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A protected bike lane along Pan-dora Avenue would benefit not only cyclists, but also businesses along Pandora, says a local busi-ness owner.

Victoria city council voted to move forward two options for Vic-toria’s first protected bike lanes to public consultation. The first is a two-way protected bike lane along Pandora, and the second is a one-way protected bike lane on Pandora and a one-way protected bike lane on Johnson Street.

Shane Devereaux, owner of Habit Coffee on Pandora Avenue, believes a two-way bike lane on Pandora will be great for business.

“There will be that many more people going by our store,” he said. “Slowing things down and allowing people to access the city in different modes is one of the major steps towards trying to cul-tivate and enrich our downtown and work on it becoming a more and more vibrant place.”

Devereaux estimated about 10 parking spaces would be lost near his store from Government Street down Pandora. However, he said he does not think this will create a parking issue.

Edward Pullman, president of the Greater Victoria Cycling Coali-tion, said he prefers the two-way option on Pandora Avenue due to its connectivity to the new John-son Street Bridge and the Gallop-ing Goose trail.

The new Johnson Street Bridge is slated to include a multi-use protected trail for cyclists and

pedestrians on the north side of the bridge. This trail will lead straight to Pandora Avenue.

“That benefit can’t be under-stated,” said Pullman. “If you had

two one-way [bike lanes], you would lose that connectivity.”

If there was a one-way bike lane on Pandora and a one-way bike lane on Johnson, cyclists would have to get over to Store Street then turn left onto Johnson Street. This will be an issue for less confi-dent cyclists, said Pullman.

Another benefit is increased safety for cyclists due to the bar-rier between the bicycles and vehicles, said Pullman.

“These triple-a facilities are going to get more people riding their bikes because it addresses the issue and the perception of safety,” he said, adding that many people choose not to cycle due to safety concerns.

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps said having protected bike lanes will “bring Victoria’s cycling infra-structure into the 21st century.”

While both the two-way and the one-way options will be pre-

sented to the public for discus-sion, Helps said the two-way lanes on Pandora will likely cost less, at an estimated $1.9 million. The cost of a one-way bike lane on Johnson Street has not yet been calculated.

“The drawback is that people aren’t used to two-way cycling on a one-way street,” said Helps.

Public consultations will begin in April to decide which bike lane option is most fitting.

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Shane Devereaux, the owner of Habit coffee shop, kneels with his bike outside his 500-block of Pandora Avenue location. Deveraux supports putting bike lanes on Pandora.

Merchant says council plan will be good for business

What do you think?Give us your comments by email: [email protected]. or on our Facebook page at Facebook.com/victorianews.

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The 900-block of Rockland Avenue between Quadra and Vancouver streets has been closed from vehi-cles for the last year as part of a pilot project, and now Victoria city council has voted to keep it that way.

A total of 447 sur-veys were submitted regarding the closure, with approximately 66 per cent in favour, 19 per cent opposed and 15 per cent neutral.

“It allows us to make that particular area next to the cathedral (Christ Church Cathe-dral) more of a people-focused place,” said Coun. Chris Coleman. “It defines part of a cycling pathway [and] and pedestrian path-way that makes sense

to people and is safe.”Council approved

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Investigators from the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit working in conjunction with the B.C. Coroners Service, have determined Peter Hunter Thompson’s death was a homicide.

Thompson, a 49-year-old James Bay resident, was found deead in his apartment in the 400-block of Michigan Street on Feb. 18.

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A flood of concerns over a federal bill that aims to redefine the role of Canada’s intelligence agencies prompted local MPs to organize a town hall-style meeting in Victo-ria last Friday.

NDP MPs Randall Garrison and Murray Rankin hosted the Feb. 27 event to discuss Bill C-51, an omnibus privacy bill drafted by the Harper government that has been criti-cized by a steady stream of academics, law-yers and former politicians as being overly broad and lacking proper parliamentary oversight while giving the Canadian Security Intelligence Service expanded intelligence-gathering and disruption powers.

“This bill offers a false choice between our values and our security and it fails on both counts,” Rankin told a crowd of about 500 people at the First Metropolitan United Church. The discussion panel included Reg Whitaker – an expert in constitutional law and privacy issues who served on the advi-sory panel for the Commission of Inquiry

into the Maher Arar affair – as well as Prof. Laurel Collins, a sociologist at the University of Victoria who studies social movements and collective action.

One problem with the bill includes tar-geting the promotion of terrorism “in gen-eral,” said Garrison, a former criminal jus-tice instructor and current vice chair of the House of Commons’ Committee on Public Safety and National Security. Existing hate-speech and other laws already make it ille-gal to counsel or actively encourage some-one to commit a specific terrorism offence.

“(This bill) is dangerously vague and invents words that don’t exist in law,” Gar-rison said. “I believe the threat of terrorism is real … but to cast such a wide net that draws in all kinds of people … not only does it threaten our civil liberties, it threatens the real struggle against terrorism.”

Whitaker lambasted the bill as being “vastly overbroad,” as a terrorist threat could be defined as any unlawful activity that interferes with the Canadian econ-omy or critical infrastructure. That sort of language could allow CSIS operatives to

“disrupt” environmental activists or First Nations groups opposing pipeline expan-sion, for example, Collins added.

“Unlawful dissent includes sit-ins, unlaw-ful marches,” she said. “All of these things paint a really scary picture for dissent in Canada. … Who will want to be involved in collective action? All of a sudden, you could be detained, you could be spied upon.”

Whitaker said CSIS should remain in its role strictly gathering intelligence rather than enforcing law.

“(CSIS) will go in secret to a judge, present the case in secret, and if the judge agrees to provide them with a disruption warrant, they can do basically anything they want apart from torture, murder, rape,” Whitaker said. “Short of that, they can break the law, violate charter rights and they already have a get out of jail free card from a judge to do this with impunity and in secret.”

During a question and answer period, one speaker identified herself as a Raging Granny who had been involved in activist movements for more than 50 years.

“I think I’m a terrorist,” she said.

Garrison warned the bill does not address the criminal act of terrorism, but instead allows the government to disrupt any activ-ity it perceives as a threat to Canada.

“The difference here being an RCMP war-rant ends up back at court, where it can be reviewed,” he said.

With CSIS, the disruption warrant never comes back to a court after being issued, he said.

“No judge will ever see what happens.”The bill has also been criticized for lack-

ing measures to address the radicalization of youth; lowering the threshold for pre-ventive detention; expanding the no- ‐fly list; interfering with the RCMP’s law enforce-ment role by causing potential “turf wars” with CSIS; and for creating anti-terrorism laws that overlap with existing laws.

After an NDP filibuster last week, the Harper government agreed to expand its initial three days of committee hearings on C-51 to eight days to allow for more expert input. Once the bill passes committee level, it will be voted on in the House of Commons.

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Barb Desjardins says Esquimalt’s best place to find springtime bloomsAndrea PeacockVictoria News

The Victoria Flower Count is a chance for Greater Victoria to count blossoms and show off its early spring weather to the rest of the country. But it is also a friendly competition between the municipalities to see who can count the most flowers.

This year, Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins is taking the competition to the next level.

“I don’t think we have [won before], which is why I wanted to get a huge effort out this year,” she said.

I heard [Colwood Mayor] Carol Hamilton was bragging that Colwood won last year, and she told me the secret of how she did it.”

That secret, said Desjardins, is getting the schools involved.Coun. Meagan Brame has contacted all of the schools in

Esquimalt, and so far she has heard back from Rockheights Middle School.

“They’re totally excited about being a part of the Flower Count,” said Brame. “The more we engage our children and youth in the community, the more they feel attached to it and take pride in it.”

Desjardins said she is confident Esquimalt can count more blossoms than the other municipalities this year.

“We’ve been putting it out on Facebook and I’ve been rallying the troops,” she said, adding she has also gotten the Esquimalt Garden Club and the Township Community Arts Council involved.

“We have pockets of areas of Esquimalt that are so far ahead in terms of blossoms and flowers, and I think if we made that concerted effort to go and count these blossoms, that we could win hands down.”

The Victoria Flower Count runs from March 5 to 11.For more information, please go online to flowercount.com.

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Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins standiNG by a cherry blossom tree outside the Esquimalt Recreation Centre. Desjardins is challenging the other municipalities in the annual Flower Count.

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The B.C. govern-ment’s attempt to gain quick revenue by sell-ing off a large amount of assets at once, may be doing the province more harm than good, says a Victoria MLA.

The province has 63 properties listed throughout B.C. for sale or are already sold.

“It’s not a good idea to dump a bunch of property on the mar-ket at the same time,

you won’t get the same return,” said Rob Flem-ing, MLA for Victoria-Swan Lake.

Only three proper-ties are listed for sale on Vancouver Island, with two being pieces of vacant land in Vic-toria.

“The government approach to put up a quick fire sale all across B.C. is not effi-cient or strategic,” said Fleming.

The vacant land for sale in Greater Victoria, which lines Highway 1 near Highlands, is sized

at 16 and 24 hectares each with 27 hectares already sold.

“When you look at Highway 1 and the approaches to Greater Victoria, those were acquired to insure there was a proper buf-fer room for growth and flexibility for trans-portation systems,” said Fleming.

Sometimes the land is purchased by the province with hopes of a future build.

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to acquire short term revenue to abandon long-term planning, it’s a bad combo,” Fleming said.

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More trials of CFB Esquimalt’s recently installed mass noti-fication system will take place today (March 4), from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

While the system tests conducted from Feb. 2 to 6 were suc-cessful, further adjust-ments are required in order to ensure that the sound levels are

audible to base per-sonnel and minimize the impact on nearby residents, said a state-ment from the base.

Residents might hear a series of sirens and verbal mes-sages from speak-ers, mounted on tall poles in the Dockyard, Naden and Work Point in Esquimalt.

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After these final tri-als are completed the system will be tested at 11 a.m. on the first Wednesday of each month starting April 1.

B.C. ambulance paramedics are now able to use a blood-clotting drug that’s expected to help sta-bilize trauma patients with severe internal bleeding.

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Five years ago, Hop-kins started a non-profit organization, Team 4 Hope, to raise money for neuroblas-toma research.

“As we went through the whole process of his treatment and after-wards, it became quite apparent that more research needed to be done on neuroblas-toma because it still had quite a high mor-tality rate,” she said.

Over the last five years, Hopkins and her team have raised over $300,000 and have funded three research projects through the BC Cancer Agency and BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.

On Friday night, Team 4 Hope raised another $13,535 by selling new and gently used handbags, jewelry and scarves.

Handbags for Hope took place at the Wil-low Stream Spa at the Empress Hotel.

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to grow stiffer and less flexible. As this happens, the lens loses some of its ability to focus on near objects. This condition is called presbyopia, and it occurs in all of us – becoming apparent around the age of 40 and progressing as the years go by.

Most of us notice this when we find ourselves holding books or newspapers further and further away – the “trombone” effect. Sooner of later this will go from being annoying to being unacceptable.

The good news is that presbyopia is correctable. In fact, the optometrist today can supply you with more options to correct this problem than ever be-fore. Among the available options are:

Reading glasses: If your distance vision is still good and you only have trouble close up, full or half frame glasses may be the answer.

Bifocals and trifocals: If you need glasses for both distance and close-up, the new generation of bifocal glasses can solve your problem. Modern bifocals are lightweight and attractive, unlike their predecessors. Trifocals have a section for those in-termediate distances, just beyond armslength.

Progressive lenses: A relatively new advance, these are designed to mimic the focusing action of the normal eye. They can provide the advantages of trifocals, but without the lines.

Task specific lenses: People in certain profes-sions, occupations and hobbies that require focus at particular distances can benefit from a variety of specialty lenses designed to meet their require-ments.

In addition, there are contact lenses which can help some people with presbyopia. If you are having trouble seeing close-up, talk to your optometrist.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SELECT COMMITTEE

The Township of Esquimalt is inviting applications for appointment to the Township’s Economic Development Select Committee.

The mandate of the Select Committee is to review the strategies identified in the Township of Esquimalt Economic Development Strategy (EDS) and make recommendations to assist Council in prioritizing the action items identified in the EDS. The appointment of the Committee will terminate once it provides its report with its recommendations to Council.

For further information on the Select Committee, please see the Terms of Reference which are available on the Township’s website at www.esquimalt.ca.

Please provide a letter of interest, to include an answer to the question: “What skills would you provide to the Select Committee?” Please submit the letter of interest and a resume listing professional and volunteer experience by 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 13, 2015, by email to [email protected], or by fax to 250-414-7111, or by delivery or mail to Municipal Hall, 1229 Esquimalt Road, Esquimalt, BC V9A 3P1

CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT

More trials of CFB Esquimalt’s recently installed mass noti-fication system will take place today (March 4), from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

While the system tests conducted from Feb. 2 to 6 were suc-cessful, further adjust-ments are required in order to ensure that the sound levels are

audible to base per-sonnel and minimize the impact on nearby residents, said a state-ment from the base.

Residents might hear a series of sirens and verbal mes-sages from speak-ers, mounted on tall poles in the Dockyard, Naden and Work Point in Esquimalt.

Due to a variety of

environmental con-ditions such as tem-perature, humidity and wind direction it is possible that the sirens will be heard in neighbouring munici-palities.

After these final tri-als are completed the system will be tested at 11 a.m. on the first Wednesday of each month starting April 1.

B.C. ambulance paramedics are now able to use a blood-clotting drug that’s expected to help sta-bilize trauma patients with severe internal bleeding.

Tranexamic acid or TXA reduces the need for pre-surgery blood transfusions and has been used by NATO medical teams to sta-bilize severely injured

soldiers.Early use of it has

been found to reduce the risk of death from bleeding by 30 per cent.

There were more than 3,400 ambulance calls in B.C. last year involving trauma or internal bleeding that might have benefitted from the drug.

“TXA is a life-extend-ing medication that

helps paramedics figu-ratively stop time, so a critical patient can sta-bilize en route to the hospital and be ready for life-saving surgery,” said Dr. William Dick of B.C. Emergency Health Services.

He said TXA will be used by paramed-ics province-wide and predicted it will help save lives in trauma cases.

Trial of mass notification system extended on base

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Limits needed on election spending

Re: Esquimalt mayor seeks change to municipal voting (News, Feb. 27)

The recent report by Elections B.C. on spending by candidates in last November’s municipal election shows how ridiculously expensive it has become to run for mayor in Victoria.

Defeated incumbent mayor Dean Fortin obviously didn’t benefit much from the $14.12 his campaign spent for each of the 9,111 votes he obtained.

But an even bigger loser, on a cost-benefit basis, was third-place finsiher Ida Chong, whose campaign shelled out an astonishing $33.01 for each of the 3,275 votes she got.

Fourth-place finisher Stephen Andrew didn’t fare much better, with his campaign spending $20.65 for each of the 2,380 votes he obtained.

Winner Lisa Helps got the best bang for her campaign bucks, spending $9.63 for each of the 9,200 votes she obtained.

But what these numbers illustrate above all is the dire need for new election spending laws to impose strict limits on what candidates can spend in municipal campaigns.

Gordon PollardVictoria

Time has come to legalize drugs

Re: A relaxed attitude to marijuana (Our View, Feb. 11)

I agree drug busts do very little in curbing drug use and distribution. We are losing the war on drugs.

And while many lives are ruined by the use of illegal drugs, the reality is drugs will never go away.

The only solution to gaining control over the situation is to legalize all drugs – legalize and regulate.

Once legal, the black market and the crime surrounding drugs will steadily disappear. Think about what happened with alcohol. Prohibition does not work.

It’s time we accept these realities and make changes.

Nancy RaycroftVictoria

Hard done not same as being poor

Re: Should the province’s rich pay more taxes? No (B.C. Views, Feb. 25)

Tom Fletcher’s opinion piece defending the provincial budget and tax cuts for the rich is ripe with inaccuracies.

The “wage gap” is not the same thing as a difference in income taxes paid as a share of total tax revenue. That very basic concept should be obvious.

Income inequality did not start leveling off in Canada in 1998. If anything it started becoming more of a problem. From Statistics Canada: “Income disparities (expressed in 2011 constant dollars) rose between 1995 and 2011.”

Income inequality is only one aspect of poverty. Asset inequality is more pervasive and has a longer-term impact on the

opportunity for people to get ahead or experience quality of life.

From 1998 to 2012, the median net worth of the top quartile of families in Canada increased by 80 per cent (from $763,600 to $1,380,000) while the lowest quartile median net worth decreased by 15 percent (from $1,300 to $1,100).

The proportion of income taxes paid by the top and bottom earners and asset-holders in Canada bears no reflection to the real-life living conditions of those people.

A person who earns 10 times more, and has financial assets that are infinitely greater, experiences life in Canada far differently from someone with a low income and non-existent net worth.

Don’t let the proportion of income tax paid by high earners make you feel sorry for them – they are not suffering. Feeling hard-done-by is not the same thing as being poor.

Susan LowEsquimalt

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Realtors, prospective home buyers and sellers, and others can stop hoping that B.C.’s property transfer tax will be discontinued.

It’s never going to happen. The reason? It’s a major cash cow for the provincial government, needed to balance the budget and there’s nowhere else to raise that large chunk of cash without raising personal and corporate income taxes.

Premier Christy Clark is proud of what she says is the country’s lowest tax rate so this kind of special tax, that only hits buyers of property, is not going anytime soon.

Here’s how it shakes down: The PTT consists of one per cent charged on the first $200,000 of a property’s value and two per cent after that. That means for a $600,000 house, $10,000 is due every time it changes hands.

This handy calculation is not just a painful hit to the pocket book when purchasing a home – it’s a major source of revenue, generating $1.04 billion in 2014.

These revenue numbers are interesting for another reason: They show how important real estate is to B.C.’s ongoing financial solidity. Without a strong real estate market, helped, no doubt, by record-low interest rates, the provincial coffers would be much poorer.

The province also benefits from rising property values and while there are exemptions for family transfers and first-time home buyers, it appears the property transfer tax is a necessary evil that raises millions to cover basic provincial services.

So unless the much-vaunted LNG industry or another economic sector can provide a windfall, the PTT is here to stay.


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In a recent speech, Premier Christy Clark quipped that while teenagers tend to be lazy, there is a limit.

If your kid is still on the couch after age 30, she said, he’s not a teenager any more. “He’s a New Democrat.”

Clark’s ‘get off the couch and get a job’ message is now being translated into government policy. The B.C. government is using one of the few tools available, to track down people who aren’t paying off their student loans, by linking defaulted debt to driver’s licence renewals.

There are “hardship” provisions for those who don’t have a job. ICBC will only refuse to renew a driver’s licence or vehicle plates for those who have let their student debt go for a year without making some effort to deal with it.

Student debt collection is a long-standing problem for the province, with about $185 million currently on the books as defaulted and unpaid. Students naturally move around after completing their studies, and once the six-month grace period for beginning to repay student loans expires, finding those who aren’t paying becomes a costly effort.

Historically governments sent defaulted debt to collection agencies. Last year $17.3 million was collected.

How big is student debt these days? The subject was discussed briefly in the legislature last week.

In question period, NDP leader John Horgan reminded the government that tuition fees have doubled over the past decade, and cited a Bank of Montreal estimate that the average university student emerges from a four-year program owing $35,000 in student loans.

With his usual modesty and tact, Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson dismissed Horgan’s accusation that he is indifferent to the plight of students. Wilkinson noted that the Bank

of Montreal surveyed 602 students across Canada, and only 78 of them were in B.C.

“To clarify this, and to address the cackling chickens on the other side, we have 430,000 students in our system,” Wilkinson said. “Some of them are part-time; some of them are on short courses. We have 180,000 students who are in the system full-time and eligible for student aid.

“Of those 180,000 students, 45,000 turn to the province for financial aid – meaning that 75 per cent of students, more than what was quoted on the CBC yesterday, go through their education without incurring debt through the provincial

student aid program.”Whatever the amount owing is for an

individual, it’s a debt that will be more difficult to avoid paying. The province has long used the withholding of driving privileges to collect unpaid provincial court fines, and that was recently extended to those who are 90 days in arrears on $25 or more worth of Lower Mainland bridge tolls.

This student debt collection move follows efforts to match up post-secondary funding to areas of employment demand. In an era where misguided university professors use their positions to organize violent protests against job-creating projects, the messages are similar.

Variations of this productivity theme are being heard from governments across North America. The baby boomers are retiring. We are bringing in temporary foreign workers, not because of some right-wing plot, but because too many people growing up in our society refuse to do an increasing range of jobs.

We have an education system – and media – that encourages people to complain and make demands to get what they want. And we are seeing the results of all of this.

There was a U.S. president once who said, “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.

Pay down that student loan or else

Tom FletcherB.C. Views


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Do you think you’ve got what it takes to be a Victoria Cougar hockey player?

The Cougars have announced dates for their third annual spring camp. This camp is a chance for players and parents to gain exposure to junior

hockey and the Cougars program. It will also provide an opportunity to meet the Cougars’ coaching staff. A number of this season’s players will be moving to Junior A, major junior or university teams, leaving many roster spots open for next season. The team anticipates needing to replace more than half its roster.

Players from the spring camp will be considered for the 2015-16 team, and as well, the Cougars will identify players they may affiliate with the club for next season.

The camp opens April 24 at the Wurtele (Naden) Arena at CFB Esquimalt. For April 25 and April 26, the camp moves to Westhills Arena in Langford.

For more information, please go online to victoriacougars.com.


Victoria Cougars Brett Lervold tries to get the puck on Kerry Park Islander goalie Leighton Williams. The Cougars are looking for new players for the team.

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Teams from Victoria and Salmon Arm will represent the province at the nationals after winning the 2015 Tim Hortons B.C. Senior Curling champion-ships.

Victoria’s skip Wes Craig retained the title he claimed last year, while Sandra Jenkins, who won the women’s event as a third in 2014, skipped her team to success at Alberni Valley Curl-ing Club.

The two teams topped their round-robin group and qualified automatically for the final but it was an extremely close champi-onships.

In both the men’s and wom-en’s event there was a four-way tie at the top of the group so playoff places were decided by the cumulative results of the last stone draws throughout the week.

Team Craig, which is rounded out by Scott MacDonald at third,

Tony Anslow as second and Lindsay Cheetham at lead, and coached by Roz Craig, defeated Team Greig of Richmond 8-3 to take the men’s title.

The Islanders got off to a strong start in the final with a single and then a steal of three which Greig was unable to come back from.

Skip Sandy Greig, and his team of third Don Wakefield, sec-ond Wayne Hogaboam and lead Mike Freeman, had beaten Team Dunkin 9-4 earlier in the day to secure their place in the final.

The Salmon Arm rink of Jen-kins, third Kate Horne, second Wendy Cseke and lead Carol Murray, and coach Darryl Horne, punched their ticket to nationals when they beat Team Noble 5-4.

After a close opening five ends in which each team took two singles, Jenkins jumped into the lead with a three ender in

the sixth and, despite a deuce by Noble in the seventh, took the title.

The Qualicum rink of Lynne Noble, third Donna Langlands, second Crystal Murray, lead Shirley Wong and fifth Lorraine Jeffries, had beaten Team Smiley earlier in the day to book their berth in the final.

The bronze medal in the Men’s event was awarded to Team Dunkin, from North Shore Winter Club, with Paul Dunkin as skip, Mickey Bishop at third, Rob Gardner at second and Jur-gen Wolter at lead.

The Women’s bronze med-allists were Team Smiley, from Royal City Curling Club, with Kathy Smiley as skip, Kerri Miller as third, Debbie Pulak as second and Laurie Shimizu at lead.

The 2015 Canadian Senior Curling Championships will take place at the Thistle Curling Club in Edmonton from March 21-28.

Wes Craig rink off to 2015 Canadian Senior Curling Championships

Team BC’s synchronized swimmers finish fourth in a series of competitions at the Canada Winter Games in Prince George.

Friday began with the duet event and the two teams of Sarah Jones (Victoria) and Katrina Hohensee (Kamloops) and Stefanie Dickinson (North Vancouver) and Katie Stirrat (Vancouver), both finished fourth in their respective flights.

The eight-person team event took place later in the day and Team BC finished fourth.

The team’s two soloists – Luiza Vasylyeva (Vic-toria) and Katrina Hohensee (Kamloops), com-peted on Saturday.

The nine members of Team BC’s synchronized swimmers are from three different clubs in three different cities in the province.

In a sport that requires absolute precision and harmonization, living in different cities presents a challenge to Team BC.

The team was selected nine months ago and

centralized in Victoria for a few training camps in last summer. Since then, they’ve spent every other weekend in Victoria for a series of intense two-day training sessions.

“The challenge is that we only have two days together so the first day is like a warm up day we have to remember the routine and the counts, then the next day we are trying to cram every-thing in,” said Emma Choo (Victoria). “Then two weeks go by and we have to do it all over again – it can make it hard to keep the momentum moving forward.”

Centralizing to train isn’t the most difficult thing about synchronized swimming.

The athletes on Team BC have designed an eight-person routine that lasts less than five min-utes – 4:12 to be precise – during that time they have to keep complete focus and command over every muscle in their body. And then they have to hold their breath during many parts of the routine.

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Do you think you’ve got what it takes to be a Victoria Cougar hockey player?

The Cougars have announced dates for their third annual spring camp. This camp is a chance for players and parents to gain exposure to junior

hockey and the Cougars program. It will also provide an opportunity to meet the Cougars’ coaching staff. A number of this season’s players will be moving to Junior A, major junior or university teams, leaving many roster spots open for next season. The team anticipates needing to replace more than half its roster.

Players from the spring camp will be considered for the 2015-16 team, and as well, the Cougars will identify players they may affiliate with the club for next season.

The camp opens April 24 at the Wurtele (Naden) Arena at CFB Esquimalt. For April 25 and April 26, the camp moves to Westhills Arena in Langford.

For more information, please go online to victoriacougars.com.


Victoria Cougars Brett Lervold tries to get the puck on Kerry Park Islander goalie Leighton Williams. The Cougars are looking for new players for the team.

Looking for a fewnew hockey Cougars

Teams from Victoria and Salmon Arm will represent the province at the nationals after winning the 2015 Tim Hortons B.C. Senior Curling champion-ships.

Victoria’s skip Wes Craig retained the title he claimed last year, while Sandra Jenkins, who won the women’s event as a third in 2014, skipped her team to success at Alberni Valley Curl-ing Club.

The two teams topped their round-robin group and qualified automatically for the final but it was an extremely close champi-onships.

In both the men’s and wom-en’s event there was a four-way tie at the top of the group so playoff places were decided by the cumulative results of the last stone draws throughout the week.

Team Craig, which is rounded out by Scott MacDonald at third,

Tony Anslow as second and Lindsay Cheetham at lead, and coached by Roz Craig, defeated Team Greig of Richmond 8-3 to take the men’s title.

The Islanders got off to a strong start in the final with a single and then a steal of three which Greig was unable to come back from.

Skip Sandy Greig, and his team of third Don Wakefield, sec-ond Wayne Hogaboam and lead Mike Freeman, had beaten Team Dunkin 9-4 earlier in the day to secure their place in the final.

The Salmon Arm rink of Jen-kins, third Kate Horne, second Wendy Cseke and lead Carol Murray, and coach Darryl Horne, punched their ticket to nationals when they beat Team Noble 5-4.

After a close opening five ends in which each team took two singles, Jenkins jumped into the lead with a three ender in

the sixth and, despite a deuce by Noble in the seventh, took the title.

The Qualicum rink of Lynne Noble, third Donna Langlands, second Crystal Murray, lead Shirley Wong and fifth Lorraine Jeffries, had beaten Team Smiley earlier in the day to book their berth in the final.

The bronze medal in the Men’s event was awarded to Team Dunkin, from North Shore Winter Club, with Paul Dunkin as skip, Mickey Bishop at third, Rob Gardner at second and Jur-gen Wolter at lead.

The Women’s bronze med-allists were Team Smiley, from Royal City Curling Club, with Kathy Smiley as skip, Kerri Miller as third, Debbie Pulak as second and Laurie Shimizu at lead.

The 2015 Canadian Senior Curling Championships will take place at the Thistle Curling Club in Edmonton from March 21-28.

Wes Craig rink off to 2015 Canadian Senior Curling Championships

Team BC’s synchronized swimmers finish fourth in a series of competitions at the Canada Winter Games in Prince George.

Friday began with the duet event and the two teams of Sarah Jones (Victoria) and Katrina Hohensee (Kamloops) and Stefanie Dickinson (North Vancouver) and Katie Stirrat (Vancouver), both finished fourth in their respective flights.

The eight-person team event took place later in the day and Team BC finished fourth.

The team’s two soloists – Luiza Vasylyeva (Vic-toria) and Katrina Hohensee (Kamloops), com-peted on Saturday.

The nine members of Team BC’s synchronized swimmers are from three different clubs in three different cities in the province.

In a sport that requires absolute precision and harmonization, living in different cities presents a challenge to Team BC.

The team was selected nine months ago and

centralized in Victoria for a few training camps in last summer. Since then, they’ve spent every other weekend in Victoria for a series of intense two-day training sessions.

“The challenge is that we only have two days together so the first day is like a warm up day we have to remember the routine and the counts, then the next day we are trying to cram every-thing in,” said Emma Choo (Victoria). “Then two weeks go by and we have to do it all over again – it can make it hard to keep the momentum moving forward.”

Centralizing to train isn’t the most difficult thing about synchronized swimming.

The athletes on Team BC have designed an eight-person routine that lasts less than five min-utes – 4:12 to be precise – during that time they have to keep complete focus and command over every muscle in their body. And then they have to hold their breath during many parts of the routine.

Local synchro team finishes fourth

Cam Preece photo

Chasing the puck to the playoffs Westshore Wolves forward Jacob Malloch plays a game of keep away with Saanich Braves forward Cameron Kovesdi during Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League playoff action. The Victoria Cougars will host the Westshore Wolves in Game 1 of their Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League/South Island Division Final tomorrow night. The Wolves moved on to this series after defeating the Braves Friday night.Game time tomorrow is 7p.m. at the Archie Browning Sports Centre.

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Sign-ups are still open for District 7 Little League before tryouts begin the weekend of March 14-15.

Registration fees range from $105 to $120, depending on the division, says Little League spokesman Tak (Gus) Niketas.

No player will be turned away due to financial hardships.

“Little League wants kids to play. We just want the kids out there having fun,” Niketas says.

District 7 covers six neighbourhoods in the region: Beacon Hill (James Bay), Cen-tral Saanich, Hampton (Tillicum), Lakehill (Saanich), Layritz (Wilkinson Road) and National (Oaklands).

The program consists of a baseball Little League program for both boys and girls from ages three to 12 and a girls’ softball division for players 13 to 16.

Niketas says Little League players must play ball where they live, the rules don’t allow children to play in other neighbour-hoods.

“This allow kids to play with other kids from the same neighbourhood,” he says.

To register or more information, please go online to littleleaguevictoria.org.

The Little League baseball season runs from early April to the end of June. There are also all-start teams that compete at regional, provincial, national and interna-tional events.

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Therapist spreads love of music to help with healing

Music project needs iPodsAndrea PeacockVictoria News

Music can be used as a form of therapy, and Listen Up Victoria is now collecting gently used iPods and mp3 players to support the Music Heals Charitable Foundation.

Listen Up Victoria is a Leadership Victoria project designed to raise awareness and make noise for music therapy.

The mp3 players are being collected at Greater Victoria Public Library branches, Vanc-ity Credit Union in Victoria, Long and McQuade and the Victoria Conservatory of Music until March 31.

They will be used in the Music Heals iPod pharmacy program, which provides music ther-apists with the devices for use with their clients.

Music therapy is used in children’s hospitals, seniors’ centres, for palliative care, at-risk youth and more.

On March 7, Music Heals Charitable Founda-tion will hold a fundraiser in support of music therapy initiatives across Canada. A Night out for Music Heals fundraiser will be held at Break-water Cafe and Bistro, 199 Dallas Rd., Pig BBQ, 1325 Blanshard St. and Distrikt, 919 Douglas St.

For more information, please go online to lis-tenupvictoria.com or musicheals.ca.

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Joel Kroeker believes in the power of music.The clinical counsellor and music therapist was bred

into a music family which helped him to foster his own love for the art.

His love for music led him to play on different world stages and touring with big names such as Randy Bachmann, Bruce Cockburn and Colin James.

He’s been nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards, alongside artists

such as Nelly Furtado and Sarah McLachlan as well as winning Pop Album of the Year for his most recent release Closer to the Flame.

“It’s been a really amazing experience from a few different sides. It’s fun to tour and play music with

a bunch of different people and audiences,” he said. During different tours, Kroeker noticed the impact

music made on the lives around him.“Going on the road, I realized people were doing a lot

of healing on their own to deal with trauma. They were using music to heal themselves.”

Kroeker helps people with everything from mental illness to those recovering from strokes. He says illness and disability doesn’t exist in music making.

“When we’re making music, the music is not ill.”The therapy includes four basic concepts which are

song writing, active listening, imagination and playing. “Music engages so much of our person that it’s one

of the best possible ways of connecting with health and returning to a state of health,” he said.

Most people that come to him have already tried medicine and talk therapy routes, with little success.

“Usually people dealing with mental illness have run out of words to describe. You can share and communicate so much without words.”

In his spare time, not that there is much, he works at completing his Swiss post-graduate psychotherapeutic program to become a

Jungian analyst, which includes working non-verbally through a combination of arts.

“It’s been really mind blowing for me to see how potent these different arts are together,” he says from his Fairfield home.

Kroeker will be hosting workshops on March 6 at UVic and March 7 at Sleeping Dog Farm.

For more information on upcoming workshops or courses, please go online to joelkroeker.com.

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“When we’re making music, the music is not ill.”

– Joel Kroeker

Discover Camping, the province’s camp-ing reservation system, opens for busi-ness March 15.

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The business and philanthropic community came together last week for Hungry Hearts, a fun and unique fundraiser aimed at raising both awareness and funds for Our Place.

Five top local chefs used their culinary expertise and imagination in a competition to see who could create the most tasteful twist on soup and a sandwich – always a popular lunch at Our Place.

“We are overwhelmed by the generosity of the community,” said Don Evans, executive director of Our Place.

“This strong support will enable us to continue with many of our life-transforming programs and services to assist people in crisis.”

Guests were invited to “vote with their heart” in crowning their favourite dish. In a finger-licking finish, Nicholas Waters and Toque Catering Company took home the Hungry Hearts Top Chef trophy by creating a gourmet combo of coconut black bean soup with chipotle crème fraiche, and a cubano sandwich: mojo marinated pulled pork with avocado, pickle and swiss cheese.

“Once people learn of all the wonderful ways Our Place helps the impoverished in our community, they really step up to help,” said Laura Walsh, director of development. “That couldn’t have been made more clear when the philanthropic and business community truly came together in a fun and unique way to help make our signature fundraiser a great success.”

The event, presented by PwC Canada and hosted at the Inn at Laurel Point, raised $185,990.

The generosity was a welcomed gift as Our Place has experienced a significant increase in demand for services. The meal program served more than 525,000 meals last year – a 50-per-cent increase over the previous year.

The other competing top chefs were: Takashi Ito of Inn at Laurel Point, Morgan Wilson of the Fairmont Empress, Kevin Gomes of Food for Thought Catering, and Jena Stewart of Truffles

Our Place is a unique inner-city community centre serving Greater Victoria’s most vulnerable: working poor, impoverished elderly, mentally and physically challenged, addicted and the homeless.

Hungry Hearts brings message of hope to Our Place clients

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By Jennifer Blyth

In questions of volunteering, like so many areas of life, it pays to go to the source.

So it was for Volunteer Victoria, whose Youth Legacy Research Project is discovering some exciting trends and statistics about youth volunteering in Victoria.

The survey was devel-oped as part of Volunteer Victoria’s 40th anniversary celebrations. Launched by the organization’s Youth Program and funded by the United Way of Greater Victoria, the Youth Legacy Research Project aims to make volunteering as fun, enriching and accessible as possible for Greater Victo-ria youth. Designed to bet-ter understand both local successes and current bar-riers to youth volunteering, to date the survey has been completed by 560 youth between the ages of 15 and 25.

“We’re very excited about the preliminary results of the survey,” says Lisa Mort-Putland, executive director of Volunteer Victoria. “Results suggest that more than half of youth – 54.38 per cent in the Greater Victoria area – are enthusiastically volunteering.”

What captures their interest?While youth are interested in many volunteering fields,

they typically favour volunteering with children (44.13 per cent), other youth (42.74 per cent) and in the field of health and wellness (42.74 per cent).

Volunteer Victoria’s Youth Legacy Research Project surveyed hundreds of local youth for their thoughts and experiences with volunteering.

University of Victoria students jumped into Project Serve days, a partnership with Volunteer Victoria encouraging students to volunteer for a day.

“Regardless of their area of interest, 99.1 per cent of youth recognize that volunteering contributes to skill development.”

– Lisa Mort-Putland, executive director, Volunteer Victoria

“Regardless of their area of interest, 99.1 per cent of youth recognize that volunteering contributes to skill development,” Lisa notes, pointing to one respondent who commented that, “although it may not seem like it at the time, volunteering often equips you with essential skills you can use for the rest of your life. This can include developing stronger com-munication skills, skills related to your career choice, writing skills – anything really!”

While Lisa is thrilled about the positive attitude youth are showing toward volunteering, the survey is also showing there’s room for improvement.

“We’re seeing a strong consensus that time con-straints due to school, work and other commitments are interfering with their volunteering potential,” Lisa says.

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teer hours, for example, would help them incor-porate volunteering into their busy schedules. Most also felt that volunteering with friends and training opportunities would encourage them to volunteer. “While 71.89 per cent of respondents said they had received training prior to start-ing their volunteer position and 66.3 per cent received training throughout the year, training is clearly an important component of youth vol-unteering that should be continued, improved and expanded where needed,” Lisa says.

“The good news is that many local youth are already volunteering. The even better news is that with increased understanding of what

motivates youth to volunteer and the barriers to that, we can encourage even greater participa-tion and enrich their volunteer experience.”

For more about the survey and youth volun-teering trends, watch for Volunteer Victoria’s National Volunteer Week celebrations April 12 to 18.

How, when, where to volunteerWondering just what’s out there for youth

volunteering opportunities? Visit Volunteer Victoria online at www.volunteervictoria.bc.ca or stop by in person at 306-620 View St.

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“Volunteering provides a wonderful opportunity to give back to your commu-nity, while at the same time growing as an individual and acquiring new skills. It is a way to discover what inter-ests you and develop those interests through training and applied volunteer hours.”

“Life experience is huge. When I volunteered, I was able to put into practice com-munication skills I learned at post-secondary school. Vol-unteering allows you to learn while doing which, for many people, results in skill devel-opment.”

“I’m developing a number of skills through volunteering, particularly communication, problem-solving and team-work skills.”

“I’ve gained countless skills (volunteering), so I’ll only list a few: conflict resolution, crisis management, setting healthy boundaries, public speaking and strong interper-sonal communications skills.”

“Volunteering gives you self-confidence in your abili-ties (both academic and per-sonal), makes personal con-nections and is a gateway into a career path.”

“The communication skills and social skills I have learned while volunteering I will use for the rest of my life.”

“All work requires skills, and volunteering is a good way to learn those skills before they are required in a profession.”

“Our community is full of people with a diversity of skills; through volunteering it’s possible to meet those people, learn from them and exchange new ideas and skills.”

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In 2014 Volunteer Victoria:• POSTED 697 new volunteer positions to its volunteer database – from a volunteer executive director to baking cookies, and everything in between. “We even helped a volunteer find her dream job – snuggling a baby!” says Volunteer Victoria’s Lisa Mort-Putland.

• HAD ITS ONLINE volunteer positions viewed 260,670 times.

• REACHED 1,605 youth through presentations about volunteerism. An additional 386 youth signed up to volunteer through Volunteer Victoria.

• DISCOVERED MORE than 50 per cent of local youth volunteer, a rate much higher than the rest of the population, and that youth volunteer between 12 and 13 hours a month on average. In addition, Greater Victoria also has one of the largest populations of senior volunteers!

• PROVIDED WORKSHOPS and training for 1,100 volunteers, board members, emerging leaders and staff.

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Saanich � re� ghters rock While it’s said it takes a village to raise a

child, it also takes a community of volunteers to make sure those children have the programs and resources they need to grow into happy, healthy adults.

The Saanich Fire Fighters Charitable Foun-dation offers just such a community, and its members are already working toward its next major fundraiser, the annual Rock & Roll for Little Souls Car Show. Coming to Pearkes Rec Centre May 29 to 31, the show will primarily raise funds for the Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island, in addition to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation and other local children and families in need, explains firefighter Jared Barker. “We like to do our best to help those who need it, especially those in our community,” he says, noting many volunteer hours and mini-mal overhead also mean virtually everything

raised goes directly to recipients.Not only do all Saanich firefighters donate

part of their paycheck to the foundation, but every one also donates their time throughout the year to its various endeavours. “Everything we do is with volunteers,” Jared reflects, noting the car show alone is only possible with help from about 60 individuals from the fire depart-ment and the community at large.

Along with the many unique vehicles on dis-play at the May car show – one of the first of the year – visitors of all ages will also enjoy the Virtual Racing System, a sit-down simulated driving experience. “It’s literally like sitting in a race car!” Jared says.

Admission to the show is by donation; barbe-cued hot dogs, donated by Country Grocer, will also be available by donation. For more infor-mation, visit RockForLittleSouls.com

Saanich firefighters invite the community to come help raise funds for local children and families at their annual Rock & Roll for Little Souls car show, May 29 to 31 at Pearkes Rec Centre.

How do you say ‘thank you’ to your volunteers? A national survey offers insight and ideas

By Jennifer Blyth

While people volunteer for many reasons – to give back to their community or a cause they feel strongly about, to gain new skills or to feel more connected to their community, for example – few do it for the recognition.

At the same time, recognizing volunteers’ efforts goes a long way to helping them feel valued and feel that their commitment is making a difference.

Recognition doesn’t need to be expen-sive, especially important given the limited budgets many non-profits are working with. According to the 2013 Volunteer Canada National Volunteer Recognition Survey, for example, “volunteers prefer greater flexibility in scheduling, more feedback on the impact of their work and more opportunities to use their skills, abilities or talents in their volun-teer roles.”

• Let them know their efforts matter – 80 per cent of survey respondents said they would like to hear how their work has made a difference.

• Make it personal – Nearly 70 per cent said they would like to be thanked in per-

son but on an ongoing, informal basis, as opposed to formal banquets, gatherings and public acknowledgment in local media – this despite the fact that those “formal” recogni-tions are common to many organizations.

Expanding definitionsThe fact that so many volunteers are look-

ing for informal recognition should come as good news for many organizations, which cite cost as one of the chief obstacles to vol-unteer recognition.

The key, perhaps, is in expanding the concept of “volunteer recognition” and in learning about volunteers’ motivations and preferences.

• What volunteers want – During the screening and administration process, learn the kinds of skills volunteers’ would like to apply or develop in their time with the orga-nization and ensure this is being fulfilled in their volunteer roles.

• In training – Create an event that includes training or networking opportuni-ties with celebrations around volunteer rec-ognition.

• Be sincere – Volunteers want recogni-tion that is sincere and authentic – some-thing echoed repeatedly in the survey.

• Thank you! – People appreciate a per-sonalized thank you, whether with words highlighting the impact of a volunteers’ con-tribution, or a small personalized token or gift – it’s being sincere and customized that makes a difference.

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE…

One helping hand at a timeA gentle touch and kind word can make a

world of difference in a person’s life.For a senior living with dementia or other

condition, the impact can be even greater. After dedicating many years to programs

involving children, especially through C-FAX Santas Anonymous, Carmela Cooper was pleased to also be able to spend time with the residents at Broadmead Care.

Each Thursday morning for the past 2 1/2 years, Carmela has volunteered with several others to provide aesthetics services for residents, including many who are living with varying degrees of dementia. At the “Thursday Morning Spa,” the women residents at the Lodge at Broadmead are treated to a nail filing and polish that helps make their day a little brighter,

Carmela says. “They just love the one-on-one and having their hands held,” she reflects, noting how important the staff ’s care is to the women as well. “The staff here are just amazing; they treat the residents with such tender loving care.”

The staff also appreciate the commitment of Carmela and all of the Broadmead volunteers.

“Carmela’s individual attention and nurtur-ing supports residents, and makes them feel special, pampered and cared for, just like any of us would feel at a day at the spa,” says Kelly Sprackett, Coordinator of Volunteer Services.

Carmela herself takes away just as much from the experience. “You feel more connected,” she says. “They really are so sweet and so thrilled with what you do. I wish I had more time to do more.”

Carmela Cooper volunteers each week to support the residents at the Lodge at Broadmead.

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VOLUNTEERSare the HEART ofBROADMEAD CARE

Did you know that volunteers gave over 12,000 hours of their time last year to directly support residents and clients? We thank all our volunteers who enhance the lives of the veterans, seniors and adults with disabilities at the Lodge at Broadmead,Veterans Health Centre, Nigel House and Harriet House. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact [email protected] or by phone at 250-658-3205.

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We are proud to support this special insert thanking the more than 180,000 local volunteers who make

a di�erence in our community every day.

Investors Group has a long heritage of grassroots involvement and corporate funding, which has created a strong corporate culture of caring for our communities. Investors Group is committed to making a contribution to the many communities across Canada in which we operate, by supporting

local and national activities, events and organizations. In doing so, we hope to help our communities to be more dynamic, and interesting places to live and work.

As a founding member of the Corporate Council on Volunteering, a CEO-led initiative to encourage employer-supported volunteering across Canada, we also support volunteerism through our Volunteer Support Program and our Employees in Action Program. Investors Group celebrates

involvement, creates partnerships with local community organizations and funds programs that support employee giving.

As we all know, to thrive and survive, our community non-pro�ts need both the valuable gi�s of volunteers and funds. We are proud to be helping to lead the way and salute our community volunteers, Volunteer Victoria and the many others who endeavor to do the same.

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Visit www.volunteervictoria.bc.ca

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Investors Group is committed to making a contribution to the many communities across Canada in which it operates.

By supporting local and national activities, events and organizations, the national leader in delivering personalized financial solutions to more than 1 million Canadians strives to help communities be dynamic, interesting places to live and work.

“For Investors Group, our long heritage of grassroots involvement, corporate funding and project initiation by many of our people has created a strong corporate culture of caring for our communities,” says Murray J. Taylor, Inves-tors Group president and chief executive officer. “We have a long history of attracting people who are ambitious and who care for those they serve, which translates into a deep interest in community needs. When you combine these characteristics, you end up with a strong sus-tainable focus on corporate citizenship.”

A founding member of Imagine Canada, Investors Group is committed to donating at least 1 per cent of its average annual pre-tax income, or more than $6.5 million in 2014, to charitable and other non-profit organizations across Canada. For these and its many other ini-tiatives, the company received the 2011 Imagine Canada/Volunteer Canada Corporate Commu-nity Involvement Award.

This corporate giving is coordinated through the Investors Group Community Investment Program, which encourages volunteerism and personal giving by employees and consultants. Initiatives include:

Region Office Community Relations Program – Funding for offices across Canada to participate with local causes and events.

Volunteer Support Program – Promoting and recognizing volunteerism with financial assistance to non-profit organizations in which

Investors Group consultants, employees, retir-ees and immediate families actively volunteer.

Community Sport Volunteer Program –Providing financial assistance to community-based sports groups and organizations in which Consultants and employees are involved as active volunteers.

Matching Gifts Program – Encouraging giving among consultants, employees, retirees and directors by matching qualifying individual gifts to eligible registered Canadian charities.

In addition, Investors Group is also involved in numerous national partnerships, including the Amateur Athletes Fund, a bursary program open to any active senior national team athlete, the Coaching Association of Canada and the Investors Group Community Coaching Con-ferences, recognizing the importance of sport education in the community, and the Inves-tors Group Community Sport Administrator Award, recognizing a dedicated volunteer who has given their time so coaches and athletes enjoy the benefits of well-organized sport.

Other partnerships include Free The Children, the world’s largest network of children helping children through education, the Money and Youth Program, to give young people the tools and understanding to undertake their economic and financial roles, responsibilities and decisions with confidence and competence, and Volunteer Canada, the national voice for volunteerism in Canada since 1977. The company is also the sole funder of National Volunteer Week, a week-long celebration to recognize the contribution of Canada’s 12.7 million volunteers.

Taken as a whole, the Investors Group Com-munity Investment Program reflects the belief that working together with purpose can create something unique and powerful, with strength based on distinct contributions from many.

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Bridges for Women helps hundreds of women each year, but now the society is in need of more space.

Bridges offers survivors of trauma and abuse employment services, career counselling as well as advocacy and support services.

“We’ve got 200 clients right now we’re seeing, and we’re in the same place we were when we were serving 50,” said J. Scott, community devel-opment manager for Bridges.

The society is holding an online campaign to raise money for a new space that would allow Bridges to double the number of women they serve. Last year, the group helped over 600 women.

“Bridges is the first group that figured out the connection between abuse and employment to see how suffering from trauma and abuse effects employment,” said Scott.

With a bigger space, more classroom space will be available. On top of their employment classes, Camosun College teaches catch-up classes in com-puter skills, math and English. Bridges also offers online classes for women who don’t live in Victo-ria.

“While we are serving more women than ever before, the need and demand for our services is growing faster than our ability to meet this need,” said Scott.

Bridges will be hosting an International Wom-en’s Day Luncheon on March 6 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Union Club. Keynote speakers include Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps and YMCA CEO, Paulette Senior.

To donate to the Indiegogo campaign, please go online to http://indiegogo.com/projects/help-us-help-more-women-expand-bridges-capacity or

call 250-385-7410 to donate or purchase luncheon tickets.

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looking for volunteers who love to read and who enjoy working with children to help young learners build their literacy skills at the Noisy Kids Reading Club, after school at

Savory Elementary School.

The Inter-Cultural Association of Victoria seeks youth peer tutor and mentors aged 18 to 22 years to assist newcomers with their homework and to help them feel welcome in Victoria. The homework club meets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from September to June.

The Community Social Planning Council is looking for

volunteers for several roles for four hours on Saturday, March 7 at the Esquimalt Money Fair. Learn about money and personal finance for families or individuals living on low to moderate incomes.

The Music for Youth Works Society is looking for fundraising, finance and communications committee members. No previous experience required.

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Community Calendar

Thursday, March 518th Victoria French Fest from March 5 to 8.

Centennial Square. Sponsored by Francophone Society of Victoria. Info: francocentre.com.

Esquimalt Photography Club Spring Photo Show. Esquimalt Recreation Centre, 527 Fraser St. March 5 to 31. Info: 250-412-8511.

Friday, March 6Sticks to Bricks to Textbooks. Fundraising

dinner and auction for Nashipay Maasai School. Cook Street Village Activity Centre, 380 Cook St., 6 to 9 p.m. Info/tickets: [email protected].

Saturday, March 7Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at

Henderson Recreation Centre, 2291 Cedar Hill X Rd. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact Malca at 250.818-9496.

Sunday, March 8Gigantic Kids Garage Sale. Esquimalt

Recreation Centre, 527 Fraser St., 9 a.m. to noon. Table rentals reserved through the Esquimalt Recreation Centre by phone: 250-412-8500.

Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at My Chosen Café, 4492 Happy Valley Rd., Metchosin. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact Christine at 250-478-7020.

Linden Singers present a concert of choral works by female composers and poets in recognition of International Women’s Day. Lutheran Church of the Cross, 3787 Cedar Hill Rd., 3:30 p.m. Info: lindensingers.ca

Monday, March 9B.C. Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service. B.C.

legislature, noon.

Tuesday, March 10Amadeus. Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St.,

7:30 p.m. Info: balletvictoria.ca.

Wednesday, March 11Amadeus. Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St.,

7:30 p.m. Info: balletvictoria.ca.

Saturday, March 14Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at Aviation

Museum, 1910 Norseman Rd., North Saanich. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact Ed or Pat at 250-658-2325.

Civic Orchestra of Victoria presents Symphonic Masterworks with Yariv Aloni. Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 900 Johnson St., 2 p.m. Info: www.civicorchestraofvictoria.org.

Sunday, March 15Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at Running

Room, Broadmead Shopping Centre, 777 Royal Oak Dr. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact Marion at 250-477-9851.

Wednesday, March 18Esquimalt Chamber of Commerce AGM.

CPOs Mess, 1575 Lyall St., 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Info: 250-590-2125 or email [email protected].

Saturday, March 21 Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at

Fisherman’s Wharf Park, Dallas Road and Erie Street. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m.

Contact Wendy at 250.598-9390.Free community skate. Archie Browning

Sports Centre, 1151 Esquimalt Rd., 2:30 to 4 p.m. Last public skate of the season.

Sunday, March 22 Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at Oak Bay

Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee St. Registration 9:30 a.m., walk 10 a.m. Contact Carol at 250-386-6670.

Friday, March 27Montreal Canadiens Alumni Tour. Archie

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Saturday, March 28Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at Olympic

Golf Course, 643 Latoria Rd., Colwood. Registration 9:30 a.m., walk 10 a.m. Contact Rick at 250-478-7020.

Esquimalt 5K. Kid’s 1K Fun Run starts at 8 a.m.; 5K starts at 8:30 a.m. Start/Finish on Lyall Street in Esquimalt. Awards at the Esquimalt Recreation Centre, 527 Fraser St.

Sunday, April 5Lions’ Easter Egg Hunt. Esquimalt’s Gorge

Park, noon to 3 p.m. The Esquimalt Lions host their annual easter egg hunt with entertainment and activities.

Monday, April 6The Trail Running Film Festival – an evening

of films showcasing the world of trail running. Vic Theatre, 808 Douglas St., 5 p.m. Info: trailfilmfest.com.

B.C. Liquor Store customers are invited to support local dry graduation celebrations this year.

All donations collected between now and March 31 will help fund alcohol-free events and activities for graduating high school students in Victoria and Esquimalt.

Contributions by B.C. Liquor Store customers and employees add to funds raised by parents, students and teachers for alcohol-free graduation celebrations.

More than 270 high schools in 56 B.C. school districts are participating in this year’s campaign.

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On August 31, 2014, at the 2700 block of Gosworth Road, Victoria, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Victoria Police Department seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: $4234.10 CAD, on or about 05:30 Hours. The subject property was seized because there was evidence that the subject property had been obtained by the commission of an offence (or offences) under section 354(1) (Possession of property obtained by crime) of the Criminal Code of Canada. Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2015-2687, is subject to forfeiture under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will be forfeited to the Government for disposal by the Director of Civil Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute

is filed with the Director within the time period set out in this notice. A notice of dispute may be filed by a person who claims to have an interest in all or part of the subject property. The notice of dispute must be filed within 60 days of the date upon which this notice is first published. You may obtain the form of a notice of dispute, which must meet the requirements of Section 14.07 of the CFA, from the Director’s website, accessible online at www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/civilforfeiture. The notice must be in writing, signed in the presence of a lawyer or notary public, and mailed to the Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234 Station Provincial Government, Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.

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THE INTER-CULTURAL As-sociation of Victoria seeks Youth Peer Tutor and Mentors aged 18 to 22 years to assist newcomers with their home-work and to help them feel welcome in Victoria. The homework club meets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays September through June. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

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BEEF FARM GATE SALES. 1516 Mt. Douglas Cross Rd. Hours Friday & Saturday 10-4. Naturally raised, hormone free beef. Individual cuts sold, sharp, frozen & double wrapped. (250)477-3321.

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JVC 60W Compact speakers $15. Call (778)433-1052.

LARGE GARDEN Swing cov-er, new, still in pkg. $50. (was $150. new). (250)479-7918.

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STYLISH METAL/ Wood open back book shelving. Approx 5’Hx3’W. $65. (250)477-2993.

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JOIN US for our fantastic an-nual KIDS SALE. Sun., March 8, 9am-12pm! Find great deals on toys, clothes, baby stuff & sports equipment from more than 20 booths. No early birds please. Esquimalt Rec Centre 527 Fraser St.

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NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS- $2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enter-prise Cres, Victoria. Gold-stream Press Division.

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STEEL BUILDINGS. “Really big sale!” All steel building models and sizes. Plus extra savings. Buy now and we will store until spring. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 or visit us online www.pioneersteel.ca

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ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700.

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KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Company. Res/Com. Lic #86952. Call 250-415-7991.

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

FRUIT TREES Overgrown? Pruning, clean-ups, hedges, lawn cuts. Miracles. Call John 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

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ABBA EXTERIORSProfessional gutter cleaning & repairs. Window cleaning. Roof de-mossing. Pkg dis-counts. WCB. (778)433-9275.

(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free estimate

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HANDYPERSONS

HOUSE & Yard repairs. no job too small. OAP Discounts, free est. Andy, (250)886-3383.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

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

GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.

HAUL A WAY- Junk & gar-bage removal. Free quotes. Senior disc. (778)350-5050.


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JUNK BOX- Junk Removal Company. Local guys. Low rates. Call (250)658-3944.

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

PETE’S HAUL A DAY- Junk removal. Airforce guy. Call 250-888-1221.

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

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ALLSTAR MOVING Delivery Service. From $59. Free local travel. Call (250)818-2699.

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PRESSURE WASHING

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BUDDY’S TREE SERVICES-Trimming, pruning, chipping,removals, hedges. Insured.Call Keith, (250)474-3697.

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