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Dr. Pamela Kibsey shows off the new automated microbiology lab at the Royal Jubilee Hospital, which will become the first hospital in North America to boast such a facility. The new system will allow more tests from across Island Health’s jurisdiction to be done faster and increase the efficiency of a diagnosis.

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Royal Jubilee Hospital will soon be able to process patient samples faster and with more accuracy, thanks to a new state-of-the-art automated microbiology lab. With its unveiling on Monday, Jubilee becomes the first hospital in

North America with such a facility. “It will make a huge difference for our patients, because we’ll have critical information to guide their therapy faster,” said Dr. Brendan Carr, CEO of Island Health. The new lab system cost $4.3 million to install, was done in partnership with the Capital Regional District and officially goes live on Dec. 8.

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Matthew Schultz, like most of his high school peers, just wants a job, a driver’s licence and a lot more independence. But unlike most 16 year olds, Matthew’s autism means the journey to his dream job – as a chef in a steakhouse, ideally – will require much more than persistent résumé canvassing at local restaurants. “He’s keen to get out into the workplace, but that’s almost impossible,” says Matthew’s dad, Mike, a Saanich teacher. The Schultz family is well aware of the difficulties that teens with autism encounter as they “age out” of supportive funding – $6,000 annually – provided by the B.C. Ministry of Child and Family Development. But it wasn’t until last September, when Mike and his partner, Barb, caught wind of a new, locally based vocational program for autistic teens that the family was able to access a desperately needed resource. The Vocational Independence and Transition to Adult Life (VITAL) program is the brainchild of Margherita Jess, a Victoria-based occupational therapist.

The program aims to bridge the gap in support between teenage student years and adult working life for some of the 265 diagnosed autistic teens between ages 14 and 18 currently living in the Capital Region. “I was getting a lot of clients with kids who were 18, and a lot of parents were going, ‘Oh my gosh, funding ends. Kids are finishing school: Help,’” Jess said. Jess then went about building a program framework then selected a team that includes a psychologist, social worker and behavioural aide. “I purposefully picked those people because they’ve seen what happens when supports aren’t in place in the teen years,” Jess said. Employment rates for adults with autism are typically very low. Only 30 per cent of autistic adults are steadily employed, compared to an average of 80 per cent with other developmental disabilities. The starting point for assessing a teen’s needs and skills is a vocational assessment, which can normally cost between $2,500 to $6,000 alone, Jess said. Please see: Page A3

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A rash of garage and shed break-ins in the Gorge-Tillicum area is prompting the Saanich Police Department to issue a warning. Since Nov. 2, thieves have stolen property from homes in the 300-block of Obed Ave., the 400-block of Davida Ave. and the 400-block of Ker Ave. “Given the close proximity of where these thefts have taken place, the method of entry and the similarities in what has been taken, it is believed that these incidents are likely related,” said Saanich police Sgt. Steve Eassie. The thief or thieves have stolen mostly power tools and bicycles at each break-in, Eassie said. In five of the eight locations, the buildings have been left unlocked; in the three other locations, locking mechanisms were rudimentary and easily defeated, Eassie said. “We would encourage anyone that lives in this area, or any area for that matter, to ensure that is they have an outbuilding on their property, that they have it properly secured,” he said. There have been no arrests to date, but anyone with relevant information is asked to get in touch with Saanich police at 250475-4321 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477. editor@saanichnews.com

Fair trade fair at First Met On Saturday, Nov. 29, head over to First Metropolitan Church Hall (932 Balmoral St.) for a Fair Trade Fair, hosted by the Victoria International Development Education Association (VIDEA). Vendors will be selling a variety of items including fair trade clothes, crafts, textiles and gifts. Scrumptious food will also be served by the International Women’s Catering Co-op. The event runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and admission is by donation. VIDEA is a registered Canadian charity with staff in Victoria, Kelowna, Vancouver, Pemberton and Nelson. International work takes place in Uganda, Zambia and southern Africa. Find more information at videa.ca or call 250704-9090.

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Matthew Schultz, centre, with his parents Mike and Barb outside their Sananich home. Matthew is autistic and working with a local occupational therapist and her team to assess his skills and find job placements so the 16 year old can more readily transition into the workforce.

‘All these kids have to make it into society’ “We have people employed in landscaping, as farm hands, in maintenance and dish washing or working at retail outlets. One man spent the summer fighting fires in the Interior,” Macrae says.

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“To ask a family to spend that whole year of budget on one assessment never made any sense,” said Jess, a Saanich resident. “What we did was really pare down the assessment to where it’s accessible and vocation-focused.” Once a psychologist report is completed, Jess then gets to work on a full sensory profile: simple acts like working with hand tools, handling small amounts of cash and filing documents are completed so Jess can better understand the strengths and weaknesses of each client. “Basic, really functional things they need to do in the workplace,” she said. Matthew, now in the early stages of the VITAL program, said he’s not enthralled with some of the more monotonous actions like lifting weights, but he is looking forward to his first voluntary job placement in Country Grocer’s produce department later this month. “I’ve learned I’m strong,” he says.

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The task of finding local employers willing to take on autistic teens for short-term jobs falls on Jess – at least for now. Community living BC is the provincial Crown agency that funds supports and services for adults with developmental disabilities. Only 79 people on the South Island and 621 people across B.C. with autism spectrum disorder are supportive through the organization’s Personalized Support Initiative, which focuses on the most severe cases of autism and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. But a far greater number access CLBC’s adult employment supports. In Oct. 2013, Community Living BC launched the Community Action Employment Plan, a three-year program with an ambitious goal of assisting in employment for 1,200 more people with developmental disabilities across the province (including some adults with autism). While Greater Victoria wasn’t selected, the Central and Upper Island is included as an employment pilot area. Initial reports from participating employers in that region indicate about 60 jobs have been created on the

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Occupational therapist Margherita Jess launched the VITAL program earlier this year to helps teens with autism transition into the job market. Island in the past year, though more jobs are expected, says CEO Seonag Macrae. “A lot of what we’re trying to do is switch the culture about individuals and their ability to contribute to the working environment,” says Macrae, who took the helm of CLBC in August and has 30 years of experience in health care as a nurse, educator and senior social services administrator. CLBC does some work with autistic adults to prepare them for the workforce, but its strength early on appears to be an ability to get employers on board with employment initiatives. Home Depot, Walmart, Target, Safeway, Tim Hortons, Telus, Shoppers Drug Mart and Mount Washington are some of the employers already working on employing adults with developmental disabilities on Vancouver Island, Macrae says.

Barb and Mike Schultz aren’t newcomers to the difficulties in accessing autism support in Greater Victoria – Matthew’s older brother is also autistic. The couple don’t expect the government to shoulder the entire financial burden to support their kids, but they stress youth-toadult transitional supports are still lacking. “The gap at that age is what my wife and I have actually seen,” Mike says. “There are sometimes years because of the wait lists where you get no support whatsoever.” (The CLBC wasn’t able to provide wait times for adults with autism who apply for funding under the Personalized Supports Initiative.) Jess’ VITAL program isn’t cheap, Mike says, but it fills a need and is fortunately covered in part by the family’s insurance plan. “Most of these kids can’t work 40 hours a week, but the fact of the matter is there’s an obligation in the community as a whole to support them,” Mike says. Jess anticipates a day when transitional supports for youth with autism are more readily funded by government and more readily embraced by employers. “All these kids have to make it into society,” she says. “It seems so unfortunate all of them will function at a high school environment, then get into a job and have it fail. ... To get these guys into a vein where they can use skills they have, with educated employers, that’s the goal.” editor@saanichnews.com

Did you know? n Jess will be holding an Employer Information Night called “Supporting and Best Utilizing an Employee with Autism” on Jan. 15. To get involved, see thevitalprogram.ca for more information.

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Dickson said. Of particular concern is is that the plentiful population of deer are now gathering at the roadside she said. “It’s pretty clear they were left in new grocery bags (for the deer) instead of just putting them in the compost,” Dickson said. Oak Bay is currently undertaking a pilot project to cull 25 deer within its borders. The results of that pilot project will be revealed next year at the Capital Regional District board, and other Capital Region municipalities are unlikely to take action on deer before then. reporter@saanichnews.com

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Sarah Miller walked out of Vic High on Thursday (Nov. 20) with a 12 inch steel octopus she welded under her own power. It was the first time Miller ever picked up a torch. The Grade 8 student from Colquitz middle school chose the interactive welding seminar, one of 15 workshops as part of the inaugural Choices career awareness conference. The School District 61 initiative brought together 120 Grade 8 girls from all 10 middle schools. It started at Vic High, and bussed the crew to Spectrum Community School for lunch and speeches. “I liked welding, it was challenging. (The octopus) will be great for hanging key chains or jewellery,” she said. At 13, Miller is in the minority, as she already has designs on joining the navy when she grows up (she’s a leading seaman with the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets Rainbow branch in Esquimalt). Likewise, her counterpart Taya Iverson of Colquitz is likely to attend Spectrum next year. “I want to do woodwork. Trades is in my family,” Iverson said. Even so, both admit the day was an eye-opener. “It’s great to hear from women actually working in (their industry),” Iverson added. Choices is designed to raise aware-

ness with Grade 8 girls about the variety of career pathways and learning opportunities that are available to young women, said Anna Lisa Bond, the middle school career and transitions coordinator who orchestrated the event. “We’re showcasing it as a female focused event by no means to isolate or exclude, but as an opportunity to share possible learning pathways with young women. We often only know what we have seen our own parents, or families engage in, and when exposed to new experiences and possibilities, our thoughts begin to expand and new worlds can open up to us.” The workshops covered trades, including welding, steel-fitting, electrical, robotics and autobody. It also looked at careers in policing, health and science, fine arts, agriculture and more. Monterey student Fionalee Lustado attended the women in policing and welding workshops. “I wasn’t thinking about what I might do as a career. I’m not sure I’ll do welding (or policing) but now I’m thinking about (what different the careers are),” she said. Bond helped organize a similar initiative with a trades focus, when Grade 7 and 8 students partnered to construct a donated shed for Lambrick Park and Gordon Head Rec. Centre in the spring.

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Employers pull weight for good Transitional job training and life skill support for youth with autism is lacking, but good work is being done locally to bridge the gap. Today’s A1 stories on a made-in-Victoria (and Saanich) vocational support program for teens with autism, as well as Island Health’s state-of-the-art microbiology facility at Royal Jubilee Hospital, are both great examples of how our region is often at the forefront of new care initiatives. The stories also similarly touch on a shrinking health care budget and show how innovative thinking can help us transition successfully through turbulent economic times. It’s also encouraging to see Community Living BC work through its comprehensive, three-year Community Employment Action Plan, the result of huge consultation with social services stakeholders. Although it will be a few years before we can judge the outcome, CLBC is making headway with employers who are willing to invest their time and training in order to create jobs for people in our community with autism and other developmental disabilities. The shift towards inclusive hiring is apparent, and other agencies like GT Hiring Solutions and local Work BC employees deserve a tip of the hat for their tireless work promoting the “Just Makes Sense” campaign, which encourages employers to hire people with disabilities. As Saanich teacher Mike Schulz points out in today’s A1 story, the Greater Victoria community is collectively responsible to ensure no one is left behind, and employers are often necessarily at the forefront of that culture change. If you’re an entrepreneur, hiring manager or employer, take a moment to look at the VITAL program (thevitalprogram. ca), which is actively seeking local employers to help with job placements for teens with autism. Greater Victoria is a natural leader in new social ventures; do us proud and reach out to help once again. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@saanichnews.com or fax 250-381-8777. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

That wholesale price difference When the B.C. government is the main reason private stores announced its latest changes to liquor distribution, the reaction was have generally higher retail prices. And the majority of the province’s not what I expected. revenue of nearly $1 billion a Private store representatives year comes from this monopoly complained bitterly that the wholesale business, where the government is allowing further hidden tax is coyly termed a expansion of fridges and “cold “mark-up.” rooms” in selected government When the new, simplified system liquor stores, and longer operating comes in next spring, a bottle of hours that include more Sunday hard liquor will have openings. Those hours, a “mark-up” of 124 per along with non-union staff, cent. That’s right, LDB are the private stores’ big more than doubles the advantages as things stand price with its wholesale in B.C.’s hybrid liquor liquor tax. And if it’s retailing system. premium booze, anything The B.C. Government valued at more than $21 Employees’ Union didn’t a litre will get an extra seem at all perturbed luxury tax on top of that. that state-run stores’ Then of course there key advantage was also is federal and provincial going to be gone effective Tom Fletcher sales tax applied to all of April 1. That would be B.C. Views it. Cheers! preferential wholesale Premier Christy Clark pricing, in which the government’s monopoly wholesaler acknowledged that the first guiding principle of this overhaul is to keep sells to them at cost and to private that government revenue coming. stores at higher rates. The new BCGEU president, How much higher? Liquor Stephanie Smith, doesn’t sound Distribution Branch officials were like your bullhorn-toting socialist carefully vague on that. They of yore. She insists she’s gung-ho to released a graph that suggests compete head to head with those the average wholesale cost to private interlopers and get back government stores might be going some lost market share, particularly up 10 to 15 per cent to create a on the high-volume cold beer sales. “level playing field” with private The union has another ace in the stores.

hole. Its current contract stipulates that LDB can’t close stores. In some small towns there are government stores that lose money, particularly since they’ve had more private competition. But at least for the duration of this BCGEU contract, the government retail arm will continue to operate in some places as a perverse social program, subsidizing retail clerk jobs that pay nearly twice what private retail pays. And let’s face it, running a till at a liquor store is not rocket surgery. Private and government store staff have to take the same training, and liquor inspector sting operations have increased vigilance on ID checks in all stores. With higher wholesale prices applied to government stores, this kind of artificial support will cost more. The only way LDB could maintain it without subsidizing it from the wholesale windfall would be to raise retail prices. The LDB says this new simplified system is “not intended to impact consumer pricing.” Note the careful choice of words. Oh, one last thing. There is another new tax in the works. It will be applied to higher-alcohol beverages, in an effort to reduce adverse health effects. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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School board needs a shake-up Re: School board shake-up tips power to teachers’ union, News (Nov. 21) Peg Orcherton seems to express concern that the new board will consider teacher’s needs rather than those of our students. Perhaps this is why the Board

“shake-up” actually occurred as the old Board seemed to have insulated themselves from taking teachers’ concerns into account. For the record, teachers’ concerns are the learning conditions of our students. Hopefully the new trustees will

Dogs on buses a terrible idea Re: Dogs on BC Transit buses considered I am a dog owner. I believe the cons far outweigh the pros. I believe the petitions to permit un-carriered dogs on BC Transit buses are driven by want, not need. I don’t think those who are demanding this have thought through all the many downsides and possible conflicts this would cause to them, other passengers and especially their dogs. I cannot foresee that a dog owner would require transit service often enough to spend time and money debating this or changing the current transit services. I don’t believe that those taking their dogs out would choose a bus instead of walking their dog as they normally would. I don’t believe many dogs would choose to be crammed on a bus with strange people and unknown dogs. Think of the inconvenience alone of standing at a bus stop and being passed by because it is not a “dog” bus. Theoretically, imagine we all wasted time denying the obvious, only to come to the realization that this is a potentially terrible idea. Janet Cass Victoria

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nologists don’t have to manually move plates around anymore,” said Dr. Pamela Kibsey, Island Health’s medical director of infection control and medical lead of the microbiology lab at Royal Jubilee. The accuracy of the new robotic system is now 100 per cent for every specimen, said Carr. “It raises our confidence and it raises our certainty in terms of diagnostics substantially.” Despite the increased speed and efficiency, Carr and Kibsey assured no jobs would be lost as a result.

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“One of the problems in North America is that we are facing staffing shortages,” said Kibsey. “We have to have a way of increasing our capacity, being faster, with the same amount of technologists. We have to do more with the same people.” While this is the first automated microbiology lab of its kind at a hospital in North America, there are two private labs that have similar systems. One is at DynaLIFE lab in Edmonton and the other is at CML HealthCare lab in Mississauga. editor@saanichnews.com

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Municipal election campaigns are like mushrooms that pop up every few years, with voters still in the dark about who’s fertilizing them with how much money. That’s why the B.C. government waited until the first elections for four-year municipal terms were held to examine how campaign spending should be regulated, said Coralee Oakes, B.C.’s minister for community, sport and cultural development. Oakes promised there will be new rules on spending and donations from property developers, unions and other donors to municipal council and school board candidates by the next province-wide municipal vote in 2018. A legislature committee started working on it in October, with recommendations due by Nov. 27. “What we found is that for a lot of the organizations, if you’re not in election mode, they are not formed,” Oakes said. “So we knew that if we were to do stakeholder engagement,

we need to do it when the elections were happening.” Some urban municipalities see substantial campaign donations from special interests, with only the requirement of disclosure long after votes are counted. In Vancouver, where developers and civic worker unions spend heavily, Mayor Gregor Robinson’s Vision Vancouver party and challenger Kirk Lapointe’s Non-Partisan Association were pushed to voluntarily disclose their major donors before Saturday’s vote. Imposing campaign reform on local governments is an awkward task for the ruling B.C. Liberals, who have refused to give up their multimillion-dollar advantage in corporate donations over the NDP and other challengers. NDP leader John Horgan said Monday the opposition will soon table its annual private member’s bill calling for the elimination of corporate and union donations from provincial campaigns, as has been done in other provinces and at the federal level.

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B.C.’s new Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie is taking applicants for a 25 to 30 member council, which will advise the Office of the Seniors Advocate on seniors’ issues. The volunteer advisers will represent diverse backgrounds, ages, geographical areas and cultures, Mackenzie said. The council will bring forward issues and concerns from their communities and will also review projects, reports, communication materials and recommendations developed by the Office of the Seniors Advocate. Council will meet four times per year, by phone or in person. Advisers are expected to be able to travel to the lower mainland of B.C., read material in English, and use a computer, alone or with assistance. The application is Dec. 18, and the council will be announced in February, for a one- to three-year term. Visit seniorsadvocatebc.ca, call 250-952-3181 or email info@seniorsadvocatebc.ca for more information.

Elderquest: A look at ageing

The First Metropolitan United Church is hosting a one-day retreat, Elderquest: Ageing as a spiritual journey, on Saturday (Nov. 29) from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Topics of discussion focus on using the spiritual wisdom from a variety of sources to live a full life in the face of muscle atrophy, a natural process as the body prepares to return to the earth. This is done through guided meditation, poetry, journal work, silence, drawing and time outside. Registration is online at firstmetvictoria.com. Contact facilitator Linda Mulhall for more information at 250-479-8410 or by email at l.mulhall@shaw.ca. The First Met is at 932 Balmoral Rd. Cost is $75 ($45 for low income). Lunch provided.

A whale of a family story

This week’s Connecting Seniors lecture series is a screening of Big Miracle, the gripping story of an arctic community that rallies to save a family of whales, Thursday (Nov. 27), 1:30 p.m. at Gordon Head United Church, 4201 Tyndall Ave.

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ur veterans need our help. uary 1991, the Province newspaWho better to support them per sent me to the Persian Gulf to than Canadian seniors who report on the first Gulf War. I was appreciate the toll of in the Gulf until Kuwait service and sacrifice? was liberated. In that time Behind the sadness I learned some enduring and pride of Rememlessons about service and brance Day this month, sacrifice. a war of words was There was a high level of waged by veterans who apprehension because of feel abandoned by our Saddam Hussein’s earlier federal government. gas attacks on the Kurds. In tandem with war CFB Esquimalt would not memorial ceremonies, let me leave Canada withveterans formed a coaliout a military-issued gas Brian Kieran mask. tion to boycott government announcements My first stop was Qatar and photo-ops. Canadian Veterans where the Canadians were headAdvocacy president Mike Blais says quartered. The press corps was stay“low-key” was not working. ing at a five star hotel next to Doha Blais argues that the old system International Airport where the of pensions for life was more gener- Americans, Canadians and French ous than the new veterans’ char- were flying daily sorties in their ter introduced by the Liberals and F-16s, CF-18s and Mirage fighter jets. endorsed by the Conservative govOn quiet days I would get in my ernment in 2006. rented car and drive out into the Veterans’ ombudsman Guy Par- desert past multi-million dollar ent reports that half of the most walled compounds owned by the badly wounded veterans are receiv- Arab aristocracy. While our fighter ing no disability benefits while pilots were risking their lives, I those who are receiving benefits would watch the young, rich, idle routinely receive the lowest-grade men of Qatar race across the sand payments. in their Jeep Cherokees chasing For me, this is personal. In Jan- harmless camels. I could not help

asking myself: What in the name of Allah are we doing here? Aboard the supply ship HMCS Protecteur I upgraded my respect for the dedication and expertise of our forces. The Protecteur refueled Allied warships, usually in the dead of night. One night at about 3 a.m. the Protecteur pounded through the darkness with a British warship on her starboard and an Argentinean warship on her port. With enough fuel in her belly to vaporize everything within sight, Protecteur was attached by her umbilical cords to two old Falklands War enemies. The manoeuvre left no room for error. On the bridge nerves of steel and a master’s touch at the helm were the prerequisites for just another night shift. This was not even combat, but it taught me to never underestimate the dedication and skill of our service men and women. It also taught me never to discount the stress that they absorb, the kind of stress that results in post-traumatic disorder. Twenty-three years later, I still appreciate just how much our men and women in uniform deserve our support long after the war de jour is over. reporter@saanichnews.com

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Swimming all the way At 93, Peter Lofts is as quick as ever in the pool, seeking a third national record. Lofts, a longtime member of the Victoria Crystal Silver Streaks masters club at Crystal Pool, holds the national 50- and 100-metre freestyle long course record for his 90-94 age group. Lofts is chasing down one more, the 200m free, at a masters meet at Saanich Commonwealth Place on Jan. 31. Lofts believes he can take the 200m record (90-94) from fellow Silver Streaks swimmer, Hugh McGregor, who holds 14 national records. “Sadly, McGregor passed away this year, before he could add more to his name,” Lofts said. “Hugh was readying for his next

Peter Lofts meet, he was all signed up and ready to go.” Not everyone in the Silver Streaks enters regional masters swimming meets but for most, swimming is an essence of life, whether they started early or late. “I’ve been doing it since I first stepped into the North Sea as a three-year-old in

Dovercourt,” Lofts said. A librarian by trade, Lofts moved to Canada in the 1970s and worked in Lethbridge and Kelowna. “I didn’t really take to competitive swimming until 2001 when I moved to Victoria. Swimming (and walking) is what has kept me fit. I’ve had cancer since 1996, I do have a swimmer’s injury, but here I am, life is good.” Lofts is a father to two and a grandfather to six. The Crystal Silver Streaks are seeking additional members. The group swims at Crystal Pool on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 a.m. Contact Val NevileCarter at 250-477-0410 or valnevilecarter@shaw.ca, or visit msabc.ca/vcss.htm for more information. reporter@saanichnews.com

Words from the wise Swimming is what keeps Delores Odendahl going. If the Crystal Silver Streaks member could offer one piece of advice, it’s to find something that makes you happy. Swimming is saving her life, she said, helping her deal with heart problems. “Swimming is my happy thing. And also, don’t sweat the small stuff,” she says. Better known as Dolly, Odendahl came to Victoria in 1961 but didn’t join a masters swimming club and enter meets until she moved to Kamloops in 1986. Before that Odendahl worked in extended care at the Priory in Langford for 25 years. She’s a mother of three, grandmother of six and great grandmother to seven, aged one to 17 years of age.

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A regional sewage treatment plan, disunity between municipalities and amalgamation have ruffled a few feathers around the Capital Regional District board table in the last few years. And as the board gets set to elect a new chair on Dec. 10, two local mayors have expressed interest in taking on the chairperson position: Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins and Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen. Whoever ends up in as chair, that person will need to find a way to bring directors together on a host of contentious issues in order to provide solutions. “It’s not appropriate for a person to become chairperson of the CRD unless they’re interested in the CRD and believe in the CRD Esquimalt Mayor Barb as having a role as a Desjardins. regional government,” said Victoria Coun. Geoff Young, a returning CRD board member and former chair. “And of course, there’s always the issue of how much should be done by individual municipalities

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and how much by the CRD,” Young said. Although Desjardins and Jensen agree that CRD members will have to work together to solve regional issues, those discussions may not include amalgamation. “That’s not necessarily a discussion that will take place at the CRD,” Jensen said. “That really is a discussion that will take place at individual communities.” Oak Bay was the only municipality with an amalgamation question on the civic election ballot to vote against it. “I don’t think realistically that the CRD will be a place for the discussion of amalgamation,” Young said. “[However], there will be a lot of discussion at the CRD about ways in which the municipalities can work together.” On the other hand, Desjardins said the CRD could be an opportune place to discuss amalgamation, potentially through a new committee. Regarding sewage treatment, there is a clear need to come up with a solution sooner rather than later. “The old plan has gone through its process and was not acceptable,” Desjardins said. “We now have to come up with a solution. So everybody on the same page going forward is the important thing, and I think we can do it.” She added that with seven new mayors in the region, there will be many new faces and new ideas at the table. “There’s certainly new players that have a different point of view and have a lot of knowledge on sewage and how to go forward.” Jensen said it is crucial to come up with a solution as soon as possible, because any delays could jeoparOak Bay Mayor Nils dize the grants that Jensen. have been promised by the provincial and federal governments. The province has committed $248 million, while the federal government has offered $253.4 million towards the final project cost. Any additional costs are the CRD’s responsibility. However, the CRD is required by federal legislation to treat its sewage to a secondary or greater level by 2020, and the province has set a sewage treatment deadline of 2018. “There’s going to be new players around the table, and we all need to listen to one another and look for a way forward that’s cost-effective and quick,” Jensen said, adding that directors need to be ready to explore all the options in a transparent and open fashion. “Once the directors are fully informed about what the options are, I think the solution will hopefully become clear.” Young said once there is cooperation among the municipalities regarding sewage treatment, it may still be difficult to agree on a site. “If, for example, a plant is proposed for Victoria, I suppose a lot of people in Victoria will say ‘Why should we be treating Oak Bay sewage?’, and that’s simply the reality,” Young said. “You might end up with a situation where nobody will agree to treat anyone else’s sewage and we end up with a plant for every municipality. I think that would be an extremely expensive outcome for the people of the region.” editor@saanichnews.com

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Rams in semifinals

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St. Michaels Blue Jaguar midfielder Matty McColl, left, was one of four prominent Grade 12 students who led SMUS to the AA B.C. title.

A pair of dominating Gavin Cobb punt returns helped set the tone as the Mount Douglas Rams jumped to a 50-0 halftime lead before cruising to a 57-0 victory over the Kelowna Owls in the B.C. High School AAA quarterfinal playoff game at Westhills Stadium on Friday (Nov. 21). Cobb returned the first Kelowna punt 85 yards to the Owls’ second-yard line setting up the first score. He then raced 73 yards for a major on his second punt return. Cobb finished with three returns for 183 yards, an interception, two tackles and 15 yards rushing on two carries. Seye Farinu led the Rams with three touchdowns while five more players registered majors. Quarterback Joe Clarke managed to throw two touchdown strikes, one to Farinu and the other to Isaiah Pheiffer. Michael Olson converted all seven point-after attempts. Jonah Merino led the defence with five tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery. The win puts the Rams into the Subway Bowl semifinals at UBC versus the St. Thomas More Knights on Saturday (Nov. 29) at 5 p.m. St. Thomas’ junior squad recently ended the Jr. Rams’ playoff run and season with a 39-6 win in Burnaby.

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The St. Michaels University School Blue Jaguars are B.C. AA soccer champs as the team rallied around a foursome of elite players that rarely come along together. The Jags beat Kamloops’ Sa-Hali Sabres 1-0 in the AA final in Burnaby on Nov. 19. Tournament MVP Callum Montgomery headed in the winning goal for SMUS on a corner kick by Kieran Large. The two are half of the foursome with Brian Im and Matty McColl, The latter of which shared the provincial tournament’s Golden Boot award. “It’s not just the four players it’s way the rest of the team understood their roles and played so well and so disciplined to allow these guys the freedom to create offensively,” said coach Wes Barrett, who has been coaching the core of the group for four years. It’s a trifecta of awards for St. Michaels, having recently defeated Oak Bay 2-0 for the city championship and Brooks 1-0 for the Island championship. Montgomery leads the foursome as they will likely play at the university level in the NCAA or CIS, said Barrett, a former national CIS soccer champion with the UVic Vikes. “Montgomery is a starter in any CIS school, depending on where he goes in the States too. His work rate, fitness and defensive responsibility make him one of the top centre midfielders in the province,” Barrett said. Reynolds finished 11th at the AAA boys provincials.

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graduate who went into teaching, and built a rich sporting legacy in Saanich and the Capital District. In recent years he called Vikes games and was the director of Victoria’s respected Night League basketball. But Songhurst’s playing career included major successes of his own, as he was a member of 1975-76 Bate Construction fast pitch team which won the 1976 Canadian championships and competed at the world championships. On the hard court Songhurst coached the Spencer Wildcats junior boys basketball team to the 1990 provincial championship over Saanich’s Arbutus Aztecs, a team which featured Steve Nash. On the soccer pitch, he spent time as both the director and president of the Gorge Soccer Association and was a part of the staff that helped stage the 2007 U20 Men's World Cup games at Royal Athletic Park.

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SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.

A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.

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. DON’S PAINTING . (250)479-8748. 30 years exp. Free Est. Quality Interiors. LADY PAINTER Serving the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127. OLD TIMER. Quality old fashioned service. Great rates. Excellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR CLASSIFIEDS Call 250.388.3535

PLASTERING PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, match the textures, coves, replaces. Bob, 250-516-5178.

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TREE SERVICES BUDDY’S TREE SERVICESTrimming, pruning, chipping, removals, hedges. Insured. Call Keith, (250)474-3697.

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Selected, 4’s

5$ Knorr

Classic Gravy or Sauce Mix

40-83gr

McLarens

You’ll Have Home Field Advantage With These Specials

for

5$ for

Simply Broth

General Mills

Bugles

99 Plus Applicable Fees

for

Gatorade

Perform Thirst Quencher

Original Flavour, 213gr

710ml

375ml

900ml

Plus Applicable Fees

Olives, Gherkins or Onions

26-41gr

5$ for

2$ for

3$ for

Plus Applicable Fees

Instant Party - Just Add Friends

Ahhh....Nothing Like Kicking Back At Kick Off Time! Bick’s

Bick’s

Dill Pickles

Premium Baby Dills

1lt

Stoned Wheat Thins

Pepsi, 7-Up or Mountain Dew

Crackers 600gr

12-15x355ml

2$ for

Lay’s

Tostitos

Family Size Potato Chips

Tortilla Chips or Salsa assorted sizes

255gr

Plus Applicable Fees

for

Ruffles

Schweppes

Ginger Ale, Club Soda or Tonic Water

Rice Works

Potato Chips

Gourmet Rice Crisps

230-235gr

156gr

Heluva Good

Sour Cream Dip 250gr

12x355ml

4$ for

Plus Applicable Fees

for

2$ for

3$ for

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e r o Kickin’ Prices For Your Party!

Delissio

Lasagna

Pizza

2.27kg

Kraft

555-888gr

9 Black Diamond

336gr

Bush’s Best

Baked Beans

for

Planters

for

275gr

Tropicana

Mott’s

Bacardi Mixers

Clamato Juice

Frozen Concentrated Fruit Mixer

1.89lt

250ml

Selected, 1.75lt

630-640ml

Plus Applicable Fees

Planters

100% Orange or Grapefruit Juice

Pasta Sauce

72’s

for

Cashews

600gr

Ragu

Tea

Plus Applicable Fees

Planters

275-300gr

Pg Tips

Pasta or Rice Sidekicks

Peanuts Resealable Bag Dry Roasted Peanuts

175-454gr

Knorr

890ml

425gr

Christie

Crackers

175gr

for

Mayonnaise

Chili

Christie

Look For Even More Special Offers On Your Qf App!

Hellmann’s

Stagg Chili

398ml

454gr

Bits & Bites

140-200gr

907gr

Christie

Ritz Crackers

Perogies

12x355ml

Non Alcoholic, 6x250ml

Organic Whole Bean Coffee

Dealcoholized Beer

Old Tyme Ginger Beer

Cheemo

Cheese Strings

340gr

Black Diamond

Shredded Cheese

907gr

O’Doul’s

The Great Jamaican

Kicking Horse

Cracker Barrel Cheddar Cheese

QF Helps you to Get your Party Started!

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112-155gr

4$ for

Ocean’s

Smoked Oysters in Oil

85gr

2$ for

Ocean’s or Gold Seal

Baby Clams

Gold Seal

for

Cocktail Shrimp or Crabmeat

142gr

Knorr

for

2$ for

5$ for

Knorr

Lipton Soup Mix

106-120gr

WOW !

for

Knorr

Soup Mix

Selected, 4’s

5$ Knorr

Classic Gravy or Sauce Mix

40-83gr

McLarens

You’ll Have Home Field Advantage With These Specials

for

5$ for

Simply Broth

General Mills

Bugles

99 Plus Applicable Fees

for

Gatorade

Perform Thirst Quencher

Original Flavour, 213gr

710ml

375ml

900ml

Plus Applicable Fees

Olives, Gherkins or Onions

26-41gr

5$ for

2$ for

3$ for

Plus Applicable Fees

Instant Party - Just Add Friends

Ahhh....Nothing Like Kicking Back At Kick Off Time! Bick’s

Bick’s

Dill Pickles

Premium Baby Dills

1lt

Stoned Wheat Thins

Pepsi, 7-Up or Mountain Dew

Crackers 600gr

12-15x355ml

2$ for

Lay’s

Tostitos

Family Size Potato Chips

Tortilla Chips or Salsa assorted sizes

255gr

Plus Applicable Fees

for

Ruffles

Schweppes

Ginger Ale, Club Soda or Tonic Water

Rice Works

Potato Chips

Gourmet Rice Crisps

230-235gr

156gr

Heluva Good

Sour Cream Dip 250gr

12x355ml

4$ for

Plus Applicable Fees

for

2$ for

3$ for

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FOOTBALL PARTY SPECIALS! Grimm’s

Classic Oven Roast Ham

Harvest Tyme or Fat Free Turkey Breast

per 100gr

Bonus Q-Points

Whole BBQ Chicken Dinner Includes 24 Mojos & 1 Medium Salad

Schneiders

HOUSEWARES Bathroom Tissue

•Greek •Potato & Egg • Caprese

Min. 750gr

per 100gr

German

Woolwich Dairy

Cambozola Blue

Chevrai 113gr

Mini Nibbler Meat & Cheese Tray

5 3

1.1lt

Natural Pastures

Brie or Cambert min. 180gr

per 100gr

Selected, 765-950ml

Drain Cleaner

Fresh

Sole Fillets

Frozen or Previously Frozen

503-909ml

Digby Scallops 10/20 size

CHINESE FOOD

Available at Select Stores

9 50

Medium

Chicken in Black Bean Sauce

9 95

Large

7 50

Small

6 95

Fried Rice

Szechuan Beef

SEAFOOD

399

Cleaner

Liquid-Plumr

Sweet & Sour Pork

Automatic Dishwasher Gel

For illustration purposes only

Medium

Seventh Generation

Windex

8 Quality Foods

Min. 750gr

per 100gr

Medium

CHEESE CENTRE

Seventh Generation 12’s

2 Garlic Sausage Links

Hungarian or Pepper Deli Salad •Creamy Coleslaw Salami

10,000

Schneiders

69 per 100gr

Fresh

per 100gr

Hand Peeled Shrimp

Frozen or Previously Frozen

Wild Spring

Raw Red Argintine Prawns 21/25 size

49 per 100gr

Maple Salmon Nuggets

99 per 100gr

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FOOTBALL PARTY SPECIALS! Cheddar & Chive or Cheddar & Jalapeño Bread

Cheese Buns

24 Pack Cookies

White or 60% Whole Wheat Bread

for

6 Pack

8” Pecan Pie

•Ranger •Oatmeal Raisin •Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/4 Slab family Pack Squares

Double Layer

Original Cakerie

Black Forest Cake

Triple Layer Cake Slice

2$ for

Gizella

Swirl Cheesecake

Oroweat

6’s

SCAN THIS SPECIAL QR (QUICK RESPONSE) CODE WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE FOR A LIST OF GLUTEN FREE PRODUCTS

680gr

for

156gr

2$ for

Organic Fair Trade Chocolate Bar

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B ox

Pur c

hase

2$ for

Bigelow

Tea

18- 20’s

85gr

Wa t

Tortilla Chips

Theo

Plus Applicable Fees

for

624gr

Water Box, 5lt

app y

Way Better Snacks

Happy Water

with

Pudding

Kozy Shack

Naturally Alkaline Lithia Water

Free

Garlic Bread

Bread

600gr

Quality Foods

Muffins

1l t H

Bonus Q-Points

Original Cakerie

Mary’s

Raincoast Trading

Organic Crackers

Wild Sockeye Salmon

184gr

WOW !

Skinless Boneless, 150gr

5,000

OFF

Instantly at the Till

ALL QUALITY FRESH TUBS EXCLUDES ORGANIC

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Drop D rop in between 4:00 AND 6:00 PM for a fresh

Y T R PA S! L A I C E P S

NEW APPY SPECIAL!

Florida “Premium”

“Topsweet”

Star Ruby Grapefruit

Mini Honey Mandarin Oranges 1.5lb box

for

2$ for

B.C. Tree Fruits “Extra Fancy”

Washington “Medium”

Spartan Apples

Yellow Onions 3lb bag

2.18 per kg

per lb

Coleslaw or Broccoli Slaw

Mini Watermelon

14 399 99

12-16oz bag

Festive Greenery

7 DAYS OF SAVINGS Nov. 24 - 30

MON.

TUES.

WED.

THUR.

FRI.

SAT.

SUN.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES

“Taylor Farms”

ORGA NIC ORGANI C

California “Fresh”

Organic Celery

2.84 per kg

29 per lb

ORGANIC

B.C. Grown “All Seasons”

Organic Whole White or Brown Mushrooms 227gr

“Photos for presentation purposes only” Qualicum Foods - 705 Memorial Port Alberni - 2943 10th Ave. Nanoose Bay - 2443 Collins Cr. Parksville - 319 E. Island Hwy. Campbell River - 465 Merecroft Rd. Powell River – 4871 Joyce Ave. (604)

2$ for

IC ORGAN

for

Organic Ambrosia Apples 3lb bag

N IC A G OR

B.C. Grown “Fancy”

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www.qualityfoods.com

Email Address: customerservice@qualityfoods.com

752-9281 723-3397 468-7131 954-2262 287-2820 485-5481

for

Mexican Grown

Seasons Beauty Bouquet

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