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Royal Oak school celebrates 150 years

Travis PatersonNews Staff

The students who open Royal Oak middle school’s 2016 time capsule in 2040 could be hard pressed to find cassette tapes for the yellow Sony Walkman they’ll find inside it.

Despite being nearly obsolete, the Walkman will join a great many artefacts in the capsule project, which is being led by Phil Large’s Grade 6 class.

“We have a group detailing the top art trends, a group that’s studied the top shoe trends, such as sports and fashion, and another doing the top apps for tablets and phones,” Large said.

Needless to say, the capsule will reveal an in-depth amount of information about 2016, which is the 150th anniversary of the Royal Oak school.

“We have projects going in every classroom, it’s all centred around the 150th,” said vice-principal Ken Bergeron.

The legacy of the school started as the Lake District School erected in 1865 which was originally attended by five boys and 10 girls. The school is now in its fourth edition with 600 students. The inaugural school burnt down in 1883 but its 1885 replacement still stands as Crumsby’s Cafe, while the third edition, a 1952-built elementary building, was torn down for the current 2006 complex.

On Friday, the school is hosting student families to witness the variety of projects, and on Saturday the public is invited for

the same, from 2 to 4 p.m. “There will be a series of

presentations and we want this to be a community event,” Bergeron said. “MLA Lana Popham will be here and other community leaders.”

Among the popular student initiatives is the Project of Heart led by teacher Janica Blaikie, with a film, Finding Heart, done for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. There’s also a mural filled with hearts that students created with messages of hope, justice, restoring and love and what it meant to them to learn about the residential school system.

Visitors can also see that each wing of the school is named for a local First Nations animal figure, such as raven and orca.

The school is also mounting a welcoming totem pole created by local carver Doug LaFortune, who recently brought it to the school to demonstrate the process.

“The history of this school is incredible, so many people are connected to it, and a lot of people will enjoy our archives on display [in the foyer],” said Bergeron, pointing to a wall of artefacts and treasures.

“When we cleared out the old school to move into this one we had some parent volunteers who worked to pull all these boxes out of the basement, it’s incredible what they found.”

Among the finds in the display case are two Saanich Public School Athletic Association track and field trophies dating back to the 1930s, as well as letters, photos and other historical documents.

There’s also room in the display case for more. Perhaps, in another 25 years, it will feature a yellow Walkman.

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Royal Oak middle school students from Phil Large’s Grade 6 class hold a 2016 time capsule to be opened in 2040. Clockwise from front left are Brook McClelland, Nolan Pinel, Kion Cartwright, Ellington Peacock (centre), Grace Thompson, Bailey Montufar, Emma Kilbank and Sara Sulsbury (front).

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Shelter offers comfort to region’s straysDan EbenalNews Staff

The CRD Animal Shelter in Saanich is the home away from home for pets that go missing on the South Island – and those pets can come in all shapes and sizes.

“We take in all of the stray or abandoned animals, all the way from Port Renfrew to the southern Gulf Islands and everything in between,” said Kathleen Davis, shelter co-ordinator with the CRD Animal Shelter, pointing out that Oak Bay, Victoria and Esquimalt are handled by Victoria Animal Control downtown.

On this day, the shelter, located on the Pat Bay Highway near Sayward Road, is home to 12 dogs, two ducks, a rooster, guinea pig and 14 cats.

“It’s not just dogs and cats, we deal with all domesticated animals, anything from a tarantula to a llama,” said Davis, who was on her way to pick up two lambs that had turned up in the parking lot of the Central Saanich Animal Hospital.

“We’ll hang on to them until we figure out where they belong and then the owners can come here to pick them up,” she said. “They stay here basically indefinitely, until they’re either claimed or sent to a rescue or adopted by a new family.”

Every municipality has its own guidelines on how long the shelter must hold onto an animal before putting it up for adoption, in Saanich it’s four days.

“We try to hold onto them for

a little bit longer, hoping that an owner is going to come forward. If not, we spay/neuter vaccinate, microchip, deworm and deflea, do all that good stuff, and put them up for adoption after that,” said Davis.

The cost to adopt is $300 for a dog, $145 for a cat, $400 for a puppy and $200 for a kitten. “It covers all their vetting and

everything and generally comes with a free licence as well,” she said.

The animals available for adoption are listed on the website www.crd.bc.ca/service/animals-pets/pets-for-adoption as well as on the CRD Animal Shelter Facebook page (or just google CRD animal shelter).

The strangest visitor to the

shelter came after Davis received a report from someone who spotted a snake in a tree at the Cedar Hill Golf Course. “When they got out there, it was an eight-foot redtail boa hanging from a branch in a tree.”

Her main piece of advice for pet owners is to ensure your animal (or reptile) has identification.

“Most of the animals come into

the shelter because they have no ID,” she said. “A lot of people are putting ID on their dogs so the dogs are going home quite quickly but it still hasn’t quite caught on with cats.”

She said it is getting better, with about 30 to 40 per cent of the cats she sees having a microchip, compared with only five per cent just a few years ago.

“I cannot say enough good things about microchipping your pet. It’s made all the difference, especially with cats,” said Davis, adding she has seen cats reunited with their owner after as long as five years because of a microchip.

Cats also play a role in one of the biggest changes Davis has seen over the decade she has worked at the shelter.

“Over the last year we have seen a huge decline in the number of unwanted cats,” said Davis, adding while a few more cats can be found up-island and in remote areas, they are snapped up at the Victoria shelter almost as fast as they come in. “I think it’s mostly due to our spay/neuter programs, and it’s unbelievable. The numbers are declining rapidly.”

While the job at the shelter is definitely one for an animal lover, Davis admits some of those animals are a bit harder to love than others.

“If we get a large tarantula, I have to say I’m not going to pick it up but I’m fine to take care of it. I’ve handled almost every kind of animal there is to be handled, so I’m OK with it – some of the other staff not so much.”

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Shelter co-ordinator Kathleen Davis spends a moment with Harold, a shepherd mix. Harold is just one of the many animals at the Capital Regional District Animal Shelter in need of a good home.

Saanich resident bilked by online mystery shopper scamTravis Paterson News Staff

A Saanich resident is out nearly $1,000 after they applied online to be a mystery shopper.

The scam isn’t new but it continues to reshape itself and slip through the cracks of usually reliable online job sites, said Saanich Police acting Sgt. Jereme Leslie.

“Often what happens is once you apply to a certain ad posted on Kijiji or Craigslist and after some correspondence you’ll get a cheque, or cheques, in the mail to pay for your services and to cover the cost of the products or services

you’re secretly shopping for,” Leslie said. In this instance the victim applied to a

mystery shopping posting on Indeed.ca. Following that, they received two cheques in the mail, totalling $2,750.

The victim deposited one of these cheques into their bank account. When they attempted to deposit the other cheque, they were informed the cheque was fraudulent, but the victim had already wired two transactions for $990 through Western Union. The resident is now out that $990, Leslie said.

“The scam often relies on the cheques being deposited into a back account by ATM so the bank won’t find the deposit

for a day, maybe two [on the weekend], and in that time the victim has wired the difference through Western Union or wire service,” Leslie said.

Despite working with Saanich Police and other law enforcement agencies, Western Union can’t spot a scam such as this without any communication from the victim, as the information needed to wire the money is minimal and confidential.

“Some scams will even tell the mystery shopper to ‘monitor’ the performance of the clerk at Western Union, or whatever money transferring company they use,” Leslie said.

He said Western Union or similar

institutions are used because the money is virtually untraceable once it’s been wired.

There are several minor variations of this scam, Leslie explained. One of those carries an additional caveat that the mystery shopping company will claim it can only send cheques for $1,000, in lieu of sending a more specific amount for a product. The instructions also tend to suggest visiting a chain store or restaurant.

Scams such as this target the most vulnerable people who are seeking jobs and therefore cannot afford to lose money through a scam, Leslie added.

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A conversation he heard on National Public Radio a couple of years ago got Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen thinking. And doing.

When the host of the program asked his guest if he ever thanked the teacher who played such an important role in his life, Jensen decided to try and get a hold of a teacher who had done the same for him when he was growing up in Montreal.

“I had only been in Canada for six months and didn’t speak English,” Jensen recalled. “My second grade teacher, Miss Hayami, a Japanese Canadian lady was the kindest person, a wonderful human being who was very supportive.”

Although he put up with his fair share of teasing from classmates because of his limited language skills, the classroom became his sanctuary thanks to Hayami’s

tireless efforts, Jensen said. So he decided to try and contact her to let her know how much he appreciated her help, prompted by the radio program.

“It was a pivotal time in my life, and I will never forget how much she helped me,” Jensen said. “I wanted

to impress her with what I learned and she really motivated me. Her endearing qualities were her kindness and how she nurtured self confidence, instilled a love of learning, self esteem and a love for others.”

It took some effort to get a hold of Hayami’s contact information, but once he did, Jensen spent a couple of hours

crafting a letter he emailed to her.“She called 10 minutes after I sent the

email and asked if I was the little Danish boy who couldn’t speak English,” said Jensen, who shared her classrooms for grades two, three and six. “She said she was very moved by my letter and I told her how much she had influenced me.”

Her overwhelming kindness didn’t

prevent Hayami from doling out discipline when required. “We used to try and throw pee wee footballs around the class when her back was turned and I had to wait until the end of the year before I got mine back a couple of times,” he recalled with a chuckle.

Jensen’s life took another major turn in high school when a teacher made chemistry so engaging that he was inspired to earn a degree in chemical engineering, a career path he pursued for a number of years before deciding to get a law degree. “I wanted to do something more involved with helping people,” he explained. A career in law nurtured a love for teaching, which has been a part of his life on and off for more than 20 years.

“The students’ enthusiasm is a great reward,” said Jensen, who is looking forward to teaching at the University of Victoria again in the near future.

Decades don’t diminish gratitude for Great TeachersNominate a Great Teachern Help us celebrate some of Saanich’s Great Teachers. You can nominate an awesome educator in your life by visiting saanichnews.com/contests and filling out the nomination form. The nominations close May 29 and those who fill out nominations are eligible to win a $500 grocery gift card.

Highlands Mayor Ken Williams was quick to credit a music teacher in high school for helping to shape a career that involves composing scores for Hollywood movies and producing local musicians and bands.

“His name was Emile Michaux and he was a former military band conductor who came to Canada from a very musical family in France after the (Second World) War,” said Williams, who attended Colquitz high school in the late 1960s. “He was a great teacher who had the knowledge to engage his students in what he was teaching, and our school band won a few provincial championships. Quite a few professional musicians came out our local school bands and it was a top notch experience.”

Having a sister who teaches helped shape Colwood Mayor Carol Hamilton’s perspective on the profession.

“I used to help her set up her classroom in her early years in Prince George,” said Hamilton regarding her sister, Karen Friesen, who has taught at the elementary school level for 25 years. “You develop a real admiration for the work they do and become well aware of the extra effort they put in.” Although Hamilton is many years removed from her days in the Prince George area, she still occasionally runs into her sister’s former pupils. “They all say what a great teacher she was and how she positively impacted their life.”

Langford Mayor Stew Young can easily trace his appreciation for sports and the qualities they instill back to Muzz Bryant, one of his teachers at Belmont secondary school. “I learned about the value of teamwork, discipline and leadership,” Young said. “Those values become part of your life. They gave me the knowledge and work ethic that have helped me as a businessman and a mayor. I gained much more than an education during my time at Belmont. The efforts of the many teachers helped me realize you can achieve your goals if you’re willing to work hard and work with others.”

If you have a teacher who made a significant impact on your life, Black Press would like to hear from you. Just visit SaanichNews.com, click on the great teachers icon and let us know what grade they taught, which school and why they are deserving of a nomination. The deadline for nominations is May 29.

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Disagreements persist on the extent of humanity’s role in the current changes to B.C.’s climate, and our ability to influence it, as many readers have told me in the past week.

But almost everyone seems to agree that growing more and healthier forests is a good strategy. I would add that harvesting and building with wood preserves its captured carbon, a fact not much discussed in emotional appeals against logging.

The B.C. government is finally spending some money on community fuel load removal projects this year, after an initial flurry following the Kelowna fires of 2003 faded in hard times. But the effects of decades of fire suppression in a fire-dependent forest system remain, as northern B.C. and Alberta are showing us again.

There is some positive news here. A Victoria-based government research team has published a study that calculates B.C.’s pine beetle-damaged forests are regenerating more quickly than expected.

Warmer temperatures, increased precipitation and the “fertilizer effect” of more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are factors.

“By 2020, the enhanced growth due to climate change and increased CO2 more than compensates for the carbon

loss from dead, rotting trees,” said lead researcher Vivek Arora of the Canadian Centre for Modeling and Analysis.

This recovery even overcomes the projected increase in forest fire loss that comes with gradually increasing temperatures and drier periods.

The federal government is still working on its plan to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets agreed to in Paris last year. But the forest industry has stepped up with its own goal.

I spoke last week with Derek Nighbor, president of the Forest Products Association of Canada, after he announced his industry’s “30 by 30 Climate Change Challenge.”

That’s a goal to reduce the industry’s net carbon emissions by 30 megatonnes a year by 2030. That would be

13 per cent of the Canadian government emission target.

One of the main strategies is salvage harvesting and developing more products that use wood.

“It’s basically trying to use every part of the tree,” Nighbor said. “In forest operations right now, this is where we see a big part of the opportunity. Instead of the residual branches and whatnot just being left aside and slashing and burning, bring more of that out and turn it into something.”

That something might be a console

in a luxury car constructed with wood fibre, or an 18-storey wood student residence building planned for the University of B.C.

The other is improving forest growth. Logging operations have long been required to replant areas they cut, not just in B.C. but across Canada.

Another way to improve forest carbon capture is with more productive species, with genetic techniques that increase resiliency as well as wood mass.

A background paper from the B.C. Forests Ministry responds to common misconceptions about forest carbon, including the idea that logging should be stopped to maximize storage.

“Maximizing carbon storage in the ecosystem would make sense only if society stopped building new homes, acquiring new furniture and consuming in general,” it says.

“If the flow of forest products stops, society will turn to other products with higher greenhouse gas footprints, e.g. plastics, metal or concrete. In addition, if harvesting stopped and we continued to suppress natural disturbances, there is increased potential for larger catastrophic disturbances in the future.”

If Canada wants to make a bigger contribution to reducing greenhouse gases, forests are a good area to focus on. At 348 million hectares from the B.C. coast to Newfoundland, they represent nine per cent of the world’s forests.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Minimum wage hike couldboost political fortunes

With the tentative date of the next provincial election now less than a year away, the B.C. Liberal government is taking action to stave off what will likely be one of the opposition’s main lines of attack.

Premier Christy Clark announced last week that the province’s minimum wage would rise to $10.85 an hour in September, an increase of 30 cents more than had been scheduled. The additional boost to the minimum wage was made necessary by the political tone-deafness displayed by the provincial government last year when they tied increases to the minimum to the rate of inflation without addressing the underlying fact that many workers are struggling to make ends meet. While linking hikes to the minimum wage with inflation makes sense in providing some certainty for business, it does little to benefit those working for wages that lag behind the rest of Canada.

Last week’s announcement was the premier’s attempt to change the optics ahead of the election campaign, her Etch A Sketch moment as it were.

“What the premier did today was a response to being embarrassed by the fact that we were last,” said NDP labour critic Shane Simpson.

The minimum wage is scheduled to jump 30 cents above the consumer price index again in September 2017, likely hitting $11.25. That still falls well short of the $15 an hour wage called for the B.C. Federation of Labour and being adopted by many U.S. jurisdictions.

While many might dispute the need for a $15 an hour minimum wage, it’s hard to dispute that British Columbians face some of the highest costs of living in the country. The province’s minimum wage must reflect that reality.

When the B.C. Liberal party is topping up the premier’s $195,000 salary to the tune of $50,000 a year, it would be a tough sell politically to say there’s nothing wrong with full-time workers living below the poverty line.

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I found the MLA Report of Lana Popham, “It’s time for dialogue on assisted dying,” on April 27 to be an outstanding call for an adult, caring and informed discussion on assisted dying.

I did not know that approximately 10 per cent of Saanich residents are over 75 as compared to a provincial and Canadian average of six per cent. Nor that “in the next decade more than 45 per cent of the population of Saanich will be age 60 or older.”

I did know that a federal all-party parliamentary committee had made a series of recommendations

on physician assisted dying.And I did know, however,

that the federal government had rejected the committee recommendation for “advance consent” so that someone like myself – now in my 80th year – could advise while still of sound mind that if I develop dementia such as Alzheimer’s I would wish a physician assisted death.

The sad reality is that over 30 per cent of people over 80 develop dementia, and I and many readers know of tragic cases of, for example, Alzheimer’s where the victim is no longer the gentle ,

intelligent, loving parent but rather a scared, helpless and in some cases, violent person that the illness has created.

I understand that some people, for personal philosophical or religious beliefs, would never wish to provide “advance consent” for themselves and that is their free choice and personal decision. But I do not believe one person’s personal belief should trump another person’s right to choose how to exit from an incurable and increasingly devastating mental disease such as dementia.

I support Lana Popham’s call

for a comprehensive public conversation about end-of-life options including greatly enhanced palliative care resources, and compassionate care support for families caring for a loved one at home. If our provincial government continues to fail in providing leadership on informed discussion and action on this crucial issue that affects every family and citizen in B.C. then local community forums such as what Lana Popham proposes should be held province-wide.

Ron FarisSaanich

Cloverleaf is an improvementI challenge the alarmism of Dorothy Chambers,

Katherine Brandt and the Gorge-Tillicum Community Association over the impact of an interchange cloverleaf on Cuthbert Holmes Park.

In referring to “scrub” land along Highway 1 that B.C. will transfer to Saanich, in your May 6 issue, Brandt ignores that Douglas fir trees will eventually grow there, adding to the many already in the park – a natural progression explained by a sign in the park. Alder, for example, is an early-in early-out species, that may be followed by Garry oak, then Douglas fir which is the stable forest in this area.

Earlier Chambers claimed loss of open areas where hawks could catch food, but those former crop fields are at the east end of the “scrub” strip so unlikely to be affected by interchange work.

Much of the affected corner is an old housing area that was emptied by the provincial government for past construction. Eco-activists put themselves in the bizarre position of wanting to preserve the result of human activity to prevent human activity.

They made incorrect statements about the grove of populus trees that would eventually be supplanted by Douglas fir, and about great blue heron populations (who prefer Beacon Hill park when it has a nesting pair of eagles).

As for putting traffic closer to residential areas, the decent action for B.C. would be to make proper offers to owners of the old houses along Essen Road, and to the west of Admirals Road north of the freeway.

An interchange cloverleaf seems like an opportunity for Saanich to improve the main entrance to the park, including adding paths near the estuary with its muddy bay.

Keith SketchleySaanich

Let scientists explain the scienceWhew! For awhile there I actually believed

NASA, the 18 separate scientific associations and the four international science institutions listed on the NASA website that global warming was real and that human activities are the primary driver. Thank God that legislative reporter and columnist Tom Fletcher set me straight on the real science of how our global climate works.

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Twenty-two youth raised more than $2,100 for their leadership group by auctioning off nearly two dozen art pieces designed by themselves and other local artists.

Teenagers from VOCYL, which stands for Victoria Opportunities for Community Youth Leadership, held a

silent art auction on April 26, showcasing 23 pieces of artwork, including a chair decorated with inspirational quotes. The money raised from the auction will go toward sustaining the program, which encourages youth to welcome and support each other.

“Our main philosophy is that everybody has the right to belong,” said program co-ordinator Tracy Lemke. “It provides an opportunity for them to have an inclusive environment where they can learn leadership skills.

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Melody Tsaii and Macayla Yan, pictured with the Chair of Inspiration, were among the 22 youth from the Victoria Opportunities for Community Youth Leadership program taking part in a silent art auction. The chair – decorated in inspirational quotes – was one of items in the auction, which raised more than $2,100 for the program.


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Who knew a middle school A/V class taught by a district councillor would be the entry point for a Saanich filmmaker to make it to Cannes?

Jeremy Lutter is on his way to the internationally acclaimed film festival with his short film Reset being screened in Telefilm’s Not Short on Talent series, a curated showcase of works by Canadian filmmakers. Lutter got his start making movies in junior high at Cedar Hill middle school, spending three years in its multimedia program under the guidance of Saanich Coun. Vic Derman.

“They had a bunch of video gear, and I just started shooting school projects with my friends,” said Lutter. “That was the first time I ever used a video camera.”

While Lutter’s filmography is primarily family movies, Reset is a considerably more dramatic story of a female robot (played by Vancouver actress Emily Tennant) that develops human emotions for her owner. The film was produced by Lutter’s company, Broken Mirror Films, and he served as director and executive producer of the 16-minute short.

“It’s the story of an android that has feelings of love and she’s not supposed to,” said Lutter. “It’s about technology and our fear of the future – if we create something that actually has feelings, is it human or not? Where do we draw the line about whether it’s a human being?

“The writer, Ryan Bright, would say the film is a little bit about

our current dating scenario with Tinder and all these apps, the way people are a bit too casual with the way that they treat people.”

Bright initially pitched the concept to Lutter, who said it struck him as a powerful character piece and a good foray outside his usual type of work.

“It was quite the opposite of anything I’d ever done before,” said Lutter. “We ended up pitching it to BravoFact and winning some finances of Bravo to shoot the film.”

Lutter said it took a little more than a year from the initial meeting to get the cameras rolling, but their hard work has paid off: Reset has only been screened at a few festivals, but has already received quite a bit of praise from audiences.

It’s currently up for seven Leo Awards, including Best Program, Screenwriting, Visual Effects, Sound, Musical Score and Production Design. Tennant is nominated for Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama.

“The whole cast was awesome, but Emily Tennant really did a bang-up job of playing that android,” said Lutter. “When we recorded the climax scene on set, everyone was quiet – you could hear a pin drop because it was a great piece of drama.”

The film premiered at the Long Beach Film Festival in New York, where it won Best Narrative Short, and received positive reviews at London’s Sci-Fi Film Festival. Now Lutter’s heading to France for Cannes, noting it’s a tremendous opportunity to network with other filmmakers.

“The best part about Not Short on Talent is they bring filmmakers from across Canada there, so you get to meet cool filmmakers from Winnipeg and the Maritimes,” said Lutter. “Strangely, you have to go all the way to France to hang out with a bunch of Canadians.”

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Council approved the staff recommendation that the rezoning go to a public hearing, which is the final piece of the process for Caledonian. The startup has completely remodelled two units for a total of 17,320 square-feet in an industrially zoned building on Enterprise, off Glanford Avenue.

Craft beer, including reusable 1.9-litre growler bottle fills on site, should be available this summer. Spirits are likely coming in 2017 followed by the distillery’s marquee product, single-malt whiskey, in 2019 or 2020.

Caledonian is slated to be Saanich’s first brewery. It will offer a tasting room and lounge in addition to point of sale.

Issues were few and minor though council gave the subject a thorough review on a night with a relatively short agenda. Saanich demands 39 parking spots while the facility can accommodate 25-plus with street parking. The work around comes from cycling, as five of the current employees get to work by bike or transit. Owner Graeme Macaloney admitted he’s the only one who drives.

When Macaloney asked for a one-hour extension on closing time to 11 p.m. on event nights, council not only agreed, but countered with a closing time of midnight.

Couns. Leif Wergeland, Vic Derman and Colin Plant opposed the later closing time as something that could be revisited at a later date.

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It’s called ‘Walk a Little, Learn a Lot,’ a free, family-oriented afternoon that is based out of the corner of Finlayson Street and Cedar Hill Road, and it will run from 1 to 4 p.m. There will be 14 different “locations” to visit throughout the grounds, including scheduled history tours and presentations.

“It’s the first time we’ve done this type of event,” said co-ordinator Barbara Latham of the Friends of Cedar Hill Park. “The whole purpose is to get people to know more about the park and think about it as a treasure and a gem, rather than just a chip trail and a dog walk park.”

Presentation topics include indigenous plants and how they reveal a changing human landscape, the history and current occupants of Kings Pond and the history of the McRae House and the George and Elizabeth McRae family history. Attendees will also have the opportunity to see a watershed model of Bowker Creek and to learn more about Saanich’s Pulling Together program within the park.

“It’s been expressly designed so people can visit whichever events they’d like to, and start in any direction,” Latham said. “There is no set starting point for the different presentations and tours.”

The arts centre will be providing an Arts to Go activity that will appeal to kids, and the community arts council is sponsoring a showing of Cedar Hill Park images in the Rec Centre’s Café Gallery. The Friends of Cedar Hill Park is also seeking name suggestions from Saturday visitors for the two unnamed bridges that cross Bowker Creek close to the recreation centre.

“They’re often known as the metal bridge and wood bridge and we’re hoping for names that reflect the natural or heritage history,” Latham said.

In the past year, the Friends of Cedar Hill have cleaned out the creek between the two bridges of invasive species, mostly blackberry, some broom and English ivy. It took four work parties with a total of 60 people.

Saanich Parks restored the sides of the creek with native plants with the Pulling Together stewardship.

“It’s been 10 years of the Pulling Together program and we have fields of camas thanks to them,” Latham said.

Most of Saturday’s presentations will be continuous throughout the afternoon except for Kings Pond, with Roy and Colleen Shepherd, at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m., the McRae family history with historian Sylvia Van Kirk, 1:15, 2 and 2:45 p.m. at the McRae House, and Indigenous Plants and their uses with Pamela Spalding, at 1:15, 2:15 and 3:15 p.m. in the northwest edge of the park.

Light refreshments will be served in the area north of McRae House. Visit Friendsofcedarhillpark.com for a map of the event and other information.

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Jean Newton, Susan Haddon, Barb Latham, Maragert Taylor, Roy and Colleen Shepherd from the Friends of Cedar Hill Park are presenting the Walk a Little, Learn a Lot on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m.


Getting in the game

Lyndon Lawrence, 5, (above) scoops the ball during the Saanich Lacrosse A s s o c i a t i o n ’ s feverish three-on-three lacrosse tournament at Braefoot Park. Noémie Conway, 5, (right) looks for an opening during a three-on-three lacrosse game Sunday. The weekend tournament drew dozens of kids from five to 16 for some friendly competition, with prizes up for grabs in each age group.


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Editor’s Note: These are some letters from Danielle Arnold’s Grade 2/3 class at Cordova Bay elementary school. Arnold said the class studied global warming and decided they needed to write letters to the newspaper “because lots of people read the newspaper.”

. My name is Annalee. I am 7 years old. I go to Cordova Bay School. Help us stop global warming. We have a problem with global warming. Use less gas. Try to buy an electric car. Global warming is very bad and we have a very big problem.

. My name is India. I am 8 years old. I go to Cordova Bay Elementary. Global warming is heating up our earth. To stop it use electric cars. What does global warming do? It heats up our earth. It happens when heat comes in our atmosphere. Then the gas from cars makes it bigger. It makes it harder for the heat to escape. With no heat escaping, the earth gets hotter. We can help by eating less meat. Bike or walk to school. Make this problem smaller.

. My name is Stella. I am 8 years old. I am from Cordova Bay School. In science we are learning about global warming. It is a problem. We need your help to fix this problem. You can start by doing more movement with your legs. Also eat less red meat. Turn off your lights when you leave the house.

. My name is Logan and I am 8 years old and I go to Cordova Bay School. I want to stop global warming. So do my classmates. I hope you can fit this in the newspaper so here are some facts. Global warming is caused by greenhouse gases. I think we should have an electronic free week in April. If we don’t stop this we can’t live. We can stop global warming by not polluting.

. My name is Cameron. I am 8 years old. I go to Cordova Bay School. I am writing a letter to you because I need you to put this in the newspaper. If we don’t stop global warming lots of animals could die and I am sure you don’t want that. So what do you think? Global warming facts: Global warming is caused by cow waste. Global warning is also caused by fossil fuels. Warning: Global warming is very bad.

. My name is Lule. I am 8 years old. I go to Cordova Bay School. My class and I are learning about this big problem called global warming. Global warming is something that happens every day. It must be stopped before it gets too big of a problem for us to stop. Start today so you can help the earth and everyone around you. Step 1 – use less energy. Step 2 – drive less. Step 3 – try to stop the greenhouse effect.

. My name is Graydon. I am 8 years old. I go to Cordova Bay School. Global warming is making our world hotter and hotter. If this keeps up Africa may be too hot to live in. We can slow down global warming by doing the following: buy an electric car; walk more often; recycle. If we do this we can slow down, maybe even stop global warming.

. My name is Scarlett. I am 8 years old. I go to Cordova Bay Elementary Schhol. Me and my class have been studying global warming. Global warming is serious. We have to do something about it. Polar bears could become extinct. The ice caps are melting and these animals and lots of others can be lost because of this. Here are my top five ways to stop global warming and facts: 1) Take the bus more often. 2) We all have a carbon footprint. 3) The greenhouse effect makes the earth warmer. 4) Take your bike or walk. 5) It is killing the plants so there is less food for us and the animals. PS: Kids can change it.

. My name is Brianna. I am 8 years old. I go to Cordova Bay School. We are learning about global warming. It is a problem. Please use less electricity because if we don’t the world will get hotter. So if you’re cold, put on a sweater instead of turning on the heater.

. My name is Ella. I am 7 years old. Me and my class are concerned about global warming and what it is doing. Here are some of the ways you can help: 1) Buy an electric car. 2) Bike or walk. 3) Use your car less. Did you know that if we keep global warming up then it could lead to extinction of pandas and many more animals? I think we should have a powerless Saturday.

. My name is Selma. I am 7 years old. I go to Cordova Bay School. We are learning about

global warming. Global warming is when you pollute. For example when you drive your car to the book store, you pollute because you’re using fossil fuels which are a kind of gas. Don’t forget to recycle and take a bus or bike or walk anywhere. Global warming is a really bad thing.

. My name is Caleb. I am 7 years old. I go to Cordova Bay School. I try to walk or ride my bike most of the time. I help my mom not to use the car. My family recycles and we compost. We are trying to slow down global warming.

. My name is Tristen. I am 9 years old. I go to Cordova Bay School. Now are you ready for some amazing facts. Global warming is bad. Polar bears, snowy owls and other animals are endangered because the ice caps are melting because of global warming. Global warming is caused by cars. They create exhaust, which turns into pollution and causes global warming. This is why I am writing to you. I was hoping you will put this into the newspaper so people will see it and help.

Class makes case to stop global warming

One of letters from Danielle Arnold’s Grade 2/3 class at Cordova Bay elementary school.


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Education requires renewed investmentDo you agree that all young

British Columbians should have access to an excellent education?

I’m a parent with a child who is graduating high school next month after 12 years in the public education system. To be honest, “excellent” is not a word I can use to describe the totality of his experience, nor that of his peers.

And the statistics bear out that observation.

B.C. has dropped from the second-best funded education system in Canada to the second-worst. This has led to more kids crammed into the classroom. That makes it harder for teachers to teach and allows for very little individual attention. This year alone there was a 25 per cent increase in the number of classes with more than 30 students. Since 2002, B.C. has lost the equivalent of 3,500 full-time teachers.

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decreasing funding. Last year’s budget decreased funding for public schools by $54 million. B.C. school boards already spend less on administration than any other school system in Canada.

This is a problem across B.C. but it hits home too -- right here in Saanich. This week School District 63 (Saanich) has been overwhelmed by two new government demands: our schools must now adjust to a decrease of $700,000 for administration and at the same time conjure up $314,000 every

year for internet access.Less money has led to

lower quality. That shouldn’t surprise anybody. The costs of education are being downloaded onto schools that have often already been cut to the bone -- or cut out of existence. Saanich has already had to close six schools in the last few years alone. Across B.C. more than 200 schools have closed in the last decade.

If the government does not change its ways, another generation of public school children will again see a degraded quality of education. We can do much better than this in British Columbia.

My colleague and opposition spokesperson for education, Victoria Swan Lake MLA Rob Fleming, continues to direct a spotlight on this problem. High-quality public education is an investment in our children and in our future. It is a great societal equalizer that ultimately benefits all of us. But to achieve that benefit we need the foresight to increase our investment in public education today.

Lana Popham is the MLA for Saanich South.

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Operation Trackshoes in need of volunteersThe annual Operation Trackshoes event is

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Wednesday, May 11Drop-in Family Storytime – Fun-filled

stories, songs, rhymes and puppets for young children and their families; children under 3 must be accompanied by an adult. From 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the Nellie McClung branch. No registration required.

Drop-in Baby Time – For babies 0-15 months and their caregiver. Learn songs, rhymes and fingerplays to use with your baby every day. From 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. at the Bruce Hutchison branch. No registration required.

Volkssport Monday and Wednesday morning walks. Registration 8:45 a.m.; walk 9 a.m. Contact Rick at 250-478-7020 or Jan at 250-665-6062 for current schedule.

An Art Show and Sale by Goward House artists will run through June 29. Regular viewing hours are Monday

to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Goward House, 2495 Arbutus Rd.

Thursday, May 12Annual General Meeting of the North

Quadra Community Association at 7.30 p.m. at the Church of Nazarene, 4277 Quadra St. There will be reports from the association’s officers, and election of the new executive members for 2016/17. Saanich CAO Paul Thorkelsson will be the keynote speaker.

Have you are someone you love had a stroke? The Living with Stroke Program is a free seven-session program beginning May 12 in Victoria. To register please call 1-888-473-4636 ext. 8002 or visit heartandstroke.bc.ca/livingwithstroke.

Volkssport Thursday evening walk. Meet at Harbour Towers, 345 Quebec

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Drop-in Family Storytime – Fun-filled stories, songs, rhymes and puppets for young children and their families; children under 3 must be accompanied by an adult. From 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the Bruce Hutchison branch. No registration required.

Drop-in Baby Time – For babies 0-15 months and their caregiver. Learn songs, rhymes and fingerplays to use with your baby every day. From 11:30 to noon at the Saanich Centennial branch. No registration required.

The Canadian Diabetes Association Walk and Talk Program meets at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre until May 17; 10 a.m. Thursdays at the Cedar Hill Recreation Centre until May 19; and 10 a.m. Fridays at Tall Tree Integrated Health (Mattick’s

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documents will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Tillicum Centre parking lot. BBB Vancouver Island has partnered with Access Records and Media Management to invite small businesses and residents to bring a maximum of five boxes or bags of paper documents for shredding by donation.

Baritone Madness with Saanich music teacher Jonnie Bridgman at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St. Tickets are $15, show starts at 8 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 14Countdown Barbecue from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30

p.m. at Cordova Bay Pharmacy, 5166 Cordova Bay Rd., to support the World Partnership Walk on May 29 in Victoria.

International Migratory Bird Day at the Beaver Lake Nature Centre in Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The festival celebrating birds features bird banding demonstrations, live birds of prey, children’s activities and guided bird walks at 9, 10 and 11 a.m.

Healthcare with healing herbs – One of Le Coteau Nursery’s 60th anniversary free spring workshops from noon to 2 p.m. at 304 Walton Place. Grow your own medicine cabinet and reap natural health and wellness rewards. Surprising facts about plants that lead a double life – they may be pretty but pack a powerful healing punch.

The Linden Singers final concert of the season will begin with a reception that will feature canapés and a selection of wines. The concert will highlight choral music from around the world. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. at Lutheran Church of the Cross, 3787 Cedar Hill Rd. Tickets are $30 and must be purchased in advance from a choir member or at the website lindensingers.ca.

Spring Bridge Luncheon in St. Luke’s Hall, 3821 Cedar Hill Cross Rd., at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $20 each ($80 per table) and must be purchased in advance from St. Luke’s office from 9 a.m. to noon, Monday to Friday. Call 250-477-6741 or visit www.stlukesvictoria.ca.

Police Week event in the Saanich Municipal Hall parking lot, 770 Vernon Ave., from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saanich Police officers will present numerous displays.

Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Western Foods, 1400 - 6660 Sooke Rd., Sooke. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Dave or Gail at 250-642-4515.

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The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure invites the public to attend an information session regarding the McKenzie Interchange Project located at the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway and Admirals Road and McKenzie Avenue.

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The B.C. government is boosting its next scheduled increase in the minimum wage to 40 cents, bringing it to $10.85 per hour on Sept. 15.

Premier Christy Clark said last week the increase is above the consumer price index formula increase of 10 cents, to share economic growth and “create a fairer, more just society.”

Another 30 cent boost to the formula is scheduled for September 2017. Assuming the cost of living formula adds 10 cents, the minimum wage would be $11.25, which Clark said will make B.C.’s rate the third highest in the country.

NDP labour critic Shane Simpson said this year’s increase brings B.C.’s minimum wage to seventh place among Canadian provinces, tied with

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Clark acknowledged that the formula has seen B.C.’s rate fall behind. The first formula increase was 20 cents in September 2015.

The B.C. formula discounts the minimum wage by $1.25 for restaurant and pub servers, to reflect the income they receive from tips.

The B.C. Federation of Labour has been campaigning for a $15 minimum wage. It has estimated that based on the B.C. formula, it would take until 2034 to reach that level.

Simpson said the minimum wage will be an issue in the 2017 election, and the NDP will propose a wage higher than what Clark and Jobs Minister

Shirley Bond announced last week.

“I don’t necessarily want $15,” Simpson said. “What I want is an understanding of what it takes for somebody on minimum wage to be able to have a modest standard of living.”

Clark also announced an additional $2.88 million in training programs to respond to labour shortages. Most of the federal-provincial program will go towards job training up to $15,000 for employers who hire an unemployed person.

Shredding truck visits Tillicum FridaySaanich residents and businesses can clean

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Small businesses and individuals can bring their confidential documents for shedding to the Tillicum Centre parking lot between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Shredding is by donation, and there is a limit of five bags or five boxes of paper documents.

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Royal Oak school celebrates 150 years


The students who open Royal Oak middle school’s 2016 time capsule in 2040 could be hard pressed to find cassette tapes for the yellow Sony Walkman they’ll find inside it.

Despite being nearly obsolete, the Walkman will join a great many artefacts in the capsule project, which is being led by Phil Large’s Grade 6 class.

“We have a group detailing the top art trends, a group that’s studied the top shoe trends, such as sports and fashion, and another doing the top apps for tablets and phones,” Large said.

Needless to say, the capsule will reveal an in-depth amount of information about 2016, which is the 150th anniversary of the Royal Oak school.

“We have projects going in every classroom, it’s all centred around the 150th,” said vice-principal Ken Bergeron.

The legacy of the school started as the Lake District School erected in 1865 which was originally attended by five boys and 10 girls. The school is now in its fourth edition with 600 students. The inaugural school burnt down in 1883 but its 1885 replacement still stands as Crumsby’s Cafe, while the third edition, a 1952-built elementary building, was torn down for the current 2006 complex.

On Friday, the school is hosting student families to witness the variety of projects, and on Saturday the public is invited for

the same, from 2 to 4 p.m. “There will be a series of

presentations and we want this to be a community event,” Bergeron said. “MLA Lana Popham will be here and other community leaders.”

Among the popular student initiatives is the Project of Heart led by teacher Janica Blaikie, with a film, Finding Heart, done for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. There’s also a mural filled with hearts that students created with messages of hope, justice, restoring and love and what it meant to them to learn about the residential school system.

Visitors can also see that each wing of the school is named for a local First Nations animal figure, such as raven and orca.

The school is also mounting a welcoming totem pole created by local carver Doug LaFortune, who recently brought it to the school to demonstrate the process.

“The history of this school is incredible, so many people are connected to it, and a lot of people will enjoy our archives on display [in the foyer],” said Bergeron, pointing to a wall of artefacts and treasures.

“When we cleared out the old school to move into this one we had some parent volunteers who worked to pull all these boxes out of the basement, it’s incredible what they found.”

Among the finds in the display case are two Saanich Public School Athletic Association track and field trophies dating back to the 1930s, as well as letters, photos and other historical documents.

There’s also room in the display case for more. Perhaps, in another 25 years, it will feature a yellow Walkman.

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Royal Oak middle school students from Phil Large’s Grade 6 class hold a 2016 time capsule to be opened in 2040. Clockwise from front left are Brook McClelland, Nolan Pinel, Kion Cartwright, Ellington Peacock (centre), Grace Thompson, Bailey Montufar, Emma Kilbank and Sara Sulsbury (front).

Public invited to Saturday’s open house at the school

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