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To the dogsCanine therapy offers hope for chronic illnesses

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Kendra WongVictoria News

An Oak Bay resident is hoping to increase the amount of locally produced food through a new pilot project that’s proving the sky is the limit.

Chris Hildreth, a recent Univer-sity of Victoria grad who studied environmental studies and soci-

ology, recently launched Topsoil, one of the first urban commercial rooftop gardens on 1001 Blan-shard St. On the roof he grows fresh produce that is then deliv-ered to Fiamo Italian Kitchen to use in their dishes.

“I wanted to provide restau-rants with the highest quality of fresh local produce as possible, but in a quantity that they can

really be using on a consistent basis, not just a couple of sprigs of basil on their salad,” said Hil-dreth, who came up with the idea in a food and society class.

“I want everything from that salad to be from the rooftop.”

In the 500-square-foot garden, there are 20 beds growing kale, arugula, ruby streaks, mixed let-tuce, two different types of toma-

toes, red and green peppers, jala-peno and cayenne peppers, rose-mary and thyme as well as edible flowers in large quantities.

The soil, made from peat moss and compost, is watered with a timed irrigation system that goes off every morning for about five minutes.

Kendra Wong/News staff

Chris Hildreth picks arugula from one of the first urban commercial rooftop gardens at 1001 Blanshard St.

Rooftop garden in full bloom

Jim ZeebenNews staff

Anyone who sees a child in danger has a legal obligation to contact the provincial ministry responsible for protecting kids.

That’s the message from the office of B.C.’s representative for Children and Youth after a 19-month-old toddler was found dead in a Victoria hotel despite two previous incidents that raised enough of a red flag for people to call police about the child.

The office of the Representative of Children and Youth has some concerns about how calls by con-cerned citizens to the Victoria Police were handled.

On Tuesday, VicPD confirmed that officers had been called twice on July 17 from residents who had witnessed a woman acting in a way that posed a threat to two small children in her care.

The next day, police found one of the children dead at a Douglas Street hotel. The woman and the other child, a three-year-old girl, were also in the hotel room.

Call ministry about child neglect, public urged

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Every Monday morn-ing for the past year, Lisa Markin has taken her two service dogs, Rowan and Cajun, over to Glengarry Hospital in Fairfield.

Markin and her dogs are part of INSPIRE Animal Assisted Therapy, a pro-gram that uses furry canine friends to help people of all ages suffering from chronic illnesses, degenerative dis-eases such as Multiple Sclerosis, as well as people recovering from strokes or car accidents or dealing with developmental disabil-ities such as autism.

“On the outside look-ing in, if you’re a fly on the wall, it would just look like the dog is playing with the patient, but, in actuality, the goals with the patients are very specific,” said Mar-kin, a registered nurse and owner, operator of INSPIRE.

Unlike pet therapy when a volunteer brings their dogs for patients to meet and pet, Markin develops exer-cises that are specific to the patients’ objectives, work-ing on fine motor dexterity,

gross motor skills, cognition and memory involving the dog.

“For example, if we had a patient who is working on standing endurance, say after a car accident, we would put the dogs on a raised surface and do activi-ties with the dog, such as brushing,” Markin said, add-ing they sometimes work with the same patient for months in 20-40 minutes sessions.

“What I’ll find is that people will be so engaged with the interactions with the dogs that they’ll exceed their expectations … They’ll work harder, they’ll work longer at their exercises because they want to make the animal happy, they want to give them a treat.”

All the while, Markin is accessing the patient and documenting their prog-ress.

The dogs themselves have shining personalities.

Rowan is an 11-year-old golden retriever, who loves cauliflower and is close to retirement, while Cajun is a four-year-old yellow lab who loves his kibble.

Both are canine assisted

intervention dogs that went through roughly two years of training, learning 55 com-mands and passing a series of tests before they officially became certified service dogs through a school in Burnaby.

“These dogs are raised and trained by PADS (Pacific Assistance Dogs Society) to specifically work with patients with physi-cal disabilities other than blindness,” Markin said. “People are calmer with the dogs around, they’re more engaged, they’re more social and, the biggest thing, is they’re willing to try harder and longer with their therapy.”

Chris Charnell, a patient at Glengarry Hospital, has been working with the dogs for roughly a year and has learned several basic com-mands such as “leave it,” indicating the dog should not touch a treat, and “release,” allowing the dog to reach the treat.

“I think (Rowan) is lovely,” he said, adding he likes playing a variety of games such as the fishing game and racquetball with the dogs. “They’re just so

faithful.”Shelley Gurvey, manager

of residential services at Glengarry, said the program has benefited residents immeasurably.”

“Our residents are dis-tracted from their concerns and we find that most peo-ple love the dogs,” Gurvey said.

“They are able to do things that if you just ask them outright like ‘would you move this, would you open your hand’ and they would say ‘no’ or ‘I can’t.’ But when you get the dogs involved, the therapeutic results are immeasurable. It gives people true joy.”

Currently, Markin, Rowan

and Cajun work at Glen-garry once a week and twice a week at the Aber-deen Rehab Hospital (which is funded by the Greater Vic-toria Elder Care Foundation and Thrifty’s).

There are plans to expand to the West Shore Adult Day Program as well. [email protected]

Therapy goes to the dogs at Glengarry HospitalCanines help patients suffering chronic illnesses


Lisa Markin, owner and operator of INSPIRE Animal Assisted Therapy, pets her service dog Cajun at Glengarry Hospital.

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Esquimalt is now home to some hidden treasure with the opening of Cana-da’s first geocaching store.

In June, Chris and Helen Edley opened the Sharkz Store, 1245 Esquimalt Rd., a business that sells equip-ment a geocacher would need including cache boxes, logbooks, dog leashes, reflective mark-ers, trade items, maps and clothing.

“We had been running a website selling geocach-ing supplies online for nine years. We had been running it out of our house and it was just getting too busy,” said Chris.

The Edleys have been geocaching for the past decade and have found more than 4,000 caches around North America and the U.K.

“The first time we went out, we thought it was awe-some. It’s treasure hunting and hiking. It was the per-fect activity for us because we could combine it with kayaking, sailing, all the out-door things we like to do,” said Helen.

“There are geocaches all around the world. It’s a good way to see the local area because often the locals will hide geocaches in really cool places like tourist spots, nice view-points, great places to pull over during a road trip.”

Not to be confused with a hunt with the end goal of finding treasure, geocach-ing focuses more on the challenge and adventure of finding geocaches that are well hidden all over the world. Caches can take the form of almost anything, from a fake pinecone hid-den on the ground to a screw installed on a light post in a neighbourhood or a simple camouflaged box tucked away in a tree.

Hidden inside the object is a logbook where people

who discover the cache can sign their name. Occa-sionally there will be trade items as well.

“What you find is the location,” said Chris. “It’s about the adventure, the exploring, not so much about finding treasure. We use it as a travel guide.”

Geocaching has led the Edleys to numerous unique sites such as the set where they filmed the TV show MASH, an island in Scotland where they had to blow up an air mattress to get to it, caves and an old gold min-

ing town. In Greater Victoria

alone, there are more than 1,500 geocaches with sev-eral hidden in local parks, churches, recreation cen-tres and many in downtown Victoria.

The Sharkz Store has also become a centre for geo-cachers.

“People come to Victoria for geocaching year round because it’s such a great climate and you don’t have to worry about rattlesnakes and things like that,” said Helen, adding that people

from Calgary, Edmonton and the Okanagan have vis-ited the store. “People that we didn’t even know were geocachers in town, and I know there’s lots of people in Victoria that we have no clue were geocachers, are finding our store.”

Adrian Andrew, executive director with the Esquimalt Chamber of Commerce, said the unique business will help bring new people to the area. “They have some very interesting items there,” Andrew said. “It brings employees to our

neighbourhood, it brings traffic from CFB [Esqui-malt] where they sell a lot of their coins and plaques and it will start to bring people from the geocach-ing crowd.”

But there is a cache in the Esquimalt Lagoon that has the couple stumped, Helen-said with a laugh. “There’s one where you have to climb a tree and go out on a branch and we haven’t done it yet because neither of us are comfortable doing that.”[email protected]

Esquimalt store a first in CanadaCouple opens geocaching store after demand for business outgrows their website


Helen and Chris Edley show off some of their geocaching equipment at the Sharkz Store on Esquimalt Road.

COMMUNITYNEWSIN BRIEF

Pedestrian only plan for Gov’t Street

The city is continuing to look into a plan to close Government Street to traffic several Sundays in the fall and winter, leaving it only open to pedestrians in an attempt to revitalize the area. LovGov is a pilot project that would see a series of pedestrian only Sundays on Government Street including Saturday, Oct. 10, one Saturday or Sunday in November and January, and a wrap-up event on Valentine’s Day.

A motion to move forward with the plan was passed at last week’s governance and priorities meeting.

Buses to announce stops to passengers

B.C. Transit is planning on introducing automated announcements of stops on every bus in the Victoria Regional Transit System starting this fall.

The Trekker Breeze+ system will be implemented in stages, starting with road testing on 25 buses in August. The remainder of the fleet will be outfitted in September.

B.C. Transit said the change will help visually-impaired customers.

Art Festival starts Aug. 16 in Esquimalt

The fourth annual Esquimalt Arts Festival kicks off on Aug. 16.

The day event features art, food and vintage fashions with volunteers from Heritage Productions. There will also be live music from Rig a Jib, Mary Ross, Lorraine Nygaard and Carolina Bluebirds.

The festival takes place on Sunday (Aug. 16) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the English Inn (429 Lampson St). For more information, visit esquimalt.ca.

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Have you noticed the latest degradation of standards on TV news? In addition to sensational depictions of crime, accidents and celebrities, the lineup now incorporates any nonsense that is momentarily “viral” on the Internet.

So it was with an online petition singling out Swiss food corporation Nestlé, which operates a water bottling plant near Hope. It’s the largest in B.C., one of many that bottle the province’s water and sell it back to a gullible public.

This petition is courtesy of SumOfUs, one of those self-appointed environmental watchdogs that seem to pop up like mushrooms overnight. “Fighting for people over profits,” they claim, pitching for donations.

The story has what U.S. comedian Stephen Colbert calls “truthiness.” That’s when something is false, but it “feels” true.

“Nestlé is about to suck B.C. dry – for $2.25 per million litres to be exact,” says the SumOfUs headline.

Using her keen sense of what’s superficially popular, Premier Christy Clark instantly called for a review of these low rates for selling the people’s water.

It then fell to Environment Minister Mary Polak to explain what’s really going on.

“People keep saying there’s a deal with Nestlé,” Polak told reporters. “There isn’t. They pay the same

as any other industrial user, in fact the highest industrial rate, and it goes for anything from hydraulic fracturing to bottled water, those involved in mining for example, any of those heavy industrial uses.”

And why is that rate so low? It’s because the province takes great pains not to “sell” water, which would make it a commodity under trade

agreements, like oil or minerals. That would surrender provincial control, and allow the U.S. to press for equal access to Canadian water.

“You’re buying the right to use the water,” Polak said. “I know it sounds crazy to the public, but we call it a rental – a water rental. There’s a reason we use that language, because we are very careful to avoid any suggestion that by paying this amount, you therefore own that water.

“That reserves for us the right at any time, for a compelling public need, to say stop. It doesn’t matter if you have a licence.”

As for the brazenly false claim that Nestlé is sucking B.C. dry, I’m indebted to a real environmental professional named Blair King for explaining this. (His blog, achemistinlangley.blogspot.ca,

offers useful technical explanations of issues in the news, many of which contradict so-called environmentalists.)

King notes that the bottling plant uses less than one per cent of the flow through Kawkawa Lake:

“If Nestlé stopped operating (and put its 75 employees out of work and stopped paying municipal taxes) would there be more water for the rest of us?” he writes.

“Absolutely not. Kawkawa Lake drains its excess water into the Fraser River, which drains into the Strait of Georgia. Neither the Fraser River at Hope nor the Strait of Georgia is particularly short of water, even in the driest of years.”

Clark made one useful contribution, when asked about this urgent non-issue by those seeking to further sensationalize the current drought and forest fires.

She correctly noted that most B.C. residents have access to the best tap water in the world, and have no need for bottled water.

Nestlé, Perrier, Coke, Pepsi and other companies have done a fantastic job of convincing people that their drinking water has to be delivered in bottles from some mythical pure source.

Here’s a tip, Nestlé critics: Fill a jug with water and stick it in the fridge. Fight the corporations.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

Nestlé protest doesn’t hold water

“The story has what Stephen Colbert calls ‘truthiness.’ ”

Public needs to report neglect

The death of a small child at a Victoria hotel last week is truly a tragedy.

Have no doubt that every police officer, social worker and staff member at the Ministry of Children and Families wants to do whatever it takes to prevent kids from suffering at the hands of those who are supposed to protect them.

However, there are questions about this incident that the public deserves to have answered.

The matter is under police investigation and may or may not result in charges.

If so, the case will go through the court system and we’ll learn a little more about why the toddler was allowed to stay with a mom who was clearly struggling.

Waiting in the wings, whether or not there are charges and the case goes to court, will be the Representative for Children and Youth.

The office already has serious questions about how reports were filed leading up to the discovery of the dead child.

On two separate incidents before the death, people were concerned enough about the child that they made a call to police.

For most of us, that’s not something to be taken lightly.

What’s not known is if police reported both incidents to the ministry -- something they, as professionals, should understand they are required to do.

The members of the public who called the police clearly did the right thing. They should be commended for calling the authorities and trying to make sure the child was safe.

What’s less clear is that, under the Child, Family and Community Service Act, all of us have a legal responsibility to inform the ministry if we see a child suffering neglect.

One of the problems is that few people are likely aware of this.

The ministry has conducted some public education campaigns but more needs to be done to raise awareness about what is expected when we come across situations of child neglect.

As we await answers from this terrible tragedy, we expect that the representative for children and youth will take its own stand and urge that the government do more to help the public protect kids.

For now, if you see a child you believe to be suffering physical or emotional harm, call 310-1234 and make a report to the ministry.

It’s the law and it’s the right thing to do.

Tom FletcherB.C. Views

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A Victoria woman has been named one of the top reservist riflemen in the world, after shoot-ing her way to the top at an inter-national competition.

Sgt. Tatyana Danylyshyn with the Canadian Scottish Regiment (located in Victoria) earned the title of one of the best reserv-ist riflemen in the world at the annual Bisley commonwealth shooting competition in England last month.

This is Danylyshyn’s third appearance at the competition and after placing second in previ-ous years, she finally hit the mark, scoring 1,012 points.

Danylyshyn was one of 20 Canadians who participated in the competition against more than 700 people from around the world. As part of the competition, she shot in three categories, from as far away as 500 metres in stand-ing, kneeling and prone positions.

The 29-year-old learned to shoot at a young age from her father who was also in the mili-tary.

“I think when people get intro-duced to anything, how you get introduced really frames how you see it and we’d do picnics at the range,” Danylyshyn said. “We’d have sweets and hot chocolate and we’d just sit there and shoot

balloons. It made it a really com-fortable and enjoyable experi-ence.”

As a teenager, she was a biath-lete, but it wasn’t until seven years after she joined the Cana-dian Scottish Regiment in 2002, that she took up the sport again.

“It trains people to be individ-uals, you can’t group-think your

way through a shoot, you have to look at what you’re doing — is this working for me? Is this not working for me? Everyone has dif-ferent styles and different holds that work for them,” she said.

But last summer, Danylyshyn suffered a concussion from a car accident. The struggle to perform well after the injury reminded her

how much she loved the sport.“For quite a while I thought I

wouldn’t be successful shooting again,” she said. “I was really moti-vated to get back to where I was. It gave me the chance to appreciate how much I really like this, when you think you might not be able to do it again.”

Now, most of her shooting prac-

tice comes from being in the mili-tary, the two weeks of training shooters get in the competition host city and shooting in her off time.

Capt. Randal Evans with the Canadian Scottish Regiment has known Danylyshyn for the past 13 years.

“The reason I think she’s so excellent at it, aside from being very fit, is because she’s able to focus. She can focus on what she’s doing and can cut everything else out and focus on the task at hand,” Evans said, noting she is one of the few women who have joined and stayed with the infantry.

“She’s a great instructor and she can teach people to shoot. When we get her out on the range to help our guys shoot who are hav-ing problems, they always pass.”

During the competition, it’s all about the target.

“At the time you’re competing, it’s really largely focused on just the immediacy of what’s happen-ing … if the wind is shifting to the right, you aim into the wind and have to be able to feel the wind on your face,” Danylyshyn said.

After being named top riflemen in the world, Danylyshyn said she will continue to shoot competi-tively. But she will also be taking on a new challenge: starting medi-cal school at the University of Brit-ish Columbia in the fall.

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Victoria woman shoots her way to top of competition

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Sgt. Tatyana Danylyshyn, left, Cpl. Mathieu Valcour, Bdr. Clyde Francis and Cpl. Baron Hordo pose with their trophies from the Armed Forces Skill at Arms Match in Arkansas in May.


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Commuters are now in a wait-and-see game as provin-cial and federal governments combined for the long-over-due announcement to fund a new Admirals-McKenzie Inter-change at the Trans-Canada Highway intersection with Admirals Road and McKenzie Avenue.

The price tag is $85 million, with $52 million coming from B.C.’s 10-year On The Move plan and nearly $33 million from the federal government’s New Building Canada Fund infrastructure budget.

“Construction will be under-way likely within a year and

the improvements should be realized by the folks who live here a couple of years after that,” said Minister of Trans-portation and Infrastructure Todd Stone.

The concept for the inter-change goes back nearly 30 years. It had momentum that stalled in 1995 when Saanich’s concerns over the welfare of Cuthbert Holmes Park, among other things, helped cast it aside.

The interchange will ‘uncork’ the largest bottle-neck in B.C. outside of the George Massey Tunnel run-ning between Richmond and Delta.

“There’s 90,000 vehicles coming through here per day.

It’s going to be an interesting and complex project from a traffic-management perspec-tive to ensure that traffic con-tinues to flow,” Stone said. “We’ll take time to develop an active traffic plan that we believe will work and get peo-ple through this bottleneck during active construction.”

Stone also confirmed the province will fund a new West-shore Parkway extension in Langford that runs 3.5 kilo-metres from the Trans-Can-ada Highway to Highway 14 (Sooke Road). That project will cost $22 million, with $7.5 million coming from each the provincial and federal gov-ernments, while Langford will cover the remainder.

Addressing the “Colwood Crawl” was the No. 1 con-cern from Island residents in the 2014 B.C. On The Move Engagement from Greater Vic-toria all the way up to Camp-bell River, Stone said.

Saanich Mayor Richard Atwell is also interested in how the interchange can alleviate the congestion along Wilkin-son. Saanich has been waiting to see happens at Admirals-McKenzie before making any decision, Atwell said.

“At a basic level, this inter-section has been the reason for the traffic coming down Wilkinson-Interurban. Drivers treat [the latter] as a bypass, which it was never intended to be.”

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Once a week, Hil-dreth harvests roughly 20 pounds of leafy greens and other pro-duce, box and deliver it to Fiamo’s kitchen that is just a seven minute walk away from the gar-den.

James Avila, chef at Fiamo, said he uses the arugula on pizzas, flow-ers and basil as gar-nishes, lettuces in sal-ads and grills the kale.

“You can taste the difference right away. You can taste arugula grown outside Victoria and the arugula that we have from him and

it’s 100 per cent better quality, taste and expe-rience out of his prod-uct,” said Avila.

For Hildreth, it’s now about expanding the project -- something that has already gar-nered a lot of interest.

“I’ve Googled Earthed the entire city and there’s acres and acres of rooftop space. No pun intended, but the sky is the limit for doing this,” he said, adding that he has rooftops in mind to build more gardens and has more than a dozen local res-taurants interested in getting on board.

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Public legal obligationContinued from Page A1

The Representative of Children and Youth wants to know if police called the Ministry of Children and Families after both calls and what actions the min-istry took once it was alerted.

The agency can’t investigate until police finish their own inves-tigation.

“From what we’re hearing, the calls from the public would consti-tute a child safety call,” said Deputy Represen-tative Dawn Thomas-Wightman. “Obviously we have serious con-cerns. We’ll be looking at the police response as well as the ministry’s response.”

Thomas-Wightman said early evidence suggests police should have called the minis-try twice.

“We’re not clear if that actually hap-pened,” she said.

Victoria Police spokesman Const. Mike Russell wouldn’t say which police were called.

Russell noted that police officers must abide by “certain leg-islation that allows (police officers) to do or not do something.”

In cases where an officer doesn’t have the authority to act, police will turn to partner agencies, he said.

Thomas-Wightman said her office applauds the efforts of the pub-lic to alert police but wonders if people are also aware that all of us have a legal obligation to also warn the min-istry.

According to the ministry, the Child, Family and Community

Service Act requires a child protection report to be made if, for exam-ple, a child:

• Has been, or is likely to be, physically harmed by the parent or someone else (and the parent is unwilling or unable to protect the child);

• Is emotionally harmed by the parent’s conduct;

• If a person has reason to believe that a child is emotionally harmed by living in a situation where there is domestic violence.

However, the minis-try does not currently enforce public report-ing of child neglect although the ministry said “staff are continu-ing to review how best to ensure the public is meeting their responsi-bility to report.”

The Ministry of Chil-dren and Families won’t comment on the spe-cific case.

A statement from the VicPD said police along with the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit (VIIMCU) and the B.C. Coroners Service continue to investigate the sudden death of a 19-month-old toddler that occurred early July 18.

VicPD has also con-firmed that its officers spoke with the mother of the dead child twice on July 17, after receiv-ing reports from citi-zens concerned about the women’s loud pray-ing and actions inside the Masjid Al-Iman mosque on Quadra Street.

Those reports follow a police call earlier that day about the women while she was at Clover Point.

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The Burnside Gorge Community Association is looking for partici-pants for the next phase of its Fam-ily Self-Sufficiency Program.

The program is a three-year finan-cial literacy and asset development program designed for families with low incomes who reside in subsi-dized housing within the Capital Regional District or who receive support through the B.C. Housing Rental Assistance Program.

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Victoria businessman Steve McKerrell is the new president of the Foundation for the Vic-toria Symphony.

“I was happy, I believe I have the necessary skills to help them guide the foundation along the way,” said McKerrell.

“I think the important thing is to prudently invest donors funds to provide for sustainable operation of the sym-phony and also build

the endowment for future initiatives.”

McKerrell has vol-unteered for three decades, including co-chairing one of the first recycling programs in Canada, serving sev-eral years on the board of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and chairing its foundation.

He has served as founding board member of Arts Sustainability Victoria and as gover-nor of Glenlyon Norfolk School Board.

He was also involved

with the Victoria Foun-dation, two years of which he served as chair.

“We searched widely for someone with all of the required character-istics, experience and managing, public spir-itedness and interest in music,” said Harry Swain, board president of the Victoria Sym-phony Society.

“He has had a long interest in the arts and classical music. I think we will have long-sighted and highly pro-

fessional management of the foundation [under McKerrell].”

McKerrell takes over for Eric Charman, who was with the foundation for decades. Charman retired in 2014.

The Foundation for the Victoria Symphony holds, and reserve funds to support the Victoria Symphony Society.

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Eighteen-year-old Rebecca Bracewell, one of this year’s Victoria Symphony Sp lash Young Soloists, plays during a launch event for the Splash. Sitting behind her is the other soloist Ben Parker. Bracewell suffered severe hearing loss at age three but that did not prevent her from achieving her musical goals. This year’s Splash takes place on Sunday, Aug. 3.

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The Victoria Fire Depart-ment is reminding people to use extreme caution when discarding smoking materials after a potentially dangerous fire was extinguished at Topaz Park earlier this week.

A 911 caller at 5:10 p.m. alerted the department to a wind-fed grass fire that spread into the trees at the park on the corner of Finlayson and Quadra streets on Tuesday evening.

A general alarm was struck sending 15 firefighters and multiple apparatus into the area.

Crews from the Bay and Yates street stations were able to extinguish the rapidly spreading ground cover fire to

stop it from reaching nearby residences and get the blaze under control.

Due to the amount of bark mulch, the fire department said there was a concern the fire could jump to residences lining the northeast boundary of the park.

The cause of the fire was likely due to someone improp-erly discarding a cigarette or some other type of smoking materials.

“The Victoria Fire Depart-ment would like to take this time to caution people about the unusually dry conditions and exercise extreme cau-tion when discarding spent smoking materials,” said the department in a statement.

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The Greater Victoria School District’s new superintendent wants the public to know he’s here to stay.

Pieter Langstraat was appointed the superinten-dent earlier this month and will assume his role next month.

“I’m thrilled. I was just looking for another opportunity,” Langstraat said. “The Greater Victo-ria School District was the only place that I applied to. I was really wanting to come to the school dis-trict so I’m very pleased to be able to work with them.”

Langstraat, 54, comes to Victoria after a 26 year career with the Red Deer Public School District, where he served as superintendent for the last five years.

He also spent four years as the associate super-intendent with Chinook’s Edge School Division in central Alberta.

He replaces Sherri Bell who resigned after tak-ing the position as president of Camosun College in July.

The school district has been plagued by an inability to keep superintendents, with Langstraat being the third in recent years.

“I’m not moving to Victoria to retire, I’m not moving there to just be there for a year or two. I’m in it for the long haul,” Langstraat said. “I’m very committed to providing that stability for the school district and very much committed to pro-viding high quality education for citizens of Vic-toria.”

In the coming years, Langstraat hopes to forge a pathway of success for Greater Victoria students.

“We have a responsibility for each and every child, not just some of them. We’re in the busi-ness of creating life chances for kids and that’s very much what the board of education in Victo-ria wants and that’s very much what I want,” he added.

But before he can do that, Langstraat must deal with the funding challenges and cuts that school districts across the province are also facing.

“I need to work with the board making sure there’s predictable, sustainable, adequate funding for the school district and that obviously means working with the government and advocating for that,” he said.

According to board chair Edith Loring-Kuhanga, Langstraat has the experience and vision the school district needs.

“Education is rapidly changing and we’re look-ing for someone who was dynamic, has lots of experience, who had really strong leadership and had some great ideas. He definitely fit the bill,” Loring-Kuhanga said.

“We’re really excited to have someone of his calibre come to our school district. We’re really looking forward to him coming aboard.”

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Restorative Justice Victoria fears it may have to turn cases away in Victoria due to funding shortfalls.

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Core funding comes via the Gaming Commission, frozen for a number of years at $46,000, in spite of a rising case load. Restor-ative Justice Victoria receives $17,000 in municipal funding from Victoria and Esquimalt through the police budget and $1,000 from Oak Bay.

“Our current budget has left us understaffed and staff burnout is becoming a pervasive issue. If our budget does not increase, we will have to start turning cases and clients away,” said Jessica

Rourke, executive director of Restorative Justice Victoria.

“Each year we are seeing sig-nificant growth in the number of cases referred to us, as well as the complexity of the cases referred. In our opinion, more cases means more healing in the community, however, increasing case load and complexity demands more staff hours.”

According to Lee Anne Davies, director of community invest-ment for United Way Greater Vic-toria, funding decisions are made by engaging experts in the com-munity.

“Those experts sit at the table with us and talk about every application that comes in to us. There will never be enough money, but we do ensure we can meet the greatest needs as best we can,” said Davies, adding that they never fund beyond 30 per cent of an agency’s revenue.

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But Rourke argues restorative justice is a key program within the community, whose services are backed by the Victoria and Oak Bay police departments as well as Victoria and Westshore Crown Counsel.

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Restorative justice offers alter-native measures to handle a crim-inal offences in the community, outside of court, in addition to a trial, or during or after a period of incarceration.

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Restorative Justice Victoria fears it may have to turn cases away in Victoria due to funding shortfalls.

The organization learned in March that an application for funding through United Way of Greater Victoria was not approved and a three-year com-mitment of $25,000 a year had ended.

Core funding comes via the Gaming Commission, frozen for a number of years at $46,000, in spite of a rising case load. Restor-ative Justice Victoria receives $17,000 in municipal funding from Victoria and Esquimalt through the police budget and $1,000 from Oak Bay.

“Our current budget has left us understaffed and staff burnout is becoming a pervasive issue. If our budget does not increase, we will have to start turning cases and clients away,” said Jessica

Rourke, executive director of Restorative Justice Victoria.

“Each year we are seeing sig-nificant growth in the number of cases referred to us, as well as the complexity of the cases referred. In our opinion, more cases means more healing in the community, however, increasing case load and complexity demands more staff hours.”

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She noted they are working toward entering discussions with the provincial government around the debate.

“What we need is stable oper-ational funding so that we are in a position to respond to the increasing demands from police and crown,” she said.

Restorative justice offers alter-native measures to handle a crim-inal offences in the community, outside of court, in addition to a trial, or during or after a period of incarceration.

[email protected]

Restorative Justice Victoria fears significant funding shortfall


Don DescoteauBlack Press

An anti-treatment advocacy group is con-tinuing its battle to con-vince Greater Victoria politicians to halt work on the nearly $1-billion sewage treatment plant and related resource recovery facilities.

The group argues there is a lack of scien-tific evidence pointing to the need for treat-ment here.

The Association for Responsible and Envi-ronmentally Sustain-able Sewage Treatment (ARESST) has sent a formal request for a performance audit of the 2012 federal waste-water regulations, as they relate to Greater Victoria, to the Auditor General of Canada.

View Royal resident and ARESST chair Brian Burchill says the regu-lations, as written, con-tradict scientific stud-ies that support the screening and outfall system currently used to disperse of sewage from the south part of the region.

“It’s not as though there’s reports from public health officers that people are getting sick,” he says.

“The aquatic activi-ties are still going on, nobody’s cutting back on their recreation.

We’re using the water-front because it’s safe to use.”

He says the existence of marine ecological reserves on both sides of the region’s two out-falls, off Clover Point in Victoria and Macau-lay Point in Esquimalt, points to the fact that sea life is flourishing in the area.

While the original request to the fed-eral auditor general was met with a head-scratching suggestion to approach the Audi-tor General office in Vic-toria, Australia, Burchill says, a second attempt was made recently to get the request directly into the hands of Can-ada’s Auditor General, Michael Ferguson.

ARESST, whose sup-porters include peo-ple from University of Victoria-based marine biologists to former federal Minister of Envi-ronment David Ander-son, has made multiple presentations on the subject to the Capital Regional District board since its formation in 2009, but its arguments against treatment have been mostly ignored, Burchill says.

“Fighting the CRD is a waste of time,” he says of trying to convince politicians.

“They are so bull-headed and they have

the majority of power. I think part of the driving force is it will be a big boon to the local econ-omy to have a billion dollars injected into it, but it’s for something we don’t need.”

Regardless whether Ferguson seriously considers the request, Langford Coun. Denise Blackwell, a member and former chair of the region’s liquid waste management commit-tee, doesn’t expect it will succeed, based on her knowledge of previous discussions of Greater Victoria’s

sewage dispersement methods.

She recalled that the CRD had representa-tion on a committee looking at proposed federal regulations before they were made into law.

Despite having explained the unique characteristics of Greater Victoria’s fjord-like marine environ-ment, the CRD found itself subject to the same broad criteria as every other coastal community.

“At the time, it was us saying there’s noth-

ing wrong (in the marine environment), but we’ve never had any indication from anybody that (the deci-sion) would change,” she says.

“The feds are not will-ing to look at it and not willing to revisit it.”

Vic Derman, a Saan-ich councillor and vice-chair of the Eastside Select Committee look-ing into sewage solu-tions for his municipal-ity, Victoria and Oak Bay, was among the early critics of the fed-eral regulations.

While he still says

their “one-size-fits-all” criteria inappropriately puts our area in the same category as com-munities that empty their sewage into less vigorous waters, he prefers to look at the current east-west strat-egy being undertaken to find appropriate sites as providing an opportunity to emerge with a bigger-picture solution.

“ARESST is accurate in saying the federal regulations have been poorly applied,” he says. “However, their request may be moot if

we can turn this into an impressive sustainabil-ity project.”

Rather than worry-ing about whether the region might be unfairly categorized under the federal wastewater regulations, Derman’s main concern is that the process of finding a site and choosing the right technology be done differently than before, when the CRD focused on the one-site McLoughlin Point solu-tion that was ultimately rejected for rezoning by Esquimalt council.

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Wind it upJordyn Ages, 12, winds up to pitch to batter Kiera Murphy, 12, as catcher Talia Hill, 13, uses her glove to create a target during a practice Tuesday for the Beacon Hill 11-12 All Stars at Hollywood Park. The team starts play in the National Softball Championship Tournament on July 25. For more information, follow the link at beaconhilllittleleague.org.

H’Cats resign Victoria pitcher

Eric Hegadoren won’t have any trouble acclimatizing to the city when he starts his career with the Victoria HarbourCats.

The West Coast League baseball club announced this week that it has re-signed Hegadoren, a six-foot-nine right handed pitcher who came up through the Victoria Eagles baseball system.

Hegadoren, who pitched for the Har-bourCats last year, has been playing in Califor-nia at Yavapai College.

The righty will join Victoria’s bullpen for the remainder of the 2015 season and is cur-rently with the team for its series in Bellingham.

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The Victoria-Esqui-malt Eagles made it to the finals of the Ban-tam A2 box lacrosse provincial champion-ships in the Okanagan, July 15-19. The Eagles finished second after being outlasted by the Surrey Rebels 7-5.

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250-656-5321


143 - Adam Fitch, 10201 McDonald Park Rd, Sidney BC

199 - Mathew Bates, 3402 Hilliam Frontage Rd, Scotch Creek BC

205 - John William Greig, Maples Court, 10604 101 Ave, Fort St-John BC

A sale will take place at the storage location on Friday August 7, 2015. Viewing from 10AM to 12PM. Sealed bids will be opened at 12:30PM. Room contents are personal / household goods unless noted other-wise. Bids will be for entire contents of each unit.

WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN ACT

Notice is hereby given that Kustom Towing, (2009) Ltd, 3297 Douglas St, Victoria, BC, V8Z 3K9 will be selling:

1997 HONDA CIVIC2HGEJ6687VH900529

Owner not known2011 CHEVROLET

EXPRESS VAN1GCWGGBA1A1131777

Owner Harbour Side Mechanical Inc

2009 DODGE RAM PU1D3HV18T49S774527

Owner C. LamotheWill be sold on August 7, 2015. At 647B Dupplin Rd, Victoria, BC between 10am-2pm.


TENDERS

NOTICE of Omicron Opportunityfor BC Hydro Work Description:Omicron Construction Ltd.(“Omicron”) is requesting inter-ested trade contractors to submit their Pre-Tender Qualifi cation Statements for the constructionof the new BC Hydro Victoria Operations Facility located with-in Victoria, BC. The Project: The project consists of a six-phase redevelopment of the BC Hydro Victoria Operations Facility. The scope will include construction of a two-storey main Operations Building (total building area of 6,973 sq.m./ 75,056.7 sq.ft.), a Fleet Servic-es Building, a Hazmat Storage Building and a Covered Park-ing Structure. Scope of Work - Design Pack-ages 2: Omicron will be invit-ing bids for this project from pre-qualifi ed trade contractors. Interested trade contractors are invited to submit pre-ten-der qualifi cation statements for the following specifi c scopes of work to be bid as separate tender packages: Structural Steel, Concrete, Rebar, Me-chanical, Electrical & Elevator. Please forward all questions to the Senior Construction Man-ager, Ron [email protected] 604-632-4356

LOST AND FOUND

FOUND FLASH light in park-ing lot, Salvation Army Church, 4030 Douglas St. Call (778)679-5999.

FOUND: SUNGLASSES, la-dies found July 16 in wash-room at local Sidney Park. Call to claim (250)595-6137.

LOST: BATTERY Side cover, black, for 1983 Honda Magna Motorcycle. 778-214-4738.

LOST CAMERA in black can-vas pouch in the vicinity of The Priory on Goldstream Ave, July 18. If found please hand in at the Priory main entrance.

LOST. Prescription Glasses, transitions. Titaniam frames, in Oak Bay. Call (250)592-8498.

LOST: SOCKET set. On road between North Saanich and downtown Sidney/Lochside. Stanley, chrome-plated, in black plastic box. If found please call 778-351-3539.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

KWAKIUTL Band Council is seek-ing an Elementary School Principal in Pt. Hardy on Vancouver Island. For a full job description email [email protected] Pls send cov-er letter, salary expectations & 3 references via email or fax 250-949-6066 by July 31, 2014.

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIP-MENT OPERATOR SCHOOL.

NO Simulators. In-the-seat training. Real world tasks.

Weekly start dates. Job board! Funding options.

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HELP WANTED

MYSTERY SHOPPERSCustomer exp. feedback that pays! Receive compensation for your review. Reimburse-ment towards goods/service also available!

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SALES

SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Discovery Honda in Duncan is looking for a professional sales representative with automotive experience and a commitment to customer satisfaction. We offer an award winning team atmos-phere and completely ethical environment. We sell cars the right way every time and stand behind our product and customers.

We offer full benefi ts, top commissions & incentives

to the right candidates.

Apply with resume to: gregvanes

@discoveryhonda.comor fax 250-748-2812

VOLUNTEERS

THE 292 SENIORS Travel and Social Group is looking for a retired truck driver to drive our 5 spd manual bus on oc-casional tours. Honourariam. Call 778-352-2283 if interested

PERSONAL SERVICES

ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

MIND BODY & SPIRIT

GREAT ATHLETIC massages for tight muscles from the gym. Low rates. (250)382-5222.

KRIPALU MASSAGE, Reiki, Acupressure, Chair Massage. I have relaxed clients that have been with me for 5-12 years. See testimonials on website. Women only. Call 250-514-6223 or visit online at: www.andreakober.com

PERSONAL SERVICES

EDUCATION/TUTORING

DISABLED? HAVE a BusinessIdea? If you are unemployedor under-employed, have adisability or chronic healthproblem and are interested inbecoming self-employed orstarting a business, EntreAc-tive may be for you! The En-treActive program is designedto guide and support you asyou explore and research yourself-employment or businessidea. Our goal is to assist youto put the information yougather into a written businessplan that will guide your nextsteps. Contact us at 250-384-2432 or email [email protected]

FINANCIAL SERVICES

DLC-S Mortgage Ltd.Purchase, 2nd Mortgage,

Debt consolidation,Equity Take Out, CHIP

Joe Singh, Mort. Splst.250-818-9636

www.joesingh.ca

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?Need Money? We Lend! If youown your own home - youqualify. Pioneer AcceptanceCorp. Member BBB.

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LARGE FUNDBorrowers Wanted

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

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24” SAMSONITE black suit-case, excellent condition, $50.Call (250)656-6197

FREE TV, 42”, Sony, Wega w/remote, $95. Call (250)370-2905

MEAT GRINDER, electric $45. Wine thermometer/applesaucesive $10. ea. 778-265-1615.

SEARS CRAFTMAN saw, $75. Call (250)881-8133.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

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GARAGE SALES

1590 THELMA Pl- (near Felt-ham & Shelbourne) Sun, July 26, 9-2pm. 20 years of stuff!

Vintage Pop Up Shop

July 25, 10-2pm2013 Bowcott Plc.,

Sidney

Shabby chic antiques and collectibles.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS- $2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enter-prise Cres, Victoria. Gold-stream Press Division.

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

$$$ INSTANT CASH $$$ Over $100 per Night Pick Deposit Beverage Containers from Blue Box’s and take to Full Re-fund Bottle Depots: 4261 Glanford Ave, 3961 Quadra St, or 655 Queens Ave. Please call 250-882-0060 for supplies and route lists.

REAL ESTATE

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LOTS

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RENTALS

ACREAGE

5 ACRES, 7 miles west of Sooke. Ocean and mountain views. Private, treed; ready to build. Excellent water. (250)642-5894.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

DUNCAN. 640 SQ.FT. ware-house space on Trans Canada Hwy. $550 per month +GST. Overhead door, shared wash-room. Located next to retail operations. Avail June 1, call Shannon 250-710-0245.

SOOKE, WORK Shed. 1349 sq.ft., high ceilings, double door access; 240 sq.ft. built-in cooler; 4890. sq.ft. concreted and gated yard. Contact Butler Bros. at 250-652-1680.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

SOOKE 3-BDRM- 4-plex, $775 mo, on bus route, nice deck & yard. 250-478-2450.

RENTALS

ROOMS FOR RENT

FAIRFIELD ROOM- Available Aug 1. Walk to Cook St Village and amenities. NS/NP. Wom-en only. 250-382-6681.

STORAGE

$250 STORAGE/Workshop on Carey Rd, near McKenzie. Building 23x13 ft internal on plan, 7-9ft internal height. In-sulated walls, windows, sky-lights, electrics, double garage doors. Approx. 50sqft of addi-tional high level storage com-partments. Removable ramps for vehicle access. Call 250-661-8827.

SUITES, UPPER

LANGFORD/HAZELWOOD AREA: Newer 1 bdrm upper, private entrance, insuite W/D, close to all amens. $950 incld’s wifi and hydro, NS/NP. Avail. Aug. 1st. (250)216-8813

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO SERVICES

FREE REMOVAL of all vehi-cles, cash paid for some. Any condition. Call (250)889-5383

TRANSPORTATION

CARS

MERCEDES C230, 2002. 2-door, blue, auto. 113,000km, $6300. obo. 250-893-8727

We Buy Cars!Scrap Junk

Running or Not!Cars Trucks Vans$50 to $1000FREE TOW AWAY

250-686-3933

SPORTS & IMPORTS

1978 MERCEDES Benz 450 SL Coupe- V8, gold exterior,red interior, no rust, accesso-ries work, 106,000 miles.$2200 obo. (250)721-4497.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

BIGFOOT CAMPER. 10’11” 3000 Series. 2” walls. Topcond. Wingard Satelite receiv-er + TV, electric jacks,side/rear awnings, ceiling fan.1 owner. $14,900 Harry-250-286-3308

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

AFFORDABLE, EFFICIENT bookkeeping or Payroll Servic-es avail. Call (250)858-5370.

CARPENTRY

ALLHOME Renovation & Res-torations: Kitchens, bath-rooms, additions, remodeling. We build custom homes. Comm/Res. Decks, railings & fences. 35 yrs experience. Call 250-213-7176.

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

JEREMIAH’S CARPENTRY- Small repairs, interior fi nishing, weather proofi ng, decks, fenc-ing. Reasonable rates. In-sured. Call 250-857-1269 or www.jeremiahscarpentry.com

CLEANING SERVICES

EXPERIENCED HOUSE-KEEPER- Reliable. Call 250-920-6516, 250-881-7444.

SPIK N’ Span - Freshen up for summer! Cheerful cleaner. Ex-cellent rates; senior discount. Call today (778)432-3588.

CONCRETE & PLACING

RBC CONCRETE Finishing. All types of concrete work. No job too small. Seniors dis-count. Call 250-386-7007.

DRYWALL

BEAT MY Price! Best work-manship. 38 years experience. Call Mike, 250-475-0542.



ELECTRICAL

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

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Company. Res/Com. Lic #86952. Call 250-415-7991.

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $50/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

FENCING

ALL TYPES of fencing, re-pairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.

FURNITURE REFINISHING

U-NEEK SEATS. Hand cane, Danish weave, sea grass. UK Trained. Fran, 250-216-8997.

GARDENING

20% OFF! Mowing, power rak-ing, hedge/shrub trim, clean-ups. Call (250)479-6495.

(250)208-8535. Landscaping Tree & hedge pruning, full yard clean-up, soil delivery, hauling. 25yrs experience.

(250) 858-0588- Lawn & garden maint.

- Landscaping- Fences & Decks

- Hedge & Tree Services- Pressure Washing

Free estimates * WCBwww.mowtime.ca

DPM SERVICES- lawn & gar-den, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141.


GARDENING

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

LANDSCAPE & TREE Care Lawns, garden, tree prun-ing/shaping, hedge trimming, design, monthly maintenance. Insured, reliable. References. Call Andrew, 250-893-3465.

MIKE’S LAWN and Garden. Clean-ups, weeding, painting & more. Senior’s discounts. Free estimates. 250-216-7502.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

250-507-6543. AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, guards, pow-er washing, de-moss, Insured.

(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free estimate

GRAND XTERIOR Cleaning & Repairs- Gutters, roofs win-dows, PW. 250-380-7778.

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GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

ABBA Exteriors Inc.“Spring Clean-Up Specials”Gutter & Window CleaningConcrete Power Washing

Vinyl Siding CleaningRoof Sweep & De-MossingCarpentry * Yard Cleanup

Handyman RepairsFree Estimates WCB Insured

*Seniors Discounts*(778)433-9275

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HANDYPERSONS

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

HOUSE & Yard repairs. no job too small. OAP Discounts, free est. Andy, 250-886-3383.

RENO SPECIALIST- Carpen-try, drywall, plumbing, tiling electric. Kitchen & bath. 20yrs exp. Fully insured. Alain 250-744-8453. www.justrenoz.com

HAULING AND SALVAGE

$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.

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

JUNK BOX- Junk Removal Company. Local guys. Low rates. Call (250)658-3944.

JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.


HAULING AND SALVAGE

JUNK REMOVAL. Fast ser-vice, fairly priced. Greater Vic-toria Services. 250-893-3064.

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Wes 250-812-7774.

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

Refuse Sam✓Garbage Removal

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SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, fi replaces,fl agstone rock, concrete, natural & ve-neered stone. Replace, re-build, restore, renew! Free competitive est. www.cbsma-sonry.com; Call (250)589-9942, (250)294-9942.


& MOVING STORAGE

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

(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Moving- Free estimates!

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

PAINTING ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694.

A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.

HIGH QUALITY and FAST. Professional Painting. $20./hr. Free est. Glenn 778-967-3607.

✫ DON’S PAINTING ✫(250)479-8748. 30 years exp. Free Est. Interiors/ Exteriors.

SAFEWAY PAINTING

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PLUMBING

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STUCCO/SIDING

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UPHOLSTERY

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WINDOW CLEANING

ABBA EXTERIORSProfessional gutter cleaning &repairs. Window cleaning. Roof de-mossing. Pkg dis-counts. WCB. (778)433-9275.

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Don DescoteauBlack Press

With significantly more homes selling of late than in the same period last year, the inven-tory of homes on the market is diminishing.

The June stats saw 910 homes sell in the Capital Region, a whopping 33.8 per cent increase over the same month last year.

A jump like that can’t help but have an effect on supply, as the 4,003 active listings available at the end of last month showed a 14.7 per cent drop from 2014. Stories of sellers getting more than their listing price — mostly unheard of in the past five years — are becoming more common for well-kept, well-priced proper-ties.

While the market in general is humming along, there are cer-tain pockets where it’s getting tough to find properties for sale, says agent Mike Hartshorne with DFH Real Estate.

“On the West Shore there seems to be a shortage of newer homes $450,000 and under with a double garage,” he says, giving a very specific example.

There also seems to be a short-age of West Shore homes with a suite for under $550,000, he adds, and suited homes in Saa-nich East priced under $600,000 are equally tough to come by.

After several years of sluggish

sales and flatlining demand, the balanced market seen in the past year or so is starting to take off again.

“It’s good to have this,” Harts-horne says. “It’s clearing out the inventory, it’s allowing people to sell and interest rates are still good. We’re seeing some price increases, but it’s not crazy.”

He calls the existing market conditions “controlled excitement,” where prop-erties are moving — even those for which the listing may have expired previously — and peo-ple who may have been waiting to jump into the market are taking the plunge.

“The definition of what is a saleable home is a lot broader now. Because the market is a lot busier, there is a lot more abil-ity for people to sell homes,” he says.

“I think it’s a terrific market and as a buyer, you have to be motivated and be on the ball. We’re not seeing ridiculous lev-els of people buying on specu-lation; it isn’t the same level of franticness as Vancouver, for example.”

But with interest rates at record lows and prices still within reach for many potential buyers, Hartshorne says, it’s def-initely a less challenging time to be in the business of selling and finding homes for [email protected]

BUYER’S TIP | Work with a realtor to avoid missing desirable properties when they hit the market

Hard-to-find pockets in real estate market

Jim Zeeben/Victoria News

A “For Lease” sign outside a building undergoing renovations on Fort Street in downtown Victoria.

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Whether you are a first-time home buyer or a senior couple looking to downsize, contact us to share your story and it just might help someone else going through one of the biggest events of their lives.

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VICTORIA305-2520 Wark Street, $239,900MLS 353149, Saturday 1-3Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091

102-1120 McClure StreetMLS 354132, Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunLorraine Stundon, 250-812-0642

607-2910 Cook Street, $387,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyRick Hoogendoorn, 250-592-4422

6-100 Niagara Street, $359,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

202-1050 Park Boulevard, $287,500MLS 351229, Saturday 1-3Macdonald RealtySandra Kamper, 250-514-122

OAK BAY2773 Thompson Ave., $674,900MLS 353527, Sunday 2-4Sotheby’s International Realty CanadaBrad MacLaren, 250-380-3933

ESQUIMALT10-850 Parklands Drive, $345,000MLS 350486, Sunday 1-3Fair RealtySukhmeet Grewal, 250-704-9794

1328 Lyall Street, $639,900MLS 353042, Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyTroy Petersen, 250-858-1134

SAANICH EAST3316 Quadra St. $342,900MLS 353081, Thursday-Saturday 1:30-4Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd.Chuck Meagher, 250-477-1100

13-3230 Rutledge St., $259,000MLS 353397, Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Fowles, 250-477-7291

892 Haliburton Road, $739,000MLS 347978, Sunday 2-4Jonesco Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath & Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

4253 Cedar Hill Road, $649,900MLS 352892, Saturday 2-4Sotheby’s International Realty Ltd.Dean Boorman, 250-882-0234

1634 Tasco Close, $698,000Saturday 2-4Sotheby’s International Realty CanadaGlynis MacLeod, 250-661-7232

SAANICH WEST755 Gladiola Avenue, $599,000MLS 351935, Sunday 1-4Access Realty Ltd.Dave Vogel, 250-588-8378

551 Heatherdale Lane, $719,000MLS 353663, Saturday 12-2Sutton Group West Coast RealtyMette Pedersen, 250-479-3333

3100 Admirals Rd., $599,900Saturday 11-1 Sutton Group West Coast RealtyTroy Petersen, 250-858-1134

SAANICH PENINSULA305-9900 Fifth Street, $229,000MLS 353112, Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Stephanie Peat, 250-656-0131

204-9711 Fifth Street, $299,000MLS 353911, Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Bill Knowles, 250-656-0131

2340 Oakville Ave, From $499,000Saturday 12-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyJohn Monkhouse, 250-216-6343

7859 Scohon Drive, $549,000MLS 350458, Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunRon Phillips, 250-655-0608

1515 Keating Cross Road, From $399,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4RE/MAX CamosunLyle Pelter, 250-744-3301

1-10101 Fifth St., $475,000MLS 352962, Saturday 1-3Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Donna Milljour, 250-384-8124

40-7570 Tetayut Road, $284,500MLS 353756, Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608

9574 Glenelg Avenue, $799,000MLS 3451912, Sunday 2-4Jonesco Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath & Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

WEST SHORE2697 Azalea Lane, $349,000MLS 352575, Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Stephanie Peat, 250-656-0131

3313 Batik PlaceMLS 354142, Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyPaul Holland, 250-477-5353

1219 Goldstream Avenue, $1,249,900MLS 349251, Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunJenny Stoltz, 250-744-3301

402-611 Goldstream Avenue, $204,900MLS 354177, Saturday 1-3Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Cheryl Ashby, 250-478-9141

593 Latoria Road, From $299,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Greg Long, 250-384-8124

3433 Mary Anne Crescent, $699,900Sunday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyTroy Petersen, 250-858-1134

3418 Ambrosia Cres., $564,900MLS 349671, Daily 12-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

2600 Rainville Road, $649,900MLS 354090, Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunApril Prinz, 250-744-3301

3432 Resolution Way, $599,900MLS 353572, Saturday 12-2RE/MAX CamosunKarol Power, 250-886-2537

1202 McLeod Place, $414,900MLS 351873, Saturday & Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

SOOKE2012 Terrott StreetSunday 1-3Macdonald RealtyBrendan Herlihy, 250-744-0944

5661 Sooke Road, $639,900Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

6094 East Sooke Rd., $2,249,000MLS 348066, Saturday 2-4Sotheby’s International Realty CanadaBrad MacLaren, 250-380-3933

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A man of many tal-ents, local musician Nick La Riviere prom-ises a mix of delightful melodies to fans of jazz with the release of his second album, Another Time Around.

In addition to being a composer and arranger, the 31-year-old’s mix of musical talents include singing, playing trombone, bass and conch shell, all of which culminate in La Riviere’s long-awaited sophomore album.

His first, Too Much To Do was released in 2009 – comprised of rich, multi-layered instrumentals and vocals.

Inspired by multiple genres including Celtic, Klezmer, pop, R&B, and Latin music, La Riviere assures fans a musical experience like no other.

“I really wanted to do an album that showcased some other genres, more fun music, some stuff that’s a little bit more danceable,” he explained. “Music that appeals to the masses a little bit more rather than just the jazz lis-teners.”

Unlike La Riviere’s debut album of instru-mental jazz, Another Time Around is all origi-nal and vocally-driven. Jazz lovers won’t be left disappointed, however, as La Riviere remains true to his roots with plenty of trombone in the mix.

“It’s fun, it’s all origi-nal, there’s lots of sing-ing but there’s still some wild trombone playing,” he said.

“What makes it stand out from most other CDs out there right now are how much trombone there is on the album. Even the songs where it’s a vocal melody, there is a lot of trombone in the background.”

Since releasing his debut album, La Riv-iere has been broaden-ing his musical skills, playing with various bands at folk fes-tivals and touring around the world, including to Ger-many, England, the U.S. and Mexico.

“Playing with all these guys and all their different styles of music has really helped to open me up to other genres, so that really gives me a lot of inspiration for writing in different styles on this CD,” he said.

Embracing new styles of music moti-vated La Riviere to get creative in the compo-sition of tracks found on the album.

“I record as I write, and that would allow me to really figure out what the song is sounding like, to actu-ally hear what it’s sounding like as I’m composing it … and then I could make changes and add lay-ers,” he said. “It really allowed me to make the songs quite rich, having a lot of layers, many layers of trom-bone, many layers of vocals.”

To celebrate the release of Another Time Around, La Riviere is performing two shows, on July 24 and 25, at Hermann’s Jazz Club featuring local folk band West My Friend as the opening act. Reservations are rec-ommended.

For more informa-tion, see nicklariviere.com.

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motor and a sealed Nickel-Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) battery pack.There’s a whopping 99 net horsepower produced, but again, the c is all about efficiency.Estimated fuel results come in at 4.5L/100km in the city, 5.1L/100km on the highway and a combined number of 4.8L/100km.I could have driven it responsibly to try to beat those results, but that was not my goal. And there’s no fun in that!I wanted to drive it like I would any other car. Even when I decided to put my foot down (and that was often) I still av-eraged 4.9L/100km combined. Keeping

in mind that there were a few long hill climbs on my various adventures.Of the Prius vehicles available, I’d say it’s the least like a grandma’s shoe. In fact, I think it’s the cutest. Not because of its size, but because it has some nice lines to it. For 2015 there’s a restyled front end with standard single LED projector low and highbeam headlights, two new exterior colours and new “light pipe” taillights.Bonus.Inside, you get quite a few tech features, a 6.1-inch (155mm) Touch Panel Display Audio with Navigation, and more.The front SofTex seats are heated, and if you happen to spill anything on them, they wipe of with minimal effort.Furthermore, there’s 484L of cargo space with the rear seats up.

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BLACK PRESS GREATER VICTORIA-Friday, July 24, 2015 Driveway • B7Wednesday, July 22, 2015 I COMMUNITY I sookeneWsmIrror.com 31

Reader’s photo of the Week

Lawrence Lowe captured this picture on July 1. Reader’s Photo of the Week is sponsored by the Stickleback West Coast Eatery. Send your jpeg photo to [email protected].

Frank MitchellSpecial to the Sooke News Mirror

Bonnie Coulter is a maker and force of nature. Visitors to her cozy studio on the East Sooke waterfront quickly discover she oozes artistic creativity.

Her paintings and sculptures are constantly evolving as she explores new ideas, techniques and media, all the while refining earlier inventions to reflect her thoughts.

Coulter did not start out as an artist. She was “the original tomboy” and wanted to go into trades.

After being rejected by the Vancouver Vocational Institute of Technology because she didn’t have credits in high school shop (they were mostly denied to girls at the time) she convinced her old school to give her an extra term of shop. This time VVI accepted her. She was the only girl entering in her year to make it past Christmas and graduated as a designer.

She married at 18 and she and husband, Keith, were set up for the good life in suburban Newton. But they had a yen to farm.

So they bought a quarter

section near Soda Creek in the Cariboo and ran a mixed farm, with the whole range of crops and animals, including 20 mares for breeding mules.

The Coulters soon learned that most farmers only sustain their lifestyle with off-farm work.

So Bonnie designed houses built by Keith; she also secured a variety of design/survey related government jobs.

After their kids left home, however, running the farm and doing outside work became increasingly onerous.

The need to provide health care for a family member dictated a move to the South Island in

2001. Keith continued to build

houses, including their own in East Sooke, while Bonnie transferred to Victoria, rising to department head before “retiring” from the civil service in 2010.

Bonnie has always enjoyed art, but the move to East Sooke opened new doors. Most important was the encouragement and advice from her daughter Angela (Menzies), an established painter and a longtime member of the Stinking Fish Studio Tour, to explore new techniques and subject matter.

The appeal of Bonnie’s work is demonstrated by public comments – and purchases. It’s hard to define that appeal in words.

A major factor is the play between unlikely materials and the ostensible subject matter. This is clearest in the case of her sculpture assemblies of mechanical parts and tools, many boat-related. People delight in the unexpected emergence of animals from hard manufactured objects, especially when those animals exhibit “attitude.”

[email protected]

East Sooke artist brings her talents to Stinking Fish Tour

On TourThe Stinking Fish Studio

Tour happens July 23 to 27 at venues around East Sooke and Metchosin, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Brochures and contact details for artists can be found at many local locations and online at stinkingfishstudiotour.com/map.php.

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DROP IN POOL TOURNAMENT 2nd SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH

LEGION RIDERS 2nd WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 7 PM

BLUEGRASS 1st & 3rd SUNDAYS 3 PM

Branch #54 6726 Eustace Rd. 250-642-5913

SUNDAY BREAKFAST BRUNCH 9AM - 12:30PM $5 Children Welcome

SUPPORT THE FOOD BANKDonate non-perishable food items

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE: SookeLegion.ca

HAMBURGERS &HOT DOGS AVAILABLE

MONDAYS

TUESDAYSWEDNESDAYS

THURSDAYSFRIDAYS

6-7:30 PMONLY

General Meeting 4th Tuesday of the month @ 7pm— Members and Bona Fide Guests —

Tickets @ Bar$1300 FRIDAY Steak Night

KARAOKEEvery Friday 8:00 - 11:00 p.m.

with Pete & MeganMaster Card, Visa and Interac now accepted

Short Mat Bowl 1pmEuchre 6:30Pool League 7:00Ladies’ Darts NoonDominos 10:00 am NASCAR 7:00 pm

Cribbage 7:00Short Mat Bowl 1pm

SUNDAYS

MEAT DRAWEVERY SATURDAY @ 3:00 PM

HAMBURGERS &HOT DOGS AVAILABLE

HAPPY HOUR MON. - SAT. 5-6 PM • ALL HIGHBALLS $3.75

ANNIVERSARIES / BIRTHDAYS / GROUP PARTIES WELCOME!

Hosted byPipes & Drums

BUY TICKETS AT BARTHEN PROCEED TO REGULAR TABLE

AS PER USUAL.

Special Draw sponsored by Joanne & Brian Stewart

TraditionalChristmas Dinner

with Turkey and Ham, Sunday July 26 Cocktails 4:30 pm, Dinner at 5:00

Tickets $15.00 for members & $17.50 for non-members. With a Toy for a boy or girl or non-perishables for the Food Bank. Tickets are available at the bar at the Legion.

Christmas in July

with all the � xin’s Sunday July 26Tickets $15.00 for members & $17.50 for non-mem-

bers. With a toy or non-perishable for the Food Bank. Tickets are available at the bar at the Legion.

Call the Legion for more info.

Next JamAugust 8,

6pm kickoff

Open MicSat NiteJam

W W W . S O O K E N E W S M I R R O R . C O M

SOOKEFOURCAST Your weather forecast for the next FOUR DAYS!What you need to know about the weather to plan your weekend.

THURSDAY FRIDAY SUNDAY

Mainly Sunny High 20 Low 13

Hours of sunshine 10

Mix of Sun & Cloud High 19 Low 13

Hours of sunshine 6

Cloudy with Showers High 19 Low 14

Hours of sunshine 2

SATURDAY

Sunny High 20 Low 12

Hours of sunshine 10

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