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Mannequin assistanceSimulation learning centre opens at hospital

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Out with the old

The last section of the old Johnson Street rail bridge is lifted and removed by crane as work continues on the replacement bridge for the old Blue Bridge.

Victoria’s most dangerous intersections Pamela RothVictoria News

During the past three years with the Victoria police traffic unit, Acting Sgt. Ross Smith has seen a lot of collisions.

But the intersections of Hillside Avenue and Shelbourne Road, and Douglas and Finlayson streets continue to cause him the most concern, and it’s easy to see why.

According to the most recent statistics from ICBC, the intersection at Douglas and Finlayson recorded the highest amount of serious and fatal collisions between 2009 and 2013 with 110, followed by Burnside Road and Douglas Street with 108, and Hillside Avenue and

Shelbourne Street with 105.During that same period,

Hillside Avenue and Shelbourne recorded the most collisions overall with 312, followed by the intersections at Burnside Road and Douglas Street, and Douglas and Finlayson, both tied at 250.

Ross has been to those intersections more than two dozen times, and figures the high number of collisions are likely due to high volumes of traffic. Two years later, the numbers aren’t showing much signs of improvement.

“You are getting traffic trying to flow in from the outside communities into the downtown area combining with lots of young drivers that are making their way to schools and colleges

in the area,” said Ross about the Hillside Avenue and Shelbourne Road intersection.

“We try to educate as much as possible and hopefully the word gets out. At the end of the day, what you could physically alter at the intersection, I really don’t know...We never know what people are doing behind the wheel.”

ICBC statistics show distracted driving contributed to 29 per cent of collisions in 2013, followed by speeding at 27 per cent and impaired driving at 24 per cent.

Ross said Victoria police have placed plain clothes officers on city streets to simply watch what drivers are doing behind the wheel, particularly when they’re stopped at a red light. Many

don’t seem to realize that sending a message on their phone while stopped at a light is still considered distracted driving.

“People are of the illusion that if they are stopped, it’s okay,” said Ross, adding those aged 16 to late twenties seem to be the worst when it comes to texting behind the wheel.

“People aren’t getting the message. I think that’s the disappointing part. How much more can we do? We are constantly running campaigns.”

The fine for distracted driving is $167 along with three penalty points. Ross has heard some citizens voice the fines should be higher.

As far as speeding is concerned, the 3100 block of

Blanshard Street continues to be the worst in the city. The speed limit in the area is 50 km/hr, but Ross said police have stopped drivers travelling in excess of 100 km/hr. Usually the norm for speeding is between 60 and 65 km/hr.

Police are also called to various communities that have come forward with concerns about speeding. In those cases, officers typically place a speed reader board on the road first to make drivers aware of how fast they are going.

“A lot of us get into our own ways of driving and we get used to the speed that we drive,” said Ross. “Most of the times we don’t pay attention.” [email protected]

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Mannequins encourage teamwork at Royal Jubilee

Kendra WongVictoria News

Julie is a regular 19-year-old. But she recently fell while playing soccer and broke her right leg, requiring her to have surgery to repair the fracture.

She’s healthy. But in her medical history, her mother had an abnormal reaction to an anesthetic, which is why doctors kept Julie awake under spinal anesthetic.

The surgery went well until half an hour in.

“How are you doing, Julie?” asks Dr. Stan Vuksic, the anaesthesiologist.

“I’m not feeling too well,” she responds and starts to blink rapidly.

Suddenly, her blood pressure drops and she has an unusual, but not unheard of heart rhythm. Doctors respond with usual treatment procedures, but she goes into a different heart rhythm. Doctors call for additional help and use a defibrillator to shock her heart back into a normal rhythm.

Julie is not real. She’s a mannequin, but the simulation is real.

The demonstration was part of the opening of the Centre for Interprofessional Clinical Simulation Learning at Royal Jubilee Hospital last Thursday.

The $2.9-million centre is a partnership between Island

Health, the University of Victoria and the University of B.C.’s Faculty of Medicine. It will provide more than 500 medical, nursing, midwifery and health professionals with medical scenarios they are likely to encounter when treating patients.

The state-of-the-art mannequins, which are wireless and have ultrasound technology, simulate human patients and range in age and body type from newborn to adult. Each has a name, a medical and social history,

and life-like features including blinking eyes, a beating heart, working lungs and a voice that responds to treatments. It can cough and moan as well.

Mannequins will be programmed to behave in different ways with vital signs that respond to treatments and interventions. Students will enter an operating room with the same equipment and tools they would normally use, including anaesthetics and gases that mannequins can

detect and respond to.In the past, the two

universities have used mannequins as part of the curriculum, but none are as advanced as these.

Valarie Kuehne, UVic’s vice-president academic and provost, said the program will help students be more prepared in the real world and enhance patient safety.

“(The mannequins) have the capacity to respond. So as the simulation is ongoing, the patient can do better or worse depending on what

actions are taken by the multi-disciplinary team,” Kuehne said.

“It provides an opportunity for all the disciplines that are engaged in the simulation to debrief afterward and actually learn from the steps that were taken and not taken and how they could improve this in a real situation should they find it in their work.”

Taj Baidwan, executive vice-president and chief medical officer with Island Health, said the simulation teaches students to work

together as a team. “We can’t do it

on our own and the strength of that is really brought out in the simulation, especially if it starts at the beginning of your training,” he said, adding hospitals around the world are increasingly using simulations as learning tools. “It’s no longer about learners being classical learners that we thought of. Now it’s about learning throughout your career and learning from your mistakes.” [email protected]

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Dr. Duncan Jacks (left) and Dr. Stan Vuksic check in on Julie, a state-of-the-art mannequin that coughs, moans and reacts to treatments. The mannequin is part of a new curriculum at the Centre for Interprofessional Clinical Simulation Learning at Royal Jubilee Hospital.

Simulation learning centre now open at hospital

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Victorians named to B.C. Museum association

The Royal B.C. Museum head of new archives and digital preservation, David Alexander and Univer-sity of Victoria Cultural Resource Manage-ment programs direc-tor, Tania Muir have been named to the B.C. Museum’s asso-ciation executive.

Alexander will serve as president and Muir will serve as vice pres-ident.

Fire chiefs come to Victoria

More than 300 fire chiefs from across Canada and the Pacific northwest descended on Victoria for the annual Fire-Rescue Canada con-ference last weekend.

The four-day event focused on educa-tion through guest speakers, seminars, a vendors’ gallery and skill-building sessions on risk management, leadership, volunteers, safety and health and wellness.

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Local group hopes to give Syrian family new home


In the wake of the Syrian refugee crisis that has dominated headlines recently, a local group is doing its part to sponsor a Syrian refugee family and bring them to Victoria.

The Victoria Refugee Sponsorship Group, comprised of roughly seven individuals, has been working with the

Anglican Diocese of B.C. and the parish of St. Peter and St. Paul to bring a family of six — a mother, father, three children and grandmother, to settle in Victoria.

The family fled their home and are now taking refuge in Turkey until they can come to Canada. The father’s sister, who is living in Victoria, is helping with the process.

Sabine Lehr, one of the volunteers and immigrant services manager at the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria, has been in contact with the family over the phone and said they are getting closer to welcoming them.

“It was exciting. So far we’d only heard of them and about them and it put a voice to it. We’ve seen pictures,” Lehr said of the phone call.

According to Lehr, the family has been given refugee status and is entering into the final process including medical exams and security checks before they can make the trip.

In order to help the family, Lehr and the group are trying to raise roughly $50,00. Most of the proceeds will go towards the cost of living for the family’s first year.

Over the last year, they’ve hosted a number of fundraising events. Most recently,

they’ve established an online fundraising campaign. Since its launch, they’ve raised more than $8,000 of their $10,000 online goal. But the group is still only halfway to their goal.

For Lehr, who has dual German and Canadian citizenship, she feels a historical responsibility to help refugees.

“My country of birth was the cause of one of the most horrific tragedies the world has seen — the holocaust,” she said. “It caused a huge number of people to become refugees. Because of that, I can’t turn back time, but I can live in the present and contribute to

making sure I respond in the here and now to something similar that’s unfolding in the world.”

The family is expected to make the trip in the next few months. In the meantime, Lehr said they’ll look for housing.

The next fundraiser is Saturday, Oct. 10 at the St. Peter and St. Paul Anglican Parish (1379 Esquimalt Rd.) and will include Mediterranean cuisine, Syrian music and a silent auction. It is a minimum $25 donation.

To donate visit vicsponsorshipgroup.wordpress.com. [email protected]


The Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness is throwing its support behind Victoria’s proposal to borrow $50 million from the Capital Regional Hospital District to build housing for the city’s homeless.

During a meeting last Thursday, council voted to move forward with a proposal to borrow up to $50 million from the Capital Regional Hospital District to finance the capital costs of building 367 units of housing with supports.

If levied across the region, it would cost $11.18 per household

to help pay for the construction of the units. The loan would be repaid over the 15 years at a three per cent fixed interest rate.

“I feel very proud of council for taking leadership on this issue. We’ve been talking about it, studying and researching it for many years. This is one proposal for a way to actually build the housing that we know is required to house our chronically homeless,” said Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps, adding the proposal will go to the hospital district board on Oct. 14.

The motion is based on the coalition’s creating homes and enhancing

communities report, which was released earlier this year. The plan offers solutions to house more than 367 individuals experiencing chronic homelessness in Greater Victoria.

Coun. Marianne Alto said she’s concerned the federal government will take this as a sign the city will fund the entire project and they will be off the hook.

“We have expectations of responsibility at the federal level which have not been held to over the last decade or so,” she

said. “We expect to be partners, but (the federal government) can’t shirk their responsibility as they’ve done for so long.”

Coun. Geoff Young was the only one opposed, adding the proposal needs more development before it can be successful. He doesn’t believe it’s possible to end homelessness by 2018.

Kelsi Stiles, manager of stakeholder relations with the coalition, said the proposal is a step in the right direction.

“Any funding for housing is a great thing

for our community,” she said. “The proposal absolutely has merits. We want to see homelessness solved at the end of the day.”

Stiles added

the coalition is currently focused on lobbying the federal government for the funding to build the units.

Helps said the motion still needs work and will be discussed by council again in October.

The motion also instructs council to

write to the federal government after the election and Premier Christy Clark, requesting a federal and provincial commitment toward the capital costs of building the units.

The coalition’s goal is to end homelessness in the region by [email protected]

Council proposes borrowing $50 million to house homeless

Sponsorship group working to bring family of six to Victoria

“This is one proposal for a way to actually build the housing that we know is required to house our chronically homeless.”

- Mayor Lisa Helps


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Maritime Museum needs to find a home

The Maritime Museum of B.C. is still homeless.

It’s a phrase that readers have heard time and time again over the past few months.

For years, it seemed like the museum had finally found a stable home in Bastion Square, where it lived since the early 1960s.

However, last year, the musuem was notified by the Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizen’s Services that it has to vacate its long-time home in Bastion Square due to safety concerns.

The province helped identify the unfinished lower level of the Steamship Terminal in Victoria’s Inner Harbour as a place to temporarily house a portion of its 3,500-artifact collection. So the museum packed up and moved.

A few short months later, negotiatons between the ministry, the museum and the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (the primary tenant of the building on Belleville Street) were at an impasse, leaving the museum high and dry.

More recently, the museum submitted an expression of interest to the harbour authority to continue to house the collection. But in a more devastating blow, two other companies were chosen to continue negotiations.

So, what’s next for the museum?Parts of the collection are still at

Bastion Square, others are locked away in storage facilities at 4000 Seymour St. and at Ogden Point.

Board chair Clay Evans says the museum is not giving up on the Steamship Terminal, but it’s about time the museum finds a proper home.

The board understandably wants to get this right and it is a complex situation, but it’s been months since the collection has seen the light of day. Locals and tourists can’t enjoy what the museum has to offer if it’s locked away in storage.

Find a home for the museum. We’re all rooting for you.

The federal election campaign has produced a jumble of conflicting claims about whether Canada has a balanced budget or a deficit, how it was determined, and whether it even matters.

The definitive word on this came out last week, with the release of the Government of Canada Annual Financial Report, signed off by Auditor General Michael Ferguson.

“The government posted a budgetary surplus of $1.9 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, compared to a budgetary deficit of $5.2 billion in 2013-14,” the report says.

“Revenues increased by $10.7 billion, or 3.9 per cent, from 2013-14, reflecting increases across all major revenue streams. Program expenses increased by $5.2 billion, reflecting increases in major transfers to persons and other levels of government, offset in part by a decrease in direct program expenses.”

The Conservative government’s pre-election budget calculated that last year was in deficit, and this year would be the first in the black since 2008. Ottawa pundits say this “surprise surplus” was engineered with intentionally pessimistic budget estimates, so Prime Minister Stephen Harper would get a boost right about

now.Liberal leader Justin Trudeau

claimed last year’s surplus was partly generated by cuts to Veterans’ Affairs and Aboriginal Affairs. Wrong and wrong. Veterans’ Affairs spending was up 13 per cent, and Aboriginal Affairs spending rose

nearly 30 per cent.Trudeau has also insisted

Canada is in recession now, which helps his suddenly adopted position that a Liberal government would run deficits for the next three years to build infrastructure.

Harper ran the biggest deficits in Canadian history after the 2009 crash, bailing out auto makers and building lots of “shovel ready” infrastructure, as did the U.S.

and other countries. The question raised by Trudeau’s plan is whether it’s a good idea to keep doing that without a financial crisis.

France, for example, has run operating deficits every year since the early 1970s, although the current Socialist government vows to balance the books by 2017. France’s operating debt is now equal to 91 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product.

Canada’s net debt-to-GDP ratio is currently around 30 per cent, down from frightening levels in the 1990s before the Chrétien government finally balanced the budget.

NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has promised to balance the budget every year of his mandate, should he form Canada’s first-ever socialist government. He will spend the rest of the campaign trying to reconcile this promise with the grandiose spending plans he has piled up.

Meanwhile in B.C., Finance Minister Mike de Jong may have benefited from Harper’s lowball budget. In his first quarter update last week, de Jong reported that his February budget forecast is on track, with a $277 million surplus.

This is despite a $300 million bill for forest firefighting, thanks to personal and corporate income tax revenue expected to be $374 million higher than budgeted. B.C. bases its tax revenue figures on federal estimates, and the ones they got early this year were clearly low.

Understated or not, this is a nice problem to have. De Jong says that at the current pace, B.C. will pay off its accumulated operating debt by 2020.

The last time the province was free of operating debt was 1982. The big debt peak came during the NDP 1990s, with another spike from 2009 to 2013 under the B.C. Liberals.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Actors Erin Keller and John Berry are seen in An Imperfection — a guerilla-style feature film made in Victoria by Victoria based director, Rasanga Weerasinghe.

Movie filmed in Victoria ready to make big debutPamela RothVictoria News

With a crew of 13 people, Rama Jabri went to work, turning her dream of producing a movie into a reality.

For six days in April, the crew shot the entire guerilla-style film, An Imperfection using various locations in Oak Bay, downtown Victoria, Dallas Road and Mystic Vale – a forested ravine near the University of Victoria.

Holding down full-time jobs in other fields, the crew dedicated their evenings and weekends towards making the film. After a year of hard work, An Imperfection is now ready to be screened in Victoria. All of it was done with no budget.

“A lot of the cast and crew worked for free out of the passion for this project. We had enough money for food and transportation, and it was enough to get us together for more than six days,” said Jabri, noting everyone involved has a background in film.

“This was a learning experience for us. We didn’t want to reach out to anybody. We wanted to make this ourself and see what transpires afterwards.”

An Imperfection was created by Victoria-based director, Rasanga Weerasinghe. Originally from Sri Lanka, Weerasinghe filmed his first documentary, Angram: The Art of War in 2011, and made a few other short films before migrating to Canada.

The story revolves around three lovers and the complexities of their lives. Kamara, already in a

relationship with Becky, yearns to explore her new life. She goes on a date and instantly connects with Vincent, a conservative hot-tempered single man. Life is too good to be true for the couple until they are confronted by gang members and Kamara’s hidden past is revealed. As Becky is tormented by the changes within her partner, Vincent and Kamara endure a traumatic event that will change their lives forever.

Weerasinghe’s plan was to originally create a documentary since the story actually happened to one of his friends. His friend, however, declined to participate due to the social stigma on what the idea presents.

“I thought this is a story that needs to be told,” said Weerasinghe, who wrote the final screen play in about six months. All post production and music production was completed in Sri Lanka, where the movie was shown about two weeks ago.

“It was very well received there so we are really excited to screen it in Victoria.”

An Imperfection will be screened at the Victoria Event Centre on Sept. 29 at 6:30 p.m. As the local screening draws near, Jabri is feeling both excited and nervous.

“It’s a very deep movie and we’re hoping that viewers connect with it and they understand the meaning of the story,” she said. “My personal hope for this project is that people see themselves in all of the characters, or at least open their minds and engage.” [email protected]

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Langham Court Theatre kicks off 87th seasonKendra WongVictoria News

The best way to describe the set of You Can’t Take It With You is an old cartoon brought to life.

The new comedy premiering at Langham Court Theatre next month features a set unlike anything the theatre has presented before.

Walls have been painted the same colour as the auditorium; there are no straight right angles in the play, with doors and paintings off kilter; and if you look close enough, there are elephants climbing up the bannister.

All this is an effort to dissolve the imaginary fourth wall between the audience and the 19-person cast.

“It immediately makes the audience say this isn’t going to be a serious play,” said director Chris Moss. “As it goes from our normal to their bizarre world, it creates a

vortex that sucks you in and everything becomes normal and you associate yourself with what they’re saying.”

You Can’t Take It With You, written by playwright George Kaufman, is about a man from a family of rich snobs who becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.

The play first premiered on Broadway in 1936 and according to Moss, was a way for audiences to escape their everyday lives.

“It was at a time in the depths of the Depression when the United States was looking for laughs,” Moss said, adding the plays makes fun of film and dance, government, FBI and the IRS.

Not only is the set over the top and outrageous, but the characters are as well.

Michael Gosselin is the producer and

plays Donald, an Irish immigrant dating the family’s maid, Rheba.

“I like the over the top. I don’t get to play that often,” he said. “I’ve been describing it as a musical without the music. Zany is pretty much a good word for it.”

For Moss, the non-stop jokes and wacky set are ways to transport the audience from their world into a new one.

“I just want them (the audience) to forget about life for one or two hours and just live the life of this eccentric family. That’s what this play is about — you have to live in the moment,” he said.

You Can’t Take It With You runs from Oct. 1 to 17. For more information or tickets visit langhamtheatre.ca.

The play also kicks off Langham Court Theatre’s 87th season, which runs from the fall to June. [email protected]

Authors eye up book prize Eight authors have

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The Maritime Museum of B.C. is standing firm on its position to find a home in Greater Victoria, rather than relocating to another city on the Island.

Clay Evans, chair of the Maritime Museum of B.C. Society Board, said they’ve had conversations with other jurisdictions including Campbell River, Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Esquimalt and Richmond in the Lower Mainland, on potentially relocating to another community.

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“We’re not planning on going anywhere and we’re looking forward to working with the city and with the province to find a viable home for the maritime museum in Victoria,” Evans added.

For now, the museum will focus its efforts on moving its collection from 28 Bastion Square to storage spaces at 4000 Seymour St. and Ogden Point, as well as setting up the office at Nootka Court.

The board has not set a timeline for when the museum could find a new home. The museum has been homeless since October when it was told to leave its location in Bastion Square due to safety concerns. [email protected]

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Maritime Museum stands firm on staying in Greater Victoria areaKendra WongVictoria News

The Maritime Museum of B.C. is standing firm on its position to find a home in Greater Victoria, rather than relocating to another city on the Island.

Clay Evans, chair of the Maritime Museum of B.C. Society Board, said they’ve had conversations with other jurisdictions including Campbell River, Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Esquimalt and Richmond in the Lower Mainland, on potentially relocating to another community.

But he reiterated the need to keep the collection together.

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Last month, the maritime museum submitted an expression of interest to the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority to use the space in the Steamship Terminal in Victoria’s Inner Harbour to house its roughly 3,500-artifact collection.

But its hopes were cut short last week as the harbour authority announced two potential new tenants for the building — Riverside Marine, a B.C. company hoping to operate a new transportation passenger service between downtown Victoria and Vancouver, and Ocean Networks Canada’s proposal to operate a public outreach and visitor education centre.

But the museum isn’t backing down yet. “I have to remind myself that it was just

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wish them every success, but that doesn’t mean that it’s a done deal by any means,” Evans said.

He noted they have identified Ogden Point, Macaulay Point Park and other locations in the Inner Harbour as potential sites to house the museum.

“We’re not planning on going anywhere and we’re looking forward to working with the city and with the province to find a viable home for the maritime museum in Victoria,” Evans added.

For now, the museum will focus its efforts on moving its collection from 28 Bastion Square to storage spaces at 4000 Seymour St. and Ogden Point, as well as setting up the office at Nootka Court.

The board has not set a timeline for when the museum could find a new home. The museum has been homeless since October when it was told to leave its location in Bastion Square due to safety concerns. [email protected]


Students plant spuds for homelessKendra WongVictoria News

Students at St. Joseph’s Elementary School are learning what it means to get their hands dirty for a good cause.

Earlier this month, roughly 350 kids in 14 classes harvested several pounds of potatoes they planted last season to donate to the 9-10 Club Serving Soup to the hungry at St. Andrews Cathedral.

Jamie Zwicker, a Grade 3 teacher who helped with the project this year, said it allowed students to get hands on learning.

“The kids get to go outside during school and get their hands dirty,” Zwicker said. “They were looking at the way plants were held up for example by their root structure and could actually see them, rather than seeing it in a textbook or listen to a teacher drone on about it.”

The project began last year with an empty garden along West Burnside Road on church property that they had no use for. Bishop Gary Gordon of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria visited the school

and suggested they establish a garden on the property.

In April, a Grade 3 class planted several rows of potatoes. They also planted zucchini, squash, turnips, green peas, parsnip and cucumbers.

Throughout the summer, volunteers from the parish helped water the garden and kept it alive during the drought.

With school back in session, students headed to the garden to harvest the fruits of their labour.

Zwicker said the project got many students interested in ecology and how

bountiful nature can be.

In the end, he expects there will be several hundred pounds of potatoes that will be used to help feed the homeless.

Doreen Keizer, with the 9-10 Club Serving Soup to the Hungry, said the donation will help feed the roughly 150 to 300 people they see daily.

“Any donation we get just saves our money to buy other things that are not donated like meats,” she said, adding they use potatoes in soup three days a week. “We really appreciated

being involved with the children, because I think it’s important to see a product and where it goes.”

The remainder of the food will be donated to the annual Saint Vincent de Paul food drive in October. The school has also partnered with the Diocese of Mariannhill in South Africa, where the church will hire local men and women to work on the farms in the area.

The program has been a success and Zwicker hopes to continue and grow the garden with a new class this year. [email protected]

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More than 300 kids in 14 classes from St. Joseph’s Elementary School dug up rows of potatoes from the school garden to donate to the 9-10 Club Serving Soup to the Hungry at St. Andrew’s Cathedral last week.



Jamie Maclaren became a lawyer because he wanted to make a difference in

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“I was a bit tired of thinking about vague concepts and hoping to put some skills to

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“I grew up at a time where you just assumed if people face a legal problem, they would qualify for legal aid and they wouldn’t be in danger of losing their job or child,” he said, adding that he took to pro bono work quickly.

“It was surpris-ing and shocking to understand coming out of law school that there’s a real access to justice problem and people don’t have the help they need when confronted with seri-ous legal problems.”

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The organization, along with roughly 16 local volunteer law-yers, provided free legal advice to some 30 modest-income Victoria residents in Centennial Square last week.

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It is the first of its kind on the Island.

“It’s neat to be exposing the girls and showing them that it is something they can do. It’s totally open and accessible,” said Lauren Hudson, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) program support

teacher at St. Marga-ret’s.

“You would think in this day and age that stereotyping doesn’t happen, but it’s still a real part of life. That women have to fight to get into these male-dominated STEM careers.”

As part of the pro-gram, Girls Learning Code will host four workshops spread throughout the school year — the first of which was held earlier this month and taught students how to use Scratch — a program about game design.

Roughly 40 girls ranging from eight to 13 and their parents showed up for the workshop.

“The girls had lots of pride when they were sharing their game. You could see it on their faces,” Hudson said.

“You’ve got nine-year-olds getting up to tell an audience of 80 people, just pleased as punch with the work she’s done coding a game. That’s power-ful.”

Christina Jones, Girls Learning Code chapter lead for Vic-toria, said there is a demand on the Island for such programs.

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Jamie Maclaren became a lawyer because he wanted to make a difference in

people’s lives. With a philosophy

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change. “I wanted to do

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“I was a bit tired of thinking about vague concepts and hoping to put some skills to

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“I grew up at a time where you just assumed if people face a legal problem, they would qualify for legal aid and they wouldn’t be in danger of losing their job or child,” he said, adding that he took to pro bono work quickly.

“It was surpris-ing and shocking to understand coming out of law school that there’s a real access to justice problem and people don’t have the help they need when confronted with seri-ous legal problems.”

Maclaren is now the executive direc-tor of the Access Pro

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The organization, along with roughly 16 local volunteer law-yers, provided free legal advice to some 30 modest-income Victoria residents in Centennial Square last week.

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Karen Flello loses her composure only once during a conver-sation about her sister Michelle Stewart.

When asked to recall childhood mem-ories, Flello confides that her father died of cancer when she was five and Michelle only three. Relatives convinced the girls’ mother to give up a younger brother with Down Syndrome.

“My mother had a difficult time. We had a lot of turmoil in our lives. She was my little sister, you know … I would do anything for her,” she says, her voice breaking.

Stewart died May 14, 2014 after a decades-long battle with eating disorders.

She worked for 10 years as a radio reporter and for 17 years in communi-cations for the B.C. Ministry of Health. By all accounts she was bright, intelligent and insightful, but men-

tal illness cut her life short at age 49.

“Michelle was diag-nosed with renal fail-ure, but by the time she went to the doctor … it was end-stage,” says Flello.

However, the diag-noses was an awaken-ing for Stewart who began to blog about her illness and pub-licly stated it was due to her 32 year battle with anorexia and bulemia.

“She told me once that she didn’t want to die with all that stuff inside her,” says Flello, principal at South Island Distance Education School.

Stewart began her blog a year before her death.

“It got harder dur-ing the early months of 2014, she was on a lot of medications which build up toxins in the bloodstream. She was not as sharp as she was before. Still she’d write. We talked about making the blog into a book to be able to reach a wider audi-

ence and she was sup-portive of that.”

Flello and Stewart’s long-time partner Kirk Mason worked with Maggie Langrick at Life Tree Media to take Stewart’s words and tell her story.

“It’s written like her blog with all of the original titles and dates, interspersed with her original poetry that hasn’t been seen before. We reduced the material to focus on a couple of main messages,” says Flello.

The result is Shell, a unique account of Stewart’s lifelong bat-tle with the destruc-tive disorder.

“It’s the life of some-one suffering with a longtime eating disor-der [and] the life of a palliative patient and her experiences with the palliative response team.”

The book also touches on health pol-icies and what Stewart refers to as “the peck-ing order” of diseases.

“The last part of the book is a love letter to family and friends who she couldn’t talk

to about her illness and how she realized her illness affected others.”

Flello says there is a desperate need for open and compassion-ate discussion around eating disorders. “I’m stunned how every-body I talk to about this knows someone or has a family mem-ber who is affected.

“We need to recog-nize the behaviour and start to deal with it as a mental health issue. The anxiety, the perfectionism, the depression and lack of self worth that cre-ate the need for the behaviour before it becomes an addiction, before it becomes a problem in terms of your physical health,” she says. “If we wait until you’re skeletal before we deal with it, we’re waiting too long.”

The family has also started Michelle’s Voice: The Society for Eating Disorder Awareness and Educa-tion. Find it online at facebook.com/michell-estewartbook.

[email protected]

Blog turned book encourages conversation on eating disordersDisorders hit close to home for local woman

“I’m stunned how everybody I talk to about this knows someone or has a family member who is affected. We need to recognize the behaviour and start to deal with it as a mental health issue.”

— Karen Flello

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Are you tired of feeling saggy, lumpy, pinched or strained? Well you’re not alone. As you’ve probably seen on Oprah or read in women’s magazines, over 80 per cent of all women wear the wrong size bra.

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Due to the overwhelming response to the previous clinic, Chapman is coming to VICTORIA, MONDAY, SEPT. 28 (for an appointment call before Sept. 26) to outfit you with the best possible bra for your body. Chapman said she will be seeing clients on a one-on-one basis, explaining the benefits of good bras and measuring their bodies properly.

“Most women just want to find a good-fitting bra that’s not uncomfortable,” Chapman said. “What they don’t realize is that a good support bra is also important for blood circulation and enhanced lymph drainage.”

Chapman has over 200 bra sizes available for ordering, ranging from 30AA to 52KK. It’s likely that you’ll fit somewhere between those sizes.

She offers these questions for women to ask themselves:• Do you have a drawer full of bras but none that fit comfortably?• Does your bust line “bounce” when you walk while wearing your “everyday” bra?• Do you overflow the cup of your bra?• Do your bra straps dig into your shoulders leaving red and painful marks, or do they slip off of your shoulders?• Does your bra ride up in the back because you tighten the straps to give you added support?• Have you ever begun an exercise class only to drop out because your breasts ached from lack of support while jumping or running?

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Rob Reynolds isn’t above stopping the car and knocking on a stranger’s door for a tree laden with apples.

“We find trees all over the city. There are a lot in Oak Bay. There’s a lot of what used to be orchards,” said Reynolds, who grew up in Oak Bay and still works in the community.

He’s part of the Greater Victoria Cider Enthusiasts Association, which boasts a Facebook membership of more than 90 that scours the south Island in search of apples that would go to waste otherwise.

“There are some gems in Oak Bay for sure,” said Kyle Hunker, who sources his own trees as well as those in the com-munity.

The enthusiasts formed three years ago, after meeting each other through the local home brewing community. A group from BrewVic sought to explore beyond beer into ciders and wines. Also a contingent of expat Brits were desper-ate to find a dry, less sweet cider than the staple readily available.

“I fell in love with cider when I lived in the West Country in the U.K.,” said Kal-ynka Cherkosh of Esquimalt.

Here, she found she couldn’t afford the good stuff on a regular basis and decided to take control of the situation.

“I wanted to make a nice meaty, drier farmhouse cider,” she said. Cherkosh made a few hundred litres that year and held a wassail in late winter to celebrate – a tradition they continue three years

later. “It just seems every year we’ve orga-

nized a bit more,” she said. Now they hand out the leaflets, and

seek out abandoned trees. A common theme for the older generation is a hatred of waste. Where an older home-owner used to pick and preserve each fall, they simply don’t have the ability anymore and want to see it put to use. They’ll pick the apples, or in some cases pears, and leave as much as the house-hold can utilize.

“We’re trying to turn fallen fruit into caught fruit,” Cherkosh said.

“There’s so much fruit in this city that just falls to the ground,” she said, adding

she’d rather do the work to capture, pro-cess and enjoy the fruits of that labour, than see it rotting on the ground, attract-ing deer and wasps.

The cider enthusiasts benefit with good local product as opposed to being stuck using ready-made juice for their cider making.

“It’s the difference between Wonder Bread and a beautiful loaf of bread from Fol Epi,” Cherkosh said. “Sometimes I want a fluffy white bread, but not every day.”

To offer apples for the Greater Victoria Cider Enthusiasts Association email [email protected].

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Cider-makers pick your tree cleanGroup keeps apples in the region from rotting away

Christine van Reeuwyk/Black Press

Kyle Hunker, left, and Rob Reynolds seek out fruit that will go to waste across Greater Victoria for members of their Greater Victoria Cider Enthusiasts Association to make tasty beverages.


Laura LavinBlack Press

Karen Flello loses her composure only once during a conver-sation about her sister Michelle Stewart.

When asked to recall childhood mem-ories, Flello confides that her father died of cancer when she was five and Michelle only three. Relatives convinced the girls’ mother to give up a younger brother with Down Syndrome.

“My mother had a difficult time. We had a lot of turmoil in our lives. She was my little sister, you know … I would do anything for her,” she says, her voice breaking.

Stewart died May 14, 2014 after a decades-long battle with eating disorders.

She worked for 10 years as a radio reporter and for 17 years in communi-cations for the B.C. Ministry of Health. By all accounts she was bright, intelligent and insightful, but men-

tal illness cut her life short at age 49.

“Michelle was diag-nosed with renal fail-ure, but by the time she went to the doctor … it was end-stage,” says Flello.

However, the diag-noses was an awaken-ing for Stewart who began to blog about her illness and pub-licly stated it was due to her 32 year battle with anorexia and bulemia.

“She told me once that she didn’t want to die with all that stuff inside her,” says Flello, principal at South Island Distance Education School.

Stewart began her blog a year before her death.

“It got harder dur-ing the early months of 2014, she was on a lot of medications which build up toxins in the bloodstream. She was not as sharp as she was before. Still she’d write. We talked about making the blog into a book to be able to reach a wider audi-

ence and she was sup-portive of that.”

Flello and Stewart’s long-time partner Kirk Mason worked with Maggie Langrick at Life Tree Media to take Stewart’s words and tell her story.

“It’s written like her blog with all of the original titles and dates, interspersed with her original poetry that hasn’t been seen before. We reduced the material to focus on a couple of main messages,” says Flello.

The result is Shell, a unique account of Stewart’s lifelong bat-tle with the destruc-tive disorder.

“It’s the life of some-one suffering with a longtime eating disor-der [and] the life of a palliative patient and her experiences with the palliative response team.”

The book also touches on health pol-icies and what Stewart refers to as “the peck-ing order” of diseases.

“The last part of the book is a love letter to family and friends who she couldn’t talk

to about her illness and how she realized her illness affected others.”

Flello says there is a desperate need for open and compassion-ate discussion around eating disorders. “I’m stunned how every-body I talk to about this knows someone or has a family mem-ber who is affected.

“We need to recog-nize the behaviour and start to deal with it as a mental health issue. The anxiety, the perfectionism, the depression and lack of self worth that cre-ate the need for the behaviour before it becomes an addiction, before it becomes a problem in terms of your physical health,” she says. “If we wait until you’re skeletal before we deal with it, we’re waiting too long.”

The family has also started Michelle’s Voice: The Society for Eating Disorder Awareness and Educa-tion. Find it online at facebook.com/michell-estewartbook.

[email protected]

Blog turned book encourages conversation on eating disordersDisorders hit close to home for local woman

“I’m stunned how everybody I talk to about this knows someone or has a family member who is affected. We need to recognize the behaviour and start to deal with it as a mental health issue.”

— Karen Flello

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“I think we are going to see up to 2 1/2 per cent growth

into next year.”

Chief Economist for Dominion Lending Centres

Ottawa, ON – Dr. Sherry Cooper, the chief economist for Dominion Lending Centres and long-time trusted economic commentator across North America, offered some strong opinion to recent reports Canada

is in an economic recession. “Everyone thinks it’s a recession except for economists! Real recessions see widespread contraction, which we simply aren’t seeing across the country. We have never seen consumption

growth, housing activity, auto sales and employment gains this strong, during any previous recession,” says Cooper.

Seen as one of the most influential economists in Canada for several decades, Cooper says a provincial sectoral decline is a far cry from a true national recession. “Really what drove the numbers down were the difficulties in the oil patch. For Alberta there is a recession but for Canada as a whole, no. When oil prices were high, Alberta was booming and the Canadian dollar was strong. That hurt exports from the manufacturing sectors in Ontario and Quebec.”

Overall, Cooper remains bullish on the current state of the Canadian economy, “I think we are going to see a significant rebound . . . roughly to 2 1/2 per cent growth for the second half of this year and into next year.” This is a far cry from recent reports of growth forecasts of a much more conservative 1.1 percent growth for the coming year by a survey of 16 economists

conducted by Census Economics. But Cooper is basing her forecast on a number of factors, including the rebounding US economy, with US growth revised up to 3.7 percent in the second quarter.

“It’s positive for Canada,” says Cooper. “We’ve seen that in the most recent export numbers . . . most of that trade is with US. In addition, despite the five-months of declining GDP this year, Canada’s job growth has been impressive. The 54,400 jump in August brought this year’s increase in full-time jobs to an impressive 174,000. Canadian consumers are buying big-ticket items, with home sales strong yet again last month (outside of Alberta), boosting mortgage activity, and auto sales showing big gains. Housing is likely to slow only modestly in the next year as the Bank of Canada keeps short-term interest rates at record lows and longer-term yields edge only modestly higher.”

When it comes to the effect of the federal election, Cooper points

out any change in government creates a market selloff to a certain degree, but says talk of balanced budgets and prudent fiscal policy currently being heard by all three main federal parties will likely stabilize the markets quickly.

Anyone who says Canada is in a recession isn’t an economist – says leading economist

Water Main Flushing in Victoria

Each year, Victoria’s water mains are “flushed” to remove sediment and maintain high quality drinking water.

Weather-permitting, water main flushing will occur October 1 – November 30 in the areas of Beacon Hill North and South, Mayfair, Doncaster, Foul Bay South, Fairfield, Harris Green, Gonzales and Rockland.

During this period, some water discoloration can be expected and short periods of low water pressure may occur. To prevent any staining from discolored water, run cold water until it’s clear.

Businesses such as laundromats, salons, hotels and restaurants can call Public Works at 250.361.0400 for further details and advance warning of flushing dates.

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In this key role, you will work with local businesses and organizations to understand their needs and present advertising solutions that deliver results. Successful candidates bring a high energy level, positivity and have a genuine passion to learn about other businesses. You are creative, organized and thrive in a competitive market with frequent deadlines. You are results oriented, business development focused and understand the importance of building a plan to accomplish your goals. A car and valid driver’s license is required. Business-to-business sales experience will be considered a strong asset.

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NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the estate of the above de-ceased are hereby re-quired to send them to the undersigned at #101 1714 Fort Street, Vic-toria, BC, VIR 1J2 before October 19, 2015 after which date the Adminis-trator will distribute the said estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which he then has notice.

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TENDERS

OMICRON CONSTRUCTION LTD

Omicron Construction Ltd. (“Omicron”) is requesting in-terested trade contractors to submit their Pre-Tender Qualifi cation Statements for the construction of the new BC Hydro Victoria Opera-tions Facility located within Victoria, BC. The Project: The project consists of a six-phase re-development of the BC Hydro Victoria Opera-tions Facility. The scope will include construction of a two-storey main Operations Building (total building area of 6,973 sq.m./75,056.7 sq.ft.), a Fleet Services Building, a Hazmat Storage Building and a Covered Parking Structure. Scope of Work – Design Packages 1a: Omicron will be inviting bids for this project from pre-qualifi ed trade contractors. Interested trade contractors are invited to submit pre-ten-der qualifi cation statements for the following specifi c scopes of work to be bid as separate tender packages: Demolition, Paving, and Pre- Eng. Buildings. Please for-ward all questions to the Senior Construction Manag-er, Ron Francis Email: [email protected] Fax: 604-632-3351 Phone: 604-632-4356

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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

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CARETAKERS/RESIDENTIAL MANAGERS

MOTEL ASST Manager Team to run small Motel in Parksville BC. Non-Smoking, no Pets, good Health, fulltime live-in position. Fax 250-586-1634 or email resume to: [email protected]

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Victoria Therapeutic Rid-ing Association (VTRA) enriches the lives of children and adults with disabilities by providing a therapeutic riding experience. VTRA has openings for assistant instructors, side walkers and members for the barn, club-house, food and events, or grounds and maintenance teams. Call 778-426-0506.

Pacifica Housing is look-ing for volunteers to work alongside formerly homeless adults to prepare and serve nutritious and affordable meals. Meals are held once a month at each of the four supported housing buildings in Victoria. Residents of the supportive housing sites are

formerly homeless adults who face barriers to finding and maintaining housing in the private market due to poverty, mental health and substance use challenges. Call 250-385-2131.

Are you interested in chat-ting with English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) students? Do you want to learn about another culture? If so, con-sider volunteering with the conversation partner (CP) program at the Uni-versity of Victoria’s, English language centre. The centre is currently looking for vol-unteers who can commit to at least one hour per week, from September until Decem-ber. Email [email protected].

The Fairfield Gonzales Community Association is looking for volunteers for the fifth annual Fall Fairfield Harvest Fete, Saturday, Sept.

26 in Porter Park. This free neighbourhood festival is the place to be with live music, circus performers, dancers, old fashioned games, and more. Call 250-382-4604.

Island Sexual Health Society seeks a treasurer with board experience and accounting/finance skills to join their talented and dedi-cated team. ISH, which has been an independent society since 1986, delivers exem-plary sexual health services to south Vancouver Island through clinical care and education outreach. Email Julian at [email protected].

Did you know that in Brit-ish Columbia, 70,000 people are affected by Alzheimers and related dementias? Of those, 10,000 experience the disease before the age of 60. The Alzheimer Society of B.C. is looking for individu-

als with administrative savvy and also for individuals who want to provide front line service as educators. Email [email protected].

Beacon Community Ser-vices is looking for medical drivers to help meet the 3,200 requests it receives annually for medical drives. Mileage is compensated. Being part of this essential service is a great opportunity if you have access to a vehi-cle and like to meet people. Call 250-656-5537.

Volunteer Recruitment Fair: Are you looking to engage in the community? Would you like to find that perfect volun-teer fit for your skills, inter-ests, and availability? Mark your calendar for Thursday, Oct. 1 and attend Volunteer Victoria’s Volunteer Recruit-ment Fair at UVic, in the Student Union Building. Call 250-386-2269.

Volunteer CalendarLoJo cracks top 30 in Great Places contest

Victoria’s Lower Johnson Street has been named a top 30 finalist in the Great Places in Canada contest.

LoJo, as it is often referred to, includes a vari-ety of boutiques, restaurants, yoga stores, fitness studios, a bakery and hair salons, all ending with a view of Victoria’s waterfront and the Johnson Street Bridge. It is also the gateway to Market Square.

The contest, hosted by the Canadian Institute of Planners, includes three categories: street, neigh-bourhood and public space.

Main Street Osoyoos was the other street in B.C. to get a nod in the street category. Stuart Park in Kelowna, Grizzly Plaza in Revelstoke, and Vancou-ver’s West End also received nominations in the public space and neighbourhood categories.

Voting continues until Thursday, Sept. 24. A list of finalists will be announced on Oct. 20 and win-ners will be selected on Nov. 4 in conjunction with World Town Planning Day.

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Typically, most adults will require lenses for reading and near work, when they reach their early forties. If distance vision is good without glasses, “readers” are often all that is necessary; but if distance correction is needed, bifocals or progressive lenses are most com-monly prescribed. The reading prescription usually changes about every one to two years until age sixty or so. After sixty, barring eye health problems such as cataracts, the vision is usually very stable, and only minor changes are required.

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Check stopVictoria Cougars Kameron Fink (right) is checked by Westshore Wolves Stephan Stiliadis in front of Wolves’ goalie Leighton Williams during VIJHL first period action at the Archie Briowning Sports Centre last week. The Cougars won 10-1.

Hockey fans are in for a treat next year.

The 2015-16 Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour is coming to Vic-toria’s Inner Harbour from Feb. 27 to 28.

Rogers recently unveiled the new season of the hockey festival, featuring a schedule of cross-country celebrations in 24 communities that will host the event.

Victoria was one of four cities in B.C. selected to host the celebrations.

February’s event will feature the Van-couver Canucks versus the San Jose Sharks.

It will also include NHL alumni, home-town heroes, local entertainment, activi-ties and CBC sports-caster Ron MacLean will deliver unique hockey stories inside the studio on Sunday.

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