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a linear trench with specialized soil and plants, then drains into a native plant rain garden. The majority of the water drains into the rain garden, with very little passing through the stormwater system. During a heavy rainfall, the system will slow the runoff down and improve the water quality before entering the storm drain. “What we don’t realize a lot of the time here in the city . . . is that outlet points are receiving water that is polluted,” said Orr. Being located at a school, Orr said this rain garden will serve mainly an educational purpose, but will still be functional. “The kids will be maintaining the rain garden as well as the rest of the system,” said Orr. “So they’ll do things like weeding, and . . . sediment does build up in these over time, so maybe twice a year they’ll have to get the sediment out of the rain garden.” Andrea Peacock/Victoria News

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GARDENING the RAIN A local school is now the home of a new educational and functional rainwater system. “It’s essentially a garden that has a lot of water storage capacity within it,” said Catherine Orr, University of Victoria environmental studies graduate student and leader of the rainwater system project. “What Andrea we’re trying Peacock to do here is Reporting mimic natural systems within how we manage rainwater currently.” The rainwater system is located at Oak and Orca Bioregional School in Victoria, and runs almost the entire length of the school site. The rainwater is collected from the school’s roof into the 960-litre cistern and flows through an educational play feature and into a bioswale,

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Brooklyn Hall, 9, dumping a bucket of water into the new rainwater system at Oak and Orca Bioregional School.

Tis’ the season of giving, and last Thursday at the Jingle Mingle gala, the giving was big. The glitzy gala held at the Fairmont Empress Hotel raised a record-breaking $905,000 to support immune therapy research at the B.C. Cancer Agency Vancouver Island Centre. The Jingle Mingle has received a lot of support in the past. Last year, it raised $602,000 and in the last seven years it has raised $2.6 million for cancer research on Vancouver Island. Funds raised Thursday will support the infrastructure for a “clean room,” which is a highly-specialized, sterile environment for the production of T-cells. T-cells are a type of white blood cell that is a key component to the immune system and is a critical part of the immune therapy clinical trial happening at the Deeley Research Centre in Victoria. The Deeley Research Centre studies the response of the immune system before, during and after standard cancer treatments. editor@vicnews.com

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Monarchists blast Helps New Victoria mayor declines to pledge allegiance to Queen

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Members of the Monarchist League of Canada are speaking out against Mayor Lisa Helps and her decision to not pledge allegiance to the Queen on inauguration day. “The Crown is the symbol in our country of law and order, of our constitution, of our rights and freedoms, and I think it’s expected that our mayor would pledge allegiance to that system,” said Bruce Hallsor, co-chair of the Victoria branch of the Monarchist League of Canada. Hallsor said if Helps had an issue with pledging an allegiance to the Queen, she should have brought it up as a discussion beforehand. “We just had an election. It could have been raised as an issue, and people could have had an informed vote,” said Hallsor. “If people are going to disrespect our traditions and our heritage, they should have been upfront about it during the election.” Although he lives in Saanich, Hallsor said he knows many Monarchist League members live in Victoria and voted for Helps. He said if they had known what was going to happen on inauguration day, it would have “absolutely affected their votes.” “Nobody has a problem with a debate and with people having different opinions, but for somebody as their first act right after an election disrespect our constitutional form of government without any articulated reason that makes sense, having not told voters that this is what they were going to do, is disappointing.” When elected as a councillor in 2011, Helps pledged allegiance to the Queen. She said back then she hadn’t given it much thought. “To be honest, as councillors, we were just given these things and [told] ‘do this’ basically,” said Helps. It wasn’t until the end of the day last Wednesday, the day before the inauguration meeting, that Helps brought up the idea to the councillors of leaving out the oath of allegiance. However, councillors Chris Coleman,

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Lisa Help is now officially the mayor of Victoria. She was sworn-in to office on Thursday before a packed house at Victoria City Hall. Her first day in office was marred with controversy when she declined to pledge allegiance to the Queen in her oath of office. Margaret Lucas, Pamela Madoff, Charlayne Thornton-Joe and Geoff Young said they wanted to take the pledge. Despite the negative feedback, Helps said it was not her intention to offend or protest the monarchy. “It’s not about being anti-monarchist or republican . . . but it’s just I think as a local elected official, we’re required to affirm an oath of office to serve our community, and I think that’s what the ceremony should be about,” said Helps. “Other councillors made other decisions and I welcome that.” Coun. Ben Isitt was the only councillor to also not pledge allegiance to the Queen when he was elected in 2011. “I believe in democracy, and I can’t reconcile being accountable to the people who elected me and having these other loyalties to a hereditary bloodline,” said Isitt. “What if there was a disconnect

between what the public told us and what the Queen or her representatives told us? Where would we fall? For me, since I’ve only taken one oath, it’s an easy decision. My oath is to the people.” There’s no requirement for B.C.’s municipal councillors to swear allegiance to the Queen, and several Capital Region municipalities don’t at all, including Saanich, Esquimalt and Oak Bay. For those who believe the monarchy is archaic in today’s society, Hallsor said they are not understanding Canada. “It’s a fundamental part of who we are,” said Hallsor. “We don’t have to pledge allegiance to the head of a political party that we might not agree with, we can pledge allegiance to somebody that’s truly neutral and has been with us for generations.” andrea.peacock@vicnews.com

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Smiler Overton, a teacher at Oak and Orca, said the rainwater system will be a good opportunity to incorporate hands-on learning with classroom lessons. “It gets kids thinking about how we’re in an ecosystem, we’re not masters of it,” said Overton. The entire system at Oak and Orca cost about $20,000, not including all of the time Orr spent on the project as a graduate student. “The most expensive part is connecting to the storm drain,” said

Orr. The project was funded and supported by Mitacs, the Real Estate Foundation, the City of Victoria, the Capital Regional District, Murdoch de Greeff Inc., Vancity, the RBC Blue Water Project and the University of Victoria. “We wanted to support the notion by promoting the educational aspect [of] learn[ing] what rainwater management is all about,” said John Sturdy, assistant director of engineering and public works at the City of Victoria. andrea.peacock@vicnews.com

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B.C. Ferries plans to move ahead with a website upgrade that will allow passengers to pay for tickets online, avoid reservation fees and pay variable fares depending on demand. The computer upgrade is to be phased in starting in 2017, with a pilot project for passengers on the main Vancouver-Vancouver Island runs. The system will offer discounted fares for off-peak sailings and advance booking without the current reservation fees. B.C. Ferries CEO Mike Corrigan said the project will cost $10 million to $15 million, but based on the experience of other systems, it will increase ridership and reduce costs. “It’s a variable priced booking system that’s used by golf

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Young violinist, 15, has promising future Ryan Howland has been accepted to compete at the International Boris Goldstein Violin Competition in Switzerland Andrea Peacock Victoria News

At 15 years old, Victoria resident Ryan Howland is well on his way to becoming a professional world-renowned violinist. “He loves the music, but I think more specifically, he loves being a violinist,” said Michael van der Sloot, Howland’s violin teacher of five years at the Victoria Conservatory of Music. Howland has been playing the violin for 10 years. It all started when his mother was working as a piano teacher at the Conservatory. “She would have to look after [my brother and I] at the same time. So instead of just doing nothing, we decided to do violin lessons,” said Howland. Although he takes lessons at the conservatory once a week, Howland also practices four or five hours a day on his own. “All along the way, we’ve really focused on being goal-oriented and striving to get to the next level,” said van

der Sloot. “Because of [Ryan]’s work ethic, he was able to progress through these goals.” This past summer, Howland won first place in the Victoria Performing Arts Festival, as well as first at the provincial competition in Penticton. For the past year, Howland has been going back and forth to Interlaken, Switzerland to take masterclasses with Zakhar Bron, a premier violin teacher in Europe. Howland’s current goal is to do well in international competitions. He has been accepted to compete at the International Boris Goldstein Violin Competition in January in Bern, Switzerland. “The [competitions] I’m doing now, the level is so high [and] I’ve just started getting to that level.” To pay for all of his trips overseas, Howland has to busk on the streets downtown. For a two-week trip to Switzerland, Howland busked for two months almost every day. He does it for the money,

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Bron’s assistant Mauricio Sciaretta started in October. “It’s an intensive course where I go for two weeks every time and I have 10 lessons every time, for a total of 40 lessons in one year.” Despite being so advanced, Howland said he still gets nervous every time he goes on stage. “After a few minutes of playing it begins to feel better,” he said. Once he graduates high school, Howland plans to study violin in either Switzerland at the Zurich University of the Arts, or in Germany at the Kronberg Academy. Howland said he feels he still has so much to learn. “A few years ago I

would think what my success would feel like and I would think that I would be so happy when I would achieve some of those goals, but once I have, I feel like I’m still not quite there yet. I still have a long way to go. Every time, my standards increase.” Howland will have a fundraising concert for the upcoming international competition on Jan. 11 at James Bay United Church at 2:30 p.m. Tickets, $15 each, are available at Long & McQuade (756 Hillside Ave.), Ivy’s Book Shop (2188 Oak Bay Ave. and via Michelle Howland at 778-432-3777 or michellehowland@ shaw.ca. andrea.peacock@vicnews.com

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Fear and disease Ebola isn’t likely to be the world-ending pandemic doomsayers have been predicting since at least the 1960s – or longer, if you happen to be a fan of Nostradamus. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have the potential to be, nor should governments be chided for taking measures to limit the spread of the disease. We don’t want to add to the fear-mongering surrounding Ebola, but neither should its deadliness be set aside, or its potential to spread through the population if measures aren’t taken. People now look back on the Y2K crisis, calling it a fizzle, or worse, a hoax. “There wasn’t a computer meltdown, nothing happened,” is a common complaint. Truth is, a lot happened. A lot of hard work was done leading up to the year 2000 to update software and fix mission-critical hardware, so yes, the planes didn’t fall out of the sky on Jan. 1, 2000. Ebola needs to be dealt with the same way. Taking measures now like quarantines and limiting travel prevents a bigger problem later. Considering its long incubation period and the short time it takes to kill its host, Ebola is unlikely to get a foothold — but the danger of a pandemic can’t be set aside. SARS, hantavirus, Rift Valley fever, even the ancient black plague have all presented the possibility of a pandemic at one time or another. But we don’t need to look to exotic diseases. Even influenza, the flu that we deal with on a yearly basis has proven potential to spread out of control – the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic killed up to 100 million people around the world.

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YOUR VIEW Surely, we can live with a few deer With response to the on-going conversation around deer in urban settings I’d like to note that in countries where there are millions of people, such as India, dogs, cats, ducks, birds, horses, donkeys, monkeys, camels, elephants, water buffalo, cows, pigs and cars, motorbikes, buses and pedestrians all manage to share not only the city, but the road together and we can’t live with a few deer! Frances Litman Esquimalt

surprised at lack of response to their pet do-gooder projects. Lack of policing in general has been a major cause of loss of business downtown, thus lower tax revenue. Crime hurts poor and mentally challenged people most of all, as they have fewer resources to help them recover from loss of property such as mobility aids and loss of income from injury by assault. I challenge Lisa Helps to do better than her predecessors in funding and managing police. Keith Sketchley Saanich

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The fall session of the B.C. Parliament closed in late November, with NDP Leader John Horgan condemning Premier Christy Clark’s abysmal attendance record of being present for only eight of 24 sittings. There’s always been something misty and twisty about Christy’s take on politics,

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and her response was in keeping with this; immediately firing back that she was attacked because of her gender, and that she was busy elsewhere. We all remember in 2012 she said she tried to avoid being in Victoria as much as possible, because of “the sick culture and lack of real people there.” However, she made sure to attend the final day of the legislative session, coinciding with lighting up the B.C. Legislature’s Christmas decorations; there is no way that she would miss such a photo-op, of course. Last year the B.C. Liberals returned to power mainly on the strength of Premier Clark’s endless campaign promises about a rosy future that lay ahead, with the exportation of liquified natural gas. All those promises of the Prosperity Fund that would result, and B.C. becoming debt-free meant everyone would benefit. Now foreign investors’ plans to build pipelines, plants and shipping terminals are rapidly evaporating, and smelling like so

much bad gas. Just maybe the premier has been spending her absentee days in Northern B.C. at a franchise of Santa’s Workshop putting B.C. Liberal Party elves to work on loading up a huge LNG-powered sleigh. Imagine the political brownie points for a Christmas Eve trip by Christy Claus to dole out gifts to B.C.’s many underprivileged children. Despite an election theme of “Families First,” B.C. has the highest child poverty rate in Canada, yet her government persists in the claw back of child support from a single parent on temporary or disability assistance, equal to payments received from their child’s absent parent. This mean-spirited policy ensures that the child remains in poverty; come to think of it, when that LNG-powered sleigh makes its way through the starry Christmas Eve night, maybe that red-suited lady at the controls should really be addressed as Christy Claws. Bernie Smith Parksville

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Premier Clark on climate, clawbacks and credit cards to Asia, we help them get off A year-end interview with coal and other dirtier sources Premier Christy Clark. For of oil, and that is the biggest an extended version see the opinion section at vicnews.com. contribution that we’ve ever made to reducing climate TF: Are you still confident change. that we’re going to see a major TF: Ontario and Quebec have LNG project approved by the taken a page from end of 2014? your book. They have PCC: We’re still seven conditions for in negotiations with an oil pipeline, Energy Petronas and Shell, so East, which involves I don’t know if it will conversion of gas be by the end of 2014, pipelines and taking but I’m hoping in the Alberta oil to the East next few months. Coast. What do you [Days after this think? interview, Petronas PCC: I think announced a delay they took our five in their investment Tom Fletcher conditions and decision until 2015.] B.C. Views elaborated on them. TF: I talked to So you’ve got British a couple of SFU Columbia, Alberta, climate mitigation now Ontario and Quebec, all specialists, and they agreed signed on to some version that it’s unlikely to the point of the five conditions. And of of impossible to have a major course Enbridge and Kinder LNG industry and still meet Morgan as well. Gordon Campbell’s ambitious TF: What about the greenhouse gas target of a 33 conditions they have added? per cent reduction by 2020. PCC: One of the things What do you think? they say they want to protect PCC: I think that we may against is a shortage of natural prove them wrong. Many of gas coming to Ontario and these facilities, not all of them, will be partly or fully electrically Quebec. These are the same two provinces that have put powered up, so that reduces a moratorium on extracting those impacts, and there’s natural gas. They want to make going to be a real incentive to sure that we do it here, good invest in new technology to enough for us to do, and send it minimize that as well. to them, but they won’t do that I think the bigger picture themselves. I look at their last is what really matters, which two conditions, and I roll my is that in shipping 82 million eyes a little bit. tonnes of liquefied natural gas

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better by playing stronger opponents” and “kids like to travel so the trips are a good way to bring them in.” Physical education classes are an important part of the curriculum and include components such as ice skating at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre. There is a strong intramural program that operates during the lunch hour and indoor soccer games after school on Fridays. Team members coach at Central Middle School, an outreach that passes along skills and highlights the school sports programs to kids who live right between Vic High and Oak Bay High School. On Jan. 7, as part of the school’s open house for Grade 8 students and their parents who want to check out the school, Campbell will have her volleyball team playing and available to answer questions about the school’s athletic programs and activities. Campbell does point out that school athletics are not just about competition. “Athletics allows kids to be part of a community and that community supports them even when other things aren’t great.” Right now is high school basketball season and both the boys and girls teams play tomorrow night ( Dec. 11) starting at 5:30 p.m. The boys play again on Dec. 18 at 7:15 p.m., the last game before the Christmas break. ddenton@vicnews.com

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(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free est.

JUNK BOX- Junk Removal Company. Local guys. Low rates. Call (250)658-3944.

(250)858-6747. WRIGHT Bros Moving&Hauling.Free estimate $75=(2men&4tontruck)Sr Disc.

DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.

JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk. Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.

ALLSTAR MOVING Delivery Service. From $59. Free local travel. Call (250)818-2699.

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BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Painting, Repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.

PETE’S HAUL A DAY- Junk removal. Airforce guy. Call 250-888-1221.

DONE RIGHT MOVING $85/hr. Senior Discount. No travel time before or after local moves. BBB accredited. Free est. Call Tyler 250-418-1747.

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, restucco, renos, chimney, waterproofing. Bob, 250-516-5178.

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PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Wes 250-812-7774.

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

JEREMIAH’S CARPENTRYSmall repairs, interior finishing, weather proofing. Reasonable rates. Senior’s Discounts. Insured. Call 250-857-1269. www.jeremiahscarpentry.com

CLEANING SERVICES AFFORDABLE! SUPPLIES & vacuum incld’d. All lower Island areas. 250-385-5869. EXP. RELIABLE & efficient house cleaner and home care, 10 yrs exp. $20/hr. Bondable, have own supplies except vacuum.(250)220-4965

DRYWALL BEAT MY Price! Best workmanship. 38 years experience. Call Mike, 250-475-0542.

EAVESTROUGH ABBA EXTERIORS Professional gutter cleaning & repairs. Window cleaning. Roof de-mossing. Pkg discounts. WCB. (778)433-9275.

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KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991. NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $40/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

FENCING ALL TYPES of fencing, repairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.

(250) 858-0588 - Lawn & garden maint. - Landscaping - Fences & Decks - Hedge & Tree Services - Pressure Washing Free estimates * WCB www.mowtime.ca DPM SERVICES- lawn & garden, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141.

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GRAND XTERIOR CleaningGutter, windows, de-moss, p wash. We clean your neighbours house. 250-380-7778.

HOUSE & Yard repairs. no job too small. OAP Discounts, free est. Andy, (250)886-3383.

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250-479-7950 FREE ESTIMATES • Lawn Maintenance • Landscaping • Hedge Trimming • Tree Pruning • Yard Cleanups • Gardening/Weeding • Aeration, Odd Jobs NO SURPRISES NO MESS www.hollandave.ca BLACKBERRY CLEARINGWeedeater miracles! Hedges, Clean-ups, lawn cuts. John 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279. CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.

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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.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. Call 1-800-573-2928.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, fireplaces,flagstone rock, concrete, natural & veneered stone. Replace, rebuild, restore, renew! Free competitive est. www.cbsmasonry.com; Call (250)5899942, (250)294-9942.

ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694. A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220. OLD TIMER. Quality old fashioned service. Great rates. Excellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

PLUMBING FREE ESTIMATES. Reasonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

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

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WINDOW CLEANING BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning. Roof demoss, Gutters. Licensed and affordable. 250-884-7066. DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning. Windows, Gutters, Sweeping, Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pressure Washing. 250-361-6190. GRAND XTERIOR CleaningWe clean your neighbours house. Gutters, window, roofs, de-moss. 250-380-7778.

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Point Ellice House. See the historic house in its holiday “dressing.” Christmas gifts and baking on sale. Christmas teas by reservation. Open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. To reserve: call 250-380-6506 or email ellicehouse@gmail.com. A Christmas Carol presented by Our Place and CBC. Alix Goolden Hall, 900 Johnson St., 7 p.m. Info: ourplacesociety.com/christmas-carol.

A Christmas Carol – performed by Jason Stevens. Langham Court Theatre, 805 Langham Court, 8 p.m. Tickets: Call 250-384-2142 or online at langhamtheatre.ca. Ensemble Laude presents Illuminations: Songs Toward the Light. Church of Christ, Scientist, 1205 Pandora St., 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at door.

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Seniors’ Christmas Lunch. Esquimalt Recreation Centre, 527 Fraser St., noon to 1:30 p.m. Info: 250412-8500. Open House and Carol Sing. Government House, 1401 Rockland Ave., 5 to 7 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 13 Moss Street Winter Market. Fairfield Community Centre, 1330 Fairfield Rd., 10 a.m to noon. Vancouver School of Art open house – a showcase of student work from the fall semester. Vancouver School of Art, 2549 Quadra St., noon to 4 p.m. Info: 250-380-3500. TubaChristmas. Sixty-five tuba players come together to play Christmas songs. Market Square, 1 to 3 p.m. Youth Choir 61 (School District 61 Honour Choir) presents Sweet Songs of Christmas with special guests the Linden Singers and harpist Helena Murray-Hill. St. Aidan’s Church, 3703 St. Aidan’s St., 2 p.m. Tickets available at the door or call 250-598-4463. Lions Skate with Santa. Esquimalt Archie Browning Sports Centre, 1151 Esquimalt Rd., 2:30 to 4 p.m. Info: 250-412-8500.

Sunday, Dec. 14 Festivus Fest! An afternoon of entertainment from Larson Music to raise money for charity. Market Square, 1 to 3 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 17 Point Ellice House. See the historic house in its holiday “dressing.” Christmas gifts and baking on sale. Christmas teas by reservation. Open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. To reserve: call 250-380-6506 or email ellicehouse@gmail.com.

Saturday, Dec. 20 Moss Street Winter Market. Fairfield Community Centre, 1330 Fairfield Rd., 10 a.m to noon. Guided Public Tours. Government House, 1401 Rockland Ave., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Frozen Castle Dance Party. Intrepid Theatre hosts a mid-day outdoor dance party featuring a wintery walk-in cardboard castle. Market Square, noon to 3 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 23 Victoria Conservatory of Music presents Daniel Lapp’s Home for Christmas concerts. Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 907 Pandora Ave., 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets available in person at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, online at vcm. bc.ca/homeforchristmas or phone 250-386-5311.

Thursday, Jan. 1 Government House New Year’s Day Levée. Government House, 1401 Rockland Ave., 10 a.m. to noon. Guests are encouraged to arrive early to avoid a long line-up. Victoria New Year’s Levée. Victoria City Hall, 1 Centennial Square, noon to 1:30 p.m. Info: Victoria.ca. Esquimalt New Year’s Levée. Esquimalt City Hall, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Info: 250-414-7101.

Saturday, Jan. 3 Chip in for the Kids Christmas tree recycle. The B.C. Lions Society’s helps you dispose of your Christmas tree in an environmentally-friendly manner at one of six recycling depots around Greater Victoria: Broadmead Village Shopping Centre, Save-on-Foods – Fort and Foul Bay location, Westshore Town Centre, University Heights Shopping Centre, Sooke Home Hardware and Tillicum Shopping Centre.

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