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The Township of Esquimalt wants Canada Post to halt the installation of community mailboxes until more public consultation can be done.

“The very first thing that we’re doing is requesting a moratorium on the placing of mail-boxes until we have further public consultation,” said Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins.

She said there have been concerns from resi-dents about where the boxes will be installed, security, lighting and accessibility.

Desjardins said the township hasn’t received any reassurance from Canada Post that there will be any further consultation other than the pam-phlets that were mailed out to residents about what the mailboxes could potentially look like and where they will go.

“You’re going to place things in an already developed community, some people will have disabilities and others will have difficulties being able to access certain places, those things all need to be taken into account,” she said, adding that there should be more of a back and forth discussion between residents and the corpora-

tion.At a committee meeting last week, council also

directed staff to see what role the municipality has in dictating where the boxes can go.

“There may need to be lighting, sidewalks, garbage cans – all of those things are adding on to the costs of a municipality,” added Desjardins. “Although Canada post needs to save money, they don’t need to do it on the backs of munici-palities.”

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Esquimalt officially launched the construc-tion of the Admirals Road corridor improve-ment project Friday, with a special cer-emony at the Colville Road train station.

Dignitaries at the

ceremony included Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins, Minister of State and MP for Van-couver Island North John Duncan, Esqui-malt-Juan de Fuca MP Randall Garrison, Esquimalt-Metchosin MLA Maurine Karagia-nis, township council-lors Susan Low, Meagan Brame and Lynda Hun-dleby, CFB Esquimalt personnel and Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen, rep-resenting the Union of B.C. Municipalities.

The project upgrades Admirals Road between Maplebank Road and Lyall Street and will include the addition of bike lanes, a two-way left turn lane, median islands, as well as side-walks and streetlights.

The township will also install stormwater treatment devices and for storm and sanitary collection systems, which will help to pro-tect local waterways.

Funding for the $4.6 million project is provided by several sources including $2.8 million from the fed-eral Gas Tax Fund, a

$1.2 million loan from the Municipal Finance Authority and $600,000 from the township.

The project has been years in the making, Desjardins said.

Originally, the federal government was going to cover all the costs of the project, but when the township discov-ered work needed to be done on underground infastructure more money was needed.

“It’s not until you start digging that you realize there’s more to it,” Desjardins said.

The busy corridor

carries more than 18,000 vehicles per day and is a regional roadway servicing CFB Esquimalt, Saanich, View Royal and Esqui-malt.

“We must recognize Admirals Road as a regional commuter route for residents and tourists, but it is also importantly a neigh-bourhood. Many of the design features in the project recognize that fact,” Desjardins said.

Duncan said the fed-eral government is com-mitted to infrastructure projects across the

nation, especially ones that improve the health of Canadians by provid-ing more cycling and walking options.

“It’s important for communities to adapt to these needs which is why these upgrades will continue to improve health ben-efits, lower transpor-tation costs and put fewer vehicles on the road.”

Work on the Admi-rals Road corridor improvement project is expected to be com-pleted this fall.

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Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen, left, Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins and Minister of State John Duncan at the launch of the Admirals Road corridor improvement project Friday.

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The region’s most dangerous cycling intersections identifiedTravis Paterson News staff

BikeMaps.org released the eight most dangerous areas for cycling this week and two of the spots are in Saanich, involving intersections with the Galloping Goose.

After six months online, the Uni-versity of Victoria launched project BikeMaps.org has collected 500 bike incidents in the Capital Regional District. The eight most dangerous intersections for cycling are in Saa-nich, Oak Bay, and Victoria.

“We launched in October and we already have 500 reports from the CRD,” said University of Vic-toria associate professor Trisalyn Nelson, who created the project with a team from UVic’s Spatial Pat-tern Analysis and Research geogra-phy lab. “To put it in context, ICBC reports about 130 incidents per

year, just by asking for public data, we have twice as much data from the last six months as we’ve ever had for a period.”

The goal for Bike Maps is to act as a global map where cyclists can record near misses as well as inci-dents, as the collected data of near-misses are also indicative of danger areas.

In a few weeks Nelson and her team will meet with representa-tives from Saanich and its Plan-ning, Transportation and Economic Development Advisory Committee, to see how they can partner.

“When we launched Bike Maps it created a baseline data, so as Saa-nich puts protected bike lanes in, we can survey how effective they are, this is a tool for surveillance,” Nelson said.

The newly finished Cook Street Complete Street project provided

Saanich with protected bike lanes, going both ways, from Quadra Street to Maplewood Road is an example of that.

Bike Maps is also hoping to cre-ate a case study on the impact of the coming cycle tracks Victoria recently committed to.

“It turns out no one has done a before and after study on the impact of cycle tracks, and because Victoria has no cycle tracks, we can do it,” Nelson said.

Based on the demand of foreign users, Bike Maps is being translated into Dutch, Spanish, French and German. The first Android app for Bike Maps is scheduled to be ready in late June, followed by an IOS ver-sion for Apple products.

To visit the region’s eight most dangerous cycling spots since November visit bikemaps.org/blog.

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Anick Losier, spokesperson with Canada Post, said they have been in communication with the township and residents about where the boxes will go and have sent out an online survey in which the response rate was 30 per cent.

“We’ve had meetings with the municipality to better understand their criteria,” she said. “We’ve taken all of that information and incorpo-rated it into the planning process in order to select the best possible site for each neighbourhood.”

She added in April they also went door knocking to 107 sites where the boxes are proposed to get residents’ thoughts on the location.

Victoria MP Murray Rankin said it’s not enough.

“[Municipalities] are simply saying

we want more more planning and community consultation and I sup-port that,” said Rankin. “Canada Post is jamming this as quickly as they can. It’s hurting seniors, it’s hurting those with disabilities, it’s hurting small business people.”

The next step is distributing llet-ters to confirm the location of the community mailboxes to affected residents and then starting installa-tion at the end of 2015, added Losier.

There are more than 3,000 house-holds and 47 business addresses in Esquimalt that will be affected by the change.

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Held annually, Ardent Defender improves participants’ readi-ness to counter explo-sive threats, including improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

The training simu-lates a complex contem-porary operating envi-ronment and enhances linkages with allies and civilian law enforcement partners as they prac-tise response protocols.

“Exercise Ardent Defender represents an important opportu-nity for the Canadian Armed Forces to train alongside allies and partners to advance our understanding of impro-vised explosive devices and improve our abil-ity to counter them if required,” said Rear-Admiral Bill Truelove, commander Joint Task Force Pacific.

In addition to Canada,

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Civilian agencies and first responder par-ticipants include Emer-gency Management B.C., provincial and local community lead-ers, B.C. Transit, B.C. Ferries, the Victoria International Airport, RCMP and local police agencies.

Meanwhile, HMCS Saskatoon and Yellow-knife left CFB Esquimalt last week to conduct operations, including coastal surveillance and port visits, along the coast of B.C., until mid-June.

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With the onset of early summer weather, Oak Bay Fire has already dealt with six beach fires in recent weeks.

The local fire department paired up with Victo-ria Fire to hammer home the message that fires are not allowed on local beaches.

“This year what we’re trying is a new approach to providing greater awareness with the beach fire situation in the City of Victoria and District of Oak Bay and just some of the struggles that we’ve had trying to convey the importance of the messag-ing in regards to how potentially dangerous these could be to not only the environment but people trying to enjoy the beach,” said Victoria Fire Chief Paul Bruce.

In a bid to combat illegal fires and improve awareness, joint patrols by police, fire and bylaw officers will take place on Victoria and Oak Bay beaches each weekend throughout the summer. Those found with a fire could be fined $350 to $2,000 in Victoria and $50 to $2,000 in Oak Bay.

“Our beaches are beautiful and we want to keep it that way for everyone,” said Oak Bay Fire Chief Dave Cockle.

Smoke from a beach fire not only impacts air quality for nearby residents, it is toxic. When burned, driftwood releases carcinogenic dioxins into the air due to combustion of the sea salt-saturated wood.

“It’s the products that are picked up from the ocean and the salt as well as the other products that are picked up out of the sea and rolled up on the beach,” Cockle said

“The other thing that you don’t see is how they get them started. They use some kind of an inflam-matory starter to get it going, usually barbecue lighter fluid or something along those lines.”

Beach fires are often difficult to access due to their location. A small or smouldering beach fire can be time consuming to put out, tying up emer-gency responders who may be needed elsewhere in the community.

“As a single engine company we’re tying up the resources that we have in Oak Bay every time we have to do one of these,” Cockle said.

When a fire is discovered or restarts at 2 a.m.

firefighters and police officers are left in the dark managing heavy gear and equipment, Bruce added.

“There’s a lot of hazards just in the environment plus the potential for broken glass and people,” he said.

“If [allowing fires] was something we could man-age we probably would have come up with a way to manage it by now, but it’s quite frankly not man-ageable.”

The Victoria Fire Department responds to nearly 200 beach fire calls each year that put people’s health, property and the environment at risk. The Oak Bay Fire Department, on average, responds to 25 beach fire calls per year.

To report a beach fire, contact the Victoria Fire at 250-384-1122 or the Oak Bay Fire at 250-592-9121.

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Victoria Fire Chief Paul Bruce, left, and Oak Bay Fire Chief Dave Cockle check out the remains of a recent fire that left multiple thick logs scorched on the beach along Dallas Road. The two fire departments are pairing in messaging this year in hopes of hammering home that beach fires are illegal.


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Anick Losier, spokesperson with Canada Post, said they have been in communication with the township and residents about where the boxes will go and have sent out an online survey in which the response rate was 30 per cent.

“We’ve had meetings with the municipality to better understand their criteria,” she said. “We’ve taken all of that information and incorpo-rated it into the planning process in order to select the best possible site for each neighbourhood.”

She added in April they also went door knocking to 107 sites where the boxes are proposed to get residents’ thoughts on the location.

Victoria MP Murray Rankin said it’s not enough.

“[Municipalities] are simply saying

we want more more planning and community consultation and I sup-port that,” said Rankin. “Canada Post is jamming this as quickly as they can. It’s hurting seniors, it’s hurting those with disabilities, it’s hurting small business people.”

The next step is distributing llet-ters to confirm the location of the community mailboxes to affected residents and then starting installa-tion at the end of 2015, added Losier.

There are more than 3,000 house-holds and 47 business addresses in Esquimalt that will be affected by the change.

[email protected]

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

Residents, council kept informed: Canada Post

More than 220 per-sonnel from the Cana-dian Armed Forces, 10 partner nations and civilian law enforce-ment agencies will con-duct Exercise Ardent Defender 2015 at CFB Esquimalt and through-out Greater Victoria this week.

Held annually, Ardent Defender improves participants’ readi-ness to counter explo-sive threats, including improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

The training simu-lates a complex contem-porary operating envi-ronment and enhances linkages with allies and civilian law enforcement partners as they prac-tise response protocols.

“Exercise Ardent Defender represents an important opportu-nity for the Canadian Armed Forces to train alongside allies and partners to advance our understanding of impro-vised explosive devices and improve our abil-ity to counter them if required,” said Rear-Admiral Bill Truelove, commander Joint Task Force Pacific.

In addition to Canada,

participating nations include Australia, Bel-gium, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Civilian agencies and first responder par-ticipants include Emer-gency Management B.C., provincial and local community lead-ers, B.C. Transit, B.C. Ferries, the Victoria International Airport, RCMP and local police agencies.

Meanwhile, HMCS Saskatoon and Yellow-knife left CFB Esquimalt last week to conduct operations, including coastal surveillance and port visits, along the coast of B.C., until mid-June.

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If there’s a monsoon this week, blame Bike to Work Week.

All joking aside, cyclists should be able to look forward to some sunny skies.

That hasn’t always been the case in past years, but it would be appreciated, because we hope Bike to Work Week is successful.

The annual cycling awareness event started Monday in Greater Victoria and around B.C. as part of a provincial government initiative to get more people pedalling.

Commuters are invited to challenge themselves by registering for Bike to Work Week as individuals or as part of a team, and they’re encouraged to cycle through ‘celebration stations’ where they can enter prize draws and receive refreshments.

Students can also participate by signing up to bike to school.

If people commit to two-wheeled commuting, or if they don’t, there are indications that Campbell River is becoming a more cycle-friendly city.

Pedestrian routes have been posted around the city in recent years and more and more people are starting to take up cycling to work.

We support those who wish to be spokespeople – pun intended – during Bike to Work Week, and we hope everyone else will at least share the road.

It’s a nice day for a bike ride, and it’s always a nice day to contribute to a cleaner city.

An offer the CRD can’t afford to refuse?

I find it shocking that the Capital Regional District is reportedly continuing to spend more than $100,000 a month for Seaterra to manage the now-abandoned plan to build a sewage treatment plant at McLoughlin Point.

I would like to make an offer to the CRD that would sharply reduce these costs.

If the CRD abolishes Seaterra for a bargain-basement fee of only $25,000 a month, I would be pleased to set up my agency to manage the non-existent project.

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Put safe drug sites inpoliticians’ backyard

Re: City ready to start safe consumption site talks (News, May 20)

The debate on safe consumption sites is about to be renewed. One fact though which must not be overlooked is that no matter how many such sites are opened, the addicts still need to buy their illicit drugs from dealers on the street, and many addicts still finance their drug purchases through the proceeds of crime.

Wherever such sites are located, the drug dealers will surely set up nearby. Neighbours will doubtless see an increase in break-ins, smash and grabs, purse snatchings, etc.

Let the elected councillors who wish to support these sites be the first to volunteer their own neighbourhood as

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David Suzuki column missing key facts

Re: Milkweed is a monarch’s best defence (Science Matters, May 22)

Missing from David Suzuki’s claim about the effect of agricultural chemicals on milkweed that monarch butterflies like to eat is what they ate before large fields of corn and soybeans existed.

Corn was developed by tribal people in the southwest U.S. and Mexico, then widely adopted elsewhere. The prime growing area of corn and soybean in the U.S. – eastern Iowa – was grass prairie two centuries ago, were there many monarch butterflies there then?

Also missing is how much milkweed there was in crops before herbicides were introduced, given that corn was planted in rows and columns to facilitate mechanical weeding in

perpendicular directions, and tillage practices were also used to control weeds.

As for honey bees, Suzuki’s claim that a type of insecticide puts them in grave danger has been disproven by research and experience.

Timing of pollination varies with crop and area, so honey bee hives are moved around to maximize benefit to bees and crops. Beekeeper and farmer want win-win dealings, so they time use of insecticide.

Suzuki overlooks research showing that parasites are the main enemy of bees, and that hive housekeeping is a big factor – many beekeepers have only a normal number of hive failures over winter. He also overlooks that some Ontario statistics are misleading because they are based on self-selecting responses from only a small proportion of beekeepers and don’t reflect a long cold winter that many beekeepers did not properly prepare for.

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With grade-school education such an integral part of our soci-ety, it seems everyone either knows a current teacher or has memories of a special educator who made school more interest-ing or maybe took extra time to help them learn.

As we head into the final week for nominations in the second annual Black Press/Staples Great Teachers program, we’re asking readers to consider putting for-ward the names of those people currently teaching – in public or private school – who you believe are deserving of special recogni-tion for their efforts.

Christian Arbez, Thrifty Foods director of marketing, knows well the work grade school teachers do to make the day-to-day learn-ing environment more interest-ing and engaging. His sister is an elementary school teacher in Burnaby who routinely spends extra hours in the classroom, as well as evenings and weekends, to ensure she’s able to impact her

students’ learning.“Every year it’s like she gets a

new ‘family’ coming in. She pours a lot of herself into her job, and that’s how I relate to this cam-paign,” he says.

Arbez says it’s for reasons like those that Thrifty Foods is glad to partner with Black Press in Great Teachers.

Arthur Harris, owner of Saa-nich-based DriveWise Learning Academy, another Great Teach-ers partner, likes the idea of rec-

ognizing enthusiastic educators for the work they do and the pos-itive effect they have on young people.

“As a parent, I guess you can only do so much – you give them social values – where a teacher would give them more hands-on, practical knowledge or skills,” he says.

Whether you’ve got children currently in the school system or simply want to see someone who is still teaching recognized for making a difference, it’s easy to do.

Simply visit vicnews.com/contests and click on the Great Teachers icon, where you’ll find instructions.

Tell us where your nominee teaches, what grade and why you think they deserve special men-tion.

The nomination period ends at midnight on Sunday, May 31. You’ll be entered for a Thrifty Foods gift card just for doing so.

In June, a panel will select one honouree each from the elemen-tary, middle school and high school levels.

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Another Victoria area school is slated for a seis-mic upgrade.

The Ministry of Education and the Greater Victo-ria School District have signed a project agreement to bring Cloverdale Traditional Elementary school up to the latest seismic safety standards.

As with many other seismic upgrade projects in Victoria, Cloverdale students will be bussed to the vacant Richmond Elementary School for the 2015-16 school year to allow for the work to be done.

Richmond Elementary is a “swing school” that

has previously housed students while seismic work was carried out at Quadra Elementary.

This year, students from George Jay Elementary are attending Richmond Elementary while seismic work is underway at that school.

Cloverdale has capacity for 345 Kindergarten to Grade 5 students. Construction contracts will be tendered this summer with substantial completion by next summer. The project is funded with $2.9 million from the province’s seismic mitigation pro-gram.

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If there’s a monsoon this week, blame Bike to Work Week.

All joking aside, cyclists should be able to look forward to some sunny skies.

That hasn’t always been the case in past years, but it would be appreciated, because we hope Bike to Work Week is successful.

The annual cycling awareness event started Monday in Greater Victoria and around B.C. as part of a provincial government initiative to get more people pedalling.

Commuters are invited to challenge themselves by registering for Bike to Work Week as individuals or as part of a team, and they’re encouraged to cycle through ‘celebration stations’ where they can enter prize draws and receive refreshments.

Students can also participate by signing up to bike to school.

If people commit to two-wheeled commuting, or if they don’t, there are indications that Campbell River is becoming a more cycle-friendly city.

Pedestrian routes have been posted around the city in recent years and more and more people are starting to take up cycling to work.

We support those who wish to be spokespeople – pun intended – during Bike to Work Week, and we hope everyone else will at least share the road.

It’s a nice day for a bike ride, and it’s always a nice day to contribute to a cleaner city.

An offer the CRD can’t afford to refuse?

I find it shocking that the Capital Regional District is reportedly continuing to spend more than $100,000 a month for Seaterra to manage the now-abandoned plan to build a sewage treatment plant at McLoughlin Point.

I would like to make an offer to the CRD that would sharply reduce these costs.

If the CRD abolishes Seaterra for a bargain-basement fee of only $25,000 a month, I would be pleased to set up my agency to manage the non-existent project.

I think an appropriate name for this new body would be the UIC – Useless Irrelevent Commission.

My proposed UIC would also set a high standard for honesty and accountability in local government since I would be happy to provide monthly, weekly or even daily reports documenting in detail that I am doing absolutely nothing that will benefit the publish and

devoting my time exclusively to wasting taxpayers’ money.

Gordon PollardVictoria

Put safe drug sites inpoliticians’ backyard

Re: City ready to start safe consumption site talks (News, May 20)

The debate on safe consumption sites is about to be renewed. One fact though which must not be overlooked is that no matter how many such sites are opened, the addicts still need to buy their illicit drugs from dealers on the street, and many addicts still finance their drug purchases through the proceeds of crime.

Wherever such sites are located, the drug dealers will surely set up nearby. Neighbours will doubtless see an increase in break-ins, smash and grabs, purse snatchings, etc.

Let the elected councillors who wish to support these sites be the first to volunteer their own neighbourhood as

such a location.Roel Hurkens

Victoria

David Suzuki column missing key facts

Re: Milkweed is a monarch’s best defence (Science Matters, May 22)

Missing from David Suzuki’s claim about the effect of agricultural chemicals on milkweed that monarch butterflies like to eat is what they ate before large fields of corn and soybeans existed.

Corn was developed by tribal people in the southwest U.S. and Mexico, then widely adopted elsewhere. The prime growing area of corn and soybean in the U.S. – eastern Iowa – was grass prairie two centuries ago, were there many monarch butterflies there then?

Also missing is how much milkweed there was in crops before herbicides were introduced, given that corn was planted in rows and columns to facilitate mechanical weeding in

perpendicular directions, and tillage practices were also used to control weeds.

As for honey bees, Suzuki’s claim that a type of insecticide puts them in grave danger has been disproven by research and experience.

Timing of pollination varies with crop and area, so honey bee hives are moved around to maximize benefit to bees and crops. Beekeeper and farmer want win-win dealings, so they time use of insecticide.

Suzuki overlooks research showing that parasites are the main enemy of bees, and that hive housekeeping is a big factor – many beekeepers have only a normal number of hive failures over winter. He also overlooks that some Ontario statistics are misleading because they are based on self-selecting responses from only a small proportion of beekeepers and don’t reflect a long cold winter that many beekeepers did not properly prepare for.

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The annual event raises funds for Lions Founda-tion of Canada Dog Guides, a national charitable organization which breeds, trains, and places ser-vice dogs with qualifying applicants.

The walk in Victoria is organized by the Gordon Head Lions Club.

“A lot of time, money, and resources go into training a service dog, and the organization is able to provide them at no cost to Canadians who need them,” said Victoria resident Lyne England, the walk’s organizer and member of Gordon Head Lions Club.

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Burnside Gorge Community Association is looking for a receptionist to join its fun, busy centre for a two to four hour shift.

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Valerie Mucciarelli of the World Fisheries Trust, an Esquimalt-based environmental education organiza-tion which delivers programs locally and internationally, said it’s the reason why spe-cial events like World Oceans Day are so important.

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As with the modern variations of bicycles, the early bicycle went through many developments from the two-wheel velocipede, the high wheel bicycle (Penny Farthing) to the safety bicycle.

While the bicycle was undergoing changes, the activity shifted from a mode of transportation to a leisure activity for men and, more importantly, women.

Cycling became an activity enjoyed as a pastime that allowed women to enjoy increased mobility through towns as well as participate in group outings and picnics.

Group outings to parks, such as Goldstream, were common in the late 19th century.

Given the long journey, Six Mile House in View Royal, offered a rest spot for riders. Owner Mrs. Price even included a room for women to refresh themselves while en route.

In the picture above, the women are donning cycling suits; these outfits differed from the traditional

garb worn everyday as it offered greater mobility while riding.

It wasn’t long before cycling became competitive.

It is generally accepted that the first recorded bicycle race took place on May 31, 1868 in Paris, when James Moore won a 1.2-kilometre race on a wooden bike with iron tires inlaid with ball-bearings, helping him beat his competitors.

Road racing quickly became popular

especially in Europe and the United Sates, as did endurance racing.

Local brothers William (Torchy) and Doug Peden, became internationally known as champions on the Six-Day racing circuit. These gruelling multi-day events drew huge crowds to indoor venues like Madison Square Gardens.

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As a realtor for more than 30 years, Lois Dutton learned to listen, counsel and edu-cate both her clients and business associ-ates.

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Dutton is a peer outreach counsellor – someone who advises others her age – with Senior Peer Counsellors, a program through Victoria-based Seniors Serving Seniors, a referral agency.

Volunteer counsellors provide compas-sionate listening and encouragement to help people get more in touch with their own feelings, gain a clearer understanding of their situations and difficulties, and make the decisions necessary to solve their own problems.

“We try and lead people to see if there is a way out of whatever situation they’re in,” Dutton said of the seniors she counsels.

The peer counselling program began 26 years ago and sees an average of 50 clients a year.

All counsellors take an intensive four-month training program. Counsellors range in age from 50 to 80.

Each counsellor handles about one to two clients. They meet once a week for about a one-hour session, usually at the client’s home.

There is a broad range of issues clients will bring to a counselling session from grieving to financial.

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Dutton has been a volunteer counsellor with Senior Peer Counsellors for two years, after stints in similar roles in other organiza-tions. Along with her counselling duties she also interviews potential clients with a suit-able counsellor.

“It’s not easy [being a counsellor], but it’s very rewarding,” Dutton said.

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Too many seniors are going into residential care when they could still be accommodated in assisted living, due to rules that are “outdated and too restrictive,” B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie says in a new report.

The report found a 10-per-cent vacancy rate for assisted liv-ing facilities, meaning space is usually avail-able, at least in urban areas. It calls for a “fun-damental redesign” of regulations for regis-tered assisted living, to change spousal eligibil-ity and reduce the num-ber of higher function-ing seniors moving to residential care.

More than 90 per cent of B.C. seniors live independently and 80 per cent are homeown-ers, who should be able to apply for a provin-cial loan against equity to pay for repairs, the report recommends.

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Health Minister Terry Lake said he supports the direction of Mack-enzie’s 18 recommen-dations, and the min-istry is working on assisted living changes. Some recommenda-tions, such as provid-ing private rooms with ensuite bath for resi-dential care beds, have “wide-reaching implica-tions for health authori-ties” and require more study, Lake said.

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As we get longer in the tooth how often do we find ourselves grousing: What’s the world coming to?

In my case, too often. My dotage-inspired generational disconnect usually kicks in when the evening news subjects me to yet another urban riot. It can be hockey hoodlums in Vancouver,

anarchists crushing corporate greed in precious Toronto, rampaging residents on the streets of race-torn Baltimore.

Regardless of the cause of the made-for-TV riot de jour, I find myself yearning for a gentler time, like the days of our forefathers when a good job and a picket fence inspired social calm and peaceful co-existence.

Ya, right. What am I smoking?

I was unceremoniously awakened from this misplaced reverie when I was reminded that May 2015 is the 100th anniversary of one of this nation’s most bizarre and confounding race-inspired riots … and it happened right here on the tranquil streets of Victoria.

I was surfing the University of Victoria’s “acitygoestowar.ca” website and read Ashley Forseille’s piece on the “Anti-German Riot of 1915” that followed the Nazi U-boat sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland.

Ashley has an M.A. in Canadian history from UVic and is pursuing a career as an archival technician and researcher. A City Goes to War is a UVic project made possible by a Veteran’s Affairs Canada grant.

Before the First World War, Victorians largely accepted local Germans. Many were prominent business owners and political figures participating in German clubs that perpetuated the language and cultural.

When conflict in Europe started and Germany became an enemy of Britain, Victoria residents started viewing their Germans neighbours with hostility. Tensions came to a head on May 8, 1915 after the sinking of the Lusitania.

Ashley writes: “What has become known as the Anti-German Riot of 1915 began when a group of soldiers stationed at the Willow’s training camp started breaking windows and mirrors at the German-owned Kaiserhof Hotel.

“The Kaiserhof was targeted because the soldiers thought that Victorian Germans had congregated at the hotel bar to celebrate the sinking. The small group of soldiers grew into a large mob that looted a number of German-owned businesses in downtown Victoria until they were dispersed by the police, fire department and military.

“Further violence continued the following evening when looters once again targeted German businesses culminating in the reading of the Riot Act.”

In the months following the riot, the city continued to alienate Germans, causing some to leave for more neutral cities like Seattle. Others were interned in the Interior.

B.C.’s resolve to target race during wartime strive reached its zenith during the Second World War with the Internment of Japanese Canadians following Japan’s invasion of Hong Kong and the attack on Pearl Harbor. The internment, which included confiscation of property, was deemed necessary by Ottawa but was really racism cloaked in the flag. It happened despite evidence supplied by the RCMP and the Department of National Defence that it was unwarranted.

So, when I see the next riot on the evening news I will give my head a shake and remind myself it is déjà vu all over again.

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Diana Kozinuk moved to Victoria eight years ago and didn’t know anyone in the city.

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“I was just walking by and I noticed the place and I came in and I felt so wel-comed,” said Kozinuk. “[I like] the friendly atmosphere. I was new in town, and I made friends quickly.”

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The organization has been around for nearly four decades, initially starting off in the Fairfield United Church Hall, mov-ing into a school, back into the hall and finally to its location on Cook Street.

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The centre has a few hundred mem-bers (although non-members are also welcome) and sees roughly 75 to 80 peo-ple a day.

Turnbull said they are trying to break isolation and loneliness and offer a place for people to go on a daily basis.

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“We’ve heard countless times from members, that the people here have become an extended family to them.”

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Hill Recreation Centre, 3220 Cedar Hill Rd., Saanich. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact Doug at 250-477-0833.

Friday, June 5Fernwood Market. Vic High School Plaza, 4 to 8

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Saturday, June 6 Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at Marigold

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Sunday, June 7Volkssport – 7/10 km walk. Meet at Gowlland

Tod Park, Mackenzie Bight Trail, Highlands. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 am. Contact Christine at 250-478-7020.

Thursday, June 11Esquimalt Farmers Market. Esquimalt Town


Friday, June 19Aboriginal Cultural Festival. Three-day

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

Fernwood Market. Vic High School Plaza, 4 to 8 p.m. Info: thefca.ca.

International Military Band Concert presented by Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy. Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St., 7:30 p.m. Info: rmts.bc.ca or call 250-386-6121.

Saturday, June 20Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at Glanford

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Sunday, June 21Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at Harbour

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Saturday, June 27Volkssport – 6/10 km walk. Meet at McMinn

Park, Maplegrove Street, Saanich. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact Rob at 250-658-4998.

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United Way Greater Victoria is celebrat-ing youth and their accomplishments with its annual YouthNow Awards this week.

At the 17th annual awards ceremony, United Way will dole out nine awards to youth between the ages of 11-29 who are work-ing to better their com-munity.

“It’s been really inspiring to see what young people are doing in our community,” said Heather Skydt, commu-nications and market-ing director at United Way Greater Victoria.

“It’s been great see-ing the type of people who come forward and they’re ever inspiring to us at United Way.”

The awards include individual volunteer awards for different age categories, the green

award, the big change award, the youth worker award, the youth friendly business award, the friendship award and the group volunteer award.

Harpreet Bhela is the chair of the YouthNow Council and sits on the committee responsible for selecting the win-ners.

“Sometimes it gets really difficult to choose someone when you’re like ‘these people are both great’, but it comes down to overall what they’ve done, how many people they’ve helped and how selfless they were,” said Bhela.

“It’s important to recognize youth in the community for what they’ve done because if you don’t, no one really knows what’s going on or what some-one has done for every-one else around them … it’s nice to let them know ‘thanks so much,

you’ve made a differ-ence’.”

She added it’s a way to inspire them to give back to the community even more.

Past winners include Peyton Gust who worked with the Boys and Girls Club, Ammar Inayatali who organized the World Partnership

Walk campaign and Emma Zabloski who volunteered at the Fair-field Gonzales Commu-nity Association.

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years they’ve had more than 1,000 applicants, many of whom were nominated by family members, teachers or fellow youth workers.

The ceremony is Fri-day (May 29) at the Cedar Hill Recreation Centre (3220 Cedar Hill Rd.) from 6 to 8 p.m.

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Mark your calendar, Esquimalt. It’s time to party.

Esquimalt Parks and Recreation is hosting a giant block party this Saturday (May 30) on Fraser Street in front of the Esquimalt Recreation Centre.

And the best part? It’s free.

Party-goers can an enjoy an afternoon with friends and neighbours while taking part in traditional backyard games, get goofy in the photo booth, build an illustrated community storyboard and check out the art corner.

Kids can enjoy crafts and activities with Esquimalt Recreation summer camp leaders, face painting and jump around in the bouncy castle.

Many community organizations will be there to discuss their programs, including the Victoria Police Department where you can learn more about Block Watch.

The Lions Club will also host a concession.

The block party runs from 1 to 4 p.m.

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