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Manu Ronse gets close to his work as he lays down green paint while following the outline for what will be a colourful community mosaic in the 900 block of Rockland Avenue. Ronse was taking part in the Rockland Avenue Greenway Paint-In, an event held to add some colour to the bike and pedestrian friendly greenway.

Cruise ship emissions significantly lower than previous yearsPamela RothVictoria News

Emissions from cruise ships in James Bay are the lowest they’ve been in years.

According to a recent report on cruise ship emissions in Victoria, the highest sulphur dioxide levels measured this year in James Bay are significantly lower than previous years. The ship most associated with single, double and triple emissions is the Ruby Princess, which joined the Seattle-Alaska schedule this season.

Marg Gardiner, president of the James Bay Neighbourhood Association, said residents are aware the emissions were

dropping to acceptable levels and have been keeping a close eye on the situation for several years.

“It’s down at an acceptable level. Whether it stays that way without monitoring is another question,” said Gardiner. “Our line has always been that we want this industry to behave in our town.”

Cruise ship emissions create both conventional pollutants and greenhouse gases producing sulphur compounds and nitrogen oxides in addition to carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.

In order to track emissions, monitoring sites were set up in various areas of the community in 2006. The monitoring sites showed pollution levels were at

their worst between 2009 and 2012, then peaked briefly in July 2014, exceeding World Health Organization 24-hour guidelines.

Many residents living in the area experienced sore eyes and throats whenever ships were in port. Some couldn’t go outside and others chose to move away.

Gardiner said residents who are sensitive to chemical exposure continue to detect and experience emissions, but the current measurements are lower than advisory levels and provincial and federal targets so serious health impacts aren’t anticipated. But the problems surrounding air quality in the community are far from over.

“The air quality is the best it’s been since 2006 for the cruise ships, but we have other issues,” said Gardiner, noting there hasn’t been any improvements with emissions from buses, helicopters or float planes.

The Greater Victoria Harbor Authority (GVHA) has also monitored cruise ship emissions on a weekly basis, and has had no indications of emissions exceeding acceptable levels this year.

Ian Robertson, GVHA chief executive officer, said guidelines were brought in this year for cruise ships across North America to lower sulphur emissions. More ships have also installed scrubber technology, which knocks out

the bulk of sulphur dioxide and particulate matter.

“The advancements cruise ships are making, we’re satisfied with the results, but there’s always improvements that can be made,” Robertson said.

Victoria’s Ogden Point terminal is currently the busiest cruise ship port-of-call in Canada, according to the GVHA.

Cruise ship tourism has grown from 110 ship calls carrying 161,000 passengers in 2002 to a record 229 ships carrying 513,000 passengers during the 2015 season. The last ship on the Alaska itinerary arrived in Victoria Sept. 30. [email protected]

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Questioning the candidates of the Victoria ridingMurray Rankin – NDP

Canada’s youth unemployment rate is at 13 per cent, what would your party do to help more young Canadians find work?

Young people today work incredibly

hard, but too often the doors that were open to my generation are closed to them.

Under Stephen Harper, the number of young people out of work for more than a year has tripled. An NDP government will connect 40,000 young people with job opportunities over the next four years through a $200- million pilot program to create jobs. Focused on the non-profit sector, the program will also be available to corporations and small businesses, and provides special funding for apprenticeships with municipalities and Indigenous governments.

These investments build on our work as Official Opposition to protect unpaid internships from exploitation. With 60,000 fewer jobs for youth today than when Harper took office, this plan will help connect young people with the opportunities they need to get working and stay working.

What should Canada’s role be in dealing with international refugees?

We have proposed the immediate

resettling of 10,000 government-sponsored Syrian refugees by the end of this year. New Democrats will increase the number of government-sponsored Syrian refugees by 9,000 per year for the next four years, in keeping with what the United Nations has asked of Canada and other nations.

In addition, New Democrats will fast-track private sponsorships with no cap, remove the bureaucratic obstacles to private sponsorships, and provide temporary resident permits for Syrians who wish to come and stay temporarily with family.

Jo-Ann Roberts – Green Party

Canada’s youth unemployment rate is at 13 per cent, what would your party do to help more young Canadians find work?

It is unacceptable that the unemployment rate among Canadian youth is twice the national average.

Specific to opportunities for youth, a Youth Community and Environment Service Corps will provide jobs for 40,000 youth aged 18 to 25 every year for four years, up to a total of 160,000 positions. The projects under this program will be developed in partnership with municipalities, based on local priorities. We will also lower payroll taxes which will encourage the hiring of new employees. Lastly, we believe that to invest in our youth, we need to eliminate the barriers to education and training. To do this, the Green Party has committed to eliminating tuition for college, university, and skills-training programs by 2020, to be funded by the taxation of a regulated marijuana industry What should Canada’s role be in dealing with international refugees?

We will eliminate the list of so-called ‘safe countries’ from which refugees cannot come and include an ‘environmental refugees’ category — to address many who will face the same extreme situations as people coming from regions of conflict.

The Green Party supports using Canadian military transports to bring Syrians fleeing their country to Canada. We also support the issuing of temporary residents permits to speed up the process. Canada should ramp up its resettlement efforts to welcome up to 40,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years. As a country built by immigrants and refugees, we believe Canadians are with us on this.

John Rizzuti – ConservativeCanada’s youth unemployment rate is at 13 per cent, what would your party do to help more young Canadians find work?

The Conservative’s top priorities continue to be creating jobs, economic growth and long-term prosperity. We are working to connect Canadians, including young Canadians, with available jobs through various supports for apprentices, encouraging greater employer participation in skills training decisions and developing better labour market information. Enhancing access to post-secondary education enables more Canadians to acquire or upgrade their skills, contributing to a more productive and skilled Canadian labour force.


The Government of Canada acts quickly and appropriately when it receives requests for assistance from countries facing disasters, conflicts or acute food insecurity.

Canada’s response is the result of close cooperation among DFATD humanitarian officers, Canadian representatives in the field, representatives of other government departments, and international and Canadian humanitarian partners, such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the United Nations World Food Programme.

In response to the crisis in Syria, Canada has agreed to resettle 11,300 Syrian refugees by the end of 2017 and 23,000 Iraqi refugees by the end of 2015. Canada has also committed to resettle 5,000 refugees who are now in Turkey by 2018. As of Sept.1, 2015, more than 3,500 refugees from Syria and the region have been admitted to Canada.

Cheryl Thomas – LiberalCanada’s youth unemployment rate is at 13 per cent, what would your party do to help more young Canadians find work?

I’ve seen firsthand the stubbornly high youth unemployment, underemployment and dropout rate stemming from the Harper decade. A Liberal government will invest $1.3 billion over three years — 13 times more than the NDP. We will: create 40,000 youth jobs each year for the next three years through new, annual investments into the renewed Youth Employment Strategy; increase the number of jobs funded by the Canada Summer Jobs program; double the number who can access Skills Link each year; create 5,000 youth green jobs in locations such as national parks; renew the Youth Employment Strategy funded at $385 million per year — a $50 million increase from 2015/16; invest $40 million annually to create more co-op placements for students.


Having lived and worked in the Middle East for many years, I believe that Canada should take immediate action. Concerned Canadians across the country have called for action to ensure we expand our refugee targets and give more victims of war a safe haven in Canada. Every Muslim is not a terrorist — they are desperate families running away from war. I strongly support the leadership embodied in the Liberal party’s commitment to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada in order to help play our part in addressing this crisis.

Jo-Ann Roberts John Rizzuti Cheryl ThomasMurray Rankin

Please note: On Wednesday afternoon, Thomas decided to close her campaign after past comments regarding the Jewish and Muslim community surfaced on social media.


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With the federal election roughly three weeks away, hundreds of campaign signs are popping up on street corners and lawns all over Victoria and Esquimalt.

But are those signs effective? One University of Victoria professor thinks they are to an extent.

Janni Aragon, assistant professor in the department of political science and the director of technology integrated learning, said signs help with name recognition when voters head to ballot boxes on Oct. 19.

“They’ll think ‘oh yeah, on the corner of Arbutus and Gordon Head, there are six to eight signs. I remember seeing Elizabeth May, Tim Kane and Robert Boyd’,” she said, adding incumbents tend to win re-election as part of name recognition.

“(It’s) the money they have and they’re tried and tested. They have a track record,” she said. “Regardless, name recognition is good for new candidates as well.”

Randy Worthingham, campaign manager for Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke Liberal candidate David Merner, said the roughly 100 large signs and 200 to 300

lawn signs put up in the riding have helped voters recognize the newcomer’s name.

“It’s key to getting the name of our candidate David Merner known. If you don’t have that presence, it’s detrimental to the campaign,” he said. “David’s recognition has increased since the signs have gone up. When he goes to the door, people know who he is. Previously, the name recognition wasn’t as great.”

A spokesperson with NDP Victoria candidate Murray Rankin’s campaign said they’ve put up hundreds of signs on

private property so far and have ordered 500 more because they’re in high demand.

Stephanie Rae, communications manager for Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke Conservative candidate Shari Lukens’ campaign, said they’ve put up hundreds of signs in high-traffic areas in the riding.

Candidates are also affiliating themselves more closely with party leaders on signs, something Aragon said she’s never seen in Victoria before.

“There’s more tendency in this

election to connect to the party leaders and I haven’t witnessed that in Victoria before,” Aragon said. “It just shows how important the party leader is to this election or the ways in which the parties are making it about the party leader.”

But Aragon said there is a downside to the barrage of campaign signs — it can cause election fatigue and could turn some people off from voting.

In the 2011 federal election, the voter turnout was just over 61 per cent across the country. [email protected]

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Too many signs! Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. In case

you haven’t noticed, we’re in the middle of an election campaign.

It’s hard not to notice all the colourful candidate signs of all shapes and sizes now lining several streets throughout the region. In some locations, traffic signs have nearly been overtaken by the green, blue, orange and red signs of the campaign.

Multiple signs from one candidate are often placed at the same location. It’s almost like a game of who can place the most signs in a small section of land.

But unless someone has their picture on one of the signs, they all look the same. So what’s the point of having five signs at the same location if there’s nothing to make them stick out from the rest?

Some candidates have put up signs of the party leaders — a rare move University of Victoria professor Janni Aragon hasn’t seen in the city before.

The move, said Aragon, shows how important the party leader is to this election, which is smart since many people often vote for who they want to run the country, not necessarily who’s best for the riding.

Although they are an eyesore at some locations, Aragon said the signs do help with name recognition when voters head to the ballot boxes. Having too many, however, can also cause election fatigue and could turn some people off from voting altogether.

As the days draw closer towards the Oct. 19 election, it will be interesting to see just how important the candidate signs really are when it comes to whose name gets selected on the ballot. Will it be the guy with the biggest blue signs? Or the lady with the pearly white smile? Or will it simply be the name of the party that ultimately makes up the mind of a voter?

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Readers respond: Homeless, addicted and mentally ill are federal problems

My optimism that Mayor Lisa Helps would have learned from the spendthrift example of former Mayor Dean Fortin’s financial follies, has been shattered several times this early in her reign. Her $50 million boondoggle crusade to build homes for the homeless is a prime example of ‘the road to hell being paved with good intentions.’ Fifty million would only be the start of dollars being thrown into a bottomless money-pit.

Does Helps see herself as the Angela Merkel of Canada with Victoria as Canada’s Germany where Helps is for the helpless of the rest of Canada?

If so, will she also find Victoria besieged by economic migrants from every province of the Canadian union? Then, having recognised her folly, as Victoria is overwhelmed by the floodtide of humanity, will she, like Frau Merkel be the loudest voice to cry, “Helps needs help,” while leaving local taxpayers to be the beasts carrying the expensive burden she and her cohorts created?

The homeless, addicted and mentally troubled are federal problems far beyond the capability of even the most generous Victorians to resolve.

Jack CloverVictoria

Tough choices in this electionThis election I will be faced with a

tough choice. I could not ask for more from my MP, Murray Rankin. Everything I have requested, whether by letter, email or by personal visit, has been delivered. His empathy for the world’s extreme poor may stem from the fact that his own grandfather died from TB, a preventable illness which still takes the lives of so many less fortunate people internationally.

His cheerful follow-through when asked to reach out to the HAT Caucus, to support funding for TB Reach or to sign the Barcelona Accord has shown me that he would embrace the target 0.7 per cent of GDP for International Development, a goal suggested by Lestor Pearson back in 1969 and later adopted by the UN as the global goal.

The question is whether his boss would agree, and if so, how and when, Mr. Mulcair? Elizabeth May has consistently shown a great degree of compassion for the world’s extreme poor and understands more than the other three party leaders, the role of the environment in the lives of the extreme poor. While she has said that she will bring international aid up to the suggested 0.7 per cent of GDP, she has not given us a time-frame. The UK has passed a bill that enshrines in law its commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of

its Gross National Income on aid every year. By contrast, Canada’s foreign aid spending was down sharply in 2014, to a low of 0.24 per cent. I would urge all candidates to push their leaders to move in a direction that we must, in order to have sustainable international growth and to eradicate extreme poverty. On Oct. 19, 2015, the party that clearly defines this target will win my vote.

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Cycling dream team may bring us a nightmare

For some of us the “cycling dream team” may be bringing us a nightmare! Victoria is not Bogota, Copenhagen or Amsterdam! When I consider the $2 million proposal for just one kilometre of Pandora Street, with 180 more kilometres of streets to consider, just in Victoria, heaven help us!

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Students shorted classroom hours Kendra WongVictoria News

A concerned parent is calling on the Greater Victoria School District to give students the proper amount of instructional hours in the classroom after discovering the hours fall short of the minimum requirement.

According to the 2015 school calendar regulation set out by the Ministry of Education, students in grades 1 to 5 are required to have a minimum 878 hours of instruction. This year, students are getting 863.76 hours — 14 hours less.

Students in kindergarden are required to have a minimum 853 hours of instruction and are getting just over 863 hours. Students in grades 6 and 7 must also have 878 hours and are getting 915.

Tom Berkhout, a Fairfield resident who has two children in grades 1 and 3 at Sir James Douglas Elementary, said the discrepancy was first brought to his attention by his mother-in-law, a former superintendent in Ontario.

“It made me think, who is looking out for the interests of student and families?” he said. “It reinforces at the school board level when these types of decisions are being made, it’s very clear that the student requirement of getting that 878 instructional hours was probably the very last thing fit into the schedule when it should have been the first thing.”

Berkhout is concerned the lack of time in the classroom means less opportunity to learn.

“There’s just a concern that over time there’s this slow

erosion of educational priorities and what impact that has on children and families,” he said, adding there is a financial burden on parents who have to spend money on additional daycare costs when children should be in school.

Greater Victoria School District Superintendent Pieter Langstraat said the lack of

instructional hours is an abnormality.

According to contractual stipulations between the school district and the Greater Victoria Teachers’ Association

(GVTA), the school year must start after Labour Day and end the last Friday of June. Since Labour Day fell on Sept. 7, it condensed the school calendar.

“The ministry stipulates minimum hours. I can understand where parents would expect that those minimum hours are met,” said Langstraat, adding a

late Labour Day won’t happen again for years. “It simply is a perfect storm of dates, contractual language and this current calendar year that has led to this situation.”

Jason Gammon, first vice president of the GVTA, said the provincial school act is more rigid in how those hours are delivered and they have established a three-year plan to ensure the minimum requirements are met over those years.

“For parents that are concerned, if your child is in (kindergarden) to five, over the next three years they will get the minimum instructional requirements,” he said, adding students could have more than the minimum instructional hours next year. [email protected]

“It simply is a perfect storm of dates, contractual language and this current calendar year that has led to this situation.”

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Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) has finished mapping hundreds of yards of the ocean floor off the West Coast that could help researchers understand the ecosystems that thrive in the depths of the ocean.

Last month, the University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada launched a three-week unprecedented expedition of unexplored waters. Two ships — exploration vessel Nautilus and research vessel Thomas G. Thompson, visited eight sites on ONC’s west coast observatories in the Salish Sea and Pacific Ocean.

According to Maia Hoeberechts, co-chief scientist on the Nautilus and associate director, user services, scientists were able

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Vent fields, commonly found where tectonic plates are moving apart, form along mid-ocean ridges where superheated mineral-enriched water is emitted from the sea floor.

Using a remotely-operated vehicle, the ship took video of everything in the vent fields, which a researcher will use to create 3D models.

“That’s going to be really useful for researchers in the future to have a great idea of what the geography of that vent field looks like and for planning future instrumentation and also to research changes over time,” Hoeberechts said. “If we seen some of the chimneys changing — getting smaller or bigger — we can use these as a reference.”

The vent fields are also home to ecosystems that are not present anywhere else in the world and can help researchers understand how long they can live for and how far they can spread along the mid-ocean ridges.

“They’re driven at the base of the food chain not by the sun, not through photosynthesis, but rather through chemical synthesis, of the vent fluid that’s being emitted,” Hoeberechts said. “We’re trying to understand the extent of the area that can be colonized.”

Scientists may have also discovered a new style of Nudibranch, a soft-bodied critter known for its colours and striking forms in the mid-ocean ridges.

“It was one that no one in our network of scientists have ever seen before,” she said, adding it was white and had spikes. “We’re working with researchers to identify this critter to see if it’s new or if its known.”

During the expedition, the ships also did live-feed sessions with 14 classes, one as far away as Hawaii.

The expedition was the last of the season. In the fall, Ocean Networks Canada will present its findings at a number of different conferences. [email protected]

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Two of Victoria’s finest have been recognized for their leadership and exceptional service.

On Sept. 18, Deputy Chief constables Steve Ing and Del Manak received Canada’s Order of Merit of the Police Forces at a Rideau Hall ceremony in Ottawa.

Ing has been with the Victoria police for more than 27 years and served as a reserve constable for the Vancouver Police Department for three years prior.

During his 27 years of service, Ing has worked in nearly every section of the department. In 2003, he received the Lieutenant Governor’s Meritorious Service Medal in recognition of his role in rescuing a suicidal female from a fifth-storey ledge of a building. Ing is currently responsible for executive insight of the administration for the department.

Manak was born and raised in Victoria and started his policing career with four years of service with the Vancouver Police Department.

Manak has an extensive collision background, spending five years in the traffic section, and was a collision analyst and part of the escort and drill team. Selected to set up a provincial government pilot project, Manak helped create the Integrated Road Safety Unit (IRSU) in the CRD. The success of the pilot led to the expansion of IRSU units throughout the province.

The Order of Merit of the Police Forces honours the leadership and exceptional service displayed by officers across Canada. The primary focus is on exceptional merit, contributions to policing and community development.

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Ocean Networks wraps up three-week expedition


Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) has finished mapping hundreds of yards of the ocean floor off the West Coast that could help researchers understand the ecosystems that thrive in the depths of the ocean.

Last month, the University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada launched a three-week unprecedented expedition of unexplored waters. Two ships — exploration vessel Nautilus and research vessel Thomas G. Thompson, visited eight sites on ONC’s west coast observatories in the Salish Sea and Pacific Ocean.

According to Maia Hoeberechts, co-chief scientist on the Nautilus and associate director, user services, scientists were able

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Vent fields, commonly found where tectonic plates are moving apart, form along mid-ocean ridges where superheated mineral-enriched water is emitted from the sea floor.

Using a remotely-operated vehicle, the ship took video of everything in the vent fields, which a researcher will use to create 3D models.

“That’s going to be really useful for researchers in the future to have a great idea of what the geography of that vent field looks like and for planning future instrumentation and also to research changes over time,” Hoeberechts said. “If we seen some of the chimneys changing — getting smaller or bigger — we can use these as a reference.”

The vent fields are also home to ecosystems that are not present anywhere else in the world and can help researchers understand how long they can live for and how far they can spread along the mid-ocean ridges.

“They’re driven at the base of the food chain not by the sun, not through photosynthesis, but rather through chemical synthesis, of the vent fluid that’s being emitted,” Hoeberechts said. “We’re trying to understand the extent of the area that can be colonized.”

Scientists may have also discovered a new style of Nudibranch, a soft-bodied critter known for its colours and striking forms in the mid-ocean ridges.

“It was one that no one in our network of scientists have ever seen before,” she said, adding it was white and had spikes. “We’re working with researchers to identify this critter to see if it’s new or if its known.”

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It's not a done deal, but the Greater Victo-ria Harbour Authority (GVHA) is working

through final details that would bring a passenger-only ferry service for those want-ing to travel directly to Vancouver harbour.

Last June, GVHA

president Ian Robert-son was contacted by Australian ferry opera-tor, Riverside Marine, about finding a place to dock in the Inner Harbour. Robertson

suggested the Steam-ship Terminal as a possible location.

When discussions closed with the pro-vincial government a few weeks ago on

potentially housing the Maritime Museum of B.C. at the location, Robertson looked at the other individuals that had expressed interest in the space.

Riverside Marine was interested in the top level and Ocean Networks Canada was interested in the bottom. The new ten-ants should be confirmed within the next couple of months.

“We're optimistic we can get something done,” said Robertson, who hopes Riverside Marine will be suc-cessful with its opera-tions, should they move into the space.

A harbour-to-har-bour fast-speed ferry service was tried in the early 1990s when Royal Sealink Express ran catama-rans between the two cities. The service, however, was eventu-ally halted due to low ridership and seasick-ness among passen-gers.

“What I think makes this different is that they've done this

before. They are doing this right now in Aus-tralia, they are leaders in passenger marine transportation,” said Robertson.

“What struck me is the owner and founder is a sea man first, an entrepreneur second.”

According to its website, Riverside Marine was founded in 1926, and now has operations stretch-ing around the Syd-ney area and across Queensland, going onwards to the off-shore oil and gas fields of the North West Shelf. The com-pany could not be reached for comment.

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Living downtown without a vehicle, the 32-year-old has no problem accessing the services she needs, but she's noticed some improvements could be made to make walk-ing a more enjoyable experience.

“Douglas Street is not necessarily an enjoyable walking experience. There aren't a lot of store fronts that are visu-ally engaging, it's a busy road, you have to cross a lot of cross-walks so it takes you longer to walk,” said Guetta, noting other issues throughout the city, such as sidewalk repair.

Despite some of the issues, walking is still an enjoyable experi-ence for Guetta, which is why she's encourag-ing people to get out of their cars and on their feet for the first annual Walk on Week Oct. 5 to 11.

Inspired by Bike to Work Week, now in its 22nd year, Guetta and Salley Reid decided to take the concept a step further by encouraging people to walk to work and school, or for exercise and the pure pleasure of enjoying the city and region.

“It's a healthy form of recreation, it's a sus-

tainable transporta-tion, and it's good for your mental health,” said Guetta. “We love bikers as well, but really thought it was time to kind of put for-ward the pedestrian view.”

The week kicks off on Monday in Centen-nial Square. From 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., pedes-trians can stop by to learn more about Walk On and other pedes-trian friendly orga-nizations in Greater Victoria.

Public schools have also been encouraged to participate since Wednesday is interna-tional walk to school day. Local walking clubs will have recre-ational walks sched-uled throughout the week and the Victoria “Y” Volkssport Club will hold a special walk on Saturday in Esqui-malt.

Walk On, Victoria is a pedestrian advocacy group formed in 2014. The group aims to give pedestrians a voice and ultimately make Victoria a safer and more enjoyable place for everyone to walk.

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James Bay's beloved store, Niagara Grocery could soon be on the move.

Jennifer McKimmie, co-owner of the store on Niagara Street, said they are looking at other places to move the busi-ness.

In August, McKimmie was notified their landlord had listed the building and prop-erty next door for sale. The landlord is hoping to sell the two properties together for an estimated $1.3 million.

Since then, she has launched an online fundraising campaign to raise the roughly $250,000 needed to put a downpayment on the property and keep the business running.

But it fell short of the goal, raising just over $3,800 in a month.

“I really didn't have a solid

goal in mind,” McKimmie said. “It was successful in that it brought awareness. There were contributions and also people who stepped forward who wanted to invest in that downpayment as well. That was all really positive.”

Now, the store must look at other avenues, including mov-ing out of the neighbourhood if necessary.

McKimmie said they haven't had much luck finding proper-ties in James Bay so far.

“I would love to be in James Bay because it's home for me, but finding space is challeng-ing. There isn't anything avail-able,” she said, adding she hopes to find a space that's similar in size to the current building and can preserve the neighbourhood-feel of the store.

“I need to do what's right for the business. It's hard to invest any money into this space and bettering this business if we don't even know if we're going to be here.”

McKimmie added the busi-ness has also taken a hit, with people assuming since the story initially broke, that they

had closed their doors.“That kind of impact is sig-

nificant,” she said, noting they are still operating as usual.

The business first opened six years ago and has since trans-formed from a convenience store to a much-loved neigh-bourhood market.

There is no definitive time-line for the move.

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Niagara Grocery in search of new home

“I need to do what’s right for the business. It’s hard to invest any money into this space if we don’t even know if we’re going to be here.”

— Jennifer McKimmie

Owners hope to keep beloved business in James Bay

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dren they've meet on their journey through Victoria General Hos-pital, a group of fire-fighters from across Greater Victoria huddle in the VGH pediatric intensive care unit.

They have spent the past five years fund-raising for the ward and are interested to

see how they might be making a difference. The five-bed unit is empty the day of their visit, but as unit nurse Judy Riggs tells the group, that can change in an instant.

"We're like the fire department. It can be like this and you come back in an hour and

we're slammed," she says.

Riggs has been a nurse for 37 years and tales of her experience in burn wards have the firefighters hang-ing on her every word. When she finishes, she is given an open invi-tation to come speak at the different locals,

because the firefighters don't believe they can do her words justice.

She also shows them some of the carts the donated money has purchased, which allow hospital staff to easily transport to bed-side the various equip-ment used in treating patients.

"I can't lift 100 pounds like you guys," she says, laughing. But the firefighters weren't laughing when they saw the older carts — some still in use — which were noth-ing more than Master-craft toolboxes that Riggs says are basi-cally dragged around the unit.

The firefighters agree, as they did when they originally began fundraising, that they could do more together as a group than they could as individual union locals.

The firefighters from Oak Bay, Saa-nich, Victoria, and Esquimalt, represent-ing the Professional Firefighters of Greater Victoria, weren't just at the hospital to visit children on Tuesday. They had a special cheque for $50,000 to present to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation as part of a 10-year, $250,000 pledge to support pediatric care at VGH.

The cheque brought the total donated to $108,000,

which has gone towards creating the family room for the neonatal intensive care unit, purchasing ven-tilators and other life-saving equipment.

This week's dona-tion will go towards the purchase of an Omnibed, which is a type of incubator.

Besides the cheque, a shiny yellow fire truck was on hand for the kids to see up close. The little faces lit up at the chance to sit in the driver seat and try their hand at directing a real fire hose.

"This was the best part of the day," said Victoria Hospitals Foundation Executive Director Melanie Mahl-man, after watching children climb into the fire engine. She was glad some of the chil-dren could have a day outside of the hospital, getting a chance to do what kids should be doing. "It reminds us all what this is really about."

Mahlman said less

than two per cent of sick children need to leave the Island to undergo treatment in Vancouver, and sup-port from groups such as these remind the community of treat-ment that is available close to home. "It dem-onstrates a deep com-mitment from our fire-fighters," she added.

Jared Barker, direc-tor of the Saanich Firefighters Charitable Foundation, tossed out a special thank you to the VGH staff. "You guys are the real heroes and inspire us every day,” he said.

On a previous visit to the hospital Barker was awed by the pedi-atric staff and the level of care they provide for every child. "They never turn away a kid," he said. He was espe-cially struck by how staff seemed to treat each child like their own.

"They're not doing it for recognition, which I think is pretty spe-cial.”

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Getting to BMW’s techno core in the Big AppleNew York - The all-new 2016 BMW 7 Series is a sixth generation edition of the brand’s big, flagship sedan. The new styling is another evolutionary step and still instantly recognizable as a BMW. Dimensionally this car is the same as the outgoing model, yet it has a radically new and innovative sub-structure.And the latter, coupled with remarkable onboard technology, is what caught my attention. Today, much is unique to the 7 series but, figuratively speaking, tomorrow it will spread through the range and the day after it will doubtless be coming to a car near you!The new 7 Series, offers a showcase of the very latest technologies that BMW has to offer, combined with more advanced forms of technologies already available. Sadly, a novel driverless “self-parking” technology (controlled by the key fob and available in Europe) has not (yet) received Canadian regulatory approval. A similar (delayed approval) story also applies to a new adaptive LED headlight option. Another fascinating new (multi-media) feature is Gesture Control, which lets an operator do things like raise audio volume by twirling your finger, take a phone call with a finger point or wave it away with a wrist flick. An operator can also add customized gestures to trigger a function … a couple come to mind!Pandering to the non-driving owners is an interesting optional interior first for BMW, a feature called “Executive Lounge”. A feet-up recliner in the right rear seat has a body massage feature and a multi-media experience controlled by a removable touch-screen tablet, which is mounted in a clever docking feature.

Got to admit, it was rear seat test drive to savour – and yes, I do love this job! BMW is pioneering a different way to improve body rigidity and reduce weight, explained Dr. Wolfgang Hundt, the Project Manager for Driving Dynamics & Driving Assistance. It uses carbon-fibre (reinforced plastic) in key (core) locations of the structure of

the new 7 Series. An indicator of how strongly committed BMW is to the use of this ultra-light yet super-strong material is the expansion work (to triple production output) already in progress at its relatively new Moses Lake (Washington State) carbon-fibre manufacturing plant. I was most impressed by the balance and poise of the 750i xDrive (with an M-Sport package) on the Monticello Motor Club, in up-state New York. In Sport mode the new 7 is so wonderfully light on its feet that you can very easily forget you’re behind the wheel of a big sedan. This mode drops the standard air suspension an additional 10mm and it seems to firm-up and tighten everything. The difference between Sport and Comfort modes was quite dramatic and there’s a new one “Adaptive”. It matches the

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Want to see your shot featured as a Reader Photo of the Week?

We’re seeking shots that grab our attention for their creativity, impact, humour or beauty, taken in the Sooke region. They can be of people, nature or the urban environment. Email your submissions to [email protected].

Photo of the WeekShelley Reid capture this photo of a spider hanging outside her house in Sooke. Reader’s Photo of the Week is sponsored by the Stickleback West Coast Eatery.

Ron NeitschContributed

Spring and chinook salmon fishing in Sooke has slowed down after an incredibly good season.

There are still a few nice chinooks being caught near the harbour mouth and at Otter Point. Some of these fish have been taken slightly deeper, 100 to 120 feet on the downriggers in 120 to 130 feet of water, while others are still being taken at 70 to 80 feet on the downriggers in 100 feet of water.

As the springs coming in are fewer and farther between, trollers are now turning their attention to coho and halibut fishing.

Coho are usually found by covering water from the shallows out to the shipping lanes running favourite hootchies or spoons from 60 to 90 feet

on the downriggers. Coho killers, Coyote spoons, green/white/yellow hootchies, small pink squirts, and many other artificial lures work well, not to mention anchovy trolled in a variety of anchovy teaser heads.

Remember two hatchery coho only per person until Oct. 1 when you can keep one wild coho per person and up to three hatchery fish.

Halibut has been good with many anglers coming back with multiple fish. The secrets being location, depth, fresh bait and patience – lots of patience. Someone told me if you sit on anchor in 200 feet of water in Sooke long enough you will catch a halibut.

•••Ron Neitsch is the

owner of 2 Reel Fishing Adventures in Sooke.

Ron Neitsch photo

Tim McKay caught this 20-pound salmon at Otter Point recently.

Fishing Adventures

Fishing season was big catch

Hike reveals birds of prey at Beechey Head

Join Capital Regional District guest naturalist Geoffrey Newell on Saturday (Oct. 3) and walk to Beechey Head to observe raptors during their fall migration.

Meet at the Aylard Farm parking lot at East Sooke Regional Park, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Please leave your pets at home. For inquiries contact CRD Regional Parks at 250.478.3344 or online at crd.bc.ca/about/events.

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PROUDLY SERVING SOOKE, METCHOSIN,JORDAN RIVER AND SOMBRIO !

OUR LOCAL WEEKLYSPECIALS ARE BACK

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LEGION RIDERS 2nd WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 7 PM

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Short Mat Bowl 1:00 pmEuchre 6:30 pmDrop-in Pool 7-10 pmPool League 7:00 pmLadies’ Darts NoonDominos 10:00 am NASCAR 7:00 pmShuf� eboard 7:00 pmCribbage 7:00 pmShort Mat Bowl 1:00 pm

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