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Work of artTownship Arts Council exceeds all expectations

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NEWS: Our Place shines with flashy new sign /A5SPORTS: Royals take on Rockets in round two /A13 ARTS: New book unveils complexities of food /A14

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Sock it to meMargaret Jenkins elementary school principal Brett Johnson donned goalie gear before facing a barrage of socks thrown by students during a school assembly to celebrate the school’s collection of more than 1,200 pairs of socks to donate to Our Place. Fairfield United Church clergy Rev. Beth Walker and Rev. Gail Miller are campaigning to have residents collect 365,000 pairs of socks. Our Place gives out 100 pairs a day so their campaign hopes to collect enough for an entire year.

Councillors to consider quadrupling affordable housing budget this year

Andrea PeacockVictoria News

Microhousing and temporary shelter will be con-sidered in the City of Victoria as potential solutions to homelessness and people sleeping in city parks.

Tomorrow (April 9), council will also consider qua-drupling the city’s 2015 contribution to affordable housing from $250,000 to $1 million, with additional funds provided from the 2014 surplus and earmarked in the housing reserve for the creation of new interim and permanent housing supports.

Council will also discuss amending the parks bylaw to include Haegert Park, Cridge Park, Kings Park and Arbutus Park on the list of parks where it is prohib-ited to take shelter overnight.

City staff and Victoria police observed a noticeable increase in overnight sheltering activities in parks and green spaces in 2014, stated a staff report to council.

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It’s been quite a year for Esquimalt’s Township Community Arts Council.

Starting with just six members a year ago, the fledging group has grown to 100 members and has hosted five major com-munity events.

Not bad for a few residents who went before township council with cap in hand,

looking for some start up money and the hope of hosting two events in 2014.

“It all surprised me – pleasantly and joyfully,” said Mor-lene Tomlinson, arts council president.

Originally only two events were planned for the community arts group’s first year: Memorial Park Music Fest, which featured local singers and bands for six weeks throughout the summer and the Esquimalt Arts Festival at Gorge Point Park.

Those two events were so popular with residents that more events were added such as Sculpture Splash, Township Clas-sics and artists in residence.

“It was just so much fun. It was a barrel of monkeys,” Tomlinson said. “We were so inspired by the community and the community’s response. It really wasn’t a hardship at all to continue on and do the other good work we did.”

Mayor Barb Desjardins said the arts

council went beyond expectations.Township council expected the group

to take at least three years to get up

and running. Council granted the group $15,000 in its first year and plans to give it the same in 2015. This year the arts coun-cil also qualifies for Capital Regional Dis-trict arts grants and is planning to apply for more grants through the township.

Desjardins said the arts council was so successful that council didn’t have enough time to create policy around the new group. “They moved well ahead of the bureaucracy of government,” she said.

But there’s no complaints coming from the mayor.

“To do the phenomenal job that they did with the number of events that they did, the community is just absolutely excited to have all those things happen again,” Desjardins said.

Tomlinson said 2015 will be a building year for the arts council, not an expan-sion year. However, there are already plans afoot for more events in 2016.

“When we talk about promoting arts and artists in Esquimalt we’re taking a very holistic and very, very broad approach,” Tomlinson said.

“We’re trying to offer events and pro-grams that are just a bit different from anywhere else in [Greater Victoria] . Nobody else will do quite what we do.”

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Sculptor Christa Rossner goes to work on a piece marble during last summer’s Sculpture Splash at Macaulay Point Park in Esquimalt.

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In 2009, the Court of Appeal con-firmed that homeless people have a constitutional right to erect tem-porary shelters in a park if there are no available shelter beds. The city amended the parks regulation bylaw to allow homeless people to erect, use or maintain a structure of other overhead shelter in a park between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. the next day if there are no available shelter beds.

Due to safety issues and the unpre-dictability of the people sleeping in city parks, police officers are tasked with waking people up in the morn-ing and asking them to move along.

Insp. Scott McGregor said police spend an inordinate amount of time doing this every morning. He said over $400,000 worth of police time is being redirected to this activity.

“The reason it’s the police and bylaw officers that are doing this is because there’s no one else that can go out and do it,” he said.

Coun. Jeremy Loveday said instead of using police resources, the city should have social workers or other customer service experts waking them up in the morning.

Coun. Geoff Young suggested look-ing into the possibility of enforcing camping bylaws for people who are not homeless, and directing them to available shelters.

McGregor said an issue is the lack of available shelter beds.

“We’ve not actually been to a place

where we’ve had available beds that we can reference people to,” he said, adding he stayed closely on top of this issue last summer, keeping in contact with shelter and hous-ing providers. “They consistently were operating at 118 per cent from May straight through until almost October. Then in October with the increased beds and mats available, they’re operating at around 112 per cent, which is where they are at right now.”

Campers taking advantage of the park bylaw are not a big issue, added McGregor.

Council reaffirmed the city’s com-mitment to a housing first strategy to deal with homelessness and agreed to lobby the provincial and federal governments for funding.

As a housing alternative, Coun. Ben Isitt recommended the city look into options for increasing the sup-ply of temporary shelter and hous-ing in the city, including microhous-ing.

Council, with the exception of Coun Young, passed this motion.

“Providing permanent housing that does not have the required sup-ports will fail,” said Young. “You are dealing with a health-care issue.”

Many people sleeping in parks have mental health or substance abuse issues, said the staff report.

“Unless you are prepared to deal with those, disorder is inevitable,” said Young.

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This library’s not for booksAndrea PeacockVictoria News

Getting the yard ready for summer or taking on a new DIY project often involves tools that not everyone has, and not everyone is willing to buy to only be used once. A new tool library initiative in Victoria will allow anyone to borrow the equipment they need whenever they need it.

“You borrow it just like a book in a library. Take it home, do the things you need to do, bring it back, let some-body else use it,” said Edie Irons, one of the organizers of the Victo-ria Tool Library. “The idea is to make the wid-est range of tools acces-sible to the most people as possible.”

The idea came from seeing how success-ful tool libraries are in other cities around North America.

Irons, originally from California, said she often used the tool libraries in Berkeley and Oakland. When

she moved to Victoria, it was a service she missed.

Vancouver, Halifax and Calgary also have tool libraries.

“There’s such a strong DIY culture in Victoria, we need a tool library here,” said Laura Hebert, another Victoria Tool Library organizer.

Many tools are

expensive and are only required once in a while, said Irons.

“It doesn’t make sense for everybody to go out and buy their own tools, and most people don’t. Then they decide not to do the project they want to do because they don’t have the tools avail-able.”

Currently, organizers

are scouting a location for the tool library.

“We’d like a location with parking, accessible so people can drive up and load things, fairly transit accessible . . . and we’d like a location that’s central in Victo-ria, although we envi-sion the library serving the whole CRD area.”

Irons added they are also looking for a place with water and electric-ity, and ideally a work-shop space.

“We are really com-mitted to education and empowerment around tools, because not everybody knows how to use them,” she said. “We want to be teaching people new skills and strengthening our com-munity in the process.”

The tool library will be membership-based, with an annual fee. While the price still needs to be worked out with the budget, Irons said it will be as afford-able as possible.

“We don’t want to turn anyone away for lack of funds.”

The library’s tools

will likely be collected mostly by donation, but Irons said the goal is to have high quality, dura-ble tools.

“The beauty of the tool library is that you can donate your tools to us and still use them.”

Organizers of the Vic-toria Tool Library are collecting input from the community through an online survey at vic-toriatoollibrary.org.

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Edie Irons, one of the organizers of the Victoria Tool Library. Edie hopes to open a Tool Library in the city for people to borrow tools instead of buying or renting.

Although many people have heard about Our Place and the work it does for the most vul-nerable of Victoria, fewer people know exactly where the unique community centre is located. That’s all changed as Our Place installed a large, LED-lit marquee sign above its main entrance this week.

And best of all, the sign is free. In December, local sign com-

pany Urban Sign ran a contest to give away $10,000 worth of signage to a local business or charity.

“The timing was perfect,” said Grant McKenzie, director of

communications at Our Place. “We had been looking into

new signage to bolster our pres-ence in the community, but we didn’t have any room in our budget as our first priority is always the homeless and poor of the region. When I saw Urban Sign’s contest, I knew this was the answer.”

Urban Sign has an impressive portfolio of making local busi-nesses stand out, and owner Jeff Furneaux was excited to offer the same opportunity to smaller organizations through this con-test held on Facebook.

“Our Place really wanted this

sign,” laughed Furneaux. “It was the first organization to sign up, and their supporters rallied to make sure they took first place. It’s an exciting project for us, and I can’t wait for the commu-nity to see what an incredible difference it will make to the organization’s visibility on Pan-dora Avenue.”

Urban Sign installed the new marquee above the main entrance at 919 Pandora Ave. on Wednesday. Second prize in the contest was $2,500 worth of sig-nage, won by Lifetime Networks, while Cherry Bomb Toys took third place for $500 of signage.

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There are many things a community can do to change its image. Sometimes those changes start with a small seed, other times it can thunder through like a west coast storm.

Esquimalt decided several years ago that it wanted to change its image as a small, blue collar industrial town that was a playground to crime.

Of course, it’s all untrue.Many people remember

just snippets of the bad, but barely can recognize what is happening now and into the future.

Esquimalt is not about poop perpetrators of crime and payday loans.

You only have to look at what the municipality has achieved through the Township Community Arts Council to see what can be accomplished in less than a year.

And besides the arts council, the community has stepped forward with even more creative events geared towards family and building community.

You have to look no further than events like Ribfest, running and biking festivals, the Japanese arts festival to know that Esquimalt’s image is changing.

It’s unfortunate that Esquimalt is painted by some with a negative brush because they just don’t understand what the community has become and will become in the not-to-distant future.

The community’s future looks bright. Now the civic leaders must fine tune the direction and let people know that Esquimalt has come of age – and proud of it.

Sentencing needs to fit the crime

With the federal election around the corner, is Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his party trying to make up for lost time?

The Conservatives are a party that is pro law, but I find the recent actions of the party in trying to pass multiple bills related to the Canadian Criminal Code, in such a short period of time, co-incidentally just before an election, going too far.

One of the new bills the government is proposing is a life sentence without parole for 35 years for the horrendous crimes like killing of police, correctional officers, terrorism, kidnapping, or sexual assault.

You would think the government has considered both the pros and cons for these new bills, but here are some things to think about.

Before the Conservatives start proposing a bill that deals with a 10-year extension on life sentences they should clean up

the sentencing and justice system and work from there, fixing the problems they come across such as the equivalent sentencing for their crimes.

Is it fair if someone can kill six dogs and get six months in jail, but others do harsher more brutal crimes and get less time in jail for their crimes? Then there is recent sentencing of a Victoria woman who knowingly put her child at risk by placing glass in the baby food jar just so she could get money from the baby food company. The Victoria woman was sentenced to 18 months in jail, followed by 18 months of probation. This horrendous crime deserves a harsher sentence.

What about children lured or forced into pornography and sex trade? What punishment will the offenders who used these children, taken away their childhood and left them physically and emotionally scarred, receive? These children have had their “normal” life taken away from them, never to get it back. So, should the offender of the crime be given a life sentence

for ruining and ultimately destroying a person’s livelihood?

The above questions are not new and have been asked by victims and their families for many years.

Pressure from citizen groups, the media, government representatives, law enforcement, and even the judicial system itself has not resulted in changes. So how can the government bring forward a new bill on life sentences without parole when they cannot even keep the sentencing and punishments in this country for equivalent to their crimes?

Should Harper, instead, be working on cleaning up and bringing forward bills that will allow equivalent sentencing for crimes before trying to extend life sentences?

Harper instead should be working on cleaning up and bringing forward bills that will allow equivalent sentencing for crimes before trying to extend life sentences.

Isabella CrossmanVictoria

Public sector wages used as scapegoat

A wage imbalance (Our View, April 3)

It’s always interesting to hear of the latest self-serving report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business that seeks to paint public servants as overpaid. Where is the evidence that “wages paid to public sector employees have ballooned?”

Most public sector wage settlements that I have observed over the past 20 years have either contained several years of zero “wage increases” or increases below the cost of living.

It might be more constructive to do a report on record corporate profits and runaway executive compensation in the private sector – both of which have done nothing to help the average working stiff in either the private or public sector make ends meet.

I won’t hold my breath waiting on that one.

Jeff LukovichVictoria

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Some producers are raising prices slightly and others are offering short-term discounts as B.C.’s new liquor price wholesale model took effect last week.

Pre-tax retail price changes at B.C. gov-ernment stores show little change for the the most popular brands of beer, hard liquor and other alcoholic bever-ages. Government store shoppers will see lower prices on the shelves, because as of April 1, government stores add provincial and federal sales tax at the cash register.

Of the top 10 brands of spirits, a 750 ml bot-tle of Crown Royal whis-key retails for $23.49, a two-cent increase, plus taxes. For the larger bottle of Crown Royal, government stores are reducing the price by $1.98 for the month of April.

A six-pack of Lone-tree cider goes up 90 cents to $9.59 as a dis-count price for March ends. For larger cans of imported Strong-bow cider, an April sale price is reduced $1.14 to $17.99.

For beer, a dozen Sleeman Honey Brown Lager increases six cents to $20.49.

For private retailers, Save-on-Foods store in Surrey was the first to take advantage of new regulations allow-ing sale of B.C. wines directly from grocery shelves. Supermarkets now have the option of including a liquor store with separate checkout for alcohol purchases.

The government store retail price used to be the benchmark for B.C. sales, with dis-counts off that price to private liquor stores, agency and B.C. wine stores. Now all retailers pay the same whole-sale price to the Liquor Distribution Branch,

which retains its whole-sale monopoly.

The LDB wholesale markup is now 124 per cent of the supplier price for hard liquor, 73 per cent for cool-ers and ciders, 89 per cent for wine and a per-litre tax with ascending rates for small, medium and large breweries.

Justice Minister Suzanne Anton says the system is designed to create a level playing field for retailers, while

maintaining the govern-ment’s revenue of $1 billion a year from the wholesale markup.

Many government liquor stores have added refrigerators and Sunday opening hours, to make up for the loss of their wholesale dis-count compared to what private stores were paying.

Of 196 government liquor stores, 169 have extended their operat-ing hours.

Liquor store prices changes small so far

Victoria resident, Ling Zhu Ng pled guilty in Victoria provincial court to three counts of failing to file her 2006 to 2008 personal income tax returns. Ng was fined $3,000 and given one year to pay the fine. She was also ordered to file the out-standing returns by June 1.

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Beams of colour will stream through the high stained glass windows infusing already-bright Ted Harrison works with light in the latest exhibition to honour the late artist.

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Beams of colour will stream through the high stained glass windows infusing already-bright Ted Harrison works with light in the latest exhibition to honour the late artist.

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A player who was once a bright light in the Victoria Sham-rocks lacrosse organi-zation will be remem-bered again at this Fri-day’s (April 10) John Crowther Memorial charity game at The Q Centre.

Having not been played under this name for some years now, the game will see members of the inter-mediate and junior A Shamrocks teams against a collection of retired players includ-ing Lewis Ratcliffe, Grant Pepper, Darcy Berthiaume and other former stars.

“This is an initia-tive of the Shamrock alumni,” says junior Shamrocks general manager Rod Wood of the resurrection of the Crowther game. “They formed a formal society last year and are trying to bring back some of the old tradition and give something back to the community at the same time.”

At the time of his death at age 22 in 1984, Vic High alumni Crowther had been a standout junior player and appeared to be one of the heirs to the mantle of Shamrock greats like Bob Cool and Kevin Alexander.

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As a show of respect, junior Shamrock Cole Pickup – also a Victoria Grizzlies hockey player – has given Lucas his uncle’s old number 22 for this season.

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Victoria Royals #Chaz Reddekop checks Prince George Cougars #12 Jansen Harkins into the boards behind the Royals net during the first period of Game 5 first round playoff action at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.

It’s Royals versus Rocketsin WHL playoff round two

The Victoria Royals will meet the Kelowna Rockets in the second round of the Western Hockey League playoffs for a best-of-seven series beginning on Friday, April 10 in Kelowna.

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Kelowna finished the regu-lar season as the top team in the Western Conference and the four-seed in the BMO Canadian Hockey League rankings and will have home ice advantage this series.

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A player who was once a bright light in the Victoria Sham-rocks lacrosse organi-zation will be remem-bered again at this Fri-day’s (April 10) John Crowther Memorial charity game at The Q Centre.

Having not been played under this name for some years now, the game will see members of the inter-mediate and junior A Shamrocks teams against a collection of retired players includ-ing Lewis Ratcliffe, Grant Pepper, Darcy Berthiaume and other former stars.

“This is an initia-tive of the Shamrock alumni,” says junior Shamrocks general manager Rod Wood of the resurrection of the Crowther game. “They formed a formal society last year and are trying to bring back some of the old tradition and give something back to the community at the same time.”

At the time of his death at age 22 in 1984, Vic High alumni Crowther had been a standout junior player and appeared to be one of the heirs to the mantle of Shamrock greats like Bob Cool and Kevin Alexander.

This season, the late boxla star’s nephew, Lucas Crowther, is a rookie with the Sham-rocks juniors. He and cousin Mason McNeil (a Juan de Fuca pee wee player), along with 96-year-old Betty Crowther, John’s mother, will take part in opening faceoff cer-emonies on Friday.

As a show of respect, junior Shamrock Cole Pickup – also a Victoria Grizzlies hockey player – has given Lucas his uncle’s old number 22 for this season.

Proceeds from the game will benefit the junior Shamrocks and the club’s alumni asso-ciation. Past years have seen money from char-ity games go toward scholarships and help-ing pay registration fees for youth players whose families could not afford it.

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When Victoria author and journalist Alisa Gordaneer realized that virtually everyone around her had some sort of food issue, she

knew she was on the right track with her new book – and decided to build it into a social research project.

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released by Winnipeg’s Signature Editions this April, examines the complicated relation-ships virtually all con-temporary foodies

have with food, hunger and desire.

From starvation to satiation, this collec-tion of poems consid-ers the complexities of how we eat, or don’t, in a society where abun-dance and starvation co-exist.

“We’re so fortunate to live in a country where so many of us really do have enough to eat.” Gordaneer says.

“We Instagram our meals to prove that we’re not going with-out, we super-size our portions because we can. And then we resist eating, dieting to pay penance for having eaten well. It’s a kind of madness. That’s what this book is about.”

Given that thousands of Canadians live with eating disorders, and thousands more live with food allergies, sen-sitivities and other dif-ficulties, the question of being still hungry begins to take on a new dimension.

“Food is not just about eating and sur-vival,” says Gordaneer, “although it plays an essential part in our well-being. Food is a metaphor for filling our needs, trusting others to look after us, and being able to survive in this world. It’s also an area fraught with com-plications and personal demons.”

In addition to her poetry collection Still Hungry, Gordaneer is working on a social research project that invites others to share their stories about their own food issues for a future anthology.

She has begun col-lecting these stories on her website, alisagorda-neer.com

“Why is food, which is such a source of plea-sure and comfort, also such a source of anxi-ety and concern?” she asks.

“If we open that dia-logue and exchange ideas, maybe we can figure out what’s at the root of our various food issues. I hope it’ll become a whole new kind of dinner conver-sation.”

Gordaneer will launch Still Hungry at Broad Street’s Lacey Lou Tapas lounge on Monday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m.

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Better control and detection for hypertension and diabetes, as well as measures to encourage smoking cessation and to reduce cardiovascu-lar risk, have the potential to reduce the risk of dementia.

More than 747,000 Canadians -- including many in Victoria -- are affected by the brain disorder, and that number is forecast to double within the next 25 years.

“While there is no clear-cut way to prevent dementia, you can take steps to lower the chances of developing the disease,” Randerson says.

It starts with knowing your personal risk. Cardio-vascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, smoking and depression can increase the risk.

“Healthy lifestyle choices are good for your heart, as well as your brain,” she adds. Residents should choose a diet low in fat, incorporate exer-cise into daily routines, challenge their brains, be socially active and protect their heads.

Another important step: talking to your doctor about your personal risk or if you have concerns about dementia.

“There is a difference between normal aging and dementia.”

The society is doing its part by offering a variety of local programs and services.

Support and information groups, for example, serve as a forum for sharing practical tips and strategies for coping with the disease.

It helps create support and friendship with oth-ers whose lives are affected by dementia.

“The groups are there for people who want to inform themselves with current information that will help improve quality of life with the disease,” Randerson says.

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Poetry Without Borders. Join world-class poets Patrick Friesen, Rhona McAdam, Inge Israel and Beth Kope for an evening of readings and conversation. Munro Books, 1108 Government St., 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 11Convergence – featuring artists Tony Bounsall,

Dawn Pearcey, Cheryl Taves – Malcolm Pearcey – art exhibit through May 7. Martin Batchelor Gallery, 712 Cormorant St., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Victoria Bach Ensemble concert. St. John the Divine, 1611 Quadra St., 7:30 p.m.

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Victoria Women’s Transition House Society presents the film Heaven on Earth to raise awareness of domestic violence. Cinecenta Theatre, University of Victoria, 7 p.m. Info: transitionhouse.net.

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Bernstein, Brahms and a Feast of Concertos – Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra. University of Victoria Farquhar Auditorium, 2:30 p.m. Tickets: uvic.ca.

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Indian celebration offers a cultural immersionSaanich Fairgrounds playing host to family oriented event

For members of the Sikh community, the centuries-old festival of Vaisakhi marks the beginning of the new year, the birth of the Khalsa and the completion of the wheat harvest.

While local residents with the non-profit India Canada Cultural Association may not be as directly involved in agri-culture as their forebearers, the marking of this special time of year in Greater Victoria offers numerous opportunities to experience Indian food, traditional dance and other cultural activities.

Not so ironically, this Sunday’s Vai-sakhi Mela (a Sanskrit word meaning gathering, or to meet) is happening at the Saanich Fairgrounds, a Central Saa-nich venue tied directly to agricultural celebrations.

The free gathering at the fairgrounds represents the festival side of Vaisakhi, one of the most important cultural events of the year globally for members of the Sikh community – Hindus, Bud-dhists and Tamils also celebrate, but in slightly different ways. The festival also includes special prayer services and events at the gurdwaras (temples).

It’s primarily about family, says Serena Rai, a Victoria resident who has danced the traditional Indian bhangra style since she was five and performed often at such celebrations.

“We’re a close group. We all kind of

pull together and work well as a group in order to make it a fun event for every-body,” she says.

While the mela has plenty of out-ward cultural appeal, Rai, as part of the younger generation, also appreciates the efforts being made to maintain her eth-nic Indian heritage.

“It’s so important to look at what our elders are doing for us as a community,” she says of Vaisakhi-related events. “It makes me very proud to know my chil-dren (will be able to participate), as this is being passed from generation to gen-eration.”

Gordy Dodd, a well-known Greater Vic-toria merchant and president of the India Canada Cultural Association, noted that the marking of Vaisakhi can have many beneficial elements.

“(This) celebration is about sharing and family,” he said.

“I firmly believe that when a commu-nity gathers in sharing its food, culture, music, art and dance, then our whole community of Victoria gains a sense of tranquility, equality and belonging that is spiritually healing for all of us.”

The Vaisakhi Mela, running from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at 1528 Stelly’s X Rd. in Central Saanich, features a market, authentic Indian food stalls, henna tat-too applications and a variety of free chil-dren’s activities.

There will be outfit, food and decora-tion contests for attendees to take part in. From an entertainment standpoint, there will be various musical and dance performances and competitions, head-lined by members of the Apna Virsa

(translates to our cultural roots), which is billed as the region’s premier Punjabi arts and culture group.

According to Khushia Gill, the coach and leader of Apna Virsa, “Cultural dance knows no race, colour or ethnicity; only talent and passion.” and this groups remarkable energy and synergy symbol-izes this way of dance.

The ICCA is mandated to celebrate and raise awareness about the power, diversity and colour of India’s rich cul-ture. For more than 40 years, the soci-ety has worked towards creating bridges between the Indo-Canadian community in Greater Victoria and other cultural groups.

Getting there and backFor people wishing to attend Vaisakhi events in Saanichton but looking to avoid driving, transportation will be provided from various locations.n Vehicles will leave the Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple at 1210 Topaz Ave. at 11:30 a.m., noon and 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Departures from Saanich Commonwealth Place are at noon, 12:30, 2, 3 and 4 p.m.n Vehicles also leave Mayfair Centre from the Toys R Us entrance at noon, 1 and 2 p.m., while departures from Sizzling Tandoor at Uptown happen at 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.n Regular return times from the fairgrounds begin at 12:30 p.m. and run every 15 minutes starting at 4:30.

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Bollywood dance performances are among the entertainment planned for this Sunday’s Vaisakhi Mela happening at the Saanich Fairgrounds.


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