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his summer Daphne Shaed gave out 300 resumés. She went to 30 interviews. She hoped to land a summer job that suited her skills as a workshop facilitator and Camosun College Student Society Pride director. Eventually she took the only job she could find working the graveyard shift at a Saanich hotel. “I would get called for an interview and then when I met (the employers), you could Natalie North just see it on their faces Reporting that I wasn’t getting the job,” said Shaed, a transgender woman. “The community here is tolerant, but tolerance is different from acceptance. Tolerance just means they’re going to leave you alone, but they’re still not accepting; they’re still not willing to have you come into their workplace and work on a front counter.” Shaed has become a community leader in trans education. Last year she organized a series of workshops at Camosun aimed at understanding transidentity and self-identification. Sessions on social etiquette in the scope of gender, pioneers in transidentity and medicalization drew full audiences and this fall she continued her work with an added focus on sexual health for trans men and women. Shaed’s approach to education reaches beyond workshops to her willingness to share her story with new classmates to coffee shop baristas who mistakenly refer to her as a man, in the name of making things better. “I’m a woman, but I’m a different kind of woman,” Shaed said. “People meet me and say: ‘I’ve never met a transexual

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She left school in Grade 10. Ten years ago within the privacy of her home, Kelly began to transform into the woman she felt had always existed within her: Daphne, a name she chose for herself as a young child, based on the Scooby-Doo cartoon character.

After a months-long search for a new home, Beacon of Hope House is on the move. “We’re seeing it as a new beginning,” said Keltie Manderville, co-ordinator of the Salvation Army’s residential recovery centre for teen boys struggling with a range of addictions. Since 2007, the centre has quietly operated inside a church rectory in Vic West. Like many community organizations, it got an eviction notice earlier this year when the Anglican Diocese of B.C. began selling several of its properties to pay off debt. When St. Saviour’s church sold in February, the Salvation Army launched a search for a new six-bedroom home, properly zoned to allow for a recovery centre. As the Oct. 31 eviction deadline approached, Manderville stopped accepting new clients, to avoid potentially disrupting their treatment. The last boy graduated from the 90-day program in mid-October. With one week left on its lease with the Diocese, Hope House announced the purchase of a new house that met all its criteria, near the Uptown shopping centre in Saanich. The exact location is not public. “We’re waiting for a new sprinkler system, so that’s really a hold-up,” Manderville said. She hopes to open the doors for the next set of boys by the end of the month. In total, Vancouver Island has 21 supportive recovery beds for teens.

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With public input, the province hopes to get the cash-strapped corporation back on course

he province is embarking on a formal consultation with taxpayers as it attempts to trim $26 million from B.C. Ferries’ costs. It also wants to develop a long-term vision before $2.5 billion is spent on new vessels. The consult is a complex undertaking that residents in ferry-dependent communities are approaching cautiously, hoping their voices are heard before the ferry corporation charts a new path. B.C. Transportation Minister Mary Polak said the province is open to all new ideas that are gathered through its public consultation, although they aren’t binding. “I’ve been impressed, when I’ve spoken with leaders from the coastal communities, how many of them have already been giving a lot of thought to potential solutions, ideas like the use of water taxis or the use of passenger-only ferries,” Polak said. Other options include the use of smaller vessels on underutilized routes, she said, but any decisions are likely to be announced next year, after the consultation concludes on Dec. 21. B.C. Ferry Commissioner Gord Macatee suggested commercial traffic might be separated onto dedicated barges, and the successful drop-trailer shipping service could be expanded from its current level of 600 transports per week, freeing up passenger ferries to better accommodate resident needs. Expanding public transportation on the Gulf Islands would help make passengeronly ferries feasible, said Tony Law, ferry advisory committee chair for Denman and Hornby islands. “When B.C. Ferries buys a ferry, it’s going to last for 40 or 50 years and a lot can change during that time,” he said. “And each situation is very, very different. Each route is quite unique in terms of its configuration and the people who use it. So, it’s pretty hard to come up with solutions that fit with every case.” A bridge from Nanaimo to Gabriola Island is another outside-the-box proposition that could save money over time, said Law, who has been involved in ferry advocacy since 1996. “We hope that (the consultation) is conducted in a way … that something

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B.C. Ferry Commissioner Gord Macatee, left, and B.C. Ferries CEO Mike Corrigan take questions from reporters in Victoria last month, as the government begins consultations on cutting $26 million from the corporation’s operating costs. The table below lists some of B.C. Ferries’ major costs. meaningful comes out of this,” he said. B.C. Ferries funds itself through three sources: fares, government subsidies and ancillary revenue from such ventures as onboard food services, parking, terminal markets and consulting for other ferry providers. “Every extra dollar of ancillary revenue takes pressure off the fares,” Macatee said, correcting a misconception that the creation of “luxury cruisers” is driving up costs. “They’ve gotten up to $100 million in (annual ancillary) revenue, which is really impressive.” While due to his mandate, Macatee can’t make specific recommendations to B.C. Ferries for new revenue streams, he can push the corporation to demonstrate that it has looked at alternatives. “The job of a regulator is to hold their feet to the fire and really force them to justify that they’re being efficient,” he said. “But at the end of the day, they have

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other regulators they’ve got to deal with: provincial laws, federal laws.” Possible money-generating services include onboard casinos, alcohol sales on major routes and selling branding rights on vessels. Only the longer northern routes of Port Hardy-Prince Rupert and Prince RupertHaida Gwaii currently serve alcohol onboard, although those routes still experienced shortfalls of $28.6 million and $24.2 million, respectively, last year. “There are a lot of issues with serving alcohol on a car ferry service, but let’s face it, not everybody’s the driver,” Macatee said. “We certainly want (B.C. Ferries) to look at those things. But to walk in and tell them they should be getting into the casino business, that’s their job, and I understand the line very clearly.” Polak all but ruled out the possibility of adding such services in the short-term. “They’re not things that we have proposed or put on the table,” she said, adding any new ideas should have public support. NDP critic for B.C. Ferries, Gary Coons,

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said he personally doesn’t want such alternate revenue streams as casinos, liquor sales or branding to be a part of a long-term plan. “We’ve had this long-term social and economic contract with ferry-dependent communities ... providing affordable transportation,” he said. “We have to get away from (the idea of) B.C. Ferries as a tourism product and cruise ship line (and think about) meeting the needs of people who rely on ferry service and the economics that go with that.” Polak said changes will take place gradually over the remaining three years of the service contract, only after the public consultation is complete. Macatee cautioned the choices made in the coming months will affect the very future of B.C. Ferries and marine transportation in the province. “If there is a long-term vision, somebody needs to say it soon, before we build $2.5 billion (worth of) car ferries, which is what’s going to happen in the next eight years,” he said. A 12-per-cent jump in fares over the next three years leaves people like Harold Swierenga scratching his head at the prospect of a re-imagined ferry corporation. “Vancouver Island is a huge part of the provincial economy, and yet the fares keep rising,” said Swierenga, chair of the Salt Spring Island ferry advisory committee. “And the attitude that this is all supposed to be a part of building the coastal economy seems to be lost. “The government seems to view the ferries as just another utility that they should keep as far away from government books as possible. But it’s a monopoly, it’s locked in. If the fares go up, we have no choice. We still pay the fares.” Coons maintains that the entire structure of B.C. Ferries has to be reconsidered. He also won’t rule out the possibility of returning it to a Crown corporation under greater government control. “We’ve got to look at B.C. Ferries differently ... and acknowledge that it’s a difficult part of our highway network,” he said. For now, residents of coastal British

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Abused Colquitz River hit with more pollution Mineral oil from high-voltage lines leaks into waterway Edward Hill and Kyle Slavin News staff

A sheen of oil found on Colquitz River last week likely leaked from underground high-voltage power cables, says B.C. Hydro. There is a “high likelihood” the substance is mineral oil used as insulation around the cables, B.C. Hydro spokesperson Ted Olynyk said on Friday, rather than home heating oil or some other contaminant. Mineral oil is petroleum based, but Olynyk said it has extremely low toxicity and isn’t harmful to fish or other wildlife. The volume that escaped was extremely low, he said, a couple of litres per day. “We’re talking a few days, dripping once every two or three seconds. It does add up, but its a very small amount,” he said. B.C. Hydro crews took over responsibility for cleanup from Saanich public works on Friday and planned to conduct repairs, monitor the creek over the weekend, and see if any soil remediation also needs to take place. “Saanich has done a fantastic job with containment,” Olynyk said.

Saanich public works crew found a sheen on the water around noon Wednesday linked to, at the time, an unknown liquid leaking from the roadside bank near Interurban Road and Columbine Way. In what has become an all-tooften sight on the Colquitz, absorbent booms straddled the river and sawdust lined the river bank into the weekend. Mike Ippen, Saanich’s director of public works said crews are checking the booms daily to ensure the spill is fully contained, and to monitor whether more material is getting into the watershed. “Hopefully the weather’s going to co-operate for a bit so we don’t get high velocities and flows down there,” he said. Saanich is especially sensitive about spills into the Colquitz and has stepped up monitoring in the wake of several high-profile disasters over the past 12 months. On Feb. 23 of this year, an estimated 630 litres of heating oil spilled into the Colquitz. Nearly a year ago, on Nov. 25, 2011, more than 1,000 litres leaked into the river from a home oil tank. Ippen says the oil spills of last winter have improved the public works department’s effectiveness in responding to reports of spills on the Colquitz. “Mostly what we’ve done on that watershed is we hunted

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Booms in Colquitz River near Columbine Way absorb a mineral oil suspected to be leaking from underground high voltage cables. down some of the culverts that got grown over and cleared (vegetation) away. When we have a report of material in the Colquitz or any of the tributaries we can chase it down faster now, and help isolate where it’s coming from,” Ippen said. Chris Bos, who volunteers as a steward for the Colquitz, says he gives major kudos to Saanich crews for finding the source when they did. “We think it’s been going on for

a while. There’s been an annoying amount of little bits of (material in the water) for a while now,” he said. “The fact that it could be getting worse, finding it now is good.” As of last week, only 70 coho have swam up the Colquitz, through the fish fence Bos and his fellow stream stewards use to monitor returning salmon during spawning season. Based on significantly higher numbers coming from Goldstream and Craigflower

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Like the fictional character’s penchant for danger, Shaed hasn’t shied away from risk. Four years ago, she transitioned into living as a woman full-time and has proceeded with the full medical process involved. “I felt like I wouldn’t be accepted. I wouldn’t be a viable citizen. I wouldn’t be able to go to school or get employment, to find a partner, be folded into another family unit. The sense of potential loss of your social mobility is what keeps people buried for so long.” Shaed is optimistic regarding employment, but for a large segment of Vancouver Island’s transgender population, challenges remain. Nearly one third of the transpeople included in the Vancouver Island Transgender Needs Assessment reported their trans-identity having a negative effect on employment. The assessment is based on a series of interviews conducted by Matthew Heinz, a professor in the school of communication and culture at Royal Roads University, who transitioned in 2009 and recognized a lack of available regional resources. Health care, social support, social acceptance and public education, mental health care and access and legal assistance were the highest priority issues identified by the study, posted on the website transvancouverisland.ca. “The website is a Band-Aid,” Heinz said. “We maintain it as a volunteer effort, but ideally, we would have funding and ideally through a governmental authority or body, so we could have counselling support available to the community – perhaps a hotline.” Information regarding transitioning exists online, but the details at a local level, such as how to obtain a general practitioner with knowledge of trans issues, or a psychologist able to administer a hormone readiness assessment, are sorely lacking. “To find people to talk about that

process, the resources are limited,” he said. “You have to start the journey somewhere and it would be a lot easier if there was a central point.” Yet the world’s nucleus for academic resources on transgender history reside in Saanich. Last month the University of Victoria officially launched what is believed to be the largest archive of information relating to transgender activism on the globe with more than 1,000 titles of books and journals on the topic within the McPherson Library. “We’ve had inquiries from people all over North America about use and access. (There’s) general interest from all over the world,” said archivist Lara Wilson. For Shaed, being the bold advocate who elects to stand in front of a new class and introduce herself as a transsexual is a role she’s satisfied to have taken on, but it doesn’t immunize her against the constant judgment many transgender people face daily. “I need to breathe in that strength just to go to Wal-Mart because I know people are going to stare and whisper and when I walk in there I need to have my head up,” she said. “I need to look people in the eye, to engage them. That takes strength and sometimes I’m just too tired. I can’t go out and have my head down and not engage them in that way. I have to present that level of strength.” nnorth@saanichnews.com The Transgender Day of Remembrance is Nov. 20. Exact location and time of a community vigil is most likely 7 to 9 p.m. on the UVic campus. Email Lynne Risk at lynne.risk@royalroads.ca. The UVic Libraries and Cinecenta present the documentaryTRANS at 7 p.m. on Nov. 21 at Cinecenta in the Student Union Building.

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Swab Mob events target optimal stem cell donors Callout made for young males Natalie North News staff

Last February, Shelley Eaves got the kind of news no one ever wants to hear: after enduring chemotherapy for leukemia in 2010, her cancer had returned. She now needs a stem cell transplant. Since none of Eaves’ siblings are a match, it’s up to Canadian Blood Services OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network to find a donor within its database. “I started doing some research and realized there’s such a huge need and a lot of the wrong type of donors on the database,” Eaves said. About 90 per cent of donors are women. Of the 10 per cent of men donors, only four per cent are within the optimal 17 to 35 age group, which provides the best post-transplant outcomes. Suitable matches are also most likely found within a shared ethnic background, yet currently 75 per cent of all donors are caucasian. There is a strong need for young, diverse, male donors. “We’re really reaching out to any ethnic community, whether it’s Asian, Southeast Asian, First Nations ... the best chance of a match comes from within your own genetic ethnic group. There’s a need from within those communities.”

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Shelley Eaves,with the Royal Bank of Canada, has organized a Swab Mob events at the Atrium this week to raise awareness about stem cell donations. Eaves’ employer, Royal Bank of Canada, for which the 58-yearold works as a community development manager, got behind the cause, along with the University of Victoria. The two groups will host OneMatch “Swab Mob” donor registration drive events aimed at attracting optimal donors. Registration takes about 20 minutes and requires getting a cheek swabbed. Swab Mobs are set for Nov. 15 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at The Atrium, 800 Yates St. and Nov. 16 from 5:30 until 9 p.m. at UVic’s McKinnon Gym. The UVic Vikes men’s and women’s basketball teams have

joined the campaign to register optimal stem cell donors to make OneMatch more reflective of Canada’s population. “We understand the need to identify as many healthy young adult donors as possible and we are happy to support both OneMatch and RBC in helping increase the number of donors,” said Clint Hamilton, director of Vikes athletics and recreation. Nearly 1,000 Canadians are waiting for a stem cell donor. “It takes time,” Eaves said of her own wait for a donor. “It’s very normal for it to take six months and many people wait much, much longer to find one.” See onematch.ca.

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Premier Christy Clark has questioned a decision made in secret by an all-party committee to extend $127,000 in severance pay to MLAs who are recalled by voters. The decision was made in February 2011, at a time when recall campaigns targeted B.C. Liberal MLAs over the imposition of the harmonized sales tax. It was belatedly disclosed in minutes from the Legislative Assembly Management Committee, which began public disclosure of its proceedings this fall after a critical report from B.C. Auditor General John Doyle. The severance amount equals 15 months of an MLA’s base salary, which was frozen at

$101,859 a year in 2010, when the B.C. government imposed a two-year freeze on public service salaries. Clark said the government doesn’t control the committee, which is chaired by legislative speaker Bill Barisoff and has B.C. Liberal and NDP members. “I think a lot of people in a tough economy would look at that and say they don’t get it, and I am one of those people,” Clark said. Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Ida Chong said she is one of those people too. She was the first B.C. Liberal MLA targeted in the 2010-11 recall campaign and said she had no idea the severance decision had been made. “That’s exactly when I was going through recall, and I had

no indication, not that that would’ve changed anything,” she said on Friday. “That would’ve been an insult to voters. I was certainly not expecting anything of that nature.” Chong says she “would be fine” with seeing the recall severance decision reversed. “That was a decision made at LAMC. I’m not at those meetings and none of us see those minutes,” she said. Barisoff defended the decision Thursday, telling reporters that MLAs who are recalled because of cabinet decisions rather than personal misconduct deserve severance so they can make the transition to another job. It can be difficult for defeated MLAs to find work, he said. – with files from Kyle Slavin tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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n Thursday at The Atrium and Friday at the University of Victoria, a Swab Mob will be on the hunt for young men. Police officers, fire fighters and athletes, among others, will be volunteering their DNA via a cheek swab for a cause that has flown largely under the radar. The swabs will help boost the database of donors for the Canadian Blood Services OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network, an organization that helps match people with leukemia and other diseases with stem cell donors. Where blood and organ donation efforts have a relatively high profile through TV ads and media campaigns, being a potential stem cell donor hasn’t entered the consciousness of most Canadians. Interestingly enough, of those who do donate, the vast majority are women. But what is needed are men between the ages of 17 and 35 – of many ethnic backgrounds – whose young stem cells are optimal for helping save the lives of people undergoing treatments for leukemia, bone marrow diseases and immune system disorders. And in a society rightfully uncomfortable and suspicious about making medical distinctions along ethnic lines, OneMatch has no such qualms – stem cell matches among genetically similar groups gives people a better shot at survival. Shelley Eaves with the Royal Bank of Canada and who needs a stem cell transplant for her leukemia, has done an admirable job at bringing this issue to light and to help break down myths and fears about stem cell donations. The effort also helps engender donating among a demographic underrepresented in giving stem cells and blood. If you are a guy or a girl downtown on Thursday, drop into the Atrium to sign up (11 a.m. to 8 p.m.) The same if you are near UVic’s McKinnon gym on Thursday for the 5:30 to 9 p.m., where you might set in motion the means to one day save somebody’s life.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@saanichnews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Saanich News is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

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efore the 1,200-page, $25-milruns from rivers other than the lion Cohen Commission Fraser, from Washington all the way report on the Fraser River up to Alaska. sockeye salmon fishery It’s not a pretty sight. slips beneath the waves, From Washington up to allow me to dip my toe the Central Coast, the into the river of data that Skeena, Nass and up to has flowed by in the past Yukon’s Klukshu and three years. Alaska’s Alsek, most runs If your information on show a decline starting in this hugely complex subthe 1980s or early 1990s. ject consisted of skimThis includes runs ming a few news stories that migrate down the or watching protesters on west side of Vancouver TV, you will likely conclude Island, away from salmon Tom Fletcher farms. Alaska doesn’t what urban people have B.C. Views been indoctrinated with allow farms, preferring for years. The whole issue “ranching” – a strategy is salmon farms and whether they that floods the ocean habitat with are bad or catastrophic. millions of hatchery fish. These are “Freeze new salmon farms on commercially fished and marketed sockeye migration route: Cohen” as “wild.” said the headline on a Black Press B.C.’s North Coast has never had report. Those who read past the salmon farms. The area has been headline would learn that Justice subject to a moratorium since an Bruce Cohen recommended a freeze NDP-controlled legislative commiton further salmon farms around the tee gave its verdict on the problem Discovery Islands group near Camp- in 2008. bell River until 2020. It’s up to the The popular villain in those days industry to show by that time that was sea lice. Skeena MLA Robin the risk is “minimal,” or farms there Austin chaired the committee should be shut down. that called for an end to open-pen A B.C. Salmon Farming Associasalmon farms in five years. Then-agtion spokesman said only nine of 70 riculture minister Pat Bell approved B.C. salmon farms are in that area. one NDP recommendation, a moraThere are no current applications torium on salmon farms in North for more. Coast waters. Let’s say you decide to plunge in, This was after the Pacific Salmon and download the full report from Forum conducted its own four-year cohencommission.ca. If you go to study, led by former fisheries minisVolume 2, page 102, you will see a ter John Fraser. series of graphs that show sockeye Similar to Cohen, Fraser con-

cluded that there is no simple answer to this complex problem. And they agreed that salmon farms don’t explain it. Cohen’s report makes it clear that the problem is far larger than could possibly be explained by salmon farms. How about logging impact? Cohen concludes after much testimony that stream protection has improved significantly during the time of observed sockeye decline. Impact from extra runoff due to pine beetle infestation couldn’t be evaluated. Poaching on the Fraser? Cohen didn’t get around to that. His biggest concern was climate change, warming sensitive river waters and affecting ocean conditions. During the Cohen commission hearings, the 2010 Fraser sockeye run came in gangbusters, with 35 million fish. One leading theory is that ash from an Alaska volcano fertilized the ocean, producing algae that supported more salmon feed. Could it be that salmon ranching from Alaska, Japan and elsewhere is simply depleting the food supply? That too is inconclusive. Finally, Tides Canada, a U.S. front group that diverts attention from U.S. salmon and oil tankers, spent $25,000 to publicize Cohen evidence. But only as it relates to B.C. salmon farms, and how bad they are. –Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

‘Most runs show a decline starting in the 1980s or early 1990s.’

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Bright at night Lots of windows means that the William C. Mearns Centre for Learning on the University of Victoria campus stands out bright at night, as the students inside study, work and socialize. Don Denton/News staff

LETTERS Kudos to columnist for highlighting female writers Re: Old challenges in a new era (The N in NEWS, Nov. 2) What a delight to see Gwen Cash’s name mentioned within the first sentence of her essay on the same-old, same-old challenges women face, regardless of time. Exactly 40 years ago, the fabulous Gwen wrote a column called “Accent on Life,” for the Victorian, a long-defunct local paper, featuring myself, then 12, and another girl, Andree, aged 13, who were to see Twelfth Night, at the Haida, another defunct cultural medium. Then, in 1972, Gwen wrote of my blatant ignorance of Shakespeare, and the subtleties of politics, instead focusing on how much Andree and I enjoyed the “rustic humour, the pageantry, the gorgeous clothes, the characters.” This ties in beautifully with Ms. North’s next wonderful mention of Dr. Lynne Van Luven, my favourite mentor, who guided me through creative non-fiction and its particular limitations as we struggle with memory and recall events we are certain to have occurred in exactly the way we want them or need to be in our lives.

I, too, experienced personally, the terrible behaviour of men in positions of power. I have suffered the consequences until my middle years, when I became a mother and realized that if I am to be a role model for my child, I have to stand up, face the demons and remind them that we are humans, first, flaws and all. We need more of the Gwen Cashs and Lynne Van Luvens in every generation. Ann Auld Victoria

Church ‘irrelevancy’ is actually a failure in human compassion Re: Are irrelevant religious teachings causing a growing crisis of faith (Letters, Oct. 17) Jim Skinner does well to question the cause of declining church attendance and participation, a swing happening not just locally, but throughout the Western world. I disagree with his ponderings, however. The prevalence of major relational dysfunction including loneliness, abortion, abuse, human trafficking, and the increasing gap between rich and poor indicates a continued need for Jesus’ teachings to “Love your neighbour as yourself” and “Do to others what you

would have them do to you.” It is not irrelevancy that is to blame for diminishing local church attendance but our failure as selfish beings to put this love into our hearts, into our mouths, and into action. Mark deLeeuw Victoria

Multi-use trail users need to learn sharing etiquette Re: Golf course trail an off-leash area (Letters, Oct. 24) I agree that the Cedar Hill trail is an amazing gift to our community and have walked my large breed dogs on leash on the chip trail for over 15 years. While it is unfortunate that the letterwriter was bitten by an off-leash dog, I do feel however that it was likely more of an owner issue than a breed specific problem. From a dog owner’s perspective here is a little etiquette that we would welcome from the joggers that also use the trail. Travel single file: There is, at best, room for two to three people to walk abreast on the trail. If you are running as a group, kindly drop to single file when you are passing seniors or running past

people walking dogs. Call out: A call out “on your left” or “on your right” would be appreciated when you approach us rapidly from behind. I would be more than happy to step to one side or another to allow you to pass without tripping over my leash. Boot camp participants: The boot camp phenomenon hit the trail this year. To the instructors we would ask that you respect the fact that it is a public trail you are using. I watched in horror as an elderly gentleman was nearly trampled by a group. Joggers with off-leash dogs: Your dog is chasing the wildlife as you run ahead on the trail. And we all know you are not picking up after them. My own dog has been accosted by a variety of breeds this year on the trail. Two boxers on different occasions, an English spaniel, a bulldog, a coonhound mix and two Yorkies. Yes, Yorkies. The owner laughed in amusement as his offleash dogs nipped and bit the legs and belly of my extremely tolerant dog. As a responsible Rottweiler owner, I know what the headlines would have read if the situation had been reversed. Delores Dixon Saanich

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Everett @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Regina @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Saskatoon @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Prince George @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Prince George @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Moose Jaw @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Victoria @ Prince George, 7 p.m. Victoria @ Prince George, 7 p.m. Vancouver @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Swift Current @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Victoria @ Seattle, 7:05 p.m. Victoria @ Red Deer, 6:30 p.m. Victoria @ Edmonton, 6 p.m. Prince George @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Prince George @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Victoria @ Kelowna, 7:05 p.m. Tri Cities @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Tri Cities @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Victoria @ Kelowna, 7:05 p.m. Victoria @ Everett, 7:35 p.m. Victoria @ Seattle, 7:05 p.m. Kamloops @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Kamloops @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Victoria @ Vancouver, 7:30 p.m. Victoria @ Kamloops, 7 p.m. Vancouver @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Vancouver @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Prince Albert @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Victoria @ Kelowna, 7:05 p.m. Victoria @ Prince George, 7 p.m. Victoria @ Prince George, 7 p.m. Seattle @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Seattle @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Victoria @ Tri Cities, 7:05 p.m. Victoria @ Spokane, 6:05 p.m. Victoria @ Kootenay, 6 p.m. Victoria @ Red Deer, 6:30 p.m. Victoria @ Calgary, 6 p.m. Victoria @ Edmonton, 3 p.m. Kelowna @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Kelowna @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Lethbridge @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Spokane @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Spokane @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Victoria @ Kamloops, 7 p.m. Victoria @ Kelowna, 7:05 p.m. Vancouver @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Victoria @ Vancouver, 7 p.m. Portland @ Victoria, 5:05 p.m. Portland @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Everett @ Victoria, 7:05 p.m. Victoria @ Everett, 7:05 p.m.

ROYALS’ HODGES NAMED TO TEAM WHL ROSTER SUBWAY SUPER SERIES GAME – NOV. 15 By Jennifer Blyth Home fans will have an extra reason to cheer tomorrow night as Victoria Royals forward Steven Hodges suits up with Team WHL for the SUBWAY Super Series against the Russian National Junior Team. The 18-year-old will appear in the sixth and final game of the series Nov. 15 at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. The Super Series features regional teams of CHL All-Stars competing against the Russian National Junior Team in a six-game event serving as an integral part of the identification process for Team Canada prior to the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship. The OHL hosts the middle leg of the six-game series with the first two games hosted by the QMJHL, and the final two games played in the WHL. Last season the CHL prevailed with their eighth series win in nine years of the event, earning

a 10-8 victory in points which included three regulation wins, two losses, and one defeat by shootout. “We are very proud of Steven’s accomplishment,” said Royals’ General Manager Cameron Hope. “He has earned this opportunity to play for Team WHL and we wish him the best when he faces Team Russia here in Victoria.” This past summer, the Delta, B.C. native also heard his name called at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. Hodges was selected by the Florida Panthers in the third round, 84th overall, following a 2011-12 season where Hodges recorded 46 points and appeared in all 72 regular season games for the Royals. The 6-0, 178 lb centre also tallied four assists in four games during the 2012 WHL Playoffs. Following the Panthers’ draft announcement, Hodges noted that, “I couldn’t be happier right now. The amount of hard work and dedication that had to be put forth by my family and teammates throughout the years to help put me in this position is amazing.” Hodges becomes the fourth player from the Royals’ franchise to play in the SUBWAY Super Series. Forward Kevin Sundher played for Team WHL last year while forwards Ryan Howse and Mark Santorelli competed at the event in 2010 and 2007, respectively.

Coach & support staff also join series Victoria forward Steven Hodges won’t be the only Royal on the bench Thursday for the SUBWAY Super Series. Head coach Dave Lowry has also been selected to join the coaching staff as an assistant for the Nov. 15 game. Spokane Chiefs’ Head Coach Don Nachbaur will be behind the bench as head coach for both Team WHL games along with Edmonton Oil Kings Head Coach Derek Laxdal, who will serve as Assistant Coach. Nachbaur is in his third season as the head coach

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of the Spokane Chiefs and his 15th season as a head coach in the WHL. Last season he became only the sixth coach in WHL history to hit the 500-win milestone. It’s Lowry’s first year with the Victoria Royals and his fifth season coaching in the WHL. After four seasons with the Calgary Hitmen as an assistant, associate, then head coach, Lowry was hired by the Calgary Flames and spent three seasons in the NHL as an Royal’s coach Assistant Coach before joining Dave Lowry the Royals this year. Team WHL support staff from Victoria include Khore Elliott, as Athletic Therapist for Team WHL, while Matt Auerbach is the Equipment Manager.

Team Russia brings talent Up and comers to watch for on Team Russia’s squad include former Sarnia Sting forward Nail Yakupov, selected first overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. Also making the trip will be 2012 Tampa Bay first-round pick goaltender Andrei Vasilevski, fellow Lightning prospect defenceman Nikita Nesterov, Chicago Blackhawks forward prospect Maxim Shalunov, Florida Panthers prospect Yaroslav Kosov, and Boston Bruins prospect and former Windsor Spitfire Alexander Khokhlachev.

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A ROYAL WIN: Team and fans give back compete for donations online throughout the month. Movember is an annual charity initiative encouraging the growth of moustaches to raise awareness, support and funding for men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer and male mental health. Fans attending November home games – beginning this Friday against the Everett Silvertips – will enjoy fun Movember giveaways, growth reports from participating players and nightly Movember-related entertainment. The month-long campaign concludes Tuesday, Nov. 27 when the Royals host the Moose Jaw Warriors. Hosted by Jack FM and The Ocean 98.5 FM, fans will have the chance to win a variety of prizes courtesy of Jack FM, The Ocean 98.5 FM, Victory Barber & Brand and the Victoria Royals! Fans can contribute to their favourite “Mo Bro” and the Movember Foundation by visiting www.victoriaroyals. com/movember or stopping by the season ticket information booth near Royals Court at any home game during November. Come the new year, fans can mark Jan. 26 on their calendars for the always-popular Pink in the Rink, a fun and educational evening in support of breast cancer awareness and programs. Mark your calendars for Pink in the Rink, Jan. 26. In addition to the Royals’ support for health issues, the Photo courtesy the Victoria Royals

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The Victoria Royals know that community is a big part of any team’s success. To show its appreciation, the organization has planned a variety of initiatives as a way of giving back to the community that supports them. Through November, the Royals and Victory Barber & Brand have partnered for this year’s Movember campaign in support of men’s health. Jamie Crooks, Tim Traber, Steven Hodges and Brandon Magee have been selected as this year’s “Mo Bros” and will

For every save made by a Victoria Royals goaltender this season, one pound of food will go to the Mustard Seed Food Bank. fight against hunger is also in the sights of Royals’ netminders. For every save made by a Royals goaltender in both home and away games this season, a donation of one pound of non-perishable food will be made to the Mustard Seed Food Bank, with hopes of achieving a total season goal of one ton of food! Joining the Royals in this important community campaign are premiere sponsor Shields Harney Law Firm, along with supporters The Zone @91.3, Save-On-Foods,

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Residential care is “when they need more intensive services than could be offered in communitybased counselling … and they want to be in a more structured environment,” said Michelle Dartnall, manager of youth and family substance-use services for the Vancouver Island Health Authority. In general, the demand for teen substance-use treatment is declining. In the past year, 248 teenagers accessed some form of substance-use service through VIHA for the first time. That’s down from 328 in 2010-11. However, demand for residential care remains steady, according to the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Victoria. “The kids that we deal with are the very vulnerable … so those numbers – they don’t decrease that much,” said Ellie James, manager of youth and family services for the organization. The Boys & Girls Club operates a different model of residential recovery program for teens, placing youth in family homes. Its program has room for six teens at a time, of which 60 per cent are girls, James said. “The families’ role is to provide a safe and supportive environment for the youth and we provide a worker to move (them) in a positive direction.” James is currently searching for new families willing to accept teens for a three- to six-month term. “One of the biggest questions when they come in to our program: what’s the plan? If they’re not coming with you, they’re not going to make progress.” Manderville said progress also comes with new opportunities. When Hope House reopens, she hopes to launch music therapy for the boys. “We’re just trying to get really creative,” she said. Already, the boys in care can participate in yoga, jiu-jitsu and writing workshops, on top of their mandatory daily counselling sessions. It’s about exposing them to new interests, activities and skills, Manderville said. She points to a recent success story about a boy from a northern Island community. At first he didn’t want to participate in anything. Slowly, he gave the activities a try and got into writing. “He wrote poems the whole time he was here … and we fostered that,” she said. rholmen@vicnews.com

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Students from Reynolds secondary school were recognized for “changing the world with a giving heart” on National Philanthropy Day, Nov. 8 for their work sending kids with cancer to camp. The students raised just shy of $110,000 for Canadian Cancer Society’s Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock in October. Eight student representatives from Reynolds’ principal’s advisory group attended an awards presentation at the Fairmont Empress Hotel. “These are students who work to make Reynolds a better place, organize assemblies, meet with guests

and prospective families. They’ve really become a group of ambassadors,” said principal Alana Charlton. “These are eight people who have always worked very hard on the Cops for Cancer campaign.” Charlton, who retires this January and plans to return to the school as a volunteer for 2013 Tour de Rock fundraising, had no idea that the final amount raised would climb so high. “I think the difference this year was the powerful connections the school made as a community with the whole purpose of the campaign,” Charlton said. “There was just a strong human connection to the cause and the purpose and it was a profound sense of our school coming together for something better and that we could make a difference.” In the week leading up to the

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From monkey costumes to elaborate ball gowns, Diane Madill has sewn it all. As one of Langham Court Theatre’s costume designers, she has, for half a dozen years now, been integral in bringing to life the visual aspects of the theatre company’s productions on stage. And even though her task at hand for Langham Court’s upcoming production of Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan was daunting, she’s had greater challenges. “To do a play like this, where you’re not coping with (the movements of actors) singing and dancing, it isn’t as challenging in some ways,” Madill said. “It’s still challenging and it’s a lot of work, but it’s quite doable.” The retired high school teacher – she taught fashion studies, and helped make the costumes for school plays – says the biggest challenge in costuming for Lady Windermere’s Fan is the scope and wide range of intricate costumes and pieces that are needed. “There’s 24 in the cast. There’s 13 ball gowns and then there’s day outfits as well, which are just as labour intensive,” she said. “Because of the period, there are hats and fans, very elaborate hair accessories, jewelry, the gloves, the crinolines. … And then there’s all the little details in these: the beadwork and rows and ruffles.” Set in the late 1800s and early 1900s – the late Victorian,

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Susan Ferguson had to design most of the period-accurate costumes for the play from scratch. Madill’s work began last winter, when she first read the play, then she made a spreadsheet of all the characters in each scene and how long they’re on stage. It helps her organize the needs of each character and what is required of each costume. “That’s the way my mind works. I can look at a spreadsheet and I can see how many costumes each person needs, how quick a character’s (costume) changes are, “Because of the and so you know who’s on period, there are hats and stage together at one time, it’s important for fans, very elaborate hair because colour and working a palaccessories, jewelry, the ette,” she said. “I like to do a play where you’re actugloves, the crinolines.” ally designing things from - Diane Madill scratch with piles of fabric.” A release from Langham Court describes Lady Windermere’s Fan as an exploration of “just how horrid High Society could be behind the scenes. “Set in a world where social graces and proper behaviour are all it takes to make-or-break one’s social-place … Oscar Wilde uses his acerbic wit and British humour to comment on the strident rules that govern London’s 1890s High Society.” Lady Windermere’s Fan runs nightly (8 p.m.) at Langham Court Theatre (805 Langham Crt.) from Nov. 22 to Dec. 8. There are also matinees on Dec. 1 and Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. Tickets ($21 for adults, $19 for students and seniors) are available online at Langhamtheatre.ca, in person at the box office, or by calling 250-384-2142. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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Diamond shines on stage Diamond Rings’ highly anticipated sophomore album Free Dimensional is out in Canada via Secret City Records. Rings kicked off his tour, which includes Victoria as well as 12 other Canadian cities, with a performance on the Late Show with David Letterman Oct. 26, and a performance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Nov. 7. Armed with a collection of 10 new songs, and now backed by a full band (including Graham Van Pelt – a.k.a. Miracle Fortress), his upcoming Canadian tour is sure to please, as evidenced by the reviews from his current U.S. tour with Stars. The new tracks retain the melodicism, clever juxtapositions, and lyrical honesty that garnered kudos for his 2010 debut effort Special Affections, while taking the production

and technical side of things to the next level. Special Affections, received widespread critical praise from not only Pitchfork but also The New York Times and NME. This praise was topped off with head-turning performances at The South by Southwest Conferences and Festivals, and CMJ as well as international tours with pop princess Robyn, dazzling new-waver, Twin Shadow and fellow Canadians, Junior Boys and PS I Love You. Diamond Rings plus Gold & Youth is on Friday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. at Club 9one9 in the Strathcona Hotel. The show is 19 years and over. Advanced tickets are $15 and are available at Lyles Place, Ditch Records, The Strathcona Hotel, and online at Ticketweb.ca. llavin@vicnews.com

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The Art of the Trio Series presents American jazz pianist and Steinway artist Randy Porter with bassist Tom Wakeling and drummer Kelby MacNayr. The show is on Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at Allison Pianos showroom, 2328 Government St. Tickets are $20 (Advance/UJam/VJS), $22 at door, $15 students and are available from Allison Pianos, Larsen Music, 1988 Cook St. and Ditch Records, 784 Fort St.

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SAANICH NEWS - Wednesday, November 14, 2012 The four major party candidates for the Nov. 26 Victoria federal byelection faced the public in James Bay last Thursday. From left, Donald Galloway (Green), Murray Rankin (NDP), Dale Gann (Conservative) and Paul Summerville (Liberal).

into government hands with proper taxation and regulation. He said the war on drugs is a failed attempt and that science matters when it comes to public policy. “It’s estimated B.C. would raise $2 billion from the taxation of marijuana,” he said. “Instead of handing it over to criminals, let’s hand it over to government.” Donald Galloway of the Green

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The Capital Regional District’s proposed $783 million secondary sewage treatment project is shaping up to be a major campaign issue in the upcoming federal byelection. Homeowners will dole out between $232 and $391 extra on their annual tax bill for the project, and many want to know where each Victoria MP hopeful stands on the issue. “It’s unacceptable to pour raw sewage into the Strait of Juan de Fuca,” Conservative Dale Gann said at an all-candidates byelection forum on Nov. 7 in James Bay. “When this community said it was a priority, our government stepped up to the plate and brought their third (of the funding),” he said. Murray Rankin of the NDP also supports secondary sewage treatment, although Rankin said he believes savings can still be found in the current project. “It’s time to get on with it,” he told the packed room at the New Horizons building in the 200block of Menzies St. Liberal Paul Summerville, the only candidate outright opposed to the current project, said the decision to implement secondary sewage treatment is “based on image, not science.” He compared the underground pipe system that would connect Clover Point, a wastewater treatment plant at Macaulay Point and a biosolids centre at Hartland landfill to a “mini-Enbridge pipeline in our own backyard.” Donald Galloway, Green Party candidate, took a measured approach to sewage treatment considerations, saying any decisions need to be based on scientific fact. He does believe the current plan is not the right plan. The event, organized by the James Bay Neighbourhood Association, saw the four major candidates answer a hodgepodge of audience questions for two-and-a-half hours. Art Lowe of the Libertarian Party and Philip Ney of the Christian Heritage Party were absent, although all candidates were extended an invitation, said organizer and moderator Marg Gardiner. The most emotional moment of the night came when candidates were asked about the recently inked Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA). The agreement has been criticized for its 31-year contract and its secret arbitration process in the event of international lawsuits. Gann was booed by several audience members when he said the agreement equally protects Canadian rights “This is the most dangerous agreement that has been signed by a Canadian government,” Galloway said to applause. Summerville and Rankin also criticized the agreement. The candidates will gather again tomorrow at 8 a.m. at the Ambrosia Catering and Event Centre for a meeting hosted by the Victoria Real Estate Board.

Party said the focus shouldn’t be on “making money off drugs and drug use.” Instead, regulation should focus on public health policies that educate and promote healthy living. “It is a health problem that is smoked like tobacco,” he said of marijuana, adding there needs to be a rethink of federal drug policy. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING for the purpose of a PUBLIC HEARING will be held in the SAANICH MUNICIPAL HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 770 Vernon Avenue, on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2012 at 7:30 pm, to allow the public to make verbal or written representation to Council with respect to the following proposed bylaws and permit. A) “ZONING BYLAW, 2003, AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2012, NO. 9202” PROPOSED REZONING ON HASTINGS STREET To rezone Lot 6A, Block B, Section 5, Lake District, Plan 1341A (1256 HASTINGS STREET) from Zone RS-6 (Single Family Dwelling) to Zone RD-1 (Two-Family Dwelling) for a proposed two family dwelling. A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT will also be considered to require the buildings and lands to be constructed and developed in accordance with the plans submitted and to allow variances for siting and allowable ﬂoor space in non-basement areas.

MP hopefuls blow smoke on cannabis Marijuana, the topic, wafted through the air at the Victoria riding byelection all-candidates forum. The four major party candidates responded to an audience question about the successful vote last week to legalize marijuana possession in the states of Washington and Colorado. In what was either a moment of inspiration or panic, Conservative Party candidate Dale Gann asked the 200-plus room of attendees how many of them supported legalizing marijuana. About 95 per cent of the audience raised their hands. “Personally, as a father, I don’t want my kid sitting around smoking marijuana,” Gann responded. “But as your representative, I’m supposed to carry that to Ottawa.” NDP candidate Murray Rankin said current laws result in a “waste of human potential, when so many young people have criminal records for small amounts of marijuana.” Rankin said the NDP would immediately amend the Criminal Code to allow for possession of small amounts of weed. He added there needs to be an “adult conversation” about taxation and regulation of the substance. Liberal candidate Paul Summerville highlighted the potential revenue that could make its way

B) “ZONING BYLAW, 2003, AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2012, NO. 9203” PROPOSED REZONING FOR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION ON WILKINSON ROAD To rezone Lot 1, Section 16, Victoria District, Plan 5002 (3954 WILKINSON ROAD) from Zone A-1(Rural) to Zone RS-10 (Single Family Dwelling) for the purpose of subdivision to create three additional lots for single family dwelling use. A COVENANT will also be considered to further regulate the use of the lands and buildings.

C) “ZONING BYLAW, 2003, AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2012, NO. 9189” PROPOSED HOUSEKEEPING AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING BYLAW TO INCLUDE SITING REGULATIONS FROM THE ANIMALS BYLAW. The intent of this bylaw is to add to the Zoning Bylaw, 2003, provisions from the Animals Bylaw, 2004, respecting the siting and size of buildings or structures used for the keeping, housing, or harbouring of animals. Interested persons are encouraged to obtain a copy of the bylaw. A copy of the proposed bylaws, permit and relevant reports may be inspected or obtained from the Legislative Division, Saanich Municipal Hall, 770 Vernon Avenue, between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, from November 8, 2012 to November 20, 2012 inclusive, except for weekends and statutory holidays. Correspondence may be submitted by mail to the address above or by email to clerksec@saanich.ca and must be received no later than 4:00 pm on the day of the meeting. All correspondence submitted will form part of the public record and may be published in a meeting agenda.

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Art good for space travel Charla Huber News staff

Spaceship armour, it turns out is good for artists too. Metchosin potter Robin Hopper proudly holds a painting on ceramic explaining the tile is the same material that covers spaceships. “I am using a ceramic product that was developed for space shuttles as a heat shield,” Hopper said. It can withstand temperatures up to 1,500C. “It looks and feels like porcelain, but it’s quite different,” he said, loudly banging the material on his table. “It is very strong, much stronger than porcelain.” The material has a ceramic substrate, he explained. About three years ago Hopper contacted a company in Colorado which makes the material for the now grounded space shuttles. When he was told leftovers end up in the trash, he asked if the company would mail him some. “Two months later

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I sent them a glazed painting,” Hopper said. “They were blown away. Now they have a secondary industry selling (tiles to artists).” “I had been looking for something like this for 50 years,” said Hopper who has played with clay since he was three years old. “Now with my health problems I can’t hold a brush for a long time.” Hopper is one of the artists showing at the Stinking Fish Studio Tour, which for the first time isn’t so much a tour as a showing at the Metchosin Art Gallery, 4495 Happy Valley Rd. “Fall has always been tough and weather permitting. People live up steep hills and down long driveways. If there is a slight problem with the weather people don’t come out,” said the show’s co-ordinator Judi Dyelle, who is also a potter. “This year we thought we’d put everything together.” Stinking Fish art is on display at the Metchosin Art Gallery until Nov. 30. See stinkingfishstudiotour.com.

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Robin Hopper shows off a painting created on the same ceramic tiles that once covered the NASA space shuttles.

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Jeff Austin, left, three time Canadian downhill champion Andrew MItchell, and Mitch Thacker pause to enjoy the view of the Gulf Islands from the top of the Partridge Hills near Mount Work.

At work on the trail Society nurtures trails and future of mountain biking in the region Travis Paterson News staff

Mining for usable rocks is a skill that comes from practice. I found that out on the morning of Oct. 28, an overcast Sunday on the trails of Hartland-Mount Work. My initial job was to scale mossy hills adjacent to The Plunge, a stretch of intermediate single track in the mountain biking park, and dig out whatever free standing rocks I could move. About two dozen of the South Island Mountain Bike Society’s 250 members came out to work on the trails that morning. It’s four hours of hard labour, honoured with a complimentary sandwich and the knowledge the park has been preserved for future users. “A lot of these trails were originally adopted from hikers and motorbikes and they often follow a fall line,” said SIMBS trail director Chris Oman. “We target a number of areas at the beginning of the year and do as much as we can.” The professional forester knows a thing or two about sustainable trails, and assesses the trail’s drainage as we stroll 100 metres along The Plunge. The enemy of trails isn’t riders, I learn – it’s water. “The wetter trails erode and end up needing the most attention,” Oman said. “The better a trail can drain, the better it will hold up over time.” Upwards of 100,000 visits are expected for 2012, he says. Most of those are in the summer when conditions are dry, but riders come year round, and the impact is noticeable. With a pickaxe I loosen the sponge-like tree debris sitting atop a vulnerable sec-

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Chris Oman flattens a section of jagged rock, making a safer corner along The Plunge. tion of the trail. The debris, which is new this autumn, is clumped three inches thick and dry, despite sitting below a pile of mud. Oman rakes it out, ensuring the vulnerable areas of the trail are “outsloped.” Maintenance is crucial to the sustainability of Hartland’s trails and Oman has led the construction and reconstruction of Hartland for six years. He’s been a part of work crews for 10. “There are about 50 trails at Hartland and almost 20 per cent are sustainably built,” said SIMBS president Scott Mitchell. Mitchell’s been the president for five years, about the same time Oman took over trail maintenance, and the two have benefitted from the guidance of the International Mountain Biking Association. Not only did IMBA make groundbreaking inroads by establishing insurance policies for mountain biking clubs such as SIMBS, it led a global campaign of sustainable trail building. SIMBS abides by IMBA guidelines.

Representatives travel North America and have been to Hartland to work with SIMBS to teach sustatinable trail building. There’s even a mountain bike operations program offered by Capilano College’s Sechelt campus, with a focus entirely on trail building. “It’s important to recognize that this is all a new school of thought, and is only about six years old,” Mitchell said. Before Mitchell came aboard, the previous SIMBS leadership fought the rogue trail building and its general acceptance by the society. SIMBS didn’t hold the trail maintenance permits it does now, nor was it the guardian of the Hartland-Mount Work trail system, as well as the sport of mountain biking on the south Island. “We’re definitely in a better state than in the past,” Mitchell said. “The previous president was working to get trail maintenance and SIMBS going. It was very challenging and negative.” Rogue building at Hartland is limited these days, whether it’s jumps or other riding structures, and SIMBS has strengthened its relationship with the Capital Regional District. SIMBS is a proponent for seven riding sites from North Saanich to Cowichan, but

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SIMBS work party members Nathan Denny, William Steele and Chis Oman.

Hartland is the preeminent destination, for now. SIMBS also anticipates a new trail system at Sooke’s Harbourview Road, part of the massive Sea to Sea green belt, which was acquired by the CRD. Harbourview is not officially open as a park yet and CRD has not permitted SIMBS or the Sooke Bike Club to perform any trail maintenance. But it’s all in the works, with SIMBS and SBC advocating for trail usage. “People are riding and there’s been guerilla building, which is how a lot of trails start, whether it’s motorbikes or mountain bikes. We’ve participated in a lot of meetings and want to partner with CRD. Hopefully everybody gets what they want,” Mitchell said. Just as Hartland has a bike wash station, washroom and secured storage shed for tools, so does Habourview Road. Mitchell’s view of the future is similar to Squamish, which put city money into building the Full Nelson trail, open in 2012, which is world class and has become a tourist destination. “It’s an amazing example of a trail that brings people to the city.” During my morning at Hartland, it took me about an hour to figure out which rocks were best to remove, and where to find them. Most freestanding lumps on the floor of the rainforest landscape are actually loose rocks, covered with moss. I gently peel back the carpeted cover, remove the rock, and let the moss lay back down, unbroken. The rocks I place beside an eroding section of the trail. William Steele, a local bike mechanic, has filled a gap one metre deep and two metres long. “The thing about a lot of this work is once you cover it with dirt, you can’t tell what we did,” Steele says. A minute later a cyclist is the first to bomb down the section we rebuilt and she has no idea. “That means we’ve done our job.” sports@vicnews.com

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Perks and pitfalls of overseas ‘voluntourism’ Tim Collins News staff

Jillian Westby is a fairly typical young woman. The 18-year-old has lived in Oak Bay since 1998. After graduating from Oak Bay High last spring, she was accepted to the University of Victoria. That’s where Westby’s story takes a bit of a turn from the norm. She opted to take a year off school and use her energy and talents to help others. For another four months she’s living with a family in Quito, Ecuador, a city where she is teaching English and life skills to impoverished children. “I’ve always loved children and I realize that I’ve been very lucky to have everything I’ve had in life,” Westby said. “This is a chance for me to give something back. … To help others.” Westby has opted to volunteer through a placement with a company called International Volunteer Headquarters (IVHQ). The company, based in New Zealand, is one of a burgeoning list of firms that match volunteers with agencies, nongovernmental organizations and charities operating within a wide variety of countries around the world. Individuals can use these firms to match their interests, skill sets and values, with the part of the world in which they wish to work, and with the needs of agencies within that region. “It’s called ‘voluntourism,’ and it’s a concept that has exploded in popularity in the past seven or eight years,” said Aaron Smith of GoVoluntouring.com. He launched his website to help would-be volunteers pick responsible agencies to facilitate their volunteering efforts and to help the volunteers themselves to work in a responsible and supportive manner once they get to their host country. “There are good operators out there, but like anything else, there are degrees of good,” Smith said. There are some bad operators out there – operators who prey upon the good intentions of potential volunteers who don’t do their due diligence to ensure that the organizations are legitimate. “There have been some horrific examples of unscrupulous local ‘charitable organizations’ who are just out for the voluntourist dollar,” Smith said. In one case, recounted by Smith, an animal rescue organization in South Africa used voluntourists, ostensibly to help save injured and orphaned animals. Unbeknownst to the volunteers, the animals were eventually sold to game farms to be hunted for sport. In another case, in Cambodia, children were bought from rural farmers so that operators could stock orphanages as bait for voluntourist dollars. “What we really need is a set of standards for local projects and NGOs to meet before we send volunteers to them,” Smith said. “Sometimes the brokers don’t do their own due diligence, so you have to.” He’s currently in Guatemala working on establishing those kinds of guidelines with the Guatemalan government and NGOs in that country. Smith maintains that volunteers with a good

agency and a legitimate NGO in the host country can improve local communities and enhancing the local economy, just by being there. That’s not a viewpoint shared by Rohan Stritch, the international internship co-ordinator at the Victoria International Development Education Association. “There’s a lot of potential for positive change in voluntourism,” Stritch said, “but it’s often outweighed by naive attempts at helping that end up taking time from local organizations who have to supervise these people. It’s also a problem that some voluntourists arrive without the skill sets they need to do any appreciable good.” She recommends something called exposure touring. Tours of impoverished and distressed parts of the world that are conducted so that individuals can develop an understanding and appreciation of the culture and challenges of those parts of the world without “getting in the way of legitimate aid agencies. “You can’t just go in there and think you can teach someone in a Third World country the ‘right way’ to do something.

Coming from a wealthy country doesn’t buy you that right.” Stritch maintains that voluntourists have to honestly ask themselves why they want to go. “Ask if you have the skills that will actually help or if you’re doing it just for yourself.” Westby feels confident that she has done that homework and can do a lot of good in Ecuador. “My father and I have been in communication with other volunteers who’ve worked with IVHQ and they’ve been very happy with their experience. It’s changed their lives and the way they see the world, and they say that it made a huge difference to the people that they were working with,” she said. Westby’s mother, Linda, said that her daughter has always volunteered in the Oak Bay community, doing things like helping with bottle drives, canvassing for donations for Tour de Rock , and being a reading buddy for children at the library. “She’s got a big heart and wants to help others,” she said. “That’s why she’s going.” A checklist for voluntourists can be found at govoluntouring.com/what-ask. reporter@vicnews.com

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Jillian Westby, 18, reads up on her destination before heading to Ecuador for six months to volunteer.

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FortisBC opens Island headquarters in Langford Kyle Wells News staff

FortisBC introduced the public to its new environmentally sustainable area operations centre in Langford Nov. 5. About 50 staff work at the 21,000-square-foot building, which includes both office and warehouse space. The building, which is located on Langford Parkway, is the regional headquarters for Vancouver Island. FortisBC is a power, propane and natural gas company that serves over one million customers in more than 135 communities, according to its website. The building features many environmentallyminded components and an application is in to achieve a rating from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). Among notable features is in-floor radiant heating that distributes heat evenly throughout the building, the use of rooftop solar panels for energy and a maximization of daylight. Many regional materials were used in construction as well, with builders using materials grown or extracted, processed and manufactured from within 800 kilometres of Langford when possible. John Walker, president and CEO of FortisBC, came over from the Lower Mainland to speak at the opening. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very important for us that we be able to support the communities in which we operate and serve,â&#x20AC;? Walker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This facility being located here in Langford, which is a fast-growing area here on the Island, puts us in the middle of that.â&#x20AC;? FUTURE SHOP â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Correction Notice

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