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Mumps in the NHL the canary in the coal mine. Vaccinations are victims of their own success: BCCDC Tim Collins

cates that vaccines can damage a child’s developing brain and immune system, leading to neurodevelopmental disorders, learning disabilities, ADHD, asthma, anaphylactic food allergies, diabetes and autoimmune disorders.” Fraser acknowledges that there have been no clinical, peer reviewed studies to back up the position advocated by her organization, but cites “thousands of reports of serous adverse reactions” to vaccines. Linking anecdotal reports of illnesses that occurred after immunization to the immunization, said Naus, is a popular fallacy in reasoning. “Just because something happened after something else, doesn’t mean that it was caused by the preceding event,” she said. “There are a thousand other factors that may have caused the second event ... diet, environmental factors. You can’t just pick one thing and place the blame there. It’s dangerously flawed.”

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The recent outbreak of mumps in the NHL has served to fuel the simmering public controversy surrounding immunization and the need to address what one health care professional has called a “disturbing trend toward the acceptance of misinformation and junk science.” “It’s all part of a trend toward a sort of anti-authoritarian movement in which people don’t want to be told what to do,” said Dr. Monika Naus, Medical Director, Immunization Programs and Vaccine Preventable Diseases for the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC). “And to make things worse that’s been coupled with a regrettable anti-science movement. In all it has created an environment in which vaccinations are a natural target for fringe groups.”

Misinformation a problem Anti-immunization groups, like Vaccination Choice Canada have also found a useful tool in the internet, a venue that allows for the publication of misinformation and junk science, according to Dr. Dee Hagaro, a medical health officer for the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA). “There’s a lot of bad information out there and it’s regrettable that people are taking these sites seriously.” The iconic example of this sort of junk science and misinformation came when Jenny McCarthy, former Playboy playmate and co-host of TV program The View, began to advocate against vaccinating children, publicly linking

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Immunizations continue to be controversial. Medical professionals warn that anecdotal reports of illness after immunization are problematic. vaccinations to autism. Her crusade was based upon a widely discredited study published in the British Medical Journal, The Lancet and the fact that her own child had developed some autism-like symptoms some time after being immunized. The Lancet study was subsequently debunked and withdrawn but it didn’t stop McCarthy from continuing on her public denunciation of the measles vaccine. The spread of that misinformation is just part of the problem, said Dr. Naus. “In part, vaccines are the victim

of their own success,” she said. “Not many of us know anyone who was crippled by polio and as a result we don’t stop to think about how it was vaccines that all but eradicated that disease in North America. But the disease is still out there and if enough people choose to forgo the inoculation, it could make a comeback.”

Role of vaccines denied But according to Heather Fraser, a Director of Vaccination Choice Canada, people shouldn’t credit vaccinations for the virtual elimi-

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Outbreaks of forgotten illnesses But that flawed reasoning has led to a marked decrease in immunization and the comeback of diseases like mumps, measles and whooping cough. For example, a March 2014 measles outbreak in the Fraser Valley led to the infection of more than 400 victims of the once nearly eradicated disease. “We have doctors out there who had never seen a case of measles,” said Dr. Naus. “Now, because people are choosing not to immunize, these outbreaks are back.” Please see: Trust your doctor, page 3

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Plenty of theories on who’s leaving flowers Sidney’s mystery of the adorned waterfront sculpture Zoe Todd News Contributor

If you’ve ever walked along the waterfront in Sidney you’ll likely know the “Old Man by the Sea,” a sculpture of a man tying fishing line to his lure. He sits on a stone bench by the fishing pier, ankles crossed, with his back to the water. Flower often sprout from his bronze clutch. Sculptor Nathan Scott used his father,

Jim Scott, as a model. He says he looked up at the breakfast table one day and felt inspired. “He was sitting there right in front of me,” Scott said. “As a sculptor, I always use photographs so I just sat him down at the bench and took a bunch of photos.” After only six months of sculpting experience, Scott unveiled the Old Man by the Sea in 1999, his first public commission.

“It was a wonderful day. I was driving there with my wife to unveil it and I was so nervous. I could barely breathe,” he recalled. “She says, ‘it’s not like there’s going to be a band there or anything.’ We opened the door and all that you hear is a band. It was crazy.” Within a week, Scott said someone had placed flowers in the sculpture’s hands. For 15 years, the tradition has continued

— and nobody seems to know who the floral decorator is. Scott said an elderly lady started the tradition, and that someone else “picked up the torch” when she passed away. Regular customers at Brown’s the Florist are common, but store manager Kathy Blaine said none of them have identified themselves as the sculpture’s flower donor. Blaine, who has worked at the shop for more than 30 years, suspects that the flowers are left in memory of the dead whose ashes are strewn into the Salish Sea. With nowhere else to leave flowers, Blaine said the fisherman’s hands are the logical choice for friends and family members. If the bronze man could look up, he would see rows of low brick walls. They line a section of the waterfront like stone hedges. Each brick is engraved, some with the names of deceased community members. Roselyn and Denis McDermid manage the Sidney Waterfront Inn and Spa, overlooking the waterfront where the Old Man sits. In

“It’s great that sculpture can do that for people. So it’s a part of their lives.” – Nathan Scott

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Flowers have regularly been placed in the hands of Nathan Scott’s sculpture, Old Man by the Sea. every season, the McDermids see flowers in the Old Man’s hands. They assume that the bouquets are left in memory of those whose names are carved into the bricks. Reg Teeney, a longtime Sidney resident, helped to create the sculpture walk and brick walls. Teeney said

that he sees people picking flowers from a garden close to the fishing dock, before placing them in the sculpture’s hands. He added both children and adults contribute to the Old Man’s bouquets. Since unveiling his sculpture, Scott said he has received several emails from Sidney

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locals. One, in particular, stands out. Following a heart attack, one resident chose the sculpture as a marker. “They made sure they could walk there every day, back and forth, back and forth,” Scott said, explaining that these daily walks were steps towards recovery. Sometimes, Scott also said he sees people touching the sculpture as they walk past. “They go past and just tap him and keep walking,” he said. “It’s great that a sculpture can do that for people. So it’s a part of their lives, it’s a part of their daily thing — they just touch the old man by the sea and just keep going.” If you or someone you know places flowers in the Old Man’s hands, please contact the Peninsula News Review team. Lets solve the mystery! editor@peninsula newsreview.com

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That outbreak was linked to a low level of vaccination amongst a local congregation that objected to vaccines on religious grounds. In another case, in October 2014, the city of Nelson, in B.C.’s West Kootenay region saw more than 40 people diagnosed with pertussis, or whooping cough. That’s a bacterial lung infection that can be debilitating and sometimes fatal, particularly to infants. The disease is preventable with immunization but in Nelson over a third of parents had refused to immunize their children against the disease, according to Dr. Rob Parker, an Interior Health medical health officer. But this decline in immunization isn’t just a problem in B.C., according to a 2013 UNICEF report that ranked the well-being of Canada’s children as 17th out of 29 of the world’s so-called rich countries. It cites the low levels of immunization as a contributing factor for this rating, reporting that, internationally, Canada ranks amongst the lowest in immunizing its children. The report cites public fears arising from discredited research linking immunization to serious medical problems like autism as a likely contributing reason for that decline.

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Administrative and systemic problems in part to blame The role of governments and administrative authorities should be reconsidered, according to Dr. Naus. In some provinces there is a requirement that parents produce immunization records when registering their children for

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Herd immunity lost “Immunizations are safe, effective and benefit people of all ages,” says Dr. Susan Bowles, Chair of Immunize Canada. “They protect individuals and communities by preventing the spread of disease. As more people are immunized, the disease risk for everyone is reduced.” It’s a concept called “herd immunity” and it occurs when a large proportion of a population is immunized. That large percentage of immunity disrupts the chain of infection and individuals who have not developed immunity through inoculation or other methods are less likely to become infected. “Reduce that percentage of immunization and there’s a tipping point where the community immunity will not protect those who are not immunized,” said Naus. “Your decision to not immunize has an impact on the entire community ... not just you or your family.”

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Flu season on Vancouver Island earlier than usual Andrea Peacock News staff

‘Tis the season for colourful lights, carefully wrapped gifts and runny noses. This year’s flu season came earlier than usual, said Island Health medical health officer Dr. Dee Hoyano. “From the beginning of December we’ve had increased reports of illness,” said Hoyano. “We usually tend to see flu activity picking up closer to the end of the year and then into January.” She added there were also flu outbreaks in some longterm care facilities even earlier than December. “It’s unusual, because we don’t usually see them that early.” Hoyano said it is difficult to say why cases of the flu come earlier some years compared to others. “It’s a bit of a moving target about when flu arrives.” Despite an earlier flu season, Hoyano said the severity of illnesses do not appear to be any worse than usual. So far, the predominant strain is Influenza A(H3N2). However, that could change later on in the season. Hoyano said it is still worth it now to get a flu shot, even though the available shot is not a perfect match for the current influenza strain. “There certainly have been some concerns about what’s called a drift of the strain that’s in the vaccine this year,” said Hoyano. PLEASE SEE: Wash your hands often, page 10

school. She said that, while that registration does not prevent un-immunized children from attending schools, it does let school administrators identify potentially vulnerable

children in the event of an outbreak. “It also forces parents to explain why they haven’t immunized their child.” And there are some reasons

that Naus said are common. “I suppose religious objections are the most common. But there are also cases of compromised immune systems due to other conditions ... things like that.” Having the registry in place, however, ensures that children are not left without immunization due to the “benign neglect” of parents. “I think a registry of that kind would do a lot to help the situation in B.C.” That’s not about to happen. According to Kim Rosenburg, a spokesperson for B.C.’s provincial government, there are no plans to make immunization a mandatory prerequisite for school registration, as it is in some other provinces like Ontario. In B.C., writes Rosenburg, “The School Act requires school districts to provide student data delivery of public health programs in schools, including immunization, but when and how this takes place is decided at the school district level in cooperation with regional health authorities. School boards have immunization polices. There is no legislation.” The Saanich School Division responded to requests for information on their policy by saying that they have no plans to insist on immunization for their students.

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here was a time when entire communities were seriously impacted by the effects of communicable diseases. Outbreaks of the flu and common cold throughout the beginning of the 20th century could force entire towns to curtail public events to try to contain their spread. The headlines in community newspapers at that time tell not only of the cancellation of festivals and sporting events, but of the resulting deaths that came from such outbreaks. As medical research and advancements in public education and treatment were made, the impact of illness has been greatly reduced. Today, we generally see reports of increased cases of flu, colds or other illnesses, but nothing on the scale of mass outbreaks of what It’s unusual to sse are considered to be diseases these cases of mumps ... rare days. make headlines So that’s why it’s unusual to see cases of mumps, measles and whooping cough make headlines now — especially the recent incidents of mumps suffered by professional hockey players. There are generations of people who contracted mumps as children, once a common childhood illness, and reports are rare of outbreaks among the adult population. Immunization has helped to reduce such outbreaks — and helped prevent largescale spreads of communicable disease. There is a concern about the rising complacency among people when it comes to inoculations against disease. Fewer outbreaks can lead to less awareness and concern and perhaps fewer people getting immunized. It has caused enough concern that health care facilities are providing masks to wear for people who have not received a flu shot. We aren’t telling people to rush out and get a needle. But we urge people to think not only about how medical advancement has, for the most part, kept large-scale outbreaks at bay, but about how your decisions can impact your community. There’s a reason we aren’t seeing serious outbreaks today. Learn more by speaking with your doctor. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@peninsulanewsreview.com or fax 250-656-5526. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, PO Box 1356, Ladysmith,B.C. V9G 1A9. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www. bcpresscouncil.org.

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Firefighters deserve a new fire hall I refer to Mr. Willem Brachel’s recent letter questioning the proposed location of a fire hall and ambulance station on a portion of the Sidney Elementary School property. In my opinion, I cannot think of a better location to serve the needs of the residents of Sidney. This site offers easy access to the bulk of the town and is probably the most cost efficient piece of property with existing infrastructure already in place. Yes, it would be next door to the school and a condominium complex. This is an emergency services building, not a structure that would have adverse affects on school children. I challenge anyone to come up with a location in the town that would not have some impact on residences. Suggest a better site and you may be able to change my mind. The men and women who serve our town’s emergency needs deserve a modern safe building. Bob Lougheed Sidney

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a few years ago due to similar activity. I can only say to these adults that you really don’t deserve to live here. Please move elsewhere! Dan Moreau Sidney

Town doesn’t deserve such actions Site C dam will impact the The news item by Steven Heypublic purse wood about the five arrests in Sidney is particularly disturbing (PNR, Dec. 19). These are five supposedly mature adult people behaving in a criminal manner in our very friendly little town. It reminds me of the circumstance of a death of a youth on our streets

Tom Fletcher’s piece (PNR, Dec. 19) rightly reminds us of the already escalated costs of “the most expensive public construction project in B.C. history.” Another mega project, another railroading of affected communities, another cost overrun handed off to

the public purse. Every utility in the world knows the biggest return on investment comes from energy conservation. Site C does nothing to incentivize this behaviour. We could easily reduce energy demand by encouraging consumers to become coproducers of the province’s energy needs. With the rapid proliferation of micro-generation technology, we can greatly multiply the conservation efforts of the past. The standard in many parts of the world today is to build energy plus homes. As the B.C. Sustainable Energy Association points out, costs are dropping and like it or not this global standard will find its way into the B.C. marketplace long before Site C is paid off. MLA Andrew Weaver, the Auditor General of B.C. and the Utilities Commission concur that much of B.C. Hydro’s financial accounting includes cost deferrals and dividend manipulations that allow the government of the day to obscure the true impact. But there can be no confusion about one fact: B.C. Hydro benefits from ultra low borrowing costs due to the government guarantee behind each loan. Homeowners should be so lucky. B.C. Hydro is betting $8.77 Billion that we will continue to lag behind the rest of the country in our commitment to alternative energy. Thomas Teuwen Sidney • • • •

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Chamber industry tour aims to open doors Saanich Peninsula industries using tour as a lobby opportunity Steven Heywood News staff

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issues facing their businesses on the Saanich Peninsula. For those working in local industry, that’s what makes the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce’s Tour of Industry a unique experience. The next tour is Fri., Jan. 23, 2015 and space on the bus is almost full. Many of those on the tour are local politicians, says Denny Warner, executive director of the Chamber of Commerce. Representatives from Sidney, North Saanich and Central Saanich are booked, as are MP Elizabeth May and MLA Gary Holman. The guest speaker during the tour’s lunch stop will be new Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps. “We hope she will be talking about how the Saanich Peninsula is an economic driver for Greater Victoria,” Warner explained. Warner credits John Trelevan, the chamber’s secretary, for sending a Twitter message to Helps, inviting her to speak. The tour, which will visit a series of companies and organizations throughout the area, will also act as a platform, Warner said. “Some of the issues on the table include competition with the U.S. and their Made in the U.S.A. policies. There’s no such policy

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in Canada,” she said. “There is some frustration by some of the businesses on the difficulties in participating in the U.S. markets.” Locally, she said issues of taxation and municipal services will be raised, as they were during the fall’s munici-

ity of life. They are facing challenges to compete, however.” Warner said she’s hearing that some owners are feeling like they and their tax contributions are taken for granted. Throw in concerns with cooperation from local planning departments, and there will be a full slate of issues on this tour. “This kind of focus has been the goal of the tour, “ Warner explained. “It’s to help get politicians to know

pal election campaign. The issue, she said, raised the spectre of businesses looking elsewhere to avoid what they see as high taxes. “It can be attractive (for businesses) to look elsewhere, but for many of them, it’s about qual-

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the success stories and struggles facing these businesses.” The tour can also be revealing, exposing people to products and activities that not everyone knows about. During tours in the recent past, participants found out about local products manufactured for international subway systems, new trends in recycling and secretive, secure buildings where vast quantities of information is stored. The Jan. 23 Tour of Industry starts at Vancouver Island Helicopters where they and the Victoria Airport Authority get the group off on the right foot. Boarding a Wilson Transportation bus, the tour will visit: the Canadian Coast Guard’s Victoria MCTS centre, the 433 Maritime Helicopter Squadron, Portofino Bakery, Morinwood Contract Millwork, Category 12 Brewing and J.S. Foster Precision CNC Machining and Manufacturing. The lunch stop takes the tour group to the Brentwood Bay Resort and Spa, where Victoria’s mayor delivers her address. The Peninsula News Review will be taking part in the tour, reporting on both the issues raised throughout the day and on the area businesses that have opened their doors. Watch for our stories in upcoming editions of the PNR.

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Keating industrial park on new council’s agenda Tim Collins News staff

Search for the Keating Industrial Park on-line and the issue quickly comes into focus. There are no testimonials to the opportunities in the area. Nor are there any press releases regarding the new and exciting businesses set to open their doors in the industrial park. Instead one finds a plethora of properties for sale or lease, with several describing the location as convenient and one of the region’s most successful business parks. Newly-elected Central Saanich mayor Ryan Windsor recognizes the need for action regarding the industrial park, but says he isn’t certain yet what priority the industrial park will have when council starts reviewing its strategic plan in the new year. “There are certainly some things that need to happen there,” said Windsor. “It’s a great opportunity for us given our location and the fact that Victoria only has so much land that can be offered for this kind of activity. Let’s face it, we could and should be doing much better.” Windsor said that the Central

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Central Saanich Mayor Ryan Windsor says priorities are part of council’s strategic plan. Saanich industrial park has far too many vacant buildings and undeveloped land. “It’s probably time to start attracting investors who will replace some of the older properties. Some of that has already happened, but there’s a lot more that needs to happen.” One of the major issues, according to Windsor, is the access and egress to the industrial park. “More success in that area inevitably would lead to more truck traffic and you can’t do

that without a convenient and safe roadway system to service the park.” He said council is likely to miss an opportunity for funding for a project of that kind as the Build Canada Grant program, which might have funded a portion of the work, has an application cut-off of Feb. 19, 2015. “It won’t happen this round,” said Windsor. “The timing is just too tight to dive into a project without a well thought out strategic plan for the area.” He said that work to make the industrial park more successful may require Central Saanich to fund some portion of the required work, but that it would be up to council to make that decision in line with the District’s strategic plan. “There are other sources of funding out there as well ... other tools in the tool box,” he said. “We have four years to get this done.” The strategic planning process also has to consider the surrounding community, said Windsor. “Right now we have trucks from the industrial park travelling by Keating Elementary School. Truck traffic and little children are just not a good mix.”

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The Peninsula News Review is looking to help tell your stories about buying and selling your home. Homefinder is going local this month and our staff are collecting story ideas for this page. So, whether you are a first-time home buyer or a senior couple looking to downsize, contact us to share your story and it just might help someone else going through one of the biggest events of their lives. You can call the editor at 250-656-1151, ext. 128 or email editor@peninsulanewsreview.com to share your ideas. Do you have a home-buying or selling story to share? Email editor@ peninsulanewsreview. com To advertise in Homefinder, contact Jim Parker at: publisher@ peninsulanewsreview. com

New Year’s Eve is coming and you might want to think of new ways to accommodate house guests. Some simple home preparations can make your life much easier and your guests’ stay more pleasurable. Most important, work ahead. Last minute scrambling will leave you frustrated and exhausted at an already busy time of year. If you have a room that you use for company make certain that all bed linen is freshly laundered or perhaps spring for new set of sheets that you can use solely for company. An extra blanket draped over the end of the bed may come in handy for some guests. Open up some space in the closet and clean out a drawer for the use of guests. It will make them feel more at home and means there won’t be half opened suitcases on the floor, tripping people up and giving the room and your home a cluttered look. Give the room a thorough vacuum and dusting, including window blinds and the tops of the fan blades if you have a room fan. You may never use the fan but you don’t want your guests and the freshly cleaned room covered in a layer of dust when they flip the switch on. Clear any clutter off end tables, although a lamp and clock will be useful for company. Do make certain that any clocks are quiet, you may no longer notice the tick tick tick of grandma’s antique timepiece but you don’t want it keeping your guests up all night. If you lack either the space or the extra room with a bed, the most cost-effective solution is likely purchasing a blow up mattress, air bed or self inflating mattress. When looking, Mike Black, owner

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Mike Black, Capital Iron owner, shows some of the inflatable beds, mattresses and self-inflating mattresses the store sells. The mattresses provide a cost-effective way to provide beds for guests. of Capital Iron, advises “the quality of the bed is important” and reminds customers that the beds fold up for convenient compact storage after use. It may seem like a great idea to provide a king-size mattress, but if it won’t fit in your den or takes up your entire front room it will create more chaos than comfort. “Size is the biggest issue for customers, ask yourself what will fit,” says Rachel Horton, sales associate

at Capital Iron Horton also says that “pumps are a big part of any bed purchase discussion.” Some mattresses come only with a hand or foot pump which can be slow and labour intensive. Even worse, some mattresses come with no pump, not something you want to discover just before your guests arrive. If the pump is rechargeable, make sure you’ve charged it ahead of time.

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Finally, whether or not you have a bathroom that will be strictly for guest use, make certain that they are provided with clean towels. If you are sharing the facilities the towels can be placed on the bed or on a chair if the room has one. Make certain they have a space to hang their wet towels. Planning and arranging these details ahead will leave you and your guests free to concentrate on celebrating the new year ahead.

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