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Coy koiColourful koi fish rise to the surface of their pond looking for food at the Wildwood Outdoor Living Centre at Cannor Nursery on Elk Lake Drive on a cloudy winter day.

FOI results on spying software reveal big costsDaniel PalmerNews staff

The installation and use of employee monitoring soft-ware at Saanich municipal hall could cost the munici-pality at least $30,000 in 2015, thanks to licensing and maintenance agreements that were confirmed before B.C.’s privacy commissioner launched an investigation into the District’s practices earlier this year.

Emails released Monday through a freedom of infor-mation request show Saanich’s Information Technol-ogy department underwent training on Nov. 24, 2014 and installed Spector 360 – which is capable of captur-ing keystrokes as well as continuous screen images of employee activity – on an unknown number of comput-ers at a cost of $1,992.

Two invoices dated Jan. 14, 2015 reveal Saanich was given the option of paying another $29,250 for further licencing and one year of maintenance, or $43,992 for licencing and three years of maintenance by SpectorSoft Corporation, which sells Spector 360. The software had been monitoring activity on several municipal comput-ers until Jan. 20, when the B.C. Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham launched an investigation into its use.

The FOI response also reveals Laura Ciarniello, Saa-nich’s director of corporate services, sent an email on Dec. 2 to IT manager Forrest Kvemshagen approving the software installation. Mayor Richard Atwell and council were sworn in on the same day.

“I approve of this program and the machines that it has been installed on,” Ciarniello wrote in the email to Kvemshagen. “I have spoken with the Directors and Paul about this and I left it with (former CAO) Paul (Mur-ray) to discuss with [redacted] and [redacted] or not.”

Murray was on vacation leave on Dec. 2 and left the municipality on Dec. 16 with a $468,000 payout. Ciarni-ello was on vacation Monday and was unavailable for comment.

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Thank you for participating in our Community Conversations. We heard you! Find the full report detailing what British Columbians told us about the barriers and solutions to kidney transplantation and organ donor registration on our website. Continue the conversation in support of those living with kidney disease. Join us on May 1st at the BC Kidney Transplant Summit in Vancouver.

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Privacy investigation into softwareto be released by end of March

Mayor Richard Atwell went public about his concerns over the “spyware” on Jan. 12 and said Spector 360 had been installed on his computer and several other computers without

his knowledge or consent.Atwell told the News on Mon-

day that he will wait for the pri-vacy commissioner’s report before commenting on the FOI revelations.

“I will be more than happy to comment when the OIPC

releases its findings,” Atwell said.Interim CAO Andy Laidlaw

said the District provided all nec-essary information to Denham on its use of Spector 360 and will wait to respond to the recom-mendations in her report.

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Comox teen to take onBest Year Ever at SMUS

A 15-year-old Comox teen will spend her next school year in Vic-toria, B.C., after winning a full-year boarding scholarship to St. Michael’s University School (SMUS).

Lizzie Watson was announced as the grand prize winner of SMUS’s Best School Year Ever contest on Friday by Head of School Bob Snowden, who called Watson “an exceptional student.”

SMUS’s Best School Year Ever is a video contest for students in North

America entering Grades 8-12. Bryce Nurding, from Astoria, Ore., and Sha-lese Jordan, from Lake Echo, N.S., were runners up and each received $10,000 scholarships attend SMUS.

The top three finalists visited SMUS on February 27 and 28 to meet with students and staff, and to get a sense of boarding life at the school.

The contest attracted entries from students from as far away as Florida and New Hampshire.

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Mount Doug gradsorganize reunion

The Mount Douglas secondary graduating class of 1975, will be celebrating its 40th reunion on June 27.

The event will take place at the Royal Colwood Golf Club, 629 Goldstream Ave. from 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at a cost of $25 per person. Deadline for tickets is May 15 and there will not be tickets at the door. Email old pictures or ticket inquiries to [email protected] or [email protected].

Churches organizespeaker series

Churches in Greater Victoria are highlight-ing social justice issues around the world and in the community through a series of weekly lectures in March.

Continuing with the Eat, Pray, Love and Learn series, lectures will be held every Tuesday night at a different church, focusing on various issues.

On March 10 at Trin-ity Presbyterian Church (2964 Tillicum Rd.) at 11:30 a.m., there will be a lecture about the environ-mental impact of sacred buildings.

On March 17 at St. Peter and St. Paul Angli-can Church in Esquimalt at 11:30 a.m., the lecture will focus on Aboriginal youth.

“We understand it as our call to reach out and to help people in our community,” said Esquimalt United Church Minister Leanne Benoitt. “One of the ways we do that is learning what the needs are.”

For more information on upcoming lectures, please go online to esqui-maltunited.wordpress.com/2015/02/18/eat-pray-love-and-learn or call 250-384-3031.

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Daniel PalmerNews staff

Don Mills reaches gently through hanging moss and gnarled roots towards a pot holding a brilliant orange and red orchid, the delicate flower perched upon a thick, bamboo-like stem.

The Brazilian Tropical Flare – also known as a “Magic Fire” – from the Cattleya variety sits comfortably inside Mills’ humid backyard greenhouse, where he has patiently wooed elusive blooms from all corners of the globe for the past two decades.

“People are often disappointed when they buy orchids from a flower shop and they won’t re-flower,” says Mills, feeling the moss surrounding the plant for moisture.

“But avid orchid growers are patient people. We sometimes wait 10 to 15 years for a plant to flower.”

On March 14 and 15, orchid enthusiasts from across B.C. will gather at Our Lady of Fatima parish on Elk Lake Road for the

annual Victoria Orchid Society Show. Orchid societies from four areas of the province gather each year for bragging rights and to sell some of the 25,000 to 30,000 orchid varieties that are lovingly maintained in amateur greenhouses and homes, despite their unnatural local existence.

There are about 75 members of the active Victoria Orchid Society, many of whom meet monthly and organize greenhouse tours each July and August, said Art Macgregor, society committee member.

“We’ve been running this show for decades now, about 30 years,” he says. “The vast bulk of orchid growers are amateurs, but we do have displays from commercial growers as well.”

Hundreds of blooming orchids, many unseen at conventional flower shops, will be on display at the show, while a separate sales area will allow home growers to get their hands on lesser known varieties from South America, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean and India.

“The big gorgeous beauties

are usually from Brazil or Asia,” Macgregor says.

Mills attended the first orchid society show in 1986 and hasn’t looked back. He began by experimenting with indoor heating lamps.

“One of our members received a knock at the door from the police once to check if he was running a grow-op,” Mills says.

Today, his temperature-controlled and homemade greenhouse includes a misting system, adjustable heaters, double-layered walls and even a harvested fan from an old home heating system.

“Running an orchid greenhouse does have a bit of engineering involved,” says Macgregor, his feet crunching along the crushed stone floor to point out tiny orchid blooms. “There are endless varieties of everything from the size of your thumbnail to plants 10 to 15 feet in height.”

Macgregor points out amateur growers should remember that orchids love three things: love light, heat and moisture.

As Macgregor turns to leave the tropical room, Mills grabs a tiny potted plant and calls out to his friend. It’s a parting gift not uncommon amongst society members, who trade orchids and share growing tips in their life-long hobby.

“People really should come to the show,” Mcgregor says as he pushes his way through a plastic sheet to the outside world. “This is the only occasion in the year where people in Victoria have access to such high quality and variety of orchids.”

The Victoria Orchid Society Show runs March 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and March 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $7, or $6 with a $1 off coupon available online at the society’s website.

Cash raised from entrance fees and a silent auction benefits the Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island, which supports Jeneece Place and the Queen Alexandra Centre for Children’s Health, among other programs.

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For orchid lovers, patience pays offAnnual Victoria Orchid Society Show brings rare, exotic varietals from across B.C.

Don Mills stands in a humid greenhouse in the backyard of his Blenkinsop home, where he nurtures dozens of orchids from across the globe.

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Keeping the provincial minimum wage below $15 an hour will hold many people in Victoria under the poverty line, says the organizer of Vic-toria’s Fight for $15 campaign.

Premier Christy Clark announced work is underway to extend the series of increases that brought the mini-mum wage up to its current rate of $10.25 an hour.

Tara Ehrcke, organizer of the Fight for $15 campaign and a teacher, said providing regular increases is good, but she is disappointed the focus was on ruling out increasing minimum wage to $15 an hour.

“That number represents pulling people out of poverty,” she said. “A government who’s thinking about the long term health of our communities would want people who work to live above the poverty line. We can afford to ensure that everybody has ade-quate housing, has adequate food on the table [and] is able to have a good education.”

People working full-time earning minimum wage currently have a diffi-cult time paying basic expenses, said Victoria MLA Rob Fleming.

“The minimum wage needs to move in the upward direction,” he said. “Making life more affordable and allowing people to have money left over after they pay for expensive rents and housing costs here is essen-tial.”

The effects of increasing minimum wage on employment is mixed, said University of Victoria economics pro-fessor Martin Farnham.

Although it is generally predicted that a wage increase will result in a higher supply of labour and a lower demand, therefore reducing employ-ment, the empirical results are not as clear.

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Pursuant to the Community Charter, public notice is given of Saanich Council’s intention to extend the term of the previously approved interest free loan of $240,000 to the Horticulture Centre of the Pacifi c Society for construction costs of the Couvelier Pavilion located at 505 Quayle Road from 2016 to 2024. The value of the assistance is estimated at $18,000 over the ten year term.For further information please contact the Legislative Division at 250-475-1775 or e-mail us at [email protected].


Andrea PeacockBlack Press

Keeping the provincial minimum wage below $15 an hour will hold many people in Victoria under the poverty line, says the organizer of Vic-toria’s Fight for $15 campaign.

Premier Christy Clark announced work is underway to extend the series of increases that brought the mini-mum wage up to its current rate of $10.25 an hour.

Tara Ehrcke, organizer of the Fight for $15 campaign and a teacher, said providing regular increases is good, but she is disappointed the focus was on ruling out increasing minimum wage to $15 an hour.

“That number represents pulling people out of poverty,” she said. “A government who’s thinking about the long term health of our communities would want people who work to live above the poverty line. We can afford to ensure that everybody has ade-quate housing, has adequate food on the table [and] is able to have a good education.”

People working full-time earning minimum wage currently have a diffi-cult time paying basic expenses, said Victoria MLA Rob Fleming.

“The minimum wage needs to move in the upward direction,” he said. “Making life more affordable and allowing people to have money left over after they pay for expensive rents and housing costs here is essen-tial.”

The effects of increasing minimum wage on employment is mixed, said University of Victoria economics pro-fessor Martin Farnham.

Although it is generally predicted that a wage increase will result in a higher supply of labour and a lower demand, therefore reducing employ-ment, the empirical results are not as clear.

Increasing the minimum wage could cause employers to change the type of employees they hire.

“Firms that rely on teenage part-time workers may shift to more edu-cated or experienced employees who weren’t willing to work at the old mini-mum wage, but are willing to work at the new, higher minimum wage,” said Farnham.

While increasing minimum wage may have a positive impact on employees who see increased pay, those costs could be passed off to the consumer, said Elisabeth Gugl, Uni-versity of Victoria economics profes-sor.

“If employers would just hire the same amount of people but pay them more, then at least for local businesses, you would probably see higher prices for the consumers.”

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B.C. wage plan pannedSAANICH NEWS - Wednesday, March 11, 2015 www.saanichnews.com • A5

Travis PatersonNews staff

Camosun College’s school of business students finished top-five in the real-world chal-lenges and case-studies as the school hosted the recent Col-legiate DECA Pacific Northwest Regional conference at the Hotel Grand Pacific, Feb. 19-21.

The conference attracted nearly 200 people participating as either competitors, judges, advisors, volunteers, sponsors and guests, the first time it had been held outside the U.S.A.

“Support from our local busi-ness community was incred-ible,” said Camosun DECA president and student, Duncan Hauser. “This event doesn’t hap-pen without it. Our network of local business connections supplied us with 37 high qual-ity judges, 5 outstanding guest speakers and multiple spon-sors.”

Speaking at the conference were Steve Hemphill, vice presi-

dent of Viking Air’s supply line, Steven Myhill-Jones, founder of Latitude Geographics, Ryan Sykes, a local chartered accoun-tant, Stacey Toews a co-founder with Level Ground Trading and Jennifer Garrett, the director of operations for Power to Be Adventure Therapy.

Camosun students competed in 15 individual and team chal-lenges, solving real-world busi-ness case studies against a field of 100 post-secondary Deca members from across the North-west. It counted as the prelimi-nary qualifying round for the upcoming International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Fla, April 18 to 21.

Camosun students finish-ing top-five in individual events were Michael Pal in account-ing, Sarah Lindsay in hospital-ity, Chris Pal in human resource management, Ellen Young in marketing management and Janna Lantz in entrepreneur-ship. Camosun students finish-ing top-five in team events were

Bob Tiet and Andrew Flaro in emerging technologies (2nd), Karl Issel and Andrea Eggen-berger in international market-ing, Campbell Hunter and Sim Waraich in international market-ing, Daniel Goldie and Nick Van-stone in sports and entertain-ment marketing, Duncan Hauser and Kyle Reid in business ethics and, Conner Brooks and Timo-thy Schwarz also in business ethics.

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Camosun College business students celebrate their Top 5 finish at the Collegiate DECA Pacific Northwest Regional conference, held in Victoria last month.

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B.C.’s new seniors’ advocate has issued her second report, and the media mostly ignored it.

When this new office was promised by a campaigning Premier Christy Clark two years ago, I suggested that B.C. already has 85 seniors’ advocates. They’re called MLAs, and inquiries go to their local offices.

Much to the chagrin of the opposition, Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Mackenzie’s mandate is not to pursue individual cases, and so she won’t be serving up a fresh assortment of horror stories to embarrass the government.

Instead, it is to look for “systemic challenges” and recommend ways to deal with them. The latest report is based on a survey of more than 500 seniors from around the province, and the key finding was not what she expected.

“We were surprised to learn of the lack of awareness among seniors, particularly low-income seniors, of government programs and the subsidies available to assist them,” Mackenzie said.

The survey found that 60 per cent of seniors living on $30,000 or less annual income didn’t know they are eligible for discounts on Medical

Services Plan premiums. For income less than $22,000, the entire $864 cost of individual MSP premiums is waived.

Other frequently overlooked programs are a monthly rent subsidy called Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER), grants for disability modifications, drug cost assistance, property tax deferment and the federal Guaranteed Income Supplement program.

Those older than 75 with income of less than $30,000 reported the lowest awareness of assistance designed specifically for them. But you don’t get these benefits unless you apply and show that your income qualifies.

wSo what should the government do about this? Well, it could advertise these programs. The government does lots of advertising, but not about old news like the SAFER program, which dates back to the 1970s.

Clark’s government did a whack of advertising in the election year,

2013. Much of it was about the B.C. Jobs Plan, heavy on the hardhats and blueprint-style graphics and arc welding and stuff like that.

Then last year the government’s big ad campaign was around the teachers’ strike, and the payments to parents to help with child care while teachers demanded twice as big a raise as all the other unions.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender is still bragging about the response rate for $40-a-day parental strike pay, which was snapped up by almost 100 per cent of eligible parents. This demonstrates that the government can indeed give away money with great efficiency, just by telling people how to get it.

The NDP’s version of seniors’ advocacy is to find the most tragic problems from complaints coming into constituency offices, and use those to ambush the government.

People cry on camera and denounce politicians for being heartless, as if the health minister stayed up late plotting how to break their granny’s heart.

Maybe this seniors’ advocate wasn’t such a bad idea after all..

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

Senior’s advocate strikes a chord

FOI reveals curious chatterA freedom of information response sent to

Saanich News by the District of Saanich on Monday offered the first glimpse into the weeks leading up to explosive revelations about the installation of employee monitoring software at municipal hall.

The most curious discussion within the 140 pages of documents is an email exchange between corporate services director Laura Ciarniello and IT manager Forrest Kvemshagen. In that Dec. 2 exchange, Kvemshagen makes clear no one in the IT department had “taken any steps to inform these individuals of the monitoring activities and we leave that to you to follow up as required. Let me know if you would like us to take any action on this,” he writes to Ciarniello.

Mayor Richard Atwell maintains he was never informed of the installation of the monitoring software on his work computer. Spector 360’s software capabilities include keystroke logging and screen capturing, and B.C. privacy commissioner Elizabeth Denham has previously stated her office has not reviewed a case where monitoring of employees to such an extent has been justified without cause.

The FOI results suggest at least some of the individuals who were slated for monitoring by the Spector 360 program (unfortunately, the FOI results redacted the list of names) were not notified of the software’s installation.

Kvemshagen’s last sentence also suggests his department may have been aware they were navigating through foggy waters: “In order to ensure there is appropriate authorization in place for this work, please reply to this email stating your approval,” he writes to Ciarniello. Former CAO Paul Murray should have been the authority to ultimately sign off on this installation; he was reportedly on vacation leave on Dec. 2.

The reply email from Ciarniello approves the program’s installation on a redacted number of computers. Ciarniello then mentions she has spoken to “Paul” about the approval, and says she’s left it up to Murray to notify redacted parties. Could those parties be Mayor and Council? We can’t be sure of that, but we do know the privacy commissioner’s report is undoubtedly going to cause fireworks when it publishes later this month. Curious chatter at municipal hall, indeed.

Tom FletcherB.C. Views

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CRD staff recently presented a Core Area Liquid Waste Management orientation for new committee members. Some directors and many residents seemed surprised to learn that most of the sewage from Saanich flows via the northwest trunk sewer to Macaulay Point but Saanich is not represented on the Westside Solutions select committee that is looking for options to deal with this discharge.

One curious resident questioned if this meant it would be necessary to put a plug in the Saanich sewage pipe flowing to Macaulay Point if the Westside Solution dealt only with their own flows.

The answer would seem obvious but it should not be.

Saanich has a potential option to treat its sewage to tertiary standards, to reuse the reclaimed water for beneficial uses and to gasify the sludge for heat and power generation - all within its own borders.

No new long deep offshore outfall, no sludge pipeline to Hartland, no anaerobic digesters! The Westside and the Eastside have similar options.

The technical solutions for tertiary treatment are well-known and proven, incorporating compact modular units and energy efficient equipment that require less space than traditional processes.

Tertiary treatment plants of the size needed for Saanich have been constructed elsewhere for unit costs comparable to SeaTerra’s defunct proposal for secondary treatment at McLoughlin Point.

Reuse of reclaimed water for wetland habitat replenishment, stream flow augmentation, aquifer recharge and agricultural irrigation are all feasible and viable options in Saanich that do not require extensive purple pipe distribution networks.

Selected applications can be combined with stormwater management to mitigate the impacts of impermeable surface runoff and improve water quality.

Research and trial installations have been completed in several locations and additional work is pending further funding.

Gasifiers have been also been around for a long time, but design innovations for the use of sewage sludge and organic wastes are relatively new. However, extensive pilot plant studies and optimized installations have demonstrated that some types of gasifiers are a much cleaner and cost effective alternative.

Toxic materials removed from sewage in the tertiary treatment plant are destroyed in the gasifier and not discharged into the ocean nor applied onto the land.

The obvious question that remains is one of cost. Capital and life cycle costs for each alternative must be calculated carefully, compared on an equitable basis and verified by an independent third party.

My investigations and initial feedback from participants at the Westside open houses suggests the options outlined above are economically viable.

Our elected officials should now follow through and find the appropriate answer to Mr. Wick’s question.

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this year when we went out and found dozens when we thought we’d see a few here and there,” said Adam Tay-lor, executive director of HAT.

Amphibians follow the same path from forest to pond in the spring each year. With the addition of residen-tial and commercial developments, more trees are removed and important wetland hab-itats are drained, Taylor said.

“This significantly reduces available habi-tat for them to live, and what is left has been divided and frag-mented by our exten-sive road networks,” he said.

Reducing the pan-cake frog population is possible by using small fences to redi-rect amphibians to lit culverts, and tunnels can be created if needed, Tay-lor said.

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Amphibians are find-ing their way onto Prospect Lake Road in shocking numbers, according to a count done by a local conser-vation group.

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A Saanich field hockey player is lacing up with the national squad after another strong season with the University of Victoria Vikes.

Rosie Beale, a five-foot-two defender and Claremont secondary grad, was recently named to the senior development team.

She’s among a handful of newcomers who are making their first tour with the

women’s national team for Round 2 of the Women’s World League this weekend in Dublin, Ireland.

In three years as a Vike, Beale has been named a Canada West 1st Team All-Star, and helped her team win the 2013 Canada West title and finish second in the CIS final, where she was also a CIS Championship All-Star.

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Marcus Tibbs’ basket in the final minute stood as the game winner, as the UVic Vikes captured the men’s 2015 Canada West title 70-67 over the Saskatchewan Huskies in Saskatoon on Saturday (March 7).

The Vikes and Huskies both qualified for the CIS Final 8 hosted by the Ryerson University Rams, March 12-15 in Toronto, versus host Ryerson, Car-leton, Windsor, Dalhousie, Bishop’s and a wild card berth, also announced March 8.

The Vikes led 42-31 at halftime, but the Hus-kies took over the lead, 60-56 with 10 minutes remaining. That’s when Canada West MVP Chris McLaughlin helped the Vikes push back and tie the game at 65 with 3:44 left. Tibbs scored the last two Vikes baskets, and the Vikes watched a Huskies’ game-tying three pointer miss with seven seconds left.

“We knew it would be tough and we had got kind of handled by them three times this year already,” said Craig Beaucamp, Vikes coach. “We got off to a decent start and then kind of gutted it out in the end. It was just a really good team win for us.”

The Huskies had defeated the Vikes in both regular season match ups and a pre-season game.

Tibbs led the Vikes with 25 points, McLaughlin registered a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Mack Roth scored 10 points and nine rebounds.

It’s Beaucamp’s second conference title 12 years as head coach of the Vikes.

“There is still so much pride in winning your conference as the last time we won was 2006 so, it’s definitely not easy to do. Several of the guys on the team have played through the last two silver medals so it was nice for them to get this win.”

Renfrew, Goodis move on from VikesThe season ended on Saturday for the UVic

Vikes women’s basketball team, completing the CIS athletic careers for Jessica Renfrew (Clare-mont) and Cassandra Goodis.

The Vikes fell to the Alberta Pandas 78-74 in the Canada West bronze-medal match at UBC.

Renfrew led with 26 points and seven steals, while point guard Goodis put away 17 points and 10 assists. Canada West Rookie of the Year Amira Giannattasio chipped in 16 points.

“I am so proud of Jess and Cass as this is one of the most difficult games to play,” said Dani Sinclair, Vikes coach. “We have a really bright future ahead and, Jess and Cass left the girls with a legacy to carry on with.”

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The Friday Night Lights Gala features a four-course dinner, silent auction, celebrity athletes, photo booth and autograph station.

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On Women’s Day, pioneering science work rememberedGroundbreaking scientists left lasting legacy in plant pathology Travis PatersonNews staff

Studying a dying leaf of an arbutus tree on the edge of Francis-King Park in Saanich, Dr. Brenda Callan points out the different patterns of fungi that turn the iconic tree’s green leaves brown during winter.

“It’s winter distress and it’s pretty common as the arbu-tus are on the northernmost edge of their territory here,” says the research scientist with the Pacific Forestry Cen-tre. “It doesn’t mean they’re dying, though they certainly are vulnerable.”

Callan, whose work focuses on fungi and trees, has fielded calls for the past 25 years from residents con-cerned about the health of arbutus trees in Greater Vic-toria. She’s also a local mush-

room specialist, on call to emergency rooms where she identifies poisonous mush-rooms eaten by unsuspect-ing victims.

Under her arm, Callan car-ries three reference books – two from the 1920s and one from the 1940s. All are originals produced by female scientists and still relevant today, but from a time when women were rarely recog-nized as leaders in their field.

The demographics of the science field today look starkly different on the eve of International Women’s Day (March 8), but the anni-versary holds special signifi-cance for Callan. She relies regularly on the work of four Canadian women who were pioneers in the field of fungi and their effect on trees and wood: Dr. Irene Mounce (1894-1987) of Cumberland, Dr. Clara Fritz (1889-1974), Dr. Ruth Macrae (1903-1993) and Dr. Mildred Nobles (1903-1993).

PlEASE SEE: International, Page A5

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Claremont’s golden childClaremont secondary Grade 10 students cheer on their teacher assistant, Nolan Mitchell, as the student poses with all four gold medals he won as the school’s only athlete at the B.C. High School Wrestling Championships. Mitchell also won bronze for Claremont as a Grade 8 student while attending a nearby middle school, before winning four straight golds in Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12, including last Saturday’s championship win in Abbotsford. See the full story on Page A16.

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Claremont Spartans basketball star Marissa Dheensaw, 17, has officially committed to the UVic Vikes women’s basketball program for the 2015-16 season.

Vikes coach Dani Sinclair had little trouble convincing the 5-foot-10 forward, who can also play guard, as she’s already coached Dheensaw on the U15 B.C. team that finished third in the 2012 national championship.

“Having (Sinclair) as a coach in previous years makes me excited to start a new journey with her and my future teammates.”

Dheensaw was Claremont’s female athlete of the year for Grades 9, 10 and 11, and was named to the Island Championship First Team All-Star, and also excels in soccer and volleyball. She missed the Grade 12 year of high school basketball – she would have likely been a top-5 player in B.C. this season – because she tore the ACL in her knee in May of 2014. It’s the same injury her elder sister Shalie, also a former Spartan, suffered in early in January, ending her fourth and final season with the Washington State Cougars (NCAA Div. 1).

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At the heart of Santa Fe is art, which is why the Associates of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria can’t wait to explore New Mexico’s sunny capital city this spring – and you can join them.

AGGV’s chief curator Michelle Jacques will lead a six-day tour of Santa Fe, New Mexico’s art galleries and museums from May 19 to 25.

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Set at the southern end of the Rocky Mountains, Santa Fe exists in a high-desert landscape bordered by national forest and enjoys more than 330 days of sunshine per year.

It is home to Native American communities that existed before the arrival of the Spanish.

Today these communities are centres of art, craft and culture, and provide a glimpse into centuries’ old traditions.

The tour is expected to sell out.

The package includes airfare, airport transfer, accommodation at the Eldorado Hotel and Spa, all-American breakfasts, one lunch, one dinner, taxes, gratuities, most museum entrance fees and the day trip

to Taos and Georgia O’Keeffe’s House.

The Associates of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria were founded in 1952 to foster interest in, and give voluntary service to the gallery. Over the years, the associates have raised more than $800,000 to contribute to the Gallery as well as offering unique art tours in and around Vancouver Island, across Canada, and around the world.

For more information, please go online to aggv.ca/events/art-tours or phone 250-384-4171.

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Did you know?n Want to know more about Santa Fe before registering? Join the Associates at the Gallery, March 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. for a presentation by Andrew Beckerman.

n Currently a Victoria resident, Beckerman lived in Santa Fe for more than a decade, and will share his knowledge of the city’s rich history, landscape, culture and more.

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Beale, who enjoys the team-oriented role of the defensive position, credits the coaches she’s learned from over the years, including UVic’s Beecroft, Andrea Rushton, Krista Thompson and Ali Lee. “The coaches at UVic are amazing. You can go to any of them with questions and they are instantly helping you.”

The women are entering a year of competition during which qualification for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio, Brazil is up for grabs through two qualification pathways, the World League tournament and the Pan American Games, happening in Toronto this summer.

In preparation, the Women’s National Team will take part in many test tournaments throughout the year, for which specific touring rosters will be named (as will be done for World League and the Pan Am Games).

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Vikes eight person boats finish second at annual Elk Lake Regatta

The UVic Vikes men’s and women’s eight seat boats eached finished second behind the UBC Thunderbirds at the 41st Elk Lake Regatta on Sunay (March 8).

The men’s eights race was highlighted by the Vikes novice crew, which led the 1,850-metre course for most of the race. The Thunderbirds edged both the UVic varsity and novice teams for first place. The Vikes women finished two seconds back of UBC for second.

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Old DutchRestaurante Tortilla Chips230-320gr

499 299

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Tropicana100% Pure & Natural Orange Juice2.63lt

QuakerQuick Oats2.25kg

2$5for2$5for

QuakerFamily Size or Minis Dipps or Chewy Granola Bars312-435gr

QuakerInstant Oatmeal336gr

3$5for

3$5for

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3$5for2$4for

2$4for2$5for

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2$5for

2$6for2$6for

3$5for3$5for

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2$4for 2$5for2$5for

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HabitantSoup796ml

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Fees

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Fresh Grey Cod Fillets

Previously FrozenSockeye Salmon Fillets

FreybeSliced Meats

Selected varieties & Sizes

5,000

Bonus Q-Points

249 249

CashmereUltra Luxe Bathroom Tissue2 Ply Double Rolls, 12’s

CascadesEnviro Jumbo Paper Towel100% Recycled Fibres, 6’s

WindexCleaner765-950ml

CloroxBleach1.62-1.89lt

249per

100gr 499

399

Small

Szechuan Beef 6 95

Small

Honey Garlic Wings 6 95

ContinentalBlack Forest or Honey Ham

MaplelodgeCooked or Smoked Chicken BreastMin. 400gr

Woolwich DairyChevrai Cheese113gr

ViennaRoast Beef or New York

Style Corned BeefMin. 400gr

ItalianGrana Padano

Parmesan Cheese

LargeGreek or Red Potato

with Dijon Salad

Frozen or Previously FrozenRaw White Tiger Prawn 21/25 size

Frozen or Previously Frozen 5oz Pacific Cod Portions

Tastee ChoiceShrimp Ring227gr

Large

Chow Mein10 Piece California & Dynamite Rolls

Medium

Sweet & Sour Pork 9 9516 Piece Maki Platter 6 99

8 Piece Spicy Tuna Rolls 4 99

699

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399

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299

Green & Black’sOrganic Chocolate Bar100gr

JordansCereal500gr

Kettle BrandPotato Chips220gr

G.H. CretorsAll Natural Popped Corn184-227gr

Santa CruzOrganic Apple Juice2.84lt

MelittaWorld Harvest Coffee400-454gr

DairylandOrganic Milk Jug

4lt

Double Layer Chocolate or Vanilla Cake

Vanilla Slice

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Cake Donut Multigrain Buns

White or 60% Whole Wheat Bread

Cookies• Oatmeal Raisin• Chocolate Chip• Ranger

D’ItalianoBagelli4’s

Country HarvestBreadSelected, 675gr

Sunflower Seeds

Organically YoursOrganic Goji Trek Mix180gr

Quality FreshFamily Favourites Nibbler MixCranberry, 400gr

Quality FreshMixed Nuts350gr

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399

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Extra Large

4”Oxalis

Luck of The Irish Bouquet

California GrownOrganic Baby Cut Carrots1lb bag

California GrownOrganic Navel Oranges4lb bag

B.C. Grown “Fancy”Organic Spartan Apples3lb bag

Mexican “Hot House”Beefsteak Tomatoes3.28 per kg

California “Cara Cara”Red Navel Oranges4.39 per kg

Washington “Premium”Braeburn Apples2.84 per kg

B.C. Grown “Hot House”Green Bell Peppers3.28 per kg

B.C. Grown “No. 1” Jumbo White or Brown Mushrooms5.49 per kg

California “Andy Boy”Green or Red Leaf Lettuce

2$4for1499

B.C. Grown “Hot House”Long English Cucumbers

129

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129per lb

149per lb

149per lb

199per lb

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