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Victoria police and Vancouver Island Inte-grated Major Crime Unit are investigating the third suspicious death in Victoria in less than a month.

On Friday, police were called to a home in the 800-block of Queens Avenue at 5 p.m. and discovered the body of a 46-year-old Victoria woman.

“At this time there is no reason to believe that the public may be at risk,” said Victoria police spokesperson Const. Mike Russell in a statement.

No further details were available at press time.

Also on Friday, police released the identity of man whose body was found in the Inner Harbour on March 5.

Scott Owen Smith, 26, was from Victoria.Police are classifying the death as “suspi-

cious.” It has not yet been determined how the Smith died.

Investigators are hoping to speak with anyone who was with Smith on the night of Wednesday, March 4 or the morning of Thursday, March 5.

Police are also investigating the death of Peter Hunter Thompson, 49, who was found dead in the 400-block of Michigan Street on Feb. 18.

VicPD investigators have ruled Thomp-son’s death a homicide.

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After being destroyed by fire 14 months ago, a local bakery has finally reopened its doors.

The Italian Bakery at 3197 Quadra St. suffered an esti-mated $160,000 in damages on Jan. 30, 2014 from a fire that originated in the kitchen. It has been shut down ever since.

The fire was caused by product containers made of paper stored on top of the oven against exhaust ducting, said Victoria Fire Department Batallion Chief Mike Stark, at the time of the fire.

“I thought we’d be back up and running earlier,” said bakery owner Alberto Pozzolo. “If I’d known it was going to take this long, I would have taken a trip to Italy.”

The bakery opened in 1978, so in addition to fixing dam-ages from the fire, there were also upgrades that needed to be done such as a new accessible bathroom.

Pozzolo said he expects his insurance to pay for every-thing, but there are still details to work out.

One of the major elements that had to be replaced was the oven, which had to be lowered into the bakery through the roof with a crane.

“We got really lucky early on to find an oven that would work,” said Pozzolo. “I think the oven was fortunate that we were here, because it’s a big oven, and it needs a big space.”

Pozzolo said he’s sure the bakery will see many familiar faces.

“I’m confident that a lot of people will be excited for us to come back.”

Bakery production manager Dylan Cross has been working with the new oven figuring out how it works in preparation for the reopening.

“I’m excited for a new chapter,” said Cross. “I’ve been with this business for 13 years, so it’s nice to come back to it and grow.”

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Alberto Pozzolo, owner of the Italian Bakery, loads bread into the oven in preparation for the bakery’s opening after being destroyed by a fire 14 months ago.

A fire at an abandoned rooming house on Yates St., is being called suspicious by officials.

Fire crews responded to a call at 1176 Yates St., minutes before midnight on Thursday. They found the front of the building on fire.

“There had been squatters there in the past and signs of activity,” said Fire Inspector Capt. Steve Meikle.

The property was previously used as a room-ing house but has been boarded up for more than 10 years

VicPD is now investigating.•••

A painter working in the hallway of a Victo-ria apartment building Thursday noticed smoke spewing into the hallway.

The painter jumped into action, grabbing an extinguisher and spraying into the apartment to prevent the fire from engulfing the suite, until Victoria Fire Department crews arrived.

Crews arrived at the fire scene at 1573 Begbie St. at about 10:30 a.m. to a smoke-filled apart-ment to find an electrical fire that was almost put out by the painter.

Fire officials confirm the fire was electrical, but haven’t yet determined the cause.

Victoria police probe rooming house fireSeismic concerns tempered


Despite growing concerns, the new Johnson Street Bridge is being built with the highest seis-mic standards, said project manager Jonathan Hugget.

Issues regarding the seismic stability of the bridge arose after a media report that it was being built at a lower level of protection than what was recommended to the city.

“We have designed the bridge as a critical bridge,” said Hugget. “The bridge will be avail-able to all traffic, not [just] emergency traffic, all traffic, after a 1-in-1,000 year earthquake.”

After a 1-in-2,500 year earthquake, Huggest said the bridge would still be open for use by emergency vehicles and for security and defence purposes.

“If this is wrong, then I would suggest that we have a bigger problem than

that, because every other bridge that has been recently

constructed in Brit-ish Columbia has

been designed to that standard.”Hugget said he did not know what the motive

would be for anyone to reduce the design stan-dards of the bridge.

“H&H and MMM are not responsible for the final construction cost of this bridge, they designed it. So it it turns out it costs more money, it’s not their problem. PCL has a contract to built, and they’ll build whatever they’re told to build.”

He said the bridge has been designed to the top Canadian and Californian codes, and beyond that it is not possible to be certain about what is going to happen.

“If it turns out there’s a major earthquake tomorrow morning and those standards are found to be inadequate, there’s not much we can do about that.”

Coun. Ben Isitt proposed a motion that staff report back to council to clarify the seismic per-formance of the replacement bridge including the Canadian and international design codes and standards and the consistency with informa-tion contained in the seismic design report from August 2012.

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Residents of Greater Victoria counted over 17.2 billion blooms from March 5 to 11, compared to last year’s 1.4 billion.

The winning community for the second year in a row was Colwood, with Oak Bay and Esquimalt in second and third place respectively.

“Engagement on social media was quite high this year, and there were some really stunning photos of plum and early cherry blossoms put out there,” said Scott McDonald, spokesperson for Butchart Gardens. “People really seemed to be having fun with the count against the backdrop of the warm temperatures and early spring.”

The highest Flower Count was in 2010, when 21 billion blooms were counted.

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Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps is open to giv-ing up government funding for a regional sewage treatment plan if it means find-ing opportunities for cheaper technology and different sites.

The City of Victoria is working to make a sewage treatment plan work with the CRD, but it is still keeping its options open, said Helps.

The city is not only contributing to a region-wide solution, but it is also looking into a Victoria-only option.

“My preference is that we can get along with our neighbours and find a way to bring this project to completion in a col-

laborative and forward-looking way,” said Helps. “At the same time, I am committed to finding a solution that is cost-effective and long term. We’re keeping our options open.”

This may mean giving up the govern-ment funding.

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B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation is hogging the left-hand lane, speeding toward another misplaced priority.

Minister Todd Stone’s announcement this month that the province is looking at legislation targeting left-lane hogs on the highway is populist pandering, it’s unnecessary and it’s undesirable.

Stone suggests left-lane huggers are particular to B.C., coincidentally the province in which he happens to commute to work. Apparently, everyone who drives slower than our transportation minister is a slowpoke and everyone who drives faster than him is a maniac.

This isn’t a law for which British Columbians have been clamouring – it seems to have appeared in our rear-view mirror from out of nowhere.

Stone says ICBC statistics and RCMP traffic reports show that failure to keep right causes a lot of collisions, but we suspect that the impatient drivers who surround the cautious ones are every bit as culpable.

Must our roads suit only the fast and the furious? Already the B.C. Liberal government has raised speed limits, conditioning motorists to race at Mach 1. Any crackdown on left-lane hogs is going to empower tailgaters and road ragers and cause car crashes. The province has been erecting signs along the highways gently reminding motorists to keep right; that should suffice.

Personally, we’re OK with the drivers who plod along in sub-compacts that limit pollution, and if they can’t quite rev up to 120 km/h, well, we’re pretty sure most of them will move over to the right lane just as soon as it’s safe to do so.

Bike plan could have its challenges

Re: Protected bikes lanes eyed for Pandora (News, March 4)

I imagine losing the parking spaces in the 500-block of Pandora Avenue would not affect Shane Devereaux’s business, and in the long run it will no doubt all be pedestrianized in that area in years to come.

I live and work in the 900-block where we have a small parade of four shops and on our side we have one-hour free car parking which is extensively used by passing motorists to visit the shops.

With regards to the 900-block I would suggest the three lanes be reduced to two leaving the parking intact.

Otherwise all I can see is public inquiries and court challengesat the taxpayers’ expense.

Anthony MathewsVictoria

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for Pandora (News, March 4)

I look forward to having the two-way protected lane connected to the new Johnson Street Bridge and the Galloping Goose Trail. What a splendid city we live in!

Dorothy HarveyVictoria

Much more could be done to reduce poverty

Although an increase in the minimum wage is certainly

warranted, given the cost of living in B.C., there is more the government can do to reduce poverty.

Ending the regressive MSP tax comes to mind first. Putting investment into social housing to reduce the cost of rent is another strategy. Providing lower-cost education helps people to choose to train for higher-paying jobs. Investing in child care spaces and making them affordable makes it easier for parents to get back into the workforce to advance their careers, and begins the process of raising the workers of the future. The BC government is doing none of these meaningfully but, oh, what potential there is!

If we end up in a narrowly focused fight over the minimum wage rate, both sides will spin their wheels and nobody will be better off.

Minimum wage increase is just one of the things we can talk about to advance a more fair society, with less poverty.

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Bill C-51 ‘recklessand dangerous’

I’m writing today about the federal Conservative’s anti-terror bill, Bill C-51, which is reckless and dangerous.

The bill is reckless because it turns CSIS into a secret police force with little oversight or accountability. It is dangerous because it opens the door for violations of our charter rights.

Due to the lack of clarity in the bill, it opens the door for surveillance of those expressing dissent against the government, which will have a huge impact on environmentalists, activists and First Nations across the country.

Do we really want the government to create a shadowy and unaccountable secret police force that will trample on innocent citizens’ freedoms?

I encourage everyone to learn more about how we can work together to stop Bill C-51 online at stopc51.ca

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The Vancouver Island Economic Alliance will host a transportation forum in Victoria on March 31.

Cost, reliability, frequency, efficiency and connectivity are issues the alliance says are critical to businesses on Vancouver Island.

“There’s a perceived disconnect between our Island and the rest of North America. There’s also a tendency to see the Strait of Georgia as a barrier but there’s an opportunity to see that as a connector,” said George Hanson, president of the Vancouver Island Economic Alliance.

Representatives from organizations such as Greater Victoria Harbour Authority, Tourism Victoria and B.C. Ferries will all propose solutions to critical issues such as getting people, goods and materials to and around Vancouver Island.

“An increase in shipping containers to promote more trade with Asia, an airport initiative to make it more reliable and changes proposed to upgrade ferry terminals,” said Hanson. Those are just a few of the proposed ideas.

Al Hasham, CEO of Maximum Express and Max Furniture as well as Greater Victoria Chamber

of Commerce vice-chair, has personally been effected by this problem.

“B.C. Ferries is the main topic right now. They’ve been increasing [rates] since I went into business in 1987,” said Hasham.

Hasham says that when rates for shipping costs go up, so does his.

“Rising cost of B.C. Ferries affects my business and my customers. It just keeps going up and up.”

The idea of the forum is to try and jumpstart some of these ideas for improvement.

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The City of Victoria has a new property in its portfolio along the Inner Harbour.

It purchased the property at 812 Wharf St., from the province for $7.8 million. Currently the loca-tion houses the Victoria Visitor Centre, Milestones restaurant and

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Prince of Whales. The City self-financed the deal. “We’ve borrowed $7.8 million

from our infrastructure reserve fund and we will pay ourselves back with interest. In 22 years we will own this outright and it’s a longterm revenue generator,” said Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps.

Talks to purchase the wharf started last August.

“It wasn’t necessary but it was a strategic asset on the Inner Har-bour,” said Helps.

Helps said the city is open to pur-chasing more properties in the area that the province might be selling and this purchase is the second of potentially many.

“We are going to keep our eyes and ears open to see what else the province might be divesting and pay attention.”

Other items in the city’s four-year strategic plan include completing the David Foster Harbour path-way and fixing up the new pur-chase.

“We’ve got a little scrubbing up to do and we’ve got a little work to do such as parking lots that could have a bet-ter use but the harbour is a jewel and we need to shine it up a bit.”

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Victoria city councillors Charlayne Thornton-Joe, left, Chris Coleman, Mayor Lisa Helps and Paul Nursey, president and CEO of Tourism Victoria celebrate the city's purchase of the 812 Wharf St. property which houses, among other businesses, the Tourism Victoria Visitor Centre.

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March has been a good month for the B.C. NDP, and it’s been a while since I’ve been able to say that.

Opposition critics fired a shot amidships at the B.C. Liberal government when they began questioning the lack of progress by the new Audi-

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Business groups were concerned about munic-ipal taxes going up too quickly, with staff growing even as the province grap-pled with a hiring freeze.

Mayors and councillors began to talk of mutiny over that plan, protest-ing that their budgets are already required to bal-ance and are subject to annual audits.

But this will be “perfor-mance auditing,” Clark insisted, not just making sure the figures add up.

It will determine if the public is receiving its “value for money” on proj-ects like arenas and services like police, by com-paring different communities’ results.

A new AGLG office opened in Surrey.The “value for money” promise is on the rocks. The government appointed a quasi-independent

board (hello, BC Ferries and TransLink) that hired chartered accountant Basia Ruta, a veteran of the federal Auditor General office who had also served as chief financial officer at Environment Canada and had done local government audits in private practice.

NDP local government critic Selina Robinson started asking why this office has spent $5.2 mil-lion and produced only one audit out of a prom-ised 18.

Community Minister Coralee Oakes, a for-mer Quesnel councillor in her first cabinet post, allowed that there had been some rough water but there is smooth sailing ahead.

Then came a big leak, in the form of a “work environment review” of the good ship AGLG that was given to the NDP by a seasick crew member.

It described chaos below decks, with “shift-ing priorities and unclear direction,” as well as “wasted time and work” and “inefficient use of consultant and staff resources.”

Worse, the review noted a human resources monitor had been stationed at the office for most of January to maintain a “respectful workplace for all employees.”

“A peacekeeper,” as NDP leader John Horgan described the grim scene.

“This is like we’re in Cyprus.”Then it was confirmed that when the AGLG

board tried to conduct a performance review, Ruta’s response was to hire a lawyer. Ruta seems to be decisive when protecting her job, if not when hiring, running the office or meeting her own work targets.

Whatever goodwill had been restored with local governments over this experiment is likely gone.

Municipal staffers have been dealing with new auditor demands as their councils grind away at their own budgets, and now they see signs that what they have contributed may well have been swept overboard.

Oakes remains on deck, eyes fixed on the hori-zon.

An audit of capital procurement in Rossland is finally scheduled to be done by the end of March, she said.

Similar reports on Delta and Sechelt are due in April.

The latest revision of that schedule is underway, no doubt in another series of long, acrimonious meetings.

Clark addressed the situation in her last ques-tion period before the legislature’s spring break this week.

She didn’t have a lot to say about the AGLG’s voyage of the damned, mostly familiar rhetoric about “lower taxes, less red tape” and so on.

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In 1985, there were five breeding pairs of western purple martins left in the wild.

They were nesting in the portholes of an old decommissioned ship at the Department of National Defence dock in Colwood.

But then people with the Victoria Natural History Society and Western Purple Martin Foundation stepped in and started putting up nesting boxes to com-pensate for the loss of their natural habitat.

Now, there are approximately 1,000 mating pairs that return to the area each spring from their winter migra-tion to South America.

“There was a slow and steady increase over the first few years (of the nesting box pro-gram),” says founda-tion director Charlene Lee. By about 2002, she adds, there were approximately 200 pairs. It was evidence the program was work-ing and the foundation received funding to expand the program.

“We weren’t sure, being a swallow, that they would take to the boxes,” Lee says, as many swallows are very territorial about their nesting areas. Once the birds did start using them, it became clear that expansion of the program could be the help needed to ensure the birds’ con-tinued survival.

More boxes were put up at the DND docks, for a total of about 40, which see 30 nesting pair of martins return

each year. Others went up at Royal Roads Uni-versity (30 boxes total, 20 returning pairs), Goldstream Park got a few (now up to 15) and seven were installed at Pedder Inlet near Pear-son College, whose boxes saw occupancy in the first year after being placed in 2013.

The purple martin’s instinctual nesting habitat is in the holes woodpeckers make in old burned out trees and other dead or dying wood. These days, Lee says, those areas are forested rather than left to nature, creating a lack of area for the birds to nest upon their annual return from South America.

The growth of the population also has a lot to do with luck – at least the meteorologi-cal kind.

Lee says there needs to be the right kind of weather at the right time to create the nat-ural circumstances that support increased numbers.

“From 2002 to 2006 we had really good summers for bugs,” she says. Martins sur-vive off large bugs like moths, beetles and dragonflies, as opposed to smaller ones like mosquitoes, so if those types of insects aren’t plentiful when the mar-tins are trying to feed their young, progress is lost in the resurgence efforts. If it’s too wet at the wrong times or for too long, not enough of the birds’ preferred diet is produced for the ones that are trying to survive, let alone to feed their young.

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good,” Lee says, “but a day or two is okay.”

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“It was a thrill to qui-etly spy on these birds last summer and see them using the nest-ing boxes,” says Dani-elle Pope, who works at Pearson College, the newest of the sites being served by the nesting boxes in the region. “I hope we will

see them again this year. They are incred-ible birds to watch in flight. Even though they are North America’s largest swallow, they have a great deal of agility and use the wind currents to help them float and dive. It’s quite something to see.”

While the nesting box program is not actively being expanded now, if people are willing to volunteer to put up boxes and manage them, the foundation certainly encourage that. Lee points out that

martins are not a “back-yard bird,” as they like wide open areas with water nearby.

If that sounds like a property you know of, head over to the founda-tion’s website at saveo-urmartins.org or by contacting Lee directly by emailing her at [email protected].

She can also point you to the plans for how to make the nest-ing boxes and can men-tor people through the process, so the purple martin can be given a fighting chance.

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The slowly-resurging Western Purple Martins arrived back from their southern migration last spring to find some new homes on Pedder Inlet, and took to them immediatley, which was a nice surprise for the students and staff at Peason College UWC and the Western Purple Martin Foundation.

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Few experience the kind of loving friendship that Nancy Martens and Jeanne Coverdale pos-sessed.

The pair met at Iowa State University in 1971, in a way that would leave many red in the face. Coverdale was under the impression she was going to have a private room and instead was sharing with Martens. No love was lost though, they soon became inseparable.

“The chemistry was just right,” said Martens, a Victoria resident.

Tragedy struck in 2010, when Coverdale was diagnosed with breast cancer. After going through a mastectomy, chemotherapy, and the installation of a pacemaker and defibrillator to deal with heart damage from chemo, she thought the storm had passed.

She planned a party to thank family and friends for support but before that could take place, she fell sick, feeling dizzy. The cancer had returned to her brain. “When it was obvious she wasn’t going to make it, I thought I’d make 40 quilts for the 40 years of our friendship,” said Martens.

Jeanne died Sept. 14, 2011. She would have been 60-years-old in four days.

“She would be thrilled, smiling and doing a happy dance to know I was doing this,” Martens said. Martens had always been a “solo” quilter but after she announced the project, complete strangers stepped forward to offer their talents and passion.

“Now I’ve connected with the Victoria quilting community and they are pretty amazing.”

Before her death, Coverdale designed a quilt panel from the poem What Cancer Cannot Do. Marten’s 40 quilts will all feature the poem’s theme.

“It has some lovely sentiments on it like ‘Cancer cannot kill friendship, steal humour or cripple love,’” she said.

The quilts can be viewed at the Sawyer Sewing Centre at 3400 Douglas St., for the month of April. After the show, quilts will be donated as fund-raising projects to agencies serving people with cancer.

“The biggest sadness to me was that me and Jeanne planned a lot to do when I retired, but she died before I did. I realized the other day when I was chatting with a friend that I am still doing a lot of things with her.”

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To start with, there are a number of extremely gifted people working in the heritage community – whether in paid positions, as volunteers, or simply as hobbyists. They always seem eager to contribute to one another’s research.

Victoria also has a remarkably rich and densely packed history. I am often heard to say that one of the reasons I love this city is that because it was so isolated in the 19th century the people who did decide to

settle here were made of incredibly tough stuff.

The early pioneers of Victoria were hardy, often fearless, relentlessly entrepreneurial, clever and frequently quite eccentric. They were, in short, real characters.

I have a regular reader of this column, a fellow called Ron, who is a local history buff and often sends me notes and comments. A few months ago he sent me the image included here. It is of a tin of mechanical soap, made by the San Juan Mining and Manufacturing Company, which was based out of Victoria.

I had never heard of this company, but a quick glance at this image told me the tin was of early 20th century make, given the style of the graphics, text, and packaging. Beyond that it was a mystery.

It turns out that being a history buff runs in families: Ron’s

son Aaron had done a little research into this company and we arranged to meet so I could hear about it.

Aaron is a young man with a quick wit and a gift for writing. He has a variety of historical interests and had done an excellent job down at the B.C.

Archives in ferretting out some information about this mysterious San Juan Mining and Manufacturing Company.

When he brought his notes out, I started to realize that this relatively obscure company had

connections with two very famous names in our city and province’s history.

The San Juan Mining and Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1905. It owned claims along the San Juan and Gordon Rivers, near Port

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According to Aaron’s research, they had an office at 1210 Douglas St. (where Chapter’s is today) and a factory in Esquimalt, at the corner of Dunsmuir and Head streets.

The factory produced a variety of industrial and household products, including shoe blacking, blue and black inks, metal polish, Prussian blue alum, plate powders and, of course, mechanical soap.

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story gets really interesting: according to the company records, one of its founders was a man called William Fernie. Fernie gave his name to a town in eastern British Columbia and was largely responsible for the building of the railway through the Crow’s Nest Pass. He was also a prospector and miner, who contributed enormously to the development of the Kootney region.

In 1905, just around the time the San Juan Company was established, he retired to Victoria where he lived in a wonderful home on Oak Bay Avenue called Kimbolton (named for the place he was born in England in 1837).

Another name from Aaron’s research popped out at me. The company records list that in 1913, during the big pre-war real estate and economic boom, a man called John C. Newberry was listed as holding 50 per cent of the San Juan Company’s shares.

I can only assume this is the same John Cowper Newberry who is well-known in Victoria historical circles and whom my colleague John Adams has researched in the past. Newberry was at the head of his class when he attended Vic

High in the 1870s, and was the winner of B.C.’s first Governor General’s medal for academics.

At the age of 16 he took up a teaching post at Craigflower School, but later settled in to life as a collector of customs for the port of Victoria. Cowper and Newberry Streets in the Gorge area are named for him.

Fernie died in 1921 and the San Juan Company went through a number of changes. In 1923 it became the Alunite Chemical Corporation. Then its record-keeping began to deteriorate and information becomes sparse.

In 1934, Newberry died, and it was around that period that the company finally began to fail. Amongst its limited records from that era were several letters from the government seeking unpaid dues and admonishing the company for not filing with the registrar of companies. By 1937 Alunite Chemical Corporation was bust.

This little story demonstrates how interconnected early Victoria residents were. This city had a small population, and the same names pop up again and again in a variety of intriguing enterprises. It feels appropriate that, despite Victoria’s large size today, this community of history buffs remains so close and connected.

– with thanks to Aaron and Ron Stefik

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UKRAINIAN EASTER FOOD FAIR. Sale of homemade perogies, borscht, cabbage rolls, Easter breads, baking, beet horseradish, kovbassa & hot Ukrainian lunch. Wheel-chair access. Free admission. Sat. March 21, 11am-2pm. St. Nicholas Ukrainian Hall, 1110 Caledonia Ave. 250-384-2255.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

INFORMATION

APPLY NOW: A $2,500 Pen-ny Wise scholarship is available for a woman entering the Journalism Certifi cate Pro-gram at Langara College in Vancouver. Application dead-line April 30, 2015. Send appli-cations to [email protected] information online at: www.bccommunitynews.com /our-programs/scholarship.

DID YOU KNOW? BBB Ac-credited Businesses contractu-ally agree to operate by the BBB’s 8 Standards of Trust. Look for the 2014 BBB Ac-credited Business Directory E-edition on your Black Press Community Newspaper web-site at

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FOUND. KOBO Reader, in Sidney, Tues. March 10. Call (250)655-1872 to identify.

TRAVEL

GETAWAYS

LONG BEACH - Ucluelet - Deluxe waterfront cabin,

sleeps 6, BBQ. Spring Special. 2 nights $239 or 3 nights $299Pets Okay. Rick 604-306-0891


PRODUCTION WORKERSCanada’s Largest Independently owned news-paper group is currently looking for Part Time Production Workers for its Victoria location.This is an entry level general labour position that involves physical handling of news-papers and advertising supplements.REQUIREMENTS:• Prior bindery and/or

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• Motivated self-starter willing to work in a fast paced environment performing repetitive tasks

• Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs and stand for long periods of time

• Ability to work cooperatively in a diverse, team based environment

• Must be reliable, dependable, have excellent communication skills and good attention to detail

• Must have own transportation

✱Afternoon and evening shifts 16-20 hours per week. $11.25 an hour

Interested parties may drop off their resumes between 9am and 5pm at:

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Floor/Carpet Installer Sal$26/hr, F/t, Pmt, Educ: None. Experience: 2+yrs. Duties: Inspect, measure & mark fl oors. Measure, cut & install carpeting, hard wood fl oors & others. Inspect & re-pair damaged fl oor. Use hand/power equipment. May estimate material/labour costs. Lang: English. Punjabi as asset. Contact Ashwani from Bapla Carpet Installa-tion at 672 Hoylake Ave, Victoria, BC, V9B 3P7. Work at various locations in Victoria.

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Auto Mechanic PartnerOk Tire and Automotive, Terrace BC is seeking a licensed auto mechanic part-ner for an OK tire fran-chise. E-mail:

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HIP OR knee Replacement? Problems Walking or Getting Dressed? The Disability Tax Credit $1,500 Yearly Tax Credit. $15,000 Lump Sum Refund (on avg). For assis-tance Call: 1-844-453-5372.

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MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONis an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online train-ing you need from an employ-er-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career to-day!

HOME CARE/SUPPORT

DISABLED ADULT female living with Epilepsy, delayed speech and visual impairment uses an iPad and sign language to communicate. Lives near Roy-al Jubilee Hospital. Requires Caregiver with knowledge of Sign Language for part time shifts. Email resume:[email protected]

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD

NORTHERN CHINESE Spe-cialty Cook for Xiang Rui Res-taurant Ltd at 980 Blanshard Street, Victoria BC, V8W 2H3. FT/Perm. $16-17/hr. + medi-cal/dental, staff meals, 3 paid sick days & uniform provided. 3 to 5+ yrs Northern Chinese cuisine exp. req’d. Cook cert. or HS diploma req’d. Cook complete N.C. meals incld. hand pulled noodles, Chin oil stick, dumplings, & buns; help plan menu; train & supervise kitchen staff; maintain invento-ry, etc. Email resume to:[email protected]

TRADES, TECHNICAL

WE are Trojan Collision, locat-ed in Nanaimo B.C. and we are looking for Licensed Auto Body Technicians. We are a high volume production shop that offers competitive wages, a full benefi t program and training opportunities. If you want to be part of our innova-tive team [email protected] or call 250-756-1266

PERSONAL SERVICES

MIND BODY & SPIRIT

KRIPALU MASSAGE, Reiki, Acupressure, Chair Massage. I have relaxed clients that have been with me for 5-12 years. See testimonials on website. Women only. Call 250-514-6223 or visit online at: www.andreakober.com

HOLISTIC HEALTH

Trager® Bodywork Gentle, effective & deeply relaxing. Move more freely with less pain and tension.

Spring Special $60.Hot Stone MassagePenetrating heat from

smooth basalt rocks softens tight muscles, melts tension

Spring Special $80.Rae Bilash

Certifi ed PractitionerWomen only, men by referral

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FOOD PRODUCTS

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.

FRIENDLY FRANK

12 MENS long sleeved shirts, size 15.5, assorted, good quality, $45. (250)383-5390.

Crossmen 1008 airgun, $50. Silk pant suit, metal watering can, $5/e. 778-265-1615.

DR. HO’S back pain belt and de compressor kit, new $150 asking $45. 4 down pillows, $5 ea. Call (250)479-7918.

STYLISH METAL/ Wood open back book shelving. Approx 5’Hx3’W. $60. (250)477-2993.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

FURNITURE

6-PIECE BDRM suite, queen; chesterfi eld & loveseat, roll-top desk, antique corner cabinet. All exc. cond. Pictures, house-hold, etc. (250)478-4010.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

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

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Spring sales with hot savings!” All steel building models and siz-es are now on sale. Get your building deal while it’s hot. Pio-neer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

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

REAL ESTATE

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COTTAGES

SAANICHTON- Small bache-lor cottage. Hydro & water incld’d. N/P, references. Avail now. $900./mo. (250)652-3345

ROOMS FOR RENT

VICTORIA: FURNISHED room in newer house, $500 in-clusive. N/P. (250)886-6855.

SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING

MT. DOUGLAS: 55+ only Bachelor suite, $485/mo, low-er income seniors. NS/NP. Cable, heat, hot water includ-ed. Avail soon. 250-721-1818.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

GOLDSTREAM AREA- 1400 sq ft, newly furnished, W/D, D/W, A/C, big deck & yard, hi-def TV, parking. Working male only. $650 inclusive. Call Ray 778-433-1233.

STORAGE

STORAGE- 10’x25’ Ideal for boat, car or trailer, dry, high ceilings. $160. (250)656-8897.

SUITES, LOWER

N.SAANICH. 2-BDRM, 1800 sq.ft. level entry. Bright, re-cently reno’d, 5 appliances, parking, nice yard. $1500./mo. inclds hydro. (250)812-4447.

SIDNEY: 1 bdrm furn. suite, NS/NP. On bus route. Utils incld, ref’s req’d. $850/mo. Avail. now. Call (250)656-0963

RENTALS

WANTED TO RENT

HOST FAMILIES needed for Quebec and International High School students, program at St. Margaret’s School (June 28 -August 1). Double placement. Remuneration $1700. Contact Michelle at 250-385-0583 or [email protected]

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO SERVICES

FREE REMOVAL of all vehi-cles, cash paid for some. Any condition. Call (250)889-5383

CARS

1993 BMW: 3.4 L engine, au-tomatic, Kashmir (beige/gold), 4-disc brakes. Brakes, tire tread still in good shape, re-cent O2 sensor and throttle switch replaced, rear wheel drive, power windows/locks/ sunroof, 2-12” subs and Ken-more amp. 200,000 km, all re-ceipts for work done. Very fun car to drive. $4000 obo. Call 250-812-6008 or email [email protected]

2004 MATRIX Toyota, 71,000 km. Asking $6,800 obo. Good cond. Call (250)477-0062.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

CARPENTRY

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Kitchens, bathrooms, decks, additions, remodeling.

We build custom homes. Comm/Res. 35 yrs exp.

250-213-7176

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

JEREMIAH’S CARPENTRY- Small repairs, interior fi nishing, weather proofi ng, decks, fenc-ing. Reasonable rates. In-sured. Call 250-857-1269 or www.jeremiahscarpentry.com

CLEANING SERVICES

EXP. RELIABLE & effi cient house cleaner and home care, 10 yrs exp. $20/hr. Bondable, have own supplies except vacuum.(250)220-4965

DRYWALL

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

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779.


ELECTRICAL

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

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

FENCING

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

GARDENING

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Comm/Res lawn cutting. Weed/moss removal. De thatching, aerating. Ref’s avail.

(250) 858-0588- Lawn & garden maint.

- Landscaping- Fences & Decks

- Hedge & Tree Services- Pressure Washing

Free estimates * WCBwww.mowtime.ca

Auricle- 250-882-3129 Spring clean up lawn aeration & ferti-lize-soil-hedges, irrigation

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


GARDENING

GARDEN OVERGROWN? Cleanups, lawn cuts, pruning. Miracle Landscaping. Call 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

LAWN & Garden aeration, de thatching, fertilization, dispo-sal. Free est. (250)360-6458.

SPRING CLEANUP special: $20/hr. Weeding, Pruning, etc: Free est’s. Steve 250-727-0481

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

250-507-6543. AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, guards, pow-er washing, de-moss, Insured.

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


GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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

GRAND XTERIOR Cleaning & Repairs- Gutters, roofs win-dows, PW. 250-380-7778.

GRAND XTERIOR Cleaning & Repairs- Gutters, roofs win-dows, PW. 250-380-7778.

GUTTER, WINDOW cleaning, de-mossing, power washing, grass cutting. Call Mike 250-474-3701 or 250-813-1618.

HANDYPERSONS

BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Painting, Repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.

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.


HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

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

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.

WE HAUL CHEAP! Moving & Hauling. (250)881-1910. www.wehaulcheap.com

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

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& MOVING STORAGE

(250)858-6747. WRIGHT Bros Moving&Hauling.Free estimate $80=(2men&3tontruck)Sr Disc.

(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Moving- Free estimates!

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

Done Right Moving $85/hr. Senior Disc. No travel time before/after local moves. BBB. Call Tyler 250-418-1747.

PAINTING

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

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

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

PEMBINA PAINTING- Ready for Spring Cleaning? We are a full service painting company. Call ahead so you won’t be disappointed. (250)419-1556.

PLUMBING

FREE ESTIMATES. Rea-sonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.


PLASTERING

PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, match the textures, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-516-5178.

PRESSURE WASHING

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

STUCCO/SIDING

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-516-5178.

STUCCO MAN- All types of Stucco/Painting. Repairs, ad-ditions, renovations. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

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WINDOW CLEANING

BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning.Roof demoss, Gutters. Licensed and affordable. 250-884-7066.

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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.

Community Dinner and Hair Fashion Show presented by Akai Hair-Design and Caribbean Village Cafe and supports youth programs at Quadra Village Community Centre, 950 Kings Rd., 950 Kings Rd., 6:30 p.m. Tickets: quadravillagecc.com

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 Browning Sports Centre, 1151 Esquimalt Rd., 7 p.m. Info: Todd Boothroyd at 250-412-8515.

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.

Career Passions and Values Alignment Workshop. A workshop for career seekers and changers. Camosun College, Lansdowne Campus, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Advance registration required by March 20. Info: camosun.ca/ce/business-leadership.html.

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 the latest and greatest full length and short films showcasing the challenges, beauty and community inherent in the world of trail running. Vic Theatre, 808 Douglas St., 5 p.m. Ticket info: trailfilmfest.com.

Wednesday, April 8Local Love: Oaklands Sunset

Market fundraiser. Victoria Events Centre, 1415 Broad St., 7 p.m. to

midnight.Poetry Without Borders. Join

world-class poets Patrick Friesen, Rhona McAdam, Inge Israel and Beth Kope for an evening of readings and conversation. Munro Books, 1108 Government St., 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 18Victoria Chamber Orchestra

20th anniversary concert. First Metropolitan Church, 932 Balmoral Rd., 8 p.m. Tickets: victoriachamberorchestra.org.

Get Ready, Get Local, Vancouver Island food expo. Victoria Conference Centre, 720 Douglas St., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: 250-880-1317

Saturday, April 25Esquimalt’s Gigantic Garage Sale.

Archie Browning Sports Centre, 1151 Esquimalt Rd., 9 a.m. to noon.

Wednesday, May 13 April Wine. Royal Theatre, 805

Broughton St. Tickets available at the Royal and McPherson Box Office.

Victoria Target Theatre Society presents I’m Still Here? James Bay New Horizons, 234 Menzies St., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Friday, June 19Aboriginal Cultural Festival.

Three-day celebration of Aboriginal peoples, arts and culture. Royal B.C. Museum. Info: aboriginalbc.com.

Community Calendar

Keeping hope alive for missing children is the goal of two upcoming events with Child Find B.C.

Services provided by Child Find B.C. are free of charge, and include working with community policing and com-munity-based organizations throughout B.C. to reduce the instances of missing and exploited children.

On Friday (March 20) is the Michael Dunahee Keep the Hope Alive Dance. The dance is at the Esquimalt Curling Club, 1151 Esquimalt Rd.

Tickets are $10 in advance at the Donair Shop, 1243 Esquimalt Rd., or at Len’s Barber Shop, 1230 Esquimalt Rd., and also at the door.

Then on Sunday (March 22), is the Michael Dunahee Keep the Hope Alive Drive, which is a five-kilometre family run/walk. It starts at 10 a.m. at the Esquimalt Curling Club.

Registration is $20 for adults, $15 for children, $75 for families and $175 for corporate teams.

Entry forms can be picked up at Front Runners, 1200 Vancouver St., or Esquimalt Recreation Centre, 527 Fraser St.

Child Find B.C. commemorative T-shirts for participants are available upon registration.

“Over the years, we have asked the children of the local schools to help us design the T-shirt for this annual family event,” said Crystal Dunahee, president of Child Find B.C.

This year, the winning student will be presented with a certificate and a prize, along with $500 for their school.

For more information, please contact Crystal Dunahee at 250-381-2429 or 250-888-3655.

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Popular players return for Shamrocks season

The Victoria Sham-rocks have announced the return of two of the team’s most produc-tive and popular play-ers, with the re-sign-ing of Rhys Duch and Corey Small to the 2015 lineup.

The duo combined for 152 points in 18 regular season games in 2014, with 76 points each to share top spot for overall points in the Western Lacrosse Asso-ciation.

Small was named a WLA first team all-star in 2014 and Duch took home the Denny Hud-dleston Memorial Tro-phy as the top scorer in WLA Senior A.

The duo dominated the attacking zone in 2014, combining for 74 of the team’s 176 regu-lar season goals, and leading the ’Rocks to a

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Duch, a six-foot, right-handed shooter from Victoria is ready to start his seventh full season with the Sham-rocks as the reigning WLA scoring cham-pion, with 40 goals and 36 assists in the 2014 season. A three-time all-star, Duch comes into 2015 a veteran of the post-season, hav-ing started every play-off and Mann Cup game with the ’Rocks for the past two seasons.

Small, a five-foot-nine, left-handed goal-scorer, had a stellar 2014 returning from a season-ending injury during the playoffs in 2013.

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player for 2014 by the fans, his 34 goals and 42 assists in the regular season keeping him in the top six in scoring each of his four previ-ous years in the WLA.

“Corey and Rhys are two critical pieces of our core,” said general manager Chris Welch.

“They’re two young superstars in the prime of their careers and they’re hungry to bring a championship to Vic-toria.

They have remark-able chemistry together and they really balance our attack by posing big threats from either side of the floor.”

The Victoria Sham-rocks kick off their 2015 campaign at home on May 22 against the Nanaimo Timberman at The Q Centre in Col-wood.

Cougars lose first of finals

The game went to overtime but in the end the Victoria Cou-gars’ string of unbeaten games in the 2015 Van-couver Island Junior Hockey League playoffs came to an end Sunday afternoon.

Colin Blake scored at 8:49 of overtime as the Campbell River Storm rallied to beat the Vic-toria Cougars 3-2 in Game 1 of the VIJHL Championship Series.

The goal capped off a rally by Campbell River who rebounded from a one-goal deficit late in the game.

Jake Stolz gave the Cougars a 2-1 lead at the 9:52 mark of the third period when his point shot sailed through traffic and past Riley Welyk.

It looked as though Victoria would be able to run out the clock.

Instead, Dane Feeney ripped a one-timer past Grant Payne with just 5:15 remaining in regu-lation.

Then came overtime and Blake’s winner.

Final shots were 28-22 in favour of the hometown team.

Game 2 of the series is in Campbell River.

Young athletes recognizedwith awards for 2015

Victoria golfer Naomi Ko has made great strides on the links in the last year, and last week that hard work was recognized by Sport B.C. when it announced recipients of the 2015 Athlete of the Year Awards

The award recipi-ents represented 13 different sports with individuals and team members representing 20 communities across B.C.

Ko was presented with the Female Junior Athlete of the Year award.

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by a female junior ath-lete who is competing on team or in an indi-vidual spor.

Ko had a stellar 2014 season, which included winning the B.C. Junior Girls Amateur Cham-pionship and finishing as the runner-up at the B.C. Juvenile Girls Championship.

She also finished fourth at the B.C. Wom-en’s Amateur Champi-onship, fourth in the Canadian Junior Girls Amateur Champion-ship, second in the AJGA St. Louis and 13th in the AJGA Junior Girls Championship.

On the national stage, Ko finished top

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Saanichton’s Sam Reinhart was pre-sented with the Male Junior Athlete of the Year.

Reinhart plays for the Western Hockey League’s Kootenay Ice and was one of only two 18 year olds selected for Canada’s World Junior Champi-onship (U20) team.


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A young Victoria man is getting the opportunity of the lifetime, a chance to tour Canada, playing his cello.

Ethan Allers, 18, was selected through a highly-

competitive audition process, with 500 vying to join the National Youth Orchestra of Canada’s 100 spots.

“They send you five excerpts of pieces and you have to learn those, record them and post them on YouTube for them to look at, then they tell you if you’ve made it,” he said.

Allers has played the cello since the age of seven.

“My parents both play brass instruments so they always thought it would be good for us to try strings,” Allers said.

He got his competitive start playing in a Calgary festival.

“I started in a local festival in Calgary when I was 11 or 12 where you compete against other cellists. Throughout that time period it’s gotten more and more competitive.”

Allers decided to audition for the youth orches-tra after hearing about it from friends who had been in the summer program themselves.

Created by maestro Walter Susskind in 1960, the orchestra has transformed into one of Canada’s best, providing an intense training program to the most talented in Canada.

“It combines orchestra and playing in smaller groups which are two things I really enjoy about playing music. The orchestra plays at a high level that’s going to be great experience,” said Allers.

Part of the summer program includes a cross-Canada tour lead by internationally-renowned conductors. Stops include Toronto, Montreal, Van-couver, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton.

“That’s [touring] is going to be really fun jump-ing from one place to another. Hopefully I’ll have enough time to look around,” he said.

Victoria teen musician gets opportunity to tour Canada


Edna Ross has lived in Victoria since she was 11 years old, and on March 11, she celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by family.

Ross’ daughter Patricia Timms, 75, describes her mother as an inspiration to all.

“She’s the sweetest, kindest, loveliest person in the world.”

Timms is one of Ross’ four kids. Edna also has 17 living grandchildren and 26 great-grandchil-dren, with another one on the way.

Darlene Townsend, 50, one of Edna’s grandchil-dren, came all the way from Las Vegas for her grandmother’s 100th birthday party.

“She was a great role model. She’s always been a big part of my life, and all of her grandchildren’s lives,” said Darlene. “The wisdom that she pos-sesses and the sense of humour is nonstop. She’s still fun and easy to talk to.”

Ross and her family celebrated with a big party on Wednesday, with family from Japan, Alberta, California, other parts of B.C. and more.

A centennial birthday celebration

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Edna Ross, left, celebrated her 100th birthday on March 11 in Victoria with family from all over the world. From left, her daughter Patricia Timms, 75, her great- granddaughter Tiffany Townsend, 34, and her granddaughter Darlene Townsend, 50.

Victoria woman’s long life honoured with special party

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