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Family Day means sleeping in, an extra day with the family and taking in special festivities. But while many will be enjoying the new holiday, others may be faced with some painful emotions.
Robert Gifford, professor of psychology and environmental studies at the University of Victoria, recently “ranted” to his class about some of his Family Day concerns from a psychological perspective.
“I think a lot of people are going to be happy to break the long time between Christmas and Easter,” he said.
But due to the choice of the word family, the emotions around the day may vary depending on the individual’s situation.
“If you happen to live in a classic nuclear family, or close to your parents or grandchildren, it seems great to spend the day together. It’s a postcard holiday,” said Gifford.
The word family may be uncomfortable for those who live far away from their families, have a broken family or
are estranged from their loved ones.According to Gifford, the vision of happy families
celebrating and enjoying the new holiday may leave those without, cringing slightly at the false or inappropriate promise inadvertently created.
Although Gifford is concerned with the literal meaning of the word, Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Ida Chong said the term is intended to be more inclusive.
Family Day stirs emotions
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People Meeting People Dance club president Marion White and partner Sheldon Nipp (front) share a dance at the Monterey Recreation Centre with fellow members Catherine Mick, left, Lorne Duncan, Mike Couture and Alice Pitman. The club, which celebrates its 30th anniversary on Feb. 24, meets twice a month at the Monterey Centre. See the story on Page A3.
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The years melt away as Marion White and Sheldon Nipp trip lightly across the dance floor.
The couple move in a smooth rhythm that they’ve developed as dance partners at the Victoria People Meeting People Dance Club. PMP, as its known, has been introducing people to new friends and dance partners for 30 years in the Capital Region.
“They make people welcome,” said White, who is president of the group. “It’s a really nice group of people.”
The group got its start as one of several social dance clubs around the city, but as fads wax and wane, many clubs folded over the years.
“We want to keep our numbers up,” said White. “Live music is one thing that distinguishes us from other groups out there.”
PMP members meet twice a month on Sunday evenings at Oak Bay’s Monterey Centre to mix and mingle and keep a beat.
“It’s a social dance group, so we don’t care how well you can dance,” said past-president Pam Beecroft. “Just get out there.”
People Meeting People is open to singles and couples and usually draws 30 to 50 people to its dances. “I don’t have a partner, so I go as a single, and I have to say I dance a lot,” said White, who often partners with Nipp, who often attends alone. “Women can ask too, there’s no fuss about women dancing with women. It’s a fully social kind of a thing – singles are more than welcome.”
Since its beginning, first at Victoria’s Crystal Garden and then the DaVinci Centre in Esquimalt, the club has operated out of the Monterey Centre for 18 of its 30 years.
“The Monterey Centre has been very good to us,” Beecroft said. The space can easily accommodate up to 125 dancers and they are able to offer refreshments, however there is no alcohol allowed.
“Dancing mixed with alcohol doesn’t work,” said Beecroft. “If you get tipsy you can’t do the things you want to do. It’s pretty healthy, dancing is one of the best things you can do for exercise. It’s equal to or better than running. Ballroom gets quite strenuous.”
While PMP is not a ballroom dance club and doesn’t teach lessons, the group is open to all skill levels – as long as you grab a partner.
“We have Paul Jones mixers. The men stand in the middle with the ladies around them,” said Beecroft. “We waltz, we fox trot, we rhumba – all
Sharon Tiffin/News staff
People Meeting People club president Marion White, left, and members Sheldon Nipp, Alice Pitman, Mike Couture, Catherine Mick and Lorne Duncan conga at the Monterey Recreation Centre.
Paul Jones mixer Paul Jones is the name used for a
number of mixer dances that were popular in the first quarter of the 20th century but continue to be used in traditional dance settings to the present day.
At the signal of the caller, all dancers join their hands to form a circle with ladies being to the right of the men.
At the second signal of the caller, the dancers repeatedly do the Grand Right and Left move, well known in square dancing. As a result, the ladies move to the left (clockwise) along the circle, while gentlemen move to the right.
At the third signal, dancers dance with the partner whose hand they are holding at the moment. This third signal is traditionally given by shouting “Paul Jones.”
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sorts. Just dance to your ability.”Many dancers will attend a few
times, then decide to take a few lessons to brush up on their skills, but White said it’s not a necessity. “Good dancers are good leaders. If you have a sense of rhythm you can follow (his lead),” she said.
While most dancers are past retirement age, there is no age restriction to the club. “Lots of club members are close to retired or retired, but if you think older people are over the hill, turn on a jive and watch them move,” said Beecroft.
As the club’s name implies, it’s a great way to make friends and meet new people. “A lot of people have met their life partners there. … Lots of people have met and married. If you dance well together it’s a good way to keep a marriage or partnership together,” Beecroft said.
Many couples use the dance club as a date night, White added. It’s also
an excellent opportunity for those taking dance lessons to practice their skills, and enjoy novelty dances and door prizes.
The Victoria People Meeting People Dance Club is celebrating its 30th anniversary from 6 to 10 p.m. on Feb. 24 with a special dinner and dance at the Monterey Centre with the Parisiennes Band. Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend, said Beecroft. “Past members are very welcome to come and get connected with us again for old time’s sake.”
Tickets for the special evening celebration are available until Feb. 10 by calling Beecroft at 250-360-0206.
Membership in the club is $20 per year and admission to regular dances is $8 for members, $10 for non-members. Dances run twice a month at the Monterey Centre, 1442 Oak Bay Ave., from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. For more information go to victoriapmp.com.
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“When you talk about family, I think you refer to all your loved ones,” said Chong. “I don’t know if we could have called it a loved one holiday, that would have been pretty difficult.”
The new holiday is intended not only to provide a break for businesses and employees, but also to reinforce the importance of family.
“By calling it Family Day we will treasure and value the family. Whatever that is in everyone’s structure, people will spend time together with their loved ones,” Chong said.
The provincial government is also hoping the new holiday will provide an economic boost at a slow time of the year.
“I talked to people who said they were looking forward to it and planning to do a staycation,” Chong said. “Instead of going away, they
are going to stay in town with their family and visit local tourist attractions, recreational activities or the special events planned. There will be money put back into the economy.”
Some B.C. workers who won’t be enjoying the day off are federal public sector employees.
According to the Public Service Alliance of Canada, their collective agreements provide for 11 designated paid holidays, including a day in the opinion of the employer to be a provincial or civic holiday.
Even though the Canadian Taxpayers Federation doesn’t have a formal position on Family Day, B.C. director Jordan Bateman said they oppose the $1.5 million being spent to promote the holiday.
“That takes it from being a holiday and puts it back in the realm of being a political issue and a vehicle paid for by the
taxpayer to promote the premier and her agenda,” he said.
Bateman isn’t convinced there is a need for the new holiday, but he understands it was part of the premier’s campaign platform.
“If you have a holiday, let the private sector and other organizations
do their thing. “You don’t see us plowing
grants into Easter Sunday or Christmas Day,” he said. “I think we all know how to enjoy a holiday. I don’t think that’s a problem. I also don’t think we need the government telling us how to enjoy time with our families.”
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Gospel music is in the house – the house of God that is.
The Amazing Gospel Experience 2013, is a workshop and concert spearheaded by Tennessee-born musician Eric Dozier and North Car-olina jazz and gospel vocalist Kim Pacheco. It returns to Victoria with a larger-than-life concert choir featur-ing 125 singing, clapping and danc-ing musicians filling the air with the sights and sounds of southern and contemporary gospel music.
“What is fascinating for me, is it’s people from all walks of life. There are agnostics, and people who are involved in other spiritual practices. It is simply the full-body experience of singing the gospel music that (people) are looking for,” said Oak Bay United Church musical minister Gordon Miller. “There is an appetite for the musical genre.”
Under the tutelage of the two mentors who travel and deliver the
workshops internationally, the sold out three-day clinic features a lineup of vocalists from Seattle, Saskatch-ewan and the Lower Mainland, all of whom congregate at the Oak Bay church for the finale Sunday, Feb. 10.
“Kim and Eric are both steeped in the tradition of passing on the singing just by lis-tening and participat-ing,” Miller said. “The gospel sound is sing-ing with full body, full spirit and full engage-ment. That some-times doesn’t happen when you are stuck to a hymn book.”
Both Dozier and Pacheco are no strangers to the island. Dozier, a former resident of Duncan, founded the One Human Family Gospel Choir there and Pacheco returns for her eighth appearance with past visits high-lighted by performances at Her-
mann’s Jazz Club, the Victoria Con-servatory of Music and numerous previous workshops – an avenue she is excited to revisit to share the tradition of her gospel roots.
“The process of getting there is a huge challenge because people are
often thinking how can I possibly learn eight or nine or 10 songs, with no written music to look at,” Pacheco said. “The ultimate outcome is a full-body experience. … 125 people all moving, clapping their hands, breathing … it is not an individual singing. It is a mass, moving, breathing, singing and
engaging together.” Pacheco said the music isn’t just
for Christians, and hopes celebrat-ing the music leaves race and reli-gion behind and brings awareness to the origins of traditional songs like Hold on just a little while longer.
“It was one of those songs that was indigenous to slave days,” Pacheco said. “That told you freedom was coming soon, it won’t be long, all you had to do is hold on, pray on, wail on and everything is going to be alright.”
The spirit of that song, among many others, will be on display when the massive choir arrives at the church as individuals and per-form on the choir loft as one.
“You won’t be sorry, it will be the best $10 you ever spent,” Pacheco said. “Come to be a spectator in this thing – by the end I promise you – you will be a participant.”
The Amazing Gospel Experience Choir performs at Oak Bay United church’s free regular service Feb. 10 at 10 a.m. and the choir’s full con-cert is at the same location at 3 p.m. Admission is $10.
Pacheco also performs a solo show at Hermann’s Jazz Club on Feb. 9, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the door.
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Walking into Victoria’s Chinese Public School on Fisgard Street is like entering a world of controlled madness.
It’s not that the children attend-ing here after their regular school day are misbehaving. But one senses an excitement in the air, not unlike the nearing of Christ-mas holidays.
It’s the leadup to Chinese New Year, which officially starts Sun-day (Feb. 10) with the Year of the Snake. Student-painted red ban-ners adorn the classrooms and hallways. Women upstairs busily hand-wrap and boil up Chinese dumplings to hand out at break time.
A group of older students are dressed in red satin costumes as they demonstrate the dragon dance, the giant head bobbing and weaving like a punch-drunk boxer.
University of Victoria education major and former Chinese Public School student Gary Sum, 23, is
one of a number of graduates who return to help with special activi-ties, including guiding young stu-dents through the dragon dance.
He admits the students don’t get much time to learn the tricky steps and precision required, but once under the red-and-yellow tail of the dragon, they simply have to hope for the best.
“Overall, this is a pretty exciting time,” he says.
The dragon dance is just one aspect of Chinese New Year the children learn about and prac-tise, says school principal Kileasa Wong, sitting in a classroom in the heart of the city’s Chinatown.
“They do drawing and painting, and things like making lanterns and goldfish,” she says. “We talk about traditions and how to cel-ebrate Chinese New Year.”
Most of the students are already familiar with this time of year. Chinese families routinely spend about a week reconnecting with relatives, starting with a new year’s eve dinner, Sum says.
“It’s all about the celebration,
food and visiting family,” he says. While people’s busy lives make it tough to stay in touch through the year, he adds, “It’s really important to get together with family.”
Chinese New Year presents not only a change on the calendar, it’s a time of renewal and hope in all aspects of one’s life, Wong says, a fresh start, if you will.
The various foods consumed, from chicken and fish to lettuce and bok choy, all symbolize hopes for good fortune or profit, while sweets and fruits represent wishes for a positive road the rest of the year.
Wong describes age-old tradi-tions of receiving new clothes “from top to bottom,” good food shared with extended family and the traditional red envelopes with money inside.
“We would come home (after vis-iting) and lay all the envelopes on the table and count all the money we made,” she says, grinning.
Lee Mong Kow founded the school in 1899 and was its first principal. Little record is available
about how he celebrated Chi-nese New Year, either with students or personally.
Wong suggests that scar-city of both traditional foods and other items – not to men-tion the reluctance by other residents of Victoria to fully embrace the Chinese commu-nity – likely made it a more subdued event in the early 20th century.
In fact, Wong recalls that when she arrived in Victo-ria in 1970, there still wasn’t much hoopla surrounding the event.
“Chinatown was very quiet at that time,” she says.
Today’s support of eth-nic diversity and the active
nature of members of the Chinese community makes Chinese New Year celebrations popular in Vic-toria.
“I think we try to carry on the traditions more here than people in China,” Wong says.
On a day meant to be one of rest, one of Victoria’s more active traditions – the annual lion dance through Chinatown – happens Sunday.
While children and graduates of the public school learn the dragon dance as part of their Chinese traditions, members of the Wong Sheung Kung Fu Club, operating out of Chinatown since 1974, have handled lion dance duties on the street for decades in the city.
Their colourful outfits, staccato
drumming and train-like dragon performances are a big part of Chi-nese New Year celebrations, not to mention a much-admired part of the annual Victoria Day parade in May.
New year’s festivities start at noon outside the school, 636 Fisgard St.
While he enjoys the fes-tival nature of Chinese New Year cel-ebrations, Sum
comes back to the family aspect of turning over this cultural cal-endar.
“It’s a good time to look at your roots,” he says of visiting relatives. “And you’re always wishing for the best in the new year, or at least as good as you had the previous year.”
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David Liu, 9, left, watches classmate April Shan, 9, practise calligraphy on Tuesday at the Victoria Chinese Public School on Fisgard Street. Students are in the midst of preparing for Chinese New Year, which happens this Sunday.
Good fortune, health underlies Chinese New Year2013 is the Year of the Snake on Chinese zodiac
Kileasa Wong, principal of the Victoria Chinese Public School, describes people born under the sign of the snake: “The snake is known as the ‘little dragon.’ They are smart and quick-thinking.”
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Jennifer Makinson doles out warm hugs and a stream of thank-yous to the Ottewell family. She stops at 17-year-old Thomas, a Claremont secondary student, looks in his eyes and thanks him for saving her husband’s life.
The teen played a key role in bringing David Makinson, 82, back to life on Jan. 30, after he suffered a minor heart attack while out for a walk on Cordova Bay Road with his wife.
Thomas, who works as a lifeguard at Panorama Recre-ation Centre, was passing by on his scooter at that very moment, and immediately stopped and ran to David’s aid.
“Thomas advised Jennifer that he was first aid trained and took over CPR. He calmly directed Jennifer to begin giving her husband breaths, while he began chest com-pressions,” said Saanich police Chief Mike Chadwick, recounting the incident to the Saanich police board on Tuesday.
Saanich police Const. Janis Carmena arrived soon after and helped Ottewell with the exhaustive procedure of chest compressions. The Saanich Fire Department arrived and used an automated external defibrillator (AED), which successfully revived David. He was taken to Royal Jubilee Hospital in stable condition.
According to an ambulance attendant, the elderly man had, in fact, died, and was saved by a combination of Ottewell’s CPR and the AED.
Thomas was awarded the Chief Constable’s Certificate of Recognition Citizen Award “for his courage to take action and his ability to remain composed and focused under intense stress,” Chadwick said.
The young Saanich resident was speechless upon receiving the recognition, but suggested that everyone get basic first-aid training. “Everyone should take a CPR course. They’re easy to take, it’s quite simple and you could save a life,” he said.
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proud of him for stepping up. “He was there at the right time. Great result,” Lee said. “A lot of trained lifeguards that know how to do CPR have never actually done it, and he has, and it worked, and it saved a life.”
David remains in hospital, and Jennifer says he’s doing “quite well,” given that he had a heart attack.
Thomas is looking forward to meeting David, again, once he’s feeling better.
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Thomas Ottewell, 17, shares a laugh with Jennifer (centre) and Julie Makinson at Saanich Police headquarters after he was presented with the Chief Constable’s Certificate of Recognition Citizen Award for saving the life of David Makinson by performing CPR on the heart attack victim. Makinson is in hospital recovering.
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The rules are pretty simple. Snap a kissy kissy photo in down-
town Victoria, upload it to the Downtown Victoria Busi-ness Association Face-book page and you can win swag.
It’s the DVBA’s fourth annual Valentine-themed warm ‘n’ fuzzy promo-tion aimed at making us feel like visiting down-town and hopefully make those cash registers ring.
The DVBA aims, through championing local business, to keep the core of Victoria vibrant and welcoming so that it remains an economically vital place. If downtown is a dire wasteland where nobody wants to visit, everyone loses.
Members of The Disruption Col-lective figured they’d live up to their name and mess with the contest a bit. The group wants to draw atten-tion to signs posted around town that outline the rules: No camping, trespassing, loitering or soliciting.
“Distributed and promoted by the DVBA, this is a directed attack on a particular sector of the people who live in this city, allowing police to harass the street involved commu-nity,” says the website kissdisrup-tion.wordpress.com.
The website does impart some interesting opinions, but is unfor-tunately peppered with language best not repeated in a community
newspaper.To protest private property signs
posted throughout the core, the coalition submitted photos of kissing couples with the signs prominent. There are some pretty neat ones too. I really like the young woman smoochin’ her pooch. Too bad the image is photographed spe-cifically so the eye is not drawn to the puppy love, but the sign.
The DVBA removed the photos from contest contention. They also responded to the Disrup-tion campaign in a civil
manner. DVBA general manager Ken Kelly explained to Black Press that the photos were removed because one contained offensive content, and they didn’t suit a contest meant to “bring out the fun and excite-ment on Valentine’s Day.”
The coalition emailed a press release to media outlets citing “cen-sorship.”
“This action was designed to draw attention to the business asso-ciation for its involvement in the ongoing criminalization of poverty in the city,” they said.
“The DVBA has a long history of working with the police and the court system to privatize space and criminalize poverty in its district.”
Again, the rules are pretty simple. Trespassing is illegal. It’s a shame the DVBA feels they need to help
their member businesses with little reminder signs for the folks who don’t understand the concept of private property.
Camp on my front lawn and I might post a sign, too.
The title, The Disruptive Collec-tive, does little to instill faith that they want to make productive change implying instead a willing-ness to stir the muck for the sake of it. The coalition’s own website describes the campaign as “she-nanigans.”
“The point we are trying to make is that it’s fine for some to stand in those spaces, but if you don’t look like ‘the right kind of person,’ you aren’t welcome here,” Serina Zapf told Monday Magazine.
“We thought this would be a play-ful way to disrupt a fun contest and challenge people to think about who is being represented here – who is allowed, and welcome, to show affection.”
None of the folks in any of the photos struck me as the “wrong” kind of person, and that’s just one place they mixed the message.
Whether it’s the press release blasting the business group for “censorship” or aggressively curs-ing them out on the website, the kiss disruption campaign missed the “playful” target.
Christine van Reeuwyk is the interim editor of the Goldstream News Gazette.
Missed mark on kiss campaign
B.C.’s Family Day isn’t free
This weekend marks B.C.’s first Family Day statutory holiday, which for most people breaks that long three-month stretch between New Year’s Day and Easter.
B.C. residents now enjoy 10 stat holidays (11 if your employer is nice enough to throw in Boxing Day), which ties us with Saskatchewan as the most generous province for the coveted long weekend. By contrast, Nova Scotians and Newfoundlanders only have five.
While Greater Victorians enjoy recounting their youth by listening to Trooper in the Inner Harbour on Monday, or take advantage of the many activities offered at recreation centres across the region, people should remember not everybody can afford an extra day off.
When Premier Christy Clark announced the creation of Family Day in October 2011, she expected that by now a better economy would balance out the extra costs to businesses.
But many small retailers and companies are struggling as the economy remains flat at best. They are paying out more due to a higher minimum wage, and all are now contemplating the cost and hassle of returning to the GST/PST system.
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business estimates a small business with five employees will shell out about $1,135 for Family Day and it will cost small and medium sized businesses $42 million in lost productivity.
Municipal and provincial governments will also shell out more for essential service employees and the hundreds of thousands of people on the public payroll.
This holiday can be seen as rather blatant pandering to the electorate by the the B.C. Liberals, or an attempt to give hard-working B.C.ers a break – perhaps it’s a bit of both.
And while the majority of us will enjoy the Monday off work, it’s important to acknowledge the many small business owners in our community who will see it as nothing but an added burden.
The kiss disruption campaign missed the ‘playful’ target.
Christine van Reeuwyk
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OAK BAY NEWS - Friday, February 8, 2013 www.oakbaynews.com • A9
Rail funding not enoughto make a difference
Re: Island rail project gains momentum (News, Jan. 25)
So the Island Corridor Foundation will receive $1.2 million from the CRD, $5.4 million from the five regional districts and $15 million from the federal and provincial governments to “… hopefully restore VIA rail service and initiate commuter rail service to Victoria.”
The intent is great, but what will this money accomplish? Victoria is spending nearly $100 million to replace a small bridge. I understand there are many bridges on the E&N Railway that are older and more poorly maintained than the Blue Bridge.
We spent more than $1 million refurbishing the Kinsol Trestle to support walkers and cyclists, not heavy, high-speed rail equipment. The E&N has nearly 100 kilometres of track that needs to be totally replaced. Walk it yourself and see if you believe the existing line would be safe with minor tie replacements. The E&N has no rolling stock and no staff or operating budget.
Are our elected representatives making purely political spending decisions, or will they produce a better transportation system? If they do open the door to improved transit, what is the future cost of following up on
these initial expenditures?If we are we going to pledge
our future taxes and those of our children to an ever-escalating investment which has no return until fully completed, we should look at total costs and revenues, not just spread a little here and there with the hope of ‘catching the big one’ some day. A rail system may be the answer to some of Victoria’s transportation problems, but at what cost per passenger?
Seems to me that a little advanced planning by our leaders would stop this cash dribble before it starts. That money would serve a much better purpose if it was redirected to the homeless or drug rehabilitation.
Let’s stop pretending these piddly sums will have any impact on local transit. These minor budget allocations will be absorbed by consultant fees and some minor maintenance.
Best to fund it adequately or not fund it all all. This is a cheap, vote-buying effort and should be exposed as such.
Jim KnockEsquimalt
Family Day should also celebrate progress
Hurrah for Family Day!On Monday we in B.C.
have been given the day off
to celebrate Family Day, an opportunity to share family time and fun.
The provincial government’s website offers family events across the province. What a great idea to recognize the worth and contribution families make to our society by giving them an extended weekend to spend together.
Families are also said to be a top priority for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
It’s funny, though, how governments think. Reported estimates for B.C. show that child poverty costs the province between $8 billion and $9 billion annually while a comprehensive program to reduce such poverty would cost annually between $3 billion and $4 billion. If families really are a priority and governments really are fiscally prudent, as they say, what’s going on here?
Not only are our kids our most precious and valuable asset, they also offer the best possible return on public investment towards ensuring a strong and healthy nation.
Families can only do their part if governments are willing to create a public environment that safeguards our kids’ well-being and nurtures their growth and development.
We should be able to celebrate Family Day for the progress we
make in securing a vibrant future for our children.
Then I’m sure we would enjoy the day, whatever activity we happen to participate in.
Sonya IgnatieffSaanich
Benefactors of growthcan afford to pay more
Re: Here comes the tax, man (Our View, Feb. 1)
The editorial said, “British Columbians now have to decide what they value more: services or disposable income – or find a balance between the two.”
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report referred to, “Progressive Tax Options for B.C. – Reform Ideas for Raising New Revenues and Enhancing Fairness,” actually said that we could have more disposable income and more social services.
The report made a plea for progressive taxation. It’s fair for the benefactors of B.C.’s recent economic growth to give a little more to the common pool, since their taxes are lower than the rest of Canada. This would raise needed program revenue, reduce income inequality and increase disposable income.
If the top six per cent of B.C. residents, those with incomes over $103,000, paid a fair tax share, we would raise $930 million. That would build 2,000
social housing units annually, pay increased welfare to cover food and housing, support families by properly funding ministry programs, restore school class sizes to 2007 levels and increase post-secondary education funding by 10 per cent.
The Centre also said for the price of a cup of coffee each a day, we’d raise $2.3 billion for substantial investment in a number of areas.
It did sound like a few people might have to forgo that extra yacht, Maserati or vacation mansion, including me.
Larry WartelVictoria
LETTERSQuestions remain on wireless effects, but evidence growing
Re: No escape from radio frequencies (Edward Hill column, Feb. 1)
In your opinion, “anti-wi-fi and anti-smart meter people” are “grossly exaggerating” the ill effects from microwave radiation, insinuating people are either misinformed or irrational in their concerns.
I can assure you this is far from the truth. Concerns are based upon a plethora of independent studies from many international research institutions, including the military, going back several
decades. The assertion that vulnerable children are placed at high risk and must be protected from this radiation is reiterated around the world by many credible health experts. You will have to look further than mainstream media for this information, however, for obvious reasons.
Questions undeniably remain, but to state that all is fine, in the face of growing evidence that it is not, fails to provide critical information about this important public health challenge.
We need to promote reasonable measures to reduce exposure to wireless radiation for everyone, particularly children. Preference should be given to wired Internet connections in schools for safety where students spend countless hours in close proximity to many transmitting devices.
Many technology specialists agree wired is superior in many ways to wireless that is notoriously slow, unreliable and unsecure.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer reclassified
all sources of radio frequency radiation as a class 2B carcinogen for good reason. One has to remember that IARC monographs are considered as ‘gold standard’ in evaluation of carcinogenicity of physical and chemical agents. There must be sufficient scientific reason or IARC would not put its reputation behind such claim.
It is also important to note WorkSafeBC occupational health and safety guidelines stipulate, under section 5.57, that any 2B carcinogen must be replaced with a safer alternative that “reduces
the risk to workers.”How is this important fact
overlooked by employers and school officials? History is replete with failures to control highly profitable carcinogenic substances, ranging from tobacco to asbestos, until proof of harm became irrefutable.
We can ill afford to go through that same course with wireless technologies, given the long latency involved before serious disease manifests.
Tammy JeskeLangford
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THE ARTSThe town of Loxford needs a Queen of the May, but is fresh out
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Chase away the winter blues by tapping your feet and clapping your hands during the special performance, Swing Fever happening on Feb. 10 at the Alix Goolden Hall in Victoria.
This musical event will feature the 80 outstanding voices of the Starlight Pops Choir singing hits of the swing era from Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong to Cole Porter and Frank Sinatra.
This is the first large-scale fundraiser put on by Queen City Chapter #5, Order of the Eastern star. “We have never done anything at this scale,” said organizer Willie Taylor. “Five years ago we had a concert at the cathedral which was very successful and fun. This one is much bigger though. With capacity for 800 we can seat a lot more, and there are a lot more expenses involved and a lot more people involved.” But the group is banking on a love of swing music to bring in the crowds. The Swing Dance Association of Victoria
will put the excitement on stage with a fun and upbeat swing dance presentation and guest performer Dave Flello. An accomplished jazz musician and Reynolds High School band teacher, Flello will swing into action with his exceptional trumpeting skills.
“He’s phenomenal, we’re pretty excited to have him play,” said Taylor.
Other musical guests include soloist Sue Doman, founder and director of the Starlight Pops Choir. “She has an incredible three octave range. The sound in the venue is going to be out of this world,” said Taylor. “If we have a full house it will be wonderful.”
The entertainment includes a silent auction which features a Robert Bateman print, luxurious hotel stays, restaurant meals and other exciting offerings. “It’s going to be really good show. Fun for all ages,” said Taylor.
Proceeds from the show benefit the B.C.
Cancer Foundation, the fundraising partner of the B.C. Cancer Agency.
“The funds will go specifically for Patient Navigation research at the B.C. Cancer Agency (Vancouver Island),” said Taylor. “It’s a new computer system that will be
housed in the new wing of the Vancouver Island Cancer Centre.” They system will allow patients and their family members to access important diagnosis and treatment information.
“We are thrilled to be a part of such an exciting
musical event and are happy to support the B.C. Cancer Foundation with proceeds from this toe tapping community event benefiting cancer research at the BC Cancer Agency right here in Victoria,” said Taylor.
Tickets are $25 and available at McPherson box office at 250-386-6121 or go to rmts.bc.ca.
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In her first book, Dancing in the Heart of the Dragon – A Memoir of China, Ramona McKean takes the reader into the heart of China as she provides a true account of the events leading up to her near-death experience in China and her miraculous return to Canada.
A Canadian who’d been living and working in a big city in Northern China, McKean took a holiday in the south where she experienced countryside hospitality before meeting with the front seat horror of a head-on collision. McK-ean was not wearing a seat belt and amazingly did not go through the wind-shield, nor did she sustain any brain injury. After the accident and before her return to Canada, she experienced unprecedented personal care from Chinese locals.
In Dancing in the Heart of the Dragon, McKean provides a sensi-tive and loving bridge of unique understanding for Westerners curi-ous about the real China with its everyday real people. She shares how the love and spiritual truths she experienced in China help her in her journey back to health.
Join McKean at the The Centre for Inspired Living, 380 Cook St., on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 12:30 p.m. for a special book launch.
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Who’s clip-clopping across my bridge?
The grass really is greener on the other side, but a hideous troll has taken up residence under the bridge, and the prom-ised land is forever unat-tainable – if you are a goat born on the wrong side of the craggy chasm.
Gruff is a rolicking musi-cal featuring two goats and a troll, written by acclaimed children’s author Judd Palmer and starring Izad Etemadi, Jana Morrison and David MacPherson.
See Gruff and four origi-nal shows by Kaleidoscope, Suddenly Dance, Urban Arts, & Puente Theatre until Feb. 11 at Berwick House Theatre. For ticket informa-tion go to puentetheatre.ca or call 250-386-6121.
Memories of Chinaf Celebrate Family Day with
the king of instrumentsCanadian organist David Palmer
presents a family-friendly pipe-organ concert on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Alix Goolden Hall.
Victoria-born Palmer has per-formed extensively in Canada, the U.S. and Europe at the cathedrals of Chartres and Notre Dame in Paris.
He is past-president of the Royal Canadian College of Organists and is professor emeritus in the School of Music at the University of Wind-sor and Organist and Choir Director of All Saints Church, in Windsor.
The concert features a variety of music for all ages including Musical Clocks, Britannia Waives the Rules, Cat Suite and The Squirrel. Tick-ets are $15 for adults and those 25 years and under are free. Tickets are available at the door. For more information call 250-474-4047 or go to rcco-victoria.org.
Multicultural dinner show with heart
Greek, Arabic and Latin American cultures come together for the fifth annual Valentine Dinner Show with Heart at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 16.
The event features a four-course Greek dinner, with entertainment from Asmira Dance Theatre and Latin dance company Sabor Asi, at the Greek Community Centre, 4648 Elk Lake Dr. Tickets are $30 in advance (764a Yates St. or at the Greek Community Centre) or $35 at the door. Kids (5-12) get in for $20.
Officiellement BilingueOpen Space welcomes Rich-
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Travis PatersonNews staff
There’s a new water polo club in town.
The Vancouver Island Water Polo Association is based out of the University of Victoria’s McKin-non pool and is the second club of its kind in Greater Victoria.
Colette Baty is one of the origi-nal five parents who started the club, now in its second year.
Baty and the other parents all had kids at the Saanich Waterpolo School at Saanich Commonwealth Place.
Baty says the experience at Saanich Waterpolo was a posi-tive one, but adds that she saw there was room, and a need, for another club in Greater Victoria.
“(The Vancouver Island Water
Polo Association) started as a girls club only, but over the last year grew into both genders and various ages,” Baty said.
“We just want kids to reach their personal goals. If it’s just recreational, that’s great, if they want to play competitively, that’s great too.”
The original team was the girls 15-and-under VI Sirens and a team of younger girls. The organization now has dozens of players aged 12 to 19.
Members can play three times a week, Sunday afternoons, and Tuesday and Thursday nights, and be of any skill level. UVic has a non-varsity water polo club which some of the VI members join on Saturdays.
Getting regular pool space for the new club was a full time job
for about two weeks, but UVic came through.
“It’s a tricky thing, it wasn’t impossible but it did take some work,” Baty said. “Some kids have played before and want to stay
with the sport recreationally, oth-ers are there because they want to try it out, and some are com-petitive.”
The majority of the new club is made up of players from Victoria,
Esquimalt, Saanich and the Penin-sula, she said.
Despite its cachet as an Olym-pic sport, there isn’t a water polo league for youths in Victo-ria. Mostly, the players train and enter tournaments.
“Water polo is not as set as soc-cer or hockey. We did have two teams (co-ed under 16 and 18) play in the Lower Mainland Water Polo League this past fall, but essentially there’s no season for Victoria players.”
The U16 team won silver and the U18 team finished fourth in the mainland league’s end of the season tournament.
Last year, the Sirens girls team went to nationals in Winnipeg and is hoping to do so again at Que-bec City this year.
The club runs September to May and youths can still join. Visit vancouverislandwaterpolo.ca or email [email protected].
For information about the Saan-ich Waterpolo school, visit water-poloschool.com or email [email protected].
Arnold Lim News staff
Ice sports don’t need body checks to be entertaining.
The Vancouver Island Regional Skat-ing Championships takes to the ice of the Archie Browning Sports Centre in Esquimalt this weekend where many of the Island’s top figure skaters hit the ice for the right to be called the Island’s best.
It’s the first time the Racquet Club of Vic-toria has hosted the Island regionals.
“We are going to see the best of the best on the Island,” said Malcolm Rohon, who skates with the Raquet Club. “Good singles skaters, amazing jumps – and the dance teams that are going to be really fun to watch.”
The 23-year-old skater and coach has donned the skates since age seven and competed nationally and internationally as an ice dancer. He says the combination of athleticism and artistry of figure skating is second to none.
“I want to show how dynamic the sport
is, how artistic it is,” Rohon said. “Person-ally, I hope to impress with the height in my jumps.”
More than 280 competitors will take to the ice Feb. 8-10 in different skating events, from singles and pairs free skates, to ice dance and elements where competitors from five to 45 show off their hard work and dedication.
“In our sport we try to make things look easy, but when we make it look easy, peo-ple don’t know how much work it is and how much practice it is to make a jump,”
Rohon said. “It takes hundreds, if not thou-sands of times before they have landed it.”
“The main thing we are trying to do is to get more people to watch and support the kids. The more people there are, the more energy there is, and that is good for (them),” said Deena Beacom, the Racquet Club director of skating and a participant. “It is exhilarating. It will be fun for anyone who comes.”
Competition starts 8 a.m. daily and entry is by donation. For more information check out skatinginbc.com.
Victoria hosts Island figure skating championships this weekend
New club makes a splash at UVic
Sharon Tiffin/News staff
Teens Ligia Brolo, left, Jemma Eason, Nicole Smith and Peggy-Jean Allin are part of the Vancouver Island Water Polo Association water polo team, based at the McKinnon pool at UVic.
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Journeyman HD mechanic required for oilfi eld construc-tion company. Duties will in-clude servicing, maintenance and overhaul of our equip-ment. The job will be predomi-nately shop work , but with a portion of your time spent in the fi eld. A mechanics truck will be supplied for you. The job is based in Edson, Alberta. Call Lloyd at 780-723-5051.
HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD
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TRADES, TECHNICAL
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BUILDING SUPPLIES
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2 CLOTHES hamper, one for $25 and the other $30. Pair of Director chairs, $40. Call (778)440-6628.
4 WINE racks a bottles, $35 obo, 10 wooden shelves, 35”, $35 obo. Call (250)656-3882.
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PEDESTAL SINK, white, new (Costco), $60, brass & crystal chandelier, 5 lights, $30. Call (250)893-2502.
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COOK ST (Beacon Hill Park) 1 bdrm, sunny, views, south facing, 4th fl r. $875 inclds heat, hot water. 403-852-1115.
DOWNTOWN, 2 bdrm Condo, 6 appls, underground prkg, $1195 mo. (250)882-2330.
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SIDNEY CONDO: 55+, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, heat, hot water and basic cable incld. $1200, NS/NP. Call (250)385-8771.
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HOMES FOR RENT
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UPTOWN, LRG, clean 2 bdrm bsmt, in suite laundry, prkg, large open kitchen/living room, N/S, N/P, $950 mo incls utils. Avail Feb. 1st. (250)708-0118.
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BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini ex-cavator & bob cat services. Perimeter drains, driveway prep, Hardscapes, Lot clear-ing. Call 250-478-8858.
FENCING
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FURNITURE REFINISHING
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GARDENING
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NO JOB too BIG or SMALL. SENIOR’S SPECIAL! Prompt, reliable service. Phone Mike (ANYTIME) at 250-216-7502.
PRO IRISH Gardeners; prun-ing, clean-ups, landscaping, lawn care, weekly gardening. Free est. Call (250)652-6989.
TREE NEED a trim? Hedge need a haircut? Now is the time. Call Michael at (250)588-9367.
GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS
250-889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Gutter & Window Clean-ing at Fair Prices!
GUTTER CLEANING. Re-pairs, Maintenance, Gutter-guard, Leaf traps. Grand Xteri-or Cleaning Services. WCB Insured. Call 250-380-7778.
PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, De-mossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.
HANDYPERSONS
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HAULING AND SALVAGE
$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.
ALL-HAUL JUNK REMOVAL Const Debris, Garden Waste. Call John 250-213-2999.
CITY HAUL- a lot of junk won’t fi t in your trunk, you’re in luck I own a truck. 250-891-2489.
CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.
FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.
GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
HAULING AND SALVAGE
SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.
HEAT, AIR, REFRIGERATION
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HOME IMPROVEMENTS
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INSULATION
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1494 Fairfi eld, $299,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Brown Brothers Real EstateRobert Young 250 385-6900 pg. 3
504-1157 Fairfi eld, $279,900Saturday 2-4Fair RealtyDiana Winger, 250-999-3683
105-1050 Park, $265,900Saturday 1-3Sutton Group West CoastColleen Novak, 250-479-3333 pg. 10
2941 Cedar Hill Rd, $488,000Saturday 12-2Sotheby’s InternationalDon St. Germain, 250 744-7136
623 Manchester, $439,000Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalRosemarie Colterman 250 592-4422 pg. 19
404-1122 Hilda St.Sunday 2-3:30Re/Max CamosunKaren Scott, 250-744-3301 pg. 9
3-833 Princess, $399,900Sunday 2-4Boorman’sRod Hay, 250-595-1535 pg. 6
401-525 Broughton St, $399,000Sunday 2-4Boorman’sGraham Bavington, 250-415-1931
5-532 Fisgard, $425,000Saturday 2-4JonesCo Real EstateRoger Jones, 250-361-9838 pg. 8
307-4480 Chatterton, $515,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6
304-1665 Oak Bay, $289,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAndrew Plank 250-360-6106 pg. 9
101-66 Songhees, $519,900Saturday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Michelle Vermette, 250-391-1893
207-1101 Hilda St, $295,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDoug Poruchny, 250-474-4800 pg. 5
109-1501 Richmond Ave.,Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyKarin Barlow, 250-385-2033 pg. 8
802-139 Clarence, $389,000Saturday & Monday 2-4Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 8
733A HumboldtSaturday - Tuesday noon - 5 pmFair Realty Ryan Bicknell 250 883-2715 pg. 1
402-1122 Hilda, $199,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 pg. 9
209-2529 Wark, $209,999Saturday 11-1Pemberton HolmesAndrew Plank, 250 360-6106
118 Ladysmith, $649,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunMark Lawless, 250-744-3301 pg. 10
101-75 Songhees, $685,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 8
306-75 Songhees, $698,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6
604-420 Linden, $419,900Saturday 2-4Brown Brothers Real EstateRobert Young 250 385-6900 pg. 3
636 Langford St.Saturday & Sunday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyJudy Wilson, 250-360-6616 pg. 9
403-1021 Collinson, $239,900Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunNoel Hache 250 744-3301 pg. 23
1214 May St., $539,000Saturday 1:30-3:30JonesCo Real EstateMarilyn Ball, 250-655-7653 pg. 3
46 Howe, $845,000Saturday 1-3Century 21 Queenswood RealtyJulie Rust, 250-477-1100 pg. 9
203-1120 Fairfi eld Rd, $359,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422
2740 Dewdney Ave., $995,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Macdonald RealtyScott Garman 250 896-7099 pg. 10
2560 Orchard, $799,000Saturday 1:30-3:30JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3
1560 Clive Dr, $549,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyJordy Harris, 250-385-2033 pg. 20
1450 Beach, $449,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Bill Robson, 250-384-8124 pg. 20
2847 Dunlevy, $869,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Newport RealtyGlen Myles, 250-385-2033 pg. 10
9-1529 Cooper Rd, $164,000Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJudy Campbell 250 744-3301 pg. 19
2168 Meadow Vale Dr., $634,900Sunday 1:30-3:30JonesCo. Real EstateIan Heath, 250-655-7653 pg. 3
16-2319 Chilco, $439,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunLarry Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 9
301-125 Aldersmith Pl, $418,800Saturday 3:30-4:30Re/Max AllianceKaren Love, 250-386-8875 pg. 5
1054 Colville, $529,900Saturday & Sunday 2:30-4Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 9
707 Rockheights Ave, $629,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dennis Guevin, 250-477-7291
4379 Elnido Cres, $639,900Saturday 2:30-4:30Sotheby’s InternationalDon St. Germain, 250-744-7136
982 Mckenzie, $324,900Tuesday-Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalJames Liu 250 477-5353 pg. 7
5005 Cordova Bay Rd, $739,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyAnke Venema, 250 477-1100
3884 HaroSaturday & Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChris Markham 250 477-1100 pg. 16
15-830 Rogers, $499,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Lynnell Davidge, 250-477-7291 pg. 17
4040 Borden StSaturday & Sunday 2-4Cathy Duncan & Associates250-658-0967 pg. 7 & 5867336
1905 Portway, $948,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Cassie Kangas, 250-477-7291 pg. 11
3935 Margot Pl.Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyHiro Nakatani, 250 661-4476
4040 Borden StSaturday & Sunday 2-4Cathy Duncan & Associates250-658-0967 pg. 7
3213 Wicklow, $519,000Saturday 1-2Sutton Group West Coast RealtyMary Beaumont, 250-889-2233 pg. 11
20-1473 Garnet, $389,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalRosemarie Colterman 250 592-4422 pg. 19
110-1505 Church Ave, $209,000Saturday 1-3Boorman’sRod Hay, 250-595-1535 pg. 6
3415 Bethune Ave., $469,900Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 11
3290 Maplewood, $489,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyFred Hiigli 250 385-2033 pg. 20
12-3255 RutledgeSunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyHiro Nakatani, 250 661-4476
1816 Seawood, $739,000Saturday 12-2Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara, 250-384-8124 pg. 11
604-2829 Arbutus, $599,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMichael McMullen, 250-881-8225 pg. 2
4568 Montford Cr., $699,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyLaurie Abram, 250-385-2033 pg. 11
4285 Quadra St., $539,900Saturday 2-3:30SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 11
573 Baker St, $449,800Saturday 1-4RE/MAX CamosunDale Sheppard, 250-478-9600
2860 Santana, $519,900Saturday 2:30-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003 pg. 14
3915 Carey Rd, $309,900Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChuck Meagher, 250-477-1100 pg. 6
36 Maddock W, $445,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422
512 Crossandra, $329,900Saturday 12-2DFH Real Estate Ltd.Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003 pg. 12
11-1950 Cultra Ave, $379,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dave Philps, 250-477-7291 pg. 5
112-10459 Resthaven, $195,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRene Blais 250 655-0608 pg. 12
12-1287 Verdier, $395,900Wednesday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Stephen Postings, 250-656-0131 pg. 9
503-6880 Wallace Dr, $398,500Saturday 12-1Fair RealtyDiana Winger, 250-999-3683
11058 Larkspur Lane, $529,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyJackie Adkins, 250-477-5353 pg. 12
11075 Salal, $599,900Saturday 1:30-3:30JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3
40-7751 East Saanich, $319,900Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastEamon Coll 250 479-3333 pg. 6
203-9730 Second St.Saturday 2-4Gordon Hulme RealtyLinda Egan, 250-656-4626 pg. 12
8410 Alec, $899,000Sunday 1:30-3:30JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3
101-2600 Ferguson, $369,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesBob Cullum, 250-384-8124 pg. 5
9708 Fifth St, $599,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 12
1480 Hillgrove Rd.Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyJennifer Scheck, 250-477-1100 pg. 15
1690 Texada, $1,189,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Ron Bahrey, 250-477-7291 pg. 13
2333 Malaview, $489,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Stephanie Peat, 250-656-0131 pg. 12
7-2312 Henry Ave, $329,000Saturday & Sunday 2-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Bill Knowles, 250-656-7779 pg. 12
202-7842 East Saanich, $289,000Saturday 12-2Re/Max CamosunJulia Abraham, 250-744-3301 pg. 9
724 Caleb Pike, Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunDarryl Roth, 250-888-5857 pg. 13
202-606 Goldstream, $229,000Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunClayton Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 9
875 Wild Ridge Way, $369,900Saturday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-216-7625 pg. 14
404-611 Brookside, $189,000Daily 12-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 8
2745 Veterans Memorial PrkwySunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAllen Tepper 250 686-6325 pg. 14
1250 Freshwater, $414,900Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunJason Leslie, 250-478-9600 pg. 13
690 Goldie, $389,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003 pg. 14
2136 Bellamy Rd, $519,900Saturday 2-4Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-818-8736
3537 Promenade, $778,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald, 250-479-3333 pg. 14
991 Rattanwood, $495,000Sunday 1-3Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 14
2572 Jeanine Dr, $535,800Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunDale Sheppard, 250-478-9600
883 McCallum Rd, $414,800Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunJason Binab, 250-744-3301
410-606 Goldstream, $269,000Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunClayton Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 9
103-982 Rattanwood, $319,900Sunday 1-3Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 14
3343 Wickheim, $529,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalDoug Poruchny, 250-478-4800 pg. 14
1310 Lake VistaSunday 1-3Re/Max AllianceKaren Love, 250-386-8875 pg. 13
3504 Portwell, $738,888Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 13
633 Rason Rd., $548,800Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 15
4488 William Head, $949,900Saturday 2:30-4:00Re/Max CamosunNoel Hache 250 744-3301 pg. 23
3128 Antrobus, $529,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Sutton Group Seafair RealtyAllan McDowell 250 213-8848 pg. 13
35-2587 Selwyn Rd, $89,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAngele Munro, 250-384-8124 pg. 13
1121 Bearspaw, $870,000Saturday 2-4Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 13
622 Goldstream Ave.Thursday - Sunday 1-4Kahl Realty250-391-8484 pg. 7
2937 Creekside Terr, $598,000Sunday 11-1DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dennis Guevin, 250-477-7291
2455 Prospector Way, $590,000Sunday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808 pg. 16
912 Neff, $499,900Saturday & Sunday 11-1Pemberton HolmesRick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 pg. 15 & 5863659
6577 Felderhof Rd, $419,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara 250 384-8124 pg. 15
7000 Maple Park, $399,000Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dennis Guevin, 250-477-7291
3582 Pechanga, $459,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 20
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Lesley Solunac found Lovey licking birdseed off her front porch.
The lost and skin-and-bones cat, then only two pounds, was parked underneath a bird feeder in front of Solunac’s home in the West Burnside Road area, lapping up whatever birds left behind.
Four weeks later, the now four-pound tabby is still there – and very much in need of a per-manent home.
“We are just suckers I guess, both my husband and I,” Solu-nac said. “We kept (Lovey) here instead of the SPCA because it’s less stressful. We are (now) feeding her every few hours.”
Over the years, Solunac and her husband Alex have taken in four dogs and two cats, all of whom somehow ended up on their front steps, badly in need of food and shelter.
Four of the animals were returned to their owners or found new homes, a task that would have been much easier with some kind of identification on a collar or by tattoo.
“Cats should be tagged or licensed, even if they (live) inside. I didn’t used to think we should, but now we do,” Solu-nac said.
The SPCA and the Capital Regional District animal shel-ters have websites where photographs of found pets are posted, but tagging makes the process much easier.
“I don’t want to be a finger wagger, but this is hard,” Solu-nac said. “When I have been looking for months at these postings of all these people who have lost their cats, it’s heart-breaking. If their cats had some kind of collar or identification they would probably be united.”
Tagging pets costs money, but it can provide peace of mind, she added. Collars with identities, unique code tattoos and even microchips under the
skin are options for pet owners.
Pamela Saddler, who runs non-profits Vic-torialostpets.com for lost animals and Bro-ken Promises Rescue Society for rescue ani-mals, is asking owners to have protection for their pets in place.
“Five per cent of animals are actually tagged, so most are untraceable,” Saddler said. “Inside cats still get out. It (may not) be traceable back to you ever. (An ID tag) is the only way for the animal
to get back to its owner.”Saddler said she gets calls
and emails every day about people finding lost or injured animals and at least five posts on her websites every day about missing cats.
At worst, she says, it is for closure. If a deceased animal is found, owners will at least know what has happened to their pet.
“It is definitely emotional because it’s an ongoing thing,” Saddler said.
“It’s $100 for life. It’s for peace of mind.”
See crd.bc.ca/animal/cat_id.htm for information on get-ting a free cat ID tag.
Advocates ask owners to tag cats
Sharon Tiffin/News staff
Smidget the cat, front, rolls in catnip at Lesley Solunac’s Saanich home. Solunac, holding Lovey, hopes to find homes for both cats.
Kyle SlavinNews staff
The end of an era at a Saanich summer hotspot came and went last August, with the closure of Elk Lake Restaurant and Water Sport Rental.
The shell of the restaurant, all that remains on the property at 5400 Pat Bay Hwy., could soon be gone too, as the new owners look to build a two-storey office building.
Saanich council heard from the landowners Monday as they sought approval of a development permit for their west coast contemporary, wedge-shaped building.
Half of the proposed building, which would have a total of 275 square metres of floor space, would be occupied by LifeSport Coaching.
Lance Watson and Paul Regensburg, of the Subaru Western triathlon series and LifeSport Coaching, have had their eye on the area as a possible location for administration space for years before approaching the Dere family, which owned the restaurant and land.
“When the (adjacent) mini golf lot went up for sale, we hummed and hawed, and it became the cat clinic,” Watson told the News in August 2012. “We kicked ourselves for missing it, so later we talked to the restaurant owners and it was great timing. They were ready to retire.”
Watson and Regensburg plan to sublet half of the building, ideally to a like-minded tenant.
“We’ve always had a strong sense of connection with Elk Lake – all the Olympians we train there, we personally go running on that lake three to four times a week, swim on the lake in the summer. For us it feels like home,” Watson said.
“Emotionally and practically,
we wanted to be there. We’re going to look for a tenant who appreciations that atmosphere.”
Saanich engineers are recommending the current access from the property onto the southbound lanes of the Pat Bay Highway be blocked off, making Hamsterly Road the sole access out of the site. The Ministry of Transportation and Highways is also recommending decommissioning this access. Saanich council approved the development which will include 11 parking spots and 26 stalls for bicycles.
Watson says a lot of the existing asphalt site will be torn up to make way for trees and greenery.
Triathlon building shapes up
Image courtesy of Cittagroup
This rendering shows a proposed two-storey office building slated to replace the Elk Lake Restaurant. The offices will house LifeSport Coaching and Western triathlon offices, and a second tenant.
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Tea Festival set for SaturdayTeetotalers and tea lovers alike can find some-
thing new this weekend, as the seventh annual Vic-toria Tea Festival takes over the Crystal Garden.
The one-day event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., will feature 40 exhibitors.
Tickets include admission to a variety of pre-sentations.
They start with Planning the Perfect Tea Cel-ebration (noon), with Lorna Reeves from TeaTime Magazine, and wind up with an outlier, Josh del Sol from Level Ground Trading, who’ll speak on Cof-fee: From Field to Cup starting at 4 p.m.
Proceeds from the festival go toward the Camo-sun College Child Care Services.
Tickets are $20 each, available online at victori-ateafestival.com, at Vancity (752 Fort St.), Special Teas (803 Fort St.) and at the door until gone. For more information, visit the festival website or call 250-370-4880.
Megan ColeNews staff
Coast Capital Savings customers will experience limited banking access this weekend as the bank shuts down most of its services from Feb. 8 to 12.
The closures come as Coast Capital switches to a new banking system.
“We’ve had our current system in place for a number of years,” said Coast Capital Savings spokesperson Jay-Ann Fordy. “What we’re doing is we’ve purchased new system software and we’re moving all of our current customer information and data over to the new system.”
While the upgrades will mean better service in the future for customers, over the weekend the nearly 500,000 Coast Capital customers will have no access to their account information.
People will still be able to use their debit
cards to make purchases and to use ATMs other than Coast Capital’s, but all branches will be closed and online and mobile banking will be discontinued until Feb. 12 at noon.
Fordy is encouraging customers who are using ATMs during the service disruption to use other credit unions to avoid banking fees.
“The new system gives us the ability to make sure we can continue to provide products and services in a more modern way,” Fordy said. “One thing customers
will see right away is that we are eliminating transaction slips in the banks. When they go in, it will all be an automated system.”
Coast Capital began to notify customers about the closures a couple of weeks ago through letters from the CEO and followed up with an announcement through social media, signage and reminders to customers as they visited the branches.
The service disruption begins today (Feb. 8) at 3 p.m.
Shutdown will allow for computer changes
OAK BAY NEWS - Friday, February 8, 2013 www.oakbaynews.com • A19
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Pure Apple Juice 1L
THRIFTY orSensations by Compliments
Wild Red Sockeye Salmon213g
One DozenLong Stem Roseswith Gypsophilia & GreensAssorted Colours55cm
On Sale
2 998for
Coke, Canada Dry or Selected Flavours 20 Pack
Top Sirloin Steaks
or RoastNaturally Aged 21 Days
Family Pack Savings Size$8.80/kg
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Island Farms
Ice CreamOriginal, Vanilla Plus
or Chocolate Plus Selected, 1.65L
Regular Retail:$7.99 Each
On Sale
*SAME ITEM OF EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE.
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