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Lorraine Goulden’s eyes filled with tears as she stood outside in the middle of the night, watching flames consume her friend’s motorhome in the West Bay Marine Village in Esquimalt. The senior was on her computer around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday when she noticed flames at least 20 feet high coming from the motorhome across the street, followed by a series of explosions. “I thought we were being shot at,” said Goulden. “Everything was blowing up.”
Goulden woke her husband and rushed outside where she found a small crowd of onlookers watching the flames burn the motorhome and scorch the walls of neighbouring RVs. Firefighters arrived in the tightly-packed RV park around 2 a.m. to find the motorhome fully engulfed in flames. A large 36-foot fifth wheel trailer was also partially on fire. It took crews about 30 minutes to get the blaze under control. PlEASE SEE: Saskatoon couple, Page A3
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1990s. Many residents, as we’ve read and heard in the emails and phone calls received since our series began March 18, still question the need to treat and say optics, not science, are driving this movement to get it done. But as Victoria’s tourism boss points out, those impressions have very real consequences. As we wrap up this stage of our coverage of the issue, we also look at how a property on Rock Bay in Victoria, once touted as the central site for a regional treatment system, fell off the table and all but disappeared from sewage committee members’ minds.
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The Tuesday morning rush hour ended in tragedy when a 73-year-old woman was struck and killed by a truck travelling through Victoria’s Chinatown. Around 8:30 a.m., a truck was in the process of turing right from Government Street onto Fisgard when it collided with the woman on her bike. Emergency crews quickly arrived and began lifesaving efforts, but the woman succumbed to her injuries. Yellow tape was draped around the intersection for much of the morning as police conducted their investigation, drawing a crowd of curious onlookers that included Anne Munro. Walking with a cane, Munro was recently struck by a car at a crosswalk near Quadra and Fisgard Street. Nothing was broken, but the collision left Munro with significant bruising on the side of her hip. Tuesday’s fatality doesn’t come as a surprise for her. “People don’t pay attention anymore. It’s sad when people die from idiotic driving,” she said. “People
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heartbroken,” said Madsen, who also wasn’t shocked by the fatality. “We need more room for bikes. Drivers are too aggressive on the roads. They are in too much of a hurry.” The Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition (GVCC) issued a statement Tuesday evening, stating the collision underlines an urgent need for the city to build Biketoria — a network of bike corridors that will run throughout the city and include protected bike lanes,
neighbourhood greenways and off street pathways. The GVCC also noted the fatal collision is rare, but there has been at least eight other crashes along routes identified in the Biketoria plan in the past year. Rob Caunter is an avid cyclist who rides through the area on a regular basis. Given the straightness of Government Street, he doesn’t view the intersection as a dangerous one and has never worried for his own safety when
riding through the area. “It’s just pure bad luck. That’s why they call them accidents,” he said while watching officers at the scene. “This is the first accident I’ve seen here in I don’t know long...It’s a real shame for whoever it is and their family.” Police said the driver of the truck is cooperating as the investigation continues. Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to call 250995-7654. editor@vicnews.com
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Everyone managed to escape unharmed, but a cat is still missing. Steve Serbic, assistant fire chief for Esquimalt, is still adding up the cost of the extensive damage and trying to determine what sparked the blaze. The fire could have been a lot worse, he said, but firefighters recently conducted training exercises in the RV park. “They pulled right up and knew exactly what to do,” said Serbic. “Motorhomes tend to burn rapidly and very quickly and they spread very quickly. Those guys knew exactly how to cut it off and save the ones that weren’t involved yet.” Later Tuesday morning, Pamela Smith and her husband Jim received hugs from several neighbours offering condolences about the loss of their seasonal home for the past eight years. After five months of living in Esquimalt, the couple were scheduled to head back to their Saskatoon home on Friday, but are now tasked with combing through the rubble of their charred RV to salvage any valuables.
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The charred remains of a motorhome that caught fire at the West Bay Marine Village early Tuesday morning. Jim was sound asleep when he heard the smoke detector go off and discovered the motorhome was full of smoke. He managed to grab his wallet, cell phone, glasses and enough clothes for a few days before running outside. “I feel very lucky,” he said, adding
the incident has left him shaken. Meanwhile, the community continues to rally behind dozens of long-term tenants that were displaced by another fire at the Traveller’s Inn on Blanshard Street last week. The Salvation Army and Our Place Society are offering temporary
housing for victims. Maj. Brian Slous, executive director of the Salvation Army’s addiction and rehabilitation centre, said 18 individuals are being housed and fed at the centre on Johnson Street. “It’s a very difficult situation for them. We’re going to do everything that we can to expedite them into the system, but at the same time, won’t be seeing them out on the street either,” Slous said. “We are hoping more permanent solutions or permanent transitional solutions can be afforded.” If victims are still in need of shelter at the end of the month, Slous said they will be welcome to stay with the potential of turning the centre’s first floor group lodging into dorms and rooms.The United Way Greater Victoria has also provided $10,000 in funding to the Canadian Red Cross to help with basic needs such as shelter, food, assistance linking to local resources, information, clothing and household items. The fire ripped through the threestorey building around midnight on March 21. The cause is still under investigation. editor@vicnews.com
Esquimalt Nation artist Darlene Gait has unveiled her design that will adorn one of three new Salish Class vessels . Gait’s design, done in traditional Coast Salish style, depicts a pod of multi-coloured orcas transforming into wolves. It wraps around both sides of the ferry to cover almost the entire vessel, giving the appearance that the orcas are swimming in the water. Her artwork will cover the Salish Orca. Last August, the First Peoples’ Cultural Council issued a call for artists to submit portfolios of their work to create a piece for the three vessels. John Marston from Stz’uminus is creating a design for the Salish Eagle vessel, and Thomas Cannell from Musqueam for the Salish Raven.
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Ethiopia needs our attention too There’s a lot going on in the world vying for our attention. What will come out of Donald Trump’s mouth next is a never-ending soap opera, terrorists continue to blow themselves up killing innocent people, and thousands of Syrian refugees remain in limbo, waiting to see what country they’ll wind up next. Those are the headlines regularly splashed across the daily news. Dig a little deeper and you’ll see there’s a lot more going on in the world — issues that also deserve our attention. Many people may not know this, but Ethiopia is in the grip of a devastating drought sparked by the worst El Nino in a generation. The government and aid agencies have kept food shipments flowing to areas ravaged by drought, but now warn food could run out as soon as May. More money is needed, but international donors are distracted by a string of humanitarian disasters around the world. Victoria resident Jeremy HespelerBoultbee is well aware of the emerging crisis in Ethiopia. He’ll be travelling to the east African country later this month, but his focus will be on a preschool he’s been supporting since 2009. Hespeler-Boultbee had hoped to return to Ethiopia with $20,000 for the school, but so far he’s managed to raise only $5,000. People just aren’t paying attention to Ethiopia this time. It’s hard to forget the haunting images of starving children during the famines of 1973 and 1984, but the country has done relatively well for itself since then, boasting the highest GDP in Africa a few years ago. There’s also been a concerted effort with international aid agencies to ensure that kind of famine doesn’t happen again. But the drought has become too much for the agriculture-based country to handle itself. It’s time for us to pay attention to something other than Trump, terrorists and the Syrian refugees. The Victoria News is a member of the National Newsmedia Council, which is an independent organization established to deal with acceptable journalistic practices and ethical behaviour. If you have concerns about editorial content, please contact: editor@vicnews.com or 250-480-3265. If you are not satisfied with the response and wish to file a formal complaint, visit the web site at mediacouncil.ca or call toll-free 1-844-877-1163 for additional information.
Readers respond: Sewage in the CRD Mechanics of plants must be taken into account I believe a single plant is by far the best option. Also for future expansion, usage of waste heat and low cost, the best site by far is Macaulay Point pump station, as it already has the outfall and is surrounded by acres of vacant land owned by the feds that is not being used. Clover Point is a totally dumb idea as it is too small, will be dangerous for workers and operators and very expensive to maintain. Also there will be issues with dewatering during construction and after it is built. Sewage and other industrial plants with restricted access, especially those with huge switchgear and high voltage equipment, are bad news. The mayors have so screwed this up it’s unbelievable. Note, I am a retired mechanical contractor with extensive experience in the CRD sewage plants, as my company completed major work in all of them over the years. Wilfred Scheuer Esquimalt
Who is benefitting from plant construction? If this ill-conceived new plan goes ahead, I suspect that the already
estimated costs will be shown to have been much too low (can you say ‘replacement bridge?’) and the actual annual costs to the homeowner, much higher than estimated. To proceed with this proposal in the face of well-grounded studies that show it is not needed makes me wonder who stands to benefit? Politicians? Their associates in the business of engineering and constructing the new works? Too bad it’s not just their money they are so keen to spend. Ed Pickard Saanich
Time to cut flow of money to get a handle on situation Re: Money at heart of sewage issue (News, March 25) It appears that whenever we point to money being the heart of an issue, we require triple bypass surgery. First to bypass the salivating consultants, second to bypass the legal hawks with mounting billable hours and third to avoid the boasts of ill-informed politicos, all to eager to spend from the public purse to gather a photo op and employ a few new friends in the process. It also appears that $65 million ago,
we really knew about as much about what was happening at the end of those outfalls as we do now. I suggest a triple bypass to get to the real heart of this issue, and the only way to get there is to stop or steer the money in some other direction for a moment. Ryan Gisler Saanich
Sewage series has been informative for readers Dear Don and team. I have been reading with great interest the series in the Victoria News. Wonderful! So informative and so intelligently written. I have been living in Victoria for over 30 years and have been hoping for all that time that the light would “go on” for the politicians and naysayers of the sewer treatment facilities. Thank you and your team, a million times thank you, for shining the light so that those that can’t see the way, can now move forward and save the precious ocean that surrounds our homes. The time is now. Catherine McGowan Victoria
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Readers respond: Sewage in the CRD
Esquimalt resident tired of being told what to do I have lived in Esquimalt since 1984 and I give a huge thank you to Barb Desjardins for standing up for the people who live in Esquimalt. I am sick and tired of being treated as second class citizens because we chose to make our home here. We were told years ago we couldn’t have our own police force...why? No other municipality was told they couldn’t. When we chose the RCMP last contract we were again told we couldn’t. The CRD propaganda pamphlet says lowest impact for their McLoughlin Point site...sure, because all the construction traffic will be through our streets not theirs. All the trucks shipping the dried sewage to Hartland Landfill will again be through our neighbourhoods, not theirs. The brochure highlights the fact that we will pay $203 a year less for this site. Are they serious? In this day and age of bloated government salaries/fees/taxes, what does another $16.92/month buy you? And as we all in this city have seen (blue bridge) when has any government project finished on time and on budget? I personally don’t believe anything any government officials tells me anymore except for Barb. Stick to your guns Barb! I am tired of being told what to do and how to live by people who have never even visited Esquimalt, let alone lived and raised their family here.
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Next-Gen VW Tiguan revealed at Arctic Circle Arvidsjaur, Sweden - After three flights and twenty-four hours of travelling I finally arrive at my hotel room in Arvidsjaur, Sweden and flop onto my bed for a quick nap. I need my rest because I will only have a few hours the next day to experience the next-generation VW Tiguan in this remote part of Sweden, just below the Arctic Circle. Why is VW holding an event in the heart of Lapland? Well, this is the European equivalent of Kapuskasing, Ontario, a cold weather testing facility for automakers. When car companies want to test how a car will start, heat up and function in extreme temperatures, they test them in places like Kapuskasing and Arvidsjaur. Volkswagen did its cold weather testing on the next Tiguan here two years ago and now it is set to hit the European market this spring. For Canadians, we will need to wait until next fall to get our hands on this much-improved compact utility. Looks
Inside With the Tiguan switching to the MQB platform and built in the same Mexican factory as the latest Golf, allows VW to share the same interior refinement and features found in that car. The dash has a more upscale feel, with chrome trim, soft materials where it matters and the latest centre screens. The base screen will be a 16cm with the option to get a larger 20 cm screen. Both will function as a backup camera and both will come standard with Android Auto and Apple Car Play for seamless smartphone integration. What the European model features is a projected instrument cluster, that is customizable and state of the art. This feature has not been confirmed for our North American model but might be included down the road. As mentioned, the larger dimensions are welcome, the back seat, even with the European proportions is a big improvement, the larger car sold here should be rather generous in the back
The Tiguan has always been a fun-to-drive, great handling compact utility, but for many it’s just a bit too compact. The upcoming Tiguan is the first utility to be built on the award-winning platform developed for the latest VW Golf, to be shared across dozens of VW products worldwide. This platform is called MQB and what it does is provide a stiffer, safer, lighter but more importantly, larger platform to build this Tiguan. The version I had a chance to drive is the European model that is 111 mm longer in the wheelbase than the existing Tiguan but the one we will get here, next year, will be 187 mm longer between the wheels. What this will do is provide VW the ability to sell both a five-passenger utility and the option of a three-row seven-passenger model. Styling is also all-new, with glimpses of the latest Golf in the headlamp design and sharper creases and edges. This is a much bigger and better looking vehicle, almost upscale compared to the current utility.
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U.S. neighbours impatient over CRD sewage scenario Former premier recalls 1990s cleanup attempts Don Descoteau Black Press
Given how long the issue of sewage treatment has percolated in the Capital Region, it’s clear local politicians have had a difficult time agreeing on SPECIAL REPORT how to get it done. So what happens when politicians from a jurisdiction in another country take action in IN THE an attempt to steer the sewage treatment ship in Greater Victoria? The recent support for legislation in Washington State that would ban the Don Denton/Black Press reimbursement for any business A freighter carrying a load of containers passes through Juan de Fuca Strait in front of the Olympic Mountains in Washington State. travel to Victoria by state have told Victoria to get on with employees – except in emergency it and implored the province to or court-ordered situations – intervene, from Christine Gregoire for the next year or until the during a pre-Olympics chat CRD ceases to pump untreated with Gordon Campbell in 2006, sewage into the ocean shows our to Jay Inslee last year after the neighbours to the south continue McLoughlin plan blew up. to watch we’re doing on the As to whether optics are issue. playing a role in Washington As anyone who has advocated getting involved yet again, for the region’s tourism sector — Mike Harcourt Tourism Victoria CEO Paul over the past 20-plus years can Nursey can give a firsthand attest, this isn’t the first time answer. Elardo, director of King County’s said ‘yes-no,’” he says of how runoff from pulp mills, raw Washingtonians have made a “This stuff really hurts us a lot. wastewater treatment division sewage and car exhaust,” he says. they answered the question of stink about our lack of sewage When I’m pitching conferences it and Washington representative whether damage was being done That co-operative approach to treatment. always come up,” he says. “The on the Seaterra Commission to the marine environment near regional environmental issues, in Mike Harcourt, who grew up Washington State employee thing overseeing the CRD’s sewage Greater Victoria’s outfalls. part, led to Harcourt promising in Victoria and lectures these is a very small number, but it’s treatment efforts, quit over the Harcourt believes the findings Lowry in an informal agreement days on environmental stability the negative publicity around that project’s lack of progress. In her not only convinced Victoria in 1993 that Victoria would have among other topics, was B.C.’s that is damaging.” resignation letter she wrote, member of parliament and then primary treatment in place by premier in 1992 when he signed Harcourt admits there has been “It appears that construction minister of environment David 2002, and secondary treatment the Environmental Co-operation “nonsense” spoken about the and operation of a wastewater Anderson not to put any federal up and running sometime Agreement with then Washington issue on both sides from people treatment system is now years, if dollars into treatment, but led between 2008 to 2013. governor Mike Lowry. without credentials. not decades, away.” him to embrace the notion that He recalls some of the work That deal, which came a year Regardless of negative The Seattle Times newspaper “dilution is the solution.” being done at the time, including before a U.S. group unhappy with comments and potential followed up with an editorial Of Lowry and himself Harcourt a joint scientific panel set up with the lack of progress threatened boycotts, the bottom line, he calling Victoria’s political process says, “We were stymied, he and researchers from the University a tourism boycott of the city, says, is that the region just needs “constipated” and wrote, “The I, because our scientists came of Victoria and Washington state. was part of a broader collective to get on with it. “This is about failure is an embarrassment up with this ambivalent, at best, That group, having studied the vision for the Georgia Basin and what you would expect any for stately Victoria, and it shared marine waters, came back response.” Cascadia, Harcourt says. municipality to do in Canada or undermines the rigorous work to There have been other sewagewith what Harcourt characterizes “It’s a very fragile, difficult area the U.S., which is to treat your clean up Puget Sound.” related snubs since. A telling one as “bizarre” findings. with lots of challenges, including sewage.” Other Washington governors came last summer when Pam “To our astonishment, they pollution of the water and the air,
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It’s a very fragile, difficult area with lots of challenges, including pollution of the water and the air, runoff from pulp mills, raw sewage and car exhaust.
What they said: Richard Atwell, Saanich mayor
“This project is so mammoth, we are either going to be famous for it or infamous for it. There’s nothing in the middle.”
Colourful comments from some of the CRD’s key players David Screech, View Royal mayor
“I just want to scream, I really do. I just cannot tell you how absurd and how silly I think it is that politically driven motives are trying to design a sewage treatment plant.”
Geoff Young, Victoria councillor
“From the perspective of the taxpayer, we would be better off flipping a coin to determine a single site.”
Lisa Helps, Victoria mayor
“It’s a leap of faith, but we’re not taking that leap in the dark. We’re taking that leap with the help and hopefully the longterm help of two ministers and their staff.”
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VICTORIA NEWS -Friday, April 1, 2016
‘Preferred’ Rock Bay site now in limbo Dan Ebenal Black Press
The options originally presented to the public showed that any solution to the Capital Region’s wastewater concerns would need to run through Rock Bay. But when the dust finally settled, Rock Bay was merely an afterthought in the region’s search for the site for a sewage treatment facility. The seven municipalities participating in the Capital Regional District project initially identified dozens of possible sites for a plant. But all seven options identified for public consultation by consultants for the CRD’s core area liquid waste management committee included a site in Rock Bay as a critical component. How Rock Bay became featured so prominently is a mystery to many in the community and some around the board table. “That’s a good question,” said Saanich mayor and committee vice-chair Richard Atwell. “The consultants just all of a sudden made it [Rock Bay] the choice.” Atwell has closely followed the sewage treatment issue for more than three years, riding the prominence of heading up the RITE plan to the mayor’s office. He didn’t mince words in his opinion of Rock Bay.
We’re in this to clean up the Salish Sea and we want to be part of the solution. — Andy Thomas, Esquimalt Nation Chief “It’s a terrible site. It’s at sea level, it’s clay, it’s not a seismically stable site.” The decision to step back from Rock Bay came as a blow to the Esquimalt and Songhees First Nations, whose chiefs were visibly upset when the committee voted last month to focus on other sites. “They want to put McLoughlin, Macaulay and Clover Point back on the table. And then they start arguing against themselves. It’s confusing,” Esquimalt Chief Andy Thomas. Bob Mason, economic development officer with Esquimalt First Nation, said no thought has been given to alternate uses for the Rock Bay property. The two First Nations are purchasing 1.7 hectares of the site for $2.8 million and will take ownership once remediation work is completed by current owners BC Hydro and Transport Canada. “We’re all in on the sewage treatment plant. When it becomes evident that it’s not
going to go there, then we’ll look to plan B,” Mason said. While the sale of the land to the CRD would have injected millions into Matullia, an economic development corporation operated by Esquimalt and Songhees, money from the sale wasn’t the motivating factor for Thomas. He said they have been frustrated by the process and that local First Nations have demonstrated their commitment to protection of the environment. “We’re in this to clean up the Salish Sea and we want to be part of the solution,” he said. “They don’t understand our relationship to the land, the water and the resources. It’s our sacred trust.” The main thing working in Rock Bay’s favour was that the Clover Point site was originally deemed too small for a treatment facility and McLoughlin Point was not put forward by Esquimalt council. The 3.47-hectare site at Rock Bay is made up of two parcels. BC Hydro and
Transport Canada have been working to clean up their lands since 2004 and removed more than 200,000 tonnes of contaminated soil. The most recent estimate put the price tag for a centralized tertiary treatment plant at Rock Bay at $1.077 billion. The main factor working against the site was $248 million in conveyancing required to pump effluent to outfalls at Macaulay and Clover points, a cost not necessary in a McLoughlinClover Point option. But the conveyancing was just one drawback with Rock Bay. The site would also require construction of a fivemetre wall to protect from tsunamis, and Victoria council would also likely have sought millions in compensation for the loss in taxation. Rock Bay would also exact a toll on Victoria merchants, with the laying of pipe said to cause up to a year of disruption on Cook Street from Dallas Road to Bay Street, then from Bay to Government Street.
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Victoria Coun. Marianne Alto, left, Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins and Colwood Coun. Cynthia Day listen to debate around liquid waste management in the Capital Region’s core.
What’s been done elsewhere in B.C.? North Vancouver Since opening in 1961, the Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant has operated as a primary treatment facility and served about 180,000 residents in the District of West Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver. While its capacity has been expanded several times, the facility is one of two primary level treatment plants remaining in the region. New regulations, however, require it to be upgraded to a secondary treatment facility. The regional government, facing similar deadlines as Greater Victoria, has until Dec. 31, 2020 to complete a new $700-million plant to be located approximately two kilometres east of the existing treatment plant.
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The Regional District of Nanaimo owns and operates four wastewater treatment facilities throughout the region, servicing more than 110,000 residents between Qualicum Beach and Duke Point. Two facilities provide chemically-enhanced primary treatment; the others provide secondary treatment. Wastewater from about 93,000 people in the City of Nanaimo and parts of Lantzville is treated at the Greater Nanaimo Pollution Control Centre. It was built in 1973 for just under $10 million and ended the discharge of raw sewage into the Strait of Georgia. The other treatment facilities were constructed several years later.
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CRD sewage trunk lines lead to outfalls at Macaulay, left, and Clover points. Figures above list percentage of total flow in the CRD sewage system.
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Victoria Symphony music director takes final bow Tania Miller reflects on 14 years at the symphony’s helm Pamela Roth Victoria News
When Tania Miller arrived in Victoria 14 years ago as music director for the Victoria Symphony, she wanted people to wonder how a 33-year-old
could be so excited about classical music. She didn't want a night at the symphony to be a conservative experience meant for traditional audiences. Her vision was to show the orchestra's ability to thrill and excite people of all ages. “The principal thing that was very important to me was to introduce ways to make music relevant and to do that I really believed in making contemporary music,
It’s a bittersweet feeling of knowing that you’ve done something great. To do something meaningful in a community is what I always wanted to do in Victoria. — Victoria Symphony music director Tania Miller music of our time, music of our culture a focal point,” said Miller. “We've tried to be diverse over the years...I feel like the relationship of music to people is a very special one.” Despite her love for the Victoria Symphony and its faithful
audience, Miller has decided the 2016/17 season will be her last. It's a decision she admits wasn't easy, but she feels the time is right to move forward onto other opportunities. Miller can't say where she's headed yet, but hopes the
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Tania Miller When asked about other highlights during the last 14 years, Miller said there are too many to choose from. One of her biggest passions, however, has been exploring new venues, new styles of music and bringing together iconic aspects of the community. “It's a bittersweet feeling of knowing that you've done something great. To do something meaningful in a community is what I always wanted to do in Victoria,” said Miller. “We've had times when we felt even in our dress rehearsals that we were challenged with how the concert would go and the orchestra would create the most magical experience. The orchestra always plays with their full capacity in concerts and I can always count on them to go further than any of us had imagined.” Miller's last performance with the Victoria Symphony is in May 2017. New candidates will be announced in August 2016. For more information on upcoming performances visit victoriasymphony.ca. editor@vicnews.com
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said Miller. “I feel like I've invested in something that's really precious and very important to the culture of Victoria. I only hope that it continues to be supported and loved.” In order to mark her final season, Miller is bringing in beloved works and guest artists such as pianists Lorraine Min, Krzysztf Jablonski and Sara Davis Buechner, as well as a final collaboration with concertmaster Terence Tam as soloist. Other prominent guests include Rocket Man Commander Chris Hadfield, Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, former Victoria Symphony Splash 2006 Young soloist Timothy Chooi and 2012 Honens winner Pavel Kolesnikov. Carmina Burana, Beethoven's Fifth, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Sibelius Symphony No. 2 are some of the musical highlights lined up for the season. This year also marks the symphony's 75th anniversary, and in order to mark the milestone, the orchestra is currently in eastern Canada on their first Canadian tour, making stops in Quebec City, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver before returning to Victoria to perform with the opera. The orchestra is a mixture of nervousness and excitement as they share their work with Canadians, said Miller, who's also buzzing with excitement about the tour.
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What drove a 12-year-old girl in Medicine Hat, Alberta to murder her family 10 years ago? That is the question explored in Castle in the Sky, a new play on at the Belfry Theatre this month. In April 2006, a 12-year-old girl and her 23-yearold boyfriend fatally stabbed her mother, father and six-year-old brother. The play, presented by Victoria-based theatre company, Castlereigh Theatre Project, uses verbatim words of people connected to the story, gathered from more than 200 hours of interviews conducted by theatre members following the tragedy. Among the many community members interviews were friends of the killers, friends of both families, police, teachers, politicans and crime reporters. The play runs from April 23 to 29 at the Belfry Theatre (1291 Gladstone Ave.) editor@vicnews.com
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North Park couple seeks donations for Ethiopia Dar. He'd like to raise enough money to build an entirely new school, but until that happens he'll bring whatever he can, along with a bag of soccer balls.
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“It will make me be like Santa Claus to them,” he said with a laugh. “We're all part of the same family. I think if you're a thinking
human being you simply have to sit up and pay attention to this kind of thing. It doesn't stop just because you happen to be living in Canada.”
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But it's not only work that calls Hespeler-Boultbee back to Ethiopia, it's about the need to help its citizens. Ethiopia is about the size of B.C., but has a population close to 100 million people — the second largest in Africa. It's also suffering from one of its worst droughts in decades, putting more than 10 million people in need of emergency aid. “Once you get into a place like Ethiopia, you can't just sort of take from it, you have to give back,” said Hespeler-Boultbee, noting the country has been doing well for itself, boasting the highest GDP in Africa a few years ago. “The population is dense, it's impoverished, there's just a crying need for everything from education to medical assistance to god knows what else.” Living in Victoria's North Park neighbourhood, Hespeler-Boultbee can't help but feel compelled to do something for the citizens of Ethiopia and has already helped put several children there through school. With his Ethiopianborn wife Alemie Atanaw, the couple will be returning to Ethiopia in mid April. They had hoped to go back with $20,000 for a preschool they've been supporting since 2009, but so far have managed to raise about $5,000. The school needs everything from desks and chairs to notebooks, paper, pencils blackboards and chalk. Playground equipment would be considered a luxury. “We're both very anxious to get over there and be there,” said Hespeler-Boultbee. “There's a thousand things to do there. I would rather die there tripping over a rock, falling down and cracking my skull than mould away in an old age home in Victoria.” With so much attention focused on Donald Trump and the Syrian refugee crisis, Hespeler-Boultbee doesn't believe many people are even aware of the crisis emerging in Ethi-
opia. The country is more prepared to deal with the drought than in 1984 when hundreds of thousands of people died in the famine, but international help is
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A group of activists are pushing back against B.C. Transit after learning the company plans on cutting down dozens of trees to make room for an express bus lane on Douglas Street. Earlier this week, the Victoria Citizens Action Network, a group of citizens working together on local and regional environmental and social justice issues, tied yellow ribbons to 26 trees between Hillside Street and Tolmie Avenue as part of a campaign to stop B.C. Transit from cutting down the trees. The $1.6-million plan will add a dedicated southbound bus lane on Douglas, by widening the road by one metre and narrowing existing travel lanes to eventually run rapid transit between downtown and the West Shore. However, locals are concerned about the loss of the trees, many of which are dozens of years old and were planted in 1921 to honour local soldiers who died in World War I, activists said. “Some of these are huge, mature heritage trees and cutting them down would make the area very unsafe for pedestrians and cyclists,” said Stuart Hertzog, coordinator of the Victoria Citizens Action Network.
“It would make it not a nice place to be.” Hertzog first heard about the plan to tear down the trees earlier this month after B.C. Transit presented their plan to the Victoria Regional Transit Commission. “I was fuming mad. This makes the city less liveable,” he said. “People don't like to walk in areas like that because it's dangerous.” However, B.C. Transit said roughly 20 trees on the stretch between Finlayson and Burnside Road east are to be removed, pending Victoria city council approval. “Ppart of the plan is to remove the trees and also keep these other trees up,” said Drew Snider, spokesperson with B.C. Transit. “A lot of what is in this plan involves preserving sidewalk and boulevard space as much as possible. It's not going to be pinching out pedestrians. But what this is going to do, is it's going to allow buses to travel through there unhindered by traffic.” Snider also noted according to city park staff, the trees were planted in the early 1960s not in the 1920s. Once the lane is complete, 23 trees will be replanted to replace the ones cut down. The plan will go before Victoria city council next month. The lane is expected to be complete in 2017. kendra.wong@vicnews.com
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1. It's Sunday morning, what are you having for breakfast?
Every Sunday, Paul and I drive out to Sassy's in Brentwood for breakfast and the NYT crossword. If we can finish the puzzle before we leave, we high five. We're getting pretty good at the crossword but our high fives still need work.
2. If you didn't do what you did for a living, what would you be?
Something crafty, making small things.
3. What's playing in your music player right now?
Strange Trails by Lord Huron.
4. What's your biggest pet peeve?
Dogs that jump up on strangers.
5. What's the best thing about living in Victoria?
Well, just look at it. And I like to garden.
6. What's your favourite movie(s)? The Sting.
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8. What's your favourite vacation destination?
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9. If you could have one super power, what would it be?
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I'm five-feet-tall, so arm elasticity would be useful for reaching the high shelves.
10. What's the one thing you haven't done that you'd love to do? Teach my dog not to jump on strangers.
11. If you could see one concert, what would it be?
Can it be a play instead? I'd love to see Mr. Burns, a post-electric play by Anne Washburn.
12. What is your favourite TV show? Right now, I'm enjoying The Comeback (as much as you can enjoy something so hard
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13. What's your dream car? One without moss and seedlings growing on it. I drive a 2001 Honda Chia.
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Recent discovery — La Tortilla Mexicana on Esquimalt Road, for the food and wonderful hospitality.
Annual Michael Dunahee “Keep the Hope alive” drive. Dance and listen to live tunes from That 70’s Band at the Esquimalt Curling Rink (1151 Esquimalt Rd.), while supporting the ongoing efforts of Child Find B.C. Tickets are $20 in advance.
Saturday, April 2 Charity fundraiser dinner at the Ukrainian centre (3277 Douglas St.) Enjoy a gourmet Indian dinner and entertainment. Proceeds go towards Child Haven International, that cares for orphaned children in South Asia. Tickets: $35. Info: Christine at 250-385-5444 or Ann at 250-532-3719. 5/10 km walk with the Juan de Fuca Pathfinders. Meet at Central Saanich Municipal Hall. Registration 9:30 a.m., walk 10 a.m. Contact Ed at 250-658-2325.
Sunday, April 3 Annual Michael Dunahee “Keep the Hope alive” family run/ walk. The five kilometre family fun run/walk
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Forty-second annual year-end student show at Victoria College of Art (1625 Bank St.). Reception begins Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The show continues on Friday, April 15 until Saturday, April 16 from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
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A local alpine skier will represent Canada on the international stage during one of the most prestigious Special Olympic competitions in the world. Thirty-five-year-old Michael Langridge has been selected to compete at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria next year. “I was surprised and shocked. Not many people get picked,” said the Victoria resident, who is the only person from Vancouver Island to be selected and one of 390 alpine skiers from around the world. Despite only picking up the sport last year, the newcomer proved he could hold his own against some of the best Special Olympic alpine skiers in the country. He won gold in all three of his races — super G, slalom
and giant slalom — during nationals in Corner Brook, Newfoundland earlier this month. “It went really well. All my races went perfect. I didn't fall down and didn't get disqualified,” he said. “I was racing against people who ski all year round and I only ski a couple of times a year.” Now, he's setting his sights on the international stage and his first appearance at Worlds. Over the next year, Langridge will practice three times a week at Mount Washington in the winter, keep fit and participate in training camps in Vancouver. Langridge's alpine ski training coach Anne-Marie Sutherland is proud of his accomplishments. “I did think he had a good chance to go (to Worlds) as he was one of the few athletes at nationals who received gold medals for all of his events,” she said, adding Langridge will need to stay focused in the months leading up to the competition. “He will receive a lot of attention this year in preparation to go to Worlds, so there will
be a lot of excitement. It will be important to stay focused on the training amidst all the excitement and not get too overwhelmed in the process.” Langridge is optimistic he'll do well. “I just want to do my best,” he added. The Special Olympics World Winter Games takes place in Austria from March 14 to 25, 2017. It brings together 3,000 athletes from 110 nations to compete in nine sports, including floorball, stick shooting, speed skating and snowboarding. kendra.wong@vicnews.com
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NOTICE of Vessel Auction: The 30’ fibreglass sailboat \\�Sea Wind\\� and personal items therein owned by Rodney Ian Savage, debtor to Heritage Quay Developments Ltd., will be auctioned at 2 pm on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at Canoe Marina - 450 Swift Street Victoria B.C. V8W 1S3. For more information contact Matthew Melnyk - 250-8880002
FOUND: KEYS on blue spirally wrist band, found at 818 Broughton St parking lot March 15. Call 250-388-3535
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