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First Nations grad rates up Charla Huber News staff

“It is not just motherhood and apple pie, it is dealing withs some of the hard stuff we will be dealing with over the years,” Kahakauwila said. “It is basically to promote the West Shore community but not just in the usual light. It is good news stories and dealing with some of the issues.” Most importantly she hopes to explore the community, give others a chance to see the growth that has happened and offer an opportunity for the residents in the local community to be heard.

Graduation rates of First Nations students in the Sooke School District are soaring higher than the provincial average. For Grade 12 Belmont student, Kiya Carscadden, she always knew she would earn her diploma. It was something her parents expected of her. This year has been challenging for her, but she has her eye on the prize. “It is tons of homework and it just piles up,” said Carscadden, a member of the Songhees First Nation. In the past four school years the graduation rates for First Nations students in the Sooke School District have jumped from 38 per cent to 73 per cent. The number far exceeds the provincial average of 53 per cent of aboriginal students receiving diplomas. “It just keeps slowly going up,” said Kathleen King-Hunt, district principal of aboriginal education for SD 62. Beecher Bay band member, Dahlila Charlie, 17, will also receive a diploma in June. She is the second person in her family to earn the recognition. “It’s been a lot of hard work, but I am happy,” Charlie said adding she loves studying art and writing. For Charlie she has seen one of her sisters drop out of school and has now returned in hopes of earning a diploma as well. “My sister always tells me it’s better to get it done now, than doing it later,” Charlie said. In 2009 SD 62 implemented the Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement. In the agreement all steak holders in SD 62 including staff, principals, teachers, trustees and administration all agreed to help improve the support of aboriginal students. SD 62 is bringing in aboriginal role models into the classrooms and stocking book shelves with books written by aboriginal authors.

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Gerry St. Cyr, host of the new West Shore Chamber of Commerce TV, is looking forward to showcasing his community.

West Shore headed for the limelight New TV show will tell local stories Arnold Lim News staff

The West Shore is ready for it’s close up. In an effort to spotlight some of Greater Victoria’s fastest growing communities, The West Shore Chamber of Commerce is introducing a new TV program on Shaw TV, aimed squarely at West Shore. “The (chamber) has a charter, that we play a role in fostering a healther community,”

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said chamber CEO and the show’s executive producer Jim Spinner. “We are trying to celebrate the West Shore.” Consisting of five, five-minute segments and running ten times each month, with new program content generated in part by volunteer “community consultants,” residents of Greater Victoria who volunteer their time with story idea’s and on-or-off camera work that make the show happen. Stories focus on the residents and businesses of Metchosin, Highlands, Colwood, View Royal and Langford and are hosted by chamber members Kyara

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Bank robbing suspect arrested

An alleged bank robber was arrested Thursday by Victoria police. A 37-year-old Victoria man was taken into police custody the day after a CIBC branch in WestShore Town Centre was held up on Nov. 30. Investigators say the suspect did not produce a weapon during the robbery and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. No one was injured. Information from West Shore RCMP led Victoria officers to the 800-block of Pandora Ave., where the suspect was arrested.

RCMP light up streets

While people are busy lighting up their homes, RCMP and police departments on the Island are lighting up the roads with their presence. On Dec. 2 officers across the Island stepped up enforcement along the Trans Canada Highway to let motorist know they will be on the prowl for dangerous drivers. The Light Up the Highway campaign will continue throughout the holiday season. “It’s a visual reminder that we will be out and out on highways and arterial roads during the holidays,” said Cpl. Darren Lagan, of Island District RCMP. “We have all seen the tragic results of impaired driving.”

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Royal Roads University’s Learning and Innovation Centre (LIC) secured top honours at the 20th annual Victoria Real Estate Board’s Building Awards. The 5,781 square metre, 20-million four-storey building won in the institutional category based on criteria including environmental sensitivity, aesthetics, construction materials and exterior design.

Craigflower bridge design considered Bridge will be closed for six months when construction begins next June Sam Van Schie News staff

Possible designs for the $10.7 million Craigflower Bridge replacement were unveiled at an open house Wednesday. Herold Engineering, the Nanaimo-based firm contracted to design the bridge, presented three similarly-priced options for the public to consider. View Royal and Saanich will collect feedback on the options before they jointly decide what design they want to move ahead with. Saanich transportation manager Jim Hemstock said many variables need to be considered when selecting a design. “Given that they all cost about the same, we’ll be looking at how quickly each can be constructed, how they’ll perform in an earthquake, what their maintenance costs will “ We’ll be looking at be, and how they look aesthetically,” Hemhow quickly each can be stock said. constructed, how they’ll perform The main tradeoff between the bridge in an earthquake, what their designs is the style of maintenance costs will be, and their base and how much room is dedihow they look aesthetically.” cated to bikes and – Jim Hemstock pedestrians. Saanich transportation manager For example, if the bridge has a simple concrete base, rather than a more expensive steel base, the savings can be used for more attractive railings or a wider bridge deck. Some elements are present in all the bridge designs, including the presence of a barrier between vehicle lanes and bike lanes and space on the downstream side of the bridge for herring fishing. The bridge will carry three lanes of traffic and have lamp posts for lighting. It’s possible some of the wood beams from the current bridge can be incorporated into the the new design. “Some of the beams are Douglas fir and they still look like they just came out of the sawmill,” Hemstock said. That wood could line the pedestrian walkway or the herring fishing platform, depending what design is selected. The existing timber trestle, build in 1933, is expected to be torn down in June 2012. The new bridge will open six months later. There was early talk of keeping the original bridge open during the first half of construction, but that would extend the overall construction period to 18 months. “I haven’t talked to a single person who wants that option,” Hemstock said. “There’s been a lot of construction in the area, and the message we get from people is they want it over as quickly as possible.” The bulk of the project cost will be covered by a $10 million in gas tax funds allocated by the Capital Regional District. Sannich will cover 60 per cent of the remaining bill and View Royal, because it’s smaller, will contribute the remaining 40 per cent. The design options are outlined at www.saanich.ca/services/ roads/craigflower.html. Feedback on the designs can be emailed to admiralsroad@saanich.ca.

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Architectural renderings show three possible designs for what the new Craigflower bridge deck could look like from the downstream side. The first design has an extra wide pedestrian path to accommodate fishing and dark steel handrail; the second incorporates wood from the existing bridge into the sidewalk and has an arched, visually transparent railing; and the third design incorporates the reused wood on a dedicated viewing platform with benches and has an angled steel railing.

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Grade 12 students Dahlila Charlie, Zach Logan and Kiya Carscadden are all set to graduate from Belmont this year. In four years the aboriginal graduation rate as risen from 38 per cent to 73, higher than the provincial average. Charla Huber/News staff

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Continues from Page A1 “A teacher will say ‘I have a unit on history I’d like to have an aboriginal poet or someone linked to treaties come to my class,’” King-Hunt said adding most of the requests are fulfilled. “Over time we have been getting more and more requests.” By incorporating more aboriginal people and issues into the schools, the graduation rates have been consistently increasing. The school district has added aboriginal components into schools from kindergarten to Grade 12, all with the goal of increasing the graduation rate, King-Hunt said. “Having these relationships always increase our (grad) numbers,” King Hunt said. This year there are 83 aboriginal students at Belmont set to graduate, the year before 51 students graduated. “Next year we are going to have an even larger group graduate,” King-Hunt said adding the goal is to get the aboriginal students graduation rate is on par with the non-native graduation rate. This year the non-native rate is 76 per cent in SD 62. For Grade 12 student Zach Logan, earning a high school diploma something his family expects of him, and he is well on his way to making that happen. “Aboriginal families have a very high expectation with their children and education,” King-Hunt said. Logan is a member of the Ditidaht First Nation and wants to find a career in concept art. “I am excited to get out of school, but I will just go right back to school probably,” Logan said citing the option of post secondary. Logan, Charlie and Carscadden are looking into options for post-secondary education, but are unsure what they want to pursue. “I really like auto mechanics but I also kind of want to be a cop,” Carscadden said.

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West Shore TV begins January Continues from Page A1 “(It) gives the local community a chance to express themselves and talk out loud and let them come to the forefront,” said the 31-year resident of the West Shore. “It truly is an area in Greater Victoria where you can live, work and play and it is a lot of fun out here.” Debuting in January, Spinner is looking forward to the new program hitting the airwaves and the positive effect he hopes the showcase has on his community. “What we want to do is stitch the overall picture of what is happening in the West Shore,” Spinner said. “We want the stories, the leadership, the creativity and the issues of the West Shore to be explored.” Anyone with story ideas or tips can send them along to dspinner@westshore.bc.ca editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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Langford residents can now cycle city bike lanes and trails for free, thanks to a bike borrowing program run out of City Centre Park. Residents can check out one of 10 cruising or mountain bikes for free up to three hours, and then pay $3 per hour after that. Non residents will pay $3 per hour. “This is to encourage cycling and use of city parks and bike lanes,” said Mike Leskiw, manager of Langford parks. “People can bike from here to downtown or Goldstream park. It gets people out in the neighbourhoods.” The free bike program ties into Langford’s multi-year project to build more bike lanes and separated bike paths to connect the city core with outlying neighourhoods. The free bike program is run out of Eagle Ridge arena and started recently, coinciding with the official opening of the Sportsplex and the completion of City Centre Park. Langford residents will need to show proof of residence in Langford, such as a driver’s licence or a utility bill. Anyone borrowing a bike will also need

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Brain injured runner crosses country for awareness Vancouver man will pass through West Shore in his final marathon in A Run To Remember David McGuire is running across Canada, making presentations to school groups along the way, to raise awareness about brain injury.

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Frustrated with the lack of support groups for brain injury patients, Vancouver’s David McGuire has taken matters into his own hands. A brain injury patient himself, McGuire has spent the past eight months running across Canada on his A Run to Remember campaign. His efforts are to raise awareness of the disability and to educate youth on how to prevent it. On the home stretch of his cross-country journey McGuire will run through the West Shore early this morning (Dec. 9) and complete his goal at Beacon Hill Park in Victoria at 3:30 p.m. Every three minutes someone in North America has a brain injury, and 90 per cent of traumatic brain injuries can be prevented. McGuire wants to get the message of head safety out to as many people as possible. “I was a little bit disgruntled before I began the run. One of the reasons I started this was out of frustration for the social service system. That was really frustrating and I just wanted to scream and yell that there is something wrong with this place,” McGuire said. “But my faith in humanity has definitely come back with special moments and people we have met along the way.” McGuire’s passion for raising awareness

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of brain injuries stems from an incident he had in 2005. He was 32 years old and began noticing that he didn’t feel “normal” anymore. “My behaviour was changing. I would cry at Judge Judy or start freaking out for no reason. Something was wrong,” he said. He passed out at work and was put on sick leave. It was while he was relaxing at home that the major event occurred. “I was sitting at home watching TV and my TV went on the fritz,” he recalled. “This caused me to freak out so I phoned my girlfriend at the time (now his wife) and said ‘I can’t watch TV, I can’t go to work, I don’t know what’s going on.’” She suggested McGuire have a bath instead. This is the last thing he remembers. “I either lost consciousness and fell in the bath which caused the brain bleeding or my brain was bleeding and it caused me to lose consciousness and slip,” he said.

McGuire spent nine days in a coma and woke up with no memory of what happened or any memory of who his family was. Part of his skull was removed to reduce swelling and it was discovered that his brain had been bleeding for a long period of time, which was causing his behavioral changes. He wasn’t expected to come out of the coma, let alone walk or talk again. He defied them all. Still, McGuire went through a period of depression and frustration after being discharged from the hospital. “I was feeling really sorry for myself at how hard life is for me,” he said. Part of the struggle was making people understand how he was disabled. Simple tasks such as ordering a coffee at Starbucks were a challenge because of his short-term memory loss. McGuire says brain injuries are often referred to as the “hidden disease” because

patients look healthy on the outside but struggle on the inside. “The weird thing about having short term memory loss is that I look at pictures and I still think I’m 32, even though I am almost 40. When I look in the mirror I don’t recognize that person because I don’t remember aging.” He also doesn’t remember his wedding in Hawaii in August 2008. “When I look at the photos I don’t have a memory of it. I know that’s my wife and that’s me but I don’t have any actual memories. I love photos because it’s a way to go back and visit those moments.” It wasn’t until McGuire discovered his local brain injury centre had closed down due to lack of funding that his spirits began to change. “I began to wonder where all of the people who are more severely disabled than I am go. I looked up the stats and most of them end up either homeless, in prison or in a care facility,” he said. “There was a huge disconnect between getting out of the hospital and back into a productive society.” McGuire felt inspired to try and make a difference and by 2009 he was making contact with BrainTrust Canada to organize a nation wide awareness run. Melissa Wild of BrainTrust Canada accompanied McGuire on the journey. For her, the most memorable cities they visited were the places with the most memorable people. “The messages we have brought out to some of the kids have really made a difference,” she said. “They’ll be sitting there listening to David’s presentation and one of them will say ‘I’m going to go home and tell my daddy to put his helmet on.’ That’s what I want to hear.”

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It’s time for the entire region to get onboard with organic kitchen-scrap composting. The practice has worked well in View Royal and Oak Bay, the two Capital Regional District municipalities chosen to try out a pilot kitchenscrap collection project. With both Victoria and Saanich taking the first step toward collecting organics, it’s time to seek a better solution for what happens to the material. The CRD sends food scraps collected from Oak Bay and View Royal to the Hartland Landfill in Saanich. The organic material is then trucked to a processing facility in the Cowichan Valley, 48 kilometres away. This makes little sense when there are at least three local businesses willing to process the region’s waste in our own backyard. One of the proposals is in Sooke and the other two are on the Peninsula. All three would require consultation with their respective municipalities to ensure adequate infrastructure is in place. Roads leading to such a facility must be able to handle heavy trucks, and neighbourhood concerns about foul smells, vermin and run-off need to be addressed. The CRD board has broached the subject in the recent past, spending time and money to seek out local processors before abandoning the plan in 2010. But with a solid majority of homes participating in View Royal and Oak Bay, it’s safe to say the public is ready to take this logical next step. The CRD’s current contract with a Cobble Hill processor expires this summer. The timing makes sense for the regional district to begin looking for a closer location as soon as possible. We produce an estimated 14,000 tonnes of food waste every year, according to CRD estimates. Hartland is already eyeing the day when it will no longer take organic waste. When that time comes, we need to have found a regional solution for removing kitchen waste from our garbage production. A new request for proposals sent out now would give CRD directors a reasonable amount of time to make a decision. More importantly, it would allow the chosen contractor enough time to build a facility adequate for the entire region. What do you think? Give us your comments by email: editor@goldstreamgazette.com or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Goldstream News Gazette is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory 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 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

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Shh... I live in Langford raising taxes, a place that is putting I don’t have a mullet, my car isn’t an emphasis on bike lanes and local on cement blocks and I’ve never business. burned garbage in the My daughter is nearly backyard. two and this city is such But I have watched a great place to raise the races at Western a kid. The trees in my Speedway, there are a neighbourhood are taller couple of broken dryers than any building nearby. outside my house and I I live two blocks south have paid for an item with of a lake, two blocks nickels and dimes, maybe north of a creek and a even last week. block away from a pond. I love my city and I You can’t get that in any love living here. Langford Charla Huber concrete jungle. is great. There, I said it. Written in Ink Sure, maybe Langford And since this is in print, I hasn’t always had the can’t see you rolling your best reputation, but as eyes at me. Unless you, too, are from Langford, it’s probably it nears its 25th birthday, it has evolved into a family-friendly city hard to know where I am coming with trails, parks, sporting facilities from. and plenty of public events and In the 10 years I have been festivals. in Greater Victoria, I have lived Mayor Stew Young told me in downtown Victoria, Saanich, recently that he and his fellow Esquimalt, Vic West and Langford. council members had to start Of all these communities, I deem Langford to be the best. I have lived from the bottom when the city incorporated. here nearly four years. The way this city has been But whenever I tell people south transformed is nothing short of of the West Shore where I live, I get amazing. Langford was built on a look ... you know the look. dreams and positive visions. It’s Peoples’ thoughts revert back not Dogpatch or a land of bigto a time when Langford was box stores. It’s a self-sufficient known as Dogpatch. A time when community. Langford had few jobs and where Langford has been revamped by infrastructure was just a fourvisionaries who believed in a city syllable word. that everyone else once considered But the Langford of today is an a write-off. innovative place. A place that finds If you haven’t been out here in $30 million to build recreation a while, I want you to know that facilities during a recession without

Langford is more than just the home of Costco. I am not one of the people who remember it as Dogpatch, but I’ve heard of it, much like I’ve been told of the great snowstorm of ’96. I was told by one man who grew up in Saanich that when he was a teen he would stay away from “Langford Girls.” I am sure you already have a picture in your mind of what a Langford Girl is. But now I think Langford girls are great, being one myself and all. Langford’s success is the envy of neighbouring communities and council’s approaches have been praised by many. What else does this fabulous city need to do to wash away its reputation as the black sheep of the Capital Regional District? When I heard Langford used to be a bedroom community it boggled my mind. Everything I need is right here — I rarely venture off the West Shore into the Deep South. My job sends me across the West Shore and my daughter’s daycare is in Colwood, but I always know when I’ve crossed the municipal boundary back to Langford. I see the flowers in the boulevards, the free trolley driving and hear a singing water fountain — I know I’m home. The only bad part of living in Langford is telling people I live in Langford. reporter@goldstreamgazette.com Charla Huber is a reporter for the Goldstream News Gazette.

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Is a healthy economy good for people? O Canada spokesperson Sally n November 25, Ritchie said such protests referred to as “Black would hurt businesses and Friday” in the U.S., a working people when the woman pepper-sprayed felglobal economy is in turmoil. low customers at a California The argument is that withWal-Mart during a mad rush out the seasonal scramble for to get a bargain-priced Xbox. gadgets and gizmos In North Carolina, and disposable it was police who goods, businesses used pepper spray will fail and people to subdue shoppers will lose jobs. So, hell-bent on getting if you want to deals on electronic keep the economy gadgets during the strong, go out and biggest shopping buy as much stuff day in the country. as you can, even if Despite these — or especially if and other incidents, — it will end up in including shootDavid Suzuki the landfill. ings, U.S. business Science Matters Here are some leaders are buoyed other ways you by an expected can help keep the economy rise in consumer spending strong, according to John de — to nearly $500 billion this Graaf and David K. Batker, year — in the shopping seaauthors of What’s the Econson, which begins the day omy For, Anyway? You could after U.S. Thanksgiving. have a car accident. That Meanwhile, Adbusters, would mean money spent on the Vancouver magazine repairs, insurance, investigathat sparked the worldwide Occupy protests, is encourag- tions, and maybe even a new car. You could get a divorce. ing supporters to “Occupy All that money spent on Christmas” by boycotting lawyers and court services holiday gift shopping, among is good for the economy. other actions. (Adbusters also popularized Buy Nothing Day, On a larger scale, you could which fell on Black Friday this hope for a massive oil spill. Cleanup costs contribute to a year.) growing economy. The prospect of a seasonal Forget about protectshopping boycott isn’t making a forest or conserving a ing people in the retail induswetland, though. Ducks and try jolly. Retail Council of

bears don’t spend money. And services that nature provides, such as carbon storage, water filtration, and habitat for plants and animals, don’t factor into most economic equations. That’s because the measure most of the world uses to gauge the “health” of the economy is the Gross Domestic Product, the total value of goods and services a country produces in a year. One month of crazy consumerism won’t have a huge impact on the world’s teetering economies. We need something bigger — a war perhaps. That would get money flowing. And we need to drill for more oil, dig up more minerals, convince people to throw out old stuff and buy new. We won’t be any happier and we won’t be healthier — quite the opposite. But the economy will be stronger. And that’s all that counts, right? Sadly, for many political and business leaders, it is all that counts. But it shouldn’t be. We need a new way of looking at what it means to live well within the Earth’s natural systems. We need to consider what we truly need to be happy and healthy. It’s not more stuff, and it’s not working harder for longer hours at

often tedious, pointless, or environmentally destructive jobs so that we can produce more stuff and get money to buy it. Occupy Christmas is mostly symbolic. It won’t change global economic systems, and it could hurt businesses and workers. But it might get us thinking about what really is important to us as we head into the holiday season. I’d argue that spending time with friends and family or helping out people in need are more important and satisfying than getting a new Xbox. Not that gift-giving is bad. If it’s sincere rather than just an obligation, it helps us connect with people. And meaningful gifts really do contribute to the betterment of the community — locally produced items or services, something you made yourself, donations to charities the recipient supports, invitations to partake in a shared activity. The holiday season should be a time for resting, sharing, and celebrating, not for being stressed and overwhelmed at the mall. My wish for the season is that all of you are able to take the time to relax and reflect, and enjoy time with loved ones. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

LETTERS Legal fees should be more reasonable Re: Lawyers rally for legal aid funding, News, Dec. 2, 2011 I agree with the Trial Lawyers Association of B.C. that the provincial government should fund legal aid services better. However, lawyers should also realize that if they charged a couple of hundred dollars less per hour, their services would be more accessible. Lawyers are not the only hard-working, educated people around — but they charge like they are. Their fingerpointing and outrage at the “absolute crisis in the courts” is beyond hypocritical and into the realm of the ridiculous. Sherry Contreras Esquimalt

Toronto shows amalgamation flaws Re: Dare I say the “A” word?, Hard Pressed, Dec. 2, 2011 Amalgamation, which former Ontario premier Mike Harris pushed to fuse Toronto, Scarborough, East York, York, Etobicoke and North York as a way to cut costs, with its promises of more services for less money, has not materialized.

Their current budget debate shows the model is not working. The 2012 budget deficit is pegged at anywhere from $500-million to $774million. So far, councillors who represent wards in the old city of Toronto have largely taken up the fight to preserve services with priorities of policing and improvements to the subway, while predominantly suburban councillors are advocating cuts. In reality, services have gone down, taxes have gone up. Representation has gone down, taxes have gone up. That’s no savings. Part of the problem is that they’ve tried to amalgamate different types of communities. Urban, or semiurban communities, possess their own identity, and individual interests and needs are vastly different in those communities. We need only look at the differences in priorities between the municipalities within the CRD, where amalgamation would breed a lack of identity and divisiveness among the communities. It would create a barrier between the communities, the opposite effect promoted now. William Perry Victoria

Poor affected most by climate change Delegates from 194 countries gathered in Durban, South Africa for the 12-day UN Climate Change Conference. Based on the modest progress made last year in Cancun I am cautiously optimistic that progress can again be made. I am encouraged by former South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s plea for the global community to unite around the goal of conquering climate change. At a pre-conference rally, Tutu described climate change as a “huge, huge enemy” that threatened the common home of humanity and imperilled rich and poor alike. Information presented in Durban indicates that 95 per cent of the 80 countries that submitted relevant climate data showed 2001-2010 to be the warmest decade on record. Forty per cent of these countries also broke national heat records from 2001-2010 compared to 15 per cent of countries in the decade from 1991-2000 and 10 per cent from 1981-1990. Arctic sea ice also declined significantly in recent years and reached record levels of thinness. At the same time, East Africa has experienced severe drought, while in East

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ARTS AND CRAFTS for a cause, Juan de Fuca library branch, Dec. 9 and 10, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., decorate a gift bag that will be filled with clothes and hygiene products for homeless people. Art supplies provided. FORMER NHL PLAYER Geoff Courtnall will dicusess his experiences of concussions and hockey. He wil be at Puckmaster Training Facility, 2657 Wilfret Rd., Dec. 9 at 6:30 p.m.

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LANGFORD WOMENS INSTITUTE meeting, Dec. 13, at 1 p.m. For info call Josie, 250-478-1900 FOUR SEASONS MUSICAL Theatre presents Bulby the Christmas Jackalope, a Christmas comedy for all ages. Free preview at the Juan de Fuca library branch, Dec. 15, 7 p.m. And at Isabelle Reader Theatre, on Dec. 17, 2 p.m. and Dec. 18, 1:30 p.m. Tickets $12/$8. BLUE MOON CHRISTMAS, Dec. 15, 7 p.m., Metchosin Community House, 4430 Happy Valley Rd. Songs, stories, music and poetry. Food bank donations accepted. JUAN DE FUCA area will transform into a winter wonderland from Dec. 17 to 20. Skaters can enjoy glide

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Canada’s Green Party leader says a call for a “period of reflection” on the Kyoto accord is like having a senior officer aboard the sinking Titanic arguing to pause emergency procedures in favour of a yoga class. Elizabeth May left for Durban, South Africa on Saturday, where she joined the delegation from Papua New Guinea at the international climate change conference. She posted her latest thoughts about the proceedings to Facebook Monday. “My sense as week 2 of COP17 (The 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) begins is that things are going very badly,” wrote the MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands. While she criticized the U.S. in its call for a period of reflection, she said Canadian actions have been unhelpful as well. The Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent announced Monday that Canada will not renew its commitments. He held this position despite the announcement that “China may commit to cutting its greenhouse gas emissions starting in 2020.” Canada joined 190 countries at the convention, which runs Nov. 28 to Dec. 9. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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The SPCA’s Victoria branch is asking for the public to help feed the animals at the shelter. “What we desperately, desperately need is canned cat and dog food of any kind,” said branch manager Penny Stone. “We’re out buying it nearly every day. “We get our hard food donated, but we like to put a topping on it, especially for animals that may be scared or nervous.” Langford Canadian Tire is collecting donations for the SPCA through its annual Empty Bowl food drive for pets. The donation bin is set up by the exit doors for people to drop off items. Donations can also be dropped off at the Victoria SPCA branch, 3150 Napier Lane.

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BC Ferries’ board of directors has appointed senior executive Michael Corrigan to replace outgoing CEO David Hahn, who is leaving at the end of the year. Corrigan’s salary will be $563,000, if he reaches all the performance and safety bonus targets in his contract. Along with three other senior executives, Corrigan is being paid a lump sum of $200,000 to compensate for the cancellation of BC Ferries’ long-term bonus program. BC Ferries board chair Donald Hayes said Corrigan’s total compensation will be about 60 per cent of that paid to Hahn, who announced his early retirement in September as part of a cost-cutting program at the Crown corporation. Hahn’s compensation topped $1 million in the last two years, making him the highest-paid public servant in B.C. Hayes said Corrigan’s former position of chief operating officer is being eliminated, saving BC Ferries about $600,000 a year. Corrigan joined BC Ferries in 2003 as vice president for business development, where he was responsible for new vessel construction and terminal upgrades. Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom said Corrigan’s new salary is within the range of legislation passed by the government this spring amid controversy over Hahn’s salary. Speaking to reporters in Vancouver Tuesday, Lekstrom said he expects there will still be complaints about the pay, which is more than the new CEO of BC Hydro makes. But the board makes the decision, and legislation passed in 2003 to take the political interference out of BC Ferries operation prevents cabinet ministers from getting involved. Lekstrom said he is expecting B.C. Ferry Commissioner Gord Macatee’s report on ferry rates to be released soon. Macatee is reviewing the mandate imposed in 2003 to move towards a user-pay ferry system and not allow the profitable large runs to subsidize the smaller routes. “The biggest question I get is the affordability issue, and Mr. Corrigan recognizes that, and he is going to do, in the discussion I had with him, everything he can to work collaboratively and ensure we have an affordable system,” Lekstrom said. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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Hot ticket: Ashley MacIsaac with the Victoria Symphony. Tickets start at $43.

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Evening performance mixes song with art, love and hope Travis Paterson News staff

Jesus Rocks is not another Christmas show. It’s a celebration. It’s about Jesus’ message of love and hope. But it’s also got a little something other Christmas shows don’t: a message that Jesus Christ wasn’t so keen on being part of a religion. “Jesus never wanted to start a religion and in fact wanted to break down the idea of religion as a way to God,” said the show’s managing director Kelcy Snyckers. “We feel religion is something that man made, not something that God would have intended for man.” The ideas are in line with those of Canadian author

Bruxy Cavey, whose ideas include reinterpreting the Bible as a holy hand-grenade (yes it’s from Monty Python), “a document designed to blow religion up, in which Jesus’ teachings are the pin. “We’re not anti-church at all, just feel there’s a need of refreshing the message,” Snyckers said. “One can’t really argue with the perfect morality that Jesus came to give.” Snyckers and company present Jesus Rocks at the Ambrosia Conference Centre, 638 Fisgard Ave., on Tuesday (Dec. 13) at 6 p.m. The entertainment ranges with a variety of upbeat performances on stage and a display of work by a pair of visual artists. Singer Diane Pancel, who recently sang with David Foster at

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“Undiscovered talent” Mariah Dantu will sing as well. There’ll also be a mashup of sorts – yet to have been done by Snyckers knowledge – as Peggy Scott will be singing prophetically in reference to three of the art pieces by James Nesbitt and Patti Bey on display. “Scott already had these songs, and when we found them, we felt they fit perfectly through the art,” Snyckers said. Pancel will sing work from U2, Miley Cyrus and Whitney Houston, all music that sends a message of hope and peace. Jesus Rocks is more than just an event, it’s a recently incorporated event planning group (Jesus Rocks Ventures) that Snyckers

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From madness to miracles One-man Christmas classic premier screening at Craigdarroch Castle Craigdarroch Castle Historical Museum Society presents A Christmas Carol. The classic holiday tale has been adapted as a oneman play and will be performed in the historic mansion on Dec. 10, 14, 16, 21, 23 and 28. All performances at 7 p.m. Tickets $20 adults or $15 students. (Not for ages under 13.)

Listen to the winter wind with Viva Youth Choir Viva Youth Choirs of Victoria perform their concert Winter Winds with an eclectic program of music for young voices. Accompanists will be Angela Zhang, Braden Young and Rosemary Laing. Grace Lutheran Church, 1273 Fort St. Dec. 10, 3 p.m. Tickets $12 (adults), $8 (students,) age 7 and under free. Available at La Tavola Kitchenware (Oak Bay), Long & McQuade, or at the door.

School choir presents Christmas concert Youth Choir 61, the Greater Victoria school district’s honour choir, presents And the Angels Sang. This year’s presentation, with guests the Avalon Singers, is Dec. 11 at St. Aidan’s Church. Show time is 2 p.m. at 3703 St. Aidan’s St. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under, and are available at

Enjoy the premiere screening of Madness, Masks and Miracles Dec. 11, from 6:45 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Victoria playwright and June Swadron co-producer June Swadron hosts this premiere to advocate the power of creativity to transform mental illness into mental health and to dispel stigma at the Academy for Creative and Healing Arts Truth Centre, 1201 Fort St. By donation. For information call 250-592-5453.

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Muse over Breakfast with Santa to Bear Mountain wine and art comes Head to the West Shore and take in Bear Mountain’s Head to North Saanich and Muse Winery this weekend for the annual Christmas pairing of fine wine and fine art, Dec. 10 and 11. Join sculptors Craig Benson and Paul Harder, textile artist Andree Fredette, jeweller Heather A. Hamilton, photographer Dave Hutchison, painter Mark Hobson and glass artist Pauline Oleson at Muse Winery for the weekend show. Artists will be in attendance and the Muse Tasting Room will be open throughout the show.

Breakfast with Santa, Dec. 17, 18, 22, 23 and 24. Bring the family and enjoy breakfast with the Jolly Old Elf himself in The Ballroom – breakfast ($25/adults; $12/ children; (under 5 free) starts at 10 a.m. and reservations are recommended; call 250-391-5224. Prefer something a little more grown-up? Bear Mountain’s Friday Night Flights continue in The Cellar from 6 to 7 p.m., a chance to “educate your palate with savoury wines from around the world.” Flights of four wines will be tasted each week from different regions. The fee is $20 and reservations are recommended; call 250-391-7160.

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Cure by Chocolate benefits CBCF: The fourth annual Cure by Chocolate promotion from Rogers’ Chocolates and Thrifty Foods raised an

amazing $16,500 this fall. The campaign encouraged customers to pick up a Rogers’ Pink Ribbon Raspberry Swirl Chocolate Cream at the register of any Thrifty Foods Store and contribute to the cause. “We would like to express our gratitude to both Rogers’ Chocolates and Thrifty Foods for being such great corporate supporters,” said Tracy Ryan, Regional Manager for CBCF. “The efforts of their staff and the support of their customers is very much appreciated.” This promotion has raised more than $103,000 over its four years, with all proceeds benefitting the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, BC/Yukon Region and its goal of creating a future without the fear of breast cancer by the year 2020. For information please call the foundation at 250-3843328 or visit www.cbcforg/bcyukon. New and Notable: Pet owners have a new resource in the Downtown Veterinary Clinic, a new, state-of-the-art, full-service veterinary medical facility. Located at Caledonia and Blanshard, the clinic provides

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Bridges for Women appeals for donations By Jennifer Blyth Black Press

For many years, Bridges for Women has helped women impacted by violence or abuse reconnect with their community by building employment skills that encourage success and independence. However, because it has been so successful in what it does, Bridges is in need of a little temporary bridging of its own. “Bridges is basically working at capacity at this point, but our waiting list is growing and the need is growing,” Bate explains. Accompanying that is the increasing costs for women who are participating in Bridges programs, in areas such as food and transportation. To meet these needs, Bridges Executive Bridges is seeking the com- Director Jan Bate munity’s support. Bridges’ work focuses on two key areas. Through its Bridging program, women undertake employment training, including communications skills, team building, interview skills and computer, math and English skills. Through its career mentoring program, women are matched with mentors who impart their knowledge and experience to their mentees over a nine-month period. “It’s just such a magical program – there are so many wonderful stories,” says Bridges executive director Jan Bate, recalling one woman who has been inspired by her mentor to follow her dream of writing; another is pursuing her university degree with the support of her mentor. Recognizing the increased need, and the invaluable services Bridges provides, come April 1, the organization will be expanding its services, and with that will come funding that supports the reality of its work level. In the meantime, however, staff and volunteers are trying to make ends meet to see participants through the New Year, Bate explains. To that end, Bridges has embarked on a winter campaign, with the support of many friends and partners in the community – invaluable to Bridges and the success of its participants. “We are very, very grateful for the individuals and businesses who are helping us at this time,” Bate says. The Oswego Hotel, for example, is a main sponsor of Bridges and during this month of giving its staff have decided to focus their efforts on Bridges’ essential services. By offering clients the opportunity to simply add a donation to their bill, the downtown hotel aims to raise $10,000 by Dec. 31. Also part of Bridges’ campaign is its second annual International Women’s Day Lunch, following a successful inaugural event last March. This year – March 8 at the St. John the Divine Church Hall, 925 Balmoral Ave. – Bridges will welcome keynote speaker Maureen Maloney Q.C., the first woman Dean of Law in B.C. and currently Professor at the School of Public Policy, Simon Fraser University. Previously, Prof. Maloney served as the Chair in Law and Public Policy and Director of the Institute for Dispute Resolution at the University of Victoria; Deputy Minister to the Attorney General; and Deputy Attorney General of the Province of British Columbia. She is actively involved in international governance, dispute resolution and human rights projects in South-East Asia, Iraq, China, Brazil, Guatemala and South Africa. Women’s Day Lunch tickets are $50 and are available now, along with corporate sponsorship opportunities, Bate notes.

A third Bridges initiative links the organization’s history with its future. Through its “Katie Cooke Circle of Friends,” Bridges is looking for like-minded women to participate in the growth and strengthening of the Society, support that will allow Bridges to use and distribute money raised to best serve the women in its programs. Cooke was among the founders of Bridges for Women, in addition to her role as the first president of the Canadian Advisory Committee on the Status of Women, chair of the Task Force on Child Care, recipient of the Governor General’s Award, and the Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award. Additionally, “she was an avid mentor, a wonderful mother and an inspiring role model,” Bate says. “It was a natural fit for her legacy at Bridges to be the name sake for the Katie Cooke Circle of Friends. It’s hoped group members will pledge to make an annual investment of $1,000, either as an individual or as a leader of a team, (that) will allow us to directly impact the women who are in need of specialized counselling, groceries, clothing and transportation. For information or to donate, call Bridges at 250385-7410 or visit online at www.bridgesforwomen.ca

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A rare object recently made its way to Vancouver Island. The large, long, shiny-black behemoth filled the library of an Uplands home. And when Daniel Chow sat and placed his hands on it — it sang. “I believe that music comes from the heart. A good pianist can make a cheap piano sound good and a bad pianist can make a good piano sound awful,” said Chow, a Vancouver concert pianist who took part in a media event for the piano’s unveiling. “The Fazioli makes things easier. I can be more imaginative, more creative with my technical ability.” The instrument is the first of its kind to be delivered to Vancouver Island. The rare, six-foot grand piano, valued at $110,000, was delivered by its builder, Paulo Fazioli. The demonstration wasn’t held at the permanent home of the piano. The couple who bought the instrument live nearby, but chose not to be identified. The arrival of the piano was no less of an event, especially with the presence of Fazioli himself.

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Fazioli founder Paolo Fazioli, left, and pianist Daniel Chow test out the first Fazioli piano to come to Vancouver Island. Born to a furniture-making family in Italy, Fazioli turned his talents to piano-making more than 30 years ago and made a name building the instruments by hand. His company creates as few as 100 pianos a year in a small factory north of Venice. “Each one takes about 1,000 hours of highly specialized hand-work to make,” said Manuel Bernaschek, owner of Showcase Pianos in Vancouver, which sold the piano to the Greater Victoria couple. Fazioli grands include more than 10,000 parts, some plated in 18-karat gold. “Each key alone has 60 parts,” Bernaschek said. The pianos also include

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Barbers win whichever way Trio of Barbers going to college and CIS Travis Paterson News staff

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Oak Bay Barbers power hitter Nick Stefanakis leaps for a block during the final match of the B.C. boys AAA volleyball championship versus Earl Mariott in Kelowna on Saturday (Dec. 3). The Barbers won the match 25-16, 25-20, and 25-15, to win the championship.

No disrespect to Lars Bornemann, chosen the provincial boys AAA volleyball most outstanding player. But you know you’re on a good team when picking an MVP is a crapshoot. The razor sharp Oak Bay Barbers cut through the competition to win the team’s first provincial championship since 2006. The final match was a three-set sweep of Surrey’s Earl Marriot Mariners 25-16, 25-20, and 25-15. With so much skill throughout his roster, coach Allan Carmichael said it doesn’t matter what game the opponents use against them. “We’re able to tailor our game plan to our opponents and the kids are able to do whatever we ask,” he said. Against the Mariners, it meant countering the pair of six-foot-seven middles by pushing the ball outside. “As a result, it showcased our outside hitters, Bornemann being one of them,” Carmichael said. And Bornemann came through, leading the attack with 19 kills on 31

attacks with power hitter Nick Stefanakis managing 11 kills. The Barbers dominated the all-star team selections with Alex Swiatlowski (Grade 12) and Ryan Marcellus (Grade 12) named to the first team along with Leon Young (Grade 11) and Stefanakis (Grade 12). Elion Wong (Grade 11) was named the tournament’s most outstanding libero. It’s that depth and positional flexibility that makes the Barbers so powerful. “If Earl Mariott had outside blockers instead of middles, then it will probably be (sixfoot-seven) Swiatlowski showcasing his abilities attacking in the middle (and possibly winning outstanding player),” Carmichael said. Swiatlowski, the team’s captain, has committed to play for UBC Okanagan next year. It will be the school’s first season in the CIS. Of the other graduating players on the roster, only centre Ryan Marcellus has currently indicated where he’ll play next year. Marcellus will join the Camosun Chargers for a chance to play with older brother Garrett in his final year at Camosun. Coincidentally, Garrett was on the

Barbers libero Elion Wong plays a shot from nearly out of bounds. Brian Calkins

last Oak Bay team to win the provincials. An extremely talented passer, Stefanakis is expected to play at the college level, and has the ability to be a strong libero, said Carmichael, though as a Barber he’s often tasked with other assignments. All in all, the Barbers are returning an incredibly strong team for next year centred around Wong and Young, two of the best defensive players Carmichael has ever coached. The Oak Bay Breakers finshed 14th at the AAAA girls provincials.

Junior Panthers returned to former ownership group Junior B team changes hands part way through the season Christine van Reeuwyk News staff

A pair of former Panther owners are off the bench and back in the game after purchasing the rights to the local junior-B hockey club, which was being run by the league. John Wilson and Pete Zubersky purchased the Peninsula Panthers junior B team after weekend meetings with the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League. “We really enjoyed our time when we did it,” said Zubersky who owned the team for eight years, until about five years ago. Wilson took over the club for two years after that. Jackson Penney took ownership about two and half years ago and relinquished it to the league last month. Wilson learned of the team’s availability and after a call to Zubersky – and conversations with their wives, Coreen Zubersky and Val Wilson – the two families made a power-

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play for ownership. “What you see in the on-ice product is a culmination of a lot of off-ice work by volunteers and people putting together a business plan,” Wilson said of the full family commitment involved. The new owners met with players Monday night to break the news. The Panthers saw success on the ice the past two years, earning league titles, provincial titles and finishing fourth at nationals last year. Zubersky and Wilson will focus on rebuilding local relationships with the community, local businesses and Peninsula Minor Hockey. “Those are the people we need to develop relationships with because without those, we’re toast,” said Zubersky. “Minor hockey is our bread and butter and we want to build those ties again.” Parents, players and coaches wear the logos of both the minor hockey Eagles and the Panthers with pride, said

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Alex Tribe may have lost his final fight on Saturday night, but he ended the night with two wins and added a lot more experience to his resumé. The 19-year-old Saanich resident succumbed to the much more experienced fighter Hakeem Dawodu of Calgary in the final match of the Last Man Standing Muay Thai kickboxing tournament at Eagle Ridge Community Centre. Dawodu won the right to train at the Sinbi Gym in Phuket, Thailand for three months, accommodation included. “It was the best show I’ve put on in 10 years,” said promoter Stan Peterec, who’s also Tribe’s coach. “It went almost exactly as hoped, except Alex lost in that final match.” The tournament format isn’t new to Victoria but it’s been about six years since Peterec last ran them in regular rotation, this being the second event this

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year. Seven welterweight fighters (147 lbs.) put their name in a hat and six paired off for the first draw of the night. One person, Daemont Johnson of Washington, got a bye. Tribe edged Duncan’s Johnny “Two Feathers” Williams by majority decision after a threeround fight. World junior champion Josh Jauncey of Surrey, a hot prospect and favourite to win the tourney, knocked out local karate instructor Leigh Mueller within 65 seconds of the first round. Dawodu won by knockout over Josh Wright of White Rock at 2:14 in their first round. That set up a final four with Dawodu fighting Jauncey and Tribe versus Johnson. Tribe knocked Johnson down in the first round and then did it again for good at 1:36 of the second. Jauncey and Dawodu, meanwhile, battled in the best fight Peterec can remember in 10 or so years. “It was amazing. A back-andforth battle. The crowd stood up with a standing ovation for the guys. They really put on a show,” Peterec said. The two have fought once before with Dawodu win-

Soccer Fri. Dec. 9: VISL, Juan de Fuca at Gordon Head, 6:15 p.m., Tyndall Park. Fri. Dec. 9: VISL, Sooke Celtic at Gorge, 7 p.m. Hampton Park. Sat. Dec. 10: VISL, Cowichan at Prospect Lake, 4 p.m., Layritz Turf. Sat. Dec. 10: VISL, Lakehill at Vic West, 6 p.m., Finlayson Turf. Sat. Dec. 10: VISL, Nanaimo at Bays Utd., 8 p.m., Finlayson Turf. Sun. Dec. 11: LIWSA, Gorge at Vic Athletics, 12 p.m., Cedar Hill middle school. Sun. Dec. 11: LIWSA, Nanaimo at Gordon Head Gold, 12 p.m., Tyndall Park. Sun. Dec. 11: LIWSA, Lakehill at Prospect Lake, 12 p.m., Layritz Turf. Sun. Dec. 11: LIWSA, Castaways at Vic West, 2:15 p.m., Victor Brodeur school.

On the card ■ There were three fights in addition to the tournament. ■ Boxing: Joel Conway defeated Alex Key by TKO, 1:10 in the second round. ■ Kickboxing: Adam Fitchatt def. Brock Flint. ■ Boxing: Brian Colwell and Dan Baxter

ning. Peterec felt Saturday’s bout could have been a draw, though the final decision went in Dawodu’s favour. In the third and final round of the tournament, Dawodu proved too skilled. Tribe had already been knocked down when the two caught each other with simultaneous left hooks in the second round. “Hakeem took it, but Alex went down to one knee. Alex could have gone on but I threw in the towel. He wasn’t gaining anything more by (fighting) at that point.” Tribe is headed to Thailand to train in kickboxing for the next five months. sports@vicnews.com

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Victoria’s Brandon Glover of the Calgary Hitmen has been named the WHL Goaltender of the Month Brandon Glover for November. The 19-year-old, who previously played for the Moose Jaw Warriors and major midget South Island Thunderbirds, posted a 6-1 record in November with a 1.96 goals-against average and 0.933 save percentage. Glover’s play helped the Hitmen to a 9-4-1-0 record during that time. The Hitmen are currently 15-11-1-1, good for seventh overall in the Eastern conference. The Hitmen visit the Victoria Royals on Tuesday, Jan. 3. The Royals host the Lethbridge Hurricanes today (Dec. 9), 7:05 p.m. at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Leading the Hurricanes in scoring is Shawnigan Lake’s Cam Braes with 14 goals and 14 assists in 30 games.

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COLWOOD: UTILS incl. Furn, on bus route, walking distance to beach & Royal Roads. NS, pets neg. $550. 250-889-4499.

2004 PT Cruiser, 77,000 K, $6500 obo. Must go before Christmas. 250-704-6226.

JAMES BAY Village Penthouse, furnished, employed female. NS/NP. $750. (250)380-2737.

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $12,900 firm. 250-755-5191.

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COLWOOD, UNFURN’D room available, incls all utils, $500 mo. (Immed) 250-858-6930.

TOWNHOUSES

1988 DODGE Dakota, V6, automatic, box liner, $900 obo. Call 250-656-1489.

TILLICUM HOUSING, $500, $550. Furn, all incl, quiet clean. 778-977-8288. X-Mas

SOOKE, (2009) 3bdrm, 2.5bath avail immed, all appls incl’d, walk amens/bus/Sooke core, N/S. 250-642-0133.

2004 F150 Super Cab, excellent condition. $9500. (250)477-6322.

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Sunday 1-3 Address Realty Ltd. Patrick Achtzner, 250-391-1893

pg. 11

309 Kingston, $769,000 Saturday & Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Cassie Kangas 250 477-7291

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Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes David Hale, 250-384-8124

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pg. 9

pg. 11

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Saturday 2:30-4 One Percent Realty Guy Effler 250 812-4910

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Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Lynne Sager 250 744-3301

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pg. 31

pg. 12

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pg. 2

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Sunday 2:30-4 Re/Max Camosun Daniel Clover 250 507-5459

pg. 10

Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Mark Lawless, 250-744-3301

pg. 11

502-250 Douglas, $399,000 Saturday 1-3 Newport Realty Marie Blender, 250-385-2033

pg. 8

101-1610 Jubillee, $169,900 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291

Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Jean Thorndycraft 250 384-8124

Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess 250 384-8124

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pg. 9

pg. 13

Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Ann Watley 250-656-0131

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Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Alliance David Rusen, 250-386-8875

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Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Mike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100

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304-4535 Viewmont Ave, $249,900

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Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

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Sunday 2-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

pg. 15

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Saturday 1-3 Sparling Real Estate Ltd. Don Sparling 250-656-5511

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pg. 20

Thursday to Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124

pg. 6

3067 Alouette pg. 18

Daily 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Mike Hartshorne 250 889-4445

pg. 8

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pg. 6

3436 Blue Sky Pl, $475,000 pg. 20

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pg. 19

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Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Realty David Scotney 250 384-8124

pg. 20

563 Brant Pl., $624,900 Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes David Hale 250 595-3200

pg. 20

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Sunday 3:30-4:30 Re/Max Alliance Karen Love, 250-386-8875 pg. 21

pg. 21

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Saturday & Sunday 1:30-4:00 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Chuck Meagher, 250-477-1100

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3334 Myles Mansell Rd

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pg. 20

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Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Blair Watling 250 385-2033

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pg. 7

3067 Alouette pg. 18

9321 Trailcreek Dr., $247,000 pg. 14

pg. 1

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9397 Laurie’s Lane, $289,000 pg. 14

pg. 18

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3067 Alouette

4-869 Clarke Rd

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pg. 26

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10201 Almond St., $569,000

9691 Third, $509,000

1955 Grandview, $640,000

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Saturday 1-3 Address Realty Ltd. Rob Angus, 250-391-1893

Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Judy Campbell 250 744-3301

Saturday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291

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1366 Craigflower, $598,000 pg. 11

Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Corie Meyer, 250-384-8124

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd Diane Wilkinson 250 477-7291

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Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Ken Lorenz 250 888-3434

32 Lurline Ave, $329,900

308-3260 Quadra St.

Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Corie Meyer 250 384-8124

1025 Wurtlele Pl, $355,000 pg. 6

pg. 13

1187 Sunnybank Crt, $769,900 Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Gunnar Stephenson, 250-884-0933

Sunday 3-4:30 Victoria Classic Realty Shaun Lees 250 386-1997

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Evelyn Brust, 250-384-8124

6265 Springlea

1268 Tall Tree Pl, $729,900

3850 Palo Alto

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126-75 Songhees, $959,000 Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheri Crause, 250-592-4422

966 Lampson, $825,000

710 Linden Ave.

pg. 3

3828 Cardie Crt, $654,900 pg. 10

5015 Georgia Park Terr. $799,900 203-1020 Esquimalt Rd, $225,000

pg. 9

Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Realty David Scotney 250 384-8124

Sunday 12-2 One Percent Realty Valentino Prundaru 250 686-2242

10 Helmcken Rd

219-50 Songhees, $675,000

Saturday 12-4 Pemberton Holmes Michael Luyt, 250-384-8124

Sunday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Mark McDougall 250 477-5353

pg. 18

10395 Bowerbank, $419,900

618 Baxter, $524,500 pg. 26

4029 Providence, $969,900 308 Palmer, $777,000

Saturday 1-3 Address Realty Ltd. Patrick Achtzner, 250-391-1893

Sunday 1-2:30 Victoria Classic Realty Shaun Lees 250 386-1997

4173 Buckingham, $684,000

pg. 26

pg. 31

pg. 14

43-901 Kentwood

946 Wilmer, $499,900

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Pat Meadows, 250-592-4422

pg. 14

4126 Santa Anita, $509,900

219-1009 McKenzie, $199,500

3155 Westdowne, $948,000

702-860 View St, $429,900

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Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Richard Gadoury 250-977-2600 Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Deborah Kline 250 661-7680

770 Linkleas, $599,900

703-620 Toronto, $225,000 Saturday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Sharen Warde 250 592-4422

pg. 26

Sunday 1-3 JonesCo Real Estate Inc. Ian Heath 250-655-7653

119-2733 Peatt Rd, $369,900

2521 Emmy Pl, $749,900

5460 Old West Saanich, $1,199,000

pg. 11

23-60 Dallas, $494,900

Sunday 2-4 MacDonald Realty Lorraine Stundon 250 812-0642

Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Doug Poruchny, 250-474-4800

522 Davida Ave., $385,000

pg. 1

924B Richmond, $475,000 Saturday 3-5 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Mara 250 384-8124

pg. 6

4674 Lochside, $1,088,000

71 Government St, $484,000 Sunday 1-3 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Anke Venema, 250 477-1100

41 Obed Ave, $359,900

307-797 Tyee Rd., $299,900

604-75 Songhees, $710,000 Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Shawn Adye, 250-384-8124

Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Inez Louden 250 812-7710

pg. 25

7-704 Rockheights

202-137 Bushby,

Saturday 2-4 Duttons & Co Real Estate 250 383-7100

2033 Sunfield, $269,500

927 Devonshire Rd., $439,000

809-620 Toronto St, $259,900

301-50 Songhees, $549,900 Sunday 2:30-4 Re/Max Camosun Daniel Clover 250 507-5459

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Darren Day, 250-478-9600

2837 Inez Dr., $599,900 Sunday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Cheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422

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pg. 21

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119-2733 Peatt Rd, $374,900 pg. 15

Friday-Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Alliance Karen Love, 250-386-8875

pg. 20

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GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE - Friday, December 9, 2011

Mercy ship brings medical aid to world’s poor Rudy Haugeneder News staff

Tim Maloney and his wife Karen Morgan were astounded by the lack of medical facilities in the West African nation of Sierra Leon -- making the work the hospital ship Africa Mercy does there all the more worthwhile. For a week they experienced what Maloney’s job as the national director of Mercy Ships Canada is all about: spreading the word about the international charity that, one by one, transforms the lives of the world’s forgotten poor -- for free. Of course Maloney, 60, has seen all the photos and heard all the stories in the three years he has been with Mercy Ships. This was the first time he saw in person doctors performing surgery and training locals on everything from to how to grow better crops to first aid. Africa Mercy has an all-volunteer crew of 450 -- half of them doctors and medical experts -- who pay to serve on the former 152-metre-long Danish rail ferry. It spent seven years in shipyards being converted into the world’s largest charity hospital ship with six operating theatres and a 78-bed ward. Volunteers pay -- pay, not earn -- $680 monthly if serving under nine months and $340 monthly if longer. Maloney, the former director of the Land

Woman drags dead deer home under car A deer carcass on the highway should not be mistaken for a speed bump. That is the warning Saanich police issued after a woman drove over a dead buck blocking a lane of traffic Saturday night. The large roadkill ended up wedged in the undercarriage of the driver’s Honda Fit. Around 8 p.m. police were called by the woman, who hadn’t realize she dragged the buck from the Pat Bay Highway near Sayward Road to her Cordova Bay home. At the scene, Const. Andy Harward called a tow truck to have the car lifted off the animal. “It had antlers, so as we were hoisting (the car) up, it was raising with the vehicle, as well … until gravity set in and the deer fell out from the underbody,” Harward said. The animal was put in the backseat of Harward’s police car and taken to Hartland Landfill, which is equipped to dispose of roadkill. The Honda Fit suffered minor damage.

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Babies born with facial abnormalities are often outcast in rural areas of Africa, making survival almost impossible. This child, named Odilon, was given surgery that gives him a better chance at life. Conservancy of B.C., and Morgan, a Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation director, were aboard the hospital ship as part of a week-long trip to look at how the ship operates. This included watching volunteer doctors performing life-transforming surgeries. During their time they also visited a women’s hospital established by Mercy Ships several years ago and a centre where preand post-operation patients live with their families until their return home. Other Mercy Ships projects they visited

were a dental clinic and an agriculture project. The one thing the couple noticed was that despite horrible living conditions, the people of Sierra Leon never give up on life and “hope shone through the despair,” Maloney said. Take for example the cleft lip and palate of baby Odilon. When her aunt delivered the tiny bundle, it cried like a healthy baby, but 19-year-old mother Edwige could tell by her aunt’s expression that something was wrong. When she looked at the newborn placed in her arms, Edwige began to cry. “Is this the baby I gave birth to?” she asked her aunt. The wee boy had a bilateral cleft lip and palate. Despite her initial shock, Edwige’s motherly instincts took hold, and she accepted her son lovingly. For a few hours, an exhausted mother and her child slept peacefully. Then, just as quickly as Odilon had entered the world, their troubles began. Edwige’s mother-in-law inspected young Odilon with revulsion. Because of his cleft, she called Odilon evil and inhuman. She encouraged her son, Edwige’s husband, to leave her to avoid bringing shame upon the family. When Odilon’s mother made the long and arduous journey to Africa Mercy, Odilon weighed a mere 2.5 kilograms. He was

By the numbers ■ $800 million: Amount of donations Mercy Ships has collected since 1978 ■ 47,000: number of operations, including cataract removals and lens implants, orthopedic procedures, facial reconstructions and obstetric fistula repairs. ■ 95,800: number of dental patients treated with more than 206,000 dental procedures performed.

in such bad condition that the medical staff onboard the ship thought he would not survive for more than a few days. After nearly 11 weeks of care and proper feeding, he weighed 3.7 kg, and the doctors gave the go-ahead for his surgery. After a successful operation, Odilon slept quietly on his bed, sucking on the new fleshy formation of his upper lip. With the help of Mercy Ships, little Odilon underwent a miraculous transformation that brought him back from the brink of starvation and gave him a chance at a normal life. And that’s what Mercy Ships does, said Maloney -- provides health care, relief aid and community support to meet immediate and long-term needs. To learn more about Mercy Ships check out its website at www.mercyships.ca. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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Mother nabbed in 18 year old abduction case Woman allegedly stole her two year old, changed her name, moved across country

Joe Chisholm in a 1993 family photo with his daughter Sigourney, who was abducted by her mother when the couple was going through a custody battle.

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Eighteen years after his infant daughter was snatched from his custody, Joe Chisholm is stunned that his search is over and she has been found. The case came to an end in Victoria last Thursday, when Victoria detectives arrested Patricia Joan

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O’Byrne for allegedly abducting her biological daughter, Sigourney Teresa Chisholm on May 15, 1993. O’Byrne and Joe Chisholm had been mired in a custody battle when O’Byrne allegedly violated a custody order and left Toronto with the 20-month-old. Sigourney is now 20 years old. “I am in shock — even though we have been hoping for this day for years and years. No doubt, Sigourney is in shock too,” Chisholm posted on the website, Peace 4 The Missing, after the arrest. Victoria police Det.-Const. Roger de Pass and his partner walked up to the door of the single-family home in the 2000-block of Howard St., just before 8 a.m., where O’Byrne, 53, was living under the name Pamela Whalen and arrested her. At the same time as the arrest, Toronto police and a team from the Winnipeg-based Canadian Centre for Child Protection broke the news to Sigourney, who had been living as Thea Whalen. “She’s a remarkable young lady,” said Christy Dzikowicz, a social worker and director of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection’s MissingKids.ca division who went with police to speak with Sigourney at an undisclosed location. “I think this is going to take some time and it’s a difficult situation for everybody, but I think this young lady is going to be okay,” she said.

VicPD’s role in the case began in October when lead investigators from the Toronto Police Service “passed along valuable information from the Missing Children’s Society of Canada that O’Byrne may be residing in (Victoria),” said de Pass, who led Victoria police efforts. Police were concerned that O’Byrne posed a flight risk, de Pass said, adding that over the years rumours swirled that the mother was living in a number of countries, including England, Norway, Ireland, Spain and the U.S. Police believe O’Byrne had been living in Victoria for years. De Pass remained tight-lipped about Sigourney’s current whereabouts, but said she wasn’t living with her mother at the time of the arrest. With an arrest made and Sigourney found, this case should offer hope to those who continue to look for loved ones, the detective said. “It is always challenging to solve older files but I think this investigation is a reminder to all the families of missing children that there is still detectives working these files and we’re not giving up,” said de Pass. As for Chisholm, who also has a son, Jesse, his thoughts are with those families who continue to search for their loved ones. “I will never forget that there are still so many missing. I will never forget,” Chisholm said, before signing off on his most recent blog entry, Thursday. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE - Friday, December 9, 2011

Schools, business rally to support pennies campaign Ryan Flaherty News staff

The students at George Jay elementary may not have much, but that isn’t stopping them from doing what they can to help the less fortunate this holiday season. “The kids here are so funny,” said Terri Smith, vice-principal at the Victoria school. “Many are food bank recipients and Christmas hamper recipients themselves, but they’re still scrounging their pennies and giving what they can.” It’s a perfect example of the type of selflessness that makes holiday charity drives like Black Press’ Pennies For Presents campaign successful.

Smith, in her first year at George Jay, is impressed with the kids’ commitment to the cause. “It is a bit surprising, because on the one hand, when we go on a field trip, the question is ‘do we have to pay?’ But on the other hand, when I ask them to help other people, they’re giving their own pennies, which is very cool.” It was eye-opening for many of the students to hear that although their families may be facing financial challenges, there are kids elsewhere with even bigger problems. “That had a lot of impact on them,” Smith said. “It was kind of neat actually. The kids had tears thinking about other kids that are

Pennies for Presents ■ Coins and paper cash donations can be dropped off at the Gazette office, 117-777 Goldstream Ave. ■ For a list of businesses that are accepting donations, watch for notices in the Goldstream News Gazette and Victoria News Daily.

having trouble.” Participating in the Pennies For Presents campaign is the school’s way of giving back to the community after being a charity recipient. George Jay is one of six Greater Victoria schools taking part in this year’s campaign. Local businesses are getting into the act as

well, with 26 different locations in the Capital Region accepting donations of spare change. At University Heights Shopping Centre, the early returns have been greater than anticipated. “There’s a box for people to put the coins in, and a bigger bucket.” said manager Mary Wise. “It’s filling up to the point where

it’s almost too big to move. We had people coming in looking for where they could drop off their coins even before we had the donation box set up.” Wise thinks the mall has a responsibility to give back. “We like to think of ourselves as a community shopping centre. We’re pleased to be involved,” she said. Black Press has run Pennies for Presents for 15 years. In 2012, donations go to five Greater Victoria charities: Victoria READ Society, Threshold Housing Society, Mary Manning Centre, suicide prevention group NEED2, and Young Parents Support Network. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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Friday, December 9, 2011 - GOLDSTREAM

NEWS GAZETTE

We’re ready for you! Lean Ground Beef

Compliments

White Shrimp with Sauce Cooked & Peeled 41–50 to the lb 800g Bag Regular Retail: $15.99 Each

Family Pack Savings Size $6.15/kg

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Weekly Specials in Effect until Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

weekend

SAVINGS Friday, Saturday & Sunday

Island Farms

Multipack Yogurt

Selected Flavours 6 x 710ml or Mini Cans 6 Pack

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As Chile’s fruit growing season is the opposite to ours here in British Columbia, our Produce Departments are proud to offer you the opportunity to enjoy the tasty fruits of our Chilean Cherry grower’s labour.