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They’re up before the cold crack of dawn, setting up chairs and tents, sorting wreaths and prepping the Legislature grounds for the annual ceremony that honours Canadian veterans, past and present.

If the weather is good, the cer-emony will draw 6,000 people to the Cenotaph and Inner Harbour. If it rains, like last year, a few thousand will pay their respects to men and women in uniform.

“Weather on Nov. 11 can be challenging and we do get a large turnout, if it’s not a downpour,” says Pat Paterson, chair of the Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Fund in Victoria, which repre-sents three Victoria-based legions and three veterans groups.

“We are one of the largest (cer-emonies) in Canada. Last year we were out there at 7 a.m. putting out chairs in the rain. We were like drowned rats,” Paterson says laughing. “Putting your uniform on, putting clothes on in a car at (age) 79 is a bit different than when you are 20.”

Volunteers set up some 200 chairs for dignitaries and assem-bled scores of wreaths for orga-nizations to pay their respects. Wreaths have a pecking order – the lieutenant governor gets the 26 inch model. The mayor gets a 20-incher.

The parade draws older vet-erans and active service people alike for a solemn ceremony that plays out at cenotaphs across the region. “Some veterans march into their late 90s. They’ll be

there until they fall over,” Pater-son says.

Legion volunteers who stage the ceremony are becoming a rare breed, like many of the vet-erans who attend the cenotaph year after year. First World War veterans are gone and Second World War vets are fading away – “even the Korean War guys are getting long in the tooth,” Paterson says.

Remembrance Day is shift-ing its focus to those Canadians who served in UN military mis-sions around the world and more

recently in Afghanistan, and mili-tary members retired and active, all of whom were willing to risk and sacrifice their lives for the freedom of others.

“We are honouring people in the military who lost their lives in all those wars. Canada rec-ognizes that it can help in times of need to pro-tect freedoms,” Paterson says.

For volunteers with the Victo-ria Poppy Fund, Nov. 11 caps off months of fundraising and hard work. In October, at the Trafalgar-Pro Patria Legion, they assemble

60,000 letters for the Poppy Fund mail out. A small core group col-lects money and keep poppies stocked in 450 trays in shops and business across Victoria, Oak Bay and Saanich.

Last year the Poppy Fund raised about $190,000 to help veterans in Greater Victoria, par-ticularly at Broadmead Lodge and Cockrell House. “We rely on the goodwill of the people of Victo-ria,” Paterson says.

The five Poppy Fund volunteer executive members are in their 60s and 70s, with little in the way of new incoming members. Legions aren’t the centre of com-

munities like they once were, Pat-erson says.

“The demographic of the coun-try has changed ... people aren’t interested too much about giving their time for somebody else.”

Remembrance Day ceremo-nies begin with an honour guard parade to the Legislature at 10:30 p.m. Ceremonies at Saanich municipal hall begin at 11 a.m.

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Volunteers Dorothy Clark and Joe Johanson bag poppies for distribution across Victoria, Saanich and Oak Bay at the Poppy Fund headquarters at the Trafalgar-Pro Patria Legion on Gorge Road. The group distributes about 180,000 poppies through the city each year.

God’s Acre tourWhile Remembrance Day

ceremonies are an emotional and symbolic ritual of hon-ouring veterans, a tour hap-pening the afternoon of Nov. 11 offers a historical look at those who served the coun-try.

Volunteer and historian John Azar is leading a tour of God’s Acre, a veterans cemetery in Esquimalt that long predates the surround-ing Gorge Vale golf course. The British Royal Navy pur-chased the plot from a sub-sidiary of the Hudson’s Bay Co. in 1865 and eventually, Veterans Affairs took over the three-acre site.

About 2,500 military per-sonnel are buried there, including veterans of the Crimean War of the mid-1850s, those who fought in the First and Second World Wars and at least one vet-eran of recent military opera-tions in Afghanistan.

“This helps people under-stand the sacrifices indi-viduals made and sacrifices families made as well,” Azar says.

God’s Acre tour is at 2 p.m. on Nov. 11. Road access to the site is at 1200 Colville Rd.

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Just as the University of Victo-ria solves its labour woes, Camo-sun College now faces a possible strike.

The union representing more than 600 non-teaching workers at Camosun will take a strike vote Saturday (Nov. 10) in the wake of stalled contract talks.

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The main focus of the bargain-ing has been a “fair and reason-able wage increase,” the release reads.

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or more than a year, Jessica Carr spent her Saturday afternoons weaving through Vancouver traf-fic to make the 7 p.m. ferry at Tsawwassen.

Her work schedule meant public transit wasn’t an option, unless she wanted to show up at midnight to meet her Victoria-based boyfriend on the other side.

“Every weekend, back and forth,” she recalled of the seven-hour round trip.

Although walk-on fares on the major B.C. Ferries routes aren’t outrageous – passen-gers pay $15.10 on the Swartz Bay-Tsaw-wassen run – Carr noticed the impact on her monthly budget.

“The ferry cost alone is $30 round trip, never mind the parking you have to pay, which is $20 or $30 each weekend,” she said. Paying to take her vehicle over wasn’t even a consideration, she added.

Since moving to Victoria last March, Carr estimates she’s saving at least $120 a month. “My weekends are no longer dic-tated by the ferry schedule, just looming in the back of my mind,” she said.

As Capital Region residents know all too well, the cost of ferries has an inevitable impact on everything from the cost of goods to incoming tourism dollars.

With fares set to increase an average of 12 per cent over the next three years, even B.C. Ferry Commissioner Gord Macatee has admitted ferry users have reached a “tipping point” of affordability.

The province, which binds B.C. Ferries to a minimum service level on each route, is in the early stages of consultation with coastal communities, trying to figure out how to cut $30 million in costs from its roughly 185,000 annual sailings on both the major and minor routes.

Transportation Minister Mary Polak said $9 million in cuts have already been iden-tified, beginning with 98 sailings on low-ridership departures between Swartz Bay-Tsawwassen and Duke Point-Tsawwassen.

It’s those changes that people like Trevor Sawkins will be watching closely.

As CEO of Cold Star Freight Systems, Sawkins oversees his trucks as they move more than 23,000 kilograms of frozen and fresh food each day between the Mainland and Vancouver Island.

“There really is only a three- or four-day supply (of fresh food) on Vancouver Island at any given time,” he said.

While rising fares and reduced sailings aren’t likely to affect Cold Star’s bottom line, the increased costs are passed on to customers, meaning products that origi-nate off-Island end up costing more, Sawk-ins said.

“If the cost of food is going up, it may change what is being eaten, as well.”

The advantage for local producers, he said, is that they gain a competitive price advantage on the Island. “The downside

is they can’t expand their food industry beyond the Island.”

The B.C. Trucking Association had its biggest beef with B.C. Ferries ironed out when the ferry commissioner set predict-able price hikes on fares earlier this year.

“Often, (fares) are the largest part of our cost structure. So, if they’re giving us a fair bit of time to react, that’s definitely help-ful for the trucking business. Before that, it was on a yearly basis with very limited notice,” said Sawkins, a trucking associa-tion board member.

B.C. Ferries fares aren’t excessive when compared to other ferry systems that travel similar distances, Macatee noted in his review of the Coastal Ferry Act.

But he admits direct comparisons are difficult due to a lack of available data from other private companies.

“I know people are feeling the pain of higher fares, but when you dive a little bit further into the issue, our fares aren’t out-rageous by world standards,” he said.

Even with the planned fare increases, B.C. residents pay less for ferry travel than residents in Ireland, Massachusetts and New Brunswick, according to the review, published in January.

Only Norway’s government-controlled

ferry system has substantially cheaper fares when priced on distance travelled.

The Norwegian government covers 50 per cent of operating costs for its ferries, while the B.C. government contributed enough to cover roughly 38 per cent of B.C. Ferries’ operating budget last year.

But Macatee warns it isn’t operational costs pushing fares higher, it’s the $2.5 bil-lion required to replace 11 vessels in the next 10 to 12 years.

“The ships are wearing out. We either replace them, or they’ll be taken out of ser-vice by federal regulators,” he said.

Carr hopes the upcoming changes to B.C. Ferries include better deals for com-muters between the Island and Mainland.

“It’s ridiculous they don’t have a fre-quent traveller pass so that you can get a discount (on major routes),” she said.

Minor route residents have access to Experience Cards, which allow for 30- to 40-per-cent savings on fares.

With ridership declining and fares con-tinuing to rise, a new long-term vision is needed. And right now, what that might look like is anyone’s guess.

To add your voice to the public consulta-tion, visit coastalferriesengagement.ca.

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Passengers take in the view from B.C. Ferries vessel Spirit of British Columbia sailing from Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen.

B.C. Ferries impacts everything from food prices to tourism for Vancouver Islanders

Daniel Palmer/News staff

Trevor Sawkins, CEO of Cold Star Freight Systems, is watching the moves of B.C. Ferries closely.

SPECIAL REPORT: ROUGH SEASSecond in a series on B.C. Ferries

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On a cold day in October last year, Jasmin Gerwien drove to the Dallas Road beach oppo-site Ross Bay Cemetery, said a prayer, and walked into the ocean water.

Wracked with back pain and an all-encompassing grief due to her mother’s recent passing, Gerwien felt a compulsion to enter the water, clothes and all.

The Dallas Road beach held deep connections with her and her mother, but being there prompted a desperate act to regain control of her life.

“I came out of the water freez-ing, but the pain was gone. It was a complete miracle,” Gerwien said. “I took a deep breath. It was the first time I could breathe since my mother passed. I went back and stayed in the water longer. That was the beginning.”

The 49-year-old Cadboro Bay resident said the frigid saltwa-ter washed away the suffering and grief. Through the winter and without a wet suit, she has become one of the rare people to regularly swim the waterfront of Victoria. Ocean swimming has become an almost daily routine.

“Swimming helped my depression. Without that I wouldn’t be alive today, if not for ocean swimming. I’m so thankful we have a beautiful ocean in Victoria,” Gerwien said. “It’s the best medicine you can ask for.”

To honour her mother’s mem-ory, Gerwien is launching her Victory Ocean Swim event on Sunday to collect donations for the Mustard Seed food bank.

Growing up in Palestine, Kuwait and eventually Canada, Gerwein said her mother, Vic-toria – which in Arabic trans-lates to “Victory” – always fed those around her – neigh-bours, friends and strangers. In Edmonton, she volunteered constantly at a food bank, Ger-wien said.

“I want to continue my moth-er’s legacy,” said Gerwien, who works as a Realtor and an actor

in local TV commercials. “Sup-porting the food bank was a big part of our life.”

For the Victory Ocean Swim event, people are encouraged to bring non-perishable foods, warm clothing and cash to Gyro Park for the Mustard Seed, and if they are feeling brave, to take an early polar bear swim in the ocean.

There’s no obligation to get in the water, especially if people have health concerns, Gerwien said, and using a wet suit is fine too.

“That water is freezing,” she said laughing. “I feel the cold, but it’s worth it. After two minutes I feel the warmth and energy and I can go home and continue my day,”

Gerwien’s friends and col-leagues know of her passion for cold ocean swimming all too well. She even convinced

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He plans to face the ocean once again at the Victory Swim.

“I hope people come to par-ticipate, get inspired and get invigorated for a good cause of putting food on people’s tables,” Gerwein said.

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The six candidates for the Victoria federal byelection will come together to discuss affordable housing on Nov. 15.

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Although the housing market in greater Victoria has cooled, “the sky is not falling” according to Carol Crabb, president of the Victoria Real Estate Board.

“It means that the first time home buyers and those with less than 20 per cent down for their home purchase may be impacted,” she said. “Still, it doesn’t mean that the bottom has fallen out of the market or that people should forget about ever buying a home.”

The slight decline of the mar-ket has come, at least in part, from changes in government lending regulations, and while some of that impact may have had the “cooling effect” that the government desired, for some it means only that home owner-ship needs to be re-evaluated for the time being.

In light of a superheated real estate market in Toronto and Vancouver, the adjustments to the rules for government-backed insured mortgages were made to discourage “unwise borrowing.”

In Canada, mortgage loan insurance is mandatory when anyone wants to buy a house

with a down payment of less than 20 per cent of the purchase price.

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This is the third reduction in amortization periods since 2008 when the maximum repayment period was set at 40 years.

As well, the most that Canadi-ans can now borrow for a mort-gage has dropped from 85 per cent of the home’s value to 80 per cent.

In Victoria the changes seem to have resulted in fewer proper-ties being sold.

For example, in October of this year there were 373 sales from the Multiple Listing Ser-vice, down from 483 in the same month last year.

“I’m always cautious about reading too much into the num-bers,” Crabb said. “Sales and prices can vary considerably on a region to region basis.”

Crabb stressed that, for those

who can afford it, this may be a good time to get into the housing market.

“You have to look at it as a long term investment. The chief economist for the BCRA has pre-dicted a levelling off of price and a slight bounce back of up to five per cent on home values in the next year, but again that var-ies from one area to the next. In some areas, the price hasn’t dropped at all.”

She went on to say that while “home flippers,” those who pur-chase homes and resell after minor renovations, will prob-ably not find their efforts worth-while.

“If you’re investing on the longterm, though, you should know that there has never been a 10-year period during which house values haven’t risen in Victoria.”

She acknowledged that first time home owners may have to lower their sights as a result of the new regulations, but said that people are now looking at homes where they may have to “roll up their sleeves a little.”

More information on the Vic-toria real estate scene can be found at vreb.org.

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B.C. Transit wants your opinion before it puts in place its three-year plan for fare increases throughout Greater Victoria.

A public hearing takes place at the B.C. Transit boardroom at 520 Gorge Rd. E. next Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 9 a.m.

More than 900 people have already completed an online survey, emailed or called B.C. Tran-sit to include their opinions on the proposed increases.

To register as a presenter at the public hearing, call 250-995-5683.

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Saanich Coun. Vic Derman’s idea to record and broadcast Saanich council and committee meet-ings live online garnered support from his col-leagues Monday night.

He argued streaming and archiving meetings would benefit Saanich residents for a variety of reasons, including for those who can’t attend meetings in person, but want to know what hap-pened on specific items of interest. Such record-ings could also be of interest to historians.

Saanich staff will research the technology and feasibility, and will report back to council.

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Saanich’s police and fire departments will soon have a brand-new incident com-mand vehicle that will make responding to emergencies much easier.

On Monday council approved the pur-chase of an $828,600 mobile command unit, which will be jointly shared between police and fire.

“It’s got every technology, every com-munication tool they need. It’s a mobile police and fire station right on site,” said Mayor Frank Leonard.

The truck – which would be built like a fire truck, only with rooms and com-puters throughout – will replace an old school bus, owned by Saanich fire, that is currently hauled out to serious inci-dents.

“That one’s not decked out with radios or rooms or much electronics,” Saanich

police Sgt. Dean Jantzen said. “It really just provides a warm, dry place that keeps officers out of the weather.”

Leonard says the other benefit of hav-ing a top-of-the-line mobile command unit is it will be incredibly useful in the event of a large earthquake.

“We will need to set up a mobile com-mand in the eastern half of Saanich – they won’t have to drive back and forth across the municipality,” he said. “This (pur-chase) is part of our emergency earth-quake preparedness.”

Saanich fire Chief Mike Burgess calls council’s decision to approve the pur-chase the command unit a “positive step forward for the municipality.”

“The existing unit is limited to radio technology only. We’ll be able to transfer all our phones into the new unit, we’ll have wireless Internet, computer capabil-ity, so we can remotely log into our dis-patch and records management systems,

as well as being able to set up our site command systems,” Burgess said.

The vehicle will be jointly shared by the police and fire departments, but Burgess says there’ll be opportunities available for other departments – like public works and engineering – to take advantage of the mobile technology.

Council approved the replacement of the bus in February. The police and fire departments then collaborated to develop specifications for the vehicle. In August Saanich put out a request for pro-posals.

Safetek Emergency Vehicles, represent-ing SVI Trucks Inc., was awarded the con-tract.

Leonard says money has been put aside from both the police and fire budgets to pay for the vehicle.

The mobile command vehicle is expected to have an operational life span of 25 years.

Saanich buys emergency command truck

Members of CUPE local 917, which represents outside workers at the University of Victoria, rati-fied a retroactive, four-year contract Monday.

The contract includes two-per-cent increases per year over the next two years.

Local 917, along with locals 951 and 4163, have been without con-tracts since March 31, 2010. The other two locals struck identical agreements last week, and are hold-

ing ratification votes this week and next.

“I think that all the members are relieved that this round of bargain-ing is ended,” said Rob Park, presi-dent of CUPE 917. “We’ll have a little time to catch our breath, and then we’re back at the (bargaining) table in a year and a half.”

Park said about 150 members voted on Monday, with 70 per cent in favour of ratifying the deal.

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A series of bad decisions by a 16-year-old Saan-ich teen led to his arrest around 2:30 a.m. Sunday by Saanich police.

After drinking a 26-ounce bottle of alcohol, he took his mom’s Toyota Sienna out for a late-night spin.

It didn’t take long until he drove onto the front lawn of a home in the 3800-block of Loretta Dr. near Interurban Road. He abandoned the vehicle and ran off.

A Saanich police canine officer tracked the sus-pect to the nearby Galloping Goose Trail. The offi-cer, suspecting the man to be under the influence of alcohol, administered two roadside breatha-lyzer tests, both of which the teen failed.

“Our officers initiated contact with mom … and in fact she didn’t even know (her vehicle) was missing,” said Sgt. Dean Jantzen.

“Mom decided not to pursue the charges, but she did notify the officers, as well, that her son had a learner’s licence.”

Jantzen said the teen faces charges of failing to remain at the scene of an accident and driving con-trary to restrictions of a licence.

He was also issued an immediate 90-day road-side prohibition, and his mom’s damaged van was impounded.

“We’re thankful there were no injuries, as well. It was a significant impact … and obviously would’ve done some damage to the home. It was described by our officers as ‘narrowly missing’ the home,” Jantzen said.

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In partnership with the Victoria Regional Transit Commission, BC Transit invites you to comment on the proposed fare adjustments. You can personally address the Victoria Regional Transit Commission at the Public Hearing on November 13 at 9:00 a.m.

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Cyclists and walkers use the 96-year-old Selkirk Trestle, part of the Galloping Goose trail, as a route to get across the Upper Harbour.

Roszan HolmenNews staff

It may be bumpy and poorly lit, but these inconveniences haven’t put a dent in the popularity of the Selkirk Trestle.

Today, the old train bridge is crowded with cyclists and pedestrians, boasting more than 700,000 crossings annually.

But the wood-planked deck and lighting issues could soon be overshadowed by other problems that would require costly repairs.

A recent condition report of the trestle reveals the 96-year-old structure needs attention. And a reread of the 1993 lease agreement between the province and the Capital Regional District leaves more questions than answers surrounding who will pay to keep the trail bridge in working order.

The extent of the problems facing the trestle came to the attention of the CRD in late 2011. At that time, the condition report of the trestle’s lift span revealed too many problems to safely open the bridge to allow boats to pass underneath.

Lloyd Rushton, general manager of CRD parks, turned to the province for help.

“We trust that, as owners of the bridge, the Province will carry out any necessary repairs to enable the CRD to resume

its operation of the lift span,” Rushton wrote in a letter to the Ministry of Transportation dated Dec. 23, 2011.

In response, the province paid 83 per cent of a $25,000 bill for repairs to the lift that were deemed urgent.

The job isn’t finished. More repairs are needed by summer 2014 to prevent further deterioration of the structural steel. The cost estimate of the next phase of work was redacted from the report, obtained by the News through a Freedom of Information request, but CRD parks manager Jeff Ward said repairs will cost in the high tens of thousands of dollars.

The 1993 agreement between the two governments for use of the Galloping Goose trail gives little instruction as to the roles and responsibilities for maintenance and repairs.

The document makes no specific mention of the Selkirk Trestle, apart from its inclusion in the trail system. It requires simply that the tenant (the CRD) keep the premises safe, clean and sanitary, and that the tenant will repair “reasonable wear and tear.”

So far, none of the costs involved are overly onerous, but the resolution to the cost-sharing discussion could prove significant to the region as the aging trestle continues to decay.

For now, it’s an issue staff are trying to resolve through friendly discussions with the province. “We’re working to clarify the maintenance and also the operational responsibilities,” Ward said.

For its part, the province refused to comment to the News.

Rushton noted that any decision to close the bridge rests with the federal government. “As I understand it, it would involve consultation with a lot of different parties that might be impacted.”

It’s an idea that concerns John Sanderson, chair of the Esquimalt Victoria Harbour Society.

“We don’t really know exactly what the situation is (but) it’s a very real concern,” Sanderson said. “If it’s going to take some money, we’ve got to think about it. The basic principle is you don’t cut off vessel access.”

The real problem is a lack of maintenance of the trestle, added Sanderson.

“Governments don’t seem to realize you have to look after things until it all falls apart. Then we’ll start complaining about spending $100 million on a new bridge,” he said, referencing ongoing public debate surrounding the Johnson Street Bridge, not too far away from the trestle.

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Before you begin to read this, take a moment to think about your pet peeve. Visualize your daily life and concentrate on what really irks you. What one thing gets under your skin?

I was chatting with a group of friends recently and one

mentioned standing in the express check-out line at the grocery store when she noticed a person in front of her with more than the allowed items – way more. “That really bugs me – it’s my pet peeve,” my friend said. “That and those old people that pay with pennies. And people that hog the fast lane and don’t drive fast, or those jerks that park in the handicapped stall …”

Do you see where this is going?We all began to share our

peeves. Surprisingly, other people’s driving skills and grocery store mishaps topped the list.

Along with those “passing lane hogs,” are the “no signallers,” the “early mergers,” those who stop in the merging lane and the heinous drivers who “won’t let you in.”

The traffic complaints didn’t stop there. Why, someone wondered, do people move over without looking? Why do they drive below the speed limit in the fast lane? “Being in the fast lane is a privilege, not a right,”

one of my friends said.The list expanded when another

agreed with the grocery store peeves.

“I hate going to the store and trying to get my basket around some old lady who’s dragging her

old man around with her. He doesn’t know what he’s doing. He doesn’t want to be there. Don’t bring your husband and your kids shopping; we don’t need all those excess people to get around,” she said.

“I hate those stunned shoppers, too,” she added.

“I’m sorry, that’s me,” I replied.

Really. I can stand in front of the 300 choices

of toothpaste for 10 minutes. My vision slowly blurs and the tubes run into one mass of whitening, tartar control, fluoride, plaque removing, calcium building, gel, paste, cinnamon, natural, nighttime, bacon flavoured-what-now?

Shopping peeves included the sales clerks who talk on the phone while they serve you.

“I just want to reach over and put my finger on the trigger and go ‘click,’” one woman said.

Then there’s the clerks who don’t make eye contact. Those who don’t say thank you. The carts with wobbly wheels. The people who stop to

chat in the aisles.How about when you run into

someone and say hello, then you have to change direction or go to the other end of the store so you don’t have to repeatedly pass them, in order to avoid those awkward ‘hi again’ moments?

“What about those seniors on their scooters who beep at you then go zooming by?”

“Or those people who talk and talk and talk on their cellphones on the bus.”

“People that don’t wash their hands in the restroom.”

“People that stop at the top or bottom of the escalator – don’t you know someone is right behind you?”

“How about when you get a cold and three hours later your husband is sicker than you?”

“Packaging you can’t open without a crowbar.”

“I usually have so much patience,” one of my friends said. “But if I can’t find my scissors and I have to go hunting for them in the kids’ room or the family room or the garage. … Take anything else – just don’t take my scissors.”

As I listened to the litany of minor annoyances, I couldn’t help but agree with most of them. OK, all of them. When it came to my pet peeve, I couldn’t think of one. That’s right. I couldn’t think of just one … and you?

Laura Lavin is the editor of the Oak Bay News.

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Time for a change to B.C. pot lawsMarijuana reform advocates hope Washington

and Colorado states’ vote Tuesday to legalize and tax marijuana sales will add momentum to

their push for change in B.C.The two states are now the first in the U.S. to

legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults, while regulating and taxing its production and sale.

While it’s not yet clear if the U.S. federal government will allow state-by-state legalization of recreational marijuana use – other states already allow medical marijuana sales – the vote has huge implications here.

Washington state estimates it would collect $560 million in the first year from a planned 25-per-cent tax on the sale of licensed, regulated marijuana through authorized stores.

If enacted, this could also cause a partial collapse of B.C.’s estimated $7-billion-a-year illegal pot industry, as growers will relocate their operations south of the border to avoid the need to smuggle.

Recently, the Union of B.C. Municipalities passed a resolution calling for marijuana to be decriminalized. They’d rather pot be regulated and taxed instead, much like alcohol.

The U.S. vote shows that here in B.C it is time we take a step toward decriminalization, if not legalization of marijuana. The potential tax revenue and the opportunity to reduce law enforcement costs for small pot busts clogging up our court system is too much to pass up.

Washington has made a progressive move toward responsible marijuana use, one that we should take a closer look at.

The decision in Washington sends a message that U.S. drug policies are not working and, as Canada’s drug policies follow the U.S. closely, it means ours aren’t working either – it’s time for a change.

Sensible B.C., a campaign headed by B.C. marijuana activist and medical pot dispenser Dana Larsen, wants to follow in the footsteps of both Washington campaigners and B.C.’s successful anti-HST drive. The group aims to get enough signatures on a petition to force a provincial referendum on marijuana decriminalization, through B.C.’s Recall and Initiative Act. The proposed Sensible Policing Act would block B.C. police from spending time or resources on searches, seizures or arrests for simple cannabis possession.

It’s time we take our antiquated marijuana laws and follow the lead of our neighbours to the south and let the people decide if it’s time for a change.

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Re: Secret deals by feds erode Canadian democracy (Letters, Nov. 2)

Gain a governing majority with just 39 per cent of the voting population? A majority that gives the authority to conduct a corporate threat to the well-being of Canadian society and values?

Sounds like our system severely needs a flush mechanism with triggers.

The U.S. offers a good example of the intricate importance of a vote in a democracy.

Conservative conduct, even with a position of majority, always lingers with the odour of deficit and rejection.

Smells to me like cause and grounds for installation of something in the nature of a 60 per cent binding authority clause, a move the electorate needs to cleanse the pipes again.

Mark AshbyVictoria

Ferries operationcan be more efficient Re: B.C. Ferries series

I think any look at B.C. Ferries has to go beyond what they are doing and into the opportunity cost of what they are not doing.

They have an unsustainable business model that cannot

be fixed by raising fares and cutting service.

Maybe each of the Gulf Islands could fund their own ferry through property taxes. Each island could decide its own level or service and price.

They would get the service they want at probably no more than they pay now. They could buy a ferry and run it, or contract to B.C. Ferries or anyone else they choose.

They could run passenger-only ferries from the mainland to Vancouver Island on an hourly basis for far less money and get some of the business back from the airlines.

Vehicle ferries could be less frequent.

They could merge B.C. Transit with B.C. Ferries to reduce overhead and run more efficiently.

It is not time for minor adjustments to a failed company, it is time to debate big ideas that have a potential to fix the problem.

John HopperOak Bay

Poppy symbol doesn’t reasonate for reader

I am a Second World War veteran.

However, I won’t be wearing a poppy. I don’t buy the “spin” placed on wearing poppies.

We didn’t go to war to be heroes, or to protect our “freedom.”

It was a job for some, an opportunity for others (remember the armies of the unemployed in the 1930s) and an adventure for youngsters like me, not to mention just plain reluctant conscripts.

Some did perform heroic deeds when faced with the challenge.

We should remember all those who were killed and focus our efforts on finding more peaceful ways to resolve conflicts.

I’m happy to donate to helping veterans, though would like to see our government doing a better job of caring for disabled vets.

Robert McInnesVictoria

Fleur-de-lis on poppya meaningful idea

Clarence Nadeau, a Quebec conscript, decided to go overseas and fight once he knew he was in the army anyway.

He joined Victoria’s Canadian Scottish Regiment and rose to rank of sergeant. He had a record of endangering himself while trying to assist our wounded.

I recall the time he led a platoon that had dwindled down to about 12 men, into

an attack at Hessler Field (known as Slaughter Hill to us).

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Dix said last week he has long advocated decriminalization, which would reduce simple possession to a ticket offence. He said Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s measure to require jail time for growing more than six plants is the wrong direction, but B.C.

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Heed said the same arguments were used when he joined the push for a supervised injection site in Van-couver. Provincial and local govern-ments lobbied the federal govern-ment to allow pilot projects for the INSITE clinic, and provided funding as well, he said.

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B.C. political leaders should stop pointing fingers at Ottawa and follow the lead of U.S. states on marijuana legalization, Van-couver-Fraserview MLA Kash Heed says.

A former B.C. public safety minister and commanding offi-cer of the Vancouver Police drug and gang units, Heed spoke out shortly before voters in Wash-ington, Oregon and Colorado cast ballots Tuesday on initia-tives to regulate and tax the sale of marijuana for adults.

Colorado and Washington State passed the proposition to allow people to possess and sell small amounts of marijuana, although the U.S. federal govern-ment still considers marijuana and illegal drug. Voters in Ore-gon rejected the initiative.

Heed said Premier Christy Clark and NDP leader Adrian Dix have no difficulty speaking out about federally regulated inter-

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Both Clark and Dix have admitted to trying marijuana in

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Marijuana grow-ops create fire hazards and a criminal trade linked with violent turf wars and importation of cocaine and guns to B.C. Former public safety minister Kash Heed said marijuana needs to be legalized to take criminal gangs out of the equation.

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A cluster of candles and pink roses adorn the base of a towering tree in Beacon Hill Park. In its branches, pink paper lanterns hang. Tucked within the centre of it all sit framed photographs of Amanda Todd, the 15-year-old from Port Coquitlam who took her own life a month after she posted a video to YouTube

chronicling the intense bullying she experienced both online and at school.

It’s been a few years since Vanessa Downie was in high school, but that didn’t change how close to home Todd’s story hit the 22-year-old Victoria resident. She was in the middle of a coffee shop when she heard of Todd’s death and soon organized a memorial for the teen on Oct. 19, the same day memorials sprang up across Canada.

“I asked myself how something so awful could happen to someone so young and innocent,” Downie said prior to a leading a brief ceremony. “I wanted to raise

awareness and to show those who are suffering right here and right now that they’re not alone, to show bullies that we won’t stand for it.”

A crowd of about 50 people, from toddlers to seniors, gathered around the memorial while Downie spoke.

“It breaks my heart that she had to go through this,” said Downie, who was also bullied as a child. “No-one should have to endure what she went through.”

Victoria is the birthplace of perhaps the country’s strongest force against bullying: WITS – an acronym for Walk away, Ignore, Talk it out, Seek help.

First conceived of by former Lampson Street elementary principal Judi Stevenson in 1993, University of Victoria psychology professor Bonnie Leadbeater later developed a full program.

WITS, a community-based approach to preventing peer victimization and teaching con ict resolution strategies, is being taught across Canada and some areas of the United States.

“The whole business of WITS is creating responsive

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Oct. 29 – the same day my mother received her rst Christmas card in the mail. But the worst of it is, I’ve been thinking about Christmas, since last April – the month I realized that this year both my daughters would be attending university on the other side of Canada. Experience has shown that of all the ho-ho-ho, happy businesses out there which embrace the spirit of giving at Christmastime – airlines aren’t one of them. The cost of airline tickets during the jolly season is absurdly Grinch-like.

It cast a bit of pallor over the pending season, but nothing like the gloom that hovered peripherally around us those years we actually lived with a Christmas Grinch. My ex-husband’s Christmas misery descended each November and progressively worsened as the Big Day approached. Clashes between Christmas lovers and Christmas Grinch were inevitable, such as the Christmas morning the four of us – Danica, seven, and Sierra, ve had gathered for breakfast. I pulled

our traditional cherry streusel, steaming, from the oven and poured eggnog into

fancy wine glasses. Red and green candles glimmered on the table. Looking cheerily at my family, I opened my mouth to speak. Unfortunately, Grinch-Dad also decided to speak and was soon leading a moody discourse on consumerism, depletion of South American rain forests and the robbing of the earth’s natural resources.

Danica, eyes wide, suddenly recalled the worst travesty in her world and, with a few tears coursing down her cheeks, wondered, “Why do hunters go into the forest to kill animals, anyway?”

Glad tidings to all! I hoped the streusel would burn his tongue.

“Consumerism” sat high on my ex-Grinch’s list of complaints – hence this conversation one Christmas Eve as I happily snipped and taped the bounty of my many shopping trips.

“Next year,” he asserted from his observation chair, “we should make all our gifts.”

The thought was dizzying, as I considered myself making gifts amid soccer practices, school meetings, work, house-cleaning, Christmas plays, Christmas baking, Christmas shopping and Christmas planning.

“Time could be a factor there,” I said mildly.

“Oh, we can make time. The girls would love new dresses.”

“I can’t sew and they don’t wear dresses.”

“I’m sure they’d wear them if they knew

you made them with love.”So I decided to put the question to them

the next morning just before we opened presents.

“Daddy thinks I should make you dresses for Christmas next year. I’d make them with love rather than skill. Would you wear them?”

A battle raged in Danica’s eyes. She didn’t want to hurt my feelings: “Ah, um. ‘I’m not sure.”

“Sierra?”“No way. Can we get on with the

presents?”Although that conversation still

amuses us – as do other memories of our Christmases with a Grinch – today we understand that far, far, more important than presents is the priceless gift of being together. So, after mulling it over (since April!) and with a nod to the ex, this year, I proposed we ease Christmas costs by hand-making our presents – perhaps with love and not skill. As it turns out, both girls are thrilled.

So. About those dress patterns . . .

Susan Lundy is a freelance writer, author and journalist, who grew up in Victoria. She obtained a BA in creative writing and journalism from UVic, and has since won numerous awards, including the prestigious Jack Webster Award of Distinction twice. She is the mother of two daughters and a big, hairy, black dog.

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that don’t require a computer. Encourage kids to get into sports and music, to obtain part-time jobs – activities where people are collaborating on constructive things and providing distractions.

“Kids who have these other commitments in their lives have other networks other than their school networks,” Leadbeater said. “If you have a variety of networks, you’re more likely to have a supportive one somewhere.”

For the majority of families, cyberbullying isn’t a problem, she said, but when children start to show signs they may be a victim of cyberbullying – withdrawal into the home; lack of interaction with friends; signs of depression; irritability; suffering grades; or aggression around Internet usage and privacy – the best thing to do is get involved and ask direct questions without fear confrontation will push a child away.

“Don’t think what they’re doing online necessarily needs to be private space,” she said. “Some kids actually care that they’re upsetting their parents and parents have a right themselves to feel safe and not worried. (Say): ‘This is going on everywhere, so show me what you’re doing. I can’t be worried about this all day. I’ve got to go to work.’”

Knowing your child’s passwords and storing computers in common areas of the home are two other ways to keep a close eye on Internet activity.

Once they’re off at school, police liaison of cers are the next line of defence against bullying of all kinds – including cyberbullying. While their focus isn’t solely curbing bullying via social media, police

have had to deal with an increase in online harassment, including inappropriate photo sharing in recent memory, said Saanich police spokesperson Sgt. Dean Jantzen.

“It can be as dramatic as taking a whole student body, jamming them in the gym and reading them the riot act,” Jantzen said. “(Of cers) had to bust their tails at that school for a couple of days … but as we know, in this digital age, once something’s uploaded, it’s out there.”

It’s that permanence – the idea that something yesterday’s youth would have experimented with at school, could be documented online today and follow a kid around forever – that has Leadbeater most frustrated.

“When you try these things out on the Internet and if don’t like it, you can’t get it back if you get a negative reaction,” Leadbeater said.

Back beneath the canopy of the decorated tree, Jason Sample stood in support of Downie’s effort with his wife and four-year-old daughter.

“As a parent, I’m constantly watching what my daughter is watching, constantly monitoring,” said Sample, who admitted he spent time on both sides of the bullying issue as a child.

Sample remained hopeful, despite the tears for Todd in the crowd.

“There’s always a way to reach out,” Sample said.

“Take the pain that we’ve all felt and use it to fuel the change,” Downie told onlookers.

For detailed resources for parents and children, including tips on dealing with online harrassment, visit the WITS website at witsprogram.ca.

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Natalie is not a fan of most children’s music, so the kids enjoy Bob Marley and Gladys Knight. Both enjoy cooking, and they squabble over who gets to fl ip the french toast. Zoe recently went into the garden, picked vegetables and presented Natalie with a bowl full, and asked to have the chard, broccoli, and kale for dinner. (She only ate the kale in the form of kale chips.) The vegetable patch is a bit of a haven for Natalie, especially with the deer fence around it. “I can lock myself in, and quietly weed, and seed, and dig.”

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They write with blinding speed, fuelled by untold gallons of coffee.

Gathered in cafés and late-night fast-food joints, hunched over laptops and iPads, they appear to be students, but most are not. They tap out page after page of text, all seeking to write the great Canadian novel, or at least the greatest novel possible within 30 days.

This is National Novel Writing Month – NaNoWritMo for the initiated or just NaNo – where the singular aim is to binge write what could pass for a novel with at least 50,000 words. There are no winners or los-ers in this event, just bragging rights and a declaration to the world that, “Yes, I have written a novel.”

Michelle Sillars has nearly taken up resi-dence at Moka House coffee shop on Hill-side Avenue. A “municipal liaison” for NaNo in Victoria for three years, the 23-year-old jewelry maker and three friends sit together at a table, each fleshing out their respective plot lines and characters one day into the challenge.

Based on registrations and online chat-room chatter, Sillars estimates 150 to 200 people in Victoria are participating in NaNo, from teens to seniors. With Sillars is Kali Larsen, a 21-year-old University of Victoria political science and religious studies stu-

dent; Rachel Peterson, 43, an English tutor and freelance editor; and Josh MacLeod, 35, who works at a thrift shop.

Common among this disparate group is an almost obsessive love of writing and the enjoyment of easygoing camaraderie at the coffee shop. The NaNo challenge gives a deadline, structure and a peer network to make the concept of speed-writing a novel less daunting.

“A lot of people say they want to write a novel. NaNo is a kick in the pants to do that,” says Larsen, who is crafting a science fiction story. “I definitely was somebody

who said they wanted to be a novelist one day. I thought why not do it in a month?”

Like any group, they’ve created their own lingo – in Victoria’s NaNo world you’re either a “plotter” or a “pantser.” Participants either think ahead and plot their story out months ahead, or fly by the seat of their pants. Peterson says for her, being a plotter is a better path.

“I’m in the outline stage. It’s better than last year when I winged it and did 50,000 words, and the quality might not have been there,” she said.

A group of writers in San Francisco started

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Although some professional writers might cringe at an event that measures the finish line at 50,000 words, the goal is to encour-age people of any background to embrace literature and storytelling. The four sitting at the Moka House had little formal training, but a desire to be creative.

Peterson, a tutor and an editor, has the most experience with grammar and struc-ture, but found the idea of writing a novel unnerving. “Writing a novel was the one thing that scared me the most, it seemed big and overwhelming. I thought, ‘I’ve got to attack this,’” she said.

Some, like MacLeod, don’t have a prob-lem pumping out novel-length work. In the past four or five years he’s written about 15 books worth of material during NaNo.

“I wrote short stories myself. Now I’ve written far too many novels with NaNo. Some years its been two, three one year. I wouldn’t do that again,” MacLeod said. “They say you have to write a million words before you start writing good words.”

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Kali Larsen, left, Michelle Sillars, Rachel Peterson, and Josh MacLeod work on their novels at Moka House for the National Novel Writing Month challenge.

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The problem is well defined: information from the City of Vic-toria is not flowing as freely as it should. The solution, however, is less than clear.

In September, the City of Victo-ria appealed to the Office of the Information and Privacy Com-mission to block a media outlet from making what it deemed too many requests for information.

Victoria’s freedom-of-infor-mation co-ordinator Rob Wood-land argued the department’s resources were too stretched to keep up.

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Coun. Marianne Alto called on the city to clear the backlog of requests by immediately adding at least one more staff member to respond to FOI requests. She called for a review of the way the city responds to requests for information, with the purpose of improving efficiency.

Councillors Geoff Young and Ben Isitt opposed her motion.

“I think this is pointing in the wrong direction,” said Young. “It will end up (costing) a lot of money.”

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with significant spending impli-cations through the media, he said. This creates the perception that critical information is not coming forward, and gives rise to more requests for informa-tion, Young added.

“This information has got to come out.”

“We kind of have to grab hold of the elephant in the room,” Isitt said. “There is a lot of scrutiny from members of the media … looking at the city’s largest capi-tal project, and that’s the bridge project.”

The city should proactively publish all non-confidential infor-mation relating to the bridge, which would allow the project’s watchdogs to inspect every

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City rowing championships at Elk Lake

Travis Paterson News staff

Rowing is a lifestlye Drew van Bourgon-dien has happily adopted.

But it’s not one the 15-year-old originally set out for when she started at St. Andrew’s Regional School.

“I didn’t know I was going to be a rower and I can eas-ily say it’s become part of my life,” she said on Sun-day afternoon. “Coach (Alia Zawacki) has taught us a lot and pushed us hard.”

Van Bourgondien watched the final races of the high school city rowing cham-pionships at Elk Lake from her team’s tent with many of her St. Andrew’s teammates. Theirs was one of the many collapsable gazebos that leant a festival vibe to the regatta, and protected row-ers and spectators from the rain.

Van Bourgondien won both events she raced in, the junor women’s quad and eight.

“It was a great weekend for us,” said Zawacki, co-ordina-tor and head coach of the St. Andrew’s Rowing Academy. The former five-time national champ with the Vikes built the program herself, and will see many of the crews to nationals this spring.

“This is a very young pro-gram, our second year, so we’re particularly excited about winning so many junior (Grade 9 and 10) and

Grade 8 events,” Zawacki said.

St. Andrew’s won six of the city championship’s 25 events – one behind over-all leader Claremont, the region’s other high school rowing academy.

Rowing, it seems, is becoming more popular with the youth of Greater Victoria.

“From what I understand, the city rowing league started in the 1980s with about 40 rowers, and it’s up to 600 now,” said Kevin Light, first-year coach of the Clare-mont rowing academy.

The Olympic gold-medalist and Stelly’s grad heads Clare-mont’s academy, but it’s the academy’s assistant coach Erica Shaw who leads the after school program.

“There are strong after-school rowers as well as academy rowers,” Light said.

“Quite a few (Claremont) rowers choose to train out-side of school with the Victo-ria City Rowing Club rather than the academy,” Light said.

In addition to Claremont’s seven wins at the city cham-pionships, the Saanich school had five second-place finishes. In three events, the

senior women’s quad and eight, and the junior men’s eight, Claremont finished first and second.

“We had a pretty good idea that they were a good overall crew, based on results from the earlier regattas,” Light said. “It was just a matter of preparing properly and working hard.”

More than anything, the key for young rowers is time in the water, Light said.

“I’d say it’s about 80 per cent fitness, 15 per cent tech-nique and only about five per cent strategy.”

The most dynamic story on Sunday afternoon was the duel of St. Michaels Univer-sity School’s Jake McCallum versus Parkland secondary’s Ethan Pennell in the senior men’s single scull.

Pennell, a Grade 12 stu-dent, won the event at the school rowing league’s Annual Regatta at Elk Lake on Oct. 21, with McCallum taking second. In the city final, however, it was McCal-lum getting the upper hand, but not without a little con-troversy.

“(Pennell) and I clashed oars. It was pretty early in the race, not even 250 metres in,” said McCallum, a former basketball player who is hoping to pursue rowing as a university athlete. “Once we came out of it I got a lead and just built on it.”

Pennell finished second.This weekend Elk Lake is

host to 200 of Canada’s top rowers, Nov. 9 to 11, for the 2012 RBC National Rowing Championships. Podium fin-ishers will receive a share of a $20,000 purse.

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Grade 10 rowers Rayna Stewart and Drew van Bourgondien of St. Andrew’s were part of the junior women’s quad and eight boats that won at the city high school rowing championships at Elk Lake on Sunday, Nov. 4.

School rowing growing

Private riotClaremont senior women’s quad of Sofia Donnecke,

Cailyn Wolski, Megan Egilson

and Lea Baltussen compete and

win at Head of the Elk regatta, Oct. 28. Vivian

Lutz rejoined the quad for the city championships at Elk Lake on

Saturday and won. Egilson was in the second Claremont

quad, which finished second. Kevin Light Photography

St. Andrew’s vs. Glenlyon: a rivarly in the makingTravis PatersonNews staff

Too often in the past four years has Glenlyon Norfolk School’s soccer success been referred as a big accomplishment for a small school.

So much so, that in the hallway outside GNS’ Rockland gymnasium, a student has put red ink to the headline of a news story recently mounted on the bulletin board.

The would-be editor’s comments? “Enough with the ‘little.’” Therefore, let the fall of 2012 be remembered

for the showdown between the established Glen-lyon Norfolk Gryphons, and the new kids on the block, the St. Andrew’s Sabres.

Yes, it’s true. The respective single-A soccer programs draw from less than 81 students in grades 11 and 12. But the Gry-phons have arguably been the city’s best soccer pro-gram the past five years. And now the Sabres are ringing the same bell, hav-ing gouged the Gryphons last week for a berth in the Nov. 14 city final Colonist Cup against the defend-ing champs Lambrick Park Lions.

“St. Andrew’s is a very strong team and I wouldn’t be surprised if they won the Colonist Cup,” said Gryphons coach Hugh Williams.

The Sabres and Gryphons played each other four times in the past month, with each winning twice. The Sabres won in league play and in the Colonist Cup semifinals. The Gryphons won in the gold medal final of both the Island and provin-cial A championships.

Though the Gryphons’ season is now over, they can take value from winning the provincials.

“It’s a pretty good way to end the season,” Wil-liams said.

On Saturday the Gryphons jumped ahead in the what-have-you-done-for-me-lately contest ver-sus the Sabres, beating their private school rivals 3-1 in the final of the Victoria-hosted provincial A championship at UVic. Sabres coach Mark Cris-tante had predicted the Sabres and Gryphons might meet in the final of the 16-team tournament.

“We’re two very evenly matched teams but also two very different teams,” Williams said. “St. Andrew’s has very strong players in key posi-tions, where (the Gryphons) are a bit more bal-anced in their positions.”

It’s the fifth provincial A championship in the past eight years for the Gryphons, which does not include last year’s AA provincial title. But missing out on a rematch with Lambrick in the Colonist Cup final was a heartbreaker for his team, Williams said.

“After three straight years (in the Colonist Cup), we kind of thought we were an automatic.”

Last Saturday’s provincial A gold medal match started out in the Sabres favour when Calvin Pat-erson scored in the eighth minute. The Gryphons replied with goals from Liam Shillington, Jason Bradbury and Rhys Fletcher-Berna.

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Jake McCallum

CorrectionLambrick player

Chris Fougner was mis-identified in the News’

Nov. 2 soccer photo. In the accompanying story, Glenlyon was mislabled a AA school.

“St. Andrew’s is a very strong team and I wouldn’t be surprised if they won the Colonist Cup.”

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The boys of the Oak Bay High cross country team shot back at the Island champion Reynolds on Saturday by winning the provincial team title in Prince George.

Reynolds finished second in the team stand-ings, a solid placing for the Saanich school. But the Oak Bay crew, led by captain Liam Kennel (Grade 11), who ran to third overall, wasn’t wait-ing for another chance.

“They worked hard for this championship and were pretty pleased to win,” said Oak Bay coach Tessa Logan.

“The Island’s been really strong the past few years, there’s lots of rivalries with Dover Bay for the boys and Reynolds this year. So this is a big win.”

Nothing can take the shine off Reynolds’ accomplishments as the gang of runners will always remember dethroning the powerful Oak Bay boys at the Oct. 24 Islands at Beaver Lake.

But the provincial meet is a big race, and Oak Bay is a team with big expectations.

“There’s a lot of pride and the team looks good going forward,” Logan said.

Key to Oak Bay’s success behind Kennel was the work of 15-year-old Taylor Chan, who was 27th overall and looks ready to challenge for a top-10 spot next year. Chan, Liam Farrar and Owen Sieffart all came in under 25 minutes. The youngest of the Oak Bay boys was 14-year-old Max McCulloch, in 99th overall, just over three minutes back of Kennel.

Surrey’s Tim Delcourt won the event in 22 min-utes and 20 seconds. The top Islander was Oak Bay resident Ben Weir of Glenlyon Norfolk School, who finished second despite losing a shoe (Weir is featured online at vicnews.com).

Seamus Maguire (Grade 12) led Reynolds in Prince George, finishing 10th, just ahead of team-mate Eric Evans in 17th.

Things didn’t quite go the way the Oak Bay’s girls team had hoped. The reigning Island cham-pions settled for fifth, getting beat out by Island rivals Nanaimo District secondary.

“It wasn’t quite what we expected for the girls but we’ve got some great young runners ready to step up on both the girls and boys teams,”

Logan said. “It’s quite a different race for us, we had such a massive group, our whole team of about 50 runners at Islands. So when we beat (Nanaimo) at Islands, it was big.”

Likewise, the girls weren’t so keen on finishing one spot back of Nanaimo in the team standings in Prince George (Oak Bay was second in B.C. in 2011, Nanaimo third).

Elite middle distance runner Madelyn Brunt, still just 16-years-old, was the top Oak Bay runner, 14th overall. Mount Doug’s Caleigh Bachop led the South Island contingent, eighth overall, and Spectrum’s Brittany King was 10th.

The majority of the Oak Bay team will be back for track and field season in the spring, where Oak Bay dominates provincially.

Coach Logan is a former cross country and track and field competitor herself, a Lambrick Park grad who teaches at Oak Bay High and took lead of the Keith Butler-built cross country pro-gram last year. She started with vice principal Butler as an assistant coach three years ago and is also an assistant coach with the track and field team.

“With up to 60 runners showing up it’s a lot of delegating but this program takes care of itself and is great to work with, it’s so much fun,” she said.

Brunt, Bachop and King, will compete at the cross country club provincials in Vancouver, Nov. 24. So will Kennel, Weir and Mount Doug’s Thomas Getty.

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Oak Bay edge Reynolds for B.C. cross country title

Photos courtesy of B.C. High School Cross Country championships

Oak Bay High’s Liam Kennel, left, and, Glenlyon Norfolk’s Ben Weir (note the shoeless left foot) chase down Kwantlen Park’s Tim Delcourt and Terry Fox’s Nathan Wadhwani at the high school cross country championships in Prince George. Delcourt finished first, Weir second, Kennel third and Wadhwani fifth.

B.C. High School Cross Country championships

Oak Bay’s Morgan Roskelly on the decline of the Prince George cross country course.

Oak Bay girls drop to fifth but build for the future

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FLORENCE LAKE, 2 yr old 1 bdrm ground level suite, large mudroom, F/S, W/D, & micro. 2 private entrances w/ sun-room & patio on 1 acre prop. Utils incl. N/S, small pet ok, $950. Nov. 15. 250-391-1967

GORGE-HARRIET, Large 1 bdrm, priv ent & prkg, utils incl. N/S, N/P, N/D. Avail Dec 1. $765/mo. Call 250-384-0460 (leave a message).

QUADRA/MCKENZIE AREA: 2 bdrm, $1000 incld’ heat/wa-ter. NS/NP. (778)403-1231

SAANICH- LARGE, 2000sq ft, 2 bdrm, lights & heat incld, NS/NP. Refs, $1000 mo. Avail now. 250-652-0591.

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UPTOWN UPDATED 1-bdrm. 820 sq.ft, 3 storage rms, patio, yard, prkng, own entr., NS/NP. $860. incl. (250)361-3508.

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LAVENDER CO-OP is accept-ing applications for a quiet, 2 bdrm townhouse, W/D hook-up, inside/outside storage, backyard. $876/mo. Share purchase $2500. Gross in-come $42,000 +. Applications available in the glass case out-side the Community Hall at 10A-620 Judah St.

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SIDNEY- NEW 3 bdrm + den, W/D. NS/NP. $1700 mo. Avail Dec 1. Call 250-217-4060.

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WANTED, FOR month of January: housesitting or rental of furnished Victoria area home, family of four. Mature, reliable homeowners visiting from northern B.C. Email:[email protected]

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1998 PONTIAC Grand Prix GT US car - 193,000 miles, lady driven since 2003. $2800 obo. Alan, (778)426-3487.

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1982 HYBRID Westphalia.Can run on diesel or veggieoil. 1.9l 1996 Jetta engine.$12K. Serious enquiries only.Nanaimo (250)591-3711.

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ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

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CARPENTRY

BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.

COMPLETE HOME Renos. Carpentry, Drywall, Painting. Licenced insured. Call Darren 250-217-8131.

McGREGOR HOME Repair & Renos. Decks to doors. Small jobs OK. WCB. (250)655-4518

CHIMNEY SERVICES

JKG CHIMNEY. Clean, Re-pairs, Gutters, Roof Demoss, Torch On Flat. 250-588-3744.

CLEANING SERVICES

HOUSEKEEPER EXPERI-ENCED, reliable. References. 250-920-6516, 250-881-7444.

MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estates, events, offi ces. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

COMPUTER SERVICES

A HOME COMPUTER Coach. Senior friendly. Computer les-sons, maintenance and prob-lem solving. Please call Des 250-656-9363, 250-727-5519.

COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites, etc. 250-886-8053, 778-351-4090.

CONTRACTORS

CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood fl oor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877

COMM. & Residential Reno’s: Drywall, Carpentry & Painting. Call Les (250)858-0903.

WEST HARBOUR Home or commercial, new and reno’s. Best Rates. (250)419-3598.

DRYWALL

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


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DRYWALL PROFESSIONAL:Small additions, boarding, tap-ing, repairs, texture spraying, consulting. Soundproof instal-lation;bath/moisture resistance products. Call 250.384.5055. Petrucci’s Drywall.

ELECTRICAL

AT&T ELECTRIC. Renova-tions. Residential & Commer-cial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.

ELECTRICAL HAZARDS do you have any? Quality Elec-tric, 250-361-6193. #22779.

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm. Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $40/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

VAEXCA TING & DRAINAGE

BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini ex-cavator & bob cat services. Perimeter drains, driveway prep, Hardscapes, Lot clear-ing. Call 250-478-8858.

FENCING

ALL TYPES of fencing, re-pairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.

GARDENING

J&L GARDENING Specialty yard clean-up and mainte-nance. Master gardeners. John or Louise (250)891-8677.

20% OFF Fall clean-ups, racking, mowing, hedge/shrub trimming. (250)479-6495.

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard a mess? Fall pruning & clean-up. Blackberry & ivy rmvl, weed control. 24yrs exp.

250-216-9476 ACCEPTING clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, home re-no’s, garden clean-ups.

DPM SERVICES- lawn & gar-den, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141

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NO JOB too BIG or SMALL. SENIOR’S SPECIAL! Prompt, reliable service. Phone Mike (ANYTIME) at 250-216-7502.

PRO IRISH Gardeners; prun-ing, clean-ups, landscaping, lawn care, weekly gardening. Free est. Call (250)652-6989.

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GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

250-889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Gutter & Window Clean-ing at Fair Prices!

250-507-6543. AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, Guards, win-dows, powerwashing, roof de-moss, repairs. Insured.

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, De-mossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.

HANDYPERSONS

AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.

BEETLES RESIDENTIAL Renovations Ltd. Bathrooms, decks, painting, landscaping and handyman services. Fully insured and guaranteed. Free estimates. Call 250-889-4245.


HANDYPERSONS

SENIOR HANDYMAN. Household repairs. Will assist do-it-yourselfers. Call Fred, 250-888-5345.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

CITY HAUL- a lot of junk won’t fi t in your trunk, you’re in luck I own a truck. 250-891-2489.

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.

FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.

JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.

✭BUBBA’S HAULING✭ Hon-est, on time. Demolition, con-struction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, top-soil, mulch), garden waste re-moval, mini excavator, bob cat service. 250-478-8858.


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PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774

SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

GEOF’S RENO’S & Repairs. Decks, stairs, railings, gates & small additions. 250-818-7977.

INSULATION

MALTA BLOWN Insulation. Attics - interior/exterior walls & sound silencer. (250)388-0278

QUALITY INSULATION blown fi berglass. Affordable rates. (250)896-6652.

LANDSCAPING

Driftwood Landscaping - Fallclean-ups , pruning, garden-ing, leaf clean-ups, gutters, power wash, hedges, mowing, 250-590-5224 www.driftwoodlandscaping.ca

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flag-stone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. (250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com

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2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.

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WRIGHT MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men. Senior’s discount. Free Est’s. Call Phil (250)383-8283.

PAINTING

ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694.

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

LADY PAINTERServing the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.

ON POINT PAINTING. Polite, clean cut crew. Professional results. Call (250)744-4927.

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PLUMBING

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FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.

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PATCHES,Drywall, skimming,old world texturing, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-642-5178.

PRESSURE WASHING

D’ANDREA’S Power Washing,Gutter Cleaning & Painting.Quality guaranteed. Free est.Excellent ref’s. (250)413-7541.

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

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

DEMOSS Dr. $499 per/roof. 2years warranty. We also installnew roofs? Call 250-589-4998

RUBBISH REMOVAL

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STUCCO/SIDING

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-642-5178.

TILING

A1. SHAWN The Tile Guy-Res/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos.250-686-6046

TREE SERVICES

LOCAL TREE CO. 30 yrs exp.Bucket truck, chipper. We buylogs. Insured. (250)883-2911.

UPHOLSTERY

UPHOLSTERER NEEDS work. Your fabric or mine.250-480-7937.

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GLEAMING WINDOWS Gut-ters+De-moss. Free estimate.18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.

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216-50 SongheesSunday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunDaniel Clover 250 507-5459 pg. 1

6-1464 Fort St, $379,900Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyBetsy Gutnik, 250-885-1357

102-2515 Dowler Pl, $219,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey, 250-391-1893

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

101-1235 Johnson StSaturday 1-3Fair Realty LtdSean Thomas 250 896-5478 pg. 27

733A HumboldtSaturday - Tuesday noon - 5 pmFair Realty Ryan Bicknell 250 883-2715 pg. 1

302-1342 Hillside Ave, $169,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJacqueline Baker, 250-384-8124 pg. 5

1018 Joan Cres, $899,000Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyRobert Buckle 250 385-2033 pg. 10

304-853 Selkirk, $265,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 South Island RealtyPeggy O’Connor, 250-213-2492 pg. 7

104-2515 Dowler Pl, $254,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey, 250-391-1893

314-777 Cook, $174,900Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyJack Petrie 250 385-2033 pg. 8

604-139 Clarence St, $579,800Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesDavid Rusen, 250-384-8124 pg. 5

20-675 Superior St, $609,800Saturday 1-3 & Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunDale Sheppard, 250-744-0844

105-225 Belleville, $479,000Sunday 1-3Victoria Classic RealtyShaun Lees 250 386-1997 pg. 9

113-21 Erie, $515,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 8

204-1146 View St., $179,900Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesRick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 pg. 9

209 Kingston St, $579,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesMark Imhoff, 250-590-1775 pg. 5

S305-737 Humboldt St., $449,000Saturday 2-4Jonesco Real EstateRoger Jones 250 361-9838 pg. 8

1044 Davie St, $788,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real EstateCassie Kangas 250 477-7291 pg. 10

209-2529 Wark, $225,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAndrew Plank 250 360-6106 pg. 9

304-1024 Fairfi eld, $283,900Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyMike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100 pg. 27

2111 Sutherland, $599,000Sunday 2-4Boorman’s RealtyGraham Bavington, 250-415-1931 pg. 10

205-1831 Oak Bay, $419,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMarsha Crawford, 250-889-8200 pg. 6

2676 Estevan, $869,000Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyMike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100 pg. 10

56-118 AldersmithSaturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunRoxanne Brass, 250-744-3301 pg. 25

31 Stoneridge Dr, $499,000Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesCheryl Ashby, 250-478-9141

16-2319 Chilco, $449,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 9

7-126 Hallowell, $4159,900Saturday 1-3Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 11

2151 West Burnside, $599,900Thursday-Sunday 1:30-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChuck Meagher, 250-477-1100 pg. 16

104 Thetis Vale Cres, $469,900Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 11

1177 Bewdley Ave, $549,000Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyKarin Amorim, 250-588-5585 pg. 11

1054 Colville, $539,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 9

934 Craigfl ower, $369,000Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesNicole Burgess 250 384-8124 pg. 6

207-1351 Esquimalt, $184,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJacqueline Baker, 250-384-8124 pg. 11

1227 Carlisle Ave.Sunday 2-4Fair RealtyJim Parsons, 250-382-1816 pg. 11

3536 Richmond, $479,000Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 12

1696 Cedarwood, $569,000Sunday 2:30-4One Percent RealtyGuy Effl er, 250-812-4910 pg. 27

813 Summerwood, $1,074,500Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad MacLaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 11

3777 Jennifer, $699,900Saturday 2:30-4:30DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jeff Bishop, 250-474-6003 pg. 12

4030/4040 Borden St, $229,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Cathy Duncan & Associates250 658-0967 pg. 1

3963 Juan De FucaSaturday 2-4Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith, 250 388-5882 pg. 12

1289 Derby, $509,000Saturday 12-2Pemberton Holmes Eli Mavrikos 250 896-3859 pg. 23

982 Mckenzie, $324,900Tuesday-Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalJames Liu 250 477-5353 pg. 7

4694 Lochside, $669,000Sunday 1-3Sutton West Coast RealtyElke Pettipas 250 479-3333 pg. 12

44-4318 Emily Carr, $659,900Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 8

930 Tuxedo, $664,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJohn Percy 250 744-3301 pg. 13

202-1106 Glenora Pl, $299,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Megan John, 250-477-7291 pg. 5

4102-2829 Arbutus, $1,095,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyGraham Bavington, 250-415-1931 pg. 9

4038 Cumberland, $505,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJeff Shorter, 250-384-8124 pg. 13

1905 Portway, $948,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real EstateCassie Kangas 250 477-7291 pg. 13

1640 Hybury, $639,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalSharen Warde, 250-592-4422 pg. 12

916 Leslie, $499,900Saturday 12-2DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jeff Bishop, 250-474-6003 pg. 13

1534 Edgemont, $668,800Sunday 1-3Sutton West CoastMikko Ikonen 250 479-3333 pg. 27

1903 Woodley, $634,500Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalPat Meadows, 250-592-4422 pg. 12

768 Piedmont Dr, $609,000Saturday 12-1:30Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-818-8736

1642 Tampico, $569,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422 pg. 12

3990 Bow Rd, $549,900Saturday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyInder Taneja, 250-686-8228 pg. 11

4030/4040 Borden St, $229,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Cathy Duncan & Associates250 658-0967 pg. 7

3504 Savannah Ave, $399,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 13

637 Kenneth St, $484,100Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyJodie Farup, 250-589-9997

217-545 Manchester, $234,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyShaunna Jones, 250-888-4628 pg. 5

546 Meredith, $539,000Saturday 1-3Century 21 Queenswood RealtyJulie Rust, 250-477-1100 pg. 13

4113 Hawkes Ave, $529,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesShelley Saldat, 250-589-4014

573 O’Connell, $569,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalPat Meadows, 250-592-4422 pg. 13

101 Kiowa Pl, $1,245,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-818-8736

109-537 Heatherdale Lane, $449,900Saturday 12-1:30Re/Max CamosunGrant Walker, 250-999-9822

548 Normandy, $578,900Saturday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyColin Walters, 250-479-3333 pg. 27

15-4619 Elk LakeSaturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyLorraine Williams, 250-216-3317 pg. 13

5640 Batu, $1,775,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunLynne Sager 250 744-3301 pg. 25

303-1240 Verdier, $319,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Robin Lewis, 250-656-0131 pg. 14

10383 Resthaven Dr, $464,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRoss Shortreed, 250-858-3585 pg. 14

203-9730 Second, $459,000Saturday 2-4Gordon Hulme RealtyLinda Egan, 250-656-4626 pg. 27

4-9866 Resthaven, $379,500Saturday 2-4DFH Real EstateWendy Herrick 250-656-0131 pg. 14

101-2600 Ferguson, $374,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesBob Cullum 250-721-3098 pg. 9

10397 Allbay, $1,079,000Saturday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

40-7751 East Saanich, $321,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastEamon Coll 250 479-3333 pg. 14

71-7701 Central Saanich Rd, $119,500Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMay Hamilton, 250-477-5353 pg. 14

407-2341 Harbour, $275,000Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyJulie Rust, 250-477-1100 pg. 14

7770 Trentelmann, $529,900Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 15

9706 Fifth St.Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 14

6694 Tamany, $559,000Saturday 1-3Sutton West CoastMikko Ikonen 250 479-3333 pg. 27

7161 West SaanichThursday - Monday 2-4Gordon Hulme RealtyDon King 250 656-4626 pg. 8

11075 Salal, $640,000Saturday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

402-1240 Verdier, $325,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMay Hamilton, 250-477-5353 pg. 8

9412 Brookwood, $189,900Saturday 3-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 15

10295 Bowerbank, $439,000Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 15

2255 Henry, $459,000Saturday 2-5DFH Real EstateWendy Herrick 250-656-0131 pg. 14

27-551 Bezanton, $459,900Saturday 1:30-3Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 18

3436 PattisonSunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Amber Simpson, 250-477-7291 pg. 18

101-608 Fairway AveDaily 1:30-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChuck Meagher, 250-477-1100 pg. 9

2466 Skedans Pl, $299,000Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyDerek Braaten, 250-479-3333 pg. 18

101-908 Brock Ave, $234,900Saturday 12-2DFH Real Estate Ltd.Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003 pg. 18

2932 Pickford, $465,000Saturday 1-3Duttons & Co.250-383-7100 pg. 1

111-2763 Jacklin Rd, $289,000Saturday 11-12:30DFH Real Estate Ltd.Judy Gerrett, 250-656-0131 pg. 18

637 Rason Rd, $549,500Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyFred Lerch, 250-889-2528 pg. 18

954 Walfred Rd, $359,900Saturday & Sunday 1-5Fair RealtyDiana Winger, 250-999-3683

1145 Sikorsky Rd, $269,900Saturday & Sunday 12-4DFH Real Estate LtdMike Hartshorne 250 889-4445 pg. 6

100-594 Bezanton Way, $314,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Diana Winger, 250-999-3683

2141 Bellamy, $529,900Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250 380-6683 pg. 19

633 Rason Rd, $574,900Saturday 2:15-4SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250 380-6683 pg. 19

3322 Aloha, $539,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalMark McDougall, 250-477-5353 pg. 19

102-2733 Peatt Rd, $359,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max AllianceKaren Love, 250-386-8875 pg. 5

938 Arngask, $598,900Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdGinny Barlow 250 474-6003 pg. 18

2162 Bellamy, $700,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAndrew Plank 250 360-6106 pg. 19

3334 Myles Mansell Rd, $379,000Saturday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 14

1121 Bearspaw, $869,900Sunday 2-4Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 19

105-611 Goldstream, $239,900Saturday & Sunday 1:30-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChuck Meagher, 250-477-1100 pg. 5

2099 Longspur Dr, $524,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 18

2644 Crystalview, $638,800Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdBill Carnegie 250 474-6003 pg. 19

274 Atkins Rd, $459,800Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunDale Sheppard, 250-478-9600

867 Wild Ridge Way, $399,900Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 18

978 Rattanwood, $349,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 19

270 Atkins Rd, $439,800Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunDale Sheppard, 250-478-9600

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“It’s not the most lavish restroom by any measure, but that’s the beauty of a public poll. Everyone’s opin-ion counts,” said Rod Farquharson, the com-pany’s director of sales and operations for Western Canada.

The contest website bestrestroom.com describes the Langley Street Loo as an open

design that provides “the optimal balance of personal privacy and public access,” is well lit, has anti-graffiti coating and an external hand wash station.

It was purchased from Portland, Ore., in 2011 for $90,000 and is maintained throughout the day by the city’s sanitation crew.

In October 2010, the city won an interna-tional Pinnacle Award for its custom-designed urinal located on the corner of Pandora Ave-nue and Government Street.


As Coun. Chris Coleman, left, hams it up for the camera, Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin holds the award the city received for the design of its streetside public washroom near Bastion Square. The Langley Street Loo was chosen as the fan favourite, beating out some indoor facilities, in an annual contest held by cleaning supply company Cintas Canada.


First Victoria received international praise for its spiral streetcorner urinal.

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On Tuesday, city offi-cials converged on the stand-alone “loo” to celebrate its first place finish in Cintas Cana-da’s annual contest.

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struggling veterans with

transition from military

Kyle Wells

News staff

After nearly 27 years in the Canadian

Army and five years into her civilian life,

Terri Orser came to live at Cockrell House

last year when she could no longer keep

up with mortgage payments.

Now, as resident, co-director, secretary

and “den mother” of Cockrell House, the

former Warrant Officer in the Canadian

Army spends her time trying to help oth-

ers while tending to her own challenges.

The large pink house on Sooke Road

in Colwood might look like any average

multi-unit residence, but inside Cockrell

House are former military personnel try-

ing to put back together lives that have

gone off the tracks since returning to civil-

ian life.With space for 11 people in five self-con-

tained units, the house is there for home-

less veterans who need help getting off

the street.

Since opening in 2009, Cockrell House

has assisted more than two dozen people.

Veterans stay anywhere from a couple of

weeks to a maximum three years. While

not all who pass through the home’s doors

get better, Orser said the vast majority

manage to improve their lot.

“One guy who lives upstairs now said

it’s like being in a palace,” she said. “It’s

beautifully set up. And I think they feel

safe.”Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is

a common ailment among the residents of

Cockrell House.

After tours in the Gulf War, the for-

mer Yugoslavia and South Africa, Orser

received a medical release from the mili-

tary. Among other health concerns, Orser

suffers from PTSD, having been diagnosed

in 1999.It all started with anxiety attacks and

an inability to sleep. She also felt a desire

for isolation, a symptom marked by an

inability to cope with other people or day-

to-day life.

Orser said the day came when she went

to put her combat uniform on and she

started shaking. It was then she went to

see a doctor.

“At that time I wouldn’t have wished

it on my worst enemy. It’s just horrible,”

she said. “Back in ’99, you never admitted

that. You’re the worst type of military per-

son if you have PTSD. It was the hardest

thing I’ve ever dealt with. And to admit

it, that took me a long time. I didn’t tell

anybody.”

The disorder frequently leads to depres-

sion and in the most extreme cases, addic-

tion or even suicide.

While the majority of those who end up

at Cockrell House are veterans in their 40s

and 50s, Orser has had contact with veter-

ans from the Second World War to people

in their early 30s, and some spent limited

time in the military.

Cockrell resident Mike A., who asked to

have his last name removed due to stigma,

served in the Canadian Navy from 1978 to

1980. He was 17 years old when he joined

and now describes the navy as a “breed-

ing ground for alcoholics.”

“I got booted for the drinking. No treat-

ment was offered to me or any of that kind

of stuff,” Mike said. “I don’t even know if it

was available back then, it was just basi-

cally ‘you’re out.’”

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■ BC Families in Transition Open House ■ Monday, November 5 ■ BCFIT offices - 899 Fort St.

BC Families in Transition team – Marie-Christine White, Paul Miller, Pam Rudy, BC FIT Executive Director Richard Routledge, and Susan Farr.

Sophie von Herrmann and Dawn Cox.

Gloria Cheung and Jane Taylor Lee.

Doug Woodall and Raji Goel.

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Lionel Zelniker and John Ricker.

Vancity, Law Foundationsupport new, larger office

for BC Families in TransitionBC Families in Transition is a ‘one-stop shop’ for families and

individuals with serious challenges in their family relationships. It is a thriving not-for-profi t organization with a 34-year history

of serving families in Greater Victoria. Established in 1978 as Di-vorce Lifeline, the organization grew to become the Separation and Divorce Resource Centre in 1994 and expanded again to become BC Families in Transition in 2007.

The agency now serves more than 10,000 people per year – adults, children, teens, couples and families – with a broad range of services: professional counselling for all ages and all family confi gurations, professional legal support services, and various group counselling programs and information sessions. Anyone who needs help with family relationships, whether marital issues, parenting or step-parenting issues, or separation/divorce, can likely get the help they need at BC Families in Transition. Some of BCFIT’s services are provided free of charge and others are avail-able for minimal cost, and this is possible because many of the 50 professionally-trained team members volunteer 100 per cent of their time to the centre.

BC Families in Transition works closely with the United Way and several other funding agencies, and has grown by leaps and bounds over its years. Many people are familiar with the centre’s longstanding location at 812 Broughton St., across from the Royal Theatre, but by 2011 the agency had far outgrown that space.

Thankfully, their landlord at their Broughton Street location was the Vancity Credit Union, and this year Vancity ‘stepped up to the plate’ with a huge gift of some $90,000 in capital funding to help BC Families in Transition move into a larger, better, custom-built, new offi ce. Together with a gift of $21,000 from the Law Foun-dation of BC, this signifi cant donation allowed BC Families in Transition to fi nd another central, street-front location and to have it designed and built to their unique specifi cations.

“Because we provide a dozen very different programs all under the same roof,” explains executive director Richard Routledge, “some for children, some for adults, and some for groups, we had to be able to design the layout to meet our unique needs and yet have all our departments closely connected with each other.”

That could only be accomplished by having their new centre specially designed and built for them – something that requires a lot of cash. Vancity provided the bulk of that cash, and the result is what Routledge describes as a spectacular example of collabora-tion between the private and non-profi t sectors. BCFIT’s open house at its new location – 899 Fort St., at the corner of Fort and Quadra directly across from Island Blue Print – on Nov. 5 was the fi rst opportunity to ‘show off ’ the new offi ce to the public and to many other non-profi t, government and private organizations with which the centre partners.

Judging from the reactions from the endless throng of guests who attended the open house, the collaboration was a resound-ing success. The sleek new offi ce provides a modern, ‘classy but comfortable’ atmosphere for adults and children whose lives are in turmoil due to family relationship challenges.

Routledge adds that the construction of this beautiful new offi ce was a team effort which would never have been possible without a lot of help. In addition to Vancity and the Law Foundation of BC, he would like to thank Dome Construction, Johl Studios, Price’s Alarms, and NAI Property Management.

To inquire about the many programs and services offered at BC Families in Transition, drop in to their new location, call the centre at 250-386-4331, or visit the website at www.bcfi t.org.

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It involves science, math, computer programming, team-work and game strategy, but most appealing of all, it involves robots.

Fix It is a competitive robotics team based out of Colwood that is looking for new members as they enter the 2012-13 season. Team members design, build and compete with robots made to complete specific tasks.

Throughout the sea-son the team travels to places such as Las Vegas and Seattle to compete with other robotics teams from across North America. All prizes from com-petitions come in the form of scholarships.

Christine Nicholls coaches the team, which currently con-sists of her two home-schooled children, Katherine and Duncan Silversides, Grades 12 and 9, respectively, and Esquimalt high school student Alex Imhels.

“Who doesn’t like building and designing robots?” Duncan said. “We also get to travel to a lot of new places and it’s always fun see-ing what all the other teams have done to solve the same chal-lenges as you.”

During competi-tion the robots have to finish certain tasks in order to get points. Part of the challenge is designing and build-ing a robot specific to each task, which changes each year.

This year the com-petition is based on a tic-tac-toe-style game, where the robot must pick up plastic rings and hang them on a PVC piping playing board.

A team is also

judged on robot design and strategy plans. So far the team has come up with a basic design and is working on a device to have it pick up and manipulate the rings.

A spirit of sportsmanship and co-operation is a staple of the competitions. In tourna-ments teams are required to ally with other random teams for a part of the contest, and therefore have to learn to work with other teams, capitalizing on strengths and helping each other to improve weaknesses.

“There’s a lot of camaraderie because you need to be able to work with your partner effec-tively to score a point but at the same time compete against

those same partners later on,” Nicholls said.

Last year the Fix It team was the only robotics team in B.C. Two years ago there were four teams in B.C. and the event was expanding, but teacher’s job action and other factors reduced the number of teams.

This year St. Margaret’s school in Saanich is also start-ing a team, something the Fix It team is helping organize.

Any high school-aged stu-dents interested can email the Fix It team at [email protected]. Visit www.lego-stormers.com for more information. The first event is at the beginning of December in Seattle.

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and Duncan Silversides with the beginnings of their

robot for the 2012-13 competitive season. The team is looking

for new members.

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