Victoria Watcher posted topic Metchosin wants to stay rural

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Citified.ca posted topic [Esquimalt] Rootside Provisions (Esquimalt Wine Company)

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Citified.ca has just posted a new topic entitled "[Esquimalt] Rootside Provisions (Esquimalt Wine Company)" in forum "Victoria Pubs, Bars and 19+ Venues".

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An aerial above the intersection of Devonshire Road and Fairview Road in Esquimalt. Esquimalt Wine Company and sister brand Rootside Bitters & Mixers have plans to open a tasting lounge at the company's 859 Devonshire Road facility (identified in blue). The lounge will join nearby Lighthouse and Driftwood breweries which already operate tasting lounges in the immediate area.

Vermouth and apéritif tasting lounge planned for E&N Rail Trail in Esquimalt near Lighthouse and Driftwood breweries
https://victoria.citified.ca/news/vermouth-and-aperitif-tasting-lounge-planned-for-e-n-rail-trail-in-esquimalt-near-lighthouse-and-driftwood-breweries/ (https://victoria.citified.ca/news/vermouth-and-aperitif-tasting-lounge-planned-for-e-n-rail-trail-in-esquimalt-near-lighthouse-and-driftwood-breweries/)
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AllseeingEye posted topic The Lakes

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AllseeingEye has just posted a new topic entitled "The Lakes" in forum "Restaurant & Eatery Reviews".

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Pretty certain this will be the only thumb's up for a non-descript family-style restaurant located in a mid grade hotel chain like Howard Johnson hotels :), but I must say I had the huevos rancheros at the Lakes this morning at the HoJo Royal Oak location and it was simply the best version of that Mexican classic I've ever had in Victoria.

The experience was improved by the fact there is plenty of parking right in front, I didn't have to reserve in advance, or stand around for 45 minutes with hordes of others waiting for a table, I didn't have to take out a second mortgage in order to pay for it, the restaurant is not remotely pretentious nor vying for social media "likes" and in addition to its other virtues its clean, the service prompt and you don't need to take a number and wait and wait....and wait for something as simple as a coffee refill...

So if you're a "rancheros" fan and either live out that way or find yourself near that location give it a shot some time.
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Victoria Watcher posted topic North Saanich - OCP and rural character debate

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Victoria Watcher has just posted a new topic entitled "North Saanich - OCP and rural character debate" in forum "Urban Design".

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I think that North Saanich should go ahead and remain rural.

That have Sidney nearby for their commercial needs, they do not need "village centres" at Deep Cove and McTavish.
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Mike K. posted topic Rockslide Studio - 750 Blanshard Street

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Mike K. has just posted a new topic entitled "Rockslide Studio - 750 Blanshard Street" in forum "Arts, Culture and Entertainment".

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🔹Downtown Victoria's largest "arts hub" to open in Blanshard Street office complex🔹

An Art Deco-styled office building on Blanshard Street at Fairfield Road in downtown Victoria will soon be transformed into the largest arts hub in the city centre.

"T's crossed, i's dotted - it's official! Say hello to Rockslide Studio's new building!!," says Logan Ford, who spearheaded the effort.

"We've levelled up from 2,500 square feet to nearly 20,000! We'll be joined by the fine folks at the Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria Tool Library, Supply Victoria, and more. This will be downtown Victoria's largest arts hub, and I'm thrilled to have been given the opportunity to make it happen."

Rockslide's new building at 750 Blanshard Street is made possible through the cooperation of Reliance Properties, which acquired the complex in 2019.

Rockslide opened in 2013 and operates out of
Herald Street building in the 600-block.
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Victoria Watcher posted topic DRA and NPNA reject 930 Pandora for community centre

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DRA letter:

https://npna.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/930-Pandora-Letter-to-Mayor-and-Council.docx.pdf (https://npna.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/930-Pandora-Letter-to-Mayor-and-Council.docx.pdf)


NPNA letter:

https://npna.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/930-Pandora-Letter-to-Mayor-and-Council.docx.pdf (https://npna.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/930-Pandora-Letter-to-Mayor-and-Council.docx.pdf)
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Victoria Watcher posted topic Group calls for moratorium on new development in Sooke

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Victoria Watcher has just posted a new topic entitled "Group calls for moratorium on new development in Sooke" in forum "Urban Design".

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Group calls for moratorium on new development in Sooke
Transition Sooke fears town can't meet its greenhouse gas emission guidelines

A public-interest group wants the District of Sooke to place an interim moratorium on all new development in the municipality.
Transition Sooke (https://transitionsooke.org/) fears the district can't meet its greenhouse emissions guidelines, preserve carbon capture and maintain the small-town atmosphere if growth goes unfettered.
It made a presentation to council Monday night (Dec. 13) calling for the moratorium.

https://www.vicnews.com/news/group-calls-for-moratorium-on-new-development-in-sooke/ (https://www.vicnews.com/news/group-calls-for-moratorium-on-new-development-in-sooke/)


Roll up the drawbridge!


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laconic posted topic Long COVID and ME/CFS (Post viral syndromes)

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laconic has just posted a new topic entitled "Long COVID and ME/CFS (Post viral syndromes)" in forum "Urban Issues".

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There is growing evidence that Long COVID and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are either the same condition or very closely related.

In the last five years or so there has been a large amount of evidence that ME/CFS is an energy deficit disease. Body mechanisms aren't producing enough energy. One of the defining symptoms is post-exertional malaise (PEM) which is a fancy term for saying that where a normal person might recover from exercise in hours or days, ME/CFS folks will take days, weeks or months to recover.

https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(21)00513-9/fulltext (https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(21)00513-9/fulltext)

There is currently no test for diagnosis, so it is largely a disease of exclusion of other fatigue conditions. This affects the health care system since a bevy of test are done (heart, lungs, blood) with no definitive results. At the same time, more extensive and often specialized tests reveal significant problems (2 day CPET, often more than 20% loss of blood to the brain, blood not being able to fill the heart prior to pumping, ineffective mitochondrial function, endothelial dysfunction)

Conventional and complementary therapies are ineffective. Think of being a castaway on an island where there is a lack of food and you are slowly starting. There are plenty of studies that show that letters home, meditation, massage, physiotherapy, supplements, etc will make you feel better, possibly for weeks or months, buy eventually they make things worse because they deplete your energy resources. To make matters worse, feeling better means doing more, which means overdoing it, which means depleting your energy even more. The common doctor strategy of "doubling the dose" creates even more problems.

Insurance companies have been relying on the cruel strategy of graded exercise therapy (same as for most physical rehab... slowing increasing the amount of exercise over weeks) to force people back to work. Refer to the paragraph above for the effect on the patient. This technique was based on a large flawed study. Current recommendations consider it ineffective and possibly harmful.

In Long COVID, people currently suffering from the condition have immediate onset. Surprisingly, they are often people who led very active physical lives before COVID. There is a sense that the number are only the tip of the iceberg. In the castaway analogy, you may function pretty well for years, depending many factors, but suffer a steady overall decline.

The only current "treatment" is "get plenty of rest and don't overdo it", called "pacing". For some people that can look like a reasonably active life. For others, going to the store for groceries or watching television for an hour can debilitating and require hours or days of bed rest. Note that your brain uses about 20% of your energy, so pretty much any activity such as reading, watching television, listening to music is just as bad as physical exercise. For many people, even standing or even sitting for short periods (like an hour) is problematic.

On the good news front. Long COVID has resulted in a sudden rush of funding. Most of the highly underfunded ME/CFS researchers (we're talking big league people such as Harvard, Stanford) have simply moved to adding the COVID keyword to their funding requests.

We've also started to see a recognition of the problem through the establishment of Long COVID treatment centers (one in Vancouver at St. Paul's), however most GP's are not attuned, particularly if you were relatively asymptomatic originally. Fatigue is such a common complaint that GP's will run the standard tests, then prescribe rest or worse yet, diagnose depression and start prescribing medications.

If no cure is found soon this problem will slowly and silently become the next legacy of the COVID crisis.
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