oak bay news, march 11, 2015

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Casting a webWebcasts help public keep abreast of council meetings

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OAK BAYNEWSOak Bay puts a friendly face on tourism

Christine van ReeuwykNews Staff

Friendly. That’s the word that won out after a vote from about 50 stakeholders representing all walks of business and residents at the latest branding session hosted by the Oak Bay Tourism Committee.

The vote was in response to the question: “If you could only choose three words to describe Oak Bay what would they be?” That was one of many thought-provoking questions put forward to the group at the March 2 meeting.

“It was a really good session, we got a lot of excellent feedback,” said Coun. Tom Croft, council liaison to the Oak Bay Tourism Committee. “We’ve got a clear understanding of what people see the current brand of Oak Bay is and where they would like to see the brand move to.”

Oak Bay Tourism made a short presentation to council recently to recap highlights from 2014 and offer an overview of the 2015 plan and priorities.

As part of their stakeholder engagement, Oak Bay Tourism budgeted $7,000 this year for brand foundation workshops such as the session at municipal hall last week.

“Overall we seemed to repeat the same things that have been repeated in the past, but I think we have to deliver. What I’m getting from people is we need to deliver on the promise that you have a unique experience in Oak Bay … Are we delivering to the degree that we would like to?” Croft said. “A lot of that is not just marketing but destination development.”

For example, things to draw people to the community, and provide things like boat rentals at the shoreline.

Oak Bay Marina, for example, has plans to bring back fishing vessel rentals, providing an option for visitors.

But a part of the issue identified is getting guests, and new residents, from the village to the water.

“We seem to be missing the usage of our waterfront so there’s a lot of ideas there,” Croft said. “We don’t have that way-finding from the village, it’s a direct line, but we don’t have that way-finding.”

The question: “What would you like to see as a result of this branding process?” got a few contradictory statements such as bury the Tweed image and build on traditions.

Build and bury isn’t a new concept, said Croft.“We’ve been through bury the Tweed to embrace the

Tweed. From tourism’s point of view we want to build on the Tweed but the new Tweed, not stiff British,” said Croft.

He was a part of the committee for three years prior to being elected to council last fall and part of the original branding strategies.

“We know that we’re moving away from it (old Tweed) with the young people and the demand for more walking, more cycling and more community activities,” Croft said.

This year the annual Tweed Ride moves into Oak Bay on Aug. 8, providing the kick-off event to arts and culture week that will include the annual car show on Oak Bay Avenue and wrap with Bowker Brush up. Both are fairly lengthy traditions in Oak Bay.

Those types of activities could create some linkage to another area of concern heard at the branding session, geographical connection.

“The other thing I heard … the community is fragmented,” Croft said. “The community is saying they want more collaboration with more communities (within) Oak Bay.”

Consultant Dan Dagg of Hot House Marketing is expected to report on the findings from the two-hour session in about three months.

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Coun. Tom Croft at a trail head straight off Oak Bay Avenue. Stakeholders at a recent branding session suggested Oak Bay needs more signage or other measures to help people find the waterfront from the village.

Oak Bay Tourism session looks at branding opportunities

“We’ve got a clear understanding of what people see the current brand of Oak Bay is and where they would like to see the brand move to.”

- Tom Croft

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Getting air on the backyard trampoline is a favoured pastime for Oak Bay youth Ava Stewart. She recently earned a spot at provincials for her passion and hard work in gymnastics.

Medals send gymnast for a loopChristine van ReeuwykNews Staff

An astute observation on Ava Stewart’s parents’ part uncovered what turns out to be a passion for the Oak Bay 10-year-old.

More than two years ago, during her brief tenure as a soccer player, the Willows elementary student spent as much time flipping cartwheels on the sidelines as dribbling the ball on the field. Her parents pulled her from soccer and enrolled her in gymnastics, said mom Petra Eggert. It wasn’t long before she caught the eye of a competitive coach and leaped from recreational to the competitive stream.

Now competing with Falcon Gymnastics, Stewart scored silver in all-around during recent competition in Port Alberni, qualifying for provincials next month. She earned silver on bars and bronze on floor, rounding out her competition with routines on the beam and vault.

They marked her first medals. “She said her face hurt at the end of the day

from smiling so much,” said Eggert. A total of 13 Falcon athletes ranging from

Junior Olympic levels 3 to 6, Stewart’s a level 6, competed in the Mt. Arrowsmith Invitational Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Competition. All six Junior Olympic Level 6 athletes qualified for

the B.C. championships April 10 to 12 at Capilano University.

Stewart competed at provincials last year in Kamloops and while it was fun and exciting, she didn’t feel as prepared as this year. Plus she was sick.

Petra Eggert photo

Ava Stewart ponders earning her first ever medal during the competition where she earned silver on bars, bronze on floor and a silver medal in all-around.

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Council webcasts on Oak Bay’s radar


Anthony Mears is a regular in Oak Bay council chambers. He’s the guy behind the phone, adding live-streaming council and committee meetings to online resources by the group Oak Bay Watch.

The group started a couple years ago in response to development concerns, primarily around large homes replacing smaller ones on lots, because of the municipal floor area bylaws. There was at the time a YouTube user with the handle Modern Democracy, uploading video from various meetings around the CRD. When those stopped, Oak Bay Watch took up the torch.

“There was a sense, certainly in South Oak Bay, that things were moving too fast, there was a perception,” said now Coun. Eric Zhelka.

Streaming meetings was one way to promote that perception of transparency.

He was a member of the group at that time, and ran on a similar platform during the November election.

Prior to election he was among those who took turns streaming

the meetings which then remain online as podcasts.

Zhelka is no longer a member of the group and Mears is now the main man behind the camera while Zhelka serves the community as a councillor.

“The (municipal) website had to be redone, we now have a modern platform to build on,” Zhelka said.

In his inaugural address, Mayor Nils Jensen addressed webcasting as something the municipality

would pursue this term. “The webcasting is also a

matter of public accessibility to our proceedings. It’s a lot more complicated (than recently implemented e-agendas) and potentially more costly in the

long run,” said Jensen. “It’s something we will be looking at when we go to estimates in April. It’s not just a matter of hooking up the camera … it’s also a matter of storage space and organizing and maintaining the recordings, so it is complicated but it’s not rocket science.”

As chair of the CRD board he’s busied himself visiting each of the 12 other municipalities in the region.

“So far the majority of them have some form of webcasting,” Jensen said. “So it is something that I think there’s an expectation of the public that they have that kind of visual access to our proceedings. Because the technology is available, it is just a matter of time before we complete that task.

“I think over the term of this council it is something that there is consensus on this council to move towards. It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when.”

In the meantime, Mears plans to keep attending the Monday evening meetings at municipal hall.

“If it’s recorded then obviously we would look at that,” Mears said. Oak Bay Watch will maintain its work, even after there’s no need to stream meetings, he said.

“We’ve expanded our directors and added some expertise,” said Mears. “Our philosophy is two heads are better than one and a bunch of heads are better than two.” [email protected]


Oak Bay Watch member and regular council attendee Anthony Mears, left, and Oak Bay Coun. Eric Zhelke with the inexpensive setup Mears uses to stream municipal meetings.

UVic students throw support behind divestmentUniversity of Victoria students

voted 77 per cent in favour of fossil fuel divestment in a campus-wide referendum March 5.

The results boost Divest UVic’s campaign. The group of students is calling on the University of Victoria Foundation to honour commitments to sustainability and socially responsible investing and divest from the fossil fuel industry.

“Financial experts are warning of the risks of investing in fossil fuels, while highlighting the strength of divested portfolios,”

said organizer Ellen Trottier. “The facts stand for divestment and students do as well. It’s up to decision makers to side with students and faculty, stand for climate action and divest from the fossil fuel industry.”

Students say the onus is now on the UVic board of governors to divest.

“The urgency of the climate crisis demands immediate action,” said student Natalia Karpovskaia. “By continuing to invest in the fossil fuel industry UVic chooses to be complicit in the climate crisis. UVic must instead stand for climate action

and divest from the fossil fuel industry.”

Students unanimously elected candidates who pledged to push divestment through student government.

“I plan to make it clear to the university administration that UVic students will not stand for their education coming at the cost of climate change,” said newly elected student society chair Brontë Renwick-Shields.

At the end of March the UVic board of governors will convene for their spring meeting. Divest UVic hopes divestment will be at the top of the agenda.

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A UVic students passes a banner advertising the student referendum on divestment. UVic students voted 77 per cent in favour of divestment from the fossil fuel industry


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trail users that neighbours may be sleeping.The signs at either end of a trail at Walbran

Park are a direct response to residents in the area concerned over noise created by early morning users, according to Mayor Nils Jensen

“The reason we installed them is we had received complaints from the neighbours about exercise groups using that very early in the morning and waking neighbours and neighbourhood dogs,” Jensen said. “There’d be a bit of a disruption.”

The recently installed signs, at $50 apiece, are “encouraging good neighbourliness,” he said.

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“I’m still nervous, because people from all over the province are coming,” she said.

Straight off the Port Alberni competition the youth is back into the weekly training regimen of 12 hours at the gym and two in ballet.

“We do a lot of conditioning to build up our muscles and then three weeks away (from competition) we start doing our routines again,” Stewart said. “I like doing all that work to go to competitions. I really like competing. It’s just really fun. … I don’t care if I don’t place.”

Then she seemed to remember that recent feeling.

“Those were my first medals,” she said with a grin.

She hopes to earn more at her next three competitions of the year. After provincials, Falcon Gymnastics hosts the annual Garden City Invitational held May 15 to 17 at Panorama Recreation in North Saanich and then they head to the Ogopogo Invitational June 5 to 7 in West Kelowna. The athletes will then wind down for a couple months of light training and conditioning.

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The shift to tablets is proving worthy as Oak Bay entered the digital age of agendas for 2015 – environmental, financial and community engagement.

“It’s good for our budget, good for our staff and it’s good for community engagement,” said Coun. Michelle Kirby. “Staff deserve the credit.”

She has encouraged the change since her first election to council in 2011, and right up until late last year staff were creating multiple paper agendas, at times even driving them out to council members’ homes on the Friday before a meeting.

“It’s expensive to change processes and we’re very mindful of our budgets in Oak Bay,” Kirby said of taking time in the changeover. “We’re going to save in the long run, not to mention accessibility to the public.”

While Oak Bay hasn’t done a cost analysis of savings versus the cost of software and tablets for members of council and key staff, they’re confident in the value.

“We haven’t’ done a specific analysis of it, but certainly I know there was always a lot of staff time taken in photocopying and collating. It seems to be a smoother and easier operation,” said Mayor Nils Jensen.

“I have found it to have been a success from a number of points of view,” he added. “It gives the public quicker and greater access to all the items on our agenda; second of

all it’s much easier to use at council than some of the other programs that I’ve seen and it’s very portable so you can do all the studies and access it 24/7 pretty well any place you’re at; thirdly it reduces the staff time as far as I can see.”

Now the agendas are available at oakbay.ca for download, and for those who require a tangible document,

printing at home. It provides an easier path for first-time council meeting attendees, or the occasional follower of council. Staff also added a procedures page, explaining how each segment of the agenda works.

“It’s alleviated frustration for people who really spend a lot of time following council business,” Kirby said. [email protected]

Council embraces paperless process


Coun. Michelle Kirby is happily out from under the piles of paper that used to make up agendas at Oak Bay council and committee meetings and now taps away at her tablet instead after Oak Bay started 2015 with a paperless agenda.

Tablets and online agendas the new way for Oak Bay

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B.C.’s new seniors’ advocate has issued her second report, and the media mostly ignored it.

When this new office was promised by a campaigning Premier Christy Clark two years ago, I suggested that B.C. already has 85 seniors’ advocates. They’re called MLAs, and inquiries go to their local offices.

Much to the chagrin of the opposition, Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Mackenzie’s mandate is not to pursue individual cases, and so she won’t be serving up a fresh assortment of horror stories to embarrass the government.

Instead, it is to look for “systemic challenges” and recommend ways to deal with them. The latest report is based on a survey of more than 500 seniors from around the province, and the key finding was not what she expected.

“We were surprised to learn of the lack of awareness among seniors, particularly low-income seniors, of government programs and the subsidies available to assist them,” Mackenzie said.

The survey found that 60 per cent of seniors living on $30,000 or less annual income didn’t know they are eligible for discounts on Medical Services Plan premiums. For income less than $22,000, the entire $864 cost of individual MSP premiums is waived.

Other frequently overlooked programs are a monthly rent

subsidy called Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER), grants for disability modifications called Home Adaptations for Independence, drug cost assistance called Fair Pharmacare, property tax deferment and the federal Guaranteed Income Supplement program. Those older than 75 with income of less than $30,000 reported the lowest awareness of

assistance designed specifically for them. But you don’t get these benefits unless you apply and show that your income qualifies.

The survey also found that the biggest fear of low-income seniors is that they won’t be able to afford to stay in their homes. See home adaptation, property tax and rent subsidy programs above.

Awareness and usage of the SAFER program was lowest in the north and highest in urban areas, perhaps not surprising since the B.C. government exists more in theory than in fact in many remote places.

So what should the government do about this? Well, it could advertise these programs. The government does lots of advertising, but not about old news like the SAFER program, which dates back to the 1970s.

Clark’s government did a whack of advertising in the election year, 2013. Much of it was about the B.C. Jobs Plan, heavy on the hardhats and blueprint-style graphics and arc welding and stuff like that.

Then last year the government’s big ad campaign was around the teachers’ strike, and the payments to parents to help with child care while teachers demanded twice as big a raise as all the other unions.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender is still bragging about the response rate for $40-a-day parental strike pay, which was snapped up by almost 100 per cent of eligible parents. This demonstrates that the government can indeed give away money with great efficiency, just by telling people how to get it.

The NDP’s version of seniors’ advocacy is to find the most tragic problems from complaints coming into constituency offices, and use those to ambush the government.

A popular choice is an elderly couple who have to be separated because their medical needs are too different to keep them in the same facility. TV news loves that one. People cry on camera and denounce politicians for being heartless, as if the health minister stayed up late plotting how to break their granny’s heart.

Maybe this seniors’ advocate wasn’t such a bad idea after all.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Seniors’ advocate strikes a chord

School districts have little room for cuts

School trustees across B.C. must be scratching their heads at their premier’s apparent lack of awareness about what’s going on in their schools and administration offices.

Premier Christy Clark has suggested school boards grab a step-ladder and start picking some “low-hanging fruit” to the tune of nearly $54 million over the next two years from district administrative costs.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender later clarified that school districts must find efficiencies to get administrative costs down to six per cent, where they were 10 years ago, which requires 0.5 per cent savings this year and one per cent the year after.

While there is a concern that administrative costs will eat up valuable dollars that must go to the classroom, the province should lead the way by showing where this cost-cutting should be made.

B.C. School Trustees’ Association president Teresa Rezansoff has been quoted as saying that Clark’s comments ignore the fact that school districts are already working together to save money and have been doing so for years.

Among the ideas being touted is converting school board meetings to a paperless model and moving professional development workshops outside school hours, thereby saving in substitute teaching costs, something that is already being done in many districts.

Bulk buying, sharing services — many of these measures have been tried with more or less success, depending on the district and the circumstances. One area that has been discussed is the high cost of legal services.

But instead of being transparent with school districts, the provincial government has created an information vacuum that has led to broad speculation about the potential scope of the cuts and likely some school district workers fearing for their jobs

Everyone hates waste but instead of making off-the-cuff comments, perhaps the premier should show school boards exactly where the hidden cache of cash is located?

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LETTERS

Webcasts will ensure council transparencyAll candidates voiced transparency as an important

objective in council decision making before last November’s municipal election. Often, once elected, this objective becomes less of an urgent priority.

One of the ways many communities are helping to ensure residents can see just how transparent, justified and rational council decisions are, is by taping live (webcasting) council, committee and public meetings. These meetings can then be viewed and used for reference by the public anytime.

The new Official Community Plan includes many new land-use proposals and objectives. Many of these objectives have the potential to adversely impose on existing residents.

In the past council term there have been concerns about transparency and the problem of the majority of Oak Bay council members providing only the advantage side of various development and zoning bylaw proposals. This has also occurred during many of the public consultation processes.

Public notice information is required by law but it has to be understandable to the public to allow for scrutiny

and consideration – some public notices have not met this criteria.

There is also concern that there have been instances at council and at public meetings where relevant information and significant resident opposition has been voiced to the proposed bylaw changes or developments, however, there have been no modifications or amendments provided.

In many B.C. municipalities council policy has been to legislate (change the bylaw) first then problem solve, set policy and try to regulate, after the fact. Besides being incompetent and ineffective planning, it exposes existing residents to the adverse densification impacts, service reductions, user fees and property tax increases.

It is important to recognize the complex problems and disadvantages involved in densification and development. These impacts range from: what is allowed to be built; how much will regulation cost; how will more residents per dwelling and the new services and infrastructure requirements affect our property tax structure; how will council act responsibly and meet its many commitments to protect residents, who have previously built their home

and life in Oak Bay, from new higher densification impacts.The present council is now somewhat more balanced

but careful scrutiny is required – the 2007 zoning change mistake that caused irreparable harm to many residents is a strong indicator of what can happen if council ignores community input.

If community concerns are not recognized in the public engagement process or in the implementation stages of the new Official Community Plan, then Oak Bay council will not have paid attention to what is and has been going on in other communities.

Ignoring the adverse impacts of poor densification planning and implementation and the resulting problems other municipalities are now struggling with will not result in fact-based decision making. It is for all these reasons council meetings are being recorded and webcast by Oak Bay Watch to ensure transparency and allow existing residents to see, first hand, council’s performance as the implementation of the new Official Community Plan unfolds.

Anthony Mears Oak Bay

Overstepping authorityTransit police are now doing the job of

the federal immigration authority. What we have happening here is an erosion of rights, and could be a slippery slope into a mass witch hunt.

You see, transit police are solely dedicated to transit, the safety of passengers and employees. Sure, it may seem like a waste of money to have police officers checking tickets, but handing off higher responsibilities which are out of their jurisdiction is an abuse. If transit officers were expected to be undercover, internal eyes for the federal immigration authority, this would undoubtedly evoke racial profiling and a barrage of unlawful search and seizures. This is a prudent concern in our day and age.

What’s next, fisheries officers who check for a fishing licence, then throw you in a cell while they see if it’s possible you’ve visited any Islamic countries and therefore could possibly perhaps be or know a member of Isis? Pure conjecture? I say, no warrant, no arrest. The Canadian Criminal Code agrees. The public should know their rights.

Generally, the police do not have power to stop or question you without a reason. If the police stop you, you are under no legal obligation to answer their questions. You do not have to show ID or give an address unless they are ticketing you.

Police may not arrest you simply upon suspicion. If you are arrested or detained, you must be told why. You have the right

to a lawyer and free legal advice. So, kudos to the human rights groups who called out Metro Vancouver’s Transit Police and the Canadian Border Service Agencies.

Cailey CamosunOak Bay

No shame in agingNo disrespect to the students who were

recently teachers for the day when they passed on their computer skills to a much appreciating audience of seniors. Thumbs up to all of you.

But there is a disturbing factor that is only remotely related to the above: The overemphasis of youth these days. To be young, look and act young seams to be the ticket. When the top administrator of the nation appears on public TV with an open shirt and no tie, I think, he has a problem. When a woman at the age of 80 sports the complexion of a 16-year-old, trust me, from the neck down she is what it says on her birth certificate.

When a man of 60 shaves his head instead of his face, look again, he is likely on a Viagra diet. Why are we so keen on cheating Mother Nature?

The young ones are better in pushing the buttons of technology, but the elders are better equipped to push to the buttons of life. They’ve been there. Forget about compassion, elders are not a liability, they are an asset. There is nothing wrong with the patina of old age.

William RauschningOak Bay

Taxes used for simple nuisanceWhen I discovered a nest of rodents in

my yard undermining my gardens I called a pest control service to remove them. No, they were not destroyed but relocated.

The folks in Oak Bay have it much better because deer which are allegedly destroying their gardens are being removed at taxpayers’ expense.

I wonder if an Oak Bay resident found rodents in his yard would the municipality also use taxpayers’ dollars to remove them? Somehow I think not. I think the taxpayers should question this. If Oak Bay can use tax dollars to remove nuisance deer then they should also use tax dollars to remove nuisance rodents.

R.A. JonesVictoria

Article focuses on cullAn article in the latest Focus magazine

pretty much tells the Oak Bay deer cull facts as they are. It’s well thought out and written.

What was missing was the mention of a lack of transparency and the mistakes, half truths and pure fabrication which appear to be a deliberate intent to deceive the public.

Along with fear mongering about deer attacks and children being afraid to play outdoors, and let us not ignore the ultimate insult, deer feces in the park, the article mentions Mayor Jensen trumpeting safety as the main motivation for killing

deer. This makes it seem rather odd that he has had the traps placed on private property rather than the area where most deer/vehicle collisions occurred.

There is a good chance that many of these garden deer have never been in the high-accident area. As far as strengthened signage, the addition of six deer warning signs is hardly a motivator.

Speed reduction in that high-accident area have fallen on deaf ears and the speed readers which are excellent deterrents were removed not long after they were installed.

There is much more but rather than I echo it in a letter I highly recommend the article be read by all, those for and against a cull.

William JesseOak Bay

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Home builders applaudtougher licensing rulesRosie Townshend-CarterBlack Press

Residential builders now face tougher licensing requirements to better protect home buyers.

Continuing education requirements as well as new qualifications were annouced by the province recently.

To renew their licence, all home builders will be required to take continuing professional development courses directly related to residential construction each year.

“Mandatory building education is something we’ve been advocating for

years,” said Casey Edge, executive director of the Victoria Residential Builders Association.

There are more than 6,000 licensed residential builders in B.C. Last year, more than 30,000 new homes were built in B.C.

“Our goal is to protect new homebuyers across British Columbia. We worked with the construction industry to make these changes,” said Rich Coleman, minister

responsible for housing.Edge’s only criticism

is who will be handling the educational aspect.

“An agency that doesn’t build homes will be managing that so it’s disappointing. [A professional builders association is] most qualified because it is in the field doing the work.”

Builders must now demonstrate competence in seven different areas related to residential building such as the B.C. Building Code, construction management and customer relations.

“It’s not like building homes 30 years ago,” said Edge.

A special evening of “fun and inspiration” will support Victoria

Special Olympics athletes.The Friday Night Lights Gala features

a four-course dinner, silent auction, celebrity athletes, photo booth and autograph station.

Special Olympics is a world-wide organization providing sport training and competi-tion for individuals with an intellectual disability.

In Greater Victoria, Special Olympics trains 250 athletes, ranging in age from seven to 73, in 19 different sports pro-grams.

There are more than 150 volunteers involved with the organization.

Special Olympics fundraising co-ordinator Patti Anthony expects 200 people at Friday Night Lights Gala which will feature guest speakers former Olympian Simon Whitfield and Victoria Eagles coach Anthony Pluta, among others. Musical entertainment will be provided by Craig Henderson Trio and Tristan Thomp-son. A dance follows.

Friday Night Lights Gala will be held April 10 at Harbour Towers, 345 Quebec St, from 6 p.m. to midnight.

Tickets are $95 and available online at selectyourtickets.com or by phoning Patti Anthony at 250-589-3690.

“Our goal is to protect new homebuyers across British Columbia.”

- Rich Coleman

Event supports Special OlympicsFriday Night Lights Gala set for April 10 at Harbour Towers


Province puts together minimum wage formula

Tom FletcherBlack Press

Premier Christy Clark has ruled out increasing B.C.’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, but she says

there will be a formula announced soon for increases to keep pace with the cost of living.After meetings between cabinet ministers and B.C.

Federation of Labour executives last week, Clark said work is underway to extend the series of increases that brought

the minimum wage up to its current rate of $10.25 an hour after a decade with no increase. She said the system has

to protect small and medium-sized businesses from big jumps.

“They know that it’s going to go up, but they want to know that it’s going to go up in a

predictable way so they can plan for it,” Clark said.

B.C. Fed president Irene Lanzinger said it’s big businesses like fast food chains

that offer many of the minimum wage jobs. Of the 120,000 people in B.C.

making minimum wage, nearly half are over 25 years old, 63 per cent

are women and about 10,000 are aged 55 and older, she said.

Labour leaders were more encouraged after their call for a minimum 25 per cent of jobs for apprentices on publicly funded construction projects.

Lee Loftus, president of the B.C. Building Trades, said unionized contractors

have the 25 per cent rule in their collective agreements

and fund apprenticeship training. But with the majority

of construction now done by non-union companies, there

are no quotas for apprentice positions.Clark said BC Hydro has adopted

the 25 per cent standard for the Site C dam project, but other large public

infrastructure projects include federal funds. Ottawa wants apprenticeships to be

voluntary for those projects, but Clark said she supports the idea in principle.“If we’re spending this money on public projects

anyway, we should be investing in apprenticeships and getting people up the ladder so they can earn more

money and go and work in what we know is going to be a huge industry, in liquefied natural gas,” Clark said.Lanzinger said the B.C. Fed has received little response from

the government on its other long-standing issue, the lack of union

successorship rights in health care.A change in contractors triggered layoff notices to 240 Hospital

Employees’ Union members last week at Laurel Place, a Surrey long-term care facility.

A contract change for Vancouver Coastal Health cleaning staff has triggered layoff of 935 staff effective this summer.

Lanzinger said the B.C. government’s 2002 exemption of public employers and publicly subsidized private employers from union successorship provisions in the Labour Code has resulted in many contract changes with workers laid off and rehired. The practice is designed to drive down wages and benefits for employees making little more than minimum wages, she said.


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Stepping into Red Art Gallery these days is like taking a walk through the soundtrack of our lives.

During the month of March the gallery is home to the show Tower of Song, featuring 25 works inspired by songs.

“We put out the idea to our artists to paint something for the theme that is inspired by music,” said gallery director Bobb Hamilton.

“The whole idea was to leave the artists to interpret it whatever way they wanted.

Some of the pieces are very obvious, what they were inspired by – other pieces, once you see the name of the piece and you look at the lyrics, it makes sense.”

The artwork spans the styles of abstracts and landscapes, to still life and figurative pieces, with the inspiration coming from musical tastes ranging from The Who and Otis Redding to Barry Manilow and Tiny Tim.

“What’s interesting is we all sort of associate times in our lives with certain songs,” said Hamilton, adding there has always been a connection between music and visual art.

“Some artists even paint with a lot of music playing. We have one artist that paints with a live musician in her studio.”

The lyrics are posted next to the artwork to help

viewers get a feel for the inspiration, and buyers will receive the lyrics along with a “collector bonus” when they pick up their acquisition after the show.

“Art is either supposed to make you think or make you feel,” said Hamilton. “I think with what we’ve put together here, it not only makes you think and feel, but people leave here whistling a tune.”[email protected]

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Artwork from Tower of Song exhibit draws its inspiration from music. The show is playing at Red Art Gallery during the month of March.

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THE COOL AID Society is looking for a computer access volunteer to help people strug-gling with homelessness to re-connect with their families and build important job-readiness skills. Volunteers help super-vise the free access computer room at Rock Bay Landing. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

THE COOL AID Society is looking for a computer access volunteer to help people strug-gling with homelessness to re-connect with their families and build important job-readiness skills. Volunteers help super-vise the free access computer room at Rock Bay Landing. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

THE CRIDGE Centre for the Family is looking for a volun-teer to coordinate their Octo-ber event, Ride for Refuge. The event is a fundraiser to support charities that care for people who are vulnerable, displaced and exploited. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

THE MUSTARD SEED is looking for volunteers to work four-hour shifts on Saturdays in the food bank, sorting food donations and packing food hampers. Call Volunteer Vic-toria at 250-386-2269.

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

LANDSCAPE & TREE Care Lawns, garden maint, tree pruning/shaping, hedge trim-ming, design. Mth/weekly. Free estimate, Insured, re-liable. Andrew, 250-893-3465.


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

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HAULING AND SALVAGE

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GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.

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Lenten Lunchtime: Music for Viola and Piano at St. Mary the Virgin Church, 1701 Elgin St. from 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 p.m. Admission is by donation ($8 suggested amount) with proceeds to benefit Abbeyfield

House Society. Bring your lunch; coffee and tea are provided. Info: 250-598-2212.

Thursday, March 12Volkssport 5/10

km walk. Meet at Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee St. Registration 5:45 p.m.; walk 6 p.m. Contact is David at 250-598-4316.

Friday, March 13 Compagnie

Kafig at the Royal

Theatre March 13 & 14 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets starting at: $29.

Friday Music – Featuring School of Music woodwind students. 12:30 p.m. at UVic’s Phillip T. Young Recital Hall (Admission by donation).

Drop-in Family Storytime from 10:30-11 a.m. at the Oak Bay Branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Ave.

Saturday, March 14Mobile shredding

fundraiser for Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion Foundation at Willows Beach from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. by donation (suggested $10 a box).

The Best of the Best show at Monterey Recreation March 14 at noon and 7:30 p.m. and March 15 at 2 p.m. Tickets $10 for this variety show featuring the Monterey performing arts from Noteables to the drama club and a myriad of dance. Tickets at 1441 Monterey Ave.

The Civic Orchestra of Victoria presents “Symphonic Masterworks” with Yariv Aloni, music director; Susan Young, mezzo soprano; Josh Layne, harp; Nicholas Fairbank, organ, on March 14 at 2 p.m. at Alix Goolden Performance Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music, 900 Johnson St. Victoria. Tickets: $22 general, $18 seniors, $10 students, children 12 and under free. Tickets are available from Larsen Music, Long & McQuade, Munro’s Books, Ivy’s Bookshop, Shieling Cards & Gifts (Cadboro Bay Village), Tanner’s Books (Sidney) and online at www.civicorchestraof victoria.org.

Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Aviation Museum, 1910 Norseman Rd., North

Saanich. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Ed or Pat at 250-658-2325.

Sunday, March 15Volkssport 5/10 km

walk. Meet at Running Room, Broadmead Shopping Centre, 777 Royal Oak Dr. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Marion at 250-477-9851.

Monday, March 16Drop in baby time

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

Tuesday, March 17Volkssport 5/10 km

walk. Meet at Running Room, Broadmead Shopping Centre, 777 Royal Oak Dr. Registration 5:45 p.m.; walk 6 p.m. Contact is Gail at 250-477-7742.

Tuesday Music – Take an afternoon break to enjoy a concert of varied repertoire and instruments featuring School of Music students. 12:30 p.m. at UVic’s Phillip T. Young Recital Hall (Admission by donation).

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

Canadian Club Victoria’s March luncheon features Kathleen Gilbert, Victoria film commissioner. The luncheon is at 11:45 a.m. at Harbour Towers Hotel, 345

Quebec St. in Victoria. Guests are welcome but reservations are required. Call 250-370-1837.

Victoria Sketch Club show and sale – Celebrating over 106 years of unbroken activity, the Victoria Sketch Club invites you to view the work of its members at Glenlyon Norfolk school, 1701 Beach Dr. from March 17-22 . Free admission. Show opens at 7 p.m. March 17 and continues daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.victoriasketchclub.ca.

Wednesday, March 18Restoring Your Home

an evening with the experts hosted by Oak Bay Heritage– Nick Russell, Simone Vogel-Morridge and Bill Patterson. Talk starts at 7 p.m. at Windsor Pavilion.

Thursday, March 19Volkssport 5/10

km walk. Meet at Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee St. Registration 5:45 p.m.; walk 6 p.m. Contact is David at 250-598-4316.

Friday, March 20Oak Bay Cabaret

brings Ceilidh Music Night to Oak Bay United Church, 1355 Mitchell St. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5.

Friday Music – Featuring School of Music string students. 12:30 p.m. at UVic’s Phillip T. Young Recital Hall (Admission by donation).

Drop-in Family Storytime from 10:30-11 a.m. at the Oak Bay Branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Ave.

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You hear stories about the man who bought a painting at a garage sale for $10 and found out later it was a rare master-piece, fetching millions at auc-tion, right?

Well, now you have another reason to look twice at some of the original works of art in your house, as you may be in possession of a rare treasure.

If one of those paintings in your basement or on your walls has a signature of “G.T. Brown” or “G.T.B” you may have been staring at an original Grafton Tyler Brown all these years and not been any the wiser.

Well over a century ago, in the 1880s, Brown was acclaimed as the first “professional artist” in B.C. and is also known as the first African American art-ist in the Pacific Midwest. He spent about two years in B.C. after relocating here from the U.S. and, based on historical documents – such as a news-paper that publicized his first Victoria exhibition and photo-graphs from the time – he pro-duced at least 40 paintings and 24 sketches in B.C. of which

we have no knowledge of their whereabouts.

Dr. John Lutz of the depart-ment of history at the Uni-versity of Victoria is trying to track down his B.C. works.

“While many of his American paintings are in major collec-tions and are well known to dealers, his British Columbia images are much rarer and only a few of them are in col-lections,” according to Lutz’ website devoted to his project of fleshing out the life and art of this interesting historical figure. “The Victoria Art Gal-lery and Craigdarroch Castle have one each, and the BC Archives (has) four. A few are known to be in private hands but most are unaccounted for and many are likely hanging in the hallways of British Colum-bians, or others further afield, all unaware of the stories they tell.”

Lutz says he discovered Brown, as it were, while he was researching pioneers of Saan-ich as part of his studies into the history of race and racism in Victoria.

“Brown’s art is a window into the world of the 1880s, and if we can find more images and make them accessible, we open that window for anyone inter-ested,” he says. “But Brown is as interesting himself, because his (personal) history of being born black and dying ‘white’ tells us a lot about 19th and

even 21st century ideas about race and racism.”

Anyone who would like to know more about the Miss-ing British Columbia Paint-ings of Grafton Tyler Brown project or thinks they might know of a work by the art-ist, can contact Lutz at [email protected].

In search of artist’s rare worksMany of the works of Grafton Tyler Brown are unaccounted for

Image courtesy Royal BC Museum, BC Archives

More than 40 paintings and 24 sketches by G.T. Brown are known to exist but are currently unaccounted for, including this depiction of Goldstream Falls from 1883.


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119-3995 Quadra @ McKenzie (in Saanich Centre)

*Denotes Optometric Corporation

Dr. Paul NeumannOptometrist

250-544-2210#1 - 7865 Patterson Rd. Saanichton

CentralSaanich

OPTOMETRY CLINIC www.cseyecare.com

www.oakbayoptometry.com

www.mayfairoptometric.com

DR. TREVOR PEDDLE *DR. CHARLES SIMONS *

250-361-4478

Dr. Erick Vesterback, O.D., BSc

Ah yes, a New Year and all those resolutions you don’t keep. Attending to your eye health is one resolution you should keep. A complete eye examination is your most valuable tool in ensur-ing a lifetime of healthy eyes and clear vision.

To provide you with the best eye and vision care, your Optometrist needs to know a few things about your health, how you use your eyes, and any unusual symptoms you may be experiencing.

Make it clear what you want or what is both-ering you at the beginning of the exam. Some people wait until the very end of the exam to mention what is really worrying them. Perhaps this is from embarrassment or the feeling that the complaint is trivial, but the Optometrist will be better able to give the problem the time and attention it requires if it is mentioned early. Few complaints are silly and even minor symptoms can be important.

Know your medications or, even better, bring a list. Knowledge of your family history of eye disorders is extremely helpful.

If you have a complaint like a headache, try to describe it as accurately as possible: time of onset, duration, frequency etc.

Be able to describe your work environment. Knowing the distance to your computer or desk makes it much easier to prescribe and design the appropriate spectacle lens.

Consider the hobbies and sports in which you participate. You may use your eyes differently for recreational activities than you do for your job, or you may require suitable eye protection.

Don’t forget to bring the glasses that you wear every day along with any old ones that you still may use. Any other old glasses may be brought in and donated for use in third world countries.

Do not wear a lot of eye makeup.If you wear contact lenses, inquire if the op-

tometrist will want you to wear them to the exam. This varies from one optometrist to another and with the purpose of the visit.

Ask if your eyes will be dilated. If the answer is “yes”, avoid driving yourself to the examination and consider bringing sunglasses.

And finally, relax! Eye examinations are not painful, and can even be fun.

How to get the most out of your eye exam


B.C. moves to restrict e-cigarettesTom FletcherBlack Press

The B.C. government is tightening its regulations to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors and use of the smoking substitute in workplaces, restaurants and other indoor public spaces.

Health Minister Terry Lake said changes he introduced in the B.C. legislature Thursday will treat the battery-powered devices like tobacco products, meaning they may not be displayed in stores or used in enclosed spaces where others are present. That will include private vehicles with children inside.

Lake said he expects the new

regulations to be in effect within a year, after consulting with the industry and giving sellers time to adjust to the new rules.

“This doesn’t ban e-cigarettes,” Lake said. “This means that children are protected from the sale and from being exposed to e-cigarettes, and those who don’t want to be subjected to the vapours from e-cigarettes are protected as well.

“Essentially the same conditions that now apply to tobacco will apply to e-cigarettes, so in public places, indoor workplaces, school grounds and now health authorities as well.”

Lake said e-cigarettes may have potential as a quit-smoking

aid, but they are currently unregulated and the liquid used in them may contain nicotine or other chemicals with health risks. The federal government has banned the sale of so-called “e-juice” containing nicotine, but it remains legal in the U.S. and Health Canada has received numerous reports that it is sold north of the border as well.

NDP health critic Judy Darcy said she supports the restriction on e-cigarettes, but the lack of measures to prohibit flavoured tobacco products is “a gaping hole” in the government’s bill.

Lake said he has been assured by federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose that federal regulations are in the works to deal with flavoured tobacco.125596

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