Oak Bay News, November 08, 2013

Bill Maconachie has two distinct memories of his dad.

One is from late 1943, when Bill was a toddler.

He and his younger brother Ross, and their mom Margaret, were living in an Edmonton motel, as Roy, a new Royal Canadian Air Force recruit, was being

trained in navigation.“I remember dad was with

us when I was maybe three or four, but that’s it,” Bill said. “I remember how bloody cold it was and living in very small accommodation. I remember my mother saying it was so cold this particular winter, the gas line broke.”

The second memory, when he was four, was from sometime in December 1944 or January 1945. Roy was on leave back home in Oak Bay with his young family after serving his first tour of duty.

“He had put us in a bungalow on Gurney Street,” Bill said.

“I remember mom and dad were planning on what they were going to do once the war ended.”

About a month after making

those post-war plans, Roy was back in war-torn Europe, flying over the English Channel to Germany every night in a Mosquito bomber.

On one of those trips in late

February 1945, Roy’s plane was shot up and had one engine rendered useless.

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Oak Bay resident Bill Maconachie stands at the Oak Bay Cenotaph on Beach Drive with a photo of his father, Roy, an aviator who died during the Second World War when Bill was very young.

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Victoria around the time of the First World War was not all glory and young men proudly going off to fight for Crown and colony.

Despite stories of people like a 41-year-old city accountant identified only as Adams, who went to war in 1916 and died at Vimy Ridge; and former schoolteacher Arthur Currie, who rose to command Canada’s army and was later knighted, there were signs Victoria had a dark side as well.

University of Victoria history PhD candidate Jim Kempling has discovered both during the assembly of a new website called A City Goes to War.

“It’s important that we remember the sacrifices, but also the nasty stuff that went on,” he said.

The city, with its heavy British colonial influences, was actually a rather racist place, he added.

The website, unveiled this week, features numerous newspaper headlines and stories that cast a negative light on race in the days before and during the war. Among the news items was the arrival of a boat filled with potential refugees from India, the moves local authorities made to prevent them from landing in Victoria, and the efforts taken to deport them (a court challenge saw them allowed to stay).

Another web page details an anti-

German riot downtown that began with the trashing of the Kaiserhof Hotel (now the Backpackers Inn) in 1915, following the sinking of the Allied ship Lusitania by a German u-boat.

However, the website offers much more than a picture of British Victorians demonstrating a lack of tolerance for other ethnic groups. It paints a picture of the societal, political and religious norms of a city during wartime.

Retired infantry colonel Kempling is

project manager for the website, under the oversight of lead researcher, UVic history professor John Lutz.

Kempling, who led a team of six graduate and undergrad students, remembers the “a-ha moment” that prompted him to investigate such a time-specific subject.

“The thing that really turned it for me was walking past a bronze plaque on the wall of a church in Victoria and seeing the names of 29 people who had been killed in World War I,” he recalled. “I wondered

if anyone really knew anything about these people.”

While annual Remembrance Day ceremonies centre around the tagline, “We Will Remember” – a phrase originally referring to those killed in the First World War – Kempling said, “We’ve really forgotten who these people were.”

The site includes more than 2,000 photos, newspaper articles, letters and other documents, and a database with the service records of 6,000 Victorians who served in the First World War.

While it currently only contains information about Victoria, the goal is to expand the website to include similar details and stories about Winnipeg and Toronto. Submissions will be solicited from academic sources and moderated, Kempling said, to ensure information is historically accurate.

“But there’s still quite a bit to do here. People are still discovering the shoebox in the attic (filled with memorabilia).”

The research project, funded by Veterans Affairs Canada through its Canada Remembers program, is expected to continue for the next four

years. Related courses will be offered at UVic and students will add material with the help of local and provincial archivists and historians.

A teaching element of the site is aimed at high school students, who are encouraged to build a “fakebook” page using material from the site, and their imagination, to create stories depicting life during wartime.

To visit the site, go to [email protected]

Photo courtesy University of Victoria Archives & Special Collections

Canadian soldiers on a troop ship leave Victoria’s Inner Harbour in 1916, with the Empress Hotel in the background. A new website developed at the University of Victoria, called A City Goes to War, details life in the city during the First World War.

Wartime website focuses on Victoria’s early daysVictoria during the First World War era was a varied mix of beliefs and behaviours

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Pamper yourselfat Eldercare fundraiser

Women will be treating themselves to some pre-holiday TLC at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel this Sunday (Nov. 10) for a fundraiser benefitting the Greater Victoria Eldercare Foundation.

Pamper with Purpose offers every-thing from fashion shows and enter-tainment to food and beverage options and various demonstrations by local professionals.

The Sparkle Brunch is sold out. At press time, tickets remained for

the main event, scheduled for 2 to 6 p.m. The trade show-style gather-ing includes stations with entertain-ing and Christmas decorating demos, food and beverage sampling, artisan crafts for sale and raffle and door prize opportunities.

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On Oct. 24, I tabled motion M-460 in the House of Commons calling on the government to implement an action plan to protect the remaining 81 southern resident killer whales.

These orcas have been listed as endangered under Species At Risk Act since 2003, yet no action has been taken by the federal government.

The southern resident killer whales are not only sentinels for the health of our ecosystem, but also a key part of our local economy and an iconic species for Vancouver Island-ers.

Whale watching expeditions, museum exhibits, books and whale souvenirs are all central to tourism on Vancouver Island.

I want both our economy and the orcas to continue to prosper, rather than ending up with only memories of the times when these majestic creatures graced our planet and our lives.

This motion calls for action in four key areas.

It calls for continuing federal sup-port for research and monitoring programs for killer whales.

In particular this action plan would restore federal capacity to

monitor pollution in the Pacific Ocean, a capacity lost in the last round of cuts in the Department of

Fisheries and Oceans. It would also restore fund-ing necessary to put whale monitoring boats back on the water.

Second, this plan calls for implementing measures to decrease human generated noise and other disturbances.

Noise pollution inter-feres with communica-tion between whales and with prey location.

As noise pollution may be the most seri-

ous threat to the future of killer whales, this action plan calls for reducing engine noise to safe levels for vessels travelling through criti-cal orca habitat and reductions in overall marine traffic.

It also calls for marine clean-up programs to end the harm to whales from marine debris, such as ghost fishing gear, Styrofoam and plastic.

Third, this plan calls for programs to decrease chemical pollution in the Salish Sea.

As a species at the top of the food chain, southern resident killer whales have become increasingly affected by toxins through the pro-cess of bioaccumulation.

These toxins cause cancer and affect longevity and fertility in whales, but of course these toxins also have similar impacts on our children and families since we eat the same fish and swim in the same ocean.

There are safe alternatives to almost all the toxins that are end-ing up in our local waters. We can start by switching to biodegrad-able cleaning products, minimizing the use of personal care products, properly disposing of unused phar-maceuticals and refraining from the use of cosmetic pesticides.

Fourth, this plan calls for mea-sures to increase and enhance Chi-nook stocks as this fish is the prin-ciple, and some scientists say near exclusive, food source for southern resident killer whales.

Restoring historic chinook runs will not only provide critical food for these orcas, but also provide us with an enhanced supply of local food and a boost to sport fishing.

The action plan in motion M-460 is ready to go now.

For more information on how you can help visit my website at randallgarrison.ndp.ca where you can download a poster with simple actions you can take.

Time is running out to save the southern resident killer whales.

Randall Garrison (NDP) is the MP for Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca.

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Will Canada remember them?

On Monday when people honour our fallen soldiers of wars long past and those serving in uniform now, Canadians will need to start thinking about the future of Remembrance Day and how it will remain connected to new generations.

Memories and stories of the First World War now entirely reside in photos, films and text. Those with living memories of D-Day or hunting U-boats on the Atlantic or fighting on the Korean Peninsula become fewer every year.

There will be a future not far off when students in Victoria won’t be able to hear first hand from veterans of the Second World War and the Korean War why they fought for the freedoms of others.

More recently, Canadians fought and died in the mountains and badlands of Afghanistan, trying nobly, but perhaps futilely, to bring peace and security to a nation with more entrenched problems than can be solved by military action.

Although that conflict certainly won’t be far from the memories of the veterans and families of that conflict, Afghanistan is also fading as a significant era for many Canadians.

Understanding our past and linking it in meaningful ways to the messages and meaning of Remembrance Day remains a challenge for our society. It will require parents and grandparents to teach their kids their family stories and personal connections with past conflicts to drive home what sacrifice really means.

Canada, to varying degrees, is ambivalent about its military and wartime history. Remembrance Day isn’t a statutory holiday in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Nova Scotia. Our southern neighbour offers two official days of the year to celebrate its veterans and to remember past conflicts.

The frontline face of Remembrance Day in Victoria are dedicated Legion volunteers, a group also aging and with few new people willing to take up the cause.

For Remembrance Day to survive, the values of sacrifice, service and courage of the past need to be rekindled for the future.

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The line demarcating sport and politics has been blurred in the lead-up to February’s Sochi Winter Olympics. Russian governance has deemed homosexual acts and propaganda in all forms illegal, forcing tremors of controversy to permeate within the international community.

The International Olympic Committee has refrained from taking a partisan stance on the issue, attempting to absolve itself of any responsibility for legislation passed by nations hosting one of its semi-annual games.

The organization finds itself in a unique position. Its decision to act or not is fated to set a massive precedent for gay and civil rights writ large.

Remaining silent undoubtedly yields the best immediate

payoff for the IOC, but may cripple age-old pursuits striving to universalize LGBT tolerance on a global scale.

Victoria locals are embedded in a culture that is largely in favour of the right to sexual freedoms, who collectively advocate for equal rights among race, gender and sexual orientation.

The attitude here differs greatly from that of Russia; the two settings offer a polarizing glimpse into the dichotomous world of human rights interpretation.

This had birthed the question currently stapled to the collective lips of Victoria’s civic consciousness: how can Russian opinion evolve to accommodate the needs of its own LGBT community?

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renowned gay-rights advocate, offers a practical approach to locating a resolution. He says, “I think greater education is what’s needed, and that should be coming from other world powers … via the world’s media.”

This vision champions empathy and compassion as potential catalysts for positive change. Essentially, McKenna espouses the concept of treating others as you would treat yourself. Such a simple, yet transcendental ideology is the key to recognizing the errors of prejudice.

Perhaps Olympic media presents a justifiable starting point, as sport oversteps cultural difference for two weeks.

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Possibly, but if I don’t attend a ceremony in person I may watch either the local or national Remembrance Day activities on TV

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In recent cases of people who fell in their residence and were not discovered for days, it is unfortunate they did not have help-summoning systems.

Those use a button worn on wrist or around neck, that communicates by radio waves with a base station connected to a telephone line. An operator answers via speakerphone, which has surprising range.

The operator has the individual’s personal help contacts to phone and can phone emergency services.

The system works well, provided the monitoring service bureaucracy has competent operators.

There is a significant monthly cost, especially with the optional necklace that detects a fall. Of course they won’t work as well for mentally confused people, who may not press the button.

As well, residence facilities should have a sign on the door to an individual’s apartment or room, with procedure that others will investigate if the sign is not turned around by mid-morning.

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A 50-year-old man is lucky to be alive after his kayak capsized near Discovery Island, leav-ing him stranded and in the frigid water for more than three hours

on Monday night.The man was mod-

erately hypothermic when he was pulled from the water at 8:30 p.m. by volunteers from Royal Canadian Marine-Search and Rescue Sta-tion 33 Oak Bay. He was brought to shore and

taken to hospital. Oak Bay Sea Rescue

spokesman Kim Bent-zon said it’s uncommon for someone to last more than three hours in the water.

“It comes down to the temperature of the water (currently 8 C) and body mass as to how long a person can survive,” he said.

The man was wear-ing multiple layers of clothing, a windbreaker and personal flotation

device when he was found. He had lashed himself to the kayak.

Bentzon said the boat had no emergency signalling equipment. Rescue personnel were dispatched at 5:30 p.m. after the rental kayak company reported the man missing.

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A Victoria-based Chinese asso-ciation meets Sunday to discuss their hopes for the province’s planned apology for discrimina-tory treatment Chinese people endured in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Thomas Chan, president of the Victoria Consolidated Benev-olent Association, said such an apology should also include

broader public education about the difficulties faced by Chinese immigrants in B.C. at that time.

“The education part is more meaningful to the Chinese com-munity,” Chan said, adding this part of Canadian history should not be forgotten nor repeated. “There are a lot of second- and third-generation (Chinese in B.C.) whose family paid that (head) tax. I personally know a few of them.”

Between 1885 and 1923, vari-ous pieces of discriminatory leg-islation against Chinese people were enacted, including a fed-erally imposed head tax on all immigrants from China.

From 1923 to 1947, the Chi-

nese Exclusion Act restricted potential Chinese immigrants from entering Canada. In 2006, the federal government formally apologized for past discrimina-tions and paid $20,000 to survi-vors or their spouses.

The province announced last week it is beginning consultation with the Chinese community and associations to discuss the wording for a formal apology.

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Attention filmmakers:

Filmmakers in Greater Victoria are sharpening their pencils, tightening up their scripts and thinking a little bigger this fall.

With the announcement that CineVic, Victoria’s Society of Independent Filmmakers, has been

named a recommending partner for the second year of Telefilm Canada’s Micro-Budget Production program, local filmmakers have a chance to secure $120,000 toward their project.

While that may seem a sizeable amount of cash, it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the overall budget of most feature films.

Nonetheless, says CineVic director Bryan Skinner, the grant represents a serious breakthrough for local film-makers.

“This is a really incredible opportunity for filmmakers to make a narrative film and use Victoria as part of that,” he says. “Normally people who make narrative films have to finance it themselves. Having $120,000 free and clear to start your low-budget, quarter-million dollar feature is a big leg up.”

Skinner, chair of the selection committee that will judge the Victoria projects and pick one film to forward on to Telefilm, expects a large number of local entries.

He sees CineVic’s involvement in the competition as a “catalyst” that will help teach filmmakers to prepare their work for serious scrutiny by juries that can influence fund-ing decisions.

While filmmaking begins more as a labour of love for those involved, finding the cash to bring ideas to the big screen takes determination and a bit of financial knowhow,

says filmmaker and University of Victoria fine arts professor Maureen Bradley.

She earned one of the Telefilm grants last year after apply-ing through Vancouver-based Women in Film and is in the

process of finding an extra $100,000 or more to begin film-ing her next movie.

“You have to be an entrepreneur to be an independent filmmaker,” she says, noting that she spent most of the previous weekend on Facebook trying to drum up support for her Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for her feature-length film, Two 4 One.

The grant money means the difference between cobbling together a short film using volunteers, she says, and keeping people around for three weeks to create something more substantial.

Bradley has also secured funding from various other grants, including one from the B.C. Arts Council, in her bid to raise enough capital to create a narrative film. Her goal is to complete production by May and have it ready for sub-mission to the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

Bradley, who is encouraging some of her film students at UVic to consider submitting projects to CineVic, acknowl-edges that Victoria has more recently been a centre for documentary films as opposed to narrative-style projects. Skinner emphasizes that both styles are welcome under the grant program.

“It’s aimed at people who have done shorts, but have not directed or produced a feature in the past,” he says. “This is a career-enhancing program.”

Selection by the CineVic jury early next year does not guarantee a filmmaker the cash. The Victoria society is just one of 28 recommending partners across Canada that will be submitting an entry for consideration by the Telefilm jury. In the end, eight or nine will be selected to receive funding.

The deadline for submission to CineVic is Dec. 20. For more information on submitting a feature film idea for fund-ing, visit CineVic.ca/node/21283 or call Skinner at 250-389-1590.

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Cast members from Saltwater Creative Arts Studio’s production of 13, a new musical.supplied photo

the teenage years are often a formative time filled with personal growth and self discovery. it’s also replete with the unnec-essary childhood drama that comes from a desire to make friends and be popular.

this weekend, saltwater Creative Arts studio brings 13, a fun, high-energy musical about discov-ering what is cool is sometimes found where you least expect it, to the stage.

Featuring a cast of talented Victoria teens, 13 tells the story of 12-year-old evan Goldberg who’s prep-ping for his bar mitzvah while dealing with the pres-sures of his parents’ divorce, moving to a new city, having to meet new friends and trying to fit in.

Joanne hounsell, saltwater’s creative director and director of 13, says it’s been a mutually rewarding experience working with such a talented group of kids.

“We’re really giving them a professional approach

to theatre. several of the performers are very seasoned young performers. Already you see in these young people that they have a discipline and a focus,” she said. “Just to see these kids are so proud to be doing something that they know has a quality and a professionalism that they are more than capable of rising to is neat to see.”13 features a great rock score with music and lyr-

ics from Jason Robert Brown. the show premiered in los Angeles in 2007 and opened on Broadway the following year.

saltwater inc. presents 13 Nov. 9 and 10 at the hall at Glenlyon Norfolk school (801 Bank st.). shows are 7:30 p.m. on saturday and 2:30 p.m. on sunday.

tickets ($25) are available from the Mcpherson playhouse box office by calling 250-386-6121. the show is recommended for kids 11 and older, hounsell says.

“it’s not edgy, it’s not provocative. it’s a family show about the exploration of teens and coming of age,” she said.

For more information, visit saltwaterinc.ca.

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the teenage years are often a formative time filled with personal growth and self discovery. it’s also replete with the unnec-essary childhood drama that comes from a desire to make friends and be popular.

this weekend, saltwater Creative Arts studio brings 13, a fun, high-energy musical about discov-ering what is cool is sometimes found where you least expect it, to the stage.

Featuring a cast of talented Victoria teens, 13 tells the story of 12-year-old evan Goldberg who’s prep-ping for his bar mitzvah while dealing with the pres-sures of his parents’ divorce, moving to a new city, having to meet new friends and trying to fit in.

Joanne hounsell, saltwater’s creative director and director of 13, says it’s been a mutually rewarding experience working with such a talented group of kids.

“We’re really giving them a professional approach

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tickets ($25) are available from the Mcpherson playhouse box office by calling 250-386-6121. the show is recommended for kids 11 and older, hounsell says.

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Film OPENiNG12 YEARS A SLAVE -(Odeon/Empire Uni 4) Nothing but raves have greeted this harrowing, true-life tale of a free black man in 1840s America who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. Directed by Steve McQueen (Hunger, Shame) and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Paul Giamatti, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender, and Brad Pitt.THOR: THE DARK WORLD -(Odeon/SilverCity/Empire Uni 4/Westshore) That hunky son of Odin has to grab his hammer and do some hurting as both the Earth and Asgard are confronted with a terrifying and seemingly unstoppable enemy. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, and Idris Elba.

CONTiNUiNGENDER’S GAME -(SilverCity/Westshore) Yet another teen book series comes to the big screen, this time featuring a young boy with exceptional powers who is cultivated as a military leader destined to save the Earth from a deadly alien attack. With Harrison Ford.LAST VEGAS -(SilverCity/Westshore/Empire Uni 4) Four sixty-something pals head to Las Vegas for a last hurrah. The geriatric laughs will be generated by Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline.FREE BIRDS -(SilverCity/Westshore) Animation goes to the birds in this comedy about a mismatched pair of turkeys who travel back in time to change the course of history . . . by getting a certain very tasty fowl off the holiday menu. With the vocal talents of Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson.DIANA -(Odeon) The very talented Naomi Watts looks convincingly beautiful as the doomed Princess Diana, in a biopic that focuses on the last two years of her life, including her secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.ABOUT TIME -(Odeon/Empire Uni 4) Writer-director Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Notting Hill) has been getting great reviews for this romantic comedy about a young man who knows how to time travel. When he decides to do something about his nonexistent love life, things become more complicated than he imagined. With the great Bill Nighy, and Rachel McAdams as the heart throb.★★★★ RUSH -(Caprice) Gifted mainstream director Ron Howard (Apollo 13) delivers high-octane thrills and lots of human drama as he tackles this biopic about the legendary 1970s rivalry between Formula 1 race car drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda.★★RIDDICK-(Roxy, 8:45) Vin Diesel blasts back into outer space for the latest iteration of this gory and

terrifying sci-fi series about a fugitive who once again finds himself battling alien predators and bounty hunters who want his head – literally.SWEET SUMMER SUN: HYDE PARK LIVE -(Odeon) For those who missed out on the latest mini-tour by the Rolling Stones, check out this one-night-only showing of the documentary based on their recent, extremely well-reviewed performance in Hyde Park as they played their hits for an ecstatic hometown crowd. Mon., Nov. 4 only.ALL IS LOST -(Odeon) Cinema icon Robert Redford is great in a near-wordless performance as a solo yachtsman whose life is threatened after his sailboat has a devastating collision with a rogue shipping container in the middle of nowhere. BAD GRANDPA -(SilverCity/Westshore) Head jackass Johnny Knoxville spins off his “crazy grandpa” character into a full-length comedy about an irascible and incorrigible 86-year-old troublemaker who takes an accident- and crime-ridden journey across America with his 8-year-old grandson. Spike Jonze (!) co-wrote the story.★★★★ BLUE JASMINE -(Roxy, 7:00) Cate Blanchett is headed for an Oscar nomination for her role as an emotionally fragile woman struggling to recover after her life as a glamorous socialite implodes. Complete with a great cast, this is one of Woody Allen’s best films. Ever. NOTE: No shows after Mon., Nov. 11.THE COUNSELOR -(Caprice) Ridley Scott helmed this pretentious, inert and disappointing crime thriller about a lawyer who learns the (very) hard way that it’s a bad idea to get involved in the illegal drug business. Written by Cormac McCarthy and starring Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Michael Fassbender, and Cameron Diaz. ★★★★ CAPTAIN PHILLIPS -(Odeon/SilverCity) Talented director Paul Greengrass (Bourne Supremacy) tells the true tale of a ship captain (Tom Hanks) whose boat is captured by Somali pirates. Tense but also thoughtful, a thriller with a brain. ★★½ CARRIE-(Caprice) Stephen King’s horror classic gets a competent but unnecessary remake at the hands of Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry). Chloe Grace Moretz plays the shy high school outcast, while Julianne Moore is her religiously obsessed mom.GRAVITY -(Odeon/SilverCity/Empire Uni 4/Westshore) Sandra Bullock and George Clooney star in a harrowing, brilliantly-executed thriller about two astronauts aboard a space station who survive an accident only to find themselves drifting helplessly through space, with little hope of rescue or survival.★★★½ PRISONERS -(Caprice) Quebec director Denis Villeneuve (Incendies) has been getting great praise for this bleak and violent police procedural about two kidnapped girls and the dad who will do anything to get them back.

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CiNECENTA★★★ DON JON -(Fri.-Sat., Nov. 8-9: 3:00, 7:10, 9:00) Talented actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Looper) turned writer-director for this wry comedy about a guy with a porn addiction who is having trouble finding happiness and intimacy with his real-life girlfriend. Beneath the raunch this is a movie with insight, wit and even a bit of heart. ★★★½ LIFE OF PI -(Sat.-Sun., Nov. 9-10: 1:00 matinee) Oscar winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) helms this visually gorgeous adaptation of Yann Martel’s magical and spiritual novel about a young man’s epic adventures while lost at sea -- most of which are shared with a terrifying Bengal tiger.HAUT CUISINE -(Sun., Nov. 10: 3:30, 7:00, 9:00 & Mon.-Tues., Nov. 11-12 7:00, 9:00) This tasty film is based on the real-life story of the personal chef to former French President Francois Mitterand in the late 1980s. The film is a mix of mouth-watering foodie-film delights and social comedy as an obscure provincial chef suddenly has to confront pretension, bureaucracy, and casual sexism.CUTIE AND THE BOXER -(Wed.-Thurs., Nov. 13-14: 7:00, 8:45) You don’t have to be an art maven to enjoy this lively documentary that shows the complex 40-year marriage of New York-based Japanese artists Ushio Shinohara and his wife Noriko. “This is a story about creative desire so strong it hurts.” – indieWIRE

SCREENiNGSMOVIE MONDAY - screens Still Mine, a marvellous – and under-seen – drama. Themes of aging are powerfully and poignantly explored in this heartfelt true-life story about an 89-year-old New Brunswick farmer who ends up having to fight both a city hall bureaucrat and his wife’s debilitating illness. With fantastic performances by James Cromwell and Genevieve Bujold. 6:30 pm MONDAY in the 1900-block Fort. By donation. 595-FLIC. moviemonday.ca.AWARENESS FILM NIGHT -is screening Trashed, a documentary starring a globe-trotting Jeremy Irons as he assesses and highlights the extent and effect of waste and trash around the world. WEDNESDAY, 7 pm, Edward Milne Community School theatre, 6218 Sooke Road.

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While he and the pilot miraculously made it back to England after five hours of flying, their bullet-riddled plane crash-landed, killing them both. Roy was 35. A few months later Germany surrendered.

“They were nicknamed widow makers, flying coffins,” Bill said of the Mosquitoes, largely made of wood. “If it was ever hit, they were toast.”

Bill is among those Canadians who grew up without their father. His feelings about his dad have been shaped by stories from other people.

Roy was born in Calgary in 1910 and grew up in Oak Bay, graduating from the local high school. He studied at Victoria College, which would become the University of Victoria, and graduated in 1935 with a geology degree from UBC.

He married Margaret Elizabeth Watson at St. Mary’s Church in March 1936.

In 1939, the year Bill was

born, the couple came back to Oak Bay. When war broke out, Roy joined the reserves.

His father, Charles Maconachie, was a veteran of the Boer War and First World War. Roy grew up listening to his dad’s war stories – one had him leading a group of 1,000 soldiers on horseback . Bill thinks those stories influenced his dad’s interest in the military.

“When the war did start, numerous young people volunteered because they couldn’t get work anywhere else,” he said. “For others it was a patriotic duty.”

After Roy’s death, Margaret became a store clerk and later a secretary with the school board and Victoria College. She retired in the 1960s, remarried in 1969 and died in 2004.

Bill visited his father’s grave in 1965, located outside of London, England. He also met people and distant relatives who knew his dad. He learned that Roy flew toward Germany at 11:30 p.m. every night,

returning at five or six in the morning. Because of the darkness, Roy apparently wondered at times if he was flying upside down, as he couldn’t see the horizon.

Bill, a retired teacher, annually attends the Oak Bay’s Remembrance Day service at Uplands Park with his wife.

“To me it brings back a lot of memories,” he said. When he began his career, many of his co-workers were veterans and they told him war stories.

“Gradually (my) kids decided they wanted to come too. I think as they got older, they began to realize it was a significant part, not just of history in general, but pretty significant in the country’s history and in our family.”

Oak Bay’s Remembrance Day ceremony happens at the memorial cenotaph in the 2800-block of Beach Dr. on Monday (Nov. 11), starting at 10:55 a.m.

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Cougars relinquish hold on top spot for first time since 2011-12 season

Travis PatersonNews staff

The injury bug doesn’t take favourites and the Victoria Cougars, who’ve enjoyed a mostly healthy run the past few seasons, is in the midst of an injury shakedown.

Missing as many as nine of its regulars of late has cost the Cougars first place in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League for the first time in well over two seasons with a 5-3 loss to the surging Campbell River Storm at Archie Browning Sports Centre on Sunday.

It was only the Cougars’ (14-2-1-1) second regulation loss of the season but, coupled with an overtime loss earlier this season, it was enough to dislodge the crew from its current hold on first place.

The Cougars played Sunday’s game with-out captain Mark Walton, Michael Fretz, Nicholas Bower, Wade Johnson and Jordan Marciniak. By the time it was over, Blake Roney and Jordan Davie were injured too.It’s meant moving defencemen to forward, leaning on some affiliate call-ups from midget, and also using a pair of forwards from the UVic men’s team in the B.C. Inter-collegiate Hockey League, Joe Gauthier and Cody Mueller.

The Cougars visit the Peninsula Panthers (8-8-2-1) tonight at Panorama Rec. Centre, while the Saanich Braves (7-9-1-0) host the Storm at Pearkes arena.

Since suffering a pedestrian 4-1 loss to the Oceanside Generals on Dec. 3 of 2011, the Cougars have earned points in 75 out of 78 games, just three regulation losses in that span, making it to two straight gold medal finals of the Fred “Cyclone” Taylor Cup pro-vincial championship.

It’s dominant, but it’s also set the bar for the VIJHL, as the second-year Nanaimo Buc-caneers (16-3-0-0) are now first in the league

with 32 points, to the Cougars’ 30. Meanwhile mid-pack teams such as the Storm (9-7-1-1) and West-shore Wolves (8-8-3-2) threaten every night with the league’s most dangerous scorers. The Storm’s Brendan deVries leads the league with 15 goals and 31 points in 17 games, with team-mate Brayden Taekema third in scoring at 15 goals and 29 points. The Wolves’ Brett Lervold is sec-ond overall with 11 goals and 30 points in 19 games.

The Braves dropped a 5-2 loss at home to the Comox Valley Gla-cier Kings on Friday (Nov. 1) with both goals coming from James Sneddon.

On Wednesday it was

announced that former Saa-nich Brave Jack Palmer was traded from the Brandon Wheat Kings to the Victoria Royals as the local Western Hockey League team sent two fifth round bantam picks for the 6-foot-2, 180-lbs. forward. Palmer, born in 1995, hasn’t found the scoring touch in the WHL that he had with former VIJHL MVP Ty Jones on the Braves two years ago, when Palmer scored 24 goals and 29 assists in 37 games as a 16-year-old rookie.

The Royals are on the road in Seattle tonight and Port-land tomorrow.

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Dig thisCamosun Chargers volleyball libero Kelsey Johnson, makes a diving save against the Fraser Valley Cascades with Olivia Redden (face obscured by ball) and Hilary Graham, No. 11, looking on, Friday at PISE. The Cascades edged the Chargers in the fifth set, 10-15. The Chargers men’s and women’s volleyball teams are in Abbotsford this weekend against the Columbia Bible College Bear Cats.Kevin Light Photography

Cougars slowed by injuries

Sharon Tiffin/News staff

Campbell River Storm’s Alex Brewer, front left, checks Victoria Cougars’ David Marshall, who tries to get the puck loose from Storm goalie Jack Surgenor at Archie Browning Sports Centre on Sunday (Nov. 3).

Rams await winner of Bulldogs’ playoff game

The Mount Douglas Rams are considered the top high school football team in the country, and are the next in line for the winner of the Belmont Bulldogs and St. Thomas More Knights AAA playoff game at 3 p.m. today (Nov. 8) at Burnaby Lake.

The Rams will host the Bulldogs or Knights at Westhills Stadium on Friday, Nov. 15, with a 2 p.m. kickoff.

The Bulldogs are currently enjoying their best season ever and are looking no further than today’s test against the Knights, despite dropping a 69-6 loss to the Rams at Westhills last week. To be fair, the Rams have crushed every AAA team they’ve faced and the Bulldogs are only one of two teams to score against the Rams in league play.

Grizzlies on six game point streak

Defenceman Kevin Massy scored his first BCHL goal in overtime to give the Victoria Grizzlies a 4-3 win over the Vernon Vipers on Sunday.

It was the sixth straight game in which the Grizzlies (11-6-2-1) earned a point, as the club is now third in the B.C. Hockey League’s Island division. The Grizz are in Duncan tonight against the Cowichan Capitals and home to the Caps tomorrow at Bear Moun-tain Arena, 7:15 p.m. face off. The Grizz earned five of a possible six points on its interior road trip last weekend, all within a 43-hour span, in which they tied the Trail Smoke Eaters 4-4 on Friday (Nov. 1), beat the Salmon Arm Silver-backs 3-2 on Saturday and beat Vernon on Sunday.

Blue Jags, Rams roll into hockey playoffs

The St. Michaels University Blue Jaguars senior girls field hockey team wraps up the final day of the AA provincial championships in West Vancouver today.

On Monday the first place Jags shut out the second-place Mount Douglas Rams 4-0 in the city championship May Tully Cup. Olivia Donald scored twice for the Jags and Aveen Glen and Kasey Boyle added one each.

The AAA Rams are also advancing to provincials, Nov. 13 to 15 in Burnaby, after grabbing a wildcard spot on Tuesday. After the Rams finished third at the AAA Islands behind Cowichan and Frances Kelsey, respectively, the team qualified to play Churchill and West Vancouver for the final spot at provincials. Rams star Lindsay Cole, a U18 provinicial player, scored twice in a 3-2 loss to West Van. But Cole and U18 teammate Lexi de Armond (Grade 11) combined for a seven goals in a 7-3 win over Churchill to secure a spot at AAA provincials.

Christian Stewart Photography

VIJHL 2011-12 All-Star and Rookie of the Year Jack Palmer joins the Victoria Royals.

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*O.A.C. with The Brick Card Platinum account (the Account). Minimum Purchase (excluding taxes) of $250 is required. No interest accrues and no payments are required towards the Purchase during the Promotional Period. Any Brick delivery charges, GST (5%), PST or HST (if applicable), Merchant Fee (not applicable in Quebec) and other fees or charges that apply to your Purchase (e.g. environmental fees) are required by The Brick to be paid at the time of the Purchase. Any fees or charges financed on your Account, including the Merchant Fee, will form part of your Purchase under the Promotional Offer (the Offer) and for the 18 Months No Payment, No Interest Offer, will not be required to be paid during the Promotional Period. If the minimum payment on the Account during the Promotional Period is not made, the Offer will end and the annual interest rate (“Preferred Rate”) of 29.9% will then apply on any unpaid balance owing under the Offer at that time until it is paid in full. 18 Months, No Payment, No Interest: Merchant Fee is $129.95 If the balance of the Offer has not been paid in full by the Promotional Due Date, the unpaid balance owing under this Offer will be converted to a Regular Credit Purchase, and the Preferred Rate (29.9%) will apply after the end of the Promotional Period to that Regular Credit Purchase and a Deferral Fee of $42.50 (not applicable in Quebec) will be charged. Minimum monthly payments will also then apply, calculated as set out in the Cardholder Agreement and Disclosure Statement for your Account. Details for a Sample Transaction on your Credit Card Product for the 18 Months, No Payment, No Interest Promotion: Sample Purchase amount (including taxes): $2000.00, Merchant Fee $129.95, and interest charges $0.00. Total interest charges & Merchant Fee: $129.95. Total Purchase Amount (including interest charges, Merchant Fee and taxes): $2,129.95. Balance due May 2015, thereafter minimum monthly payments of the greater of 3.5% of your outstanding balance of your Purchases or $10, are due. A Deferral Fee of $42.50 (not applicable in Quebec) is charged and the Preferred Rate (29.9%) applies to the outstanding balance owing under this Offer. Annual Fee (Quebec Only): A $35.00 Annual Fee applies on the Primary Card ($0 each Authorized User Card). In Quebec, a 25 day grace period applies to the Balance, and outside Quebec, a 25-day grace period applies to any Purchase that appears on your statement for the first time. The balance under this Offer may be paid at any time before the Promotional Period ends. See your Cardholder Agreement for more information about the Offer including the fees and charges that apply. ‡Product may vary by location and may not be exactly as illustrated. We reserve the right to limit quantities by store and per purchase. To receive bonus offer or discount, complete package must be purchased and kept. +This offer cannot be combined with any other discount or free gift purchase, sale, or other promotion, unless otherwise specified. ∆ Excludes discounted, clearance, “Hot Buy” deals, promoted offers, iComfort, ComforPedic, and Tempur-Pedic. Minimum mattress purchase $799.00. ++An Electronic Recycling Surcharge will be added where applicable. ₪Receive an amount equal to the price of the extended warranty towards your next furniture or mattress purchase. For terms and conditions visit www.thebrick.com. See in store for complete details. Offer effective November 8-10, 2013, unless otherwise indicated.

Two locations ONLY!

PLUS DO NOT PAY FOR18 MONTHSWITH NO INTEREST ON

EVERYTHING IN THE STORE!*Taxes, administration fees, delivery fees, and other charges are

due at time of purchase. See below for details.

PUBLIC NOTICE!

UP TO

90%Off

ON ALLCLEARANCE ITEMS

Our ticket price

All ClearanceAppliances

All ClearanceBig Screen TV’s

Limited quantities.Limited quantities.

Limited quantities.

Limited quantities.

Limited quantities.

Buy anyClearance Sofa

at our lowest ticket price

AND GET THE MATCHINGLOVESEAT

FRI • SAT • Sun Only FRI • SAT • Sun Only

FRI • SAT • Sun OnlyFRI • SAT • Sun Only

FRI • SAT • Sun OnlyFRI • SAT • Sun Only

All Clearance Queen & King Mattress Sets

Our lowest ticket price

70%OFF +


80%OFF +


50%OFF +

All Clearance Bedroom & Dining Single Pieces

and Room Packages

All Clearance Recliners

Run Date: November 8, 2013 - Public Notice - Black Press (10.3125" x 14" ) Full Colour

Victoria2835 Douglas Street 250-360-2300

Langford500-2945 Jacklin Road 250-391-8300

BELOW COST!

BELOW COST!

AT NO ADDITIONAL

COST!

+

Victoria2835 Douglas Street

Langford500-2945 Jacklin Road

up to

up to

up to

Limited quantities.

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Lest we forget.

When you buy any 3 of these selected items500

Double the Reward.

2 Club Thrifty Foods Points for every

dollar you spend!dollar you spend!

Offer available November 6th - 12th, 2013 at all Thrifty Foods locations. Valid Club Thrifty Foods card must be presented at time of transaction. Excludes bonus points and purchases of prescriptions, lottery, tobacco,

gift cards, Smile Cards and other goods and services as specified by Thrifty Foods. See program Terms and Conditions for complete details.

Specials in Effect until November 12th, 2013 ONLY

When you buy any 3 of these selected items

Autumn Flavours

When you buy any 3 of these selected itemsAdams

Peanut ButterAssorted500g

Compliments

HoneyCreamed or LiquidSelected500g

788On Sale

Each

CharminBathroom Tissue12 Double Rolls or Bounty Paper Towels 6 RollsSelected

599On Sale

Each

Armstrong

CheeseCheddar, Mozzarella or Extra Aged White500–700gLimit of 4

On Sale

3for$9

Dempster’s

Whole Grains Bread Selected600g

On Sale

3for$9

On Sale

3for$9

Autumn Flavours

VOLUNTEERSVOLUNTEERSVOLUNTEERSNEEDED!NEEDED!NEEDED!

Enthusiastic people are needed in the Victoria areato take and shop orders for customers in need.

Interested? Call 250 544 4350 . 1 800 667 8280 or email [email protected]

dollar you spend!

Documents

Oak Bay News, November 08, 2013