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Oak Bay High students Jane Lindroos, left, and Ella van Neutegem, both in Grade 11, find themselves behind bars with Nutty, the school’s mascot. The pair, along with other students, are organizing a Jail Bail this Saturday at The Bay Centre to raise money for a humanitarian trip to Mexico in 2014.

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UVic panel spars over silent election issuesThe dominating theme of the 2013 B.C.

election campaign is undoubtedly the economy, as resource development, environmental concerns and the rising

provincial debt loom in the minds of politicians and vot-ers.

But what isn’t being dis-cussed in the run-up to May 14? A panel of political aca-demics and former and pres-ent politicians addressed that question Tuesday at the University of Victoria in front of about 150 people.

“This has been an elec-tion of abstractions – who can manage the economy, create jobs, growth, lower taxes and debts. They mean something to some voters, but a great many people don’t connect with them,” said former UVic political scientist Dennis Pilon, now at York University in Toronto.

George Abbott, a former B.C. Liberal health minister and self-described “recovering politi-cian,” said health-care costs are a pending crisis in the province, largely due to the fact people are living longer.

Current health-care costs are about $3,300 per year for the average 60-year-old, but jump to $11,600 for an 80-year-old, according to B.C. Min-istry of Health numbers Abbott presented. Brit-ish Columbians lucky enough to live to 90 cost the system more than $22,000 on average each year, he said.

“(Health-care spending) is going to be a chal-lenge for the next 10, 20, 30 years. We are going to have to find ways of managing those pres-sures that we haven’t had before.”

Politicians vying to become premier should be talking more about preventative and primary care, such as finding ways to reduce the use of tobacco, Abbott added.

Kyle WellsNews staff

A group of Oak Bay High school students are rounding up the usual suspects and throwing them in the clink.

The school’s Jail Bail event, taking place at Victoria’s Bay Centre May 4, will help students raise money for a humanitarian trip to Mexico in 2014, where they will build two homes for impoverished families.

The trip happens every two years and

takes two years of fundraising. Jane Lindroos and Ella van Neutegem

went on last year’s trip, to a small poverty-stricken village called Vicente Guerrero, where they helped construct two homes for families, spent time with the local school and bonded with the residents of the village. They say the experience changed their lives.

“Just the appreciation and the love we got from everyone there because they knew what we were doing,” Lindroos said. “Realizing how lucky we are. Obviously, we know how lucky we are, but once you see how

other people live, it’s mind boggling.” The two are the only returning

students for the 2014 trip and, as such, are spearheading the fundraising events and teaching the younger students as they go.

The students are hoping to raise just under $20,000; $12,000 for construction supplies and about $6,000 to furnish the new homes and stock them with starter groceries. Any

extra money will be donated to the local school, by way of supplies.

“Obviously, we know how lucky we are, but once you see how other people live, it’s mind boggling.”

- Jane Lindroos

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PLEASE SEE: Poverty and global warming, Page A5

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In this time she has doubled in length, weight and naughtiness. In fairness, she has done remarkably well having learned to ‘sit and stay’ (occasionally), to walk reasonably well on her leash and to sit in the foot well of the car without supervision.

On the other hand, she is not yet fully house trained, goes wild at the sight of our cat and she hasn’t yet slept through the night – 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. wake-ups are no fun.

They say the first month is the hardest. There is so much socializing that needs to occur during these first critical weeks of puppy development. Noelle has met 100 people, hung out with little kids, visited a few cafés, joined an Oak Bay Rotary lunch meeting, sniffed the ocean waves, gone into a shopping mall, a grocery store, and visited the petting zoo. She did well on these excursions, though our arms ached as we carried her rotund body around.

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Notable home makes a moveKyle WellsNews staff

On Monday, author P.K. Page’s Oak Bay home was uprooted, placed on a barge and shipped down the Georgia Strait to its new home in Chemainus.

At about noon the house

was moved from its location to the corner of Exeter Road and Beach Drive where it sat until about 6 p.m. when it was moved to Loon Park and loaded on a barge. The barge departed during night and was offloaded about 8 p.m. Tuesday evening in Chemainus.

The house was moved by Nickel Brothers.

P.K. Page spent the latter years of her life in the house, after a career writing poetry, fiction, essays and an autobiography.

Page died in 2010 at the age of 93.

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Nickel Brothers workers check the wheels as they move late author P.K. Page’s former home on Exeter Road. Workers then parked the house at the end of the road and waited for the tide to come in when it was loaded on a barge. The 87-foot house was bought by a family and was relocated to Chemainus earlier this week.

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To make the presence and quality of Oak Bay artists even more well known, Mayor Nils Jensen is proposing the appointment of an arts laureate to champion the district’s talents.

Oak Bay has six art galleries in its core, multiple art groups, two studio tours a year and enough artists to easily fill the 22-stop roster on the spring studio tour. An arts laureate is being touted as a way to raise exposure

and promote this abundance.“I think there’s a great

interest in the community in art,” Jensen said. “We have a very active art community.”

The ideal candidate is seen as someone active in the art community to represent Oak Bay art as a whole and work towards its promotion in a variety of ways. The person would organize promotional events, coordinate marketing and help bring groups together.

“This is a way we can promote tourism and business in Oak Bay, having a person who can act as an

art coordinator,” Jensen said. “I’m sure there’s a perfect person somewhere in Oak Bay for that.”

Funding of $2,500 has been secured from Oak Bay Tourism and is going to be matched by the district. Jensen is now hoping the Oak Bay Business Improvement Association considers supporting the project.

Jensen is eager to have the laureate in place by late summer or early fall, but said that will depend on funding and finding the right person for the task.

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A team from ONC, an initia-tive out of the University of Vic-toria, departed on the Canadian Coast Guard ship John P Tully Monday, April 29 from the Insti-tute of Ocean Sciences at Patri-cia Bay.

The ship will take around 17 scientists, engineers and techni-cians for a month-long expedi-tion.

On the first segment of the trip, scientists will pull up two pig carcasses which have been decaying at the bottom of the Saanich Inlet and replacing them with two new ones.

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For the last seven years, Anderson has been using the information gathered from the experiment, which is part of the Venus ocean observatory, to help police with cases related to water decomposition, includ-ing insight into the cases of feet washing up in and around the Salish Sea.

The second part of the first leg of the mission will include research on the sediment dynamics in the Fraser River delta.

“We’ll be installing a whole slew of new equipment at the mouth of the Fraser River so we can study and monitor the sediment dynamics and the sta-bility of the Fraser River slope,” said Richard Dewey, the chief

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The team will also install hydrophones in the Strait of Georgia to monitor the resident killer whales and how they are affected by ship noise.

“The Strait of Georgia is a very busy shipping channel so we want to examine what, if any, effect ship noises have on killer whale communication,” said Dewey.

The second part of the expe-dition will be led by ONC sci-entist Dr. Steve Mihaly and will focus more on offshore areas including Barkley Canyon, Fol-

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Chief scientist Dr. Richard Dewey, left, and scientist Dr. Steve Mihaly from Ocean Networks Canada set off on a month-long oceanographic expedition on the CCGS John P Tully (in the background) on Monday. The crew plans to repair the deep sea Neptune network and check on pig carcasses being used for police forensics research.

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The trip, which returns to the Institute of Ocean Sciences on May 28, is the first of eight expeditions on five ships that will hap-pen over the summer season.

Federal funding for the trips, which Dewey estimated to come in around $13 mil-lion, comes from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

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Pig carcasses and killer whale communication will be some of the highlights of the latest Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) oceanographic expedition.

A team from ONC, an initia-tive out of the University of Vic-toria, departed on the Canadian Coast Guard ship John P Tully Monday, April 29 from the Insti-tute of Ocean Sciences at Patri-cia Bay.

The ship will take around 17 scientists, engineers and techni-cians for a month-long expedi-tion.

On the first segment of the trip, scientists will pull up two pig carcasses which have been decaying at the bottom of the Saanich Inlet and replacing them with two new ones.

The pig carcasses have been

an instrumental part of a foren-sics experiment by Gayle Ander-son and Lynne Bell of Simon Fraser University.

For the last seven years, Anderson has been using the information gathered from the experiment, which is part of the Venus ocean observatory, to help police with cases related to water decomposition, includ-ing insight into the cases of feet washing up in and around the Salish Sea.

The second part of the first leg of the mission will include research on the sediment dynamics in the Fraser River delta.

“We’ll be installing a whole slew of new equipment at the mouth of the Fraser River so we can study and monitor the sediment dynamics and the sta-bility of the Fraser River slope,” said Richard Dewey, the chief

scientist.“The Fraser River delta is an

area that contains lots of infra-structure, including the airport, the ferry terminal and the port in Delta. So we have a lot of interest in understanding the slope stability and what would precurse a slope failure or a major slide.”

The team will also install hydrophones in the Strait of Georgia to monitor the resident killer whales and how they are affected by ship noise.

“The Strait of Georgia is a very busy shipping channel so we want to examine what, if any, effect ship noises have on killer whale communication,” said Dewey.

The second part of the expe-dition will be led by ONC sci-entist Dr. Steve Mihaly and will focus more on offshore areas including Barkley Canyon, Fol-

Rotting pigs, Fraser stability highlight venture

Chief scientist Dr. Richard Dewey, left, and scientist Dr. Steve Mihaly from Ocean Networks Canada set off on a month-long oceanographic expedition on the CCGS John P Tully (in the background) on Monday. The crew plans to repair the deep sea Neptune network and check on pig carcasses being used for police forensics research.

Devon MacKenzie/News staff

ger Passage and Effing-ham Inlet fjord.

Mihaly and his team will conduct main-tenance on Neptune ocean observatory equipment as well as install new equipment that will measure oxy-gen levels, track vocal-izing sea mammals and monitor the growth of gas hydrate mounds.

“We’ll also be looking at the oxygen content of deep, low-oxygen water and how the ecology reacts to it,” said Mihaly, noting that a warmer climate and warmer waters could eventually lead to lower oxygen levels all around.

The trip, which returns to the Institute of Ocean Sciences on May 28, is the first of eight expeditions on five ships that will hap-pen over the summer season.

Federal funding for the trips, which Dewey estimated to come in around $13 mil-lion, comes from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

For more informa-tion or to view the cameras on the Venus and Neptune ocean observatories, go to oceannetworks.ca.reporter@peninsulanews

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“I wish the next government well in meeting this challenge, (but) it’s not going to go away. It’s going to eat into the opportunity to make investments in other social services,” Abbott said.

Adrienne Carr, a Vancouver councillor and for-mer B.C. Green party leader, said the non-issues in the campaign so far are global warming, poverty and the larger economic crisis.

She said politicians need to find ways to strengthen local economies instead of relying on the global economy for growth. She characterized election campaigns as primarily a “popularity con-test” where candidates are afraid to make prom-ises they can’t keep.

“There is a fundamental fear of being bold and brave in an election,” she said.

Carr criticized the “lollipop attitude” towards theoretical natural gas revenues, and said the cur-

rent obsession with resource extraction will fail to produce a long-term sustainable economy. The high levels of unemployment seen in several Euro-pean countries is “a hint of things to come” in Canada unless there is a shift in economic focus, she said.

Pilon told the crowd Western countries are suf-fering from the ills of a “trinket economy,” where goods are cheap, but most people have trouble finding stable work and housing.

Instead, government should focus on creating a “stability economy,” he said.

Pilon pointed to legislation passed by the 1960’s Social Credit government that forced forestry com-panies in the B.C. Interior to pay employees year-round, allowing families to put down roots.

“The politics of the era recognized the bottom line was about delivering stability to people as much as balancing the books,” he said.

Simon Fraser University communications pro-

fessor Shane Gunster spoke primar-ily about the need to galvanize all levels of government on such issues as climate change through public engagement.

The public appetite is healthy for broad, meaningful change towards a greener economy, he said, but the media fails in its role to inform, instead leaning towards cynical reporting.

“The idea that developing our natural resources is the only way

we’re going to create jobs is very disturbing,” Gunster said, adding he is disappointed the B.C. NDP hasn’t embraced a discussion about alter-native ways to stimulate the econ-omy.

“It’s a lost opportunity for the NDP, perhaps because they’re afraid of being tarred with the anti-develop-ment brush.”

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Doctors are normally the first people to come to mind when someone mentions a hospital.

However, if you stop to think about the devices present in hospitals, including heart monitors, electric thermometers and implantable hip replacements, the influence of engineers becomes readily apparent. With the rising costs of health care, the demand for biomedical engineers in designing and implementing novel and innovative approaches to medical devices has grown significantly.

In 2011, the New York Times declared biomedical engineering to be the most in-demand job for the following decade. This phenomenon begs the questions: Could engineers one day replace doctors in the health-care system?

The most likely answer to this question is no – doctors must work in collaboration with engineers to achieve improved outcomes in health care. However, these engineers will need specialized training to understand the language and challenges associated in working with patients to improve care.

To address this need, the University of Victoria began offering undergraduate degrees in

biomedical engineering last fall. The program is the first of its kind in Western Canada, as most schools only offer the ability to obtain a biomedical option as part of another engineering degree program.

Not only does the University of Victoria offer students the ability to obtain a biomedical engineering degree, students can major in mechanical or electrical engineering and complete

the biomedical option by taking appropriate courses. The biomed program has been a huge success, with our initial class of 23 highly enthusiastic students making it the second-most popular choice among engineering majors.

One of the defining characteristics of the program is a unique two-course sequence that analyzes cells and organ systems from an engineering perspective. UVic is the only university in Canada to offer such quantitative physiology courses.

The students will also take an engineering design course,

specifically focused on medical device design and taught by Nick Dechev, whose own research program focuses on producing prosthetic hands.

UVic has 19 engineering faculty involved with biomedical engineering-related research projects that are prime candidates for collaboration with doctors. These areas include biophotonics, biomechanics, tissue engineering, the analysis of medical images and medical device design.

Additionally, our program takes advantage of local expertise at the Vancouver Island Health Authority and Starfish Medical, a local start-up company that originated out of the University of Victoria. Biomed students also participate in four co-operative education work term placements. Our degree program prepares students for a number of post-graduate options, including working in the medical industry, attending medical school or pursuing further graduate education in biomedical engineering.

Dr. Stephanie Willerth is founding co-ordinator of the undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Program, in the medical sciences division of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Victoria.

UVic biomedical engineerstraining for key medical roles

‘Biomedical engineering was declared the most in-demand job for this decade.’

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Televised political debates in B.C. serve a few purposes. Viewers can see how party leaders engage in spirited discussion, how sincere they seem, how well they know the issues and how party policy relates to those issues.

But anyone can click on a political party website to find policy statements, and reams of information can be found on news sites that offer a sense of where individuals stand on certain issues.

In essence, then, the TV debate is primarily a chance for leaders to stand before the cameras, without their respective entourages, and prove they deserve to lead the province. Or, in the case of the Greens and Conservatives, that their party deserves your vote.

The sad fact is, if one turned off the picture and only listened to the sound portion of Monday’s highly scripted, made-for-TV debate, it could have been mistaken for question period in the B.C. legislature.

Frontrunners Christy Clark of the Liberals and Adrian Dix of the NDP frequently spoke over each other’s answers, and on several occasions avoided responding directly to public questions, if at all, choosing instead to repeat party slogans.

While both provided moments of calm clarity in the debate, the leaders with no chance of forming government – Jane Sterk of the Green Party and John Cummins of the Conservatives – were merely spectators to the main verbal jousting between the others.

Largely absent from debate around the overarching themes of “growing B.C.’s economy” (Clark) and “telling people how we’re going to pay for programs” (Dix) was talk of B.C.’s longtime top voter priorities – health care and education. They may not be the topics du jour for the leaders or their parties, but funding those areas remains a huge challenge and will affect all taxpayers.

The bickering-filled program came off more as cheesy reality TV than meaningful discussion about our province’s future. While the debate likely failed to inspire fence-sitters to get out and vote May 14, there are thankfully still opportunities before election day to learn where candidates and their parties stand.

Stephanie Willerth

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Voters should push for the predictable in their premierIn real life, people often link

predictability to dullness. “You’re so predictable,” we might snipe. “Why don’t you surprise me?”

But in leadership, predictability is a strong suit. Erratic, flip-flopping leaders breach the trust of taxpayers and should cause all of us concern, regardless of political stripe.

British Columbians saw this first-hand when Gordon Campbell brought in the Harmonized Sales Tax. Campbell and the B.C. Liberals had ruled out an HST during the 2009 election. We know how that turned out.

Manitobans are watching the same movie right now. Before the last election, NDP Premier Greg Selinger said, flat-out, that he wouldn’t raise the Provincial

Sales Tax. “Ridiculous idea that we’re going to raise the sales tax,” Selinger spat. “It’s total nonsense.

Everybody knows that.”

Two years later, he announced an increase from 7 to 8 per cent; a flip-flop rightfully causing a firestorm of controversy in Manitoba.

Voters want to know where their potential leaders stand before they have to walk into a polling station and put a tick

next to a party’s name. While it’s impossible for anyone to fully anticipate and articulate every possible challenge and scenario ahead of a four-year term in office, taxpayers want a predictable pattern set out.

How would a premier deal with plunging resource

revenues? What would happen if a crime wave or a natural disaster struck? What would the premier do if unemployment jumped or a Crown Corporation malfunctioned? Taxpayers need to see a predictable pattern of leadership to know.

NDP leader Adrian Dix knows the cornerstone issue for many voters in this campaign is trust. “We will say what we’re going to do, and we will say how we will pay for it,” he said in the televised leaders’ debate April 29.

That’s what makes two recent Dix announcements so concerning; he is shifting long-held positions seemingly on a whim. During the spring budget debate, Dix and his NDP team criticized the sale of government assets. “It’s important that we not do something as foolhardy as sell the long-term interests of the province out for the short-term interests of the governing party,”

he said at the time.That comment would have

led most taxpayers to predict that Dix opposed asset sales. No wonder his announcement last week that he would like to sell off B.C. Place Stadium came as such a shock. Daryl Walker of the B.C. Government Employees Union was stunned by Dix’s plan. “I guess the fact that they’re simply looking at it, and that there will be an opportunity to have input into it gives us a little more solace, but certainly we’re concerned about the rights of our members,” Walker said.

Dix is right to change his tune on this one: if B.C. Place was sold, taxpayers would be far better off; we don’t pay taxes in order to be in the stadium business (or liquor or car insurance or a few other things for that matter). Still, it’s a quick jump away from his longstanding philosophy.

The second flip-flop was just

as unpredictable. After months of saying he wouldn’t make any decisions on the Kinder Morgan pipeline until they filed an application, he essentially ruled it out on Earth Day.

“I think as a matter of principle, you should actually see what the application is before you address it,” he said on April 11. On April 22, he all but killed it.

Political leaders should be able to change their mind as circumstances change, but nothing had changed about asset sales or Kinder Morgan. Is this lack of predictability a harbinger that British Columbians are about to elect another Greg Selinger?

With a double-digit lead in the polls, Dix has a clear path to the premier’s office. That seems an easy prediction, unlike his actions of the past few weeks.

Jordan Bateman is executive director of the CanadianTaxpayers’ Federation.

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B.C. gang policescratching surface

Re: Anti-gang police publish first community report (vicnews.com)

With the B.C. Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit’s “Go Public” campaign, I breathed a sigh of frustration.

Over the last six years there has been a steady increase in gang activities, contrary to the “successes” tooted by the integrated team.

And with each bust there is a corresponding rise in the numbers of emerging organized crime groups in the province.

The performance and effectiveness of this agency and its partner members also has declined, and alarmingly so, as far as public security is concerned.

When I read the limited, but nonetheless colourful explanation of this new idea, I can barely keep my breakfast down.

I fail to see just how this taskforce is actually going to stop drive-by shootings.

There is evidence that the intelligence gathering is flawed, and how we don’t deal with the root causes in our community, choosing to throw money at policing instead.

The unit is now out to capture a bigger public profile, but so far has removed a drop in an Olympic-sized swimming pool.

Kathryn PerryVictoria

Cartoonist off markon candidate ’toon

Usually I enjoy your cartoons, but last Friday’s political cartoon crosses a line.

The last I heard, it was the leader of the B.C. Conservatives who had a problem with some of his candidates, not NDP leader Adrian Dix.

Hence the cartoon makes no sense.

The only thing it does is to increase my dislike of your editorial judgment.

Mikkel SchauSaanich

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Businesses need to be social-media savvy in order to avoid becoming obsolete.

That’s the advice from organizer Chris Burdge to the hundreds expected to attend the fourth annual Social Media Camp, starting Monday (May 6) at the Victoria Conference Centre.

The three-day event attracts online gurus, and curious business owners from across Canada who hope to learn just what makes online platforms so powerful.

“When we first put on the event we really didn’t know what to expect,” said Burdge, camp co-founder with Paul Holmes and the owner of bWest Interactive social media consulting firm.

It turned out the local appetite to learn more was strong, as more than 450 people showed up for the initial conference.

Burdge expects at least 600 attendees this year. They’ll hear the likes of keynote speaker Mari Smith, who recently ranked fourth on Forbes’ Magazine’s top 50 social media power influencers, and marketing pro and author C.C. Chapman.

“Social Media Camp appeals to a pretty broad audience,” Burdge said. “We created sessions that appeal to different levels: beginner, intermediate and advanced. And this year we’ve got sessions directly targeted to human resources professionals

to look at recruiting, hiring and the legal aspects of using social media in the workplace.”

The camp also features social media streams for government, small business, non-profit organizations and general marketing, he added.

A highlight of the event is the 2013 Social Media Awards, hosted by TV tech geek Steve Dotto on Tuesday night. Among the award categories are excellence in engagement, excellence in customer service and best personal blog.

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The students pay their own travel expenses, along with a $900 set price for room and board while they’re away.

The Jail Bail is just one fundraiser for the trip, but the students hope it will be a key component. About 15 people will be put under lock and key, some of them local notables such as Oak Bay High principal Dave Thomson, a wheelchair rugby national team player and some radio and TV personalities.

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Six years into her retirement, it’s starting all over again for Phillipa Hudson.

The retiree, if you can call her that, has switched gears as the former owner and operator of Mineral World and Scratch Patch in Sidney, and is now a commissioned painter, currently under contract to one of the world’s leading interior designers for hotels.

Hudson is finishing the third of a three-painting project, all of which measure five-foot-six-inches by eight-feet, and will hang over the registration desks at the iconic Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Banff National Park later this month.

“It was a huge excitement but also a lot

of anxiety, as I hadn’t been commissioned before and I have always painted on 24 by 30-inch paintings,” Hudson said.

“I put all my creative energy into jewelry and the store for 14 years. I always knew I would paint when I got the chance, and now I love it,” Hudson said.

Her paintings, which can be seen online at phillipahudson.com, are gaining notice and income, which is not what she expected from the hobby venture.

A collection of Hudson’s work, including the original two by three-foot proofs of the three paintings going to the Fairmont at Lake Louise, will be on display at the Eclectic Gallery in Oak Bay, May 6 to June 15. Hudson will be on hand Thursday night (May 9), from 7 to 9 p.m.

U.S.A.-based Hirsch Bedner Associates is leading the remodelling of the reception area at the Fairmont Chateau. It was HBA which pursued Hudson when they saw images of her West Coast and Rocky Mountain scenes.

“HBA were cruising the Internet for artists who paint mountains, looking for a particular style,” Hudson said. “They

wanted something with vibrant colours that fit with their colour scheme.”

Initially, Hudson forwarded six creations for HBA’s approval, all on two by three-foot canvases, of which HBA chose three.

Then each of the three had to be recreated three times, in similar but slightly different form, until the final selections were made.

All are of prominent landscapes from the region: Lake McArthur in Yoho National Park, Mount Rundle in Banff National Park and the Three Sisters above Canmore. Each feature golden fauna from the fall season swaying in the foreground, larch trees, aspens and marshes.

“Adjusting to the size of the canvas was easier than I thought it would be,” Hudson said. “Though I did think I was going to be painting them in the garage.”

Gracefully, HBA allowed her to scale the height of the canvases down to five-feet-six-inches from the original six-feet, because they didn’t fit through her studio door.

To bring consistency between the three paintings, Hudson limited herself to 12 colours.

“One of the things they wanted was vibrancy and colour, a touch of abstract, not totally realistic.”

It’s a considerable jump into being a professional painter as Hudson started as an adult and has only been painting since she sold Mineral World six years ago. She’s had to lay out the massive canvases on the same studio tables of her North Saanich home where she crafted jewelry.

“I’ve been mountaineering and hiking for decades and always shooting pictures. It’s those which I use for inspiration and to paint from. This is my retirement. I love it. I hope more can come from it.”

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Caleigh Bachop is the captain, a leader and one of the reasons the Mount Doug-las Rams track and field team has blown up to 85 members this year.

The team isn’t just big, it also stars a large number of contenders in many of the events, including the throwing events, which the Rams’ have struggled with in years past.

The Rams are chipping away at Oak Bay High’s monopoly of the Lower Island and Island track and field championships. But Bachop just wants to see her team do its best and draw another 85 athletes out next year, when the Grade 12 student will be in her first year the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on the lead-ership-based Morehead-Cain Scholarship program.

“(Mount Doug’s) goal for track is just maximum participation,” Bachop said. “If everyone comes out and runs their horses off, I’ll be so proud. The momen-tum is building, if we aim for that title the program will keep going.”

Bachop’s specialty is the 800-metre though she’s also an accomplished cross-country and 1,500m runner too. The 800m is in her blood, so to speak.

Her dad, Steve, ran the 1,500m and 800m for the UVic Vikings. Her mom, Cindy, ran the 1,500m and 800m at the University of Alberta.

“Getting Mount Doug’s team this big has been a group effort between coach Al Niezen and sponsor teachers,” Bachop said. “We have 12 coaches, a lot of them alumni who’ve come back, and for a team of 85 athletes that’s awesome. Stu-dents are coming in who haven’t done any events and there’s a coach for each. Bachop believes the variety of options boosts the numbers.”

“About 70 of the track and field athletes show up regularly for training,” Niezen said.

“Bachop has been really trying to inspire the team to new heights. She’s talked to the team and is trying to install a positive work ethic, and to try new events.”

The Rams are trying to gain points for the Island championship but Niezen is

unsure if the team is ready to dethrone Oak Bay.

“It kind of depends on how many ath-letes show up and how they do. If we get the big turnout, we can get those points.”

Helping the case are top-ranked elites such as Bachop, who is gunning for a podium finish in two events.

Another star in the making is Grade 10 Sam Willett, who is having success throw-ing the javelin, discus and particularly the hammer.

“Willet is already up there with senior boys this year in the hammer, first so far in the standings, and is first in the javelin junior standings,” Niezen said.

Grade 12 Thomas Getty recently broke the boys high school league time for the

1,500m with a new time of 4:03.04. He’s also chasing the 800m record, just three seconds back of Brendan Restall’s (Oak Bay

High) 1:55.94.More than anything, Bachop wants to

see the team stay as big as it is after she’s gone, and so is working to develop social side of it with a focus on team building.

“We’ve had a bowling night and took a team road trip to a meet in Vancouver with some decent numbers, but we’ve still never had all 85 athletes out. That is the goal,” she said.

The Lower Island track and field cham-pionships are at UVic on Wednesday. The Island championships are May 15 and 16.

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Mount Douglas secondary student Caleigh Bachop is the captain of the burgeoning Rams high school track and field team. The Rams train at UVic’s Centennial Stadium three times a week and compete on Wednesdays.

Putting the Rams on track Velox rugby seek promotionCaptain a rally point for

booming Rams team Travis PatersonNews staff

The Velox Valhallians are on the precipice of returning to the province’s top rugby competi-tion, the CDI Premier League.

The Valhallians topped the Nanaimo Hornets 46-20 at home on Saturday to win the Cowichan Cup, Tier 2 Island championship.

The Valhallians host the Tier 2 provincial semifinal on Saturday, 3 p.m., against Abbots-ford. The winner advances to the B.C. final and a chance at promotion to the eight-team CDI Premier League.

“When you look at the club’s history we’ve never won a (men’s) B.C. final,” said first year men’s coach Aaron Frisby. The former Velox premier player coached the Velox Valkyries to the B.C. women’s championship last year.

“It’s a big ask but it’s expected of us. When you’re not playing premier rugby the support falls off. It’s hard to get premier quality players when you’re not in the CDI Premier League.”

Abbotsford is 11-4-1 in Tier 2 Mainland play this season after being relegated with just one win in 14 CDI matches last season. Velox was rel-egated in 2011 and has toiled in Tier 2 the past two seasons in the confusingly named Okana-gan Brewery League 1. This year Velox played in the Island’s Tier 2 equivalent Cowichan Cup.

Velox also played two exhibition games against premier sides, losing to Capilano 19-10 and the Castaway Wanderers 32-12.

“Obviously the exhibition scores are not far off, certainly nowhere near some of the lop-sided premier scores of late,” Frisby pointed out.

The key is getting premier quality players and national level players. Once the door opens, more will follow. Across town, the James Bay and Castaway Wanderers have both benefitted by bringing in national team players who are here training with Rugby Canada. Velox hasn’t had a sniff of Rugby Canada carded players the past three years despite fielding several in the past.

“We’re looking at other options, including UVic, which we believe has a lot of premier-quality players that don’t get identified because the program is so deep.”

Saturday (May 4) is a triple header for Velox men’s rugby as they host a Div. 3 semifinal vs. the Brit Lions at 11:30 a.m. At 1:15 p.m. Velox faces Abbotsford in the Okanagan Brewery League 2 semifinal.

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VicSoccer’s debut as a rec soccer league couldn’t have started on a busier day.

The first game was Sunday at 5 p.m., about eight hours after many of the city’s most active resi-dents ran the TC10K.

Eighteen players showed up to play the inaugu-ral VicSoccer match at Hampton Park. Not a bad turnout despite the original time being bumped two hours by the Gorge FC women’s provincial B Cup soccer match.

“It’s going to take a little time but the word of mouth is getting out there,” said VicSoccer orga-nizer Steve Teska.

“The main message we want to spread is that we are not trying to compete or take away from any of the other leagues in the city. We are just giving another option for the players to have a run around.”

The next match is Saturday, 3 p.m. at Hampton Park. Signup is online at vicsoccer.ca.

“It’s a pretty good response since only a handful of people are promoting it around the city so far,” Teska said.

The soccer fanatic is willing to roll with the punches that come with getting a league off the ground, especially one that’s a bit outside the box compared to what the city is used to.

“It’s a new concept,” Teska said. “The way it works is there’s no official teams in VicSoccer. Players are competing for themselves and every-one else.”

When you sign up you choose a side, possibly with your friend, for example, and your position, which is on a first-come-first-serve basis.

“You show up, get your jersey, take your posi-tion and you go from there. It’s amazing to see how well the people gel and come together. It’s very interactive and social.”

Though it’s new in Victoria the league is based on a proven model, KWSoccer, in Teska’s home-town of Kitchener-Waterloo.

“KWSoccer is successfully entering its fourth year with over 2,000 followers, which is about five percent of the soccer community in Kitchener-Waterloo,” Teska said.

“It takes a while but people come to understand it. Stats are kept online, and prizes go to the top point getters, etc. We are competitive, but it’s a completely new concept and the players learn that.”

All 11-a-side matches are officiated as are most nine-a-side matches. Teska plans to host games big and small.

“In three years there’s been zero cards issued, not a suspension or ejection, no fights or anything. It’s a respect thing. We know we’re not out to win the World Cup.”

VicSoccer is for players 16-and-over and Teska is hoping to add women’s and masters age games, run year-round, and expand to other fields.

“With registrants interacting through social media we can do so much. The league is about flexbility. Prices vary but they’re quite reasonable and we provide a true soccer experience.”

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105-225 Belleville, $449,000Sunday 1-3Victoria Classic RealtyShaun Lees 250 386-1997 pg. 9

4-1001 Terrace, $339,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBonnie Johnston 250 744-3301 pg. 6

1273 Denman St, $539,000Saturday 1-2:30Sutton Group West Coast RealtyShelly Reed, 250-213-7444

541 Cornwall, $789,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422 pg. 11

214-50 Songhees, $449,900Sunday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunDaniel Clover 250 507-5459 pg. 9

204-1715 Richmond, $249,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesRick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 pg. 8

5 Gorge Rd E, $419,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCamela Slack, 250-661-4088

654 Langford, $369,000Sunday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodBrian Meredith-Jones 250 477-1100 pg. 16

3020 Washington, $391,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Elfi e Jeeves, 250-477-7291 pg. 11

1121 Kings, $625,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalSharen Warde, 250-592-4422 pg. 26

116-75 Songhees, $998,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6

636 Belton, $439,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalPat Meadows, 250-592-4422 pg. 10

1255 RichardsonSaturday & Sunday 2-4Sutton West CoastMikko Ikonen 250 479-3333 pg. 26


1102-835 View St, $349,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Peter Crichton, 250-889-4000 pg. 5

101-75 Songhees, $685,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6

1741 Patly, $1,197,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Cathy Travis, 250-384-8124 pg. 10


302-1000 McClure, $199,000Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalRosemarie Colterman 250 592-4422 pg. 9

1903 Chambers St, $425,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422

208-1025 Hillside, $229,000Saturday 2-4Sutton West Coast RealtyJonas Solberg 250 479-3333 pg. 25

733A Humboldt (200 Douglas)Saturday - Monday noon - 5 pmMacdonald Realty Helene Roy, 250 883-2715 pg. 1

3161 Alder St, $535,000Sunday 1-4Access Realty Ltd.Dave Vogel, 250-588-8378 pg. 10

1446 Pembroke, $349,900Sunday 1-3Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 10

3-9 Moss, $649,000Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunJason Leslie, 250-478-9600 pg. 11


1763 Bay, $375,000Saturday 2-4Duttons & Co. Real Estate Ltd.250-383-7100 pg. 1

1440 Slater Pl, $659,900Saturday & Sunday 1-4Re/Max CamosunDan Juricic, 250-514-8261

5-216 Russell, $469,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real EstateDavid Dand 250 477-7291 pg. 8

107-250 Douglas, $231,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdLynnell Davidge, 250-477-7291 pg. 8

306-75 Songhees, $698,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 8

1720 Beach, $1,050,000Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyKathryn Alexander, 250-881-4440 pg. 11

402-2340 Oak Bay, $315,000Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunJason Leslie, 250-478-9600 pg. 12

12-1519 Cooper Rd, $189,900Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyColin Walters, 250-479-3333 pg. 12

215 Helmcken, $509,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalSharen Warde, 250-592-4422 pg. 26

59-14 Erskine LaneSunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyLorraine Williams, 250-216-3317 pg. 12

7-126 Hallowell, $399,900Sunday 1-3Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 12

317 Bessborough, $795,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunLorraine Stundon 250 812-0642 pg. 25

204-837 Selkirk Ave, $279,900Saturday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Rob Angus, 250-391-1893

1158 Greenwood, $489,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalMark McDougall, 250-588-8588 pg. 13

376 Kinver St., $409,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAllen Tepper, 250-686-6325 pg. 13

730 Rockheights, $634,900Saturday 1-3One Percent RealtyTania McFadden, 250-589-0248 pg. 12

2606 Midnight Pl, $648,500Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Tricia Basi, 250-384-8124 pg. 19

4-854 Caroline, $589,900Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyJim Russell 250 592-4422 pg. 12

205-1571 Mortimer, $209,000Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalRosemarie Colterman 250 592-4422 pg. 9

1533 Granada Cres, $539,900Saturday 11-1Re/Max CamosunRick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

4341 Cedar Hill RdSaturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyKami Norman, 250-477-5353 pg. 13

22-899 Royal Oak, $598,800Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Frank Chan, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

304-1663 McKenzie, $382,500Saturday 11-1Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith, 250 388-5882 pg. 14

1801 LavalSunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyFred Lerch, 250-889-2528 pg. 13

3672-1507 Queensbury, $549,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Susan Carley, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

304-1618 North Dairy, $329,900Sunday 2-4Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith, 250 388-5882 pg. 14

723 Lily Ave, $589,900Sunday 2:30-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyKim Mohns, 250-479-3333 pg. 26

3963 Juan De Fuca Terr.Saturday 2-4 & Sunday 11-1Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith, 250-818-6662

2-4360 Emily Carr Dr, $635,000Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Mike Lock, 250-384-8124 pg. 13

12-3255 Rutledge, $291,000Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyHiro Nakatani, 250-661-4476

4029 EliseSaturday & Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalGiovanna Balaiban, 250-477-5353 pg. 14

804 Beckwith, $529,900Saturday 2-4Sutton group West CoastKomal Dodd, 250-479-3333 pg. 14

3224 Bellevue Rd, $639,000Sunday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-889-3926 pg. 13

3236 Cedar Hill, $574,500Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 13

20-1286 Tolmie, $519,900Saturday 11-1Pemberton HolmesRick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 pg. 9

102-1660 Feltham, $339,900Friday, Saturday, Sunday 12-5Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Ivica Kalabric, 250-384-8124 pg. 7

4030/4040 Borden StSaturday & Sunday 2-4Cathy Duncan & Associates250-658-0967 pg. 1

5131 Delmonte Ave, $694,900Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGoran Tambic, 250-592-4422 pg. 13

4634 Amblewood, $899,000Saturday 2:30-4One Percent RealtyGuy Effl er, 250-812-4910 pg. 25

2320 Hollyhill, $659,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyJacqueline Squire 250 477-1100 pg. 14

1273 Filmer, $529,000Friday 11-1 & Saturday & Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunJason Leslie, 250-478-9600 pg. 14

5313 Sunter’s Track, $899,900Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesRick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 pg. 14

15-5187 Cordova Bay, $749,000Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalSharen Warde, 250-592-4422 pg. 26

315-1010 Bristol Rd, $254,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDavid Stevens, 250-477-5353

220-1680 Poplar Ave, $166,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesJeff Shorter, 250-384-8124 pg. 6

4901 Sea Ridge, $610,000Saturday 2-4Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 14

4541 Pheasantwood, $899,900Sunday 2-4Sutton group West CoastDeborah Kline, 250-661-7680 pg. 14

5178 Rambler Rd., $939,888Saturday 2-4Sutton group West CoastDeborah Kline, 250-661-7680 pg. 14

2201 Arbutus Cove, $1,349,000Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalSharen Warde, 250-592-4422 pg. 26

7-910 Maltwood Terr, $459,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunDeborah Coburn, 250-812-5333 pg. 5

2-909 Carolwood, $499,900Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 8

2829 Arbutus, $995,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyJordy Harris, 250-385-2033 pg. 6

101 Kiowa Pl, $1,199,950Sunday 2-4Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-818-8736

4058 Raymond St, $439,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jenn Raappana, 250-590-3921

8-7751 E Saanich, $349,000Saturday 2-3Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 27

8655 Forest Park, $699,000Sunday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 27

10500 McDonald Park, $585,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesNicole Burgess 250 384-8124 pg. 8

32-7751 E Saanich, $349,000Saturday 2-3Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 27

98-7701 Central Saanich, $149,000Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 27

6665 Buena Vista, $624,000Saturday 2-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 27

8546 Aldous, $549,900Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyNoah Dobson 250 385-2033 pg. 18

8930 Tumbo Pl, $1,075,000Saturday 2:30-4:30Re/Max CamosunJason Binab, 250-744-3301

2244 Mills Rd, $539,900Saturday 3-5Fair RealtyChris Dusseault, 250-516-8773 pg. 18

302-9945 Fifth St, $314,900Sunday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyColin Walters, 250-479-3333 pg. 18

1739 Lopez Pl, $779,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyDavid Harvey, 250-385-2033 pg. 15

9706 Fifth St, $599,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 18

2428 Mt St Michael, $549,000Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 18

2410 Prima Vista, $549,900Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422 pg. 18

9766 Fourth St.Tuesday-Saturday 1-3Gordon Hulme RealtyDon King 250-516-1202 pg. 8

9876 Seventh St, $509,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunPeter Gray, 250-744-3301 pg. 15

8520 Ballenas Pl., $729,000Sunday 2-3Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 27

203-2427 Amherst Ave, $184,000Saturday 1-3Sparling Real Estate Ltd.Trevor Lunn, 250-656-5511 pg. 15

1380 Oceanspray Dr, $524,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Judy Gerrett, 250-656-0131 pg. 15

1739 Lopez PlaceSaturday 2-4Newport RealtyDavid Harvey, 250-385-2033 pg. 18

Lot 1 York Ridge Pl, $325,000Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunDeborah Coburn, 250-812-1989 pg. 2

Lot 1 York Ridge Pl, $325,000Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunDeborah Coburn, 250-812-1989 pg. 21

101-982 Rattanwood, $319,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 19

2916 Mt Wells, $439,900Sunday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 20

1024 Grob CourtDaily 12-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445

1177 Deerview Pl, $699,500Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 19

2827 Lake End RdSaturday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 19

207-2732 Matson Rd, $285,900Wednesday-Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunNeil Docherty, 250-478-9600 pg. 5

2680 Deville Rd, $379,900Sunday 4-5Fair RealtyChris Dusseault, 250-516-8773 pg. 19

838 Pears Rd., $475,000Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer, 250-384-8124 pg. 20

2588 Legacy Ridge, $474,900Saturday 1-3One Percent RealtyMaria Furtado 250 881-3754 pg. 20

4859 Rocky Point, $399,900Saturday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808 pg. 16

2383 Echo Valley Dr, $605,000Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyInder Taneja, 250-686-8228 pg. 19

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101-954 Walfred, $374,900Saturday 1-3Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 20

2742 Whitehead Pl, $329,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCamela Slack, 250-661-4088

2216 Players Dr., $709,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003 pg. 20

991 Acadian Rd, $424,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 20

103-982 Rattanwood, $319,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 19

4042 Metchosin, $529,900Sunday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 20

933 Step Moss Cl, $699,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-818-8736

962 Dunford, $439,900Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 19

637 Rason, $489,900Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyFred Lerch, 250-889-2528 pg. 20

875 Wild Ridge Way, $419,900Sunday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 20

642 Hope Rd, $519,900Sunday 2-4Sutton West Coast RealtyElke Pettipas 250 479-3333 pg. 20

741 Bexhill Rd, $499,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808 pg. 16

294 Hatley Lane, $829,800Saturday 11-1Re/Max CamosunDale Sheppard, 250-478-9600

203-594 Bezanton Way, $294,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 6

107-608 Fairway, $317,900Saturday 12-2DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-590-3921

2688 Deville, $229,900Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003 pg. 20

1015 Braeburn Ave. Friday to Monday 12-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-516-7772

2367 Sunriver, $469,900Saturday 2-4Macdonald RealtyJane Logan, 250-920-6868 pg. 21

5577 Medberry, $699,000Saturday 2-3Century 21 QueenswoodRuth Stark 250 477-1100 pg. 16

6962 BrailsfordSaturday 2-4RE/MAX AllianceRon Neal, 250-386-8181 pg. 28

2461 Sooke River, $389,900Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyNoah Dobson, 250-385-2033 pg. 21

5575 Medberry Cl, $579,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-385-2033

6999 Brailsford, $599,900Saturday 2-4One Percent RealtyValentino, 250-686-2242 pg. 26

525 Saltspring View, $589,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 21

2216 Baron Rd, $469,000Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtySandra Govender, 250-592-4422

3582 Pechanga, $449,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 21

1630 Kristen Way, $359,900Saturday 11-1Pemberton HolmesApril Spackman, 250-818-0942 pg. 25

Park Place, $339,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max of DuncanKim Johannsen 250 748-7200 pg. 24

500 Corfi eld, $332,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Re/Max of NanaimoJohn Cooper, 1-866-956-6228 pg. 9

2576 Kinnoul, $599,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max of DuncanKim Johannsen 250 748-7200 pg. 24

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n Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion Foundation Gala n Saturday, April 20 n Uplands Golf Course

Emcee and philanthropist Rob Reid with Veronica Osborn, coordinator of the Goodlife Fitness Marathon.

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The Mount St. Mary Hospital Foundation said thank you for the generosity and dedicated efforts of its supporters dur-ing the annual Donor Appreciation Reception April 23.

Guests gathered at Mount St. Mary Hospital, where they heard from featured speaker and award-winning journalist Jody Paterson, who spoke about her experience with music therapy and made a donation.

Event emcee and philanthropist Rob Reid gave his compli-ments to the success of the Mount St. Mary – Marythoners pledge collectors in October’s annual Goodlife Fitness Mara-thon/Half and 8 KM walk/runs.

Donors were recognized for supporting the care, comfort and dignity of the 200 residents at the complex care hospital, including progress on the $900,000 Room to Care Campaign and the $5 million endowment fund named in honour of the Sisters of St. Ann.

In honour of the Sisters, Sands Funeral Chapel presented the hospital with a bronze statue of Michelangelo’s Pieta.

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Hike for HospiceAs people lace up their shoes and

set off on the second annual Hike for Hospice this Sunday, they’ll be walking together in celebration of those who receive hospice care and those who deliver it.

“We see the relationship between Victoria Hospice and the community as a supportive and necessary one,” says Dave Traynor, communications manag-er of the Victoria Hospice. “We use the phrase ‘we care for the community we depend on.’ And it’s a pleasure to see the community come out to support us.”

Check in time for the hike is 9 a.m.,May 5, at Fisherman’s Wharf, and the 3.5 kilometre route, winding alongVictoria’s scenic waterfront, gets under-way at 10 a.m. Registration is at the site or online at www.victoriahospice.org/hike-for-hospice.

The hike gives people a chance to remember loved ones, raise awareness of hospice palliative care in general and promote work done by volunteers and professionals in the � eld. But it also rasies funds for the Victoria Hospice, a not-for-pro� t entity, which depends on collecting half of its annual $7 million budget directly from the community through donations.

“Without that support, we don’t con-tinue,” says Traynor.

More than 150 people (and many four-legged companions) took part in the inaugural event last year. Most of the teams had their own theme, dis-played prominently during the colour-ful “Parade of Teams,” which kicked off the day’s festivities.

The Victoria Hike for Hospice is

actually part of a larger, national event, organized by the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, as part of National Hospice Palliative Care Week, May 5-11.

The national theme — “Canadians are aging. We’ve done the math. Have you?” — encourages professionals, caregivers and the public to advocate for better hospice palliative care . . . especially as the population ages.

The local message is similar, saysTraynor, “but it’s about the so-called ‘Silver Tsunami’ that is coming.”

He adds, “The Boomer demographic is a force of nature that has affected every age group it’s rolled over since World War 2. Awareness of the need for effective end-of-life strategies and programs is growing, and we’re going to see this become a much more public part of the health-care discussion. We believe that Victoria Hospice has a sig-ni� cant role to play, both in being part of the solution (increased availability of

hospice care) as well as lead-ing the growth and expertise of end-of-life care, which is about much more than just hospice care. It’s about living well until you die.”

Victoria Hospice is a registered charity that provides end-of-life care, offered in patients’ homes, or within the hospice’s 17-bed in-patient unit. It also provides medical consultation to patients in other health care facilities. Hospice staff and trained volunteers offer comfort for patients and support for their families, rather than attempting to cure progres-sive and life-limiting illness. Donations to Victoria Hospice can be made onlineat www.VictoriaHospice.org.

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A � ourishing rooftop garden is a much-loved feature of Victoria Hospice’s In-Patient Unit at the Richmond Pavillion.

“Gardens bring peace and comfort, and the rooftop garden is about having something visual and not clinical as patients and their families take a breather from hospice,” says Kelly Redlin, an organizer of Victoria Hospice’s fundraising Teeny Tiny Garden Tour. “Gardens are life af� rming.”

“Gardens and hospice care have strong links,” adds Dave Traynor, also of Victoria Hospice.

The rooftop garden was part of the inspiration to launch an annual fundraising garden tour — coming up on Sunday, June 9. The eighth annual event promises to be as popular, fun and informative as ever.

Participants will visit 14 small gardens, including a rose lovers’ haven, a garden that successfully works around rock, a water feature garden, and a garden that includes two beehives amid a miniature Garry Oak ecosystem.

The decision to focus on small, mostly backyard gardens sets this garden tour apart from others in Victoria.

“The name comes from the contrast between the gardens on our tour, which are usually in people’s back yards, and not something like Butchart, or large, multi-acre set-ups,” says Traynor. “But each one is unique and there’s always something special about them. The group of volunteers that organize the tour each year are passionate about their own gardens and they love to highlight those extra-special ones they � nd in their travels.”

An added feature this year will be inclusion of a master gardener available to answer questions at twoof the locations.

Tickets for the June 9 event can be purchased at Thrifty Foods locations, Dig This or the Victoria HospiceThrift Boutique, at 1315 Cook St.

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Teams and individuals are invited to join in a scenic 3.5km walk in support of Victoria Hospice.

Register today at victoriahospice.org/hike-for-hospice

Register by April 15

to be entered in the early bird

draw!

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Tickets: $25Available at: Dig This• 636 Fort Street• 1990 Oak Bay Avenue• Broadmead Village Shopping Centre• 2387 Beacon Avenue, Sidney• 5283 Rutherford Road, Nanaimo

All Victoria Thrifty Foods locationsVictoria Hospice Thrift Boutique• 1315 Cook Street (near Yates)

Victoria Hospice Foundation Of� ce• 1952 Bay Street, 4th Floor Richmond Pavilion

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Tickets: $25AVAILABLE AT:Dig This• 636 Fort Street• 1990 Oak Bay Avenue• Broadmead Village Shopping Centre• 2387 Beacon Avenue, Sidney• 5283 Rutherford Road, NanaimoAll Victoria Thrifty Foods locationsVictoria Hospice Thrift Boutique• 1315 Cook Street (near Yates)Victoria Hospice Foundation Office• 1952 Bay Street, 4th Floor Richmond Pavilion

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Teams and individuals are invited to join in a scenic 3.5km walk in support of Victoria Hospice.

Register today at victoriahospice.org/hike-for-hospice

Register by April 15

to be entered in the early bird

draw!

Footprint Illustration © iStock.com/Sadora

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Check-in 9 am Walk 10 am

proudly supported by

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