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Erinne Paisley is no stranger to being in the news, but this time it’s her dress that’s making headlines. Paisley’s prom dress – made from old math homework and scotch tape – went viral this week after her friends posted pictures of her at the Reynolds secondary graduation on May 29. The ‘paper dress girl’ wanted to draw attention to the Malala Fund, founded by Malala Yousafzai with the goal of providing secondary education to women. And attention is exactly what Paisley received: by Wednesday, there were 11,346 Facebook likes on her Facebook post, spots on the radio, TV and even a story on the Malala Fund website. “The idea was to make a dress out of old homework so I could write a message on it,” Paisley said. In bold red paint the message on the dress was clear: “I’ve received my education, not everyone has that right. Malala. org.” Rather than spending money on a prom dress, Paisley donated $250 to the Malala Fund, an estimate of what she would have spent on an outfit. “I thought it was fitting because I just received my secondary education and the purpose of the Malala Fund is to try to help more women around the

world have the right to receive the education I just did,” Paisley said. Getting involved is what brought Paisley to Reynolds in the first place, she said. At the start of the school year, when BCTF was at odds with the province, it threatened the livelihood of Reynolds’ annual Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock fundraising. Paisley stepped up with two other Grade 12s, Abbie Renyard and Rebecca Tran, to rally the cause and help the school hit $100,000 once again. In the summer of 2013, prior to Paisley’s Grade 11 year, she earned a 2014 Education First Global Citizen Scholarship (one of 10 in Canada), to travel to the U.K. for a youth empowerment event, cultural tour of Europe and a science and innovation summit in Berlin. In September, Paisley enters college life at the University of Toronto as one of 11 in Canada to win a national scholarship for the International Relations bachelor program. At this point, she believes international law will follow. “One of the reasons I chose to go to Reynolds was the amount of community development they do, the opportunity (through the Flex program), and I’m so grateful for the amazing teachers and staff who’ve helped me flourish,” Paisley said. PLEASE SEE: Dress auction, Page A11

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Erinne Paisley wears her prom dress, mostly constructed of old math homework, on the grounds of the B.C. legislature last Friday.

The Victoria Police Department and the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit are conducting an extensive search of a rural Saanich property in the search for key evidence that could lead them to a missing Victoria man. Dana McKellar, 51, was reported missing to VicPD in September 2014. After a comprehensive investigation, VIIMCU was brought on board to lead the investigation. Through the investigation, it was revealed that McKellar had been previously assaulted in July, said VicPD Const. Mike Russell. Officers then learned that potential evidence may exist on a property in the 100block of Goward Rd. in the Prospect Lake neighbourhood. A large-scale evidence search began Tuesday on the property and officers are

expected to remain onsite for several days. Saanich Police Sgt. Steve Eassie said several Saanich police units are assisting with the search including forensics and search teams.

Dana McKellar. Anyone with information about McKellar or his disappearance is asked to call VicPD on the non-emergency line at 250-995-7654 or report anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. editor@saanichnews.com

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After setting up spectacular canned displays of Disney-themed structures, more than 30,000 cans of food will be donated to the largest food bank on Vancouver Island. As part of the second annual Canstruction event put on by the Dahlia Society at Mayfair Mall last month, seven companies used thousands of cans to build famous Disney structures including R2D2, the Disney Castle and a drivein movie theatre. All of the food used to build the structures was then donated to the Mustard Seed to help the group during the time of year when donations are at a low. “When we start to get into the summer months like we are now, traditionally, we see a dip in donations but there’s still an increase in families and the need for volumes of food,” said Colin Tessier, executive director with Mustard Seed. “This injection of food, 30,000 cans, is coming right at the perfect time to help us get through difficult summer months.” Tessier expects the cans will last them until September. Another $4,000 was also raised which will go toward the program and help supplement the organization’s hamper program. “It speaks for itself, the numbers that we were able to ascertain this year,” said Christopher Mavrikos, executive director of the Dahlia Society. Plans are already underway to figure out a theme for next year and recruit new teams. The event was one of Mustard Seed’s largest annual fundraising efforts. editor@saanichnews.com

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A trio of Grade 11 Reynolds secondary track athletes Lauren D’Agnolo, left, Taylor Lyman and Brendan Hoff are medal favourites in their respective events at this weekend’s B.C. High School Track and Field Championships.

Saanich runners lead way to provincials Travis Paterson News staff

At 18 members strong, the Roadrunners track and field team is hitting new strides. It might be a smaller team compared to Mount Douglas and Oak Bay, but with three Grade 11 athletes striving for the World Youth Championships in Columbia come July, Reynolds is on the front foot. Taylor Lyman, Brendan Hoff and Lauren D’Agnolo are among the medal favourites at this weekend’s B.C. High School Track and Field Championships in Langley, June 4 to 6. “We have athletes performing at national and international levels, they have elite coaching, we’re blessed to have them on our team,” said school coach Brad Cunningham. Lyman leads the way as the man to beat in the 800-metre. He surprised many, including himself, when he broke Olympian Zack Whitmarsh’s (Oak Bay High) 1995 Island record of 1:53:80 at the Island championships with a time of 1:51:73. It also set the B.C. under-18 record. Lyman still talks about his Island champi-

onship 800m race, and the seven seconds he knocked off his personal best, with a tone of disbelief. He credits his coach, Bruce Deacon, for laying out a great training plan. “It just worked. (Deacon) has a good understanding of how my body reacts to the training,” Lyman said. “I’m excited to see what I can do now.” There are other medal threats on the team. Grade 11 Kelsey Carrothers is a favourite to medal in the shot-put. Grade 9 Nicole D’Agnolo, Lauren’s younger sister, is seeded in a medal position amongst juniors (Grade 10) in the 80m hurdles. “Mostly I just get them together and organize the meets, these kids are committed and coached at a level well beyond my capacity,” Cunningham said. Lauren D’Agnolo has her sights set on the 200m and 400m, having finished first in the latter and third in the former at the Island championships. She finished fifth in the 100m sprint and qualified in that event for provincials but will pass it up to focus on the others. “It’s still early for my 200m times, I ran a sub-26, which is nice, because it means I’m getting closer to my times from last year,”

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Lauren said. “I want to peak later, for the national and world championships.” Like Lauren, Hoff also won the Island championships knowing he has room to improve. The Saanich transplant, who was a doublegold medalist for Carihi at the B.C. junior level last year, won the 1,500m and 3,000m Island championships. “I was a little disappointed, both were pretty slow times for me, but I followed up by beating my 1,500 PB by seven seconds at a twilight meet in Surrey on Saturday (May 30), so I’m happy about that, happy with the progress.” Hoff’s 1,500m time in Surrey was 3:54.66, about three seconds out of the top-10 in the world for his age category, and the second fastest time in Canada right now. Hoff attends the Canadian Sports School and chose Reynolds over other schools for the Flex program, which is headed by Cunningham. “Taylor may have influenced me to come here,” Hoff admitted. Hoff and Taylor will likely compete with Reynolds’ 4X400m team and Taylor with the 4x100m team, if they compete at provincials. reporter@saanichnews.com

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Shameful past needs healing After six years of recording thousands of emotional accounts of residential school experiences, the national Truth and Reconciliation Commission report was released this week. The report makes nearly 100 specific action points to tackle the restoration of aboriginal culture including a recommended overhaul of school curriculum to include age-appropriate truths about aboriginal heritage, and to bring to light what the report’s authors are calling a “cultural genocide.” The phrase is used to describe the systematic removal of aboriginal children from their homes and families and the residential school system’s abhorrent strategy of “taking the Indian out Indians.” It was an attempt to sever the cultural connection of aboriginal elders and heads of families passing on their language and other traditional heritage to younger generations. In the 1960s, leaders in Quebec sought to have their province’s “distinct society” – its majority French-speaking population, unique culture and civil law tradition – officially recognized by the government of Canada. Two attempts to entrench such uniqueness in the Constitution, the Meech Lake and Charlottetown accords, failed. Nonetheless, Quebec’s unique culture in this country is today recognized as an integral part of Canada’s heritage and cultural makeup. The same recognition must be afforded Canada’s First Nations. Righting past wrongs will take more than simply throwing money at the problem of residual anger and shame over residential school abuses. It will take further inclusionary practices and action by individuals just as much as by governments. We need to re-imagine the relationship between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people on a personal and systemic level. It’s about treating all people as fellow human beings, free of judgment and with respect. It’s something we can all do, regardless of what government policies may be enacted in the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s work. The report lays bare a shameful piece of Canada’s history, but it offers opportunity to heal. Now the hard work begins. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@saanichnews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

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Council right to revisit EDPA issue I was a wildlife habitat specialist in the BC Fish and Wildlife Branch for 28 years, first as a Habitat Protection Biologist and then as Manager of the Habitat Inventory Section. I am concerned that the EDPA initiative, although well meaning, is not based on sound ecological principles. I understand that most EDPA’s are assigned because of the presence of Garry oak trees. There seems to be an assumption that Garry oak ecosystems will eventually re-establish under standing trees simply by leaving the site undisturbed. This ignores the fact that the classic “Garry oak meadows,” reported by the first Europeans in the area as “lakes” of blue camas and other spring flowers surrounded by scattered oak trees, were a product of a deliberate farming by the indigenous people. These meadows were maintained by burning to reverse vegetative succession as well as digging and moving camas bulbs and competing plants.

Without this disturbance the meadows would have been overtaken by snowberry, Indian plum and Douglas fir trees. EDPA designation apparently discourages any disturbance of existing soil and plants. Considering the exotics now rampant in many of these areas, the result of “hands off” management will be unaesthetic tangles of broom, blackberry and ivy. I have maintained one corner of my property containing 20 Oak trees for over 40 years. When I purchased the property in 1974, about a quarter was managed and covered with exotics such as Tulip, Daffodil, Laburnum and other introduced species. Non managed areas were choked with blackberry, broom, morning glory and ivy as well as native Indian plum. I have been removing the introduced flowers and weeds since 1974, and the only native species to reestablish without my planting them are snowberry, and some grasses.

None of the typical Garry oak meadow species like camas, satin flowers and spring gold have re-established on their own. If I am prevented from continuing to maintain the area as I have, my efforts will be reversed and I will be back to an impenetrable thicket of Ivy and Blackberry. In fact in the early ‘90s, I watched this start to happen when a medical issue prevented my “weeding” efforts for a few years. I hope Saanich takes the effort to properly plan and manage sensitive areas to showcase the natural successional stages of vegetative communities on the peninsula. Unfortunately the existing EDPA approach will not do this. I am pleased the Council has agreed to revisit the issue. Bruce Pendergast, RPBio Retired Saanich

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United Way honours teens of action Seven awards given out to local volunteers at United Way’s YouthNow ceremony Travis Paterson Black Press

A local volunteer is giving back to the community by shining a light on a topic that most people shy away from. Come summer and strike, Hannah Berry made sure to attend to Reynolds secondary’s recently established courtyard garden. “For a good while there it was just my mom and I making sure the garden lived on,” Berry said, laughing. Berry chose to attend her graduation ceremony on Friday (May 29) and as a result, was unable to collect her United Way Youth Now Green Award. Happily, United Way’s community investment representative Tara Taggart came to Berry on Tuesday and presented the award in teacher Heather Coey’s classroom in a ceremony that was rather intimate: just the two of them. “That’s okay. It’s been a busy, busy week, I’m honoured to receive it any way,” Berry said. “It was a difficult process for the Youth Now council to choose a recipient for this year’s Green Award, and we’re proud to give it to Berry,” Taggart said. It was Berry’s volunteer efforts in the Reynolds garden, and how they tie into her passion for permaculture and sustainability, that stood out for the council. Berry’s leadership teacher, Coey, nominated Berry for the Green Award. “Berry’s past and future actions demonstrate she’s an incredibly positive role model for all of us on our journey to take care of this planet we live on called Earth,” Coey said. In her time at Reynolds, Berry has been a key member or the Get R.E.A.L. (Reynolds Eco Action Leaders) group, has maintained an inner courtyard garden space at the school (which grows some of the produce for Reynolds’ weekly organic salad bar serving over 100 staff and students), and has attended courses with local organizations such as the Victoria Compost Education Centre and Wild Edibles, to further her understanding of garden systems. “Berry’s work has made the inner courtyard an aesthetically

pleasing place for students and staff to go and relax outside in nature,” said Coey. “Berry spent all summer maintaining this space even when she was not in school and designed workshop modules for teaching (elementary school) students about gardening and appreciating nature.” “The garden is not where it could be but it’s getting there, I’d like to see it contributing a lot more food to the weekly salad bar,” Berry said. “For me, I really have a passion about permaculture and the concept of low maintenance, food producing gardens.” Rather than head to post secondary school in September, Berry is taking a gap year to focus on local initiatives and study permaculture and urban agriculture further. “When I do go back to school it will be at Quest, where I previously attended the summer scholars program which included a gardening component,” Berry said. “My ideal focus long term would be to integrate permaculture concepts into

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United Way community investment representative Tara Taggart visited Reynolds secondary school on Tuesday (June 2) to present Grade 12 student Hannah Berry with the 2015 United Way Youth Now Green Award. Berry was unable to attend the awards on Friday as she was at the Reynolds graduation ceremony.

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Winners of this year’s United Way YouthNow Awards (Back row left to right) Kaitlyn Nohr, Willow Mak, Shaheen Rabie. Chelsea Clouthier (second row left), Liz Radermacher and a member of the Youth Environmental Leadership Program at the Cedar Hill Recreation Centre last Friday. our everyday culture, with all environmental installations featuring permaculture, such as food forests (producing nuts or fruit).” Earlier this year Berry was the recipient of Reynolds’ outstanding Eco-Award. The United Way Youth Now council is made up of locals aged 14 to 19 years old and accepts nominations year round.

Victoria resident Chelsea Clouthier is a volunteer with NEED2, a service that works to prevent suicide through anonymous chatting and texting services for youth. Clouthier is a suicide education and awareness presenter, responsible for going to high schools on Vancouver Island and speaking to students about suicide prevention. It is a topic that is close to

Clouthier’s heart. “In elementary school, some of my first memories are people saying really mean things in the locker rooms. Then I switched schools and things got worse and worse, I was really isolated at the new school and I was getting bullied,” said Clouthier, who originally went to school in Saskatchewan. “All that just built up and it ended up with me being hospitalized for a few weeks after a suicide attempt.” After the attempt, her parents found counsellors and psychologists for her to speak to. “After I attempted suicide, it helped me realize there are people out there that care for me,” said Clouthier. “[My family] gave me something to continue living for.” Now, the 23-year-old, who moved to the Island to attend university, has spent hours telling students about the resources available to them, something she has done at least once a week since she started with NEED2 in September. “The thing I like about NEED2 is the presentation that we give; it gets people talking and it’s helping empower youth by telling them that they’re the ones that are going to be around their friends five days a week. We’re giving them the tools to see when their friends are struggling or when they’re struggling,” she said. Clouthier was recognized

for her volunteer efforts at the 17th annual United Way Greater Victoria YouthNow awards last week where she was awarded the individual volunteer award aged 20-29. It was Renata Hindle, manager of suicide education and awareness program with NEED2, who nominated Clouthier for the award. “Chelsea has a wonderful energy about her. She’s dedicated, she’s passionate about the work that we do. She’s committed in the sense of ensuring that she’s a positive role model for students,” said Hindle. “She’s just a wonderful person.” According to Taggart, there were roughly 50 applicants for this particular award, but it was Clouthier’s work that resonated most with the council. “What resonated with the council was the type of volunteer work that Chelsea does,” said Taggart. “It can take a lot out of you on an individual level and it’s such important work that they’re doing. A number of young people have been touched personally or know someone that has struggled with [suicide] so it resonated with almost everyone on the council.” This year’s winners also include Shaheen Rabie, Willow Mak, Kaitlyn Nohr, the Sierra Club and Youthspace.ca. -with files from Kendra Wong reporter@saanichnews.com

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The province may let contracted private clinics keep patients overnight for as long as three days so they can take on more complex surgeries than the day procedures they’ve so far been permitted to perform. That possibility is mentioned in a health ministry discussion paper of potential surgical reforms that’s gone out for stakeholder comment. “Improved access to surgical services may include performing select surgical procedures which have length of stay up to three days, in private surgery centres using public funds,” the paper says, adding the change would require amending the Hospital Act. B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake announced an extra $10 million Monday to perform more day surgeries this summer – some through private clinics using public funds – in order to cut wait times. But NDP health critic Judy Darcy said letting private surgery clinics go beyond day surgery to multi-day stays would be tantamount to turning them into fullfledged “private hospitals.” Private surgery clinics so far perform barely one per cent of government-funded procedures

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in B.C. when public operating rooms aren’t available. Longer patient stays would open the door to many more surgeries flowing to private facilities, Darcy said, adding critical staff may follow, further reducing capacity in public hospitals. “Health professionals are in short supply – anaethesiologists, specialty nurses – and if we drain them out of the public system into the private system we effectively become captive to private for-profit clinics,” Darcy said. She called the proposal a “game changer” that has been quietly advanced under the guise of a short-term “band-aid” to cut waits. Fraser Health does not initially foresee hiring private clinics to supply the extra 500 surgeries it plans over the summer – it will open more of its own closed operating rooms. But the Vancouver Island and and Vancouver Coastal health authorities have indicated they expect to make some extra use of private surgeons. Health Minister Terry Lake was unavailable for an interview. The ministry instead issued a statement defending extended private clinic stays as a successful method of handling more hernia surgeries in Toronto. “This is just one option that is on the table for consideration,”

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Scottish families among earliest in Saanich Scottish families settled on the rich farmland of Saanich and helped to establish the community we enjoy today. One of these settlers was Kenneth McKenzie who arrived on Vancouver Island in 1853 aboard the HBC ship Norman Morison with his wife, six children and numerous in-laws. McKenzie, facing financial ruin in Scotland, had accepted the position of bailiff for a proposed Company farm at Maple Point, later called Craigflower. Responsible for

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George and Annie Deans were one of the Scottish families to settle in Saanich.

When the Colony of Vancouver Island was established in 1849, Scottish farmers and miners employed by the Hudson’s Bay Company were among the first to arrive. Many of these

recruiting his own labourers, he placed an advertisement in the East Lothian and Berwickshire Monthly Advertiser on 12 May 1852 seeking “for the service of the Hudson’s Bay Company, Vancouver’s Island, in North America, a few good PLOUGHMAN and FARM LABOURERS, also a HOUSE CARPENTER and BLACKSMITH. Apply to Mr. McKenzie.” Within a few weeks McKenzie had a workforce of 27 men together with their wives and a total of 24 children.

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estate ‘Craigflower’ lent its name to McKenzie’s farm. Also bound for Craigflower was Duncan Lidgate who, at the end of his HBC contract, settled on 50 acres along Mount Newton Cross Road. Lidgate helped to build Craigflower School in 1854 and his son William was one of the many students educated there. The schoolhouse, which survives on its original site along the Gorge, is one of Saanich’s most important heritage structures and is today occupied by the Hallmark Heritage Society. Craigflower Manor, completed for the McKenzie family in 1856, now appropriately houses the Victoria Highland Games Association which continues to promote Scottish culture. McKenzie had mixed success at Craigflower and moved his family to Lake Hill Farm near Swan Lake in 1866. At his funeral in 1874 his coffin was carried by fellow Scots Sir James Douglas, Roderick Finlayson and William Fraser Tolmie. Caroline Duncan is the archivist at Saanich Archives. Explore Saanich history online at saanicharchives.ca.

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The Saanich Tigers midget A lacrosse team plays up Island this weekend but returns for two games Wednesday and Thursday at Pearkes Recreation Centre, welcoming Cowichan at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and Juan de Fuca at 6 p.m. the next day. Coming up, the fifth annual Pickleball Tournament comes to Pearkes recreation centre June 12 to 14, with categories for men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, mixed doubles, and 65-plus mixed doubles. The Victoria Mariners and

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The Victoria and District Cricket League will be in action this weekend. Saturday, the Incogs will play against the Colts at 12:30 p.m. at Saint Michaels University School. On Sunday, play moves to Beacon Hill Park when United plays University. Looking a fun family activity this weekend? The Frontrunners-hosted Mad Hatter 3K Fun Run is this Saturday, June 6, preceding the 53nd annual Oak Bay Tea Party parade to Willows Beach. Baby strollers are welcome. The run kicks off at 10:15 a.m. and supports the Victoria CoolAid Society. Find more atoakbayteaparty.com/parade. Fancy a game of horseshoes? The Victoria Horseshoe Club hosts games for many different age groups, including Wednesday’s year-round senior men’s drop-in starting at 10 a.m. The ladies’ league runs Wednesdays at 7 p.m. while the junior league is Mondays at 7 p.m. Visit gvhpa. org for details.

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Locals Marilyn Arsenault and Maurice Terant set two of three national records that fell at the second track meet of the 2015 Christie-Phoenix Insurance Victoria Run Series on Saturday (May 30), at University of Victoria’s Centennial Stadium. With Olympians and future Olympians attending, it was Arsenault, a PISE run instructor and opera singer, who cracked the whip in the 3,000metre and took her third Canadian masters age-group record in the time of nine minutes, 44.94 seconds. Victoria’s Tarrant set the Canadian 85-89 age-group record in the 3,000m with his race time of 17:01.99. Tarrant already owns more than 65 Canadian agegroup records, as well as the 80-84 world mile record, which he set in the 2010 Victoria Run Series. Oak Bay’s 18-yearold Liam Stanley, a national team parasoccer player, hit the second-fastest time in the world for the para T37 category (cerebral palsy) with a time of 2:06.92. Stanley’s impressive time is a shade off that of 2012 Olympian Hilary Stellingwerff, who ran the 800m in an elite field

Hilary Stellingwerff with 2014 Commonwealth Games medallist Kate Van Buskirk and Rachel Francois of the UVic Vikes, among others. Stellingwerff (of Saanich) and Van Buskirk (Toronto) are 1,500m specialists seeking a 2:02 time, while Fran-

cois, a four-time CIS gold medalist in the 600m, is now on leave from UVic to focus on of representing Canada in the 800m at the 2016 Olympics. The 800m went to Langley’s Fiona Benson, who broke apart from the lead group of Van Buskirk, Stellingwerff and Francois with 200 metres left to set a new personal best by nearly seven seconds, 2:01.58. The result is currently Canada’s top women’s 800m time in 2015. Francois finished second in a season best of 2:03.15, followed in by Stellingwerff and Van Buskirk, at 2:04.41

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He was a pioneer of abstract painting in Canada and an exceptional teacher. He influenced generations of artists. His stunning landscapes are national treasures. And for the first time in 30 years, a major retrospective of Jock Macdonald’s work is being presented. Jock Macdonald: Evolving Form is an in-depth exhibition of the life and work of one of Canada’s finest artists. With just three stops on its tour, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria will present this special exhibition, opening June 13 and running until Sept. 7. Evolving Form tells the story of a naturally curious artist who explored the world through art. It provides a fresh look at Macdonald’s artistic practice and exhibits many previously unknown works for the first time. The exhibition traces the unique and dramatic transformations of Macdonald’s artistic development, beginning with his landscape paintings and his evolution toward automatic painting (or painting from the unconscious), surrealism and abstraction while tracing his life events and many influences through excerpts from Macdonald’s correspondence, sketches, and a diary he kept while living in Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, from 1935 to 1936. “Visitors will see the progression of Macdonald’s work, the transitions in his life and career, the influence of spirituality, and his impact on the cities where he lived and taught,” said AGGV’s chief curator Michelle Jacques, who curated and organized the exhibition along with curators from the Vancouver Art Gallery and The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa. “The exhibition includes a number of Macdonald’s stunning landscapes of Nootka Sound, which are at once evocative of the Group of Seven and indicative of the emergence of Macdonald’s unique artistic vision.” Macdonald was a supporter of other artists, including those he taught, and those he admired, such as Emily Carr – Macdonald used the little money he had to buy one of her small pieces. Jacques extensively studied Macdonald’s life and paintings as she curated the exhibition, and coauthored an accompanying book, teaching materi-

als and website. “He was an everevolving artist who explored new styles and mediums,” said Jacques. “Particularly fascinating is that he didn’t start painting until his adult life, and because he tragically died quite young, at the height of his career in 1960, he only painted for 30 years. Because he taught throughout his career in several cities across Canada, he had quite the impact on 20th century Canadian art.” For more information, please call the art gallery at 250-384-4171 or go online to aggv.ca.

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LEGALS NOTICE TO: DAVE GRENIER A legal proceeding has been commenced against you by David Stanley Lequesne and Westshore Towing Ltd. in the British Columbia Supreme Court Action 14 3897, Victoria Registry. This notice is published pursuant to the terms of a Consent Order granted by the Court that provides that Substituted Service of the Notice of Civil Claim upon you shall be effective immediately after completion of the last of the following: 1. Substitutive Service of a copy of the filed Consent Order and filed Notice of Civil Claim on the Defendant Dave Greneir; 2. Substitutive Service of a copy of the filed Consent Order and filed Notice of Civil Claim on the Facebook page of the Defendant Dave Greneir; and 3. Publication of this Notice of Legal Proceeding in the Saanich News and the Goldstream Gazette. If you intend to defend this proceeding, you or an attorney acting for you must prepare and file with the Court a Response to Civil Claim and serve it upon the Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyer within 7 days after â&#x20AC;&#x153;the effective date of service.â&#x20AC;? If you fail to defend this action the Plaintiff may enter default judgment against you. Stevenson Luchies & Legh Per: Albert Berns (Law Corporation) 103-2849 Peatt Road Victoria, BC V9B 3V5 Telephone: 250-381-4040 Fax: 250-388-9406

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By joining the leading community newspaper serving Oak Bay, you can develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing while contributing to one of the most vibrant communities in Victoria. The team environment at The Oak Bay News will inspire you to the highest level of customer partnership and reward your motivated approach to excellence. You should be a strong communicator, well organized, self motivated and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. Advertising sales experience is preferred. A car and a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license are required.

By joining the leading community newspaper serving Victoria, you can develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing while contributing to one of the most vibrant communities in the region. The team environment at The Victoria News will inspire you to the highest level of customer partnership and reward your motivated approach to excellence. You should be a strong communicator, well organized, self motivated and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. Advertising sales experience is preferred. A car and a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license are required.

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CATHYDUNCAN.COM| The Wilkinson Road based agent has several Saanich listings.

Last of the South Valley lots Real estate developer’s plots among the only land remaining in South Valley Travis Paterson News Staff

What was once dubbed the Valley of Despair is now the South Valley of Success, says real estate agent Cathy Duncan. Duncan has lived at 3898 Wilkinson Rd. since 1984 where her family’s sloping property overlooks what is known as the South Valley area. Hers is one of the final lots to be subdivided, a one acre plot split into quarters. Her family erected a home on one, and the remaining three are for sale starting at $339,900 bare. Duncan has also prepared a modern, West Coast contemporay development scheme for each lot that would cost between $900,000 and $1 million. “We’ve come along way and just look how beautiful the South Valley is with an arts and crafts subdivision that fits so well with the land, it really is a great balance of natural landscape in a residential neighbourhood,” Duncan said. Back then her view constisted of flooded, unsuable farmland in the urban containment boundary. Many of the houses that were there had faulty septic systems. “It was a long time ago now. The South Valley has since become a really strong destination, houses here never devalued, even during the (2008-09) downturn, they only went up. “This is not the valley of despair anymore. We’ve created a huge tax base for Saanich and the councillors were positive about the type of development that went in here during my rezoning application last year.” Listings in the South Valley rarely go beyond 30 days, if at all, Duncan added. “The demand has remained strong, people want to come here. People were scared before it was developed it would become a concrete nightmare but it’s home to eagles, hawks, owls and other nesting birds. I have a three-point buck that visits and we have two geese who have taken up residence on the vacant lots (for now).” The lots at 3898 Wilkinson are zoned for RS10. reporter@saanichnews.com

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Real estate agent Cathy Duncan holds an issue of the Saanich News from November, 2000, detailing past challenges the Wilkinson South Valley area overcame. Development is now complete of the formerly flooded area, pending the final acreages of Duncan’s and one other.

The available properties at Wilkinson Road will neighbour Cathy Duncan’s house, a contemporary style building atop the four-lot acre. The boulevard (not shown) was landscaped last week. Travis Paterson/News staff

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988 Topaz Avenue, $589,900 879 Craigflower Road, Saturday & Sunday Sutton Group West Coast Realty $478,900 MLS 349144, Saturday 1-3 Komal Dodd, 250-479-3333 Sparling Real Estate Ltd. Trevor Lunn, 250-656-5511 535 Linden Avenue, $769,000 MLS 351778, Saturday, Sunday & 819 Colville Road, MLS 349527, Saturday 2-4 Thursday 2-4 Newport Realty RE/MAX Camosun Jack Petrie, 250-385-2033 Karen Scott, 250-744-3301

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4686 McMorran Way, $738,888 MLS 349739, Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Fair Realty Bruce McCalla, 250-885-8487 892 Haliburton Road, $750,000 MLS 347978, Sunday 2-4 Jonesco Real Estate Inc. Ian Heath & Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653 952 Tattersall Drive, $518,888 MLS 351787, Sunday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Jane Logan, 250-920-6868 213-3900 Shelbourne Street, $279,880 MLS 251777, Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Shelley Saldat, 250-384-8124

740 Travino Lane Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Scott Munro, 250-477-5353

2225 Amelia Ave, $575,000 MLS 346910, Saturday 12-2:30 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Blake Moreau, 250-881-0423

102-951 Goldstream Avenue, $329,900 MLS 351631, Saturday 12-2 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty 2108 James White, $469,900 Paul Holland, 250-477-5353 3117 Esson Road, $425,000 MLS 351071, Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun MLS 350506, Saturday 2-4 939 Whisperwind Place, Karen Scott, 250-744-3301 Fair Realty $699,900 Sukhmeet Grewal, 250-704-9794 9574 Glenelg Ave, $799,000 MLS 345919, Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital MLS 351912, Sunday 2-4 3912 Carey Road, From Realty Jonesco Real Estate Inc. $249,900 Goran Tambic, 250-592-4422 Ian Heath & Marilyn Ball, Saturday - Monday 1-5 250-655-7653 Macdonald Realty 3407 Ambrosia Cres., Sheila Aujla & Sophak Sim, $459,900 8997 Lochside Drive 250-744-4441 Daily 12-4 MLS 348210, Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. RE/MAX Camosun SAANICH Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003 Ross Shortreed, 250-858-3585

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11305 Ravenscroft Place MLS 351347, Saturday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Chace Whitson, 250-818-9338

1166-2600 Ferguson Rd, $304,900 454 Ker Avenue, $445,000 MLS 349040, Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Ron Phillips, 250-655-0608 Goran Tambic, 250-592-4422 7182 West Saanich Road., 41 Lurline Avenue, From $365,000 $519,900 Saturday & Sunday 1-4, MLS 351505, Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Sutton Group West Coast Realty Coast Capital Realty Troy Petersen, 250-858-1134 Murray Lawson, 250-477-5353

SAANICH WEST

7859 Scohon Dr., $549,900 MLS 350458, Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Ron Phillips, 250-655-0608 A-10419 Resthaven Dr., $369,900 MLS 350520, Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Frances Wade, 250-656-0131

WEST SHORE

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3347 Sewell Road, $599,900 Sunday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003 768 Danby Place, $558,888 MLS 349942, Sunday 2-4 Sotheby’s International Realty Canada Brad MacLaren, 250-380-3933 3018 Waterview Close, $599,900 Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

3419 Fleetwood Court, $529,900 Saturday & Sunday 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003 3518 Luxton Road, $399,900 Saturday & Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003 593 Latoria Road, From $299,000 Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124 6-630 Brookside Road, $509,900 MLS 346474, Saturday 12-2 RE/MAX Camosun Brad Gregory, 250-744-3301 105-990 Rattanwood Place, From $319,900 Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Komal Dodd, 250-479-3333

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Fantasy in the Pacific Northwest Arthurian legends. She’s West Saanich-based been a bookworm for as author Emma Shelford is long she could read, and already one-third through I’ve always gravitated to her first trilogy, and now fantasy (C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, she’s opened the door to and more). She can’t get another world. Arthurian legends out of Shelford plans to her head. release the second book When she sat down of her Mark of the Breenan to write Ignition, Merlin trilogy in November. practically scrambled to get But this week she is out of her brain, she said. embarking on a six-book “He was so eager to make journey with Ignition, his voice heard.” an adult urban fantasy Merlin will be return as novel set in the Pacific Ignition is the first book Northwest, featuring the Submitted photo in the Musings of Merlin exploits of an immortal Saanich resident Emma Shelford is series. Merlin of Arthurian releasing the second book in her Mark of the Breenan is legend. It’s set to come out on Saturday (May 30). Mark of the Breenan trilogy, Ignition, rated 5 out of 5 on Amazon, in November. and 4.38/5 on Goodreads. “I plan to publish com. Ignition’s second book for Visit emmashelford.com having earned a doctorate 2016,” said Shelford, who for more. in earth and ocean sciences grew up in Greater Victoria overseas. Her inspiration for and attended St. Michaels reporter@saanichnews.com Ignition came from her abiding University School. love of English literature and Shelford has traveled widely,

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