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Surge in subleases, as post-secondary students leave town

Kyle SlavinNews staff

If you find your Saanich street suddenly vacant in the coming weeks, don’t panic – it’s not the plague. The university stu-dents have all just gone home.

But the reality facing many students who’ve lived off campus for the last eight months is many signed a one-year lease last September, leaving them on the hook to pay rent through the summer.

Rebecca Koch pays $550 a month to live in a four-bedroom house just steps from the University of Victoria on the Gor-don Head-Cadboro Bay border.

The 20-year-old who is studying busi-ness is banking on finding a summer student to sublet her room for the remainder of the lease. Koch is going home to the Lower

Mainland in May and won’t be returning.

But finding a replacement ten-ant is proving tougher than she thought. So tough, in fact, she’s decided to rent for cheaper than what she pays.

“I’m completely willing to go down $100 a month, as long as someone takes over my lease,” Koch said, acknowledging she’d rather pay the difference than the full rate for an empty bedroom. “It’s hard because there’s so many students (in the same situ-ation I am), and so little demand for any of the houses.”

It’s the same story for Sarah Hein, who, along with her four other room-mates, is looking to sublet all five rooms in their rented house for the summer.

They, too, are trying to get their place rented in the short-term by offering a $125 per month discount per person on rent.

“What actually has been a big problem is people want the place for longer. They want it for next year, too,” said the 20-year-old Hein, a third-year applied linguistics student.

According to numbers from the Canada Mort-gage and Housing Corpo-ration, Victoria’s rental vacancy rate typically goes up in April.

“There’s many factors that influence movement in and out of the rental market, and you would expect that students mov-ing out of rental units, that would free up some spots,” said Carol Frket-ich, B.C. regional econo-mist with CMHC.

Seventy per cent of UVic’s population – or 16,199 students – aren’t originally from Greater Victoria, while Camosun College sees 17 per cent of its students (2,210) come from outside of the Capital Region. Both post-secondary institutions are now in their final exam periods, which means an exo-dus of students from now until the end of April.

A spokesperson with the Residential Tenancy Branch said students should do their homework before accepting a subtenant.

“Be sure that your tenancy agreement allows you to sublet,” the spokesperson said first and foremost, and get your landlord’s permission in writing.

Other suggestions include asking prospective subtenants for references – and checking them out. “Is the tenant who they say they are? Is the tenant able to pay the rent? Is the tenant reliable? How likely is the tenant to be noisy or to disturb

other occupants of the building?”Write up a subletting agreement, and conduct a move-in inspection

with the subtenant you choose.“Be clear about when rent is due, and who it should be paid to. Have

a contingency plan in case the subtenant doesn’t pay on time,” the spokesperson said. “Find out what the tenant plans to do when the sub-let is over. Is the tenant likely to leave when you (want them to)?”

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Seasonal migration underway Saanich cop hit after being mistaken for traffic cone

A Saanich police officer was hit by a car Monday while attempting to pull the vehicle over for mak-ing an illegal turn.

The traffic safety officer was monitoring traffic at McKenzie Avenue and Cedar Hill X Road around 5:15 p.m. when she saw a red 1980 Plymouth Volare turn left onto McKenzie, contrary to the posted sign.

She tried to stop the vehicle by stepping out into traffic and flagging the car over, but the driver kept going, side-swiping the officer’s leg.

The officer hit the hood of the car with her hand twice to get the driver’s attention but he contin-ued along McKenzie.

He was stopped fur-ther down the road by a patrol officer. The driver, an elderly male, said he thought he hit a traffic cone.

He was issued $259 worth of tickets for dis-obeying a traffic stop and failing to stop for police. He was also referred to ICBC to have his licence reviewed.

The Saanich officer was not injured.

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Tips for subleasingMake sure your subtenant:■ knows when they must move out;■ knows what the rental unit comes with (Are utilities included? Is the room furnished?);■ knows how to contact you and your landlord;■ provides you with a security deposit (no more than half a month’s rent);■ knows your expectations (date and time, cleanliness) for when they are to move out.

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Think about your earliest memories of elementary school, the deliciousness of new friends, naptime or falling in something like love with a kindergarten teacher. Think about your parents praising your crayon art or the shape of your letters that spelled your name. Now imagine this: five- and six-year-old brothers walking home hand-in-hand from a day playing in the forest. They hear strange moaning noises coming from their neighbours’ houses.

They find out later the sound comes from parents crying because priests and police had taken their children to residential school. The next day, the brothers are taken, too.

Or imagine this: students lined up, those with curly hair in one line, the straight-haired ones in another. Jokes are made of the straight-haired ones, the beginning of divide-and-conquer techniques that would continue over the school years. Modern schoolyard bullying looks tame in comparison.

Or perhaps you can imagine a priest throwing jelly-covered pieces of bread on the ground and laughing as children run and struggle for the only sweetened thing they would taste that day or week.

Maybe, in your darkest moments, you can imagine a child having a hatpin driven through her tongue for having the audacity to speak the only language she knows. That language is not English.

Or, even worse, perhaps you can imagine adults sexually abusing children in their care, night after night, picking victims as they lay in their beds thinking about their parents and the place that was once home.

Those parents, living some sort of half-life in their childless villages, felt deep sadness and heavy guilt, blaming themselves for allowing their children to be taken away.

This is not some ancient history or a story from some far-off Third World country. This is modern Canadian history and the people telling it are the peers of us baby boomers.

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As the Truth and Reconciliation Commission begins gathering statements from former students of residential schools, Songhees band member Butch Dick will stand beside any family member who chooses to tell their story.

He won’t, however, tell his own.“I’ve never brought it to my family

because I feel I will just carry it on to another generation,” Dick says. “My children don’t need to know. They know that I went there, but they don’t need to know all the stories because they don’t need to carry that.”

Dick has not registered to speak, but has played a supporting role as a local planning committee member to the commission’s Victoria hearings, happening today (April 13) and tomorrow at the Victoria Conference Centre.

“This is happening in our home territory, and culturally we are bound to act as hosts,” he says. “If we stood back and let it happen without becoming involved then it would be wrong.”

His participation, however, doesn’t mean he’s fully bought in to the commission’s work. “Why are they spending millions and millions on this Truth and Reconciliation?” Dick asks. “To make churches feel good? To make the general public aware? Or to actually help the people who have been through all this? It’s very unclear.”

He predicts only a handful of Songhees people will attend the conference, and fewer will speak. Most don’t want to be involved, he says. “They choose not to go back and revisit. It opens new wounds and sorrows and regret.”

Dick’s own memories of residential school are fuzzy, and they’re memories he doesn’t want to uncover.

He remembers some things, however, including being taken by the RCMP with his siblings when he was about seven.

“I remember being put on a train and put on a boat. We didn’t know where we were going, because we never travelled.”

They were brought to Kuper Island Indian Residential School, located on a Gulf Island a short ferry ride from Chemainus.

“We used to refer to it as ‘the rock,’

because it’s on an island, so once you got there you couldn’t get off,” he says.

Dick recalls no academic lessons, but the regimented routines surrounding dormitory living, haircuts and clothes, and Catholic traditions, stick with him. “One thing I do remember is praying a lot.” He also remembers being comforted in the evening, hearing the nuns singing.

After two years on Kuper Island, he was sent back to Victoria to attend day school.

“I was deemed a runaway (at Kuper),” he recalls. “I didn’t run away. I would just hide, and my oldest brother, who is passed away now, would have to go and look for me. They got tired of looking for me and decided it was better for me to go home.”

He acknowledges, however, that not everybody had a bad experience.

“My older brother thought it was just great. That’s the danger. There’s not one common experience that you can point at, that you can use as an example of people’s experiences at residential school. Every person has a different story of how it may affect them.”

Five generations of Songhees people were sent to residential school. Dick’s mother was sent to a school on the mainland, though she never shared any stories about her experiences there. Despite being a fluent speaker of her traditional language, she wanted her children’s first language to be English.

“My mom said, ‘We have to live in a

white community so we have to learn to speak English,’” Dick says. Speculating on her motivation, he adds, “The Indian part of you was beaten out of them, so why should I put my kids through that?”

Today, he continues to try to learn his traditional language, but admits it’s hard.

The Victoria conference marks the final event on Vancouver Island for the federal Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which held smaller events up Island in preceding weeks. “We call it the tsunami of sorrow,” says Dick.

“Healing,” he says, is just a buzzword.“We look at it in our community as really

just truth. Whether it’s going to reconcile anything is not something that we think can be accomplished. In our lifetime it will never happen.”

After the hearings wrap up Saturday, the Songhees Nation will host an event it calls Gather Your Tears. While attendees can enjoy a meal, listen to drumming and relax, Dick emphasizes it’s not a celebration.

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Photo contributed by Sisters of St. Ann Archives, P0648

Kuper Island Indian Residential School canoe race team, 1960s. The Sisters of St. Ann will have albums of photos, taken at the schools where they taught, available for viewing at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission event this weekend.

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Kuper Island Indian Residential School building, 1915.

Songhees hosts, but few will speakTRUTH TELLING: Part 2 in a series looking at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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Run raises funds for autism familiesKyle WellsNews staff

This year’s Victoria Autism Walk is being held at the University of Victoria on Sunday and a special guest is announcing the start of the race.

Nine-year-old Thomas Anderson, who has autism and lives in Colwood, will be stepping up to the microphone to give the word to start the four-kilometre walk or eight-kilometre run.

Thomas’ father, Stephen Anderson, is the man-ager of corporate safety and security for B.C. Tran-sit and said that his son is excited about the hon-our.

Anderson said that Thomas communicates well for a child with autism and should be willing and able to give the word to kick off the event.

As a parent, Anderson said that he is proud to see his son recieve this honour and to know that money and awareness raised by the event will help children such as Thomas find success in life.

“From a parent’s perspective, knowing that early intervention has helped them get to this moment and will help them in the future,” Anderson said, “is just one of those things that you can be some-what happy (about) and certainly proud of.”

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Much still to find for explorers of local shipwrecks

Natalie NorthNews staff

In the afternoon of July 28, 1885, the Enterprise, a sidewheel paddle steamer carrying freight, livestock and passengers from New Westminster to Victoria, collided with another steamboat near Ten Mile Point.

Passengers and crew on the Enterprise panicked and jumped overboard to save themselves when the vessel’s lifeboats weren’t deployed. The two peo-ple who died were believed to have locked themselves in a cabin to save the large sums of money they held.

A third steamer towed the Enterprise into Cadboro Bay, where it was visible in shallow waters until the early 1900s.

Jacques Marc, explorations director of the Underwater Archaeological Society of Brit-ish Columbia, began piecing together the tale of the Enter-prise in 1987. Its existence is well-documented in historical records, but the wreck itself is yet to be found.

“The Enterprise is a mystery,” said Marc, noting the soci-ety’s ongoing efforts to locate the wreck over the years. “I’ve gone out and dug holes in Cad-boro Bay. …We’ve searched for it numerous times and side scanned and found nothing – but it’s there. We’ve got pictures of it sitting about 100 yards off shore.”

In two searches, items were found but they were determined to be remnants of wharfs. Yet the existence of coal, the boat’s fuel source, scattered near the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, suggest the

Enterprise isn’t far away.“So far it’s eluded us and I don’t

quite know why,” Marc said.Disruption of the site by log

booms and deterioration are two possible explanations for why the wreck has yet to be located. Adding to the difficulty, the engines were salvaged, so crews are no longer able to search for some of the bigger objects, including using mod-ern methods, such as sonar, explained Marc.

“What we’re looking for is a scattering of small artefacts in a pretty big bay.”

The Enterprise is one of about 200 large vessel shipwrecks – both located sites and those which continue to elude local explorers – off the coast of Van-couver Island.

On April 25, Marc will take part in the Maritime Museum of B.C.’s What Lies Beneath lec-ture series. The veteran diver will present an overview of local shipwrecks and the mod-ern technologies used to locate them during Discovering the Underwater Heritage of Brit-ish Columbia at the museum, located in Bastion Square. Tick-ets are available at the door for the 6:30 p.m. talk, which costs $12 (or $10 for seniors and stu-dents). The event is free for museum members and children under 12.

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The lost Enterprise■ In 1862, the roughly 43-metre-long steamboat was authorized to carry 16 crew and 150 passengers, yet typically carried a load of 250 passengers, 60 tons of freight, nine cattle and 23 pack animals between Victoria and New Westminster

Applied communication program at college falls victim to budget cutsNatalie NorthNews staff

Applied communication students at Camosun stormed the office of the college’s president on Wednesday afternoon in protest of the recent deci-sion to suspend their program indefinitely.

About 30 students and supporters held up ban-ners touting the applied communication program. They gathered in front of a classroom green screen and marched toward Kathryn Laurin’s office in an effort to save the program from cancellation.

The group hoped to invite the college’s pres-ident to attend a final showcase of their work scheduled for tonight (April 13) and to hear first-hand why the program is no longer accepting new students.

“We want her to see what she’s axing,” said Carol-Lynne Michaels, a second-year applied com-munication student. “What we’re capable of doing is really amazing. Media generalists are very pow-erful people and we want to know if she’ll come see that.”

News broke last week that the two-year media program and associated radio station, Village 900

AM, were under review, a result of Camosun’s $2.5-million shortfall leading up to the 2012-13 budget.

Laurin, who did not commit to attending the student showcase, called the visit “very well orga-nized and not unexpected,” but held firm the col-lege’s position to suspended the program indefi-nitely.

“At this juncture, we’re looking to cancel the pro-gram,” Laurin said, adding that those details will likely be formalized over the next two months.

The college has exhausted every possible option for balancing the budget, Laurin said, attributing the decision to suspend the communications pro-gram to factors such as low enrolment and higher-than-average costs to deliver to students.

Camosun cut a total of 46.1 positions from the 2012-13 budget – a number which the school hopes will amount to just 20 layoffs, after early retirements and attrition are factored in.

Three full-time faculty members and one part-time support staffer are currently employed through applied communication.

Students who are now completing their first year of the program will return in September to complete their training as planned.

“We’re trying to make cuts that have the least amount of impact to students. Of course every-thing we do is going to have some kind of impact,” Laurin said.

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Camosun College President Kathryn Laurin speaks to a group of about 30 applied communication students after they walked across the Lansdowne campus to protest the school’s decision to axe their program next year.


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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ONZONING BYLAWS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING for the purpose of a PUBLIC HEARING will be held in the SAANICH MUNICIPAL HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 770 Vernon Avenue, on TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012 at 7:30 pm, to allow the public to make verbal or written representation to Council with respect to the following proposed bylaws and permit.

A) “ZONING BYLAW, 2003, AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2012, NO. 9174”

PROPOSED REZONING FOR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION ON WILKINSON ROAD To rezone Lot A, Section 16, Victoria District, Plan 47805 (3898 WILKINSON ROAD) from Zone A-1 (Rural) to Zone RS-10 (Single Family Dwelling) for a proposed four lot residential subdivision. A COVENANT will be considered to further regulate the use of the lands and buildings.

A copy of the proposed bylaws, permits and relevant reports may be inspected or obtained from the Legislative Division, Saanich Municipal Hall, 770 Vernon Avenue, between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, from April 12, 2012 to April 24, 2012 inclusive, except for weekends and statutory holidays.

Correspondence may be submitted by mail to the address above or by email to [email protected] and must be received no later than 4:00 pm on the day of the meeting. All correspondence submitted will form part of the public record and may be published in a meeting agenda.

B) “ZONING BYLAW, 2003, AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2012, NO. 9175”

PROPOSED REZONING FOR APARTMENT BUILDINGS ON QUADRA STREET AND INVERNESS ROAD To rezone Lot 4, Section 63, Victoria District, Plan 1781 (3316 QUADRA STREET) and Lot 3, Section 63, Victoria District, Plan 1781 (3334 QUADRA STREET) from Zone RS-6 (Single Family Dwelling) to Zone RM-6 (Residential Mixed) and to consolidate these properties with the RM-6 zoned lands at 1016 Inverness Road and 3350 Quadra Street in order to construct three apartment buildings. A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT for the proposed construction of one six-storey and two ve-storey apartment buildings on the site will be considered to require the buildings and lands to be constructed and developed in accordance with the plans submitted and allow variances for parking, building separation, setbacks, height, and levels of habitable space. A COVENANT will also be considered to further regulate the use of the lands and buildings.

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Sidney Scammell, a 14-year-old boy working part-time as a fruiterer delivering fresh produce to the Titanic, takes leave of the ship via rope before she departs for New York.

One hundred years ago Sunday (April 15) the purportedly unsinkable ocean liner Titanic sunk after striking an iceberg 600 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland, en route to New York. More than 1,500 passengers and crew died.

Sidney Scammell, then 14, was working part-time as a fruiterer, delivering fresh produce to the Titanic in Southampton, England before it left.

Scammell family history says Sidney, father of Victoria resident Jim Scammell, was in the hold counting boxes of bananas when it was announced, “All ashore that’s going ashore.” Sidney scampered upstairs to the main deck, only to discover the

gangplank had been drawn in.His only hope of getting off the ship was to lower

himself on a rope to a boat waiting below. Once safely on shore, he watched as the Titanic sailed off into history.

The Maritime Museum of B.C.’s regular Salty Sunday activities are being replaced by a story-telling session relating to the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking, as well as other shipwrecks closer to home.

The session happens from 1 to 3 p.m. at the museum, 28 Bastion Sq.

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When Jacques Marc dove through the murky depths of Bed-well Bay, he knew what he was looking for but it still took him by surprise. He was headed to an underwater gravesite of a Second World War minesweeper. Despite its immobility, the 41-metre vessel that sunk in the ’50s still had a way of sneaking up on him.

He approached the site. The dark water sud-denly grew darker.

“You feel this black wall, but you don’t see it because of the poor vis-ibility. Then, eventually, you realize you’re right under it,” Marc tells me. “It was quite eerie. … The wreck sort of creeps up on you.”

As I listen to Marc, explorations director for the Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia, a wave of intrigue grabs ahold of my gut.

On Brotchie Ledge, near Victo-ria’s outer harbour, rests a massive portion of the S.S. San Pedro, a San Francisco-bound collier that went down in 1891. The area is much brighter and far less spooky than Bedwell Bay’s minesweeper, Marc says. And though divers have pil-fered the site over the years, about 90 metres of hull, including the keel and floors, remain in water as shal-low as 10 metres, just off of Dallas Road.

The San Pedro is well known to

local divers who regularly slip past the array of anemones and long bull kelp engulfing the wreckage. Some-how, despite its much-documented place in history, people like me who claim an interest in all there is to see and do in Victoria continue to pass by the same stretch of ocean without taking notice. I could have

gone on my usual run for the rest of my life, admir-ing the kiteboarders and the Olympic Mountains from Dallas Road without ever wondering what lies beneath.

Not anymore.Marc is by no means try-

ing to sell me on the thrill of diving, but as he casu-ally describes some of the more than 100 wreck sites he’s seen, I make the com-mitment to myself to at

least give scuba diving a try.A whaling boat in the Inner Har-

bour? A cargo ship off Race Rocks? A lost paddle steamer in Cadboro Bay? Some 200 substantial wrecks, relics from the turn of the century, dot the seafloor surrounding Van-couver Island. Some are located, others remain undiscovered mys-teries.

Like I needed another reminder of why we’re so lucky to live in this little seaside city.

Tomorrow’s a landmark date for shipwrecks. On April 14, 1912 the Titanic famously collided with an iceberg in the north Atlantic. The

274-metre vessel, travelling from Southampton, U.K to New York City, sunk rapidly and claimed the lives of 1,500.

A barrage of television specials and news features along with the 3D rerelease of James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster Titanic have marked the anniversary. A luxury cruise ship’s recreation of the Titanic’s intended voyage, complete with staff donning period costumes and menus featuring original Titanic fare, has also made headlines. I understand our obsession with the tragedy and why Cameron has parlayed his role as a director into that of an underwater explorer. (Last month Cameron tweeted from a submersible at the Earth’s deep-est point, the bottom of Mariana Trench.) But you don’t need to plunge 11 kilometres below the sur-face to make your own discoveries.

For anyone whose idea of under-water exploration is limited to visit-ing the Royal B.C. Museum’s former narrated elevator submarine experi-ence as a child (R.I.P. Open Ocean) maybe it’s time to challenge the sta-tus quo – to remember what it’s like to be eight years old, constantly fac-ing the unknown, and dive right in.

Thanks, Marc. I’m now totally fascinated by our

local shipwrecks and more than a little nervous to pull on a wetsuit and see one for myself.

Natalie North is a reporter with the Saanich News

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There is a cost to restoring dignity

It’s sure to be a solemn time for many of the thousands taking part in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission today and tomorrow in Victoria.

The trauma inflicted by the 150-year legacy of Indian residential schools has shaped Canadian society as we know it. First Nations continue to have an uneasy relationship with the country they are born into. That won’t change after this weekend, or even once the commission finishes hearing from the 150,000 or so people expected to tell their stories across the country.

We might ask if it’s worth the pain to reopen old wounds and whether we’d all be better off by simply forgetting what happened.

In the 21st century it seems beyond the pale for people to treat each other the way earlier generations did. We are a society that prides itself on our tolerance, but the fact is, we are not that far removed from our past. The idea of forcing hegemony was a popular notion among many Canadians throughout our history.

Almost every ethnic group that was somehow alien to the mainstream has stories of attempted assimilation. In almost every case the process was a profound failure.

But it is the residential schools – their thoroughness and persistence – that has left the largest legacy of damage to a population that really should be at the core of who we are as a nation.

We can argue that many First Nations children benefited by the educational opportunities that our government and churches provided. They were given a chance at an industrial quality of life that their culture often eschewed.

As many as 3,000 people are expected to add their voices to the commission at the Victoria Conference Centre. Some will recall the kindness of teachers and others who really believed they were doing what was best for the children in their care. Others will reveal a depth of evil that provokes emotions that should be harder to stir from events that happened so long ago.

Canadians owe it to ourselves to at least listen to these stories. We need to remember what happened but doing so, in itself, won’t make things right.

It’s time to open ourselves to doing what will correct our past mistakes. We need to celebrate cultures that our authorities once tried to destroy. And we need to be willing to put our money where our mouth is, whether that’s in treaty negotiations or respecting the rights of First Nations to have a stronger say on how their traditional lands are used.

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Believing in theory of evolution requires faith

Re: Religious right’s rejection of science is baffling (Opinion, March 30)

Dr. Suzuki mentions a law in Tennessee allowing teachers to critically examine the theory of evolution. This he considers “anti-science.” I suppose I am a member of the religious right, since I have examined the theory of evolution and rejected it. But I am not anti-science. In fact, I looked to science when examining the question.

Many people accept the theory of evolution as a scientific explanation of the origin of life and species. But by definition, science is the study of that which can be demonstrated by experiment – that which is measurable, observable, provable, repeatable.

There can, therefore, be no scientific statement concerning origins. Origins happen once only. The question of origins is necessarily outside science and gets into the realm of – dare I say it – religion, or faith.

Of course there is a place for science, for both evolutionists and creationists. But science cannot speak to origins. At best it produces evidences or counter-evidences.

To believe that life originated by time and chance is a matter of faith, not science. And to believe that fish turned into birds and monkeys and men, despite the lack of evidence, takes faith. Others put faith in an intelligent creator who designed

and sustains life and made each species in its own kind.

The bible says “through faith we understand that the world was ordained by the word of God, and that things which are seen were made of things which are not seen.” It is a question of faith.

If what I say is true, then evolutionary theory should not be touted as science. Furthermore, people who reject it are not rejecting science. Let’s not condemn creationists as “irrational” or “anti-science.” The Tennessee schoolchildren are fortunate to be able to study evidence advanced by both sides.

Ruth MagnussonVictoria

Wallace Drive conditionsdangerous for travellers

I feel compelled to bring to your attention the increasingly dangerous driving conditions on Wallace Drive between Willis Point Road (Saanich) and Newton Place at Bayside middle school (Central Saanich).

I have been driving and walking this stretch of road for 25 years, and the type and volume of traffic has changed significantly during this period. Where once it catered to primarily local vehicle traffic with the odd bicycle, pedestrian or tourist, there are now numerous cyclists riding two and three abreast, tourists in all sorts of vehicles including RV’s, tour buses, commercial vehicles and many more pedestrians.

Besides dealing with cyclists riding in contravention of the Motor Vehicle Act, and

oversized vehicles too wide for the road conditions, more and more vehicle drivers who are inexperienced with the area are being directed by their navigation systems to use this stretch of road, particularly between Willis Point Road and Benvenuto Avenue, to access Butchart Gardens.

Personally, I have avoided four head-on collisions on this stretch of road in the past two months, as drivers have pulled onto my side of the road to pass cyclists. Two of these incidents happened to me in one day and were separated by a matter of minutes.

Fortunately, I have good brakes and tires on my cars that help me to slow down quickly, as there is no room on this road to perform an evasive manoeuvre. True, some vehicle drivers must be more cautious, but you know as well as I do that you cannot teach some people to change their poor driving habits until they have done or caused something disastrous.

I respectfully implore both Saanich and Central Saanich councils to join together in improving this road with a better surface and bicycle/pedestrian lanes, and enforce both cycling and vehicle restrictions, including speed limits, before someone is injured or killed.

Philip M. WakefieldBrentwood Bay

Rioters will face little punishment

Re: Teams and fans seek redemption (Column, April 6)

It’s now just about one year since the Vancouver Stanley Cup riot took place and, lo and behold, all’s quiet on the Western front. After all, in contrast to the swift justice dealt those London rioters, here in B.C. we take things a little more slowly, secure in the knowledge that our own Stanley Cup rioters and looters will ultimately be dealt with by the firm hand of our justice system, meting out our very own unique action brand of Canadian justice.

No doubt, Canada’s all-purpose Charter of Rights and Freedoms will come to the “rescue” of all those who, in response to being charged with criminal conduct during their post-playoff love-in, will argue that their Charter rights to free expression were violated.

Surely, that’s the Canadian way, assuring that none of the looters and arsonists will see the inside of a jail cell, but instead will have to face the consequences of their actions. They’ll be subjected to the “full” force of Canada’s tough judicial system by being made to endure the indignity of house arrest and the severe punishment of conditionally suspended sentences.

Indeed, can a class action suit against the City of Vancouver be far behind, on behalf of all rioters whose pictures were taken without their explicit “consent,” in clear violation of their Charter Rights to personal “privacy?”

Their contrived public “mea culpas” notwithstanding, somehow the rioters will manage to emerge unscathed as the true

“victims” of Vancouver’s 2011 post-game riot, ready to go on a rampage again, seeking their own kind of “redemption.”

E.W. BoppTsawwassen

Student columnoffers good advice

Re: “There’s no quick fix for capital confusion” (Opinion, April 6)

Thank you for Heather Snider’s guest column. It offers an important perspective and what strikes me as wise advice: “Push your local representatives for increased co-operation and service integration within the CRD, but beware of the amalgamation ‘quick fix.’”

Patrick WolfeOak Bay

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Exxon Valdez anniversary casts shadow over Earth DayThe recent anniversary of the

Exxon Valdez disaster casts a long shadow over impending Earth Day events in British Columbia, as two controversial pipeline projects propose to deliver what has become known as “the world’s dirtiest oil” from Alberta’s tar sands to the Pacific coast, posing a major hazard to BC’s wildlife.

The Northern Gateway and Trans Mountain pipelines also threaten to deliver habitat destruction and direct killing of wildlife by introducing the risk of chronic and catastrophic oil spills in terrestrial and marine environments that host rare, endangered, vulnerable, and ecologically valuable species and ecosystems.

The proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway project includes twin pipelines connecting a tar sands refinery hub near Edmonton and a marine terminal at Kitimat where 225 supertankers per year would navigate the oft-perilous waters of

the rocky north coast. One of the pipelines would carry tar sands crude to the coast for export to

energy-hungry Asian and American markets; the other would import highly toxic condensate.

Energy giant Kinder Morgan wants to triple the amount of crude oil being shipped from Vancouver through the Georgia Strait, Fraser estuary, Gulf Islands, Haro Strait and Juan de Fuca Strait.

Kinder Morgan has proposed expansions to their Trans Mountain pipeline that would carry 700,000 barrels of tar sands crude per day to Burrard Inlet by 2016 for export to off shore markets, translating into 229 oil tankers annually traversing the Salish Sea region.

Looking at the past, present and future impacts to whales provides an example of the pending threats to the welfare of wild animals from the Northern Gateway and Trans Mountain pipelines.

The damage and deprivation to marine and terrestrial wildlife from catastrophic oil spills have already been extensive. For example, the effects of the Exxon Valdez disaster 23 years ago on wildlife populations in Alaska’s Prince William Sound have been widespread and long lasting.

Although no oiled carcasses were recovered, two different populations of killer whales, both in Prince William Sound at the time of the spill, experienced dramatic declines. The fish-eating AB resident pod of killer whales lost 14 of 36 members following the spill. A second population, the AT1 mammal-eating transients, was seen surfacing in the oil near the Exxon Valdez. Since then, the group has not successfully reproduced. Most likely, this unique killer whale population will go extinct.

Transforming the B.C. coast into an “energy corridor” poses multiple threats to cetacean populations, through prospective spills to underwater noise to the ship strikes associated with the

transport of oil and condensate.Humpback whale recovery

could be put in jeopardy with the approval of Northern Gateway; humpbacks can often be found bubble-net feeding at the entrance of the proposed Douglas Channel tanker route.

B.C.’s threatened population of northern resident killer whales, and the slowly increasing population of endangered fin whales, would also be put directly in harm’s way if Northern Gateway proceeds.

Whales on the south coast will also be put at risk if the Trans Mountain expansion moves ahead. One example of this risk is the overlay of the tanker route onto large sections of the critical habitat for the endangered southern resident killer whales that reside in the transnational waters of B.C. and Washington state.

This population faces ongoing multiple threats, including declining salmon stocks, physical and acoustic disturbance, and toxic contamination.

The southern residents are a small population hindered by previous loss of individuals that make them vulnerable to chance circumstances. Dropping birth rates, increasing death rates or random events like disease, food shortages or oil spills can be irreversible.

Increased tanker activity could also potentially affect a geographically distinct cross-border population of grey whales termed the Eastern North Pacific Southern Group, which are currently listed under Canada’s Species at Risk Act.

Why is there little concern about the pain, fear, suffering and even death that wildlife will endure if the Northern Gateway and Trans Mountain pipelines projects are approved? The short answer is that industrial society places a higher priority on economic growth than on environmental health and the welfare of other species.

Chris Genovali is executive director of Raincoast Conservation Foundation.

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Victoria-based mentoring program seeks runners, mentors

Natalie NorthNews staff

A Campbell River man is spending the month of April running the length of Vancouver Island for at-risk youth.

Sixty-five-year-old Terry Kratz-mann set off Wednesday on his 600-kilometre, tip-to-tip journey from Cape Scott Provincial Park to Mile Zero.

The run is in support of Kid-Start – a program administered by the John Howard Society that connects vulnerable kids with positive adult mentors in three locations across the Island, including in Greater Victoria.

Kratzmann spent three years as a mentor, showing the teen he was matched with a different way of experiencing life, he said.

The highlight of Kratzmann’s time with KidStart came when he accompanied his mentee to meet then-Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Scott Rolen.

“He just couldn’t believe that he was that important that Scott Rolen would take the time for him,” Kratzmann said. “It was incredible.”

His mentee is now too old for the program but he’s remained a good friend of Kratzmann’s.

Kratzmann’s run will finish in Victoria on April 28 with a final 5-K loop, open to runners and walkers of all abilities, starting at 9 a.m. at Mile Zero. Proceeds from the Victoria leg, led by local running legend Jim Finlayson, will benefit KidStart Victoria.

The Greater Victoria branch has made more than 100 men-tor matches with kids aged 6- to 17-years-old since the pro-gram began in the region five

years ago. KidStart is constantly accepting applicants to the pro-gram. For more information on becoming a mentor, contact Laurie Chesworth, co-ordinator of volunteers at 250-386-3428

or [email protected].

To register for the KidStart run, or to donate to the effort, visit bit.ly/Hlwz32.

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The priority for the University of Victoria’s newly appointed dean of the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business will be helping build the school’s repu-tation worldwide.

Saul Klein, currently the school’s Lansdowne Professor of International Busi-ness, said he wants to use UVic’s accomplishments to help its international profile.

“I’m really excited about the opportunity,” he said. “I’m step-ping into a business school that the current dean (Ali Dastmal-chian) has done a phenomenal job of building, and I’m looking forward to taking it to the next stage. We’ve got some really unique opportunities … that

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Young women eligible for HPV vaccine

A one-time human papillomavirus vaccine pro-gram is being offered to women in B.C. born in 1991, 1992 and 1993.

“We have been offering the school-based HPV vaccination program since 2008, which has helped to protect thousands of British Columbian girls from cervical cancer,” said provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall. “I am pleased that with this pro-gram, we can expand that to ensure that all young British Columbian women aged 21 and under will have had an opportunity to protect themselves.”

HPV infections are the cause of almost all cases of cervical cancer.

It’s estimated the vaccine can prevent up to 70 per cent of these cancers, as well as a number of pre-cancerous changes to the cervix that require treatment.

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Teachers vote on next move soon

On April 17 and 18, B.C. Teachers’ Federation members will once again vote on whether or not to support an action plan to further resist Bill 22, the Education Improvement Act.

If supported by the membership, the BCTF’s plan will include a withdrawal of extracurricular voluntary activities such as leading performing arts and athletics practices and performances, and incite a second vote on whether or not there is support to stage another walkout.

Several individual teachers’ associations have chosen to act outside of BCTF directives, such as the Sooke School District, which has already voted in favour of withdrawing extracurricular voluntary activities.

Bill 22 imposes fines of $1.3 million a day for the union and $475 a day for individual teachers who strike.

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Garden season First-time gardeners Michelle Leary and her boyfriend Ross Kramer work in their garden plot at the University of Victoria community garden. UVic students pay $30 for their own plot per year in the newly developed garden. There’s a separate fee for water but tools are provided.


B.C. allows alcohol in movie theatresTom FletcherBlack Press

The B.C. government has created a new liquor licence that allows theatres to serve alcohol dur-ing movie showings.

Rich Coleman, the cabinet minister responsi-ble for B.C. liquor and gambling policy, says the change will get rid of red tape for theatres that could get a licence to serve alcohol for live events, but couldn’t show movies in the same place.

The new licence will allow theatres to serve drinks in the lobby, but patrons won’t be able to take drinks to their movie seat unless the room is adults-only. Coleman said unlike the stands at a hockey game or out in a well-lit lobby, it’s difficult for operators to see if minors are sneaking drinks in a dark theatre.

A multiplex cinema now has the option of des-ignating one theatre for adults only and serving drinks, an approach that has caught on in other jurisdictions along with larger seats and tables. The licence would also cover an adults-only lounge adjacent to the theatre.

Other theatres that have live shows will be able to take part in film festivals without having to close their bar or apply for a new licence.

“People are trying to save the older theatres, where it’s just a single-screen operation, and trying to have two types of business in order to basically survive and make those older traditional heritage-type theatres work,” Coleman said.

Ontario, Alberta and Manitoba already have similar licences for movie theatres.

Jeremy Bator, president of the Motion Picture Theatre Association of B.C., praised the move.

“These changes will have a positive impact on so many levels, including increased jobs, a better guest experience and a more level playing field in the increasingly competitive landscape of enter-tainment in Canada,” Bator said.

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The delayed opening of the Oak Bay Beach Hotel forced a change in venue for the 25th anniversary of the David Foster Founda-tion’s Miracle Week-end.

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“It looks like we weren’t going to have the hotel quite 100 per cent ready to go,” Kevin Walker, owner of the Oak Bay Beach Hotel said. “So rather than opening the doors and not being at our very best, we reverted to Plan B.”

Besides the change in venue from the Oak Bay Beach Hotel to The Empress, details of the Miracle Week-end remain the same, Walker said, adding that guests will not notice any dramatic changes in the event.

The Empress will host the event with the Oak Bay Beach Hotel team. Staff will be mak-ing a combined effort, Walker explained.

“This is a cause that we really believe in … and we’re just thrilled to be able to expand the celebration into the downtown area,” he said.

The Miracle Week-end also launches the start of a 10-year col-laboration between the Oak Bay Beach Hotel and the David Foster Foundation.

Walker and his wife, Shawna, have pledged to raise $2 million over the next 10 years for the David Foster Foun-dation through pro-

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THE ARTSSee hard-hitting Canadian docu-essay Surviving Progress with guest author and historian Ronald Wright, whose book A Short History of Progressinspired the film. At the Victoria Event Centre.

Hot ticket:Open Cinema presents its season 9 finale, Surviving Progress. April 25 at 7 p.m.

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Polish your brass-rimmed, leather-lined goggles, ready your steam-powered airships, and make a note of this on your teak-panelled iPad: the third annual Victoria Steam Exhibition arrives April 20.

So what, in the name of Queen Victoria, is steampunk?

“It’s early industrialism’s vision of itself in the future,” said event impresario Jordan Stratford. “The appeal of steampunk is its absur-dity. There’s no way you could take all this stuff seriously.”

The festival will offer a more contemporary breed of Victorian the opportunity to immerse them-selves in this antediluvian subcul-ture. A conglomeration of jewel-ers, tinkerers, milliners, artisans, anachronists, leather, metal and glass workers will be on hand for a celebration of steampunk art and culture.

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On Friday night, an absinthe tasting will be held at Victoria’s esteemed Union Club, a building that dates back to times when today’s steampunk art works would have resembled the pro-totypical tools and technologies of the day. Local historian Chris Adams, who runs the popular Dis-cover the Past Ghost Tours around Victoria, will be giving a lecture on the history, culture and appre-ciation of absinthe, while guests enjoy flights of the fabled spirit. A tour of the clubhouse’s grandiose 1884 architecture will follow.

Over the weekend, carousers can emerge from their anise-induced hazes at the Empress Hotel while taking in talks, presentations and book signings by such steampunk somebodies as Ann Vandermeer, Jeff Vandermeer, Kristina Erickson and Robert Brown.

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Saturday night brings the bois-terous brass-band antics of Bucan Bucan, the banjo-and-beat-box-based blues of Tarran the Tailor and the caricatural titillations of Cherry Poppins to the Steampunk Cabaret Burlesque, also to be held at the Empress.

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Markvoort docscreens at Cinecenta

Eva Markvoort died at the age of 25 of cystic fibrosis in 2010. Before she died she worked with filmmakers on a documentary, 65-Red_Roses. About her life, the film was a springboard for a campaign for organ donation and cystic fibrosis aware-ness.

An anniversary screening of the film will be held at the University of Victoria’s Cine-

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The Canadian Club of Victoria hosts an evening of poetry and music with writer Lorna Crozier on April 18.

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Junior B hockey will return to Bear Moun-tain Arena next season with the expansion Westshore Wolves franchise.

Team owners Ken Carson, Dave Horner, Kory Gronnestad and Derrick Hamilton are behind the effort to bring junior B back to the West Shore after the downtrodden Westshore Sting-ers disbanded from the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League in late 2010.

Six players have been signed to the Wolves, five of whom reside on the West Shore. The own-ers agree that the point of starting this team is to get West Shore teenagers playing competative hockey at home.

“That’s what we did,” Hamilton remarked. “All of us played for the Juan de Fuca Gulls.”

“It was a gong show – back then it was called jungle B,” Horner joked.

All four grew up playing Juan de Fuca minor hockey and both Horner and Hamilton went on to play for the Gulls. Hamilton remembers home games bringing the community together with the arena full of friends and family, something he hopes to see for the Wolves.

It might be unrealistic, however, to expect full crowds at the Wolves giant new home, the 2,781 seat Bear Mountain Arena. But it’s a coup for the team nonetheless, sharing the city’s best rink with the B.C. Hockey League’s Victoria Grizzlies.

Home games will be Wednesday nights at 7 p.m., a friendlier time slot than the Stingers’ pre-vious Monday night games, which didn’t start

until 8 p.m. Wednesdays also fit nicely within the VIJHL’s South Island rotation. Thursday nights belong to the Victoria Cougars, while the Saan-ich Braves and Peninsula Panthers host their games on Fridays (the Braves also have games on Wednesdays when dates conflict).

Same barn, new team for coachThe Wolves scored big when Victor Gervais

agreed to lead the pack as head coach and gen-eral manager. He comes in as perhaps the most qualified coach in the league, having performed the same duties the past four years for the junior A Victoria Grizzlies.

Up first for the new boss is recruiting.“There will be a variety of different players.

There will be players in their last couple years of junior B and there will young players who will get better and look to jump up to the next level,” Gervais said. “We want more local kids play-

ing and we want to make it a community hockey club.”

“(Gervais) has a great con-nection (to the) junior A level,” Gronnestad said. “We want to give these kids a place to play, we don’t want to hold them back. We are here as a stepping stone for them.”

Wolves in a bear caveWhen deciding on a team

name, the group of West Shore businessmen were hoping to find something that started with a “W” and “Wolves” seemed a good fit.

Initially the men thought of naming the team the Bruins, to pair with the Griz-zlies theme, but figured it might not sit well with (local) Canucks fans, stemming from last year’s notorious Stanley Cup finals against Boston.

“We didn’t want Canucks fans hating us,” Gronnestad said.

Feeling a draft?The VIJHL is consider-

ing an expansion draft this year to populate the lineup for the Wolves, but nothing is solidified yet. A junior B fran-chise is also in the works for Nanaimo next season.

“Having a draft is some-thing we’ll have to work through with the (teams’) owners. It’s something I would like to see,” said Greg Batters, VIJHL president. “(The West Shore) is lucky to get these guys to come in and save this franchise.”

The Wolves are hosting a development camp July 6 to Aug. 9, at Juan de Fuca arena, for all interested players ages 16 to 20.

Visit Westshorewolves.ca for more.

No news from NanaimoVIJHL president Greg Batters is hoping to have

Nanaimo’s application approved by B.C. Hockey by the end of the month.

With BCHL’s roster cut from 25 to 21 players, there is plenty of high-calibre players available on the Island and around B.C. The time is right for the league to expand from seven to nine teams, he said.

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Former Victoria Grizzlies general manager and head coach Victor Gervais will lead the Wolves’ launch in to the VIJHL. He will face his former assistant coach with the Grizzlies, Brad Cook, who now coaches the Saanich Braves.

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West Shore Wolves team owners Dave Horner, left, Derrick Hamilton, Ken Carson and Kory Gronnestad are excited to bring junior B back to the West Shore next season.

Garage sale for St. Andrew’s rowers

The rowers of Saint Andrew’s Regional school want to compete in the Schoolboys national regatta in St. Catharines, Ont., in late May. To help cover the costs of getting there, the club is hosting a giant garage sale on Saturday, May 5 in the St. Andrew’s gym, 880 McK-enzie Ave.

The sale is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Interested vendors can set up their table on Fri-day, May 4, for $30. The club is also looking for donations to sell at their tables. For more informa-tion, email Joanie Bidlake at [email protected], or call 250-727-6893 ext. 227.

Saturday is fight night in Colwood

Bear Mountain Arena hosts Armageddon Fight-ing Championship No. 8: Vengeance, tomorrow night (April 14).

Local mixed mar-tial artists Karel Bergen (5-0), Nick Driedger (5-1), Diego Wilson (5-1) and Ryan Janes (3-1) co-headline the pro card.

Highly touted Saanich product Alexi Argyriou makes his debut against Guy Gauthier in the six-fight amateur card.

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SwimmingResults from the Crystal Silver

Streaks Swim Club from provincials at Commonwealth Pool, March 31

to April 1

Linda Burton (70-74)Second in 200-metre, 400m and 800m freestyle. Second in 4x50m freestyle relay.

Van Nevile-Carter (70-74)First in 50m and 100m butterfl y, fi rst in 100m I.M., fi rst in 200m freestyle.

Sue Warren (70-74)First in 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke, second in 4x50m relay.

Virginie Martin (40-44)First in 200m breaststroke, second in 200m I.M., third in 100m free-style, fi fth in 50m butterfl y, second in 4x50m relay.

Brough Warren (70-74)Third in 50m and 100m breast-stroke, fi rst in 4x50m freestyle relay.

James Portelance (80-84)First in 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1,500m freestyle. First in 100m I.M. First in 4x50m free relay.

Stephen Baker (80-84)First in 50m and 200m freestyle, third in 200m freestyle, fi rst in 4x50m freestyle relay.

Peter Lofts (85-89)First in 50m, 100m, and 200m free-style, fi rst in 4x50m freestyle relay.

Hugh McGregor (90-94)First in 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle.

Travis PatersonNews staff

The NHL likes players who can score.That wasn’t a problem for Victoria Royals rookie

Logan Nelson this season. What took awhile for Logan to reveal, however,

was the physical element in his game. That, and his consistent offence caught the NHL’s Central Scouting bureau’s eye as Nelson jumped to 73rd overall from 108th among North American skaters eligible for the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

Nelson finished fifth in league scoring among rookies with 62 points in 71 games (23 goals, 39 assists). But it was his physical game that stood out, especially in the playoff series against the Kamloops Blazers. Nelson showed the natural timing necessary to throw a punishing but legal check.

Things aren’t as rosy for teammate Steven Hodges, however, as he dropped from 55th to 85th.

The draft rankings also listed six BCHL skaters.Fourth among them is Wade Murphy of Saanich, who split his season between the Victoria Grizzlies and Penticton Vees.

Murphy scored the overtime winner on Tuesday

as his Vees went up 3-0 in the BCHL final over the Powell River Kings. Vees defenceman Nick Buchanan of Victoria also scored in the Vees’ 4-3 win. Game 4 was Wednesday night.

Murphy is ranked 142nd, and is headed to Div. 1 Merrimack in the NCAA next year, while Buchanan is headed to Minnesota State-Mankato.

WHL playoff notesAs of Wednesday three of the four remaining

WHL playoff series were on the cusp of sweeps. The Edmonton Oil Kings led the Brandon Wheat Kings 3-0, the Portland Winterhawks led the Kam-loops Blazers 3-0, and the Moose Jaw Warriors led the Medicine Hat Tigers 3-0.

The Tri City Americans and Spokane Chiefs were tied at one win each.

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Victoria skaters keyed up for NHL Entry Draft

Wade Murphy

SPORTS STATISTICS

SoccerTues. April 17: Senior

girls high school soccer, AA/A: GNS at St. Margaret’s (Beckwith Park), Esquimalt at SMUS, PCS at Parkland, Lambrick at Vic High. AAA: Mt. Doug at Oak Bay (Hampton Park), Spectrum at Reynolds (Braefoot Park), Stelly’s at Claremont (Lochside turf); all games 3:45 p.m. kickoff.

RugbyFri. April 13: Island

high school rugby 7s championships, St. Michaels University School,

Glenlyon Norfolk School and Oak Bay High and five others, starts at 1 p.m., semifinals and finals 5:15 to 7 p.m.

Sat. April 14: CDI men’s premier, Capilano RFC at UVic Vikes (Wallace Field), Ceili’s Div. 1 at 1 p.m., premier at 2:45 p.m.

Sat. April 14: Women’s Adidas Premiership, UVic Vikes at Velox Valkyries (Velox RFC), 11:30 a.m.

Sat. April 14: Okanagan Spring Brewery men’s Tier 2, Vancouver Rowing Club at Velox Valkyries (Velox RFC), 2:30 p.m.

SPORTS CALENDAR

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www.blackpress.ca

The Victoria News is looking for a skilled advertising designer to join our community newspaper’s production department.

This part-time position is for approximately 20 hrs per week and requires the successful applicant to be profi cient in AdobeCS3: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat on a Mac platform. Experience in web design would be an asset. The position may require shift and weekend work. Creative design experience in graphic arts is preferred, and a portfolio is required. You are a self-starter, team player and are comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.

We are a well-established, nationally-recognized community newspaper group with more than 150 community, daily and urban papers located in B.C., Alberta, Washington State, Hawaii and Ohio.

Those interested in applying should submit their resumé by Monday, April 23, 2012 to:

Janice Marshall, Production Manager818 Broughton St., Victoria, BC V8W 1E4E-mail: [email protected]: (250) 386-2624

All inquiries and applications will be held in the strictest confi dence.We would like to thank in advance all who apply, however only those chosen for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please.

Creative ServicesGraphic DesignerTelemarketing/Inside Sales

Representative

Black Press community newspapers group is seeking a motivated and cheerful individual to join our advertising sales team.

The right candidate will bring excellent customer service and telephone selling skills and enjoys working with our sales team and advertising clients. You are creative, organized and thrive in a competitive market with frequent deadlines. Candidates for this position are results oriented and possess the ability to service existing clients, develop new business and understand meeting sales targets. Ideally you have experience in telephone sales or service environment with a focus on client interaction.

This position is located in downtown Victoria and involves selling advertising for the Victoria News Daily, the community newspaper group, Monday Magazine plus related newspaper and on line products.

Black Press is Canada’s largest independent newspaper group with over 150 community, daily and urban papers located in BC, Alberta, Washington State, Hawaii and Ohio.

We offer a competitive salary plus commission, benefi ts and opportunity to grow your career. Deadline to apply is April 18, 2012.

Please forward resume and cover letter to:Oliver Sommer, Director Advertising SalesBlack Press818 Broughton StreetVictoria, BC V8W 1E4email: [email protected]

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A full service Natural Foods retailer based on Vancouver Island with two stores, located Parksville and Qualicum Beach. We are looking for individuals interested in growing their careers with our company as we expand, while pro-moting healthy, low impact life styles.Applicants must:

- have retail grocery store experience- be willing to work full time- be looking for advancement opportunities- be willing to work fl exible hours

Successful applicants will likely have a management back-ground in produce or grocery retailing and be willing to relo-cate for career advancement, as we grow. Naked Naturals offers a competitive wage and benefi t pro-gram, with job security.Please make your applications to:Kris Baker - [email protected] - 250-594-0277

BIG BOY’S Toys Ltd. seeks a qualifi ed RV Salesperson for our exclusive Jayco dealership in Parksville, B.C. The ideal in-dividual will have sales experi-ence (preferably in the RV in-dustry but will consider related experience) and will commit themselves to our dealership and to our customers. This is a full-time position (5 days/week). Please apply in confi dence to: [email protected] or by fax to: (250) 468-1599.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMING EVENTS

CALL FOR ENTRIES10TH ANNUAL

Kitty Coleman WoodlandArt & Bloom Festival.

Fine Art and Quality Crafts Juried Show.

Presented in a spectacular outdoor setting May 19,20, 21

Applications for Artisans are available at

woodlandgardens.ca or phone 250-338-6901

CREATIVELY UNITED For the Planet

FESTIVALFamily Friendly, Charity

Sponsored, Environmental. April 20, 21, 22.

600 Richmond Ave. Free / ticketed.

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for tickets and info.

INFORMATION.

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Gorge Masters

Soccer TeamBottle Drive Fundraiser for World Cup Masters

April 21st, Hampton Park from 10 am-1 pm

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LOST AND FOUND

FOUND AT the Sidney Pier Hotel and Spa, Sidney, BC on 31st March 2012 a NIKON D 3100 Camera and case. Please contact the hotel (250)655-9445.

FOUND: CASE with 2 hearing aids on Lands End Rd. Call 250-656-5765.

LOST: 1 gold hoop earring, Sidney area. Call 250-655-1070.

LOST: NECKLACE, Sun., Apr. 7, on Beacon Ave. be-tween the Park & Fifth St. in Sidney. It is a heavy brass necklace more than 1 inch in circumference. Sentimental value. Call 250-544-8022.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS

to Every Hunter in BC! Advertise in The BC Hunting Regulations Synopsis 2012-2014 publication. Increased circulation 250,000 cop-ies! Tremendous Reach, Two Year Edition!

Contact Annemarie at 1 800 661 6335

or [email protected]

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

LOOKING FOR Avon Reps. Be your own boss. Earn extra money, work from home. Call 250-386-0070 to learn more.

HELP WANTED

HAIRSTYLIST WANTED Full time/part time for First Choice Hair Cutters. Guaranteed $11/ hour, 25% profi t sharing, plus benfi ts, plus paid birthday, plus annual advanced training and advancement opportu-nities. Call 250-360-1923 today for an interview.

THE LEMARE GROUP has an opening for an Adminis-trative Assistant/Reception-ist. This is a permanent full-time position located in Port McNeill. The position re-quires organization, accura-cy and multitasking. Must be friendly, energetic and profi -cient with switchboards/com-puters. Full benefi t package. Fax resumes to 250-956-4888 or email: offi [email protected].

RIVER FLY FISHING GUIDEAVID FLY FISHER, JET AND DRIFT BOATS EXPERIENCE AN ASSET. REMOTE LODGE IN BC. EMAIL RESUME AND REFERENCES TO [email protected]

SERJOB

CAREER VICES/SEARCH

SERJOB

CAREER VICES/SEARCH

TRADES, TECHNICAL

DL Baker Construction Canada is looking for Field/Engineer Layout Kitimat, BC Canada. Supervise pro-ject layouts Responsible for con-struction quality control, in particu-lar, ensuring that the materials installed in the project are in the proper locations and are the correct materials. Analyze construction drawings for dimensional and quality control purposes and coordi-nates with the Project Engineer to clarify discrepancies. Use precision computerized equipment to defi ne points of control and ensure the work is being installed true and plump. Responsible for coordinating with other construction trades to en-sure that all are using appropriate control points. High School Diploma or equivalent; or 4 to 6 years relat-ed experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience in Line and Grade Persistent for Perfection This work will start 5/1/12 Please respond to this ad by 5/1/12 Please respond via email by placing Field Engineer in the subject line to [email protected]

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

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since 1989. Confi dential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating

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PERSONAL SERVICES

PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

DIGITAL PHOTO retouch, ed-iting, add/remove objects/peo-ple. Tribute posters, home mo-vies to CD/DVD. 250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com

HELP WANTED

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

APPLIANCES

WANTED: CLEAN fridge’s,upright freezers, 24” stoves,portable dishwashers, lessthan 15 yrs old. McFarland In-dustries, (250)885-4531.

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BUILDING SUPPLIES

METAL ROOFING & siding sales. Seconds avail. Custom roof Flashings. 250-544-3106.

FREE ITEMS

FREE: CHINA cabinet with lights, good condition. Call 250-595-5734.

FREE STURDY picnic table. You pick-up. (250)658-4102.

PALE GREEN double bed frame w/ shelving headboard- no mattress. 250-656-5150.

FRIENDLY FRANK

2 PAIRS of drapes, excellent condition, $40 a pair. Call 250-595-5734.

ANTIQUE CHESTERFIELD, great condition, $99 obo. Call 250-544-4933.

GIRLS PINK Princess bike, medium cond, rides well, 12” wheels, $20. 250-658-0932.

LARGE IVORY lace table cloth, 64”x90”, $40. Call 250-721-2386.

NEW, ELECTRIC fi replace in-sert, $99 obo. Call 250-382-1399.

ROCK BAND Guitar Hero; 5 games & 6 controllers, $45. Call (250)391-1698.

TWO LEVEL Plate glass cof-fee table with matching side tables. $60. (250)727-3064.

FUEL/FIREWOODARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

CUT, SPILT, DELIVERED. Guaranteed cord. Reliable, outstanding reputation, over 12 years. Custom orders available upon request. Call (250)538-0022.

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

FURNITUREMOVING SALE- chair & couch, $350. Dining room suite, $1500. Loveseat, desk, rocking chair, closet, Hoover shampooer, patio set, weed blower/eater, misc clothing etc. All in excellent condition. Call (250)652-0127.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE2008 FORD F-150 truck cano-py. Thomas Cincade lighted picture. New, thermal patio sliding door (6’ x 6.8’). T Zone vibration technology exerciser, 23 model cars. 250-382-1399.


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HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?

STOCK REDUCTION Sale! Mattresses, Furniture, Acces-sories, Tools, New & Used, Lots!!! BUY & SAVE, 9818 4th St., Sidney. buyandsave.ca

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

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

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

CLOSING OUT sale at Sidney Musicworks. 20%-50% off everything in the store! #5-2353 Bevan Ave. Store Hours: 11-5:30 M-F 9:30-4 Sat

HOUSES FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE

HOUSES FOR SALE

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HOMES WANTED

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Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale?

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REAL ESTATE SERVICES

SAVE ON COMMISSIONSell your home for $6900

or 1% plus $900 feesFULL MLS SERVICE!

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RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

Fraser Tolmie Apts1 and 2 bdrms1-877-659-4069www.frasertolmime.ca1 & 2 Bedrooms1701 Cedar Hill X Roadwww.frasertolmime.ca for pics

MALAHAT 1 & 2 Bdrms- Panoramic views. Serene & secure. All amenities on-site, fi rewood. $700-$1200 inclu-sive. Monthly/Weekly. Pets ok with refs. 25 min commute to downtown Victoria. Must have references. 250-478-9231.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

SIDNEY- 3 bdrm sxs duplex, 1 bath, no steps. NS/NP. $1375+.Lease.(250)656-4003.

HOMES FOR RENT

GORGE/TILLICUM, 3 bdrm upper, huge house, $70,000 in renos, fenced yard, N/S, N/P $1700, May. 1. 250-479-9715

LANGFORD- 3 bdrms, 2 bath, 1200sq ft upper, fully renovat-ed, deck, wood F/P, 6 appls, large south yard. Storage. Available Now. $1500, N/S, pet’s negotible. References. 250-516-3453. [email protected]

SMALL 3-BDRM house. New-ly updated. Large yard, stor-age shed, W/D. $1450.+ utils. Text or call (250)858-2763.

VIEW ROYAL, Portage Inlet, 3 bdrms, garage, deck, W/D, $1350 + utils. 250-479-4856.

ROOMS FOR RENT

TILLICUM HOUSING, $400. to $750. Parents/ working. 778-977-8288, 250-220-1673.

RENTALS

SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING

OPEN HOUSE- Sat & Sun, 2pm-4pm, Apr 7 & 8 and Apr 14 & 15. James Bay Seniors rental 202-455 Kingston Street, Services include daily meals, housekeeping, 24 hr staff+ more. Privately owned come to the Camelot. Call Luella at 250-519-0550.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

COLWOOD: UTILS incl. Furn, on bus route, walking distance to beach & Royal Roads. NS, pets neg. $550. 250-889-4499.

STORAGE

SHIPPING CONTAINERS 20’ or 40’. Buy or Rent. Safe and secure. Easymove Container Services. Serving Vancouver Island. 1-(888)331-3279

SUITES, LOWER

1BR ground lvl suite. Separate entrance, own laundry. Close to UVic & all amenities. $750/mo utils included. NS/NP please. Avail immed. 250-477-7883

BRENTWOOD, BACH, Lrg, furn’d, ground level. Priv. en-trance, parking, close to bus. NS/NP. $700. (250)652-9454.

CORDOVA BAY- cozy 2 bdrm grd level, W/D, hydro incld, $920 mo. Appt (250)658-4760.

ESQUIMALT, 1 bdrm + den, bright, very quiet, shared W/D, fenced yard, all utils incl’d, $800. 250-744-3180 before 7.

GORGE AREA, large 1bdrm, main level suite, N/P, N/S, $800 + 1/3 hydro (approx $50 mo) Call Rob 250-727-2843.

SAANICH, GRD level 2 bdrm, newly reno’d, close to all amens, NS/NP, $900,(Immed), call 250-704-6613.

SIDNEY 1-BDRM, N/P, N/S, bus route, W/D, avail April 15. $800 incls utils, 250-656-9874.

SUITES, UPPER

SIDNEY, BRIGHT, upper level 2 bdrm, full bath, yard, stor-age, new patio, parking, W/D, N/S, N/P, ref’s, 1 year lease, a May. 1, $1150. 778-426-4556.

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We Will Pay You $1000All Makes, All Models.New & Used Inventory.

1-888-229-0744 or apply on line at: www.kiawest.com

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AUTO SERVICES

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CASH PAIDFOR ALL VEHICLES in

all conditions in all locations

250-885-1427Call us fi rst & last, we pay the highest fair price for all

dead & dying vehicles.Don’t get pimped, junked or

otherwise chumped!

KG MOBILE Mechanic. Con-venience of having a mechan-ic at home or on the road. (250)883-0490.

CARS

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 fi rm. 250-755-5191.

2008 HONDA CIVIC LX4 door, auto, top of the line & fully loaded including rare power sunroof option. Babied by 1 owner, garage kept, hwy commuter (76k). Dealer main-tained. Burgundy with factory 5 spoke alloy wheels & a set of winters tires on steel rims. Full power-train warranty until Dec. 20 2012. $14,250 o.b.o. 250-466-4156

$50-$1000 CASHFor scrap

vehicleFREE

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858-5865WHERE BUYERS AND SELLERS MEET

TRANSPORTATION

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

2000 KUSTOM KOACH 26’ 5th Wheel

Ready to roll, in great shape.Has slide room, big awning,oak cabinets, tons of storage,big fridge & stove, ducted heat& A/C. High quality unit withrubber roof & fi berglass body.

$10,995 OBO, 250 466 4156 Bill

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

SCRAP BATTERIES WantedWe buy scrap batteries fromcars, trucks & heavy equip.$4.00 & up each. Free pick-upanywhere in BC, Minimum 10.Toll Free 1.877.334.2288.

VTRUCKS & ANS

$0-$1000 CASH For Junk Cars/Trucks Will tow away any car or truck in 45 mins. FREE!

TowPimp.com 250-588-7172

toll free 1-888-588-7172

MARINE

BOATS

$$$ BOATS Wanted. Any size. Cash buyer. Also trailersand outboards. 250-544-2628.

GARAGE SALES

ARDMORE, 9204 Jura Rd, Sat, Apr 14, 8am-2pm. Tools, collectibles and art.

CENTRAL SAANICH- 6314 Clearview Rd, Sat, Apr 14, 9am-2pm. Furniture, dog carri-er & accessories, toys.

ESQUIMALT, 25-909 Admi-rals Rd., Sat, April. 14, 10am-2pm. Moving/Downsizing Sale. Small freezer, many house-hold items, treadmill & more.

SAANICHTON- 8011 East Saanich Rd, Sat, Apr 14, 8am-2pm.

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www.blackpress.ca

The Victoria News is looking for a skilled advertising designer to join our community newspaper’s production department.

This full time position requires the successful applicant to be profi cient in AdobeCS3: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat on a Mac platform. Experience in web design would be an asset. The position may require shift and weekend work. Creative design experience in graphic arts is preferred, and a portfolio is required. You are a self-starter, team player and are comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.

We are a well-established, nationally-recognized community newspaper group with more than 150 community, daily and urban papers located in B.C., Alberta, Washington State, Hawaii and Ohio.

Those interested in applying should submit their resumé by Monday, April 23, 2012 to:

Janice Marshall, Production Manager818 Broughton St., Victoria, BC V8W 1E4E-mail: [email protected]: (250) 386-2624

All inquiries and applications will be held in the strictest confi dence.We would like to thank in advance all who apply, however only those chosen for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601COMPLETE BOOKKEEPING Services for small business. Fast, friendly and effi cient. Kathy 250-882-8194.

PENNIE’$ BOOKKEEPING Services for small business. Simply/Quickbooks. No time to get that paperwork done? We do data-entry, GST, payroll, year-end prep, and training. 250-661-1237

CARPENTRY

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

CUSTOM PLANER- (Fir, ce-dar) baseboards, casings, crown molding (any shape). Call (250)588-5920.

McGREGOR HOME Repair & Renos. Decks to doors. Small jobs OK. WCB. (250)655-4518

INSTCARPET ALLATION

MALTA FLOORING Installa-tion. Carpets, laminates, hard-wood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278

CLEANING SERVICES

MALTA HOUSECLEANING. BBB. Best rates. Residen-tial/Comm. 250-388-0278

SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning. Affordable, Experienced, Re-liable, Effi cient. (250)508-1018

COMPUTER SERVICES

A HOME COMPUTER Coach. Senior friendly. Computer les-sons, maintenance and prob-lem solving. Des, 250-656-9363, 250-727-5519.

COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites and more. Call 250-886-8053.

CONTRACTORS

BATHROOM REMODELING.“Gemini Baths” Plumb, Elec. Tile, Cabinets. 250-896-9302.

CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood fl oor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877

J.D. SHIELDS Construction Custom Carpentry, New Con-struction, Reno’s, Home re-pairs. Quality workmanship for 35 years. Call 250-665-6943 Email: [email protected]

DRAFTING & DESIGN

DESIGN FOR PERMIT. www. integradesigninc.com Call Steven (250) 381-4123.

DRYWALL

AARON’S RENO’S Drywall, taping, texture. Insured/bond-ed. Free est. 250-880-0525.


DRYWALL

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

DRYWALL PROFESSIONAL:Small additions, boarding, tap-ing, repairs, texture spraying, consulting. Soundproof instal-lation;bath/moisture resistance products. Call 250.384.5055. Petrucci’s Drywall.

MUD on the RUN. Small dry-wall repairs, textures & reno-vations. Ross, (250)812-4879.

ELECTRICAL

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M&S OXFORD Home/Com-mercial Reno’s & Painting. Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hard-wood and Trim. 25 yrs exp. Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.

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

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401-525 Broughton St., $439,000Sunday 1-3Boorman’s Real EstateMichael Boorman 250-595-1535 pg. 11

577 Toronto StSaturday 12-2Pemberton HolmesJoseph Martin, 250-361-8167 pg. 12

210-1061 Fort, $199,900Sunday 12-1:30Newport RealtyBruce Gibson 250 385-2033 pg. 5409167

2205 Victor, $405,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyLaurie Abram 250 385-2033 pg. 10

2239 Shelbourne St, $369,000Sunday 2-4Boorman’sRod Hay 250-595-1535 pg. 13

4-1110 Pembroke, $424,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesPaul Whitney, 250-889-2883 pg. 12

103-1188 Yates St, $239,900Sunday 12:30-2Address Realty Ltd.Rob Angus, 250-391-1893

217 Ontario, $769,500Saturday 2-4DFH Real EstateCassie Kangas 250 477-7291 pg. 12

1161 Deerview, $729,800Sunday 2:30-4:30Sutton Group West Coast RealtyGlen Santics 250-479-3333

34 Phillippa Pl, $969,900Saturday 3-4Pemberton HolmesStacey Dewhurst 250 384-8124 pg. 12

101-75 Songhees, $698,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6

401-104 Dallas, $423,000Saturday 2-4Bowes RealtyMargaret Bowes 250 418-0111 pg. 10

101-66 Songhees, $609,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Michelle Vermette, 250-391-1893

305-649 Bay, $242,900Sunday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodJulie Rust 250 477-1100 pg. 11

301-50 SongheesSunday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunDaniel Clover 250 507-5459 pg. 11

807-66 Songhees Rd., $629,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Susan Carley, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

401-1012 Pakington St, $309,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGoran Tambic, 250-384-7663

205-3010 Washington, $274,900Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyZane Willis, 250-479-3333 pg. 5

1201-760 Johnson St., $468,000Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara 250 384-8124 pg. 6

2-1020 Queens, $299,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes David Scotney, 250-384-8124 pg. 39

3-1110 Pembroke St, $444,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesPaul Whitney, 250-889-2883 pg. 11

502-250 Douglas, $389,900Sunday 1-3Newport RealtyMarie Blender, 250-385-2033 pg. 8

3093 Washington, $729,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyRobert Buckle 250 385-2033 pg. 12

301-380 Waterfront, $569,625Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 35

309-1012 Collinson St, $289,000Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyDavid Harvey, 250-385-2033 pg. 5

1810 Hollywood Cres, $875,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyLuisa Celis, 250 477-1100 pg. 12

607 Wilson, $399,900Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyBruce Gibson 250 385-2033 pg. 13

1275 Dominion Rd, $519,900Sunday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Irina Lobatcheva, 250-391-1893

304-1121 Oscar St, $375,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Peter Crichton, 250-889-4000

2728 Belmont, $549,900Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyShelly Reed, 250-213-7444 pg. 1

754 Humboldt, $198,900Daily Noon-5 exc FridaysConcert Properties 250 383-3722 pg. 7

1323 McNair, $514,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesGunnar Stephenson, 250-884-0933 pg. 12

1367 Vista Heights, $449,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 13

1102 Kings Rd., $598,000Sunday 3:30-5:30Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara 250 384-8124 pg. 12

403-455 Sitkum Rd., $569,900Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyNoah Dobson 250 385-2033 pg. 11

204-924 Cook St, $267,900Saturday 11-1Address Realty Ltd.Adam Hales, 250-391-1893

306-777 Cook St., $184,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Suzanne Mitchell 250-477-7291 pg. 5

3520 Upper Terrace, $898,900Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd.Mike Ryan 250-477-1100 pg. 14

2725 Cadboro Bay, $629,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyMarc Owen-Flood 250-385-2033 pg. 17

3380 Upper Terr, $1,898,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunLynne Sager 250 744-3301 pg. 35

3393 Henderson, $649,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDoug Poruchny, 250-474-4800 pg. 13

3315 Cadboro Bay Rd., $829,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 13

1480 Oak Bay Ave, $1,849,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyRichard Severs 250 216-3178 pg. 13

2706 Dorset Rd., $959,500Saturday & Sunday 2-4Burr Properties LtdPatrick Skillings 250 382-8838 pg. 13

73 Kingham Pl, $869,800Saturday 11-2Coldwell Banker Slegg RealtyWarren Cleal, 250-383-1500 pg. 27

73 Kingham Pl, $869,800Saturday 11-2Coldwell Banker Slegg RealtyWarren Cleal, 250-383-1500 pg. 14

215 Anya Lane, $719,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesCathy Travis, 250-857-6666

103-101 Nursery Hill, $319,900Saturday 12-1Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns 250-478-0808 pg. 33

110 Jedburgh, $499,900Saturday 11-12:30Address Realty ltd.Rob Angus, 250-391-1893

2320 Francis View, $599,900Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGoran Tambic, 250-384-7663

8-127 Aldersmith, $459,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMarsha Crawford 250 889-8200 pg. 14

31 Kaleigh, $569,900Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 14

505-365 Waterfront Cr., $459,800Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMarsha Crawford 250 889-8200 pg. 10

1632 Seahaven, $299,800Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunDale Sheppard 250-478-9600 pg. 14

18-300 Six Mile Rd., $399,900Sunday 12-2Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 39

544 ParadiseSaturday 2-4Jonesco Real EstateWayne Garner 250 881-8111 pg. 35

462 Sturdee St, $599,900Sunday 1:30-3RE/MAX CamosunDiana Devlin, 250-744-3301 pg. 15

1217 Wychbury AveSunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyGray Rothnie, 250-477-1000 pg. 16

934 Craigfl ower, $419,000Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesNicole Burgess 250 384-8124 pg. 8

925 Devonshire Rd., $429,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 10

1-733 Sea Terr, $474,500Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyFred Hiigli 250 385-2033 pg. 10

983 Dunsmuir, $524,888Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunAndrew Holenchuk 250 744-3301 pg. 15

1366 Craigfl ower, $569,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJudy Campbell 250 744-3301 pg. 15

25-909 Admirals, $374,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdShelley Saldat, 250 384-8124 pg. 10

1370 Craigfl ower, $439,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJudy Campbell 250 744-3301 pg. 15

2018 Casa Marcia, $659,900Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyGray Rothnie, 250-477-1000 pg. 16

4942 Cordova Bay, $998,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdKevin Starling 250 889-4577 pg. 18

110-1505 Church Ave, $239,900Saturday 2-4Boorman’sRod Hay, 250-595-1535 pg. 11

4190 Lynnfi eld, $749,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Sandy McManus, 250-477-7291 pg. 31

4287 Gordon Head Rd., $659,900Saturday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey 250-391-1893 pg. 15

937 Kentwood Terr., $659,000Saturday 2-4Boorman’s Real EstateMichael Boorman, 250-595-1535 pg. 18

4041 Palmetto, $995,000Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyGraham Bavington, 250-415-1931 pg. 16

778 Patrick, $815,000Saturday 1:30-3:30Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMorley Bryant, 250-477-5353 pg. 19

3-4771 Cordova Bay, $799,990Saturday 2-4MacDonald Realty LtdLeslee Farrell 250 388-5882 pg. 9

1934 Waterloo, $699,900Sunday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodMike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100 pg. 16

909 Lucas Ave, $584,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max AllianceDavid Rusen, 250-386-8875 pg. 15

3401 Clovelly Court, $544,900Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyGlen Myles, 250-385-2033 pg. 19

820 Kincaid Pl., $629,900Sunday 1-3Newport RealtyNoah Dobson 250 385-2033 pg. 19

3895 Cadboro BaySunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422 pg. 19

102-820 Short ST, $358,900Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyLuisa Celis, 250-477-1100 pg. 6

4580 Gordon Point, $1,098,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesCathy Travis, 250-857-6666

313-1620 Mckenzie AveSaturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJason Binab, 250-744-3301

110-3915 Carey, $219,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real EstateWendy Herrick 250-656-0131 pg. 11

3990 Haro, $724,800Saturday 2:30-4:30Sutton Group West Coast RealtyGlen Santics 250-479-3333

2536 Maynard, 674,900Sunday 1-4Re/Mac CamosunRichard Acomba, 250-744-3301 pg. 19

1190 Maplegrove, $669,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBruce Hatter, 250-744-3301 pg. 19

4665 Amblewood DrSaturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJasmin Gerwien, 250-384-8124 pg. 19

205-3921 Shelbourne, $319,900Sunday 2:30-4Address Realty ltd.Rob Angus, 250-391-1893

360-4488 ChattertonSunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMay Hamilton, 250-477-5353 pg. 34

18-901 Kentwood, $519,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyMichael Luyt, 250-216-7547 pg. 9

4412 Columbia, $674,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunJenny Stoltz 250 744-3301 pg. 18

1528 Palahi, $649,900Sunday 2-4SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown 250-380-6683 pg. 19

1990 Haultain, $609,000Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 18

4014 Hessington, $639,900Saturday & Sunday 1-4RE/MAX CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 18

4173 Buckingham, $659,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesDavid Scotney 250-384-8124 pg. 39

4154 Beckwith, $619,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyTim Taddy 250 592-8110 pg. 18

1408 Ireland Crt., $699,900Saturday 1-3Fair RealtyJinwoo Jeong, 250-885-5114 pg. 19

4473 Cottontree Lane, $789,000Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 18

245/247 Regina Ave., $479,00Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesMike Shack, 250-384-8124 pg. 20

4541 Elk Lake Dr., $539,900Sunday 2-4Jonesco Real EstateRoger Jones 250 361-9838 pg. 19

746 Gorge Rd W, $549,900Saturday 2-4Macdonald RealtyScott Garman 250 896-7099 pg. 20

1086 Roy Rd, $639,900Sunday 2-4One Percent RealtyValentino, 250-686-2242 pg. 19

409-4536 Viewmont, $299,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMark Rice, 250 588-2339 pg. 20

742 Daffodil, $449,900Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalMark McDougall 250 888-8588 pg. 19

618 Baxter, $505,000Sunday 2-4Victoria Classic RealtyShaun Lees 250 386-1997 pg. 35

5460 Old West Saanich, $1,179,000Sunday 1-3JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

6467 Central Saanich, $699,000Sunday 2-4Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 39

8500 East Saanich, $744,000Sunday 1-3DFH Real EstateWendy Herrick 250-656-0131 pg. 21

1886 McTavishSaturday 1-3DFH Real EstateWendy Herrick 250-656-0131 pg. 21

2051 Brethour Pkwy, $424,500Saturday 1:30-3:30Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMay Hamilton, 250-477-5353 pg. 21

10517 Allbay Rd., $1,470,000Sunday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

7161 West SaanichDaily 1-3Gordon Hulme RealtyDon King 250 656-4626 pg. 9

311-10461 Resthaven, $395,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRene Blais 250 655-0608 pg. 21

6471 Bella Vista Dr., $849,000Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 29

201-2245 James White BlvdSaturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesVeronica Crha, 250-384-8124 pg. 6

8366 West Saanich, $789,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRoy Coburn, 250-812-1989 pg. 33

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OPENOPENHOUSES8502 East SaanichSunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunShane King, 250-744-3301 pg. 21

9336 Maryland Dr., $409,900Saturday 11-1Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMay Hamilton, 250-477-5353 pg. 21

1504-6880 Wallace, $514,500Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastInez Louden 250 812-7710 pg. 21

303-7088 West Saanich Rd, $338,800Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 21

28-2070 Amelia Ave, $229,000Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Frances Wade, 250-656-0131

2182 Weiler, $379,000Saturday 3-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 29

108-7583 Central Saanich RdSaturday 3-5Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Joseph Martin, 250-474-4176 pg. 20

21-10457 Resthaven Dr., $629,000Saturday 2-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 29

2577 Heron WaySaturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesEileen Jespersen, 250-686-4820

1824 Mt. Newton X Rd, $515,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesMike Shack, 250-384-8124 pg. 21

8564 Moxon, $674,500Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdElfi e Jeeves 250 477-7291 pg. 39

8502 East Saanich Rd, $1,249,000Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunShane King, 250-744-3301 pg. 20

9216 Mainwaring, $589,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunAdrian Langereis 250 744-3301 pg. 31

2250 Cooperidge, $498,900Saturday 1-4DFH Real Estate LtdPatti Locke-Lewkowich 250 477-7291 pg. 39

8761 Pender Park Dr, $799,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRoss Shortreed, 250-858-3585 pg. 21

3130 Westridge Pl., $995,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyBruce Gibson 250 385-2033 pg. 21

763 Hanbury, $539,000Saturday 12-1:30Newport RealtyBruce Gibson 250 385-2033 pg. 22

1622 Millstream, $799,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 22

2570 Wentwich Rd., $559,900Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalMark McDougall 250 888-8588 pg. 24

2949 Trestle, $359,900Saturday 12-2DFH Real Estate LtdMike Hartshorne 250 889-4445 pg. 24

3006 Glen Lake, $369,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Sandy McManus, 250-477-7291 pg. 31

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694 Donovan, $424,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunDoug Munro 250 744-3301 pg. 24

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Four local schools win vegetable gardensBrittany LeeNews staff

Students at Willows Elementary School got their hands dirty at the school’s gar-den building day April 4.

As one of four elementary schools in Greater Victoria to win a schoolyard gar-den through LifeCycles’ Growing Schools project, students at Willows spent part of their day talking about gardening, having a relay race to fill four garden beds with soil, and planting seeds.

The garden building day allows as many kids as possible to help build the school-yard garden and make them feel con-nected to the project, Jeanette Sheehy, Growing Schools co-ordinator, said.

A group of about 20 Grade 3 and 4 students dug their hands into the dirt as volunteers from LifeCycles talked about the soil. The kids then raced to dump buckets of soil into the beds.

Teacher Katy Connelly said her stu-dents’ excitement comes from their com-plete involvement in the process.

“Not only did they get to choose some of the seeds and fill the beds with soil, but they will also be planting, transplanting and harvesting,” Connelly said.

Connelly’s class is one of three partici-pating in the project at Willows.

Her class has identified two types of lettuce, cimmaron and lovelock to plant, based on their ability to grow in early spring, Connelly said.

Students have been learning about organic, sustainable gardening and this project complements the unit well because it’s not just theoretical, Connelly said.

Growing Schools aims to teach chil-dren about how food grows, where it comes from, and the issues around food security.

The classes go through a series of workshops to learn how to care for the garden and are involved in each step of the process.

“It’s an opportunity for them to under-stand the lifecycle of a plant and really feel connected to the food they’re eating,” Sheehy said.

The kids will first practise planting

seeds in clear, plastic bags as an experiment to watch what happens in the soil as a pea sprouts, she explained.

The garden at Willows will grow different veg-etables such as lettuce, carrots, and radishes. Students will move their plants outdoors in May and come June, they should be able to enjoy a salad.

While the students enjoyed running around and playing with the soil, many expressed interest to start gardening.

“It was so much fun. We had a great time playing in the soil,” Willows student Andrea Johnson said.

“We’re going to plant peas. I can’t wait to see them grow.”

The Growing Schools project is in part-nership with the CRD and The Keg Steak-house and Bar. The CRD is supplying 500 plant starters, while the Keg is providing $25,000 in grants for the five gardens.

Craigflower Elementary, Cloverdale Traditional, and George Jay Elementary are the other schools that won school-yard gardens.

The community herb garden at The Vancouver Island School of Art on Quadra Street is also part of the project.

For more information, visit lifecy-clesproject.ca or sustainableu.ca.

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Markus, 8, and his grandmother, Cindy Swoveland, discuss the benefits of soil during a schoolyard garden building day at Willows Elementary. Willows is one of five schools in Greater Victoria to win a garden from the Growing Schools initiative by LifeCycles and the Capital Regional District.

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Most of us are comfortable in our own childhood memories.

The residential school near my town of Chemainus was closed in 1976 on what was then called Kuper Island.

The Penelakut people made sure that hulking physical burden on their memories was destroyed. But they, and other First Nations people from throughout B.C. who had attended the school, which opened in 1890, could not destroy a lifetime of negative thoughts and emotions.

Some will make a start at Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission event in Victoria.

The ‘reconciliation’ part of the event is up to the rest of us. That journey begins as we bear witness to the legacy of the residential school system and begin to learn all those things we did not learn in school.

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New water shuttle may replace Blue BoatNegotiations between harbour ferry company and base in final stagesErin McCrackenNews staff

Leading Seaman Duane Cutrell is relieved that plans are in the works for a new ferry service to shuttle military and civilian defence personnel between Colwood and CFB Esquimalt.

The new shuttle, expected to start up May 1 – the day after the base’s Blue Boat service ends – is the Plan B he has been hoping for.

“I was starting to make plans to re-juggle my budget for gas consumption, and also to try and figure out what time of day I’d have to leave (home) in order to still get (to the base) and still get a parking spot,” said Cutrell, a Sooke resident who has been

riding the Blue Boat since 2004. “This is a huge help.”

The Victoria Harbour Ferry Company, which last Wednesday announced plans to offer the service, is in final negotiations with the CFB Esquimalt commander and the Canadian Forces Exchange System, or Canex, which can enter agreements with businesses that provide support services to defence personnel.

The private ferry run, which does not yet have an official name, would offer a service that mirrors the Blue Boat run. Two 40-pas-senger boats – one is coming from Nanaimo and the second is being purchased – would make 28 sailings each day of the work week between Colwood, Dockyard and Naden.

There is strong demand for a water ferry service from military personnel and other residents worried about increasing traffic congestion, said Barry Hobbis, Victoria Har-bour Ferry vice-president of operations.

More than 750 military and civilian

defence personnel responded to a recent survey undertaken by the company. Of those, 98 per cent wanted a water shuttle at the base to continue.

“I hope we’re able to look after those peo-ple that I think, right now, are very fright-ened,” Hobbis said. “There’s lots of fami-lies with one car that just don’t know how they’re going to (manage) that.”

Passenger fares will be announced once the service receives final approval.

CFB Esquimalt officials view the compa-ny’s proposal as promising.

“We’re really interested, because they’re an established company that has suitable vessels and want to seamlessly transition into this service as of the first of May,” said CFB Esquimalt commander, navy Capt. Craig Baines.

He added that security issues, among other things, need to be addressed before the replacement shuttle could begin.

“Right now we’re confident that we’re

going to be able to work through those issues and we’re really hopeful we can make that target date.”

A shuttle bus service for military and civilian defence personnel and the general public will also launch May 1.

“Of course, it is really up to the mem-bers themselves which service they want to use,” said Blue Bus organizer and military wife Cynthia Cummings. “In saying that, I think the obvious choice would be a boat service because it is faster. We were there to basically be an assurance to the military member that they were going to get to and from work.”

Members of the public who won’t be per-mitted to use the ferry will benefit from the shuttle bus, she noted.

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Centuries ago, when the people of Scotland were under English rule and forbidden to wear their family tartans, Scots would find a way to honour their heritage in church – or so the leg-end goes.

“The Scots took a little piece (of their family tartan) to church with them on a Sunday in a deep, innermost pocket and it was blessed in secret,” said Irene Feir, secretary of the Victoria Joint Scottish Council. “I think a lot of people just say: ‘That’s bunk,’ but it’s a legend that’s been around a long time.”

The Victoria Joint Scottish Council has upheld the tradition of blessing the tartan for some 20 years and will continue to mark the occasion this Sunday (April 15) at St. Aidan’s United Church.

The blessing – or “kirking” of the tartan, depending on one’s level of familiarity in Scot-tish dialect – is open to all and will feature piper Walter Muir and words from Rev. Michael Caveney.

Tartan Day is officially April 6 in honour of the day in 1320 when Scotland gained indepen-dence. In Victoria, the council hosts Kirkin’ ’o the Tartan as close as possible to the 6th with-out interfering with Easter services.

Wear a tartan and celebrate Scottish culture, starting at 10 a.m. at St. Aidan’s United Church, 3703 St. Aidan’s St. in Gordon Head.

Refreshments will be served after the ser-vice. For more information, contact Feir at 250-652-5773 or [email protected].

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Rev. Michael Caveney, left, Irene Feir and David Sinclair display a tartan in St. Aidan’s United Church. Feir is secretary of the Victoria Joint Scottish Council, which Sinclair chairs. The church will host a Kirkin’ ’O the Tartan, or blessing of the tartan, ceremony this weekend.


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