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Doug Tyrrell, marine adventure instructor for Glenlyon Norfolk School, preps the crafts donated by both himself and the school for use by paddlers who don't have a kayak during the seventh annual Paddle for Health (formerly Kayak for a Cure).

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Seven years ago the system failed one Oak Bay woman says the Ending Violence Association of B.C. and they fear the province has gone as far as it can to save lives, without an in�ux of funding.

“Sunny Park and her family were failed by the system,” said Tracy Porteous, executive director of the Ending Violence Association of B.C. “Not every relationship that is experiencing a high risk of domestic violence is know to the system. But when it is, there’s no reason we can’t save

that family’s life … Domestic violence is the most predictable of homicides.” In September 2007, Peter Lee killed his estranged wife, Sunny Park, their young son Christian and his wife’s parents in their Oak Bay home before killing himself.

“While the nature and severity of that crime was particularly shocking, it was also a chilling reminder that domestic and family violence occur every day in homes throughout our province,” said Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux and Suzanne Anton, Attorney General and Minister of Justice in a joint statement.

“Following the deaths of Christian Lee, Sunny Park and their family, government responded with the creation of the Capital Region domestic violence unit, bringing together police, victim services and an MCFD-dedicated social worker. We established a protocol to ensure more effective communication between police, government and community agencies in highest-risk domestic violence cases. New training for child welfare workers and other professionals improved consistency and awareness, while the development of an integrated information-sharing system allowed the Ministry of Children

and Family Development to better track the nature of cases, including those that involve domestic violence scenarios.”

A constant recommendation from EVA and other inquests and reports is that victims of domestic violence need advocates to help them with the myriad of complex systems they come in contact with.

“It’s very dif�cult to navigate your way through what the police policy is, what crown policy is,” Porteous said.

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PLEASE SEE: 18 dead from domestic violence, Page A17

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Education Minister Peter Fassbender says the province may take extraordinary steps to ensure Oak Bay High students’ school year is not cut short by the teachers strike.

That could mean adding days to the school calendar later in the year, he said, to ensure Grade 12 students in particular complete their courses and get all the marks they need.

“Do you put it on the end of the year? Do you take it out of Spring Break? Do you take it out of Christmas holidays? My staff are looking at all of the options,” Fassbender said.

“It’s going to depend on how long this drags out. Whatever length of time it takes to get this settled, we will do everything we can to make sure the school year is kept whole for those students.”

It’s unclear how the government would finance adding extra days of classes later when all of the $12 million per day in strike savings may be consumed by the province’s offer of $40-a-day payments to parents.

As of Monday morning, 74 per cent of parents of eligible public school children under 12 had signed up for the $40 payments, which are expected to be made as a lump sum after the strike ends.

Greater Victoria School Board chair Peg Orcherton said the district continues to incur costs related to the strike including salaries for school administration as well as support staff with other unions that are eligible to be compensated for pay lost for not crossing teacher picket lines.

She added a school year extension will also come with added costs for support staff who are usually hired on a 10-month contract.

Education ministry officials said school districts would be consulted on any potential changes to the school year to mitigate the strike.

But Orcherton said she’s heard nothing so far and predicts once the teachers’ strike ends school districts will be offered a number of options to deal with their budget if the school year is extended.

“It all depends on how long it goes,” she said. “It’s not going to be easy.”

Talk of calendar adjustments is another sign of possible long-term implications from the strike, even though it has only disrupted the first few days of the new school year.

Parents have scrambled for limited space for child care, day camps, tutors and even private school placements for their children.

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Oak Bay fitness guru Lara Lauzon relishes her role as “warmup girl” at Mile Zero each September.

In the role she’s held for three decades, Lauzon will lead participants in a basic running stretch before they head off on the 34th annual Terry Fox Run this Sunday. It’s a heartfelt way to give back to the community.

“It’s my little community service, but I think I get more out of it than the participants. It’s a real honour to be asked every year,” she says, having missed only three or four times since leading the inaugural stretch. “My mom passed way

from cancer when I was a teenager. When I got involved in the Terry Fox Run it was meaningful for me as a participant.”

Lauzon was just shy of her 18th birthday when her mom died. At a “way too young” 43, her mom was an award-winning teacher who sewed her daughter’s winter coats and was an avid community volunteer.

“We’re celebrating her life in a different way,” she says.

That first event provided a feeling of coming full circle years later.

“It was like a healing process,” Lauzon recalls.”It just felt so positive. People running the race with cancer, without cancer, in honour of people with cancer. It felt like this big breath of fresh air … I just love it.”

Community, healing and embracing are all words she feels describe the event to this day. And it all comes with heavy Oak Bay flavour.

“They have to do a lot of work to engage the community. It’s a truly volunteer-based organization,” Lauzon says. “It brings community members together in such a profound and poignant way.”

Organized by local residents Graham and Doug Lamb, the day features music by Oak Bay’s Bald Eagles, putting participants in a moving mood. Local firefighters are joined by those from Victoria and Saanich to lose their locks during a Great Canadian Hair ‘Do’ organized by Linda Johnstone.

“It’s a real integration of

communities,” Lauzon says. “When everybody does their little bit, that’s what makes community. We can all help each other be our best.”

Registration starts at 9 a.m. Sept. 14 with official opening ceremonies at 10. Lauzon’s warmup starts at 10:20 with the Terry Fox

Run starting at 10:30 a.m. Email [email protected] for more information. Visit terryfox.org to learn more about the annual run inspired by Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope including how to donate to the cause.

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Oak Bay fitness guru Lara Lauzon leads the warmup for the annual Terry Fox Run at Mile Zero this Sunday, Sept. 14.

“People running the race with cancer, without cancer, in honour of people with cancer. It felt like this big breath of fresh air … I just love it.”

- Lara Lauzon

Did you know?n Remember Body Moves? The exercise show filmed in Greater Victoria and shown on Chek TV in the 1980s. Oak Bay resident Lara Lauzon, now a professor at the University of Victoria, co-produced and hosted the internationally-syndicated health and fitness show for seven years.

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Oak Bay lost a village icon with the death of Jim Kirk on Saturday, Sept. 6.

“We feel so lost,” said Penny Farthing Pub owner Matt MacNeil, echoing the sentiment of Kirk’s many friends.

Born in New Westminster, Kirk moved to Victoria in 1989 when he purchased four buildings on Oak Bay Avenue where he continued to live until his death at age 75.

“Jim was many things to many people but to our family, he was a warm, kind and generous friend who made a difference to our lives,” said Oak Bay councillor Cairine Green. “He was a man of many talents – an artist, a musician, a bonsai gardener, a gourmet cook, a sculptor, a musician and former music teacher and an astute businessman.”

Kirk owned the building that houses the Penny Farthing Pub and other shops on Oak Bay Avenue. It was above the pub and Vis a Vis where he created a beautiful penthouse suite and gardens that were an oasis from the busy avenue below.

“Jim was also a benefactor to his community, supporting a number of initiatives, projects and individuals in his 25 years of living in Oak Bay,” said Green. “Jim was truly a Renaissance man and when you met him, you never quite forgot him. He was delightfully flamboyant, opinionated and remarkably intelligent. You knew when he was nearby by his

booming voice and contagious laugh. He will be sorely missed.”

Former Oak Bay Mayor Christopher Causton said Kirk was, “a very special individual who played a key role in Oak Bay without many people knowing.”

“It’s such sad news,” said Mayor Nils Jensen. “He was a valued member of our community. He was an eclectic, interesting man full of stories and willing to share his views on life. I always enjoyed speaking with him.”

Jensen said the renovation of the Penny Farthing and buildings surrounding it are an integral part of the character of Oak Bay.

“One legacy Jim left is the beautiful streetscape in the renovation of the block he owns. It’s an iconic part of our avenue and that’s all thanks to Jim and his vision and his work with Matt MacNeil.”

“I was one of the few who knows how generous he was to the community and his friends over the years,” said MacNeil. “I met Jim in 1998, 1999

when I first approached him to see if he was interested in having his property redeveloped.”

MacNeil, his wife Wendy, and Kirk became good friends over the years.

“He became a close friend and he was an outstanding landlord. … He liked his buildings pristine. They look brand new. He took pride in ownership and he had community pride, which showed in the way he took care of things.”

MacNeil described Kirk as a kind and generous man to both those who knew him well and people he just met. “We watched it for many years,” MacNeil said. “He had eight or nine friends through

the years who he helped go to university or college or to trade school. He helped change their lives – paid for all of them to go to school.

“He had time for everybody. … He was a wonderful listener. He was interested in you and anything you were interested in.”

As a former music theory professor at the University of British Columbia, Kirk was a proponent of both education and the arts.

“Art was a huge part of his life,” said MacNeil. “He painted and welded, sculpted

metal – he was a tremendous gardener. He specialized in bonsai, he spent hours in his garden … it was stunning.”

Kirk also had a great ear for music and enjoyed a variety of genres. “He had great taste. He enjoyed all the arts, he was a big supporter of theatre. He was a regular at the Belfry,” said MacNeil.

“Above all for me …” MacNeil said, his voice breaking. “We laughed. … We laughed so long and so hard sometimes, we cried. That’s how I’ll remember him.”

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A new class meant to activate the mind and induce thought-provoking discussions is coming to the Monterey Recreation Centre.

Sam Wong, a renaissance literature professor at the University of Victoria, will teach a class at the centre on Thomas Hobbes’ book Leviathan.

“Hobbes is a little off the beaten path,” said Wong, adding the topics in the book are quite provocative and controversial.

“It’s hard to read Hobbes and not produce strong feelings one way or the other,” he said.

Lesley Cobus, co-ordinator of the Monterey centre, expects

this course to be stimulating.“We do a lot of work with

Alzheimer’s and all the research points to keeping your brain active and engaged in thinking and learning new things,” said Cobus. “This kind of course just stimulates that.”

Having been a professor at UVic for more than 10 years, Wong has seen all kinds of students. However, the best he said are often older students who have come back to school to learn something new. He is excited to see what kind of people sign up for his class at the Monterey centre.

“I think it’ll mostly just be people who are curious,” he said.

The course is open to the general public 19 years and older.

“As people age, I think you think more about philosophy and looking at life in different ways,” said Cobus.

According to Wong, it’s fitting to teach Hobbes in an environment meant to

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“Hobbes stayed intellectually very active until the end,” said Wong. “He’s an extraordinary example of maintaining intellectual curiosity well into

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People in Oak Bay have been eagerly undertaking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in recent weeks. Now there is an event that will keep participants a little bit dryer, while still raising money for the cause.

The Victoria Peoples Drug Mart Walk for ALS will be held on Sept. 14 in parking lot 6 at the University of Victoria.

Registration is at 11:30 a.m. The walk begins at 1 p.m.

The event includes guest speakers, entertainment, silent auction and food.

The B.C. Walks for ALS is the biggest

fundraising event for the ALS Society of B.C. All money raised is used to fund research and to provide support and equipment for people diagnosed with the disease. Last year, more than $50,000 was raised.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is characterized by muscle spasticity, rapidly progressive weakness due to muscle wasting. This results in difficulty speaking, swallowing, and breathing.

Average survival time from onset to death is 39 months, and only four per cent survive longer than 10 years,

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Chloe Cameron probably hasn’t read Robert Fulghum’s All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten, but she can already do him one better.

“It’s nice to help sick kids,” says the four-and-a-half-year-old as she wiggles in an office chair.

Her friend Bobb Hamilton asked her if she’d like to run a lemonade stand during the recent Oak Bay Collector Car Show to earn a little money.

“Bobb said I could, and I said yes,” she says, attempting another spin in the chair.

Instead of keeping the money for herself though, she talked to her mom Caity about

making a donation with her earnings.

“She was sick earlier in the summer – she didn’t need Jeneece Place, but she thought it would be nice to help sick kids,” says Caity.

She set up the stand in front of Hamilton’s Red Art Gallery and his wife and artist Marion Evamy baked muffins for Chloe to sell along with the lemonade.

“I even got to have some,” Chloe, now fully recovered from her illness, says with a grin.

She had fun selling lemonade and muffins and has plans to add cookies to the mix next time. “Chocolate chip cookies!”

At the end of the day, Chloe, a student at St. Christopher’s Montessori school, made a donation of $183.40 to the Children’s Health Foundation for Jeneece Place and received a certificate in appreciation.

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With the heavy rain last week we were reminded that fall weather is just around the corner.

That means it’s time to start thinking about fall fashion and especially sweaters, scarves and jackets. Citizen in Estevan Village has some great brands to choose from for men and women, as does W&J Wilson, located across from Windsor Park and around the corner from Reflections Hair Design and Accessory Consignment. …

Before we are fully engulfed in the fall rain, I suggest heading down to Pedego Electric Bicycles to take a tour on the amazing electric assist bicycles.

After riding one you will only have two questions to ask yourself: What colour would I look best on? And: To pedal or not to pedal?

These bikes are a great way to get out and stay active with a little help. Pop in and see owner Charles Turner, he will be happy to answer all your questions. …

This past week found me down at the Oak Bay Marina Restaurant’s Sushi Bar for some amazing sushi crafted

by David Nakayama. My recommendation is the Pacific roll it’s the perfect blend of salmon skin and crab. You can finish the meal off with a wonderful coffee and dessert from the restaurant side and take a walk along the water. …

As you walk the waterfront grab a photo at the Welcome to Gracepoint sign, as it won’t be here much longer. …

Saturday morning found me in the wonderful Estevan Village.

I was on a quest for a birthday gift for my three-year-old niece and Buddies Toys had just what I was

looking for. With so many great, quality brands from all over the world, Buddies always has what I am looking for. …

I popped in next door to Bungalow for a gift bag and the perfect card and my birthday gift shopping was done! Then it was time for a coffee and a cupcake at Crumsby's. …

Moving on to Oak Bay Ave. on Saturday afternoon, I was enjoying the sun while shopping at both Nicholas Randall and Finn and Izzy’s annual week-after-labour-day sidewalk sale.

There were so many wonderful deals to be had. Both stores are making room for all the amazing new fall products.

While browsing I also had the opportunity to catch up with my fabulous realtor, Jordy Harris as he was heading into Starbucks.

Jordy, who works for Newport Realty, is Oak Bay raised like myself, and knows his market. He made my home buying experience last year painless and with the great result of an amazing home. Plus, I made a great friend. …

Another true sign of fall is that the last Oak Bay Village Night Market of the 2014 season is upon us. Tonight (Sept. 10) is the final market, and I suggest heading down to pick up some great produce or the best piece of fudge. …

Sadly, this is my last Sidewalk Superintendent column as I am moving on to new career adventures.

I will truly miss working with the many great Oak Bay business owners and employees I have come to know.

It has been a wonderful experience and I have learned so much. But fear not, Ginger and I won’t be going far. We will still be living in Oak Bay, frequenting Pharmasave, Jennings Florist, The Penny

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And we are very much looking forward to Pumpkin Art and the most wonderful event of the year The Oak Bay Ave Light-Up.

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Oak Bay Archives & Heritage Present Jean Sparks: Tales of A Seaside Village c1890-1920 on Wednesday Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Windsor Park Pavilion.

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The B.C. Teachers’ Federation’s latest demand, for binding arbitration on selected pocketbook issues of its members, is going nowhere.

This follows months of the union’s insistence on mediation. First a B.C. Supreme Court judge met with both sides and walked away. Then the BCTF’s preferred choice, Vince Ready, agreed that mediation won’t fix the current version of the mess he last examined in 2007.

BCTF president Jim Iker announced the arbitration gambit on Friday, in one of the webcasts he uses to rally the union’s exhausted membership. Education Minister Peter Fassbender replied that with five minutes’ notice to the government’s chief negotiator and lacking specifics on what would be subject to arbitration, the proposal would forfeit the government’s mandate to control costs.

“This government will not raise taxes in order to provide a settlement to one union that does not reflect what the other public sector has done,” Fassbender said.

In short, there will be a negotiated settlement, eventually. The union chose to begin the strike, and now must find a way to end it.

The government’s position in this dispute is unlike any of the many that preceded it. And it points the

way to an evolution of education that cannot be stopped.

The announcement of a $40-a-day payment for days lost during a fall strike for children under 13 was greeted with scorn by the BCTF and its echo chambers. Parents won’t be bribed, they want school, not daycare, it’s an insult, went the refrain.

Before the first week of the fall strike was over, nearly two thirds of eligible parents had enrolled, faced with pickets at their

schools and real and mounting child care and tutoring costs. The union executive, collecting their hefty salaries while teachers do without even token strike pay, said members who are parents should refuse the money.

Some B.C. teachers have begun advertising tutoring services online. With distance learning and other online education options expanding in all 60 public school districts, the digital revolution is unfolding quickly.

The B.C. government made a couple of announcements in April, one about moving to digital versions of textbooks and another about a digital merger of 1,600 school libraries with public and post-secondary schools. Growth of options accelerates.

Largely drowned out by the

noise of 1970s-style industrial labour strife, the B.C. public school curriculum is being refashioned for this new age. Among its goals is to “allow teachers and students the flexibility to personalize their learning experience to better meet each student’s individual strengths and needs.”

One of B.C.’s early models for self-directed learning is Thomas Haney secondary in Maple Ridge, where senior high students are expected to make their own way through course work, learning to manage their own time.

It was here that the first couple of Grade 12 students showed up last week to begin making up for lost time from the strike that set in last spring. Self-directed study has become a crash course.

Private schools are also swamped with applications from Grade 12 students looking for particular courses they will need by next year.

In the short term, Fassbender says the lost strike days will likely have to be restored to the school schedule.

“Do you put it on at the end of the year? Do you take it out of spring break? Do you take it out of Christmas holidays? My staff are looking at all of the options,” Fassbender said.

In the longer term, the whole factory model of school is on the way out.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com.

Factory model fading for schools

All not lost for victims of abuse

As a society, we’d rather skirt the issue of domestic violence and spend our time debating hockey player salaries or Justin Bieber’s latest arrest.

Using the anniversary of a tragic mass murder to forward an agenda is almost as distasteful.

Almost.Wouldn’t it be nice to live in a world where

our government responded to gaps in our social services, so that Sunny Park, her young son Christian and her parents could rest in peace and their friends and relatives could mourn and remember them as they lived, instead of reliving the horror of how they died each year?

Park told police her husband Peter Lee had hit and kicked her before intentionally driving their car into a pole, breaking her arm. She told police he had threatened to kill her and her family. At the time of the murder, Lee was also facing charges of aggravated assault and unlawful confinement against another man. Still, he was released from jail.

The system failed Sunny and her family in 2007 and it continues to fail some today. But many, mostly women and children, are being helped and those suffering in abusive situations should know help is out there. It is not a lost cause.

The government has implemented and is bringing in more specialized domestic violence units and is developing programs for Aboriginal women, men and children affected by domestic violence. There has been increased training and integrated information-sharing systems implemented.

Is it enough? No. And nothing will change the awful tragedy of the Park-Lee murder suicide.

But as a society, we can open our eyes to domestic violence. We can use this heart- wrenching anniversary to shed light on the topic and encourage the government to fund anti-violence programs to its maximum capability.

VictimLink BC is a toll-free, confidential, multilingual telephone service available across BC and Yukon 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1-800-563-0808 or go to victimlinkbc.ca.

Tom FletcherB.C. Views

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What a delight to see the beautiful photo of a seal with her pup on the front cover of the Oak Bay News (Aug. 29).

Along with many others, I was lucky enough to witness several seals with their pups playing and resting near the marina last week.

Not often do you get a chance to see a newborn seal pup curled up on its mom’s

back. It was so sweet, heartwarming and hopeful.

I’m sure others will agree, the shoreline around Oak Bay is a treasure worthy of protection.

I hope these pups have a chance to live a long and healthy life.

Britt SwovelandOak Bay

Thank heavens the Oak Bay Sea Rescue Society is finally getting the boathouse they so rightfully deserve.

My husband has been involved with the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (OBSR station 33) for the past five years and like the general public, I too never realized they did not get federal funding and they are totally separate from the Canadian Coast Guard.

The RCMSA share some training courses with the Canadian Coast Guard but they are a non-profit who constantly have to fundraise to keep afloat. (No pun intended.)

The Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue has 60 stations on our coastline which play a pivotal role in rescuing both people and small craft.

They are staffed by 2,000 members who volunteer their time, all the while meeting family and job expectations. These are the people who could well save your life if you came into difficulty in our often treacherous waters.

Like other emergency services personnel they often risk their own lives and should be commended for their bravery and unselfishness.

So impressed was Prince William after hearing about this organization, that he granted it the “Royal” designation just before his wedding.

The Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue is totally British Columbian and we should be proud of it and give it our full support.

Rachel McDonnellOak Bay

Re: Residents favour amalgamation (News Sept. 3).

So Angus Reid ‘constructed’ a poll which we are encouraged to believe accurately reports the feelings of ‘the majority’.

Honest reporting of such an event would include, at the very least, the questions these people were asked, how many people responded, and if they were home-owners (eg, tax-payers) or simply ‘residents’?

Information gathered through polls are famously inaccurate and misleading, and to report such a sampling as a factual representation of the true majority is, at best, sloppy journalism, and at worst, intentionally misleading.

Further, where are the studies supporting the contention that municipalities which have gone down this path have profited financially and improved quality of governance: Toronto, for example?

Electing Rob Ford as mayor of, say, Esquimalt or Oak Bay would not

doom the entire metropolis to suffer through his reign, and the trouble such a person may create can be offset in some ways by the fact that there are high quality people of integrity in the adjacent communities.

I do not believe for a second that ‘a majority’ of home-owners (and not simply residents) would prefer such a scenario. Please, report facts, not Angus Reid’s fantasies.

Personally, one of the things I have always loved about Oak Bay is the feeling of small town, where the mayor and the elected officials live nearby.

They are neighbours, and very often, friends.

They are accessible, and, more importantly, they are ordinary people doing the sort of work that most of us would rather not do. In the last 25 years, I have not seen a single mayor of Victoria that I felt could hold a candle to any of those of the smaller municipalities.

Alec AllisonOak Bay

As an Oak Bay veggie gardener, I’m surprised that we have so many vegetarians.

Those opposed to a humane deer cull wouldn’t eat cattle, pigs or, heaven forbid, chickens – would they?

What also surprises me is that they don’t understand the heartache of losing your veggies to marauding deer, not to mention the financial burden too many of us senior

gardeners losing our organic food suffer. As an ecologist, if we truly want a healthy

natural environment, we’d allow free access to the cougars to do the necessary culling, keep the cats inside, the dogs on leashes and move to electric vehicles or bikes.

Until we’re ready for this, a humane cull is the logical solution.

Jan CadieuxOak Bay

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Have a seatThe somewhat famous Muskoka chairs on Kitty Islet off of Beach Drive are joined by a found sculpture, a large piece of driftwood, stood on end and anchored on a large bolt in the rocky ground. The driftwood also serves as a perch for a passing crow.

Cull the logical solution

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Below: Stephen Tran of Langford hauls his kayak along Willows Beach prior to the Paddle for Health. The seventh annual paddling fundraiser (formerly known as Kayak for a Cure) raised funds for the Vancouver Island chapter of the B.C. Childhood Cancer Parents Association.

Top: Ladies in waiting, Kathy Harms, left of New Westminister, Deborah Exelby of Victoria and Jennifer Somerville of James Bay, enjoy the sun while awaiting the start of their first Paddle for Health. Participants headed toward the Victoria Golf Course instead of Cadboro Bay as planned after the beach there was closed late last week due to high coliform counts.

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Living on Vancouver Island for more than 20 years, Boomer Jerritt is no stranger to the beauty of the West Coast. A professional photographer, Jeritt recently published his third book featuring photos from around Vancouver Island.

Originally a fine artist doing portrait work, Jerritt decided he needed a change, prompting him to take up photography. He graduated from the Western Academy of Photography in Victoria in 1990.

The book features many outdoor scenes from the Island, but the majority of the photos also include people doing activities, such as surfing in Tofino, fishing in Campbell River or golfing at the Victoria Golf Club in Oak Bay.

“I enjoy shooting recreation, lifestyle photography,” said Jerritt, adding he wants people who look at the book to be able to put

themselves into the photos. While he does not have a

favourite among them, Jerritt said

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reflects me being out there and doing my thing,” he said.

Jerritt worked on the book with freelance writer Peter Grant, who curated the photos and wrote the text for Vancouver Island Imagine.

Grant was born and raised in Oak Bay. After 35 years, he moved to

Victoria West just last year.“Oak Bay is impossibly scenic,” said Grant.

“The Victoria Golf Club must be one of the most scenic golf courses in the world.”

Grant was introduced to Jerritt’s photos when he was sourcing photos for a travel magazine.

“Boomer’s photos came up more than anyone else’s,” he said.

Grant worked on two books before this one with MacIntyre Purcell Publishing, the publisher of Vancouver Island Imagine.

“John MacIntyre pulled me in to do the selecting and arranging the photos,” said Grant.

Jerritt and Grant were able to work together to produce the book the way they wanted.

“It’s more about the people and the lifestyle that the Island affords,” said Grant.

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The time of the Vikings is drawing to a close at the mu-seum and archives, and visitors will want to ensure Vikings: Lives Beyond the Legends is on the calendar before it closes Nov. 11.

Providing fascinating in-sights into the Viking era, the blockbuster exhibition from the Swedish History Museum, Sweden, and Museums-Partner in Austria includes more than 500 rare artifacts, interactive displays and hands-on educa-tional activities. Illustrating who the Vikings really were and how they lived, the exhibition challenges commonly held beliefs and misconceptions, breaking through stereotypes to reveal the Vikings in a fascinating new light.

From the land of the Vikings to the rich cul-tural tapestry of B.C.’s Indigenous people, the Our Living Languages exhibition also continues.

With 34 unique First Nations languages and 61 dialects, B.C. is widely re-garded as a linguistic “hot-spot” but the vitality of Indigenous languages has been threatened in First Nations communities. A unique partner-ship between the Royal BC Museum and the First Peoples’ Cultural Council, Our Living Languages explores how culture is inextric-ably linked to language,

and how First Nations language activists have ensured languages are kept alive for future generations of speakers.

“The Royal BC Museum is a bridge between our past and our future, and raising aware-ness and an appreciation of B.C.’s Indigenous languages is a foundation for the pride we have in our province,” notes Royal BC Museum CEO Prof. Jack Lohman.

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An Oak BayUnited Sunday

Above: Merle Stewardson and Betty Forgie were among more than 35 church and community groups sharing information during the open house.

Left: Laurel Hanson, left, Julia Young and Oak Bay United Church youth minister Zachary Burrill chat with Jan McArdle during Oak Bay United Church’s open house on Sunday. Visit oakbaynews.com or facebook.com/OakBayNews for a full slideshow from the event.

Photos by Laura Lavin

Brandon Long, 9, helps Evan Moore, 2, down the slide as Eliot Smith, 3, waits his turn. The boys were enjoying the bouncy castle during the open house on Sunday.

Dennis Oliphant serves up burgers to Marilla Pekter, 10, and Ian Oliphant, 13, during Oak Bay United Church’s open house on Sunday.


Looser liquor penalties eyed for Oak Bay barsThe province is contemplating

changing how it punishes pubs, restaurants and liquor stores that violate liquor rules that ban over-serving and selling to minors.

Business owners have asked government for a more flexible penalty system and a month-long online consultation running to Sept. 30 asks stakeholders for input on the options.

One possibility to be explored is lower or higher penalties.

According to a government dis-cussion paper released Friday, B.C. penalties are stiffer than most other provinces.

“Decreasing penalties would bring British Columbia in closer alignment with the average among

the provinces,” it says, noting gov-ernment must balance business hardship and the need for deter-rence for public safety.

A first offence for a B.C. liquor establishment typically means a one- to three-day suspension for overcrowding and 10 days or a $7,500 fine for selling to a minor (the first-offence maximum is $10,000 and 15 days for serving minors.)

Alberta bars have a choice of paying a fine or serving a suspen-sion – which is one of the ideas up for consideration – and most operators there choose the fine, which is typically $500 to $1,500 on a public safety first offence.

The stiffest penalties are in

Ontario, where suspensions of 21 days and longer are common.

Another issue is perceived unfairness of the current system for different business types.

Food-primary outlets can keep on serving food during a sus-pension, while liquor-primary bars and retail stores must close entirely.

That raises the question of whether fines are a better option, the paper says.

It adds the penalties must spur liquor violators to voluntary com-pliance and not be so low they’re merely treated as a cost of doing business.

Fines or suspensions get more onerous with repeat offences,

potentially leading to licence can-cellations.

But a second offence is only counted as such if it happens within 12 months of the first one – after a year the slate is clean.

One option is to increase that period to two or three years, which would put more pressure on repeat offenders whose sub-sequent penalties would be more severe.

Another question asks if repeat offences should be fines rather than suspensions.

The consultation is in response to recommendations flowing from the liquor policy review headed by B.C. Liberal MLA John Yap.

“We have been asking for review

of the penalty schedule for a while,” said Jeff Guignard, execu-tive director of the Alliance of Beverage Licensees, which rep-rensents a broad spectrum of bars, stores and other liquor sellers.

He said a $7,000 fine for failing to check an ID could be a month of profit for a mom-and-pop rural liquor store in northern B.C., but negligible to a big Vancouver bar.

There were 13,415 inspections of liquor licensees last year, result-ing in just under 400 contraven-tion notices or nearly three per cent of inspections. But of those, less than half (171) led to enforce-ment action being taken.

The discussion paper can be found at pssg.gov.bc.ca.

Parents of public school students 12 years old and under can now register to receive $40 per student for each day school is not in session due to the ongoing labour disruption in B.C. public schools.

The program is intended to help parents with the added cost of learning and supervision for the duration of the labour disruption.

Parents and primary caregivers are eligible to apply. Primary caregivers can include step-parents, legal guardians and foster parents.

As of Monday morning, 164,400 families had registered representing a total of 225,520 students.

To register, please go online to [email protected]

Registration open for $40 education support

Sing your joyOak Bay United

Church is looking for new members for its community chorus.

The non-auditioned, mixed-voice commu-nity chorus is open to all people ages 16 to 29 and rehearses on Monday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. at the church, 1355 Mitchell St.

For more information contact 250-213-1948 or [email protected] or go to singyour-joy.ca.


1. Advance Elector Registration

Are you eligible to vote in the upcoming November elections for the District of Oak Bay? Is your name on the current list of electors?

If you are not sure you can find out by visiting the Oak Bay Municipal Hall at 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria BC or by calling the Municipal Hall at 250-598-3311. The office is open from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday (excluding holidays).

Advance elector registrations will be accepted at the Oak Bay Municipal Hall until 4:30 p.m. on September 23, 2014. With the exception of registration on voting days, elector registrations will not be accepted during the period of September 24, 2014 through November 14, 2014, inclusive.Elector Qualification Resident Electors: ➢ Age 18 or older (on or before the general voting day, Saturday, November 15, 2014); and ➢ A Canadian citizen (on the day of registration); and ➢ A resident of British Columbia for at least six (6) months immediately before the day of registration; and ➢ A resident of the District of Oak Bay for at least thirty (30) days immediately before the day of registration; and ➢ Not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law from voting.Non-Resident Property Electors: ➢ Age 18 or older (on or before the general voting day, Saturday, November 15, 2014); and ➢ A Canadian citizen (on the day of registration); and ➢ A resident of British Columbia for at least six (6) months immediately before the day of registration; and ➢ A registered owner of real property in the District of Oak Bay for at least thirty (30) days immediately before the day of registration; and ➢ Not entitled to register as a resident elector; and ➢ Not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law from voting; and ➢ The only persons who are registered owners of the real property, either as joint tenants or tenants in common, are individuals who are not holding the property in trust for a corporation or another trust; and ➢ An individual may only register as a non-resident property elector in relation to one parcel of real property in the District; and ➢ If there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident elector.2. Voting Day RegistrationResident Electors and Non-Resident Property Electors who have not registered in advance may register at the time of voting. General voting day is Saturday, November 15, 2014.Resident Electors may register by producing two pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to provide proof of identity and residency.

Non-Resident Property Electors may register by producing satisfactory proof of property ownership and, if applicable, written consent from the other registered owners of the real property, and two pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to provide proof of identity.3. List of Registered ElectorsBeginning September 30, 2014, until the close of general voting for the General Local Election on November 15, 2014, a copy of the list of registered electors will, upon signature, be available for public inspection, at the Oak Bay Municipal Hall, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria BC, during regular office hours, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Before inspecting the list, a person must sign a statement that they will not inspect the list or use the information included in the list except for the purposes of PART 3 – Electors and Elections of the Local Government Act. An elector may request that their address or other information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors.4. Objection to Registration of an ElectorAn objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 p.m. on October 10, 2014. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the District of Oak Bay and can only be made on the basis that a person whose name appears on the list of electors has died or that a person whose name appears on the list of electors is not qualified to be registered as an elector of the District of Oak Bay.5. Notice of Nomination

Public Notice is given to the electors of the District of Oak Bay that nomination for the offices of:

Office Number of Persons to be Elected

Mayor One (1)

Councillor Six (6)

will be received by the Chief Election Officer or a designated person as follows:

By hand, mail or other delivery service to: From 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 30, 2014 to 4:00 p.m., Friday, October 10, 2014,Oak Bay Municipal Hall excluding statutory holidays and weekends2167 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria BC, V8R 1G2

By fax to: From 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 30, 2014 to 4:00 p.m., Friday, October 10, 2014,250-598-9108 excluding statutory holidays and weekends

By email to: Originals of faxed or emailed nomination documents must be received by the [email protected] Election Officer by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 17, 2014

Nomination forms are available at the Oak Bay Municipal Hall, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria, BC between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (excluding statutory holidays) to the close of the nomination period.

Qualifications for Office

A person is qualified to be nominated for office, and to be elected to and hold office, as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria: ➢ A Canadian citizen; ➢ 18 years of age or older (on or before general voting day Saturday, November 15, 2014); ➢ A resident of British Columbia for at least six (6) months immediately before the day the nomination papers are filed; and ➢ Not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.

6. Availability of Mail Ballot VotingMail ballot voting is available for the 2014 Local General Election. In accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act, the only electors who may vote by mail ballot are:1. persons who have a physical disability, illness, or injury that affects his or her ability to vote at another voting opportunity; or2. persons who expect to be absent from the District of Oak Bay on general voting day (Saturday, November 15, 2014) and at the times of all advance voting opportunities (November 5 and 12, 2014)

A person wishing to vote by mail ballot must apply in writing to the Chief Election Officer between 8:30 a.m. on October 22, 2014, and 4:00 p.m. on November 13, 2014, by providing a signed request with his or her name, residential address, address of the property in relation to which the elector is voting if a non-resident property elector, method of delivery for the mail ballot package, and address for delivery if different from residential address. Between 8:30 a.m. on November 5, 2014 and 4:00 p.m. on November 13, 2014, the Chief Election Officer will provide mail ballot packages (visit the website or contact the Chief Election Officer for details). In order to be counted for the election, the elector must mail or deliver the ballot to the Chief Election Officer at the address specified in the mail ballot package so that it is received no later than the close of voting on general voting day (8:00 p.m., Saturday, November 15, 2014).

Further information on the election in general, or on nomination papers and the requirements and procedures for making a nomination, may be obtained by contacting the Chief Election Officer, Gary C. Nason, at [email protected] or at 250-896-8716. Gary C. Nason, Chief Election Officer

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So your child is the proud owner of a pair of glasses! You should be aware that those glass-es, at any given time, could be knocked to the floor, stepped on, sat on, squished in the bottom of a backpack, or even used as a sling shot. To ensure your child understands how important it is to treat his or her eyewear responsibly, here are other ideas to prolong the life of a pair of glasses:

Make it an open and shut case. When the glasses aren’t in use, keep them safely tucked inside a hard case, marked with the child’s name and telephone number.

Be a clean freak. Lenses should be cleaned at least once a day with warm soapy water or an appropriate lens cleaner – never wipe your lenses when they are dry!

Jump in with both hands. Remind your child never to remove his or her glasses with only one hand – this is often the cause of many a misaligned and uncomfortable frame.

Get adjusted. Glasses that stay in good shape are glasses that are readjusted from time to time, particularly if pressure marks appear on your child’s nose or behind his or her ears.

And here’s a piece of good news: today’s eyeglasses are sturdier than ever, and meant to withstand general wear and tear.


A Buff-Breasted Sandpiper was spotted on Labour Day weekend by 18-year-old Oak Bay resident and bird expert Geoffrey Newell.

This small shorebird distinguished by its bright buffy face, neck and breast, yellow legs and short straight bill has only been sighted a few times in the Greater Victoria region.

The bird was almost hunted to extinction in the late 1800s and is classified as near endangered today.

The bird breeds in the Arctic tundra and migrates through the prairies to its wintering grounds in Argentina.

Newell gives free monthly bird walks for the Friends of Uplands Park.

The next one is on Saturday, Sept. 13. Anyone interested in joining is asked to meet in the large parking lot at the end of Cattle Point at 9 a.m.

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He noted, those include child protection, housing and accessing family law.

“Each one of these systems have different pieces of legislation and different policies and it can be very overwhelming.”

Community-based victim assistance programs can “ring the alarm bell” she added.

“There’s already 18 people dead in our province since January alone. That’s a huge number, yet in the last 20 years, the province of B.C. has not made any further investments in terms of funding new money,” Porteous said.

In February, the government launched the three-year, $5.5-million Provincial Domestic Violence Plan.

“The plan aims to enhance services and bridge potential service gaps to ensure that women, children and all those who have been affected by domestic violence have access to the supports and services they need,” said the government release. “The plan supplements our more than $70-million annual investment in prevention and intervention services, and the $3.4 million in civil forfeiture grants we provided this year to support initiatives that prevent violence against women. We know more can and must be done. That’s why we’ve committed to introducing a long-term, comprehensive strategy to move towards a violence-free British Columbia.”

While praising the positive changes

in family law and outlines defining family violence, EVA is again calling for implementations to the tune of $30 million in funding citing “skyrocketed” increase in the demand for help from women.

“In fact, 156 recommendations have been made outlining what it’s going to take for our province to prevent the kind of tragedy that happened to Sunny and her family from happening again,” Porteous said. “Generally speaking, what changes have taken place in the last seven years are largely things that can be done with no money. Everything that’s possible to be done in the province of BC with no money is now

done. What is missing and what has been called for over and over and over are funding investments to improve the safety of women and their kids.”

She likens the lack of funding to a home with no maintenance for two decades and cracks in the foundation. “Many cracks, and people are falling through them.”

Community-based victim assisted programs are the key, Porteous added, noting Park had an appointment with a community-based assistance program for the day after she was murdered.

“In the investigation we’ve been able to undertake … we have not been able to find a woman who was murdered who was a client of one of these community-based victim assistance programs,” Porteous said.

The Regional Domestic Violence Unit in the Capital Region formed in July 2010 as a result of the Lee-Park inquest.

“That’s excellent, there’s maybe three or four of those working together across the province in that way,” she said. “There just needs to be more funding available to ensure there’s a coordinated response, not just off the side of a desk.”

For smaller communities to share information and provide wraparound support, 20 communities have “interagency case assessment teams” and 20 more await that program.

If you or someone you know needs help visit domesticviolencebc.ca online or call VictimLink BC at 1-800-563-0808 available at any time and in multiple languages.

[email protected]

Highlights of the Provincial Domestic Violence Plan:

$1 million to help with the startup and implementation of additional specialized domestic violence units, which will provide direct services to high-risk families. $2 million to develop and deliver programs specifically for Aboriginal women, men and children affected by domestic violence - including victims and perpetrators. $1 million to provide support and intervention for perpetrators to hold them accountable and support changes in behaviour and attitude. $1.5 million in direct supports to women and children for housing and transportation in rural and remote communities.

Continued from Page A1

18 dead from domestic violence this year

Rare Oak Bay visitor spotted

Geoffrey Newell photo

Bird watcher Geoffrey Newell spied this rate species a few weeks ago and will share his expertise with others on the Friends of Uplands Park bird walk this Saturday.


A Buff-Breasted Sandpiper was spotted on Labour Day weekend by 18-year-old Oak Bay resident and bird expert Geoffrey Newell.

This small shorebird distinguished by its bright buffy face, neck and breast, yellow legs and short straight bill has only been sighted a few times in the Greater Victoria region.

The bird was almost hunted to extinction in the late 1800s and is classified as near endangered today.

The bird breeds in the Arctic tundra and migrates through the prairies to its wintering grounds in Argentina.

Newell gives free monthly bird walks for the Friends of Uplands Park.

The next one is on Saturday, Sept. 13. Anyone interested in joining is asked to meet in the large parking lot at the end of Cattle Point at 9 a.m.

[email protected]

7x3pv womens

He noted, those include child protection, housing and accessing family law.

“Each one of these systems have different pieces of legislation and different policies and it can be very overwhelming.”

Community-based victim assistance programs can “ring the alarm bell” she added.

“There’s already 18 people dead in our province since January alone. That’s a huge number, yet in the last 20 years, the province of B.C. has not made any further investments in terms of funding new money,” Porteous said.

In February, the government launched the three-year, $5.5-million Provincial Domestic Violence Plan.

“The plan aims to enhance services and bridge potential service gaps to ensure that women, children and all those who have been affected by domestic violence have access to the supports and services they need,” said the government release. “The plan supplements our more than $70-million annual investment in prevention and intervention services, and the $3.4 million in civil forfeiture grants we provided this year to support initiatives that prevent violence against women. We know more can and must be done. That’s why we’ve committed to introducing a long-term, comprehensive strategy to move towards a violence-free British Columbia.”

While praising the positive changes

in family law and outlines defining family violence, EVA is again calling for implementations to the tune of $30 million in funding citing “skyrocketed” increase in the demand for help from women.

“In fact, 156 recommendations have been made outlining what it’s going to take for our province to prevent the kind of tragedy that happened to Sunny and her family from happening again,” Porteous said. “Generally speaking, what changes have taken place in the last seven years are largely things that can be done with no money. Everything that’s possible to be done in the province of BC with no money is now

done. What is missing and what has been called for over and over and over are funding investments to improve the safety of women and their kids.”

She likens the lack of funding to a home with no maintenance for two decades and cracks in the foundation. “Many cracks, and people are falling through them.”

Community-based victim assisted programs are the key, Porteous added, noting Park had an appointment with a community-based assistance program for the day after she was murdered.

“In the investigation we’ve been able to undertake … we have not been able to find a woman who was murdered who was a client of one of these community-based victim assistance programs,” Porteous said.

The Regional Domestic Violence Unit in the Capital Region formed in July 2010 as a result of the Lee-Park inquest.

“That’s excellent, there’s maybe three or four of those working together across the province in that way,” she said. “There just needs to be more funding available to ensure there’s a coordinated response, not just off the side of a desk.”

For smaller communities to share information and provide wraparound support, 20 communities have “interagency case assessment teams” and 20 more await that program.

If you or someone you know needs help visit domesticviolencebc.ca online or call VictimLink BC at 1-800-563-0808 available at any time and in multiple languages.

[email protected]

Highlights of the Provincial Domestic Violence Plan:

$1 million to help with the startup and implementation of additional specialized domestic violence units, which will provide direct services to high-risk families. $2 million to develop and deliver programs specifically for Aboriginal women, men and children affected by domestic violence - including victims and perpetrators. $1 million to provide support and intervention for perpetrators to hold them accountable and support changes in behaviour and attitude. $1.5 million in direct supports to women and children for housing and transportation in rural and remote communities.

Continued from Page A1

18 dead from domestic violence this year

Rare Oak Bay visitor spotted

Geoffrey Newell photo

Bird watcher Geoffrey Newell spied this rate species a few weeks ago and will share his expertise with others on the Friends of Uplands Park bird walk this Saturday.

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Local business Syntal Products has closed its doors only months after the introduction of a contro-versial province-wide recycling stewardship program.

The 16-year-old business, located on Keating X Road, accepted thousands of tons of used residential plastic from around the Capital Region and used an environmentally friendly process to convert the scrap plas-tics into all-plastic lumber.

“Early in July, we began inform-ing people we would be closing and told them to stop bringing their plastics to us,” said owner Brian Burchill.

“As of Aug. 15, the last of the employees were laid off and we had closed our doors for good.”

The closure, Burchill said, was due to the fact that the province’s new Multi-Material B.C. program started diverting about 60 per cent of the plastics coming into Syntal to other recycling compa-nies.

MMBC is a residential recycling program that came into effect this spring through regulatory

changes at the Ministry of Envi-ronment.

Under its stewardship plan, MMBC is expected to ensure approximately 75 per cent of residential recyclables in B.C. are recycled within three years.

The cost of this service has been shifted from municipali-ties onto business, although crit-ics like the Canadian Federation of Business argue the change amounts to an indirect tax on business, which is then passed on to consumers to cover those costs.

“Because about 60 per cent of the material I normally would have brought in was gone, there was no way I could find enough of the right types of plastics to make up the difference,” Burchill said.

“The company was no longer viable and I sold our assets to a recycling operation in Winnipeg.”

Burchill said he was initially optimistic about the MMBC pro-gram.

“A lot of it sounded like it was based on extended producer responsibility and I thought, ‘Great, if the manufacturer has to step up and deal with the end of life of these products, they’ll build them out of better plastics.’ But as time went on, I started getting different impressions of what was coming.”

After a lot of research and inquiry, Burchill discovered his company was categorized as a

processor of scrap plastics, and MMBC catered to collectors.

“My hands were tied,” he said.Burchill, who met with Saan-

ich South MLA Lana Popham last month to discuss the closure of his business, calls the MMBC pro-gram a legislated monopoly.

Popham agreed.“The B.C. Liberals are killing

small businesses in the recycling sector by gifting a monopoly over residential recycling to a handful of mega-corporations,” she said.

“MMBC is demanding that all materials collected are siphoned

off to specific big businesses it selects. That is why smaller oper-ations like Syntal are being shut down and why small businesses across the whole sector are very concerned about being pushed under.”

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Saanich South MLA Lana Popham stands with Syntal Products Ltd. owner Brian Burchill at his Saanichton recycling plant. Burchill closed his business earlier this month citing restrictions brought on from the Multi-Material B.C. recycling stewardship program.

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Hotel occupancy rates increase by five per centAndrea PeacockNews Staff

The region’s tourism industry showed signs of recovery this summer – the first real signs since the 2008 recession, say tourism officials.

Average hotel occupancy in Greater Victoria increased by 4.76 per cent from July 2013 compared to July 2014.

This was the highest accommo-dation occupancy rate in the last decade, according to Chemistry Business and Human Resource Consulting.

The Royal B.C. Museum attracted many visitors from Can-ada and the United States with its Vikings exhibit. While the museum knew the exhibit would be popu-lar due to online surveys and pre-vious discussions with guests, the Vikings display exceeded expecta-tions.

“We are running eight per cent ahead of target,” said Sandy Pratt, executive financial officer.

She credits this to the Vikings exhibit being the museum’s most popular since the recession.

“It’s something of interest to a lot of different people,” said Pratt.

Pratt said the museum reached out more with its marketing this year into Alberta and Washington State than in previous years, and it has paid off.

There have been more visitors from outside B.C. this year, said

Pratt, adding in the past few years the majority have been from B.C.

According to Pratt, the museum targeted 185,000 guests from May until November, the length of the Vikings exhibit, but now believes there will be closer to 200,000 peo-ple.

“That is up from what we have seen over the last several years.”

Comparatively, the popular dinosaur exhibit from 2012

drew 170,000 to 180,000 guests, said Pratt.

After the success of Vikings, she added the museum will continue to bring in exhibits that will hope-fully bring in as many if not more visitors.

“We’re trying to create something that’s very exciting and interesting for everyone,” said Pratt.

The Prince of Whales whale watching company in Victoria has also had a busy summer. Ben Duthie, sales and operations manager, said there has been at least a couple per cent more visitors this year compared to last year.

“There has been a rise in American travellers coming over with the dollar being stronger,” said Duthie.

A good start also set the stage for the rest of the summer.

“We were graced by early sightings of killer whales, [which] created buzz for the remainder of the season,” said Duthie. “We were lucky enough to have consistent sightings for the whole summer.”

Weather is also a big deciding factor for visitors wanting to go whale watching, said Duthie. Luckily for him, the sun was shining more than usual in Greater Victoria.

On average in July, there are 321.1 hours of sunshine in Victoria, according to Chemistry Business and Human Resource Consulting. However, this July shone brighter with 354.8 hours of sunshine and 13.7 millimetres less rain than average.

Last year was the first recovery year for tourism in Victoria since the recession, said Paul Nursey, CEO of Tourism Victoria.

Nursey said consumer confidence is increasing and he is hoping for even more growth in tourism next year.

“Now that we’re recovering, we’re in a good place for investment,” said Nursey, adding it is important for investment to occur in hotels and restaurants, for example.

“In 2014 we built on that,” he said. “We need to keep working hard.”

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Wes Lighter, left, Truman Bramble and Gavin Kuzyk in the Vikings exhibit at the Royal B.C. Museum. They are taking part in the fall camps offered at the museum this month.

B.C.'s electoral boundaries are being tweaked once again, and the team overseeing the project is seeking public feedback.

The non-partisan B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission is established every second election to adjust MLA electoral districts based on population growth and movement.

Beginning on Sept. 22, the three-member commission will hold meetings in 29 B.C. communities. The commission sweeps through Greater Victoria in Nov. 3 to 7, but feedback can be submitted anytime online at bc-ebc.ca, or by mail to PO Box 9275 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC, V8W 9J6.

All submissions must be received by the commission by Nov. 16.

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Concert aids cancer patientsNicole Cushing knows all too

well the effects cancer can have on not only the patient but their family and friends.

Four years ago Cushing lost her childhood friend to cancer, and her father now has terminal cancer. Founder of the non-profit organization Shared Hope Society, Cushing now makes it her mission to raise money for families and individuals affected by cancer. Funds are given to those people through gift cards

or cheques for non-medical expenses such as going out for dinner or to the movies.

While other organizations help with medical expenses, Cushing said when someone has cancer, they often have to give up some of the extras.

“There’s a lot of things you miss out on in life,” she said.

Besides the fund for non-medical expenses, Cushing has also created a bursary program for education funding for those

impacted by cancer.The benefit, an all-ages rock

concert, takes place Sept. 27 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Knox Presbyterian Church at 2964 Richmond Rd. The first performance starts at 6 p.m.

Admission is by donation.“All proceeds go to families

affected by cancer,” said Cushing. For more information, visit sharedhopesociety.com or Shared Hope Society’s Facebook page.

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Advertising Sales ConsultantThe Oak Bay News, has an opening for an experienced multimedia Advertising Consultant.

By joining the leading community newspaper serving Oak Bay, you can develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing while contributing to one of the most vibrant communities in Victoria. The team environment at The Oak Bay News will inspire you to the highest level of customer partnership and reward your motivated approach to excellence. You should be a strong communicator, well organized, self motivated and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. Print and/or online advertising sales experience is preferred. A car and a valid driver’s license are required.

The Oak Bay News is a member of Black Press, Canada’s largest private independent newspaper company with more than 150 titles in print and online in British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Hawaii, California and Ohio.

Send your resume with cover letter by Wednesday, September 10, 2014 to:

Penny Sakamoto, [email protected] Bay News818 Broughton StreetVictoria, BC V8W 1E4

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ReporterVictoria News The Victoria News, a twice-weekly publication, has an immediate opening for a full-time reporter. Reporting to the editor, the successful candidate will provide top-quality work on a range of news and feature stories covering a range of beats.

A key attribute will be an ability to work well as a self-starting member of a competitive newsroom. You will be expected to contribute to regular newsroom meetings and bring your creative talents to readers through concise, accurate and entertaining writing. The successful candidate will show keen attention to detail, work well under deadline pressures, and willing to learn in a fast-paced environment.

Knowledge of Canadian Press style is important, as is the ability to take and carry out instructions in a timely fashion. Basic photography skills are required. Must have a valid driver’s license and working vehicle. Knowledge of InDesign and Photoshop would be considered an asset.

Black Press community news media is an independent and international media group with more than 190 community, daily and urban publications, 14 press facilities and over 160 websites in B.C., Alberta, Washington, Hawaii and Ohio.

Interested candidates should send resume, clippings and cover letter by Sept. 12, 2014 to:Kevin Laird EditorVictoria News818 Broughton StreetVictoria, B.C. V8W 1E4or e-mail: [email protected] Thank you for your interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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The Peninsula News Review has an opening for an experienced multimedia Advertising Consultant.

By joining the leading community newspaper serving the Saanich Peninsula, you can develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing while contributing to one of the most vibrant communities in Victoria. The team environment at Peninsula News Review will inspire you to the highest level of customer partnership and reward your motivated approach to excellence. You should be a strong communicator, well organized, self motivated and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. Print and/or online advertising sales experience is preferred. A car and a valid driver’s license are required.

The Peninsula News Review is a member of Black Press, Canada’s largest private independent newspaper company with more than 150 titles in print and online in British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Hawaii, California and Ohio.

Send your resume with cover letter by Wednesday, September 10, 2014 to:

Jim Parker, [email protected] News Review103-9830 Second StSidney, BC V8L 3C6

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Despite some neighbouring communities competing for participants, Phil Nicholls is happy with the turnout for the second Island Runner Zoot 10K road race Sunday morning.

“It was a good event, it was

definitely what events used to be when I was younger – a low key community event,” said the organizer and owner of Island Runner. “It was supported well from the community to the Oak Bay Police.”

About 60 people participated. “The people who did it had a

lot of fun. A lot of local Oak Bay

people did it,” he added. “It was a beautiful day and I couldn’t ask for much more.”

Kate Scallion came in top spot with a time of 39:15; Cheryl Nicholls came in second with a time of 39:54 and Phil Micholls ran in third with a time of 39:[email protected]

Zoot sunshine holds its ownScott Towne photo

Runners head out at the start of the Oak Bay Zoot 10K on Sunday, Sept. 7.

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