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Call it a careerVeteran councillors taking their leave in Metchosin

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NEWS: MPs describe chaos on Parliament Hill /A5COMMUNITY: Traditions of Halloween explored /A10HOMEFINDER: Cherishing senior living in Langford /A32

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Born to Beon a Bike

Gritty Metchosin pre-teen among top youth BMX riders in Canada, never mind ageAngela CowanNews Gazette staff

Pulling her helmet down over a nut-brown braid and slipping her mouth-guard in, 10-year-old Janel Church kicks her heels down on her bike and pedals through a few practice laps at the bike jump park beside the Metchosin Fire Hall.

Her grandfather, Melvin Pallister, looks on.

“I’m very proud of her,” he says, a smile stretching across his face.

And no wonder. Church recently competed in the 2014 BMX Canadian Grand Nationals in Chilliwack with her team, the UFO/Doublecross Trophy Team, and brought home the title of National Girl Number 2, ranking her the second best female BMX rider in all of Canada, beating out girls across all age groups up to 18.

Church also won Canadian National Age Group #1 amongst 10-year olds, something her granddad was also smil-

ing about.“She just turned 10 in September,” he

says. “And all these girls were wonder-ing ‘who’s this girl?’”

Church continues dipping up and down the dirt hills, more comfortable on the bike than speaking to a news-paper reporter, and clearly enjoying herself. Though the spirit of competi-tion is fierce at the national events, she doesn’t take it to heart, Pallister says.

“If she wins or loses, she just shakes it off and carries on.”

There’s a spark in the bright, amber-coloured eyes of this shy pre-teen, though, as she considers the answer to a question about her favourite part of the Grand Nationals. She grins like it’s Christmas morning; being out in front of all the riders, she says.

Church, who’s been riding since she was four, has been making it to nation-als since she started, Pallister says.

PlEASE SEE: BMX rider, Page A6

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Metchosin’s Janel Church, 10, placed second overall at the BMX 2014 Canadian Grand Nationals in Chilliwack over the Thanksgiving weekend. The runner-up title ranks her amongst all age groups, including girls up to 18. Janel, who dreams of one day riding in the Olympics, also came in top spot for her age group across the country.

Colwood to host 2014 poppy campaign kickoffArnold LimNews staff

The City of Colwood will wel-come visitors dressed for a differ-ent occasion Halloween morning.

Members of the Royal Canadian

Legion will be at the annual flag raising ceremony at Colwood City Hall and the public is invited to join them in marking the kickoff of the Legion’s National Poppy Cam-paign.

“It’s symbolic in order to recog-

nize the sacrifices of those that served in the past and continue to serve,” said Colwood Coun. Gor-die Logan. “This is a small way to say ‘thank you’ and to support the Legion’s worthwhile initiative that supports so many people in the

community.”The event at the flagpoles in

front of City Hall marks the begin-ning of a campaign that most years sees more than half of Cana-dians don the red poppy over their hearts, in recognition of the

sacrifice made by those that died in battle. All donations to the fund-raiser go to support veterans and their families.

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Metchosin council vets take one step back from community service this November

New faces have joined the run for both mayoral and councillor positions throughout the West Shore, and voters will get the chance to hear the incum-bents and challengers speak at upcoming all-candidates

meetings. The West Shore Chamber

of Commerce is putting on meetings for Langford on Oct. 29 at the Royal Cana-dian Legion 91, 761 Station Ave., and for Colwood on Nov. 4 at the Colwood Pen-

tecostal Church, 2250 Sooke Rd. Both meetings run from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Highland District Commu-nity Association will host two meetings, the first on Oct. 29 at the East Fire Hall, 3613 Woodridge Pl., and

the second on Nov. 4 at the Highlands Community Hall, 729 Finlayson Arm Rd. Both meetings run from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The Metchosin Commu-nity House at 4430 Happy Valley Rd. will also host two

meetings. Municipal council candidates as well as School District 62 trustee candi-dates from the Belmont division will be answering questions Nov. 1 from 2 to 4 p.m. On Nov. 7 at 8 p.m., the Association to Protect Rural

Metchosin hosts municipal candidates only.

The View Royal Commu-nity Association will have municipal candidates speak on Nov. 6 at Strawberry Vale Hall, 11 High St., starting at 7 p.m.

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Councillors Jo Mitchell and Larry Tremblay will still be around plenty Angela CowanNews Gazette staff

Metchosin council is going to gain at least two new faces when council-lors Larry Tremblay and Jo Mitchell step back from the table this November, and the newcomers will have some big shoes to fill.

Tremblay, 74, and Mitch-ell, 78, have a combined 15 years of service to their community on council, but beyond that, their longtime dedication to volunteering and community involve-ment in Metchosin is a hard act to follow. Both have been named as Volunteer of the Year over the years and both have been instru-mental in developing what are now landmarks in the district.

“Jo and Larry have shown enormous levels of commu-nity service that goes above and beyond any council work that they’ve had to do,” says fellow councillor Moralea Milne. “We’ve had the best council for the last two terms. We’ve really worked well together as a team and it’s always been civil and respectful.”

Looking back over his

two terms, Tremblay’s accomplishment nearest to his heart is “being involved in creating Old Barn Books.” The little shop, which started in a modest eight foot-by-eight foot space, is entirely dependent on donated books to stock its shelves, and began as a way to support the Metchosin School Museum and Pio-neer Museum.

“We needed some way to raise money for renova-tions,” he says. Each year, the shop has been able to gather close to $5,000 for various projects in the museums, keeping them up to date. “That’s a lot of $1 and $2 books.”

Mitchell was elected to council in 2005, after real-izing that some of her vol-unteering causes needed more attention from local government. “I joined coun-cil to make sure they were looked at.”

She started the Metcho-sin Community Association, reinvigorated the Healthy Communities Committee and led the charge to trans-form the empty elementary school into the home of the Metchosin Arts and Cul-tural Centre and the Seniors Resource Centre.

“I thought it was very sad to have a dead school,” she says.

As for what the pair plan to do once their council duties are finished, they have some ideas.

“I’ve never seen Tofino,”

says Tremblay, adding that he and his wife, Judy, plan to explore the Island. “We’d love to see the winter storms up there, in a cabin on the beach.”

Mitchell laughs out loud when asked about her December plans. “Clean my house!”

She adds, “People don’t realize how much work council is. We all sit on five or six committees. If you’re a proper councillor, it’s a lot of hard work. I’m planning on enjoying more of a social life.”

She doesn’t plan on relin-quishing all of her duties, however. “I’ll certainly stay on the seniors committee, and (the cultural centre). I regard those as my babies.”

For his part, Tremblay will be manning the book sales every Sunday at Old Barn Books and enjoying the chance to putter on his acreage. He has no reserva-tions about his departure from council.

“It’s been a productive council for the last six to nine years,” he says. “I feel good about retiring.”

“(Mitchell and Tremblay) were both involved in a big way before they were on council and I’m sure they still will be,” adds Milne. “I’ve really come to appre-ciate their work ethic and their level of commitment. It will be very, very hard to replace them.” acowan@goldstreamgazette.

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Angela Cowan/News Gazette staff

Metchosin councillors Larry Tremblay and Jo Mitchell are both stepping down from their municipal positions this November after a combined 15 years of service to their community. Despite their retirements from municipal politics, Tremblay and Mitchell both plan to stay active in their volunteer efforts.

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MPs recall Ottawa chaos in aftermath of shootingsAndrea PeacockNews staff

Murray Rankin hid under a desk at the Centre Block building at Parliament Hill, as an ordinary Wednesday NDP caucus meet-ing on Parliament Hill quickly turned into a state of terror.

“We heard what we thought were construction sounds,” said Rankin, Victoria MP.

“Then at one point I heard a dozen, maybe 10 gunshots going off.”

Just metres away, a gunman had exchanged fire with police and was killed in the halls of Centre Block, part of the Houses of Parliament where both the Conservative and NDP caucuses were meeting.

At that point, security took charge by barricading the doors and telling caucus members to take cover and not to leave.

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ing to pick a place where this could never happen, Cen-tre Block would be it,” May told the News an hour after the incident on Wednesday.

“It’s very upset-ting and our thoughts are with the soldier who was shot and the security team keeping us safe.”

Initial reports said the gunman had exited a vehicle near the National War Memorial around 9:50 a.m., where he shot reserv-ist Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, who later died from his injuries.

Kevin M. Vickers, sergeant-at-arms of the House of Commons – and brother of Victoria festi-val organizer John Vickers – was credited with shooting the gun-man once he entered the halls of Parliament. At least one other armed suspect was thought to be involved.

“Our officers, staff and com-munity are saddened by the terrible events that occurred in Ottawa today. We have no

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Suspect was prohibited from owning firearms

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dead-end Metchosin street.A Bennett Road resident

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“The campaign just allows us the opportunity to get some perspective on how we have maintained our freedom and to remember those that fought so hard to ensure we maintained that freedom,” Logan said.

Logan, whose grandfather was a veteran of the First World War, said his thoughts go to his grandfather and his own three children when the flags go up. He hopes the public come out in support of the flag-raising cer-emony, especially in light of the tragedy in Ottawa Wednesday that saw a soldier posted at the National War Memorial gunned down in the nation’s capital.

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Poppy campaign a major fundraiserContinued from Page A1

Veterans raise the flags at Colwood City Hall to mark the start of the 2013 Royal Canadian Legion poppy campaign.Photo submitted

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YOUR VIEW

Residents of west Goldstream Avenue have for months begged Langford council, the chair of its transportation committee and the engineering director to install some traffic calming measures to slow the speed and volume of traffic on Goldstream.

What a shock recently when we found on Walfred Road, off Happy Valley Road, the speed typically posted at 50 km/h is reduced to 30 km/h in the stretch between the driveways of two incumbent councillors. The work in a small development underway (there) is no comparison to the speed and volume of traffic from the exit ramp off the Trans-Canada Highway at Goldstream Avenue.

Our neighbourhood is traumatized. Daytime commuters, transports in the middle of the night heading to “truck city” on Henry Eng Drive, and residents of Westhills, Glen Lake and Happy Valley Road taking the short cut ravage the tranquility of the lakeside neighbourhood.

Council blundered when, in its overreach to build, chose not to complete the south exit from the TCH at Leigh Road until the next developer for District 49 could cover the cost – several years away if at all. Which is not to speak of the disaster at the intersection of Leigh and Goldstream.

Let’s get priorities straight. Forget the new swimming pool and art centre. Invest now in the completion of the TCH exit, the Leigh/Goldstream intersection and the Langford Parkway, and give

us some traffic calming measures before the next death of our people and pets. Don’t let Stew and the Crew prevail.

Philmene JondreauStephanie Parsons

Langford

Five ways to tackleclimate change now

Having just read a recent David Suzuki column on global warming, as well as just finished reading Naomi Klein’s ground-breaking book, This Changes Everything (“This” meaning climate change), I am prompted to try and bring it all together.

As David says, “We must act now.”

I have five suggestions:1. Instead of subsidizing oil and

gas exploration and extraction, give these large amounts of money to the development of Clean Energy, wind, solar, tidal, thermal etc.

2. Stop the construction of the Site C dam and the flooding of prime agricultural land.

3. Prevent the building of the proposed oil pipeline known as the Northern Gateway pipeline.

4. Prevent the expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline.

5. Ban oil tankers from navigating the hazardous channels along our West Coast.

I attended Guy Dauncey’s heart-warming talk last week at the University of Victoria entitled: Could B.C. become a 100 per cent Renewable Energy Region?

The answer is yes, if we

the public and our provincial government put our minds to it. We all need to take up the challenge, for the sake of our future generations.

Daphne M. TaylorSaanich

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Terror panican easy trap

A mid-morning shooting on the outskirts of Parliament Hill took the life of a reservist Wednesday just before gunshots rang through the halls of Centre Block at the Houses of Parliament.

Dozens of staff and MPs – including Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca MP Randall Garrison,

Victoria MP Murray Rankin and Saanich-Gulf Islands MP Elizabeth May – slid under desks and behind cabinets just metres from

the shooter. The immediate, effective response from RCMP officers and particularly from sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers (brother of Victoria festival organizer John Vickers) in the moments that followed surely saved lives. That’s to be praised and commended.

Major news outlets are already asking if “U.S.-style” terrorism attacks are now an anticipated state of affairs in Canada. But as that conversation arises around your dinner table, in your office and amongst the parents at your local playground, remember there are some politicians who wait to capitalize on public sympathy brought on by collective fear. As Churchill famously said: “Never let a good crisis go to waste.”

So for those who take to social media to talk about a new, post-shooting world full of heightened security checks that require increased government spying powers, think about the freedoms you’re potentially surrendering by accepting these changes as inevitable. A foolish, misled shooter(s) and others who buy into a grandiose sense of purpose shouldn’t be given the additional power to take away our delicate freedoms in Canada.

After several bombs ripped apart tube trains and double decker buses in 2005, Londoners woke up the next day and went back to work as an intentional act of defiance against these morally void radicals.

If indeed there is a terrorist component to Wednesday’s shooting, don’t allow that fact to paralyze your critical analysis of government policy. And certainly don’t let the federal government roll out increased monitoring and security measures masked as action against terrorism.

Extra measures must be weighed against reality


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Fall descends on the West ShoreMist drifts over the autumn-coloured hills in this view from Langford Parkway after a stormy evening in Langford. There’s nothing quite like a Halloween bonfire.

The crackle and heat of the flames, the smell of wood smoke and the long shadows of neighbours huddled around, sharing warm drinks and telling scary stories.

These evenings are a beloved tradition for adults and children alike.

Why do we have bonfires on Halloween? To understand the modern Halloween bonfire, we need to learn about Samhain, a Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. The Celts believed that on Samhain, the spirits could visit from the realm of the dead.

These spirits could play tricks on the living, unless an offering was provided. The Celts would also carve turnips or field beets into grotesque faces to represent these spirits – sort of an early Jack O’Lantern. On the evening of Samhain, young people would go from house to house asking for kindling for the bonfire, as well as food offerings.

Over the years, people started dressing up as the spirits that came out during All Hallows Eve, and going door to door, giving rise to the first “trick or treaters.” A festival would be held near the fire and after, the ashes spread on the fields to ensure good crops for the year ahead.

The English had a similar tradition of All Saints Day and All Souls Day, which took place Nov. 1 and 2, respectively.

Over time, these traditions merged with Samhain to become Halloween, and transferred to the Americas when the Irish and English immigrants merged their traditions.

On the West Shore, we’re lucky enough to have two community bonfires of our own: both the Metchosin and the Colwood Volunteer Fire Departments have long hosted annual Halloween bonfires. If you’ve never been, come join us to get a sense of how our local culture has built on these ancient traditions to make them our own. I’ll bring the candy.

Johanna Henderson is a volunteer with the Westshore Arts Council and principal with Shelter Creative.

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Fall descends on the West ShoreMist drifts over the autumn-coloured hills in this view from Langford Parkway after a stormy evening in Langford. There’s nothing quite like a Halloween bonfire.

The crackle and heat of the flames, the smell of wood smoke and the long shadows of neighbours huddled around, sharing warm drinks and telling scary stories.

These evenings are a beloved tradition for adults and children alike.

Why do we have bonfires on Halloween? To understand the modern Halloween bonfire, we need to learn about Samhain, a Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. The Celts believed that on Samhain, the spirits could visit from the realm of the dead.

These spirits could play tricks on the living, unless an offering was provided. The Celts would also carve turnips or field beets into grotesque faces to represent these spirits – sort of an early Jack O’Lantern. On the evening of Samhain, young people would go from house to house asking for kindling for the bonfire, as well as food offerings.

Over the years, people started dressing up as the spirits that came out during All Hallows Eve, and going door to door, giving rise to the first “trick or treaters.” A festival would be held near the fire and after, the ashes spread on the fields to ensure good crops for the year ahead.

The English had a similar tradition of All Saints Day and All Souls Day, which took place Nov. 1 and 2, respectively.

Over time, these traditions merged with Samhain to become Halloween, and transferred to the Americas when the Irish and English immigrants merged their traditions.

On the West Shore, we’re lucky enough to have two community bonfires of our own: both the Metchosin and the Colwood Volunteer Fire Departments have long hosted annual Halloween bonfires. If you’ve never been, come join us to get a sense of how our local culture has built on these ancient traditions to make them our own. I’ll bring the candy.

Johanna Henderson is a volunteer with the Westshore Arts Council and principal with Shelter Creative.

Bonfire traditions stretch back a long way

Johanna HendersonWest Shore

Arts Council

Halloween revelry has roots in Celtic festival ‘Samhain’

Howling good timesn Colwood Community Bonfire: Oct. 31, from 6 to 9 p.m. Hosted by the Colwood Volunteer Firefighters Association at the Colwood Fire Department, 3215 Metchosin Road. Highlights include free hot dogs, hot chocolate, coffee and candy; a costume contest; and monster music. n Metchosin Halloween: Oct. 31, from 6 to 9 p.m. Hosted by the Metchosin Volunteer Firefighter’s Society on the Metchosin Municipal Grounds, 4450 Happy Valley Road. Doors open at 6 p.m., costume contest judging at 7 p.m. and fireworks after sunset. Highlights include a preschool corner, free hot dogs and juice and a haunted house where only the brave dare enter.


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Travis Paterson News staff

Despite seven years of experi-ence, Robert McDonald is finding it difficult to re-enter the work-force in accounting.

McDonald lost his job two years ago when Morriss Printing went out of business. Since then, he’s upgraded his accounting résumé with a one-year program at Sprott Shaw College, which he completed with top marks in the class, and is currently studying accounting software in night classes at Camo-sun College.

While finding jobs in Victoria is already competitive enough, McDonald faces the added chal-lenge of misperceptions about hir-ing a deaf person, said employ-ment counsellor Ruth Wilson, who works with McDonald through the Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre (IDHHC).

McDonald and Wilson take a proactive approach, meeting with businesses in the region to teach them about what the organization and their clients can offer.

“We’re just trying to break down barriers, and open people’s minds so that if a job does come up, they know we’re is here to provide solutions to any barriers of com-munication,” Wilson said.

One of the main advantages

offered by IDHHC is a fully funded interpreter during the employee’s training period, she said.

“We also provide adaptive devices, which is another pro-gram of ours. Really, we just want everything to be as seamless as possible for the employer and Robert,” Wilson said.

“We also want to encourage employers to think about creating different roles in the workplace. And with such a focus on network-

ing in Victoria, we hope that refer-rals will help get the word out.”

As a child, McDonald learned in a deaf class at Uplands elemen-tary. But instead of attending Oak Bay High, which had a deaf program at the time, he and his family opted for Pacific Christian School. It was beneficial, he said, as it threw him into a more real-istic environment at an early age.

“It was a new experience with interpreters and quite an adjust-

ment for me,” he sad.McDonald is currently holding

down a job delivering papers in his Lakehill neighbourhood, and he remains optimistic about his career chances. “(The route) gets me up in the morning and I study at night to keep busy,” he said.

With the advent of texting, email and video-phone technology such as Skype, employers don’t need to know more than a few basic signs, said Denise Robertson, executive director of IDHHC.

“We have a broad range of options that can support deaf or hard of hearing workers in the workplace,” Robertson said.

One example of technologies at work is an office doorbell that trig-gers a light on the person’s desk.

That way, the employee isn’t startled when someone walks in.

McDonald said he’s grown up with email and texting, which makes communicating with hear-ing difficulties much easier. “But it’s IDHHC that is very helpful, for that I’m very thankful,” he said.

When he first came to IDHHC in 2002, he had just finished the office management diploma at Camosun with an accounting option. IDHHC found him a job at Trafford Publishing.

“It wasn’t as hard that time to find a job,” he said. When Trafford ran aground in 2009, McDonald

was able to stay on by switching to the physical labour of binding and cutting books. Then the com-pany pulled out. “I learned a lot, it as different than the accounts receivable and accounts payable I was doing,” he said.

Camosun also provides McDon-ald with an interpreter while he learns the newest versions of accounting software programs that businesses rely on.

“It’s frustrating to see someone with experience earn an honours award for top marks and not be able to get a job,” Robertson said.

“Robert is very skilled and is just one example of the many peo-ple we help here.”

IDHHC is now preparing for its seventh annual Big Band Bash fun-draiser. The late lazz musician Roy Reynolds started the event after he lost his hearing.

The Big Band Bash takes place at Our Lady of Fatima Portuguese Hall, 4635 Elk Lake Dr. on Nov. 4.

Tickets are $40 in advance, $50 at the door and $400 for a reserved table of 10. They’re avail-able through Larsen Music, 1833 Cook St., Long & McQuade, 756 Hillside Ave. and at IDHHC, 201-754 Broughton St.

For more information and a list of programs and services offered by the centre visit idhhc.ca.

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Robert McDonald, left, responds to the sign for accounting as he chats to an interpreter at the Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre in Victoria.

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Travis Paterson News staff

Despite seven years of experi-ence, Robert McDonald is finding it difficult to re-enter the work-force in accounting.

McDonald lost his job two years ago when Morriss Printing went out of business. Since then, he’s upgraded his accounting résumé with a one-year program at Sprott Shaw College, which he completed with top marks in the class, and is currently studying accounting software in night classes at Camo-sun College.

While finding jobs in Victoria is already competitive enough, McDonald faces the added chal-lenge of misperceptions about hir-ing a deaf person, said employ-ment counsellor Ruth Wilson, who works with McDonald through the Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre (IDHHC).

McDonald and Wilson take a proactive approach, meeting with businesses in the region to teach them about what the organization and their clients can offer.

“We’re just trying to break down barriers, and open people’s minds so that if a job does come up, they know we’re is here to provide solutions to any barriers of com-munication,” Wilson said.

One of the main advantages

offered by IDHHC is a fully funded interpreter during the employee’s training period, she said.

“We also provide adaptive devices, which is another pro-gram of ours. Really, we just want everything to be as seamless as possible for the employer and Robert,” Wilson said.

“We also want to encourage employers to think about creating different roles in the workplace. And with such a focus on network-

ing in Victoria, we hope that refer-rals will help get the word out.”

As a child, McDonald learned in a deaf class at Uplands elemen-tary. But instead of attending Oak Bay High, which had a deaf program at the time, he and his family opted for Pacific Christian School. It was beneficial, he said, as it threw him into a more real-istic environment at an early age.

“It was a new experience with interpreters and quite an adjust-

ment for me,” he sad.McDonald is currently holding

down a job delivering papers in his Lakehill neighbourhood, and he remains optimistic about his career chances. “(The route) gets me up in the morning and I study at night to keep busy,” he said.

With the advent of texting, email and video-phone technology such as Skype, employers don’t need to know more than a few basic signs, said Denise Robertson, executive director of IDHHC.

“We have a broad range of options that can support deaf or hard of hearing workers in the workplace,” Robertson said.

One example of technologies at work is an office doorbell that trig-gers a light on the person’s desk.

That way, the employee isn’t startled when someone walks in.

McDonald said he’s grown up with email and texting, which makes communicating with hear-ing difficulties much easier. “But it’s IDHHC that is very helpful, for that I’m very thankful,” he said.

When he first came to IDHHC in 2002, he had just finished the office management diploma at Camosun with an accounting option. IDHHC found him a job at Trafford Publishing.

“It wasn’t as hard that time to find a job,” he said. When Trafford ran aground in 2009, McDonald

was able to stay on by switching to the physical labour of binding and cutting books. Then the com-pany pulled out. “I learned a lot, it as different than the accounts receivable and accounts payable I was doing,” he said.

Camosun also provides McDon-ald with an interpreter while he learns the newest versions of accounting software programs that businesses rely on.

“It’s frustrating to see someone with experience earn an honours award for top marks and not be able to get a job,” Robertson said.

“Robert is very skilled and is just one example of the many peo-ple we help here.”

IDHHC is now preparing for its seventh annual Big Band Bash fun-draiser. The late lazz musician Roy Reynolds started the event after he lost his hearing.

The Big Band Bash takes place at Our Lady of Fatima Portuguese Hall, 4635 Elk Lake Dr. on Nov. 4.

Tickets are $40 in advance, $50 at the door and $400 for a reserved table of 10. They’re avail-able through Larsen Music, 1833 Cook St., Long & McQuade, 756 Hillside Ave. and at IDHHC, 201-754 Broughton St.

For more information and a list of programs and services offered by the centre visit idhhc.ca.

[email protected]


Robert McDonald, left, responds to the sign for accounting as he chats to an interpreter at the Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre in Victoria.

Island association offers help for deaf, hearing impaired Modern technology, support used to assist deaf employees as they integrate into professional roles


Devastating fires and local political intrigue were among the interesting stories discovered in a look through back copies of the Goldstream Gazette this week.

10 Years AgoWest Shore RCMP’s major crimes department

takes over the file of the Happy Valley elemen-tary fire from the Langford Fire Department on a request from Fire Chief Bob Beckett, whose crew had completed its investigation into the Oct. 14 blaze that destroyed the school. While firefighters found no evidence of accelerants in their investiga-tion, police aren’t ruling out the possibility that the fire was deliberately set. Displaced students have been temporarily set up at Metchosin elementary.

Also making headlines the week of Oct. 24, 2004: Esquimalt Lagoon homeowners are closely watching the application by two neighbours to subdivide their Colwood properties. The city wants the applicants to hook up to the sewer system, but other homeowners are being turned down for connection over concerns about capac-ity. And, a wild end to the race season at Western Speedway sees new champions crowned in all four classes: demo cars and trucks, claimers and figure 8s.

20 Years AgoMetchosin Mayor John Ranns voices concerns

that the spiralling Canadian dollar will deplete the district’s capital reserves. He asks municipal clerk Gerry Mellott at a finance committee meeting whether the municipality can look at transferring some of its cash reserves into foreign accounts or foreign currency. Ranns later tells the Gazette that the loss of one-third of the value of the reserves due to currency devaluation could devastate a small municipality such as Metchosin.

Also making headlines the week of Oct. 24, 1994: Residents of Bexhill Place in Colwood want the city to erect a gate blocking off a common area controlled by two strata councils, to keep out “young people partying and smoking pot.” The intent of the request is to have a gate installed at the corner of Bexhill and Cualta Crescent to pre-vent non-residents from driving into the area and using it. And, residents of Six Mile Road may be able to sell their homes to the province once the View Royal roadway becomes a link to the Island Highway.

30 Years AgoRCMP Const. John Hasiuk, 37, dies in a fire at

his waterfront residence on Parry Cross Road in Metchosin. The early morning blaze completely levels the home, which Hasiuk rented with fellow RCMP Const. Barry Milewski. Milewski, sleep-ing in a downstairs room, discovered the fire first and ran next door to call the fire department, but Hasiuk was trapped in his room upstairs and was unable to get out safely. According to Colwood RCMP Sgt. Don Andrews, the cause of the fire may have been an unextinguished cigarette.

Also making headlines the week of Oct. 24, 1984: View Royal Fire Chief Frank Bell, a vocal opponent of View Royal incorporation, is in hot

water after a complaint is made about him alleg-edly using fire department facilities and his duty time “to further a political cause.” The accusation is levelled by View Royal Capital Regional District director Ernie Beland, who supports incorpora-tion. And, referee Dave Horton walks off the field in disgust with 13 minutes to go after fights break out in a Division 2 rugby match between Juan de Fuca Vampires and Cowichan.

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Persons wishing to have a fireworks event may obtain the permit from their municipality at the following locations:

Completion of the Fireworks Safety Course is required for those wishing to obtain a consumer (family) fireworks permit*. This Course is offered in these municipalities as a public safety initiative. Consult your municipality and its complete Bylaw for full information – including permit costs and other requirements – before planning your event.

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Korean War veteran and West Shore resident Fred MacDonald posed for a 2013 Goldstream News Gazette story below photos of himself, furthest right, and his siblings, including his brother Bruce, second from right, who was killed during the conflict. The Gazette is asking readers to submit short stories and photos of loved ones who served, for our upcoming Courage Remembered section.

Veteran’s stories soughtfor Courage Remembered

Do you have a military vet-eran in your life whose story you’d like to see told?

The Goldstream News Gazette would love to connect our read-ers with your family member or friend who served in the armed forces in the recent or distant past, during a war or in a peace-keeping role.

Our annual Remembrance Day section, entitled Courage Remembered, will be published inside the Nov. 7 edition.

Along with special feature sto-

ries that touch on Greater Victo-ria’s military past and the expe-riences of residents who served, a special section is reserved for reader-submitted writeups and photos of veterans from around the Capital Region.

If you’d like to submit a story, please include a brief biogra-phy, where they served, and any interesting stories about their time in uniform. Please limit submissions to 75 words and include a photo (preferably in uniform) with the veteran’s

full name, branch of service and rank if available.

The submission deadline is Fri-day, Oct. 31 at 5 p.m. Send elec-tronic versions to [email protected] or hand deliver hard copies of your material, labelled “Courage Remembered,” to First Floor, 818 Broughton St. in Victo-ria, between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.

For more information, email [email protected] or call editor Don Descoteau at 250-478-9552 ext 240.

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Bigger pipe, better flowInside the pumping station on the corner of Langford Lake Road and Langford Parkway, John Patterson saws piping meant to increase the flow capacity.


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A ‘tail’ of horsepower among the rambling poniesThe New Forest, England - Horse-power rules the roads through this picturesque national park on the south coast.Around 4,000 in horsepower charge freely around the almost 57 hectares of flatland, less than half of which is true forest while the rest is made up mainly of marsh and pasture, dotted with an-cient villages. Of course, I’m not talking about powerful sports cars but the real ponies that graze this land.A regal BMW 328i seemed fitting for a journey through a park, declared an exclusive royal hunting ground back in 1079 by King William.There are many road points of entry but I roared in rather rudely via the M27 motorway, which gallops into the area before stopping abruptly at Cadnam. The park’s beauty was evident for the last five kilometres on both sides of the fast track. I pulled on the reins of the 241 horses under the hood. The four-cylinder twin turbo obediently pulled back ever so smoothly.It was early morning and mist shrouded the marshes that suddenly disappeared from sight a couple of kilometres beyond one of the many sleepy villages I passed through. I powered down the front windows and the whine of their motor was the last sound I heard for the next 20 minutes, save the occasional rumble from a cattle grid beneath. The eight-speed sport auto transmission would not be challenged on this terrain and the shift paddles would remain redundant.Gradually, the fog lifted from the narrow lane to reveal marshland as far as the eye could see. In the distance, I spied some of the famed ponies cantering, splashing as they bounded through streams. But the treat was at the roadside ahead. A group of mag-nificent specimens with shiny coats and tails that

occasionally swatted at imaginary flies. They looked at the metal steed that carried me for a few seconds before returning to their breakfast.Soon I was on an A-class road that allowed the BMW to break into a trot though not for long, as my eyes alight-ed on a sign that shouted ‘Ponies don’t dent, THEY DIE’. A short distance away I rolled to a stop at a junction where a diamond road marking reminded me that ponies have the right of way – always. And that was driven home as a line of ten cars followed slowly behind half a dozen horses strolling into a village centre.A stop at the New Forest Centre in Lyndhurst spurred me on to explore the heath land, coloured by late bloom-ing flowers that would soon yield to an autumnal chill. Wildlife abounds

wherever you look but interestingly Beaulieu village (pronounced Bewley) is the home to the fabulous National Motor Museum. After a visit, I pressed on only to be distracted by a car showroom. Not a modern dealership but one that sold only classic and collector cars! I pulled into a picnic area by a small lake. As I chomped on an ox tongue sandwich I remembered a lunch I had with former Bad Company/Free front man Paul Rodgers, now a White Rock resident. He told me he has a recording studio in the New Forest – perhaps, he would sing me a soulful rendition of the blues song ‘Rambling Pony’. I giggled then gasped as I turned to find myself staring eye to eye with a donkey.It backed off as I opened the door to brush the crumbs and specks of meat from the oyster coloured leather seats. It walked around the Bimmer, kicking the tires you might say, seemingly looking over its sleek lines.

I followed closely like an eager salesman, telling him about the car’s finer standard features, its fuel economy (8.7/5.4 L/100kms city/highway), its ability to hit 100 klicks in 7.5 seconds. Maybe that last fact was a bit insensitive, given the nature of the beast before me.He remained silent throughout. ‘What is a donkey doing among all of these horses,’ I thought aloud. He turned, gave me a withering look before shambling away and replied: “Technically, they are ponies – short horses – and having a short ass like me around makes them feel superior.”Smart ass.Price Range: $35,900- $58,300. You can find out more about the car at bmw.ca and the horses – sorry, ponies at newforestnpa.gov.uk

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By Zack Spencer It’s hard to remember a time when we didn’t have the RAV4 in Canada.

Toyota helped develop the “cute-ute” vehicles from Japan, along with the

Honda CR-V. We had never seen anything like these ve-hicles before but they went

on to forever change the marketplace and the way a family gets around. Today the compact SUV market has become so popular it will soon exceed the com-pact car in terms of overall sales, which has been, for decades, the cornerstone of the Canadian marketplace. The Toyota RAV4 continues to be a sales market leader and for good reason. Many buyers put their money into what I call “The Bank of Toyota” and know they will get a good return in terms of reliability, practicality and resale value.

LooksIn terms of design, Toyota wanted to make this latest RAV4 more of an emotional purchase and not just a rational choice. The design has been sharpened with more flow from the front bumper and headlamps into a swept windshield and added character lines. Gone is the old swing-out tailgate, replaced by a proper lift gate, which is now framed with protrud-ing tail lamps that look unique but also help with aerodynamics. One area that could use an update are the cheap looking hub-caps. These come standard on the $24,005 base front wheel drive (FWD) LE trim level and $26,270 AWD model. To get proper look-ing alloy wheels the buyer needs to spend $28,340 for the XLE FWD or $30,540 for the XLE AWD. In the mid-sized sedan market many cars, like the Honda Accord, costing the same amount as the base RAV4 come with nice looking alloy wheels as standard equipment.

InsideThe interior is a study in how to maximize space for a family but some of the small details could use refinement. The dash face is now covered with soft materials and looks much better thanks to the

French stitching but this same panel also obscures the switches hidden below. The seat-heating buttons, the Eco and Sport settings for the transmission are all switches the driver access frequently but they are not as easy to see, as they should be. Other than the dash there is still a large percentage of the interior covered in hard plastic. The up side is a well laid out interior configuration. The doors open to a wide angle and expose a big back seat with a flat floor, for easy access. The front seats are comfortable and now the driver’s seat has a manual height adjustment. Standard features include tilt and telescopic steering, Bluetooth connectivity, USB connection and air conditioning. The LE $1,500 upgrade package is worth-while because it includes the very important heated front seats, larger 6.1-inch display audio with backup camera and upgraded speakers. This brings the price up to $27,835.

DriveHonda recently unveiled the new 2015 CR-V that utilizes direct injection en-gine technology and a slick, new continuously variable transmission. Not the case with the Toyota RAV4, it uses the same 176hp 2.5L 4-cylinder found in the last model and is matched to a 6-speed automatic. Launching from a traffic light is brisk and the noise inside the cabin is fairly low. The steering is easy to maneuver but some might find the feedback to be too vague. Adjustable engine and transmission settings help the RAV4 to either use less fuel or perform better. The Eco button changes

the settings of the car to improve fuel economy plus there is a small Eco light that reminds the driver when the car is being driven most efficiently. The Sport buttons holds the transmission a little longer between shifts for more responsiveness. Fuel econo-my is rated at 10.5L/100km in the city and 8.2L on the highway, using the new more stringent 2015 fuel economy test. The RAV4 was a solid leader on the fuel economy front but the new Honda CR-V now claims that crown.

VerdictToyota is often criticized for not being bold enough in some of the choices it makes. Honda now has up-to-date technology in the new CR-V but Toyota is sticking with what works. This approach might be viewed as a step behind but other might look at it as tried-and-true technolo-gy that is reliable and still delivers solid fuel ratings. Toyota RAV4 was a pioneer in the small SUV space and continues to be a market leader but now the market is so crowded with entries I suspect it will need to get new engine technology when it is totally refreshed in a few years. My time with the RAV4 LE con-firmed that Toyota knows how to make a thoroughly practical and easy to use vehicle that pleases all passengers.

The LowdownPower: 2.5L 4-cylinder with 176hpEconomy: 10.5L/8.2L/100km (city/highway) Sticker price: $24,005-$33,350

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Burlington, VT.- Three seems to be a number that tends to rub people the wrong way.Expressions like “Three’s a crowd,” or “bad things come in threes,” or someone being described as the “third wheel” don’t leave a favourable impression in people’s minds.On the flip side, there’s “third time’s a charm,” implying that the third time is the best time. Third is also a podium finish!For Mercedes-Benz, three is a magical number.Thanks to the introduction of their all-new GLA – the third installment into their compact vehicle segment – the triangle is complete. And yes, good things do come in threes. Here’s why.Of the three vehicles available in North America that are built on the same platform – the B-Class, CLA and now GLA – the GLA gives owners the ability to go on and off-road. Okay, let me qualify that.Though it does come with Downhill Speed Regulation (DSR)- an off-road specific feature - it’s not meant for brutish off-roading. However, it is competent on cottage country roads or if you need to traverse into areas you couldn’t get into with a B Class

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As students and office workers prac-tised earthquake evac-uation procedures Thursday, politicians ducked, covered and shook their fingers about B.C.’s long-run-ning earthquake safety project for public schools.

NDP leader John Hor-gan and education critic and Victoria-Swan Hills MLA Rob Fleming vis-ited Killarney second-ary in Vancouver, one

of the high-risk schools the government identi-fied for upgrading in a pre-election announce-ment in April 2013. They said more than a year later, only three out of 10 projects are underway.

“Clearly, this was just another photo-op announcement from the premier with no follow-through,” Flem-ing said.

Education Minis-ter Peter Fassbender issued a statement touting the province as a leading jurisdiction in earthquake prepared-ness, with $2.2 billion spent or committed since 2001 to upgrade 213 high-risk schools.

In August 2014, the

ministry said it has been trying for two years to establish a project office with the Vancouver school dis-trict to manage the 69 schools in the city iden-tified as having high earthquake risk.

The list for this school year includes Tillicum elementary in Victoria, Dunsmuir middle in Colwood, Parkland secondary in Saanich, Langley sec-ondary, Delta second-ary, Burnaby North sec-ondary, Yale secondary in Abbotsford, Richard McBride elementary in New Westminster and Minnekhada middle in Coquitlam.

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Duck and CoverJudy Choboter, a volunteer with Langford’s Emergency Social Services teaches the grade 4 students at Ruth King elementary school how to drop, cover, and hold on during an earthquake drill on ShakeOut BC Day, Oct. 16.

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Bill Okell of Saanich leads a fellow driver through a turn known as the Corkscrew during qualifying for the Sports Car Club of America national run-offs at Laguna Seca, Calif. Okell finished 10th in the F production class race Oct. 10 while West Shore-based driver Gavin Aitken wound up 20th in the Formula C class race the next day. Both were making their first trip to the national championships.

Sports car drivers compete at first national run-offsDon DescoteauNews Gazette staff

A pair of Greater Victoria drivers gained their first experience at the Sports Car Club of America national run-offs recently at Laguna Seca, Calif.

Bill Okell of Saanich, driving an MG Midget, qualified 15th in the ‘F’ Production class and moved up to 10th place by the end of the 20-lap, 35-minute event, held on the hilly, winding road course Oct. 17.

West Shore resident Gavin Aitken, running in the Formula C class driv-ing a 1998 Van Diemen, qualified near the back of the 23-car field. He got as far up as 18th at one point, but fin-ished in 20th spot.

Okell qualified for the champion-ships through his placements in four national series races on the West Coast, while Aitken qualified through his performances in regional races.

This year marked the first time the championships had been held on the West Coast since 1968, and Okell was glad he committed to reaching the event before the season began.

“This was always the plan … to see where I fared on the national championship level,” he said. “But at the same time, the nationals come back to the West Coast every third year now, they come back in 2017, when I’m 62.”

Rather than spending a lot of money to contest the national series again, he plans to do a couple of closer races over the next two years to keep his SCCA licence, then go all out in a bid to reach the champion-ships again in year 3.

“I think what I’m going to do is use my normal race time, track time budget then go back to Laguna Seca and do my best to place four or fifth or sixth.”

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Victoria Footprints will host its first cross-country of the school year on Wednesday (Oct. 29).

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BCHL squad on both ends of a string of one-goal games

Close games seem to be the fla-vour of the month for the Victoria Grizzlies.

Heading into Wednesday night’s home game against the Nanaimo Clippers (played after the Gazette deadline), the club had played in seven straight one-goal games in October – and eight overall.

In those seven games this month, the Grizzlies have three wins, two overtime losses and two regulation defeats.

The Grizzlies picked up three of a possible six points on their first extended road trip of the season last weekend, beating Salmon Arm 3-2, losing 2-1 to Penticton and dropping a 4-3 overtime decision to the Cen-tennials in Merritt on Sunday.

The results left the Grizzlies (5-4-0-2) in a tie for second in the Island Division with the Alberni Valley Bull-dogs (6-5-0-0), six points back of

Nanaimo (9-3-0-0). Last Sunday, Merritt’s Diego Cug-

lietta scored in the last second of the first overtime period to give the Centennials victory. Having ended two periods deadlocked at 1-1, the teams traded a pair of goals each in the third.

All of the Grizzlies’ goals came on the power play. Garrett Forster and Kevin Massy tallied in the third while Meirs Moore scored in the first.

In Penticton, Grizzlies goalie Sean Cleary earned a game star for stop-ping 33 of 35 shots, but only Jay Mackie, with a first-period power play marker, could beat Vees goalie Hunter Miska on the night.

The Grizzlies’ Brett Gruber tallied the winner on the power play mid-way through the third period against the Silverbacks. Matthew Kennedy and Shawn McBride also scored in the win.

Victoria has a home doubleheader this weekend, hosting Surrey Eagles tomorrow night (Oct. 25) at 7 p.m. and the West Kelowna Warriors on Sunday at 2 p.m. at The Q Centre.

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Wolves avenge huge loss

Brett Lervold had a goal and two helpers and seven different players scored as the Westshore Wolves downed Comox Valley 7-1 in Van-couver Island Junior Hockey League play at The Q Centre on Tuesday.

The Wolves, who were scheduled to play a rematch with the Victo-ria Cougars yesterday (Oct. 23, after the Gazette deadline), never trailed

against the Glacier Kings, holding period leads of 2-0 and 3-0.

The score was a complete turn-around of the previous Saturday’s contest in Courtenay. In that game, the Kings handed Westshore its worst loss of the season, 9-1.

It was 1-1 after one, but Comox Valley erupted for seven goals in the second period.


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Jared Callbeck captured the Camosun Chargers’ first ever individual championship at the 2014 PING CCAA Golf National Championships in Quebec City on Oct. 18. The Chargers team finished second.

Callbeck (Claremont secondary) finished Day 2 of the three-day tournament one shot ahead of second-place Hugo Bernard of Cégep André-Laurendeau. He clinched the win when officials deemed the course unplayable due to rain on Day 3. “I’ll take it but it was kind of disappointing because our team was only three shots out of first and we felt we could have won,” Callbeck said.

This is his last semester as he is graduating from the business administration program with an accounting major. Callbeck plans to remain amateur and

will look to defend his titles at the Cedar Hill and Gorge Vale opens next year.

“It’s nice to get the individual win in my last college tournament but we

were also disappointed it ended early.”

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“Fall” in Love with Party Crashers in 2014, here’s some reasons why.

Locally owned Party Crashers “The Events Experts” is growing. With our fl agship store launched in Langford, Store #2 and #3 are in the works to accommodate the other side of Victoria as well as the Cowichan Valley. Westshore is where it all began and our customers over the past 4 years have been loyal and very supportive and worked with us to make an excellent formula for what people want……..Unique and Trending items at below dollar store prices and of course every type of balloon under the sun! As the fall season is upon us, Halloween is front and center at Party Crashers. Our current promo is to bring awareness to the shop local initiative and is getting a great response. We are beating the prices of any “Temp” or “Pop-up” Halloween store this year on like items and asking Victorians to support Canadian owned permanent shops rather then drop money in American owned or “drop in for the season, take the money and run” shops that always venture to Greater Victoria this time of year. Once the leaves have fallen and your breath can be seen on cold winter mornings comes into play, that’s when the party season really warms up for Party Crashers.

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Despite starting as an adult, Hamish Black has shown a natural ability on the speed skating short track.

The 26-year-old took the sport up two years ago, when he showed up to the Esquimalt Speedskating Club’s first session of the season.

“I remember that day, it was a gong show, as the first skate of the season can be,” said club president Ian Phillips of Langford. “That was before I knew (Black). I got on the ice and I saw him out there skating, falling down and I thought, ‘We’ll have to watch this guy.’”

Watch him they have.

Black not only impressed the club coaches with his knack for an efficient stride and progress as a fluid skater (he won the club’s skater of the year award for 2012-13), but also his all-around attitude. He’s been great with the kids and is always eager to put up and take down the wall padding for each session, Phillips said.

This week, Black has taken a leap of faith as he left his Gordon Head home to train and live full-time in Calgary, one of Canada’s havens

for the sport. To do it, Black leaves behind his job as the manager of TeenWork, a youth employment program at UVic’s CanAssist. It’s a necessary sacrifice to chase a dream of competing nationally and internationally, he said.

“If you asked me two years ago when I showed up here, no way would I believe I’d be moving to Calgary for skating,” Black said.

In Calgary, Black will work to build world-class power into his stride, something he believes he can do, as he was a competitive nordic skier before he left Ontario for the University of Victoria in 2007.

When he initially arrived in Greater Victoria, he did try other sports, including UVic’s novice rowing program, but none were the right fit. In 2012, he “Googled” speed skating and found the only two clubs in the region, Esquimalt and the Peninsula Speed Skating Club at Panorama. Black joined both short track clubs (there are no long track clubs here) so he could get on the ice five times each week.

“The more I do this, the more I like it,”

Black said.It paid off, as he

was invited to spend three weeks at a speed skating development camp in Calgary this summer. He did it again in September, which led to the full time invite. It will be on his own dime, but the support community is said to be very helpful, providing part time jobs that work around the training schedule.

“Even with a

lack of competition experience, the camp coaches said I’ve shown enough that they are interested in having me there to train all year. That’s enough for me,” Black said.

It’s been a speedy ride since his first racing competition, when Black fell in most of his heats but did win a long race that turned some heads, Phillips said.

“(Black) prepared very hard for Calgary. He’s very keen and passionate about the sport, you can see that,” Phillips added.

Black’s season includes four Canada Cup events, which will eventually determine his progress.

“We know it’s unlikely he’ll make the national team,” Phillips said. “Hopefully he makes me eat my words, because you can never rule it out.”

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Hamish Black has moved to Calgary to continue chasing his speed skating dreams.

Hamish Black pursuing international goals

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Asked what The Cherish Way means to her, Micky Fleming doesn’t hesitate.

The president and CEO of Cher-ish Community Living Ltd., whose seniors-focused property manage-ment and trading company is in the process of trademarking the slogan, says it “really is about personal free-dom.”

Giving the mature adults in its buildings the freedom to make per-sonal decisions, about everything from deciding whether to buy or rent living space, to determining when more care might be needed and how it will be delivered, sets Cherish apart.

Cherish cut its teeth on seniors housing by building – and operating since 2006 – the 126-unit Alexander Mackie Lodge on Station Avenue for the Royal Canadian Legion.

It is well into the pre-construction phase for its newest project, Cher-ish at Central Park. It’s an ambitious combination of owned condomini-ums and independent living rental apartments aimed at the 55 and up crowd, to be built on property Cher-ish is buying from the Redeemer Lutheran Church of Victoria at the corner of Jacklin and Jenkins roads in Langford.

While the new project is not being built by the church, it is nonetheless a partnership with the congregation. In fact, their new place of worship and related rooms and facilities will take up a large part of the ground floor of the building, a consideration

that will see the church retain own-ership of what is known as an “air-space parcel.”

Fleming, an accountant by trade and a Langford girl who is steeped in the history of seniors living in this country, spoke with 400 seniors before taking on the Mackie project to find out what was important to them and how they felt the indus-try should be run. That knowledge produced a philosophy that Fleming and business partner Dana Adams, her sister, have incorporated into Cherish’s business plan.

The split of owned to rented suites at the new residence will see 39 market-based condos starting at about $225,000 for a one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit of about 600 square feet, and 130 rental units that Fleming says go for slightly less than the industry average for indepen-dent living with available in-house amenities.

The beauty of having both types of suite available in one building is

people can move from owned space to a rental unit where everything is taken care of, whenever they feel ready, she says. Cherish at Cen-tral Park won’t operate under the auspices of Island Health, but will facilitate home support for residents who need more care. For exam-ple, Cherish provides space at the Mackie Lodge for Beacon Commu-nity Services staff for home health care visits.

Some prospective clients have appreciated the options at the facil-ity. One man, upon doing the math for the cost of a rental suite and services compared to his pension, found he’d be in the hole at the end of the month. Fleming showed him how he could purchase a condo in the building for $100,000 down and have money leftover come month’s end, even after paying the modest strata fees.

“It’s an opportunity to be preserv-ing your estate for your family and living in an environment that meets

your needs,” she says.“We like to say we create human

habitat. Our job is to help them help themselves and to keep that inde-pendence as long as possible. It’s that whole human approach and treating people with respect. It’s giv-ing them a voice.”

The commitment to creating com-munity has also led to some tough decisions, such as when Fleming felt compelled to turn down an offer to buy a block of condos as an invest-ment.

In the end, the goal, Fleming says, is to help residents avoid the “three plagues of aging”: loneliness, help-lessness and boredom. By having in-house amenities such as a cof-fee house/bistro, fitness facility, hair salon, esthetics area, open court-yard and scooter parking, and being centrally located in a shopping and recreation amenity area, residents will have plenty of opportunities to thrive and be social if they wish, Fleming says.

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Those that live in their homes for many years may not know the current value so be careful not to overvalue or undervalue your home. Review comparative market analysis and the MLS list-ings to keep an eye on what homes are selling for in your area and compare.

If you have a financial adviser, seek help from them about the financial implica-tions of selling your home and what it may mean to the rest of your finances, taxes or investments.

Less is more, take time to remove excess furniture, family photos or anything that could help declutter the home and make it appear more spacious. This helps potential buys see their lives on the mantle and not yours. Take the time to look at what you want to keep, what you may want to sell, and what you may want to donate as you downsize.

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Catering to seniors at various stagesCompany tries to maintain residents’ independence as long as possible

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The planned Cherish at Central Park development will bring ownership and rental living spaces for seniors to the central location at the corner of Jacklin and Jenkins roads in Langford.


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What’s the fastest-growing sector in Canada’s economy? Given what you hear from politicians and the media, you’d be forgiven for think-ing it’s the resource indus-try, especially extraction and export of fossil fuels like oil sands bitumen and liquefied natural gas. But we’re no lon-ger just “hewers of wood and drawers of water” — or drill-ers of oil, frackers of gas and miners of coal.

Although extraction, use and export of natural resources are economically

important and will remain so for some time, we’re start-ing to diversify. According to Ottawa-based consultants Analytica Advisors, clean technology, or clean-tech, is the country’s fastest-growing industry.

The firm’s “2014 Canadian Clean Technology Report”, found direct employment by clean-tech companies rose six per cent from 2011 to 2012, from 38,800 people to 41,000, with revenues increasing nine per cent to $11.3-billion. According to

Industry Canada, mining and oil and gas sector revenues grew just 0.3 per cent in the same period, manufacturing 1.9 per cent and the con-struction industry 3.9 per cent.

At the current growth rate, Analytica estimates Canada’s clean-tech indus-try will be worth $28 billion by 2022. But with the global market expected to triple to $2.5 trillion over the next six years, Canada hasn’t come close to reaching its poten-tial. It’s our choice to seize

the opportunity. With just two per

cent of the global mar-ket (matching our share of population), we could have a $50 bil-lion clean-tech indus-try by 2020 — double the size of today’s aero-space industry.

Clean-tech also outshines other sec-tors on research and development invest-ment, with $1 billion invested in 2012 and $5 billion from 2008 to 2012. That’s more than the combined R&D investments of natu-ral resource industries (oil and gas extraction, mining, agriculture, for-estry and fishing), and only $200 million less than the aerospace sector.

“If you look at the sum of the investments and revenues of all

these companies, we have a significant industry today,” Analytica president Céline Bak told the Hill Times. “Given the growth in invest-ments today, it will continue to be significant and can grow into an industry com-parable in size to other sig-nificant industries, like aero-space for example.”

The clean-tech sector is broad. “These companies are working on problems that we all care about, like how to use the constant tem-perature from the ground under our offices buildings for heating and cooling and how to replace expensive and polluting diesel power in our remote communities with clean affordable energy or transforming greenhouse gases into stronger concrete to build greener buildings,” Bak said in a Vancouver Sun article. Clean-tech com-prises about 700 companies in 10 sectors across Canada, including renewable energy, water treatment, green build-ing and development of envi-ronmentally friendly con-sumer products.

Many experts argue that putting a price on carbon, through carbon taxes or cap-and-trade, is a good way to stimulate clean-tech, by targeting greenhouse gas emitters and encouraging technologies and measures aimed at energy conserva-tion and renewables.

But we could lose out if we take the industry for granted

— especially because 74 per cent of clean-tech companies here sell products and ser-vices outside Canada, with export revenues of about $5.8 billion in 2012 and 42 per cent going to markets other than the U.S. “High-per-forming companies are often bought by international play-ers that take the intellectual property, manufacturing and jobs to other countries,” Bak cautioned, adding, “The world already looks to Can-ada for our clean technology solutions. Isn’t it time that we did too?”

And, while the federal gov-ernment has strategies to track and promote the fos-sil fuel and aerospace indus-tries, it has yet to do this for clean-tech.

Diversity in nature is important — ensuring eco-systems remain resilient in the face of threats. So, too, for the economy. It’s folly to rely too heavily on extracting and selling finite resources, especially those that cause pollution and contribute to climate change and other threats to the environment and human health and sur-vival. Canada’s economic growth potential through clean energy is huge, but it needs to be given the same priority government gives other industries.

Clean-tech may not be the answer to all our problems, but it’s a sector that offers a lot of promise for our econ-omy and environment.

Program improves ‘quality of life’ for dementia patients, families

A free educational pro-gram will help Victoria fam-ilies and caregivers who are living with the impact of a diagnosis of dementia.

Shaping the Journey: Liv-ing with Dementia will be presented by the non-profit Alzheimer Society of B.C. starting in November.

“Participants will learn strategies to live with changes and maximize quality of life,” says Emily Pridham, the Society’s First Link program co-ordi-nator for Greater Victoria. “They’ll also review infor-mation needed to plan for the future.”

Participants will also meet others going through similar experiences.

“Education allows you to gain an understand-ing of what you and your family members are faced with, giving you the skills and confidence to maintain quality of life, both now and in the future,” says Pridham. “It helps families build the knowledge, skills and confidence to live well with dementia.”

Shaping the Journey is designed specifically for people experienc-ing the early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias. It is also intended for care partners, family members, or friends.

In five consecutive two-hour Wednesday morn-ing sessions from Nov. 12

through Dec. 10, the pro-gram will cover: The Brain and Dementia; Hearing the Diagnosis; Maintaining your General Health; Life After Diagnosis; Planning Ahead; Maintaining your Spirit.

Sessions run from 10 a.m. to noon at Hillside Seniors Health Centre, 1454 Hillside Ave. Pre-reg-istration is required. For information, please contact Emily Pridham at 250-382-2033 or [email protected].

For more information on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, visit the Alzheimer Society of B.C. website at alzheimerbc.org.

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‘Clean-Tech’ fastest growing sector in Canada

David SuzukiScience Matters

B.C. Transit and the Canadian Office and Pro-fessional Employees, Local 378, have ratified a new col-lective agreement.

The five-year deal covers

approximately 130 profes-sional and office employees working at B.C. Transit.

The agreement provides for a modest 5.5 per cent wage increase with poten-

tial for additional increases if the B.C. economy exceeds the annual forecasts set by the Economic Forecast Council during the last four years of the agreement.

B.C. Transit inks new five-year deal with union

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Bunc

h

BroccoliBunchesGrown in California

ComplimentsBeans Kidney, Black, Chick Peaor Six Bean BlendAssorted540ml

$1$On Sale

Each

$1$On Sale

Per

Chop

VolunteersVolunteersVolunteersNeeded!Needed!Needed!

Enthusiastic people are needed at our Admirals and Central Saanich locationsto take orders for customers in need.

Interested? Call 250 544 1234 . 1 800 667 8280 or email [email protected]

Documents

Goldstream News Gazette, October 24, 2014