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The City of Victoria isn’t planning on painting more sidewalks with rainbows any time soon, but a few crosswalks around Fort Street are about to be splashed with colour. The Fort Street Business Association recently got the go-ahead from the city to place art on the street at all four crosswalks on the corner of Fort and Blanshard Streets. The design has yet to be revealed, but was created by a tattoo artist in the area. Around 29 businesses on Fort Street have kicked in funds for the project that’s been tossed around for the last year and a half. “It’s going to be quite awesome and done in a tasteful way,” said Teri Hustins, co-chair of the Fort Street
Business Association. She hopes the painting will begin some time after Labour Day. “Some of the property owners in that block are really putting a lot of time and money into their properties, so the art that’s going down on that intersection has to be something that works with their building.” To celebrate the city’s diversity leading up to Pride Week in early July, the city painted three permanent rainbow crosswalks on Pandora at Broad Street. Unanimously approved by council, the cost of painting the three crosswalks was $14,000, and aside from some minor vandalism a few weeks ago, the colourful crossings have been overwhelmingly positive thus far. “There was a little criticism over the cost and things, but generally people have
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A pedestrian walks down Grant Street passing a newly painted street mandala on the pavement next to Haegert Park. The mandala, painted by local residents, is a first for Fernwood and was inspired by the many mandalas painted in Portland, Oregon’s neighbourhoods been very supportive,” said Coun. Jeremy Loveday. “Every day I see people taking photos of themselves at the crosswalks, and that’s locals and lots of tourists. It’s a place that people come and take their photo when they are in Victoria.” The idea was sparked when Loveday was in Edmonton
for meetings and snapped a photo of a temporary rainbow crosswalk painted there, then posted it on social media. Much to his surprise, the post was the most popular the city has ever had. Loveday said he is in favour of more art projects on city sidewalks and other infrastructure,
but wants them to be lead by the community. Recently, the community of Fernwood painted its first street mandala on the pavement near Grant Street and Haegert Park. The idea arose about seven years ago, and was inspired by the many mandalas painted in Portland, Oregon’s neighbourhoods.
“I think the rainbow crosswalks is an example of what you can do to make a normal piece of infrastructure into a special place,” said Loveday, adding the city has a strategic plan to help facilitate projects such as this. “The rainbow crosswalks came from city council, but I would like to see
more of it coming from the community and the city facilitate in helping it happen.” In July 2013, Vancouver unveiled Canada’s first permanent rainbowcoloured crosswalk in the heart of its LGBTQfriendly David Street Village to kick off the city’s Pride Week celebrations. editor@vicnews.com
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Beacon Hill Children’s Farm celebrates 30 years
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It’s first thing on a Thursday morning at the Beacon Hill Children’s Farm. The sun is peeking through the trees, the ground is damp from the rainfall the previous night and the air is thick with the smell of sawdust and hay. A rooster crows continuously in the background. Suddenly, dozens of white, black and brown goats come stampeding through the farm, twisting their way around the fences. They’re on a mission: going from the main farm to the petting area some metres away. So begins the day for the goats at the children’s farm. Twice a day — first thing after the farm opens and near closing — the goats stampede through the farm into their pens. For Lynda and Dennis Koenders, the last 30 years of their lives have revolved around the goats and the dozens of other animals at the petting zoo in Beacon Hill Park. “It’s the joy of working with the animals, seeing the kids’ faces. Everybody goes out with a smile on their face. There are very few grumpy people. If they’re grumpy when they come in, they’re happy when they go out,” said Lynda. “It’s a happy place to work.” The Koenders family initially opened a petting zoo in Coombs (approximately 10 kilometres west of Parksville), but after a few years of
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Adults and children watch as goats race down a pathway at the Beacon Hill Children’s Farm during the daily morning goat stampede. The goats run from their sleeping barn down to their day viewing pen. slow business, they eventually decided to bring their pets to Victoria. On June 12, 1985, the Beacon Hill Children’s Farm was born. The next two years proved difficult for the family of five, surviving with very little money (the farm runs solely on donations) and spending seven days a week caring for the animals. Lynda admitted she was ready to throw in the towel, but Dennis wouldn’t hear it. “I’m a dreamer. I
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could see the potential of it and so I just didn’t want to give up and quit. When you give up, you lose,” Dennis said. “If your will is strong enough, it will work.” Over the next few years, the family persevered and grew the farm to include alpacas, roosters, guinea pigs, chickens, rabbits, peacocks, donkeys, miniature horses, turkeys, ducks and pigs. This year, the farm is celebrating its 30th anniversary and the Koenders love the farm just as much as
when it first opened. Their love for the farm and its animals is infectious and
has worked there for the past five years. “Being in the city, especially kids, but
“It’s the joy of working with the animals, seeing the kids’ faces. Everybody goes out with a smile on their face. There are very few grumpy people.” - Lynda Koenders
has spread to its employees, many of whom come in on their days off as well. “I like the animals. They’re all like my little pets,” said Claudia Laube, who
even people of all ages don’t grow up around animals, especially farm animals. It’s a big piece of education here for the kids and for the adults it’s therapy.”
Now, the farm sees roughly 150,000 visitors annually, 70 per cent of whom are locals. Siblings Cate and Cole Pontefract first started coming to the petting zoo four years ago when they moved to Victoria. “We get to pet the goats and it’s fun seeing all the animals,” said 10-year-old Cole, noting they come three to four times a year. “You get to see animals that you don’t see in nature,” added eight-year-old Cate.
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Victoria’s council recently made a statement in its mission to end homelessness, agreeing to give $112,00 towards a housing development in Saanich. The project will sit one block north of the Tolmie Avenue Saanich-Victoria border, but Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps said it makes sense. “If you look at it from an economic point of view, Cottage Grove will house 45 less people that police and bylaw officers have to wake up in [Victoria] parks, 45 less people who could wake up in the hospital with two police beside them as escorts,” Helps said. “There’s no better way to demonstrate municipal leadership than to partner with next door neighbours.” The designs for the Cottage Grove apartments, located at 3112 Quadra Street, are complete. The building permit has been applied for and construction for the 45-unit building
is expected to start by November. It will house seniors who are currently homeless. Since the building is not in Victoria, some people were surprised that council would give money to a project outside of the city. “[Victoria is where] most of the future [Cottage Grove] tenants currently live,” said Cool Aid Housing Society Executive Director Kathy Stinson. “It’s fairly groundbreaking for Victoria to be giving money outside. It shows their commitment to ending homelessness. Hats off to them.” The grant matches dollar for dollar what Saanich council agreed to provide last year. Cool Aid operates 374 apartments in the Capital Region for people who are homeless. Cottage Grove is the first 45 of 360 units planned in the next three years. Residents are expected to move in January 2017. Cool Aid’s next project could be announced within a few months and will be in Victoria. editor@vicnews.com
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Police reach out to ethnic groups Fire destroys vehicle and carport Pamela Roth Victoria News
The Victoria Fire Department is investigating the cause of a vehicle fire that caused approximately $70,000 damage early Monday morning. Around 2:22 a.m., crews were called to 640 Dallas Road following reports of a structure and vehicle fire at the back of an apartment building.
viewed them as being a professional and fare agency, but we do have members who feel that sometmes they are unfairly targeted or treated, sometimes as a result of police just not being aware of some of the cultural appropriate ways of interacting with them.” A report on the workshop with community feedback will be provided to the region’s police chiefs, along with recommendations on actions police can take to build positive relationships. Another workshop with a different community group is being planned
for the fall. Elsner recently returned to Victoria from the Canadian Chiefs of Police annual conference. The theme this year was radicalization. The big message from the conference, said Elsner, was for police to build relationships with community groups so if there is ever an issue with someone, they can be directed to police or the appropriate agency for help before it’s too late. In the last year, there have been a handful of Canadians who’ve become radicalized and recruited to fight
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Development needs to move forward There are two sides to every story – such is the case with residents living in the North Park neighbourhood. During the past two to three years, area residents have grappled with a proposed development that calls for 209 rental units amongst two buildings – one six storeys and the other four – for the former St. Andrew’s School site. There would also be a large groundfloor commercial space that could include an urban grocer, bank and smaller retail stores. Some residents say another grocer would hurt the one already in the area, while others welcome the competition with hopes of finding bargains on food. Those against the proposed $70-million development from Vancouver’s Blue Sky Properties are concerned with traffic congestion, the shadow the tower would cast on the neighbouring Mason Street Farm and a lack of green space. They also feel like their voices haven’t been heard. But those in favour of the proposal feel the developer has listened, making a number of changes to the plans and doing everything it can to please the city as well. Blue Sky also feels it has listened to the neighbours and has responded positively where it has the ability to do so. The decision is now in the hands of city council, who will listen to more speeches from those who are for or against the proposal during a continuation of the public hearing Sept. 17. They must weed through the emotions to make an informed decision that works for the community. Some people simply don’t like change, but sometimes change is good, especially when it comes to more housing in the city. Blue Sky has voluntarily dedicated 11 units for affordable housing in its plan. The proposal may not be ideal for everyone, but it’s time to focus on the positive things it will offer to the community so it can finally move ahead. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@vicnews.com or fax 250386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Victoria News is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a selfregulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.
Alaska sits in judgement of B.C. way to vast refinery complexes just out Energy and Mines Minister Bill of sight at Anacortes and Cherry Point Bennett spent much of last week in in Washington. A good portion of B.C.’s Alaska, trying to assure local fishermen gasoline comes from there. and environmentalists that B.C.’s mine Without a drunk-captain incident approval process is “basically the same” since 1989, these tankers load up at the as Alaska’s. terminus of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Bennett visited an abandoned System. Let’s take a closer mine in northwest B.C. look. that continues to leak acid For 47 years, the pipeline and metal pollution into has pumped huge volumes the Taku River, vowing to of oil across Alaska from the supervise cleanup by a new charming northern outpost operator. He noted that of Deadhorse to Valdez in the one of B.C.’s proposed new south, just east of Anchorage mines includes a 23-km pipe where cruise ships dock. system to move ore out of In his new book, Rust: The the shared watershed for processing. Longest War, science writer This is typical of the Jonathan Waldman calls it “the discourse between B.C. and Tom Fletcher biggest, baddest oil pipeline in our American cousins. Only the world. B.C. Views our industry is questioned. “From Prudhoe Bay to Prince Meanwhile in Colorado, William Sound, the Transthe latest mine spill disaster was Alaska Pipeline System stretches 800 blamed on a mistake by the U.S. miles, which leaves engineer Bhaskar Environmental Protection Agency. And Neogi accountable for one of the in Alaska as in the rest of the U.S., new heaviest metal things in the Western metal mines such as the giant Pebble Hemisphere, through which the vast project depend on the same engineering majority of Alaska’s economy flows,” and testing as ours. Waldman writes. “Daily, the four-foot Here in Victoria, the Fantasy Island steel tube spits out $50 million of oil.” dialogue about oil continued, with It was once the largest private Green Party leader Elizabeth May calling infrastructure in the U.S. Today it’s the a news conference to announce she is most regulated pipeline in the world, (brace yourself) opposed to pipelines with planes flying infrared sensors and tankers on the B.C. coast. She stood to detect leaks of warm oil and “line at Clover Point, where daily Alaska walkers” looking for soft spots in the crude tankers sail past, many on their permafrost.
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And this isn’t low-fat, shade-grown oil for Seattle fuel-sippers. It struggles to flow, with a black asphalt bottom and thick wax that has to be scraped out of the pipeline by the ton with giant “pigs” that clean and monitor walls for corrosion. The five Prudhoe Bay oilfields have been declining in production for 20 years, to the point where the TransAlaska pipeline now carries about a quarter of its design capacity. It’s expected to run out around 2040, but for now Valdez still loads more than a tanker a day. Waldman writes that when North America’s largest oilfield was discovered in 1968, companies first considered extending the Alaska Railroad up to Deadhorse. But they would have needed 63 trains a day of 100 cars each. Trucks, cargo planes and even nuclearpowered submarines running under the Arctic ice were briefly considered. Since we had a bit of hand-wringing last week about a small earthquake near Fort Nelson that may or may not have been triggered by hydraulic fracturing, it’s worth noting that Trans-Alaska oil also causes noticeable tremors as it rushes down the Chugach Mountains to a sudden stop at Valdez. But those are American earthquakes, so no story there. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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The life of Hermann Nieweler, owner of Hermann’s Jazz Club in Victoria, will be celebrated with a number of performances from Sept. 17 to Sept. 20.
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school jazz and rhythm-and-blues bands. Some of the young talent he welcomed have flourished in their musical careers, such as Canadian singer Nelly Furtado. The corner stage in the club has also featured the who’s who of jazz headliners, including Jane Bunnett, Hugh Fraser, Michael Kaeshammer and Renee Rosnes. A young Diana Krall was a frequent performer early in her career as well. On June 10, Nieweler died at the age of 79 from complications related
to cancer – just as the Victoria International Jazz Festival was about to kick off. Vickery was aware Nieweler underwent a kidney transplant in 2010, but thought things were going well since then. “On a Saturday afternoon, he got up and gave a little speech. After that people sort of thought wow, this kind of sounds like a farewell speech. I think he kind of knew his health was failing, but he never wanted to admit it,” said Vickery, noting Nieweler once flew his twin brother in from Toronto so the
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It’s been nearly three months since well-known Victoria jazz club owner Hermann Nieweler passed away from complications related to cancer, and those who knew him are now gearing up to celebrate his legacy. Tom Vickery has been a regular performer at Hermann’s Jazz Club on View Street ever since the music venue opened its doors in 1986. Throughout the years, the pair would often meet for lunch or breakfast, sharing their love of music. “He was a super nice guy and he loved music. He had a passion for it. He has hired, over the years, amazing To Downtown Victoria Victoria To Downtown viic.ca/careersviic.ca/careers musicians who have played at that club,” for Looking amazingfor insurance to join our team. said Vickery, whoLooking will amazingexperts insurance experts to join our team. be performing at the Visit viic.ca/careers to learn more. Visit viic.ca/careers to learn more. club Sept. 17 with the Tom Vikery Trio and Jazz Jam. “It was a home for the local musicians especially. Everyone felt comfortable playing in that club. He loved to have them and they loved to play there.” Although he maintained his home in North Vancouver, Nieweler was a 321-3980 Shelbourne St., regular figure at his Victoria jazz club in Victoria, 250.477.7234 often opening the door to local high
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Three year old Carlin Johnston shows off the model Three year old Carlin Johnston shows off the model truck he received while his one year old sister Mabel truck he received while his one year old sister Mabel Gillespie gets her face painted by Heather Hunter. Gillespie gets her face painted by Heather Hunter.
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Susan Point remembers a time when Coast Salish art was almost non-existent and now the west coast artist is striving to make sure that never happens again. The Vancouverbased Musqueam First Nation artist has been working with her four children, creating various pieces of art for years. It has even become a family affair. “We all kind of feed
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all adapted their own unique Coast Salish art styles. Her son Thomas Cannell has collaborated with her on several large scale projects. On his own, he has created Coast Salish art pieces at Terra Nova Park in Richmond and Deer Lake Park in Burnaby, among others. Point also has some 13 grandchildren, many of whom have shown a flair for the arts as well. “I’m hoping they’ll carry it on and my grandchildren will carry it on and our art style will always be very prominent,” she said. In a rare motherson collaboration, Point and Cannell will have the opportunity to share their art style with Victoria after they were chosen to create artwork for the exterior of the Johnson Street parkade. The duo was chosen out of 110 other proposals that were submitted. “It was really important for us to reflect the first people of this region and the Coast Salish,” said Jon Tupper, chair of the art in public places committee. “Susan Point is one of the most important Coast Salish artists in this region . . .That part of Johnson Street needs something interesting there. This is a significant piece
for the city and the parkade.” “Woven Together” will consist of colourful, power-coated aluminum circular forms that are often used in Coast Salish art to represent the cycle of life, but also the traditional weaving spindle whorl and transportation. The centre will be made up of four eye motifs that create four butterfly images symbolizing the ability to accept change, metamorphosis and the beauty of nature. “It was inspired by our traditional iconic imagery based on old pieces of the Coast Salish peoples and then trying to incorporate that into our contemporary art style,” said Point, who will work from her studio in Vancouver. “It’s very graphic. We’re trying to incorporate subtle imagery that would represent all of the peoples.” The $250,000 project will begin in the next few weeks and is expected to be installed in the parkade in April. kendra.wong@vicnews.com
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Victoria Royals fans got their first taste of game action and a look at their home team for the 201516 Western Hockey League season when the puck dropped Monday night for the 2015 intra-squad game. The annual team game signals the end of training camp, which began last week with draft and rookie camp. Royals head coach Dave Lowry kicked off their main training camp Monday morning with a team practice. In related Royals’ news, the team announced they have signed Eric Florchuk, their first round pick from the 2015 WHL bantam draft. The Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta native was selected 13th overall in the draft. “Eric is an offen-
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