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Bruschetta and Doug Franklin, and Oak Bay reserve constable Aubrey Blackhall, will ride nonstop around the University of Victoria’s Ring Road for 24 hours in July. “The motivation (when riding for so long) is just thinking about the kids. Think about the 24 hours that they’ve got to stay up when they can’t sleep because they’re in so much pain from their chemotherapy treatment,” Nunn said.

Provincial health officials are warning that a potent prescription drug on the streets is responsible for at least eight deaths in the Capital Region so far this year. Fentanyl, an opiate used for pain control, is believed to be a contributing factor in 23 deaths across the province in the first four months of 2013, according to the B.C. Coroners Service. There were 20 deaths connected to the drug in B.C. in all of 2012. Victoria police Const. Mike Russell said police officers have noticed a spike in fentanyl use in the city, and remain concerned when any new drug hits local streets. “We are aware of its use,” he said. Dr. Perry Kendall, provincial health officer, issued a provincewide warning to emergency room doctors and paramedics last Wednesday, after a meeting with the coroner’s office, police officers, public health officials and toxicologists. “It’s a very, very, very potent narcotic,” Kendall said. Matt Brown, Island regional coroner, confirmed eight deaths linked to fentanyl have occurred in the Capital Region, but said he can’t discuss specifics.

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Tour de Rock riders, from left, Kevin Nunn, Saanich police quartermaster, Saanich police Const. Lisa Bruschetta, and Oak Bay reserve Const. Aubrey Blackhall are planning a 24-hour ride around UVic’s Ring Road to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society.

New extremes for cancer fundraiser Tour de Rock members plan 24-hour ride around UVic’s Ring Road in July Kyle Slavin News staff

Kevin Nunn is no stranger to pushing himself to the extreme, all for the sake of improving the lives of kids with cancer. The 50-year-old civilian quartermaster for

the Saanich Police Department raised more than $45,000 in 2011 and 2012 by pushing his body to its limits – a run from Duncan to Saanich, and walking a half-marathon pulling a BMW Mini – to benefit the Canadian Cancer Society’s Tour de Rock. This year Nunn was named to the 2013 Tour de Rock team, and he and three of his fellow riders have decided to take their fundraising efforts another step further. “To keep the extreme going, I think a 24-hour bike ride is, again, well out there,” Nunn said. He, along with Saanich cops Lisa

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The Victoria Regional Transit Commission wants public input before it moves ahead with a proposed bus lane and queue-jumper lanes between Victoria and the West Shore. Over the next week, B.C. Transit employees will travel on a decommissioned bus throughout Greater Victoria to explain proposed congestion solutions. Concepts include bus-only lanes along Douglas Street and queue jumper lanes along McKenzie Avenue and the Island Highway between View Royal and Colwood. “Our hope is that enough people see buses moving straight on through and passing all the cars, and it will become apparent to more folks that buses are the way to go,” said Susan Brice, VRTC chair. Residents can also submit feedback to the proposed plan at bctransit. com/transitfuture. A summary of public input will be presented to the commission at its next scheduled meeting on June 27, when the plan is expected to be finalized. Transit Future Bus schedule: • June 5, B.C. legislature (Government St.), 9:30-11 a.m. • June 5, Victoria City Hall, noon-2 p.m. • June 6, Camosun College Interurban Campus, 10 a.m.-noon • June 8, Mayfair Shopping Centre, 2-4 p.m. • June 10, UVic Student Union Building, 10 a.m.noon • June 10, Camosun College Lansdowne Campus, 1-3 p.m. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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UVic fires up world’s most powerful microscope

ith little fanfare at the end of March, a one storey tall microscope housed in a vault beneath the University of Victoria zapped a fleck of gold, and produced the world’s most highly magnified image. The nondescript shot of gold atoms proved what engineering professor Rodney Herring had hoped – his scanning transmission electron holography microscope (STEHM) was indeed the most powerful in the world. Herring’s breakthrough is monumental in terms of fundamental science in Canada, although the margin of victory is exceedingly small. The STEHM has resolved an image at 34 picometres, Herring says, beating out a 49 picometre image from the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory in California. A picometre is a trillionth of a metre, and a gold atom is about 332 picometres in diametre. “For me it was a relief. I’d been telling everybody this could potentially have the best resolution and be the most powerful microscope in the world. But it wasn’t proven yet,” Herring said. “Now we’ve got information down to 34 picometres and we aren’t done yet. We are still tuning the lab.” The ultra-magnified image of gold, on the order of 20 million times human sight, has yet to be published in a scientific journal, but Herring plans to present his work at an electron microscope conference at UVic this month. The UVic microscopy lab plans to launch the machine on June 17. Whether the lab will have the machine fully ready for researchers remains to be seen. It had planned to open the STEHM last fall or winter, but its assembly and calibra-

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UVic engineering professor Rodney Herring shows the electron microscope he designed, and which in March created the highest resolution image yet, on the order of the fraction of the width of an atom. The microscope is considered the most powerful in the world. tions have been so maddeningly complicated, bringing it into operation has taken until now. Hitachi High-Technologies built most of the machine components in Japan, and Hitachi engineer David Hoyle has overseen the assembly at UVic. “This project was so difficult Hitachi said it doesn’t want to build another one any day soon, so this will be the only one for 10 years or more,” Herring said. “It is a unique machine. “We don’t know how good it is yet. We are in the training phase, the playing phase. We have to get used to it and find out how well it will do.” UVic microscopy lab manager and biology professor Elaine Humphries is aiming to have the

lab accepting researchers this summer, although they’ll need to tidy up the space, buy furniture and install workstations. They want to keep costs low for visiting scientists booking time on the STEHM. “We want more researchers, we want to make it easy to use and cost effective,” Humphries said. “For me, more researchers means more grants means more upgrades.” She remarked that despite it being 4.5 metres tall, seven tonnes and effectively the most stable machine ever assembled, it is delicate and off limits to all but two or three people. “My job is to make it simple so people don’t screw up the microscope. If you don’t put the specimen in right, it will be

down for eight hours.” The machine itself is crammed with components that are among the most advanced technology in the world. It’s electron gun can spit out single electrons at a time, or send them down in a spiral pattern through its 65 lenses (also a world record), allowing the machine to “pick up” and manipulate atoms one at a time. The electron beam moves through a 1.5 metre chamber with a vacuum nearly equivalent to deep space. The moon has more of an atmosphere. Materials used to achieve this are a trade secret. “One problem with electrons is they don’t go through air easily. They get bounced around so you have to pump the air out. So a better vacuum means better resolution,” Humphries said. The machine also exploits weird quantum properties of particles – wires called bi-prisms can “split” single electrons into two pieces, since particles also exist as waves. “From a physics point of view, its the perfect machine to study the structure of the atom,” Herring said. “There’s lots of mystery left with atoms.” The machine rests on a concrete foundation separate from the Bob Wright Centre in an over-pressured, vibration absorbing chamber. Proprietary metal-composite technology in the machine also dampens any and all external noise from passing cars to passing clouds. Chemistry professor Alex Brolo oversees nano technology development related to items like medical sensors and solar cells at UVic, and said the STEHM will be critical in creating more precise devices. “It’s a big advantage for us looking at nano materials and looking at the position of atoms. This microscope increases that capability and does things we weren’t able to do before,” Brolo said. For Herring, the project been a decade of pulling together at least $20 million in funding and convincing industry partners that the machine was technically possible – many were convinced it wasn’t. Gleaming and tall, with a few inches to spare in the vault, he’s proud of the machine he designed. “It’s taken 11 years. It’s beautiful. For me it’s a work of beauty,” he said. “It’s performed beyond expectations. All of the effort has paid off with an ultra-high resolution, 34 picometre (machine). We have the best microscope in the world.”

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“We have seen a regional increase (in the use of fentanyl),” Brown said, adding the province is facing a substance abuse problem with 200 to 300 deaths every year related to

drug, usually in powder form, Kendall said. When prescribed, fentanyl comes in the form of a patch, releasing the narcotic over 24 hours into the patient’s bloodstream. The street drug, however, can

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Is Victoria really that boring? City ranked 4th in ‘Boring Awards’ Daniel Palmer News staff

Greater Victoria garners plenty of international accolades for its hanging flower baskets, most romantic Canadian destination and as a playground for outdoor enthusiasts. But the latest honour bestowed upon B.C.’s capital likely won’t be shouted from the rooftops by Tourism Victoria. Last week, organizers of the inaugural Boring Awards quietly removed Abbotsford from its list of top five most boring Canadian cities and replaced it with the sleepy City of Gardens. The tongue-in-cheek awards were announced in Toronto May 23 as part of a promotion for the independent film Boredom. “There’s a certain angst about being young in Victoria. It’s very similar to Ottawa – you have this spectacular location, unbe-

lievable wealth and resources, yet the city can be a bit dull,” said organizer and Boredom director Albert Nerenburg. Abbotsford was initially named the fourth most boring city behind Ottawa, Laval and Lethbridge, but protests from Abbotsford officials convinced Nerenburg and his colleagues to change their minds. Nerenberg cited the fact that in 2009, Abbotsford was named Canada’s per capita murder capital, but has since lowered the murder rate to nearly zero. “That’s an almost 1,000 per cent decrease. That’s not boring,” he said. Victoria Coun. Ben Isitt, who served as acting mayor while Mayor Dean Fortin was out of town last week, said the city should accept the award as a challenge to create more vibrancy and culture in the downtown core. “The fact is, when you talk to a lot of young people, they’ll tell you Victoria isn’t the most exciting place. We’ve seen a loss of a number of live music ven-

ues in the last decade or so, and culturally, we cling to this outdated view we’re little England, when really we’re a dynamic and multicultural city where I think environmental and social values shape people’s identities a lot more than supposed Britishness,” he said. Isitt highlighted the energy seen at places like Ship Point during live concerts, and said the location would be perfect for a food truck pilot program. The recently unveiled Harbour Pathway will also help inject some vibrancy into Victoria once completed, Isitt said. “There are things happening, but this a challenge to do even better,” he said. The Boring Awards also poked fun at Canadian people. Prime Minister Stephen Harper was named Most Boring Canadian of the Year while Toronto Mayor Rob Ford edged out the Ikea Monkey and was named Least Boring Canadian of the Year. – with files from Abbotsford News

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The former Saanich priest who was found guilty earlier this year of touching a young person for a sexual purpose will learn his fate in July. A date for Phil Jacobs’ final court appearance was set last Wednesday. He will appear in court for sentencing on July 19. Justice Miriam Gropper handed down her guilty verdict on Feb. 25. The guilty charge stems from a witness who testified that dur-

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After 39 years as Victoria’s premier weekly read, Black Press is excited to announce the new monthly iteration of its local flagship brand. Alongside the familiar voice of film reviewer Robert Moyes and the ever-popular horoscopes by Georgia Nicols, Monday will now feature CTV entertainment reporter Adam Sawatsky, fashion it-girl Emma Yardley, gastronaut Don Genova, arts maven Janis La Couvée, independent film advice from Victoria Film Fest director Kathy Kay, the contemporary musings of CBC Radio host Jo-Ann Roberts and some comedic relief from Mike Delamont. The vibrant, full-colour Monday also offers extensive coverage of outdoor recreation, sports, interior design, and an expanded events calendar —

available in print and also at Mondaymag.com and Vicnews. com. Black Press’ Victoria community newspapers — Victoria News, Saanich News, Oak Bay News and the Goldstream News Gazette — will also host an expanded, Monday approved arts and entertainment section twice weekly, complete with an events calendar. “This is a brand new Monday with plenty of features and information on what’s happening in Greater Victoria that no one else is providing,” said Sakamoto. “The new Monday is for the person who is active, engaged, loves to go out and take part in our community and discover new things.” Black Press, the largest independently-owned media company in Canada, decided on the move in response to a shifting marketplace, which has affected alt-weeklies across North America, including massive layoffs at the Village Voice and the Boston Phoenix, which recently closed. editor@saanichnews.com

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Congress celebrates the world The Kikeyambay dancers, Ninato Camara and Meghan Freeburn, and drumming group performed at the University of Victoria during Congress 2013. Canada’s largest academic conference is underway at UVic, and includes ongoing daily free events for the public, including performances, displays and lectures. Tonight (Wednesday) at 7:30 p.m., Buffy SainteMarie performs on the main stage in Celebration Square, opposite the McPherson library. Daniel Lapp performs Thursday at 6:30 p.m. See uviccongress2013.ca.

Turtle habitat project at Swan Lake nets cash Western painted turtles will have new habitat in Swan Lake later this year thanks to a grant from Shell Canada. Victoria-based Habitat Acquisition Trust has been awarded $25,000 from Shell Canada, which has committed funding for environmental projects across the country. HAT submitted its Western painted turtle habitat improvement project, and it made the cut through an online voting process. The money will be used to build and install turtle basking logs in Swan Lake, and for ongoing research and tracking of the Vancouver Island native creature deemed a species at risk. “The basking logs in Swan Lake will help turtles live through the (winter) season,” said Peter Papagiannis,

with HAT. “It allows turtles to climb up and survive. There is a high population in Swan Lake and not enough habitat and room for all of them.” HAT expects to install more basking logs, a few already exist at the Saanich wetland, in October. Papagiannis said the project connects with people interested in wildlife conservation. “I think there’s something about turtles that interests people,” he said. “We got a lot of votes from Ontario from people with a turtle project, and votes from all over.” Shell Canada provides $2 million per year toward environmental projects that improve the land, air or water. See fuellingchange.com. editor@saanichnews.com

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Greater Victoria: boring but busy T

he tongue-in-cheek Boring Awards declared Victoria the fourth most boring city in Canada. Not only is Victoria dull, but its an underachiever in dullness. Ottawa was ranked the No. 1 most boring city, which is inhabited by even more bureaucrats than this region. With a little work (or not) Victoria could elevate itself to be the most boring place in the country. And that’s OK – boring is safe and steady. Not boring are near-riots every Saturday night as nightclubs let out, like in Vancouver; gangland shootings like in Surrey; and being ruled over by a chaotic administration like in Toronto (Rob Ford earned the Least Boring Canadian award). That kind of action is good for journalists, and bad for everyone else. Labelling Victoria as boring can be justified. It can be tough to find a good restaurant open after 9 p.m., which is the same time as when much of the downtown shuts down. The city once held a number of colourful 24-hour or late-night diners and coffee shops, and had a vigorous nightlife. Not so much in the past two decades. On the other hand, the region is so crammed with outdoor festivals, fairs, farmers markets, concerts and sporting events, it’s hard to find a weekend to relax. Just in the past few weekends we’ve had the Highland Games, the Luxton Pro Rodeo, the Oak Bay Tea Party, festivities at the University of Victoria with Congress 2013, the Goddess Run and the Bastion Grand Prix cycle races. Residents still have a big Canada Day party to look forward to, Buccaneer Days, the Buskers Festival, the Chalk Art Festival, Symphony Splash, the Saanich Fair, HarbourCats baseball, Highlanders soccer and Shamrocks lacrosse. Big celebrities and bands are coming here now – Sting and Jerry Seinfeld recently; Kiss and John Cleese in upcoming months. No longer do we peer across the water at Vancouver with envy. So is Victoria boring? If you’re looking to party until 6 a.m. or find a bistro at 2 a.m., yes, most likely. If you’re a family or a senior, the city can be boring and not boring in just the right doses. 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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lel set of hearings, which was the ne of Premier Christy Clark’s NDP’s stated preference, but in no first tasks of the new term circumstance does the province will be to resume trade talks have a veto. And the B.C. with Alberta and SaskatchLiberal government and ewan. Enbridge were careful to Several daunting tasks leave the door open for await. Clark must repair further talks. relations with Alberta PreA closer reading of mier Alison Redford after their comments shows B.C.’s theatrics over oil that the key difference at pipelines before the electhis stage is one of timtion, and prepare for the ing. results of a federal envi“The panel must deterronmental review of the mine if it is appropriate Enbridge Northern GateTom Fletcher to grant a certificate for way proposal in the fall. B.C. Views the project as currently Some people were surproposed on the basis prised on Friday when the of a promise to do more study and B.C. government released its final planning after the certificate is written submission to the federal granted,” Lake said. “Our governenvironmental review panel on ment does not believe that a certifiNorthern Gateway. It was widely cate should be granted before these interpreted as B.C.’s outright rejecimportant questions are answered.” tion of the project, but it’s not as According to Enbridge executive simple as that. Janet Holder, those important quesClark and B.C. Environment Mintions can’t all be answered until the ister Terry Lake signalled several hearings are over. The company times before the election that they maintains that every river crosswere not getting the answers they ing and spill response plan can’t be wanted from Enbridge. But they done in detail during the two-year stuck to the principle that the hearhearings. ings must be completed. B.C.’s final submission runs to The NDP repeated for months nearly 100 pages. It goes into detail that the B.C. Liberal government on the inconsistencies and unanhad forfeited its own review and swered questions on such vital tophanded jurisdiction over the enviics as whether diluted bitumen can ronmental assessment to Ottawa. In fact, a pipeline that runs across sink in water. In short, the province argues that two provinces is by definition a it can sink if the oil is in fresh water, matter of federal jurisdiction. B.C. or if it is exposed to weathering so could have held its own paral-

lighter fractions evaporate, or if it is mixed with sediments that increase its density. These are pertinent conditions if heavy oil were to leak into a river in springtime, when water runs fast and cold and brown with sediment. Then there are the obstacles presented by responding to a spill in remote wilderness and heavy snow. Given both provincial and aboriginal opposition in B.C., the Enbridge pipeline is unlikely to be imposed, and last week Conservative cabinet minister James Moore clearly ruled that out. The B.C. government has consistently maintained that the current project does not meet Clark’s often-repeated five conditions, including the vaguely defined “fair share” of revenues, and Moore said the federal government agrees with those conditions. The B.C. government has to face some other uncomfortable realities as well. If heavy oil pipelines are such a risk, how does B.C. manage the one that has stretched across remote and populated areas for 60 years? Does the government take a stand against new pipelines, and then watch as rail cars full of heavy oil cross those same rivers? No permit is required for that, and in fact there are more hazardous materials than oil moving by rail and road across the province today. –Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press

‘The B.C. Liberal government and Enbridge were careful to leave the door open’

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LETTERS Needs budget indeed a ‘wish list’ Re: Needs budget seems needless (Our View, May 29) The so-called “needs budget” submitted by Greater Victoria School District trustees seems needless because it is not a genuine needs budget. The budget was created by asking department administrators for their wish list items. It is a shame that this process was used and the term “needs budget” attached to it. A genuine needs budget stems from an assessment of the needs of students and schools to provide a quality education to the district’s 19,000 students. By this criteria, our school district is sorely underfunded. The first “needs” budget letter sent by Greater Victoria trustees was a “restoration budget.” It analyzed all the staff and services lost to cuts in the previous 20 years – back to 1991. In that time period, seven schools have closed and more than 350 teaching and staff positions have been cut. The result? The needs of a child with autism,

who only receives educational assistance support for 15 hours a week rather than full time, are not being met. The needs of an elementary student struggling through a parent divorce who can only see a counselor on a Monday, are not being met. The needs of a child waiting for a psycho-educational assessment for years and years are not being met. The needs of a school that must fundraise to stock an earthquake kit are not being met. My list could go on. Greater Victoria trustees do need to send a message to the province about sadly inadequate funding, but they should do that with a genuine assessment of student needs. And by the way, this is not a “motherhood” issue. All of society will be paying for children who fail to succeed because our schools have insufficient resources to provide them a quality education. Tara Ehrcke, president, Greater Victoria Teachers’ Association

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Re: BCTF digs in for endless war (B.C. Views, May 29) Thank you for expressing the feelings of many over the politicization of our school system by teachers. A collective group will always fight for its survival by justifying its existence in the highest possible light of truth and justice. We are so often swayed by those who take the moral high ground, especially in the name of our children. There is no doubt that the teachers are reflecting the not so subtle undercurrent of anti-capitalist sentiment in our culture and it clearly links back to the idea that pursuit of self interest is greed/bad and sacrificing self for the collective whole is good. What this train of thought always fails to acknowledge is that the true corrupter of capitalism is the cronyism of government/corporate collusion (in other words, big government) and the solution promoted by all collectivist government movements is to demand ever larger government structures to manage everything in our society. Big government has no morals about our children at its core, only seeking to feed its own growth and thirst for power, a power that ultimately

must rob the wealth of many to fuel its appetite. This is not moral in any sense of the word, but this is ignored by those who run to its defense in the name of morality. That we must continually be asked to sacrifice for the sake of bureaucrats’ dreams of glory and virtue needs to be exposed for what it really is: legalized theft. Unfortunately the big government cat is so far out of the bag us poor peons are left to scream out, “Enough!” as more cries for our income resound. Paul O’Brien Saanich

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hese are not your traditional ice cream flavours: Peppered goat’s milk with nutmeg and candied orange, Mulberry and clove, Lemongrass coconut with Thai basil. But then Cold Comfort is not your average ice cream company. Proprietor Autumn Don Descoteau Maxwell, who operates out of a Biz Beat corner of the back room at Lone Tree Bakery at 809 Craigflower Rd., looks at ice cream as a form of expression and love for food. “Ice cream is a blank canvas and the flavours are the paint,” she says, after pouring a batch of dairy-free, salted caramel mixture into her commercial ice cream maker for freezing.

Maxwell creates new flavours almost every week – many include more traditional ingredients such as chocolate and quite a few include alcohol. She is up to 229 varieties on her website (coldcomfort.ca), which lists the ingredients for each. “You never know what’s coming next,” she says. While she tries to use primarily organic ingredients, “sometime you have to break the rules.” She creates concoctions that appeal to people of every dietary need, from lactose intolerant to nut allergies. For dairy-free combinations, she often uses coconut milk, which can be frozen into a consistency similar to milk- or cream-based ice cream. Having launched her wholesale business about two years ago, Maxwell sells to six local markets and a few restaurants. She also does a rousing business at the Moss Street Market.

When Lone Tree owner Terry Worland opened her retail outlet on Craigflower in December, she asked Maxwell if she’d like some space. The juxtaposition with an organic bakery works well and even results in the occasional compilation of ingredients, Maxwell says. Having operated her wholesale business solo for the past two years, she plans to hire a new employee soon to help cover the summer busy season and give her more time to work on other activities. “Unlike other small ice-cream makers, I survive the winters on the uniqueness of the product,” she says. – Email autumn@coldcomfort.ca.

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Autumn Maxwell, proprietor of Cold Comfort handmade ice cream, holds some of her ice cream sandwiches in the space she shares with Lone Tree Bakery at 809 Craigflower Rd.

The Downtown Farmer’s Market has moved north to The Hudson building, in advance of the opening this summer of the year-round Victoria Public Market. The farm market, which offers fresh local produce and lunch items, kicked off the 2013 season this week and will be located in the back carriageway of The Hudson every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Service helps young women Anney’s Closet is an initiative started by Soroptimist International of Victoria Westshore to give young women a helping hand moving into their own space. Named for Anney Ardiel, a professional downsizer for seniors, the program accepts donations of furniture and other household items from Ardiel’s clients and provides them free to potentially at-risk women. Anney’s Closet is located at West Shore U-Lock, 1621 Island Hwy. Grand opening happens June 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Bridal wear at White Peony Eco-couture wedding dress company Pure Magnolia is featured in a trunk show at The White Peony, 1816 Government St., on June 8 and 9. Designer Patty Nayel brings her new styles, including plus-size options. To book an appointment, email hello@thewhitepeony. com or call 250-5908044. For information, visit thewhitepeony. com.

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It’s nice to be in good company. That’s how the members of the MadArters group in Victoria feel, as they come together to host their first collective show and raise money for an art initiative. The show is a first for group members, who started getting in touch with each other about a year ago through a Victoria art group on meetup.com. There are 207 online members of the art group, 10 of whom have come together to form the MadArters and put on the show. Members of the MadArters get together regularly to attend shows, participate in art walks and generally discuss art. “Some are brand new to art shows and some of us are more experienced,” Aurafidelitie Arindam said. “The energy that’s come from it and motivation is really fascinating to me. Usually artists are so individual and isolated, but this has really brought us out.” Arindam is known for her paintings of botanical flowers, mainly in acrylics. She discovered her passion for flowers only after moving to Victoria and has now had showings at Butchart Gardens and Sooke Harbour House. She is moving into doing large seascapes and is still finding inspiration in her natural

see a range of paintings, photography, sculpture, jewelry and others. Arindam said it has been great to see it all come together. Putting on a show as a group also helps cut down the cost for each member, as opposed to hosting individual shows. “It’s a visionary way of bringing all the arts in Victoria together,” Arindam said. “We’re really proud of supporting that.” The MadArters have another show lined up, at the Zanzibar Café in Brentwood Bay this August. There will also be opportunities for new members to come aboard for future shows. An auction held at the show’s opening was also used a way to raise money for the development of the InterArts Centre for Creators. This initiative is an attempt to create a centre with resources such as a metalworks shop, office space, a 3-D printer Photo by Erhan Baydar and others available for memArtists Burcu Arat Sup, left, Susan Kerr, Natalia Mainprize, Melodie Hutmacher, Aura Arindam, ber artists. For the Love of Art runs until Diane Adolph, Gillian Redwood and Malcolm McCallum gather in front of some of Adolph’s Sunday (June 9) at the Commuartwork at the opening of For the Love of Art at the Arts Centre at Cedar Hill. nity Arts Council of Greater Vicsurroundings on Vancouver Island, along keep motivated and to feel supported. And toria’s Arts Centre at Cedar Hill, inside the Cedar Hill Recreation Centre (3220 Cedar with the camaraderie she has found in the that’s very important for artists.” The artists in the group work with a wide Hill Rd.). group. kwells@goldstreamgazette.com “Working with a group is a great way to variety of mediums. Visitors can expect to

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Imagine a hybrid of Joan Jett and Veruca Salt, with a dash of Adele thrown in for good measure – that’s Victoria’s White Hot Jet, which released its debut single, Never Comin’ Down, on Monday. In October 2011, music producer James Kasper decided to hold auditions for an all-girl rock band, with the plan of launching the band six months later under his community record label Blue Water Gun Records. Through a series of transitions, auditions, long distance connections and chance meetings, the band came together. But instead of the estimated six months, it took a staggering 20 months to manifest. Now that White Hot Jet has its final lineup set and has rehearsed incessantly, they are ready for their official debut live performance this Friday (June 7) at Victoria’s Rehab Nightclub, 502 Discovery St. Doors open at 9 p.m., with special guests This Day Burns opening the show at 10. Tickets are $12 in advance, call 778-265-8462 to reserve or for more information. llavin@vicnews.com

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The union representing civilian employees at CFB Esquimalt plans to boycott celebrations meant to boost morale, as members protest layoffs and attrition at the base. Public Service Week, scheduled for June 9 to 15, is a legislated annual event where federal employees are given several hours off for a complimentary lunch and to attend events in recognition of their efforts. Base officials plan to hold their event today (June 5), but many union employees won’t be attending, said Mark Miller, B.C.’s vice-president of the Union of National Defence Employees. “It’s difficult for us to accept being patted on the back at the same time as the government’s kicking us in the ass,” he said. About 30 positions at the base have been eliminated through attrition or layoffs in the past two years, but hundreds more layoffs have occurred across Canada, said

Randall Garrison, NDP MP for EsquimaltJuan de Fuca. “Those who stay have to do more work with fewer people available, so it’s a pretty tough sell,” he said. “I think the government has to work more closely with the unions, and in times of constrained resources, find better ways to save money than simply by cutting positions.” Miller said the union is also worried about discussions to centralize engineering and public works decisions in Ottawa, which he says could lead to the removal of day-to-day decision-making power from the base commander. “Historically, whenever anything is centralized and bundled, there’s a very real fear of it being contracted out,” he said. While CFB Esquimalt hasn’t seen the same level of cuts to DND civilian jobs as other Canadian bases, the boycott is intended to support some 2,000 union members who have lost their jobs nationally. “These people who are having their very lives upset, they know the federal government is not being sincere with their appreciation for us,” Miller said. Base officials are aware of the union’s position on Public Service Week celebrations, said Capt. Jenn Jackson, CFB Esquimalt base public affairs officer.

Mark Miller, B.C. vice-president of the Union of National Defence Employees, stands at the Naden entrance to CFB Esquimalt. He wants base civilian employees to boycott Public Service Week celebrations at the base. Don Denton/News staff

In 2012, nearly 17,000 Canadian public service positions were axed as a result of the federal government’s Budget 2012 implementation bill, which amounted to a 5.5 per cent reduction from 2011 staffing levels. dpalmer@vicnews.com

“The event is meant to recognize the exemplary work done by the defence team’s civilian employees every day, so we do sincerely hope that all civilian employees will participate in the recognition. But we do respect that they may decide not to,” she said.

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Saanich hosts public workshop for Gyro Park Residents interested in having a hand in reshaping Gyro Park are invited to a planning workshop June 19. Saanich has spent the last three years holding open houses and stakeholder meetings determining the type of changes that need to be addressed to make Gyro Park thrive.

From park accessibility and playground upgrades to a better parking lot and storm water management, there is no shortage of improvements that can be done. Saanich has $337,500 in matching grant money from the provincial government to improve park accessibility. Parks staff say some $675,000

worth of accessibility upgrades will be done, beginning this summer and likely leading into spring 2014. The workshop later this month will include multiple design concepts that Saanich staff have prepared. Residents will be invited to provide their feedback on all the options. Staff will be in attendance at the

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Art house busted as drug house Daniel Palmer News staff

A downtown Victoria art gallery has been shut down because its owner was supplying drugs and moonshine to teenagers, according to Victoria police. Officers executed a search warrant at The Loft Gallery, 819 Fort St., on May 22 as part of Operation Dali. Inside, officers found nearly 2,000 grams of marijuana, a large bag of hash, cocaine, prescrip-

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Drug trafficking charges are being recommended against a 38-year-old man and a 28-yearold woman, both of Victoria. A 19-year-old Duncan man, believed to be the gallery’s drug supplier, was fooled into meeting police with 900 grams of marijuana and was also arrested, Russell said. Three suspect vehicles were also seized as proceeds of crime. The gallery’s owner was a tenant of the building and did not have a business or liquor licence, Russell said.

Victoria man shoots up bathroom Daniel Palmer News staff

A 45-year-old Victoria man is facing firearms charges after he barricaded himself in a bathroom and started shooting into the walls. Victoria Police Department officers arrived at a suite in the 200-block of Gorge Rd. East around 8 a.m. last Friday after a

911 caller said the man was possibly drunk and had a gun. Surrounding units were evacuated before a police negotiator tried to coax the man out of the bathroom. Instead, the man fired around a dozen shots into the walls of the bathroom. When he eventually opened the bathroom door, he was hit with a conducted energy weapon by police.

“A search of the suite revealed numerous shots had been fired into the walls of the bathroom,” said Const. Mike Russell. “Officers inspected neighbouring suites, but it appears none of the rounds made it through the walls.” The suspect was brought to hospital as a precautionary measure and will likely face numerous firearms-related charges.

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High speed chase Russ Hayes Racing Cycling Club athlete Michael Van Den Ham leads the pack during the 21st annual Bastion Square Grand Prix on Fort Street in downtown Victoria on Sunday. Curtis Dearden won the elite men’s race and Kristine Brynjolfson won the women’s elite. The cycling series, featuring some of Canada’s top riders also included time trials on Dallas Road and a road race in Metchosin kicking off the 2013 Victoria cycling festival. See victoria-cycling.com. Sharon Tiffin/News staff

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Gabe Campbell, left, and Bracia Tyler will play for their respective Victoria IceHawks hockey teams next year. They received the 4,999th and 5,000th grants given out by KidSport Victoria since it started here in 2000. “It’s completely coincidental that they are from the same sport and organization,” said KidSport Victoria chair Patti Hunter.

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B.C. track championship Thomas Getty of Mount Douglas secondary does a shoulder check on Adam Marshall of Langley’s Brookswood secondary before winning the senior boys 800-metre final in Langley on the weekend. Ben Weir of Glenlyon Norfolk won the 1500m and 3000m senior boys races. Saeed Shokoya of St. Michaels University School won the senior boys 100m dash. See bctfa.ca/results. html for full high school results.

The benefits are immeasurable but the numbers aren’t. Last week KidSport Greater Victoria made Victoria Minor Hockey Association players Gabriel Campbell, 15, and Bracia Tyler, 11, the 4,999th and 5,000th kids to receive a grant towards the cost of registration in organized sports. “As a single mom of a very active teenage boy, the funding I received from KidSport this years, and in past years, has been vital in allowing Gabe to participate in hockey,” said Melanie Matherly, Campbell’s mom. Campbell is student at Spectrum Community School where he’s part of the Spectrum Hockey Academy. KidSport helps him play midget hockey for the Victoria IceHawks, as he hopes to play hockey at university while pursuing a degree in electrical engineering. Not bad for a kid who was once considered “at risk” for behavioural issues. “His dedication to hockey has positively impacted every aspect of his life,”

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Matherly said. Without KidSport, Tyler would also be on the sidelines. Bracia has a twin brother and the costs for sports, hockey especially, climb in a hurry for the family, just as it does for hundreds of families in Victoria. KidSport started in Victoria in 2002 and funded 86 children for a season of sport. In 2012, KidSport Victoria helped more than 800

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Historically, KidSport Victoria’s top funded sports have been soccer, with 1,491 children funded at a cost of $275,300; hockey, with 771 children funded at a cost of $171,430; football, 293 kids, $103,300; baseball, 504 kids at $56,600; and lacrosse, 343 kids, $52,700. For more information or to donate, visit kidsportvictoria.ca. sports@vicnews.com

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WATER VIEW FROM EVERY WINDOW; Must see 2 year old Westhills home in pristine condition. 2261 sq’ 4 bdrm, 4 baths incl. custom master ensuite with 6’ whirlpool tub. Legal 1 bdrm. suite with sep. entrance incl. W/D; Many extras. everything still under warranty. OPEN HOUSE Friday. Sat & Sunday 12.30 - 4pm for more info.call 778-433-1767 or go to propertyguys.com ID#192352------ 3042 Waterview Close

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APARTMENT/CONDOS 2-BEDROOM CONDO ground floor in desirable Saanichton. Open concept, electric fireplace, custom kitchen. Carpets & laminate. En suite laundry, small pet ok. Low strata fee. Great starter, $235,000. By appointment 1-250-652-1218

GORDON HEAD- (4062 Feltham Pl) 3 bdrm Rancher, w/appls, F/P, garage. Close to Uvic, Shelbourne. $519,000. Move-in now, Motivated seller. MLS #321255. 250-514-3286.

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JUST BUILT family home in downtown Langford, 10 year warranty, across park, 3 bed, 3 bath, family room, potential suite, garage, 2200 sq.ft. $459,900. Call 250-216-4415.

LANSDOWNE CHARACTER home, 3,900 sq ft, 5 bdrm, 4 bath, ¼ acre, sunny exposure, magnificent gardens, views, suite, office, carport, garage, close to all amenities. Private sale $889,000, brochure avail., gebridges@shaw.ca or Judi 250-370-9517. No agents.

2-BDRM INDEPENDANT LIVING CONDO. $245,000. Rosebank Gardens is a very well-managed 55+ complex with 24 hr management and security. Daily meals & weekly housekeeping services. Bright, top floor, 2-bdrm corner unit. Ray Kong, Fair Realty (250)590-7011.

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VICTORIA HOUSING. $475$850, suits students, disability. Rent negotible. 778-977-8288.

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2004 FORD MUSTANG Convertible, 40th anniversary Special Edition. Black Beauty! 56,000 km, V-6 automatic, new soft top, fully loaded. $11,500 obo. Serious inquiries only. 250-474-1293, Barb.

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CARS 1989 CADILLAC Seville STSall bells & whistles, pearl white w/tan leather upholstery, 150,000 km. 2nd owner, all records, immaculate condition. 250-658-1053, 250-888-4406. 2002 MUSTANG Convertible w/black racing stripes, lighted roll bar, low definition tires and mag wheels, runs great. Great Grad gift. Call (250)724-2092.

TOTAL PACKAGE now! 39’ Tradewinds Asp Cabin Crusier, twin Cummins diesels, enclosed sundeck & bridge, 2 heads sleeps 4-6. Very well maintained, boat house kept in North Saanich Marina. Asking $116,000. 50’ x 25’ enclosed boathouse available as part of complete cruising and moorage package. Ready to go! Call (250)361-7343.

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TOWNHOUSES BEAUTIFUL LIVE / WORK Loft-style townhouse, Reflections Building, Langford. 1629 sq.ft. 19’ ceilings, 3-bdrm + den. 2 baths, laundry rm, huge kitchen, 4 SS Appl’s, granite c tops, F/P, patio, dbl garage. 2 ground lvl entrances, rooftop pool and running track. Close to schools, Colwood Golf Club. All amenities incl. NS/NP. $1850./mo. I year lease. Avail July 1st. Call (250)516-6813.

WANTED TO RENT WANTED: QUIET accommodation, can you help? Reliable, mature couple living with noise night/day would love to rent a quiet private cottage or suite, 1 or 2 bedrooms, unfurnished. Excellent local references. Gardening, maintenance, caretaking experience. N/S, N/P. 778-679-2044.

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AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.

JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk. Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK. PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774

20+ YEARS Experience. Landscaping, Lawns, Pruning, Maintenance & more. Reliable. WCB. Andrew (250)656-0052.

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SMART GUYS Hauling. Garden waste, junk removal, clean-ups, etc. Reliable, courteous service. 250-544-0611 or 250-889-1051.

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MOVING & STORAGE (250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Moving- 2 men, 5 ton, $85/hr. 2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on local moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507. WRIGHT BROS Moving. $80/HR, 2 men/3 ton. Seniors discount. Philip (250)383-8283

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Mixing chemistry experiments in his backyard workshop, Kai Stevenson has the freedom to learn whatever he feels like, even if that means pickling a dead bee. Most eight-year-olds are accustomed to going to school Monday to Friday with their peers, but Kai learns at home. His mother Robin Stevenson is quick to let you know he’s not homeschooling. “We are unschooling,” she said. There is no specific time set aside for schoolwork, but Kai is constantly learning something. Their coffee table is stacked high with books and Kai’s office is full of more books and activities. He’s built a self-contained garden in a two-litre bottle that continues to flourish after three years, but it’s never been watered. He’s created webpages and loves to take apart electronics from “free

piles” in his Fernwood neighbourhood. “He has also been learning to solder,” Robin said. While he doesn’t remember, Kai attended kindergarten at Sundance elementary school in Victoria and started Grade 1 there as well. “We just decided to try something different, I wanted to give him time to pursue his own interests at his own pace,” Robin said. The decision to “unschool” rather than follow a distance learning curriculum fit the family better, she explained. “If the curriculum tells you to study ancient Egypt and the child is more interested in astronomy, why not learn astronomy?” Robin said. In the Stevenson home the curriculum is “child led,” and it is working for this family. Kai’s major interests are science and technology and he enjoys creating programs and webpages on the computer. One of his favourite activities is

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B.C. rejects pipeline plan from Enbridge Tom Fletcher Black Press

The B.C. government has recommended rejection of the Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipeline project in its final written submission to the federal environmental panel. Environment Minister Terry Lake announced the decision Friday, two weeks after an election where pipeline politics played a key role. He said the B.C. government isn’t satisfied with the company’s plans for spill control on the twin pipeline proposed to run from northern Alberta to a tanker port at Kitimat. “Northern Gateway has said that they would provide effective spill response in all cases,” Lake said. “However, they have presented little evidence as to how they will respond.” Lake said any heavy oil proposal would be subject to the B.C. government’s five conditions, which include spill prevention and response, aboriginal participation and a share of oil export revenues for B.C. Enbridge Northern Gateway vicepresident Janet Holder said Friday the province’s position is not the end of the discussion. “The five conditions cannot be

fully met until the end of the Joint Review Panel process,” Holder said. “We are working hard to meet the conditions and earn the confidence of the government and the people of B.C.” Ministry staff evaluated the 192 conditions proposed by the Joint Review Panel, the federal agency that will make a recommendation for permits to Ottawa next fall. The B.C. government and Northern Gateway officials will give their final oral arguments to the panel when hearings resume in Terrace on June 17. Enbridge has argued that its submissions to the federal panel included 7,000 pages of technical reports and nine separate witness panels have answered every environmental question put to it. The panel has conducted 69 days of cross-examination of company officials by B.C. and other representatives. Lake said the B.C. government is not opposed to heavy oil pipeline projects in general, such as the pending application to twin the 60-yearold Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta to port and refinery facilities in Burnaby and Washington state. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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