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Weather record fallsAsia Olynyk, 5, cools off at the Rotary (Peter Pan) Water Park in Carnarvon Park. Hundreds of kids played in the spray during Greater Victoria’s record breaking streak of sunny weather. July’s more than 430 hours of sun topped the previous record of 421 hours set in July 1985.

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Oak bay neighbours will have a chance, in the coming months, to weigh in about how much the district really does care about its flowers.

A request for a Development Variance Permit and Heritage Alteration Permit was brought before Oak Bay council at the July 22 meeting, asking for council to allow fencing that will keep deer out of the Oak Bay Native Plant Park at 1180 Beach Drive.

While many residents have been split on the use of fencing to deal with Oak Bay’s deer issue, current bylaws designate the park, along with other public properties, as protected municipal heritage sites. Friends of the Oak Bay Native Plant Garden made a request at the May 21 Committee of the Whole meeting to erect deer fencing, noting that “deer are eating many of the rare plants in this garden, which is having a negative impact on the efforts of the volunteers.”

Ray Herman, director of Parks and Recreation, said that while the commission had no objections to the installation of the fence, funding for it was not approved. The Committee of the Whole moved to refer the issue to the Heritage Commission, which since recommended that council move forward with the proposed fencing.

The proposal now is to install 150 metres (500 feet) of black deer fencing that would blend into the foliage and protect the north, south and east sides of the plants. The fencing would also reach 2.5 metres (eight feet) in height, which requires a variance permit due to height violations.

“We have to hear from the public before any decisions are made, but volunteers have made clear to council the need to protect native species in the plant garden and have identified the need for a solution here,” said mayor Nils Jensen.

Before installing the fences, the group will need a heritage alteration permit and variance to the screens and fences bylaw. If council opts to move forward with the proposed fencing, the group will have to approve an expenditure of $7,700 for the fence, of which the Heritage Foundation will cover 25 per cent.

The public hearing is expected to take place on Sept. 30.

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A mysterious paralysis has been killing crows and ravens in northern B.C., and now some Islanders are

concerned the unusual deaths could be much closer to home.

“I have noticed several dead crows on the sidewalk over the past few days,” said Oak Bay resident Bill Smith in a letter to the News, noting that some crows were seen struggling to walk. “I decided to Google ‘dead crows’ and was quite surprised what I found … Let’s hope this is not the start of a serious problem.”

Scientists at the University of B.C. and residents have murmured concerns that the northern birds could be showing indications of West Nile Virus, especially as the corvids are most susceptible and often act as an early warning system. However, B.C. has not had any reports of West Nile in humans since 2010, and the province does regular testing of the mosquitoes in different

regions of B.C.Oak Bay manager of parks Chris

Hyde-Lay said the district has had no official reports of dead crows this year. However, birds are typically disposed of and are not sent for testing.

Leona Green, who runs the Hillspring Wildlife Rehabilitation facility in Dawson Creek and received calls about the unusual dying corvids, says she has had dozens of reports of the paralyzed or dead birds since the end of May. While, at first, she had been instructing people to safely dispose of the birds, the increased calls in the past two weeks surprised her.

On July 30, with upwards of 25 birds brought to her, she sent six specimens to be autopsied by the provincal Animal Health Lab – protocol when non-typical deaths occur in species. Results are expected within two weeks.

“I’ve never seen anything like this. The birds are alert, their wings move, but their legs are paralyzed from their spine. We are really scratching our heads over this,” Green said. “Being as I am not really a scientist, I can’t confirm

what it might be, just that I’ve sent the samples off, and that’s all we know for now.”

So far in Canada this year, two samples of mosquitoes and one bird have tested positive for West Nile in Ontario. No new activity has been reported from Washington State, however new positive mosquito samples have been found in Oregon, Idaho and California.

“It is extremely unlikely that the birds in the Peace River area have West Nile Virus,” said provincial vet Helen Schwantje. Although corvid deaths are not unusual,

Schwantje suggests the public report any number of species dead within

close proximity to each other to the Interagency Wild Bird Mortality Investigation Protocol, and the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.

The act of testing is paramount said Brian Starzomski, assistant professor of environmental studies and ecology at the University of Victoria. While Starzomski said

he, too, has seen dead crows in the area this year, there are many reasons for death, which could include young-

bird mortality rates, species-specific diseases or even poisons in the region.

“It is extremely important to reports birds, especially in cases where we see unusual death, and it’s in everyone’s best interest to make sure these numbers are tracked,” he said. “Mosquitoes transfer diseases from disease-bearing animals, so they become the conduits, so to speak.”

Dr. Richard Stanwick, Chief Medical Health Officer for Vancouver Island Health Authority, said while it’s extremely unlikely that West Nile has entered B.C. or the Island, that doesn’t mean people should let their guards down.

“We have to consider how our climate is changing, and that means the mosquitoes are seeing a longer breeding season and have more opportunity to progress through the cycles,” said Stanwick. “We have been very fortunate to live in a zone that is considered relatively safe but, with many diseases, it’s really just a matter of time.”

At least 13 identified species of mosquitoes

inhabit the Island and Stanwick said that, while birds like crows are most susceptible in their interactions, simple precautions are still important for humans, especially when around water-based and forested areas: precautions like using a repellent, staying in at dawn and dusk or keeping covered.

“The thing about West Nile is that it is a very interesting virus, and we can’t say how it will react in everyone,” said Stanwick. “Certainly, it can cause very serious conditions, and people here do travel a lot, so it is something they need to be aware of. However, there is a much greater chance they could contract it somewhere else.”

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A strange paralysis could be affecting crows closer to home

Mysterious crow deaths perplex experts

“Being as I am not really a scientist, I can’t confirm what it might be, just that I’ve sent the samples off, and that’s all we know for now.”

- Leona Green

Don Denton/News staff

Two crows rest on a rock near the Oak Bay Marina. A mysterious paralysis killing corvids (ravens and crows) in northern B.C. has some concerned about West Nile Virus closer to home.

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Capital Regional District staff will need the rest of the summer to report back on alternatives to a sewage sludge facility at Hart-land Landfill after a last-minute vote by directors last week.

As chair Denise Blackwell tried to wrap up a core area management committee meet-ing July 24, a push led by Esqui-malt Mayor Barb Desjardins resulted in a significant change to the CRD’s direction.

Staff are still moving towards public consultation for the use of the Saanich landfill as the location for a biosolids energy centre, but Desjardins’ motion means staff will again be required to look for alternative sites. This comes after the CRD abandoned a proposal earlier this month to build the plant on Viewfield Road in Esquimalt.

“There likely won’t be any-thing new to report until Sep-tember,” said CRD spokesman Andy Orr. “Nothing imminent or urgent is happening on the file until then.”

At the committee meet-ing, Blackwell tried to rule the

motion out of order due to time concerns, but enough commit-tee members rallied in its favour to have it brought forward and carried.

Blackwell believes the original motion was appropriate and dis-agrees with prolonging the pro-cess with another search for an alternative site.

“Given what happened in Esquimalt, even if we did find another site that was closer in, I think we would have the same difficulties,” she said. “The plan is the plan. We need to get on with it.”

For her part, Desjardins said there was “considerable discom-fort” with the committee endors-ing Hartland.

“The sentiment around the table was quite strong that Hart-land is really not an ideal site,” she said.

Moving forward with public consultation over Hartland is not the issue, Desjardins added, but having it as the only option is.

Her concerns with Hartland stem from its distance from the proposed wastewater treatment facility at McLoughlin Point and the potential dangers associated

with pumping sewage 18 kilome-tres to the Saanich site.

“There’s a significant risk,” she said. “The whole idea of hav-ing two sites so far away is prob-ably not the best use of taxpay-ers’ money.”

Saanich councillor and com-mittee member Judy Brownoff said enough is enough and it’s time to move forward with a plan that has been in the works since 2006. She had to leave the meeting before the vote, but dis-agrees with the decision to pro-long the process.

“We looked at over 16 sites in the region,” she said. “I want a municipality to put up its hand and say, ‘You know what? We’ll take that site.’ That’s not going to happen.”

Issues such as the distance to pump to Hartland have been thoroughly investigated and resolved, said Brownoff, the former chair of the committee. If energy is spent looking into anything, she said, it should be gasification – developing tech-nology to use organic waste to produce energy. Hartland was an industry leader for doing a similar process with garbage.

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Sexual assault centre expandsAfter a three-year search for

funding, the Victoria Women’s Sexual Assault Centre has been awarded $120,000 by The Vancouver Foundation.

The money, along with a planned move to a larger home in Saanich, shared with the Victoria Women’s Transition House offices, will help the centre become more accessible to transgendered people.

The grant money, allotted over

three years, will be used to provide services for transgendered people, including hiring a part-time trans inclusion co-ordinator.

“(The plan) came forward to us from members of the trans community who explained that they felt (lost) in the middle of services,” said Lenore Kennedy, the centre’s resource development manager.

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Oak Bay residents won’t have to worry about changes to the way sewer costs are divided – council decided to maintain the status quo and have residents keep paying their own way.

Council voted in the meeting on July 22 to keep everything the same, meaning that all consumption charges related to the Capital Regional District sewer costs will continue to cover 100 per cent of new debt costs, and all costs relating to the sewage treatment plant.

Until 2004, all sanitary sewer costs, both municipal and regional, were covered completely by property taxes. Since 2004, municipal sewer costs and new regional sewer debt have been funded through a user fee based on water consumption.

“Council has agreed to proceed with the established policy, which means the users will still pay based on water consumption,” said mayor Nils Jensen.

To adjust to the rising costs of new regional projects, specifically the CRD’s $783 million treatment facility, council also had the option

of putting all the CRD sewer costs on the utility bill (which would include pre-2004 debt), or changing the percentage covered by a consumption charge – in 2004, for example, that charge came in at 70 per cent, then rose to 100 per cent. Currently, pre-2004 sewage debt and other costs are still collected through property taxes.

“As the costs relating to the sewage treatment plant ramp up, the cost per unit will increase,” said Oak Bay treasurer Patricia Walker. “That’s just what we have to expect.”

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It may sound like the obvious punchline to a bad joke, but when it

comes to how many people it takes to put on the Victoria Symphony Splash, the answer is: a lot.

To be more precise, it takes about 370 volunteers, dozens of hired hands and a few star project managers to stage a world-class musical event for roughly 40,000 participants in Victoria’s Inner

Harbour every year.“The thing that amazes me is how

much people put into this,” said volunteer co-ordinator Ian Piears, who is working to fill about 430 shifts for this Sunday’s event, many of them 12 hours long.

“We do have the diehard symphony fans that come along, but a lot more people are interested in volunteering than in the event,” he said, noting that even feeding his army of volunteers is a task that requires careful planning. “There’s a pride of being involved in the community of Victoria that I really like.”

The logistical process begins Saturday, when an industrial barge pulled by tugboats is slotted into the Inner Harbour, where it will house the symphony, directed by Maestra Tania Miller. About a dozen private vessels are temporarily relocated to other

marinas by the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority for the remainder of the weekend.

Across the harbour, pyrotechnic experts begin wiring up the visual finale of Splash, a fireworks display that is the culmination of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.

After months of preparation, said production manager Janette Galan – she oversees everything from crowd control to food carts to street closures – the day of the show actually runs quite smoothly.

She begins at 6 a.m. and shortly afterward, the first delivery of the day arrives: 44 portable toilets.

“Nobody’s around at that time. It’s quite easy actually, before mayhem ensues,” she said.

Speakers are erected and large electrical cables snake from the legislature’s giant sequoia tree to soundboards across the street, as well

as under the water to the dozens of microphone inputs and lighting atop the barge.

“It’s one of those interesting logistical challenges,” Galan said.

More road closures are put in place as hardcore fans begin to set up lawn chairs on the harbour causeways and legislature lawn. But be warned: organizers will keep careful watch to ensure no one sets up their chairs before 8 a.m. Sunday.

At 2 p.m., full road closures come into effect and a ragtag army of food vendors set up shop on Government Street between the legislature and the Royal B.C. Museum. The vendors must be self-contained, meaning they supply their own electricity and running water. Generators won’t be permitted onsite as the classical music doesn’t do quite as effective a job at drowning out peripheral sounds as a rock concert, Galan said.

At the end of the day, everything that has gone up must come down for the city to return to business as usual on the B.C. Day holiday Monday.

But the payoff is worth it, Galan said.“When you can see 40,000 people

down there … enjoying each other, enjoying the music and being safe and respectful – and then after, they leave it like they weren’t even there because the place is so clean – it’s very rewarding,” she said.

Aside from the tireless work of volunteers, staff, vendors and hydro crews, Galan tips her hat to one more critical group who make the event a success: the attendees.

“Victorians have a real sense of ownership, in the nicest possible way. They love it,” she said. “They’re polite, they respect the areas we lay out for them. We tend not to have any problems at all.”

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Gearing up to make a splashA volunteer cast of hundreds makes this huge annual – and free – event well-orchestrated

Photo by Arnold Lim

Maestra Tania Miller leads the Victoria Symphony before a crowd of thousands at the 2012 Symphony Splash in the Inner Harbour. The hugely popular annual B.C. Day long weekend event is the culmination of months of preparation.

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Splash dayn The schedule for the Victoria Symphony Splash starts very early on Sunday (Aug. 4).5 a.m. - North lane of Belleville Street between Government and Menzies streets closed8 a.m. - Lawn chairs may be set up on the upper and lower causeways2 p.m. - Full road closure begins, including Government from Superior to Humboldt streets, Wharf Street from Government to Broughton Street, and Belleville Street from Government to Douglas Street7:30 p.m. - Concert begins, including performances by young soloists Carter Johnson and Eric Manning8:30 p.m. - Intermission9:30 p.m. - Finale with 1812 Overture and fireworks11 p.m. - Street reopens to traffic

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2009

In the end, Mr. Body was bludgeoned to death in the salon with a candlestick wielded by Mrs. White, the cold-blooded killer who looks no more dangerous than a kindly librarian.

The savage act was deduced by my 12-year-old son, who joined me and his big sister in that night’s detective hall of fame. Three rounds of the board game Clue and three different Sherlock Holmes solving the mystery.

In this age of heads tilted and eyes fixated and thumbs tap-tap-tapping on smartphones and iPods, unplugging from the video addiction and tossing the dice on a good old-fashioned board game offers a refreshing reprieve.

But, as video-game violence and associated mayhem on the Internet gets much press, I looked at the board game on the table and the stacks of board games in the closet — and realized we have always been tied to real-life scenarios, even when trying to escape the same in games, be they board or video.

Take Clue, for example.It’s a fantastic game that forces

players to draw on their powers of deduction, but the central theme is murder — in various violent ways.

Hangings, shootings and blunt-force trauma take the life of hapless Mr. Body again and again and again.

The carnage litters various elegant rooms in a grand mansion frequented by an assortment

of wealthy and high-ranking people. There’s a professor and a colonel among the killers.

Clue is not alone in board games that replicate the uglier side of real life.

Risk mimics that which we all profess to wish would be eradicated from the face of the earth — war. The goal is to have your troops kill all the other troops in battle and conquer the territories of your opponent, invading

and, presumably, enslaving the populace.

Monopoly is the most popular board game of all time and the goal is to become filthy rich while bankrupting all others.

In Monopoly, as in real life, the rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the middle class don’t have a chance.

Sorry is a simple game in which you race others to the finish line while doing everything you can to thwart their success, each time saying you are sorry despite not meaning it — not unlike the recent provincial election campaign.

Even the venerable Game of Life, which was unveiled in 1860, the very year the U.S. Civil War began, has managed to stay relevant with society’s ever-changing values.

The game I remember from my childhood had players choosing to go to college or get a job, the latter being a decision that would likely land a player in the “poor farm;” the former being a choice that would likely see the player retire in “Millionaire Acres.”

In the 1990s, the game was updated with such virtues as recycling and helping the homeless added to the play.

The latest version of The Game of Life, which we purchased a few years ago, had me baffled as I studied the board.

On a spot just over the second bridge was a commendation for helping African orphans — something definitely foreign to The Game of Life of my youth.

Of course, the next updated version I buy will likely have us landing on spaces that gift us 20 per cent pay hikes as city administrators, or spaces giving us 100 per cent medical and dental coverage, courtesy of taxpayers in The Game of Life.

Hey, it happens in real life, so why not in The Game of Life?

Video games and 3D movies do not have exclusive domain over virtual reality.

It’s right there, in our closets, on boards carrying memories of your youth.

Do yourself a favour — drop the Wii remotes and dust off Battleship.

It will feel good.Christopher Foulds is editor of

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‘Video games ... do not have exclusive domain over virtual reality.’

Renewed spirit toVictoria’s tourism

After lacklustre years of fewer visitors and declining revenues, Victoria’s tourism industry is finally turning the corner.

Having picture-perfect weather through July always helps, but take a walk downtown on virtually any weekend and the streets are packed with cruise ship passengers and locals taking in a continuous array of public festivals, restaurants and street food.

Successful events like the Highland Games, Canada Day concerts, Northwest Deuce Days, the Buskers Festival, the Moss Street Paint-In, the Street Food Festival, and further afield, Rock the Shores and the University of Victoria’s Congress conference have driven a renewed vibrancy to the city, and drawn huge crowds.

The beloved Symphony Splash and popular standbys like Beer Fest and Rifflandia are yet to come.

Tourism Victoria may have some creative advertising in Vancouver and Washington State, but the long lineup of festivals and events seems less a co-ordinated plan and more a perfect storm of an improving economy meeting an especially active year for the city, wrapped in warm, sunny weather.

These kind of downtown events and festivals that get people out on the streets and into pubs and restaurants is exactly what Victoria needs.

The city has worked hard to rejuvenate its image from a somewhat staid British outpost to a place where people can explore and have fun in the urban core, suburban neighbourhoods or regional parks.

Assuming the anecdotal boost in activity matches the statistics, this could be a renewal year for what was once a mainstay industry in the city. Victoria suffered from steep declines in tourism numbers and spending since 2008, and which has either remained flat or edged up slowly into 2012. Hotel occupancy rates, and the number of cars on the ferries between Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen have taken a beating since 2007.

But as signalled by steadily improving cruise ship numbers, our southern neighbours are starting to travel abroad in greater numbers again, good news for a sector that provides jobs for thousands of Greater Victorians.

Christopher Foulds

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Yes, it’s the last chance in summer to get away

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Sometimes, but I often leave the decision to the last minute

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Feeling a little crabbyMacrae Sarrazin, 9, holds a spider crab he caught using a net off the dock at Fleming Beach near his home in Esquimalt. He spends much of his time fishing and crabbing and listening to returning anglers talk about “the ones that got away.”

Mainland MLA clarifies NDP position on carbon tax

Re: “NDP soul search going nowhere” (B.C. Views, July 31).

Climate change is a reality, and bold political leadership is needed to address it.

During the 2013 election campaign, New Democrats put forward a plan to expand the base of the carbon tax to include venting emissions from oil and gas operations, capturing an additional five per cent of carbon emissions in the province, but that plan didn’t

include all industrial process emissions.

We believe government should work with the oil and gas sector to make sure companies pay their fair share for the emissions they produce.

This is particularly important as the B.C. Liberal government pursues an aggressive schedule of liquid natural gas expansion.

If such an objective is realized, it will be nearly impossible for the government

to reach our province’s legal emission reduction requirements.

New Democrats will hold the government to account for their green promises, and continue to advocate for policies that help reduce emissions and spur efficiency, innovation and best practices.

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Liquid natural gasa boon for province

When Premier Clark came out with her bold stance on liquid natural gas, many speculated how much annual revenue the project would bring.

Clark has stated the industry will contribute between $4.3 to $8.7 billion to government revenue each year by 2020.

Last week B.C. Ferries came out with plans to purchase three new vessels that it hopes will be powered by liquefied natural gas. Although this will involve higher initial capital costs, the overall life cycle costs will be lower.

As of mid-2013 about 138 billion cubic metres a year of LNG was under production, which will bring the total capacity to 500 billion cubic metres by 2018. About 86 billion cubic metres will be sold to Asia and 80 per cent is contracted for the long term.

B.C. Ferries’ interest in LNG says a lot about the overall demand for the product. We need the product at home as well.

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Buying food from Chinanot the healthiest idea

Why do the big stores buy food from China? Because it’s cheap, obviously.

I discovered today that High Liner brand seafood products are processed in China. The fish could be Canadian, but the processing, the adding of the batter, is done in China.

We all want to know why cancer is on the rise, when so many billions are being given to find a cure. When Chinese mothers won’t buy the baby food made in China, that should give us a hint that something is wrong. Too many little children are dying of cancer.

It has to be the food they eat, or drugs that have remained in the family genes over the years.

Having a good environment will not help us, if we continue to buy from countries that still use pesticides or unclean processing procedures.

Eileen NattrassCentral Saanich

Canada Post decisionmakes little sense

When it comes to stupidity, inefficiency and putting stress on its workers, Canada Post’s policy of routing Victoria’s inter-city mail takes the cake.

It is not enough that their mail sorters in Vancouver have to process mail sent within Metro Vancouver, from Vancouver to Vancouver Island, from other parts of Canada and elsewhere in the world to addresses within Vancouver, now they get to sort mail we might send to someone across town in Greater Victoria. I hope they get a pay raise that reflects their extra workload.

I am sure all the courier companies that operate on Vancouver Island will love Canada Post for this.

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More than 100 people and 50 staff are recover-ing after a norovirus outbreak that swept through a Victoria seniors’ complex care home earlier this month.

Since the July 11 outbreak, nine people died at Selkirk Place near the Gorge waterway, but offi-cials caution they haven’t linked any of the deaths directly to the flu-like illness.

“Those deaths have not been attributed to the outbreak of norovirus,” Sarah Plank, Vancou-ver Island Health Authority spokesperson, said Wednesday.

The virus, which causes vomiting and diarrhea, may have been a contributing factor in the deaths, she added.

Staff at Selkirk Place have been following stan-dard outbreak protocols and only 11 people remain ill, Plank said.

“That means isolating sick patients in their rooms and bringing them meals, rather them going to the common dining room, trying to limit visitation and doing lots of extra cleaning.”

VIHA functions as an oversight body in cases of contained outbreak, providing guidance and ensuring regular updates are provided to public health officials.

Selkirk Place administrators did not respond to calls for comment for this story by the News’ deadline.

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Jim Pattison, centre, is flanked by Melanie McKenzie, left, executive director of the Victoria Hospitals Foundation, and Don Hubbard, chair of the Vancouver Island Health Authority, at the Royal Jubilee Hospital on Tuesday. Pattison is donating up to $5 million to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation to be used for technology and training upgrades at the hospital’s Patient Care Centre. “I’m hugely impressed,” Pattison said at the event, reflecting on his tour of the facility. “I don’t think I’ve ever been a place as good as this before.” To donate to the foundation’s $25- million Building Care Together campaign, visit buildingcare.ca or call 250-519-1750.

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Hips will be swaying and feet will be tapping as the Tango and Latin Music Fest comes to Victoria starting today.

This year’s sixth annual festival features a number of local per-formers playing in a variety of venues, with an array of genres and moods.

The festival started out as a showcase for tango music, but over the years the call for Latin music increased and it was added to the repertoire. Now the festival has come to include all forms of Latin music, from far and near.

“At our festival we really provide these opportunities for musicians, our local people to play with visiting maestros in tango music,” said Jill Waters, one of the festival’s founders. “We have some Canadians that are actually very recognized tango musicians. We’re no slouch in that area.”

As the festival grows, Waters said she sees the popularity of Latin music and dance on the rise.

“In the mid-’90s era it really started to become established and then it got a pretty steady stronghold ever since,” Waters said. “It’s got a very dis-tinct rhythm to it and it can be really happy music.”

Centennial Square will see two days of celebration devoted to Vancouver Island’s own Kumbia, with special concerts honouring the band’s 25th anni-versary. With its large ensemble and a variety of guests, Kumbia will get the crowd moving with its lively Latin rhythms. Other performers will pay trib-ute to Kumbia through performance and dance.

Waters credits Kumbia with popularizing Latin music on Vancouver Island, primarily through a live performance in 1992 at the Empress Theatre which was broadcast by the CBC.

“It was after that that Latin music really started to become on the airwaves, we start-ed to hear a lot more Latin music,” Waters said. “They produce music that takes you away from whatever troubles you have and makes you feel really happy, and everybody just wants to get up and dance.”

On the Saturday afternoon, Centennial Square will also host tango guitarist Martin Nemcovsky, tango vocalist Hector Flores and the four-piece Jamshed Plays Tango.

Throughout the performances the square will be home to a selection of dance groups and booths featuring crafts, information on a variety of groups and Argentinean and Latin food.

For a more intimate experience, Hermann’s Jazz Club will be hosting two nights of music.

On Friday night, starting at 8 p.m., Argentinean Nemcovsky and Vancouver’s Stefan

Thordarson will play with locals Kelby MacNayr and Joey Smith for a set of Argentina Tango and Jazz, called “a la parilla,” meaning “off the grill.”

On Saturday night at Hermann’s the Gabriel Palatchi Band will bring its Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz sounds, joined by a group of international musicians.

“His work is more fusion, so it will be tango, jazz, Latin,” Waters said. “So farther away from what is the classics of tango, and much more into that fusion world.”

Sunday night will be a Cuban night with locals the Pablo Cardenas Latin Combo coming to the Ambrosia Event Centre for a 9 p.m. show. The band plays Afro-Cuban rhythms woven together with Brazilian Sambas and classical songs, all with deep jazz roots.

The Centennial Square performances are free.For more information visit passion4tango.com.

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EvENtsFri. Aug. 2Yellow wolf IntertrIbal Powwow - The 20th-annual gathering features singing, drumming and dancing, crafts, First Nations foods and culture. Aug. 2-4 at Tsarlip Park (800 Stelly’s X Rd). Grand entry is Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 1 and 7pm and Sunday at 1pm. Free admission.tango and latIn MusIc fest- The sixth-annual festival of tango and Latin music takes over Centennial Square and other locations Aug. 2-4. The festival includes the 25th anniversary celebration of latin music group Kumbia. More information at passion4tango.com.

Sun. Aug. 4sYMPhonY sPlash - The 23rd-annual outdoor concert by the Victoria Symphony brings 45,000 people to the Inner Harbour. 1-10pm. Free. Full schedule at victoriasymphony.ca/splash.ross baY VIlla grand oPenIng - After 13 years of restoration work. The Ross Bay Villa Society and The Land Conservancy open the doors to this special historic house museum with a lawn party, house tours and more. Noon-5pm at 1490 Fairfield. Free. Tours $10.

Mon. Aug. 5IndIan Mela - A seven-day celebration of Indian culture, food, music and dance in Centennial Square. More information at iccavictoria.com.bc daY celebratIon- Live music with Dehli2Dublin, We Are the City, Bobs and Lolo, The Archers, Shred Kelly, The Racket, Iskwew Singers, Nuuka, and more. Family friendly fun, art, food and community. Noon-9pm at

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letters froM wIngfIeld farM- The Belfry Theatre presents Rod Beattie as Walt Wingfield in the first installment of the Wingfield series about Victoria’s favourite Ontario farmer. Until Aug. 4. Tickets at belfry.bc.ca or 250-385-6815. VIctorIa shakesPeare festIVal - The Victoria Shakespeare Society presents The Merry Wives of Windsor (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, directed by Kate Rubin) and Measure for Measure (on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, directed by Clayton Jevne) until Aug. 17 on the lawns at Camosun College (3100 Foul Bay). Tickets are $22.50/16/kids 12 and under free. A festival pass is $32/25, or only $20 in advance. Tickets are available at Shepherd Books, The Papery, at the door (cash only), or online at Ticketrocket.org.

the karate kId- The Victoria Film Festival presents its annual Free B Film Festival, starting with the Karate Kid (PG) on its 20-foot inflatable screen at the Cameron bandshell in Beacon Hill Park. Bring blankets, flashlights and snacks. Movie starts at 9pm. Freebfilmfest.com. Catch Flash Gordon at the same time Saturday.

saanIch InernatIonal folk dancers- Outdoor dancing near the Cameron Bandshell at Beacon Hill Park. 7-9pm. Beginners welcome, no partner needed. Free.

attack of the bones- Launch Pad Productions goes sci-fi wtih Watch for Bones, episode 2, Attack of the Bones. Friday and Saturday at 8pm at Intrepid Theatre Club (1609 Blanshard). $15 at the door (cash only). Reserve tickets at bringingyouthestarts.com or at 250-590-7235.

SAt. Aug. 3MIdsuMMer burlesque exPlosIon- Join J Mclaughlin, April O’Peel, Jett MaJique, Dollipop, Suicide Stacey, Delilah D’Lish and more for a strip tease show 8pm at Victoria Event Centre. Tickets are $20 in advance at eventbrite.ca. Workshop Sunday at noon with April O’Peel on comedy and burlesque (Finding Your Funny Boner).

MusIcFri. Aug. 2talIb kwelI - Epic emcee from Black Star and Reflection Eternal comes to Victoria for the first time. With Georgia Murray and DJ DWhiz. 7pm at Club 9ONE9 (919 Douglas). Early bird $25 at ticketweb.ca.towers and trees - Energetic indie-folk powerhouse collective takes on Butchart Gardens. 7:30pm. Free with admission.raVen baroque - A dozen musicians in wigs and period costume performing Vivaldi’s guitar concerto, Boccherini’s Fandango quintet and more. 150 chairs available or bring your own. 1:30pm at the reservoir on Mt Tolmie. By donation.

SAt. Aug. 3JessIca benInI - Soulful melodies, rhythmic guitar and spontaneous harmonica. With Born in Cities. 7:30pm at Gorge-ous Coffee (300 Gorge). $7-12 suggested donation.courtYard sessIons - Free outdoor concert with The Royal Canadians and Sam Weber. 1-4pm at Market Square.

Sun. Aug. 4hagface - With Open Relationship, Too Late and Cave Girl. 8;30pm at Copper Owl (1900 Douglas). $8. salsa nIght - With Pablo Cardenas, Kelby MacNayr, Peter Dowse, Hector Ramos and Noedy Hechavvaria Duharte. 9pm at Ambrosia Event Centre (638 Fisgard).

$16 in advance at Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records and the Makehouse. $20 at the door.

gaLLERIEsFri. Aug. 2storage- Artists Hall, Laycock, MacAuley and McArthur present sculptural works developed at a UVic studio, assembled from a small range of commonplace materials. At fifty fifty arts collective (2516 Douglas). thefiftyfifty.net.sooke fIne arts show - View some of the finest art from across Vancouver Island and B.C.’s coastal islands at the 11-day show that draws more than 8,000 visitors. Now in its 27th year, it is the Island’s longest running juried art show. Until Aug. 5 at SEAPARC Leisure Complex (2168 Phillips) Sookefinearts.com.suMMer salon - Canadian glass artist Lois Scott’s new glass sculptures on display at West End Gallery (1203 Broad). Until Aug. 1. westendgalleryltd.com.crYstal heath - New paintings by Heath and introducing new artists Mary-Jean Butler and Pavel Barta. Until Aug. 9 at The Avenue Gallery (2184 Oak Bay). theavenuegallery.com.sMall - Celebrating smaller peices at smaller prices. Meet the artists Sat., Aug. 3, 2-4pm at Coast Collective Gallery (3221 Heatherbell). Gallery open Wednesday to Sunday, noon to 5pm. coastcollective.ca.canadIan federatIon of arItsts - Victoria chapter summer show at Goward House (2495 Arbutus), until Aug. 28. victoriafca.com.art show and sale - View the eclectic works of sculptor Richard Smith and painter Susan Hopkins at the Art Centre at Cedar Hill (3220 Cedar Hill), until Aug. 13.hold that Pose - Figurative drawings and paintings by members of Xchanges Gallery drop in group. Opening reception 7-9pm. Open Saturday and Sunday noon-4pm until Aug. 11 at 2333 Government.

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OPENINGSMURFS 2 -(Empire 6/SilverCity/Empire Uni 4/Westshore) The blue munchkins are back for more pint-sized adventures, this one involving a sorcerer and a diabolical kidnapping. Opened Wed., July 31.2 GUNS -(Odeon, Westshore, SilverCity) Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg play rival Drug Enforcement agents who think they are investigating each other but have actually been set up by the Mob … and now have to shoot their way out of a world of trouble. Starts Fri.★★★ IRON MAN 3 -(Empire 6) An emotionally troubled Iron Man more than has his hands full with the diabolical Mandarin, in a rip-roaring adventure that mostly succeeds (but suffers from a tin heart). Starts Fri.

CONTINUING★★★ THE CONJURING -(Empire 6/SilverCity/Westshore) An elite cast including Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, and Lili Taylor star in a clever haunted house chiller about a pair of paranormal investigators who get in

over their heads when they confront a powerful entity. This is an old-school spookfest, interested in atmosphere more so than splatter.THE CROODS -(Caprice) A prehistoric family taking an unexpected “road trip” into a magical land is the plot of this whimsical animated charmer (which has been getting great reviews). With the vocal talents of Emma Stone, Nicolas Cage, and Ryan Reynolds.EPIC -(Caprice) In this animated family adventure a teenage girl is magically transported to a deep forest setting where she bands together with a wacky crew of critters to help battle a terrifyingly dark force that is threatening their world … and ours. ★★½ DESPICABLE ME 2 -(Odeon/SilverCity/Westshore/Empire Uni 4) The 2010 original, about a loathsome criminal mastermind who was reformed by the love of three young orphan girls, was a goofy delight. The sequel, although still clever, is much more scattershot, with an unimaginative plot and unwelcome dashes of mean spiritedness. Steve

Carell, Kristen Wiig, and Russell Brand supply the voices.GROWN UPS 2 -(Caprice) Despite the name, expect the humour to be decidedly juvenile in this amiable raunchfest about the reunion of five school buddies, who have aged but not matured. Starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider and David Spade.★★½ THE HEAT -(Odeon/SilverCity/Caprice) In this raucous and sometimes hit-and-miss comedy from Paul Feig (Knocked Up), Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) play odd-couple cops who will have to learn to work together if they are to stand a chance of taking down the drug lord who’s their assigned target.★★ THE LONE RANGER -(Caprice) More proves to be less, as the classic western TV show from the 1950s that featured a masked lawman and his Native American sidekick gets a predictably bombastic treatment from director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean). Starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer.

★★½ MAN OF STEEL -(Westshore/Caprice) Zack Snyder (The Watchmen, 300) helms this occasionally interesting but mostly bombastic reboot of the series about the original caped superhero. Starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, and Michael Shannon, who is brilliant as the villainous General Zod.★★ NOW YOU SEE ME -(Roxy, 7:00) The FBI and Interpol combine forces to battle a clever crew of Las Vegas illusionists who seem to be robbing banks . . . while simultaneously performing for a casino audience. Despite a great cast that includes Morgan Freeman, Mark Ruffalo, and Jesse Eisenberg, this is a flabby caper film with little magic to it.★★★½ PACIFIC RIM -(Odeon/SilverCity/Westshore) Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth) helms this Transformers-ish epic about monsters that attack Earth and are opposed by giant robots controlled by human “pilots.” This is a skilfully directed and highly imaginative tribute to all those schlocky Godzilla movies of old.★★½ RED 2 -(Empire 6/SilverCity/Empire Uni 4/Westshore) Anthony Hopkins joins Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Bruce Willis, and Mary-Louise Parker as they reprise their roles as retired CIA “black ops” agents marked for death by their own agency. Although not as good as the 2010 original, this is entertaining enough, mostly due to the sly dialogue and killer performances.★ R.I.P.D. -(Odeon/SilverCity) Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds star in a dismal action comedy that is nothing more than a crass ripoff of Men In Black. Bridges, who plays an “undead cop” who patrols the Earth looking for weird monsters to exterminate, should probably return the Oscar he received for Crazy Heart.★★★½ STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS -(Roxy, 9:15/Caprice)

J.J. Abrams retains the helm of the rebooted Star Trek franchise with this entertaining and engaging tale about a youthful Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) tackling a seemingly unstoppable one-man weapon of mass destruction. With Bruce Greenwood, Zoe Saldana, and a sinister Benedict Cumberbatch.★★★ THIS IS THE END -(Caprice) In this truly wacked comedy, stars such as Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and Jonah Hill play themselves as they party at James Franco’s house — only to find themselves confronting a terrifying, demon-filled apocalypse. Although a bit oversold and rather slapdash, this is very funny (and very rude).★★ THE TO DO LIST -(Odeon) In this equal-opportunity raunchfest for girls, an over-achieving high school valedictorian (and virgin) feels pressured to have a variety of sexual experiences before she enters college in the fall, a task she undertakes with grim determination.TURBO -(Odeon/SilverCity/Westshore) The latest from Dreamworks Animation is a family comedy about an ordinary garden snail who acquires magic powers — and the chance to achieve his dream of winning the Indy 500. With the voices of Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Maya Rudolph, and Samuel L. Jackson.★★★½ THE WAY WAY BACK -(Odeon) A hit at Sundance, this is a funny and touching coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old boy who feels ignored by his mother and pushed around by her overbearing boyfriend (Steve Carell). Also starring Allison Janney, Toni Collette and Sam Rockwell. See review.★★★ WOLVERINE -(Odeon/SilverCity/Empire Uni 4/Westshore) Hairy-faced and Adamantium-clawed Hugh Jackman travels to Japan to confront the diabolical Silver Samurai, in an entertaining Marvel Comics smackdown that combines

X-men flair with martial arts and yakuza elements. Directed by James Mangold (***Walk The Line, 3:10 to Yuma). See review.★★★ WORLD WAR Z -(Empire 6/ SilverCity/Caprice) Countries topple and armies shatter in the face of a zombie pandemic, as a shaggy-haired Brad Pitt tries to save the world. This is an intense and intelligent movie that uses zombies to embody the more plausible horror of a SARS-like threat to the planet.

IMAX FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES -(11 am, 4 pm)★★★½ STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS -(8 pm)KENYA: ANIMAL KINGDOM -(noon, 3 pm, 6 pm)★★★½ ROCKY MOUNTAIN EXPRESS -(1 pm, 7 pm).★★★½ SHACKLETON’S ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE -(10 am, 2 pm, 5 pm)

SCREENINGSMOVIE MONDAY - Presents Life on the Vertical and Land of the Chartreuse Moose. In honour of B.C. Day, MM is screening two short films by Smithers filmmaker Monty Bassett. The first portrays a group of mountain goats who live on the vertical walls of a formidable canyon in northwestern B.C. Followed by a portrait of beloved painter Ted Harrison and his love for the Yukon. 6:30 pm MONDAY in the 1900-block Fort. By donation. 595-FLIC. moviemonday.ca.

CINECENTACinecenta at UVic screens its films in the Student Union Building. Info: 721-8365. cinecenta.com.

★★★ KON-TIKI -(Fri.-Sat., Aug. 2-3: 7:00, 9:00) Fascinating albeit superficial, this Oscar-nominated adventure recreates the legendary 1947 voyage of Thor Heyerdal, who crossed 4,700 miles of Pacific Ocean on a balsa wood raft in order to prove that it would have been possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.★★★½ THE SAPPHIRES -(Sun.-Mon., Aug. 4-5: 7:00, 9:00) Sixties soul music is at the centre of this delightful, true-life story about four young Australian aboriginal singers who hooked up with a wacky promoter and toured American military bases in Vietnam, performing Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett songs to adoring soldiers.ITALY: LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT -(Tues., Aug. 6 7:15, 9:00) Two Italian journalists have made a provocative documentary about their ambivalent feelings as to how their homeland has become unaffordable and otherwise problematic as a place to live.HAVA NAGILA: THE MOVIE -(Wed.-Thurs., Aug. 7-8: 7:15, 9:00) This tuneful documentary charts how the ebullient Hebrew song Hava Nagila (“Let Us Rejoice”), which is set to a traditional melody from the Ukraine, evolved to become the signature song of Jewish life. Includes interviews with Harry Belafonte, Chubby Checker, Bob Dylan and Lena Horne.

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Yashida has enemies, and Logan soon finds himself embroiled in a fierce battle as ruthless yakuza thugs raid the man’s funeral to kidnap his haughty granddaughter, Mariko. Logan finds himself on the run with her, and is soon embroiled in a complicated plot involving corrupt politicians and yakuza mob-sters. Poor Logan has to fight gangsters, a swarm of black-clad ninja warriors, a diabolical fellow-mutant named Viper, his own inner demons … and his emerging feelings for the distractingly soulful Mariko.

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Mark, Jeremy and Max Grant made history at the recent 2013 Canadian Judo Championship in Richmond.

Mark, 62, is guessing it’s probably the first time ath-letes of three generations from the same family com-peted at the nationals earlier this month.

Mark’s son Jeremy is 42 and grandson Max is 12.

It was “very special for us,” Jeremy said, though he added the family aspect made it hard for him to concentrate on his own performance while he

could see his son and father fighting on another mat.

Max a green belt, earned

the best result with bronze in the 15-and-under category.

“It was a privilege for me

to be part of something that my son and grandson were a part of and not to seem out of place to do it,” Mark said. “I was glad to see (Max) worked hard and kept going no mat-ter how tough it was.”

Mark, a fourth degree black belt, teaches locally at the Kokushikai and Victoria judo clubs and hasn’t competed in over a decade, previously winning the World Masters open weight, U.S. masters and Canadian Masters. He came back just to say his fam-ily did it.

Jeremey is a second-degree black belt.

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Mark, left, with Max and Jeremy.

Judoka wins bronze beside dad, grandfather


It’s that time of year when a group of newbies make their first foray into the world of triathlon beside a core of regulars who annually target Sun-day’s (Aug. 4) Self-Transcendence Triathlon and Duathlon at Elk Lake.

About 400 com-petitors are expected for the 34th annual running of the event which starts at 7 a.m. when swimmers con-verge for a mass start on Hamsterly Beach at the north end of Elk Lake.

This year’s duath-lon (five-kilometre run, 40 km bike, 10 km run) is the pro-vincial champion-ships and will award all age-class winners with a championship belt buckle from Tri-athlon B.C. It’s also a qualifier for the 2014 World Duathlon Championships.

Traditionally, the Self Transcendence sprint (750 km swim, 20 km bike and 5 km run) and Olympic distance (1.5 km swim, 40 km bike and 10 km run) triathlons are a stepping stone for many first-time triathletes as well as a warmup for Ironman ath-letes headed to Whistler later this month.

Because of the warm weather this year, wetsuits, which are a popular item among triathletes, will be decided on as of 6 a.m. on race day. Triathlon B.C. rules dictate that wetsuits can not be worn if the temperature reaches 22 degrees celsius, which is possible but unlikely.

If wetsuits are disallowed, organizers will try to accommodate the competitors. Olympic dis-tance registrants can opt for the sprint distance swim and all registered triathletes can opt for the duathlon.

The post race food, as always, will be prepared by the volunteers of the Finish Line Cafe. The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team started the race in 1980.

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Victoria Highlanders striker Jordie Hughes has won senior men’s provin-cial soccer titles with Gorge FC. He’s won multiple Jack-son Cups with Gorge and the Bays United. He’s been to the Canadian nationals and to the NCAA Div. 1 Sweet 16.

But he’s never been this far, not at this high a level.

The Highlanders are in Austin, Texas today (Aug. 2) for the Premier Develop-ment League’s Championship final four. Kickoff is 3 p.m. PST between the Highlanders and Thunder Bay Chill, an all-Canadian matchup. The host Austin Aztex face the Ocean City Nor’easters in the other semifinal.

“It feels good. We knew when we started (in 2009) we could get here. I just didn’t know when it would be,” Hughes said. “To see it prog-ress from 2009 to now, it’s an honour to be a part of it. In a way it’s hard to believe we’re finally here. And now we’re only two wins away from (winning the PDL).”

It’s the Highlanders first appearance in the champion-ship final four and the team faces a big challenge as the Chill won the PDL title in 2008 and last appeared in the PDL’s final four in 2011.

Earlier this week, Hughes was up-Island for a significant

but short two-night getaway. It just so happens he had already booked this week off for vacation from his job with the B.C. Government, mostly to celebrate the first anniver-sary with this wife. The team flew to Texas on Wednesday.

“It just kind of worked out. To play soccer and be able to commit to things like this you definitely need a really nice boss, and mine’s a big soccer fan,” Hughes said. “Even if I hadn’t booked it off, he prob-ably won’t hesitate to give me the time off.”

Hughes, 29, scored 30 goals as a striker for the Jackson Cup Island champion Bays United in the premier divi-sion of Vancouver Island Soccer League this season. The converted midfielder has kept the striker role with the Highlanders this season, and though it’s a lot harder to score in the PDL, managed eight goals in 13 games.

That’s a dangerous threat behind the genius striking of Brett Levis, the Highlanders’ scoring sensation from Saska-toon, who potted 16 goals in 16 regular season games, plus three in the playoffs.

It was Levis who propelled the Highlanders with a 3-2 win over the Ventura County Fusion 3-2 on Friday in the Western Conference semi-final. Levis tied it 2-2 in the 60th minute, then scored the winning goal six minutes into extra time.

On Saturday Levis scored the only goal as the High-landers shutout the Portland Timbers U-23s 1-0 to win the Western Conference.

“Levis scored three of our four goals and drew a pen-alty kick for the only other goal (scored by Riley O’Neil). Obviously he’s been key to our success this year,” Hughes said.

“But it’s also the effect of having coach Steve Simon-son. A lot of the players who are on the Highlanders now are from his (Highlanders) development team and grew up with Simonson’s system. He’s been training some of these guys since they were 14.”

Impressing this year from that local pipeline are Lake-hill Soccer Association youth products Josh Heard, 18, and Tarnvir Bhandal, 18, at mid-

field, and Gorge FC youth player Andrew Ravenhill, 23, on defence.

“They know how (Simon-son) likes to play. But if team’s are catching on to our style, he’s not just stuck on that one style, that’s been important,” Hughes said.

Recovering from injury, Hughes managed 45 minutes against the Timbers on Sat-urday and will most likely see playing time on Friday, espe-cially if the Highlanders fall behind, but might not start the game. With 57 goals in 61 regular season PDL games, as well as being named an NCAA Div. 1 All American in 2005, Hughes’ balance of skill and experience is integral as the Highlanders look to make it through to the final. If the Highlanders advance the final is 5:30 p.m. PST on Monday.

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Triathlon road closures:� Saanich and Peninsula residents take note for the morning of Sunday, Aug. 4. Runners will be on Brookleigh Road from 7 to approximately 7:30 a.m. � The cycling routes will be active from 7:30 to about 10:30 a.m. They start at Hamsterly Beach and run to the airport on Brookleigh, Oldfield Road, Old W. Saanich Road, West Saanich Road and Widgeon Drive before returning by the same route.

Self transcendence takes over Elk Lake

Highlanders in final four Highlanders face Thunder Bay Chill today in PDL semifinal

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It's been a long journey to the PDL final four for Jordie Hughes, right, who has been with the Highlanders since the beginning in 2009.

Shamocks continue playoff series on Wednesday, return to Bear on Friday

The second-place Victoria Shamrocks will return to Bear

Mountain Arena on Friday (Aug. 9) for Game 3 of the Western Lacrosse Asso-citaion semifinal best-of-seven playoff series against

the third-place Burnaby Lakers. Faceoff is 7:45 p.m.

The series opened on Wednesday at the Bear. Results were past press time. Game 2 goes Wednesday (Aug. 7) in Burnaby and Game 4 is Sunday (Aug. 11) in Burnaby.

The first-place Langley Thunder draw the Coquitlam Adanacs in the other semifinal.

The Shamrocks ended the regular season with an 18-4 win over the Nanaimo Timbermen in front of 2,200-plus fans at the Bear.

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Stunning loss for HighlandersTravis Paterson News staff

An impressive and dominant season by the Peninsula Co-op Highlanders collapsed on Satur-day with a 4-3 shootout loss in the semifinals to the Kamloops Heat.

The Highlanders finished sec-ond in the Pacific Coast Soc-

cer League’s premier women’s division with a record of 13-1-2, scoring a league best 61 goals. It put the Highlanders into the PCSL championship semifinals, played on the Mainland last weekend against the Heat.

The game ended at regulation in a 2-2 tie, with the Highlanders goals coming from Kristen Liv-ingstone and Liz Hansen. Han-sen scored twice more in over-time to keep the Highlanders on par, 4-4, with the Heat. Jaclyn Sawicki then put the Highland-

ers ahead 5-4 and 6-4 with a pair of goals and what looked like a spot in the final. But the High-landers surrendered two late goals and lost 4-3 in the penalty kick shootout.

“It’s our first year back in this league, so now we just build from here,” said Highlanders head coach Dave Dew. “We’re so young, our average age isn’t even 21, so we have a huge future.”

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Swimmer to chase medal on SaturdayTravis Paterson News staff

Saanich’s Ryan Cochrane added to his world medal total with bronze in the 800-metre freestyle event at the FINA World Champion-ships on Wednesday.

Cochrane swam the race in 7 seven min-utes and 43.7 seconds, chasing down Ameri-can Connor Jaeger in the final 100 metres to ensure his third straight world championship medal in the 800m. China’s Sun Yang won gold in 7:41.36.

Cochrane, 24, grew up in the waters of Saa-nich Commonwealth Place, and previoulsy won silver at the 2011 Worlds in Shanghai, bronze in 2009 in Rome, bronze in the 1,500m of the 2008 Olympics and silver in the 1,500m 2012 Olympics.

Cochrane was ago-

nizingly close to another medal when he was fourth to touch the wall in the 400m free-style on Sunday, yet was just 0.1 of a second away from silver.

“The touches aren’t my friend this meet,” Cochrane said in Swim-ming Canada’s release.

“It was hard getting fourth place. It’s a frus-trating place to be but at the world champion-ships anything can hap-pen.”

Cochrane still has

the 1,500m to look for-ward to for Saturday.

“(It was a) very inter-esting race – five guys in it all the way and it’s not that normal in the distance freestyle,” said Randy Bennett, head coach of the national team and Cochrane’s coach at the Victoria Academy of Swimming.

“It’s usually a two- or three-horse race but he could have been fifth ... to be aware that he had to go as hard as he did in the last 100 metres,

we’ll take the medal and run with it but you always want a little bit more.”

The medal is Cana-da’s fifth overall at the championships, and second in swimming. University of Victoria’s Eric Hedlin won a silver medal in the five-km open water race earlier in the two-week event, which also features water polo, diving, syn-chronized swimming and a newly added high diving event.

“The field is getting faster and faster and I think one of the mis-takes we made (in the 800m) is playing into everybody else’s race tactics,” Cochrane said.

Cochrane will seek a third straight year of podium finishes in the 1,500m freestyle event when heats begin Sat-urday. He has back-to-back world champion-ships silver medals in that event.

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Ryan Cochrane won bronze in the men’s FINA World Championships 800-metre freestyle in Barcelona on Wednesday.

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Cochrane accepts bronze in the 800-metre freestyle at FINA World Championships.

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Page 20 week beginning August 1, 2013 Real Estate Victoria OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY

814-160 WilsonSaturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Lynnell Davidge, 250-477-7291 pg. 19

306-75 Songhees, $698,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6

733A Humboldt (200 Douglas)Saturday & Sunday 1-4Macdonald Realty Helene Roy, 250 883-2715 pg. 1

3126 Yew St, $439,000Saturday 2-4JONESco Real Estate Inc.Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

606 Speed, $215,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyScott Munro, 250 477-5353 pg. 7

2-1319 Gladstone Ave, $359,000Saturday 11-1Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-818-8736

101-75 Songhees, $685,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 5

2-216 Russell, $419,000Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdJeff Shaw 250 474-6003 pg. 8

705-845 Yates, $299,900Sunday 1-3Newport RealtyNoah Dobson 250 385-2033 pg. 7

830 Queens Ave, $634,900Saturday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey, 250-391-1893

306-409 Swift, $389,900Saturday 2-4JonesCo. Real EstateRoger Jones, 250-361-9838 pg. 6

460-B Chester Ave, $539,900Saturday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunApril Prinz, 250-744-3301 pg. 8

510-10 Paul Kane, $675,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422 pg. 6

107-75 Songhees, $725,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6

1220 Beach Dr., $899,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunFrank Rudge, 250-361-5052 pg. 8

1253 Victoria Ave.Saturday 2-4Macdonald Realty Ltd.Scott Vannan, 250-388-5882 pg. 8

2386 Central, $1,049,500Saturday 2-4Burr Properties Ltd.Patrick Skillings, 250-382-8838 pg. 9

2072 Kendal Ave, $720,000Saturday 2-4JONESco Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath, 250-655-7653

103 Lekwammen, $219,000Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesChuck Bennett, 250-384-8124 pg. 19

8-106 Aldersmith, $419,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdSharon Stevens-Smith 250 474-6003 pg. 9

134 Gibraltar Bay, $532,900Saturday 1-3Burr Properties LtdJohn McMillan, 250 382-8838 pg. 9

404-520 Foster, $218,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyRuth Stark, 250 477-1100 pg. 7

204-837 Selkirk Ave, $269,900Sunday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Rob Angus, 250-391-1893

208-853 Selkirk Ave, $219,900Sunday 1-2Sutton Group West Coast RealtyShelly Reed, 250-213-7444

40-4360 Emily Carr, $529,900Saturday 11-1Pemberton HolmesRick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 pg. 6

1473 Garnet Rd, $375,900Saturday 2-4One Percent RealtyValentino, 250-686-2242 pg. 10

2228 Tashy Pl, $699,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyDavid Harvey, 250-385-2033 pg. 10

982 Mckenzie, $299,900Tuesday-Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalJames Liu 250 477-5353 pg. 7

8-881 NicholsonSaturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesRick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 pg. 6

897 Swan, $439,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Elfi e Jeeves, 250-477-7291 pg. 10

3912 Sandell Pl., $639,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 11

4675 McMorranSaturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunLynne Sager 250 744-3301 pg. 11

3937 Lauder Rd, $659,900Saturday 11-1One Percent RealtyValentino, 250-686-2242 pg. 10

4009 Cedar Hill Rd, $529,900Saturday & Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastJames Gardiner (250) 507-4333 pg. 1

4259 Wilkinson Rd, $389,900Saturday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Shaughna Boggs-Wright, 250-391-1893

579 Crossandra, $289,900Saturday 12:30-2Re/Max CamosunApril Prinz, 250-744-3301 pg. 10

209-3160 Albina, $269,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunDeanna Noyce, 250-744-3301 pg. 11

192 Goward Rd, $1,595,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

959 Peggy Anne Cres, $499,900Saturday 1-3Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-818-8736

9706 Fifth St, $569,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 12

10158 Fifth, $549,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunRene Blais, 250-655-0608 pg. 12

10500 McDonald Park, $585,000Saturday 1-4Pemberton HolmesNicole Burgess 250 384-8124 pg. 5

11-4140 Interurban Rd, $299,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRick Turcotte, 250-744-3301 pg. 12

9706 Fifth St, $569,900Thursday 5:30-7:30Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 23

3467 Happy ValleySaturday & Sunday 12-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445

2215 Spirit Ridge Dr, $939,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Re/Max CamosunEd G Sing, 250-744-3301 pg. 13

3358 Langrish, $449,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 13

2913 Trestle, $389,900Monday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jeff Shaw, 250-474-6003 pg. 13

4042 Metchosin, $484,900Saturday 3-4:30SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 13

294 Hatley Lane, $749,800Saturday 12-2Re/Max CamosunDale Sheppard, 250-478-9600

899 Wild Ridge Way, $419,900Saturday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 13

990 Moss Ridge, $659,000Monday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdJim Fields, 250 384-8124 pg. 13

975 HuckleberrySaturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdRick Shumka 250 384-8124 pg. 13

658 Rason, $545,500Saturday 3-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMark McDougall, 250-588-8588 pg. 14

2987 Dornier Rd.Daily 12-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445

933 Step MossSaturday 1-2:30SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 14

2006 Hannington Rd, $599,500Saturday 12-1:30Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 13

113-37 Skogstad Way, $349,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 13

207-2732 Matson Rd, $325,900Wednesday-Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunNeil Docherty, 250-478-9600 pg. 5

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Offering an international buying experience for 25 yearsIn the funky fashion section of

Old Town, near Lower Johnson Street, lies a retailer that makes a difference.

Global Village Store, on the Pandora Avenue edge of Market

Square, is filled with colourful, hand-made clothing and toys, coffees and teas from all over the world.

But that’s not its most unique characteristic.

More eyebrow-raising is the fact this operation, run by a non-profit society and staffed with

volunteers, will celebrate its 25th anniversary in Victoria in August. That’s no small feat, considering how many retail shops have come and gone in that time.

Since a group of local women – all international travellers – resolved in the late 1980s to test their belief that people would buy ethnic products to give impoverished residents of developing countries a hand up, the concept has worked.

“The fact we are fair trade and all volunteers speaks volumes about the support we’ve got,” says Mavis DeGirolamo, who

chairs the society’s board and is one of about 30 part-time volunteer clerks in the store.

Reflecting on the longevity

of the shop, now housed in its third and largest location, she says, “it shows people around Victoria support the concept of fair trade, and that they are a very aware shopping group.”

The store has generated more than $2.4 million in sales over its lifetime, with more than $1.5 million of that paid out to producers and $242,460 given as grants to projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Only co-ordinator Susan Albion is a paid staffer, a fact which, after paying overhead leaves more money for the craftspeople and growers.

Society board member and store clerk Kitty Moses volunteered with CUSO (formerly Canadian University

Service Overseas) in Nigeria alongside society co-founder Susan Gage in the pre-Global Village days.

Now involved in the society about 10 years, Moses says the store has developed a regular clientele.

“We have regulars who come in to get coffee and tea and some people come in to buy their Christmas gifts here every year,” she says.

“It’s nice to think that as well as having interesting goods, you’re helping these small producers have another outlet for their crafts.”

The store, at 527 Pandora Ave., is hosting a 25th birthday party Aug. 10 from noon to 3 p.m. For more information about its producers or its fair trade criteria, visit Global Village Store on Facebook or call 250-380-1530.

Tours aimed at localsand tourists alike

Transform Travel, a new tour company based in Victoria, is marketing separate VIP shopping and nightlife experiences for the B.C. Day long weekend.

The first is a nightlife crawl that offers admission and special treatment at a series of local nightspots or customized to individuals’ or groups’ own

preferences. The other tour hits five local boutiques for a shopping experience, with style experts on hand to enhance the buying process.

For more details, visit transformyourtravel.com.

Beachcomber beerwows ’em at worlds

Vancouver Island Brewery’s Beachcomber Summer Ale captured a gold medal at the recent 2013 World Beer Championships in Chicago.

The hefeweizen style ale, developed by brewmaster Ralf Pittroff and his crew, also won silver at the Canadian Brewing Awards earlier this year.

Money Mart teams upwith Easter Seals

In a national campaign that runs through Sept. 13, Money Mart is raising money and awareness for young people with disabilities.

Customers are being asked to top up their transactions with a donation to Easter Seals, which will help send children with disabilities to summer camps, including Camp Shawnigan. Money Mart also sponsors the 24-Hour Relay for Kids.

Send your business news to [email protected]

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Global Village Store board chair Mavis DeGirolamo, left, shows volunteer clerk Tongyi Wang a piece of pottery from Casa Romero, an artisan co-operative in Mexico, in the Global Village Store in Market Square.

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Offering an international buying experience for 25 yearsIn the funky fashion section of

Old Town, near Lower Johnson Street, lies a retailer that makes a difference.

Global Village Store, on the Pandora Avenue edge of Market

Square, is filled with colourful, hand-made clothing and toys, coffees and teas from all over the world.

But that’s not its most unique characteristic.

More eyebrow-raising is the fact this operation, run by a non-profit society and staffed with

volunteers, will celebrate its 25th anniversary in Victoria in August. That’s no small feat, considering how many retail shops have come and gone in that time.

Since a group of local women – all international travellers – resolved in the late 1980s to test their belief that people would buy ethnic products to give impoverished residents of developing countries a hand up, the concept has worked.

“The fact we are fair trade and all volunteers speaks volumes about the support we’ve got,” says Mavis DeGirolamo, who

chairs the society’s board and is one of about 30 part-time volunteer clerks in the store.

Reflecting on the longevity

of the shop, now housed in its third and largest location, she says, “it shows people around Victoria support the concept of fair trade, and that they are a very aware shopping group.”

The store has generated more than $2.4 million in sales over its lifetime, with more than $1.5 million of that paid out to producers and $242,460 given as grants to projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Only co-ordinator Susan Albion is a paid staffer, a fact which, after paying overhead leaves more money for the craftspeople and growers.

Society board member and store clerk Kitty Moses volunteered with CUSO (formerly Canadian University

Service Overseas) in Nigeria alongside society co-founder Susan Gage in the pre-Global Village days.

Now involved in the society about 10 years, Moses says the store has developed a regular clientele.

“We have regulars who come in to get coffee and tea and some people come in to buy their Christmas gifts here every year,” she says.

“It’s nice to think that as well as having interesting goods, you’re helping these small producers have another outlet for their crafts.”

The store, at 527 Pandora Ave., is hosting a 25th birthday party Aug. 10 from noon to 3 p.m. For more information about its producers or its fair trade criteria, visit Global Village Store on Facebook or call 250-380-1530.

Tours aimed at localsand tourists alike

Transform Travel, a new tour company based in Victoria, is marketing separate VIP shopping and nightlife experiences for the B.C. Day long weekend.

The first is a nightlife crawl that offers admission and special treatment at a series of local nightspots or customized to individuals’ or groups’ own

preferences. The other tour hits five local boutiques for a shopping experience, with style experts on hand to enhance the buying process.

For more details, visit transformyourtravel.com.

Beachcomber beerwows ’em at worlds

Vancouver Island Brewery’s Beachcomber Summer Ale captured a gold medal at the recent 2013 World Beer Championships in Chicago.

The hefeweizen style ale, developed by brewmaster Ralf Pittroff and his crew, also won silver at the Canadian Brewing Awards earlier this year.

Money Mart teams upwith Easter Seals

In a national campaign that runs through Sept. 13, Money Mart is raising money and awareness for young people with disabilities.

Customers are being asked to top up their transactions with a donation to Easter Seals, which will help send children with disabilities to summer camps, including Camp Shawnigan. Money Mart also sponsors the 24-Hour Relay for Kids.

Send your business news to [email protected]

Don DescoteauBiz Beat

Don Descoteau/News staff

Global Village Store board chair Mavis DeGirolamo, left, shows volunteer clerk Tongyi Wang a piece of pottery from Casa Romero, an artisan co-operative in Mexico, in the Global Village Store in Market Square.

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India Fest (Mela)Centennial Square City Hall DowntownVisit iccavictoria.com for details

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AUG. 5 to 9 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.Cultural performances

SAT. AUG. 10 11 a.m. Opening Ceremonies 12 p.m. Punjabi Folk Dances 12:15 p.m. Bollywood Dances 1 p.m. Nepali Dance 1:15 p.m. Bollywood Dances 1:30 p.m. Punjabi Folk Dances 1:45 p.m. Bollywood Dances 2:30 p.m. Chinese Dance 3 p.m. Indian Music 4 p.m. Belly Dancing 4:30 p.m. Bhangra 4:45 p.m. Belly Dancing 5:15 p.m. Indian Classical Music 5:30 p.m. Bollywood Dances 5:45 p.m. Punjabi Folk Dances 6:15 p.m. Fashion show 6:45 p.m. Japanese Dances 7:15 p.m. Indian Music & Dances

SUN. AUG. 11 12 p.m. Indian Music 1 p.m. Punjabi Folk Dances 1:30 p.m. Belly Dancing 2 p.m. Bollywood dancing 2:30 p.m. Fashion Show 3:15 p.m. Punjabi Folk Dances 3:30 p.m. Nepali Dance 4 p.m. Punjabi Folk Dances 4:15 p.m. Bhangra 5 p.m. Dances by Lizel Jhoanna & Friends 5:15 p.m. Punjabi Folk Dances 5:30 p.m. Indian Classical Music 5:45 p.m. Indian Folk Music 6 p.m. Indian Pop Music and Dances by A-Slam

India Fest (Mela) Centennial Square City Hall Downtown

Aug 5th to 9th 5:30pm-7:30pm|Aug 10th 11am-8pmAug11 th 11am-7pm

Free Family Fun! A whole week of India in Victoria!

Classic Bollywood & Multicultural Performances • Fashion ShowAuthentic Cuisine by Local Chefs • Arts & Handicrafts Visit iccavictoria.com for more details

The fourth annual India Mela, or Fest, comes to Centennial Square Aug. 5 to 11, filling the air with the exotic sights, sounds and flavours of India.

This year the Mela has expanded from two days to a full week of free events and multi-cultural performances celebrating the richness and diversity of India’s arts and culture. More than eight thousand visitors and spectators enjoy the Mela every year but with this year’s expanded Mela, many more are expected to take in everything from traditional to modern Bollywood music, internationally renowned Bhangra dances, fashion, palmistry, the art of henna and more, not to mention mouth-water-ing Indian cuisine prepared with authentic and aromatic spices!

And as Victoria’s premier multicultural event, performers include local First Nations drummers and dancers, internationally renowned Chinese Lotus Dancers, powerful Japanese Taiko Drum-mers, beautiful Polynesian dancers, exotic Mid-dle Eastern dancers – and much more.

Presented by the 35-year-old India Canada Cultural Association, “Mela” means “Fair” in the Punjabi language. “A Mela is an age-old celebration of life in India and it is an opportu-nity to share the richness of Indian arts and cul-ture, create community partnerships and dem-onstrate a healthy way of life,” says association president Paramjit Bhalla.

Here in Victoria, Mela is a way to continue

those traditions, and share and celebrate with the greater Victoria community. “In growing up we had places we could go to see and partici-pate in Melas, where people gathered to learn about one another, share food and enjoy art and music. Now we have those places less and less and they are much needed even here in Victoria,” explains Mr. Sehmi, an Indo-Canadian Elder.

Part of the Mela’s success is its ability to create cultural pride and bridge generations as well as cultures. “I love to go on the decorated stage in my beautiful clothes and show people watching how I have learned to dance. It makes me feel proud and good when they clap and I think that they like what I am sharing with them,” says one young Bhangra performer.

While in the square enjoying the many perfor-mances, be sure to leave time to enjoy delicious Indian treats, lunch or dinner. A full menu of Indian foods, prepared in the authentic way, is available at the colourful food booths, including butter chicken, naan, vegetable curries, rice, pakoras, samosas, papadam, plus barbecued Indian delicacies, chai and sweets.

Browse and learn from the cul-tural kiosks offering Indian arts, clothes, Rajasthani jewellery, henna hand decorations or learn about your future from the ancient art of palm reading.

Various themed performances, from classical

to modern, are offered from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday Aug. 5 to Friday, Aug. 9. Two full days of performances, with local and internation-ally known artists and entertainment, are planned Aug. 10 (from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.) and Aug. 11 (from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.).

For more information, visit www.iccavictoria.com or e-mail Mela co-ordinators Sunil Bhatia at [email protected] or Sabba Sall at [email protected].


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