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NEWS: Estimates evaluate parks, rec budget /A5SPORTS: Schools spring into new sports /A12 ARTS: Choir caravans through the centuries /A13
OAK BAYNEWS
Local lawn bowler excited for Australian experience in final junior competition
Christine van ReeuwykOak Bay News
Oak Bay lawn bowler Jaymee Sidel will represent the region and nation in Australia in her last event as a junior
competitor. After confirming that not every
nation was able to send a female ath-lete, World Bowls reached out to Can-ada to invite a third entry to play in the women’s singles and to partner in the mixed pairs event with one of the already confirmed male competitors from a nation with only a single entry.
As the second-ranked female athlete from the initial selection process, Oak Bay Lawn Bowling Club’s Sidel earned the spot in the 2016 World Junior Championships in Queensland, Aus-
tralia. Sidel competed with the Canadian
team at the Tiger Bowls tournament in Hong Kong and the China Open in Shenzhen two years ago as the Cana-dian U25 champion.
During that trip a travel mix-up left two team members behind for several days and after sorting out the legali-ties, a pair of Australians joined the Canadian team for a handful of games.
Aussie greens welcome Oak Bay bowlerChristine van Reeuwyk/Oak Bay News
Jaymee Sidel, of the Oak Bay Lawn Bowling Club, represents Canada at the World Bowls in Australia next week
PlEASE SEE: Camaraderie draws bowler, Page A3
Anyone involved in past or present efforts to cre-ate a sewage treatment system for the Capital Regional District’s core can attest that much work has been done and plenty of money spent on the issue. And as we appear to draw closer to a solution, it’s reflective to note that others are watching us closely, especially our neighbours to the south.
In today’s fifth and final instalment of Sewage in the CRD, we look at Washington State’s continued frus-tration over the district’s release of untreated sewage into Juan de Fuca Strait, and talk to a former B.C. pre-mier who was in the middle of the discussions in the 1990s.
Many residents, as we’ve heard since our series began March 18, still question the need to treat, and say optics, not science, are driving this movement to get it done. But as Victoria’s tourism boss points out, those impressions have very real consequences.
As we wrap up this stage of our coverage of the issue, we also look at how a property on Rock Bay in Victoria, once touted as the central site for a regional treatment system, fell off the table and all but disappeared from sewage committee members’ minds.
We thank you once again for your input and feedback on this series and we know many more conversations lay ahead on sewage treatment. We’ll continue to arm readers with valuable information to help you be an important part of ongoing discussions in your com-munities.
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A Wednesday evening impaired driving road check netted two drivers for separate sub-stances.
Oak Bay Police were working at Beach Drive and Goodwin Street March 23. At 7:48 p.m. a vehicle drove up to the road check and the officer noted the odour of liquor on the driv-er’s breath. The driver admitted to recently consuming alcohol and after a roadside breath test, received a 24-hour driving prohibition. His vehicle was impounded.
Around 8:30 that night, an officer smelled burned and fresh cannabis in another vehicle. The occupants were arrested and a subse-quent search produced two baggies of pot that were seized for destruction.
Tagging mars new high schoolStaff at Oak Bay High School discovered
graffiti spread across the south side of the new school the morning of March 25. Sidewalks, brick walls, doors and the front entrance were all tagged overnight. Estimated cost for the cleanup is $5,000. Police are investigating.
Oak Bay car burned in VictoriaPolice have identified a suspect as they
investigate a car stolen in Oak Bay and burned in Victoria.
The morning of March 25 an Oak Bay resi-dent reported her 1997 Honda Civic stolen from the 2100-block of Cadboro Bay Rd. The vehicle had last been seen four days earlier. Around 5 p.m. that day, VicPD located the vehicle parked in the 3100-block of Carroll St. with smoke coming from engine compartment which subsequently turned to flame and the car burned.
Radar nabs excessive speederShortly before 9 p.m. on March 26 Oak Bay
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“That was my favourite part, bowling with another country and seeing how they bowl,” she said.
The sense of camarade-rie is something she’s always enjoyed about the sport, and is excited to explore again on the international level. While there she’ll pair up with an Irish fel-low for the partners competi-tion.
“I’m looking forward to meet-
ing people my age from differ-ent countries,” she said.
Her sister too was a high-cali-bre lawn bowler who competed Australia. After hearing the sto-ries, it’s a dream trip for Sidel.
“It’s such a big deal down there. I’ve heard many people say they build a green, and build a plaza around it with pubs and restaurants,” she said. “It’s part of the culture down there.”
It helps that athletes are more in their 20s and 30s than the
senior citizen crowd; though she’s a fan of her crowd at the Oak Bay Lawn Bowling Club that sports a senior or two. “I will always bowl here (in Oak Bay) no matter where I live in Victoria. They’re so supportive and have watched me grow into the bowler I’ve become. It’s a great atmosphere,” she said.
But it won’t be all fun and games; she knows the compe-tition will be particularly chal-lenging.
“It’s going to be a hard com-petition, it’s going to be a differ-ent level of competition entirely. It’s a lot of mental preparation. I think about games I’ve lost and how I handled that, I think about games I’ve won and how I handled it,” she said.
“My goal is to give them a hard time … If they want a point they’re going to have to work, I’m not going to just hand it to them.” [email protected]
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Camaraderie draws young bowler to sport
Dan EbenalBlack Press
When Chuck Pusateri had a heart attack, questions whirled through his brain.
The 41-year-old father of three had no health prob-lems before the heart attack, leaving him wondering about changing his diet, how he exercised, how he could reduce stress, whether he should change jobs and how much longer his life would be.
“There was just a whole myriad of things that went through my head.”
Pusateri found many of the answers through Island Heart to Heart, an organization he’s still associated with 22 years later. “In fact, I did change jobs to some extent and I did start exercising differently and I did start looking at food differently. I sort of started a jour-ney over the last 22 years,” he said.
Island Heart To Heart operates from the Hillside Seniors Health Centre attached to the Aberdeen Hospital, providing informa-tion to cardiac patients at Island hospitals.
“We know that there’s a lot of people who are missed because we don’t get to them in hospital or they don’t hear about it from their doctor so we’re trying to go out to the public and let them know it’s there,” said Pusateri, a director with Island Heart
To Heart.The program hosts a series of seven two-
hour classes, offered 10 times a year. The classes feature talks from cardiologists, pharmacists, dieticians and others to help provide insight on living with heart disease.
“People learn things to help themselves,” said Pusateri, who underwent his third heart surgery in October.
“After five days you leave the hospital and the hospital is very proud to have got you out in five days. But then you get home and you have a recovery – sometimes a long, painful recovery – and you start to look at, what do I do with the rest of my life, what’s the rest of my life going to be like, what can I do to help myself so that
I never have to go through that again?”
Pusateri said the courses provide skills and answers to many questions.
“Some people have never done any physical activity, they don’t know one side of a rec centre from another,” he said. “How to eat, they’ve been eating the same way for 50 years; how do they become vegetarian? It’s just beyond them. But we kind of get them started through these classes, to pick out some things they can do to change their lives a little bit.”
He said the class of 30 or so people is also likely
the first time many have been in a roomful of others who understood what they were going through.
The course costs $40 for an individual and $60 for a couple for the seven sessions.
“It’s not just for people that have had a heart problem,” said Pusateri. “We have some people in the class who know they have a family history of it and are trying to prevent a heart attack.”
The next two Heart to Heart sessions run Tuesdays, April 5 to May 17, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Thursdays, May 5 to June 16, from 7 to 9 p.m. For more information, visit islandhearttoheart.ca.
Courses get to the heart of the matter
Dan Ebenal/Black Press
Chuck Pusateri stands outside the Hillside Seniors Health Centre, home to the Heart to Heart program.
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Girl Guides will be in the Oak Bay village sell-ing their chocolate and vanilla sandwich cook-ies to friends and neigh-bours this spring.
Members of the Girl Guides of Canada Cha-tham District will be staked out along Oak Bay Avenue on April 2 for the 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. cookie blitz. The young sellers will vary in age – from Sparks, Brown-ies, Guides and Path-finders – and be supervised by unit leaders.
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Council sets aside April 6 and 13 for further budget deliberations
Christine van ReeuwykOak Bay News
Some years are good and others less so, dependent on factors such as weather, but this year the Parks, Recreation and Culture Commission maintained a healthy budget.
Oak Bay council perused the commis-sion’s 2016 budget, seeking a 2.4 per cent increase, during the first of three estimates meetings. “Generally the feeling was it was a reasonable budget,” said Mayor Nils Jen-sen.
“What we’re going to look at is some years we have surplus and some years we have deficits … there was surplus last year (and we’re going to ) get some direction on how best to apply that to the municipality.
“We may well be able to use some of it in capital projects.”
The Parks, Recreation and Culture Department finished 2015 with a net oper-ating expenditure of $3,586,064, 11.64 per cent (or $472,255) less than the approved net budget of $4,058,319.
Council asked that the director of finan-cial services come back with information on how best to use surpluses.
“One always has to be careful to take sur-pluses into operating. You can do that but you may not have a surplus next year and what are you going to do about that? Never depend on a surplus … then you have to look at reducing services and it has the
potential for spiralling,” Jensen said. “We’ll look at whether all the capital proj-
ects are necessary, we’ll make a decision on that when we come to making decisions on the overall budget.”
Among other notables coming up during budget that will get discussion this year are funds set aside to start reviewing the future of Carnarvon Park.
“We did have a plan for Carnarvon Park to renew the park. Most of the plan was put into place by mov-ing into the Neighbourhood Learning Cen-tre,” he said.
“Now that the original Carnarvon renewal project moved, we have to go back and see what facilities should be there.”
They plan to start a public engagement process, he said, to determine community ideals.
Oak Bay has two more budget meetings set.
“We’ve looked at the police budget, the parks recreation and culture budget,” Jensen said.
“We’ll look at all the other departmental budgets.”
The final two esti-mates meetings are
stalled for April 6 and 13 at 5:30 p.m. in council chambers at municipal hall, 2167 Oak Bay Ave. Find agendas online at oak-bay.ca.
Estimates evaluation shows parks, rec and culture surplus
“Now that the original Carnarvon renewal project moved, we have to go back and see what facilities should be there.”
– Nils Jensen
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Troubled youth face tragic deadline
What are the limits of compassion in our society, and specifically B.C.? Can we put a price on it? Does it stop at a certain age?
Right now, young people in care in the province are being virtually cut adrift in our society as soon as they reach the age of 19.
While children in foster care – or in a youth agreement to receive financial help – may continue to receive some support and referrals after this deadline, government help largely dries up as soon as they “age out” of the system.
It’s time for them to fend for themselves, society seems to believe.
It’s a convenient solution, but it forgets that there are good reasons, often profoundly complex, why these individuals are placed in care as children.
These circumstances don’t disappear the moment a child is 19.
It’s not a new problem and for many of us, it’s easiest to leave it to someone else to deal with.
It is, however, Stephanie Cadieux’s problem. The minister of children and family development is well aware of the challenges young people face when aging out of the system, and says her ministry is doing everything it can to increase support for the transition.
But whenever the death of a young person formerly receiving government help is discovered, as happened recently with a young woman in Burnaby, it seems to serve as a tragic reminder of how the system is failing some of our most vulnerable. How many more suffer below the radar of the public eye?
It is obvious that more needs to be done for children in government care.
As a society, we can espouse many things, but ultimately, our level of compassion must be judged by our actions.
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At Oak Bay’s Committee of the Whole meeting on March 21, the Urban Wild-life Stewardship Society expanded on its proposed five-point program for deer management in the municipality. Council rejected the program.
We interpret this decision as a rejec-tion of science and logic, and the rejec-tion of an informed group of working and retired professionals, including wildlife biologists, who are guided on scientific matters by University of Victoria and Camosun College scientists. With the exception of councillors Tara Ney and Eric Zhelka, Mayor Nils Jensen and coun-cil have demonstrated a puzzling resis-tance to facts, expertise and planning.
Our proposal includes a values-based survey of Oak Bay residents, which would provide important information on issues and attitudes in the community concerning deer. This survey has already been drafted by experts in this field, independent of the UWSS, and would be administered and interpreted by inde-pendent experts.
With the support of mayor and coun-cil, it would have guided our elected representatives in making informed deci-sions on deer management. Instead, council moved to look into the costs of
their own independent survey of public attitudes. We contend that the mayor’s expressed preference for using a “poll-ing company” rather than a scientifically developed survey will not provide the necessary information for informed deer management.
UWSS has always been clear that our objective is to provide science-based rec-ommendations for non-lethal deer man-agement alternatives, and that our work is guided by an independent science advisory group. It was puzzling and dis-appointing to hear Mayor Jensen dismiss the mandate of the UWSS as an “anti-cull advocacy organization” that “only pro-vides information.”
We are a science- and community-based, non-profit, volunteer-powered group, ready to partner on a best-prac-tices action plan – one that we have developed over the past year. Our sole objective is to help Oak Bay deal with the issue of human-deer conflict in a sci-entifically sound, fiscally responsible and humane way.
A year ago the mayor and some coun-cil members felt that public health and safety warranted a lethal cull. This cull, ineffective in reducing the deer popula-tion, divided our community. Since then
council has provided no public educa-tion on living with urban deer, deer man-agement did not make council’s priority list and council rejected an opportunity to apply for financial support through the provincial government’s recent deer management cost-sharing program. This is despite our encouragement and offer to help prepare the application. Although council is rightly concerned with costs, they have not considered the cost to the taxpayer of doing nothing, or of mak-ing uninformed and therefore ineffective decisions.
The UWSS has consistently offered assistance with public education to reduce human-deer conflict, deer counts to estimate population trends, and an immunocontraception program that could potentially see a reduction in the birth of fawns as early as spring of 2017. We have repeatedly been rebuffed by Oak Bay council, which remains stub-bornly and perplexingly resistant to working cooperatively with its own citi-zens on a matter of public policy. We think this is unacceptable. And so should the taxpayers of Oak Bay.
Kristy Kilpatrick, UWSS vice-president
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The striking thing about the little grey-green-brown lizards in my sister’s Oak Bay garden (other than their presence at all) is what home-bod-ies they are. Surround-ing properties don’t seem to have them; they like to stay close to where they were born. All they need is a good, warm wall and they’re as happy as ... basking lizards.
Where did they come from? Are they a native species?
The answer to the second question is no, and to the first: they came from south central Europe via Saanich. Although there are three spe-cies of lizard native to B.C., this type isn’t one of them.
This is the European wall liz-ard, and according to the Royal B.C. Museum they are here because a defunct reptile zoo in Saanich once housed some, and let them go when it closed in 1970.
Being small (16 to 23 cm in total length, the tail twice as long as the body) the lizards were good hiders, and they travelled across the region
largely unnoticed. Once they find a good spot,
these lizards breed in the same place over generations, laying
two or more clutches per year of up to 11 eggs.
In this particular garden they have south-facing walls, a useful climbing wis-teria to hide behind, a patio and cement planters with cracks wide enough to dart into, and apple and pear trees shedding lots of fruit.
They eat the fallen fruit plus flies, beetles and spiders. For a wall lizard, this backyard habi-tat is paradise.
She doesn’t spend all her time sunning herself however; these lizards jump and dart in pursuit of prey, beginning as soon as they hatch from the eggs which are laid in soil or bark.
My relatives’ family cat as well as a few visiting felines have tried and failed to catch the quicksilver creatures, and even if something (such as a bird) does succeed, the lizards have a great trick up their scaly
sleeves: they let their tails fall off which then keep twitching, thus decoying their predator and allowing them to get away. Afterwards the lizard grows another tail.
Like all reptiles, these fel-lows are cold-blooded, meaning they warm up by sunning them-selves, so we don’t see them in winter. They hibernate from about November to March, then begin mating in early spring and continue throughout the sum-mer.
Common in hot countries, they are relatively novel in Oak Bay, and fun at a garden party if a guest hasn’t been told that they’re there. “Eek!” she’ll say, “I just saw a flat scaly mouse. What’s in this wine punch any-way?”
Oh, that’s just the lizard, you say: don’t worry, he won’t bite. In truth, he brings a pleasing sense of exoticism to the north-ern garden. He’s not crowding any other species out of its habitat, and Nature has her own ways of re-wilding suburbia.
Barbara Julian is a local writer and wildlife enthusiast who writes monthly about Oak Bay’s suburban wildlife.
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Re: Critical link missing in Syr-ian housing bid, Oak Bay News, March 22, 2016
It is dismaying to read of Oak Bay council’s foot-dragging on the approval to allow a needy Syrian family to temporarily rent a municipally owned house on Hampshire that has sat vacant for two years.
We all know that these fami-lies have fled devastating cir-cumstances and endured many months, perhaps years, in ref-ugee camps waiting for the chance to come to Canada. Most of us cannot even imagine what they have endured.
Yet, our neighbourhood of Oak Bay, the richest commu-nity in Greater Victoria, wrings its hands in indecision, even though a group of volunteers
has come forward with offers to paint and do minor refurbish-ments to ready the dwelling.
Every year thousands of dol-lars in municipal grant monies are given to groups of volun-teers in Oak Bay who are not constituted as legal entities. Organizing as a non-profit soci-ety is a task the municipality has stated is “too onerous” for them. So why has this become a criti-cal issue for housing a Syrian refugee family?
It merely highlights that Oak Bay council appears to be less than willing to help, with any excuse to deny or delay assis-tance.
Council members have expressed bewilderment at what the families might need. May I suggest a home with a roof,
kitchen, bathroom, a couple of bedrooms, a living room – the same as the rest of us.
This is not the complicated matter that council wants us to believe. The house was rented for 15 years until vacated two years ago.
But since the refugee housing request, suddenly the munici-pality’s interest in other uses for this property, such as a parking lot, have resurfaced.
I urge the residents of this community to voice your sup-port for these displaced people and request that Oak Bay coun-cil to do the right thing and assist them with housing in an expeditious manner.
Lesley EwingOak Bay
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Friday, April 1Genesis Chapter of the Word Guild – Meets at Christian Book and Music Centre, 3090 Nanaimo St., 6:30 p.m. Topic: Blogging. Info: [email protected]
Groove Kitchen – Upstairs Lounge Concert Series at Oak Bay Rec Centre. Doors at 6 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m. All ages welcome. Tickets from Oak Bay Rec or beaconridgeproductions.com.
Michael Dunahee Dance – At the Esquimalt Curling Rink. Purchase tickets from the Donair Shop, 1129 Esquimalt Rd.
Saturday, April 2 Tech sessions for seniors – UVic Computer Science Department hosts free info session to help seniors learn about Google and other search engines, email, Facebook and social media, iPad, smart phones, digital privacy and more, 10 to 11 a.m., Engineering and Computer Science Building
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Monterey Note-Ables Spring Revue 2 – The Note-Ables, Monterey Players and Hula for Health provide entertainment for all ages – song, dance, theatrics and laughs, Saturday, 2 to 4 p.m. and 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m. Tickets $10 each. Info: 250-370-7300.
Sunday, April 3 Michael Dunahee Family Fun Run/Walk – Warm up starts at 9:30 a.m. at the curling rink, Archie Browning Arena.
April Jazz Vespers – The Bob Watts Trio, featuring Cuban piano virtuoso Pablo Cardenas with Ross Macdonald (bass) and Bob Watts (drums), 7:30 p.m. at St Philip Anglican Church, 2928 Eastdowne Rd. By donation.
Monterey Note-Ables Spring Revue 2 – Entertain-ment for all ages – song, dance, theatrics and laughs, 2 to 4 p.m. Tickets $10. Info: 250-370-7300.
Monday, April 4Jennifer McIntyre & Carolyn Kowalyk art exhibit – Eclectic Gallery, 2170 Oak Bay Ave., opens a new exhibit featuring McIntyre’s joyful, colourful and expressive acrylics and Kowalyk’s abstracts. Show continues through May 7. Info: eclecticgallery.ca
Pro-D Day Swim – Enjoy the waterslide, climbing wall, and more at the Oak Bay pool, 3 to 5 p.m.
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Tuesday, April 5Volkssport – Tuesday evening walk. Meet at Running Room, Broadmead Shopping Centre, 777 Royal Oak Dr. Registration at 5:45 p.m., walk at 6 p.m. Info: Gail, 250-477-4472.
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Wednesday, April 6Volkssport – Monday/Wednesday morning walks. Register at 8:45 a.m., walk at 9 a.m. Info: Rick, 250-478-7020 or Jan, 250-665-6062.
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and 24 hours of trav-elling I finally arrive at my hotel room in Arvidsjaur, Sweden and flop onto my bed for a quick nap.
I need my rest because I only have a few hours the next day to experience the next-generation VW Tiguan in this remote part of the world, just below the Arctic Circle. Why is VW holding an event in the heart of Lap-land? Well, this is the European equivalent of Kapuskasing, On., a cold-weather test-ing facility for auto-makers. When car companies want to test how a car will start, heat up and function in extreme temperatures, they test them in places like Kapuskasing and Arvidsjaur.
Volkswagen did its cold weather testing on the next Tiguan here two years ago and it’s now set
to hit the European market this spring. For Canadians, we will need to wait until next fall to get our hands on this much-improved compact utility.
The Tiguan has always been a fun-to-drive, great-handling compact utility, but for many it’s just a bit too compact. The coming Tiguan is the first utility to be built on the award-winning platform developed for the latest VW Golf, to be shared across dozens of VW products worldwide. This platform – MQB – provides a stiffer,
safer, lighter but more impor-tantly, larger platform to build this Tiguan. The European model I had a chance to drive is 111 mm longer in the wheelbase than the existing Tiguan but the one we’ll get here, next year, will be 187 mm longer between the wheels.
This will provide VW the ability to sell a five-passen-ger utility with the option of a three-row seven-passen-ger model.
Styling is also all-new, with glimpses of the latest Golf in the headlamp design and sharper creases and edges.
With the Tiguan switching to the MQB platform and built in the same Mexican factory as the lat-est Golf, VW can share the same interior refinement and features found in that car. The dash has a more upscale feel, with chrome trim, soft materials where it mat-ters and the latest centre screens. The base screen will be 16cm with the option of a 20cm screen. Both will function as a backup cam-era and both will come standard with Android Auto and Apple Car Play for seamless smartphone integration. The European model features a projected instrument cluster, customizable and state-of-the-art. This feature has not been confirmed for our North Ameri-
can model but might be included down the road. As mentioned, the larger dimensions are wel-come. The back seat, even with the European proportions, is a big improvement; the larger car sold here should be rather generous in the back seat and cargo area.
Part of the reason for driving in northern Sweden was to experi-ence the latest VW 4Motion all wheel drive system in conditions exactly like much of Canada. This new AWD has the ability to send the power to the front or rear wheels and from side-to-side. This, along with a new control dial in the centre of the console, lets the driver choose different programs for snow, off-road and a normal, default setting. The new system will then use the stability program, ABS and active differen-tials to contain slippage and keep
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Engine options have not been confirmed for our Canadian mar-ket but a good guess is the exist-ing 200hp turbo 4-cylinder will be put to work and hopefully a refined TDI diesel version. This car has been engineered to take the TDI and the intention is for it to come here, we’ll just have to wait until the TDI mess is cleared so we can get this next Tiguan with that fuel-saving engine.
This is a major step forward for VW and the Tiguan will be a force in the heart of this competi-tive segment. Next fall will be here before you know it.
‘‘When car companies want to test how a car will start, heat up and function in extreme temperatures, they test them in places like Kapuskasing and Arvidsjaur.’’Zack Spencer
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Don DescoteauBlack Press
Given how long the issue of sewage treatment has percolated in the Capital Region, it’s clear local politicians have had a difficult time agreeing on how to get it done. So what happens when politicians from a jurisdiction in another country take action in an attempt to steer the sewage treatment ship in Greater Victoria?
The recent support for legislation in Washington State that would ban the reimbursement for any business travel to Victoria by state employees – except in emergency or court-ordered situations – for the next year or until the CRD ceases to pump untreated sewage into the ocean shows our neighbours to the south continue to watch we’re doing on the issue.
As anyone who has advocated for the region’s tourism sector over the past 20-plus years can attest, this isn’t the first time Washingtonians have made a stink about our lack of sewage treatment.
Mike Harcourt, who grew up in Victoria and lectures these days on environmental stability among other topics, was B.C.’s premier in 1992 when he signed the Environmental Co-operation Agreement with then Washington governor Mike Lowry.
That deal, which came a year before a U.S. group unhappy with the lack of progress threatened a tourism boycott of the city, was part of a broader collective vision for the Georgia Basin and Cascadia, Harcourt says.
“It’s a very fragile, difficult area with lots of challenges, including pollution of the water and the air,
runoff from pulp mills, raw sewage and car exhaust,” he says.
That co-operative approach to regional environmental issues, in part, led to Harcourt promising Lowry in an informal agreement in 1993 that Victoria would have primary treatment in place by 2002, and secondary treatment up and running sometime between 2008 to 2013.
He recalls some of the work being done at the time, including a joint scientific panel set up with researchers from the University of Victoria and Washington state. That group, having studied the shared marine waters, came back with what Harcourt characterizes as “bizarre” findings.
“To our astonishment, they
said ‘yes-no,’” he says of how they answered the question of whether damage was being done to the marine environment near Greater Victoria’s outfalls.
Harcourt believes the findings not only convinced Victoria member of parliament and then minister of environment David Anderson not to put any federal dollars into treatment, but led him to embrace the notion that “dilution is the solution.”
Of Lowry and himself Harcourt says, “We were stymied, he and I, because our scientists came up with this ambivalent, at best, response.”
There have been other sewage-related snubs since. A telling one came last summer when Pam
Elardo, director of King County’s wastewater treatment division and Washington representative on the Seaterra Commission overseeing the CRD’s sewage treatment efforts, quit over the project’s lack of progress. In her resignation letter she wrote, “It appears that construction and operation of a wastewater treatment system is now years, if not decades, away.”
The Seattle Times newspaper followed up with an editorial calling Victoria’s political process “constipated” and wrote, “The failure is an embarrassment for stately Victoria, and it undermines the rigorous work to clean up Puget Sound.”
Other Washington governors
have told Victoria to get on with it and implored the province to intervene, from Christine Gregoire during a pre-Olympics chat with Gordon Campbell in 2006, to Jay Inslee last year after the McLoughlin plan blew up.
As to whether optics are playing a role in Washington getting involved yet again, Tourism Victoria CEO Paul Nursey can give a firsthand answer.
“This stuff really hurts us a lot. When I’m pitching conferences it always come up,” he says. “The Washington State employee thing is a very small number, but it’s the negative publicity around that that is damaging.”
Harcourt admits there has been “nonsense” spoken about the issue on both sides from people without credentials.
Regardless of negative comments and potential boycotts, the bottom line, he says, is that the region just needs to get on with it. “This is about what you would expect any municipality to do in Canada or the U.S., which is to treat your sewage.”
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“I just want to scream, I really do. I just cannot tell you how absurd and how silly I think it is that politically driven motives are trying to design a sewage treatment plant.”
“From the perspective of the taxpayer, we would be better off flipping a coin to determine a single site.”
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‘Preferred’ Rock Bay site now in limboDan EbenalBlack Press
The options originally presented to the public showed that any solution to the Capital Region’s wastewater concerns would need to run through Rock Bay. But when the dust finally settled, Rock Bay was merely an afterthought in the region’s search for the site for a sewage treatment facility.
The seven municipalities participating in the Capital Regional District project initially identified dozens of possible sites for a plant. But all seven options identified for public consultation by consultants for the CRD’s core area liquid waste management committee included a site in Rock Bay as a critical component. How Rock Bay became featured so prominently is a mystery to many in the community and some around the board table.
“That’s a good question,” said Saanich mayor and committee vice-chair Richard Atwell. “The consultants just all of a sudden made it [Rock Bay] the choice.”
Atwell has closely followed the sewage treatment issue for more than three years, riding the prominence of heading up the RITE plan to the mayor’s office. He didn’t mince words in his opinion of Rock Bay.
“It’s a terrible site. It’s at sea level, it’s clay, it’s not a seismically stable site.”
The decision to step back from Rock Bay came as a blow to the Esquimalt and Songhees First Nations, whose chiefs were visibly upset when the committee voted last month to focus on other sites.
“They want to put McLoughlin, Macaulay and Clover Point back on the table. And then they start arguing against themselves. It’s confusing,” Esquimalt Chief Andy Thomas.
Bob Mason, economic development officer with Esquimalt First Nation, said no thought has been given to alternate uses for the Rock Bay property.
The two First Nations are purchasing 1.7 hectares of the site for $2.8 million and will take ownership once remediation work is completed by current owners BC Hydro and Transport Canada.
“We’re all in on the sewage treatment plant. When it becomes evident that it’s not
going to go there, then we’ll look to plan B,” Mason said.
While the sale of the land to the CRD would have injected millions into Matullia, an economic development corporation operated by Esquimalt and Songhees, money from the sale wasn’t the motivating factor for Thomas. He said they have been frustrated by the process and that local First Nations have demonstrated their commitment to protection of the environment.
“We’re in this to clean up the Salish Sea and we want to be part of the solution,” he said.
“They don’t understand our relationship to the land, the water and the resources. It’s our sacred trust.”
The main thing working in Rock Bay’s favour was that the Clover Point site was originally deemed too small for a treatment facility and McLoughlin Point was not put forward by Esquimalt council.
The 3.47-hectare site at Rock Bay is made up of two parcels. BC Hydro and
Transport Canada have been working to clean up their lands since 2004 and removed more than 200,000 tonnes of contaminated soil.
The most recent estimate put the price tag for a centralized tertiary treatment plant at Rock Bay at $1.077 billion. The main factor working against the site was $248 million in conveyancing required to pump effluent to outfalls at Macaulay and Clover points, a cost not necessary in a McLoughlin-Clover Point option.
But the conveyancing was just one drawback with Rock Bay. The site would also require construction of a five-metre wall to protect from tsunamis, and Victoria council would also likely have sought millions in compensation for the loss in taxation.
Rock Bay would also exact a toll on Victoria merchants, with the laying of pipe said to cause up to a year of disruption on Cook Street from Dallas Road to Bay Street, then from Bay to Government Street.
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Victoria Coun. Marianne Alto, left, Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins and Colwood Coun. Cynthia Day listen to
debate around liquid waste management in the Capital Region’s core.
What’s been done elsewhere in B.C.?
North VancouverSince opening in 1961, the Lions
Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant has operated as a primary treatment facility and served about 180,000 residents in the District of West Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver. While its capacity has been expanded several times, the facility is one of two primary level treat-ment plants remaining in the region.
New regulations, however, require it to be upgraded to a secondary treat-ment facility. The regional government, facing similar deadlines as Greater Vic-toria, has until Dec. 31, 2020 to com-plete a new $700-million plant to be located approximately two kilometres east of the existing treatment plant.
NanaimoThe Regional District of Nanaimo
owns and operates four wastewa-ter treatment facilities throughout the region, servicing more than 110,000 residents between Qualicum Beach and Duke Point. Two facilities provide chemically-enhanced primary treat-ment; the others provide secondary treatment. Wastewater from about 93,000 people in the City of Nanaimo and parts of Lantzville is treated at the Greater Nanaimo Pollution Con-trol Centre. It was built in 1973 for just under $10 million and ended the dis-charge of raw sewage into the Strait of Georgia. The other treatment facilities were constructed several years later.
CRD sewage trunk lines lead to outfalls at Macaulay, left, and Clover points.
Figures above list percentage of total flow in the CRD sewage system.
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With spring break now just a memory, high school spring sports ramp up.
The high school badminton season opens Tuesday, April 5 when Glenlyon Nor-folk School heads to St. Andrews to tip off the first day of league play. Later in the week, GNS hosts Reynolds and Oak Bay hosts Mt. Doug Thursday, April 7. All games start at 3:45 p.m.
From one court to another, AAA and AA tennis also starts this week with GNS facing Lambrick at Carnarvon at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday,
April 6 and St. Michaels University School tak-ing on Oak Bay in an exhibition match at Henderson at 3:30 p.m.
On the high school rugby pitch, the Oak Bay junior boys visit
Belmont at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, April 6.
The GNS senior boys welcome Belmont at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, April 7 while Oak Bay hosts SMUS at 3:45 p.m.
The Bays United Div. 1 men are coming off a hard-fought semi-final win to advance to the Jackson Cup finals against long-time rivals Cowichan FC this Sunday, April 3. Come cheer on the Bays at Royal Athletic Park, with kick-off at 2:30 p.m.
Oak Bay rugby returns to the pitch when the Div. 3 men host Westshore at
School spring sports ramp upWindsor Park at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 3. After the Premier men return from this week-end’s trip to Seattle, they host the Univer-sity of BC Thunder-birds at Windsor Park at 2:45 p.m. Saturday, April 9.
The University of Vic-toria men’s rugby team has a single home game this week, hosting Vancouver Capilanos at 2:45 p.m. Saturday, April 2 on Wallace Field. Looking ahead, the Vikes return to Vancou-ver to take on the Row-ers April 9.
The Henderson Park-based Victoria Mariners continue pre-season play this week, hosting Nanaimo at Layritz Field on Satur-day, April 2 before hit-ting the road to Parks-ville Sunday, April 3 to take on the Royals. The local boys head to the Best of the West tour-nament in Kamloops April 7 to 10.
Pacific Athletics and Victoria Track and Field Club co-host one more “try it out” session at Centennial Stadium this Sunday, April 3. From 10 to 11 a.m. athletes looking to participate in a track club envi-ronment can get an idea of how it works, with coaches on hand to take the athletes through practices. For more information about the two clubs and their programs visit pacifath-letics.ca and victrack.ca.
With the Victoria Cougars’ Island play-off run finished – with another Island title – the team hosts the Cyclone Taylor Cup this Wednesday, April 7 to 10 at Archie Brown-ing Sports Centre. The event welcomes the champions from the KIJHL, PJHL and the VIJHL, plus Campbell River, competing for this prestigious award; the winners move on to the Keystone Cup.
Colin Gall is a local athlete and Grade 11 student at Mt. Douglas Secondary. Send coming sports events to [email protected]
Victoria Mariner third baseman Harrison Hurford puts the tag on Victoria Eagle Kobe Morris during exhibition play last weekend at Lambrick Park. Oak Bay’s Mariners are back in action this weekend.
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Ensemble Laude Women’s Choir rolls a caravan of music through St. Mary’s in its latest choral offering.
“We’re performing a program that’s really diverse. We’re going to be taking people on a journey through time,” said Carolyn Howe, associate con-ductor. “We’ve designed the program in an interesting way. The first half will be real lively and rhythmic a lot of culturally interesting pieces.”
Ensemble Laude’s Caravan will take listeners on a journey of discovery, with era sweeping melodies weaving a tapestry of music ranging from medieval and Celtic to African and mod-ern Canadian songs.
The concert also features orig-inal songs from Victoria compos-ers Nicholas Fairbank and Geor-gina Craig. “We’re presenting the entirety of our commissioned work,” Howe said.
The first half soars along with rhythm and excitement before shifting into a serene, meditative second half that includes Craig’s full Beyond the Violet piece and Fairbanks’ soothing Aurora.
“We’ve introduced a couple of the movements (of Beyond the Violet) at our Christmas concert but we’re introducing the full work,” Howe said of the work written by choir member and
nationally recognized composer, Craig.
Fairbank’s Aurora is “a beauti-ful soundscape meant to reflect the aurora borealis,” she said. “He wrote it on an artists’ retreat on a boat in the arctic. When I hear it I think it sounds like the aurora.”
Other Canadian composers represented are Sarah Quar-tel, Mark Sirett and Stephen Hatfield. Signature favourites include Media Vita arranged by Michael McGlynn, Reel a Bouche by Malcolm Daglish and Warrior by Kim Baryluk.
“It just shows the diversity of the program,” Howe said. “It’s an incredible boom in Canadian choral composition right now. There are amazing composers working in the world. There are so many exciting things happen-
ing in Canadian choral composi-tion right now; it’s great to be part of that.”
Now in its 18th year, Ensemble Laude is known for its a cappella performance and medieval rep-ertoire. In June 2015, Ensemble Laude won second place in the national CBC Choral Compe-tition, and is an invited guest to the 2016 international Cho-ralies festival in France. Direc-tor Elizabeth MacIsaac has led choral ensembles for more than 25 years, in both Canada and France.
Ensemble Laude presents Caravan Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church, 1701 Elgin Rd. Tickets are $15 to $18 and free for children 12 and younger. For more information visit [email protected]
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Ensemble Laude Women’s Choir rehearses for its performance in Oak Bay this Saturday, April 2 at St Mary’s Church.
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Oak BayCommunityEvents APRILEVENTS: The Monterey Note-Ables “Spring Revue”Monterey Recreation Centre - Saturday April 2 - 2 & 730pm & Sunday April 3 - 2pmGreat entertainment for all ages. With song, dance, theatrics and lots of laughs. Tickets: $10For more info: 250-370-7300
Coast Capital Free SwimOak Bay Recreation Centre - Monday April 4 - 6:30-830pmEnjoy free admission with this everyone welcome swim.
Live Music Series - Lizzy Hoyt Trio and The Small GloriesOak Bay Recreation Centre - Upstairs Lounge - Friday April 8 - 6pmDoors open at 6pm (join us for dinner). Music at 7:30pmThis award-winning, Winnipeg-based vocalist and songwriter who also happens to rank among the top Celtic instrumentalists in the country has the voice of an angel, delivering music stories with soaring melodies rooted in Celtic and folk traditions.Tickets available at Oak Bay Recreation reception or online at: www.beaconridgeproductions.com
Live Music Series - The SutcliffesOak Bay Recreation Centre - Upstairs Lounge - Friday April 15 - 6pmDoors open at 6pm (join us for dinner). Music at 7:30pmA Beatles band with a slightly different take. Their focus is on the Beatles from Hamburg, to the Cavern and the BBC Studios. The songs they wrote, the songs they covered and the songs they loved. Tickets available at Oak Bay Recreation reception or online at: www.beaconridgeproductions.com
Earth Day SwimOak Bay Recreation Centre - Friday April 22 - 6:30-9:30pmCelebrate Earth Day at the Recreation Oak Bay pool!The lifeguards will be running tons of Earth-loving games.
Live Music Series - James HillOak Bay Recreation Centre - Upstairs Lounge - Friday April 22 - 6pmDoors open at 6pm (join us for dinner). Music at 7:30pm
Ontario based James Hill is a Juno Award nominee and winner of a Canadian Folk Music Award. He is a most celebrated ukulele player and songwriter, an uncompromising artist who gives the ukulele its dignity back without ever taking himself too seriously.Tickets available at Oak Bay Recreation reception or online at: www.beaconridgeproductions.comAll proceeds from this concert will be donated to Doctors Without Borders - Syria Project.
Building Birds NestsUplands Parks - Entrance to Cattle Point - Sunday April 24 - 1:30-3:30pmA family program examining nest building techniques of some birds in Uplands Park, with Margaret Lidkea, environmental teacher at Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary.Suitable for kids aged 4+ and their parents and grandparents. Donations to Friends of Uplands Park are welcome.friendsofuplandspark.org
Oak Bay Rotary - Paul Harris Awards EveningOak Bay Beach Hotel - Thursday April 21 - 6pmThis year the Rotary Club has named 3 outstanding citizens as Paul Harris Fellows: Bob McDonald, Host of CBC’s Quirks and Quarks, Author and Broadcaster, Tania Miller, Music Director of the Victoria Symphony and Hazel Braithwaite, Oak Bay Councillor and extraordinary volunteer.This is a black tie (optional) event with a Prosecco reception starting at 6pm. Dinner tickets are $60/pp. Contact Sue Lukewich at 250-940-0328 or by email at: [email protected] for tickets. Open to all Rotarians and Friends of Rotary.
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Here on the wet West Coast, mould is a topic of concern for many prospec-tive homebuyers.
Few want to invest in such a significant purchase only to find an infestation of mould that requires signifi-cant – and potentially costly – remediation.
For those shopping for one of Oak Bay’s older homes, the good news is that the materials and building techniques used in many of these homes actually make mould control fairly simple, says Ryan Ractliffe, environ-mental scientist and owner of Axiom Mould Experts.
Before drywall was the go-to choice for wall covering, lathe and plaster was less permeable and without drywall’s paper backing, and thus less hospitable to mould spores, explains Ractliffe, who has spent a decade in the industry. Tra-ditional methods to tackle mould, such as washing with hydrogen per-oxide at three per cent, were also more effective.
Fast-forward to the 1970s and ‘80s and the push to make homes airtight, and the resulting mois-ture found a happy home with new materials such as pine and porous drywall, “much more susceptible to mould growth,” Ractliffe says.
“Drywall is a porous medium and the paper on each side of the dry-wall is food for the mould.”
Here in Oak Bay, typical problem areas can be renovated basements
and bathrooms, where these newer materials and techniques have been used during upgrades.
When moisture and mould settle into these materials, they’re able to reach into areas out of sight, such as behind baseboards and inside walls; once that’s hap-pens, remediation is often required and because of poten-tial toxicity, proper evaluation and safety measures are essential.
Drywall that pre-dates about 1990, for example, must be checked for asbestos before being cut or removed, Ractliffe notes.
Because moulds also differ greatly – and can’t be accurately identified by the naked eye – samples must also be analyzed so you know what
you’re dealing with. “Not all moulds are created equally,” he says.
Mould in attics can be different than that found in the rest of the home. In the attic, where mould often arises due to trapped humidity
and poor ventilation, because air moves upward, it doesn’t nec-essarily mean there’s mould elsewhere in the home.
“Just because there’s mould in the
attic doesn’t mean there’s poor air quality in the home,” Ractliffe says.
Not so with the basements and crawl spaces, however, where the air can move the microbial volatile organic compounds into the living space.
Mould that isn’t visible – behind walls or in the crawlspace, for exam-
ple – can still cause problems. “It’s the off-gassing of mould
and the accumulation of fungal spores,” Ractliffe says.
Both can cause headaches, respiratory problems and aller-gic reactions. Additional symp-toms to watch for include gen-eral fatigue, colds and flus that stick around longer than nor-mal and a scratchy, sore throat.
In particular, Ractliffe advises people to pay attention if such symptoms seem to improve when they’re out of the house.
“If they’re away from the house for any extended time and they’re noticing changes in their symptoms, that’s a big red flag that they need to address the indoor air quality in their home,” he says, recom-mending homeowners invest in an air purifier with hepa/car-bon filter.
Not everyone is as sensitive to the spores and off-gassing, he notes, adding some individ-uals, including those with com-promised immune symptoms, can be “the proverbial canary in the coal mine for the home.”
Chief among prevention mea-sures are controlling humidity in the home and preventing
moisture intrusion.Humidity should ideally be kept
at around 50 per cent; once it’s at 70 per cent or so, homeowners will start to see moisture on colder sur-faces. Typically this happens in fall when homes are closed up for win-ter.
“Just control the relative humid-ity within the home, keeping it as close to 50 per cent as possible, and ventilate when the weather is good,” Ractliffe suggests.
Moisture intrusion typically hap-pens from an internal or external flooding problem, or a foundation leak.
In that case, the best practice is to remove affected drywall rather than simply drying it out as mould can begin growing quickly.
Tips and tricks to keep mould at bay
Photo contributed
The dual keys to preventing mould in the home are controlling interior humidity and moisture intrusion, says environmental scientist Ryan Ractliffe, owner of Axiom Mould Experts.
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State of the ArtCustom-built Whistler-inspired, 1 Acre Haven. Highly evolved designis evident by controlled skylights, pre-set temperature Schluter showersystem and AH!, a deep Japanese soaker tub. The Master Suite aweswith its Vaulted ceiling, and rain-sensor Skylight. The “piece deresistance” handsome fir doors open 180° to a gorgeous covered deckfor dining al fresco, w/ Sunset Malahat Views! $660,000
A Honey of a Deal Custom 3006sqft home on a useable 1 acre featuring a spacious familyroom, elegant winding oak staircase, amazing lofty ceilings in the LRwith FP and HW flooring. The gourmet kitchen and dining area; offer abuilt-in oven, cook-top, and island for culinary joy. Downstairs the 1 BR‘Sweet’ surely must be the largest ever built! The level entry space offersa very palatable option for today’s families. $675,000
Birds of a FeatherSophisticated Buyers, will flock to this Mid-Century 3/4 bedroomhome, combining all the very best of the era, with modern upgradeslike granite countertops, NEST thermostat, cherry hardwood andLEATHER flooring! Beautiful 1/3 acre sunny backyard; a gardener’sparadise located right in coveted Oak Bay! $720,000
Quality Built Zen Home This well designed 3 bedroom home enjoys a garden view open kitchen,cozy adjoining family room, and rare formal dining room, completewith gorgeous rock fireplace. Custom design is evident in the avante-gard open stairways and straight clean lines of its exterior. Beautifullylandscaped Japanese zen-like terraced backyard takes full advantage ofthe one acre property. Call Now! $750,000
Money, Money, Money!FANTASTIC opportunity. Located in desirable Oak Bay border area.Live in one, and rent the other! The main level retains the 1912 charm,while the upper level is recently updated. 7 ft height bonus inlawaccommodation in the lower area. Main floor presently usedcommercially, current revenue approximately $4643 per month (buyerto verify). Be quick on this one! (Floor Plans Avail) $899,000
Maximum Views with Precision DesignLuxury home w/ breathtaking ocean & mountain views. Precision builtfeaturing a cathedral entrance, smartly designed kitchen, formalsitting/reception rm & family rm. both w. gas fp, and a gracious diningrm. Sumptuous master bed w. generous walk-in closet/dressing rm. &ensuite. Lower level offers self-contained suite & wine celler.$959,000
Baby You Can Drive My Car Amazing executive Oceanfront home features 4397 sqft of open conceptliving including 5 beds (with master suite, walk in closet, fire place &spa like en-suite). Outside offers over 1700 sqft of deck space to takeadvantage of the spectacular views, water front fire pit & patio, hot tub& plenty of space for all toys in the 5 car garage. $1,099,000
You Have Arrived Elegant and stately .72 acre Oceanfront home features Control 4 lightingwhich integrates lighting with music, shades, locks, climate control, andvideo. Enduring construction is seen in the built-in cabinetry, and darkBirch HW placed in a bright ambiance of voluminous rooms. The customkitchen is a worthy match for Jamie Oliver! The convenient locationblends all the best in life seamlessly! $1,099,999
The Balvenie Executive NEW residence on 2.5 acres. Exceptional Quality & featuringluxury finishing throughout; including gourmet kitchen, stunning Greatroom with a double sided indoor-outdoor fireplace, and separate livingareas. Huge windows, triple garage, professional landscaping, and just20 min to the capital city, with proximity to ferries, & the InternationalAirport offers the ultimate in Living! $1,350,000
Wright for Frank Newly updated contemporary Oceanfront masterpiece + dock. Archi-tecturally designed taking advantage of the spectacular private location.Floor to sky windows create a true indoor-outdoor flow. At 3200sqft it will suit most circumstances & incl In Law. Once inside themost discerning buyer will be wowed by the Artistry! $1,499,800
Escape to the CountryA magnificent Schubart designed residence surrounded by 10 acresof natural beauty. Dream kitchen: custom cabinetry, elegant design,superior appliances. 2 excellent BRs & den. The lower floor has adelightful self-contained legal suite. A separate character farm house.Unspoiled beaches, golf courses, amazing outdoors & ocean activities.Just 30-minutes drive to downtown Victoria. $1,549,000
Splendour in the GrassDutch farm house meets West Coast design on this superb scenic 5 acfarm, overlooking Elk lake. Private and picturesque this 4 bed 4 bathwith 3 wings that provide separation for the growing family. Low farmtaxes. 3 excellent multi functional farm buildings. Excellent for horsesand animals. Large veg garden, fruit trees, & fish pond. A splendidcountry property. $1,690,000
Have Your Oceanfront & Swim There Too!Rare south facing Oceanfront offers full sun and Sensational sunsets!Amazing folding wall system opens for an indoor-outdoor feel, easy accessto the beach, and your own mooring buoy. The kitchen sizzles with a covetedInduction cooktop, double-oven, and sit-up counter for guests. Unwind inthe Master suite, or paint in the airy studio. Enjoy the Sauna and relaxing hottub. This is West Coast Living at its very best. $1,698,800
Builder’s Oceanfront DreamRARE opportunity to build an Oceanfront Estate in Victoria BC. This1.24 acre lot in Margaret’s Bay offers 195.5 feet of waterfront, with180° views across Haro Strait to the San Juan Islands. Choice locationprovides a panorama of mountain and island views. The neighbourhoodis serene and private, close to UVIC and all amenities. A blank paletteto create your dream! $1,698,000
A Sea of HoneyAn esteemed, private, south facing 1.24 acre ocean front enclave. Thestunning fjord view of the Saanich Inlet captures an awe-inspiringpeaceful vista. The 4500 sq ft home is rich in potential, and ready forthe next vision. The superb location provides an exceptional oceanorientation with outstanding views of sea & sky. $1,825,000
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Boldly Beautiful Innovative and robust contemporary design elements are impressively combined in this masterfully crafted Oceanfront retreat. A boldly soaring ceiling, supported by old-growth fir beams, embraces a dramatic open-concept floor plan. Finest quality wood throughout creates a warmly modern ambiance. Desirable construction details are integrated to superior standards. Special features include provision for a private in-law or master suite, heat exchange, soundproofing and life-time roof. Floor-to-ceiling windows capture tranquil vistas of forest, sea and sky. Situated on the protected south shore of the Sooke Basin, the exceptional property offers a deep water dock, secluded beach and proximity to outstanding fishing. See 3D Tour on our website. $1,638,800
First Amongst EqualsThe boldly uplifting modernistic elegance of this stunningly designed and superbly constructed architectural masterpiece harmonizes serenely with its surroundings. Natural woodland textures create an exceptionally impressive organic setting. Inspired architect Franc D'Ambrosio incorporated classically dramatic mid-century design elements into a work of art for contemporary living. Quality constructed to unparalleled speci-fications, this award-winning home offers the much-coveted privacy of a peaceful retreat together with luxurious amenities and an outstanding architectural interpretation, only minutes from downtown Victoria. Significantly exceeds B.C building code, particular seismic integrity because of the steel frame. 2015 VIBE top award. See 3D tour on our website. $2,190,000
A Dream of TuscanyThe timeless character of the grand country villas of Tuscany inspired the vision for this superb showcase of architectural design. Every artistic aspect speaks to an impeccably integrated understanding of superior construction and historically nuanced elegance. Serenely situated in Oak Bay amid landscaped terraces, this stunning home celebrates natural light and soaring ceilings, a graceful foyer with a formal double staircase, and the finest of im-ported fixtures throughout. French doors beckon to the delightful Mediterranean garden setting. The European styled kitchen offers superlative culinary design. Enduring beauty, impressive quality construction and exquisite architectural originality combine in a truly exceptional residence. $2,450,000
Space and GraceNew Listing! See 3 D tour to fully appreciate a very special spa-cious family home. Nestled in an exclusive cul-de-sac & backing a picturesque treed park, this gracious well designed home offers 5 bedrooms including a generous master ensuite, walk-in closet all separated from the other 4 bedrooms. Welcoming bright, high-ceiling entrance hall to impress visitors from which one enters an area including, a generous kitchen with island & adjoining eating area overlooking the family room . These areas are adjacent to the fenced rear garden. A formal dining room leads from the kitchen, & is ideal for entertaining. The large living room is currently used as an office. Double heated garage& walking distance to a French immersion school. Hurry. $659,000
The Whole Nine YardsNew Price! Unprecedented Low bank Oceanfront Estate with bells and whistles! A serious Yachtsman’s delight with very deep water for most boat drafts. Spectacular panoramic Ocean Vistas, indoor swimming pool, Dock, Boathouse, and Foreshore Licence are some of the key features. The Architecturally designed home was carefully positioned to take full advantage of every aspect of this wonderful location and outlook. The 5436 sq ft home is on 3 view levels and the ground floor could be a self-contained suite. 2 formal Living rooms, 3-4 Bedrooms and 5 Luxury baths! The accommodation is beautifully flexible to meet almost every fam-ily’s needs. The magnificent pool is completely surrounded by windows with a 13’ ft vaulted ceiling and hot tub. $1,450,000
83 Acres With 1/4 Mile OceanfrontNew Price! Stunningly beautiful Woodside farm with ap-prox 1450 ft of ocean front, 83.75 acres, of which approx 30 acres is forest: mostly Spruce and Balsam, with some Cedar and Alder. One residence is 2,262 sqft, the other a circa 1884, approx. 3,844 sqft farmhouse Amazing excellent condition working Dutch Barn, approx 5000 sqft with classic two levels. The farm is predominantly nurtured grassland and wood lot. It is a unique one of a kind offering adjacent to the Sooke town boundary. The farm was the home to the late Scotsman John Muir Senior who was a member of the V.I. Legislate and mined coal for the Hudson Bay Co. It remains an operating farm. Unique property with huge opportunity. $4,250,000
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FOR THE Love of Africa seeks an enthusiastic volunteer to manage its two Word Press websites. The Society pro-vides partnership opportunities for reliable organizations in needy areas of Tanzania. To-gether, the Society and the Tanzanian organizations pro-vide a brighter future for com-munities by building infrastruc-ture for education, health care and vulnerable children. Please call 250-891-0762.
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BLUE NOSE II professionally framed, 22x26, $25. Call (250)383-5390.
SINGER SEWING machine, $29. Antique lamp, $20. Framed animal picture, $5. Freezer for truck or camper, $5. Leather jacket, $20. An-tique mug, $10. Japanese tea set, $10. (250)391-6064
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WATKINS- VANILLA, Cinna-mon, & other products. I deliv-er. Call (250)217-8480, no text
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MISCELLANEOUS WANTED
ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700.
FIREARM BUYER looking for any type, any con-dition of fi rearms, whole es-tates to single, fair market val-ue paid, have all licences to purchase.Call (250)667-4862.
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“AN Experience of a Lifetime”- From July 4th to August 5th,the Saanich English LanguageSummer Academy will behosting International and Que-becois students (15 to 17years old). We are looking forfamilies who can host two stu-dents during the program.Please contact Michelle by e-mail [email protected] or call250.385.0583 to express yourinterest. You will be compen-sated $1,750.00 (2 studentsfor 5 weeks). We look forwardto hearing from you. (www.sel-sa.ca)
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GREAT TIME for pruning. Fruit, ornamental & native trees. Call Maxse for results. Senior disc. 250-634-0347.
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CLEANUP SPECIALS! Full yard maintenance. Home con-struction/reno’s etc. Call Chad 250-507-9933 for more info.
RENO SPECIALISTCarpentry, drywall,
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HAULING AND SALVAGE
$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.
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CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.
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.
PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Wes 250-812-7774.
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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.
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
SPRING SPECIALS! Paint and reno’s. Call David today for a free est. (250)885-0494
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PAINTING
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.
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PLUMBING
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PRESSURE WASHING
DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.
SIGNS
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STUCCO/SIDING
PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-516-5178.
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UPHOLSTERY
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WINDOW CLEANING
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Each spring thousands of Toastmasters from 135 countries compete in the International and Evaluation Speech Contests.
The competition begins with more than 15,000 club challenges to find winners who move up through a series of area, division and district lev-els. This huge annual contest culminates at the International championships held in Washington, D.C. in August.
Brad Buie took first place for his speech “The Danger of Persuasion” in the Oak Bay Toastmas-ters club-level competition while Max Stephan was runner-up with “My Best Journey.” Mary Douth-waite received top marks for her evaluation of a guest speech.
The Oak Bay winners and those from four other clubs were scheduled to compete for Victoria’s
Area 4 yesterday (Thursday), after the News went to press.
“Speakers come from all ages and backgrounds and guests will be entertained by a wide variety of topics and presentation styles,” says Anna Ras-mussen, an area director and longtime Oak Bay Toastmaster.
Eighteen clubs will compete in four area com-petitions followed by nine divisional competitions before the winners face-off in Washington.
Oak Bay Toastmasters offers a supportive envi-ronment that helps individuals become more effec-tive speakers, communicators and leaders.
The club meets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m in St. Pat-rick’s Church on Haultain Street. Learn more at oakbaytoastmasters.ca.
Oak Bay Toastmasters aim for international competition
Oak Bay Toastmasters, club-level International Speech winner Brad Buie (left) and runner-up Max Stephan, compete this week in a bid to earn a berth to an international speech competition.Photo contributed
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