hired a downsizing company for them, who helped them sort through and divest them-selves of everything they couldn’t take with them. Even with the best of care, it was a trying time for them.

The most lamentable thing I noticed was the social isolation this normally gregarious couple had been experiencing for some time.

Loneliness is not something easily quantifi-able, but it is nonetheless very real and substan-tially reduces the quality of one’s life.

A good motto to live by is: move when you want to, not when you have to. Here are some other clues that indicate you should be consid-ering an alternative lifestyle:

You’d rather spend your money on a trip or treating your grandchildren than on house main-tenance and updating.

You’re only using a few rooms of the house.You don’t have the money to maintain your

home and it’s slowly deteriorating around you.Your hips and knees can’t take climbing the

stairs anymore, or your unstable balance has resulted in a few falls around the home.

You’re starting to forget important matters to do with your home and life in general.

You’re not eating well because shopping, cooking, and clean-up is getting too laborious.

Your children are expressing concerns for your safety and well–being.

Perhaps 30 years ago, there weren’t many housing options other than to stay in the family home, but this certainly is no longer the case.

Valerie Edwards is an agent with Pemberton Holmes Realty. She can be reached at valerie@ valerieedwards.com.

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Migratory birds in spotlight Saturday

Lynda HillsNews contributor

Metchosin-based Rocky Point Bird Observatory is migrating this weekend, as it hosts the International Migratory Bird Day at Beaver and Elk Lake Regional Park.

The international event has something for bird newbies and nerds alike. From the black-throated grey warbler and western meadowlark to the American goldfinch or even the simple, yet marvellous, warbling vireo, observers can find these and other birds making a whistle stop on Vancouver Island during their migratory journey.

“You see birds every day, but you don’t often get the chance to connect so closely with them,” said Bird Day co-ordinator and biologist, Penny Lancaster. “Migratory Bird Day provides that opportunity.”

A joint partnership between the Capital Regional District and the Victoria Natural

History Society, the day includes such happenings as guided bird walks, bird-banding demonstrations, live birds of prey display and various children’s activities. This year’s theme is Restore Habitat, Restore Birds.

“Habitat loss is the leading cause of bird population decline,” said Lancaster. “Birds can’t live in condos, they need specialized eco-systems.”

The Rocky Point group is also offering extra value the next day at the regular Sunday guided bird walk at Outerbridge Park off Royal Oak Drive in Saanich. The event, starting at 9 a.m., will include a bird count circle, a photography contest and a live birds of prey display.

For Rocky Point master bird bander Rick Schortinghuis, both days provide the opportunity for people to learn more about Metchosin’s bird observatory and also understand the value of preserving habitat.

“This area of the world is significant, as we get a lot of migrant birds here; tropical birds like warblers or tanagers, which come back year after year,” he said.

If birds return and their nest area is gone, Schortinghuis says, finding a new location adds unneeded stress to their sensitive systems.

He gives the example of the Rufous hummingbird, a frequent visitor to Rocky Point and a species with the longest migratory route in relation to its size.

“The Rufous hummingbird travels from Vancouver Island all the way down to Mexico,” he said.

“On one occasion we banded a female and recorded her return eight years later to the same neighbourhood.”

Birds provide a myriad of ecosystem services, such as insect control and pollination. And because of their sensitive biology, they are the first to be impacted by environmental change.

But Schortinghuis notes the central aim for Migratory Bird Day is linking people to birds.

“I love to see the excitement on children’s faces when they hold a hummingbird in their hand,” he said. “One moment the bird is still, and the next moment it explodes into flight. When that happens, it’s hard to replicate that wonder in a child’s eyes.”

Saturday’s event runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with guided bird walks at 9:15 and 10:30 a.m. from the Beaver Lake Nature House. More information about Rocky Point Bird Observatory and International Migratory Bird Day can be found at rpbo.org.

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The next era in athletics has begun at the University

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At 190,000 square feet, and with a $77-million price tag, CARSA is a big leap forward for the university and athletic community.

“I’m feeling a lot of excitement, we’re so pleased to be opening the doors to the community,” said Clint Hamilton, UVic’s director of athletics and recreation who was a driving force to make the project happen.

CARSA’s list of offerings is a long one, from the state-of-the-art Ken & Kathy Shields Court, which will seat 2,100 fans, to the rowing ergometer centre, and of course, the 16-metre Peninsula Co-op Climbing Centre rock climbing wall and bouldering area.

UVic has so far managed to raise the cost of the facility without government money, through its own means as well as parking revenues, membership fees, donors and sponsors.

And while one door opens, another closes,

as most of the Ian Stewart Complex is being decommissioned, including the weight training area, squash courts, dance studio and the outdoor pool. The ice rink and tennis and volleyball courts will continue, though there is no saying what will become of the decommissioned space.

UVic recently announced the outdoor pool would not reopen, citing annual costs of

$321,000 to operate for five months. In 2014 it generated less than $30,000 in revenue. They also said it will cost an extra $445,000 to address deferred and routine maintenance to keep the pool running for another five years.

CARSA does have a Phase 2 plan, which would include a new indoor pool. There’s no timeline for Phase 2 as of yet, Hamilton said, as the McKinnon pool is in decent shape. The

rest of the McKinnon building is about to undergo a series of renovations, and is being repurposed for the UVic School of Exercise Science.

“The pool, gym and weight room in McKinnon will remain in use by athletics and recreation, we need it to meet the capacity of our recreational demand,” Hamilton said. “They’ll take over many of the office and training spaces.”

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UVic’s director of athletics and recreation Clint Hamilton and CanAssist executive director Robin Syme open the doors to the Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities.

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A-10419 Resthaven Dr., $369,900MLS 350520, Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Frances Wade, 250-656-0131

204-9711 Fifth St. $315,000MLS 350513, Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Bill Knowles, 250-656-0131

2225 Amelia Ave. $599,000MLS 346910, Saturday 1-2:30Sutton Group West Coast RealtyBlake Moreau, 250-881-0423

305-7161 West Saanich Rd.$274,800MLS 347819, Sat & Sun 1-3RE/MAX CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608

6759 Jedora Dr. $619,900MLS 350571, Saturday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyGary Brown, 250-479-3333

598 Meldram Dr. $799,500Sunday 1-4 RE/MAX CamosunThomas Krumpic, 250-478-9600

7328 Ridgedown Court, $664,900MLS 347673, Saturday 12-2Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Robyn Hamilton, 250-384-8124

7887 Patterson Rd. $737,000MLS 350010, Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608

HIGHLANDS1809 Millstream Ave., $319,900MLS 350478, Sunday 1-3 Pemberton HolmesPaul Whitney, 250-889-2883

more details in Real Estate Victoria, available FREE on news stands & in home delivered copies of this community newspaper

OPENHOUSESMAY 8 - MAY 14, 2015

WEST SHORE105-990 Rattanwood Place, From $319,900 Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyKomal Dodd, 250-479-3333

310 & 312-1395Bear Mountain $359,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyTroy Petersen, 250-858-1134

869 Cuaulta Crescent, $464,900MLS 344301, Saturday 12-2Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyPaul Holland, 250-477-5353

2387 Echo Valley Drive, $594,900Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX CamosunDeborah Coburn, 250-812-5333

105-951 Goldstream Avenue, $324,900MLS 350524, Saturday 3-5Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyPaul Holland, 250-477-5353

MALAHATMill Springs Village, From $154,900Saturday 11-3 RE/MAX CamosunRon Bahrey, 250-744-8772

Pre-construction pricing from just $449,900 to $479,900 (incl. net GST)

S H O W H O M E S O P E N D A I LY, 1 2 P M – 4 P M G A L A C O U R T ( O F F O F H A P P Y VA L L E Y R O A D ) W W W . K AT I E S P O N D . C O M

Saving the best for last

An oasis of tranquility and convenience.

The final eleven homes at Katie’s Pond are now for sale and offer the perfect balance of country

living with urban convenience. In the heart of Langford’s Happy Valley at the end of a cul-de-sac,

these homes provide a unique living experience with a variety of well-priced housing options.

Situated in a serene and picturesque backdrop, we truly did save the best for last.


Hawkins

Cheezies210g

999On Sale

Each

Specials in Effect until May 12th, 2015 ONLY

5 DAY SALE – Friday, May 8th to Tuesday, May 12th, 2015 ONLY

5DAYSALE

8FRI

9SAT

10 SUN

11MON

12TUES

Sensations by Compliments or THRIFTY

Red SockeyeSalmon

Selected213g

ComplimentsCheeseAssorted907g

On Sale

2for$7

On Sale

2for$4

SchneidersBlack Forest or

Smoked HamSliced or ShavedRandom Weight

149On Sale

Per 100g

Prime Rib Grilling Steaks

Naturally Aged 21 DaysFamily Pack Savings Size

$19.82/kg

StrawberriesGrown in California2lb/908g Pack

Celebrate Mom’s day with a Strawberry Mojito. Find this and other delicious drink recipes at www.thriftyfoods.com/recipes

488On Sale

Each

899On Sale

Per lb

Happy Mother’s Day

*Limited quantities, while supplies last.See in store for details.

Decorate a FREE CAKE for Mom at your Thrifty Foods store*

Saturday, May 9th

1Oam to 1pm

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Oak Bay News, May 08, 2015