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Hard lessons of social media Recent conviction of teen a ‘wake up call’ to youth on cyberbullying, acceptable uses of technology Kyle Wells News staff
Students filling school hallways, each armed with smart phone in hand, are becoming increasingly aware of the potential pitfalls of social media, and a recent high-profile court case has driven home that lesson. Last week, a 17-year-old girl was convicted on distributing child pornography after texting nude photos of her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend. Teens across the city, and the country, took notice. “For every kid it’s a wake up call,” said Harrison Kettyls, Grade 12 and school president. “It says we better tone it down, we better watch what we’re doing, because this could happen to us.” The case hit home for Grade 12 student Abby Isbister, “because she’s our age.” Despite a number of high-profile stories close to home and across North America about cyberbullying, the students say the misuse of social media is the exception to the rule, and youth are becoming increasingly aware of the dangers of online life. “Most kids, they’re not abusing it,” Kettyls said. “I rarely see or hear of kids cyber bullying.” Teachers and parents play a role, but more than anything, they admit, it’s seeing the consequences of misuse that gets the point across and changes the ways students interact with social media. “I think people originally thought it was harmless,” Kettyls said, “and now people are starting to realize, especially when it’s something like this, something in Victoria, at a neighbouring school.” “(That’s a) big red flag that goes up,”
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Lambrick Park secondary Grade 12 students Abby Isbister and Harrison Keetyls say teenagers are becoming increasingly aware of the potential risks of misusing social media, especially after seeing examples of bad behaviour in the news. Isbister said. Lambrick Park principal Kevin Luchies said the issue of making wise choices with technology has been on the minds of students and staff well before the recent court case. “And it ought to be. When you’ve got children harming other children, and then children harming themselves, it’s definitely newsworthy,” Luchies said. Despite its importance, the principal is quick to point out the majority of students the majority of the time are using social media appropriately, and people shouldn’t make assumptions about all youth based on a few negative examples. Greater Victoria School District assistant superintendent Patrick Duncan said there has been increased attention paid to what he terms “digital citizenship” as technology becomes more prevalent in the lives of
students. There is no formal social media education in place in SD 61, but starting at the superintendent level, schools, administrators and teachers are encouraged to talk to students about social media and its appropriate uses. “We want to create critical thinkers in our schools, we want to make sure they understand the power of the Internet and also the dangers that are within,” Duncan said. “We’re all growing together.” The 17-year-old’s conviction hasn’t promped new discussions around social media, Duncan said, as it was already happening. “(The case) highlights the need, shows that we’re on the right track, and reinforces that the conversation is important,” Duncan said. At Lambrick Park, the students are themselves working towards increasing
awareness of social media. A six-student committee devised a “student contract” of six rules intended to help guide students in their use of social media. The rules revolve around treating others with respect, balancing the use of technology with other activities and using social media in appropriate ways. The project had been in the works long before the so-called “sexting” trial made headlines, and is about to be rolled out not as a set of authoritative rules, but as a covenant developed by students for students. Luchies believes in this approach and said the real answer, even with all the modern technology, lies in the age-old approach to life: treating one another with respect and kindness. “Everything is informed by being generous and kind and loving with one another.” kwells@goldstreamgazette.com
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Big art emerges from a big blanket Edward Hill
student labour, guided by History in Art assistant professor Carolyn Butler-Palmer. “We’ve invited the Guinness World Record people to take a look,” Butler-Palmer said. “We’re sure one has never been made this big before. I don’t think anyone will challenge us on that claim of the biggest button blanket.” Tahltan artist Peter Morin designed the blanket to represent headwaters of northwestern B.C.’s Klappan River, a sacred place for the
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Give an object an exaggerated size and suddenly it holds a new dimension of power, if not peoples’ attention. So it is with the world’s largest button blanket now on display at the Legacy Art Gallery. Nearly two storeys of Melton wool, countless stitches and adorned with abalone and mother of pearl, the Big Button Blanket is the product of University of Victoria
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Tahltan First Nation. Tsartlip artist Barrie Sam contributed the design at the centre of the blanket. Button blankets are typically worn to celebrate a family and one’s ancestry, but this one is also conceived as a piece of art, and a way to introduce students to indigenous art history. “It came about from conversations with Peter Morin. We decided we wanted to work on a project of button blankets as an art form, but in a way to aggrandize that form,” ButlerPalmer said. “It’s all sewn by hand and was a lot of work. It’s human proportions amped up.” They picked the six metre by six metre size based on what could be shoehorned into the Legacy Gallery. Twenty five students and members of the community spent last semester stitching together fabric panels, while local aboriginal elders gave talks on the traditions of button blankets. For the Legacy Art Gallery, hanging the 300-pound blanket will be a logistical challenge unlike any other. “It’s easily the biggest art object we’ve received or displayed here,” said Caroline Riedel, curator of collections. “The sheer weight and logistics to hang an object of this size is a challenge. The buttons are extremely fragile.” Royal B.C. Museum exhibit designer Allan Graves is helping design a scaffolding to hang the blanket vertically between the gallery floor and mezzanine. “It’s a new challenge with the
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Legacy Art Gallery’s Justine Drummond and Caroline Riedel show a small slice of the world’s biggest button blanket, due to be on display at the gallery starting this week. installation, but it opens up new ways to think about this as an art form. I’m looking forward to peoples’ responses,” Riedel said. Button blankets are traditionally used in dances, and this one is no different, other than having an unwieldy size. On
Jan. 29, Morin and the students will perform a dance with the Big Button Blanket at the First Peoples’ House as part of the opening reception of UVic’s 2014 diversity forum. The blanket is on display at UVic’s Legacy Art Gallery, 630 Yates St., starting this week.
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Honouring Hannah Following the tragic loss of their six-day-old daughter, Saanich couple turns grief into support for children’s hospital Kyle Slavin News staff
Jessica Lambrick and Isaac Miller wanted nothing more in life than to be parents. And for six days in December they were. Hannah Mary Catherine Miller was born in Vancouver late in the evening on Dec. 4. “She had quite the personality in those few hours we got to know her,” Lambrick says. “They give all the babies toques and she liked covering her eyes – like a gangster pulling it over her eyes,” Miller interjects, laughing. “She loved to have it just over the bridge of her nose.” “It was just amazing when someone would ask, ‘Are you the mom?’ It was a shock factor – I actually am a mother. I have a daughter, and she’s perfect. Everything about her was perfect, except for her heart and lungs.” Lambrick’s pregnancy was problem-free until just days before the Nov. 29 due date. But during an ultrasound in Victoria at 39 weeks doctors noticed something wrong with Hannah’s heart. At the suggestion of a cardiologist, the high school sweethearts relocated to BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver for the birth. Despite a barrage of ultrasounds, doctors weren’t able to pinpoint the exact heart condition until Hannah was born. “It was heart-breaking, knowing she would have a heart defect. It was absolutely devastating. And we thought that was the worst of our worries, and it wasn’t,” Lambrick says. Even with a heart condition, Hannah was born a seemingly healthy baby at eight pounds, nine ounces. Her little body appeared to be in perfect working order – her heart wasn’t causing her any problems. “She was the healthiest child in that (pediatric) intensive care unit. We were thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, she shouldn’t even be in here.’ It didn’t seem right. And then after 24 hours, things…,” Lambrick says, her voice trailing into silence.
Hannah’s heart defect soon took a backseat to a congenital lung problem that only manifested after a full day. “When she would cry she’d just turn blue. She’d kind of whimper and be uncomfortable and then settle down, but you’d notice her hands and feet were just blue. And it’d slowly progress to the point where she was all blue,” Miller says. Hannah’s lungs were failing her body, and for the next four days she was kept stable, hooked up to numerous machines helping her breathe and survive. “She was very sick. Every day was just a complete roller coaster, and there were a few times where they just about had to put her on life support,” Miller says. “She was really working the doctors hard to figure out what she had. … Dr. (Arthur) Cogswell, one of our doctors, he never gave up hope. Because of him we kept thinking, ‘Okay, she’ll get through this, miracles happen.’ That support was exactly what we needed to stay strong for Hannah,” Lambrick says. “It all happened so quickly. She started to deteriorate, and it was just one thing after another, and the next thing you know she’s hooked up to about 50 different machines, it seemed, and they had to paralyze her, and sedate her, and she was on about 20
drugs to keep her stable.” By the morning of Dec. 10, no combination of drugs or machines was helping Hannah. “It just got to the point where there was literally nothing more we could do,” Lambrick says with tears streaming down her cheeks. “Dr. Cogswell, even right down to the end, he was not going to give up. And I just put my hand on his shoulder, he looked at me, I looked at him, and he said, ‘Would you like to hold her?’” Miller says. “It just wasn’t physically possible to hold her (before then) because there were so many machines hooked up to her, so they unhooked everything.” Hannah died in her parents’ arms. She was six days old. Cogswell, a critical care physician at BC Children’s, says despite more than 20 decades in his job, it doesn’t get any easier watching what Hannah and her parents went through. “It’s always hard because to tolerate the treatments we were giving Hannah, we have to keep her comfortable. The last thing you want to do is have a little baby suffer through all the things you’re trying to keep them alive,” Cogswell says. “When you see a family unit like that, that are struggling so hard to get a good outcome, you want to go all out and do whatever you can do for them.”
Keeping Hannah’s memory alive Early in the grieving process, Jessica Lambrick, 29, and Isaac Miller, 28, acknowledged they weren’t mourning in a way that made them felt comfortable. That led to their idea to fundraise for BC Children’s Hospital in perpetuity, in the name of Hannah. “We had a lot of energy being put out there, but it wasn’t good energy. It was more like, ‘Why? Why us? Why her? Why did she have to go through that?’” Lambrick says. “Isaac came up with this idea to raise $10,000 in Hannah’s name for the pediatric intensive care unit.” In less than a week, they reached that goal through donations from family, friends and complete strangers. “We’re going to raise money in
Hannah’s name for the rest of our lives,” Lambrick says. “It was such a crappy situation we were in, but to have something positive come out of it makes us feel a little better. We’ll feel that even though she had six days, she made a huge impact.” Dr. Arthur Cogswell says he’s touched that Lambrick and Miller are raising money to help other children and families in similar situations. “Your heart goes out to them. The fact they can rally around that point and say, ‘Hannah’s gone, but in her memory we’d like to help out other kids,’ is wonderful,” he says. To donate to BC Children’s Hospital in memory of Hannah Miller, visit tinyurl.com/mh5sg3p.
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Jessica Lambrick and Isaac Miller smile following the birth of their daughter, Hannah, on Dec. 4. Hannah passed away days later at BC Children’s Hospital from a congenital lung disorder. While test results haven’t yet come back, Cogswell says initial results suggest Hannah had congenital alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (ACD/MPV). Fewer than 200 infants worldwide have ever been diagnosed with the rare disorder. ACD/MPV is a genetic disorder where blood vessels in the lungs don’t develop normally, and those that do develop aren’t properly positioned in the alveoli (air sacs), making it difficult for oxygen to get into the lungs and carbon dioxide to get out. Most babies born with ACD/ MPV don’t survive past a few weeks. Currently the only possible treatment is a lung transplant. “For Hannah, if the diagnosis turns out to be what we think it is, then there was nothing we had to offer that was going to get her better to the point of being able to go home,” Cogswell says. “The only way you can diagnose (ACD/MPV) is usually postmortem. And so it becomes a differential diagnosis. You know there’s no real treatment for it, and all you can do is treat all of the other things that it might be masquerading as, and if the patient doesn’t respond to the treatments then you’ve done all
that you can.” The doctor anticipates it’ll be another few weeks before getting Hannah’s test results. “From our perspective, what we need to do now for Jessica and Isaac is come up with a firm final diagnosis so that we can say, ‘This is what Hannah had, this is what caused her to die. Is there a chance of it coming back in another baby you might have? Or you can go ahead and not worry about this?’” Cogswell says. Instead of returning to Saanich with their baby girl, Lambrick and Miller came home with plaster impressions of their daughter’s feet and hands. Hannah stayed in Vancouver. “It’s hard to even think about the future right now because Hannah was in our future. Everything was going to be based around her,” Lambrick says. They also came home with their memories of Hannah. “We got to be parents there. We got to change the diapers, and bathe her, and it was special,” Miller says. “Having that little bit of time to be a parent was really important for us. We’ve been wanting to be parents for a long time now, and I’m just glad that we had that time with Hannah.” kslavin@saanichnews.com
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Starting January 2nd through February 2014, garbage and organics recycling carts will be delivered to households. Please store your new carts until the program begins with your first scheduled collection pick up in April 2014. The carts will be clearly marked belonging to the District of Saanich and registered to each property address by serial number and electronic tag. Your Kitchen Container, which includes important information and a sample pack of compostable bags, will be delivered inside one of your carts.
Start separating your kitchen scraps from your garbage after your last scheduled garbage pick up in March 2014. Place your new carts, garbage and organics recycling (including yard trimmings) curbside by 7:00 am for your first scheduled collection pick up in April 2014. 2014 Collection Schedules are available on our website, while you’re there, sign up for a reminder and never miss a collection day.
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The St. Andrew’s and Caledonian Society of Victoria is hosting its annual memorial tea to commemorate the birth of Scottish poet Robert Burns. The event begins with a poetry reading and bagpipes at the Robert Burns statue in Beacon Hill Park on Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. From there, patrons move to the St. Andrew’s Kirk Hall at 680 Courtney St. for tea at 2:30.See sacsvictoria.com. Staff at Craigdarroch Castle, 1050 Joan Cres., are paying tribute to Burns on his actual birthdate, Jan. 25 with the piping in of the haggis at noon.
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Greater Victoria schools could be behind picket lines as early as Monday, after one of the unions representing inside workers issued 72-hour strike notice on Wednesday. John Gaiptman, superintendent of SD61, said the district received notice from CUPE 947 around 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. “That means that job action will commence at 7:30 Monday morning, unless we have it resolved,” he said. The union represents clerical and information technology staff and education assistants in the Greater Victoria School District. In December members rejected a contract that included a 3.5-per-cent wage hike, but came with a benefits package that had a cut in coverage for medication costs. Nathan Allen, a spokesperson for CUPE, said
talks between the union, the school district and the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association are continuing. “People seem to be willing to talk again, but job action is a possibility,” he said. Gaiptman said the parties plan to meet again today (Friday). If pickets do go up, the superintendent is asking parents to keep their children away from schools on Monday. “We will have principals and vice-principals at each of our schools, but there won’t be any instruction and we won’t have enough adults on site to properly supervise,” he said. The school district will update its website (sd61.bc.ca) on the weekend to provide parents with the most up-to-date information. The News was unable to get comment from directly from a CUPE 947 spokesperson before our press deadline. kslavin@saanichnews.com
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New Camosun trades complex due to break ground in March Edward Hill News staff
A new trades training facility at Camosun College Interurban will likely break ground in March after the project received the go-ahead from Saanich council this week. Council approved a parking variance for the $30 million building on Monday night, allowing Camosun to move forward on issuing construction tenders for the 80,000-squarefoot Centre for Trades Education and Innovation. Peter Lockie, Camosun vice-president administration, expects sod will be turning in March on the 15-acre parcel that lies between the college campus and the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific. The college is aiming to finish and equip the new trades building by June 2015, in time for the start of the school year in September. Saanich council unanimously approved Camosun adding only 83 new parking spaces to the building site (for a total of 166) rather than 248 spaces required under the
Fire damages day care Fire damaged a day care centre in Saanich early Tuesday morning from what investigators suspect was a faulty heating system in the ceiling. The Saanich Fire Department responded with 23 firefighters at 2 a.m. to Our Children’s Centre at 4001 Seymour Pl., off Cloverdale Avenue. Assistant fire chief Rich Pala said a crew used a thermal imaging camera to locate the fire above the ceiling panels. A fire investigator and an electrical inspector from the B.C. Safety Authority will look at anything that can cause heat try to determine the cause of the fire. “Right now the indications may be heating in the ceiling that ignited,” Pala said. “Crews found burning in the ceiling.” The fire isn’t considered suspicious and nobody was in the building at the time of the fire. Damage is estimated at $35,000. editor@saanichnews.com
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and marine technology, sheet metal, welding and fabrication in another. The vast majority of capital funding is committed to the new building, but the current trades spaces – the Jack White and John Drysdale buildings – will receive limited renovations, and will still house trades like carpentry, joinery, pipe fitting, electrical and plumbing. Lockie envisions the college will use freed space in one of the old trades building, for applied research, as driven by industry. “It gives us the opportunity to ... offer a location for industry to showcase projects and further their research agenda,” he said. With the new trades building, Camosun isn’t projecting a great deal of growth beyond the 2,200 students currently in 20 trades programs, although the space will be available to expand the facility if needed.
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All children born in 2009 are eligible to begin Kindergarten in September 2014. Register your child between January 27 and 31, 2014 at your CATCHMENT AREA SCHOOL. Registration will take place at the schools between 8:00 am and 3:00 pm and will be processed according to the time of registration. • To determine your English program catchment school, please visit our website at www.sd61.bc.ca, click on Schools, then School Locator. • To determine your French Immersion catchment area school, please visit our website at www.sd61.bc.ca/frim.aspx or call 250-475-4189. • While most students, if not all, living in a school’s local catchment will be accommodated at that school, students cannot be guaranteed placement in the catchment area school and may be required to enroll at the nearest school with space available. • To request an out-of-catchment school within the District, register at your catchment school and complete a Student Transfer Application form. • Parents who already have an older child enrolled in one of our elementary schools in September 2014 and wish to have their younger child enrolled in the same school can register their Kindergarten child at that school rather than the catchment area school. They do not fill out a Student Transfer Application form. To register, please bring: • Proof of your child’s age and citizenship status. This can be a birth certificate, passport, landed immigrant authorization. Parents of children who are not Canadian Citizens or Landed Immigrants or do not have a birth certificate for their child are required to contact our International Student Program at (ph.) 250-592-6871 prior to registration. • Proof of your address. This can be your driver’s licence, a utility bill with your current postal code, etc. • Your child’s BC Medical Care Card. General questions? Please call the school board office at 250-475-4220. The Aboriginal Full-Day Kindergarten program is located at Craigflower and George Jay Elementary Schools. For enrollment or questions, please contact the schools directly: Craigflower 250-384-8157 or George Jay 250-385-3381
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AND ZONING BYLAWS 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, Victoria, BC, V8X 2W7, on TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014 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. (i) “OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN BYLAW, 2008, AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2013, NO. 9250” PROPOSED CADBORO BAY DEVELOPMENT PERMIT AREA AMENDMENT The intent of this proposed bylaw is to amend the Official Community Plan, 2008, to include the properties at Lot 2, Section 44, Victoria District, Plan 8197 (2580 PENRHYN STREET) and at Lot 5, Block “D”, Section 44, Victoria District, Plan 1483 (2588 PENRHYN STREET), within the Cadboro Bay Development Permit Area. (ii) “ZONING BYLAW, 2003, AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2013, NO. 9251” PROPOSED NEW COMMERCIAL CADBORO BAY VILLAGE ZONE The intent of this proposed Zoning Bylaw amendment is to create a new C-1CBV (Commercial Cadboro Bay Village) Zone with retail sales of goods and services; personal service; office; restaurant; attached housing; apartment; accessory residential; home occupation office and daycare for preschool children; daycare, adult; daycare, child; accessory buildings and structures; cable hub site; as permitted uses. Regulations with respect to prohibited uses; density; buildings and structures; buildings and structures for apartment; and accessory residential; are unique to this proposed zone and interested persons are encouraged to obtain a copy of the bylaw. (iii) “ZONING BYLAW, 2003, AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2013, NO. 9252” PROPOSED REZONING FOR RESIDENTIAL AND RETAIL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ON PENRHYN STREET To rezone Lot 2, Section 44, Victoria District, Plan 8197 (2580 PENRHYN STREET) and Lot 5, Block D, Section 44, Victoria District, Plan 1483 (2588 PENRHYN STREET) from Zone RS-10 (Single Family Dwelling) to a new Zone C-1CBV (Commercial Cadboro Bay Village) in order to construct a residential development with two commercial retail units. A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT will be considered to require the buildings and lands to be constructed and developed in accordance with the plans submitted and to allow variances for parking. A COVENANT will also be considered to further regulate the use of the lands and buildings
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Canada Post in deep trouble Canada Post has created a major headache for itself, at least that’s how it appears to us. Saanich council brought to light this week the absence of consultation and co-ordination by the Crown corporation with urban municipalities for the placement of community mailboxes. While Saanich Negotiations over council took mailbox placement steps this week sure to take long time to voice official disapproval for being kept in the dark on this controversial plan, other Capital Region jurisdictions confirmed they hadn’t been contacted on the matter by Canada Post either. Given the number of urban centres across the country that will be affected by the change, this is no small undertaking. Canada Post has yet to negotiate where such mailboxes might be located and what changes to right-of-ways, traffic flow or engineering would need to be done first to accommodate the larger boxes. We wonder how Canada Post, which pled financial hardship in announcing its intention to remove home delivery, will be able to afford doing the kind of consultation necessary to work with the hundreds of municipalities affected by the move. The corporation expects home delivery to cease in some areas by the end of this year. If its consultation process is anywhere near as thorough as local jurisdictions hope, the process could take years, even if neighbouring municipalities such as those in Greater Victoria are rolled into one set of negotiations. Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra made the company’s cost-cutting moves sound like a walk in the park, literally, when he said last month the community mailboxes would provide seniors with more exercise. And a corporation spokesperson reminded the News this week that multi-unit community mailboxes have been around for decades. We’re still left incredulous at the fact an organization that has handled mail delivery in this country for nearly 240 years did not appear to consider the logistical impact of the most sweeping change in its history.
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Harper to blame for manipulation of media Re: Photo ops are not democracy (Our View, Jan. 10) You illuminated how Mr. Stephen Harper and his PMO staff have manipulated the local media here and in other Canadian cities. But it is not Mr. Harper’s “handlers” who are ultimately responsible for open, accountable government – it is the prime minister himself. As you rightly concluded, “Controlling and managing the message comes from the top down and is a poor replacement for transparency and democracy.” However, I find the media manipulation of Justin Trudeau and his Liberal handlers is equally problematic. They have wittingly refused to engage in coherent, in-depth public discussion of serious issues, and have argued that they will not reveal any major policy pronouncements until 2015 – lest their precious ideas be coveted by their right-wing Conservative opponents. Mind you, Trudeau’s support for the sale of Nexen oil and gas to the Chinese state oil corporation, and his support for the export of unprocessed bitumen – good, valueadded jobs for Canadians – via the Keystone XL pipeline echoes the Conservatives’ corporate agenda.
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The willingness of NDP leader Tom Mulcair to engage in open, public discussion of important public issues is a refreshing contrast. he two local NDP members of parliament, Murray Rankin and Randall Garrison, complement Mr. Mulcair’s views on active, informed representation. I can hardly wait until the 2015 federal election when the Harper government is held to account. Ron Faris Saanich
Prime Minister visit purely political Re: Photo ops are not democracy (Our View, Jan. 10) Well done. I’m very sad that the daily paper bought into the totally staged PM visit to the Island hook, line and sinker. News outlets should not be providing any coverage to what are in fact political events – in this case, totally paid for by the taxpayers. Not to worry – these guys will be gone in 2015. Nicholas Carter Saanich
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B.C. Ferries giving away Canadian jobs In their complex idea of free enterprise, our provincial government has opened our ferry contracts for ship replacement and refits to international competition with no reciprocal access to theirs. While our competitors remain protected by their own governments, we give away Canadian jobs. Washington State mandates that all ferries operating in the state must be built in the state if publicly owned, and must be manned by U.S. citizens only. Because of NAFTA and the Jones Act, American shipyards can bid on our contracts but we cannot bid on theirs. Our government fails to recognize benefits such as Canadian workers paying taxes and shipyards paying taxes, and contributing to pensions, which result in a healthy return to the government. We own B.C. Ferries so why are we being asked to compete against ourselves with no reciprocation? Ken Dicks Saanich
Are you more likely to watch the Winter Olympics with Victoria’s Jamie Benn playing for the Canadian men’s hockey team? 71 responded YES 20% NO 44% MAYBE 36%
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LETTERS Removing nurses hurts patient care Re: Dialogue needed in nurse wars (Our View, Jan. 8) I agree there is confusion for the public over what it will actually mean for patient care if the proposed care delivery model redesign is fully implemented in April. The health authority says the model will introduce health care aides (HCAs) into acute care to improve the quality of care received by patients. On the surface, one would think how can having more care staff not accomplish this? The answer of course is, yes, with more staff, care could very well improve. The problem is that the care model reduces the number of nurses responsible for the patient care. If one looks at the implemented care model now being used in the Nanaimo General Hospital, the nurse/patient ratio went from four to five patients per nurse to eight, nine and more, in some cases. This means the nurse must be responsible for 50 per cent more patients – administering medications, consulting with doctors, planning for when the patient goes home and other responsibilities that only the nurse is trained and qualified to do for people under their care. It is clear the addition of care aides to augment patient care would certainly be good for patient care, but not balanced on the elimination of nurses. Over the decades, studies have shown when you remove professional registered nurses and licensed practical nurses from the patient’s bedside, there are dire consequences. There is no doubt Island Health is attempting to respond to everincreasing costs, but I don’t believe this ill-conceived care model will solve its financial woes. Open dialogue with the public and the nursing staff directly responsible for patient care should be its priority. Patient care and safety should always be in the forefront in the delivery of health care. Barry Phillips, LPN Victoria
Nursing care model prompts questions On paper, persons with less education can do the “tasks” of bathing, distributing medications, etc. Family caregivers are taught specific tasks to help their loved
one, but they rely on professionals for help with assessment. When RNs perform a task such as bathing, they also assess for subtle changes in a patient’s condition. This is essential in acute care with short patient stays and complex medical conditions. In today’s world, any straightforward surgeries or medical conditions are managed while the patient remains in the community. Does this model mean an increase in the number of patients the RN is responsible for? What is the ratio of RN’s to care aides? Is this a version of the long-term care model modified for acute care? Throughout my nursing career I have worked in various teams. The issue is working in acute care and having to rely on teammates who have limited education, lack assessment skills and are thus task-oriented. In the early 1980s, some U.S. hospitals implemented a patientcare model for acute care which trained care aides to perform such specific tasks as changing IV bags and others deemed unnecessary to be done by registered nurses. The end result? There were so many critical incidents and lawsuits during that period that most dropped the care model. Have Island Health officials researched potential outcomes? I would like to know if the “shortage of nurses” and increase in overtime are a result of current trend to cut full-time RN positions? I know nurses here, in Ontario and New Brunswick want full-time work but are forced to work on call in two or three different places to make ends meet. I look forward to Island Health providing the public answers to these questions. Joy Moore, RN Victoria
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Canada Post vows to work with local government on delivery cuts Kyle Slavin News staff
Canada Post has a message for Saanich council and residents concerned about community mailboxes: consultation is coming. Jon Hamilton, general manager of communications for Canada Post, says a report that passed unanimously by Saanich council this week doesn’t take into consideration the last decades of the mail corporation’s operations. “Every council has to look out for the community they represent, and we completely understand that. But we have long-running and good working relationships with municipalities across the country,” Hamilton said. “We understand that as councils look to the future they have some questions they didn’t have before. We need to sit down and answer those questions, we need to work on solutions, and we need to engage the local community.” On Monday, council supported a report from Coun. Judy Brownoff that raised concerns about the financial and social implications of phasing out home delivery of mail. “Are the challenges that will come from these community mailboxes more than saving Canada Post a few dollars on operations?” Brownoff posed. She wants to know who will foot the bill to ensure mailbox locations are accessible on foot, well-lit and maintained. She fears Saanich will have to shoulder that burden. Hamilton says, however, that the discussion is premature. “We feel the best way to address that is to work with community as we go through the con-
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Saanich Coun. Judy Brownoff has led a push to get answers from Canada Post on how the corporation plans to install and maintain community mailboxes. version process, to understand what the unique challenges are in a particular community,” he said. “We’re not looking to put costs onto municipalities. The boxes are our responsibility, but we’ll work with communities to understand what their specific concerns are and what makes the most sense for them.” Canada Post expects to begin phasing out home delivery by the end of 2014. Within a few months, Hamilton says Canada Post will announce the first communities in Canada that will be impacted and move into a consultation process with individual municipalities and residents. What the consultation looks like has yet to be determined. “We understand that even if people aren’t immediately impacted, they’ll be following the process very closely,” he said. “We want to do this right. We think it’s more important to do this right than to do this fast.” Brownoff says in an ideal world, Canada Post would con-
tinue home delivery as it stands today, and turn its attention to standards on new subdivisions. She points to the fact that Saanich has essentially no more room to build out, so as more condos and apartments are built, opportunities will naturally arise to minimize the number of individual home deliveries. “You can’t cut off one arm of your business to help another part. Canada Post needs to focus its business model on other opportunities,” Brownoff said. Chief among Brownoff’s recommendations was giving councils across Canada a unified voice by creating a working group within the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Canada Post estimates 6,000 to 8,000 jobs will be eliminated by implementing nationwide community mailboxes. The corporation says rising costs and falling mail volumes have rendered the traditional delivery operations no longer sustainable. kslavin@saanichnews.com
Saanich OKs Admirals, Gorge seniors complex Kyle Slavin News staff
The corner of Admirals and Gorge roads could undergo a major transformation in coming years, now that Saanich council has given its blessing to a 144unit seniors complex. At a public hearing on Tuesday, council gave first three readings to bylaws that would allow the project to proceed. Despite a large crowd, only a
handful of people spoke to the project, with minimal opposition. “(The developers) really did listen to the community on this and they kept trying to address concerns,” Mayor Frank Leonard said. “Part of the property is (currently) zoned shopping centre, part is zoned motel/hotel. … They came in with a comprehensive development and took the entire site and put in a use that’s
welcome, as opposed to a mix of shopping centre and hotel.” The planned four-storey building, which includes a care facility for seniors with memory loss, still needs to go through a final reading of the applicable bylaws before construction can begin. In addition to building the new facility, the developer plans to rehabilitate Brookman’s Grocery and move it elsewhere on the property. kslavin@saanichnews.com
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Workshop aims to fill bucket list What’s on your bucket list? As people age, ticking things off the list becomes a more immediate issue. Enter the Victoria Hospice Bucket List Festival. This public education event, slated for Feb. 1, at the Inn at Laurel Point is for people facing end of life issues who want help dealing with those challenges. But don’t think that this will be a sombre event, says Dr. Douglas McGregor, medical director at
Victoria Hospice. He says the presentation lineup will be informative and interactive. Some of the presentations include travelling with complex medical needs; how to make sure people know your final wishes should you be unable to state them yourself. Tickets are $25 per person and available online at victoriahospice. org/bucket-list. editor@vicnews.com
DISTRICT OF SAANICH NOTICE TO SAANICH BUSINESSES 2014 BUSINESS LICENCES The Business Licence Bylaw requires that all businesses operating in the District of Saanich be in possession of a valid business licence. This requirement applies to all commercial, industrial, home based and non-resident businesses operating within the municipality. Renewal notices are mailed at the end of each year to all businesses that were licensed the previous year. Payment may be made online at www.saanich.ca, by mail or at the Saanich Municipal Hall. Business licence fees are due and payable on the first business day in January each year, or the date of application for a new business licence, if later. If you are no longer operating your business please contact the Business Licence Division at 250-475-5401 so that we can update our records. Please check the Business Licence Bylaw for licence categories and fees. How do I apply for a Commercial, Home Based or Inter-municipal Business Licence? A Business Licence Application is available online. A copy of the form is also available at the Municipal Hall or can be mailed to you upon request. For further information or fee rates, please contact the Business Licence Division at 250-475-5401. Please read our pages about One Stop Business Registration and BizPal as well at www.saanich.ca.
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This is the time of the year for current grade 5 students to plan for three exciting years at middle school level (grades 6 to 8). The Greater Victoria School District has ten exemplary middle schools that welcome all students to their responsive and safe environments. In order to learn about the many choices available at our middle schools, parents/guardians and students are invited to attend the Middle School Information Nights that are listed below. The meetings will be held at the schools and begin at 7:00 pm. Rockheights Middle School, Monday, January 27, 2014 École Cedar Hill Middle School Tuesday, January 28, 2014 École Arbutus Global Middle School Wednesday, January 29, 2014 École Lansdowne Middle School Thursday, January 30, 2014 Gordon Head Middle School Monday, February 3, 2014 École Central Middle School Tuesday, February 4, 2014 École Shoreline Community Middle School Wednesday, February 5, 2014 Monterey Middle School Thursday, February 6, 2014 Glanford Middle School Tuesday, February 11, 2014 Colquitz Middle School Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Detailed information is also available on our district website www.sd61.bc.ca, click on the Schools link.
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Ann Makosinski shows off her hollow flashlight powered by heat from the human hand at last year’s Google Science Fair in Mountain View, Calif. The Saanich teen’s invention has earned her media coverage and accolades from around the world.
Saanich teen conquers Google and Grade 11 Ann Makosinski earns worldwide fame for heatpowered flashlight Kolby Solinsky Black Press
Ann Makosinski had herself a year. The just-turned 16-year-old from Saanich was named to TIME Magazine’s 30 under 30 for 2013. This after she won her age group at Google’s Science Fair in California – an accolade she got by inventing a flashlight that runs off heat from the human hand, a self-made product that’s patent-pending. She has been featured by major news agencies like the Huffington Post and Mashable and she’s fielding interview requests from Europe, the United States and Japan. And she still has to worry about 16-year-old things. “I’m trying to survive my schooling,” she said earlier this month just before returning to Grade 11 at St. Michaels University School. Makosinski plays piano, violin, field hockey and runs cross-country. She will also be judging Canada’s next crop of projects for the 2014 Doodle 4 Google and she’ll be speaking at TEDxEdmonton. “It’s just a part of life. You have to get to all the things that come up,” she says. Makosinski’s now worldfamous device – the Hollow (Thermoelectric) Flashlight – was created after a conversation with an overseas friend, a pal from the Philippines who was struggling in school. “She was really smart,” Mako-
sinski says. “She said she didn’t have any electricity at home, so she couldn’t study after doing her house chores because she didn’t have any light to see. “I thought, why not create a flashlight that works on the thermal energy of humans?” Using Peltier tiles to generate electricity, Makosinski’s flashlight builds power off the difference in heat between a person’s hand and the other, cooler side of the tile. She tested her idea with candles, drawing out an electric charge. “I think I powered an mp3 player from that, so that was an idea that I could use them again,” Makosinski says. “But I needed some way to boost the voltage. That was the hardest part of my project, the most complicated.” Now, the hollow flashlight can produce a beam of LED light lasting for 20 minutes. Her teacher suggested Google’s Science Fair to her and she applied, posting a video on YouTube as part of her submission. “A quick, two-minute video. After a few months it has 200 views. I thought, ‘Yay! 200 views!’” But after she made Google’s final 15, the views exploded. As of Jan. 7, Makosinki’s YouTube audition has racked up more than 1.5 million views. Within a couple months, Makosinski was on Google’s campus in Mountain View, Calif. Competing in the Age 15-16 category, Makosinski says she was shocked when she won. “I went around and looked at their projects, and they were way more complicated than mine, so I had no idea why I got it. It was a complete shock when I got the award.” One contestant, Elif Bilgin
from Turkey, found a way to create bioplastics from banana peels. Eric Chen, a 17-year-old American, invented a new antiflu medicine. American teen Esha Maiti discovered a ‘better understanding of tumours’ and Greek 18-year-old Charalampos Ioannou devised a ‘metallic exoskeleton glove’ to support and enhance the movement of the human palm. “My project was so simple,” she says. Simple, perhaps, but her invention resonated with Google’s judges and it resonated with everyone who saw her video online. And it hasn’t stopped there. She’s in contact with companies to market her device, and she’s trying to improve its design. “I’m trying to make it brighter right now,” she says, “to make the voltage more efficient. It needs to be brighter to compete with flashlights using batteries.” She’s also trying to start a non-profit company and wants to keep hold of the legal rights to her flashlight, which would enable her to help students like her friend in the Philippines. “For every amount of flashlights sold, I could set aside some flashlights to give to people in need, people in the Philippines or developing countries that need it to study or work,” she says. “I also hope to see these flashlights in emergency kits.” And, of course, high school graduation and university are on her immediate horizon. “I know I’m supposed to figure out what I’m interested in choosing as a career, but I’m still deciding,” she said. “I have a lot to get through and these next few months, I have to really find my passion.” editor@saanichnews.com
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Application to Participate in National Energy Board Public Hearing for Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC Trans Mountain Expansion Project The National Energy Board (NEB) has received an application from Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC for approval to construct and operate the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (Project). Description of The Project The Project would expand the existing Trans Mountain pipeline system located between Edmonton, AB and Burnaby, BC. It would include approximately 987 km of new pipeline, new and modified facilities, such as pump stations and tanks, and the reactivation of 193 km of existing pipeline. There would also be an expansion of the Westridge Marine Terminal. New pipeline segments would be added between Edmonton to Hinton, AB, Hargreaves, BC to Darfield, BC and Black Pines, BC to Burnaby, BC. Reactivation of existing pipeline segments would occur between Hinton, AB to Hargreaves, BC and Darfield to Black Pines, BC. The application can be found on the NEB website. Participation in NEB Hearing The NEB will determine if the application is complete and if so, it will hold a public hearing. Those who wish to participate in the NEB hearing must apply to participate. Applicants must clearly describe their interest in relation to the List of Issues for the hearing, which is on the NEB website and included in the application to participate. Those who are directly affected by the proposed project will be allowed to participate in the hearing and those with relevant information or expertise may be allowed to participate. The application to participate is on the NEB’s website at: www.neb-one.gc.ca select Major Applications and Projects then Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC - Trans Mountain Expansion Applications to participate in the NEB Hearing are due on or before noon on 12 February 2014. Individuals and groups applying to participate must provide enough information for the NEB to decide whether participant status should be granted. Trans Mountain ULC has until 19 February 2014 to provide the NEB with comments on Applications to Participate and must provide a copy of its comments to those applicants to whom the comments apply. Applicants who received comments from Trans Mountain ULC about their Application to Participate have until 4 March 2014 to send the Board your response to Trans Mountain’s comments. Comments and Responses should be sent to the Secretary of the Board: www.neb-one.gc.ca, select Regulatory Documents then Submit Documents. CONTACTS Information on NEB hearing processes and participant funding is available at www.neb-one.gc.ca > Major Applications and Projects > Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC - Trans Mountain Expansion. If you require additional information, the NEB has appointed Ms. Reny Chakkalakal as a Process Advisor to provide assistance. Ms. Reny Chakkalakal Process Advisor, NEB E-mail: TransMountainPipeline.Hearing@neb-one.gc.ca Telephone (toll free): 1-800-899-1265
Ms. Sarah Kiley Communications Officer, NEB E-mail: sarah.kiley@neb-one.gc.ca Telephone: 403-299-3302 Telephone (toll free): 1-800-899-1265
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2014 Infiniti Q50 challenges the old order Infiniti has had a bit of an identity crisis over the past year with a wholesale change in the way it names its products. Gone is the JX crossover, it’s called the QX60 now and the G 37 sedan has been replaced with the Q50 sedan. Q signifies for cars and QX for crossovers or SUVs. The outgoing G37 was already a very worthy on-road performer but a bit too simplistic in the inside. Now, Infiniti has taken things up a notch with the Q50, adding a dynamic look, sumptuous interior and class leading technology. Looks It could be argued that the current BMW 3 Series and Mercedes C-Class are a bit conservative, while this Q50 and the major competitor, Lexus IS, are much edgier. This is especially true with the front grille. The rest of the Q50 is nicely sculpted, with flowing lines and an almost elegant rear end. Sold as a base model, sport trim, all wheel drive (AWD), premium, and even a hybrid, there is a broad market for this sedan. Starting at $37,500 and ramping up to the AWD sport model at $49,950, there is a substantial discount with the Q50 when you compare it to a similarly equipped BMW. The base model comes with 17-inch wheels but most of the higher trim levels are equipped with 19-inch wheels. The car seen here is the AWD premium model starting at $43,400. Inside The Q50 centre console is very attractive with two screens placed for radio functions and the second for the
navigation ($1,400 option) opt for the AWD model, and backup camera. The which is a good choice way the lower screen is due to the higher level incorporated is first rate; of interior amenities. it looks like a high quality In addition, the Q50 is iPad that sits flush with the first car to have a the dash, while the higher steer-by-wire system screen is recessed for easier that is customizable and use in bright light. this system is optional Direct Adaptive The only problem with on the AWD models and Steering has its this system is the time it standard on the sport takes to boot-up when critics but for me, the versions of the Q50. you start the car over 30 Direct Adaptive Steering Q50 feels like it is seconds to access the radio has its critics but for an extension of the and other features. Most me, the Q50 feels like driver. people will buy the sport it is an extension of the model ($47,495) or the driver, moving through Zack Spencer premium trim ($43,400) to corners with ease and get heated leather seats, comfort with just the Bose stereo, backup camera with slightest movement of the steering around view cameras, and power tilt wheel. Handling is enhanced thanks to and telescopic steering to name a few a stiffer chassis and the rear suspenadditional features. The base model is sion has been adjusted. a price leader but expect to buy the The downside to equipping the Q50 premium model or above to get the with a V6 is the amount of fuel it car well equipped. In comparison, the burns in comparison to the turbo $53,800, 300hp BMW 335iS AWD is 4-cylinder offerings from the German much more expensive than many of the competition. Rated at 11.1L/100km in top Q50 trim levels. the city and 7.3L on the highway for the AWD equipped model. There is a Drive hybrid version available that drops the The latest trend is to include a turboconsumption down to 7.0L/100km in charged 4-cylinder engine as the base the city and 5.0L on the highway but power plant in most German compact it is a premium offering with a starting luxury sedans. This Q50 is bucking the price of $47,000. trend and sticking with the 3.7L V6
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Verdict The benchmark in the premium compact sedan market has been the BMW 3 Series but the gap is narrowing. This new Q50 looks great, has a wonderful interior, power to spare and solid
handling dynamics. On price, the BMW 328i AWD is the closest and starts at $46,200 but is equipped with a 241hp 4-cylinder. The direct competitor on power is the much more expensive 335is AWD. The Lexus IS350 AWD is another premium offering from Japan, and it starts at a very competitive $44,000. As much as the Japanese automakers like to challenge the German makers, they really end up competing with each other. Yes, this is a worthy car but the one thing you cannot factor into the buying decision is the badge appeal that storied brands like Mercedes, BMW and Audi provide.
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Road hogs cause motoring mayhem on Texas autobahn Road hogs are a common sight at dusk here on the so-called Texas autobahn. I’m not talking about those crazy drivers transported by four-wheeled vehicles, but those of the four-legged variety: boars! And just like the twolegged, lead-footed variety, the cloven-hoofed wild pigs cause crashes – four bad smashes on the first night that the high speed State Highway 130 toll road opened back in October 2012. Last week, I wrote about a drive on the no-speed limit autobahn from Munich to Berlin. The piece was prompted by the recent Insights West/Black Press poll about increasing speed limits on highways in B.C. I just had to try out the North American equivalent of the autobahn with its 85 mph limit (approximately 137 km/h) and here are my observations. After driving a sporty Audi S6 on the toll highway from Austin on a day trip to San Antonio, I think there must have been more boars than cars on the route for long stretches. It was a lonely daytime drive in the S6 with very few cars passing in either direction. In terms of scenic interest, it is as disappointing as a mild chili pepper in a bowl of Tex-Mex. It’s not that the tolls are high on the 65-kilometre stretch I travelled on the 210-kilometre route – less than $10, under $30 for commercial trucks – it’s just that the 85 mph limit is just not fast enough to encourage people to use it for what is a fairly short distance between those two major centres. And that’s especially so when the posted speed limit on the regular toll-free state highways was raised to 75
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mph (120 km/h) shortly after the turnpike was opened. It would help to hike the limit another 10 mph (16 km/h). It’s a very well-engineered road and I can’t see that causing carnage. At the risk of attracting the interest of a Texan posse bent on a hanging, I suggest that a reduction of the limit in the same magnitude on the regular highways might dramatically increase custom along the way. The only positive I can say is that I maintained the top legal speed for the length of the trip, which, as I reported last week, was impossible on the congested no-speed limit autobahn between Munich and Berlin. The growing network of toll roads in central Texas may have the highest speed limits in the nation but unless they ultimately stretch to Houston and/or Corpus Christi on the Gulf coast, it’s hard to imagine the operators emerging from the billion-dollar financial quagmire. The Department of Transportation has ended a rebate that had allowed trucks to use the road for the same price as cars since last April. That disincentive is likely to increase the red ink. keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca
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The shape and design characteristics of this truck have changed – it has much smoother lines and is more aerodynamic. I remember the first Pathfinder, introduced in 1986 and aimed at capturing some of the Toyota 4runner buyers. It looked promising but never completely took off. I think the focus was more on the off-road when it should have been more on-road with the ability to travel off-road. This version has done this, taking design cues and comfort from the Nissan Rogue and creating a larger crossover capable of transporting seven.
In The Cab My tester was the Platinum edition. It came equipped with leather seats with eight-way power adjustability, four-way power for the front passenger, EZ flex seating system with second row 60/40 split fold-flat bench It has the ability to seat, and third row 50/50 split drive down a gravel fold flat reclining road or up to the bench seat. ski hill, but Nissan The leather-wrapped has made sure the steering wheel Pathfinder Hyrpid is is heated and is also as comfortable a nice feature. as a road car and as There is plenty fuel-efficient as it can of wood tone trim but it is not be. overdone, giving it a rich feel. Ian Harwood
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A Bose audio system with 13 speakers, AM/FM/CD, SiriusXM, auxiliary audio input jack, USB connection, streaming audio via Bluetooth, steering wheel mounted audio controls and speed sensitive volume control are just some of the comforts you will find in the Pathfinder Platinum. The around view monitor uses four cameras to create a composite image from above and displays it on the touchscreen monitor. This helps show the vehicle’s position relative to the lines around the parking space and guides you in easily.
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Nissan’s advanced airbag system includes dual stage front airbags, driver and front passenger seat-mounted side impact, and roof-mounted curtain side impact airbags with rollover sensor. Traction control and vehicle dynamic control are standard on all models.
Power The engine is a 2.5-litre 4-cylinder with a 15kw, power regenerating electric motor, powered by lithium-ion cells and a dual clutch system that transfers power from the electric motor and the engine. This system generates 250 hp. The transmission is Xtronic CVT (continuously
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This vehicle does remind me of the Nissan Rogue. It is larger, but feels very similar – and that’s a good thing. I think Nissan is heading in the right direction with this vehicle. If studies show limited use off-road, then why spend money making this an off-road vehicle? It has the ability to drive down a gravel road or up to the ski hill but Nissan has made sure it is also as comfortable as a road car and as fuel-efficient as it can be. Verdict Nissan thought outside of the box on this one and was not afraid to start fresh and create something new. ian.harwood@drivewaybc.ca
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Honda Accord Coupe Base MSRP $26,400
I’m starting off with the Accord because it’s a cool car. The current generation has so much going
for it and definitely has developed more personality in the redesign. You have the option of two engines: a more economical 2.4L 4-cylinder or a more powerful 3.5L V6. Either way, you can get them equipped with a 6-speed manual or a CVT transmission. Only the EX-L Navi trim with the V6 has the option of a 6-speed automatic transmission. No matter how you slice it, you’re getting a great car. Better yet, it has a decent cargo capacity of 379L so you could easily dump your hockey gear inside. The interior is spacious and comfortable, and heck, it looks good.
MINI Coupe/Roadster Base MSRP $25,950/$28,900
With room for two, even the base model of MINI Coupe or Roadster is a hoot. Specs-wise, it has the least impressive engine of the lot (only putting out 121 horsepower) but that can be overlooked because of driving dynamics. It has one of the best manual gearboxes for a car of its size and has an abundance of pep. They’re not cheap, though, so it has that working
against it in some regards. And you could argue that a Mazda MX-5 is a better value (you won’t be wrong) but the MINI is still loads of fun.
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If you’re driving a Dodge Challenger, you’re getting noticed. You don’t even need to have the grunt and roar of the SRT’s 6.4L V8 HEMI to turn heads. Inside and out, this two-door has style and power. The base SXT trim comes equipped with a 3.6L V6 and 305 horsepower.
Kia Forte Koup Base MSRP $20,550
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The 3-door VW GTI is one of my favourite cars. The front-wheel, German-engineered bundle of excitement has poise and pizzazz, along with a fabulous interior and a tried and tested engine. What’s great about the GTI is that it works for all ages. You could be 16 or 60, and you’d still look good driving it. Granted, the current generation is on its way out and the seventh generation (2014 model year) is coming soon. So if you want a killer deal on a 2013, now’s as good of a time as any. alexandra.straub@drivewaybc.ca
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rowing up in Halifax, Dustin Harvey witnessed a steady stream of friends departing for better opportunity in bigger cities. Harvey chose to put down roots in his hometown in spite of those limited economic incentives, but was soon struck by the powerful camaraderie amongst those who stayed. “I’m really interested in exploring locality, and more specifically our relationship to place,” he says, days before flying to Victoria to showcase his work as part of Winterlab. Local audiences will be exposed to two of Harvey’s collaborative pieces – (We) Are Here and Farewell Victoria – for the first time as part of Intrepid Theatre’s annual winter fest, Jan. 25 to Feb. 1. The shows have already been well received at festivals across Canada and as far away as Aarhus, Denmark and Cork, Ireland. In (We) Are Here, two actors tell the story of a travelling, homesick girl whose relationship is falling apart. The audience faces a projection screen fed by two autonomous displays being manipulated by an actor. The resulting mix of playful and melancholic imagery is set to the music of indie darling Jenn Grant.
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Co-creator and performer Chad Dembski, right, takes a moment to study the visuals during the performance of Farewell in Aarhus, Denmark in 2013. Farewell comes Victoria for the first time during Intrepid Theatre’s Winterlab Festival, Jan. 25-Feb. 1.
“It’s primarily a live film experience,” Harvey says. “There are two performers who both have video cameras and we create images like a collage, one projector on top of another projector.” Harvey’s more recent creation, Farewell, is tailored to be “site-specific,” incorporating photos and stories of its host city. “We’re dealing with that idea of homesickness and longing,” he says.
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Indoor hockey builds finesse skills Canada is having a tough time keeping up with other countries when it comes to field hockey, partially due to de-emphasizing the indoor game. So says University of Victoria women’s head coach Lynne Beecroft, a member of Canada’s bronze medal-winning team at the 1981 world indoor championships. Four-on-four hockey will be
on display this weekend during the eight-team UVic Indoor Tournament at the Ian Stewart Complex. “I think it’s a great game,” Beecroft said of the fast-paced variant, in which players cannot lift the ball or wind up for a shot on goal and play on a surface the size of a basketball court. “The Germans have been doing it forever and I think that’s
why they continue to be one of the top teams in the world, both on the men’s and women’s sides.” The rules help build players’ finesse skills, she said Games get underway at 9 a.m. tomorrow and 8 a.m. Sunday, with the final slated for 1 p.m. that day. Spectators are welcome. ddescoteau@vicnews.com
The Victoria-based rink of Kesa Van Osch is heading to Montreal and the Scotties’ Tournament of Hearts, after defeating defending champion Kelly Scott 5-4 in Sunday’s final of the B.C. women’s curling championships in Prince George. Van Osch, from Nanaimo, curls in the Victoria Select League
with third Stephanie Baier of Victoria, second Jessie Sanderson of Coquitlam and lead Carley Sandwith of Victoria. They’ll open play at the national event Feb. 1 at the Maurice Richard Arena. With the game tied 4-4 and Scott holding the hammer in the 10th end, the champs buried a
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The Braves were scheduled to play the West Shore Wolves Wednesday, after the News’ deadline. The newcomers to the Cougars were held off the scoreboard Sunday in the team’s 3-0 win over Nanaimo, but Ryan Carson did manage a natural hat trick, scoring once in the second and twice in the third period. Victoria was set to host the Oceanside Generals last night at Archie Browning Sports Centre.
year forward out of Claremont secondary, was named player of the week in PacWest college women’s basketball league play, after leading her Vancouver Island University Mariners to road wins over Douglas College. Worthington, whose team is on the mainland again for a pair of games this weekend, scored 16 points with four blocked shots and six steals in a 57-42 win last Friday over Douglas. She added another 16 points, along with 16 rebounds in a 63-53 win over Langara the next night. ddescoteau@vicnews.com
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Oak Bay 250-370-7601 Victoria 250-483-1360 Westshore 250-391-2933 Sidney 250-655-0632 Chatterton Way 250-479-0688 www.vericoselect.com
VICTORIA 301-640 Montreal, $679,000
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Alison Stoodley, 250-477-7291
413-50 Songhees, $539,000
Sunday 2:30-4 Re/Max Camosun Daniel Clover 250 507-5459
199 Olive St, $839,900
Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Shawn Adye, 250-384-8124
304-55 Songhees, $649,900
Sunday 2-4 Brown Brothers Real Estate Robert Young 250 385-6900
702-788 Humboldt St., $525,000 Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Jason Leslie, 250-478-9600
404-75 Songhees, $669,900
Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333
204-405 Quebec, $353,000
Saturday 12-2 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Deb Anderson, 250-474-4800
606 Speed Ave, $215,000
Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Scott Munro, 250 477-5353
2822 Cedar Hill, $349,900
Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Philip Illingworth, 250-477-7291
2-970 Southgate, $449,900
Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Tom Croft, 250-592-4422
506-828 Rupert, $399,900
Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Lorraine Stundon, 250-812-0642
211-50 Songhees, $424,000
Sunday 2:30-4 Re/Max Camosun Daniel Clover 250 507-5459
106-55 Songhees, $529,800
Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Dale Sheppard, 250-478-9600
410-50 Songhees, $529,000
Sunday 2:30-4 Re/Max Camosun Daniel Clover 250 507-5459
107-75 Songhees, $699,000
Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333
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VIEW ROYAL 76-14 Erskine Lane, $399,000
4-3981 Saanich, $329,500
Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Brian Meredith-Jones, 250 477-1100
1284 Layritz Pl, $549,000
$419,000
102-4394 West Saanich Rd
Saturday 2-4 One Percent Realty Valentino Prundaru, 250-686-2242 897 Swan St.,
21-126 Hallowell Rd, $399,000
Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Peggy O’Connor, 250-744-1300
32 Falstaff Pl., $389,000
Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Doug Poruchny, 250-474-4800
ESQUIMALT 1330-1334 Esquimalt Rd, $699,000
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Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Elfie Jeeves, 250-477-7291
3712 Kootenay, $649,900
Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422
1620 Mortimer St, $409,900
Saturday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Jackie Adkins, 250-477-5353 Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Ross Shortreed, 250-858-3585
1132 Loenholm, $509,900
Saturday 12-2 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Dean Innes, 250-477-5353
220 Obed Ave, $395,000
Saturday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Fran Jeffs, 250-744-3301
17-2115 Amelia Ave, $349,000
Saturday & Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Bill Knowles, 250-656-0131
303-2421 Sidney, $379,000
Saturday 11-12 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
10935 Marti Lane, $1,099,995
Sunday 2-4 JONESco Real Estate Inc. Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653
11-10084 Third St, $475,000
Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Judy Gerrett, 250-656-0131
1604 Dean Park, $649,000
9820 Seaport, $499,500+
Saturday 1-3 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
WEST SHORE 554 Gemini Dr., $634,900
Saturday 12-2 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124
3379 Vision Way, $339,900
Saturday & Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-590-3921
1065 Verdier Ave, $598,500
982 Mckenzie Ave, $299,900
8552 Ebor Terr., $545,000
10239 Cleveland, $559,000
17 Cressida, $429,000
Saturday 2:30-4 One Percent Realty Guy Effler, 250-812-4910
Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
4009 Cedar Hill Rd, $529,900
7744 Wallace Dr., $629,900
1469 Honeysuckle Pl, $675,000
135-3640 Propeller Pl., $499,900
948 Garthland, $1,499,800 Sunday 2-4 JONESco Real Estate Inc. Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653
SAANICH EAST 2019 Casa Marcia Cres. Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Riley Janes, 250-384-8124
Saturday & Sunday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty James Liu, 250 477-5353 Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast James Gardiner (250) 507-4333
Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Ann Watley, 250-656-0131
Saturday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Fran Jeffs, 250-744-3301
9776 Fourth St.
Tuesday-Saturday 1-3 Gordon Hulme Realty Don King 250-516-1202
Saturday 2-4 JONESco Real Estate Inc. Ian Heath, 250-655-7653
6752 Rhodonite Dr, $389,900
Sunday 1-3 Kahl Realty Lyle Kahl, 250-391-8484
1290 Eston Pl, $899,500 Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448
2757 Strathmore, $354,900
1665 Sarita Pl, $520,000
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Saira Waters, 250-858-7247
Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448
952 Terlane, $359,900
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Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
2075 Hedgestone Lane, $824,000
3343 Wishart, $645,900
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Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003
919 Nel Hamerton, $429,900
Saturday 11-1 One Percent Realty Valentino, 250-686-2242
Saturday & Sunday 12-4 RE/MAX Alliance Ron Neal, 250-386-8181
305-1145 Sikorsky Rd, $284,800
Saturday 2-4 Brown Bros. Real Estate Robert Young, 250-385-6900
Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Gabriella Pakos 250 213-1323 Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Deb Anderson, 250-474-4800
Saturday 12-2 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124
Sunday 12:30-2 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683 Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Tony Wick, 250-478-9600
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Thursday thru Monday 1-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Gregory, 250 744-3301
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Saturday 1-2 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Mark McDougall, 250-483-3562
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Contributing to the down payment – 71% of women surveyed say yes, compared to 56% of men Doing research on schools in the area – 53% of men say yes, 42% of women Collecting and evaluating assets and/or financials – 65% of women say yes, 54% of men Keeping the house in order for a potential buyer – 63% of men say yes, 47% of women – Prudential Real Estate, Consumer Outlook Survey, (U.S.) third quarter 2013
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One need not be involved in real estate in Greater Victoria to know our region has plenty of range in home pricing, based largely on where you happen to be looking. But once you’ve chosen an area, moved in and set up your belongings, you become accustomed to where you live and the nearby amenities. This week we asked some notable Victoria-area residents what they like about living where they do. It’s no surprise that Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard lives in his municipality – he’s a longtime resident – but he, his wife and young children moved into a new neighbourhood near Cedar Hill Golf Course about five years ago. “We’re close to everything,” he says enthusiastically. “I’m not a winter warrior that walks in the rain, but we’re close enough to use the trail around Cedar Hill Golf Course. And King’s Pond is nice to take the kids to see the waterfowl.” From spring through fall Leonard walks to work as often as possible, connecting to the Lochside Trail, which takes him right to the Saanich municipal hall. Putting his home’s prox-
imity to services and recreation in context, he recalls taking a trip to the mainland to visit relatives. One lived in Coquitlam, the other in Steveston and the turnaround driving time was about two hours, he says. Another Frank, CFAX radio newsman Stanford, lives with his wife in Sooke, in a home that is “bigger than what a couple of empty-nesters need.” “(Buying in Sooke) provided us with the ability to acquire land and build a new house,” he says. “It was our design, based on some things that we have experienced with other homes. You do get more land for the money than you do in town.” Even the commute is not as impossible or daunting as some people make it out to be, he adds. “One of us drives each way.” B.C. Transit spokesperson Meribeth Burton lives in the Estevan neighbourhood of Oak Bay and loves the family atmosphere, not to mention a nearby icon. “I go to Pure Vanilla at least once a week,” she says of the popular bakery and café. An avid walker, she has staked out an “hour-anda-bit” route that takes her through part of the Uplands, as well as down to Willows Beach with her children
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B.C. Transit spokesperson Meribeth Burton, above, enjoys the neighbourly feel around her home in Oak Bay. Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard, with son Atticus in the wheelbarrow, enjoys that his family’s home is in close proximity to many neighbourhood amenities.
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on occasion. With its wellestablished trees, quiet streets and friendly neighbour feel, the location of Burton’s home contributes greatly to her overall sense of happiness, she says. Realtor Daniel Clover’s clients have a wide range of needs when it comes to location, motivated by everything from affordability or proximity to facilities
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moving into the city, for example, choose to rent for six months or so before buying, just to get the lay of the land, he says. Even though it’s a relatively small city, Clover adds, it offers homebuyers a lot of options in terms of location, from waterfront to urban living to rural and everything in between. ddescoteau@vicnews.com
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Starfish decline poor omen for ocean Peter Rusland and Kyle Wells News staff
Mysterious mass starfish deaths along the Pacific coastline have marine biologists scratching their heads and scrambling to find a cause. They’re also worried about how seastar wasting syndrome will affect ecosystems spanning Alaska to California, including those in the Greater
Victoria area. “We’ve seen it all along the Saanich Inlet, we’ve seen it around the Gulf Islands, it started in Howe Sound,” said marine biologist Paula Romagosa, curator of Sidney’s Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre. “It’s quite serious. Nothing like this has been seen before, not to this extent.” Just what is wiping out about 30 per cent of the coast’s observable
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starfish is still unknown. Populations including sunflower, sun, basket, leather, pink, common purple, vermillion and blood stars are dying. “We believe its some sort of virus, but we haven’t been able to prove it yet,” Romagosa said. “I’m quite scared, to be honest. We can’t figure out what it is, so there’s no way to control it — or know if it’ll affect our food sources like fish.” Samples have been shipped to Cornell University, UBC, the University of Victoria and California universities. Divers started noticing melting and dissolving seastars in September in Howe Sound. Romagosa noted “it could be nature taking its course from overpopulation — or something we humans have done.” Starfish play vial roles in the ocean food chain, and a mass wipeout of the population could ripple through the ocean ecosystem. “Most seastars are top predators so this will affect everything in the food chain below them. All populations that depend on the seastars as a control system will start going unchecked.” As opposed to Internet-driven conspiracy theory, she doubts the starfish crisis was sparked by radiation from the meltdown of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear
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Scientists are worried about a disease wiping out the starfish population of the West Coast. to see; it’s terrifying. Their legs fall off and start walking away from the body.” It’s tough to tell if seastars are in pain, she explained. Evidence of the starfish ailment can be sent to marketing@ oceandiscovery.ca or aqua2@oceandiscovery.ca. kwells@goldstreamgazette.com
plant. Wasting-syndrome deaths look more like a viral infection — perhaps resembling the human ebola virus — affecting adult seastars. “Some get bald spots, and get really skinny, and start to disintegrate. With others, their guts start coming through the pores in their skin. It’s a horrible sight
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