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Gordon Head is the greenest neigh-bourhood in the country.

Not only is the region represented federally by the first-ever Green MP Eliza-beth May, this week Saanich and Oak Bay residents made history yet again, giving the B.C. Green party its first seat in any provin-cial legislature in Canada.

Andrew Weaver, a University of Victoria climate scientist, defeated longtime Liberal MLA Ida Chong and NDP candidate Jessica Van der Veen in a riding touted as being the Greens’ best shot at winning a seat.

Weaver held the lead from the outset, as votes came in Tuesday night. By the time the final votes had been tallied, three hours after polls closed, Weaver received 40 per

cent of the popular vote in Oak Bay-Gor-don Head, more than 10 per cent (or 2,500 votes) ahead of the incumbent Chong, who finished second.

“If you had asked me 10 years ago if this would happen I’d say you were absolutely crazy,” Weaver said Tuesday night during his victory party at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel. “I’m not going to come in off the bat making strong statements and policy. I’ve got to learn what the position is from the inside out, build strength in my voice get-ting a background of what’s there.”

Weaver said he’ll spend the next few weeks understanding the legislative pro-cess, arranging staff and opening his con-stituency office.

Dennis Pilon, associate professor of politi-cal science at York University and a spe-cialist in B.C. politics, says despite the his-torical vote, Weaver likely won’t be able to

accomplish much in the B.C. legislature.“He could make the most of this or it

could be a real disaster,” Pilon said. “Being a lone member of a party in the legislature can be very lonely. You don’t have a lot of power. It’ll depend on what kind of player he turns out to be. Is he the ego-driven Andrew first? Or is he really on side with

this Green party ‘I’m representing a move-ment of people’ thing? Time will tell.

“His victory is an important psychologi-cal victory for the Green Party of Canada. The fact they’ve elected another (politician) is crucial,” he added. “They don’t want (Eliz-abeth) May to appear to be a one-off fluke, so I think this is very important for them.”

Residents in Oak Bay-Gordon Head will go from having a cabinet minister to being represented by a one-member party in the legislature.

Chong, who spent the past 20 years in politics – three as a Saanich councillor and 17 as an MLA, spent Tuesday night in a state of optimistic disbelief. The former accoun-tant repeatedly told supporters, “It’s still early. It’s not over till the end.”

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Oak Bay-Gordon Head election results*n Andrew Weaver (Green) 9,602 (40%)n Ida Chong (Liberal) 7,124 (30%)n Jessica Van der Veen (NDP) 6,772 (28.1%)n Greg Kazakoff (Conservative) 455 (1.9%)*preliminary results

Andrew Weaver beams Tuesday night as he is declared the

winner of Oak Bay-Gordon Head. The UVic climate scientist is the first-ever B.C. Green candidate to win a seat in the legislature.

Sharon Tiffin/News staff

A one-man green machineAndrew Weaver has made Canadian history and rescued the B.C. Green party, but Oak Bay-Gordon Head voters will now have a far more limited voice in the legislature

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While most Greater Victoria campaign parties were subdued at best, there were smiles all around at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel where the first provincially elected Green party member, Andrew Weaver held his celebration.

Gary Wright’s 1976 hit Dream Weaver pumped from the speakers just before party leader Jane Sterk took the stage to introduce the green’s golden boy.

“Andrew will be a tremendous MLA,” she said, before slamming

Liberal plans for several liquified natural gas plants. Earlier in the night Sterk, who lost Victoria-Beacon Hill to NDP incumbent Carole James, told the News: “One Green seat, as we’ve seen federally, is a breakthrough and will be provincially as well.”

Weaver was welcomed to the stage with boisterous applause and with apologies to his assistant for going off script spent his victory speech thanking his volunteers.

Weaver, who is a climate scientist, Lansdowne Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Victoria, said he was shocked at the

Liberals’ majority win and excited about his own.

“I’m not going to come in off the bat making strong statements and policy,” said Weaver. “I’ve got to learn what the position is from the inside out. Build strength in my voice by getting a

background of what’s there.”

Weaver said his campaign drew support from across the political spectrum.

“You can see that in the fact that the sitting cabinet minister Ida Chong finished (second). … The Conservative candidate, he did a lot of work, but he didn’t really draw from the Liberals, and the NDP numbers also came our way.”

Weaver sees a ban on oil tanker traffic, health care costs and poverty as the top issues in Oak Bay-Gordon Head and the region.

Leadership of the B.C. Greens remains to be seen in the days and weeks ahead. Sterk, who was elected leader in 2007, says she’ll meet with the chair and council to “talk about what is the best strategy going forward.”

She previously stated she would step down if she lost this election, but Green party members have encouraged her to stay, she said, citing the strides made under her leadership.

“Success is seductive … the message of the Green party that got out under my leadership in this campaign is exciting,” Sterk said.

“I don’t think she should resign because frankly she’s been at this for many years,” said Weaver. “I would still like to serve under her leadership. She knows the Green book inside and out. I’m happy to continue as an MLA, I have enough work on my plate over the next few months to keep me busy. I would really like her to stay as the leader of the Green party.”[email protected]

Greens make political breakthrough


Green party leader Jane Sterk, left, congratulates Oak Bay-Gordon Head Green candidate Andrew Weaver at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel after he is declared the first Green MLA elected.

Party leadership not on the radar for newly minted MLA

“One Green seat, as we’ve seen federally, is a breakthrough and will be provincially as well.”

- Jane Sterk

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While most Greater Victoria campaign parties were subdued at best, there were smiles all around at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel where the first provincially elected Green party member, Andrew Weaver held his celebration.

Gary Wright’s 1976 hit Dream Weaver pumped from the speakers just before party leader Jane Sterk took the stage to introduce the green’s golden boy.

“Andrew will be a tremendous MLA,” she said, before slamming

Liberal plans for several liquified natural gas plants. Earlier in the night Sterk, who lost Victoria-Beacon Hill to NDP incumbent Carole James, told the News: “One Green seat, as we’ve seen federally, is a breakthrough and will be provincially as well.”

Weaver was welcomed to the stage with boisterous applause and with apologies to his assistant for going off script spent his victory speech thanking his volunteers.

Weaver, who is a climate scientist, Lansdowne Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Victoria, said he was shocked at the

Liberals’ majority win and excited about his own.

“I’m not going to come in off the bat making strong statements and policy,” said Weaver. “I’ve got to learn what the position is from the inside out. Build strength in my voice by getting a

background of what’s there.”

Weaver said his campaign drew support from across the political spectrum.

“You can see that in the fact that the sitting cabinet minister Ida Chong finished (second). … The Conservative candidate, he did a lot of work, but he didn’t really draw from the Liberals, and the NDP numbers also came our way.”

Weaver sees a ban on oil tanker traffic, health care costs and poverty as the top issues in Oak Bay-Gordon Head and the region.

Leadership of the B.C. Greens remains to be seen in the days and weeks ahead. Sterk, who was elected leader in 2007, says she’ll meet with the chair and council to “talk about what is the best strategy going forward.”

She previously stated she would step down if she lost this election, but Green party members have encouraged her to stay, she said, citing the strides made under her leadership.

“Success is seductive … the message of the Green party that got out under my leadership in this campaign is exciting,” Sterk said.

“I don’t think she should resign because frankly she’s been at this for many years,” said Weaver. “I would still like to serve under her leadership. She knows the Green book inside and out. I’m happy to continue as an MLA, I have enough work on my plate over the next few months to keep me busy. I would really like her to stay as the leader of the Green party.”[email protected]

Greens make political breakthrough


Green party leader Jane Sterk, left, congratulates Oak Bay-Gordon Head Green candidate Andrew Weaver at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel after he is declared the first Green MLA elected.

Party leadership not on the radar for newly minted MLA

“One Green seat, as we’ve seen federally, is a breakthrough and will be provincially as well.”

- Jane Sterk

Greater Victoria election results*Esquimalt-Royal Roadsn Maurine Karagianis (NDP) 9,997 (48.1%)n Chris Ricketts (Liberal) 5,959 (28.7%)n Susan Low (Green) 4,486 (21.6%)n Joshua Steffler (Independent) 318 (1.5%)

Juan de Fucan John Horgan (NDP) 11,272 (53.6%)n Kerrie Reay (Liberal) 6,513 (31%)n Carlos Serra (Green) 3,253 (15.5%)

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Saanich North and the Islandsn Gary Holman (NDP) 9,681 (33.2%)n Stephen Roberts (Liberal) 9,629 (33%)n Adam Olsen (Green) 9,294 (31.9%)n Scott McEachern (Independent) 567 (1.9%)

Saanich Southn Lana Popham (NDP) 10,824 (45.4%)n Rishi Sharma (Liberal) 8,473 (35.5%)n Branko Mustafovic (Green) 3,612 (15.1%)n Joshua Galbraith (Conservative) 789 (3.3%)n Peter Kappel (Independent) 131 (0.55%)

Victoria-Beacon Hilln Carole James (NDP) 11,335 (48.7%)n Jane Sterk (Green) 7,852 (33.7%)n Karen Bill (Liberal) 3,981 (17.1%)n John Shaw (Communist) 117 (0.5%)

Victoria-Swan Laken Rob Fleming (NDP) 10,891 (54.7%)n Christina Bates (Liberal) 4,509 (22.6%)n Spencer Malthouse (Green) 4,502 (22.6%)

Provincial seat distributionLiberals 50 seatsNDP 33 seatsGreen 1 seatIndependent 1 seat*all results are preliminary

Daniel PalmerNews staff

With the return of a B.C. Liberal government and the toppling of stalwart MLA Ida Chong, south Vancouver Island’s interests could face dark days ahead, warns one political expert.

Only two of the 14 seats on Vancouver Island are likely to be represented by B.C. Liberal MLAs, with a near-sweep of the south Island by the B.C. NDP (New Democrat Gary Holman’s razor-thin lead over Liberal Stephen Roberts in Saanich North and the Islands is likely to trigger a judicial recount).

“The Liberals have won a solid majority government without anybody on the (south Island),” said Dennis Pilon, associate professor of political science at York University and a spe-cialist in B.C. politics.

“Unless the Liberals figure they could gain back that support, there’s really not much incentive for them to work very hard to woo those voters.”

Former B.C. NDP leader Carole James, re-elected in Victoria-Beacon Hill on Tuesday, said a lack of Liberal MLAs on the south Island means her party will “work with ministers and

within the system” to ensure regional interests are addressed.

“We’ve gone to bat for our constituents in the past and I think they can count on us to do that again and to work both ways, as a strong opposition but also as a strong team to propose solutions,” she said.

While the Liberals attained a 50-seat majority in the legislature, they only captured 44.4 per cent of the popular vote.

“It will be very tough for the government to ignore a very strong message (of NDP support) in the Capital Region and on Vancouver Island,” James said.

She and fellow south Island MLAs Rob Flem-ing, Maurine Karagianis, Lana Popham and John Horgan are accustomed to working in opposi-tion, James said, and will work with the fourth-term B.C. Liberals on regional issues as transit, affordable housing and child poverty.

“We’ve had four wasted years of the govern-ment, between the HST and leadership cam-paigns and all that. It’s been a bit of a write-off, as far as a term of government,” Karagianis said. “Hopefully … we’ll get on with governing with the province of British Columbia.”

The lack of B.C. Liberal representation on the south Island means the regional business community will have to work harder to attain needed infrastructure spending on projects such as light rail transit and the Victoria airport runway expansion, said Bruce Carter, Greater

Victoria Chamber of Commerce CEO.“Ida (Chong) was an incredibly valuable rep-

resentative (for the Island) and provided bal-ance and regional representation at cabinet and caucus tables.

“Now, when discussions happen, we’re going to have to rely on non-resident MLAs to repre-sent our needs,” Carter said, referring to Liberal MLAs Michelle Stilwell (Parksville-Qualicum) and Don McRae (Comox Valley).

The global economy is likely to improve in the coming years, Carter added, allowing the B.C. Liberals to continue to expand their natural resource exportation policies.

“Certainly LNG will happen and the two pipe-line projects will receive full consideration.”

Pilon said an NDP government would likely have bolstered the Capital Region economy by hiring more public servants and making changes to B.C. Ferries, issues the Liberals likely won’t feel pressured to address anytime soon.

“Politicians think, ‘Why should I be nice to you? What are you going to do for me?’ If they don’t think they need you, there’s no need to keep throwing stuff at you,” he said.

Preliminary voter turnout for the province was 52 per cent, slightly above the record-low 2009 turnout of 51 per cent. Voter turnout was down, however, in all seven Capital Region elec-toral districts.

–with reporting from Kyle Slavin and Kyle [email protected]

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Re-elected NDP MLAs Maureen Karagianas, Carole James, Rob Fleming and Lana Popham applaud while listening to leader Adrian Dix speak on TV. Except for the Green victory in Oak Bay-Gordon Head, the NDP won six provincial ridings in the Capital Region, leaving the city without any representatives from the ruling Liberals.

Greater Victoria, the opposition cityRegion’s voters veer farther away from ruling Liberals

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Despite trailing both Weaver and Van der Veen much of the night, it took another 20 min-utes after Weaver’s tele-vised victory speech before Chong admitted defeat.

“Congratulations to Andrew Weaver for achieving the history he wanted to achieve,” she said. “Of course there’s a bit of sadness that I’m not able to con-tinue to represent this riding. There’s some projects I’d still love to continue on with and can only hope that the new MLA will do that.

“It’s bittersweet,”

Liberal candidate Ida Chong watches election results with her supporters at her campaign office.


Chong misses majorityshe said of a majority Liberal government. “Whenever you’re run-ning you want to win your seat to add to the majority of the party, and the majority of

government. I certainly would’ve wanted to be there.”

South Island constitu-encies produced strong showings for the Green party. Leader Jane Sterk (Victoria-Beacon Hill) and Saanich North and the Islands candi-date Adam Olsen each received nearly one-

third of the votes in their respective ridings. Olsen, Gary Holman (NDP) and Stephen Roberts (Liberal) jock-eyed for positions all night, with Holman ulti-mately being declared the victor, but only by 52 votes over Roberts.

“We have to see what happens when the (absentee) votes come in,” Pilon said. “That could convert to some-body else.”

Voter turnout in Oak Bay-Gordon Head, with-out counting absentee ballots, was 64 per cent, down from 66.9 per cent in 2009.

The final count on election night had Weaver receiving 9,602 votes; Chong with 7,124; Van der Veen with 6,772; and Conser-vative Greg Kazakoff with [email protected]

Silver lining for Chong

Ida Chong’s defeat comes with a silver lining for her, in the form of severance and a million-dollar pen-sion, says Jordan Bateman, Cana-dian Taxpayers Federation B.C. Director.

Chong is in line to receive some $1.55-million in pension if she lives to 80 years old. Her year one pen-sion is $89,405.

For every dol-lar a retiring or defeated MLA contributes to their pension, they receive $4 from taxpayers.

“The one caveat in this is a period between 1996 and 2007. MLAs had to make a proac-tive choice to buy back that missing time under a richer (RRSP) system,” Bateman said. “(Chong) being an accountant, she should know the value of buying those back.”

She also has the potential to receive $101,859 in sever-ance over the next 15 months, and up to $9,000 as a training allowance if she needs to update her educa-tion if she chooses to go back to work.

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“Of course there’s a bit of sadness that I’m not able to continue to represent this riding.”

- Ida Chong


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Participants of Garagellennium XIV, a munic-ipality-wide garage sale slated for June 8 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., are encouraged to give back to the community in some form or another. Vendors may keep their profits or register to see profits donated to the charity of their choice online at oakbaygaragesale.com by June 3. Charities pledged thus far include: Victoria Foundation; Victoria Hospice; Big Brothers/Big Sisters; World Wildlife Fund; Mood Disorders Society of Canada; Creative Peace Murals; One Step at a Time; and Umbrella Society.

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Cyclists race to Windsor Park SundayNatalie NorthNews staff

High-tempo turns, team tactics and break-aways are on their way to Windsor Park during the Oak Bay Bikes/Victoria Wheelers Criterium this Sunday.

“It’s one of the most spectator friendly,” said Ian Phillips, a regular volunteer with the Victoria Cycling League. “It holds your attention the entire time because there’s something happening all the time. There’s usually a bunch of break aways and a sprint to the finish.”

Race organizer Jenny Skinner of the Victoria Wheelers Club agrees and would like to see more of the community with their lawn chairs out along the two-kilometre loop.

“I would love to make this more European-style where people are out and cheering and having barbecues on their lawns and making an event of it themselves,” Skinner said. “With every race and every year it develops more and more.”

Unlike some longer road races out in the country, it’s also easy to make it back to

the finish line for the action at race’s end. The closed track race has been happening for about 15 seasons in its current incarnation, though bike races at Windsor Park have been traced back to the turn of the century.

“You have Olympic athletes, national athletes and first-time racers coming out,” Skinner said. “You get to see high performance

athletes and first-timers out on the road. That we can play a small part in athletic development and that the community is so connected and you can play a part in the connectivity – it’s great.”

The race, which is expected to draw about 80 to 90 racers of all abilities, is also held in conjunction with a women’s clinic this year, upping the number of female

competitors. There’s also been an influx

of teenaged riders to the sport in Victoria within the last year, with the criterium’s C division, comprised of young and novice riders, nearly doubling in size from last year’s event. Young riders will come from across the Island to participate with some travelling from Campbell River and Comox to ride the velodrome each Tuesday and Thursday after school.

“The more races that are available, the more riders come down,” Phillips said.

The first of the three-part race series kicks off this Sunday, May 19 from 8 a.m. until noon at Windsor Park. Subsequent races are set for the same time and place, July 7 and 28.

Despite the speed, the turns and the occasional crash, the event is a relaxing one to watch, Phillips added.

The roads surrounding the perimeter of Windsor Park will be closed from 7:30 a.m. to noon. Racers register at the site up until five minutes prior to the 8 a.m. start. For more information, visit victoriawheelers.ca.

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Winner Jeff Sparling leads the pack, with Pro City Racing teammate Kevin Ford, during the elite A race of the Windsor Park Criterium in Oak Bay last year.

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With our 13 municipalities and several other regional bodies, including the Capital Regional District, we have many public leaders and many more civil servants at the staff level.

Many people argue that we are over-governed and poorly co-ordinated. The original mandate of the CRD was to foster co-ordination and collaboration amongst the various municipalities and in some cases this has gone very well.

As volunteer vice-chair on the CRD’s water advisory committee, I’ve become impressed with the regional water system. Among the good decisions made are the acquisition of substantial watersheds that should guarantee high quality and high volumes of water for our communities for many years to come.

While the water commission, with the help of the water advisory committee, has much to do, there is no doubt that collaboration around water services in the CRD has been a huge success.

We need more such successes in Greater Victoria, particularly in the areas of sewage and transportation. Successful collaborations such as the CRD’s water program should inspire and encourage far better co-operation than currently exists.

These and other matters are vital infrastructure issues that, if handled poorly, could cost millions of

taxpayer dollars.I recently attended a

CRD-led consultation on regional transportation with other Greater Victoria leaders. I was struck by the paradox that many municipal staff were more than willing to collaborate with others on issues such as transportation, but felt they had little encouragement from their political leaders to do so.

That’s just not good enough from our political leaders, who could be accused of saying one thing publicly – no one will disagree with collaboration – and something else behind the scenes.

As vice-president of the Community Social Planning Council, I also recently moderated a session on affordable housing in the region. Happily, several mayors and councillors attended to discuss the No. 1 issue in the region, according to the Victoria Foundation’s latest Vital Signs report.

There is strong interest in this issue as well, but clearly there has been very little co-ordination and collaboration across municipal boundaries on affordable housing to date. In fact, many staff and politicians in the room were

unaware of what best practices and successes exist across the region or even how their bylaws compared. To be fair, they were there to learn about them.

There seems to be a collaborative instinct and willingness at the staff level with a stated commitment at the political level, but there appears to be not nearly as much actual day-to-day co-ordination on many issues.

This is true for the West Shore as well as the entire region. We live in an extraordinary community and our citizens deserve the very best in forward thinking and innovation on all of these cross-boundary infrastructure issues. To believe that a behind the scenes, unstated Balkanized approach will produce the best solutions is naïve.

To ensure that our communities can be healthier, both in terms of economy and quality of life, we need to reach beyond our local concerns to achieve a shared, broader vision of how we want to live together in the Greater Victoria Region. We did it on water, so let’s do it in all the other critical infrastructure areas as well.

With the provincial election producing no south Vancouver Island representation in the governing party, it’s more important than ever that we get our collective regional act together.

Dan Spinner is CEO of the WestShore Chamber of Commerce.

True collaboration helps community

‘Staff want to collaborate, but they aren’t encouraged by political leaders.’

Green mousemay yet roar

The movers and shakers in the B.C. NDP will no doubt lose plenty of sleep given the party’s underwhelming performance in Tuesday’s provincial election.

While its candidates once again rolled to a near sweep in Greater Victoria and Vancouver Island, the NDP has more to think about than simply how to get the better of the B.C. Liberals.

The win by Andrew Weaver of the Green Party over longtime Liberal MLA Ida Chong and tireless NDP campaigner Jessica Van der Veen in Oak Bay-Gordon Head opens the door a crack for a party seen for years as a quirky collection of environmentalists.

In terms of the popular vote, perhaps a better measurement of public support for a party, the Greens fared roughly the same as 2009, taking about eight per cent provincewide.

But over the longer term, the presence of the vocal Weaver in the legislature may give the public a glimpse of just how well a Green party MLA can represent constituents. It’s the old “show me, don’t tell me” scenario.

If people like how the Nobel Prize-winning scientist handles himself and takes the Liberals to task, it may just encourage more voters to step out of their comfort zone and go Green next election.

And that will mostly take votes away from the NDP, which has tried hard to incorporate a business-friendly strategy with being environmentally responsible, so as not to alienate anyone.

It’s tough to play well to both crowds, as the Liberals know. Among the reasons they emerged victorious on election day was they stuck primarily to one message, that of keeping a strong economy and job creation front and centre.

Winning one seat among 85 in the legislature isn’t exactly earth shattering, and the B.C. Greens face their own uncertainty with leader Jane Sterk losing for a second straight time.

But the party is poised to alter B.C.’s political history more than we realize. It just might take a while.

Dan SpinnerGuest column



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With our 13 municipalities and several other regional bodies, including the Capital Regional District, we have many public leaders and many more civil servants at the staff level.

Many people argue that we are over-governed and poorly co-ordinated. The original mandate of the CRD was to foster co-ordination and collaboration amongst the various municipalities and in some cases this has gone very well.

As volunteer vice-chair on the CRD’s water advisory committee, I’ve become impressed with the regional water system. Among the good decisions made are the acquisition of substantial watersheds that should guarantee high quality and high volumes of water for our communities for many years to come.

While the water commission, with the help of the water advisory committee, has much to do, there is no doubt that collaboration around water services in the CRD has been a huge success.

We need more such successes in Greater Victoria, particularly in the areas of sewage and transportation. Successful collaborations such as the CRD’s water program should inspire and encourage far better co-operation than currently exists.

These and other matters are vital infrastructure issues that, if handled poorly, could cost millions of

taxpayer dollars.I recently attended a

CRD-led consultation on regional transportation with other Greater Victoria leaders. I was struck by the paradox that many municipal staff were more than willing to collaborate with others on issues such as transportation, but felt they had little encouragement from their political leaders to do so.

That’s just not good enough from our political leaders, who could be accused of saying one thing publicly – no one will disagree with collaboration – and something else behind the scenes.

As vice-president of the Community Social Planning Council, I also recently moderated a session on affordable housing in the region. Happily, several mayors and councillors attended to discuss the No. 1 issue in the region, according to the Victoria Foundation’s latest Vital Signs report.

There is strong interest in this issue as well, but clearly there has been very little co-ordination and collaboration across municipal boundaries on affordable housing to date. In fact, many staff and politicians in the room were

unaware of what best practices and successes exist across the region or even how their bylaws compared. To be fair, they were there to learn about them.

There seems to be a collaborative instinct and willingness at the staff level with a stated commitment at the political level, but there appears to be not nearly as much actual day-to-day co-ordination on many issues.

This is true for the West Shore as well as the entire region. We live in an extraordinary community and our citizens deserve the very best in forward thinking and innovation on all of these cross-boundary infrastructure issues. To believe that a behind the scenes, unstated Balkanized approach will produce the best solutions is naïve.

To ensure that our communities can be healthier, both in terms of economy and quality of life, we need to reach beyond our local concerns to achieve a shared, broader vision of how we want to live together in the Greater Victoria Region. We did it on water, so let’s do it in all the other critical infrastructure areas as well.

With the provincial election producing no south Vancouver Island representation in the governing party, it’s more important than ever that we get our collective regional act together.

Dan Spinner is CEO of the WestShore Chamber of Commerce.

True collaboration helps community

‘Staff want to collaborate, but they aren’t encouraged by political leaders.’

Green mousemay yet roar

The movers and shakers in the B.C. NDP will no doubt lose plenty of sleep given the party’s underwhelming performance in Tuesday’s provincial election.

While its candidates once again rolled to a near sweep in Greater Victoria and Vancouver Island, the NDP has more to think about than simply how to get the better of the B.C. Liberals.

The win by Andrew Weaver of the Green Party over longtime Liberal MLA Ida Chong and tireless NDP campaigner Jessica Van der Veen in Oak Bay-Gordon Head opens the door a crack for a party seen for years as a quirky collection of environmentalists.

In terms of the popular vote, perhaps a better measurement of public support for a party, the Greens fared roughly the same as 2009, taking about eight per cent provincewide.

But over the longer term, the presence of the vocal Weaver in the legislature may give the public a glimpse of just how well a Green party MLA can represent constituents. It’s the old “show me, don’t tell me” scenario.

If people like how the Nobel Prize-winning scientist handles himself and takes the Liberals to task, it may just encourage more voters to step out of their comfort zone and go Green next election.

And that will mostly take votes away from the NDP, which has tried hard to incorporate a business-friendly strategy with being environmentally responsible, so as not to alienate anyone.

It’s tough to play well to both crowds, as the Liberals know. Among the reasons they emerged victorious on election day was they stuck primarily to one message, that of keeping a strong economy and job creation front and centre.

Winning one seat among 85 in the legislature isn’t exactly earth shattering, and the B.C. Greens face their own uncertainty with leader Jane Sterk losing for a second straight time.

But the party is poised to alter B.C.’s political history more than we realize. It just might take a while.

Dan SpinnerGuest column

Electors in B.C.fooled by Liberals

Liberals are ecstatic and the B.C. NDP depressed, and why wouldn’t they be?

Nobody projected the miraculous recovery of the B.C. Liberals, and most assumed a NDP government taking over.

However, enough electors decided otherwise, so we are faced with four more years of the Liberal juggernaut in office.

What can we learn after the initial shock has devastated our mindless assumptions?

One disturbing factor might be the importance of negative messaging and attack ads. The Liberals were merciless in exploiting every little idiosyncrasy that Adrian Dix exhibited or not, making them appear as monumental flaws which spelled disaster if he were allowed to take hold of the premier’s office.

The NDP decided from the start to ignore and not respond to the Liberals’ misinformation. Was that the right decision? Everyone can identify at least one or two gross examples of Liberal mismanagement and incompetence over the past 12 years.

And yet, enough voters were entranced by the sound and fury of fabricated scandal and mischief that they kept their belief in the merits and worthiness of most incumbent Liberal MLAs to return the party to power.

What were they voting for? More of the same with a thin veneer of hype, reinforcing the idea that life would be wonderful the way it had been engineered by Liberal leaders and party in the past?

A travesty, yet one which prevailed and produced the desired results by the big money people who own and control the

B.C. Liberal party.We might sober up and realize

what a mistake we made, but that’s the way we do politics in beautiful supernatural B.C.

Dale PerkinsVictoria

Post-election bluesfor non-Liberal fan

As the sick feeling in my stomach begins to subside (it’s similar to the feeling I had when Sarah Palin became the U.S. vice-presidential candidate), I’m seeking out positive solutions.

I’m hoping for a huge scandal to bring down the Liberal government before 2017, but here’s a better way.

When the government chooses another district for Premier Christy Clark to run in, support and, where appropriate, vote for another candidate in that by-election.

Here’s an interesting question:

what will happen if Premier Clark is unable to win a riding?

Helene HarrisonVictoria

Don’t judge peopleon street on looks

They may have ragged, dirty clothes, smell bad, or may look pretty clean. But one thing is true – they need a friend. So do those people you see at intersections holding a sign asking for help, and

those walking the streets asking for spare change.

In Victoria and Vancouver there is a high percentage of panhandlers, and for the most part, arguably, these cities are not known for being the most generous to panhandlers.

You may feel we are, but the reality is, we can do a much better job of supporting our fellow human beings.

Kathryn PerryVictoria

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Pipe roping timeA worker throws a rope over the end of a large metal pipe being lifted by a crane from a lot on Bay Street at Bridge Street. The pipes were being loaded on to a barge and the rope was used by workers to guide the pipe into place.

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Poor choice made for B.C. pre-election opinion pieceRe: Think Hard about B.C.’s

future before voting May 14 (Letters, May 10)

This opinion piece read like a paid advertorial by the Liberal party, rather than the thoughtful perspective of a former respected business leader – Gwyn Morgan. The fact it was delivered by someone who is a fairly recent arrival to B.C. made it even more distasteful.

Did B.C. voters really have

to suffer through the one-dimensional prophecies of a dyed-in-the-wool Alberta carbon industrialist?

As noted by the editor, Mr. Morgan was once an advisor to Liberal Premier Christy Clark. Left unmentioned is that he also is a member of the elite $100,000 donation club to the B.C. Liberal party, as per Elections B.C., and is listed on the board of directors of the fringe right Fraser Institute.

Morgan was touted as former CEO of Encana Corp., presumably to correlate business expertise and success to his expressed views.

Left unmentioned was the fact that he very recently “retired” as board chairman of Canadian engineering company SNC Lavalin.

Under his watch an unprecedented cult of graft appears to have flourished.

Investigations are ongoing into hundreds of millions of dollars of bribery payments and illegal political contributions allegedly made by SNC management and staff to secure business contracts. Criminal cases against former SNC personnel are proceeding to court in Quebec and Europe.

Billions of dollars of shareholder value have been lost, as SNC stock has plummeted. Any competent board chairman worth

their salt, where substantial company revenues come from Libya, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Algeria – and now, it seems, Montreal –- should have ensured as top priority that an ethics compliance programme was in place and functioning.

Given the foregoing, why did Black Press publish this? You can do better next election.

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Keeping the parade to a manage-able size and duration is a constant concern for Butlin.

“Bigger isn’t necessarily better,” he said. “One year we had, I think, 147 entries and it was just too long.”

This year’s edition is expected to run about three hours. With the long-range forecast calling for a mainly sunny conditions Mon-day with highs reaching 18 C, heat shouldn’t play a factor for parade watchers or participants alike.

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Believe it or not, the busiest time for Island Farms Victoria Day Parade chair Ron Butlin isn’t the week before the annual May long weekend event.

“The real crazy week is the week leading up to the entry deadline,” said Butlin, who has overseen orga-nization of the parade for the past 21 years.

He had been fretting over the numbers leading up to last month’s cut-off for the 115th annual holiday extravaganza, but sounded pleased this week with the final roster of 129 entries.

Victoria Day parade caps long weekend


Members of the Spectrum marching band get in an early morning practice Wednesday on the school fields and parking lot in preparation for the annual Island Farms Victoria Day parade on Monday. Reynolds and Lambrick Park secondaries are the other Greater Victoria schools whose marching bands are among the 21 units entered in this year’s parade.

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Pull out your Wranglers and get ready for Vancouver Island’s only professional rodeo.

Each May long weekend, the Lux-ton Fairgrounds become the hub of entertainment on the West Shore, with the rodeo, midway rides, games and fair food.

The rodeo includes steer wres-tling, bull riding, saddle bronc, bare-back bronc, barrel racing and tie down and team roping events.

“It’s one of the favourite stops for all the cowboys,” said Kynan Vine, director of rodeo administration for Canadian Professional Rodeo Asso-ciation. “It’s so beautiful there.”

From Saturday through Monday, 280 cowboys and cowgirls will com-pete at Luxton. Top competitors in each event earn about $2,400.

“It’s a small rodeo, but it’s still a pretty good payday,” Vine said.

Young aspiring cowboys and cow-girls can sign up for the Mutton Bus-tin’ and boot scramble events.

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West has managed the event for 31 years along with husband Charlie Price. They organize the 130 volun-teers who make the rodeo happen.

Events start daily at 2 p.m. and tickets are available at the gate. Adult admission is $20 and children 14 and under are free with an adult. Seniors and students are $15.

Adding to the party atmosphere, the Montgomery County Band plays a dance tomorrow (May 18) at Lux-ton Hall. Tickets must be purchased in advance, from Willow Wind & Tack, 2714 Sooke Rd.

Admission to the grounds is free and includes access to vendors, antique farm equipment, blacksmith and heritage displays. The West Coast Amusements midway opens Friday for a sneak preview at 3 p.m.

On Saturday, Sunday and Mon-day the midway opens at 1 p.m. See members.shaw.ca/luxtonrodeo.

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Children beware, Baba Yaga is coming to life.

The Veselka Ukrainian dance school is premiering Baba Yaga’s Supper, an original Ukrainian folk bal-let based around the historic charac-ter, Sunday (May 19) at the McPher-son Playhouse.

Danielle Dojack, a Veselka instruc-tor, plays Baba Yaga, a forest witch of Slavic folklore who is all kinds of wicked. Chief among her evils is a disturbing appetite for children.

Worry not, the show is happily for all ages.

Artistic director Lisa Hall created the storyline and choreographed the dance, which uses all 45 danc-ers from the school, ages three to 20, based out of the studio located in the Ukrainian Cultural Centre on Douglas Street.

Baba Yaga is more than just an ugly old witch. She’s powerful, with a bent back, and a face covered in warts. Her gray hair hasn’t been washed or trimmed in hundreds of years and her clothing is rags.

“Traditionally Baba has a sister too. They like to eat children and go into villages to steal them but gener-ally, wisdom prevails,” Hall said.

It’s Hall’s second original perfor-mance, having written and choreographed King of the Crows for the Veselka school’s 40th anniversary two years ago. That was also performed at the McPherson, a tradi-tion the school hopes to continue.

At the centre of the plot is the axe-wielding Vasyl, a travelling man, played by Nathan Kuehne, and Romanka, played by Elizabeth Kuroyedov, who is best

described as “smitten with Vasyl.”There’s a horse, played by Jocelyn Mih-

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And there’s Baba Yaga’s house, inhabited by hench toads, and standing on chicken legs. True to form, the chicken leg driven cabin is mobile and will be on the move throughout the performance.

“The story is about how far people might go to satisfy their desires, the risks of our acquisitive society, and the wise counsel of true and trusted friends,” said producer Valerie Kuehne.

Romanka seeks Baba Yaga the witch in the quest for a love potion to fulfill the young woman’s dream of being with Vasyl. In trade, Romanka promises to help pro-cure children for Baba Yaga’s supper.

The Veselkas recently performed as part of the Greater Victoria Performing Arts Fes-tival and will be on stage at Beacon Hill for Heritage Day on June 15.

Showtime for Baba Yaga is Sunday is 7 p.m. at McPherson Playhouse.

Tickets are $18, available through the McPherson rmts.bc.ca and Velselka veselkadancers.com websites.

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Veselka Ukranian Dancers starring in Baba Yaga’s Supper. From left, Nathan Kuehne, 15, as Vasyl the travelling man, Elizabeth Kuroyedov, 17, as Romanka, Jocelyn Mihalynuk, 16, as the horse, and Danielle Dojack, 18, as Baba Yaga. The production uses all 45 Veselka dancers from the studio on Douglas Street.

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Celebrate all that is Africa at the first Africa Fest, hosted by the Victoria African and Caribbean Society.

The week-long event, which runs May 17 to 25, includes a variety of African food, dance, drums, music and culture.

The cultural exhibition and food fair starts off the event on May 17 from 6 to 10 p.m. and May 18 from noon to 6 p.m. in Centennial Square. Admis-sion is by donation.

The celebration includes African and Caribbean food, a marketplace, song, dance and drumming workshops, fashion show, beauty pageant, music and dance performances, kids’ zone and a culture exhibition featuring African country flags.

The event features several drumming and dance workshops for those interested in becoming more

immersed in the culture.Jordan Hanson (Hand Drum Victoria) will be

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When he isn’t on stage performing with his band, he’ll be teaching easy to follow workshops on May 18, Centennial Square, 1 to 6 p.m. for $5.

Also on May 18 enjoy Africaribbean Spirit Night ($15) at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St.

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A pair of Ultimate Fighting Championship veterans will co-head-line AFC 18: Mayhem, as mixed martial arts returns to Bear Moun-tain Arena on Saturday.

Kalib Starnes, of Sur-rey, enters the Aggres-sion Fighting Champi-onship cage for the fifth time to fight David Per-ron, out of Vancouver, in one of AFC 18’s co-headliners.

Kelowna’s Michael Hill is in the other co-headliner. The Kelowa native was a contestant in season 16 of UFC’s reality show The Ulti-mate Fighter. He faces a strong opponent in Joel

Powell, a Canadian top-10 ranked welterweight out of Hamilton.

“Both headliners have the chance to be the fight of the night,” said AFC co-owner and matchmaker Darren Owen.

“Perron and Starnes have very good jiujitsu but Starnes is coming off losing a potential fight-of-the-year, when he stood and threw strikes with Joe Doerk-sen at AFC 11, so you never know,” Owen said.

Local talent is the foundation of the AFC and few fighters are as popular as Victoria’s Tristan Connelly from Island MMA, who will fight Jonathan Dubois from the Mainland.

Visit vicnews.com for a full preview and fight card. Doors open at 6 p.m., fights start at 7.

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No provincials for undefeated Belmont

The Stelly’s Stingers edged the Oak Bay Break-ers 3-2 in a penalty kick shootout to decide the Island AAA champions at Hampton Park on Tuesday.

It was a tough loss for the Breakers and an even tougher one for the Ryan Cup champ Belmont Bull-dogs, which won twice and tied in the round robin. The Stingers also went 2-1 but advanced to the final on the tiebreaker goal differential.

The Stingers and Break-ers qualify for the AAA senior high school girls soc-cer provincials at Argyle secondary in North Vancou-ver, May 30 to June 1.

Titans silver at Western Nationals

A group of Gordon Head kids have become one of the best under-14 girls vol-leyball teams in the country.

The Victoria Titans Red won silver at the U14 West-ern Canadian Nationals at Abbotsford’s Tradex centre last weekend.

The Titans have consis-tently butted heads with clubs from much bigger cit-ies, teams that hold tryouts, and prevailed.

“We collected our kids from the Gordon Head area, and we’re having suc-cess, it’s just one of those things,” said coach Ken Low, also a teacher at Bel-mont secondary.

Nine of the 11 play-ers go to Arbutus middle school while the other two go to Gordon Head middle school. Those two clubs even played each other in this year’s school finals.

The Titans won the club volleyball U14 Islands last

month and finished third at the provincials two weeks ago.

On Sunday they lost in the Western National finals to Seaside out of Surrey and White Rock, 25-20, 25-19.

“Ten of our 11 are headed to Mount Doug secondary next year, so they should have a pretty good team,” Low said.

The Victoria Titans Blue also competed at Westerns and finished tied for 11th overall.

The Victoria Volleyball Chargers U14 girls finished 10th in Div. 2.

Next for the Titans Red is the Emerald City Classic at University of Washington, May 25 to 27.

Shamrocks sniper Rhys Duch returns

Golden boy Rhys Duch will play for the Victoria Shamrocks in the Western Lacrosse Association.

After time away to play the field version of the game in the Major Lacrosse League Duch, a Spectrum Community school grad is returning to the Shamrocks.

Duch won’t be available for the entire season as he will also play for the MLL Hamilton Nationals. He also lives and works in Calgary. Duch will be fully available come playoff time, however.

“That was the only stum-bling block along the way,” said Shamrocks GM Chris Welch.

The only exception is if the Nationals reach the MLL championship weekend.

In 72 playoff and regu-lar season games with the Shamrocks, Duch has 152 goals and 171 assists for 323 points.

The Shamrocks WLA home opener is today (May 17) against the Coquitlam Adanacs. Tailgate party starts at 6 p.m. at Bear Mountain Arena, faceoff at 7:45 p.m.

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The Boulders Climbing Gym will play host to the top climbers in the country this weekend for the 2013 Canadian National Climbing Champion-ships.

The Canadian championships will feature the best youth climbers in the country as well as a number from the U.S. competing in a range of age categories in two disciplines, speed climbing and difficulty climbing.

“If you've never been to see a climbing com-petition, then you owe it to yourself to come out and watch the nationals over the long weekend,” said Boulders board chair Kimanda Jarzebiak.

“We will have some of the best young athletes from across the country at the event, and I know they will put on a fantastic show for all the fans.”

Almost 80 climbers have registered to date for the event including 30 from Alberta, 24 from B.C. and 19 from Ontario. The U.S. will also be repre-sented by four climbers.

The nationals begin with qualifying rounds in the Difficulty/Lead Climbing events from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18, with semi-finals held Sunday, May 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and finals on Monday, May 20 from 9 a.m. to noon.

The Speed Climbing competition (all rounds) takes place beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 19.

An award ceremony will follow all events at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, May 20.

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Elan Jonas-McRae in the difficulty climbing competition at last month’s provincials at the Boulders Climbing Gym in Central Saanich. Boulders hosts the 2013 Canadian National Climbing Championships this weekend.


Stelly’s Stinger Vanessa Perrin, left, gives chase to Oak Bay Breaker Jesse Collinson during the AAA Island soccer final at Hampton Park on Tuesday. The Stingers won 3-2 in penalty kicks.

Climbing to the top It’s been 150 years of throwing heavy implements in Victoria. That calls for celebration.

The 150th anniverary of the Highland Games, one of the earli-est sporting events to run in the region, runs Saturday (May 18) and Sunday at Topaz Park.

The cel-ebration started last weekend with a Tartan parade down-town but the Games’ famous heavy

events competitions run Saturday and Sunday from noon onwards.

His Royal Highness Prince Andrew will start both of them off.

Beer gardens, a food plaza and multiple stages and performances entertain throughout the festival’s three fields.

Tickets available at the gate, $15 for adults, $12 for seniors/stu-dents. Youth under 12 are free.

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Oak Bay’s Lexi Scott leads the senior girls 400-metre hurdles at May 8 Lower Island Track and Field Championship at the University of Victoria’s Centennial Stadium.

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at UVic, May 8 Outstanding Female Track Athlete:Madelyn Brunt (Oak Bay)1st place in 1,500m Steeple Chase (5:19.36) Outstanding Male Track Athlete:Thomas Getty (Mount Douglas)1st place in 800m (1:58.46)1st place in 1,500m (3:58.70)2nd place in 3,000m (8:50.44) Outstanding Female Field Athlete:Courtenay Neville-Rutherford (Parkland)1st place in Hammer Throw (44.63m)

Outstanding Male Field Athlete:Marcin Deron (St Andrew’s)1st place in Triple Jump (12.29m) Top Bantam Girls Team Points:1) St. Andrew’s2) Reynolds3) Oak Bay4) Dunsmuir5) Mount Douglas6) St. Margaret’s Top Bantam Boys Team Points:1) Oak Bay2) Lambrick Park3) St. Andrew’s4) Mount Douglas5) Reynolds6) Claremont

Top Junior Girls Team Points:1) Oak Bay2) Mount Douglas3) St. Andrew’s4) St. Michaels5) Belmont6) Pacific Christian School Top Junior Boys Team Points:1) Oak Bay2) Mount Douglas3) Lambrick Park4) St. Andrews/Belmont (tie)5) Claremont6) Glenlyon Norfolk School Top Senior Girls Team Points:1) Oak Bay2) St. Andrew’s3) Reynolds4) St. Michaels

5) Belmont6) Mount Doug/Parkland (tie) Top Senior Boys Team Points:1) Oak Bay2) Mount Douglas3) St. Andrew’s4) Claremont5) Lambrick Park6) Glenlyon/St. Michaels (tie) Top Six Total School Points Combined:1) Oak Bay2) St. Andrew’s3) Mount Douglas4) Lambrick Park5) Reynolds6) Belmont

Highlanders home to Seattle Sounders The Victoria Highlanders premier men are at

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The men are in Vancouver against Whitecaps reserves today (May 18) and return to host the Seattle Sounders, 1 p.m. at Royal Athletic Park on Sunday.

The Peninsula Co-op Highlanders women face the Vancouver Whitecaps reserves on Monday at Simon Fraser University. The women won the Pacific Coast Soccer League opener last week 4-1 over the Kamloops Heat. Jac-lyn Sawicki, Katie Kraeutner, Jackie Harrison and Liz Hansen scored for the Highlanders.

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A18 • www.vicnews.com Friday, May 17, 2013 - OAK BAY NEWSOPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY Real Estate Victoria week beginning May 16, 2013 Page 23

306-1217 Pandora Ave, $284,900Saturday & Sunday 1-4Macdonald RealtyCrystal Williams, 604-365-1131 pg. 8

169 Bushby St, $489,900Monday 2-4Fair RealtyBruce McCalla, 250-885-8487 pg. 9

3066 Carroll St, $394,900Saturday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Shaughna Boggs-Wright, 250-391-1893 pg. 9

203-2920 Cook, $356,400Saturday 3-5 & Sunday 1-3Coldwell Banker Slegg RealtyCharles Murray, 250-812-8983

1304 CarnsewSaturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunApril Prinz, 250-744-3301 pg. 7

304-1665 Oak Bay, $284,000Saturday 11-1Pemberton HolmesAndrew Plank, 250-360-6106

3171 Stevenson, $540,000Sunday 2-3:30Sutton Group West Coast RealtyShelly Reed, 250-213-7444 pg. 26

202-1035 Sutlej, $419,000Sunday 11:30-1:30 Newport RealtySylvia Therrien, 250-385-2033 pg. 27

306-75 Songhees, $698,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 7

204-1715 Richmond, $249,900Saturday 11-1Pemberton HolmesRick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 pg. 8

2295 CooperidgeSaturday 1-4DFH Real Estate LtdPatti Locke-Lewkowich 250 477-7291 pg. 15

654 Langford, $369,000Sunday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodBrian Meredith-Jones 250 477-1100 pg. 22

2659 Capital Hgts, $419,000Sunday 2-4Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 22

1255 Richardson, $888,000Saturday 2-4 & Sunday 1:30-3Sutton West CoastMikko Ikonen 250 479-3333 pg. 24

1121 Kings Rod, $625,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalSharen Warde, 250-592-4422 pg. 10

208-300 Waterfront CresSaturday 12-2Coldwell Banker Slegg RealtyCharles Murray, 250 812-8983

1777 Bay, $529,900Saturday 2:30-4One Percent RealtyGuy Effl er, 250-812-4910 pg. 24

1273 Denman St, $519,000Saturday 2-3:30Sutton Group West Coast RealtyShelly Reed, 250-213-7444 pg. 26

1525 Regents, $895,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyRichard Severs 250 216-3178 pg. 10

733A Humboldt (200 Douglas)Saturday - Monday noon - 5 pmMacdonald Realty Helene Roy, 250 883-2715 pg. 1

541 Cornwall, $789,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422 pg. 10

1501-620 TorontoSaturday 2-4Macdonald Realty LtdScott Vannan, 250 818-3796

101-75 Songhees, $685,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6

1440 Slater Pl, $659,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunDan Juricic, 250-514-8261

631 Avalon, $625,000Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer, 250-818-3216 pg. 10

100 King George, $1,159,000Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalJames Liu 250 744-6639 pg. 10

309-1400 Newport Ave, $314,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 5

2166 Central, $659,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdRob Garry 250 384-8124 pg. 11

215 Helmcken, $509,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalSharen Warde, 250-592-4422 pg. 11

1271 Burnside West, $539,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAndrew Plank, 250-360-6106 pg. 11

317 Bessborough, $795,000Saturday 1-4Re/Max CamosunLynne Sager 250 744-3301 pg. 20

5-15 Helmcken, $438,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Shannon Jackson, 250-474-6003 pg. 6

7-314 Six Mile Rd, $469,900Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 6

948 Garthland, $1,549,000Sunday 2-4JONESco Real Estate Inc.Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653 pg. 3

1023 Decosta, $648,000Saturday 12-1:45Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 22

2-1590 Christmas, $459,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Susan Carley, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

909 Dale St, $369,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAndrew Plank, 250-360-6106

3478 Calumet, $449,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodBrian Meredith-Jones 250 477-1100 pg. 22

5255 Parker, $1,850,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunLynne Sager 250 744-3301 pg. 20

1620 Mortimer, $495,000Saturday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808 pg. 16

4692 Firbank, $839,000Saturday 2-4JONESco Real Estate Inc.Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653 pg. 3

308-3400 Quadra, $355,000Saturday 2-4Boorman’sGraham Bavington, 250-415-1931 pg. 12

3316 Quadra St, $334,900Daily 1:30-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyJennifer Scheck, 250-477-1100 pg. 5

4030/4040 Borden StSaturday & Sunday 2-4Cathy Duncan & Associates250-658-0967 pg. 1

4634 Amblewood, $899,000Saturday 12-1:30One Percent RealtyGuy Effl er, 250-812-4910 pg. 24

1167 Clovelly Terr, $529,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRoland Stillings, 250-744-3301 pg. 12

4011 Birring, $899,500Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 13

5313 Sunter’s Track, $820,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesRick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 pg. 12

3202-2829 Arbutus, $699,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunGay Helmsing 250 655-0608 pg. 6

3721 Saanich, $499,000Saturday 2-4Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 13

982 Mckenzie, $299,900Tuesday-Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalJames Liu 250 477-5353 pg. 9

110-1505 Church St.Saturday 11-1Boorman’sRod Hay, 250-595-1535 pg. 5

1690 Kenmore Ave, $589,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyPat Meadows, 250 592-4422 pg. 12

1892 CochraneSaturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Susan Carley, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

4009 Cedar Hill Rd, $529,900Saturday & Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastJames Gardiner (250) 507-4333 pg. 1

3338 Wordsworth, $569,000Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyZane Willis, 250-479-3333 pg. 13

4218 PanoramaSaturday 2-4Fair RealtyPeter Veri, 250-920-6850 pg. 26

2569 Annabern, $949,000Saturday 1-3Century 21 Queenswood RealtyAnke Venema, 250 477-1100

3972 South Valley, $685,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAngele Munro, 250-384-8124 pg. 14

316 Brunswick Pl, $489,500Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 13

3054 Albina, $449,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 14

101 Kiowa Pl, $1,199,950Saturday 2-4Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-818-8736

5611 Batu Rd, $1,119,000Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyKim Mohns, 250-479-3333 pg. 13

3250 Orillia, $359,000Saturday 2-4Burr Properties Ltd.Patrick Skillings, 250-382-8838 pg. 14

1-170 Gorge Rd W, $499,900Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunDeanna Noyce, 250-744-3301 pg. 6

209-3160 Albina, $285,000Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunDeanna Noyce, 250-744-3301 pg. 9

8546 Aldous, $549,900Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyNoah Dobson 250 385-2033 pg. 15

9706 Fifth St, $584,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 14

1739 Lopez PlSaturday 2-4Newport RealtyDavid Harvey, 250-385-2033 pg. 14

102-2360 James White, $234,000Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara, 250-384-8124 pg. 9

6852 Wallace, $719,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Ann Watley, 250-656-0131 pg. 15

1225 Millstream Rd, $944,800Saturday 2:30-4Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 22

917 Bullen Court, $419,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jeff Bishop, 250-477-7291 pg. 18

210-663 Goldstream Ave, $239,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunRick Turcotte, 250-744-3301 pg. 18

47-486 Royal Bay, $399,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Burr Properties LtdJohn McMillan, 250 382-8838 pg. 18

115-2733 Peatt Rd, $334,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max AllianceKaren Love, 250-386-8875 pg. 5

988 Wild Pond LaneSaturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 18

2215 Spirit Ridge, $899,900Saturday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 15

593 Latoria Rd, $294,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 9

27-3650 Citadel, $689,900Saturday 2-4Sutton group West CoastDeborah Kline, 250-661-7680 pg. 6

2915 Mt Wells, $439,900Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 19

899 Wild Ridge Way, $419,900Saturday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 19

991 Acadian Rd, $419,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 19

2827 Lake End RdSaturday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 19

463 Avery, $359,900Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 19

649 Jadel, $424,900Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunDeborah Coburn, 250-812-1989 pg. 2

970 Haslam, $474,900Sunday 1-3Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 18

108-1244 Muirfi eld Pl, $629,000Saturday 11-1Re/Max CamosunJason Binab, 250-744-3301

933 Step Moss Cl, $699,000Saturday 11-1Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-818-8736

4042 Metchosin, $499,900Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 19

3055 Phillips, $699,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808 pg. 16

5575 Medberry Cl, $579,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-818-8736

1671 Elford Rd, $455,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003 pg. 19

500 Corfi eld, $332,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Re/Max of NanaimoJohn Cooper, 1-866-956-6228 pg. 7

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the May 16 - May 23 edition of Real Estate Victoria

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n Guerrilla Blackboards Project n Thursday, May 9 n Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

Kluane Buset-Rivet puts a post-it note with her comments on one of the blackboards.

Team members, Natasha Ewing and Dianne McKerrell (L&R) with Jeremy Meckler, Vancity Langford manager.

Kate Ray-Wilks, her brother, team member, Dustin Ray-Wilks and their mother Tina Johnston.

Marg Rose, Victoria Foundation Granting Director and Victoria Foundation CEO, Sandra Richardson.

Leah Baade and Louise MacDonald from the Victoria Foundation.

Rick and Dianne Searle.

Team member Jen Harrison, with Janis Couvelier.

Mariah Petz and her sister Monika Petz.

Elizabeth Dutton from UsedVictoria and her sister Alex Dutton.

On Thursday, May 9, Team Guerrilla Blackboards, members of this year’s Leadership Victoria cohort, welcomed sponsors, supporters and the general public to view the results of their nine month project.

With the support of their community partner, The Victoria Foundation, Guerrilla Blackboards provided the opportu-nity for youth in Greater Victoria to express their opinions, thoughts and concerns in a creative and unique way.

Large 4’x8’ blackboards were placed around the Greater Victoria region, where youth were encouraged to write in a voice that was real, raw, unedited and uncensored. The information collected was presented to the community in an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, where the team encouraged attendees to “start the conversation.”

The team’s hope is that the results of this initiative will be considered by The Victoria Foundation and other grantors for future youth programming within the community.

For more information, visit the group’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/GuerrillaBlackboards.

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We’re long on fun this weekend!

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Oak Bay News, May 17, 2013