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City councillor inaccurate on how McPherson is runKendra WongVictoria News

The Royal and McPherson Theatres Society is throwing its support behind Victoria city council’s decision to ask other municipalities to fund the McPherson Playhouse.

During last week’s governance and priorities meeting, councillors Geoff Young and Ben Isitt brought forward a motion asking staff what would be required for the city to resume management of the playhouse.

According to the report, attendance has been declining and despite a $750,000 contribution by taxpayers, many local groups cannot afford to use the theatre and must find other space to perform.

“The thing that’s most worrisome to me about the Mac is the direction seems to be at best, stable and at worse, over long years, declining,” Young said. “The subsidy that we have now is vey high compared to the usage and the direction doesn’t seem one that is getting better.”

Council agreed to write to neighbouring municipalities of Saanich and Oak Bay asking if they’d be interested in funding the playhouse as well.

“I think it’s looking to align the use of the theatres per population with the funding of the theatre by population which is an appropriate thing to be asking,” said Byron Smith, board chair and president of the society.

He added they’ve also been looking into other funding models as part of their own strategic planning. “The motion that was passed was much more in line with the direction of our strategic plan in the long-run,” Smith said.

However, the society believes Young has drawn assumptions about how the theatre is run that are inaccurate. Currently, the playhouse (along with the Royal Theatre, which is owned by the CRD and funded by Victoria, Saanich and Oak Bay) is owned by the city and managed by the CRD and the society.

Refugee groups waiting for answersPamela RothVictoria News

Jean McRae is beginning to feel a little frustrated.

As thousands of Syrian refugees begin making their way to Canada, so far all she knows is that Victoria will receive 10 people who’ve been sponsored through private individuals or groups.

Working as the director of the Inter-Cultural Association of (ICA) Victoria, McRae is anxious to hear when and if the city will receive any government-assisted refugees so staff can have a

concrete plan. It’s a question she gets asked on a daily basis and one she’d like to have an answer for soon.

“I would like to be able to give you an answer,” she said. “But we won’t know of arrivals until basically once the approval is done, the transportation is arranged and we just get a notice. It can be anywhere from a couple of weeks to a few days.”

If the city does receive government-assisted refugees — who often have no family here and are selected on the basis of vulnerability — McRae figures they won’t be arriving until the new year.

But when and if they do come, McRae and her staff will be ready to help them settle into their new life in Canada — a process that isn’t always easy.

According to McRae, language is one of the biggest hurdles refugees have to overcome, depending on their education back home. Some have a low literacy rate and dropped out of school while others have medical degrees, but have never worked in an English speaking country.

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Adjusting to a culture that’s completely foreign is also a huge challenge. That’s where the association’s settlement workers enter the picture to explain what’s going on.

“We often see in the beginning they are fairly optimistic and they go through an adjustment where reality sets in and it’s very tough,” said McRae. “A lot of what we do is kind of normalizing that for people, helping understand that just because you are down about it right now doesn’t mean that’s going to last forever.”

Victoria hasn’t had a lot of refugees in recent years, noted McRae, but the association typically averages between 20 to 50 people a year. Its English program has more than 400 people in class each day and the settlement program has helped more than 1,000 people.

McRae is still surprised by the high volume of members from the community wanting to help refugees in any way possible.

For Rev. Bruce Bryant-Scott of St. Matthias Anglican Church, the response from the community has been overwhelming.

“Hundreds of people have come forward and we’re working with them. There’s been almost no trouble

raising the money,” he said, noting the number of refugees that are supposed to come to B.C. is well within the normal variance of the number of immigrants the province typically sees each year.

“I sometimes get the feeling that people are running around, thinking that this is going to result in huge stresses upon our communities. We’re talking about several dozen individuals coming to Greater Victoria over the next 12 or 18 months. I think we can handle that...I’d be surprised if the

average Victorian really even notices these people coming in.”

Like the ICA, the Anglican Diocese of B.C. is a sponsorship agreement holder, meaning it has signed sponsorship agreements with the federal government to help refugees settle in Canada.

Bryant-Scott receives emails from overseas refugees requesting help on a daily basis, but the focus has been on local refugees wanting to reunite with their family.

The church is currently involved with

two settlements on the Island — one Afghan family in Victoria and another Syrian family in Ladysmith, for a total of nine people. Another six applications have been submitted to government officials (10 of which are Syrian, nine from the Horn of Africa and two Iraqi) and five more are being prepared for 24 people (18 Syrians and five Iraqis).

Constituent groups — composed of at least five Canadian adults that are eligible to sponsor one or more refugees — are also growing throughout the

region and continue to receive tremendous support.

One of those groups is the Fairfield Refugee Sponsorship. The group of 16 citizens recently partnered with the ICA to bring a family of five to Victoria and had a goal of raising $55,000 to cover basic living and medical expenses plus flights.

Through numerous fundraisers, the group has since surpassed that goal to reach $75,000, so they’ve decided to sponsor a second family. A garden level apartment has

also been donated for the first family, along with the necessary furnishings.

“We’ve had a lot of people contact us offering to help out in various ways, whether it be helping with the family’s English or taking them to appointments or grocery shopping or looking after the kids,” said group member Julie Angus, who’s waiting to hear back from government officials on what the next step should be.

Through Facebook Messenger, she’s kept in touch with the family — her uncle, his wife and three children aged 10, 14, and 19, who are currently staying in a dangerous region in Turkey. Who the second family will be remains a mystery for now.

“They are very grateful to our group and to all Canadians that have made this happen,” she said. “They are very much looking forward to coming to Canada and starting a new life here. They’ve been living in limbo for so long. The kids will have such an amazing future. Where they are now, there really is no future.”

B.C. will be receiving 400 Syrian refugees by the end of 2015 and a further 1,500 by the end of February. So far, British Columbians have applied to privately sponsor about 220 Syrian refugees. [email protected]

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Rev’d Canon Bruce Bryant-Scott sits inside his church St. Matthias Anglican on Richmond Avenue. Bryant-Scott is also the refugee coordinator for the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia.

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Dog put down after vicious attack

Kendra WongVictoria News

It is a route that Victoria resident Lynda and her dog Baxter have walked numerous times in the past, but last week Gonzales Beach became the setting for Lynda’s worst nightmare.

Lynda, who did not want to give her last name, along with her eight-year-old labradoodle, a friend and her two poodle crosses, were walking along the beach, an off-leash area, last Tuesday afternoon.

As they were wrapping up their walk, a dog that Lynda described as a brindle shepherd cross came charging at them full-speed, grabbing onto Baxter’s neck.

“We just grabbed pieces of driftwood and starting beating on this dog, but he wouldn’t let go,” said the 77-year-old pet owner. “The snarling coming from the dog was horrible. I thought he was going to kill my dog right here on the beach.”

The dog eventually let go, running off towards the street. Lynda and her friend picked up their dogs and made their way towards the street. But near the 300-block of Foul Bay Road, the dog returned, this time attacking Ranger,

the smaller of the two poodle crosses.

The dog was bleeding profusely while the dog’s owner, Ruth was trying to protect the two dogs.

A good Samaritan who witnessed the attack jumped out of his truck and was able to grab a hold of the dog, leash it and lock it in his truck, while a neighbour called police and animal control.

“Something I’ll never forget is after the nice man who stopped and hauled the dog off, the dog was on the street panting and there was blood dripping from its tongue,” Lynda said. “It was such a horrible sight.”

Victoria police confirmed they attended the incident.

Baxter is currently under veterinary

care for the puncture wounds on his left flank, while Ranger had to undergo surgery and have his neck stitched up. The dog will need physiotherapy due to the amount of damage done to his neck.

According to Ian Fraser, senior animal

control officer with the City of Victoria, the roughly seven or eight-year-old cross-breed dog was in foster care for a couple of days before it escaped from a nearby home. The people looking after the animal searched, but where unable to find it.

Fraser wouldn’t comment on where the dog came from, but said it had a history of aggressive behaviour, also attacking another dog on a beach in 2012.

“It’s interesting that the incident in 2012 occurred on a beach and the incidents started on a beach. Maybe there’s some sort of connection to that, but we’ll never know,” he speculated.

The dog has since been put down. [email protected]

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Unlike the Belfry Theatre that has a subscription audience, the McPherson has no subscriptions, with less than 15 per cent of audience members attending more than once a

year. Smith said it is difficult to

pinpoint attendance numbers, since the last few years there have been renovations, that closed the facility for several months. Other groups also use the theatre in the summer.

“The Mac is really important in the arts community, I believe, because it plays this role of an incubator,” said Smith, adding for profit and not-for-profit groups, and organizations also put on performances at the

playhouse. “It’s this nice size theatre

where it can allow arts groups to grow. Pacific Opera started in the Mac and it grew to a point where its audiences were large enough that it moved to the Royal.”

The playhouse serves roughly 25,000 people, employs 150 people on a full and part-time basis, and will host 50 productions from 50 different producers this year.

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Big dreams can come true

In the newspaper business, we frequently come across musicians hoping to get their big break and rise to fame and fortune. But becoming a house hold name in the music industry is like winning the lottery.

Some musicians have big dreams of one day performing at famous music venues like Carnegie Hall in New York or the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Instead of waiting to win the lottery or receiving an invite to perform, former Victoria resident and singer Ken Lavigne decided to make his dreams come true on his own dime.

With the help of fundraising efforts by the community to help cover some of the $250,000 cost to rent the hall and pay for an orchestra, Lavigne walked onto the stage of Carnegie Hall and fulfilled his dream of performing at the legendary music venue. Even though this moment occurred six years ago, it continues to be an inspiring story as Lavigne chases his next dream of performing at the Sydney Opera House, even though the cost is three times more than Carnegie Hall.

People like Lavigne are an inspiration to those who believe their dreams are out of reach. Most people would never get passed the thought of “some day I’d like to perform at Carnegie Hall” or even think about what they could do to turn that thought into a reality.

We all have personal goals we want to achieve and dreams that may seem too far fetched to ever come true. But Lavigne’s story sends a strong message to never give up on your dreams and look for ways to turn them into a reality.

Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick has released the latest update to the B.C. Liberal government’s “strategic growth plan” for farm and food products.

After reporting a record $12.3 billion in total agriculture and agri-food sales in B.C. for 2014, the latest plan sets a new goal of increasing it to $15 billion by 2020.

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The ministry intends to hire its first expert in food and beverage production. It’s a reflection of the fact that fully 70 per cent of that $12.3 billion comes from food and beverage processing. This continues the government’s push to improve economic viability of farms by allowing more food product manufacturing and sales on Agricultural Land Reserve property.

Letnick says another key strategy is to improve access to irrigation. B.C. has 20,000 farm operations, a number that’s holding steady even as the average age of farmers increases.

Opposition MLAs formed their own agriculture committee to tour the province over the past year, chaired by NDP agriculture critic Lana Popham and independent Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington. Their report speaks to

some of the issues not discussed by the government.

One of those is foreign purchase of farmland, a matter subject to regulation in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba but not B.C.

Properties have also been purchased to grow hay for export to Asia, and Huntington says she continues to hear of costly farmland in Delta and Surrey being bought at prices long-established farm families can’t afford.

We’ve seen a British food and drug conglomerate buy up B.C. Interior farms to plant trees for carbon offsets, a project that was wound down after local protests. Popham and Huntington are calling for a systematic inventory of foreign purchases, to

determine if regulation is needed here as climate change shifts growing patterns.

Popham argues that with California enduring years of drought, B.C. can’t continue to depend on imports for more than half its food.

“We have countries that are actively seeking food producing land, because their countries are having difficulties producing under drought conditions,” Popham said. “So before we know it, our farmland could be bought up by other countries that are actively and smartly trying to ensure their own food security.”

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government’s decision to split the Agricultural Land Reserve into two zones, with more latitude for non-farm activities outside the southwest and Okanagan.

But we’re starting to see signs of the new system of regional Agricultural Land Commission panels working with local governments.

The Langley Times reports that the Township of Langley quietly signed a deal with the ALC in July to allow development of farmland near the Aldergrove border crossing and Langley airport.

The agreement says there is a need for a “defensible and durable urban/ALR edge.” If you think everyone loves farming, you’ve likely never lived on this “urban/ALR edge.”

The latest example is on Vancouver Island, where urban neighbours are protesting an established farmer’s decision to clear a forested property for hay growing.

The farmer has been forced to erect a chain-link fence to keep out trespassers who have decided the property is a park that they can use when they like.

The mayors of Saanich and View Royal seem more concerned with appeasing urban complainers than protecting the right to farm. They are being pressed to buy up idle ALR land to soothe urban voters repelled by logging and farming.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Emaill: [email protected], Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

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Ken Lavigne brings vintage variety show to VictoriaPamela RothVictoria News

Walking up to the stage to perform at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Ken Lavigne was bubbling with joy, yet felt sick to his stomach.

Performing at the famous concert venue had been a lifelong dream, even though he had to pay his own way to get there.

A few things stand out that day six years ago for the 41-year-old former Victoria resident, who now lives in Chemainus with his wife and three children. It felt like an incredibly long walk past the

New York Pops orchestra to the stage either for his execution or a big party, he recalls. He also took a moment to soak it all in.

“I sort of stepped out of that moment of the song and thought, you have to hang onto this, no matter what you need to remember this moment because it’s never going to happen again,” said Lavigne, who’ll be performing in Victoria Dec. 10.

“There’s something about that particular hall...you just feel the energy pulsing through you.”

Even though his family wasn’t musical, Lavigne loved to sing as a young child. At nine years old, he performed in the VOS

production of Oliver. It was an experience that opened his eyes to the world of singing and dancing, and a place he felt he belonged.

Eventually, Lavigne fell in love with classical singing and music, and set his sights on becoming an opera singer, enrolling in the music program at the University of Victoria. It didn’t take long for his professional career to take off, and in 2004, Lavigne was recruited by an instructor at the Victoria Conservatory of Music to join a singing trio called the Canadian Tenors.

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When the opportunity came along to be part of the group, Lavigne said it seemed like a natural progression, but he was worried about their debut and whether it would even fly.

“We were sort of feeling like we were inventing everything as we went along and didn’t necessarily know if what we had was something that would be really valued, but it turns out it was,” said Lavigne, who was the first to leave the group and venture out as a solo artist to pursue other opportunities.

“Within that particular group, we were living really hand to mouth and didn’t know what was going to be coming next. It was not necessarily an easy existence.”

One of those opportunities was fulfilling a lifelong dream of performing on one of the world’s greatest concert stages — Carnegie Hall. Nobody was asking him to perform, so Lavigne decided to make it happen himself. Soon,

community members got on board fundraising to help with the staggering cost of $250,000 to rent the hall and pay for an orchestra. The tipping point, said Lavigne, was that the community also purchased his albums.

“The best way to support our local artists is by helping them out with buying some of their albums,” he said.

Despite performing for big names such as Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth and David Foster, Lavigne still has big dreams he plans to reach by making his own path. One of those dreams is to perform at the Sydney Opera House, which he also aims to do on his own, even though the cost is three times more than Carnegie Hall.

This time, however, he’s caught the interest of Detroit Public Television, which could film and air the show for viewers across Canada and the U.S. The network would also sell DVDs and CDs from the show. The project, however, has run into a few road blocks and will take more time than Lavigne originally

anticipated. In the mean time, Lavigne’s

next venture is to record an album of his original songs and continue performing regularly across Canada and the United States, including Victoria where he’s always a big hit.

His latest Christmas show, Old Time Radio Roadshow, is a nostalgic look at the vintage variety radio shows of the 1940s. He’ll also play host to the tight harmonies of special guests, the Company “B” Vocal Trio.

Even though it’s not Carnegie Hall, Lavigne admits he still gets butterflies before he steps on stage.

“In a live theatre, you’re not sure what’s going to happen,” said Lavigne. “It’s a little bit of a high wire act, playing to an audience. Despite your plans, sometimes things can go sideways.”

The Old Time Radio Roadshow rolls into Victoria Dec. 10 at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall. For tickets call 250-386-6121 or 1-888-717-6121.

[email protected]

Singer still chasing big dreamsContinued from Page A7

In celebration of the 30 annual Celebrate A Life, Victoria Hospice has launched an online platform that provides individuals and families a new and unique way to remember their loved ones during the holiday season.

The public can now visit CelebrateALifeVictoria.ca to hang a special, personalized tribute ornament on the new virtual tree. The website allows people to write a personalized message in memory of a loved

one, share their tribute through social media, search for tributes and read through the touching messages left by others.

The long-time tradition of hosting the Celebrate A Life display will continue at Hillside

Centre from Dec. 1 to 13.Everyone is

welcome to attend the Celebrate A Life non-denominational memorial service on Sunday, Dec. 13 at the University of Victoria Interfaith Chapel from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Hospice launches online tribute page


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When the opportunity came along to be part of the group, Lavigne said it seemed like a natural progression, but he was worried about their debut and whether it would even fly.

“We were sort of feeling like we were inventing everything as we went along and didn’t necessarily know if what we had was something that would be really valued, but it turns out it was,” said Lavigne, who was the first to leave the group and venture out as a solo artist to pursue other opportunities.

“Within that particular group, we were living really hand to mouth and didn’t know what was going to be coming next. It was not necessarily an easy existence.”

One of those opportunities was fulfilling a lifelong dream of performing on one of the world’s greatest concert stages — Carnegie Hall. Nobody was asking him to perform, so Lavigne decided to make it happen himself. Soon,

community members got on board fundraising to help with the staggering cost of $250,000 to rent the hall and pay for an orchestra. The tipping point, said Lavigne, was that the community also purchased his albums.

“The best way to support our local artists is by helping them out with buying some of their albums,” he said.

Despite performing for big names such as Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth and David Foster, Lavigne still has big dreams he plans to reach by making his own path. One of those dreams is to perform at the Sydney Opera House, which he also aims to do on his own, even though the cost is three times more than Carnegie Hall.

This time, however, he’s caught the interest of Detroit Public Television, which could film and air the show for viewers across Canada and the U.S. The network would also sell DVDs and CDs from the show. The project, however, has run into a few road blocks and will take more time than Lavigne originally

anticipated. In the mean time, Lavigne’s

next venture is to record an album of his original songs and continue performing regularly across Canada and the United States, including Victoria where he’s always a big hit.

His latest Christmas show, Old Time Radio Roadshow, is a nostalgic look at the vintage variety radio shows of the 1940s. He’ll also play host to the tight harmonies of special guests, the Company “B” Vocal Trio.

Even though it’s not Carnegie Hall, Lavigne admits he still gets butterflies before he steps on stage.

“In a live theatre, you’re not sure what’s going to happen,” said Lavigne. “It’s a little bit of a high wire act, playing to an audience. Despite your plans, sometimes things can go sideways.”

The Old Time Radio Roadshow rolls into Victoria Dec. 10 at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall. For tickets call 250-386-6121 or 1-888-717-6121.

[email protected]

Singer still chasing big dreamsContinued from Page A7

In celebration of the 30 annual Celebrate A Life, Victoria Hospice has launched an online platform that provides individuals and families a new and unique way to remember their loved ones during the holiday season.

The public can now visit CelebrateALifeVictoria.ca to hang a special, personalized tribute ornament on the new virtual tree. The website allows people to write a personalized message in memory of a loved

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The long-time tradition of hosting the Celebrate A Life display will continue at Hillside

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Hospice launches online tribute page


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More consultation needed for downtown bus precinct

More public consultation needs to be done to find out the impacts of having a new bus precinct outside of Crystal Gardens downtown.

City council was cautious of giving B.C. Transit the thumbs up to build the terminal on the east side of the 700-block of Douglas Street, which would include reconstructing the northwest corner at the Douglas and Superior streets intersection and

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On July 15, 2014, Graeme McCreath, who is legally blind, was having dinner at Earls in downtown Victo-ria. At the end of the night, a friend called him a taxi, however, when it arrived, the driver refused to pick up McCreath and his five-year-old German Shepherd guide dog, Adrienne.

The driver, who works for Victoria Taxi, claimed he had an allergy and shortly after

flagged down another taxi, who drove McCreath and Adrienne home.

“He never apologized, never wrote a letter, never said anything,” said McCreath, who has experi-enced similar situations with taxi drivers in the past. “It's rampant.”

He filed a complaint with the human rights tribunal, claiming discrimination and that the driver was not aller-gic to the dog, but was afraid of it.

Taxi drivers are required to file a certificate with their employer signed by a doc-tor, saying they are allergic to animals in order to exempt them from transporting them. The certificate is kept on file and is required to be renewed annually.

The driver's doctor's note was dated Dec. 14, 2014, five months after the incident.

But in October, the tribunal ruled in favour of the driver, claiming he could have been

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case makes it clear that they don't understand disability,” she said, noting there have been two cases concerning guide dogs and taxis, both of which went against the guide dog user. “What the tribunal has done is make it possible for taxi drivers to decide that they don't want to transport guide dogs. All they have to do to make it stick is after the fact walk into a clinic and get any kind of doctors note.”

McCreath is filing for a judicial review.

Victoria man challenging human rights tribunal ruling over guide dog discrimination

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are among the most expensive in the coun-try.

Ministry of Justice inspectors will also be authorized to issue violation tickets rang-ing from $50 to $250, after information and education.

However, Gabias and McCreath agreed, more needs to be done.

“The way they're publicizing it is that they're encouraging businesses to ask

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nobody says show me your drivers licence so I know you have a right to be here.” [email protected]

New laws require businesses, taxis to take certified guide dogsContinued from Page A10

Allison Davidson, a puppy breeder and caretaker, shows off Glinda, a nine-week old golden lab at the legislature. Last week, the provincial government introduced new laws requiring business, taxis and restaurants to allow certified guide dogs in the establishments.

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A Victoria resident is chal-lenging a ruling by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, after a local taxi company alleg-edly discriminated against him by refusing to transport him and his guide dog.

On July 15, 2014, Graeme McCreath, who is legally blind, was having dinner at Earls in downtown Victo-ria. At the end of the night, a friend called him a taxi, however, when it arrived, the driver refused to pick up McCreath and his five-year-old German Shepherd guide dog, Adrienne.

The driver, who works for Victoria Taxi, claimed he had an allergy and shortly after

flagged down another taxi, who drove McCreath and Adrienne home.

“He never apologized, never wrote a letter, never said anything,” said McCreath, who has experi-enced similar situations with taxi drivers in the past. “It's rampant.”

He filed a complaint with the human rights tribunal, claiming discrimination and that the driver was not aller-gic to the dog, but was afraid of it.

Taxi drivers are required to file a certificate with their employer signed by a doc-tor, saying they are allergic to animals in order to exempt them from transporting them. The certificate is kept on file and is required to be renewed annually.

The driver's doctor's note was dated Dec. 14, 2014, five months after the incident.

But in October, the tribunal ruled in favour of the driver, claiming he could have been

allergic to dogs without hav-ing a doctors note.

“I have found that Mr. McCreath was accommo-dated in another taxi almost immediately and that, more generally, the exception policy strikes a reasonable balance,” said tribunal mem-ber Jacqueline Beltgens, in the ruling. “Also, the sugges-tion of requiring a driver to take allergy medications, or at the very extreme, refusing to hire a driver who cannot transport animals because of a medical conditions, is untenable, and would not constitute reasonable accom-modation.”

But Mary Ellen Gabias, president of the Canadian Federation of the Blind, said there's no proof the driver had allergies in the first place.

“The human rights tribu-nal does not understand. They may be good at other types of discrimination but clearly the ruling on this

case makes it clear that they don't understand disability,” she said, noting there have been two cases concerning guide dogs and taxis, both of which went against the guide dog user. “What the tribunal has done is make it possible for taxi drivers to decide that they don't want to transport guide dogs. All they have to do to make it stick is after the fact walk into a clinic and get any kind of doctors note.”

McCreath is filing for a judicial review.

Victoria man challenging human rights tribunal ruling over guide dog discrimination

“What the tribunal has done is make it possible for taxi drivers to decide that they don’t want to transport guide dogs.”

— Mary Ellen Gabias

PLEASE SEE: New laws, Page A11

New law not enough says federation of the blind


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During Mason Jennings' first experience with the Jam Masters Public Speak-ing and Leadership Gavel Club, he ran out of the room because he was too afraid to speak.

The then 11-year-old Victoria resident had been home-schooled until that point and was terrified of speaking in front of people.

“I had a hard time speak-ing in front of four to five people,” Jennings said. “I would mess up my words,

I would get nervous, I couldn't really speak.”

Despite a terrifying first ordeal, he gave it some thought and decided to return to the club the fol-lowing week — this time, he didn't run out of the room.

“It was the desire for public speaking,” Jennings said about why he came back. “In our world, you have to talk to people. I thought it was a good idea to start those skills when I was younger and build on it the rest of your life.”

Five years later, the now 16-year-old is the president of the club and helps facili-tate the weekly meetings.

He is also more confident speaking in school, where

he is a student rep, making presentations to the board of education about educa-tion problems.

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lic Speaking and Leader-ship Gavel Club is a junior version of toastmasters that runs year-round and encourages participants

to overcome their fears of public speaking. Every Fri-day, roughly 20 to 30 kids between the ages of seven to 17 meet and make volun-tary speeches on anything from the history of apples to their favourite toy and things they read about. They have impromptu speech competitions as well.

Fred Jones, the facilitator, said the club allows youth to work together.

“If they play sports, eight-year-olds and 16-year-olds cannot play together, it doesn't work. The same is true of many things; in school, you're in a class-room,” Jones said. “Here eight-year-olds and 16-year-olds collaborate. That

diversity is very important . . . There's a lot of ability for leadership and commu-nication.”

The club is hosting a special year-end two-hour meeting open all parents and children on Friday, Dec. 11.

Children will be asked to come with a three-minute prepared speech about what was important, inter-esting and enjoyable to them about life in the gavel club and what they want to work towards next year. People will also be able to enjoy food from the 13 countries that members represent.

The club will start up again in January. [email protected]

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As hard as it's been living a life on the streets, Karen Mont-grand can almost imag-ine doing it again.

Since March, Mont-grand has been a resi-

dent in Cool Aid Soci-ety's Olympic Vista, a supported housing unit with 36 suites dedicated to seniors (55-plus) at risk of homelessness, on Carey Road in Saa-nich.

She arrived follow-ing a hospital stay from

which doctors refused to release her back on the street.

“I miss living outside,” said Montgrand, who loves Olympic Vista and its community of residents and staff. “I have to stay away from that. If I move back out,

I return to the hard life.”Photos of family and

friends are in Mont-grand's suite, along with a comfortable couch she hopes to one day upgrade.

Last week, Mont-grand was visited by renowned Housing First pioneer Dr. Sam Tsem-beris, who founded Pathways Housing First in New York City 23 years ago. Tsemberis came to host a public presentation and work-shop on his Pathways to Housing approach at Victoria City Hall. He was joined by Krista Loughton, a local vid-

eographer who pro-duced and directed the documentary Us and Them, being released this month.

The movie follows Montgrand's life and the lives of three others on the streets of Victo-ria from 2006 to 2013.

Montgrand has seen excerpts of the film and said she doesn't like seeing it.

“I watched it and I come away thinking [Montgrand] knows what she's doing, she knows her stuff,” Tsem-beris said. “I understand if Montrgand doesn't like it, but it shows a lot

of strength and know how. It's hard to survive [on the streets], she's a survivor.”

Us and Them's importance in breaking down barriers is incom-parable at a time when Victoria's mayor and council are leading the region in seeking addi-tional solutions to the physical and economi-cal costs of homeless-ness, said Loughton.

The fact that an ongo-ing tent city has been erected on the grounds of Victoria's courthouse on Burdett Avenue is merely serendipitous, said Cool Aid Soci-

ety's executive director Kathy Stinson.

“It just shows we need more housing,” said Stinson, who's campaigning for Cool Aid to add another 360 housing units in Greater Victoria. “Cases like [Montrand's] could be dealt with in a mat-ter of one to two weeks [instead of two to three months, or more].”

Us and Them will be screened for the public at The Vic Theatre (808 Douglas St.) on Dec. 9. Admission is $10, doors open at 6:30 p.m for the 7 p.m. screening.

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When Victoria Roy-als defenseman Joe Hicketts attended the Canadian junior selec-tion camp last Decem-ber, he was admittedly anxious. This year, the gold medal veteran will bring confidence and leadership when he returns to winter camp.

The 19-year old Kam-loops native will join 29 other Canadian junior hockey players at the winter selection camp held in Etobicoke, Ont. from Dec. 10 to 14. Hicketts is one of three returning players from last year’s gold medal winning team and will look to guide the younger players through camp.

“As a second year player, it’s about shar-ing that experience

and relaying informa-tion to the younger guys,” Hicketts said.

Royals coach Dave Lowry will join Hick-etts as the team’s head coach. Lowry was the assistant coach on last year’s national junior team and said Hicketts’ experience will be vital to the team.

“He is one of the few returning players that has won,” Lowry said. “His responsibility now is to make sure that everybody is aware of the challenges that lie ahead.”

Although the team won’t be announced until after camp, bar-ring injury, Hicketts is a lock to make the team. He said any chance to wear the red and white at the World Juniors is an amazing feeling.

As of Monday, the Royals sat second in the WHL‘s B.C. divi-

sion, trailing the Kelowna Rockets by three points. Lowry said balancing his coaching responsibili-ties between the Roy-als and the national team requires good time management and a strong support staff.

“I’ve been fortunate that my bosses have given me the opportu-nity to travel to watch other games and really dive in 100 per cent because they know that my commitment here is 100 per cent as well,” Lowry said.

For the next 30 days, the priority for Hick-etts and Lowry will be keeping the world junior title in Canada. The tournament starts on Boxing Day and takes place in Helsinki, Finland.

With only three returning players com-ing to camp, team chemistry is an obvi-ous hurdle. Hicketts said team culture and discipline are vital if they plan on topping the podium again.

“It’s definitely a chal-lenge. These guys are all stars on their respec-tive club teams,” Hick-etts said. “But that’s how winning teams are built—bring the best players together and have everyone buy in.”

Hicketts is excited to get on the ice with some familiar faces and start the process.

“I’m just looking for-ward to seeing all the guys again and work-ing toward building a championship team,” he said.

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ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

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CARPENTRY

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ELECTRICAL

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FENCING

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

GARDENING

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HANDYPERSONS

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HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

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

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PAINTING

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

HIGH QUALITY and FAST. Professional Painting. $20./hr. Free est. Glenn 778-967-3607.

OLD TIMER. Quality old fash-ioned service. Great rates. Ex-cellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

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WINDOW CLEANING

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