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City ready to start safe consumption site talks Kendra Wong Victoria News

The City of Victoria is getting the ball rolling to apply for a supervised drug consumption site in the downtown core but the project is still a long way off, says Coun. Marianne Alto.

In October during last year’s municipal election, Alto said she expected the city to make an application within six months, followed by a year of advocacy and organization.

Fast-forward seven months and the process is still in the early

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Alto said the city is committed to bringing together Island Health, the Victoria Police Department and Yes2 Supervised Consumption Site (YES2SCS) to talk about what the site could look like and hopes to meet in the next few

months and have a plan ready by the fall.

“The city’s role is the commitment to bring these people to the table and map out how we proceed,” said Alto. “That commitment has been made in the strategic plan. The next steps are to

bring the folks to the table.”

Suzanne Germain, spokesperson for Island Health, said they are “absolutely” open to the idea of discussions about a safe consumption site.

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Consumption site “Island Health has long recognized in our long-term mental health and substance use plan that supervised consumption sites could play a role in harm reduction,” she said.

Germain noted that they could potentially be involved with the project in many ways, such as owning, operating and running the site, funding it or lend-

ing expertise, though nothing has been determined yet.

Victoria Police Chief Const. Frank Elsner said they are in support of a potential supervised drug consumption site.

“We’re interested in anything that has to do with harm reduction.

We’re absolutely open to the idea,” he said.

“Our only caveat is that anytime there is a safe consumption site, that

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there is treatment as part of the solution.”

He noted that the department would play a limited role and would mainly work with partners to ensure the neighbourhood remains safe.

“The devil is in the details and we want to make sure that whatever is contemplated is well thought through and it’s something that is beneficial to our com-

munity,” Elsner added.

While the project has early support, approval is a long process.

The province has set a process for how to apply for a supervised consumption site, which includes community consultation, and planning and collaboration to sort out a funding model, support systems, location and oversight.

Ultimately, however,

it’s the federal government that can give the project the go-ahead.

“It’s time for us to explore what this would look like,” said Alto.

“Supervised consumption is not a stand-alone service, it exists with a continuum of health services.

If you look at InSite [in Vancouver] for example, it’s not just a place where you go and shoot

up. You have nursing care and supervision, opportunities for detox programs, and different types of support. It’s a service that’s embedded within other complementary services.”

Though Alto wouldn’t speculate on a potential timeline or what it could look like, she hopes it will be unique to Victoria’s needs.

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Men aim to make history in race to Alaska Kendra Wong Victoria News

Six men are about to embark on an adventure of a lifetime.

For several testing and trying weeks in June, Victoria brothers Graham and Russell Henry, along with Tanner Ockenden, Nik Rampen, Ryan Schissler and Mackenzie Punter, will be paddling in a 1,100-kilometre race from Victoria to Alaska.

The first-ever Race to Alaska, the longest human- and windpowered race in North America, is a competition in which participants make their way in any type of non-motorized boat from Victoria to Ketchikan, Alaska.

The only supplies they can use are the ones they can fit in the boat and no outside help is allowed.

In its inaugural year, 38 teams will be competing for the chance to win $10,000.

The local team, dubbed the Soggy Beavers, will set out on a six-man 44-foot-long, 340-pound outrigger canoe, outfitted with a sailing rig.

“It’s bigger, it’s faster, it’s more sea-worthy.

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From left, Tanner Ockenden, Russell Henry, Nik Rampen and Graham Henry will be competing in the first-ever Race to Alaska using a six-man outrigger canoe. The crew leaves from Victoria’s Inner Harbour on Sunday, June 7. oceans in these things, so we figured it would be a good thing to run up to Alaska,” said Graham Henry.

“Because we’re doing it differently, it gives us an advantage if the weather is right for us.

There are lots of catamarans that are fighting against each other and have almost the same set of gear, we’re in a very different boat.”

Their plan is to row non-stop for six or seven days, taking turns

sleeping in a coffinstyle position wedged between the seats, living in their dry-suits for the duration of the trip and eating dehydrated fruits and energy bars.

The Henry brothers have experience on lon-

ger expeditions, having kayaked 6,500 kilometres from Brazil to Florida in 2013.

“This race is quite different in that it’s not just me or us on the trip,” said Russell.

But for the other four

paddlers, it will be a relatively new experience.

“This was an opportunity to slingshot myself back into a more transient, simple, adventurous lifestyle, which is where I find myself feeling most ful-

filled,” said Ockenden, who went to school with Rampen and Russell.

In preparation for the race, they have been training every day rowing in the Inner Harbour.

But sailing on open water comes with its own set of challenges.

The group said managing sleep, unpredictable weather conditions, and the physical exertion pose the biggest challenges.

“It’s going to be about creative problem-solving and just suffering through it,” said Graham.

“It’s not often that you get to see the entire Canadian West Coast in a week, especially via such a pure form of transportation,” added Rampen.

The team has set up a Go Fund Me page called Canoe to Ketchikan and half of every dollar donated will be given to the Vancouver-based Take a Hike Youth at Risk Foundation, an organization they are all closely connected with.

The race starts June 7 at noon at the Inner Harbour. kendra.wong @vicnews.com

Rotarians come together for Food Rescue The Rotary Clubs of Greater Victoria are joining forces with the Victoria Foundation and 11 local Thrifty Foods grocery stores to bring one enormous food rescue project to life.

Representatives from Rotary, the Victoria Foundation, Thrifty Foods, the Food Share Network and The Mustard Seed gathered at the Cloverdale Thrifty May 14 to launch the new partnership.

“Our aim is to provide funding for a major food recovery system that will see perishable food items move from grocery stores and other sources to the vulnerable populations in the CRD through the Food Share Network,” said Lorna Curtis, Rotary assistant governor. “If we succeed, this same system could be implemented in other communities, and we know the need is there.”

The goal is to create infrastructure to

move fresh produce quickly enough – while maintaining food-safe refrigeration levels at all points of travel and storage – so that it can be used safely and responsibly rather than go to waste. Rotarians for Food Rescue are hoping to raise $100,000 by selling raffle tickets ($5 each, or 3 for $10) toward the grand prize draw of a 2015 Nissan Rogue. All funds raised will be matched by the Victoria Foundation, said CEO Sandra Richardson.

Richardson said her organization has been working hard to identify gaps in the current food system and find solutions.

“No one group can do this alone. We believe in collaboration to ensure that everyone in our community has access to affordable and nutritious food,” she said.

Thrifty Foods Senior Director Retail Operations Ralf Mundel said food waste can be painful for everyone.

“We’ve all known that pain – whether it’s tossing out a spoiled head of lettuce at home and regretting the waste, or when we remove a slightly damaged but still edible piece of fruit from the shelf at work. And we know, as a community, that we can do better,” Mundel said.

The Food Share Network, a collaborative effort between agencies seeking to address food insecurity in Greater Victoria, will divert perishables to a member agency that can immediately redirect the food to a food insecure family or individual.

“We currently see a significant lack of quality fresh fruits, vegetables and proteins in the system for families and individuals who are experiencing food insecurity in the CRD,” said Mustard Seed executive director Colin Tessier. “This project will significantly increase healthy food options, and the fre-

quency with which people can access support, all leading to improved health outcomes and quality of life for thousands of people each month.”

Raffle tickets are available online at rotaryraffle.ca as well as through a mobile ticket booth that will travel throughout the CRD from now until the grand prize draw on Aug. 9.

For the diversion of perishable foods to be successful, the produce will have to be collected daily and incorporated into the Food Share Network distribution system across the CRD. editor@vicnews.com

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Continuing through May 30, the auction includes a seven-day Holland American Line Caribbean or Mexico cruise for two, a return trip for two from Vancouver to Jasper on Via Rail’s The Canadian, including accommodation and meals, and a two-night weekend stay for two at the Fairmont Newport Beach in California. Also up for auction is a day at Butchart Gardens. (Incorrect information regarding packages was supplied for a story in last Friday’s paper.)

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Holloway owns Stepping Stone Entertainment, a karaoke company, and for the past two decades she has been driving around at night delivering karaoke equipment for eager singers ready to belt it out. She Kendra Wong photo also runs the Doctors Darren Behn and Olivia Dam with the new cataracts machine, the busy day-to-day operations of the first of its kind on Vancouver Island, at Victoria Eye Centre. company.

But last year, she noticed her thalmologists at Victoria Eye her patients are in their 50s to vision slowly beginning to dete- Centre have been success- 70s. “As a surgeon, it helps me riorate when she was helping a fully completing cataract sur- to an accuracy that I can't do, gery with a new state-of-the-art it does make my surgery easy, friend move.

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Food rescue a long time coming Finally, a program is being put in place to not only do something with food that would normally end up in local landfills, but also to feed some of the most vulnerable people in Greater Victoria.

The food rescue program is a collaborative effort between the Rotary Clubs of Greater Victoria, the Food Share Network, the Victoria Foundation and Thrifty Foods grocery stores.

As part of the food recovery program, perishable food items that are less desirable looking (although completely edible and not old or expired) from grocery stores and other sources will be quickly diverted to The Mustard Seed to give families and individuals more healthy food options.

This is a great program.

It reduces the amount of food waste (food scraps make up approximately 30 per cent of waste at the Hartland landfill) and feeds people who normally wouldn’t have access to such fresh fruits, vegetables and proteins.

This food reclamation project is not new to the region. A similar partnership exists between the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Fairway, on a smaller scale.

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Sacrificing farmland for climate change says he is waiting for that process It was 2008 when word first to be tested. surfaced that B.C. farmland was It likely will be soon. Reckitt being bought up to grow trees as has bought another 7,000 a European carbon offset.

Reckitt Benckiser Inc., a British- hectares of cleared farmland from Prince George to Quesnel. based global manufacturer of NDP agriculture critic household products Lana Popham has such as Lysol spray and been tracking these Calgon laundry soap, acquisitions, and she bought 1,500 hectares says there are more east of Vanderhoof and deals in the works. planted aspen.

Last fall, the Bulkley Since tree growing Nechako Regional is permitted in the District wrote to Agricultural Land Victoria Wood, Reckitt Reserve, a use intended Benckiser’s “global for fruit, ornamental head of sustainability,” or nursery trees, no Tom Fletcher telling her “the planting permission was needed.

B.C. Views of trees on centrally And to meet the carbon located and productive offset rules of the UN’s agricultural lands is not International Panel appropriate” and would weaken on Climate Change, a 100-year local farm economies. restrictive covenant against Wood responded that the harvesting trees was issued by RB Trees project targets only B.C.’s land titles office. “marginally productive” land such Goodbye farmland. as pasture, abandoned farms or After that deal, the B.C. government changed legislation in those that have been up for sale for long periods.

2011 to require permission from Former Cariboo North MLA the Agricultural Land Commission Bob Simpson raised the issue in to make these covenants valid.

Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick the legislature in 2008, noting that

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Crown land near Vanderhoof had been sold for farming, bought by a numbered company and then “flipped” for around $1 million to RB Trees. Now mayor of Quesnel, Simpson takes issue with the company’s claims with his usual shyness. “It’s bull----,” he told me.

“This isn’t marginal land.”

He said it includes prime alfalfa fields and historical ranch and forage crop lands. In one case, neighbours learned about the new use when they saw a helicopter spraying herbicide to prepare the area for tree seedlings.

In the Cariboo as in other rural B.C. areas, aging farmers want to retire and young people keen to work seven days a week are in short supply. So naturally there is pressure to sell.

Perhaps Letnick is right, and the ALC will stop productive farmland from being turned back into forest. While we’re waiting for that, here are a couple of other questions.

What happens when these forests burn? The first big forest fire of 2015 grew out of control near Prince George last week.

And since aspen doesn’t last

100 years, what is its real carbon offset value?

How’s that European carbon trading market doing? It’s a mess, with the cost of emitting a tonne of carbon dioxide fallen far below what’s needed to be effective, and Interpol investigating various schemes to game the system.

Remember B.C.’s own Pacific Carbon Trust? This Gordon Campbell brainchild to sell carbon offsets was quietly greenhouse gassed after the Auditor General revealed its first two big projects were of questionable value.

Finally, does anyone really think that returning B.C.’s scarce farmland to forest is a good way to change the weather? Would it offset the loss of local production and trucking in farm produce from elsewhere?

And where are B.C.’s tireless food security advocates on this dubious scheme?

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Dozens of students from several schools in Greater Victoria are making a difference through a program that encourages them to give back to local charities at work in their communities.

The Victoria Foundation’s Vital Youth Program aims to engage students in philanthropy by giving them the opportunity to decide which local charities to give grants to.

Each year, the foundation provides $3,000 grants for each participating school – $500 of which is added to an endowment in the school’s name, while students get to research and decide which charity to donate the remaining $2,500.

“Students start by going through a Vital Signs Report, doing some research and really learning more about their community and what organizations are working in the issue areas that they are interested in. Something that benefits the community as a whole and something that’s in the students’ own communities and neighbourhoods,”

said Sasha Gronsdahl, community initiatives coordinator with the foundation.

This year, more than 75 students from Victoria, Belmont, Frances Kelsey, Reynolds, Oak Bay, Parkland and St. Michaels high schools participated.

Victoria High student Lilly Powell said the seven-monthlong process of deciding which charity to support was the most challenging for the nine-team group; the students eventually settled on the Victoria Women’s Transition House Society.

“We chose it because we were going through the Vital Signs Report and we noticed that the only thing that got a C+ was youth, homelessness and housing,” said the Grade 12 student.

“We came across the youthspecific programs of the [society]. We gave half to the upkeep because they haven’t had renovations in a really long time and the other half to specifically the youth-related programs.

“I was learning a lot about some of the things that were happening in Victoria that I had never heard about before and it inspired me to get more involved

because there’s so much happening that not a lot of people know about.”

Grade 11 St. Michaels student John Cook’s group chose the Victoria Therapeutic Riding Association, a charity Cook has strong connections with.

“My sister actually went through the program there and I saw just how much it helped her and the changes it made to her life and how much more she’s able to do because of it. That was a huge reason for me,” said Cook.

“It’s been an emotional process going through the program and seeing how much people need in Victoria and being able to feel like you’re actually helping through this process.”

Some of the other grant recipients include Out of the Rain Youth Shelter, the Sierra Club, Cowichan Women Against Violence Society, Cowichan Search and Rescue, Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island, Umbrella Society for Addictions and Mental Health and Extreme Outreach Society.

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The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority’s new CEO is looking at creating a master plan for the organization that will include the revitalization of one of the centres of Victoria’s tourism industry.

Ian Robertson, who moved to Victoria from Vancouver in March to become the chief executive officer of the harbour authority, is working with the board and stakeholders on a master plan that will help guide the authority over the new few years.

One of their focuses will be breathing new

He also served as park life into the approximately chair and commissioner nine-hectare Ogden Point with the Vancouver Park site.

Board from 2005 to 2011, “I’m excited about the where he helped lead the fact that we’re going to recovery in Stanley Park embark on a master plan after thousands of trees fell that will really lead the following a wind storm and development of that parhelped create venues for the ticular site. It’s probably 2010 Vancouver Olympic one of the last undevelGames. oped pieces of land in the Bill Wellburn, chair of harbour,” said Robertson. the GVHA board, said he is Robertson, who spent excited to see how Robertyears travelling to Victoria son will bring the vision to to visit family, has spent Ian Robertson, CEO more than a decade work- of the Greater Victoria fruition.

“What the board would like ing in the tourism industry.

Harbour Authority to see is continuing to build He worked in several relationships with stakeholdpositions with Rocky Mountaineer, a Canadian tour company ers,” said Wellburn. “Tourism is such a big that operates trains on trail routes through part of Victoria’s economy and the more B.C. and Alberta, and served as the CEO of successful the harbour authority is, the more successful the tourism sector is.” the Tourism Industry Association of B.C.

Robertson wouldn’t speculate on what the possibilities could look like at Ogden Point until the plan is complete, but said it will be an engaging and exciting place for both residents and tourists.

“I look at it as a blank canvas. There are lots of things we can be doing with that. I think we need to be open, we need to be bold with the ideas with what we can come up with for that site,” he said.

The harbour authority is a non-profit organization created in 2002 and is responsible for waterfront properties in the city such as Fisherman’s and Mermaid wharfs, the Causeway, the Johnson Street marina and Ship Point.

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BCNU president Gayle Duteil said a 2012 contract provision replacing absent nurses can’t be implemented without more registered nurses hired to provide the relief.

“It’s a sad fact that we don’t have enough nurses to deliver safe care for meeting the staffing mandated by our collective agreement,” Duteil said. “We don’t have enough nurses to backfill vacancies, to backfill absences, and we don’t have enough nurses to meet the daily spikes in acuity.”

The recent settlement of 1,600 union grievances for staffing includes $5 million for specialty nurse training, $1 million to support increased RN staffing and $2 million in “grievance settlement funds” paid to nurses affected by staffing shortages. The staffing fund is available to licensed practical nurses who want to upgrade their training.

Health Minister Terry Lake said the interim agreement is a step toward renewing the latest BCNU contract, which expired in March 2014.

“We worked through a mediator in the last month or so and came to an agreement, so I think we’re in a good place to work towards our new contract,” Lake said.

“We recognize there are some areas like specialist nursing where we do have challenges, and we have committed some of our funding to recruit and train more specialist nurses, and more community nurses as well.”

Nurses cheered as Duteil reminded them that their “grievalanche” had an effect. She said the union documented 10,000 shifts that were not filled during a six-week period at health facilities around the province, and represent only the “tip of the iceberg.”

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Museum strikes gold in new exhibit Kendra Wong Victoria News

The Fraser River Gold Rush in the mid-1800s was a defining moment in Victoria’s storied past.

The gold rush of 1858 drew thousands of men from all over the world to the city’s harbour.

Over a four-month period, more than 30,000 men camped along what is known today as James Bay and the waterfront.

There they waited for the water levels of the Fraser River to lower enough so they could to travel to the mainland and wade out and mine on the shores.

“The gold rush in 1858 totally transformed Victoria from a tiny little outpost of the Hudson Bay Company into a small town,” said Kathryn Bridge, deputy director and head of knowledge at the Royal B.C. Museum. “Before, the outpost only had a population of about 500 people. It transformed Victoria overnight.”

The prospect of gold also brought an influx of people seeking businesses opportunities – setting up hardware stores, merchants, banks, hotels and restaurants.

“Victoria’s Chinatown was a direct result of the gold rush as

are a lot of the businesses and buildings that you still see in the lower area of Yates and Fort streets in Victoria,” Bridge said.

Gold has become an integral part of Victoria’s history and is also the centre of a new exhibit at the Royal B.C. Museum.

Gold Rush! El Dorado in B.C., created in collaboration with the Canadian Museum of History, features rare objects, archival photos and historical documents on display that tell the story of the gold rush in B.C. “They can expect to see the story and understand the story and explore the story from a number of different perspectives – (including) First Nations, Chinese, women and understand what really took place here,” said Jack Lohman, museum CEO. “This is a story not only of great achievement by those lucky people to find it, but it’s also of war too...it’s a once-in-alifetime opportunity to see these objects.”

More than 400 objects are on display, such as the Turnagain Nugget, the largest existing gold nugget in the province, a stagecoach on loan from Vernon’s Historic O’Keefe Ranch, a $1-million gold coin produced by the Royal Canadian Mint and a collec-

tion of gold nuggets presented together for the first time.

It also features a companion exhibit called Allure of Gold, featuring 137 pieces of pre-Hispanic gold art from Columbia, in the museum’s first-ever collaboration with the Museo del Oro in Bogota. “Gold has different meanings, but there are many connections between the stories that we wanted to show,” said Maria Alicia Uribe, director of the Museo Del Oro. “Gold became a very valuable material that brought cultural diversity, influenced the history of our countries and these are important histories that people should know in both countries.”

This is the first time Columbian gold will be on display in North America as well, Lohman said.

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Buddhist Arts of Asia, opening May 22 and running through Aug. 30, traces the styles and influences of Buddhist art through more than 100 paintings, sculptures and ritual objects from the AGGV’s renowned Asian arts collection, including several recent acquisitions.

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mon philosophical thread and cultural unity linking much of the Asian world. The morals Buddhism promotes brought about great changes in Asia.

The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is home to many pieces dating back to the earliest days of Buddhism.

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Chamber honours local businesses The Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce celebrated excellence in the local business community last week during its Greater Victoria Business Awards.

More than 14 awards were presented May 14 during the ceremony at The Fairmont Empress.

This year’s winners included the Inn at the Laurel Point, receiving the business leadership award, Kgeez Cycle, taking home the new business award, and Peninsula Co-op, winning employer of the year.

Dr. Nazmudin Rayani, a Victoria pharmacist and community leader, was presented with the lifetime achievement award.

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Just over a year ago, Annette Fieltsch's world was turned upside down.

The Victoria woman had a mole under her arm her entire life, but it wasn't until recently that it started bothering her.

She went to the doctor to have it removed, only to learn that she had stage 4 melanoma in her lungs.

“It was a bit of a shock. I had heard of moles and getting them removed, but I honestly didn't know that it could turn into melanoma,” said Fieltsch, who has two children.

“There's honestly not even words to describe it. You're just trying to function...you're just in a dark daze for about a week.”

For the next few months, she received immunotherapy treatment, a treatment that uses your body's own immune system to help fight cancer.

But throughout her battle, Fieltsch refused to go to any support groups.

“I feel like there's lots of different parts of my life, I didn't really want my focus to be cancer,” she said.

“When they sit [in support groups], they ask you about your disease and I think, 'there's so much more to me than that.'”

But when she heard about a workshop called Look Good, Feel Better, she decided to

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As part of the workshop, hosted by the Beauty Gives Back Foundation, Fieltsch and roughly 30 other women with cancer received a full makeup kit, had the opportunity to practice putting on makeup and received tips from professionals.

“It was nice to be in a room with people who you know are going through the same journey, but you don't have to sit there and talk about it the whole time,” said Fieltsch, who is now in remission.

“It makes you feel lighter, it makes you feel happier, it makes you feel a bit more positive. It takes the focus off the difficult parts of the journey and puts the focus on what you can do.”

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Annie Oakley showcased Film in Ballet Victoria program festival Ballet Victoria will close out its 11th season with another original from artistic director Paul Destrooper.

Destrooper is heading to the past to reimagine Sure-Shot Annie Oakley into a graceful yet toughas-nails star of a western show.

Annie’s Rodeo will be the highlight of the mixed program ballet on the Royal Theatre stage May 29 and 30.

The program of Annie’s Rodeo and Other Works will begin with a solo, the first for dancer Bethany LeCorre who has been with Ballet Victoria for three seasons.

“Bethany has grown amazingly as a dancer,” said Destrooper.

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tre here and in the rest of the world is something we are very proud to say we accomplish at Ballet Victoria.”

LeCorre’s solo will be followed by a primal and physically demanding duet performed by principal dancers Andrea Bayne and Matthew Cluff.

“Andrea and Matthew have paired beautifully for two years now,” Destrooper commented.

“An audience favourite, they are elegantly athletic, supremely talented and a joy to watch.”

The entire company then takes to the stage with an explosion of colour and fierce choreography with the best of Don Quixote, one of the most extraordinary classical ballets wherein the charged music of Leon Minkus drives the dancers with a Spanish flair.

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Then it is the premiere of the new story ballet, Annie’s Rodeo.

Le Corre will also be featured in this one-act comedic turn incorporating music from Aaron Copeland’s Rodeo with a few musical gems from unexpected sources such as spaghetti westerns and favourite TV shows of the era.

For more information and to purchase tickets (from $30) visit balletvictoria.ca or call the Royal and McPherson Theatre box office at 250-386-6121.

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Feast: Food and Film Festival participants will receive a little taste of what they see on screen later this month.

As part of the fourday event May 28 to 31, participants will enjoy a multisensory experience where they are completely immersed in films they wouldn’t normally have the chance to see.

For example, during the screening of Barolo Boys: the Story of Revolution, the story of Barolo wine and how it exploded as a world phenomenon at the Vic Theatre, the dinner menu includes a tasting of Barolo wine with a sommelier presentation, Italian cheese and a cheese board.

“It’s a great way to look at food and film from a new perspective,” said Kathy Kay, festival director.

“We have themed events for every taste – from champagne to steak – complete with films you wouldn’t get to see otherwise.”

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Hospice raises more than $150,000 for programs Through a series of successful fundraising efforts and contributions from local residents, Victoria Hospice has raised thousands of dollars for its end-of-life care programs.

Together, events such as the fourth-annual Hike for Hospice,

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Jeff Hopkins, principal and founder of the school, said the high school welcomed 67 students between Grades 9 and 12 this year, up from the previous year when there were 36 students. “Our best guess is that it’s gone well and our students are happy, that’s probably the most important thing, and good word of mouth,” said Hopkins.

“We’re trying to put into practice what we’ve known we’re supposed to be doing in education for a while, but we don’t seem to be able to always do in the traditional system, and that seems to be resonating well with people.”

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The school will share the space with a new middle years STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) school. “It will make it easier for kids who are thinking of coming to our school and give them a little sneak peak,” said Hopkins.

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PLUS: ◞ Private master bedroom on 2nd floor ◞ Open concept design of 1375 sq. ft. over two levels ◞ Granite countertops ◞ Cozy fireplace ◞ BBQ & patio furniture ◞ 2 Parking spots ◞ Locked owner’s storage locker ◞ High speed wireless internet ◞ Unlimited local and long distance calling ◞ And more!

Sooke Harbour Resort & Marina is the perfect year-round Oceanside getaway, nestled in the quaint village of Sooke amidst the diverse natural beauty of Vancouver Island.

Offered for sale is a Ÿ interest in the townhome. This is a fractional ownership deeded and titled to each owner – this is not a timeshare.

Own for $60,000 & monthly maintenance fees of $321.71 Contact Tim for more details or to arrange your personal showing at 250.341.5423

TAX FREE MONEY is available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

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HOME CARE SUPPORT WESTSIDE MOBILE Footcare For all your footcare needs call 250-727-1935, 250-474-0125.

PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO RETOUCH, RESTORE, Edit Photos. Home Movies to DVD. Also, Portraiture, Baby, Family + Maternity.

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PETS PETS JACK RUSSELL Terriers, 13 weeks old. Born Feb. 8, 2015.

High energy dog, loving family friend. $600, 1st shot, deworming.(250)664-7470

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE FUEL/FIREWOOD ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fir, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS$2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enterprise Cres, Victoria. Goldstream Press Division.

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Sunroom, newly reno’d bath, W/D. 5 appls, NS/NP. Refs $1650.+ utils. 250-383-8800.

Renovated 1 bdrm suites

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COLWOOD 2 lvl, furnished 1 bdrm, 5 appls. $900 incl., near bus. NS/NP. 250-380-0700.

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GRANT MANOR 6921 Grant Rd.

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LAVENDER CO-OP is accepting applications for a quiet, bright 3 bdrm townhouse, W/D hookup, inside/outside storage, backyard. $1019/mo.

Share purchase $2500. Gross income $45,000 +. Applications available in the glass case outside the Community Hall at 10A-620 Judah St.

TRANSPORTATION AUTO SERVICES FREE REMOVAL of all vehicles, cash paid for some. Any condition. Call (250)889-5383

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Good 31� tires. $3500. Call Monty, 250-216-3408.

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NS/NP. (250)248-4902.

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1993 BMW: 3.4 L engine, automatic, Kashmir (beige/gold), 4-disc brakes. Brakes, tire tread still in good shape, recent O2 sensor and throttle switch replaced, rear wheel drive, power windows/locks/ sunroof, 2-12� subs and Kenmore amp. 200,000 km, all receipts for work done. Very fun car to drive. $3500 obo. Call 250-812-6008 or email liamgammon0@gmail.com

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250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779.

GARDEN OVERGROWN? Cleanups, lawn cuts, pruning, blackberry clearing. Call John 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

HAUL-IT You’ve got the Junk, We’ve got the Trunk!

Rob, 250-885-1740.

(250)858-6747. WRIGHT Bros Moving&Hauling.Free estimate $80=(2men&3tontruck)Sr Disc.

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

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

THE STUCCOMAN- All types of Stucco/Painting. Repairs, additions, renovations. Free est. Dan, 250-391-9851.

BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.

JEREMIAH’S CARPENTRYSmall repairs, interior finishing, weather proofing, decks, fencing. Reasonable rates. Insured. Call 250-857-1269 or www.jeremiahscarpentry.com JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER Reduced rates - Sun Decks, Fences and Siding. Call Ward (250)881-0296.

CLEANING SERVICES Spik N’ Span Cleaning. Excellent rates. Serving Esquimalt/Victoria. (778)432-3588.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Company.

Res/Com. Lic #86952. Call 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.

DRYWALL BEAT MY Price! Best workmanship. 38 years experience.

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BIG BEAR Handyman.

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

WILL DO GARDENING etc. $15/hr. Your tools.

Reliable.

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GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS 250-507-6543.

AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, guards, power washing, de-moss, Insured.

CONCRETE & PLACING RBC CONCRETE Finishing.

All types of concrete work. No job too small. Seniors discount. Call 250-386-7007.

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GARDENING (250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Lawn care. Comm/Res. Aerating, power raking, landscape design, all planting, river rock & patio stones, Ivy, blackberry & yard clean-up.

ABBA Exteriors Inc. “Spring Clean-Up Specials�

Gutter & Window Cleaning Concrete Power Washing Vinyl Siding Cleaning Roof Sweep & De-Mossing Carpentry * Yard Cleanup Handyman Repairs Free Estimates WCB Insured *Seniors Discounts* (778)433-9275 www.abbaexteriors.ca

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DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free estimate

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HAULING AND SALVAGE $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.

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GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.

HAUL A WAY Junk & garbage removal. Clean & green. Free quotes. Sr disc. 778-350-5050 JUNK BOX- Junk Removal Company. Local guys. Low rates. Call (250)658-3944.

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

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. 1800-573-2928.

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.

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DIAMOND Dave Moving- Free estimates!

PAINTING 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.

TREE SERVICES BUDDY’S TREE SERVICESTrimming, pruning, chipping, removals, hedges.

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Free Est. Quality Interiors.

ABBA EXTERIORS Professional gutter cleaning & repairs.

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Roof de-mossing. Pkg discounts. WCB. (778)433-9275.

OLD TIMER. Quality old fashioned service. Great rates. Excellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

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

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Calling all Victoria’s picture-perfect pooches On Sunday, May 24, the Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort and Spa welcomes Victoria’s pooches for the sixth annual Best in Show – Dog Show for Mutts.

A fun spin on the traditional dog shows and contests, categories include Best Dressed, Most Endearing Rescue Dog, Best Trick, Cutest Puppy, Cutest Male Dog, Cut-

est Female Dog and Most Original Hair.

The contest entry fee is $20 for the first event and $10 for each additional event. All proceeds will be donated to the SPCA. First-, second- and third-place prizes are awarded and include hotel stays, LURE Restaurant & Bar gift certificates and Spa gift certificates. “As a dog-friendly hotel, sup-

porting the BC SPCA is something that our team is extremely excited about,” says Kimberley Hughes, general manager. “The Best in Show: Dog Show for Mutts is a fun way for us to support the important work the BC SPCA does in our community.”

The public event will take place on the Harbour Patio of the hotel with an indoor

Community Calendar

Stage 1 - Water Conservation Bylaw

Thursday, May 21

In effect May 1 to September 30

Lawn watering is permitted two days per week as follows:

Watering of trees, flowers, shrubs & vegetable gardens is permitted as follows:

Even numbered addresses may water Wednesday & Saturday from 4-10 am & 7-10 pm Odd numbered addresses may water Thursday & Sunday from 4-10 am & 7-10 pm

Established trees, flowers, shrubs and vegetable gardens may be watered any day and any time if watering is done by a hand-held container, a hose equipped with a shut-off nozzle, or a micro/drip irrigation system.

Newly installed lawns (sod or seed) may be watered outside the permitted days detailed above by special permit only.

Established trees, flowers, shrubs and vegetable gardens may be watered with a sprinkler any day from 4-10 am & 7-10 pm.

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We carry a wide range of flags and banners as well as custom flags, custom banners, flag poles, tents/canopies, banner stands, promotional products and so much more.

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Sunday, May 24 Esquimalt Cycling Festival. Archie Browning Sports Centre, 1151 Esquimalt Rd. Info: esqbikefest@gmail.com.

Africa Fest. A weekend of sharing, discovering, tasting and learning. Vic West Community Centre, beginning at noon.

Friday. May 29

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Fairfield-wide garage sale. Fairfield Gonzales Community Association. Register your yard sale

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Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at Copley Park, Parkridge at Vanalman, Saanich. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact Karen at 778-426-0379.

Scrap metal fundraiser. Macaulay Elementary School, 1010 Wychbury Ave., 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Info: macaulay.sd61.bc.ca.

Africa Fest. A weekend of sharing, discovering, tasting and learning. Vic West Community Centre, 521 Craigflower Rd., beginning at noon.

Summer Baroque with the Victoria Baroque Players. Church of St. John the Divine, 1161 Quadra St., 7:30 p.m. Info: 250-652-0116 or victoriabaroque.com.

Summer Star Parties. Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, 5071 West Saanich Rd., 7:30 to 11 p.m. Tours of the historic Plaskett telescope, astronomy lectures and presentations. Info: victoria.rasc.ca.

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alternative in case of rain. Registration is from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. with the show following from 1 p.m. to approximately 2 p.m. A barbecue lunch will be available for $10 (all proceeds to the SPCA).

In conjunction with the Best in Show, the hotel is also donating their pet fees for the month of May to the SPCA.

Ponds

www.pondsvictoria.com 250.544.0806

Contact Dave to book your Pond Consultation today

Full maintenance contracts available. Let us change your backyard into your favourite vacation spot.

Specializing in Pond Supplies, Pond Installation and Pond Maintenance. You Dream it, We will Build it!

Esquimalt Farmers Market. Esquimalt Town Square, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Info: esquimaltmarket. com.

Victoria International Kite Festival. The Bay Centre and Clover Point. Opening ceremony at Bay Centre with special indoor kite fly by Connor Doran, noon. Kites with Lights – LED lit kites light up the night sky at Clover Point, 9:30 p.m.

Fernwood Market. Vic High School Plaza, 4 to 8 p.m. Info: thefca.ca.

Saturday, May 30 Victoria International Kite Festival. Clover Point, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Volkssport – 5/10 km walk. Meet at Henderson Recreation Centre, 2291 Cedar Hill X Rd. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact Evelyn at 250-370-0153.

Scrap metal fundraiser. Macaulay Elementary School, 1010 Wychbury Ave., 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Info: macaulay.sd61.bc.ca.

Summer Star Parties. Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, 5071 West Saanich Rd., 7:30 to 11 p.m. Tours of the historic Plaskett telescope, astronomy lectures and presentations. Info: victoria.rasc.ca.

Sunday, May 31 Victoria International Kite Festival. Clover Point, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

VICTORIA VICTORIANEWS NEWS-Wednesday, -Wednesday,May May20, 20,2015 2015

Victoria Volunteers Want to volunteer?

Opportunities are available through these positions at Volunteer Victoria: 250-386-2269 or volunteervictoria. bc.ca.

••• Victoria Jazz Festival is seeking volunteers with a class 4 driver’s licence to provide artist transportation during jazz fest. It is also looking for volunteers with a security licence to provide event security during Centennial Square performances.

Canada’s Temperance Foundation seeks passionate, skilled, personable volunteers, conscious in healthy living choices to join its board. A two-year commitment is required and meetings are held three to four times per year.

Victoria International Kite Festival welcomes volunteers for the family-fun event, May 29 to 31 at Clover Point. Positions include information booth, field marshals and traffic directors.

Phoenix Human Services Association is looking for volunteer mentors for its supported employment program.

Mentors help adults with developmental disabilities succeed at their jobs, until they can work independently.

The job site and environment may vary to include customer service, restaurant, janitorial, mechanical, hospitality or office.

Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure is looking for organizing committee members. Roles include fundraising coordinator, run day program coordinator and volunteer coordinator.

Cycle of Life Tour is looking for volunteers to assist with the tour, July 25 and 26.

Positions include check-in, gear dropoff, support vehicle drivers and meal service crew, first aid, bike repair, road marshals, etc.

Glenwarren Lodge is looking for passionate volunteers to lead the carpet bowling activity and to support community outings.

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Garagellenium grows to include James Bay

Kendra Wong Victoria News

One of the largest neighbourhood garage sales of the year is expanding to Victoria.

Garagellenium, which started in Oak Bay 16 years ago, is coming to James Bay for the first time this summer.

The idea to expand came from Linda Gionet, who attended the Oak Bay garage sale for years.

“I enjoyed the families who came out. There were children selling their toys, groups of people out talking and walking and socializing,” she said.

“It’s a great day to get people participating and the children involved … I just thought, ‘why not James Bay too’?”

Residents along the south side of the Inner Harbour along Belleville, Government and Douglas streets and Dallas Road are encouraged to participate in the inaugural event.

Gionet said it is a way to explore different neighbourhoods.

“Hopefully other communities

will get involved too and do it on different Saturdays so that everybody can move around and visit each others’ communities,” she said.

Graham Lamb, organizer of the Oak Bay Garagellenium, said garage sales are growing in popularity in Greater Victoria.

“I think people in Victoria really like their garage sales,” he said, adding that in the past, they’ve had as many as 160 homes registered for the Oak Bay event.

“There’s a lot of old stuff in this town, a lot of collectors. I came across old hockey cards, pins, military memorabilia. You never know what you’re going to find. One person’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

Residents interested in joining can register by May 27 at the James Bay Community Centre by calling 250-389-1470. The garage sale will take place on Saturday, June 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Oak Bay Garagellenium is on June 13. kendra.wong@vicnews.com

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