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Not much stops Tony Embelton from hit-ting the road in his roomy Toyota Avalon. The 91-year-old cruises to Cordova Bay to visit friends, to church or other social events around Greater Victoria, day or night.
In terms of an older driver, Embelton is a bit of an anomaly. With 70 years behind the wheel, the retired school principal prides himself on being a careful, steady motor-ist who isn’t intimidated by heavy traffic, aggressive drivers or bad weather – unlike many of his peers.
“I enjoy driving. I always have,” Embel-ton said. “Although I didn’t start driving until late, until I was in the army (in 1943). My parents didn’t have a car.”
Embelton is one of 125 senior-aged vol-unteers in Victoria, and 928 in Canada, participating in Candrive, a study that is taking a deep and detailed look at how to improve driving safety and quality of life for seniors.
Associated with the Centre on Aging
and based out of the Candrive office at the University of Victoria, the Capital Region is among seven cities in the five-year pro-gram and a prime recruiting ground due to its large population of older residents.
Participants go through a battery of cognitive, reflex and perception tests, and volunteer information on their health and well-being. Their cars are rigged with a GPS and a memory card to record data on driv-ing habits.
“Part of the questions they ask here is: do you drive at night? Or in the rain? I won-der why they ask that,” Embelton said at the Candrive office. “If you are careful on the road, what difference does it make?”
For many of the seniors in the Candrive study, being careful doesn’t cut it anymore. At least 40 per cent have restricted their own driving, with the majority opting to not drive in bad weather, at night or in
heavy traffic. Many simply feel unsafe on the road,
have failing eyesight or have experienced “near misses.” Some have been advised by family or their doctor to not drive.
“There is a perception in the commu-nity that older drivers aren’t changing and there should be more regulations. We are seeing that people are becoming more mindful and choosing to keep safe, and limit when and where they drive,” said Holly Tuokko, the director of the UVic Cen-tre on Aging and lead on one of the sub-studies for Candrive.
Tuokko’s research is digging into the process behind why seniors self-restrict or abandon driving. Her work could help inform government policy around senior drivers, and help drivers decide when they should opt to stay off the road.
“People don’t just decide one day to
stop driving. There is a process,” she said. “We’re looking to see if it’s the case that people are aware of changes, and then make their own choice to take themselves off the road if they don’t feel safe.”
Although male drivers between 16 and 25 by far cause the most mayhem on B.C. roads, ICBC stats show that older drivers may drive less, but per kilometre driven, they tend to crash at rates similar to young people. And for that older demographic, crashes are more likely to be fatal, or lead to broken bones and a long recovery.
“We want to keep people on the road for as long as possible, but safely,” Tuokko said. “The crash rate (for seniors) is not high, but when they occur it can be quite damaging.”
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Tony Embelton, 91, visits UVic researcher Phyllis McGee every four months as part of a nationwide study of how to make driving safer for seniors. Embelton remains a daily motorist, but many of his peers restrict their driving due to weather or traffic, or they abandon driving altogether.
UVic research seeks to keep seniors safe on the road, and when to know to quit driving
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A broader goal of Candrive is to develop a tool for doctors to assess if their patient should keep driving, or if there is a high likelihood of a crash.
This tool will be developed out of the many tests given to volunteers at the seven Candrive sites.
“We hope to see which assessment tests correlate with safe and unsafe driv-ers,” said Phyllis McGee, the co-ordi-nator for Candrive at UVic.
McGee’s office floor is covered in taped lines and markers on the walls to help with the three hours of physical tests and questionnaires for volunteers. During 2009-10, 125 seniors between age 70 and 89 fun-neled through her office, and the vast majority have returned every four months.
“A handful of 89-year-olds signed up for a five-year drive study,” McGee said. “It’s a great example of optimism. And they’re still in the study and still driving.”
Participants in Victoria have tended to stop driving due to health problems – although a few were diagnosed with cancer, had treat-ment, went into remission and are
still driving – while others had bad falls and broke bones. For the most part, participants in Victoria have cruised around without incident.
“We’ve had crashes but not as many as expected. It’s encouraging,”
McGee said. “(Seniors) are less likely to do high-risk behav-iour like speeding, although a few have got speeding tickets.”
Embelton said he learned to drive in the army, and that having a police officer for a
father and a career as an educator made him a disciplined motorist. And driving, he observed, is more about fitness than age.
“It’s not about age at all, it’s about if you are well enough and strong enough … it’s about general health,” he said. “I’m lucky that I’m as well as I am for my age.”
Although not indicative of his driving record (one speeding ticket decades ago), Embelton admitted he hit a deer that leapt in front of him while driving in a line of traffic through Mount Douglas Park. The timing could have been better.
“There was fur stuck to the car when you came to see me,” McGee deadpanned to Embelton. “Bit of evi-dence there.”
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Driving about health, not age, says volunteer
“It’s not about age at all, it’s about if you are well enough and strong enough.”
– Tony EmbeltonStudy volunteer
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Pattie Whitehouse sits among a handful of empty seats in the Little Red Schoolhouse.
This is political engagement at its finest.
The cramped former one-room school in Highlands, now used to host bi-weekly municipal council meetings, has poor acoustics, so Whitehouse usually takes a front-row seat to better hear discus-sion among mayor and council.
“I also watch everybody’s expression from there, which is part of the entertainment,” she says.
Whitehouse is a Highlands council regular. Most municipali-ties have an attendee or two who sits through every meeting, keep-ing tabs on the goings-on in their community. Many of them know their respective official com-munity plan and bylaws require-ments as well as – if not better than – their elected officials.
“It’s a great way to not just keep on top of what’s going on in the community, but to under-stand what the different point of views are, how decision get to be made, and what happens when something goes awry,” she says.
And while most nights White-house, 62, sits among a sparse crowd, she fears this basic level of engagement would be lost if the Capital Region’s 13 munici-palities amalgamated in one form
or another.“I think that the majority of the
decisions that would be made and discussed (by an amalgam-ated council) would not have a lot of relevance to me. I would be fearful that the character of the Highlands would be run rough-shod over, and we would lose what we have here,” she says. “We don’t run into the kinds of problems that the big centres do.”
Despite having urban, subur-ban and rural parts to his munici-pality, Saanich Mayor Frank Leon-ard agrees.
As an outspoken proponent of integration rather than amalga-mation, he says his municipality has more in common with Main-land communities like Delta and Abbotsford – part urban, part rural, part farmland – than next-door neighbour Victoria.
“We’re a large municipality with so much diversity. The things that we have in common with our neighbours are only in pockets,” he says. “We have issues on our agenda and in my office that my neighbours don’t have.”
Both Whitehouse and Leonard believe amalgamation would also have a negative impact on the sense of community.
It’s a sentiment shared by four communities in Queensland, Aus-tralia, whose residents last month voted to de-amalgamate from a regional government.
An article from The Courier-Mailsaid residents felt “their iden-tity was stolen from them” upon forced amalgamation in 2008.
“This is about protecting our special place. It’s also about the way we engage. People here are very community minded and like to be listened to,” Sunshine Coast Coun. Russell Green told The Courier-Mail.
John Vickers, spokesperson for Amalgamation Yes, a grassroots Victoria-based organization that aims to raise awareness of amal-gamation in the CRD, acknowl-edges that another downside is residents could wind up paying more to get the same level of ser-vice that they’re used to.
“Some areas you’re going to maybe spend more, some areas you’re going to spend less. I think we’ve got to just remind our-
selves that we’re all part of one greater community,” he says. “We have a responsibility, as all com-munity members do, to ensure we have the best (services) that we, as taxpayers, can obtain for our region.”
Gloria McCluskey, the former mayor of Dartmouth who was in power when Halifax amalgama-tion was forced upon the region in 1996, says the areas that aren’t urbanized tend to get lost in the shuffle amid regional governance. She fears the same thing would happen in the CRD.
“If (Greater) Victoria does this, (the City of) Victoria will be the benefactor. The rest might as well hang up their closed signs,” she says.
In Halifax, McCluskey points to a loss in basic such services as road and sidewalk repairs (money from the regional pot instead went elsewhere, as opposed to Dartmouth), and invasive species removal at Dartmouth parks as some of the most glaring impacts of amalgamation.
“Were there any positives in amalgamation? I can’t say yes,” McCluskey says.
It’s the same story for White-house in Highlands, who says she sees benefits in finding service efficiencies, but doesn’t see how political amalgamation would be for the greater good.
“When communities are too large, you don’t have the sense of belonging, ownership or being responsible for them anymore,” she said. “I get a sense of owner-ship of the community, not just belonging to the community. I therefore feel that whatever hap-pens with it, I have a piece in that. And I say that not because I attend council meetings, but because I express my opinions on the issues that come up and affect my community.”
Leonard says he strives to find efficiencies wherever he can, but amalgamation – as he sees it – wouldn’t be a financial benefit to Saanich residents. Personally, too, as mayor he can’t look at amalga-mation with an impartial view.
“I’ve come into this municipal hall for 27 years in which every meeting I’m working to try to make Saanich an even better place to live,” he says. “I don’t know if I could objectively engage
in discussion for ways to try and do away with the municipality.”
A REGION UNITED
PART 4 OF 5
For rural communities, bigger isn’t betterSome residents and politicians fear regional amalgamation could erode local political engagement
Louis Bockner/News staff
Pattie Whitehouse and her dog Cuilti sit on the steps of the Little Red Schoolhouse where Highlands council holds its meetings. Whitehouse, a devout attendee of those meetings, says regional amalgamation would be detrimental to smaller municipalities like Highlands.
Kyle SlavinReporting
What’s in a name?While there isn’t much of a difference anymore between a city, town or a district, the reason Saanich is classified as a district (as opposed to a village) and Esquimalt is classified a township (as opposed to a city) stems from population and area at the time of incorporation.
■ A village is less than 2,500 residents■ A town is 2,500 to 5,000 residents■ A city is more than 5,000 residents■ A district can have any population, but if the area is greater than 800 hectares with a population density of less than 5 people per hectare, it’s classified as a district■ A township is a historic classification, but is synonymous with a district
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Greater Victoria residents want action on homelessness and the gov-ernment needs to deliver.
That’s the message the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homeless-ness wants provincial politicians to hear as they move into campaign mode.
“The community awareness is there,” said Andrew Wynn-Williams, coalition executive director.
On Wednesday, Wynn-Williams released survey results showing 84 per cent of Capital Region residents believe affordable housing is the responsibility of government. More optimistically, nearly 60 per cent of people believe homelessness can be ended.
The survey, completed by R.A. Malatest and Associates, was con-ducted before the coalition rolled out its “Unacceptable” homelessness campaign in February.
“We need to take the results back to whoever gets elected and say you have both the mandate and respon-sibility to act,” Wynn-Williams said.
More than 1,600 people used a Greater Victoria shelter in 2011, according to the coalition’s most recent numbers.
While B.C. Housing has been mak-ing gains to increase housing options, the Capital Region is losing out on federal funding compared to other Canadian cities, Wynn-Williams said.
“The federal government has just announced they’re extending the homelessness partnership strategy, but Victoria will only get about $1.8 million over the next three years.”
The cash works out to about $4.50 per person, while Vancouver’s fund-ing equals about $9 per person.
Victoria isn’t getting adequate funding because of an “arcane” for-mula that distributes cash based on city size, not region size, said Murray Rankin, Victoria MP.
“We have 78,000 Victorians, and that’s how the money is allocated,” he said, as opposed to allocating based on 345,000 people in Greater Victoria. “We don’t get our fair share.”
Wynn-Williams said he’d like to see the federal government distrib-ute funding based on census metro-politan areas, which accounts for the population of the Capital Region.
The survey also asked residents what they believe are primary causes of homelessness. Most respondents answered mental health issues and alcohol and addiction abuse.
“Those are risk factors, but the cause of homelessness is the envi-ronment we put those people into,” Wynn-Williams said.
High rent combined with low vacancy rates means people on income assistance, for example, are still at risk for homelessness, despite receiving some support, he added.
For full results of the survey, visit victoriahomelessness.ca.
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The province issued an invita-tion to tender this week for the road upgrades planned for the Pat Bay Highway at Sayward Road.
The bid opportunity work includes “building a northbound acceleration lane, a northbound deceleration lane, a westbound left turn lane and a relocated transit bus stop north-bound with a queue jump lane.”
The tender closes April 30, and work is expected to get underway in May.
The Ministry of Transportation
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Last August the first step in the $3-million upgrade was taken – the Ministry of Transporation installed a flashing congestion ahead sign on the highway south of Cordova Bay Road.
Pat Bay and Sayward is considered one of the most dangerous intersec-tions in the province, having seen more than 338 crashes since 2007.
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Bridgework beginsCraigflower Bridge closed to vehicle traffic on Wednesday as Don Mann Construction started the eight-month process to tear down the existing bridge to replace it with a wider, much stronger version. Construction is scheduled for completion on Dec. 1 and in-water work needs to be done by Sept. 15. The bridge crossing remains open to pedestrians and cyclists. Follow construction updates on Twitter @CBRProject.
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Night firing Saturday at Heals RangeThe Department of National Defence is warn-
ing Saanich residents in the rural Prospect Lake area it plans to conduct an evening rifle firing exercise on Saturday, April 13.
The Heals Range, which begins at the junction of Willis Point Road and Wallace Drive, will have weapons firing similar to what area residents might hear during the day, only on Saturday the exercise will be from about 5 p.m. until midnight.
DND reminds residents that trespassing on Heals Range is dangerous and prohibited.
Carnival of Arts at Cedar Hill recThe Arts Centre at Cedar Hill Recreation Cen-
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The free event is for kids of all ages to explore the world of visual and performing arts through a wide variety of artistic, musical and theatrical activities in the arts centre.
For more information email Brenda Weather-ston at [email protected] or call 250-475-5557.
Student science fair at UVicThe University of Victoria is hosting the annual
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Junior scientists from Grades 4 to 12 will show off 170 projects of discoveries and sci-entific surprises. The fair is in the Elliott Lecture Wing.
Public viewing is Sunday, April 14, 1 to 3 p.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., and Monday, April 15 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., followed by an awards ceremony from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
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Saanich Police Department’s public image has had a make-over.
The old yellow and blue Ford Crown Victorias will be phased out to make way for their brand new black and white counter-parts.
“We recognized it was time for us to modernize the fleet,” said Sgt. Steve Eassie.
The police department pur-chased five different vehicles this year, and will put them through their paces over the next 12 months before decid-ing which ones will become the departmental standard.
The department is testing out a Dodge Charger, a Ford Inter-ceptor sedan, a Ford Interceptor sport utility, as well as a Chevy Tahoe and a Chevy van.
“What we’re going to be doing is testing the vehicle for reliabil-ity, maintenance and just overall comfort level for our member-ship,” Eassie said. “Then we’ll talk to our members and make a decision on what the future of our fleet holds.”
The department unveiled the new fleet Thursday, and Eas-sie expects the vehicles will be on the road operational by the weekend.
“There will certainly be some interest by our members in wanting to drive the new vehi-cles,” he said. “I think we’ll be required to likely allocate them so everybody gets an opportu-nity to drive them.”
Purchasing the new vehicles this year cost the department $192,000.
Once a replacement fleet has been chosen, the Crown Victo-rias are expected to be phased out completely in Saanich by 2018 or 2019.
Saanich cops test new rides
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Saanich police Sgt. Steve Eassie and Const. Jennifer Maher show two of the potential new fleet of police cars, a Dodge Charger, left, and a Ford Interceptor sedan.
Saanich last week received $117,322 back from the provin-cial government through the Cli-mate Action Revenue Incentive Program.
Mark Boysen, Saanich’s sustainability co-ordinator, explained the expected grant
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Kyle SlavinNews staff
A handful of schools in the Capital Region are set to undergo seismic upgrades, as the province this week
announced a $584-million earth-quake-proofing investment.
The Greater Victoria School Dis-trict is slated to see upgrades come to George Jay, Tillicum, and Clover-dale elementary schools, and Shore-line and Cedar Hill middle schools.
Cordova Bay and Lochside ele-mentary in the Saanich School Dis-trict are also among the 45 schools on the upgrades list.
“This takes care of SD61’s high-
Region’s schools slated for seismic upgradesrisk schools,” said Peg Orcherton, chair of the board of education.
“We’re happy that they’ve acknowledged and are moving more quickly to having those schools seismically upgraded, for the safety of the students and staff who work in those schools.”
The upgrades will be spread out over the span of three school years, beginning in 2013-14.
While the spending announcement came in the final days before the provincial election campaign formally begins, Orcherton says she sees this as secured money.
“We have every expectation that this will be done by whichever government is formed post May 14th,” she said.
The cost of upgrading the Greater Victoria and Saanich schools is still unknown. Orcherton says the next steps require the districts to proceed to a design and construction phase, outlining the scope, schedule and budget for each individual project.
Also this week, the province announced a $1-mil-lion program to provide milk from local dairy farms
at no cost to children from kindergarten to Grade 2. Co-sponsored by the B.C. Dairy Association, the program is offered to 1,400 schools already enrolled in the B.C. government’s fresh fruit and vegetables program.
– with files from Tom [email protected]
Seismic upgrade scheduleThe province committed $548 million for seismic upgrades to 45 schools, including 10 in Greater Victoria;
n 2013-14 George Jay elementary (SD 61 - Greater Victoria)Cordova Bay elementary (SD 63 - Saanich)
n 2014-15 Tillicum elementary (SD 61)Shoreline community middle (SD 61) Dunsmuir middle (SD 62 - Sooke) Parkland secondary (SD 63)
n 2015-16 Cloverdale elementary (SD 61) Cedar Hill middle (SD 61) Ruth King elementary (SD 62)Lochside elementary (SD 63)
Ben GawletzNews staff
Royal Oak middle school has received a major injection of school pride, with the unveiling of a school flag, thanks mainly to Wally Trotter.
On his first day of middle school in September, the Grade 6 student stepped off his bus and was stunned to find the school's third flag pole empty.
He went directly to vice-prin-cipal Ken Bergeron and asked, “Where’s the (third) flag?”
The school has been open for five years and has never hoisted a third flag, Bergeron said, add-
ing, "I didn’t even know there were three flag poles.”
Wally, a student with autism, was the first person to propose that a school flag be designed to fly atop the open pole.
He was part of a group that tracked down flag makers in Victoria, chose the colours – green and blue – and placed the school mascot, Thunder the eagle, at the centre.
Once the flag design was laid out, it was sent back to be approved by Wally, which he loved.
“Everyday Wally would come to my office to ask ‘Has the flag been ordered?’” Bergeron said.
Reminiscing about the day the flag arrived at the school, Wally’s excitement is clear by his huge smile. He was given the honour of being the only student at Royal Oak to write his name on the flag.
It's something he is clearly proud of as he points out his signature in the bottom left por-tion of the design.
Last week Wally raised the flag next to the provincial and Canadian flags with classes from the school attending.
“For Wally to take this on is a huge accomplishment,” Bergeron said.
School flag at Royal Oak testament to determination
Ben Gawletz/News staff
Royal Oak middle school vice-principal Ken Bergeron, left, and Grade 6 student Wally Trotter hold up the newly designed school flag featuring Thunder the eagle mascot.
“We have every expectation that this will be done by whichever government is formed post May 14th.”
– Peg OrchertonSD 61 trustee chair
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Kyle WellsNews staff
Greg Kazakoff is the B.C. Conserva-tive party candidate for the Oak Bay-Gordon Head riding in the upcoming provincial election.
As a retired professional chartered accountant with an extensive back-ground in government finances, Kaza-koff said he intends to use his exper-tise to promote his beliefs.
“As a conservative I believe in small government,” Kazakoff said. “I believe in balanced budgets and I have the financial background to see that that happens.”
Kazakoff moved from Alberta to
Victoria in 2001 with the intention of retiring, but soon found himself work-ing for the Esquimalt First Nation as a financial administrator and, later, for the province working on the financial side for two ministries.
Now Kazakoff said he is ready to throw his hat into the political ring.
Along with his financial expertise, Kazakoff said he also has a social agenda and believes in the impor-tance of the government helping those who cannot help themselves. He was a community advisor for the Victoria Foundation and the trea-surer for Surrounded by Cedar, a First Nations social services group.
Edward HillNews staff
The provincial government has spearheaded the construc-tion of a new dock at Durrance Lake as part of a broader effort to encourage more urban fish-ing on Vancouver Island.
The 20-foot long, 10-foot wide dock, complete with seating and aluminum rails, is wheelchair accessible and opens up fishing to just about anyone with a rod and reel.
Scott Silvestri, the project lead and a fisheries biologist with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, said the province is improving accessibility to a number of urban lakes across
the Island to encourage more people to take up freshwater fishing, in the wake of steady declines over the past 20 years.
“The province is looking at ways to improve access and fishing opportunities for the general public,” Silvestri said. “There are not as many people fishing as there use to be. As a result there’s a lot less money for conservation and recre-ation.”
About 75 per cent of revenue from fishing licences is funneled back to the Habitat Conserva-tion Trust Foundation for con-servation projects, and to fish stocking programs.
Last year Vancouver Island residents bought about 35,000 residential fishing licences,
where in the early 1990s that would have been around 45,000.
Overall, B.C. sells about 70,000 fewer residential fishing licences now than in the early 1990s, which translates into about $3 million less in licence revenues.
“That doesn’t factor in boats, rods and gear,” Silvestri said. “Recent research indicates freshwater fishing (expendi-tures) are $500 million each year in B.C. That’s more than skiing and golf combined.”
Durrance Lake, which is within Mount Work Regional Park, is the eighth project under the provincial urban lakes infra-structure project.
Silvestri is looking at improv-ing or building docks at other
New dock at Durrance opens fishing to allpopular lakes in the Capital Region.
Jim Barlow, acting manager for park operations with the Capital Regional District, said the fishing dock at Elk Lake is showing its age and could have its accessibility improved, and its possible Thetis could have an improved fishing area as well.
“If the program is able to con-tinue, there are a few places we we’d like to have similar facilities (as Dur-rance),” Barlow said. “This is really a wonderful collaboration.”
The Durrance Lake dock has been in operation for a few months, and feedback is positive, Silvestri said.
In years past fishing at the popular lake required casting from shore.
“Every time I go out there people are fishing and using it. People I run into are glad their money from fish-ing licences goes toward things like this,” he said.
The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation chipped in $16,000 and the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C. gave $4,000 to pay for the dock. CRD parks chipped in $17,000 worth of in-kind work to prepare and exca-vate the ground and to install the cedar fence.
For more on Durrance Lake, check out crd.bc.ca/parks/mountwork.
Scott Silvestri photo
The provincial government organized the installation of a wheelchair accessible dock at scenic Durrance Lake this year to encourage more people to fish.
Conservatives field candidate for Oak Bay-Gordon Head
Submitted photo
Greg Kazakoff
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OUR VIEW
’Tis the season for politicians endorsing other politicians.
A provincial election is upon us and as is the case in federal elections, it is a time when I get asked to endorse candidates.
I’ve been asked to endorse candidates seeking nominations and I’ve been asked to endorse nominated candidates in ridings within Saanich and even in ridings that are outside of Saanich’s boundaries.
I don’t endorse anyone running for provincial or federal office.
The first reason is that I believe remaining independent is how I can serve Saanich best; and the second reason is that I don’t think they matter anyway.
When I became mayor of Saanich I dropped my membership in political parties and withdrew from active involvement in party events.
This was not the case when I was a councillor – I was indeed active in party politics.
However, I decided that my role as mayor is different, that I speak on behalf of council and all the people of Saanich.
This requires me to work with whoever is elected federally and provincially.
I just couldn’t see how an MLA or MP would be too helpful to me or to Saanich if I’d been out in the campaign trying to defeat them.
It’s not that I still don’t have favourites – it is just that I keep this private and not part of my public life.
So, despite the many requests for endorsements, some of them from friends, I
decline them all and explain these reasons.
Yet it seems I’m “old school” as other mayors make political endorsements and some get quite involved.
In a recent federal election, then MP Gary Lunn recruited endorsements from mayors on the Saanich Peninsula. This led to some controversy and I was glad to not be a part of it.
Ironically, one MP and two MLAs chose to endorse my opponent in the last election for mayor. Although some of their supporters expressed regret to me that they
would have preferred their MP and MLA had stayed out of civic politics, I presume they’ll do it again.
Nonetheless, I’m sticking to my instincts and I will not be endorsing any candidates in this provincial election.
What I find interesting is that I don’t think these endorsements matter. I think voters make up their own minds and wouldn’t change their vote because a mayor endorsed a particular candidate.
Certainly I would never change my vote because I saw one politician endorse another one. It reminds me of all the “elites” who endorsed the Charlottetown Accord, but the voters ignored them and defeated it.
So what do you think? Do you think your mayor should
be active in the provincial or federal election? Do you think your MP or MLA should be involved in civic elections? Do you think endorsements even matter?
Let me know by responding on the Victoria News website or on Twitter @frank_leonard and use the hashtag #mayorsview so we can all take part in the discussion.
Frank Leonard is the mayor of Saanich.
Endorsements may not matter
‘It seems I’m ‘old school,’ as other mayors make political endorsements.’
Housing issue election fodderPeople working with Greater Victoria’s
street population have said for years that having a roof over a person’s head is the
first and best hand up toward a healthier life.That message is clearly getting through, as
the results of a Coalition to End Homelessness survey of area residents show. A vast majority of respondents agreed that more affordable housing would reduce homelessness, but also agreed that government is in the best position to ensure access to such housing.
Experience has shown that housing people can save money in the long run, as opposed to covering the health and policing costs associated with a larger street population. And Greater Victoria is chipping away at its homelessness problem by creating housing affordable at every level.
That said, the Coalition’s decision to release their survey results on the eve of the 2013 provincial election campaign was a good way to place the ongoing problem onto the front burner for candidates.
With few specific local issues having yet emerged, other than the general dissatisfaction of some with government, hearing MLA hopefuls of all political stripes talk about how they might fight homelessness could help make the campaign a little more interesting.
The issue of homelessness is by no means specific to Greater Victoria, but there is a definite history to how the Liberal government has approached the problem.
In the early 2000s the province did little to provide incentives or funding to help below-market rate housing projects get built in our region, claiming the financial responsibility lay with federal or local governments.
Local jurisdictions and private developers became tired of waiting for funding from upper levels of government, rolled up their sleeves and found ways to get people off the streets and housed. The province, through B.C. Housing, has gradually loosened the purse strings and provided funding to ease the burden on local governments and developers.
We look forward to more of that kind of co-operation happening, regardless of who forms the next B.C. government.
Frank LeonardGuest column
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Laurie McGuire: I don’t see any drawbacks, quite the opposite. We would have less bureaucracy to pay for (which also translates to a smaller group of politicians which would also mean more accountability), a broader tax base (means less property tax to pay). There would be no loss of quality of life, less favouritism on urban or rural areas.
Eric Eder: The biggest drawback would
be more unemployed bureaucrats … Wait, that’s not such a bad thing!
Rick Aylward: Thirteen mayor-councils and something like 90 to 100 municipal politicians for less than 370,000 people is bureaucracy gone utterly insane. Completely unwarranted and unnecessary. The situation can’t be addressed soon enough.
Rudy Gruter: The naysayers are just trying to hang onto their own little kingdoms (and seeing who some of them are, it doesn’t surprise me). It is foolish
to have all this duplication in such a tiny region. It should be one urban area, as it already is. Same for Metro Vancouver.
Tim Schindel: I don’t think the 13 municipalities with 13 planning departments, 13 administrations, five police forces, 13 fire departments, 13 public works departments can take much credit for the wonderful place in which we live.
That’s a matter of geography and climate. Amalgamation would make living in this beautiful part of the world much cheaper. If we elminated the cost of
operating nine city halls (because three or four regional local governments makes more sense than one metro Victoria) the annual savings to the taxpayer would be signficant.
Add nine city halls that could be sold on the free market. That money could go into infrastructure and the tax savings into further improvements.
Stephen Green: The first step is to abolish the Capital Regional District! The second step is to leave the current local governments in place. Amalgamation, as demonstrated by Toronto and others, is a total disaster.
Capital Region amalgamation continues to be a hot topic
A REGION UNITED
Energy has become different crisisRe: Many benefits to Kitimat
proposal (Column, April 5)I understand David
Black’s zeal in making this project happen. He must be pleased to have a proponent like Jim Shepard, the old oil man, to grease the wheels toward public support and opinion. But really, where is the editorial on the other option, no oil or gas export at all?
Canada has been on the leading edge on new-world technologies and space-age developments and had scientists who went off into other parts of this planet to make good.
Why must Canada now become a resource leader in providing that
crude black stuff or its cracked-up derivative, contributing internationally as one of the absolute sources of that other gas that is causing global warming? Hasn’t anyone contributed an honest effort in promoting the other energy solution: hydrogen? In the name of national interest, have our politicians and lobbyists just buried the info when they get it?
No enterprising journalist has to look far to find it. Just ask soldiers returning from a tour of duty in the hot eastern deserts. They’ll tell you about the Hummer vehicles being recalled, then returning with hydrogen carburetors installed.
Hydrogen burns clean
and cool, doesn’t overheat engines and only produces water for exhaust. From what research says, hydrogen can be separated from water with the existing charging system in any vehicle. A pump and pressure storage tank can be installed, similar to a propane tank, and then a carburetor for the hydrogen, similar to fuel injection.
People can keep whatever car they have and burn hydrogen instead. The technology exists and it must scare the hell out of those old oil boys. Do you think they might try to suppress this info; debunk it and kill it like the electric car?
Colin MacLockEsquimalt
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Big on buttonsAlex Steacy sorts through his buttons at Camosun College’s first annual Comic Conference. The one-day conference, hosted by the Comics and Graphic Novels program at the school’s Lansdowne campus, invited the public to view the students’ work and to talk to creators, publishers, teachers and other fans of the art genre.
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Letters to the Editor
Rider hopes cyclists see the light in timeRe: Time to crack down on
irresponsible cyclists (Letters, April 5)
As a cyclist who shines brighter than a Christmas tree when I ride in darker conditions, I appreciate Mr. McMillan’s concerns regarding cyclists’ safety. As he mentions, it is the few who insist on breaking the law that ruin it for the many, just as it is with motorists who continually break the laws that govern traffic.
Speeders, tailgaters, those who run yellow or red lights, or continue to drink and drive,
those who still text and talk on hand-held devices – the list goes on, and yes, the few reflect poorly on the many.
Education and respect would seem the best solutions to such problems. More enforcement might be useful for cyclists and motorists as well.
Unfortunately, police resources are already spread very thin and there seems to be little appetite for higher taxes to increase enforcement.
Suggesting that cyclists lose their bikes for six months when stopped for no light
seems a bit harsh. You can be stopped for drinking and driving and receive a slap on the wrist, with as little as a 24-hour roadside suspension.
Cyclists never win in a confrontation with a vehicle. But drunk drivers kill. Let’s make the punishment commensurate with the crime.
We will never change some people’s irresponsible actions, but hopefully those cyclists who continue to ride darkly in the dark see the light before they end up dead.
Wayne ClaytonColwood
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run the clinic told VIHA they were quitting over a contract dispute with the health authority.
The doctors disagree with VIHA on the amount they should pay to operate the clinic and the number of patients they see.
“Our departure is due to an inabil-ity to reach an agreement with VIHA regarding our provision of services at the clinic,” reads a Feb. 27 letter from the doctors to their patients.
The clinic also includes three medical office administrators, two registered nurses and a nurse prac-titioner who are subsidized by VIHA, said health authority spokeswoman Sarah Plank.
“When Health Point was founded … the physicians were paid on a
contract, rather than fee-for-service, and significant resources were put in place to support them,” Plank said.
The clinic switched to a fee-for-service model in 2010, leaving doc-tors responsible for 50 per cent of overhead costs such as rent, utilities and staff. VIHA covers the other 50 per cent.
Plank said an external review iden-tified improvements that could be made in wait times, patient volume and a reduction in overhead costs.
“Efforts to remedy the situation have been unsuccessful,” Plank added.
Cal Tant, who manages Health Point for VIHA, said he’s doing every-thing he can to ensure a smooth tran-sition and to recruit new doctors in the coming months.
The clinic will retain all its ser-vices, he said, but “it all comes down to what’s reasonable to pay. The bot-tom line is that the physicians are in a fee-for-service practice.”
Bohlken said it will be hard to replace doctors with such a keen understanding of seniors’ care.
“It’s such an oasis,” she said. “Of course you want to have faith in a new doctor, but as you get older, there’s a trust and continuity that builds up with your caregiver.”
Patients of the Health Point Care Centre will hold a rally outside the clinic at 1454 Hillside Ave. on April 17 at 10 a.m.
For more information, visit savehe-althpointhillside.ca.
Upheaval at clinic worries seniorsDaniel PalmerNews staff
When Margaret Bohlken moved to Victoria eight years ago, one of her first concerns was finding a family doctor.
She had been going to the same North Vancouver clinic for 38 years for her increasingly
complex health problems before moving to the Island, but had no idea her search for a willing physician would span three-and-a-half years.
“I was turned down 13 times,” said Bohlken, now 75. “Finally, someone told me about Health Point clinic.”
Vancouver Island Health
Authority established Health Point Care Centre in 2004 for senior patients with complicated medical conditions who did not have a family doctor. The clinic’s client list now boasts more than 1,800 patients and has a wait list.
But many patients worry their level of care could decline after the four part-time doctors who
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Margaret Bohlken and husband, Cas, at the Health Point Care Centre, are working to save the clinic with the imminent departure of its four doctors.
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Creatively United For The Earth festival volunteers Brian Bury, left, Tricia Pubben, project co-ordinator Frances Litman and Dorrie Murphy promote the April 19 and 20 event on the terrace at the new venue, St. Ann’s Academy on Humboldt Street.
Ben GawletzNews intern
Organizers of the Creatively United For The Planet Festival are expanding its reach.
The event, happening April 19 to 21 at St. Ann’s Academy during Earth Week, features myriad guest speakers, artists, workshops, food, children’s activities, live music and exhibitors. The aim of the event is to raise funds for local environmental charities and organizations.
“This is the second festival, and we are thrilled to say our first time at St Ann’s,” project co-ordinator Frances Litman says. “We outgrew our first location last year with more people wanting to be involved than we had space for.”
The inaugural event, held on the grounds of St. Matthias Church in Victoria, attracted thousands of visitors.
Organizers expect between 6,000 and 8,000 attendees this time around, rain or shine. To accommodate all the guests, hundreds of volunteers have been recruited to make sure everything runs smoothly.
New for this year is an attempt to set a Guinness World Record Book for most babies changed with cloth diapers at one time. The sustainable nappy change happens at 11 a.m. on the Saturday (April 20) and is expected to attract hundreds of babies and parents.
“It’s an awareness-raising campaign for the importance of cloth diapers and how our landfills are overrun with plastic diapers,” Litman says.
Dozens of local and provincial not-for-profit organizations will be supported through the festival, including Habitat for Humanity Victoria, Ancient Forest Alliance and Land Trust Alliance British Columbia.
Numerous artists, musicians and photographers will be on site, and an Earth-friendly fashion pageant will showcase clothing by Hemp & Co. Clothing of Victoria and ION Clothing.
“We just want more people to turn on and tune in to what’s happening around us,” Litman says. “We’re hoping to reach people who maybe never thought of the environment as something they need to regard.”
The festival offers visitors an opportunity to have a great time and be exposed to things that open their eyes to the bigger picture, she adds.
Visitors to the festival can access the grounds of St. Ann’s Academy (835 Humboldt St.) for free, but tickets are required for special workshops, talks and presentations.
To buy tickets or access the full schedule, visit creativelyunitedfortheplanet.com.
Creativity flows into Victoria for enviro-event’s second yearNow at St. Ann’s Academy, event includes attempt at world-record baby change
The Greater Victoria Library’s Nellie McClung branch hosts chronic disease self management on April 18 and 25, 2 to 4:30 p.m., a peer-led patient education pro-gram offered over six weeks by UVic’s Centre on Aging. Register by email at [email protected] or call 1-866-902-3767.
The Emily Carr branch offers a knitting demonstration April 16, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Marlene Luinstra demonstrates Fair Isle knitting. Bring your nee-dles, wool and knit along if you like.
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THE ARTS Celebrating the “Sparrow” from the Parisian streets 50 years after her death, Fathia Atallah and her band present Piaf’s songs and life story. Two shows: April 13 at 7:30 p.m. and April 14 at 4:30 p.m. at Wood Hall next to Alix Goolden Hall at 907 Pandora Ave. For tickets go to brownpapertickets.com.
HOT TICKETA Tribute to Edith
Piaf: Fathia Atallah
Louis BocknerNews staff
Any parent can attest to the mountains of clothes left in the wake of a child’s rapidly expanding body. The $75 pair of Ugg boots that looked so cute two weeks ago now crunch toes and cause tears. And so the mountains grow.
The issue sparked 16-year-old dancer Caleigh Hunter’s project, Heels in Harmony, an initiative that looks to provide free dance shoes to people in need across the globe. Eight years later, she has collected and shared hundreds of shoes with danc-ers from Victoria to Scotland and beyond.
“The vision is that (Heels in Harmony) will be able to support dancers in all capacities needed,” says the 24-year-old dance and fitness instructor currently living in Sidney.
Physical wellness aside, Hunter believes that dance can bring a deeper sense of one’s body and self in a way that words simply cannot facilitate.
She talks of a recent dance class with a group of young children that involved an exercise requiring everyone to act like jellyfish. When one of the girls said that she liked being a jellyfish because she didn’t feel like her heart was exploding Hunter was taken aback.
“To hear this three-year-old basically say that she was feeling stressed, and then to hear that being a jellyfish relieved that stress, was really powerful coming from someone that is so little.”
Hunter says this escape from reality is one of the many
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Heels in Harmony’s most recent donation was to a dance studio located on East Hastings Street in Vancouver where a clash of cultures and economic backgrounds often causes unrest.
“Some of the kids aren’t underprivileged and some of them are,” Hunter says. “But hopefully providing shoes will bridge that gap so that people don’t know and they’re able to just go to dance class, participate, and be who they are without that prejudgment before they even begin.”
Although she admits that dance is not a top pri-ority for many underprivileged people, this shar-ing of shoes is simply her way of giving back to her art and community.
On Sunday April 21, at 1 p.m., Heels in Harmony will host its second-annual flash mob, beginning in Beacon Hill Park and ending at Victoria’s Inner Harbour. Anyone who wishes to join is welcome, regardless of experience.
“(The flash mob) provides a chance for people to step out of their comfort zone, meet new danc-ers and create that community,” Hunter says. “I think having that creative space and being able to go out of your body and mind is really beneficial. Everyone should try it.”
For details regarding the flash mob or how to donate go to heelsinharmony.com, or find them on Facebook at facebook.com/heelsinharmony and
Twitter at @[email protected]
Creating harmony through dance
Louis Bockner/News staff
Caleigh Hunter, founder of Heels in Harmony, strikes a pose with a pile of donated dance shoes.
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Senior abuse hotline expandedThe B.C. government announced
a $1 million boost to its seniors’ abuse protection programs, including extending the hours for a hotline to report suspicions of abuse or neglect.
The bulk of the funding is to allow the Vancouver-based Seniors Abuse and Information Line to extend its hours to 12 hours a day, seven days a week. It offers information, advice and emotional support for seniors and their friends and relatives who suspect elderly people are being abused or taken advantage of.
The toll-free provincewide number is 1-866-437-1940.
family, and the topic comes up frequently as he has travelled B.C. asking seniors and their caregivers what they need from government.
Sultan acknowledged that the funding is a modest effort to bolster volunteer efforts.
“It is a beginning step, but it also re� ects the fact that this problem cannot be solved top-down,” Sultan said. “It will have to be
■ TOM FLETCHER/NEWS STAFF
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Saanich councillor and former MLA Susan Brice, a volunteer with the seniors’ support organization Silver Threads, said members see cases of abuse frequently.
“It’s the elderly woman who comes to her craft class with unexplained bruises,” Brice said. “It’s the couple who lose thousands of dollars through a telemarketing scam. And it’s the quiet-speaking gentleman, who while living with family, appears neglected and uncared for.”
Minister of State for Seniors Ralph Sultan said he has encountered abuse and exploitation of seniors in his own
Saanich councillor Susan Brice, Parksville-Qualicum MLA Ron Cantelon and Minister of State for Seniors Ralph Sultan announce new funding for senior protection organizations at the B.C. legislature. TOM FLETCHER/NEWS STAFF
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The Senior Life:Accomplished folk singer, writerand quilter travels worldwideto teach and perform.
THE ARTS Celebrating the “Sparrow” from the Parisian streets 50 years after her death, Fathia Atallah and her band present Piaf’s songs and life story. Two shows: April 13 at 7:30 p.m. and April 14 at 4:30 p.m. at Wood Hall next to Alix Goolden Hall at 907 Pandora Ave. For tickets go to brownpapertickets.com.
HOT TICKETA Tribute to Edith
Piaf: Fathia Atallah
Louis BocknerNews staff
Any parent can attest to the mountains of clothes left in the wake of a child’s rapidly expanding body. The $75 pair of Ugg boots that looked so cute two weeks ago now crunch toes and cause tears. And so the mountains grow.
The issue sparked 16-year-old dancer Caleigh Hunter’s project, Heels in Harmony, an initiative that looks to provide free dance shoes to people in need across the globe. Eight years later, she has collected and shared hundreds of shoes with danc-ers from Victoria to Scotland and beyond.
“The vision is that (Heels in Harmony) will be able to support dancers in all capacities needed,” says the 24-year-old dance and fitness instructor currently living in Sidney.
Physical wellness aside, Hunter believes that dance can bring a deeper sense of one’s body and self in a way that words simply cannot facilitate.
She talks of a recent dance class with a group of young children that involved an exercise requiring everyone to act like jellyfish. When one of the girls said that she liked being a jellyfish because she didn’t feel like her heart was exploding Hunter was taken aback.
“To hear this three-year-old basically say that she was feeling stressed, and then to hear that being a jellyfish relieved that stress, was really powerful coming from someone that is so little.”
Hunter says this escape from reality is one of the many
benefits dance can offer to anyone who cares to try.“Dancers are so fortunate because they never really lose
that stage (of imagination) because they’re always creat-
ing,” she explains. “Even if they’re 65 they’re still imagining.”
Heels in Harmony’s most recent donation was to a dance studio located on East Hastings Street in Vancouver where a clash of cultures and economic backgrounds often causes unrest.
“Some of the kids aren’t underprivileged and some of them are,” Hunter says. “But hopefully providing shoes will bridge that gap so that people don’t know and they’re able to just go to dance class, participate, and be who they are without that prejudgment before they even begin.”
Although she admits that dance is not a top pri-ority for many underprivileged people, this shar-ing of shoes is simply her way of giving back to her art and community.
On Sunday April 21, at 1 p.m., Heels in Harmony will host its second-annual flash mob, beginning in Beacon Hill Park and ending at Victoria’s Inner Harbour. Anyone who wishes to join is welcome, regardless of experience.
“(The flash mob) provides a chance for people to step out of their comfort zone, meet new danc-ers and create that community,” Hunter says. “I think having that creative space and being able to go out of your body and mind is really beneficial. Everyone should try it.”
For details regarding the flash mob or how to donate go to heelsinharmony.com, or find them on Facebook at facebook.com/heelsinharmony and
Twitter at @[email protected]
Creating harmony through dance
Louis Bockner/News staff
Caleigh Hunter, founder of Heels in Harmony, strikes a pose with a pile of donated dance shoes.
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Saanich Senior
The politics of styleIt’s a senior
thing, meandering backward into history. This week it happened when I acknowledged that NDP leader Adrian Dix will almost certainly be our next premier. I
realized that he will be the 12th premier I will have covered as a reporter in B.C.
Looking back over almost � ve ink-stained decades, I recalled I owe a debt of gratitude to my � rst: W.A.C. Bennett. It was “Wacky” in the hippy-dippy ‘60s who, unknowingly, gave me the green light to hide my ears under a mop of long hair.
I was a reporter for the Penticton Herald. The year was 1969. My mom and dad were visiting from back East and – I would learn many years later – alpha mom was
determined that I would have a decent haircut before she went home. Further, she was determined that mellow dad would be the parent who delivered the edict.
It wasn’t enough that I was the � rst Kieran, since the clan emigrated from Ireland, to graduate from university. Oh no … I had to look straight too. (Phew! Let it go Brian.)
Regardless, it was a sunny Okanagan Saturday in August in the middle of a provincial election campaign. That election would launch the seventh –
and last – term for Bennett who buried his rivals New Democrat Tom Berger and Liberal Pat McGeer.
Dad and I piled into my Austin A40 and headed downtown where Premier
Bennett was mainstreeting. We found Wacky hunkered down in the dusty industrial section of the Bennett Hardware store, regaling the good old
■ BRIAN KIERANCOLUMNIST
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Meandering back into history
‘‘Mom was determined that I would have a decent haircut before she went home.”
boys with horror stories about the socialist hordes.
I received a long-lost-son’s welcome from the premier and joined the collegial scrum, notebook in hand, father in tow. Of course I introduced my dad to Premier Bennett who said: “You must be proud of your son. He’s a good reporter.” Dad, who did not meet many heads of state in the course of a day selling Goodyear Tire products, was speechless.
I knew it was highly unlikely the premier was clipping my court and police reports for bedtime reading, but Wacky never missed an opportunity to score points and I was grateful for the endorsement.
Many years later sitting around the � re at the family home in Sooke, my folks started reminiscing about their Okanagan visit. The truth came out. Upon arriving back home that Saturday, mom had immediately taken dad aside and demanded to know if he had delivered her hair cut decree.
Dad said: “I just didn’t have the heart to do it dear; the premier really likes him, even with long hair.” ●
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Q&AThe Senior Life
solved bottom-up by mobilizing many different organizations around the province.”
The B.C. government also provided $1.4 million last year to the B.C. Association of Community Response Networks, for prevention and education to reduce elder abuse and neglect.
Katrine Conroy, NDP critic for seniors, said she agrees with extra support for the information line, which is supported by lawyers
and other experts to help seniors � nd help.“Anything that’s done to eliminate elder
abuse is a good thing,” Conroy said. “The community resource networks are really good organizations.”
She added that the government’s proposed Seniors’ Advocate is inadequate, because it is not an independent of� ce and won’t deal with individual cases.
Sultan said the advocate is to help develop policies to protect seniors, and a federal study being funded partly by the program will provide the information needed to to that. ●
Cathy Miller, who admits to being over 55, is a folk singer, writer and lays claim to being the only quilting singer in the world. She travels all over singing and giving quilting classes. She writes all of her own songs based on stories she is given by other quilters or from history. As a folk singer in Toronto she made a few recordings, and now has several CDs of quilting songs. Miller and her husband John Bunge moved from Calgary in August 2000. They chose the Saanich area because of the sea and being close to the city. They found a spot where they can walk to most places to get things they need, and that’s important to them.She has written for CBC radio (topical songs for The Good Question back in the ’90s); performed in concerts, folk festivals, children’s shows and done workshops right across Canada. She taught singing and songwriting to private students and even produced and publicized concerts. Once she even worked as a publicist for The Great Circus of China.Miller has many great memories from the last 13 years of touring to quilting events. In 2011 she and her husband did eight shows in four days at the European Patchwork Meeting (show) in the Alsace area of France. Another highlight was participating in the biggest quilt show in North America in Houston, Texas, a Mecca for quilters worldwide. In 2011 she was hired by the show to sing a concert, and teach a quilting class. She also had one of her quilts accepted into the juried show the same year. “It was amazing,” she said.
Q What is your favourite Saanich destination or activity? Why?
A The Folk Club at St. John’s United Church in Deep Cove. The open
stage always features great musicians. I’ve heard some wonderful music there, and we’ve done some shows there as well. I really enjoy the community.
Q What words of wisdom have you strived to follow from your parents?
A My brothers and I all learned the same thing from our parents:
make a difference. In addition, both my parents were very creative, dabbling in crafty things. My mother told me once, in reference to her work as an interior designer, ‘If you have an all-white room, throw in a cerise pillow – it will make it much more interesting.’ I’ve often thought about this when I’m writing songs or making quilts.
Q What’s at top of your “bucket list”?
A I have a lot more quilts in me. I’d also love to be able to keep on doing what I’m doing for a long time – it’s so much fun. When the travel gets
too much, I’m hoping I can sing in care facilities for a while. I think all the early boomers will want to hear the repertoire I learned when I was in high school.
Q What is your proudest achievement?
A I had a student many years ago who most people would have called tone deaf. He really wanted to sing, and had to work very hard at it. He had to
end his lessons when he had some serious health problems. He called months later to tell me he had to endure a painful procedure without painkillers. The doctor told him to think of something that would take all his attention and he started to sing. He wanted to thank me for giving him so much to think about that he made it through that procedure. I’m very proud of him for doing that.
Q What are you reading right now?
A I’ve discovered the Irish Country Doctor books by Patrick Taylor. I’m in the middle of devouring the series. They make me laugh. ●
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‘‘ Quilt artist and singer Cathy Miller.SHARON TIFFIN/NEWS STAFF
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WandaWalker Age 75
Oak Bay Kiwanis,Volunteer
Oak Bay Kiwanis,Volunteer
Broadmead Care Society, Volunteer
Wanda Walker will soon be 75 but doesn’t feel she should “act her age” as her children remind
her. After closing her shop, Avenue
Fashions, she got involved in volunteer
work and joined the Oak Bay Kiwanis club in 1995. She
is now a director on the Housing Society Board, part of the committee working to promote the Kiwanis International project to eradicate maternal and infant deaths due to tetanus throughout the world. She and her husband love living here. “It is a very safe place in which to live and we enjoy the wonderful open spaces which have been saved for walking and hiking trails,” she said. ●
Sharlene SmithAge 59Sharlene
Smith, is an avid golfer and aspires to be a better one. She and
husband Gene have lived in
Cordova Bay for 24 years. Volunteering is
an important part of her life. In addition to being a way
of giving back to the community, She � nds volunteer work incredibly satisfying, both in terms of the personal learning and the remarkable people you meet.
She has been on the Broadmead Care Society board since 2006, served on the Greater Victoria Police Victim Services board, Craigdarroch Historical Museum Society board among others. She has taught at UVic and Royal Roads for 16 years. ●
will soon be 75 but doesn’t feel she should “act her age” as her children remind
her. After closing her shop, Avenue
Fashions, she got involved in volunteer
work and joined the Oak Bay Kiwanis club in 1995. She
DerekRennie Age 78Derek Rennie
was born in England, raised in Scotland and emigrated to Canada in 1964.
He came to here as an experienced
tradesman in the printing trade. He
and his family moved to Victoria in 1990 after he was hired
by a printing company in Sidney. In 1994 he bought a small printing company in Victoria. Among its many customers was the Kiwanis Club of Oak Bay.
He eventually joined the the Oak Bay club lured by the offer of three free dinners. He enjoys supporting the many functions of the club including Milton Manor, the Kiwanis Pavilion and the Best Babies program in Fernwood. ●
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A flock of oystercatchers awaits in a new art show opening Saturday, April 13 from 3 to 6 p.m.
Artist Anne Hansen’s oystercatcher art, featur-ing exciting new species, is at the offices of Well-Spring Counselling and Consulting, 919 Fort St. (behind the Blue Fox Cafe).
Hansen and other artists’ work will also be on show during the Oak Bay Studio Tour, Saturday and Sunday April 20 and 21, from noon to 4:30 p.m. each day.
To open the 14th year of this popular semi-annual juried show of fine arts in Oak Bay, 22 of Oak Bay’s established and emerging artists will use their homes and studios as backdrops to dis-play the products of their creativity in a variety of original watercolour, acrylic, oil, fibre, photo-graphic, woodcut, glass and pottery creations.
The two-day special event, coordinated by Recreation Oak Bay, is free to the public. For more information go to oakbay.ca.
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Anne Hansen’s Steller’s Jays #8 is among her new works that feature a variety of species.
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Victorious Voices vie for top spots
Widely recognized as one of the most inspiring and powerful poetry events of the year, Victorious Voices, Victoria’s Secondary School Slam Championships, is back.
This weekend will see eight high school poetry slam teams competing for the city championship. They will share their truth and stories as part of a raucous night of spoken word.
The show features DJ Big Tiny Smalls, alumnus of honour Anna-Maria Landis and Victoria Poet Laureate Janet Rogers.
All the action takes place April 15-17 at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St. The semi-finals where every team competes and the top four teams are chosen for the finals is on April 15. On April 16, an alumni showcase features some of Victoria’s most talented young spoken word artists. April 17 is finals night with Big Tiny Smalls on the decks, Rogers opening the night and the alumnus of honour showcase. Watch as the top four teams compete for the Vic voices championship.
The doors open at 7 p.m. admission is $5 at the door.
The Palm Court Light Orchestra celebrates Hol-lywood’s MGM musicals at its April 16 7:30 p.m. concert at the University Centre, Farquhar Audito-rium. With mezzo soprano soloist Kathryn Whit-ney and conductor Charles Job, the orchestra embarks on a musical journey that includes some of the greatest songs ever written.
The MGM musical was a creation of producer Arthur Freed who developed lavish film sets, won-derful musical scores and combined them with the talents of Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Frank Sinatra, Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland.
From the War Years to the mid 1950s the MGM musical brought joy to thousands around the world. Starting with classics such as Meet Me in St. Louis, Easter Parade, Silk Stockings and Singin’ in the Rain, MGM musicals were a top box office draw.
Tickets for The Palm Court Light Orchestra’s Over the Rainbow are available at the UVic Centre box office 250-721-8480. Go to palmcourtorches-tra.com for more information.
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Decades after his last time behind the wheel, Langford racer Bobby Collins will take a place in the Victoria Auto Racing Hall of Fame and Museum.
Collins began racing stock cars and super stock cars in 1967. He raced for 10 years, then retired.
Though he got out of the driver’s seat, the 66-year-old started a business building high performance engines. He retired from that in 2005.
“I always thought I was a better engine builder than I was a driver,” said Collins who won the inaugural Van-couver Island Super stock series in 1977. “It was easier to retire because I had just won the championship.”
Half of his life was spent either at the track or in the garage, but now Collins is rarely found at the speedway.
“When I go watch races, I get itchy,” he said.
John Biggs also earned a place at the hall of fame, located at Western Speedway.
Biggs never raced cars, but his job on the track was fixing cars after a crash. He worked in the pit and as a mechanic from 1963 to 1977.
“We totalled a lot of cars, so we had to build lots of them,” said the 72-year-old Maple
Bay resident.Bill Drummond and
Harold Sjostrom are also being inducted into the hall of fame.
The Hitchcox family, Wayne Townsend, Jimmie Isacson and Ken Keating have been
selected to be inducted into the pioneers category.
The Victoria Auto Racing Hall of Fame and Museum will host the induction at Eagle Ridge community centre, 1089 Langford Pkwy., on Saturday, April 13 at 1 p.m.
Langford super stock driver inducted into hall of fame
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Langford resident Bobby Collins is being inducted into the Victoria Auto Racing Hall of Fame and Museum this weekend at Eagle Ridge community centre.
Leaders to debate on TV, radioB.C. party leaders will take part in at least
two debates, one on TV and one on the radio, in the run-up to the May 14 provincial election.
CKNW radio is hosting a leaders’ debate at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 26. Invited to take part are B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark, NDP leader Adrian Dix, Green Party leader Jane Sterk and B.C. Conservative leader John Cum-mins.
A one-hour television debate is set for April 29 at 7 p.m. on Global TV, also featuring the four major party leaders.
Clark said she is challenging Dix to a one-on-one televised debate proposed for May 6. Dix said it would be “disrespectful” to voters and other party leaders to exclude them.
Poll finds 20% undecidedThe NDP has a 17-point lead on the B.C.
Liberals among decided voters, but one in five people are still undecided, according to a poll released this week by Insights West.
The NDP had support of 45 per cent of decided voters, compared to 28 per cent for the B.C. Liberals. The Green Party was sup-ported by 15 per cent, with 10 per cent back-ing the B.C. Conservatives.
Insights West president Steve Mossop said the poll shows 25 per cent of undecided vot-ers are leaning towards the B.C. Liberals, with 20 per cent leaning NDP.
The NDP's biggest lead was in Metro Van-couver, the Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island. In other parts of B.C., the combined decided vote was closer, with 37 per cent for the NDP and 33 per cent for the B.C. Liberals.
The poll contacted 855 adult B.C. residents in the last week of March.
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Americas Rugby Championship will return Travis PatersonNews staff
The biggest rugby tournament in North America is coming back to Langford for 2013.
The decision to return the Americas Rugby Championship to Westhills Stadium, Oct. 11 to 19, is a glowing sign of approval from the International Rugby Board, said Rugby Canada’s general man-ager Mike Chu.
Last fall, Rugby Canada orga-nized and executed the ARC on six weeks notice. Argentina pulled out as hosts leaving the IRB in a bind, until Rugby Canada stepped forth to host the third running of the event.
“The City of Langford was help-ful in making it happen, enough to give IRB the confidence in us to do it again,” Chu said.
Argentina has won the ARC in all three years of its existence. U.S.A. and Uruguay also participated last year. Argentina defeated Canada in the final, in front of a sold out crowd of 3,255 fans.
ARC is the traditional 15-a-side rugby union format. This year’s
tournament will follow the same format, with Canada and three other teams playing three round-robin games over eight days.
The Argentina Jaguars, that country’s national team develop-ment squad, will once again be the favourite against non-professional sides from the U.S.A. and Can-ada. Argentina’s premier national team plays at the same time in The Rugby Championship, against three of the world’s premier rugby union countries, the New Zealand All Blacks, South Africa Spring-boks and Australia Wallabies.
Uruguay and Chile face each other soon in a deciding match for the fourth and final berth at the ARC.
“It’s an important part of our development,” said 15s coach Kieran Crowley.
“Those players who make the ARC are pushing for positions on the national team for the Novem-ber test tour.”
Players on Canada’s ARC squad are selected from Rugby Canada’s regional competition, the Cana-dian Rugby Championship, which runs over the course of the sum-
mer. Competing in the CRC are the Pacific Tyees (B.C. Bears), Prairie WolfPack, Ontario Blues and Atlantic Rock.
Blues player Tyler Ardron excelled at the CRC last year and was named captain of Canada at the ARC. The choice turned out to be a good one, as Ardron made an immediate impact when he ran back an intercepted try for Can-
ada’s first try of the tournament against Uruguay.
Ardron’s since been a regular on the back row of the Canadian 15s team, having played on Canada’s 15s team that made the November tour to England. He also plays for the national sevens team.
“Right now our focus is to retain core status (on the IRB Sevens world series),” Ardron said.
Canada’s sevens team is cur-rently 11th in the IRB Sevens World Series points standings. Only the top 12 teams retain core status to play in all nine of the tournaments.
The final two sevens fixtures of the year are Scotland on May 4 and 5 and England May 11 and 12.
Then it’s back to 15s for Ardron, who usually wears No. 8, in the middle of the back row of Cana-da’s scrum.
Canada will compete in the Pacific Nations Cup for the first time and hosts matches May 25 vs. U.S.A. in Edmonton, June 5 vs. Fiji in Ottawa and June 8 vs. Tonga in Kingston.
The summer schedule contin-ues as Canada plays Ireland in June and then battles the U.S.A. in a two-game qualifier for the 2015 Rugby World Cup in August.
On Saturday, Ardron will make his CDI Premier League debut playing for the James Bay Athletic Association as that team looks to secure a playoff spot in a road game versus the Bayside Sharks of South Surrey.
Visit americasrugbychampion-ship.com for more information.
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Tyler Ardron, right, carries the ball against the New Zealand Maori during Canada’s November 2012 tour in England. Each year relocates to Langford from Ontario to train with Rugby Canada.
Vikes clubs raise money for TLC Fund for Kids
The University of Victoria Vikes raised $1,300 in support of the TLC Fund for Kids when 50 par-ticipants, took part in the fourth annual TLC Fund for Kids at UVic on Saturday (April 6).
Kids who attended learned about basketball, cross-country running and track from Vikes ath-letes and coaches.
The TLC Fund for Kids is dedi-cated to children's health, happi-ness and betterment of life.
Rugby playoffs loom for CDI Premier League
The UVic Vikes men’s rugby team has a challenging finish ahead if it will crack the CDI Pre-mier League playoffs.
The Vikes (5-6-1) came up with a big win on Saturday, upsetting the No. 4 seed Meralomas 40-27. Luke McCloskey scored a hat trick of tries for the Vikes.
This Saturday the Vikes face a tough opponent against the No. 3-seed Capilano (8-4), the defend-ing Rounsefell Cup B.C. champs in North Vancouver.
The first place Burnaby Lake rugby club (9-3) has won eight matches in a row and visits the No. 5-seed Castaway Wanderers (5-6-1) at Windsor Park on Sat-urday.
Kickoff for CW vs. Burnaby Lake is 2:45 p.m.
The No. 2-seed James Bay Athletic Association (8-4) looks to get back on track after drop-ping a surprise 39-12 loss to the No. 7-seed UBC Old Boy Ravens (3-7-2) last week.
The Bays visit the No. 8 (last place) Bayside Sharks in Surrey.
Vikes, Velox host premier women’s rugby matches
The UVic Vikes women’s rugby team (1-3) host the top-team in the Adidas Women’s Premiership as Coquitlam’s United Rugby Club (4-1) visit Saturday.
Kick off is 11:30 a.m. at Wallace Field.
Just a stone’s throw away at Velox field the second-place Velox Valkyries (3-1) are home to third-place Simon Fraser University (3-1), also at 11:30 a.m.
Four Vikes listed to national hockey team
Former UVic Vikes Thea Culley, Dani Hennig and Kaitlyn Williams and current Vike Kathleen Leahy have been named to the national women’s team.
Also named to the squad is Maddie Secco (Stanford). Saan-ich’s Paige Norris was named to the senior development squad.
Trials a chance to find missing piecesTravis PatersonNews staff
Training season is underway for the Victoria Highlanders FC men’s Professional Development League team.
The majority of the squad is already in place for the 2013 PDL season but head coach Steve Simon-son is not against adding players where he can.
Night sessions were held at the Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence earlier this week but the tri-als period will carry on throughout the month, he said.
“Tryout period is to let people know we are looking, but we’re not looking for anything in par-ticular. If anything, we are open to someone from
outside of our scouting network.”The roster’s basic components are intact, with
the Hughes brothers, Tyler and Jordie, as well as a core of UVic Vikes, Andrew and Adam Ravenhill, Thomas Mallette, Gavin Barrett, Sam Prette, Craig Taylor, Gareth Langdon and Elliot Mitrou, the High-landers starting goalkeeper from 2012.
“With us trying to use local players, and UVic being the local school, there’s a real overlap. But we’re not just another version of the Vikes,” Simonson said.
The amateur-status Highlanders use many NCAA and CIS players. A few players have flown in from Europe and the U.S.A. looking for spots but no signings have been made to date.
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Americas Rugby Championship will return Travis PatersonNews staff
The biggest rugby tournament in North America is coming back to Langford for 2013.
The decision to return the Americas Rugby Championship to Westhills Stadium, Oct. 11 to 19, is a glowing sign of approval from the International Rugby Board, said Rugby Canada’s general man-ager Mike Chu.
Last fall, Rugby Canada orga-nized and executed the ARC on six weeks notice. Argentina pulled out as hosts leaving the IRB in a bind, until Rugby Canada stepped forth to host the third running of the event.
“The City of Langford was help-ful in making it happen, enough to give IRB the confidence in us to do it again,” Chu said.
Argentina has won the ARC in all three years of its existence. U.S.A. and Uruguay also participated last year. Argentina defeated Canada in the final, in front of a sold out crowd of 3,255 fans.
ARC is the traditional 15-a-side rugby union format. This year’s
tournament will follow the same format, with Canada and three other teams playing three round-robin games over eight days.
The Argentina Jaguars, that country’s national team develop-ment squad, will once again be the favourite against non-professional sides from the U.S.A. and Can-ada. Argentina’s premier national team plays at the same time in The Rugby Championship, against three of the world’s premier rugby union countries, the New Zealand All Blacks, South Africa Spring-boks and Australia Wallabies.
Uruguay and Chile face each other soon in a deciding match for the fourth and final berth at the ARC.
“It’s an important part of our development,” said 15s coach Kieran Crowley.
“Those players who make the ARC are pushing for positions on the national team for the Novem-ber test tour.”
Players on Canada’s ARC squad are selected from Rugby Canada’s regional competition, the Cana-dian Rugby Championship, which runs over the course of the sum-
mer. Competing in the CRC are the Pacific Tyees (B.C. Bears), Prairie WolfPack, Ontario Blues and Atlantic Rock.
Blues player Tyler Ardron excelled at the CRC last year and was named captain of Canada at the ARC. The choice turned out to be a good one, as Ardron made an immediate impact when he ran back an intercepted try for Can-
ada’s first try of the tournament against Uruguay.
Ardron’s since been a regular on the back row of the Canadian 15s team, having played on Canada’s 15s team that made the November tour to England. He also plays for the national sevens team.
“Right now our focus is to retain core status (on the IRB Sevens world series),” Ardron said.
Canada’s sevens team is cur-rently 11th in the IRB Sevens World Series points standings. Only the top 12 teams retain core status to play in all nine of the tournaments.
The final two sevens fixtures of the year are Scotland on May 4 and 5 and England May 11 and 12.
Then it’s back to 15s for Ardron, who usually wears No. 8, in the middle of the back row of Cana-da’s scrum.
Canada will compete in the Pacific Nations Cup for the first time and hosts matches May 25 vs. U.S.A. in Edmonton, June 5 vs. Fiji in Ottawa and June 8 vs. Tonga in Kingston.
The summer schedule contin-ues as Canada plays Ireland in June and then battles the U.S.A. in a two-game qualifier for the 2015 Rugby World Cup in August.
On Saturday, Ardron will make his CDI Premier League debut playing for the James Bay Athletic Association as that team looks to secure a playoff spot in a road game versus the Bayside Sharks of South Surrey.
Visit americasrugbychampion-ship.com for more information.
IRB gives Langford vote of confidence
IRB photo
Tyler Ardron, right, carries the ball against the New Zealand Maori during Canada’s November 2012 tour in England. Each year relocates to Langford from Ontario to train with Rugby Canada.
Vikes clubs raise money for TLC Fund for Kids
The University of Victoria Vikes raised $1,300 in support of the TLC Fund for Kids when 50 par-ticipants, took part in the fourth annual TLC Fund for Kids at UVic on Saturday (April 6).
Kids who attended learned about basketball, cross-country running and track from Vikes ath-letes and coaches.
The TLC Fund for Kids is dedi-cated to children's health, happi-ness and betterment of life.
Rugby playoffs loom for CDI Premier League
The UVic Vikes men’s rugby team has a challenging finish ahead if it will crack the CDI Pre-mier League playoffs.
The Vikes (5-6-1) came up with a big win on Saturday, upsetting the No. 4 seed Meralomas 40-27. Luke McCloskey scored a hat trick of tries for the Vikes.
This Saturday the Vikes face a tough opponent against the No. 3-seed Capilano (8-4), the defend-ing Rounsefell Cup B.C. champs in North Vancouver.
The first place Burnaby Lake rugby club (9-3) has won eight matches in a row and visits the No. 5-seed Castaway Wanderers (5-6-1) at Windsor Park on Sat-urday.
Kickoff for CW vs. Burnaby Lake is 2:45 p.m.
The No. 2-seed James Bay Athletic Association (8-4) looks to get back on track after drop-ping a surprise 39-12 loss to the No. 7-seed UBC Old Boy Ravens (3-7-2) last week.
The Bays visit the No. 8 (last place) Bayside Sharks in Surrey.
Vikes, Velox host premier women’s rugby matches
The UVic Vikes women’s rugby team (1-3) host the top-team in the Adidas Women’s Premiership as Coquitlam’s United Rugby Club (4-1) visit Saturday.
Kick off is 11:30 a.m. at Wallace Field.
Just a stone’s throw away at Velox field the second-place Velox Valkyries (3-1) are home to third-place Simon Fraser University (3-1), also at 11:30 a.m.
Four Vikes listed to national hockey team
Former UVic Vikes Thea Culley, Dani Hennig and Kaitlyn Williams and current Vike Kathleen Leahy have been named to the national women’s team.
Also named to the squad is Maddie Secco (Stanford). Saan-ich’s Paige Norris was named to the senior development squad.
Trials a chance to find missing piecesTravis PatersonNews staff
Training season is underway for the Victoria Highlanders FC men’s Professional Development League team.
The majority of the squad is already in place for the 2013 PDL season but head coach Steve Simon-son is not against adding players where he can.
Night sessions were held at the Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence earlier this week but the tri-als period will carry on throughout the month, he said.
“Tryout period is to let people know we are looking, but we’re not looking for anything in par-ticular. If anything, we are open to someone from
outside of our scouting network.”The roster’s basic components are intact, with
the Hughes brothers, Tyler and Jordie, as well as a core of UVic Vikes, Andrew and Adam Ravenhill, Thomas Mallette, Gavin Barrett, Sam Prette, Craig Taylor, Gareth Langdon and Elliot Mitrou, the High-landers starting goalkeeper from 2012.
“With us trying to use local players, and UVic being the local school, there’s a real overlap. But we’re not just another version of the Vikes,” Simonson said.
The amateur-status Highlanders use many NCAA and CIS players. A few players have flown in from Europe and the U.S.A. looking for spots but no signings have been made to date.
Saanich product Sam Prette
chases the ball during warm up
at the Victoria Highlanders FC players trials on
the turf field of PISE on Monday
night.Ben Gawletz/News staff
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Oak Bay’s Tristan Alexander knows his strength. The recently turned 15-year-old is 6-foot-6 and
270 pounds, and he has a lot of it.Unfortunately, Alexander was aware he needed
to limit it while competing over the weekend at the eighth annual Edmonton Interna-tional Judo tournament.
Alexander was disqualified when he submitted his opponent with an arm bar in the under-18, 100-plus kilograms division.
Instead of competing for gold, Tristan settled for bronze.
The arm bar was so fierce, the opponent suffered a fractured arm in the process, reported Alexander’s dad Anthony.
It stirred some controversy as Alexander was initially awarded the win, and a spot in the gold medal
match. But the win was reversed and awarded to the opponent.
Unaware to Alexander and his crew was an Alberta rule which bans arm bars and choke holds in any match that involves a competitor with an orange belt, which was the opponent’s rank, Anthony said.
Alexander holds a blue belt, two higher in the Canadian ranking of judo belts.
Protests by representatives of Judo B.C. were unsuccessful.
Alexander has now won three med-als in as many international tourna-ments, having also won two golds.
Two more Victoria Judo Club ath-letes, Brennan Jolley and George Lucas, also attended the competition but did not medal.
Next up for the Victoria judo ath-letes is the National Championships, July 4 to 7, at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
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Olympian Brent McMahon and elite Ironman triathlon ath-lete Sara Gross were among a handful of top triathletes to kick off the 2013 Subaru Western Tri-athlon Series on Wednesday.
The series of half-Ironman, Olympic and sprint distance tri-athlons is coming back bigger and better than ever despite losing its marquee event, the nationally televised Sooke Tri-athlon.
“Brent will be back, so will elite athletes the likes of Sara Gross and Magali Tisseyre, and we’re expanding into Saskatch-ewan this year, a very big move for us,” said series race director Paul Regensburg.
“Saskatoon (on June 30) is very excited to have us and the response has been overwhelm-ingly positive.”
That race is based out of Pike Lake Provincial Park and parlays country roads and a downtown finish in the River Valley.
The series also breaks new
ground in 2013 by adding the “first-ever” Western Canadian High School Championships as part of the Shawnigan Lake Tri-athlon on May 26.
Triathlon is a growing sport with middle- and high school- aged students, as many track and field athletes double as youth club triathletes.
“This will give those athletes 12 to 19 years old a chance to represent their school, and open Shawnigan up to the youth” Regensburg said.
Shawnigan is Canada’s only long-distance triathlon in May, and falls handily within the
school calendar.From Shawnigan Lake, the
series returns to Elk Lake for the Saunders Victoria Triathlon on June 16, before the inaugural Subaru Saskatoon Triathlon.
Without the Sooke race, which was terminated mostly due to the challenging logistics of using a long stretch of Highway 14, the series now has a noticeable gap from July 14 in Vancouver to Sept. 7 in Banff.
On the plus side, the Sooke race will no longer fall within the same two-week window as Ironman Canada, which moves to Whistler for the first time on Aug. 25.
Ironman athletes have long relied on Subaru Western Triath-lon Series events as part of their training and the timing and loca-tion of Victoria and Vancouver are ideal once again, Regensburg said.
Also new, the Subaru Vancou-ver Triathlon will act as the Long Distance National Champion-ships for 2013 through to 2015.
Triathlon distancesn Half Ironman: Swim 1.9km, bike 90km, run 21km.n Olympic: Swim 1.5km, bike, 40km, run 10km. n Sprint: Swim 500m, bike 20km, run 5km.n Super Sprint: Swim 500m, bike 10km, run 4km.
Charla Huber/News staff
Race organizer Lance Watson leans over a table of athletes from the Subaru Western Triathlon Series Wednesday’s launch of the 2013 season, from left, Magali Tisseyre, Lucy Smith and Olympian Brent McMahon at the Saunders Subaru dealership in Colwood.
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1446 Pembroke, $362,000Saturday 1-3Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 13
3161 Alder St, $535,000Sunday 1-4Access Realty Ltd.Dave Vogel, 250-588-8378 pg. 12
1035 Empress Ave, $454,800Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyIvan Delano, 250-744-8506 pg. 12
104-2608 Prior St, $289,900Sunday 12-2Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer, 250-818-3216 pg. 11
460-B Chester Ave, $579,900Saturday 2:30-4RE/MAX CamosunApril Prinz, 250-744-3301 pg. 12
402-103 Gorge Rd E, $409,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMay Hamilton, 250-477-5353 pg. 8
116-75 Songhees, $998,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 7
107-75 Songhees, $760,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6
1738 Kings Rd, $489,900Sunday 12-2Re/Max CamosunApril Prinz, 250-744-3301 pg. 13
1741 Patly, $1,224,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Cathy Travis, 250-384-8124 pg. 13
1787 Bay St, $449,888Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesDavid Rusen, 250-384-8124 pg. 12
859 Maddison, $629,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003 pg. 13
1465 Edgeware, $459,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Tony Elwell, 250-384-8124 pg. 13
304-330 Waterfront, $419,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Mike Fowles, 250 477-7291
306-75 Songhees, $698,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 7
706-860 View, $409,000Saturday 3-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 27
105-439 Cook St, $279,000Saturday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyLenna Dallen, 250-507-6277 pg. 6
204-1715 Richmond, $249,900Saturday 11-1Pemberton HolmesRick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 pg. 10
9-1331 Johnson St, $294,900Saturday 12:30-2Re/Max CamosunApril Prinz, 250-744-3301 pg. 12
208-1025 HillsideSunday 1-3Sutton West Coast RealtyJonas Solberg 250 479-3333 pg. 12
302-1000 McClure, $199,000Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalRosemarie Colterman 250 592-4422 pg. 9
101-100 Saghalie, $339,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Brown Brothers Real EstateRobyn Hamilton 250 385-8780 pg. 11
628 Cornwall, $579,000Saturday 1-3Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd.Julie Rust, 250-477-1100 pg. 13
607 Cornwall, $585,000Saturday 12-1:30One Percent RealtyGuy Effl er, 250-812-4910 pg. 23
408-3170 Irma St, $174,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 6
84 Bay St, $519,800Friday 4-6Re/Max CamosunNickole Goeujon, 250-478-9600 pg. 12
654 Langford, $395,000Sunday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodBrian Meredith-Jones 250 477-1100 pg. 17
101-904 HillsideSaturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunNancy Di Castri, 250-744-3301 pg. 16
402-300 Waterfront Cres.Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunJason Binab, 250-744-3301
5 Gorge Rd E, $419,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCamela Slack, 250-661-4088
207-1101 Hilda, $289,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDoug Poruchny, 250-474-4800 pg. 11
859 Maddison, $629,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jenn Raappana, 250-590-3921
118 Ladysmith, $649,900Saturday & Sunday 1-4RE/MAX CamosunMark Lawless, 250-744-3301 pg. 7
733A Humboldt (200 Douglas)Saturday - Monday noon - 5 pmFair Realty Ryan Bicknell 250 883-2715 pg. 1
402-1241 Fairfi eld Rd, $294,500Sunday 11:30-1:30Newport RealtyGeoff Martinson, 250-385-2033 pg. 5
987 Falkland Rd, $899,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-818-8736
2560 Orchard Ave, $739,000Saturday 2-4JONESco Real EstateIan Heath, 250-655-7653
3380 Upper Terrace, $1,790,000Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunLynne Sager, 250-744-3301 pg. 17
2560 Cadboro Bay Rd, $547,000Sunday 1-4Re/Max CamosunRichard Acomba, 250-744-3301 pg. 13
2131 Newton St, $629,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Philip Illingworth, 250-477-7291 pg. 13
308-1450 Beach Dr., $399,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdRick Shumka 250 384-8124 pg. 10
2166 Central, $679,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdRob Garry 250 384-8124 pg. 14
2043 Milton St., $564,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 14
3-2311 Watkiss Way, $547,500Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Cathy Travis, 250-384-8124 pg. 5
6 Falstaff Pl, $389,900Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDoug Poruchny, 250-474-4800 pg. 14
23-127 Aldersmith, $459,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Ron Bahrey, 250-477-7291 pg. 26
38-118 Aldersmith Pl, $454,900Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 6
10-2311 Watkiss Way, $527,500Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Cathy Travis, 250-384-8124 pg. 6
7-314 Six Mile Rd, $479,900Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 6
12-1519 Cooper Rd, $194,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyColin Walters, 250-360-6070 pg. 14
204-837 Selkirk Ave, $286,900Sunday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Rob Angus, 250-391-1893
1054 Colville Rd., $519,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 11
303-625 Admirals Rd, $179,900Saturday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Rob Angus, 250-391-1893
2-1004 DeCosta, $610,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald, 250-479-3333 pg. 7
404-520 Foster, $218,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodRuth Stark 250 477-1100 pg. 10
376 Kinver St., $424,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAllen Tepper, 250-686-6325 pg. 14
3-897 Admirals RdSunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunNancy Di Castri, 250-744-3301 pg. 16
4030/4040 Borden StSaturday & Sunday 2-4Cathy Duncan & Associates250-658-0967 pg. 3
211-4480 ChattertonSaturday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdBev Carey 250 477-7291 pg. 7
304-1618 North Dairy, $329,900Saturday 11-1Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith, 250 388-5882 pg. 6
1590 Ash Rd, $1,099,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunEd G Sing, 250-744-3301 pg. 15
4901 Sea Ridge, $629,000Saturday 2-4Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 18
205-1571 Mortimer, $209,000Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalRosemarie Colterman 250 592-4422 pg. 9
4020 Dawnview Cres, $608,800Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunEd G Sing, 250-744-3301 pg. 15
1553 Marcola, $549,000Sunday 2-4Boorman’sGraham Bavington, 250-415-1931
6-3968 Cedar Hill, $319,000Saturday 2-4Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 26
112-1505 Church St, $184,000Sunday 2-4Boorman’sRod Hay, 250-595-1535 pg. 10
220-1680 Poplar Ave, $166,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJeff Shorter, 250-384-8124 pg. 10
1279 Tattersall, $698,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Cassie Kangas, 250-477-7291 pg. 15
1934 Waterloo, $629,000Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyMike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100 pg. 15
3963 Juan De Fuca Terr.Saturday & Sunday 2-4Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith, 250-818-6662
2097 Ferndale, $630,000Saturday 2:30-4One Percent RealtyGuy Effl er, 250-812-4910 pg. 23
948 Mckenzie Ave.Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunJason Binab, 250-744-3301
315-1010 Bristol Rd, $254,900Saturday 12-2Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDavid Stevens, 250-477-5353
1533 Granada Cres, $549,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMark Rice, 250-744-3301
3930 Aspen, $649,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyGlen Myles, 250-385-2033 pg. 15
3672-1507 Queensbury, $549,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Frank Chan, 250-477-7291 pg. 17
15-909 Carolwood, $533,000Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDon Beckner, 250-477-5353 pg. 9
20-1286 Tolmie, $519,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesRick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 pg. 10
4568 Montford Cres, $679,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyLaurie Abram, 250-385-2033 pg. 18
4016 Rainbow Hill, $739,000Saturday - Sunday 1-4Sotheby’s InternationalJames Leblanc, 250-812-7212 pg. 1
1457 Jamaica, $649,999Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAdrien Bachand, 250-384-8124 pg. 15
4009 Cedar Hill Rd, $550,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastJames Gardiner (250) 507-4333 pg. 1
1905 Portway, $859,950Saturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Cassie Kangas, 250-477-7291 pg. 15
118-3969 Shelbourne, $225,900Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalRosemarie Colterman 250 592-4422 pg. 9
5255 Parker, $1,850,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunLynne Sager 250 744-3301 pg. 17
115 Hampton, $449,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422 pg. 18
461E-4678 Elk Lake, $245,000Sunday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Rob Angus, 250-391-1893
107-537 Heatherdale, $398,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalMark McDougall, 250-588-8588 pg. 2
538 Meredith Cres, $432,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunEd G Sing, 250-744-3301 pg. 18
2867 Murray Dr, $599,888Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDon Beckner, 250-477-5353 pg. 9
4176 Carey Rd, $514,900Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-590-3921
10230 Resthaven, $459,000Saturday 2:30-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 27
7008 Beach View, $1,098,000Saturday 3-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 27
1145-B Verdier Ave, $528,000Saturday & Sunday 12-1:30DFH Real Estate Ltd.Henry Van Der Vlugt, 250-477-7291 pg. 19
1690 Texada, $1,119,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Ron Bahrey, 250-477-7291 pg. 26
2380 Alta Vista Pl, $699,000Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunEd G Sing, 250-744-3301 pg. 19
9776 Fourth StThursday - Saturday 1-3Gordon Hulme RealtyDon King 250 656-4626 pg. 11
7212 Skyline, $579,500Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunBrad Gregory, 250-744-3301 pg. 28
9708 Fifth St, $599,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 19
938 Wain, $899,000Saturday 3-4:30Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 27
7161 West Saanich, $249,900Sunday 2-4Gordon Hulme RealtyDon King 250 656-4626 pg. 11
205-2349 James White, $289,000Saturnday 1-3Holmes RealtyMagdalin Heron 250 656-0911 pg. 19
203-2427 Amherst Ave, $194,000Saturday 2-4Sparling Real Estate Ltd.Trevor Lunn, 250-656-5511 pg. 19
205-2490 Bevan Ave, $260,000Saturday 12-2Sparling Real Estate Ltd.Don Sparling, 250-656-5511 pg. 19
8410 Alec Rd, $789,000Sunday 2-4JONESco Real EstateIan Heath, 250-655-7653
403-2360 James White, $259,000Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 27
1511 Oceanspray, $699,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Henry Van Der Vlugt, 250-477-7291 pg. 19
44-7583 Central Saanich, $165,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesKent Deans, 250-686-4141 pg. 19
1480 Hillgrove Rd, $684,900Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyJennifer Scheck, 250-508-6040
10500 McDonald Park, $585,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesNicole Burgess 250 384-8124 pg. 6
3259 Willshire, $529,900Saturday 11:30-1:30Fair Realty LtdColin Lagadyn, 250-590-9194 pg. 24
2817 Lake End Rd, $949,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesDavid Scotney, 250-384-8124 pg. 20
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2570 Wentwich, $499,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunSusanna Crofton, 250 888-6648 pg. 24
875 Wild Ridge Way, $377,900Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 24
223-1400 Lynburne Pl, $529,900Saturday 11-1Re/Max CamosunDeana Fawcett, 250-893-8932
202-606 Goldstream, $229,000Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 7
591 Delora Dr, $485,000Sunday 12-1:30SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 20
103-982 Rattanwood, $319,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 24
305-1400 Lynburne Pl, $239,400Saturday 11-1Re/Max CamosunDeana Fawcett, 250-893-8932
404-606 Goldstream, $279,000Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 7
290 Milburn Dr, $689,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422
975 Huckleberry, $399,900Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital Dean Innes 250 477-5353 pg. 21
672 Strandlund Ave, $334,900Saturday 10-12 & Sunday 10-12Re/Max CamosunDeana Fawcett, 250-744-3301
1024 Grob CourtDaily 12-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445
9-639 Kildew Rd., $339,900Macdonald RealtyJane Logan, 250-920-6868 pg. 6
917 Bullen Court, $434,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jeff Bishop, 250-477-7291 pg. 5
2868 Ronald Rd, $449,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003
808 Gannet Crt, $474,900Saturday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 24
938 Thrush, $438,000Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 24
207-2732 Matson Rd, $294,900Wednesday-Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunNeil Docherty, 250-478-9600 pg. 5
101-982 Rattanwood, $319,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 24
1015 Braeburn Ave. Friday to Monday 12-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-516-7772
463 Avery, $369,900Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 24
525 Mount View Ave, $399,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Kevin Seibel, 250-580-4878 pg. 21
617-623 Treanor Ave, $234,900Sunday 11:30-1:30DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jeff Bishop, 250-477-7291 pg. 5
410-606 Goldstream, $269,000Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 7
2792 Lakehurst, $354,900Saturday 2-4Fair Realty LtdColin Lagadyn, 250-590-9194 pg. 21
213 CarmanahSaturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalMark McDougall, 250-588-8588 pg. 21
39-551 Bezanton Way, $464,900Sunday 1-3VIP Real Estate Ltd.Robert Whyte, 250-812-5478 pg. 20
101-1400 Lynburne Pl, $479,900Saturday 11-1Re/Max CamosunDeana Fawcett, 250-893-8932
2167 Blue Grouse, $775,000Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 24
406-611 Brookside, $189,000Daily 12-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 10
6741 Steeple Chase, $419,000Sunday 11:30-1:30Fair Realty LtdColin Lagadyn, 250-590-9194 pg. 25
5657 Sooke Rd., $979,900Saturday 2:30-4RE/MAX CamosunKevin Koetke, 250-478-9600 pg. 28
6772 Rhodonite, $339,000Sunday 2-4Fair Realty LtdColin Lagadyn, 250-590-9194 pg. 25
3582 Pechanga, $449,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 8
1671 Elford Rd, $469,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003
2216 Baron Rd, $495,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtySandra Govender, 250-592-4422 pg. 25
500 Corfi eld, $349,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Re/Max of NanaimoJohn Cooper, 1-866-956-6228 pg. 11
525 Saltspring View, $589,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 8
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