Oak Bay News, December 30, 2015

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Engineer adieuLongtime Oak Bay staffer

Dave Marshall retiresPage A3

OAK BAYNEWS

Entertaining idea

Locally raised entertainers Qristina and Quinn Bachand perform at the Upstairs Lounge Jan. 2 as part of the live music series at Oak Bay Recreation Centre.See story page A5

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Oak Bay again starts the New Year with recreation in lieu of a brandy-sip-ping levée.

Starting 2016 in good health, residents can join municipal leaders for the New Year’s Day community walk and meet and greet with mayor and council at Oak Bay Rec from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Join council leaving the lobby on a four-kilometre walk at 12:30 p.m. then retire to the Sports View Lounge from

1:30 to 2:30 p.m. for coffee and tea. Other free activities that day include

Jazzercise from noon to 1 p.m.; tennis from 1 to 3:30 p.m.; an everyone wel-come skate from 12 to 1:30 p.m.; an adult swim from 12 to 2 p.m. and an everyone welcome swim from 2 to 5 p.m. Finish up with a family movie in the Sports View Lounge at 3:15 p.m.

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Oak Bay’s active levee tradition continues Annual fundraiser

supports the Kiwanis Pavilion for residents with dementia and Alzheimer’s

Jennifer BlythOak Bay News

Oak Bay Kiwanis welcomes the new year with a series of Sunday breakfasts at the Wil-lows Beach Tea Room.

Proceeds from the fourth annual breakfast series support the Kiwanis Pavilion, a 122-

bed residential care facility serving seniors with complex care needs in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, says Darlene Newburg, one of 47 Oak Bay Kiwanis and chair of the Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion Foundation.

The Sunday breakfasts will run Jan. 3 to March 27, from 9 a.m. to noon. For $10, diners can choose from three options: Eggs, ham or bacon, hashbrowns and toast; pancakes with ham or bacon and a fruit cup; and French toast with ham or bacon and a fruit cup. All options come with coffee or tea and orange juice.

Kiwanis ready for breaky at Willows

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Feb. 1 to 7 – UVic Alumni Week, alumni.uvic.ca Feb. 5 to 8 – Family Day weekend activities with Oak Bay Recreation, oakbay.caFeb. 5, 12 & 26 – Winter Concert Series, Upstairs Lounge, OB Rec, beaconridgeproductions.comFeb. 12 to 14 – Valentine’s weekend activites, Oak Bay and Henderson rec centresFeb. 17 – Oak Bay Heritage hosts archivist Jean Sparks, on Destination Oak Bay, 7pm, Windsor Park Pavilion, oakbay.ca/our-community/heritageFeb. 24 – Heart Smart Women, at the Monterey Centre, 10am, 250-370-7300Feb. 27 – Rummage Sale, 9am to 1pm, Monterey Rec CentreFeb. 27 – Pacific Mobile Recycling, Carnarvon Park, 9 to 11:30am, pmdrecycling.comFeb. 27 – Monterey Centre Rummage Sale, 9am to 1pm

UVic Astronomy Open House, 9 to 10pm Wednesdays May to August, astrowww.phys.uvic.caJuly – Uplands Heart fundraising tournaments for women, juniors and men, uplandsgolfclub.orgCatch the local cricket teams in action at Windsor ParkJuly 13 – Oak Bay Village Night Market, visitoakbayvillage.caJuly – TD Art Gallery Paint-In, aggv.caJuly 23 – Pacific Mobile Recycling, Carnarvon Park, 9 to 11:30am, pmdrecycling.comJuly – Jaguar Car Club of Victoria Jaguars on the Island Concours d’Elegance at Windsor Park, jcna.comCelebrate summer with a swim or paddle at Willows Beach

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Local hockey and soccer return to Oak Bay’s rinks and turfSept. 2 – Oak Bay Rotary’s Labour Day flag installation, [email protected]. 5 – Labour Day – Enjoy the last long-weekend of summer!Sept. 6 – Back to school for Oak Bay studentsEarly September – Welcome activities at UVic and Camosun CollegeSeptember – Art Gallery of Greater Victoria House Tour, aggv.caSept. 14 – Oak Bay Heritage talk, topic TBA, Windsor Park Pavilion, oakbay.ca/our-community/heritageSept. 14 – Oak Bay Village Night Market, visitoakbayvillage.caSept. 24 – Pacific Mobile Recycling, Carnarvon Park, 9 to 11:30am, pmdrecycling.com

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“It’s very popular. Sometimes there’s quite a line-up because it’s a very good deal,” Newburg says. “It’s a nice place to have breakfast and a nice view. We’ve had a really good response to the breakfasts.”

One of the foundation’s roles is to raise funds for programs at the pavil-ion, located near the Victoria/Saanich border on Cedar Hill Road. Proceeds from the breakfasts will help replace well-worn beds and mattresses, and provide other benefits for the resi-dents that aren’t covered through the health care system. Past initiatives have included purchasing individual iPods for residents that are loaded with music they like and having a Victoria Conservatory musician come in to the lodge.

“It gives them something to do, something to look forward to,” New-burg says.

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Oak Bay teen collects 500+ presents for children

One girl garnered more than 500 gifts over two days for the Salvation Army Stan Hagen Centre for Families so everyone could experience the magic of the holidays.

Oak Bay’s Leah Smith, 14, gathered the toys outside of Pharmasave Dec. 12 and 13 to collect toys for the cen-tre’s toy shop.

Parents who can’t afford presents sign up and are able choose three to five gifts for each child.

More than 800 parents registered this year.

Pedestrian struck by car; no charges laid

Oak Bay Police recommended no charges after a pedestrian was hit in the early hours of Dec. 16.

Police were called to the intersec-tion of McNeill Avenue and Hamp-shire Road At 12:45 a.m.

A vehicle was turning when a pedestrian stepped off the sidewalk and walked into the path of the motor vehicle, police said.

The pedestrian was transported to hospital and underwent surgery for a bone fracture in her leg. No charges are being laid in relation to this inci-dent.

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COMMUNITY NEWSIN BRIEF

Dave Marshall retires from Oak Bay to finish 2015Christine van ReeuwykOak Bay News

Thirty-plus years of fam-ily videos await Dave Mar-shall as he embarks on 2016 as a retiree.

The “profound” evolu-tion of technology is the highlight of Oak Bay Direc-tor of Engineering’s 33-year (and seven months) career under five mayor and councils.

“I’ve always enjoyed technology. I’ve enjoyed moving along with tech-nology,” he says. “When I started it was all old-school pen and paper. When computers came here I embraced that, stayed here until 1 or 2 in the morning figuring them out.”

The district’s first computer, he said, cost $64,000 for the machine and another $64,000 for the software. A 5 mb hard drive, smaller than the thumb drive Marshall now carries around, cost $5,000.

Something like survey-ing that used to be a time-consuming, multi-person job has changed significantly over the decades.

“It was quite an onerous job just to get accurate measurements,” he said.

Now it’s a one-man job with electronic surveyor that also plugs the information directly into a computer – no draftsman needed.

“I was also involved in Oak Bay’s embark-ing on a Geographical Information System back in 1983. GIS was a new concept at the time that we discovered while researching electronic laser survey equipment with the WILD Survey equipment firm out of Swit-zerland. As I depart, the GIS is positioned to make a significant upgrade as it moves under the larger corporate IT umbrella.”

Other innovations include the rejuvena-tion of underground infrastructure in the municipality – a different technology of sorts. They started on a no-dig path, the less disruptive and costly way to work often used these days.

In 1983-84 era they had a California con-tractor come in for a concrete-lining pro-gram for the municipal pipes. That contract

included hiring Oak Bay staff to do the work.“They developed certain skills and we

refined them. By 1988 we were able the launch our own cement-lining program. It’s a huge cost savings,” Marshall said. “We were pioneers. … We were the only municipality in Canada to use our own forces. It became a public works tool that served us very well over the decades.”

Also early in the 1980s, staff stemmed the floods that plagued the community after roots built up in the pipes.

“We would get several hundred flooding complaints,” Marshall said. They started a decade-long program sending cameras into the pipes and recording the problem, fol-lowed by root cutting through the areas cap-tured on the recordings.

“Now during a heavy rainfall we may get 10 reports of flooding,” Marshall said. “In the current program we’re televising all our sew-ers over five years, in a 10-year maintenance program.”

The regulatory changes too are astound-ing. Where they would once think nothing of donning hip waders and clubbing into the trunk sewer to grab some measurements,

now a similar task requires tie lines, scuba tanks and more.

Where some of those sewers led would shock residents today, with “outfalls sprinkled along Oak Bay,” he says. Those are long gone and work is ongoing for sewage treatment in the region.

That kind of inter-municipal and CRD interaction has also grown over the years, for example, recent bike lane conversations with Saanich (for the Foul Bay/Lansdowne work) and an expected Cad-boro Bay Road project in conversation with the City of Victoria.

Despite retirement, he plans to keep an eye on the Uplands sewer sepa-ration project, a main-stay during his entire career.

“I am pleased to wind-up my career know-ing that the combined sewer infrastructure in the Uplands will finally be separated,” he said. “This challenging proj-ect has been part of my life for 30 years and I will continue to assist the Uplands Technical Team to see the conclusion of this important infrastruc-

ture project.”Year’s end seems an ideal time to cut the

ties to work, what with his four kids home for the holidays.

“My children are at the point where they can squeeze me in on their calendars and I’d like to take advantage of that,” Marshall said. The retirement plan includes tentative travel plans – to the U.S. to visit family and on holiday – as well as the usual array of projects put off until there’s “more time.”

One of those means three decades of kids’ activities that need to be organized.

“We’ve got 30 years worth of video tapes. I’ve converted much to DVD but I’d like to get that organized.

With less time chained to a desk, he antici-pates more walking and jogging and living in Oak Bay, where “there’s no shortage of good places to run and walk.”

He’s open to the concept of future con-tract work and expects to volunteer in the community. “Being that I live locally, I want to make sure I give back to Oak Bay as a whole.”

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Engineer leaves concrete improvements

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Kiwanis breaky

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Dave Marshall, director of engineering in Oak Bay, plans to make family a priority in the new year as he embarks on retirement.

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Quinn and Qristina Bachand start 2016 in front of an intimate hometown audience.

“We are looking forward to performing for our local fans. We have had so much support over the years and it’s always great seeing familiar faces in the audience,” Qristina said. “We have the greatest audiences, they have been very supportive over the years and we are very grateful for that. We just look forward to seeing them and feeling their energy.”

Last summer’s US government computer hack created major delays in processing times for artists’ work visas, putting the kibosh on the duo’s booked 10-day tour with concerts in New York, Pennsylva-nia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont. The costly cancellation means a win for local fans.

They were last in town in June for a CD release tour that included a full-band Victoria concert in a 700-seat venue. “The Upstairs Lounge at Oak Bay Rec is much smaller and therefore the show will be more intimate,” Qristina said. “We’ll be perform-ing as a duo, which is how we started and how we usually perform, although we expect to have a few friends join us.”

Quinn returns to Greater Victoria from juggling studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston and touring for the past year and a half. Qristina has been living in Europe the past three years, first in Amsterdam, before moving to Ireland in September to work on a masters in Irish traditional music at the University of Limerick.

“It would feel weird not to spend Christmas here at home,” Qristina said.

The siblings look forward to performing a mix of material from their three albums, leaning heav-ily on the most recent, Little Hinges – Jan. 2 at Upstairs Lounge at Oak Bay Rec Centre. “Our first two albums were primarily instrumental music, but our new album features a lot more vocal songs, so we look forward to that,” Qristina said.

The evening starts with a short set by local trio My Boulder House – three string players who are also part of fiddle ensemble Coastline. Then the duo takes the stage for a couple sets featuring all their favourite pieces, such as Crooked Jack, Three Little Babes and What You Do With What You’ve Got.

“We’ll also perform our favourite instrumental medleys, lots of Irish jigs and reels, that sort of thing,” Qristina said. “While the songs we sing tend to be a bit ‘dark’, we’ll balance those out with some stomp and clap Celtic fiddle.”

Qristina and Quinn Bachand and guests perform Jan. 2 at 7:30 p.m., Upstairs Lounge at Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee St. Advance tickets $15 ($20 at the door) available at Lyle’s Place, Ivy’s Bookshop and Oak Bay Rec Centre reception and online at beaconridgeproductions.com.

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Qristina and Quinn Bachand, with special guests, perform Saturday, Jan. 2 at the Upstairs Lounge at Oak Bay Rec Centre.

Bachand breaks familiar ground

Plan for the post-holi-days with tree-chipping services from several Oak Bay origanizations.

Castaway Wanderers Rugby partners with Bartlett Tree Services for Christmas tree chip-ping Jan. 1 from noon to 4 p.m. and Jan. 2, 3, 9, 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Currie Road, next to the Windsor Park rose garden. Chip-ping is by donation to support youth in mini and junior rugby.

Oak Bay Fire Depart-ment, also working with Bartlett, will chip trees in the parking lot at the fire hall, 1703 Monterey Ave., Jan. 2 and 3 from 9

a.m. to 4 p.m. Tree recycling is by-

donation to the Oak Bay Fire Fighters Chari-table Foundation that funds local schools and burn survivor pro-grams.

The University of Vic-toria Vikes cross-coun-try team will accept trees for chipping at UVic’s Centennial Sta-dium Jan. 2 and 3.

Finally, the BC Lions Society’s 26th annual Chip In for the Kids runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 2 and 3 at the Fort and Foul Bay Save-on-Foods, with volunteers from Davey Tree Experts.

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Weigh in on local issues but mind the ‘facts’

We’re fortunate in Oak Bay to live in an engaged community. People care about their neighbourhood and it shows in how they keep their homes and gardens, their time volunteering with local organiza-tions and their involvement in Oak Bay issues.

At the same time, we must remember that a com-munity is composed of many people, of different ideas and perspectives. In many cases, just because a person’s perspective differs from our own, doesn’t in and of itself make it wrong.

We have received several letters and emails, for example, taking issue with council process and direction. Some are fair comment, certainly, and the airing of individual views and ideas is what we want in a democratic society – a community – but some seem to blur fact with perspective.

Some have suggested council is not accessible to the public. Another letter questioned Oak Bay’s adoption of the provisional budget that as it stands calls for a 4.86 per cent property tax increase. (The budget was approved by council, not the mayor as was asserted). If adopted as is, this would indeed follow 2015’s tax increase of 5.1 per cent, which is a significant hit for residents. It was further suggested that these increases stem from council adding man-agement positions when in fact they should follow Nanaimo’s lead and make cuts.

But here’s the thing. Oak Bay (population just over 18,000) and Nanaimo (population 100,000) are very different communities. To compare the two is like the proverbial apple and orange. Given its size, Nanaimo also has layers of bureaucracy at the municipal level that Oak Bay simply doesn’t.

It would seem a greater wonder – especially given many residents’ concerns over issues of develop-ment and “monster houses” that Oak Bay previ-ously had no planner.

Should mayor and council strive to mind people’s money carefully, finding efficiencies wherever pos-sible? Absolutely, and we urge residents to involve themselves in the process.

The 2016 provisional budget will be discussed and evaluated in the spring. And as council wades through the budget process, the community will be encouraged to weigh in – just as it can with every other item that comes before council during com-mittee of the whole. Agendas are posted online before the meetings, yet the public by and large does not turn out. Residents are also welcome to share their thoughts with mayor and council via email or letter.

As elected officials, ignoring constituents can come back to haunt them at the polls.

So share your thoughts, weigh in, be engaged, just try not to mistake a point of view as ‘fact.’

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The death of former B.C. premier Bill Bennett on Dec. 4 prompted the tradi-tional round of polite tributes.

He was the man from Kelowna who remade Vancouver, with SkyTrain, BC Place stadium and Expo 86 to put the city on the world map. He won three majority governments before handing over the steering wheel of a smoothly running Social Credit Party to Bill Vander Zalm.

Outside B.C., the wire ser-vice obituaries ran to a few paragraphs, defining Bennett first as the “architect of finan-cial restraint in the province.”

It seems an ordinary notion today, but when Ben-nett unleashed his “restraint program” on the B.C. govern-ment in 1983, it was presented as a right-wing coup on a socialist utopia.

I was in journalism school in Vancou-ver when unions organized a general strike and mass street demonstrations under the banner of Operation Solidarity, appropriated from the struggle against Poland’s communist dictators. Their goal was to bring the recently re-elected government to its knees.

The newly tabloid Vancouver Prov-ince, itself largely controlled by some of B.C.’s most militant unions, was a screeching banshee of the big-labour left.

“Socred hitmen swoop on rights work-

ers,” its front page declared after 400 layoff notices were issued to provincial staff. This propaganda was the public’s guide and my professional role model.

A bit of background: the B.C. economy was in the grip of an international reces-

sion, hitting resource industries and government revenues hard.

Bennett had ousted the Dave Barrett NDP government in 1975, but the legacy lived on. During its three-year reign, for example, education spending increased 13 per cent in the first year and 23 per cent in each of the next two.

The blitz of restraint legisla-tion reasserted government’s authority to control the size and wages of provincial staff, reinstated the province’s abil-

ity to pay, eliminated various boards, and increased the provincial sales tax to seven per cent to pay the bills.

Another Bill Bennett legacy was dis-mantling the monopoly chokehold of big international unions on public heavy construction.

Growing up in northeastern B.C., I had seen the impressive pay for jobs on highway construction, about twice what I earned labouring for a non-union con-tractor doing city work.

A few friends discovered the inside track to securing labouring jobs on a pro-vincially-funded highway project. After

joining the union, those in the know could visit a business agent and hand over $500 cash. Within days, the lucky winner would be “name requested” to join the crew, vaulting over those who thought paying dues and working their way up the seniority list would be enough.

This struggle over public construction continues today, with BC Hydro’s deci-sion to make the Site C dam an open shop. The main contract was awarded to a consortium working with the Christian Labour Association of Canada, an alter-native union known by more colourful names among old-line building trades.

After graduating from journalism school, I landed my first full-time job as a reporter for the Kelowna Capital News, shortly before Bennett announced his retirement from the premier’s office to finish his term as a backbench MLA.

Bennett and I would sometimes arrive for work together, parking our rusty 1976 Chevrolets on Bernard Avenue, where he kept an office above the family furniture store.

I found out later that Bennett’s modest old sedan was the government-issue car he had used during his entire 10 years as premier.

The party bought it for him as a humourous retirement gift, and he con-tinued to drive it to work. No frills. That was Bill Bennett.

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A pep band, halftime show with dancers and big win in the final made for a perfect weekend in the newly named Oak Bay High school gym.

The Oak Bay High senior boys basket-ball team defeated Churchill, from Cal-gary, 93-92 in the final of the annual Gary Taylor Classic just before Christmas.

“It was a fun game for the kids to play in. The kids enjoyed them-selves,” said coach Chris Franklin.

“We went through Belmont and Cowichan – one of our chief rivals on the season. We had quite a few close games in the tourna-ment all-around. It looked like everyone benefitted from this early season competi-tion.”

Friday night the school and fans offi-cially dubbed the large gym at the new school the Gary Taylor Court in front of a full house and with all the pomp

Oak Bay edges Calgary on court

and ceremony a nam-ing requires.

“It all went well, very smoothly. We had a few alumni out from the 64-65 teams,” Franklin said. “It was a

neat environment.”Taylor, credited with

building the basketball tradition at Oak Bay, gave a speech and his signature adorns the sideline on the floor.

Oak Bay finished third in the junior side of the tournament, where Yale defeated Vancouver in the final.

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Left: Longtime Oak Bay basketball coach Gary Taylor with Mayor Nils Jensen at the Oak Bay High gym dedication ceremony. Top: The tourney-winning Oak Bay High senior boys basketball team with Taylor after their win.

Orissa Henderson photos

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Tuesday, Dec. 29Volkssport – Tuesday evening walk. Meet at Running Room, Broadmead Shopping Centre, 777 Royal Oak Dr. Registration at 5:45 p.m., walk at 6 p.m. Information: Gail, 250-477-4472.

Wednesday, Dec. 30Volkssport walks – Monday and Wednesday morning walks. Register at 8:45 a.m., walk at 9 a.m. Call Rick at 250-478-7020 or Jan at 250-665-6062 for current schedule.

Thursday, Dec. 31Roaring 20s-themed New Year’s Eve Party at the Manor – Celebrate the New Year in style with the Oak Bay Beach Hotel, including chef-attended stations, three live bands, dancing, sparkling toast and much more. The event begins at 8 p.m. and tickets are $160 per person. Info: oakbaybeachhotel.com.

Friday, Jan. 1Mayor and Council’s Community Walk/Meet & Greet – join mayor

and council for a 4K community walk, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., leaving from the Oak Bay Rec lobby. Meet and greet with refreshments in the Upstairs Lounge, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Info: oakbay.ca

Oak Bay Rec New Year’s Activities – everyone welcome skate, 12 to 1:30 p.m.; adult swim, 12 to 2 p.m. Everyone Welcome Swim, 2 to 5 p.m. Info: oakbay.ca

Saturday, Jan. 25th Garry Oak Scouts Annual Bottle Drive –

annual fundraiser at 1703 Monterey Ave., next to the Oak Bay Fire Hall. Proceeds go directly to scouting events such as camping and youth development and citizenship building activities. If you have received a leaflet, please leave your refundable beverage containers outside for the morning or drop them by the Scout Hall that day.

Volkssport 5/10 km walk – Meet at West Shore Parks and Recreation, 1767 Island

Hwy. Register at 9:30 a.m. for a 10 a.m. walk. Info: Malca at 250-818-8496.

Live Music Series: Qristina & Quinn Bachand – enjoy Celtic folk music from this sibling duo in the Upstairs Lounge. Tickets available at Oak Bay Rec Centre reception or online at beacon-ridgeproductions.com. $15 ($20 at the door).

Sunday, Jan. 3 Volkssport 5/10 km walk – Meet at Harbour

Towers, 345 Quebec St. Register at 9:30 a.m., for 10 a.m. walk. Info: Randy, 250-590-7175.

Downton Abbey Season Premiere – Don your period costumes and enjoy a sparkling welcome followed by a grand three-course dinner and the simulcast premiere of Downton Abbey Season 6, 6:30 p.m. Tickets $99, incl. professional photos with Downton Abbey backdrop. Partial proceeds to support David Foster Foundation and KCTS9.

People meeting People Dance Club – Live bands plus ballroom, jive and line dances

suitable for all abilities; welcoming, friendly atmosphere and a good dance floor, 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday evenings bi-weekly, at Monterey Centre, 1442 Monterey Ave. Info: 250-896-9000.

Monday, Jan. 4New Years Tennis Classic Tournament – take in this 36th annual event at the Oak Bay Rec Centre tennis bubble with games played through Jan. 17. Info: oakbay.ca

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It was only in the 1970s that Phoca vitulina, the harbour seal, was given protection from the hunting that had devastated populations since the 18th cen-tury.

The ancestors of local seals had their skins sold by mer-chants to the wealthy and cold in Europe, Russia and the Far East. Since the 1970s the seal population off B.C. has rebounded significantly, while it has declined in Alaska. The reasons for this are uncertain (although it’s thought the cruise industry is a factor), since it is in B.C. that they can still legally be shot -- to protect fish farms.

The range of the Eastern Pacific subspecies extends from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja Califor-nia, but individuals may remain in one place for life as dictated by food availability.

Food availability in nature would be tied to tides, weather and climate, but for the resident harbour seals it is tied to tourism and the locals who enjoy feeding seals at the Oak Bay Marina.

I once took visitors from a grimy industrial city in inland China to the Marina. They had already marvelled at the Dallas Road cliffs and our view of the

Olympic Mountains, but when they saw free wild seals putting on a show at the Marina their pleasure escalated to ecstasy.

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slippery shiny dappled coats and the rippling musculature behind the supple turns and dives.

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Harbour seals can dive to 500 metres and stay under water for 20 minutes. They live to about age 25 in the wild. They have superb underwater vision and hearing, and also seem to be psy-chic: as soon as someone walks down the ramp at the marina they float magically upwards, ready for the treats they expect to be thrown.

Coming like all marine species under the jurisdiction of Fisher-ies and Oceans Canada, the sub-urban harbour seal escapes Oak Bay’s municipal ban on feeding wildlife.

The oily pollution of harbour water can’t be good for them and they are so fat that one fears for the state of their arteries, but no one wants to deny them and their human admirers the plea-sure they give and receive in this setting, by making too much of a little matter like wildlife feeding bylaws.

Barbara Julian is an Oak Bay writer and nature enthusiast who writes each month on local wild-life.

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UVic Astronomy Open House, 9 to 11pm Wednesdays, astrowww.phys.uvic.ca May 1 to 7 – Emergency Preparedness WeekMay 3 – Emergency Preparedness Info Session, 7 to 9pm, Windsor Park Pavilion, 250-592-9121 May 6 and 20 – Spring Concert Series, Upstairs Lounge, OB Rec, beaconridgeproductions.comMay 8 – Mother’s Day at Recreation Oak Bay, oakbay.caMay 20 – Oak Bay Rotary’s Victoria Day flag installation, [email protected] 29 – Oak Bay KOOL Half Marathon, 10K, Relay, oakbayhalf.comMay 28 – Pacific Mobile Recycling, Carnarvon Park, 9 to 11:30am, pmdrecycling.comCatch the Premier Baseball League’s Mariners in action at Henderson Park

Early June – Bayview Island Savings Open, Uplands Golf Course, bpisopen.caJune 3 – Oak Bay High Grad Ceremony, UVicJune 4 & 5 – Oak Bay Tea Party at Willows ParkJune 8 – Oak Bay Village Night Market, visitoakbayvillage.ca June 10 to 12 – Operation Trackshoes at UVic. trackshoes.caJune 11 – Garagellennium, 9am to 1pm, oakbaygaragesale.comJune 12 – Father’s Day at Recreation Oak Bay, oakbay.caJune 23 – School’s out for summer! June 25 – Pacific Mobile Recycling, Carnarvon Park, 9 to 11:30am, pmdrecycling.comJune 29 – Oak Bay Rotary’s Canada Day flag installation, [email protected]

Dec. 1 – Celebrate the season with the annual Art on the Avenue Gallery WalkDec. 3 – Island Equipment Operators’ annual Lighted Truck Parade, ieoa.caDecember – Register for the 37th annual New Year’s Classic tennis tournament, Oak Bay Rec Centre, 250-595-7946Dec. 4 – Annual Oak Bay Merrython Fun Run, Henderson Rec Centre, 250-370-7200December – Watch for a variety of special holiday-themed activities through Recreation Oak Bay, oakbay.caDec. 24 – Oak Bay Green Committee Pacific Mobile Recycling, Carnarvon Park, 9 to 11:30am, pmdrecycling.comDec. 25 – Merry ChristmasDec. 31 – Farewell 2016, Welcome 2017!

April – Local baseball gets underway at Carnarvon, Henderson and Fireman’s parksApril 1 – Family Fun Gym Time, 5:15pm, Henderson Rec CentreApril 1, 8, 22 and 29 – Winter Concert Series, Upstairs Lounge, OB Rec, beaconridgeproductions.comApril 2 and 3 – Entertainment featuring the Notables, 6:30pm at Monterey Rec CentreApril 16 – Palm Court Light Orchestra presents The Trumpets Shall Sound, University CentreApril 16 & 17 – Oak Bay Artists Spring Studio Tour, 12 to 4:30pm, oakbayartists.comApril 21 – Rotary Club of Oak Bay’s Paul Harris Fellow Awards Evening, Oak Bay Beach HotelApril 23 – Pacific Mobile Recycling, Carnarvon Park, 9 to 11:30am, pmdrecycling.comUVic Astronomy Open House, 8 to 10pm Wednesdays, astrowww.phys.uvic.ca

Catch the Castaway Wanderers rugby action at Windsor Park

Oct. 2 – Run for the Cure at UVic, runforthecure.comOct. 26 to 31 – Pumpkin Art in Oak Bay VillageOct. 10 – Happy Thanksgiving!Oct. 19 – Oak Bay Heritage talk, topic TBA, Windsor Park Paviilon, oakbay.ca/our-community/heritageOct. 20 – ShakeOut BC Earthquake Drill, 10:20am: Practice “Drop, cover and hold on,” wherever you areOct. 22 – Oak Bay Green Committee Recycling, Carnarvon Park, 9 to 11:30am, pmdrecycling.comOct. 31 – Trick or Treat in the Village, visitoakbayvillage.caOct. 31 – Halloween Bonfire in Fireman’s Park, next to the fire hallUVic Astronomy Open House, 8 to 10pm Wednesdays, October to April, astrowww.phys.uvic.ca

Nov. 6 – Fall back: Daylight Savings Time endsNov. 11 – Remembrance Day ceremony at the Oak Bay Cenotaph, 10:45amNov. 12 & 13 – Oak Bay Artists’ Fall Studio Tour, 12 to 4:30pm, oakbayartists.com Nov. 16 – Oak Bay Heritage talk, topic TBA, Windsor Park Paviilon, oakbay.ca/our-community/heritageLate November/early December – Oak Bay Rotary Poinsettia sale. [email protected]. 26 – Oak Bay Green Committee Pacific Mobile Recycling, Carnarvon Park, 9 to 11:30am, pmdrecycling.comNov. 27 – Welcome the holiday season with Oak Bay’s annual holiday light-up along the Avenue, visitoakbayvillage.caDecember is almost here...time to make your list and check it twice!


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