Victoria Royals
The Victoria
Royals are a Canadian major junior ice hockey team currently members of the B.C. Division of the Western Conference in the Western Hockey League( WHL).
The team began play during the 2011 – 12 season after the League announced the relocation of the Chilliwack Bruins to Victoria.
It marked the return of the WHL to Vancouver Island, 17 years after the departure of the Victoria Cougars.
The Royals are based in Victoria, British Columbia, and play their home games at the Save- On- Foods Memorial Centre.
Victoria Memorial Arena
Victoria Memorial Arena was an ice hockey arena, located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
It was built in 1949 and demolished in 2003 due to poor acoustics and climbing maintenance costs.
Its nickname, the" Barn on Blanshard", was due to its design( rectangular with a curved roof, resembling a barn or aircraft hangar).
The Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association began play in 1950, one year after the arena's opening.
The Victoria Maple Leafs of the Western Hockey League played in the arena in the 1960s.
The arena hosted the Victoria Cougars of the Western Hockey League between 1971 and 1994, when the team moved to Prince George.
Afterward, the arena hosted the Victoria Salsa of the British Columbia Hockey League from 1994 to 2004.
The replacement, Save- On- Foods Memorial Centre, now occupies the site.
In 2004, the Jim Pattison Group agreed to pay$ 125,000 per year for 10 years to the City of Victoria for the Save- On- Foods name rights on Victoria ’s new arena, amidst unpopular public opinion.
PriceSmart Foods
PriceSmart Foods is a regional chain of supermarkets located in British Columbia, Canada.
It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Overwaitea Food Group, which is owned by the Jim Pattison Group.
PriceSmart shares the same brands and rewards card system as other Overwaitea chains, including Save- On- Foods.
Some Save- On- Foods stores were converted into PriceSmart stores, such as the one in Richmond.
The chain is considered by some industry analysts as being a no frills brand of store.
In addition, the chain promotes itself as having a user- friendly store layout designed for speed and convenience.
Another one of the chain's specialties is in carrying a high number of ethnic foods, such as the store in Richmond which has fully half of its products being Asian food.
As of September 7, 2015, 14 of 16 PriceSmart locations have been converted to Save- On- Foods, with the few others remaining as PriceSmart.
The remaining PriceSmart Foods stores will become as a Chinese Supermarket substitute for Save On Foods.
The Q Centre
The Q Centre (formerly Bear Mountain Arena) is in Colwood, British Columbia, Canada.
In 2014, the arena was named "The Q Centre" after local radio station CKKQ-FM.
The arena opened in February 2004, has 2,300 seats and houses year-round events for hockey and lacrosse.
With an additional floor capacity of 860 people and standing room area for up to 480, this premier spectator facility can hold any type of event, from trade shows to major sporting and entertainment events.
The arena is hockey home of the BCHL Victoria Grizzlies.
It was the home of the Victoria Salmon Kings for the 2004–05 ECHL season while their future home, the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre was being built.
In the summer months The Q serves as home to the WLA Victoria Shamrocks, Victoria Wolves of the West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association and Westshore Bears of the Pacific Northwest Junior Lacrosse League.
The venue has also hosted BCLA provincial box lacrosse championships.
The venue has hosted one of the biggest World Curling Tour events, the Bear Mountain Arena Curling Classic, annually since 2006.
It also played host to the training camps of the Vancouver Canucks in September 2007 and the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008.
The Q Centre was awarded an NHL pre-season game between the Vancouver Canucks vs San Jose Sharks.
This occurred after the Panorama Recreation Centre, in North Saanich, home of the Peninsula Panthers won the 2015 Kraft Hockeyville Grand Prize.
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
The Save- On-Foods Memorial Centre( SOFMC) is an indoor arena located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and is the largest arena in British Columbia outside of Vancouver.
It is primarily used for ice hockey, previously the home arena of the Victoria Salmon Kings of the ECHL, and currently the home of the Victoria Royals of the Western Hockey League.
It is also used for concerts and other special events such as figure skating, curling, plays, trade shows and conferences.
It is also opened for public ice skating on special occasions; the public skated with the former Victoria Salmon Kings players after some of the games.
The building also features a fine dining restaurant( Lion's Den Restaurant), retail& meeting space.
Shaw Communications has a TV studio on the main floor and Regroove Solutions Inc.( formerly itgroove Professional Services) shares office space with the arena and Victoria Royals personnel.
It occupies the site of the former Victoria Memorial Arena as its successor facility.
It is located within 10 – 15 minutes walking distance from the other Downtown Victoria landmarks such as: Chinatown, the Bay Centre shopping centre and Market Square.
It was completed in 2005 and has a maximum seating capacity of 7,400.
It replaced the aging and outdated Memorial Arena, also known as the" Barn on Blanshard"( rectangular with a curved roof, resembled a barn or aircraft hangar) which had been constructed in 1949.
The first event to be held at the new arena was a Rod Stewart concert, one in which Rod and his performers came out on stage in hardhats and orange safety vests, poking fun at the fact the arena was n't totally completed at the time.
The SOFMC was developed and is operated by RG Properties Ltd., a Vancouver- based development/ entertainment company with commercial, recreational and entertainment facilities throughout BC.
RG Properties Ltd. was the corporate owner of the former Victoria Salmon Kings hockey team and owns the Victoria Royals.
There are 26 luxury suites at the arena.
2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 21 to March 1 at the Save- On- Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia.
Victoria Salmon Kings
The Victoria Salmon Kings were a professional ice hockey team based in Victoria, British Columbia, and members of the ECHL
The team debuted in the 2004 – 05 season and folded after the 2010 – 11 season.
The Chilliwack Bruins of the major junior Western Hockey League relocated to become the Victoria Royals and the two teams could not simultaneously operate.
They played at the Save- On- Foods Memorial Centre.
For most of their history, they were affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks.
2006 Skate Canada International
The 2006 Skate Canada International was the second event of six in the 2006– 07 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior- level international invitational competition series.
It was held at the Save- on- Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia on November 2 – 5.
Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2006 – 07 Grand Prix Final.
Chamois Public School
Chamois Public School, also known as American Legion Post 506, is a historic school building located at Chamois, Osage County, Missouri.
It was built in 1876, and expanded in 1896.
It is a two- story," L"- shaped, red brick building with a three- story clock tower with a pyramidal top.
It has segmental and rounded arched window openings.
The American Legion purchased the building in 1947.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
Kingston Memorial Centre
The Kingston Memorial Centre is a 3,300-seat multi-purpose arena located at 303 York Street in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Opened in 1951, the "Kingston Community Memorial Health and Recreation Centre" was designed as a community sports and entertainment centre that would become a "living memorial" in remembrance of Kingstonians who gave their life in both world wars and the Korean War (Planning Partnership-Hughes Downey Architects 2007, p. 5).
The Memorial Centre lands and facilities include a war memorial, a large ice pad in the arena building, a new outdoor aquatic centre, agricultural barns, softball diamonds, a cinder track, off leash dog park and a linear park at the east, north and west perimeter of the property.
Just east of the arena building was the International Hockey Hall of Fame (IHHOF) museum building at 277 York St.
In July 2012, Kingston City Council approved the relocation of the collection on a short-term basis to the Invista Centre on Gardiners Road in Kingston.
The existing building was found to have costly repair issues related to moisture penetration.
It was demolished after the IHHOF moved to the Invista Centre in Kingston's west end.
The Memorial Centre land has been publicly owned since it was acquired in 1841 by the British Government.
Its cultural significance reflects local Kingston agricultural, military and recreational history (Planning Partnership-Hughes Downey Architects 2007, p. 4).
As the Memorial Centre building aged consideration was given by the City of Kingston for ways to rehabilitate the property.
In 1993 Parkin Consultants Limited issued a "Final Report" on the possible uses of the property based primarily on 1980s data.
In 1987, the Kingston Canadians junior hockey club was the main tenant with 60% of the facilities events.
Entertainment programing accounted for 12% and trade or consumer shows 24% of events.
In 1987 there were $774,862 in ticket sales, facility rentals and other income.
But operating costs were $1,093,473.
The Parkin report noted that the deficit of $318,311 could be reduced with decreased through measures to reduce maintenance and energy costs and by increasing rent, ticket sales, and canteen revenues.
The Memorial Centre was the home to the Kingston Frontenacs ice hockey team and its predecessors, the Kingston Canadians and Kingston Raiders from 1973–2008.
It was also home to the Kingston Frontenacs of the Eastern Professional Hockey League from 1959-1963.
When a new downtown arena, the Leon's Centre opened in 2008, the Frontenacs ceased using the facility, and played their last game at the Memorial Centre on February 15, 2008.
The Kingston Memorial Centre is the site of the annual Kingston Fall Fair operated by the Kingston and District Agricultural Society.
Established in Kingston in 1830 as the Midland Fair and revived in 1912, the Kingston Fall Fair is held over four days each September.
It is the second oldest Fair in Ontario, with attendance over 16,000.
The society sponsors the Fair with the objective of promoting education through agriculture.
The fair includes the largest dairy show held in Ontario.
Since the 1950s the Memorial Centre has been used for many cultural and recreational events including performances by Johnny Cash in 1958 and 1987.
Kingston's The Tragically Hip played the centre in 1995
In 2010 it become the home of Kingston Derby Girls, Kingston's first official women's roller derby league.
After 2008, the Memorial Centre became the permanent home of the Queen's Golden Gaels (Queen’s varsity hockey), figure skating, and Queen’s intramural ice sports.
It replaced the Jock Harty Arena which had been demolished to allow for the construction of new athletic facilities at Queen's University.
The Church Athletic League of Kingston hockey teams are based at the centre.

Question: Are Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre and Chamois Public School both located in the same country?
Answer: no