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Mayors talk A-word with the province Victoria and Esquimalt mayors met with Minister Coralee Oakes to talk amalgamation last weekKendra WongVictoria News

Victoria and Esquimalt mayors took a step closer to the possibility of amalgamating municipalities in Greater Victoria last week.

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps and Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins met with Coralee Oakes, the minister of community, sport and cultural development, to discuss the idea of amalgamating the municipalities of Victoria, Esquimalt, Oak Bay and Saanich on July 14.

“It was a dialogue, it was awesome. We passed ideas back and forth,” said Helps.

“Ditch the word amalgamation and let’s talk about a regional governance review because if we’re talking just about amalgamation, we’re talking about the municipalities, we’re not looking at the [Capital Regional District].”

Helps stressed the idea of a regional governance review that needs to be done in collaboration with all 13 municipalities. She hopes the study will look at water, parks, transit, resource recovery, waste collection, fire and police and how to best integrate those services.

“I don’t just want to know if it’s going to cost more or less if Victoria, Saanich, Oak Bay and Esquimalt amalgamate. Simple data like that, that’s not going to really help us make a decision,” said Helps, noting that the Greater Victoria Public Library board is a good example of a regional board that works.

“Cost is only one factor. I’m interested in quality of life and well-being and how we can best organize governance in the region to support those things.”

Desjardins said it was a “positive meeting” with the minister, but hopes to have further discussions with residents about the issue.

PlEASE SEE: Esquimalt looking to hear from residents, Page A8

Kendra Wong/Victoria News

An artistic performance Saskatchewan’s Renée Sigouin performs Graft, during the Strange Creatures-themed night of the 18th annual Romp! Festival of Independent Dance in Centennial Square Saturday. Dance artists from Victoria, Vancouver and California performed during the three-day event.

“Ditch the word amalgamation and let’s

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- Victoria Mayor lisa Helps

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A local choreographer is soaring to new heights with an original performance that will hit one of the largest stages at the Pan Am Games this week.

Victoria resident Sven Johansson, 91, is working as an aerial choreographer on a show called The Thirst for Love and Water. The aquatic-themed piece is about a woman, searching for love who brings six men from different time periods into her world. Through a series of nine scenes, the six men compete for her love.

“They all arrive in her universe at the same time competing for her affections as she tries to find out which one will be her heart’s desire,” said Derek Aasland, artistic producer with Cinetic Creations, who was commissioned by Pan Am Games organizers to create the performance.

“All of the themes correlate directly with love and water and with the basic necessities of life and play very

strongly on our innate competition for these things.”

It is a fusion of acrobatics, modern dance and aerial units that will be performed in the Reflecting Pool at Nathan Phillips Square in downtown Toronto. Enter Johansson.

Johansson, who is also the artistic director of Discovery Dance in Victoria, developed a unique form called ES dance which involves a fulcrum, a 21-foot pole with a counter balance and harness to hold a dancer and a wheel with an operator.

“The operator can place the dancer gravity free up to 16 feet in the air and then of course the dancer can dance in all positions they are put,” said Johansson. “We’ll be in water and I think this is the first time in history when dancers free of gravity can dance in water.”

In the piece for the Games, 10 dancers will be performing in the

Reflecting Pool, which is 200 feet by 100 feet with about seven inches of water, and on a circus stage that has been custom-built.

“This specific choreography has been adjusted to The Thirst for Love and Water,” said Johansson. “There are so many enormous possibilities that you cannot have without the dance instruments.”

Aasland said Johansson’s instruments add a new dimension to the show.

“Bringing Discovery Dance into the fold was a great way

to bring a very unique circus apparatus and the dance apparatus into a large venue format where they would be able to show off their full compass of motion being outside and in the water,” said Aasland, adding he expects the performance will draw anywhere from 15,000 to 25,000 people.

The Thirst for Love and Water will be performed at the reflecting pool at Nathan Phillips Square from July 21-25.

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The Maritime Museum of B.C. may have an opportunity to stay local and return to its original home in Esquimalt, says Mayor Barb Desjardins.

Desjardins said the township is interested in starting discussions with the Maritime Museum of B.C. Society Board to bring the currently homeless collection back to the place it was born.

“It has a lot of opportunity when you think of combining the maritime museum and the military museum. There’s a lot of opportunity for that kind of facility in Esquimalt,” she said.

“We are a maritime community, we have the navy and we have the First Nations history as well. It would be a fit with Esquimalt and we’re not far away from Victoria and we’re well connected to tourists. It seems to make sense to me.”

Municipal archivist Gregory Evans said the museum originally opened its doors in Esquimalt in 1957 where it stayed for roughly seven to eight years before moving to Bastion Square in the mid 1960s.

“It was opened by the navy so that artifacts that were important to both the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy could be saved and displayed somewhere, so they set up in that building that was a married officer’s quarters,” he said.

Desjardins started the process of bringing the museum back before it set up shop in the Steamship Terminal.

“In the past, we’ve had some preliminary discussions — that was before they opted to go to the Steamship building. Since that has now fallen through and they’re looking for another building, certainly we would be open to having discussions,” she said.

The next step is to set up a meeting with the museum board to see if they’re interested, something board chair Clay Evans said they’re open to doing.

“We are willing to consider all viable options, particularly if they are on Victoria’s Harbour,” said Evans, noting that with limited staff, they are focused on moving the rest of the collection to a space on Seymour Street and setting up the new office in the Inner Harbour.

“We have had a multitude of enquiries from other municipalities, from property owners and agents as well as suggestions for alternative approaches such as ex B.C. Ferry and RCN vessels. … As it stands we are reviewing options but have not seen any that are viable enough to provide the museum with a successful venue and keep the entire collection together.”

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Aerial choreographer soars at Pan Am Games

Esquimalt bids to house maritime museum

Barb Desjardins

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Sven Johansson, left, works with operator Scott Craig to belt dancer Ashley St. John into the dance instrument at rehearsal for their show at Panamania.

“This is the first time in history when dancers free of gravity can dance in water.”

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The Victoria Police Department is search-ing for witnesses in the sudden death of a 19-month-old toddler over the weekend.

On Saturday, July 18, officers were called to Hotel Zed in the 3100-block of Douglas Street at approximately 4 a.m. with reports of a woman screaming.

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The VicPD, the Van-couver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit, and the B.C. Coroners Ser-vice are looking for wit-nesses to an event that occurred on Friday, July 17 that may be related.

Officers were called to Clover Point, near Dallas Road on Friday afternoon by a citizen who was concerned

about loud praying and the actions of an adult female who had a three-year-old girl and the now deceased toddler with her.

Police spoke to the woman, children and the caller and are now hoping to talk to any other witnesses of this event.

If you were at Clo-ver Point near Dallas Road and witnessed the event, call the VicPD’s non-emergency line at 250-995-7654.

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City looking for local artistsStairwells in Bastion

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The City of Victoria is inviting artists and artist teams to submit to a local juried com-petition to create new public artwork to beau-tify and enhance the

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The Bastion Square parkade public art will be featured at the six-floor stairwell that connects to Bas-

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Submissions can be emailed to [email protected] or by mail before Monday (July 27) at 4:30 p.m.


Recycling and composting options are now available downtown, with the introduction of new waste bins with separate areas for recyclables, food waste and garbage. The new bins make it easy to sort waste and help keep items that can be recycled or composted from being sent to the landfill.

Building on the success of household organics and recycling programs, the new public waste bins collect containers, bottles, paper and food waste, in a user-friendly way that reflects how residents already separate their waste at home. Currently, only single purpose garbage cans are in place on city streets.

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introduced in high-traffic areas throughout the downtown on a trial basis, and will remain in place until October. Throughout the season, the volume, type of materials collected and the effectiveness of the instructions in avoiding cross-contamination of materials, will be measured. Recommendations will then be made on whether to expand the program in 2016.

The bins are being placed in the following in strategic, high-traffic areas including nine along Government Street between Fort Street and Wharf Street; four at the intersection of Blanshard Street and Fort Street; two near the entrance to Chinatown; and one along the Dallas Waterfront Road Trail near Cook Street.

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Victoria’s fossil fuel divestment movement is picking up steam.

A rally is being planned outside City Hall just before the council meeting this Thursday (July 23) to urge city councillors to vote in favour of the city’s first motion on fossil fuel divestment.

“We want to show that Victoria residents care about climate change, about stopping investing in climate

change and we want to put pressure on city council, not only to vote yes for this first motion, but to continue to take the next steps toward full fossil fuel divestment,” said Laurel Collins, an organizer with Divest Victoria, an independent activist group that is planning the rally.

“This is a movement that is growing, it’s really in its infancy in Canada and we’re on the cutting edge of it.”

The motion, which

passed 8-1 during last week’s governance and priorities meeting, would see council appeal to the Municipal Finance Authority (MFA), the Municipal Pension Plan, the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) and the provincial government to explore mechanisms for municipalities to divest from fossil fuels.

Coun. Jeremy Loveday voted in support of the motion.

“Victoria has progressive and social and environmental

policies and I think it’s time that we put our money where our mouth is,” said Loveday. “Climate change is one of the most important issues facing the world and our city and I think it’s time to start this conversation and start taking action in all the ways that we can.”

Last month, the Township of Esquimalt passed a similar motion asking for the finance authority to divest from fossil fuels, create a plan to do so

and show what the township’s current investments in fossil fuels are.

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No sooner did the smoke covering our skies dissipate, we had our first rain in weeks, and the sun returned to blazing glory over the weekend, it’s now predicted to remain more seasonal.

The implications of the recent weather are very real. Climate change is unique, and the effect will greet each region with different results.

Vancouver Island, some believe, will be a couple degrees warmer, and considerably drier, though to what extent is unknown.

Earlier this year, the News published a story about local research scientist Kendrick Brown of the Canadian Forest Service.

Brown isn’t predicting a hotter climate on the Vancouver Island, including Greater Victoria. But others are, with models suggesting temperatures in southern B.C. may increase 2 to 3 degrees Celsius by 2100.

And because of that, Brown and his team have been commissioned by the Capital Regional District to build a report on what he’s learned about the past climate in our region, as paleoclimate indicators suggest the early Holocene (11,700 to 7,000 years ago) was warmer and drier compared to present-day, perhaps something like our future.

Ergo, the early Holocene period can likely tell us what to expect – one element of which are increased instances of wild fire. Brown’s current focus is on sediment cores collected from the Greater Victoria Water Supply Area, including the Sooke Lake Reservoir. And the samples from more than 7,000 years ago do in fact yield evidence of fire.

There have been more than 1,100 wild fires in B.C. this year with nearly 300,000 hectares of land burned. Are future generations of South Islanders destined to live in a fire-prone region? Not quite. But fire disturbance is already increasing in B.C.

It’s good to know the CRD is at least wondering, if not planning, how it can protect our precious water supply against this risk.

Hazy, lazy crazy days of summer

Gosh it is hard to think about an upcoming national election while in the midst of summer.

With so many things to see and do, summer trips, barbecues and parties, the beach and reunions, it is the furthest thing from our minds. However, some of us might find that we have more time on our hands – an excellent opportunity to ask our local MPs about their party’s platform. I, for one, want to know which party will commit to getting us closer to the goal of .7 per cent of gross national income (GNI) for international aid spending. Please note that .7 per cent is less than 1 per cent! Can we not find it in our hearts and in our pockets to give those less fortunate a hand-up? Our aid contributions stand at just 0.24 per cent of GNI, and have dropped from $5.65 billion in 2012, to $5 billion in 2013, to $4.2 billion in 2014.

Meanwhile, the UK has passed a bill that enshrines in law its commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of its GNI on aid every year, making it the first G7 country to meet the UN’s 45-year-old aid spending target. In 2013, only five other countries – Sweden, Norway, Luxembourg, Denmark and the United Arab Emirates – had met or exceeded the 0.7 per cent aid spending target. The Netherlands had consistently met the target, but fell short in 2013.

Canada must prioritize international development by

committing to increasing our aid spending to .7 per cent of our Gross National Income by the year 2020.

C’mon, pull yourself away from the barbecue or hammock for just a few minutes, or maybe an hour and do a little research so that you are armed for that fall election. Better yet, let your MP know your thoughts while he or she is home enjoying those hazy, lazy crazy days of summer!

Connie LebeauVictoria

Canada Revenue Agency hot on offshore tax evasion

I am responding to the article by Jim Bronskill from the Canadian Press, concerning the amount of tax debt determined by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to be uncollectable (vicnews.com July 13) .

Here are the facts: When a tax debt is written off, it is not because the CRA does not have the resources to collect the debt. Rather it is because there is no reasonable prospect of recovery, or the amount is uncollectable due to the expiration of the legal limitation period to collect, or the debtor is insolvent.

For perspective: in fiscal year 2013-2014, the Agency collected a total of $330.9 billion in taxes and other revenues such as Employment Insurance premiums, Canada Pension Plan contributions, interest and penalties. The amount written off -— $3.4 billion —

represents only one per cent of the total tax collected. Even when an account is written off, it may remain collectable and the taxpayer’s obligation to pay may not be eliminated. The CRA has the right to collect the debt in the future if the taxpayer is located or their financial situation improves.

Further, the CRA’s actions to address offshore tax evasion have never been more substantial. Most recently, Economic Action Plan (EAP) 2015 invested an additional $58.2 million for tax avoidance by large and complex entities, and an additional $25.3 million to address offshore non-compliance. Because of these efforts we are seeing results. The dramatic increase in taxpayer submissions to the CRA’s Voluntary Disclosures Program (VDP) indicates that Canadians are aware of the CRA’s focus on detecting and deterring offshore non-compliance.

More than 5,000 disclosures related to offshore activities were received by the CRA from April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014, leading to the identification of $303 million in unreported income. Compare that to fiscal year 2014-15, where that number rose to 10,188 disclosures and $708 million in identified unreported income.

This is millions of dollars that, as a result of concerted government action, is now being collected and returned to Canada’s revenue base.

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Referendum clear on amalgamation

Re: Victoria, Esquimalt mayors take initial steps towards Victoria area-wide amalgamation (Vicnews.com, July 17).

Unless she was misquoted, it’s curious indeed that the Esquimalt Mayor remains uncertain about the results of the referendum where 67 per cent of Esquimalt voters endorsed trimming the number of CRD municipalities and 87 per cent approved sharing more municipal

services. These were questions that this mayor personally formulated with the (then) council in the lead up to the last municipal election. Now it isn’t a priority for her or her council members, she says.

Regardless, economic development is her new priority. The OECD reports that municipal fragmentation results in degraded economic performance; both the Greater Victoria and B.C. Chambers of Commerce have key policy objectives for 2015 outlining the lack of regional and municipal restructuring as major impediments to

developing vibrant and sustainable local economies.

These messages, along with those from Esquimalt voters, seem to have fallen on deaf ears.

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The Esquimalt Legion Dockyard Branch is holding a large fundraiser to assist the family whose home and possessions were lost in a July 1 fire on Admirals Road.

Although the event is for Legion members, folks can join the Legion for only $25 for the rest of the year and can attend the afternoon dance with several bands on stage.

“They’re just doing the neighbourly thing,” says Pro Pat Legion member Audrey Scammell. “They’ve got a great big dance floor there and if you don’t feel like dancing, you can shoot pool or play shuffleboard.”

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Non-members can make donations and drop them off at the Legion at any time at the door or at the bar. Mark the envelope “Donation for fire victims fundraiser.” If you would like to donate by cheque, make your cheque payable to RCL172 and under memo write “Donation for fire victims fundraiser.”

Anyone wishing to join the Legion may do so any time. The fun begins at Esquimalt Legion #172 on Admirals Rd. on Saturday, July 25 at 2 p.m.

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The Esquimalt Legion Dockyard Branch is holding a large fundraiser to assist the family whose home and possessions were lost in a July 1 fire on Admirals Road.

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Non-members can make donations and drop them off at the Legion at any time at the door or at the bar. Mark the envelope “Donation for fire victims fundraiser.” If you would like to donate by cheque, make your cheque payable to RCL172 and under memo write “Donation for fire victims fundraiser.”

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Atomique Productions’ annual outdoor downtown festival, the Phillips Backyard Weekender returns July 24 to 26 this year with headliners Talib Kweli, USS and Dan Mangan plus Blacksmith.

Dmitri Demers, Atomique co-owner, is looking forward to the event, the third annual. He doesn’t have a particularly favourite performer remarking: “I don’t think there is a bad act in the bunch.” He does say he’s excited to have local musicians, such as Jon and Roy, appearing.

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Audiences have dropped by 40 per centLaura LavinVictoria News

The Blue Bridge Theatre company is fighting to continue bringing the great classic plays of the past to Victoria.

The seven-year-old company is struggling to get out from behind more than $250,000 in debt.

The debt is not due to the company’s purchase of the Roxy Theatre on Quadra Street two years ago. “That’s a common misconception,” says Shauna Salomon, who with her husband Michael, purchased the building for close to $1 million and signed it over to the Blue Bridge company.

For years Blue Bridge’s classic performances were staged at the McPherson in downtown Victoria. They had a loyal following that provided consistent audiences for its solid shows. It seemed all was well. But the cost of doing business at the McPherson is what drove the company to its Quadra Street location.

That move though,

came at a cost. Audiences dropped by close to 40 per cent, hitting the burgeoning company in the wallet. Salomon blames the false impression that the Quadra neighbourhood is “dodgy”. “It was a big shift moving out of downtown from an urban setting to Quadra Village. It’s less urban and people perceive that it’s dodgy - it’s not. It’s not scary, there’s plenty of street parking and it’s free in the evenings. There’s great restaurants opening in the area,” she says, listing its attributes.

When they bought the old Roxy Theatre, they had a vision says Salomon. “We wanted to turn the Roxy into a creative hub for the community. We’re finding it a very slow process, but steady. The debt is like a ball and chain.”

Recently, Blue Bridge was turned down for a $27,000 grant from the CRD, the debt was cited as the cause. “That left a hole and left us scrambling. We’re already the least supported arts group in town,” she says.

The company receives less than seven per cent of its funding from government sources, while other theatre groups, like the Belfry, receive approximately 30 per cent government funding.

“It leaves us more reliant on sponsors and donors, in-kind services. We’re in a cash crunch.”

However, they’re not going down without a fight.

“This is going to be a year of transition. We’re going to tackle our debt.”

Blue Bridge is returning to its summer-only season with three shows in 2016. “We’re also going to reduce our deficit with exciting theatre events and rentals. … Blue Bridge will still produce worthy art, only at half the cost,” she says.

Their last two shows broke even

and many of their supporters have stepped up to help out. They’ve also been able to organize repayment schedules with many of their creditors. “We’ll chip away steadily over the next six months and next year focus on getting the debt out of the red,” Salomon says.

The 2016 season includes Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest and the musical Animal Crackers. If they could fill every seat, they would quickly be debt-free, she adds.

A fundraising garden party on July 26 is hoped to give them a boost. It’s a Downton Abbey theme at the home of artistic director Brian Richmond. Tickets are on sale during Blue Bridge’s current production of Private Lives, which runs to July 27.

Go to bluebridgetheatre.ca for more information.

[email protected]

Blue Bridge Theatre fights to bring in business

“This is going to be a year of transition. We’re going to tackle our debt.”

— Shauna Salomon

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Business knowledge earns cashBetter Business Bureau CEO Rosalind Scott, left, congratulates the BBB Business Directory contest winner Mary-Louise Aro. Aro entered the BBB Business Directory contest online through vicnews.com and won $500 for her knowledge of local businesses.

More time and money is needed to complete the Johnson Street Bridge and the cost could continue to climb, says the project direc-tor.

Council approved a $2.554 million increase to the project during a governance and priori-ties meeting Thursday, bringing the total cost of the project to $96.8 mil-

lion so far. “This is going to hurt

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Community CalendarWednesday, July 22

Oaklands Sunset Market. Oaklands Community Centre, 2827 Belmont Ave., 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Info: oaklandscommunitycentre.com/markets.

Music at the Inn. Black Angus performs Celtic Rock at the English Inn, 429 Lampson St. 7 to 9 p.m. go to englishinnevents.com.

Juan de Fuca Pathfinders Volkssport Club walk. Monday and Wednesday morning walks: Registration 8:45 a.m., walk 9 a.m. Contact Rick at 250-478-7020 or Jan at 250-665-6062 for current schedule.

Thursday, July 23Esquimalt Farmers Market.

Esquimalt Town Square, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Info: esquimaltmarket.com.

Garden City Wanderers Volkssport Club walk. Thursday afternoon walks Aug. 6, 13, 20 & 27: Meet at Pearkes Recreation Centre, 3100 Tillicum Rd., Saanich. Registration 5:45 p.m., walk 6 p.m. Contact George at 250-386-1279.

Friday, July 24Concerts in the Park. Gypsy

Rovers. Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 25Summer Star Parties.

Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, 5071 West Saanich Rd., 7:30 to 11 p.m. Tours of the historic Plaskett telescope, astronomy lectures and presentations. Info: victoria.rasc.ca.

Concerts in the Park. John MacArthur Quintet. Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, 1:30 p.m.

The James Bay Market. Held each Saturday rain or shine, May 2 to Oct. 10, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the corner of Menzies and Superior streets. Go to jamesbaymarket.com.

Sunday, July 26Concerts in the Park.

Cookeilidh. Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, 1:30 p.m.

Breakwater Market. Each Sunday in July and August, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the exception of Aug. 9. More info at jamesbaymarket.com.

Monday, July 27Music at the Inn. Cam

and Sarah perform Variety Favorites at the English Inn, 429 Lampson St. 7 to 9 p.m. go to englishinnevents.com


Tuesday, July 28

Memorial Park Music Fest featuring Bijou du Bayou. Memorial Park, Esquimalt, 6 p.m. Info: townshiparts.org.

Music at the Inn. Rollie Barrett Duo at the English Inn, 429 Lampson St. 7 to 9 p.m. go to englishinnevents.com

Garden City Wanderers Volkssport Club walk. Tuesday afternoon walks Aug. 4, 11, 18 and 25: Meet at Running Room, Broadmead Shopping Centre, 777 Royal Oak Dr. Registration 5:45 p.m., walk 6 p.m. Contact Gail at 250-477-4472.

Wednesday, July 29Oaklands Sunset Market.

Oaklands Community Centre, 2827 Belmont Ave., 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Info: oaklandscommunitycentre.com/markets.


Thursday, July 30Esquimalt Farmers Market.


Garden City Wanderers Volkssport Club walk. Thursday afternoon walks Aug. 6, 13, 20 & 27: Meet at Pearkes Recreation Centre, 3100 Tillicum Rd., Saanich. Registration 5:45 p.m., walk 6 p.m. Contact George at 250-386-1279.

Friday, July 31Concerts in the Park. West

Bound. Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 1Summer Star Parties.



Juan de Fuca Pathfinders Volkssport Club walk. Aug. 1 - 5/10 km Walk: Meet at 7154 West Saanich Road. Registration 9:30 a.m., walk 10 a.m. Contact Pat or Ed at 250-658-2325.

Sunday, Aug. 2Breakwater Market. Each

Sunday in July and August, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the exception of Aug. 9. More info at jamesbaymarket.com.

Juan de Fuca Pathfinders Volkssport Club walk. Aug. 2 - 5/10 km Walk (rated 2B): Meet at corner of Lagoon Road and Ocean Blvd., Colwood. Registration 9:30 a.m., walk 10

a.m. Contact Rick at 250-478-7020.

Tuesday, Aug. 4Garden City Wanderers

Volkssport Club walk. Tuesday afternoon walks Aug. 4, 11, 18 and 25: Meet at Running Room, Broadmead Shopping Centre, 777 Royal Oak Dr. Registration 5:45 p.m., walk 6 p.m. Contact Gail at 250-477-4472.

Wednesday, Aug. 5Oaklands Sunset Market.



Thursday, Aug. 6Esquimalt Farmers Market.


Garden City Wanderers Volkssport Club walk. Thursday afternoon walks Aug. 6, 13, 20 & 27: Meet at Pearkes Recreation Centre, 3100 Tillicum Road, Saanich. Registration 5:45 p.m., walk 6 p.m. Contact George at 250-386-1279.

Saturday, Aug. 8Summer Star Parties.



Juan de Fuca Pathfinders Volkssport Club walk. Aug 8 - 5/10 km Walk (rated 2B): Meet at Horth Hill Regional Park, Tatlow Road, North Saanich. Registration 9:30 a.m., walk 10 a.m. Contact Rick at 250-478-7020.

Sunday, Aug. 9Gorge Swim Fest. Banfield

Park and Esquimalt Gorge Park, noon to 4 p.m. Info: gorgeswimfest.com.

Victoria Y Volkssport Club walk. Aug. 9 - 5/10 km Walk: Meet at Cedar Hill Recreation Centre, 3220 Cedar Hill Rd. Registration 9:30 a.m., walk 10 a.m. Contact Helmut at 250-479-3163.

Wednesday, Aug. 12Oaklands Sunset Market.


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