Oak Bay News, October 22, 2014

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When cancer hitsToday we launch a three-part series on childhood cancer, taking a look at how families cope Page A4

COMMUNITY: Pumpkin extravaganza returns /A3ARTS: Beach Hotel gets nostalgic to start season /A5 BUSINESS: Oak Bay BIA gets five-year renewal /A7

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Christine van ReeuwykNews staff

One Oak Bay teen is a vital cog in the wheel of the Canadian Men’s Para Soccer program.

Fullback Liam Stanley took the international stage when he was 14.

“He’s as committed as any athlete in my whole program,” said national team coach Drew Ferguson.

The now 17-year-old was discovered by one of the senior players, Jamie Ackinclose, also a technical director with Gorge Soccer Association, who saw Stanley play with his league team.

“I made a trip to see him. We knew he fit the criteria as far as mild Cerebral Palsy. We got him into the program instantly,” Ferguson said. “Liam’s a quality person, comes from a quality family and is a quality player.”

Para Soccer is seven-a-side soccer where players must have mild cerebral palsy or be recovering from stroke or head injury. Canada joined the international program in 2005.

“So the fact that in that short of time we’re now ranked #11 in the world, it’s a huge accomplishment for the players, coaching staff and Canadian Soccer Association,” said national coach Drew Ferguson.

PlEASE SEE: Stanley brings intensity to field, Page A17

Oak Bay teen hits international soccer stage

Liam Stanley during Canada’s bout with

Venezuela at the America Cup in

September.Photo contributed

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“Liam’s a quality person, comes from a quality family and is a quality player.” - Drew Ferguson

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Each year John Vickers spends hundreds of hours carving more pumpkins to add to his collection.

“It originally started when I first placed pumpkins with Christmas lights in them in front of my house,” said Vickers.

In the 17 years since, Vickers estimates his annual Halloween Pumpkin Art display, which now

includes more than 600 intricately carved pumpkins, has raised more than $200,000 for various charities.

Vickers, who spearheaded the Buskers Festival, Chalk Art Festival and this year’s newest, the International

Kite Festival, calls Pumpkin Art the catalyst for his other forays into providing free, family-oriented events in Victoria.

“For the first year or two it was not a fundraiser,” said Vickers. “Then a neighbour asked if they could put a Unicef donation box out and we collected a few hundred dollars.”

From there the event grew and charities such as the Stephen Lewis Foundation, New York City firefighters families fund and the Victoria Youth Clinic have been supported by the display.

“It’s nice to have something that’s so well respected by the community. People used to leave uncarved pumpkins on my doorstep to encourage me to keep on going,” said Vickers.

Over the years, Vickers’ pumpkin display has appeared at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, at

Government House in Victoria and at locations across Vancouver Island before relocating to Oak Bay in 2011.

As the display grew, Vickers began using

polyurethane moulds to carve everything from local media personalities to Star Trek icons and a Beatles display that includes more than 40 pumpkins featuring album covers and band members at various stages of their career.

“Originally there were only about 20 real pumpkins and by the time I got to carving number 21, number one was turning to mush,” said Vickers.

The polyurethane pumpkins made the display more permanent, but storage then became an issue.

Since the Pumpkin Art display moved to Oak Bay, it has been supported by the Oak Bay business association which arranged for the municipality to store the pumpkins and some 1,000 black milk crates and strings of Christmas lights that are used to create the display.

Each year Vickers continues to add to the show, carving 30 to 35 new pumpkins.

“This year there’s a new Victoria police chief and you have to keep the media people up-to-date. The business association comes up with new ideas: what’s new and current this year,” he said.

He usually begins carving in early August, taking up to two-and-a-half hours to create one pumpkin. This year the display will include characters from the television show The Big Bang Theory and the Walking Dead display will be expanded.

“You’re always looking for that wow factor from people. It’s great to hear from lots of families that it’s not often you can take your teen to an event and they’ll enjoy it as much as the little kids or adults will,” he said.

The Pumpkin Art display will come to life over two-and-a-half days of construction prior to opening on Friday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. behind the Oak Bay municipal hall at 2167 Oak Bay Ave.

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Laura Lavin/News staff

Pumpkin Art display creator John Vickers prepares a new carving for this year’s display behind Oak Bay municipal hall which starts on Oct. 24.

Pumpkin Art launches in Oak Bay on Friday

“Originally there were only about 20 real pumpkins and by the time I got to carving number 21, number one was turning to mush.”

- John Vickers

A4 • www.oakbaynews.com Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - OAK BAY NEWSA4 • www.oakbaynews.com Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - OAK BAY NEWS

Over the next three issues, the Oak Bay News will look at the affect childhood cancer has on a family, from the devastating diagnosis to the financial and emotional hardships that follow. We also take a look at where families can get help, and the special relationships that form between health--care professionals and families.

TodayAlicen Chow and Coll Gordon were taken back when their six-year-old daughter Islay Mei Gordon was diagnosed with leukemia a year ago. A year of medical procedures and tests followed.

Oct. 24Now in Grade 3, Taagen Benner was a happy baby but his mom knew something was wrong when he refused to sit. He was diagnosed with a Wilms Tumour at 11 months.

Oct. 29Anne Carrelli is a pediatric oncology nurse at Victoria General Hospital. She’s part of a team of nurses, doctors and social workers who treat children with cancer. “You can’t help but get invested in every family because kids are kids – and they just want to get better,” Carrelli says.

Labour Day backyard barbecue a year ago is one Alicen Chow will never forget.

Her daughter, Islay Mei Gordon, was playing with

other children and fell from a tree. It didn’t appear to be a big deal at the time, but it would soon spiral the young family into a fight for life.

Soon after the fall, Islay began to limp and complain of a sore back. A trip to the doctor identified nothing out of the ordinary.

As the weeks passed, Islay started getting more peculiar aches and pains. She developed an odd rash on her shoulder and the pain in her knees and back continued to get worse, and when she woke up in the morn-ing she was often so stiff she could hardly get out of bed.

Finally, after weeks consulting with doctors and other health profession-als, it was discovered Islay had leu-kemia.

“[The diagnosis] was terrifying,” Chow said. “I think we probably thought it was a death sentence at the time.”

Islay was rushed to B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver to begin can-cer treatment.

The first 24 hours was a whirlwind of activity as Islay underwent treat-

ment. For the family, it opened an unexpected new world of learning medical terminology and understand-ing the cancer.

“You quickly move from ‘I can’t believe this is happening’ to being inundated with information. You really don’t get a chance to catch your breath,” Chow said.

Islay faced the first day with a lot of courage for a six year old as doctors and nurses poked and prodded her in the early stages of the cancer treatment.

Chow was surprised how well Islay held up.

“The moment we got [at the hospital] they made it

really easy. They treat children with remarkable respect,” Chow said. “They made it as easy as they could and she did really well.”

Anne Correlli, a pediatric oncology nurse at Victoria General Hospital, said family is so important when a child is dealing with cancer.

The family is considered a part of the health team.

“We try to build that trust with the families so they trust themselves and so when they are here and looking at numbers on the machine that we can reinforce with them it’s not just about the numbers but what they see in their child,” Correlli said.

A few weeks at B.C. Children’s Hos-pital, Islay returned home and began

taking day treatment at Victoria Gen-eral Hospital.

Islay has been in remission since mid-January and returned to Grade 1 at Keating elementary school in Sep-tember.

The hardship of dealing with can-cer is not just the disease, but how it changes family life.

Chow said her family was lucky they didn’t have to spend more time in Vancouver, so they didn’t face a lot of financial hardships.

Still, there were incidents that came up where they had to ask groups like Make-a-Wish and the B.C. Childhood Cancer Parents’ Associa-tion for help.

Chow, who is in the public service, now works two to three days a week at home. Her husband, Coll Gordon, has returned to his small law prac-tice.

Chow said she doubts her family life will ever be the same.

“The biggest change is you develop this new normal, but it does quickly become part of your everyday rou-tine,” she said. “Everything changed. There’s no going back. The sense of invincibility is gone.”

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Contributed

Islay Mei Gordon, 6, cuddles with her younger brother Oban Li. Islay Mei was diagnosed with leukemia last year. She is now in remission.

The diagnosis was ‘terrifying’

Kevin LairdReporting

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In the early 1950s, less than 10 per cent of childhood cancer patients could be cured.

1,500The number of childhood cancer cases diagnosed each year in Canada.

70%

10%

75%

Percentage of children diagnosed with cancer who become long-term survivors. The majority of them are considered cured.

The cure rate of childhood cancers. Leukemia leads the success charge with close to a 90 per cent overall cure rate.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNotice is hereby given that all persons who deem their interest in property affected by the following bylaw will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions to Oak Bay Municipal Council on the matters contained therein at a Public Hearing to be held at the Oak Bay Municipal Hall, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria, B.C., at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, October 27, 2014.

Bylaw No. 4627, Ninety-Third Zoning Bylaw Amendment Bylaw, 2014

This Bylaw creates a new two-family zone (RD-1 Two Family Residential Use) and rezones the land described as Lot 21, Section 61, Victoria District, Plan 5527 (2280 Estevan Avenue), as shown in the sketch below, from RS-5 One-Family Residential Use, to the new two-family zone. This Bylaw, if adopted, would accommodate a proposed two-family dwelling at 2280 Estevan Avenue.

Copies of the above-described Bylaw, and all other background material which has been considered by Council may be inspected prior to the Public Hearing between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, from October 16 to 27, 2014, inclusive, at the office of the Municipal Clerk, Oak Bay Municipal Hall, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria, B.C. Loranne Hilton Municipal Clerk

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Over the next three issues, the Oak Bay News will look at the affect childhood cancer has on a family, from the devastating diagnosis to the financial and emotional hardships that follow. We also take a look at where families can get help, and the special relationships that form between health--care professionals and families.

TodayAlicen Chow and Coll Gordon were taken back when their six-year-old daughter Islay Mei Gordon was diagnosed with leukemia a year ago. A year of medical procedures and tests followed.

Oct. 24Now in Grade 3, Taagen Benner was a happy baby but his mom knew something was wrong when he refused to sit. He was diagnosed with a Wilms Tumour at 11 months.

Oct. 29Anne Carrelli is a pediatric oncology nurse at Victoria General Hospital. She’s part of a team of nurses, doctors and social workers who treat children with cancer. “You can’t help but get invested in every family because kids are kids – and they just want to get better,” Carrelli says.

Labour Day backyard barbecue a year ago is one Alicen Chow will never forget.

Her daughter, Islay Mei Gordon, was playing with

other children and fell from a tree. It didn’t appear to be a big deal at the time, but it would soon spiral the young family into a fight for life.

Soon after the fall, Islay began to limp and complain of a sore back. A trip to the doctor identified nothing out of the ordinary.

As the weeks passed, Islay started getting more peculiar aches and pains. She developed an odd rash on her shoulder and the pain in her knees and back continued to get worse, and when she woke up in the morn-ing she was often so stiff she could hardly get out of bed.

Finally, after weeks consulting with doctors and other health profession-als, it was discovered Islay had leu-kemia.

“[The diagnosis] was terrifying,” Chow said. “I think we probably thought it was a death sentence at the time.”

Islay was rushed to B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver to begin can-cer treatment.

The first 24 hours was a whirlwind of activity as Islay underwent treat-

ment. For the family, it opened an unexpected new world of learning medical terminology and understand-ing the cancer.

“You quickly move from ‘I can’t believe this is happening’ to being inundated with information. You really don’t get a chance to catch your breath,” Chow said.

Islay faced the first day with a lot of courage for a six year old as doctors and nurses poked and prodded her in the early stages of the cancer treatment.

Chow was surprised how well Islay held up.

“The moment we got [at the hospital] they made it

really easy. They treat children with remarkable respect,” Chow said. “They made it as easy as they could and she did really well.”

Anne Correlli, a pediatric oncology nurse at Victoria General Hospital, said family is so important when a child is dealing with cancer.

The family is considered a part of the health team.

“We try to build that trust with the families so they trust themselves and so when they are here and looking at numbers on the machine that we can reinforce with them it’s not just about the numbers but what they see in their child,” Correlli said.

A few weeks at B.C. Children’s Hos-pital, Islay returned home and began

taking day treatment at Victoria Gen-eral Hospital.

Islay has been in remission since mid-January and returned to Grade 1 at Keating elementary school in Sep-tember.

The hardship of dealing with can-cer is not just the disease, but how it changes family life.

Chow said her family was lucky they didn’t have to spend more time in Vancouver, so they didn’t face a lot of financial hardships.

Still, there were incidents that came up where they had to ask groups like Make-a-Wish and the B.C. Childhood Cancer Parents’ Associa-tion for help.

Chow, who is in the public service, now works two to three days a week at home. Her husband, Coll Gordon, has returned to his small law prac-tice.

Chow said she doubts her family life will ever be the same.

“The biggest change is you develop this new normal, but it does quickly become part of your everyday rou-tine,” she said. “Everything changed. There’s no going back. The sense of invincibility is gone.”

[email protected]

What do you think?Give us your comments by email: [email protected] or on our Facebook page.

Contributed

Islay Mei Gordon, 6, cuddles with her younger brother Oban Li. Islay Mei was diagnosed with leukemia last year. She is now in remission.

The diagnosis was ‘terrifying’

Kevin LairdReporting

A

In the early 1950s, less than 10 per cent of childhood cancer patients could be cured.

1,500The number of childhood cancer cases diagnosed each year in Canada.

70%

10%

75%

Percentage of children diagnosed with cancer who become long-term survivors. The majority of them are considered cured.

The cure rate of childhood cancers. Leukemia leads the success charge with close to a 90 per cent overall cure rate.

CANCERand families


Laura LavinNews staff

The Oak Bay Beach Hotel is taking guests back in time with a production starring Timebenders founder Tom Watson and Calgary born jazz vocalist Kristina Helene.

In the first show of the David Foster Foundation Dinner Theatre season, Pennies from Heaven, features a tribute to the songs and styles of Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald and Doris Day.

“It’s an ensemble show – I’m the least talented of the bunch,” said a humble Watson. “I conceived it you could say. We debuted it in the summer at Butchart Gardens and at the Sidney bandshell in the summer concert series.”

He then pitched it to Oak Bay Beach Hotel owner Kevin Walker and Conference Theatre Sales Manager Jayme Humber.

“It’s a cute little space with not bad acoustics. They’ve done a good job with it, it’s well thought out,” said Watson of the theatre space.

While a typical Timebenders show is filled with costume changes and laced with humour, Watson said Pennies from Heaven is a refined 90-minute set filled with great classic tunes.

“It features the songs and stars of the first half of the last century. With a mix of male and female stars like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole,

Peggy Lee, Doris Day and Ella Fitzgerald.”

Starring with Watson, Helene is a rising star in the jazz world. “Kristina is very young but incredibly talented,” said

Watson.Helene’s voice has caught the

attention of producers in Los Angeles where she is currently working on a new album, splitting her time between Victoria and California.

“(We don’t do) impressions per se,” said Watson of the show. “We try to evoke the personality. I try to get the voice as much as I can, we change outfits a couple of times, but its not like the Timebenders’ outlandish spoof tributes. This is more elegant, stylish music. There’s a little interaction with the crowd.”

Individual dinner theatre tickets are available for $89 per person for each show of the season. Guests may choose to purchase a full season pass for $319 per person, which includes one ticket to each of the four productions, priority table reservations up to two days in advance, plus a complimentary Tuesday night movie ticket, a mineral pool day pass, and 25 per cent off regular room rates throughout the year.

The first show of the season was a sell-out and Watson said the performances have been pretty popular. “It’s a nice, romantic thing to do,” he said.

Dinner theatre productions are paired with gourmet, three-course meals. Pennies from Heaven runs to Nov. 21. For more information or for tickets go to oakbaybeachhotel.com or call 1-800-668-7758.

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David Foster Dinner Theatre 2014 lineup

The annual holiday revue, It’s Christmas, returns and features songs and stories for the Christ-mas season. Featuring a cast of talented perform-ers, the show will take guests down memory lane, evoking the best of the holiday season. It’s Christmas runs from Nov. 28 to Dec. 26.

Not to be confused with your own family wed-ding memories, I do, I do! features a nostalgic musi-cal. As the show begins, guests are introduced to Michael and Agnes as they prepare for their wedding day, follows their expand-ing family and the inevi-table mid-life crisis. I do, I do! runs from Jan. 16 to March 7.

Kent Eccleston’s Kitchen Party brings Oak Bay all the way to the Maritimes, where guests end up in Kent’s kitchen to experience music, improv, and head-shaking stories. Kent Eccleston’s Kitchen Party runs from March 13 to May 2.

Photo contributed

Tom Watson, left and Kristina Helene perform Pennies from Heaven, a tribute to North America’s early crooners.

Beach hotel offers nostalgic musical trip


The Corporation of the District of Oak Bay

Notice is hereby given that Oak Bay Municipal Council intends to adopt Bylaw No. 4626, Oak Bay Business Improvement Area Bylaw, 2015, at its meeting scheduled for Monday, November 10, 2014.

Bylaw No. 4626 would designate the areas shown in bold outline on the sketch reproduced below as a “Business Improvement Area” within the meaning of the Community Charter.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ADOPT OAK BAYBUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA BYLAW

In effect, the Bylaw would renew the mandate for the Oak Bay Business Improvement Area, originally established in 1995 (with boundary extensions made since that time), for a further five (5) year term.

Bylaw No. 4626 would permit the Municipal Council to provide grants to the Oak Bay Business Improvement Association for the purpose of developing, encouraging, promoting and retaining business in the defined Business Improvement Area, providing membership training programs and conducting studies and advancing projects, plans or improvements designed to benefit business within that area.

The Bylaw would permit a total amount not exceeding Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) to be granted by Council over the five year period from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2019. The funding for these annual grants would be provided through a local service tax on commercial properties within the BIA boundaries, based on the assessed value of land and improvements that fall within Class 6 (Business and Other) pursuant to the Prescribed Classes of Property Regulation.

Unless by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, October 27, 2014 at least 50% of the owners of properties liable to be charged, representing in total at least 50% of the assessed value of land and improvements that would be subject to the BIA tax levy, petition the Municipal Council not to proceed with the adoption of Bylaw No. 4626, Council may adopt the Bylaw without further notice.

A property owner wishing to oppose this Bylaw is required to submit a counter-petition in the prescribed form to the Municipal Clerk on or before 4:30 p.m. on Monday, October 27, 2014. Individual mailed notices, along with counter-petition forms, are being provided to owners of Class 6 land and improvements within the proposed Business Improvement Area.

If there are two or more owners of a parcel, they are considered as one owner only for counter-petition purposes, and counter-petitions must be signed and submitted by a majority of those owners.

A copy of Bylaw No. 4626 may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from September 25, 2014 to October 27, 2014, inclusive, at the office of the Municipal Clerk, Oak Bay Municipal Hall, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria, B.C. V8R 1G2.

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Christine van ReeuwykNews staff

Things get funky this weekend in Oak Bay.

Oak Bay Tea Party 2014 headliners, Groove Kitchen, brings its brand of funk to the Upstairs Lounge Friday night.

“It’s a funk band so that’s maybe for this city a little bit different,” said

keyboardist Adrian Chamberlain. “What we do is sort of contemporary and older stuff.”

They’ll blend James Brown and Neville Brothers with some more contemporary funk that they cherry pick from, such as Bruno Mars’ Treasure or Hot in Here by Nelly. Then they add goofy tunes for a laugh like Gettin Jiggy With It by

Will Smith. “We’re trying to

make it entertaining, but it’s based in this funk … the rhythms are a bit different,” Chamberlain said.

Groove Kitchen is a funky, soulful dance band so they really do hope the audience gets jiggy.

“It’s really fun if people dance. This is not so much dinner music, where you sit back and enjoy,” he said.

They’ve been around about three years but

have packed in some serious gigs aside from the Tea Party, Groove Kitchen also appeared at Swans in Victoria regularly. They’ve also played the city’s jazz festival and dragon boat festival in the Inner Harbour.

“All the musicians are experienced guys, which is nice to play with,” Chamberlain said. “It’s a fun band, all the guys have a similar sense of humour … We have fun – hopefully that translates.”

The Victoria-based band had some recent changes in the horn section, now Groove Kitchen’s lineup includes David Anderson on guitar and vocals, Pedro Arbour on drums, Chamberlain on keyboards, Steve Moyer on bass, and Eric Hughes on saxophone.

”It’s made it a bit smaller of a group, a bit more cohesive,” Chamberlain said.

Groove Kitchen performs Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. (doors at 6) in Oak Bay Recreation’s Upstairs Lounge, 1975 Bee St. Tickets are $12 in advance at Ivy’s Bookshop and Oak Bay Recreation or at aconridgeproductions.com online. Tickets are $15 at the door. Get a taste of the band at groovekitchen.weebly.com

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Oak Bay plans to renew its Business Improvement Area Bylaw at its Nov. 10 council meeting.

The bylaw designates the Business Improvement Area and renews the mandate already existing for the BIA established in 1995 for another five year

term. The bylaw allows the district to provide

up to $400,000 over the five year span for the Oak Bay Business Improvement Association to develop, retain and promote business in the prescribed area. That includes training programs, studies and

projects to benefit businesses within the area.

Funding is through a local area levy on the commercial properties in the BIA boundaries. In a revisers petition 50 per cent of the assessed value land owners would be required to oppose the bylaw.

Any property owner opposing the bylaw must submit a counter-petition to the municipal clerk by Oct. 27.

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A free educational program will help Victoria families and caregivers who are living with the impact of a diagnosis of dementia.

Shaping the Journey: Living with Dementia will be presented by the non-profit Alzheimer Society of B.C. starting in November.

“Participants will learn strategies to live with changes and maximize quality of life,” says Emily Pridham, the Society’s First Link program co-ordinator for Greater Victoria. “They’ll also review information needed to plan for the future.”

As an additional benefit, participants will meet

others going through similar experiences.

“Education allows you to gain an understanding of what you and your family members are faced with, giving you the skills and confidence to maintain quality of life, both now and in the future,” says Pridham. “It helps families build the knowledge, skills and confidence to live well with dementia.”

Shaping the Journey is designed specifically for people experiencing the early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias. It is also intended for care partners, family members, or friends.

In five consecutive two-hour

Wednesday morning sessions from Nov. 12 through Dec. 10, the program will cover: The Brain and Dementia; Hearing the Diagnosis; Maintaining your General Health; Life After Diagnosis; Planning Ahead; Maintaining your Spirit.

Sessions run from 10 a.m. to noon at Hillside Seniors Health Centre, 1454 Hillside Ave. Pre-registration is required. For information, please contact Emily Pridham at 250-382-2033 or [email protected].

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Fine art photography on showA collection of photographs from the last 70

years taken by Vancouver Island photographers is now on display at the Arts Centre at Cedar Hill.

Located inside the Cedar Hill Recreation Centre, the Arts Centre exhibition space is displaying the work of Victoria Camera Club members for their anniversary show, On Reflection, running now until Oct. 29.

Winners from Monday Magazine’s annual photo contest, co-hosted by the Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria, are also on display at The Bay Centre daily until Oct. 28.

Winners in all six categories will be featured in the November edition of Monday Magazine, and will each receive $250 worth of photography gift certificates from Prism Imaging and Art World.

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Deliver on your promises

“Hands up.” That famous command is attributed to Bill Miner, an American career criminal who is also credited with B.C.’s first train robbery, at Silverdale on the Mission border in 1910.

A more genteel, and of course perfectly legal, trackside transfer of wealth is underway in the B.C. legislature. It’s called the Canadian Pacific Railway (Stone and Timber) Settlement Act, and it

provides for taxpayers to hand over $19 million to CP Rail to settle a lawsuit over historic logging, rock and gravel rights given to B.C.’s pioneering railway builders.

Students of B.C. history will know that while Bill Miner got the headlines, it was the early coal, lumber and railway barons who really made out like bandits. And CP Rail inherited some of this by 1912 when it took over three early railways that had been granted vast tracts of provincial Crown land.

Deputy Premier Rich Coleman revealed the settlement in the legislature this month. It seems that when CP Rail took over the B.C. Southern Railway Company, the Columbia and Kootenay Railway

and Navigation Company and the Columbia and Western Railway Company, there were some clerical errors along the way.

“I am pleased that Canadian Pacific Railway and the province have recently reached an agreement regarding the disputed ownership and value of timber and stone rights on 145,000 hectares of Crown land and 68,000 hectares of private land in the Kootenay and Okanagan regions,” Coleman told the legislature.

“The province granted land to three railway companies between 1892 and 1908 to subsidize railway construction. These railway companies reserved timber and stone rights for their own use when they sold the land to third parties in the early 1900s. These reservations were not recognized in many subsequent land transactions, and many of them were not registered in the current land title system.”

These discrepancies came to light in the early 2000s. They involve some 1,600 properties, so you can imagine the lawyer fees that would be accumulated to sort through those in court. And Coleman’s statement suggests that the government has conceded its records are in error, rather than those of the railways.

Given the Wild West ways of B.C.’s early settlement and railway development, it’s not surprising there were some loose ends. For a fascinating look at this period, I recommend Barrie Sanford’s book

Steel Rails and Iron Men (Whitecap Books, 1990).

Sanford recounts the fateful decision of the CPR to turn north at Medicine Hat and push Canada’s defining railway through the Kicking Horse Pass, leaving the mineral-rich Kootenay region open to competitors for rail freight service.

A key figure of those days is James Dunsmuir, who inherited his family coal fortune and served as B.C. premier from 1900 to 1902. He ended up owning a large part of Vancouver Island in exchange for building the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, which he sold to the CPR in 1905, the same year he locked out miners in his coal operations for their push to organize a union.

Dunsmuir’s hard line provided a boost for a rival, James Jerome Hill, who built the Great Northern Railway in the 1890s and later quit the CPR board in a bitter feud. Hill was happy to supply coal from Fernie.

Dunsmuir took a turn as B.C.’s eighth Lieutenant Governor, sold his coal business and retired to his estate, Hatley Castle, which is now part of Royal Roads University.

He is buried at Victoria’s Ross Bay Cemetery. As Halloween approaches, it’s easy to imagine a chuckle from his grave as the railway barons once again rake it in.

•••Tom Fletcher is legislature

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Here’s a simple request for candidates seeking election in the upcoming school board and municipal election: Only promise what you can deliver.

That might seem an obvious request. But all too often, candidates vow to achieve things they clearly cannot. They either fail to provide the true cost of their promise, or they promise something outside the legal mandate of the office they seek.

Call it exuberance. Call it ignorance. Either way it doesn’t serve the voter and it disrespects the process.

For example, there are some fairly severe limits on what a city can and cannot do.

It must work within the provincial legislation that governs its existence. A promise to silence every train whistle within the city boundaries might sound attractive, but trains are a federal responsibility. Municipal council can’t make them do anything.

Likewise, a promise by a school board candidate to hire more teachers won’t happen without an explanation of where the money to pay for those new employees will come from. School districts (unlike the federal or provincial government, or even a city), cannot, by provincial law, run a deficit.

Which brings up the second point: Money.Rarely does a promise come without a cost, and

candidates have an obligation to identify what that cost will be.

A promise to double the number of parks in the district, for example, might draw support. But what will it cost to maintain those parks, and what impact will the removal of that land from the tax base have on finances?

A promise to cut taxes, or at least hold them at zero, must also include details on where the cuts in services will be made (or alternate revenue found) to accommodate that plan.

None of this is to suggest candidates can’t have ideas or voice creative and imaginative solutions to the problems communities like Oak Bay face. But they have an obligation to voters to ensure that what they promise is practical – or even possible.

And we as voters have the responsibility to do the research and ask the tough questions to ensure these lofty ideas have some grounding in reality.


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Re: York Place sidewalk slides into decay (News, Oct. 15).

The picture in your article said it all in that most of the sidewalk is covered by a hedge that hasn’t been maintained.

This is not uncommon in Oak Bay. Seems to me that gentle reminders to homeowners should be sent out with a date they should trim their trees/bushes.

After this, the city should do the job. It’s not fair to residents to have their use of sidewalks impaired like this.

Jim BrookesOak Bay

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The article, Deer report has no effect on plan to cull (News, Oct. 17) reports that, after receiving a staff update, Oak Bay council will move forward with a deer cull to reduce the overpopulation of deer in Oak Bay.

The article was accompanied with a photo that shows me at a “block party to express gratitude for green space and for the deer” held by residents opposed to the deer cull on the grounds of city hall which may have implied that I am opposed to a cull.

I had stopped by this event to share the current plans of council to cull the deer, which I support. Talking and listening to residents that have differing opinions is an important part of my job on council.

By association, my presence in the photo has left some readers confused about my position to deal with the over population of deer in Oak Bay.

Let me clarify: council unanimously agreed to initiate a deer management plan in March 2013.

All animals deserve to be treated humanely. The idea of destroying deer doesn’t sit well with any of us. However, the statistics show a 400 per cent increase in deer deaths since 2011 due to collisions, impalement in fences, starvation, and infection.

Moving forward with this plan is the humane thing to do.

Tara NeyOak Bay councillor

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Oak Bay councillor Tara Ney, centre, wants voters to know she attended a block party held by residents against the deer cull to share information, not because she agrees with their stance on the cull.

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Re: CRD Traffic Safety Commission investigates school travel planner (News, Oct. 15).

I still haven’t heard anything to understand CRD/Oak Bay’s school transportation concern, that they want to spend taxpayer’s hard-earned money studying.

What you’ve published does not indicate that they will ask people why they drive to pick up children from school.

There are many legitimate reasons, including concern for their safety (in the absence of enough police, and the school system’s inability to stop bullying), after-school activities of various kinds (sports, music lessons, language lessons, etc.) and choice of school (students may go to an out-of-neighbourhood school to get particular programs that cannot be offered at every school, or even to escape bullying – yes, sometimes schools move the victim instead of educating the perpetrators).

What is the CRD’s actual concern?

Hopefully is it vehicle use per se. We know from basic physics and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change documents that carbon dioxide from human activities cannot cause much more

climate warming than it already has, and the runaway warming is not occurring despite alarmist theories.

(The failure of alarmist theories, aka models, is illustrated by no significant sea level rise according to government data bases, no hot spot in the upper troposphere, and Antarctic cooling while the Arctic warms as it did in the Medieval Warm Period when Vikings farmed southwest Greenland. Not only is the data not there to predict climate, there are explanations for variation, including aspects of earth’s orbital variations including timing of perihelion and tilt as well as raw variations in the sun’s output – we should hope that another Maunder Minimum does not occur, as colder is worse for humans both directly and for growth of our food.)

Election year is a good time to ask incumbents why the CRD is spending money on such activities, and what wannabe officials would do. And why the school district is not doing the study, which might reveal limitations of what it is doing – though they already should know.

Keith SketchleySaanich

Candidates owe voters an explanation

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Make fashion funCarleton House will bring a fall fashion

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The event is at Carleton House, 2080 Oak Bay Ave. on Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. Tickets are $14 with $10 going toward the Monterey Rec-reation Centre. Call 250-595-1914 to reserve tickets as space is limited.

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Get a head start on your Christmas shop-ping at the annual Oak Leaves Bazaar. Knit-wear, sewing, jewelry attic treasures, books, Christmas decorations and more will be up for deals at the Monterey Recreation Centre.

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“Our goal is to have something to inspire everyone,” said Maureen Sawa, CEO. “Whether you visit us in person or online – to borrow books, read the newspaper, download music, attend a family storytime or get computer help – our libraries provide our community with a sense of belonging and encourage the joy of learning and discovery.”

GVPL has plenty of reason to celebrate; according to the latest Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC) statistics, its circulation ranks as the highest per capita in Canada. GVPL also had program attendance of more than 70,000 people last year.

You can join in the celebrations by attending one of GVPL’s special programs. Earlier this month Oak Bay celebrated with Superheros at the Library.

A couple of openings remain for the Halloween storytime filled with not-so-scary stories, songs, an easy holiday craft and a not-too-spooky short film for ages three to five. The session runs 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 on Oct. 29.

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With colder weather creeping in, more dogs and cats are being brought into shelters. For Broken Promises Rescue, that means their already limited resources are being stretched paper-thin.

Pamela Saddler co-founded the non-profit, volunteer-run rescue service three years ago with Kathleen Davis. The pair focused their efforts on helping ani-mals that had either been abandoned, were difficult to adopt or had medical issues.

“We focus on helping the animals that oth-ers won’t take,” Sad-dler said. “We’re pretty much their last shot.”

The organization, which receives no government funding, takes animals slated for euthanasia from over-crowded B.C. shelters,

those with major or minor medical issues that need addressing before adoption and those that may have behavioural challenges.

Broken Promises spends about $90,000 a year on veterinar-ian costs. Any animal that passes through its doors is fully vacci-nated, spayed or neu-tered, microchipped and brought up to their

best health possible.“We’ll actually take

the ones that are old and have medical issues. They might not have long, but I want them to have a good six months of love before they go,” Saddler said.

Whether it’s into a “forever home” or the rescue’s palliative fos-ter program, every animal is placed into a home environment.

Kristina Patterson is one of the many people who have opened their homes to foster animals through the rescue. She said it’s a reward-ing experience, and not as hard as some people may think.

“If you adopt, then you’ve saved one or two animals and that’s wonderful,” she said. “If you foster, you can help dozens of animals.”

Having the animals in foster homes as opposed to cages at a shelter gives prospec-tive adopters an advan-tage too, as they can see what the animal is like in a home environ-ment.

Broken Promises cur-rently has about 30 ani-mals in foster homes throughout Greater Victoria.

For more informa-tion on adopting or to donate, visit [email protected]

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Kristina Patterson has opened her home since February 2013 to foster animals from Broken Promises Rescue, like this black, three-year-old cat, Storm.


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Gingerbread showcase returnsFor the sixth consecutive year, the Inn

at Laurel Point will host some of the country’s best bakers as they compete in Canada’s National Gingerbread Showcase.

The theme for 2014 will focus on Where Things Live,inviting bakers to dream up visions of building what a snowman’s home would look like, the inside of an elf’s abode, or even the pasture for Santa’s reindeer.

“This year, we’re adding a new level of fun to the mix by asking participants to dream up their best interpretations of Where Things Live, tying in to the work undertaken by charity partner, Habitat for Humanity Victoria,” says Ian Powell, managing director of Inn at Laurel Point.

“Whether our bakers love dreaming of nights around the fire in a cozy house found in a Norman Rockwell painting, or thinking about how much fun the elves have on their one day off in their own dwellings, we know our

participants will bring this year’s theme to life.”

With more than 25 entries in 2013, stiff competition is expected for the event, which

kicks off in front of a panel of judges on Nov. 18.

The showcase opens to the public on Nov. 22 and will run until Jan. 4, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

During Canada’s National Gingerbread Showcase, members

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the public support Habitat for Humanity Victoria. Last year’s event raised

a record $21,531, a $5,500 increase over 2012.

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Oak Bay has a ringside seat to a partial eclipse of the sun on Thursday (Oct. 23). The moon will cast a shadow on Earth in the afternoon when it passes in front of the sun.

A total eclipse will not be seen at any location on the planet, however, the westernmost and northernmost areas of North America are the best places to view the rare astronomical event.

Here, the eclipse at its peak will reach a maximum coverage of 55 per cent. The event begins in the early afternoon when the sun is still high in the sky.

Members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada plan to have their telescopes and viewing equipment out on Mount Tolmie for the event.

The moon will move across the face of the sun starting at 1:32 and ending at 4:19 p.m.

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The Corporation of the District of Oak Bay Notice of eLectioN BY VotiNG

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the electors of the District of Oak Bay that an election by voting is necessary to elect a Mayor and six Councillors, and that the persons nominated as candidates at the election for whom votes will be received are:

Office - Mayor – One (1) To Be ElectedSurname Usual Name Residential AddressGREEN Cairine Jennifer 1059 Roslyn Road, Victoria, BCJENSEN Nils 1355 Oliver Street, Victoria, BCSHEBIB David 5090 West Saanich Road, Victoria, BC

Office - Councillor – Six (6) To Be ElectedSurname Usual Name Residential AddressBRAITHWAITE Hazel 2583 Lincoln Road, Victoria, BCCROFT Tom 2648 Burdick Avenue, Victoria, BCHOLMES Heather 1963 Fairfield Road, Victoria, BCJOHANNESEN Sigurd 1869 Lulie Street, Victoria, BCKIRBY Michelle 2215 Dalhousie Street, Victoria, BCMEARS Jan Mary 836 Monterey Avenue, Victoria, BCMURDOCH Kevin 362 King George Terrace, Victoria, BCNEY Tara 402-1280 Newport Avenue, Victoria, BCRUSSOW Joan 1230 St. Patrick Street, Victoria, BCSTINSON Andrew D. 2424 Mowat Street, Victoria, BCZHELKA Eric Wood 2265 McNeill Avenue, Victoria, BC

NON-BINDING OPINION QUESTIONThe following non-binding opinion question will be submitted to the electorate of the District of Oak Bay:

“Are you in favour of the District of Oak Bay being amalgamated into a larger regional municipality?” Yes or NoVOTING DATES AND LOCATIONS

GENERAL VOTING OPPORTUNITIES will be available on Saturday, November 15, 2014, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the following locations:

• Monterey Centre, 1442 Monterey Avenue (Monterey Avenue entrance only)• Emmanuel Baptist Church, 2121 Cedar Hill Cross Road

• Monterey Middle School, 851 Monterey Avenue (Gymnasium; use Oliver Street entrance)ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITIES will be available on Wednesday, November 5, 2014, and Wednesday, November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the Oak Bay Municipal Hall, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, and Thursday, November 6, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the University of Victoria Student Union Building, 3800 Finnerty Road.

A SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITY will be available to qualified electors who are residents of the Oak Bay Lodge at the time of voting on Friday, November 7, 2014 between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. at the Oak Bay Lodge, 2251 Cadboro Bay Road. ELECTOR REGISTRATIONIf you are not on the list of electors, you may register at the time of voting by completing the required application form available at the voting place. To register you must meet the following qualifications: • 18 years of age or older on general voting day; • Canadian citizen; • resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding the day of registration; • resident of OR registered owner of real property in the District of Oak Bay for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration; and • not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or

otherwise disqualified by law.

To register, resident electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity.

To register, non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if there is more than one owner of the property, written consent from the other property owners.

MAIL BALLOT VOTINGMAIL BALLOT VOTING will be available for the 2014 General Local Election. The period for receiving applications to vote by mail ballot is between 8:30 a.m. on October 22 and 4:00 p.m. on November 13, 2014. Ballot packages will be mailed or available for pickup on or about November 5, 2014. Qualified electors may vote by mail if they:

• have a physical disability, illness or injury that affects their ability to vote at another voting opportunity, OR

• expect to be absent from the District of Oak Bay on general voting day and at the times of all advance voting opportunities.

For more information on mail ballot voting, please contact the Chief Election Officer at [email protected] or at 250-896-8716 Gary Nason, Chief Election Officer


The excitement of the Franklin saga may make us feel more emotionally engaged with our northern territories

The recent discovery of the resting place of one of the two ships involved in the doomed Franklin Expedition of 1845 has garnered a huge amount of media attention and a great deal of excitement from historians, explorers, politicians and the general public alike. The question is: why?

In addition to the media furor across the globe, even Prime Minister Harper has made no secret of his enthusiasm for the hunt for Franklin’s lost ships, the

federal government has made substantial financial contributions to the search efforts which have been ongoing each summer since 2008.

So, what makes this project so important?

Unlike most of Canadian history, the story of the Franklin Expedition has been deeply mythologized in the 170 years since the disappearance of the ships and their crew. The fact that they no doubt suffered terrible deaths in a treacherous, forbidding landscape struck a nerve with the public 170 years ago and continues to do so today.

Sir John Franklin set out on his

voyage from England in 1845 with one objective: to find the elusive Northwest Passage,

which would provide a faster route for ships travelling from Europe to the rich trading grounds of Asia.

The voyage around Cape Horn was too long and very dangerous, so England, which by 1845 was the dominant European

maritime military and merchant power, sought a quicker, easier route through the as-yet largely unmapped Arctic

territories that would become part of Canada.

North America was not the only territory being explored by England at this time. Australia and New Zealand, Africa, and Southeast Asia were all being “opened” to European exploitation, but most of those who ventured into those regions returned home to Europe; or at least the stories of what became of them were carried back by survivors.

However, Franklin did not come home. He was 59 years old when the 1845 expedition began, and a veteran of Arctic exploration. He brought with him 129 capable men, and two ships, HMS Terror and HMS Erebus. These ships were fitted with the best that contemporary industrial technology had to offer.

Though wooden, Erebus and Terror, had iron-clad bows for the icy Arctic seas. They had complex steam engines manufactured by cutting edge rail companies, which would not only allow their propellers to maneuver the ships in tight situations, but also pumped hot water through pipes onboard the ship to keep the crew warm. There was a library onboard, and vast arrays of tinned food.

If anyone could have survived this voyage, it should have been Franklin.

The hubris of the mid-19th century was fueled by rapid advances in industrial technology. The media covered the story by portraying Franklin as a noble hero – a man dissuaded by nothing, who had every confidence that his cutting-edge ships would survive, and he would return home to England with a map of the Northwest Passage.

Instead, Canadian

weather prevailed. The sea ice was too thick. The boats were immobilized. The crew began to die. None of their technology could save them; indeed there is even a theory that the lead used in soldering the food tins actually hastened the men’s deaths.

Inuit stories spoke of ghostly white men labouring in the cold, and of cannibalism amongst survivors. In 1859, a note dating from 1848 was found on King William Island which stated that Franklin was dead, and that the survivors had abandoned the ships and set off south on foot in a desperate attempt to survive.

In 1981, three corpses of Franklin’s men were found on Beechey Island, half starved, and displaying lead poisoning. Other remains were later found on King William Island which showed signs of cut-marks on the bones. The Inuit tales of cannibalism seem to have been true.

At home in England, when no word had come from the expedition in three years, Mrs. Franklin began to lobby for rescue efforts. The British Admiralty offered a reward of £20,000 (the equivalent of more than $2 million today) for anyone that found Franklin’s missing ships and crew.

The loss was a stark reminder of the limitations of human ingenuity and technology when faced with the implacability of nature.

Approximately 50 expeditions since had tried and failed to determine with certainty the fate of those men. Mrs. Franklin became a national heroine in her own right; a valiant, persistent woman who refused to give up hope and for whom popular ballads were composed.

Today, the discovery of the Terror is as remarkable as if 170 years from now we were to suddenly find the remains of flight MH370. The drama and tragedy of

the Franklin story is once again in the public eye, but the discovery also casts light on some modern concerns.

Pragmatically, the issue of Canada’s Arctic sovereignty is tied up in the expedition and though the discovery would likely matter little to rival claimants Russia and Denmark, it has certainly cast our national attention on a remote area with which most Canadians feel little connection. The excitement of the Franklin saga may make us feel more emotionally engaged with our northern territories.

The issue of Arctic melt and climate change is also a pressing one, though ironically it has enhanced our capacity for northern exploration and travel. With the alarmingly rapid loss of sheet ice in our north we must also be aware that the Northwest Passage (now potentially navigable for the first time) may become a viable trade route. How will Canada regulate that trade? How can we better protect our Arctic environment?

The reawakening of interest in Franklin and his expedition provides a window through which we might examine our contemporary relationship with the Arctic. All of the modern political, technological and environmental questions that it underscores serve as a vivid reminder that history is not just in the past.

History is happening right now, and we are the ones writing it.

•••Kate Humble is the interpre-

tive co-ordinator at the Maritime Museum of B.C. The Maritime Museum will be running a regular column on historical and maritime topics.

If you have any questions that you would like to see addressed here, please send them to [email protected].

The Franklin Expedition: Why does it matter?

Kate HumbleMaritime History

Maritime Museum of B.C.

John and Jane Franklin: when no word had come from the expedition in three years, Jane. Franklin began to lobby for rescue efforts. The reawakening of interest in Franklin and his expedition provides a window through which Canadians might examine their contemporary relationship with the Arctic.


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Only eight qualify for the Paralympics – which is naturally the goal.

“It’s a pretty demanding task, but we’re knocking on the door of those teams ranked sixth, seventh, eighth,” Ferguson said.

Attitude and commitment make Stanley, who had a stroke at birth that left him with weakness on his right side, stand out as a solid player helping build the team despite his youth.

“The players in our para program are carded athletes, they’re expected to go that extra mile or two, Liam’s definitely one of the players that does that,” Ferguson said. “As a person he’s very quiet and shy and he just gets on with business. … He trains and smiles. He’s a good kid who minds his own business and gets on with his chores.”

The high expectations of the national program are a “perfect fit for him,” says mom Shannon Stanley.

“We always just put Liam into able-bodied sports and he did well,” she said. “We did it because we thought it was the right thing to do.”

Like many parents, Stanley’s introduced him to the sport at around four years old, mostly because he enjoyed it on television.

“I loved it and found I was

pretty good,” Stanley said. That first training camp at 14

was tough he admits, but being part of the national team is worth the work.

“It’s really cool. It’s an honour,” he said. “I like challenging myself.”

He trains at the gym regularly and plays with his school team as well as the Bays United F.C. U-18 team in the Vancouver Island Premier League. Next year he shifts to U21 soccer.

“I bring a high work rate,” he admitted, with a little prodding. “I like to pass the ball and have pretty good positional play.”

“He’s never let his disability slow him. He plays with intensity and confidence,” added Shannon. “He brings intensity to everything he does.”

Soccer is the real highlight for the Glenlyon Norfolk School Grade 11 student, but working trips to Barcelona last summer and Toronto just last month are the cherry on top. At the America Cup 2014 in Toronto last month, the team qualified for the World Championships in London next year with a fourth place finish. They lost to the U.S. in the

consolation final. “And we’re hosting Parapan

American Games in Toronto this summer, so I’m looking forward to that,” he said.

The Canadian Men’s Para Soccer program requires athletes to play a high standard of soccer and be dedicated to the program and country.

Stanley was named the 2013 Canadian Para Soccer Player of the year. In May, he was also named the 2013 BC Youth

Player of the Year. He played in 10 international matches last year, helping Canada post a record of four wins, two draws and four losses.

“He’s being rewarded for his

commitment but so are we. He makes our program strong. It makes our future bright,” Ferguson said. “If you have a program and you have two or there young kids thriving … the program is exciting and moving forward. We have Liam and a couple other kids with technical abilities and good attitudes.” [email protected]

“He’s never let his disability slow him. He plays with intensity and confidence.”

- Shannon Stanley

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Long distance rowers, paddlers and sailors will compete next summer in a first-ever Race to Alaska that offers a $10,000 prize – and no fuel bill.

The Northwest Maritime Center, based in Port Townsend, Wash, has begun accepting applicants for the unique, non-motorized, 1,207-kilometre marathon scheduled to begin next June in Port Townsend.

The cash prize of $10,000 will go to the first competitor to reach Ketchikan without the aid of an engine.

“It’s kind of a gold rush thing. If you get there first, you win 10 grand,” said Jake Beattie, Northwest Maritime Center executive director.

The Race to Alaska is scheduled to begin June 4, on Port Townsend Bay, with a 65-kilometre first leg to Victoria.

The Maritime Museum of B.C. is partnering with Race to Alaska as the official Victoria port host. Any paddler, rower or sailor is invited to participate in that leg without committing to the full race to Ketchikan.

Racers who complete the

first leg without assistance will qualify for the full race, scheduled to begin the following day.

Contestants will not be allowed to have any kind of motor on board – neither gas nor electric. There is no limit on the number of crew, but no substitutions will be allowed. To qualify for the prize, racers must be on board for the entire race.

For more information go online to racetoalaska.com or contact Jake Beattie by email at [email protected].

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 61 (GREATER VICTORIA)NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING

NOTICE OF ADVANCE AND VOTING DAY OPPORTUNITIES

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) that an Election by Voting is necessary to elect, for a four (4) year-term commencing December, 2014 terminating after the election held in 2018 in accordance with the legislation in the Local Government Act and the School Act, to fill the offices of Trustee on the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) and that the persons nominated as candidates at the Election by Voting, and for whom the votes will be received are listed below:

SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES - NINE TO BE ELECTED:Surname Given Names Residential AddressDUNCAN Nicole 309-770 Fisgard Street, Victoria, B.C. V8W 0B8FERRIS Tom 2811 Prior Street, Victoria, B.C. V8T 3Y2HORSMAN Bev 3931 Rainbow Street, Victoria, B.C. V8X 2A3LEONARD Elaine 7640 Wallace Drive, Saanichton, B.C. V8M1N5LORING-KUHANGA Edith 4169 Quadra Street, Victoria, B.C. V8X 1L3MacINTOSH Ruth #2-1241 Balmoral Road, Victoria, B.C. V8T 1B2McNALLY Diane 353A Linden Avenue, Victoria, B.C. V8V 4G1NOHR Deborah 943 Hampshire Road, Victoria, B.C. V8S 3S4ORCHERTON Peg 2653 Cedar Hill Road, Victoria, B.C. V8T 3H1PAYNTER Rob 1333 George Street, Victoria, B.C. V8S1A8RIZZUTI John 4019 Hollyridge Place, Victoria, B.C. V8N 5Z8WATTERS Jordan 618 Coleos Place, Victoria, B.C. V8Z 6G7WHITEAKER Ann 1245 Chapman Street, Victoria, B.C. V8V 2T7

General Voting Day will be opened on Saturday, November 15, 2014, to qualified electors of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) at the following places:

The Corporation of the City of VictoriaBurnside Campus 3130 Jutland RoadCook Street Village Activity Centre 380 Cook StreetCentral Baptist Church 833 Pandora AvenueSir James Douglas Elementary School 401 Moss StreetVictoria High School 1260 Grant StreetMargaret Jenkins School 1824 Fairfield RoadJames Bay New Horizons Centre 234 Menzies StreetJames Bay Community School 140 Oswego StreetSt Barnabas Church 1525 Begbie StreetOaklands Elementary School 2827 Belmont AvenueQuadra Elementary School Gymnasium 3031 Quadra StreetVictoria West School 750 Front Street

The Corporation of the Township of EsquimaltThe Gymnasium, Esquimalt Recreation Centre 527 Fraser Street

The Corporation of the District of Oak BayMonterey Centre 1442 Monterey AvenueMonterey Middle School Gymnasium 851 Monterey AvenueEmmanuel Baptist Church 2121 Cedar Hill Cross Road

That portion of the Corporation of the District of Saanich lying within School District 61 (Greater Victoria)Campus View Elementary School 3900 Gordon Head RoadCedar Hill Middle School 3910 Cedar Hill Road Cloverdale Traditional School 3427 Quadra StreetCordova Bay Elementary School 5238 Cordova Bay RoadDoncaster Elementary School 1525 Rowan StreetFrank Hobbs Elementary School 3875 Haro Road Glanford Middle School 4140 Glanford AvenueGordon Head Middle School 1671 Kenmore RoadHillcrest Elementary School 4421 GreentreeTerraceLochside Elementary School 1145 Royal Oak DriveProspect Lake Elementary School 321 Prospect Lake RoadReynolds Secondary School 3963 Borden Street Royal Oak Middle School 751 Travino LaneSpectrum Community School 957 Burnside Road WestTillicum Elementary School 3155 Albina Street Victoria Pacific Rim Alliance Church 1792 Townley Street

The Town of View RoyalView Royal Elementary School Gymnasium 218 Helmcken RoadEagle View Elementary School 97 Talcott Road

That portion of the District of Highlands lying within School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria)Highlands Community Halll 729 Finlayson Arm Road

That portion of the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area lying within School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria)View Royal Elementary School Music Room 218 Helmcken Road

And such voting places shall be open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

ADVANCED VOTING OPPORTUNITIES AND SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITIES shall be available at the following places on the dates and hours stated:

FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA – AT VICTORIA CITY HALL, 1 CENTENNIAL SQUARE (DOUGLAS AND PANDORA) on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Monday, November 10, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 P.M., at Our Place Society 919 Pandora Avenue on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M and at UVIC (UVIC Student Union Building), 3800 Finnerty Road on Thursday, November 6, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M.

FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT - AT THE TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT MUNICIPAL HALL, 1229 Esquimalt Road, on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Wednesday, November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF OAK BAY - AT THE OAK BAY MUNICIPAL HALL, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, on Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 and Wednesday November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. and at the Student Union Building, University of Victoria on Thursday November 6th, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M.

SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITY:At OAK BAY LODGE, 2251 Cadboro Bay Road on Friday, November 7, 2014 between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M.

FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF SAANICH LYING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT 61 (GREATER VICTORIA) - SAANICH MUNICIPAL HALL, 770 Vernon Avenue, on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Monday, November 10, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., at CEDAR HILL GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE, 1400 Derby Road, on Tuesday November 4, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M., at SAANICH COMMONWEALTH PLACE, 4636 Elk Lake Drive on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M., at PEARKES RECREATION CENTRE, 3100 Tillicum Road on Thursday, November 6, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M., at the UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA, STUDENT UNION BUILDING, 3800 Finnerty Road, on Thursday, November 6, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M., at the CORDOVA BAY UNITED CHURCH, 813 Claremont Avenue, on Friday November 7, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. and at GORDON HEAD RECREATION CENTRE, 4100 Lambrick Way on Friday, November 7, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M.

SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITIES DISTRICT OF SAANICH

On Monday, November 3, 2014, at the VICTORIAN AT FELTHAM, 1773 Feltham Road between the hours of 9:30 A.M. and 11:30 A.M., on Monday, November 3, 2014, at The VICTORIAN AT MCKENZIE, 4000 Douglas Street between the hours of 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 PM., on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at the BERWICK ROYAL OAK, 4680 Elk Lake Drive between the hours of 9:30 A.M. and 11:30 A.M., on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at the BERWICK HOUSE, 4062 Shelbourne Street between the hours of 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 PM. on Wednesday, November 5, 2014, at HIGHGATE LODGE, 1538 Cedar Hill Cross Road between the hours of 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M.., on Thursday, November 6, 2014, at THE CEDARS/DAWSON HEIGHTS, 3710 Cedar Hill Road between the hours of 9:30 A.M. and 11:30 A.M., and on Thursday, November 6, 2014, at THE KENSINGTON , 3965 Shelbourne Street between the hours of 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M.

FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL - AT THE VIEW ROYAL MUNICIPAL HALL, 45 VIEW ROYAL AVENUE Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Wednesday, November 13, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THAT PORTION OF THE DISTRICT OF HIGHLANDS - AT THE HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY HALL, 729 FINLAYSON ARM ROAD Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Wednesday, November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE RURAL PORTION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 61 (GREATER VICTORIA) LYING WITHIN JUAN de FUCA ELECTORAL AREA OF THE CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT - AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 62 (SOOKE) BOARD OFFICES, 3143 JACKLIN ROAD, Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Wednesday, November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.

NOTE: SCHOOL DISTRICT BALLOTS ARE PART OF THE BALLOTS OF THE DISTRICT OF OAK BAY, DISTRICT OF SAANICH AND CITY OF VICTORIA AND MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR MAIL IN BALLOTS UPON REQUEST TO THE MUNICIPALITY AT WHICH YOU MAY WISH TO VOTE.

ELECTOR REGISTRATION To register as an elector at the time of voting, you will be required to make a declaration stating that you meet the following requirements:• 18 years of age or older• Canadian citizen• Resident of BC for a least 6 months immediately preceding voting day• Resident or registered owner of real property in the School District for at least 30 days

immediately preceding voting day, and• Not otherwise disqualified by law from voting. Resident electors will also be required to produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity.

Non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if applicable, written consent from the other property owners.

Given under my hand at Victoria, B.C. this twenty second (22nd) day of October, 2014.

Thomas F. Moore Chief Election Officer


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Large grocery stores are the only retailers eligible to add a separate liquor store under new B.C. government regulations set to take effect in the spring of 2015.

To qualify for a space to sell alcoholic beverages, stores must have at least 929 square metres (10,000 square feet) of floor space and groceries as 75 per cent of their sales, Jus-tice Minister Suzanne Anton announced Friday.

The restrictions are designed to exclude general merchandise and “big box” stores as well as

convenience stores, according to a ministry statement. Eligible stores will be permitted to cre-ate a “store within a store” with separate cash registers and staff, or “co-brand” with liquor stores outside their existing facilities.

The government plans to maintain its cap on the number of liquor stores, with 670 private stores now in operation.

Liquor stores are currently restricted to relocating no more than five km from their original location, but that restriction is being lifted so a licence can be sold or moved anywhere in the province.

That would allow existing gov-ernment or private liquor stores

to relocate in partnership with grocery stores, while maintain-ing the regulation that no two liquor outlets can be closer together than one kilometre.

Licensing to sell B.C. wine directly from grocery store shelves, a second recommenda-tion from a province-wide con-sultation on liquor policy reform conducted earlier this year, is still being studied.

Anton said the system “strikes a balance of added convenience for consumers and support for B.C.’s business sector, while at the same time respecting health and public safety consider-ations.”

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Artist’s rendering of a separate liquor store space attached to a grocery store.

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Winter torchSport Minister Coralee Oakes welcomes the Canada Winter Games torch to the B.C. legislature last week. The event launched the 2015 Canada Winter Games Torch Relay. The torch relay will journey thousands of kilometres across northern B.C. visiting many communities leading up to the 2015 Games opening ceremony on Feb. 13 in Prince George. This is the fourth time B.C. has hosted the games.

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FIREPLACE TOOLS, $20. wood holder, $10. 6 crochet items $50/all. (250)595-6734.

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RENTALS

TOWNHOUSES

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TRANSPORTATION

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Set up & Training. E-FileTAX

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EXP. HOUSECLEANER and home care, 10 yrs exp. $20/hr. Bondable, have own supplies except vacuum.(250)220-4965

DRYWALL

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

EAVESTROUGH

ABBA EXTERIORSProfessional gutter cleaning & repairs. Window cleaning. Roof de-mossing. Pkg dis-counts. WCB. (778)433-9275.

ELECTRICAL

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GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES. Small renos, fences, hauling, lawns, etc. (778)977-5854.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

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PAINTING

35 yrs Professional Painting, WCB & BBB A+ rating. Accept Visa & M/C 250-883-5453

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

OLD TIMER. Quality old fash-ioned service. Great rates. Ex-cellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

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EXPERIENCED JOURNEY-MAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.

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

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

PRESSURE WASHING

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


STUCCO/SIDING

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-516-5178.

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TREE SERVICES

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

UPHOLSTERY

UPHOLSTER. Furniture re-pairs and marine. Please call250-480-9822.

WINDOW CLEANING

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Clockwise from above: Holden and Abby Kirkwood, 6, watch Greater Victoria ERT Sgt. Todd Lamb operate an Icor mini calibre tactical robot at the Oak Bay Police and Fire expo held on Saturday, Oct. 18. Saanich Police officer Shane Coughlan, left, shows Sofia Aviles, 10, and James Pittman-Jelley, 17, how police detect excelerants. Rowan Closs-Riedel, 8, and brother Jared Closs-Riedel, 6, give a thumbs up to the Oak Bay Police and Fire expo from atop one of the Oak Bay Sea Rescue Society’s zodiaks. Clara Rovere, 9, meets Saanich police dog Zeke and trainer Jon Zielinski. Eden Bryson, 6, and her brother Nolan Bryson, 9, check out the RCMP Marine unit vessel. Matthew Matheson, 10, tries out a Saanich Police Department motorcycle.

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Hundreds turned out Saturday as Oak Bay Police and Oak Bay Fire hosted an expo with several displays set up by regional police and fire units in their parking lot on Monterey Avenue.


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