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Mayors in Greater Victoria are keeping a close eye on the activities of a new Devil’s Army clubhouse, a reported affiliate with the Hells Angels, with the hopes of pre-venting the potential spread of gang-related activity.

Last weekend, the first biker club in Greater Victoria opened on Spencer Road

in Langford. The clubhouse is believed to belong to the Devil’s Army, a group report-edly associated with the Hells Angels, whose main clubhouse is located in Camp-bell River.

Barb Desjardin, Esquimalt mayor and co-chair of the Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board, has already taken a pro-active role to prevent illegal activity from making its way to the township.

She has asked the police chief to provide

the board with any information related to gang-related activity.

“What we want to understand is how does this work, what are the opportuni-ties, what are the mechanisms we have in place that would prevent or dissuade gang activity from moving into our communities, what other options we have, what do other jurisdictions do,” said Desjardin.

“We’ll all be watching this. We want to make sure that we can do whatever we can

do dissuade these factions from coming to our beautiful region.”

In June, the first-ever regional munici-pal police board meeting will take place between Victoria, Oak Bay and Saanich mayors and police boards. Desjardin said gang violence will likely be a topic of dis-cussion.

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Sailors take part in multi-nation exercise

Seven Canadian and American naval vessels sailed from CFB Esquimalt to participate in an 11-day biennial multinational exercise off the coast of Vancouver Island Monday.

Exercise Trident Fury tests air and surface joint operations such as maritime surveillance, live air and surface weapons firing and anti-submarine warfare training.

Minister of National Defence Jason Kenney said the exercise aims to enhance the Navy’s to operate with its allies.

More than 1,200 military personnel from the Royal Canadian Navy and Air Force, and the United States Navy and Coast Guard will participate in the exercise which runs until May 15.

BBQ aids woman with liver disease

A fundraiser to help raise money for a woman in need of a new liver is being held this Saturday.

Cindy Hoffman is battling a rare, life-threatening form of liver disease and is on the Canada-wide wait list for a transplant.

The barbecue fundraiser takes place on May 9 at Country Grocer Esquimalt, 1153 Esquimalt Rd, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Country Grocer’s chef Michael Williams will be cooking up burgers in support of the family.

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Movie characters are invading Mayfair Shopping Centre.

But instead of seeing them in their classic form, seven groups have constructed them out of canned food.

The construction of movie characters are part of an event called Canstruction, an annual competition in partnership with the Dahlia Society, where teams build things out of canned food, all of which gets donated to Mustard Seed.

“It’s about building a better community and building a better place where we live,” said Christopher Mavrikos, the founder of the Dahlia Society responsible for organizing the second annual event.

“It’s a labour of love, it’s a passion and we want to make a difference.”

Last year, the group raised 30,000 cans of food, which is the equivalent of $50,000-worth of donations.

Colin Tessier, executive director of Mustard Seed, said Canstruction is one of the group’s largest fundraising efforts and allows it to keep feeding people during the time of year when they see less food donations.

“It draws people’s attention and they’re great to look at. But the beautiful thing for us at the Mustard Seed is when it’s all over, we are the recipients of all that food that we can then distribute to over 7,000 people a month who are in need,” said Tessier.

“This time of year, our shelves are very much dry. We’re coming to really rely on this fundraiser to fill our shelves and help us through the busy

summer months.”As part of the event, seven

teams participated in this year’s event: Sysco, Country Grocer, Seafirst Insurance with Finlayson Bonet Architecture, Linotott Architecture, St. Michael’s University School with Vic Davies Architecture, Megson Fitzpatrick Insurance with Core Drafting Services and MacDonald Realty with Lowe Hammond Rowe Architects.

This year’s theme is movie magic.

“We chose movie magic because when you go to a movie, it kind of takes you away and so perhaps the work that we do, the movie magic of these Canstructions, we can take away that pain of hunger for some families,” said Mavrikos.

Each team had a 12-hour build window to build structures as high as 2.5 metres tall and as wide as three metres across.

Michael Verzyl, was the captain of team Sysco for this year’s event. Last year, Sysco took nine hours to build a giant B.C. Lions helmet. This year Sysco took the drive-in movie concept and built a movie screen and car with 2,700 cans.

“Hopefully it brings some awareness and fun and support for Mustard Seed,” said Verzyl.

The structures will stay at Mayfair Mall until May 11 when it will be taken down and the winners announced. On Saturday (May 9) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., parents can bring their kids to the mall, where superheroes will be there. Play games and bring a non-perishable food item.

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Garrett Hartley with team Seafirst Insurance with Finlayson Bonet Architecture adds pieces to his Lego structure as part of the second annual Canstruction competiton at Mayfair Shopping Centre Saturday.


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McGregor was dis-covered on April 9

shortly after 7:30 p.m. in an apartment in the 1500-block of Begbie Street.

He was pronounced dead on scene.

An autopsy on April 16 was able to deter-mine his death was a homicide, but investi-

gators are not releasing the cause of death.

Investigators have also located and spo-ken to Chelse Burns, a person of interest who officers believed may have had information to assist the investiga-tion.

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There are no plans to close Thrifty Foods head office in Victoria as its parent company, Empire, looks for major savings, said a company spokesman Friday.

Last week an internal memo from Empire chief executive Marc Poulin unveiled a plan at integrating the support systems of Thrifty Foods, Sobeys and Safeway.

Thrifty Foods spokesman Ralf Mundel said how the new structure will look “is yet to be totally defined. We’ve made no plans to close the Victoria head office.”

In the memo Poulin said the food side of the business will transition into two distinct business units, one in Western Canada based in Calgary and another for Ontario and the Atlantic regions.

Empire is keen on trimming its operation. In its third quarter finan-cial report released in March, Pou-lin said the company is looking for major changes.

But Mundel reemphasized that nothing is changing on the local front in the immediate future.

“What is really clear is that the Thrifty Foods brand is absolutely not going anywhere. It really includes the focus on our local customers, and local people who understand the market,” he said.

“We’re committed to the local community and that’s not going to change.”

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Thrifty Foods now has 26 stores and 5,000 employees.

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Victoria and Esquimalt residents are in for some sticker shock when they open this year’s munici-pal tax notice.

While both Victoria and Esquimalt have announced a small two per cent tax increase, local taxpayers will see a 19 per cent increase from the Capital Regional District to cover the cost of the proposed sewage project.

Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins said collecting such a large amount from taxpayers is concerning.

She said there is no sewage project in place and even the numbers aren’t valid at this point.

“I believe we should be collecting to be pre-pared, but we shouldn’t be over collecting,” she said.

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps is of two minds.“The concerning piece is that we are collecting

money for a project that we don’t know exactly what it is yet, [but] over collecting in one year means when push comes to shove and shovels go into the ground the costs won’t be so sudden to our taxpayers.”

Hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants are riding on the success of the sewage treatment program.

The CRD’s sewage-treatment project has a bud-get of $788 million, of which the federal govern-

ment has committed $253 million.When municipalities send out annual tax bills,

they collect for other agencies such as the CRD and school district, among others.

Desjardins said there are limits, though.“We shouldn’t be collecting for sewage at this

time. It’s frustrating.”In the meantime, a potential list of 20 techni-

cally feasible sites for wastewater treatment and resource recovery facilities in the westside com-munities of Esquimalt, View Royal, Colwood and Langford has been compiled by the Westside Solu-tions technical committee.

The sites – which will not be identified by loca-tion at the present time because several of them are privately owned – were selected based on their size and their proximity to existing trunk lines, potential outfalls, neighbourhoods, and exist-ing developments that could take advantage of resource recovery opportunities.

“This is a positive step forward, but we have more work to do yet,” said Desjardins, co-chair of Westside Solutions.

“The Select Committee is reviewing the report and will combine it with ongoing input from our public engagement process. These parallel pro-cesses will help us arrive at a technically viable and publically acceptable solution for wastewater treatment and resource recovery in the westside.”

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The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the B.C. gov-ernment on the long-running dispute with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation over the removal of class size and special needs sup-port formulas from classrooms.

In a lengthy judgment released Thursday, four of five appeal court judges found that the province did not infringe on the

constitutional rights of teachers to bargain working conditions.

The appeal court pointed out numerous errors in the 2011 judgment of B.C. Supreme Court Justice Susan Griffin, and over-turned her order that the gov-ernment pay $2 million in dam-ages, which has been paid to the union.

BCTF president Jim Iker said

the decision is “very disappoint-ing.” Teachers plan to make an appeal to Canadian Supreme Court.

Education Minister Peter Fass-bender said the changes made to classroom organization in the disputed period have led to “dramatic improvements in stu-dent outcomes, particularly for students with special needs.”

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It’s time to expect less from our governments.

Lists and their parameters vary, but most rankings have Canadians inside the top 10 of the most heavily-taxed residents in the world. Canadians hold health care and education near and dear. We should.

Despite wait times and frustrations, we can anecdotally be proud of our universal health care and education systems. Just don’t call it free.

Health care and education spending rises every year, regardless of which party is in power in Ottawa or Victoria. Technological advances and the accompanying gadgets/miracle machines are more and more expensive to buy every year.

On average, provinces spend approximately 40 per cent of their total budgets on health care. Education funding, as a percentage of provincial budgets, is between 15 to 20 per cent.

That means, conservatively, 60 per cent of the provincial government’s budget is spent on health care and education. And that’s not going to decline any year soon as the population continues to age.

As those costs rise and eat up more and more of the budget, there will be less money for everything else.

All of this means there is less money for anything other than the basics. The condition of provincial and municipal roadways will become increasingly worse. What can be done other than lower our expectations? The easy answer is to raise taxes.

We do not favour that route, as we believe more money in the pockets of residents makes for better local economies.

Brace yourself. Taxes are either going to have to go up or we are all going to need to expect less from government. A lot less.

Cull only solution to get rid of deer

Deer may be splendid creatures to watch but they are also a severe pest. Which as the Oxford dictionary defines is: A destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food, livestock, etc.

We keep a pesticide-free garden but every year for the past seven years our grapes, figs, apples and tomatoes along with many other vegetables have been destroyed by deer.

I can accept the annoyance of having every tulip which blooms being chomped down by the deer. I don’t mind when they trim the dogwood bush to leafless stalks but when they destroy the grape vines, apples, and fig trees so that there is not a leaf left on the trunk, they are no longer cute they are pests.

My family has lived in Victoria since the late 1800s and I can assure you that it is only in the past 10 to 15 years that we have seen so many deer in the city proper.

Like the gray squirrels and rabbits these creatures are an invasive species. Left alone they will continue to expand their numbers and territory.

A cull for food program is the only sensible approach to prevent the further expansion of the current herds.

Raym ForbesVictoria

Fletcher’s column misses the boat

While Tom Fletcher concludes his column with the warning that during an election year, “realism might be in short supply,” in the context of his views of the oil spill in Vancouver harbour, one might make the same conclusion about many of his statements regarding the spill and the response.

For example, Fletcher falls into the trap of referring to the closing of the Kitsilano Coast Guard Station as being, after all, only a search and rescue operation, unable to respond to any spill. Actually, several years prior to its closure, the oil response

vessel had been put up on blocks and the response crew stood down or reassigned. Response potential had been reduced in the effort to save dollars over intelligent response capability.

As is so often with Fletcher’s prose, between pitching softball questions to politicians and gliding over what should be well researched journalism, we are confronted with a column that lacks credibility on all fronts.

Michael RichardsonVictoria

Victoria cruise ship numbers don’t add up

The Victoria News editions of April 22 and May 1 both quote an erroneous number with respect to the economic impact within the local community of cruise ship visits to Ogden Point.

Although the $32 million estimate for the direct economic impact of a 230 cruise ship season is roughly correct, the $500,000 per cruise ship call is clearly wrong, makes no sense arithmetically, and is about three

times larger than the actual economic impact number per average-sized cruise ship call.

The best estimate is $170,000 per average-sized cruise ship call, including both passenger and crew expenditures (of about $129,000) and direct cruise ship expenditures (of about $41,000).

Moreover, the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority and others continue to quote a highly exaggerated number for employment generated.

The appropriate number, commensurate with the $32 million estimate would be about 400 direct jobs, many of which are only seasonal jobs, and not the 880 number that continues to be quoted by GVHA and others. Confusion always results from applying large-area (national or provincial) multipliers when one is dealing only with local economic impacts.

Brian Scarfe James Bay

(Editor’s note: The numbers used by the News were supplied by the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority).

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BayWest Hardware, located on the corner of Bay and Wil-son streets, was closed over the weekend to undergo signage changes before reopening yes-terday (Tuesday) as the new Bay Street Castle Building Cen-tre.

“Those businesses are so close together and both very

similar in style, so this was a huge opportunity for us,” said Vicki, adding that there will be some changes in inventory, but the staff will remain the same.

“Our store has a funky, fun, but business-oriented vibe and that’s what we’re looking to reproduce over there.”

The sale will allow 70-year-old Higgins to retire after roughly three decades in the home reno-vation business in Victoria. He said he plans to spent more time with family.

“The sale was very timely for our personal situation and it’s time for me to not be overly concerned about day-to-day business,” said Higgins who has known the Hagels for 25 years.

“The building supply indus-try in Victoria is quite a close knit community. We all work together and we’ve all lent each other product over the years when we run out. I think they’ll add their own take on the busi-ness.”

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The clubhouse, which opened on Saturday, is under the jurisdiction of the West Shore RCMP. They said there is no evidence to suggest that criminal activity is occurring at the location.

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps prefers to take a wait-and-see approach.

“It’s not helpful to worry in advance of evidence. We have no evidence and I have no reason to believe that we have anything to worry about in Victoria,” said Helps. “I am watching the Langford situation very closely and will keep in touch with Mayor [Stew] Young.”

Saanich Mayor Richard Atwell agreed with Helps.

“I think we’re all worried about gang activity, but I don’t think we know enough,” he said.

VicPD spokesperson Bowen Osoko said the city has remained relatively clean of gang-related activity so far.

“For us, it’s always important that people here feel safe and with the opening of different clubhouses, people get concerned,” he said,

adding that although the clubhouse is not in the department’s jurisdiction, there are teams in place to ensure gang-related activity does not spread.

“We participate in the combined special enforcement unit and all the other teams, we have a pretty strong integrated partnership with folks in the region, specifically to help avoid things from moving from one region to another.”

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A more comprehensive approach is needed to help the working poor and families, says Victoria MP Murray Rankin.

Speaking on the release of a new report on Victoria’s living wage, Rankin said new federal policies are needed, including a national universal child care pro-gram.

The report says that a Victo-ria couple raising two children in the city must both work full-time earning $20.05 an hour each to make ends meet.

The study, released last week, updates a 2014 calculation that placed the city’s living wage at $18.93, the hourly sum needed to meet local living expenses.

“A $20.05 hourly living wage rate may seem high to some, but it is important to remember that this wage rate reflects the real cost of living for families,” said the report’s author, Marika Albert.

According to the non-parti-san Community Social Planning Council, increases in rent, child care, food and transportation in Victoria have made it harder for working adults to support their families. Several reports in the

last year have brought the unaf-fordability of living in the city to the forefront.

Rankin, who is the federal NDP’s health critic, said the reports reflect a failure of pub-lic policy to ensure affordability and a decent quality of life for all families in the region.

“Every one of these reports brings to light the unaffordabil-ity issue, and we have to step up and do something about it,” Rankin said.

He suggests a four-prong approach dealing with wages, child care, housing and trans-portation.

“The reality is more compli-cated than just numbers around a salary,” he said. “If you can’t afford transit, you can’t afford housing, you can’t afford health care and it goes on from there.”

Breaking down the numbers, the report dubs child care at

$1,256 a month, or $15,000 a year. Under the NDP child care plan, for example, the family would pay $660 month.

Rankin said that is just one solution, and there are many more, but the questions just need to be asked. “You have to look at these problems in a global way. You have to talk about the cost of living in a number of different ways,” he said.

“If we can just make it more affordable by dealing with these things than just going to a wage response would be necessary.”

One in five children in B.C. is poor, and B.C. is the last prov-ince in Canada without a poverty reduction strategy, said Albert.

Living wage rates have also risen faster than inflation for the Fraser Valley and for Metro Vancouver, to $17.27 and $20.68 respectively.

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Adam Dargavel and Matthew Whelan had the opportunity to experience Nepal in a way that most people don’t.

After starting in Kathmandu, the two Victoria photographers decided to do an 18-day-long hike of the Manaslu Circuit and the Tsum Valley.

They needed a guide – that’s when they found Rammani Rijal and Sambhu Subedi.

“We got along right away. Ram was a really nice guy, very personable and welcoming and we had an immediately good feeling with him,” said Dargavel. “Sambhu is this young, king of wiry, very energetic guy. He was so positive and always uplifting.”

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Sambhu Subedhi, left, and Victoria’s Adam Dargavel and Matt Whelan set up camp during their 18-day-long hike of the Manaslu Circuit in Nepal in 2013.

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“It’s kind of amazing and says a lot about who they are,” said Dargavel. “It would be like inviting a stranger to my house for Christmas and letting them stay there, giving them presents and letting them partake in their whole holiday.

“His mom looked after us like we were her own sons . . . they were constantly making sure we were okay.”

They slept in a bed above the family ox and shortly after started the hike.

Along the way, they became close friends with Sambhu, often playing Nepalese card games and learning about his culture. They even took to calling each other “bro.”

That trip was in October 2013, but the travellers remained close with their guide.

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“Ram, his wife and kid don’t have a home anymore, which is hard to imagine. I’m just sad for them,” said Whelan.

The duo have since set up a Go Fund Me campaign (at gofundme.com/sympdw) to help raise money for the family.

“We knew they were going to have to rebuild because their houses are destroyed,” said Dargavel. “I feel like some people who want to donate want to know exactly where their money is going. You can put a face to who you’re helping.”

So far, they have surpassed their original goal of $500 and have a new goal of $5,000. They raised just over $1,700.

Dargavel and Whelan’s campaign is just one of many local efforts raising money to help those affected by the earthquake.

A local video game designer is donating all proceeds to the effort.

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It’s easy to build up an appetite as you discover our province’s past.

But don’t worry, the Royal B.C. Museum has you covered, as it rolls out its first ever Food Truck Festival, a tasty summer-long event taking place from May to October.

Starting Friday (May 8), the RBCM’s Newcombe Plaza will be transformed into an outdoor international food fair, featuring some of the finest food trucks and food in Victoria.

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The duo have since set up a Go Fund Me campaign (at gofundme.com/sympdw) to help raise money for the family.

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Watanabe Aggabao’s short story takes place in Ogden Point, where two girls, Sally and Casey find their enemy throwing pop cans into the ocean.

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“She wakes up and tries to get to shore. But there were only two ways to get back to shore: through a black hole or by training the dragon,” said the Grade 4 student.

Mason Gagne, 11 and Eurykah Watanabe Aggabao, 9, at James Bay Elementary School. The duo wrote short stories that are featured in the book, Victoria Imagined, that will be released Friday (May 8).

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After being swallowed whole by the dragon, they make it back to shore and arrest the person throwing the garbage cans into the ocean.

Watanabe Aggabao wrote the story to emphasize the need to keep the environment clean. “Don’t throw anything into the ocean,” she said.

Gagne’s story also features animals with an unusual twist. His story takes place in Beacon Hill Park where a kid is riding his

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“I had no idea this would be published so I wanted to write something so obnoxious,” said Gagne.

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Victoria historian Diana Pedersen will give her insights on the sinking of the Lusitania ocean liner on the 100-year anniversary of the First World War tragedy.

Seven Victoria residents were among the 1,200 passengers who died on the Lusitania when it was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ire-land on May 7, 1915.

Pedersen will focus on the anti-German riots that erupted when news of the Lusitania disaster reached Victoria through a walking tour on Satur-day (May 9) and Sunday (May 10).

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Nine police officers from Vic-toria and Esquimalt will repre-sent the Capital in this year’s Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock team.

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Metchosin-based Rocky Point Bird Observatory is migrat-

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event has something for bird newbies and nerds alike. From the black-throated grey warbler and western meadow-lark to the American

goldfinch or even the simple, yet marvellous, warbling vireo, observ-ers can find these and other birds making a whistle stop on Vancou-

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“You see birds every day, but you don’t often get the chance to con-nect so closely with

them,” says Bird Day coordinator and biolo-gist, Penny Lancaster. “Migratory bird day provides that opportu-nity.”

A joint partnership between the Capital Regional District and the Victoria Natural History Society, the day includes such hap-penings as guided bird walks, bird-banding demonstrations, live birds of prey display and various children’s activities. This year’s theme is Restore Habi-tat, Restore Birds.

“Habitat loss is the leading cause of bird population decline,” says Lancaster. “Birds can’t live in condos, they need specialized eco-systems.”

The Rocky Point group is also offering extra value the next day at the regular Sun-day guided bird walk at Outerbridge Park off Royal Oak Drive in Saanich. The event, starting at 9 a.m., will include a bird count circle, a photography contest and a live birds of prey display.

For Rocky Point master bird bander, Rick Schortinghuis, both days provide the opportunity for people to learn more about Metchosin’s bird obser-vatory and also under-stand the value of pre-serving habitat.

“This area of the world is significant, as we get a lot of migrant birds here; tropical birds like warblers or tanagers, which come back year after year,” he says.

If birds return and their nest area is gone,

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He gives the exam-ple of the Rufous hum-mingbird, a frequent visitor to Rock Point and a species with the longest migratory route in relation to its size.

“The Rufous hum-mingbird travels from Vancouver Island all the way down to Mex-ico,” he says. “On one occasion we banded a female and recorded her return eight years later to the same neigh-bourhood.”

Birds provide a myr-iad of ecosystem ser-vices, such as insect control and pollina-tion. And because of their sensitive biology, they are the first to be impacted by environ-mental change.

But Schortinghuis notes the central aim for migratory bird day is linking people to birds.

“I love to see the excitement on chil-dren’s faces when they hold a hummingbird in their hand,” he says. “One moment the bird is still, and the next moment it explodes into flight – when that happens, it’s hard to replicate that wonder in a child’s eyes.”

Saturday’s event runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with guided bird walks at 9:15 and 10:30 a.m. from the Beaver Lake Nature House. More information about Rocky Point Bird Observatory and Inter-national Migratory Bird Day can be found at rpbo.org.

Migratory birds in spotlight Saturday at Elk Lake

For more than a decade the Victoria Airport has displayed local artwork, and now it’s teamed with the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria to take the art to the next level, literally.

“This is an exceptional opportunity for both parties. We learned that the AGGV required display space in preparation for their upcoming renovations and, we had just recently built an art display wall in the Upper Passenger Departure Lounge as part of our recent airport improvements,” said Geoff Dickson, Victoria Airport Authority, president and CEO.

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2 FULL sets left handed golf clubs w/bags, $130/each. (250)479-8830.

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CORAL Christmas cactus in bud, $10. 14 Bernadine jars, 500/250L $7. 250-383-5390.

NEW TENT canopy, $40. Call 250-857-7280.

PHILIPS ELECTRIC Razor, brand new, still in box. $65. (250)380-9596.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

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

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

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

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

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RENTALS

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1 & 2 Bdrm suites & cabins. Perched on a cliffside with panoramic ocean vista, over-looking The Saanich Inlet. Se-rene & secure. All amenities on-site, fi rewood. $500-$1200 inclds utils. Monthly/Weekly. Pets ok with refs. 25 min com-mute to downtown Victoria. Must have references! Call 250-478-9231.

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ROOMS FOR RENT

FAIRFIELD ROOM- Available. Walk to Cook St Vil-lage and amenities. NS/NP. Women only. 250-382-6681.

VICTORIA: FURNISHED room in newer house, $550 incl. n/p. May 1 (250)886-6855

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WESTSHORE WANTED: Em-ployed, hard working single mom with 14 yr old girl and well trained cat, looking to rent 2 bdrm suite, house, cottage (approx $1000-$1200/month). Exc. ref’s. Please call 250-208-0386, leave message.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO SERVICES

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

CARS

We Buy Cars!Scrap Junk

Running or Not!Cars Trucks Vans$50 to $1000FREE TOW AWAY

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TRANSPORTATION

CARS

1993 BMW: 3.4 L engine, au-tomatic, Kashmir (beige/gold),4-disc brakes. Brakes, tiretread still in good shape, re-cent O2 sensor and throttleswitch replaced, rear wheeldrive, power windows/locks/sunroof, 2-12” subs and Ken-more amp. 200,000 km, all re-ceipts for work done. Very funcar to drive. $4000 obo. Call250-812-6008 or email [email protected]

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

1984 FORD Bronco XLT, only 100,000 km on 351W on pro-pane, 10-1 compression, KeithBlack pistons, Comp cam. C6auto completely rebuilt. Havereceipts and specs. Body rustybut drivetrain better than new.Good 31” tires. $3500. CallMonty, 250-216-3408.

All Home Renovation and Restoration

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

JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER Reduced rates - Sun Decks, Fences and Siding. Call Ward (250)881-0296.

AFFORDABLE! SUPPLIES & vacuum incld’d. All lower Is-land areas. 250-385-5869.

Spik N’ Span Cleaning. Excel-lent rates. Serving Esqui-malt/Victoria. (778)432-3588.

RBC CONCRETE Finishing. All types of concrete work. No job too small. Seniors dis-count. Call 250-386-7007.

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

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

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.

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

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Lawn care. Comm/Res. Aer-ating, power raking, land-scape design, all planting, riv-er rock & patio stones, Ivy, blackberry & yard clean-up.

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

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

GARDEN OVERGROWN? Cleanups, lawn cuts, pruning, blackberry clearing. Call John 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

NEIL’S LAWNCUTTING Ser-vice. Competitive rates. Free Estimates Call (250)385-3878.

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

WILL DO GARDENING etc. $15/hr. Your tools. Reliable. Call (250)383-3995.

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

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

ABBA Exteriors Inc.“Spring Clean-Up Specials”Gutter & Window CleaningConcrete Power Washing

Vinyl Siding CleaningRoof Sweep & De-MossingCarpentry * Yard Cleanup

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

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.

$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-ITYou’ve got the Junk, We’ve got the Trunk! Rob, 250-885-1740.

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

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.

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, fi replaces,fl agstone rock, concrete, natural & ve-neered stone. Replace, re-build, restore, renew! Free competitive est. www.cbsma-sonry.com; Call (250)589-9942, (250)294-9942.

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

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.

✫ DON’S PAINTING ✫(250)479-8748. 30 years exp. Free Est. Quality Interiors.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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Thursday, May 7Getting to Know Dementia. Alzheimer Society

of B.C. workshop, 10 a.m. to noon, Hillside Seniors Health Centre, 1454 Hillside Ave. Pre-registration required. 250-370-5641 and press ‘2,’ [email protected].

Friday, May 8Three in a Room – a graduation exhibition from

the Vancouver Island School of Art. Artwork by Mary Babineau, Susan Feilders and Jennifer Wilson. Opening reception 6 p.m. Exhibition continues to June 1. Vancouver Island School of Art, 2549 Quadra St.

Arion Male Voice Choir Canadian Gems Concert. Centennial United Church, 612 David St., 7:30 p.m. Info: John at 250-472-8914.

Saturday, May 9Quadra Village Day. Kings Road between

Quadra Avenue and Dowler Place, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Family activities, pancake and continental breakfasts, music and dance performances. Info: quadravillagecc.com/quadra-village-day.

Community Recycling Depot. Archie Browning Sports Centre, 1151 Esquimalt Rd., 9 a.m. to noon. Info: 250-893-3851.

Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at Prospect Lake Road at Goward Road, Saanich. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact Pat at 250-479-9118.

Charity barbecue for Cindy Hoffman who is battling a life-threatening liver disease. Sponsored by Black Press and Country Grocer. Country Grocer, Esquimalt, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Sock Hop – a benefit for The Food Bank at St. John’s. St. John the Divine Church, 1611 Quadra St., 7 p.m. Info: 250-383-7169 or www.stjohnthedivine.bc.ca.

Sunday, May 10 Move For Health Day. As a participant in Move

For Health Day, Esquimalt Parks and Recreation will offer drop-in admissions of $2. Esquimalt Recreation Centre, 527 Fraser St., 5:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Info: 250-412-8500.

Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at 2139 Sooke Rd., Sooke. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact Dave or Gail at 250-642-4515.

Dragon Song Men’s Choir will perform a Mother’s Day Concert and serving a strawberry tea. St. George’s Anglican Church, 3909 St George’s Lane, Cadboro Bay, 2:30 p.m. All proceeds go to Rainbow Kitchen in Esquimalt.

Tuesday, May 12Keeping the Peace – a discussion on the Site C

Dam, co-hosted by Sierra Club B.C., Wilderness Committee, Amnesty International Canada and KAIROS Victoria. First Metropolitan United Church, 932 Balmoral Rd., 7 to 9 p.m. Info: [email protected].

Wednesday, May 13 April Wine. Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St.

Tickets available at the Royal and McPherson Box Office.

Monday, May 18Victoria Day Parade. Downtown Victoria

(Douglas Street), 9 to 11 a.m.

Thursday, May 21Esquimalt Farmers Market. Esquimalt Town

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

Saturday, May 23Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at Copley Park,

Parkridge at Vanalman, Saanich. Registration 9:30.Scrap metal fundraiser. Macaulay Elementary

School, 1010 Wychbury Ave., 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Claremont Secondary 4980 Wesley Rd. Tickets $15/$12.50 for students/seniors

250-658-6672 for Reservations

May 13-16 and May 19-23 at 7pmMatinee on May 23 at 2pm

GREASEThe Ridge Playhouse Presents

Claremont Secondary 4980 Wesley Rd. Tickets $15/$12.50 for students/seniors

250-658-6672 for Reservations

May 13-16 and May 19-23 at 7pmMatinee on May 23 at 2pm

GREASEThe Ridge Playhouse PresentsClaremont Musical Theatre Presents

James BayCommunity Marketjamesbaymarket.com547 Michigan StreetSaturdays: May 2 - Oct 10 9am - 3pmHomemade, Handmade, Homegrown.Fresh local produce, specialty foods, award winning artisans, great live music & lots of parking! Come support your Local farmers, food producers and artisans and share in the fun!

3 Diamond Optical Eyecarediamondeyecare.ca1964 Fort Street 250-590-2932 Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30 - 5:30 Sat 10- 5We take great pride in our expert staff of Optometrists, Onsite Lab and Eye Ware Technicians, we also take pride in our expert staff, when it comes to frame and lens construction. We understand that eye wear is more than fashion. It’s also function. Take a look at our diverse selection of fashionable eye glasses and contact lenses.Our Oak Bay location boasts the best price for an eye exam in the area. Book an appointment today.

Aero Furnace, Duct &Chimney Cleaningaeroservices.ca 250-479-0090Hours: By Appointment Please Improve the Air Quality in YOUR Home and Breathe Easier! $30.00 off Furnace & Air Ducts Cleaning today! Cannont be combined with any other offer. Expiry June 30, 2015• Chimney Sweeping & Chimney Repair• HRVs Cleaning (Heat Recovery Ventilation) • Dryer Vent Cleaning • WETT Inspections

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Nic Renyard, who parted ways with the Victoria Grizzlies after the 2013-14 season and landed in Okotoks with the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Oilers, didn’t miss a beat.

The Victoria native not only captured the AJHL’s most valuable player and top goal-tender awards for this season, he is one of five finalists for the top goalie award in all of Canadian junior A hockey.

Renyard, 20, won a league-high 30 games to go along with eight losses and three ties, and shared the AJHL’s best save percentage of .924, while posting a 2.19 goals against aver-age with the Oilers. His five shutouts set a new franchise record.

The season began with Renyard going 12-0-1 in his first 13 starts. He racked up five game first star hon-ours and was player of the month in October.

The Oilers finished third in the AJHL’s South Division in the regular season and made it to the second playoff round before getting swept 4-0 by the Brooks Bandits.

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Victoria Volunteers

Want to volunteer? Opportunities are available through these positions at Volunteer Victoria: 250-386-2269 or volunteervictoria.bc.ca.

•••B.C. Cancer Agency is recruiting

a number of volunteer positions including opportunities to work directly with patients.

Broadmead Care needs more volunteers to join its team. Volunteers needed for the gift shop and to support music and activity programs on evenings and weekends. A volunteer is also needed to accompany residents of Nigel House to community health appointments.

The Island Sexual Health Society board is searching for

two directors to join its board. It’s recruiting board members with leadership skills and experience in public relations or finance.

The University of Victoria English Language Centre is looking for conversation partners. Are you interested in chatting with ESL students? Do you want to learn about another culture?

Burnside Gorge Community Association is hosting the annual Selkirk Waterfront Festival on May 23. For a full list of positions or to apply, please email Kathy at [email protected].

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