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OAK BAYNEWSHarrison leaves behind colourful legacy

Christine van ReeuwykNews Staff

With a healthy respect for those who purchased his work, Ted Harrison painted daily in his Oak Bay Avenue studio for years. Despite that, he insisted he didn’t like being watched.

“People like to watch artists paint. The artist becomes part of the scene,” he said on the warm summer day in 2012 just prior to closing the gallery he had opened six years earlier. “I don’t particularly like to be watched.”

The famed Canadian artist died in Victoria on Friday at the age of 88.

Born in County Durham, England, Harrison dreamed about the arctic as a child, reading the works of Robert Service and Jack London. In 1968, after years of travelling the world, he realized his dream and settled with his family in the Yukon.

“I got to know him in some detail when he and [his wife] Nicky first came to town,” said Oak Bay artist Robert Amos. “I could tell he was a little bit anxious about leaving his beloved Yukon. He got over that quick, in part because Bob Wright took him salmon fishing up at Langara Lodge.”

Wright of Oak Bay Marine Group, who died in 2013, created the event

Painter’s at Painters Lodge in Campbell River.

“Ted was one of the founding members of that, and to tell you the truth he was always the star. He was the senior guy,” said Amos, pointing out the other top-notch names that showed for the annual event. It was there Amos met and learned more about the iconic painter Harrison.

“Ted’s not only a fantastic painter but the finest raconteur I have ever heard,” Amos said. “We’d be sitting in a group of 300 people … Ted always held everyone’s attention. No matter what else was going on.”

Harrison came to Oak Bay in 1993 and opened the studio in 2006 where fans from near and far would come and watch him work. Well known along The Ave, not long before the studio closed in late summer 2012, Harrison moved to a residence just beyond Oak Bay boundaries.

The renowned artist was known for his colourful depictions of the Yukon – where he spent two decades – and the Pacific Northwest where he spent the past two decades.

In 1987 he was awarded The Order of Canada. In 2004, he was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and presented with the Order of British Columbia in 2008. After Nicky died in 2000, Harrison was a champion for Alzheimer’s awareness. Harrison also donated his personal archive to the University of Victoria library in 2011.

Biographer Katherine

Gibson has heard tales of Harrison’s work bringing joy to those suffering dementia or illness. She spent four years interviewing him for Ted Harrison: Painting Paradise.

“Just recently I adapted that book into a children’s book, A Brush Full of Colour. I showed it to him and he looked at the painting on the cover… at this point Ted was failing, but I saw this twinkle in his eye and smile on his face,” Gibson said. “The tables had turned. Now he was getting pleasure in a very therapeutic way, that he’d given so many other people. Now his paintings were giving something very special to him.

“That was my last reflection of him.”

Harrison was born in 1926 to a coal miner and his wife in Wingate, northeast England.

“He was a man of solid integrity and had a character that reflected his upbringing,” Gibson said. “These were miners who never knew if they would be coming home … so these men were usually very religious, hard working. They were honourable people and that’s who Ted was. His handshake meant something.

“He just saw himself as a miner’s son. He never understood how important he was to Canada and to the Canadian art conversation… he was just doing what he loved.”

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Ted Harrison sits in front of some of his artwork just before the closing of his Oak Bay gallery in 2012.

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A meeting on the Mainland about deer management last week confirmed many things for Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen.

“We certainly heard we weren’t the only ones in British Columbia with problems of overpopulation of deer,” he said.

The meeting confirmed for him that relocation and contraception were not options and culls in the East Kootenay were successful.

Oak Bay applied, through the Regional Deer Management Strategy pilot project, to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations for a permit to proceed with a cull of 25 deer in Oak Bay this year.

Jensen and district staff heard from other communities about similar deer/human conflict situations such as vehicle collisions as

well as disease from feces and ticks.

“The ministry outlined all of the options that have been used elsewhere and are possible. Really it came down to the only option available to reduce population is culling,” Jensen said. “It confirmed what we heard through the CRD process and through other experts.”

While the permit had yet to be approved as of Monday, a contractor has been identified through an RFP process and would be trained. If granted, the permit would determine the process including time frame, which could run into March, Jensen said.

“Just because you get a permit doesn’t mean you use it,” says resident Kristy Kilpatrick. “Show leadership. We’ve got a better option here. I’m going to be optimistic and believe they will do the right thing.”

Kilpatrick calls processes put in place by Oak Bay to reduce deer/human conflict “perfunctory”. Those include the deer count, signage and education as well as a lack of public consensus.

The Oak Bay resident also wants to reprise the profile of the immunocontraceptive SpayVac as an option.

Saanich biologist Rick Page has worked with Mark Fraker, a biologist and president of SpayVac for Wildlife Inc. and TerraMar Environmental Research based in Sidney. SpayVac is considered experimental as it has not been widely used. However, Fraker has used it in the United

States and locally, at CFB Esquimalt and Maple Ridge, with positive results, according to Page.

“This is an opportunity for Oak Bay to do an incredible pilot project that I think people would buy into and support,” Kilpatrick said. “What Rick [Page] offers is an effective, long-term, humane solution. … I think it would meet with the values of the majority of the Oak Bay population.”

SpayVac has long

been part of the cull conversation, and approval must be granted by Health Canada and the province’s wildlife veterinarian to use it.

Page said it likely comes down to cost. A full pilot project with trained biologists would run in the range of $200,000 he said.

“We suggest $50,000 for a pilot project,” Page said, adding Brian Starzomski, assistant professor at UVic’s School of Environmental Studies, and instructor Jason Fisher are interested in a pilot vaccination research project.

A SpayVac project would still include trapping female deer in clover traps – using cameras to specifically trap does. They would get a needle, an ear tag

and be released. Ideally the deer is vaccinated against pregnancy for life, and monitored via the ear tag to ensure the contraception is working.

“I think it would be an amazing thing to be a leader in this issue and to bring down the emotional level,” Kilpatrick said.

Jensen notes the pilot project is not associated with a research project, but is a program to reduce deer population.

“At the workshop in Vancouver, in the presentation by the B.C. wildlife veterinarian, we were told contraceptive immunization, SpayVac itself is not being produced,” Jensen said. “Even if it were being produced, because it’s an

experimental drug it cannot be used in a program. It can only be used for a research program.

“If and when SpayVac is available and has been properly tested and approved, it’s something we can consider.”

One thing that was clarified during last week’s Mainland sessions, previously considered an unknown, was that a one-time cull will likely not be an option.

“What we learned from listening to the communities that have been through two years of cull, they see it as a longer-term project and we need to assess and evaluate that here in the region,” Jensen said. “This is a pilot project. We’ll need to assess and evaluate it once we’ve gone through it.”

He added they won’t know the costs associated directly with the culling process until a contract is awarded.

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Mayor says deer cull only option available

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A very wet deer examines a branch while nibbling on shrubs in the pouring rain in Saxe Point Park in Esquimalt.

Action plann Last week Oak Bay residents began to receive flyers from DeerSafe Victoria and Animal Alliance, asking that residents call a number when they see a deer trap. On its website, DeerSafe said it intends to film the modified clover trap/bolt gun cull.

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Recycling depot maintains steady paceChristine van ReeuwykNews Staff

Carnarvon Park plays host to monthly recycling to augment the roadside offerings thanks to the Oak Bay Green Committee volunteers. They commit to a depot the fourth Saturday of each month with the only concession this year being perhaps Boxing Day. But nothing else will stop them.

“It’s rain, shine, snow, doesn’t matter,” said co-chair Terri Hunter. “We always have people who say they haven’t heard about it … We do have regulars.”

A total of 66 households turned out last month to recycle soft plastics, hard plastics, foil, styrofoam and more. Likely some Christmas lights will be in the bin come this month’s round Jan. 24 at Carnarvon Park.

There was a rise in usage from its inception in October 2006 until 2008 “since the economy collapse,” said Hunter.

For the past three years since she came on, usage has maintained fairly level numbers, said treasurer Felicity Bradley. “It’s held pretty steady in both recyclers and volunteers,” she said.

Turnout is usually about 100 households,

which is the unit they use to monitor numbers. In the summer that rises to about 120, says Bradley.

“As the weather heats up, the number of people who turn out to recycle goes up,” Hunter said.

The committee has 25 active members and “lots of supporters who are interested,” Hunter said. Six to 12 volunteers man the recycling depot each month.

“There’s a core of regular people,” Bradley said. The Oak Bay Green Committee is a community

volunteer organization formed in 2005. The group initially formed as an ad hoc committee working for better tree protection bylaws but continued as a local environmental group.

Other OBGC projects include community school visits, supporting the sewage treatment alliance and organizing

the Pacific Mobile Depots for soft plastic recycling. The Oak Bay Green Committee donates from the proceeds of the recycling depot to different causes, for example, recently donating to plant Garry oak trees in Finnerty Gardens at the University of Victoria.

The community recycling depot runs the fourth Saturday of each month from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

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Oak Bay Green Committee members Kit Filan, left, Terri Hunter and Felicity Bradley with some of the items they and other volunteers take in for recycling the fourth Saturday of each month at Carnarvon Park.

What can be recycledn Small appliances, power tools and exercise machinesn Batteries (household including rechargeable) n Cellphones n Computers, monitors n Drink boxes n Milk cartons n Plastic containers (refundable beverage) n Plastic drink yokes n Plastic film and sheeting (soft plastics) n Plastic grocery bags n Plastic milk jugs n Stereos n Styrofoam n Telephones and answering machines n Tetra paksn Christmas lights

Eastside organization gets green light from CRDChristine van ReeuwykNews Staff

The newly formed CRD Eastside committee to explore sewage treatment options is official.

Coun. Ben Isitt reiterated his concern over the makeup of the two committees as the municipalities overlap with waste headed to both Clover Point and Macaulay Point outfalls.

However, the terms of reference are crafted to reflect geography as opposed to what

area uses which outfall.“I have a high expectation there

will be a collaboration between them [Eastside and Westside],” said Victoria Coun. Marianne Alto.

Saanich Coun. Vic Derman said he suspects the governance structure is not yet ideal and will evolve.

“It provides a forum, it starts a process,” Derman said. “We may find a need to alter it as time goes on.”

The committee is tasked with working with the Westside

committee and municipalities to explore potential common facilities and use of current CRD assets.

Meetings will be open to the public (unless closed in accordance with legislation) and the meetings are to be webcast and held in the CRD board room on Fisgard Street.

“I do think we absolutely need to have an open and transparent process between the two committees,” said Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps. “It can’t be two

mayors just meeting in a coffee shop … that doesn’t do it for me.”

The Eastside committee, fashioned after the Westside, will meet at least once a month and at the call of the chair.

“It’s a great opportunity for us all to be moving forward,” said Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardin.

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Eastside makeupn Membership is comprised of the designated number of representatives from each of the municipalities that are participants in the Core Area Liquid Waste Management Plan: Oak Bay (1), Saanich (5), Victoria (4)

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Did you do a “cleanse” to start the year? A diet or supplements to, you know, “detox” your body?

Please, if you did, I don’t want the details. I’m here to discuss the underlying assumptions of this fad. TV presenter Dr. Oz is a promoter of various schemes, soup diets and the like, but there are many books and consumer products being flogged.

“Supplements, tea, homeopathy, coffee enemas, ear candles and foot baths promise you a detoxified body,” writes Ontario pharmacist Scott Gavura, who treats cancer patients with medicine’s most potent drugs.

Frustrated by the pharmacy industry’s willingness to cash in on fake cures for nonexistent conditions, Gavura began contributing to ScienceBasedMedicine.org, where you can search “detox” to find his takedown of this notion.

He traces the roots of purification rituals in religious and medical history, such as when patients were bled with leeches.

Actual “detox” is administered in hospital for those with dangerous levels of drugs, alcohol or other poisons. Credible physicians abandoned theories of “autointoxication” in the 19th century.

“Today’s version of autointoxication argues that some

combination of food additives, salt, meat, fluoride, prescription drugs, smog, vaccine ingredients,

GMOs and perhaps last night’s bottle of wine are causing a buildup of ‘toxins’ in the body,” Gavura writes. “And don’t forget gluten. Gluten is the new evil and therefore, is now a toxin.”

Gluten-free products now occupy whole sections of grocery stores, not far from the pricey “organic” produce that may or may not be tested for synthetic

pesticides.Living in the Lower Mainland 20

years ago, I noticed people lugging big plastic jugs to the grocery store to fill with water. Metro Vancouver is a rainforest, with some of the best tap water in the world, so I wondered what they were trying to avoid.

Discreet inquiries yielded similar answers. Aside from the odd superstition about chlorine or fluoride, they had no idea at all. They didn’t know about the Coquitlam reservoir, or ozonation, or what they were buying, which was essentially municipal water run through a filter. They had been convinced to pay $2 for water in plastic bottles, and this somehow led to the conclusion that their tap water is only fit for washing clothes and driveways.

Vaccinations? Don’t get me

started. In the past year I have had an argument with a registered nurse at a blood donor clinic, annoyed that the Health Ministry denied her imagined “right” to infect frail patients with influenza, and with a veteran politician who only recently overcame a vague taboo against putting vaccines in her body.

It’s no wonder people constantly fall for enviro-scares like toxins from the Alberta oil sands that are actually concentrated in cities where all that fuel is burned, or the threat of genetically modified canola oil, or smart meters. The media are frequently part of the problem, lacking scientific literacy and preferring conflict over common sense.

Take Vancouver (please). The mayor rose to fame with a company that sold overpriced imported tropical fruit juice in single-serving plastic bottles. Calling it “Happy Planet” convinced a new generation of urban rubes that they’re doing something for the environment. Plus, there are “no chemicals” in it, to cite the central myth of hippy science.

At the risk of giving you too much information, I did a cleanse last year. It was for a screening colonoscopy, one of many that have taxed the B.C. health care system since a new test was added to the standard medical checkup.

Try that one if you’re over 50.Tom Fletcher is legislature

reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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More jobs wouldbring higher wages

A small crowd gathered in Victoria’s downtown last week to push for an increase to British Columbia’s minimum wage. Protesters took to the street outside the Bay Centre on Douglas Street for the Fight for Fifteen minimum wage blitz.

The Victoria campaign was echoed in Vancouver and elsewhere in the province to rally behind the B.C. Federation of Labour’s push to have the minimum wage raised to $15 an hour.

The call for an increase to B.C.’s $10.25 an hour

minimum wage puts forward several rational points. Something seems inherently wrong with the fact that those working full time at minimum-wage jobs must still live below the poverty line, and it’s been shown that those at the bottom end of the wage scale are more likely to inject any wage increases right back into the economy.

Business contends a spike in the minimum wage will result in a loss of jobs, but previous warnings of dire economic consequences have never materialized when wages increased in jurisdictions across Canada and the U.S. Premier Christy Clark, who raised the minimum wage from $8 to $10.25 in 2012, has said herself that further raises to the minimum wage could hurt job creation.

While we don’t believe a $15 an hour minimum wage will deliver a fatal blow to the province’s economy, we also don’t think raising the minimum wage is the cure to what ails the province’s workers. The $15 figure seems to have been arbitrarily set, and simply raising the minimum wage doesn’t address the underlying problem.

What is needed is for the province to provide tax credits and other incentives for companies that create jobs, whether they be minimum-wage or high-paying. More employment opportunities for workers would bring about higher wages for workers simply through the law of supply and demand. In contrast, the federal government has been busy introducing policies designed to place downward pressure on wages.

While a $5 jump in the minimum wage may not be the right move at this time, it’s time for the province to do something to counteract the economic damage Ottawa has inflicted on Canadian workers.

Tom FletcherB.C. Views

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Local MP needs to listen to science, not propagandaCognitive dissonance can be a painful experience.

All too often we hear our perfectly healthy friends and family complain about the (demonstrably false) health risks of MSG or aspartame, or gluten sensitivity in non-coeliacs.

Despite a total lack of conclusive evidence, our social media profiles are overburdened with claims that neonicotinoids are causing bee colony collapse. We guzzle down fish oil pills (with little effect) and ignore the consequences to marine life.

When did we learn to distrust the experts? How did we come to resort to labelling supporters of polemic

issues as shills for a nebulous corporate entity?The choices made by our elected representatives

should reflect the opinion of pundits, not the layman scientist.

Murray Rankin, our local NDP MP, supports the mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods despite overwhelming evidence that there is no substantive difference between natural crops and those developed by modern biotechnological methods.

Ask doctors (WHO, AMA, RSM), scientific pundits (AAAS, ASM), food scientists (FDA), or any other reputable source: there are no health risks or

environmental impacts exclusive to GM cultivars. GMOs reduce pesticide use and promote eco-friendly farming methods.

Monsanto should be famous for their charitable efforts worldwide while big organic companies consistently misinform the public about the evidence.

Want to help the environment? Start labelling foods based on something that matters: pesticide and fertilizer composition/dosage; or related carbon emissions.

Richard Liam NixonOak Bay

A two-pronged solution

Since we have shelved the floor ratio plan that would have limited the size of houses on small lots and are now embracing an official community plan which encourages massive densification and duplexes, I have come up with a brilliant idea which will solve the overpopulation of deer in Oak Bay.

First, remove all trees on your property and anything remotely green.

Second, build as large a house as possible, the more imposing the better, and make sure it has absolutely no setbacks or side garden to attract the deer.

The deer in return will have nothing to eat, and so as not to starve to death will be forced to travel to greener pastures. Problem solved.

Rachel McDonnellOak Bay

Columbia treaty costly to B.C.

Re: U.S ripping us off on water, in the Jan. 7 Oak Bay News.

Mr. Mac Clark from 1962 to 1992, represented B.C. and Canada for the

International Joint Commission on Water between Canada and the U.S.A.

Mac was my director while I worked in hydrology for Environment Canada. Mac and two of my bosses renegotiated annually with the American Corp of Engineers the amount of water B.C. could provide them based on our freshwater forecasts.

Yes, the survival of both Columbia River and Fraser River salmon relies on adequate water flow and depth and cool enough water temperatures.

However, not mentioned in Tom Fletcher’s article is the ongoing leaching of radiation from Hanford into the Columbia River, which can drift north into B.C. fish-bearing waters. The radiation is public knowledge in the U.S.A., not well known to the B.C. public

Hanford is the most contaminated site in the U.S.A. and the most expensive toxic site to clean up, even more so than Love Canal. It was the Second World War’s largest secret site for concentrating radioactive material

for the Hiroshima bomb.

PBS had a recent program on how sick the workers are still getting due to exposure while cleaning up this site. B.C.’s Teck Cominco north of Hanford was one of many Canadian contributors to Hanford.

In 1995, some of the 45,000 scientists and engineers Ottawa laid off were relocated to Canadian universities as adjunct and associate professors.

However, the directorates, such as Inland Waters from 1970 to 1990, which oversaw national standards for water quality and hydrology, were closed. So the fragmented remains of Canadian research survive at our universities and the ‘national’ health and safety standards for humans, fish, animals, etc. downloaded or extinguished since 1995, especially since 2001. Hanford is the worst case for both our salmon, animals and humans.

It’s a sad comment on Canadian science, when I am forced to rely on international research for best practice examples.

Regarding the Columbia River Treaty,

70 years later Hanford is still affecting Pacific Northwest fish regardless of Columbia’s hydrology. Once in awhile articles still appear in U.S. papers about this.

The Columbia River Treaty is not just about the lost economic opportunity costs.

Susan RowntreeVictoria

Cartoon over the line

The cartoon in Jan. 14 Oak Bay News is a bit over the top and unnecessary, don’t you think ?

One thing for certain is that “free speech” will survive no matter what manic terrorists do and perhaps it would have been better for cartoonist I. Rice to illustrate that certainty rather than belatedly jump on the Gallic bandwagon. After all, it is only a matter of weeks since we in Canada had our own wake-up call of what mindless fanaticism is capable of.

Maybe it is now time for those who can do more and for those who wish to comment with crayons, to dismount and settle for their more usual

and better suited level of trivia.

Derrick JohnsOak Bay

CRD flushes work down the drain

Your Jan. 14 editorial (Making the best of a bad situation) says Esquimalt ‘denied required rezoning’ last spring. That isn’t quite true. The zoning (for use and density) was in place. CRD wanted a few ‘variations’ within that zoning. That’s a fairly common situation, for both technical and neighbour concerns. Esquimalt duly held a hearing, nominally on those variances, but then did the almost unprecedented thing of taking back the underlying zoning instead of ruling on the subject of the hearing.

The applicant CRD didn’t fight or sue, as any normal applicant, having spent so much money, in faith, on properly zoned land, would have done. What you describe as the Esquimalt mayor’s ‘intransigence’ appears to have trumped all the common sense and good nature of the whole rest of the CRD board – and the years of work of its staff and

consultants.In 2008, Esquimalt

had requested that the plant be at McLoughlin Point. In 2014, the McLoughlin Point plan (except, perhaps, for the remote bio-solids processing) had evolved into what seemed like the rational answer to regional needs, whether or not there are alternatives – and if one abandons all the smart people who say nothing is required.

From the information I have seen, McLoughlin failed because the CRD board caved in to Esquimalt’s abuse of the variance process, not because rezoning was denied.

Claude MauriceOak Bay

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Oak Bay solidified its hold atop the Island’s senior boys basketball by capturing the Victoria City Police Tournament.

The Bays dropped the host St. Michaels Blue Jags 63-55 in Saturday’s final.

“Matt Grey had a very good final game and the boys are playing pretty solid right now,” said Oak Bay coach Chris Franklin.

“I think we were able to wear them down physically a little bit and that helped out in the end. All the games we play against St. Mike’s every year are pretty close.”

Grey paced the Bays with 25 points in the final on his way to earning tournament MVP. Oak Bay’s Atlas St. Paul Butler was named to the tournament all-star team.

Oak Bay opened the tournament with a convincing 81-33 win over the Spectrum Thunder before getting past the Lambrick Park Lions 74-60 in the semifinal.

“We have pretty good balance on our team. I think every game in the tournament someone else was leading scorer,” said Franklin. “I’m

pretty lucky that way, we’ve got good balance and a lot of skilled players. That’s one of the things that really helped us this year.”

That balance has allowed the Bays to hold down the No. 3 spot in the B.C. boys AAAA rankings, behind Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox Ravens and the Burnaby South Ravens.

Franklin said the tournament was just one step for the Bays as they progress towards the provincial championships in March.

“The guys are playing solid basketball, you just want them to continue to get better,” he said. “Hopefully, we’ll be in a good place and be healthy and see how it goes in the end.”

West Vancouver Highlanders toppled Lambrick Park 72-63 to claim third place in the tourney. St. Michaels brushed back the Highlanders 64-41 to advance to the finals. The Blue Jags currently hold down the No. 2 ranking for AA senior boys while Lambrick Park is in the No. 3 spot.

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More than a decade after hanging up his cleats, Oak Bay’s Steve Sinclair will again be suiting up for the Seattle Mariners.

Sinclair will be among those taking part in the Seattle Mariners Winter Caravan tonight at the Fairmont Empress Hotel.

The Victoria HarbourCats are teaming with the Greater Victoria Baseball Association and the Fairmont to bring the Caravan to Victoria. The free event runs Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Ivy Room in the Fairmont Empress Hotel.

Mariners pitchers James Paxton and Charlie Furbush will be on hand to sign autographs and will be joined by mascot Mariner Moose, Mariners broadcaster Dave Sims and Sinclair, a former reliever with the Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays.

“I went on [the Caravan]

several years ago when I was with the Mariners,” said Sinclair, who now works as the general manager of Oak Bay Marina.

He said when the Mariners asked him to be a part of the event, he jumped at the chance.

“For me, it’s fun to get back and still have that connection. It’s great to be part of something that was a big part of my life from the early ‘90s to 2003.”

After spending two seasons in the majors with Seattle and Toronto, Sinclair finished out his career with the Chicago Cubs’ AAA affiliate in Iowa.

“I was working to get back up [to the majors] until an arm injury forced me out,” he recalled. “I had to make that tough decision that every ball player has to make at one point in his career.”

While Sinclair sometimes still gets the itch to climb back onto the mound, he satisfies it by helping coach his son’s

clubs with Carnarvon.Sinclair made a few starts

while in the minors but made his mark in the big leagues coming out of the bullpen in relief.

He said there’s a different mindset that goes along with being a relief pitcher.

“You have to be ready every day, mentally and physically,” said the left-hander. “You had to ensure you could get ready in a hurry too. As a reliever, sometimes you’re up and you’ve only thrown five or six balls and you’re trotting out there.”

He said the fastball and cutter were his go-to pitches.

“For me, I pitched a lot off my fastball. A little later in my career I developed a cutter that was a good pitch for me, not only against right-handers, as it would cut in on their hands, but it was a good pitch on left-handers because I could make it more of a hard slider.”

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Bays snare crown fromVictoria Police tourney

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Matthew Griffin converts a rebound for the Bays against Spectrum at the Victoria City Police Tournament.

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Eclectic Gallery in Oak Bay has introduced “salon” style exhibits this year, featuring several gallery artists who really immerse themselves in their vision of discovery. Featured artists include Jennifer Zizman, Desiree Bond, Mark Brennan, Naomi Grindlay, Chin Yuen and Alanna Sparanese. Try and see this exhibit before it ends on Feb. 28.

Ajna Yoga Centre, located at 2185 Theatre Lane in Oak Bay, has been awarded accreditation by The International Association of Yoga Therapists. The IAYT is the only professional yoga organization in the world to provide international accreditation services for the emerging field of yoga therapy. Ajna have regular yoga classes but you are

also able to complete courses on teaching yoga.

Katherine Haupt has joined Carlton House on Oak Bay Avenue as the new community relations liaison. “I am proud to represent Carlton House and its wonderful residents.” She has many years experience in customer service and management and a keen interest in building and maintaining relationships.

Dermatologist Dr. Julian Hancock, a resident of Oak Bay, has recently opened

the new Fairfield Skin Clinic, located at 1494 Fairfield Rd. You can find out more about his services on his website: DrSkinBotox.com.

If you would love to own a beautiful Le Creuset Pot, Cobs in Oak Bay is running a contest for you to win one. Visit the store before Jan. 28 and enter. Competition rules apply.

A new book shop has opened at St Mary’s Anglican Church, called The Church Mouse. The doors will be open to the public between Tuesday and Friday from 1.30 to 4 p.m. It’s an ideal place for book lovers to while away some time. You can take a book and leave a donation. All donations will go towards the various charities the church supports.

Another great fundraising endeavor will be taking place every Sunday

morning at the Willows Tea Room at Willows Beach until the end of March. Volunteers from the Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion Foundation are selling breakfasts from 9 a.m. until noon. Raised funds are put towards projects to improve the quality of life for the residents of the Oak Bay Kiwanis Cedar Hill Pavilion. A brisk walk and then breakfast, ideal.

If you are looking for a means to protect your garden plants from being eaten or would like to have an area enclosed, John Creviston from Beautiful World Environments may be able to help. He builds bespoke enclosures. Visit www.abeautifulworld.org to view some of his past projects.

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Saul Klein, dean of the Gustavson School of Business, admits he vaguely remembers the year he was 25.

With a chuckle at his own expense, Klein helped The Peter B. Gustavson School of Business celebrate its 25th birthday with a cake and a crowd of supporters Thursday (Jan. 15).

“A time of youthful energy and boundless optimism, a time to tackle new challenges and explore ways to make the world a better place,” he said, prior to cutting the cake. “We see the promise of all of this and more as we expand as a business school and continue to pioneer excellence in business education.”

The Gustavson School of Business is relatively small, with about 1,100 students,

faculty and staff. Over the quarter century it has inspired more than 5,000 students, and alumni excel in various fields of business globally.

The 25th anniversary will be celebrated throughout the entire year, with a series of events including the Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Award – this year’s recipient will be David Foster – which takes place in May.

World Gustavson Day planned for June 2015, which will include a live webcast to all Gustavson School of Business alumni, features a keynote speaker and a look forward at the next 25 years. The Gustavson School of Business will unveil its Top 25 Alumni to Watch throughout 2015.

Much like Klein recalling his own 25th year, the school invites the public to submit a birthday wish if they were turning 25. Enter the contest online at gustavson birthdaywish.hscampaigns.com/.

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Saul Klein, dean, and David McCutcheon, associate dean, tackle the second layer of an impressive birthday cake to celebrate the 25th birthday of the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business at UVic last Thursday.

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Show of supportA group of local whale-lovers brave the cold and drizzle at Willows Beach on Saturday to support Lolita, a southern resident killer whale being held in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium. Jan. 17 was a Lolita rally day in the U.S. and Canada, with groups on both sides of the border calling for her release. A plan has been devised involving a sanctuary bay on the San Juan Islands and possible eventual reintegration of Lolita into her family which swims off our shores. Anyone wanting to join the fight for Lolita’s release can get information at the Washington state-based Orca Network at orcanetwork.org/Lolita.

Harrison showed a commitment to kidsWith years spent working as

a teacher, youth were always a part of his repertoire.

Amos worked alongside Harrison in the artists in schools program created by now Oak Bay arts laureate Barbara Adams at Monterey middle school.

“Barb had us there every year to work with the kids at the school. Of course Ted was always a great star, but also he didn’t need to do this,” said Amos, noting Harrison was in his late 70s by this time.

“He had a real commitment to kids. He travelled the world and made himself available to all sorts of groups and

associations.” Harrison also authored

children’s books including A Northern Alphabet and illustrated Robert Service’s The Cremation of Sam McGee and The Shooting of Dan McGrew.

“He used to say to kids ‘Use your imagination, there’s life in your imagination. Don’t worry about what other people are saying’,” Gibson recalled.

“He was quick with a story, he would stop in the middle of a street and sing a little ditty if he felt like it. Going for a walk with Ted was quite an experience, walking a block could take 20 minutes … He noticed everything.”

Despite his professed dislike for appearing in public, it was common practice. He was a regular at the Moss Street Paint In, where his unique process of working made him an ideal artist to interact with. While onsite he was simply following a plan already conceived, Amos explained.

“He developed his paintings in his mind at night and he completely understood the design, the drawing, the colours. It was completely formed in his mind and when he got up in the morning he was ready.”

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CRD task force steps up First Nations engagementChristine van ReeuwykNews Staff

A trio of Capital regional directors make up a new chair’s task force to explore governance relationships with area First Nations.

Sooke Mayor Maja Tait, Central Saanich Mayor Ryan Windsor and Victoria Coun. Marianne Alto will do “emissary-type work, going out and listening to and speaking to First Nation groups,” said CRD chair Nils Jensen.

“It fulfills the direction of the board to move forward building bridges with First Nations,” he said, adding the new task force

is a direct reflection of the last CRD board’s desire to create a governance relationship with local First Nations

“This is the first step in that, for the CRD to reach out to the First Nations and get their views on how best to co-ordinate their interests and aspirations with the CRD.”

The CRD board approved the appointment of the special task force on First Nations engagement to meet with CRD First Nations to develop options for bringing First Nations into the CRD governance framework and report back to the chair and governance committee within 12 months.

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The coast of British Columbia

has been a maritime highway for millennia.

First Nations have always used B.C. waterways as the most efficient way of traversing the challenging landscape of mountains and fjords that give our province its distinctive beauty.

The Tlingit people of the Alaska panhandle were particularly famous for their far-ranging dugout canoes, which would regularly make the 1,400-kilometre journey to Puget Sound for the sake of trade.

With the coming of European settlers in the 19th century, this coastal highway remained the primary mode of travel, but the boats found in its waters gradually changed.

Steamships, often paddle-wheeled but with two masts to provide the option of sail instead of steam, busily chugged along the straits of Vancouver Island carrying men, equipment and goods. The most famous, and certainly most iconic of these early vessels, was the SS Beaver.

When I was growing up in Victoria the modern, replica Beaver, which sank in Cowichan Bay last year after sitting derelict for some time, could often been seen in the Inner Harbour –

an intriguing floating anachronism.

We have a wonderful model of the Beaver in the Maritime Museum of B.C. collection, along with a few objects made from her salvaged material, and visitors often ask me how the original came to be at an outpost as remote as Victoria was in the 1840s.

In 1835, the SS Beaver was built for the Hudson’s Bay Company by Blackwall Yard, a well-known shipbuilder on the London banks of the Thames. Blackwall Yard had only built their first steamship in 1821, but when it closed its doors in 1987 it had been repairing and building ships for more than 350 years.

The Beaver was a brigantine, equipped with two masts for sail as well as steam-propelled paddle wheels. She was even designed to

use saltwater in her boilers, though this worked a lot better in theory than in practice, as the salinity corroded the boiler walls. She required a new boiler about every seven years over the course of her lifetime.

Measuring 31 metres in length and 10 metres at her widest point over her paddle boxes, the Beaver was of a middling size and designed to be versatile enough to travel open and sheltered waters, while transporting all manner of cargo and passengers.

She was sailed, not steamed, on a six-month voyage across the Atlantic and around the Horn before she finally arrived at Fort Vancouver in 1836. There her engines and boilers were finally connected, and her paddles were shipped.

Now Vancouver,

Wash., at the mouth of the Columbia River, Fort Vancouver was the main Hudson’s Bay trading post in the Pacific Northwest.

She was based there, along with James Douglas and his men, until it became clear that the area would fall into American hands when the Oregon Treaty was finalized (as it was in 1846) and the 49th parallel was established as the border.

So, in 1843, Fort Victoria was established instead as the main Hudson’s Bay post on the west coast, and the Beaver did her duty as a fur trading vessel as far north as Alaska, and as far south as California, but always returned to Victoria as her home port.

During this period she was captained by William McNeill, who owned a large piece of land in what is now

Oak Bay. McNeill Avenue is named after him and his home stood near Victoria Avenue and Beach Drive.

He was known to sound the steam horn as he passed by Gonzales and McNeill bays. Thus prompted, his son would rig up the horse and buggy to go meet him in Victoria’s harbour and provide a lift home.

The Beaver was a familiar presence in coastal communities far and wide, but when the Fraser River Gold Rush arrived in 1858, she was repurposed as a passenger vessel, ferrying miners to the mainland, then known as New Caledonia.

She spent the 1860s and early 1870s as a surveying ship and was finally sold in 1874 to the B.C. Towing and Transportation Co., and worked as a towboat until she came to a rather inglorious end in 1888.

Rumor has it that her crew was drunk the day they ran the Beaver aground at Prospect Point, in what is now Stanley Park. This historic vessel sat rotting on the rocks for four years, a novelty for visitors to Stanley Park, and a sitting duck for salvagers who came and stripped her of her vital pieces as souvenirs.

In 1892 she finally sank beneath the waves. Further salvaging of the wreck was done in the 1960s, including raising a boiler and parts of her paddle wheels. Some

of these are on display in the Vancouver Maritime Museum today, and others were made into novelty objects, like the cigarette boxes and canes that we have at MMBC.

The wreck has dramatically disintegrated since then, but her rotting skeleton still lies in Burrard Inlet, the submerged ghost of the most iconic ship in B.C. history.

•••Kate Humble is an

Oak Bay High grad and the education curator for the Maritime Museum of British Columbia. Questions can be sent to: [email protected].

SS Beaver was a true West Coast icon

Kate HumbleMaritime History

Maritime Museum of B.C.

The SS Beaver was a familiar presence in coastal British Columbia. Throughout most of its career its port-of-call was Victoria.

“In 1835, the SS Beaver was built for the Hudson’s Bay Company by Blackwall Yard, a well-known shipbuilder on the London banks of the Thames.”

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While the University of Victoria staff, students and alumni look forward to the anticipated opening of the brand new Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities, they do so while appreciating the legacy created on the hardwood of the McKinnon Gym.

In recognition of the memories created within its storied walls, the school is asking the community to share its favourite stories and photos from the last 40 years, an opportunity to recognize an important chapter of UVic’s history as the campus transitions to using both McKinnon Gym and the new centre in the spring of 2015.

Built in 1975, the McKinnon Gym has been home to Vikes Athletics, the school of exercise science, physical and health education and recreation users from the campus

and community. The building is iconic for the gymnasium floor, home of the Vikes basketball programs, as well as the indoor pool, dance studio, squash courts and main lobby area.

Stories and photos from the classrooms, exam time or working out, the swimming pool or gymnasium are all welcome. Written submissions and photos can be posted with a caption online at facebook.com/iheartmck. Submissions are requested by Feb. 5 and will be a part of a celebration at the final varsity basketball game.

The McKinnon building was named for legendary Victoria sports community member Archie McKinnon (1896-1984) who coached Canadian athletes at four Olympic games and was a swimming and track and field instructor at the YMCA.

UVic’s varsity basketball teams will grace Ken and Kathy Shields Court inside McKinnon Gym for one last time on Feb. 14 in their final regular season home games. The women tip off at 5 p.m., while the men play at 7 p.m.

Public invited to sharememories of McKinnonFinal varsity game set for Feb. 14 at historic UVic facility

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Ken and Kathy Shields (shown here in 2007) built years of memories at the McKinnon Gym. Share stories and photos of the UVic building at facebook.com/iheartmck.

Monterey session putsfocus on fall prevention

According to the B.C. Ministry of Health, falls are the leading cause of injury for seniors.

On Jan. 26, a session at Monterey Recreation will address the issue that one in three British Columbians over the age of 65 will fall once every year.

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physiotherapist from Island Health will review common risk factors for falls, strategies to decrease the risk of falling and the importance of balance and physical activity in preventing falls.

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First, let’s learn some facts around falls…• One-third of people aged 65 and over typically fall once or more each year.• Almost half of the admissions to long-term care facilities are fall-related.• Most falls occur in seniors’ homes.• Women are 3 times more likely than men to be hospitalized for a fall.

How can I reduce the risk of a fall at home?• Falls usually happen due to loss of balance, side e� ects of medicine, impaired mobility or vision and environmental hazards.• Make sure stairs are well lit and free of clutter.• Remove all throw rugs or scatter mats or use a non-skid backing with � at edges.• Watch that your pets are not under foot. Place a bell on the collar so you know where they are.• Make sure there is a clear path from your bedroom to the bathroom.• Have a cordless phone near your bed.• Sit on the edge of your bed for a minute before getting up a� er a rest.• Keep your front entrance well lit – consider motion-sensitive lights.• Install grab bars by the toilet, bathtub and shower.• Avoid rushing or carrying too much.• Maintain an active and healthy lifestyle through exercise, good nutrition, regular physical check-ups and ear and eye exams.

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

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Thursday, Jan. 22

Glorious Gershwin Pops series at Royal Theatre Jan. 22 at 2 p.m., Jan. 23 & 24 at 8 p.m. Get wrapped up in the rhythms and melodies of the legendary George Gershwin. Tickets starting at $30.

Friday, Jan. 23Drop-in Family

Storytime from 10:30-

11 a.m. at the Oak Bay Branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Ave.

Robbie Burns Day. Cook Street Village Activity Centre, 380 Cook St., 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Info: cookstreetvillage activitycentre.com.

Victoria Royals vs. Kamloops Blazers. Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre,

7:30 p.m. Info: victoriaroyals.com.

Journey to James Island to restore rare sand spit habitat. The public is invited to join the Nature Conservancy of Canada at a special conservation volunteer event to restore rare sand spit habitat on James Island. The event will be held Jan. 22 and 23 from 8:45

a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Meet at the James Island dock at 8:45 a.m., the boat leaves the dock at 9 a.m. sharp. The dock is at the end of James Island Road, Central Saanich. RSVP is required as the boat fills up quickly. Sign up here: http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1803&ea.campaign.id=34893&en_

chan=fb&en_ref=48672409. For more information: [email protected] or 250-479-3191.

Saturday, Jan. 24Volkssport - 5/10 km

walk. Meet at Harbour Towers, 345 Quebec St. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Randy at 250-590-7175.

Victoria Royals vs. Kamloops Blazers. Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, 7 p.m. Info: victoriaroyals.com.

Sunday, Jan. 25Jack and the

Beanstock a concert for kids at 2:30 p.m. Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St. Join Dandi Productions and the Victoria Symphony for this wildly entertaining concert providing plenty of unexpected twists and a constant parade of inspired theatrics. Tickets start at $20.

Volkssport - 5/10 km walk. Meet at Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee St. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Cheryl at 250-385-8990.

Burns Memorial – Celebrate the birthday of Robert Burns with a brief ceremony at the Burns Statue at 2 p.m. (sponsored by the Saltire Society of Victoria) followed at 2:30 by a concert and tea at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Kirk Hall at 680 Courtney St. (sponsored by the Victoria Highland Games Association). Admission by donation. For more information contact Lianne Hunter at 250-385-8744.

Monday, Jan. 26Falls prevention free

talk with an Island Health physiotherapist. Meet at 9:30 a.m. in the Dogwood Room at Monterey rec centre, 1442 Monterey Ave.

Family Literacy Week: ABC fun for young children and their families (children

under three must be accompanied by an adult). Enjoy alphabet stories and create your very own alphabet collage book. Supplies provided. Register at gvpl.ca or call 250-940-GVPL (4875) for more information. Starts 11:30 a.m. at the Oak Bay branch of the GVPL, 1442 Monterey Ave.

Storytimes & Puppet Plays from 10:30 to 11 a.m. for babies 0-15 months and their caregiver. Learn songs, rhymes and fingerplays to use with your baby every day. No registration required at the Oak Bay branch of the GVPL, 1442 Monterey Ave.

Tuesday, Jan. 27Drop in Toddler time,

for youngsters 16-35 months and their caregiver. Toddler-terrific stories, songs, rhymes and puppets. No registration required. Starts 10:30 a.m. at the Oak Bay branch of the GVPL, 1442 Monterey Ave.

One-on-one learning about e-readers and computers at the Oak Bay library at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Registration required at gvpl.ca or call 250-940-GVPL (4875).

Wednesday, Jan. 28Gerry Dee live at

McPherson Playhouse at 7:30 p.m. Dee is a comedian you do not want to miss. He will provide you with a night of laughter you will never forget. Tickets start at $49.

ODC DANCE at the Royal Theatre Jan. 29 & 30 at 7:30 p.m. Inspiration for this work came from the discovery of a rare original edition of Euclid’s Elements, perhaps the most influential work in the history of mathematics. Tickets start at $29.

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Get Involved in the Public Participation Process for Island View BeachThe Capital Regional District (CRD) is updating the Island View Beach Regional Park Management Plan. In this first step of a four-step public participation process, the CRD will present scientific information about the park. The purpose of step 1 is to develop a common understanding of the natural environment found in the park, and add to that information base through public feedback. Join us for this presentation and discussion.Date: January 29, 2015 | Time: 6 – 9pm Leonardo De Vinci Centre, 195 Bay Street, Victoria Date: February 5, 2015 | Time: 6 – 9pm Saanich Fairgrounds-Main Hall, 528 Stellys Cross Road, SaanichtonMeeting format: 6 - 6:30pm Greeting, refreshments 6:30 - 8:30pm Scientific presentation, questions and discussion 8:30 - 9pm Time to complete response formThe presentation and response form are also available online www.crd.bc.ca/parks.

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