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Skip Ryan Cassidy (front) hopes to be on the button at crucial times during this weekend’s B.C. Winter Games curling competition in Mission. Cassidy is joined by Alexander Horvath (from right), Derek Chandler and Scott Gray on the Zone 6 (Vancouver Island/South Coast) team for the event. The girls team includes skip Bailey Tinkler (from left), Sydney Brilz and Julia Kresse (Jordan Koster missing). The teams have been practising at Juan de Fuca Curling Club.

Winter Games curling reps have experience on their side

Teen rinks from Juan de Fuca club in Colwood set to heat up the ice in Mission

Skip Ryan Cassidy (front) hopes to be on the button at crucial times during this weekend’s B.C. Winter Games curling competition in Mission. Cassidy is joined by Alexander Horvath (from right), Derek Chandler and Scott Gray on the Zone 6 (Vancouver Island/South Coast) team for the event. The girls team includes skip Bailey Tinkler (from left), Sydney Brilz and Julia Kresse (Jordan Koster missing). The teams have been practising at Juan de Fuca Curling Club.
Susan Simmons, left, keeps an eye on Susan Leff during a swim session at Crystal Pool for people with multiple sclerosis. Simmons uses endurance swimming to control the symptoms of her MS, while Leff is confined to a wheelchair and uses pool exercises to build strength in her legs.

Swimming to freedom from multiple sclerosis

Athlete with MS helps others regain mobility through exercise in the water

Susan Simmons, left, keeps an eye on Susan Leff during a swim session at Crystal Pool for people with multiple sclerosis. Simmons uses endurance swimming to control the symptoms of her MS, while Leff is confined to a wheelchair and uses pool exercises to build strength in her legs.
A group of military members from the Victoria area are starting an Island-long run Feb. 16 to raise awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Our wounded warriors need help

For Allan Kobayashi, endurance running is a key component of his effort to heal from post-traumatic stress disorder.

A group of military members from the Victoria area are starting an Island-long run Feb. 16 to raise awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Colwood resident Heidi Propp, who is blind from birth, is trying to convince the province to help fund a intensive skills training program at the Colorado Center for the Blind. She is eager to get off social assistance and to move out of her parent’s house, but there is little in the way of job and skills training for blind people in Canada.

Blind woman fights for a chance at an independent life

Visually impaired in Canada forced to travel to U.S. for intensive skills training

Colwood resident Heidi Propp, who is blind from birth, is trying to convince the province to help fund a intensive skills training program at the Colorado Center for the Blind. She is eager to get off social assistance and to move out of her parent’s house, but there is little in the way of job and skills training for blind people in Canada.
Rithet’s Bog Conservation Society president Russ Pym works with volunteers to remove invasive species, like reed canary grass and cattails, to help restore the Garry oak meadow in Royal Oak. Volunteers meet the first Sunday of every month during the winter to help to preserve Rithet’s Bog.

Fighting the good fight against invasives

Volunteers work to restore Rithet’s Bog by removing the fast-growing non-native species

Rithet’s Bog Conservation Society president Russ Pym works with volunteers to remove invasive species, like reed canary grass and cattails, to help restore the Garry oak meadow in Royal Oak. Volunteers meet the first Sunday of every month during the winter to help to preserve Rithet’s Bog.
Lt.-Col. (Ret.) Chris Linford (front), the national ambassador to Wounded Warriors Canada, stands with five military members who will run the length of Vancouver Island this month to raise awareness about post-traumatic stress disorder and the resources available for counselling and recovery. Back row: Steven Kobayashi, George Beatteay and Jeremy Buckingham; middle row: Dan Bodden and Allan Kobayashi.

Battling the unseen injury

Military men take on Island ultra-marathon to raise awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder

Lt.-Col. (Ret.) Chris Linford (front), the national ambassador to Wounded Warriors Canada, stands with five military members who will run the length of Vancouver Island this month to raise awareness about post-traumatic stress disorder and the resources available for counselling and recovery. Back row: Steven Kobayashi, George Beatteay and Jeremy Buckingham; middle row: Dan Bodden and Allan Kobayashi.

Teachers party like it’s 2002

West Shore and Sooke schools could see smaller classes, more educators in wake of court ruling

Mount Douglas Park Society president Darrell Wick sits on a split cedar fence blocking the way down an eroding sand gully off the South Ridge trail in Mount Douglas Park. Saanich is using fencing and increased signage to keep park users on established trails to reduce habitat destruction due to unauthorized trail-making.

Staying on the beaten path in Mount Douglas Park

Saanich parks crews block off unsanctioned trails in an attempt to restore parkland

Mount Douglas Park Society president Darrell Wick sits on a split cedar fence blocking the way down an eroding sand gully off the South Ridge trail in Mount Douglas Park. Saanich is using fencing and increased signage to keep park users on established trails to reduce habitat destruction due to unauthorized trail-making.
Greater Victoria MLAs and MPs have endorsed a plan to help reduce poverty and homelessness in the Capital Region, and will be pressing their B.C. Liberal and Conservative Party colleagues to do the same. From left, Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands, Andrew Weaver, MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head, Carole James, MLA for Victoria-Beacon Hill, and Randall Garrison, MP for Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca.

Politicos aim to place poverty on legislative radar

Victoria-area MPs, MLAs endorse social agency’s poverty reduction strategy

Greater Victoria MLAs and MPs have endorsed a plan to help reduce poverty and homelessness in the Capital Region, and will be pressing their B.C. Liberal and Conservative Party colleagues to do the same. From left, Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands, Andrew Weaver, MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head, Carole James, MLA for Victoria-Beacon Hill, and Randall Garrison, MP for Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca.
St. Margaret’s School junior kindergarten students Isabella Mattenley, left, Ella Milford and Sadie Arnold peer over the Blenkinsop Valley to find inspiration for a drawing exercise out on the bluff. The school has integrated elements of nature kindergarten and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) principles into its curriculum.

Digging into nature and science at age 4

St. Margaret’s School students seek insights into natural world at a young age

St. Margaret’s School junior kindergarten students Isabella Mattenley, left, Ella Milford and Sadie Arnold peer over the Blenkinsop Valley to find inspiration for a drawing exercise out on the bluff. The school has integrated elements of nature kindergarten and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) principles into its curriculum.
Saanich’s Alice Powell, 28, is donating two years of her life to Mercy Ships, a charity that delivers medical and dental care to impoverished nations.

Saanich woman on a mission of mercy

Alice Powell volunteers her dental skills in West Africa on two-year tour

Saanich’s Alice Powell, 28, is donating two years of her life to Mercy Ships, a charity that delivers medical and dental care to impoverished nations.
An artist's rendering of the new Centre for Trades Education and Innovation at Camosun College Interurban. The college is issuing construction tenders and will likely break ground in March.

New Camosun trades complex due to break ground in March

A new trades training facility at Camosun College Interurban received the go-ahead from Saanich council this week.

An artist's rendering of the new Centre for Trades Education and Innovation at Camosun College Interurban. The college is issuing construction tenders and will likely break ground in March.

Canada Post vows to work with local government on community mailboxes

Canada Post has a message for Saanich council and residents concerned about community mailboxes: consultation is coming.

Company co-founders Steve Hughes and Paul Underhill show off bottles of Rumble outside their downtown Victoria office. Originally a drink designed to combat Underhill's symptoms of cystic fibrosis, Rumble is now found across Canada and the company will launch into the U.S. in March.

Victoria health drink preps for U.S. debut

Created to help with cystic fibrosis, unlikely entrepreneurs hit growing health market

Company co-founders Steve Hughes and Paul Underhill show off bottles of Rumble outside their downtown Victoria office. Originally a drink designed to combat Underhill's symptoms of cystic fibrosis, Rumble is now found across Canada and the company will launch into the U.S. in March.
Camosun College visual arts student Laura Rechwan, 18, is an early adopter of the free shuttle running between the two campuses and the West Shore. Camosun launched the bus on Monday, and is seeing uptake by students and staff despite limited publicity.

Camosun College rolls out free shuttle bus

No crowding, no pass-ups, free Wi-Fi and no cost. Could there be a sweeter bus ride for a starving student?

Camosun College visual arts student Laura Rechwan, 18, is an early adopter of the free shuttle running between the two campuses and the West Shore. Camosun launched the bus on Monday, and is seeing uptake by students and staff despite limited publicity.
Saanich-based journalist Mohsin Abbas, left, is shown outside Malala’s school in the Swat Valley of Pakistan last year. Abbas completed his documentary and is seeking a broadcasting deal in Canada.

Saanich filmmaker wraps up Malala documentary

Journalist tells story of famed girl from Pakistan

Saanich-based journalist Mohsin Abbas, left, is shown outside Malala’s school in the Swat Valley of Pakistan last year. Abbas completed his documentary and is seeking a broadcasting deal in Canada.
Geoff Martinson, overall winner of the Island Race Series in 2013, will be defending one of his wins at the Harriers Pioneer 8K road race this Sunday in Saanichton.

Still running strong

Running champ Geoff Martinson returns to Sunday's Pioneer 8K for kickoff of Island Race Series

Geoff Martinson, overall winner of the Island Race Series in 2013, will be defending one of his wins at the Harriers Pioneer 8K road race this Sunday in Saanichton.

Cordova Bay Tru Value grocery reopens after New Year’s Day fire

A glass four-door freezer unit started smoking and then caught fire at 10:10 a.m., about 10 minutes after opening on New Year's Day

Saanich 2014 in preview: Hartland biosolids plant under fire

The Capital Regional District is still at least a year from building a sewage resource recovery plant at Hartland Landfill

Leslie Walden, director of Asset Investment Recovery distribution centre, holds a handful of cellphones destined for the shredder at the warehouse on Glanford Avenue. The centre accepts electronics and small appliances for recycling.

Recycling the technology of Christmas past

Electronics, small appliances accepted for free at depots across Greater Victoria

Leslie Walden, director of Asset Investment Recovery distribution centre, holds a handful of cellphones destined for the shredder at the warehouse on Glanford Avenue. The centre accepts electronics and small appliances for recycling.