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School children may be at risk if an earthquake hits within the next few years as many Victoria schools are not properly protected, say school district officials. Education Minister Peter Fassbender confirmed Friday the deadline for earthquake proofing will be moved back five years. The original deadline was set for 2020. The Greater Victoria School District has yet to hear if this will affect any of its ongoing or upcoming project, said school board chair Edith Loring-Kuhanga. “It’s all speculation as to what the minister is doing,”she said. Loring-Kuhanga said the district can only handle one major project a year due to lack of space to move students. Currently, the district moves students to a vacant school when it calls for a major seismic upgrading. Jim Soles, supervisor of building projects, said the district has been keeping up with its renovation goals.

Edith Loring-Kuhanga “We’ve been moving along pretty steady the last few years,” he said. With schools such as George Jay elementary being built in 1908 and Victoria High School in 1913, the possibility of a collapse during an earthquake is high. “Typically they are not designed for seismic loads. Some of the schools are deemed at risk of collapsing or a partial collapse in the event of an earthquake,” said Soles. Soles said those buildings deemed very high risk are being worked on now and the high risk ones are scheduled for the future. In 2005, the B.C. government promised to have 750 schools rebuilt by 2020 to earthquake standards. Of that 750, only 121 have been completed or are in process. intern@vicnews.com

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B.C. wage plan panned Andrea Peacock Victoria News

Keeping the provincial minimum wage below $15 an hour will hold many people in Victoria under the poverty line, says the organizer of Victoria’s Fight for $15 campaign. Premier Christy Clark announced work is underway to extend the series of increases that brought the minimum wage up to its current rate of $10.25 an hour. Tara Ehrcke, organizer of the Fight for $15 campaign and a teacher, said providing regular increases is good, but she is disappointed the focus was on ruling out increasing minimum wage to $15 an hour. “That number represents pulling people out of poverty,” she said. “A government who’s thinking about the long term health of our communities would want people who work to live above the poverty line. We can afford to ensure that everybody has ade-

quate housing, has adequate food on the table [and] is able to have a good education.” People working full-time earning minimum wage currently have a difficult time paying basic expenses, said Victoria MLA Rob Fleming. “The minimum wage needs to move in the upward direction,” he said. “Making life more affordable and allowing people to have money left over after they pay for expensive rents and housing costs here is essential.” The effects of increasing minimum wage on employment is mixed, said University of Victoria economics professor Martin Farnham. Although it is generally predicted that a wage increase will result in a higher supply of labour and a lower demand, therefore reducing employment, the empirical results are not as clear. Increasing the minimum wage could cause employers to change the type

of employees they hire. “Firms that rely on teenage parttime workers may shift to more educated or experienced employees who weren’t willing to work at the old minimum wage, but are willing to work at the new, higher minimum wage,” said Farnham. While increasing minimum wage may have a positive impact on employees who see increased pay, those costs could be passed off to the consumer, said Elisabeth Gugl, University of Victoria economics professor. “If employers would just hire the same amount of people but pay them more, then at least for local businesses, you would probably see higher prices for the consumers.” andrea.peacock@vicnews.com

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Flower battle heats up on last day of count Today is the last day to go outside and find blooms that will count towards the Victoria Flower Count. While the count is a regional effort to show off Victoria’s good weather, it is also friendly competition between the municipalities. Two of the most vocal municipalities have been Esquimalt and Colwood. Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins said her plan was to engage the schools like Colwood Mayor Carol Hamilton did last year. Colwood was last year’s Flower Count winner. Hamilton told the News’ sister paper, the Goldstream Gazette, that Desjardin’s tactic would not be enough. “I’ve got more schools than you, Barb,” said Hamilton. Megan Brame, Esquimalt councillor, said while this may be true, Esquimalt still has a good chance of winning. “They might have more schools, but we have passionate residents,” she said. “We have so much green space, that I think we will have it hands down.” For more information, please go online to flowercount.com. editor@vicnews.com

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Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair made a whistle stop in Victoria on Thursday promoting middle-class jobs and vowing to help small businesses. Victoria MP Murray Rankin said small business remains important to Victoria. “Eighty per cent of our job creators are small business,” he said. Rankin said keeping small businesses in Victoria is difficult and they need help. \“A lot of these store fronts [on Fort Street] are now empty, people are needing help.” Mulcair’s focus was on eliminating credit card fees small businesses face. Small businesses pay a “merchant discount fee” that ranges from 1.5 per cent to three per cent. The fee covers things such as terminal rentals, fraud protection and transaction slips. Another issue Rankin raised is the small business tax rate. Currently set at 11 per cent, the NDP hopes it can reduce that to nine per cent. “It’s very much a Victoria issue, it’s all about making things a little bit easier.”

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Transit’s funding enigma The Victoria Regional Transit Commission’s request to add two cents per litre more to local fuel prices this year, to help cover transit service expansion, has been turned down by the province. Transportation Minister Todd Stone let the commission know the request will be reconsidered for 2016, but it brings up a question: who should be paying more to help transit expand in this region; bus riders, gasoline buyers, or just plain everyone? While two cents a litre isn’t a major hardship for drivers, the gas tax is a hammer-on-thehead strategy penalizing drivers who may or may not choose to use transit in future. Raising transit fares again to raise the needed revenue, rather than taxing drivers more, is a tactic the commission has little appetite for. For years, B.C. Transit has done its best to get more people riding the bus. In the big picture it’s the right thing to do: reduce gridlock and do less harm to the environment. Over time, our dependence on our vehicles has led to regular traffic logjams on both major arteries into downtown. When the option to take transit is there, drivers still don’t leave their vehicles at home. It’s a sign the people in charge of the bus system still haven’t done a good enough job selling people on why taking the bus is a better choice. It’s kind of a Catch-22: many people won’t use the system until it’s better, but more people need to use the system to allow and pay for expanded service. The local politicians who make up the transit commission should ask for a public referendum on whether people are willing to pay more, either through taxes or fares, for expanded service.

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Readers respond: politics, bike lanes, assisted dying If he clucks like a chicken … Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson’s recent outburst of clucking like a chicken at one of the NDP MLAs in the legislature was unusually shocking and boorish even by B.C. political standards. This behaviour was especially disgraceful coming from someone who is a Rhodes scholar and is supposedly one of the intellectual power-houses of the B.C. Liberal government. The incident indicates there may be at least some truth in that old joke: You don’t have to be a Rhodes scholar to behave like an arrogant fool but it certainly helps. Gordon Pollard Victoria

Bicycle lobby behind greenways Re: Rockland greenway project becomes a permanent fiture (News, March 4) I am very unhappy with the

city government trying to close streets for cars. I know city council thinks it is on the high road on this because of pollution, etc. However, it is becoming more obvious that electric cars are coming so they need to get with the future of transportation. The Rockland greenway project is an example of the bicycle people trying on something to see if they can push their agenda further. Keith Bowman Victoria

Expensive and confused muddle Re: Protected bike lanes eyed for Pandora (News, March 4) While there’s no issue with protected lanes as such, there will be several unintended consequences to adding twoway cycle traffic on a one-way street. By eliminating 10 parking spots considerable parking revenue is foregone year after year after year.

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Secondly, much of the traffic in downtown Victoria is from outside the area, including the Lower Mainland and tourists from everywhere, who will be unfamiliar with an unusual twoway cycle lane. Thirdly, what are the implications for delivery trucks and vans servicing the area? Maybe the Victoria Downtown Business Association has some thoughts about that. Finally, pedestrians on a oneway street usually look in one direction only when crossing. Imagine there surprise when they see bikes coming toward them on a one-way. In short, many think twoway protected lanes will result in an expensive and confused muddle. Stan Bartlett Victoria

Killing ourselves is still murder Re: No rush on assisted dying (Our View, Feb. 20) No rush on assisted dying is a

wise decision. There is more to it than meets the eye. First of all, killing ourselves is still murder. Therefore a capital sin against the 10 commandments. Point number two, we are created out of dust, meaning for a temporary purpose. To test or to see how we make out. Like a play going into dress rehearsal. If we are brave learning from our mistakes, and improving as we go. We may get a second chance taking advantage of the setbacks, use it to build our character. Get to know our Creator, as we build our character we do our part to become more like Him. He created us to be like Him. To be able to become part of His family and God’s kingdom. I have constant pain due to Parkinson’s, neuropathy and arthritis diseases. I have therefore been able to build character. Wilma Johannesma Victoria

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Provincial seniors’ advocate strikes chord Other frequently overlooked B.C.’s new seniors’ advocate programs are a monthly rent has issued her second report, subsidy called Shelter Aid and the media mostly ignored for Elderly Renters (SAFER), it. grants for disability When this new modifications called office was promised Home Adaptations for by a campaigning Independence, drug Premier Christy cost assistance called Clark two years ago, Fair Pharmacare, I suggested that property tax B.C. already has 85 deferment and the seniors’ advocates. federal Guaranteed They’re called MLAs, Income Supplement and inquiries go to program. Those their local offices. older than 75 with Much to the Tom Fletcher income of less than chagrin of the B.C. Views $30,000 reported the opposition, Seniors’ lowest awareness Advocate Isobel of assistance designed Mackenzie’s mandate is not to pursue individual cases, and so specifically for them. But you she won’t be serving up a fresh don’t get these benefits unless assortment of horror stories to you apply and show that your income qualifies. embarrass the government. The survey also found that Instead, it is to look for the biggest fear of low-income “systemic challenges” and seniors is that they won’t be recommend ways to deal able to afford to stay in their with them. The latest report homes. See home adaptation, is based on a survey of more property tax and rent subsidy than 500 seniors from around programs above. the province, and the key Awareness and usage of the finding was not what she SAFER program was lowest in expected. the north and highest in urban “We were surprised to learn of the lack of awareness among areas, perhaps not surprising since the B.C. government seniors, particularly lowincome seniors, of government exists more in theory than in fact in many remote places. programs and the subsidies So what should the available to assist them,” government do about this? Mackenzie said. Well, it could advertise these The survey found that 60 programs. The government per cent of seniors living on does lots of advertising, but $30,000 or less annual income not about old news like the didn’t know they were eligible SAFER program, which dates for discounts on Medical back to the 1970s. Services Plan premiums. For Clark’s government did a income less than $22,000, the whack of advertising in the entire $864 cost of individual election year, 2013. Much of it MSP premiums is waived.

was about the B.C. Jobs Plan, heavy on the hardhats and blueprint-style graphics and arc welding and stuff like that. Then last year the government’s big ad campaign was around the teachers’ strike, and the payments to parents to help with child care while teachers demanded twice as big a raise as all the other unions. Education Minister Peter Fassbender is still bragging about the response rate for $40-a-day parental strike pay, which was snapped up by almost 100 per cent of eligible parents. This demonstrates that the government can indeed give away money with great efficiency, just by telling people how to get it. The NDP’s version of seniors’ advocacy is to find the most tragic problems from complaints coming into constituency offices, and use those to ambush the government. A popular choice is an elderly couple who have to be separated because their medical needs are too different to keep them in the same facility. TV news loves that one. People cry on camera and denounce politicians for being heartless, as if the health minister stayed up late plotting how to break their granny’s heart. Maybe this seniors’ advocate wasn’t such a bad idea after all. ••• Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca.

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Rich Coleman, minister responsible for housing. Edge’s only criticism is who will be handling the educational aspect. “An agency that doesn’t build homes will be managing that so it’s disappointing. [A professional builders association is] most Coleman qualified because it is the field doing the work.” Builders must now demonstrate competence in seven different areas related to residential building such as the B.C. Building Code, construction management and customer relations. “It’s not like building homes 30 years ago,” said Edge.

Dead ducks exposed to toxins The death of 20 ducks in Beacon Hill Park has been linked to an exposure to toxins. The City of Victoria shipped 16 of the ducks to Abbotsford for inspection by B.C. Wildlife in December after the ducks were found dead in the park’s Goodacre Lake on Dec. 2. “The lab has updated us that they have confirmed exposure to a toxin and additional testing is being com-

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indoor workplaces, school grounds and now health authorities as well.” Lake said e-cigarettes may have potential as a quit-smoking aid, but they are currently The B.C. government is tightening its unregulated and the liquid used in them regulations to ban the sale of electronic may contain nicotine or other chemicals cigarettes to minors and use of the smoking with health risks. The federal government substitute in workplaces, restaurants and other indoor has banned the sale of so-called “e-juice” public spaces. containing nicotine, but it remains legal in Health Minister Terry Lake said changes he introduced the U.S. and Health Canada has received in the B.C. legislature last week will treat the batterynumerous reports that it is sold north of the powered devices like tobacco products, meaning they may border as well. not be displayed in stores or used in enclosed spaces NDP health critic Judy Darcy said she where others are present. That will include private supports the restriction on e-cigarettes, but vehicles with children inside. the lack of measures to prohibit flavoured Lake said he expects the new regulations to be tobacco products is “a gaping hole” in the in effect within a year, after consulting with the government’s bill. industry and giving sellers time to adjust to Lake said he has been assured by federal the new rules. “This doesn’t ban e-cigarettes,” Lake File Health Minister Rona Ambrose that federal said. “This means that children are E-cigarettes on provincial regulations are in the works to deal with flavoured tobacco. protected from the sale and from government’s radar “When you’re being exposed to e-cigarettes, and talking about the manufacture of cigars those who don’t want to be subjected to and cigarettes, it’s better to do that at a the vapours from e-cigarettes are federal level, because obviously they’re protected as well. not made in each individual province,” “Essentially the same conditions Lake said. that now apply to tobacco will apply to e-cigarettes, so in public places, editor@vicnews.com Black Press

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From left, cousins Brook Schaddelee, Michele Byrne and Jack Schaddelee in their family’s business the Dutch Bakery & Coffee Shop on Fort Street.

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Not many small businesses in Victoria can boast the longevity and charm that Dutch Bakery and Diner can. Your Neighborhood Church Formerly known as Dutch Bakery and Coffee Shop, the three cousins who still run the family business, Michele Byrne, To book space please call it comes to live music, but its a challenge to Jack Schaddelee and Brook Schaddelee, decided to tweak the name Kelly Somerville at 250-480-3228 keep venues in town. along with this years’ renovations. “Part of it is a lot of people don’t know “A lot of people think of Starbucks, you go and have a muffin, when theres a great live local music scene in town they think of a coffee shop and don’t understand that you can come in and its easy enough to get other musicians and have a full meal,” said Jack Schaddelee. y il ble Victoria out to live shows but its challenging to get Fam vaila Nestled behind the bakery display lined with delicious treats and A the general public out because they may not Rosie Townshend-Carter Gilbert & Sullivan Society homemade chocolates, is an old-fashioned diner, complete with those tes Ra know.” Victoria News spinning bar stools every kid loves. presents Tickets are $10 at the door with an option Black and white photos on the wall show the family history. Over to make an extra donation. Musical guests A Victoria live music venue is looking for the diner bar, a photograph of their grandfather and fathers shortly include Dave Cormier Band, James Kasper and a little extra support after renovations cost after immigrating from the Netherlands, the original diner and an The True Vine and Little Nectar. more than expected. array of family wedding photos. “Even if you have never heard of any of Lacey-Lou Tapas Lounge, a popular live The bakery was opened in 1956 after their grandfather, Kees them and you’ve been invited to seven house music venue is hosting a fundraiser called Schaddelee Sr., immigrated from the Netherlands in 1955. Originally parties and two raves that same night and 16 acts on March 16. An array of groups and only half the current size, the building came up for sale and you’re still recovering from an all-night binge singers, 16 of them, will each take the mic to Schaddelee Sr., purchased the building and expanded the bakery. the night before and your sinuses are acting play one to two songs. “They had always had a bakery in Holland so they opened a “It gives people the chance to come out and up, do us a favour and come out anyway,” said bakery [in Victoria] and it was half the size of this,” said Kasper. hear 16 great local acts they haven’t heard Michele Byrne. Lacey-Lou Tapas Lounge is located at 1320 before,” said James Kasper, owner of Mighty The trio officially took over the business Broad St. Speck Records. in 2013 and this year, felt it was time to Charlie White Theatre, Sidney Kasper said Victoria has a lot to offer when intern@vicnews.com do some upgrades. Mar 20, 8pm “They always say don’t change the Mar 21, 22, 2pm diner look. We updated the look a little Box Office 250.656.0275 bit and it turned out good, we are really In our 25th year as an original Lexus retailer, we’ve crafted a higher level of luxury. Our new name is pleased,” said Jack Schaddelee. McPherson Playhouse the perfect occasion to unveil a stunning new Platinum Standard Lexus facility. Visit our beautiful When your in business for almost 60 Work is expected to start this spring on the $3-million Admirals Mar 28, 8pm years, you pick up some loyal customers. showroom for the latest in amazing design and Japanese craftsmanship. Then take the Road Corridor Improvement Project. Mar 29, 2pm “We’ve been really lucky we haven’t The Township of Esquimalt asked for bids on the project Friday. elevator to our L-finesse Mezzanine Lounge to enjoy premium beverages, business Box Office 250.386.6121 seemed to be challenged at all people The project will improve the busy commuter route between www.gilbertandsullivanvictoria.ca really like our stuff. It’s something services or music from our grand piano. Come see why Jim Pattison Lexus is Maplebank Road and Lyall Street with the addition of bike lanes, they’ve kinda grown up with,” said Jack a two-way left turn lane, median islands and street lighting a testament to elegance and refinement. Amazing. Schaddelee. upgrades. Sidewalks will also be improved to facilitate pedestrian With gluten-free bakeries popping up access. around Victoria, they didn’t even need The project will also help to protect local waterways with the 2.8" wide by 4" deep and in black and whiteto try and create their own product. installation of stormwater treatment devices and the separation of They realized that some of their cookies combined manholes for storm and sanitary collection systems. they’ve been serving up for years were Work on the project is expected to last until fall. already gluten friendly. “One of our publisher@peninsulanewsreview.com cookies we’ve been making forever are go to our website gluten-wise and now we market them as and click on more of a gluten-wise cookie,” said Byrne. What they hope for the future, is to continue on the success, with the help of JPLexusVictoria.com | 623 Finlayson Street, Victoria, BC | (250) 386-3700 the next generation of Schaddelees.

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From left, cousins Brook Schaddelee, Michele Byrne and Jack Schaddelee in their family’s business the Dutch Bakery & Coffee Shop on Fort Street.

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Special authors’ event brings book talk to Central library Book publisher Howard White and author Ben Parfitt are guests at a special B.C. authors’ event at the Greater Victoria Public Library’s Central Branch on Thursday (March 12) . Parfitt celebrates his wife and fellow author Alicia Priest’s first book, A Rock Fell on the Moon: Dad and the Great Yukon Silver Ore Heist. Parfitt will speak about Priest’s book, her love of wilderness and her journey with ALS -the neurodegenerative disease that took her life last January. A Rock Fell on the Moon is a memoir in which Priest conducts her own investigation into the infamous silver ore theft committed by her father, Gerald Priest, in the Yukon Territory in the 1960s. The fallout of the crime shattered Priest’s idyllic Yukon upbringing and haunted her in the years prior to the publication of the book. A Rock Fell on the Moon draws on letters, interviews, news stories and archived RCMP files and court documents to piece together the full story of her father’s mysterious crime. Howard White will

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A special evening of “fun and inspiration” will support Victoria Special Olympics athletes. The Friday Night Lights Gala features a four-course dinner, silent auction, celebrity athletes, photo booth and autograph station. Special Olympics is a worldwide organization providing sport training and competition for individuals with an intellectual disability. In Greater Victoria, Special Olympics trains 250 athletes, ranging in age from seven to 73, in 19 different sports programs. There are more than 150 volunteers involved with the organization. Special Olympics fundraising coordinator Patti Anthony expects 200 people at Friday Night Lights Gala which will feature guest speakers former Olympian Simon Whitfield, Victoria Eagles coach Anthony Pluta, among others. Musical entertainment will be provided by Craig Henderson Trio and Tristan Thompson. A dance follows. Friday Night Lights Gala is April 10 at Harbour Towers, 345 Quebec St, from 6 p.m. to midnight. Tickets are $95 and available online at selectyourtickets.com or by phoning Patti Anthony at 250-589-3690. editor@vicnews.com

Art gallery tour heads to Santa Fe for culture At the heart of Santa Fe is art, which is why the Associates of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria can’t wait to explore New Mexico’s sunny capital city this spring – and you can join them. AGGV’s chief curator Michelle Jacques will lead a six-day tour of Santa Fe, New Mexico’s art galleries and museums from May 19 to 25. The group will be immersed in the art of the region with visits to the New Mexico Museum of Art, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Museum of International Folk Art, the Indian Arts Festival and other galleries. It will also take a day trip to Taos and Georgia O’Keeffe’s house, talks by local experts, visits to world-renowned restaurants, and visits to historic locations including Old Town Santa Fe and Santa Fe’s Palace of the Governors – the oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States and officially named a national treasure. Set at the southern end of the Rocky Mountains, Santa Fe exists in a high-desert landscape bordered by national forest and enjoys more than 330 days of sunshine per year. It is home to native American communities that existed before the arrival of the Spanish.

Today these communities are centres of art, craft and culture, and provide a glimpse into centuries’ old traditions. The tour is expected to sell out. The package includes airfare, airport transfer, accommodation at the AAA four-diamond Eldorado Hotel and Spa, all-American breakfasts, one lunch, one dinner, taxes, gratuities, most museum entrance fees and the day trip to Taos and Georgia O’Keeffe’s House. Want to know more about Santa Fe before registering? Join the Associates at the Gallery, March 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. for a presentation by Andrew Beckerman. Now a Victoria resident, Beckerman lived in Santa Fe for more than a decade, and will share his knowledge of the city’s rich history, landscape, culture and more. The Associates of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria were founded in 1952 to foster interest in, and give voluntary service to the gallery. Over the years, the associates have raised more than $800,000 to contribute to the Gallery as well as offering unique art tours in and around Vancouver Island, across Canada, and around the world. For more information, please go online to aggv.ca/events/art-tours or phone 250384-4171.

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It’s likely that by the time you are reading this the Victoria Cougars will have wrapped up their Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League second round playoff series. The Cougars were scheduled to play Game 4 of their series, last night, at the Archie Browning Sports Centre after News deadline. The Victoria Cougars go into the game holding a dominating 3-0 lead in this second round playoff series against the Westshore Wolves. Eight different Cougar players hit the score sheet Sunday afternoon as Victoria went on to defeat the Wolves 8-2. Ryan Carson, John Kretzschmar, Wade Johnson, Marino Somerville, PJ Heger, Sam McMullen, Ryan Buse, and Nick Lyons scored for the Cougars who remained undefeated in the postseason. Making 24 saves for the win was goalie Grant Payne. Westshore opened the scoring at 3:03 of the first period when Clay Carson jammed the puck past Payne for his fourth goal of the postseason. Despite giving up the game’s first goal, Victoria came right back and went ahead 2-1 before the end of the period on goals by Carson and Kretzschmar. Second period goals from Johnson and Somerville would send the Cougars into the second intermission up by three. Victoria increased its lead to 5-1 at the 1:05 mark of the third period when Heger fooled Chris Smith from a sharp angle. Smith was shown the hook after allowing five goals on 26 shots. Westshore would pull to within three on an unassisted power play goal from Connor Krupa at 4:01. However untimely and unnecessary penalties by the Wolves proved costly for the Westshore squad.

The next three Cougars goals would come on the power play. McMullen gave Victoria a 6-2 advantage at 6:07 after beating Blake Pearson top shelf. The Cougars extended their lead on a goal by Buse at 15:04. Lyons would round out the scoring at 17:27 after he beat Pearson from a sharp angle. Frustration for the Wolves showed as Corey Peterson received a check to the head penalty, a ten minute misconduct, and a game misconduct in the final minute of regulation. Victoria finished 3-for-9 with the man advantage. The Wolves went 1-for-7. In Saturday’s game at the Q Centre the Cougars made it two in a row last night following a 4-0 win in Westshore. Sam McMullen (power play), Michael Fretz (shorthanded), Wade Johnson (full strength), and Nathan Looysen (empty net) all scored for Victoria. Grant Payne, who was making his 23rd consecutive start in net for the Cougars, turned aside all 16 shots for the win. In Game 1, Brett Lervold, Fretz, Johnson, Looysen, and McMullen led the way offensively with a goal and a pair of assists in a decisive 8-1 win. Victoria has outshot the Wolves 81-36 through the first two games. Special teams have also played a factor so far. The Cougars are 6-for-14 with the man advantage; meanwhile, Westshore is 1-for-5. Fans who can’t get to the games can follow the Victoria Cougars VIJHL hockey action all year long on their computer or mobile device by clicking the link on the Cougars website www.victoriacougars. com or log onto www.fasthockey.com to be connected to the live action.

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Canadian Club learns about local film industry The March luncheon meeting of the Canadian Club Victoria features Victoria film commissioner Kathleen Gilbert. As film commissioner, Gilbert is responsible for marketing the South Island to the movie industry. She has worked in the film industry as a location manager for more than 20 years. Her resume includes shows like Little Women, Intersection, X-Men 2 & 3, Final Destination and a slew of television movies. Canadian Club Victoria meets at Harbour Towers Hotel, 345 Quebec St., beginning at 11:45 a.m. on March 17. Guests are welcome but reservations are required. Please phone 250-370-1837

Victoria Volunteers Want to volunteer? Opportunities are available through these positions at Volunteer Victoria. Please phone 250-386-2269 or online at volunteervictoria.bc.ca. ••• The Victoria AM Association is looking for dedicated and personable people to meet at least two cruise ships per week. Volunteers put a friendly face on Victoria and provide visitors with local tourist information and souvenir handouts to make their visit to Victoria more memorable. The Victoria Hospice is looking for bedside singers to work in pairs and sing lullabytype songs to palliative patients in their rooms at Victoria Hospice. The Cridge Centre for the Family is looking for a volunteer to co-direct their October event, Ride for Refuge. The event is a fundraiser to support charities that care for people who are vulnerable, displaced and exploited. Ballet Victoria is looking for

an office assistant to help with general office duties, such as answering phones, maintaining the database, etc. The B.C. Aviation Museum is looking for a marketing and publicity coordinator to publicize events and to develop marketing strategies with the board to increase awareness and raise funds for capital projects. The Cool Aid Society is looking for a computer access volunteer to help people struggling with homelessness to reconnect with their families and build important jobreadiness skills. Volunteers help supervise the free access computer room at Rock Bay Landing. The Land Trust Alliance of B.C. is looking for a volunteer bookkeeper familiar with Simply Accounting to work one to two days per month. The Mustard Seed is looking for volunteers to work four-hour shifts on Saturdays in the food bank, sorting food donations and packing food hampers.

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From March 9 – 15, your donations will help make a difference.

Ken Merkley, Victoria, received a kidney from his daughter Christina.

Continue the conversation in support of those living with kidney disease. Join us on May 1st at the BC Kidney Transplant Summit in Vancouver.

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Fill up a Tim Hortons Food Drive donation bag with non-perishable food items and drop it off at your local participating Tim Hortons. It’s a helpful way to make a difference in Victoria. At participating restaurants. © Tim Hortons, 2008

Thank you for participating in our Community Conversations. We heard you! Find the full report detailing what British Columbians told us about the barriers and solutions to kidney transplantation and organ donor registration on our website.

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