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Christine van ReeuwykNews staff

In the ongoing pursuit of quality, a pair of Jamies aim to add shine to the lives around them. Jamie Neilson of Oak Bay and Jamie Gagan of Langford hope to have men, perhaps women as well, investing in quality shoes, and maintenance.

“Men’s care products, they’re huge right now,” said Neilson, citing friends earning a living in beard wax sales.

They noticed men these days seem to be taking more care in their appearance; a return to classic looks and styles.

The Shinekits endeavour started with Gagan discovering under-serviced keywords online. Among them the demand for shoe shine kits with little decent product available.

“Everyone has one nice pair of shoes that they don’t wear every day but they need to polish,” Gagan said.

With a background in the import business, Neilson went in search of the products needed to create the kits. They priced out less expensive items that they could turn around quickly and cheaply, but their moral sensibilities and desire to create something long lasting, a potential heirloom even, won out.

“Hopefully people are willing to pay for quality,” Neilson said.

Turns out they are. “We went from idea to launch and $1,500 in sales within

eight weeks,” Neilson said. The website, shinekits.com went live in June and they’ve shipped around the world including Australia, South Wales and the U.S.

“We’re having fun, and it’s nice to create something,” Neilson said.

Pair putting newshine on old idea

Signs sparkdebate onTwitterChristine van ReeuwykNews staff

Campaign signs sparked a Twitter conversation this weekend between a handful of Oak Bay council candidates.

Incumbent Coun. Kevin Murdoch tweeted a photo of the signs along the boulevard of Cedar Hill X Road reminding fellow candidates in a plea for candidates to abide by Oak Bay’s “no signs on public property” rule.

Oak Bay’s sign bylaw prohibits political signs on public property. Specifically, political signs can’t be erected more than 30 days prior to election, must be removed within seven days and can’t be put up on public property or where they interfere with traffic safety.

Staff at municipal hall take a practical approach, they say, to the bylaw during election time. Unless there’s a specific complaint or traffic safety concern most signs are left alone.

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University of Victoria Art History and Visual Studies Prof. Marcus Milwright displays the first page of a two-volume diary, composed of sketches from the First World War. Milwright and others at the university are on a mission to identify the book’s author.

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Experts at the University of Victoria hope history buffs can help them discover the mystery author of a two-volume leather diary that depicts intimate sketches from the front lines of the First World War.

The diary, which was first documented in the university’s archives in the 1970s, includes only the initials “J.M.” and a dedication that reads: “To my daughter Adele.” But it’s only now researchers are reaching out to the public in hopes of dis-covering its origin.

“There’s an image that dates to 1920, so we know J.M. sur-vived the war,” said Marcus Milwright, UVic art history and visual studies professor.

Milwright is co-curating the Arts of World War I exhibit open-ing Nov. 7 at the university’s library, and said he knew there was one item in the Special Col-

lections and University Archives collections he “just had to use. But there’s only one problem: I have no idea who it actually belonged to.”

The diary contains approxi-mately 130 sketches and draw-ings ranging from caricatures to sombre images of trench art. The varied scenery implies J.M. was likely a soldier, possibly an officer, as one sketch depicts officers reclining in a train where lower ranked soldiers would likely not have had access.

“There’s a very detailed sketch in the first volume of an officer’s quarters, called the Lit-tle Grey Home in the Wet,” said Lara Wilson, director of UVic Special Collections.

Another clue to J.M.’s iden-tity are watercolour paintings of the Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery emblems, which are both British Army units.

“The images are primarily from France and Belgium, and specifically in the areas of Ypres

and Menin,” Wilson said.The images are striking both

for their quality and their variety, she said. There are grim, real-istic sketches of bodies strewn across fields with burning farm-houses in the background.

Other images depict carica-tures of senior officers or the everyday happenings of sol-diers in the trenches.

“I think J.M. is somebody who’s trying to get across dif-ferent aspects of war,” Milwright said.

“There’s what you might expect – images of death and destruction – but he’s also try-ing to get across some of the humour and absurdity of war-fare as well. There are some cari-catures that aren’t unkind, but he does reserve his most biting images when it comes to senior figures of authority. I do get the sense he was not particularly impressed by the people at the top.”

Wilson has no record of where

the diary came from, only that it was purchased from a private seller. UVic Libraries has been trying for to solve the mystery for years as well, and experts hope the First World War cen-tennial will spark new leads.

Milwright’s theory is it was sold by a family member, pos-sibly through an estate sale fol-lowing the death of J.M.’s daugh-ter.

“I think this was an educated person,” Wilson said. “Some-body with some training, who would have had access to these materials.”

Arts of World War I runs Nov. 7 to March 3 at the UVic Library exhibition space and is open to the public. The sketches can also be viewed online at bit.ly/1yzCLAv.

Anyone with information about the identiy of J.M. or Adele M. or the origin of the diary is asked to contact Milwright at [email protected].

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A full-scale rescue was put on for a border collie that escaped its yard in Fairfield and made its way to King George Terrace on Nov. 1.

The dog, which was later discovered to be pregnant, was reported to Victoria Animal Control Services as running along Beach Drive and onto the Victoria Golf Course. An animal control officer spotted the dog and followed her on foot, losing sight of the frightened animal in the 900-block of Beach Drive just after noon.

A search was conducted through several waterfront properties and the dog was located about 20 minutes later clinging to a ledge on the side of a vertical rock face. The dog had tried to jump across a narrow ravine and landed on the ledge half way down to the water.

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terrain animal control officers were unable to reach the dog and called the Oak Bay Fire Department for assistance.

“We took a number of these border collie mixes from a man – a recluse really – who lives in the interior,” said Penny Stone, of the Victoria Humane Society. “The dogs are not used to being around anyone, they’re used to being with one man and 40 or 50 other dogs.”

The Oak Bay Fire Department arrived and set up a rope rescue system using nearby trees so a firefighter could be lowered down to the dog. Oak Bay Sea Rescue was also called to attend the scene in the event the dog jumped into the ocean.

“It was a great rescue,” said Stone. “I can’t thank the Oak Bay Fire Department and the Sea Rescue enough for everything they did.”

When all services were in place Oak Bay firefighter Kyle Beaumont was lowered

approximately 20 feet to the dog.

Wearing bite-proof gloves borrowed from Animal Control, Beaumont was able to befriend the stressed dog. He fastened a rope onto its harness and the dog was secured into a soft animal stretcher provided by Animal Control. Other firefighters then provided the muscle power to bring the firefighter and dog up and out of the narrow ravine.

“Honestly I thought they’d never find her let alone rescue her like that. It was just amazing,” said Stone.

Beaumont called Stone later to check on Mopsie, who had escaped her foster home by digging under a fence.

“He did ask about adopting the puppy – it was so sweet when he called – I said, ‘you’ve got to be kidding. You saved our dog’s life of course you can adopt the puppy.’”

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The climate debate, which all left-thinking people insist is over, has erupted in the B.C. legislature over our nascent liquefied natural gas industry.

Chilliwack-Hope B.C. Liberal MLA Laurie Throness heated things up by announcing that he’s “agnostic” on the subject of human-caused global warming. The religious terminology is intentional, he said, because this is how climate change is currently discussed – deniers, believers and so on.

Throness mentioned the inflated elephant in the room, 18 years with little or no average global surface temperature rise, even as greenhouse gas emissions keep rising around the world.

Needless to say, Green Party MLA and climate scientist Andrew Weaver was aghast at this heresy. And NDP MLAs lined up behind former Sierra Club high priest George Heyman to ridicule Throness, inadvertently proving his point about their rather nasty religious zeal.

I’m also skeptical on global warming, as regular readers will know, and so are many voting adults in Canada and elsewhere. And I agree with Throness’ main point that B.C. shouldn’t sacrifice its energy economy while the jury is still out.

Most politicians who presume to decide the fate of this vital and threatened industry have at

best visited a well or plant site, and media information about the industry is often from questionable protesters. So today I’d like to provide some background on the natural gas industry, as someone who grew up with it and worked in it in northeastern B.C.

Natural gas is mostly methane, the main ingredient in farts. It

is many times more potent than carbon dioxide as a heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere, which is one reason it is often flared rather than vented if it isn’t captured for use as fuel.

Raw natural gas may contain carbon dioxide, a key plant food and component of exhaled breath that has been rebranded as pollution. Gas from the Horn River Basin, one of B.C.’s largest deep shale formations, contains 10 per cent or more CO2, more than conventional gas.

B.C.’s most lucrative gas field is the Montney shale around Fort St. John, which contains nearly CO2-free gas as well as light petroleum liquids.

(This is similar to the Bakken shale in North Dakota, where American roughnecks continue to burn off vast amounts of gas to get

at the more valuable light liquids. Oddly, President Barack Obama and former Canadian singer Neil Young don’t notice this.)

Weaver and the NDP are correct in their main objection, which is that the B.C. government’s new limits on CO2 from LNG production are a sham. As much as 70 per cent of the total greenhouse gas emissions from the gas industry occur before the LNG stage, which is the only thing the new rules regulate.

CO2 that comes up with gas is extracted and vented. A government-subsidized pilot project to capture and store CO2 at Spectra Energy’s operations at Fort Nelson seems to be going nowhere. Restricting LNG-related emissions is mostly a cosmetic gesture.

Environment Minister Mary Polak correctly notes that gas producers pay carbon tax. Yes, but only on the fuel they use, not “process emissions” such as flaring. Big LNG proponents plan to burn more gas to compress and cool LNG, and their greenhouse gas emissions beyond a certain limit will force them to buy carbon offsets or pay into a technology fund.

If LNG investment isn’t scared away by protests and piled-on taxes, it surely means B.C.’s greenhouse gas reduction targets are history. The question now is how much that actually matters.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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Twitter debate sign of the times

One of the oldest forms of political promotion was debated over one of the newest recently.

A few Oak Bay candidates had an interesting discussion via Twitter on the

weekend over the ‘legality’ of their political signs.

So called ‘sign wars’ are a part of just about every political campaign,

but this one has an interesting angle.As one candidate pointed out, the Oak

Bay rule of no political signs on public property is to keep the campaign fair and transparent, while rebuttal was eager to call it unconstitutional.

Municipalities across the country have the right to regulate signs on both public and private property.

However, they must do so without unreasonably infringing on residents’ freedom of expression.

Raising political campaign signs on boulevards and along busy streets is a long-standing tradition in most municipalities, yet in the municipality of Whistler BC the candidates came up with a gentleman’s agreement to do away with unsightly campaign signs altogether – a novel approach to the situation.

While we don’t advocate an entire ban on election signs, we do see the merit in keeping the lovely streets and boulevards of Oak Bay clear of clutter.

The one very positive thing the sign restriction does is put the onus on the candidates to get out and do the heavy lifting of campaigning. They must pound the pavement and meet the residents at the doorstep.

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LETTERS

At the council meeting Oak Bay councillor Tara Ney said she could see a lot of benefits to building an enormous two-family home on a small lot in my neighbourhood.

But she didn’t name one. Mayor candidate Green said this is what young families have been asking for, but she didn’t enquire about the price.

All councillors and the current mayor, Nils Jensen, drew attention to the fact that we already have duplexes in my neighbourhood. No one mentioned, perhaps because they don’t know, that you can live on Eastdowne or Estevan roads for years before one day realizing that a house you’ve walked past dozens of times has two walkways and two doors – they’re single story bungalows that share a wall; nothing at all like the proposed development on Estevan and Caddy Bay.

Each member of council mentioned the new Official Community Plan while conveying their support for rezoning.

Do you remember voting for that plan? I have yet to meet a supporter. No doubt

you’re out there, and have sincere motives, but believe me, your silence is deafening.

How have you so quietly managed to manage the entire council?

Murdoch, Ney, Copley, Green and even Herbert voted to build a giant two-family duplex right next one of your neighbours’ bungalows. In doing so, they also voted for a new type of zoning, one that can be applied elsewhere.

So, when I am ready to retire this is my plan: I’ll propose something outrageous (say a triplex on a my Eastdowne bungalow lot). I’ll rent my home while I wait for the rejection. Then, I’ll propose the duplex I wanted to build all along.

I’ll emphasize the sacrifices I’ve made to the original design, and I’ll complain about the time the whole process has taken.

Finally, I’ll point out the duplexes are all over my neighbourhood, including that huge one at the corner. That should make the variance vote unanimous.

Or maybe (hopefully), by then my current next-door neighbour gets more support from the community than the person who tried to defend her way of life this evening.

John TaylorOak Bay

I truly hope before going to the poll that the ratepayers pay particular attention to the record of the incumbents.

One proposed we pay people to walk kids to school like we were living in Beirut or East L.A. A proposal so outrageous even this paper’s editorial board expressed its disapproval.

Some held up the Clive decision for the summer causing angst for proponents and opponents alike as well as costing the developer time and money.

As to the mayoralty candidates Cairine Green flip-flopped on Clive under pressure from her son for affordable housing in Oak Bay. To increase affordable housing you have to increase supply against demand.

Higher density, spot zoning and variances are the way to go for this although there are some lovely big lots in the Uplands with smaller houses which could easily hold 30 or 40 suite

condos with room for an outlet mall to increase commercial opportunities.

Nils Jensen is reprising his interest in integration of the police with Saanich or Victoria.

If he is re-elected and actually keeps the promise he made three years ago, this might be the only proposal that would save the municipality money since not having to pay a chief and assistant chief a combined 200K a year in salaries, benefits and expenses could help to hold the mill rate where it is which should be on every taxpayers’ mind since no one has made any suggestion about holding the line.

I am certainly not offering an endorsement. If there was a box for “none of the above” my

X would be there.W. Richardson

Oak Bay

It is time that all the residents of Oak Bay have a say in how our tax dollars should be spent on mega projects such as the Uplands sewer separation project (separation of the storm water and domestic sewer).

In January 2010 council voted against proceeding with the Low Pressure System (LPS) as a result of lobbying by some Uplands residents against a LPS costing $7.6 million which was recommended by municipal staff and the highly respected engineering firm hired by the municipality.

This resulted in Oak Bay losing approved federal and provincial grants of $5.1 million. A duel Gravity System, which the Uplands residents preferred would have cost Oak Bay taxpayers $30.7 million or an average of about $400 additional taxes per year.

I have been advised by the municipality that the mayor will likely be asking the province and CRD for an extension to the time by which the separation has to be completed.

Also, l am told that the separation project will be a Gravity System and no consideration

will be given to a LPS. This being the case, the cost to Oak Bay taxpayers could be $40 plus million. Combined with the sewage treatment project, which is another Blue Bridge, if it ever happens, could increase current taxes by an average of $1,200 or more per year.

Should this project proceed as planned, it will contribute to this community becoming unaffordable for many residents.

Prior to the Nov. 15 election, taxpayers should be asking the candidates, particularly those who were on council in 2010 and voted for rejecting the LPS, for an explanation and for their position on this very important issue.

Taxpayers should demand a referendum on whether they prefer a Low Pressure System at a cost of likely $10 million or a $40-plus million Gravity System demanded by the Uplands residents.

Something to consider is that only six per cent of Oak Bay households are in Uplands and of those one-third do not require separation.

Claire ErautOak Bay

Jack Hull adds useful information to the sewage debate, in his Oct. 31 letter, but misses important factors.

The claim that delay increases cost does not make financial sense. Except for paying the ongoing bureaucracy, delayed expenditures are paid in future funds – adjusting costs and savings to a common year is standard practice for economic calculations. (That is necessary to reflect the impact of inflation and of the money that can be earned by investing if it is not spent today.)

Budgets should be adjusted for changes which may include maturing technology, construction market conditions, and cost increases from inflation.

Capital cost normalized to population is not a proper comparison, unless adjusted for economies of scale. Ancillary costs such as piping and dealing with sludge must be included. So should value of land, in this area perhaps one of the large rock outcrops is suitable but other factors must be costed for a rational decisions. Even fancy exteriors, like the one in Blaine, WA.

A better question about the many local plants already in operation in the broad region around here is how proven they are, it may be

far too early to tell. Of course, sound design and proper

operational management are essential. For the Blue Bridge in Victoria, two things

stand out – premature use of estimates (which proceed in stages during which more detail is known thus fewer risks remain) and the grandiose design forced by politicians.

Hull does not address the question of whether secondary treatment is needed at all. He may consider that a separate subject, especially involving the federal government’s questioned regulations and people pandering to hypocritical lawyers from Seattle.

And while Hull recommends a “qualified” municipal planner, few are truly qualified. They tend to be bureaucrats of the same ideological bias as the mayor.

That they are annointed by politicians does not make them qualified.

Saanich, for example, has produced verbose poorly written reports that contradict themselves.

The CRD has a poor record – look at the ongoing delays fixing the sewage system in Ganges on Saltspring Island.

Keith SketchleySaanich

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Are you in favour of some form of amalgamation in the Capital Region?

What is your vision for sewage treatment in Oak Bay?

Is a deer cull necessary?

Should secondary suites be legalized?

Should Oak Bay allow more freedom for dogs?

Do you agree with the basic principles in the new OCP?

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At issue in Oak Bay: Council hopefuls tell us what they think

The Oak Bay News asked our 11 council candidates and three mayoral candidates where they stand on the issues important to residents. They were each asked 10 questions and allowed a 50-word response. Council

and mayoral candidates were also given the chance to submit their biographical information to the news for our website. To learn more, go to oakbaynews.com and click the Election 2014 tab.

Not for Oak Bay. I believe the shared services model has served us well and should be continued. Amal-gamation in Toronto and Hamilton has led to a net negative for citizens and I would not like to see that happen in Oak Bay.

All the science I have read indicates that there is no need for the sewage treatment that is being imposed. If we’re forced to go ahead, then I believe that a centralized treatment plant is the way to go – not having each municipality pursuing a small-scale, go it alone approach.

Yes – In effect, we already have a deer cull – we just pay for it with our increased ICBC premiums. Controlling the number of deer through traffic accidents is not the answer to the ever increasing number of deer.

No – Not until after we have a full and thoughtful examination of any by-laws and regulations surrounding secondary suites. Our residents have stated that they would require owner occupancy, suites built to meet building codes, on-site parking etc. to move forward.

I support Oak Bay coun-cil’s decision to add an amalgamation question to the Nov. 15 ballot. The voters will speak to Coun-cil about their views on this topic, and I will support their decision.

I support the Seaterra proposal currently prepared for the Capital Region. That plan, together with improvements and upgrades within the Uplands area of Oak Bay, are the appropriate solutions to be moved forward.

Oak Bay Council has already approved a deer cull plan. That plan just needs to be implemented.

Yes, I am in favor of re g u l a t i n g / l e g a l i z i n g existing and new secondary suites. In my view this strategy will help to offer affordable housing while maintaining the overall housing character of our community. We also need to implement a regulatory regime that ensures suites meet all necessary building and safety codes.

I am on record since Jan-uary as supporting a ques-tion on the ballot. I would respect the democratic decision of residents. It is a complex issue and without specifics on costs, benefits, and risks to Oak Bay I can-not take a position.

The province requires that sewage must be treated in the CRD. I support a system that will comply with federal and provincial funding requirements. If another option is preferred by residents, it will require extensive funding discussions.

Proper environmental stewardship requires the management of urban deer. The number of deer deaths has increased significantly with deer-vehicle collisions. Safety of residents, drivers and children is paramount. I advocate to continue work with the CRD to implement a deer reduction strategy.

Editor’s note: Some answers

were edited for space. Please see the candidates full responses and biographies online at oakbaynews.com.

Common sense suggests the first priority regarding secondary suites in Oak Bay is to ensure any illegal suites are up to code and made safe. Any further development requires public consultation. The needs of seniors and students could be examined to address the rising costs of living through suites.

The new official Oak Bay community plan has considered the topic of “dogs”, and that plan awaits review by the new Council.

I think we currently have a good balance between the interests of dog owners and the other members of the community but would always be willing to look at any suggestions for improvements.

As a dog owner it is my opinion there are significant amounts of leash optional opportunities for my pet. Common sense dictates no dogs on any Oak Bay beaches during the May 1 to Sept. 30 calendar cycle. I believe the majority of dog owners in Oak Bay are responsible.

Oak Bay’s new OCP lacks in transparency and clarity, and is open to extensive interpretation. I am disappointed the content of the OCP has been poorly communicated to residents and want to ensure people have the information they need to understand it.

I am glad we have a new official community plan but I am not in total agreement with everything it contains. For example, we need to make sure that the impacts of regulating suites is fully and thoughtfully examined and understood before implementing changes.

Yes.

As a general rule, no, as I have not seen any stud-ies showing amalgama-tion actually saves money. Some services should be amalgamated and/or jointly controlled.

Oak Bay should be part of a larger system that builds on existing infrastructure. If it could be shown that going it alone, a viable site is avail-able, provincial and federal funds are available and that option is cheaper then I would consider a smaller local treatment plants an option.

The present situation of continual human deer interactions is not viable in the long term. Failure to act will result in increased deer population as they have no natural predators. The recent attack on a dog only highlights the need for some type of action. What if it had been a child?

Secondary suites should be an option for specific types of properties. It is not a blanket “secondary suites everywhere” as this would create the types of situations we see in other communities. Where lot size, adequate parking, building regulations, etc support seconday suites they could be an option.

In general dog owners are quite respectful of other people’s property. I don’t believe that more relaxed rules are required. Keeping dogs on leashes and picking up is not onerous and is expected in most municipalities.

I support the general principles in the OCP. Implementation will be the job of the new Council. It’s imperative that Council listen to the concerns of residents as implementation will not be one size fits all. Neighbourhood values must be respected.

I think that we could ben-efit from integration of some shared services in the short run, and support examin-ing the options available, and if the province is willing to pay for it, studying the options. I supported adding the referendum question to the ballot.

Treatment is required by the province, so we must seek out partners, and con-tinue to seek out an afford-able, and environmentally beneficial project that is amenable to all parties, by collaborating with our neighbouring communities.

I feel a grave sense of responsibility to protect the health and safety of our citi-zens. I think if a deer must die, I’d rather it be used to feed hungry families, than go to the landfill. We, who have created this false urban ecosystem, should take measures to humanely cull the overpopulation.

Oak Bay includes a Uni-versity, and neighbours a College, so we must regu-late in such a way that we are able to maintain or increase our affordable housing stock for students, and seniors who want to age in place. It has to be done collaboratively to avoid conflict, and health and safety issues.

I think we enjoy enough freedom in Oak Bay for dogs and dog owners. There are plenty of off leash areas, where neighbours are able to walk, and get to know each other, and the dogs in our lives.

Yes, I am proud of the work that was done on the new OCP, and the many contributions from the com-munity made it truly repre-sentative. I am particularly pleased with the vision of a vibrant, inclusive, and sus-tainable future for Oak Bay.

I support posing the question on the municipal ballot and working towards realizing the wishes of our local electorate. I think this effort and discussion should be led by the provincial gov-ernment as in Ontario (e.g Toronto and Ottawa where I have lived).

The solution is long over-due. I have listened to the scientists who say we do not need to invest in new infrastructure; studied the single plant solution and I have seen the spills at Cadboro Bay (where I walk my dogs in summer) and believe that we need to land on a solution and soon.

A solid regional deer management strategy and implementation plan is nec-essary. This plan must be developed by all partners and not be left to Oak Bay to go it alone. Killing 25 deer in Oak Bay will simply not solve the problem of urban deer.

I have seen close to 200 homes in this community when searching for a one level home to renovate for the next stage of my life – almost all with suites. Most provide safe, livable accom-modation and are used by students. Suites should be regulated and any new houses built should be built to the standard required to accommodate a suite.

I am a dog owner but believe there are irresponsi-ble owners and breeds that require certain limitations. We have wonderful off leash walking areas. We need to be sensitive to non dog owners and other cultures as we care for our pets in responsible ways.

Yes. This is still a high level vision document and much work still needs to be done. As well we need to be open – not start over – as the expressed needs and wants of our residents change. We must be open and willing to change course.


Are you in favour of some form of amalgamation in the Capital Region?

What is your vision for sewage treatment in Oak Bay?

Is a deer cull necessary?

Should secondary suites be legalized?

Should Oak Bay allow more freedom for dogs?

Do you agree with the basic principles in the new OCP?

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I am not, but support ask-ing residents and respecting their wishes. My reluctance stems from the fact I have been through enough pri-vate industry mergers to know how hard it is to real-ize the theoretical efficien-cies, and local voices are diminished.

Keep current treatment, if possible. There are better ways to spend $1B on the environment.

If not, support the engi-neering, which appears to show that a centralized system is the least expen-sive and best able to handle contaminants of emerging concern.

Yes. Government needs to fill the role of predator on these prey animals. Sidney Island had to kill 2,000 deer that were so starved they were thrown in a landfill. I support stabilizing the pop-ulation and using the killed animals for food.

See kevinmurdoch.ca for details, but yes, if the condi-tions identified in the OCP can be addressed (traffic, noise, compliance, etc.). Other jurisdictions have shown it is difficult to get people to legalize, enforce-ment is difficult, and costs go up for tenants, home-owners, and the municipal-ity, so care must be taken.

We need to continue seeking opportunities for cost efficiencies and inte-gration of services (sewer, police, fire). I’m not in favor of amalgamating govern-ment that would reduce responsivity to local needs. I would support a gover-nance review of the CRD.

We need to work with our regional partners to find the most effective, current, and cost-efficient sewage sys-tem affordable to taxpay-ers. Also, we now have Min-istry approval to twin the Uplands sewer over a longer period of time to make this project more affordable to OB taxpayers. That’s good.

There has been a 300 per cent increase in deer deaths since 2011 due to collisions, impalement and disease. Overpopulation creates an unsafe situation for deer and residents. The provincial vet-erinarian advised the most effective and humane inter-vention requires a cull with our regional neighbours.

Legalizied suites provide a housing option that can ensure that suites are safe, meet minimum codes, and we can we collect fees for the extra burden suites put on the community infra-structure. We can also reg-ulate on-site parking, own-occupied residency, where suites are permitted, and size of suites.

No! While I oppose amal-gamation, I support stron-ger more efficient coop-eration among the various communities

There should be ecologi-cally sound tertiary treat-ment. A reassessment of the pump system is neces-sary

Given that humans have destroyed so much deer habitat, I advocate co-exis-tence with the deer and contraception instead of culling in a municipality that cares about being a green leader.

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were edited for space. Please see the candidates full responses and biographies online at oakbaynews.com.

If being legalized would increase densification and destroy green spaces and biodiversity, I think they should not be legalized.

Twenty per cent of people in OB have dogs, so we want to be dog-friendly and bal-ance the needs of the broader community. This past term we added McNeil Bay where dogs can go off-leash. Most dog owners are responsible, though we could develop strategies to improve compli-ance with the poop bylaw.

No. I think the balance struck between dog-friendly and dog-free areas is pretty balanced right now.

Not in the street but in some parks. I find that most dog owners are very responsible, but unaware of how rare native plants and ground nesting birds can be adversely affected.

I am committed to help-ing implement the Oak Bay official community plan to reflect social equity and sound environmental and heritage values and to sup-port a vibrant small busi-ness community.

Generally, the OCP is so aspirational and vague it’s hard to oppose. Sadly, it fails to provide guidance on development, so there is lit-tle to help the next council weigh competing interests such as green space vs. den-sity. Much work needs to be done in land-use bylaws.

Yes. It is a forward-think-ing document that, unlike the former OCP, now addresses sustainability, climate change and housing options, and has provisions for devel-opment permit areas and design guidelines that give increased community voice to land-use decisions.

Not for Oak Bay. I am in favour of greater integra-tion with other areas of the CRD, but we would lose too much if we Amalgamated with Greater Victoria. Our dump, our police, our con-trols over bylaws would all be gone. Amalgamation is not good for Oak Bay.

The current plan for sew-age is clearly not going to work. Esquimalt voted the plan down, so we need a new path. The Federal Gov-ernment requires us to have Sewage Treatment, and we can not continue to dump raw sewage into the ocean.

Yes. There needs to be a region wide strategy to reduce the deer population. The current situation is not safe for the deer, and not safe for us. The population needs to be reduced to a level which is sustainable for the deer, and is less a danger to us.

Yes. Not everywhere, as there should be some restrictions on lot and house sizes so we aren’t essen-tially making duplexes. Sec-ondary suites help young families afford to live in Oak Bay, people to pay their mortgages, and the elderly afford to stay in their homes and age in place.

Growing up with a dog, I really enjoyed taking our dog to the beach in the win-ter, and missed not being able to in the summer. On the other hand, having large dogs running around with little children is a safety con-cern. Allowing dogs before 7 a.m. may be an option.

I was pleased when the new OCP passed unani-mously. Agreeing with it, however, is not enough. It falls to the next council to implement the policies, and making sure that the entire community is involved, once again, in this long pro-cess.

No. Why would Oak Bay give up the excellent ser-vice levels we have? The CRD already is the shared services/amalgamation placeholder. I am in favour of slowly moving services to the regional level as demand and evidence shows it will be cost effective.

I prefer a smaller distrib-uted system and I acknowl-edge that science supports our current system.

I am not happy that the current council left it this long and did not apply non-lethal, population reducing methods such as the Spay-Vac contraceptive used suc-cessfully at CFB Esquimalt.

Only if public safety is a concern would I support a cull – with nothing left to waste.

I’d prefer not. The cen-sus and the CRD say Oak Bay’s population is grow-ing at 0.3% net per year (50 people). The OCP says it is 0.5%. I am in favour of accommodating new resi-dents in the areas of higher demand and I like the idea of an Oak Bay Housing Reg-istry that could, addition-ally, help seniors age in-place.

Even though I’m a dog person, in general, no. With my little kid in tow, I am happy to see the dogs on leash and the con-trolled times when they are allowed off.

In general, yes. However, I find it a poor document to guide planning for the orderly development of Oak Bay. The OCP survey questions “assum(e) key issues such as tree protection, parking, traf-fic, and noise and character will be addressed.” These are promises, not assumptions.

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Saturday Nov. 15 is general voting day with polling stations open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 2121 Cedar Hill Cross Rd.; Monterey Centre, 1422 Monterey Ave.; and Monterey School, 851 Monterey Ave.

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Oak BayCommunityEvents NOVEMBER EVENTS:VICTORIA WRITERS FESTIVALNovember 6 - 8 Lovers of the written word won’t want to miss the third annual Victoria Writers Festival, taking place at Oak Bay United Church, 1355 Mitchell St. The three-day event will feature Canadian authors in a packed schedule of workshops, readings, panel discussions, and book signings. For ticket prices visit: www.harbourliving.ca/event/victoria-writers-festival.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE November 11, 10:30amCarlton House would like to invite you to attend their Remembrance Day Service on November 11th at 10.30am. Please telephone your RSVP on 250-595-1914.

FALL FAMILY FESTNovember 14, 6pm - 8pmHenderson Recreation Centre, 2291 Cedar Hill X Road, Victoria is holding a Fall Family Fest, an excellent way to spend the evening with your family.This special event will feature pumpkin bowling, crafts, face painting and much much more!

OAK BAY ARTISTS’ STUDIO TOURNovember 15 & 16, 12pm - 4:30pmTo close the fifteenth year of this popular semi-annual show of fine arts in Oak Bay, 33 of Oak Bay’s established and emerging artists will use their homes and studios as backdrops to display the products of their creativity

in a variety of original watercolour, acrylic, oil, fibre, photographic, tile, glass, film and pottery creations. The two-day special event is free to the public. Brochures with artist descriptions and a tour map will be available at the Oak Bay Recreation Centres, the Municipal Hall and the Oak Bay Library as well as at local businesses on Estevan and Oak Bay Avenue and through participating artists.For more information call Mary Kucera, at Recreation Oak Bay at 250-370-7129 or email: [email protected]

A CONCERT FOR KIDS - SWIMMIN’ LIKE A BIRDNovember 15, 2pmThe whole family will enjoy this exciting concert for kids being held at Oak Bay United Church (on the corner of Mitchell & Granite Street). Performing will be renowned singer songwriter Linnea Good and friends. Ticket prices: $5 kids - 12 & under. $10 adults. $25 for families.

DIE MAHLER CHAMBER SERIESNovember 15, 2pm - 4pmLive music to delight music connoisseurs, takes place at St. Mary the Virgin Church, 1701 Elgin Rd., Oak Bay with Maestro Diemecke, (widely known as the vibrant former concert master of the Victoria Symphony for 20 years), with a lengthy career of worldwide performance as a soloist and chamber artist, has a unique invigorating touch in handling the bow, which lends a distinctive expressiveness that places him in the league of outstanding world class violinists. Maestro Larry Skaggs, is a deeply expressive world class cellist whose superb

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THE OAK BAY CHRISTMAS FESTIVALNovember 30The Oak Bay Christmas Festival kicks off the last Sunday in November with the Christmas Festival Light Up. Featuring musical entertainment, lighted trucks, street entertainment, roasted chestnuts and thousands of lights on buildings, trees and lampposts throughout the Village, Light Up celebrates the start of the festive season in Oak Bay Village. Santa Claus arrives by fire truck to really get things started! Other events during the Christmas Festival include the Art on the Avenue Gallery Walk, when shops and galleries open for evening browsing and tasting, and the Island Equipment Owners Association Parade of Lighted Trucks, featuring over 80 brightly lit cement trucks, dump trucks and other heavy equipment.

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A Sooke craftsman builds the beautiful hardwood boxes made from Vancouver Island-grown Douglas fir. Each kit includes Angelus Shoe Wax, which still uses the original formula that includes carnauba wax, beeswax and the finest grades of other waxes and essential oils created in 1907, in black and brown. There are two brushes of 100 per cent Brazilian horsehair

and hardwood to bring up the shine, as well as a quality, flannel buffing cloth.

The overall package achieves their goal of creating an heirloom, not a throwaway product.

“If you look after your stuff, roll up your sleeves and keep your shoes shined, it’s a mark of character that you’re willing to maintain something so it will last,” Gagan said.

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passing them on, and added other traditional “hand down” items to the Shinekits catalogue.

“Every guy needs a pocket knife,” said Neilson with a grin.

While Shinekits is purely online, the business partners are exploring other opportunities.

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Island Health is gearing up for the flu season, and expects more people than ever to get vaccinated this year.

The health authority has ordered 268,700 doses of flu vaccine this year, up 25,750 doses from last year. Pharmacies and doctors’ offices have also ordered vaccine.

Last year the province faced a shortage of flu vaccine.

“Planning ahead and getting your flu shot early is an important way to protect yourself and the people in your life who are vulnerable to complications from influenza,” said Dr. Dee Hoyano, medical health officer for Island Health.

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Free immunization clinics offered by Island Health begin this week.

Those who are not eligible for the free vaccine are encouraged to get vaccinated by their family physician or pharmacist for a nominal cost.

Island Health recently began immunizing health-care workers. In 2013, more than 70 per cent of health-care workers on the Island received a flu shot.

Sarah Plank, Island Health media manager, said the health

authority hopes to increase the immunization rate among health-care workers and the general public.

Getting more people immunized would help already busy hospitals from being overloaded during the flu season.

“It can be a very serious illness and lead to death and hospitaliza- tion,” Plank said. “It puts a lot of pressure on our hospitals and emergency departments.”

Flu season usually begins in December and runs through April, but there are some indications the season could start earlier this year. For up to date information about Island Health’s Public Health flu clinic dates and times, residents are encouraged to go online to viha.ca/ flu.

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The cream of the literary crop, both established and emerging, will converge in Oak Bay as the Victoria Writers’ Festival shifts into our community for its third annual bash.

“We wanted something a little more in the community,” said Roseanne Harvey, publicist for the festival. “(Organizers) just really fell in love with the church and the space itself really works with the flow of the festival.”

The third annual Victoria Writers Festival Nov. 6 to 8 features Canadian authors in a packed schedule of workshops, readings, panel discussions, and book signings at Oak Bay United Church.

The venue offers a central location with the sanctuary for readings and lectures, huge room

for book sales, kitchen and garden that they promise will add to the festival, says its artistic director.

“It’s such a great welcoming space; lots of parking, great accessibility for people with disabilities,” said Sara Cassidy, artistic director and co-founder. “It is large and roomy and welcoming and it has everything we need.”

Aboriginal voices and kid-lit additions are just two of the many highlights both women are excited about.

Both agree the Carol Shields Saturday night lecture will be a hit with readers and writers.

“This year’s speaker is Leanne Simpson an indigenous writer and activist from what’s known as Ontario,” Harvey said. “She’s a well-known and well-heard voice in the indigenous activist communities. She was

a very eloquent voice during Idle No More.”

The lecture, sponsored by The Carol Shields Literary Trust, will also feature Jarrett Martineau a Cree/Dene scholar, media producer, musician, and community organizer from Frog Lake First Nation in Alberta. Also appearing is Darrell Dennis, the Shuswap comedian, playwright and actor who played Frank Fencepost on The Rez. Dennis is the author of the soon-to-be released collection of humorous, to-the-point essays Peace Pipe Dreams: Truths about Lies about Indians.

“It’s pretty dang exciting. It’s overdue,” Cassidy said. “It creates a much more dynamic conversation, and that’s what we want to provide. Quality of craft or skill is No. 1 for us. There are just so many voices that aren’t regularly heard at writers’ festivals.”

The opening night gala, Thursday’s The Enormous World, features readings for all ages by “rockstars

of children’s literature” including Kit Pearson, Polly Horvath, John Wilson, and Morgan Purvis.

“I’ve been wanting to increase programming for youth and teens,” Cassidy said. “We try to get a range of genres. Readers are diverse, we want to reach as many readers as we can. We want to introduce a range of voices.”

Festival highlights include a Friday night gala reading with Griffin Prize-winning essayist Don McKay, New York Times bestselling writer Tilar Mazzeo, and the 2014 B.C. Book Prize-winner Jordan Abel.

“The gala readings are the featured voices of the festival. They’re a mixed bag in terms of gender and voice,” Harvey said. “They’re the cream of the crop presenting in those two evening readings.”

Another new addition is the Saturday master fiction class on yoga and writing.

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A Sooke craftsman builds the beautiful hardwood boxes made from Vancouver Island-grown Douglas fir. Each kit includes Angelus Shoe Wax, which still uses the original formula that includes carnauba wax, beeswax and the finest grades of other waxes and essential oils created in 1907, in black and brown. There are two brushes of 100 per cent Brazilian horsehair

and hardwood to bring up the shine, as well as a quality, flannel buffing cloth.

The overall package achieves their goal of creating an heirloom, not a throwaway product.

“If you look after your stuff, roll up your sleeves and keep your shoes shined, it’s a mark of character that you’re willing to maintain something so it will last,” Gagan said.

The men hope to see families

passing them on, and added other traditional “hand down” items to the Shinekits catalogue.

“Every guy needs a pocket knife,” said Neilson with a grin.

While Shinekits is purely online, the business partners are exploring other opportunities.

“Getting them into the brick and mortar stores is the next thing,” Gagan said.

Visit shinekits.com for the full [email protected]


Hardwood boxes carry heirloom feel

IH braces for flu seasonKevin LairdBlack Press

Island Health is gearing up for the flu season, and expects more people than ever to get vaccinated this year.

The health authority has ordered 268,700 doses of flu vaccine this year, up 25,750 doses from last year. Pharmacies and doctors’ offices have also ordered vaccine.

Last year the province faced a shortage of flu vaccine.

“Planning ahead and getting your flu shot early is an important way to protect yourself and the people in your life who are vulnerable to complications from influenza,” said Dr. Dee Hoyano, medical health officer for Island Health.

Physicians, pharmacists and Island Health Public Health units will be providing free flu shots to people at high risk of complications from influenza and their close contacts as well as other eligible groups in communities across the Island.

Free immunization clinics offered by Island Health begin this week.

Those who are not eligible for the free vaccine are encouraged to get vaccinated by their family physician or pharmacist for a nominal cost.

Island Health recently began immunizing health-care workers. In 2013, more than 70 per cent of health-care workers on the Island received a flu shot.

Sarah Plank, Island Health media manager, said the health

authority hopes to increase the immunization rate among health-care workers and the general public.

Getting more people immunized would help already busy hospitals from being overloaded during the flu season.

“It can be a very serious illness and lead to death and hospitaliza- tion,” Plank said. “It puts a lot of pressure on our hospitals and emergency departments.”

Flu season usually begins in December and runs through April, but there are some indications the season could start earlier this year. For up to date information about Island Health’s Public Health flu clinic dates and times, residents are encouraged to go online to viha.ca/ flu.

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POLICE NEWSIN BRIEF

Parties, fireworks keep police hopping for Halloween

Fireworks called police out four times in the days surrounding Hal-loween. While Oak Bay Police responded to the four complaints of fireworks there was no damage was discovered or culprits located.

Also a young female was trans-ported to the hospital due to extreme alcohol intoxication as police responded to five house parties on Halloween.

Poppy boxes prime thief targets

Business owners are reminded to keep an eye on donation bins after a poppy box was pilfered in the 2100 block of Oak Bay Ave. It was reported stolen the evening of

Oct. 30. The amount of money set to be donated to military veterans that would have been in the box is unknown.

Computer recovered after car window smash

Sunday morning was tough on cars in Oak Bay. Police were called in the early hours of Nov. 2 after a left rear window was smashed in a vehicle in the 900-block of Victoria Ave. A backpack containing a laptop was stolen and later recovered on a trail between St. David Street and Transit Road.

The same day police responded to two reported mischiefs and damage to vehicles in the Kings Road and in the Musgrave Road area.

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Oak Bay’s arboricultural crew had a busy October handling 63 work orders related to tree protection and public tree maintenance in the municipality. The crew went to the Canadian Urban Forestry Conference in Victoria that focused on green infrastructure and greening of cities.

Also in October, Parks staff removed four trees from public

property that were dead, diseased, dying or structurally unsound. Staff planted one tree on public property, a memorial at Henderson Golf Course.

The district also issued 18 permits under the Tree Protection Bylaw. Six permits allowed for eight trees deemed dead, diseased, dying or structurally sound to be removed.

Four were Garry oaks and four of protected size meaning four replacement trees are required.

Fourteen protected tree pruning permits were issued.

One removal permit was denied, while two protected Leylandi Cypress were removed for development.

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“They complement each other. It’s a way of opening up creativity and accessing different parts of our body to break through blockages and get through negative self talk and those kinds of things,” Harvey said. “We try to find different ways of expressing … for us literature isn’t something that just happens on the page or in a book.”

Favourite writers making festival appearances include novelist Shani Mootoo, fiction writer Bill Gaston, memoirist Jane Silcott, and Aislinn Hunter, who recently launched the Books Matter Prize for University of Victoria writing students. Other program highlights include a master fiction writing class and the Songs for the Songs of Don McKay video poem contest.

“The festival is a way of bringing words and literature to life. It’s a very dynamic and interactive way to experience literature,” Harvey said. “It’s a way for people to discover new writers. Many of them are award-winning some are emerging and newer voices.”

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Oak Bay rec promises its Henderson centre will be a warm and cozy place filled with fall fun next week.

The annual Fall Family Fest is set for Friday, Nov. 14.

“It’s always a very popular event for families. Especially with the weather, it gives them a nice place to gather inside,” said Erin Stockill, community recreation programmer for Recreation Oak Bay. “Beat the fall blues with a fun evening of games

and activities for all ages.” A ton of fall-themed games,

that have ranged in the past from pumpkin bowling and crafts to cookie decorating and face painting are planned.

“One of our partners like Rotary will bring in popcorn and apple cider,” Stockill said. “It’s lots of fun. One year we had a big pile of hay and hid little plastic toys and there were little prizes.”

It brings people out in the dark mid-November days, with a dry place to come together as a community rather than hunkering down

at home, she added. “It’s a nice time for adults

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“It’s kind of what Oak Bay is all about, there’s so many great community events. When you see everyone together it’s that reminder of what we’re here for and what community recreation is all about.”

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B.C.’s new seniors advocate has heard from people across the province that there’s a startling inconsistency in services depending on where a senior lives.

Isobel Mackenzie, who was appointed as the province’s first seniors advocate in March 2014, issued her first report at the end of October following six months of touring the province and meeting with seniors, their families and advocates in 26 communities. One of her key findings is the differences in how seniors services are delivered across the province.

“Clearly, there’s an inequity in where you live on what services you can find as a senior,” Mackenzie said.

Her report, The journey Begins: Together We Can Do Better, describes 13 challenges facing seniors in B.C. Those range from being able to age close to home and having access to adequate and affordable housing, to issues with transportation, home care and dementia care.

Mackenzie said the one constant throughout her travels was this inconsistency in how provincially-mandated services were being delivered.

“Some things are working well in most parts of the province,” she continued, “nothing is working well in all parts of the province.”

She said in the case of residential care, some people are facing long wait lists in some

communities, while in other places, the expense is limiting their access. And when it comes to specialized services, such as doctors’ care, seniors in B.C.’s interior are often faced with the challenge of traveling to the Lower Mainland or elsewhere to get the help they need.

This overall service delivery inconsistency, Mackenzie said, has an impact on seniors - on whether they can afford those services and at the same time afford food, social activities and more.

To better pinpoint where the issues lie in publicly funded service delivery, Mackenzie said her office is commissioning three independent satisfaction surveys - on residential care facilities, health support clients and for users of HandyDART services.

She said each survey will be provincially standardized and offered to as many users of these public services as possible. the hope is they will provide substantive evidence of the differences between facilities and services across the province.

“It will be the same survey in Prince George as in Victoria,” she explained. “We’re going to spend time formulating the questions to find out not just what isn’t working, but why and what these services should look like.”

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You can find this information and read the Seniors Advocate’s first report online at seniorsadvocatebc.ca.

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after the cosmos of costumes was paraded and judged.

Saxophonists Thomas Daudlin and Max Stover are also band members at Oak Bay High School. They were appearing at the joint Firefighters/Kiwanis event for the first time, playing as Funk Cannon on a makeshift stage in front of the 5th Garry Oak Scout Hall.

Children ages two to 42 – and over – let the rhythm flow right to their toe and finger tips.

In a Halloween party conducted annually in

conjunction with Oak Bay Firefighers’ big bonfire, Kiwanians conducted clown-led costume parades in five age groups: 3 and under, ages 4 and 5, 6 and 7, 8 and 9, and 10 and over.

A parade for costumed pets was also planned but only one was entered: a dog named Billie, dressed as a peacock no less.

The costumes were judged by Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jenson and three other members of council, with small prizes awarded. The municipality provides financial support for the community Halloween party each year.

Following the costume event, the Scout Hall door was

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Likely, few noticed that beneath their feet was a new floor, which Oak Bay Kiwanis recently helped finance with a $10,000 contribution to the 5th Garry Oak Scout Group, occupying a hall built by the Kiwanis Club of Oak Bay in 1956.

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The powerful saxophone and stomping rhythms of Funk Cannon set ghouls, goblins, witches, pirates, robots and all manner of creatures -- earthly and otherwise – to dancing and twirling before, during and

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Funk Cannon – Oak Bay High students Thomas Daudlin and Max Stover – rocked the hall for the annual Oak Bay Kiwanis children’s Halloween costume parade at Fireman’s Park on Friday.

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Despite starting as an adult, Hamish Black has shown a natural ability on the speed skating short track.

The 26-year-old only took the sport up two years ago, when he showed up to the Esquimalt Speedskat-ing Club’s first session of the season.

“I remember that day, it was a gong show, as the first skate of the season can be,” said club president Ian Phillips. “That was before I knew (Black). I got on the ice and I saw him out there skating, falling down and I thought, ‘We’ll have to watch this guy.’”

Watch him they have.

Black not only impressed the club coaches with his knack for an efficient stride and progress as a fluid skater (he won the club’s skater of the year award for 2012-13), but also his all-a r o u n d attitude. He’s been great with the kids and is always eager to put put up and take down the wall pad-ding for each session, Phillips said.

Black has taken a leap of faith as he left home to train and live full-time in Cal-gary, one of Canada’s havens for the sport. To do it, Black leaves behind his job as the manager of TeenWork, a youth employment program at UVic’s CanAssist. It’s a neces-

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In Cal-g a r y , B l a c k will work

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When he initially arrived in Greater Victoria, he did try other sports includ-ing UVic’s novice row-ing program, but none were the right fit.

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“The more I do this, the more I like it,” Black said.

It paid off, as he was invited to spend three weeks at a speed skat-

ing development camp in Calgary this sum-mer. He did it again in September, which led to the full time invite. It will be on his own dime, but the support community is said to be very helpful, pro-viding part time jobs that work around the training schedule.

“Even with a lack of competition expe-rience, the camp coaches said I’ve shown enough that

they are interested in having me there to train all year. That’s enough for me,” Black said.

It’s been a speedy ride since his first rac-ing competition, when Black fell in most of his heats but did win a long race that turned some heads, Phillips said.

“(Black) prepared very hard for Calgary. He’s very keen and passionate about the

sport, you can see that,” Phillips added.

Black’s season includes four Canada Cup events, which will eventually determine his progress.

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Leaves from the trees that give Oak Bay its name are now falling, and municipal crews have readied the leaf vacuuming equipment for the campaign which will begin soon to clear them from streets and gutters all over the Municipality. The leaf clearing program begins in late October and will continue until all leaves are collected rather than on a pre-determined street by street schedule. The reason for this annual blitz is to prevent catch basins and storm drains from becoming clogged to the point where they cannot cope with the runoff from a moderate to heavy rainfall.It takes quite a while to cover the entire Municipality, however, and the more leaves there are on the street at any one time, the more likely it is that problems will occur before our crews can get to the area.We can handle the leaves deposited on the street by the normal forces of nature. We run into difficulty, however, when residents rake leaves onto the street from their own properties in anticipation of the arrival of our vacuum, or leave other garden refuse or tree prunings on the boulevard expecting it to be picked up with the leaves. Piles of leaves on the roads also create safety hazards for cyclists.We will pick up only leaves from the boulevard (no garden refuse or tree prunings), but please

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

PERSONALS

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LOST AND FOUND

LOST. DISABLED pensionerlost wallet, between McDo-nald and Bessredge Place, contains all my ID and $2500 cash. Please return to RCMP, no questions asked. Reward!

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TRAVEL

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• Paid Travel & Lodging• Meal Allowance

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HAIRCAREPROFESSIONALS

HAIR STYLISTS - $1000 Hiring Bonus. Full time/part time for First Choice Hair Cutters in their Victoria loca-tion. Must have hairstyling qualifi cations. $11/hr, bene-fi ts, paid overtime, vacation pay, 25% profi t sharing, paid birthday, advanced training and advancement opportu-nities. For an interview call 250-391-7976

HELP WANTED

PRODUCTION WORKERSCanada’s Largest Independently owned news-paper group is currently looking for Part Time Production Workers for its Victoria location.This is an entry level general labour position that involves physical handling of news-papers and advertising supplements.REQUIREMENTS:• Prior bindery and/or

machine operator experience would be an asset

• Motivated self-starter willing to work in a fast paced environment performing repetitive tasks

• Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs and stand for long periods of time

• Ability to work cooperatively in a diverse, team based environment

• Must be reliable, dependable, have excellent communication skills and good attention to detail

• Must have own transportation

✱Afternoon and evening shifts 8-16 hours per week.

$11.25 an hourInterested parties may drop off their resumes between 9am and 5pm at:

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Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A2

TRADES, TECHNICAL

VOLUNTEERS

CANUCK AUTISM Network is looking for volunteers to assist qualifi ed staff who are paired one-on-one with a child. Vol-unteers are asked to dedicate one evening a week for 6-8 weeks. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

PANDORA ARTS Collective Society is looking for a studio assistant to help maintain in-ventory, tools, and supplies. Volunteers are asked to com-mit to a minimum of 6 months. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

SAANICH Neighbourhood Place is looking for a volunteer to assist with the greeting & orienting of families who come to the drop in immunization clinic. Call Patricia at 250-360-1148 X113 for more infor-mation.

VICTORIA WOMEN’S Transi-tion House, seeking board members. http://www.transi tionhouse.net/news-events/

MIND BODY & SPIRIT

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HOLISTIC HEALTH

Trager® Bodywork allows you to move more freely with less pain and

tension. You’ll feel deeply relaxed & have greater mental clarity.

Rae BilashCertifi ed Trager PractitionerWomen only, call for appt.

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

ARE YOU $10K Or More In Debt? DebtGo can help re-duce a signifi cant portion of your debt load. Call now & see if you qualify. 1-800-351-1783.

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PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

RETOUCH, RESTORE, Edit Photos. Home Movies to DVD. Also, Portraiture, Baby, Family + Maternity. 250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FOOD PRODUCTS

BEEF FARM GATE SALES. 1516 Mt. Douglas Cross Rd. Hours Friday & Saturday 10-4. Naturally raised, hormone free beef. Individual cuts sold, sharp, frozen & double wrapped. (250)477-3321.

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FREE ITEMS

FREE- CURVED Walnut footboard and head board plus 2side boards for a double bed.2 windows, 68”wx60”d, 36”wx60”d. Call (250)655-4423.

FREE: OLDER camper trailer, sleeps 4. Needs TLC. Call(250)384-9059.

FRIENDLY FRANK

CHRISTMAS TREE, Beautiful ornaments, colourful star ontop, stand $45. (250)477-4426

Christmas watch- $10. 1/658013 tire, $20, down jacket,$45, vest, $20. (778)265-1615.

LOST KEY Set, blue clip, Landsdowne area, you found,gave wrong phone number!Please call (250)889-3834.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r,hardwoods. Seasoned. Call250-661-7391.

FURNITURE

“YAMAHA ARIUS” digtal pia-no, grated hammers w/grandpiano touch, sounds close toaustuic piano, ebony walnutfi nish inclds bench & AudioTechnica head phones, showroom condition, purchasesnew in 2012, $900 obo. Call(250)655-9561.

GARAGE SALES

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

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

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Gift-card give-away!’ 20x22$4,358. 25x24 $4,895. 30x30$6,446. 32x32 $7,599. 40x46$12,662. 47x72 $18,498. Oneend wall Included. PioneerSteel, Call 1-800-668-5422 orwww.pioneersteel.ca

STEEL BUILDINGS/metalbuildings 60% off! 20x28,30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120,60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit online at:www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

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

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

SIDNEY- STRATA gardensuite 45+, 1100sq ft. Reno’d 2-bdrm, 2 bath. N/P. Heat, H/W,locker, parking. $1350. Availnow. Call (250)654-0230.

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RENTALS

HOMES FOR RENT

CEDAR HILL area: fully furn 1 level, short term only, close to all amens, NS/NP, avail Jan. 5 to March 31 (nego), $1000 all incl. Call (250)592-5442.

RECREATION

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Sites available at Great Rates. Daily, weekly,

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GOLDSTREAM AREA- 1400 sq ft, newly furnished, W/D, D/W, A/C, big deck & yard, hi-def TV, parking. Working male only. $650 inclusive. Call Ray 778-433-1233.

WANTED TO RENT

WANTED: LONG term unfur-nished accommodation for re-liable senior couple, NS/NP. Prefer Oak Bay or surrounding areas. Call (250)889-3771.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO SERVICES

$$$ TOP CA$H PAID $$$. For ALL unwanted Vehicles, any condition. Call (250)885-1427.

CARS

We Buy Cars!$50 to $1000

Scrap Junk Running or Not!Cars Trucks Vans

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FOR SALE

1996 27.5’ Class C Ultrasport motor home. 107,000 km. New microwave, battery, fantastic fan. Clean, good shape. $15,000. (250)385-4112.

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

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Bookkeeping, Payroll, HST.

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CLEANING SERVICES

AFFORDABLE! SUPPLIES & vacuum incld’d. All lower Is-land areas. 250-385-5869.

EXP. HOUSECLEANER and home care, 10 yrs exp. $20/hr. Bondable, have own supplies except vacuum.(250)220-4965

DRYWALL

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

EAVESTROUGH

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

ELECTRICAL

(250)217-3090.ELECTRICIAN Lic.#3003. 25 yrs exp. Renos, new homes, knob & tube re-place. Sr.Disc.No job too small


ELECTRICAL

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

AT&T ELECTRIC. Renova-tions. Residential & Commer-cial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.

FENCING

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

GARDENING

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard & garden a mess? Tree pruning, hedges. Fall clean-ups. Hauling. Roof & gutter cleaning. Comm/Res. 25 yrs.

250-479-7950FREE ESTIMATES

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GARDENING

C.R. LANDSCAPING: lawn & garden, tree pruning/shaping, hedging/brush cutting, fences. Clean-ups. Ins. 250-893-3465.

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

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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

GRAND XTERIOR Cleaning- Gutter, windows, de-moss, p wash. We clean your neigh-bours house. 250-380-7778.

HANDYPERSONS

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


HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

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

FAMILY MAN Hauling. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.

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 Shawn 250-812-7774

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

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

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

30+ YEARS in Victoria. Suites, additions, carpentry, paint, tile, & decks. Jack (250)881-3886

FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. Call 1-800-573-2928.


MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flag-stone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. (250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com

& MOVING STORAGE

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

AFFORDABLE RATE Moves Insured. 10 years exp. Free lo-cal travel. Call (250)818-2699.

DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. Senior Discount. No travel time before or after local moves. BBB accredited. Free est. Call Tyler 250-418-1747.

PAINTING

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

FREE PAINT for INTERIOR www.arrowpainting.ca BBB 250-883-5453 VISA/MC

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

OLD TIMER. Quality old fash-ioned service. Great rates. Ex-cellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.


PAINTING

SAFEWAY PAINTING

High quality, Organized. Interior/Exterior

Residential/Commercial Jeff, 250-889-7715 or

250-472-6660Member BBB

PLUMBING

EXPERIENCED JOURNEY-MAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.

FREE ESTIMATES. Rea-sonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

PLASTERING

PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, match the textures, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-516-5178.

PRESSURE WASHING

DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.

STUCCO/SIDING

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-516-5178.


STUCCO/SIDING

STUCCO, RENO’S, chimney repairs, soffi t (metal, vinyl,stucco). Call (250)744-8081.

TREE SERVICES

BUDDY’S TREE SERVICES-Trimming, pruning, chipping,removals, hedges. Insured.Call Keith, (250)474-3697.

UPHOLSTERY

UPHOLSTER. Furniture re-pairs and marine. Please call250-480-9822.

WINDOW CLEANING

BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning.Roof demoss, Gutters. Licensedand affordable. 250-884-7066.

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, Sweeping,Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pres-sure Washing. 250-361-6190.

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Laura LavinNews staff

The staff and residents at the Oak Bay campus of Baptist Housing were in the pink for a fundraiser last week.

Residents and staff got into the theme as they dressed for the cause, an event started last year to raise money for breast cancer research.

“Our manager founded Dress for the Cause last year,” said activity manager Helen Dougherty. “A lot of the ladies like to have the opportunity to donate. We just made it a bit bigger and splashier this year.”

The event included pink treats and pink lemonade, a bake and craft sale and – the highlight – the opportunity to spray pink hair colouring on some of their neighbours, special guest Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen and Dougherty herself.

“As a team last year we raised money for breast cancer research because we do have a lot of breast cancer survivors here,” said Dougherty. “And because we had such a good response, we thought we’d go a bit bigger.

“A lot of our resident can’t get out to participate in events like this. So we just brought it to them.”

The event was well attended by many of the 176 residents in the independent and assisted

living housing. “The response has been

fantastic,” said resident Lorine Reeder, who knitted several items for the fundraiser. “It’s

amazing as to what people are giving. For it not to be open to John Q. Public, we’re doing very well.”

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Laura Lavin/News staff

Activity manager of the Oak Bay campus of Baptist Housing Helen Dougherty gets her hair sprayed pink by resident Christiane Appleton at their Dress for the Cause fundraiser for breast cancer research.

Fundraiser in the pink

Laura Lavin/News staff

Dougherty sprays Mayor Nils Jensen’s hair pink at their Dress for the Cause fundraiser for breast cancer research.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 61 (GREATER VICTORIA)NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING

NOTICE OF ADVANCE AND VOTING DAY OPPORTUNITIESPUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) that an Election by Voting is necessary to elect, for a four (4) year-term commencing December, 2014 terminating after the election held in 2018 in accordance with the legislation in the Local Government Act and the School Act, to fill the offices of Trustee on the Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) and that the persons nominated as candidates at the Election by Voting, and for whom the votes will be received are listed below:

SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES - NINE TO BE ELECTED:

Surname Given Names Residential Address

DUNCAN Nicole 309-770 Fisgard Street, Victoria, B.C. V8W 0B8FERRIS Tom 2811 Prior Street, Victoria, B.C. V8T 3Y2HORSMAN Bev 3931 Rainbow Street, Victoria, B.C. V8X 2A3LEONARD Elaine 7640 Wallace Drive, Saanichton, B.C. V8M1N5LORING-KUHANGA Edith 4169 Quadra Street, Victoria, B.C. V8X 1L3MacINTOSH Ruth #2-1241 Balmoral Road, Victoria, B.C. V8T 1B2McNALLY Diane 353A Linden Avenue, Victoria, B.C. V8V 4G1NOHR Deborah 943 Hampshire Road, Victoria, B.C. V8S 3S4ORCHERTON Peg 2653 Cedar Hill Road, Victoria, B.C. V8T 3H1PAYNTER Rob 1333 George Street, Victoria, B.C. V8S1A8RIZZUTI John 4019 Hollyridge Place, Victoria, B.C. V8N 5Z8WATTERS Jordan 618 Coleos Place, Victoria, B.C. V8Z 6G7WHITEAKER Ann 1245 Chapman Street, Victoria, B.C. V8V 2T7

General Voting Day will be opened on Saturday, November 15, 2014, to qualified electors of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) at the following places:

The Corporation of the City of VictoriaBurnside Campus 3130 Jutland RoadCook Street Village Activity Centre 380 Cook StreetCentral Baptist Church 833 Pandora AvenueSir James Douglas Elementary School 401 Moss StreetVictoria High School 1260 Grant StreetMargaret Jenkins School 1824 Fairfield RoadJames Bay New Horizons Centre 234 Menzies StreetJames Bay Community School 140 Oswego StreetSt Barnabas Church 1525 Begbie StreetOaklands Elementary School 2827 Belmont AvenueQuadra Elementary School Gymnasium 3031 Quadra StreetVictoria West School 750 Front Street

The Corporation of the Township of EsquimaltThe Gymnasium, Esquimalt Recreation Centre 527 Fraser Street

The Corporation of the District of Oak BayMonterey Centre 1442 Monterey AvenueMonterey Middle School Gymnasium 851 Monterey AvenueEmmanuel Baptist Church 2121 Cedar Hill Cross Road

That portion of the Corporation of the District of Saanich lying withinSchool District 61 (Greater Victoria)Campus View Elementary School 3900 Gordon Head RoadCedar Hill Middle School 3910 Cedar Hill Road Cloverdale Traditional School 3427 Quadra StreetCordova Bay Elementary School 5238 Cordova Bay RoadDoncaster Elementary School 1525 Rowan StreetFrank Hobbs Elementary School 3875 Haro Road Glanford Middle School 4140 Glanford AvenueGordon Head Middle School 1671 Kenmore RoadHillcrest Elementary School 4421 GreentreeTerraceLochside Elementary School 1145 Royal Oak DriveProspect Lake Elementary School 321 Prospect Lake RoadReynolds Secondary School 3963 Borden Street Royal Oak Middle School 751 Travino LaneSpectrum Community School 957 Burnside Road WestTillicum Elementary School 3155 Albina Street Victoria Pacific Rim Alliance Church 1792 Townley Street

The Town of View RoyalView Royal Elementary School Gymnasium 218 Helmcken RoadEagle View Elementary School 97 Talcott Road

That portion of the District of Highlands lying within School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria)Highlands Community Hall 729 Finlayson Arm Road

That portion of the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area lying within School District No.61 (Greater Victoria)View Royal Elementary School Music Room 218 Helmcken Road

And such voting places shall be open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

ADVANCED VOTING OPPORTUNITIES AND SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITIES shall be available at the following places on the dates and hours stated:

FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA – AT VICTORIA CITY HALL, 1 CENTENNIAL SQUARE (DOUGLAS AND PANDORA) on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Monday, November 10, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 P.M., at Our Place Society 919 Pandora Avenue on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M and at UVIC (UVIC Student Union Building), 3800 Finnerty Road on Thursday, November 6, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M.

FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT - AT THE TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT MUNICIPAL HALL, 1229 Esquimalt Road, on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Wednesday, November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF OAK BAY - AT THE OAK BAY MUNICIPAL HALL, 2167 Oak Bay Avenue, on Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 and Wednesday November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. and at the Student Union Building, University of Victoria on Thursday November 6th, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M.

SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITY:At OAK BAY LODGE, 2251 Cadboro Bay Road on Friday, November 7, 2014 between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M.

FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF SAANICH LYING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT 61 (GREATER VICTORIA) - SAANICH MUNICIPAL HALL, 770 Vernon Avenue, on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Monday, November 10, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., at CEDAR HILL GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE, 1400 Derby Road, on Tuesday November 4, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M., at SAANICH COMMONWEALTH PLACE, 4636 Elk Lake Drive on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M., at PEARKES RECREATION CENTRE, 3100 Tillicum Road on Thursday, November 6, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M., at the UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA, STUDENT UNION BUILDING, 3800 Finnerty Road, on Thursday, November 6, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M., at the CORDOVA BAY UNITED CHURCH, 813 Claremont Avenue, on Friday November 7, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. and at GORDON HEAD RECREATION CENTRE, 4100 Lambrick Way on Friday, November 7, 2014 between the hours of 12:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M.

SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITIES DISTRICT OF SAANICH

On Monday, November 3, 2014, at the VICTORIAN AT FELTHAM, 1773 Feltham Road between the hours of 9:30 A.M. and 11:30 A.M., on Monday, November 3, 2014, at The VICTORIAN AT MCKENZIE, 4000 Douglas Street between the hours of 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 PM., on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at the BERWICK ROYAL OAK, 4680 Elk Lake Drive between the hours of 9:30 A.M. and 11:30 A.M., on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at the BERWICK HOUSE, 4062 Shelbourne Street between the hours of 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 PM. on Wednesday, November 5, 2014, at HIGHGATE LODGE, 1538 Cedar Hill Cross Road between the hours of 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M.., on Thursday, November 6, 2014, at THE CEDARS/DAWSON HEIGHTS, 3710 Cedar Hill Road between the hours of 9:30 A.M. and 11:30 A.M., and on Thursday, November 6, 2014, at THE KENSINGTON , 3965 Shelbourne Street between the hours of 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M.

FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL - AT THE VIEW ROYAL MUNICIPAL HALL, 45 VIEW ROYAL AVENUE Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Wednesday, November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THAT PORTION OF THE DISTRICT OF HIGHLANDS - AT THE HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY HALL, 729 FINLAYSON ARM ROAD Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Wednesday, November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE RURAL PORTION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 61 (GREATER VICTORIA) LYING WITHIN JUAN de FUCA ELECTORAL AREA OF THE CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT - AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 62 (SOOKE) BOARD OFFICES, 3143 JACKLIN ROAD, Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Wednesday, November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.

NOTE: SCHOOL DISTRICT BALLOTS ARE PART OF THE BALLOTS OF THE DISTRICT OF OAK BAY, DISTRICT OF SAANICH AND CITY OF VICTORIA AND MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR MAIL IN BALLOTS UPON REQUEST TO THE MUNICIPALITY AT WHICH YOU MAY WISH TO VOTE.

ELECTOR REGISTRATION To register as an elector at the time of voting, you will be required to make a declaration stating that you meet the following requirements:• 18 years of age or older• Canadian citizen• Resident of BC for a least 6 months immediately preceding voting day• Resident or registered owner of real property in the School District for at least 30 days

immediately preceding voting day, and• Not otherwise disqualified by law from voting. Resident electors will also be required to produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity.

Non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if applicable, written consent from the other property owners.

Given under my hand at Victoria, B.C. this twenty second (22nd) day of October, 2014.

Thomas F. Moore Chief Election Officer


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