Oak Bay News, March 23, 2012

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Tan-ban triumph

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Oak Bay youth celebrate provincial ban on teenaged tanning.

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Friday, March 23, 2012

Riding the mountains of Monterey After-school mountain biking club a hit with kids Travis Paterson News staff

Monterey middle school’s mountain biking club started with Max McCulloch doing what most boys his age do, riding his bike over bumps and jumps.

Seeing how natural it was, and hearing there was a school bike league, Max’s parents, Lara and Mike, put the word out last year to start a school team. “It was a small group, six kids, and they won the city championships for mountain biking,� Lara said. “We wanted to get the word out that kids could indeed compete at the middle school level. We found the kids just didn’t know there was a bike league they could be part of.�

This year the group took it a giant leap forward, building a minipark with stunts and jumps on Monterey school grounds. Happy to help, the local Home Depot, Ford dealership and Oak Bay Bikes store donated supplies and money to assist with the park.

As many as 25 kids meet each Thursday and work on their skills, learning basic mountain biking techniques, such as balancing on “skinny planks,� popping onto curbs and managing corners by learning to position their bodies.

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Liam Morgan, a member of the Monterey middle school mountain biking club, catches some air as he uses one of the jumps in the school’s temporary bike park.

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A portrait of love Laura Lavin News Staff

Caitlyn Mullen’s small face lights up as she looks at her painting. “We have purple flowers and we have orange flowers,” she says, as she begins to describe her creation. “And I painted purple and I painted red and I painted different kinds of flowers. I painted our heads and ears and flowers and happy faces and noses and white and green and all sorts of stuff and decorations on our dresses,” she puffs out in a long sentence, then slaps her hands against her knees.

The four-year-old’s blond pigtails are tousled after a morning at school followed by lunch at a restaurant.

Dressed in a red sweater over a yellow t-shirt, black and white striped leggings and pink rubber boots, she is in turns shy and verbose. Typical for her age, she and her friend Zoe love pretending to be cheetahs and chasing boys; she likes to swim, cook pasta and play with her dog Takumi.

Not as typical is Caitlyn’s paint“Her eyes are ing. She wanted to make it spegreen, because – bright and that’s my momma.” cial colourful – a - Caitlyn Mullen portrait of “mom and me” as a Christmas gift. Done in the style of Gustav Klimt, with bits of shiny paper substituting for gold leaf, the portrait is intricate, detailed and clearly a labour of love.

“It was a special project the family requested,” says Jennifer Hope, Caitlyn’s art teacher at 4Cats Arts studio in Oak Bay. Caitlyn started her artwork in October. While she painted, her mom – the inspiration for her portrait – battled breast cancer.

“I made a purple dress and made pink right there and pink shapes and a purple mouth on … I like purple,” says Caitlyn, rubbing her lips with her forefingers, eyes bright, focussed on her painting.

The portrait includes stars and swirls and hearts. “And we’re saying hello because our hands are up, and our hands are touching together and it’s sparkly because of the gold paper,” Caitlyn continues, tiny hands waving in the air as she describes the scene. “Her eyes are green, because that’s my momma.”

Diagnosed in January 2011, Caitlyn’s mom, Charlene, endured radi-

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Four year old Caitlyn Mullen poses with her Gustav Klimt-inspired painting that she made as a special gift for her mom. ation, a double mastectomy and chemotherapy. After a month of naturopathic treatments in October the family hoped for good news. In November, Charlene’s health took a sudden and unexpected turn for the worse.

“It was unfortunate that her mom got really sick,” says Hope. The pair rushed to finish Caitlyn’s painting in the hope of presenting it to her mom as an early Christmas gift.

“We really tried to get it done. The saddest part of the whole thing for me was the last day that we were together and she got it finished … her mom passed away,” says Hope.

Charlene Mullen, a fun, generous, strong woman who loved playing in the yard with her daughter and decorating their home for holidays was just 48 when she died on Nov. 24. She never saw the painting. Caitlyn’s portrait was unveiled at her mother’s funeral.

“I smile because my mom is so happy, but my mom is gone now and I’m not going to see her again. She’s in heaven,” Caitlyn says softly. With the wisdom of a child, she knows her mom can see her creation.

“She loves it,” Caitlyn says enthusiastically bouncing on her feet and throwing her hands up.

Earlier this month the portrait of Caitlyn

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“Having the show at the Red Art Gallery was very special for all the kids,” said Hope.

“After it’s framed, it’s like it has a new life.

When they see it in the art gallery under the spotlight, it’s unbelievable.”

“I wanted to make it special for mom and bring it to heaven,” Caitlyn says.

Caitlyn has been taking art classes at 4Cats since she was three, and was happy to have her art on display, but she doesn’t see a future as an artist.

“I’m going to be a cheetah and a mermaid,” she says. “And Zoe too.” llavin@vicnews.com

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Some days the group heads up Gonzales Hill for a taste of rocky terrain.

“The kids demand more and more growth with bigger jumps, but there is no pressure,” Lara said.

“Basically, we just looked at the space and said ‘we can’t dig in,’ so it’s a portable park. We set up and break down most of the park every Thursday.”

One added bonus is to provide “a nice soft mulch” for when the kids crash, a regular part of

mountain biking.

On Sundays, the skills are put to the trail with group rides at Hartland Park, which usually brings out an eager set of parents.

If the group is missing one thing, however, it’s girls.

“No girls yet, just me,” Lara smiled. “We’re trying to encourage it. Hopefully with the road bike portion of the school racing season, we’ll get some girls out soon.”

Information for the school cycling league is available at lowerislandschoolsports.ca. sports@vicnews.com

Unsuccessful mayoral candidate had biggest budget Natalie North News staff

Money can’t buy happiness and apparently it doesn’t afford for a winning election campaign in Oak Bay, either.

Just ask Hazel Braithwaite, who ran an unsuccessful mayoral campaign on $20,671.59 in campaign contributions, compared to Mayor Nils Jensen, who came in 428 votes ahead of his rival candidate with $12,467.24 in contributions.

Braithwaite’s largest contribution came from the Penny Farthing, which also supported Jensen’s campaign. The pub

supplied Braithwaite with a $4,768.76 contribution while supporting Jensen with $645.12.

Other corporate contributors of note include Oak Bay Marine Group, which provided the Jensen campaign with $650.

Candidates in the Nov. 19 municipal elections had until Monday to declare their campaign contributions and expenses.

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Kevin Murdoch topped the list with the highest amount raised toward a councillor campaign with $5,921.22, including $4,122.22 of his own contributions and $300 from Oak Bay Marine Group. Coun.

Michelle Kirby, the only candidate endorsed by the Canadian Union of Public Employees ($250 contribution), followed with contributions totalling $3,760.33.

Kirby’s campaign was buoyed in part by the Victoria Labour Council ($1,000), Union of taxa-

tion Employees ($500), Denise Savoie ($100) and the B.C. Federation of Labour ($100).

Councillors Pam Copley, Cairine Green and John Herbert declared contributions of $2,981.53, $2,100 and $1,966.09, respectively. Coun. Tara Ney logged $347 in campaign contributions.

Unsuccessful council candidate Corey Burger declared $1,295 in contributions, while Colleen Kirkpatrick declared $1,082.70. Bill Carver cited zero contributions and $912 in expenses. Susan Woods and Gregory Hartwell logged zero dollars both for campaign contributions and expenses.

In most cases campaign expenses were closely aligned with contributions.

For a full break-down of the numbers go online to www.oakbaynews.com. nnorth@saanichnews.com

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Health minister bans teens from tanning Provincewide ban began with Oak Bay students Natalie North News staff

Oak Bay High students have stood out for passionately opposing tanning beds, but it won’t be long before they’re in the same boat as teens across B.C. The Ministry of Health announced a provincewide ban on tanning bed use by people under the age of 18 – a change directly linked to the tan-free movement that began in Oak Bay. Stephanie Wong and Adele Green, co-founders of the school’s Youth Against Cancer club, were “ecstatic” to hear Health Minister Michael de Jong’s announcement Tuesday morning.

“When the minister said they were actually going to restrict the use (of commercial tanning beds) for youth under the age of 18, we were shocked that the minister had made a decision so early, but not that he actually made the restriction,” said Wong, now

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University of Victoria students and former Oak Bay High graduates Stephanie Wong, left, and Adele Green are happy with the banning of tanning booths for teens. a second-year student at the University of Victoria, leading a Youth Against Cancer club on campus with Green. “It just goes to show the direct link between skin cancer and tanning beds.”

Wong and Green were among the first to bring the issue of banning commercial tanning bed use in the Capital Regional District before the CRD board of directors in 2010. The board followed

recommendations from Vancouver Island Health Authority chief medical health officer Richard Stanwick and supported a bylaw to ban tanning bed use by young people in January 2011.

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“This is going to spark a generational change, which is ultimately what Adele and I have been working toward,” Wong said. “This shows you don’t have to change the way your skin looks in order to live up to the portrait of beauty. …

People and youth should feel comfortable in the skin that they’re living in and shouldn’t have to feel pressured to go and use these beds that would cause them to get skin cancer.”

Wong’s younger sister Jessica, a current student at Oak Bay High, has continued with her sister’s work by recently promoting a Canadian Cancer Society tan-free grad challenge at the school.

Tuesday’s announcement follows the release of a report by an indoor tanning working group that was established as a direct result of the CRD ban.

The proposed regulation under the Public Health Act does not apply to people under the age of 18 who have a medical prescription. It is anticipated to take effect this fall. nnorth@saanichnews.com

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Oak Bay gives green light to library budget

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Taxpayers likely to shell out $902,000 for library services in 2012

Library system has one of the highest per-capita usage rates in the country, and over 79 per cent of the population of Greater Victoria has library cards,” Bunyan said, noting that more than six million items were circulated last year.

Erin McCracken Sunday service, first offered by all News staff 10 municipal branches in the region in 2011, is an added expense, but one Oak Bay council has given its library officials are loathe to reconstamp of approval to the Greater Vic- sider to save money. toria Public Library’s proposed 2012 “We value your support in that operating budget. regard because I think it’s an imporIf approved by its 10 municipal tant factor for Oak Bay,” Bunyan contributors in the region, Oak Bay’s said. taxpayers would be required to foot a In addition to demands for books, $33,463 or 3.85-per-cent increase over card holders are turning to the last year’s bill of $868,886, library system for literacy bringing the district’s total digital access to “We really support, share for library services in information, author readhave cut to the ings, public-use comput2012 to $902,349.

Last year Oak Bay taxpay- bone.” ers, language materials, ers were billed $868,886.

- Greg Bunyan workshops, e-books and While recognizing the home delivery of materifinancial pinch increasingly als, among other services. felt by municipalities, library officials “You also prove that you can say they are doing what they can to diversify and adapt to a changing stretch their financial resources. world and not all organizations that “We really have cut to the bone,” are longstanding are able to do that Greg Bunyan, vice-chair of the library so well,” said Coun. Cairine Green. board, told Oak Bay council Monday “I think you’re a model for adaptanight. tion.”

Municipalities are being asked The library has made great strides to chip in $13,968,758 towards the in recent years raising its profile, neclibrary’s $15,648,208 total operating essary for users to better understand budget. the “depth and breadth” of available Adding to the fiscal challenges are services, said Coun. Pam Copley, declining fine revenues and provin- who sat on the library board as Oak cial funding.

Bay’s representative for many years.

“We implemented a system to get “The good news is that you have books back, which has been good for more visitation,” she said. “The bad getting books back, but has reduced news is that you still don’t have the amount of money we get because quite the resources to accommodate books are getting back,” Bunyan said. that.”

“So that’s a reality we’ve had to live Library officials say they are orgawith.” nizing their efforts to identify new That, in turn, has impacted the revenue streams and fundraising inilibrary’s ability to acquire new mate- tiatives to raise much-needed funds rials for its collection at a time when to bolster library coffers. library usage rates have hit record Oak Bay is the first of 10 municihighs. palities to approve the library’s proThe Oak Bay branch has the sec- posed operating budget and fiveond highest usage rate next to the year financial plan. Municipalities Central branch in downtown Victo- are being asked for their approval ria, council heard.

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OUR VIEW

Get ready to crank it up It’s been 23 years since a Victoria major junior hockey team made the Western Hockey League playoffs.

That was in 1989 at the old Memorial Arena, five years before the Victoria Cougars packed up and moved to Prince George.

This weekend, Capital Region puck fans can join the bandwagon, if they haven’t already, and cheer on the Victoria Royals as they battle the always-tough Junior hockey Kamloops Blazers.

It’s probably an playoffs take over understatement Save-On Centre to say the Royals, despite finishing with a flourish with a pair of wins against the front-running Portland Winterhawks, are the underdogs in this series.

But that’s where the excitement lays, in the chance of knocking off a favoured team.

Fans came out to support the Victoria Salmon Kings in past years’ ECHL playoff runs.

We encourage fans to continue that tradition and give the youngsters on the ice the royal treatment, so to speak.

Royals’ supporters don’t even need to wait until the games come to the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre next Tuesday and Wednesday to watch the lads.

Shaw TV is airing every game in the best-ofseven series, which starts tonight (March 23) in Kamloops and continues there tomorrow night, with both games on at 7 p.m.

Ironically, the Royals’ Saturday game conflicts with the Vancouver Canucks, who are in the midst of a minor tailspin as they head toward the National Hockey League playoffs.

The last few Royals home games were jammed at Save-On, as fans clamored to get a piece of the action.

We expect much of the same for the upcoming games, so if you want to be there in person, you better act fast.

Then again, you can always get some friends together and gather around the flatscreen in the living room to catch all the action.

It’s hockey night in Canada, at its finest.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@oakbaynews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

The Oak Bay News is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council.

Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

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Send dirty fuel to history’s coal bin More than anything else, coal largest source of greenhouse gas fuelled the Industrial Revolution. It emission growth in Canada and are was, and still is, plentiful and cheap. the single largest reason Canada It’s also always been relatively easy is failing to meet its international to get at, especially if you climate commitments.” don’t mind sending kids I agree with Weaver into mines, endangering that the “world needs the lives of miners, or to transition away from blasting the tops off fossil fuels if it wants mountains. to avoid dangerous Coal is an 18th-century human interference fuel source, but we still with the climate system. rely on it for much of our That means coal, energy needs. Because unconventional gas, and it’s so abundant and unconventional oil all inexpensive, there’s been need to be addressed.” little incentive to switch David Suzuki Canada uses more to cleaner but often more with Ian Hanington than half its coal to expensive sources. generate electricity Burning coal pollutes and for industry. We the air, land, and water and is a export about 40 per cent, much of major driver of climate change. it to Japan and elsewhere in Asia.

Emissions from coal combustion Canada also imports coal, mainly contain sulphur dioxide, carbon because it’s cheaper to ship it from dioxide, mercury, arsenic, nitrogen the U.S. to eastern provinces than oxide, carbon monoxide, lead, small from Western Canada. particles, and other toxic materials.

About 18 per cent of Canada’s These cause acid rain, smog, electricity is from coal, less than damage to forests and waterways, the global 40 per cent average, and a range of serious health and much less than countries like problems in humans, from lung China, which uses coal to generate disease to cancer. about 80 per cent of its electricity.

And, as University of Victoria But use varies across the country. climate scientist Andrew Weaver According to Natural Resources concluded after comparing the Canada, “Coal is used to produce impacts of burning tar sands oil to about 74 per cent of the electricity burning coal, “We will live or die by used in Alberta, 63 per cent in our future consumption of coal.”

Saskatchewan, 60 per cent in Nova That doesn’t mean the tar sands are Scotia, and 18 per cent in Ontario. okay. There’s a lot more coal in the The coal not used to generate world and the impacts of mining electricity is consumed by Canada’s and burning it are more severe. steel, cement and other industries.”

Weaver stressed that, “While coal Rather than looking for cleaner is the greatest threat to the climate ways to generate energy, many globally, the tar sands remain the industrial and government leaders

have been touting “clean coal.” This means trying to reduce some of the pollutants and CO2 by “scrubbing” them from emissions, by burying them underground in a process called carbon capture and storage (CCS), or converting coal to gas.

These are inadequate solutions.

They don’t get rid of all the pollutants. Carbon capture is expensive and mostly unproven and we don’t fully understand the consequences of burying carbon dioxide. The governments of Canada and Alberta have committed $3 billion since 2008 for demonstration CCS projects, mostly for coal operations, but some for the tar sands. Even with CCS, coal plants would not be required to eliminate their CO2 emissions, just reduce them.

As long as coal remains so inexpensive to obtain and burn, with few or no dollars paid for the environmental damage it causes, it will continue to be used. And that endangers us all.

We need leadership on this.

As Andrew Weaver said, “The atmosphere has traditionally been viewed as an unregulated dumping ground. There is no cost associated with emitting greenhouse gases.

Economists call this a market failure. To correct this failure, a price is needed on emissions.”

With energy, it’s time to look to the future and not the past. That means finding ways to encourage clean energy development and discourage fossil fuel consumption.

Carbon taxes and cap and trade must be part of the equation.

Learn more at davidsuzuki.org.

‘Coal is an 18th-century fuel, but we still rely on it too much for energy.’

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LETTERS Try sitting in traffic in Colwood Crawl Re: Blue Boat service works on many levels (Letters, March 16) I am in complete agreement with William Perry’s comments regarding the decision to cut the Blue Boat shuttle.

The only thing I would add is that it is “totally asinine” besides “beyond idiotic.” The traffic from the Western communities is continuously getting heavier every year, with no solution to the terrible traffic congestion.

Further more, the senior naval officers making the decision to cut the Blue Boat shuttle service can not possibly be inhaling car exhausts daily while being stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic during rush hour, or they would have given far more thought to it.

Tamara Shiels Langford

More TB funding desperately needed Tuberculosis is a leading infectious killer, responsible for more than 1.4 million deaths each year. Yet more people than ever are being treated for this disease, and for the first time in history, death by TB is on the decline.

This is an incredible accomplishment, but we are challenged by our own success: incurable, all-drug resistant TB is now spreading due to inadequate treatment, which creates drug resistant strains of the disease.

A $2 billion underfunding of the largest TB treatment provider, the Global Fund, compounds this spread.

Canada is one of the world’s leaders in implementing programs and funding to fight TB. It is in our own interest to take a leadership role and convince the world to eliminate this funding shortfall;

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Nathaniel Poole Victoria

HST argument needs explaining again It’s amazing, after all the discussion about the HST the past three years, that people still claim that voters who voted no to the HST deprived the government of revenue, and therefore shouldn’t complain about spending cuts.

How many times does this issue have to be explained? The HST was billed by the B.C. Liberals as revenue neutral. The anti-HST vote was not a mindless anti-tax protest. What most people objected to was the dishonest way the tax was introduced and the fact it represented a huge shift in the tax burden from corporations to individuals.

Steven Murray Victoria

Others as quotable as younger Trudeau Re: Young people are frustrated because they care: Trudeau (News, March 16) I only have three quotes in response to Justin Trudeau’s statement that “the simplest way to effect change is to get out and vote.”

“If voting changed anything,

they’d make it illegal.” (Emma Goldman, Lithuanian activist) “How fortunate for the rulers that the people do not think.” (Adolf Hitler) “Without political education, the sovereign people is like a child playing with fire and constantly endangering the home.” (Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, father of the Swiss education system) Dean Helm Victoria

Time, money wasted by municipalities A risk in the current round of municipal budgeting is trimming instead of eliminating.

One bureaucrat stated in a Black Press newspaper that every department has been asked to do more with less.

That good notion fails in context, because some departments already try, but others don’t, so the good are penalized.

Municipalities need to eliminate activities, starting with fancy flowers in front of city hall, tree trimming instead of replanting, and costly signs.

They waste on faulty “consultation” exercises not competently done, unrepresentative surveys, and verbose reports with gratuitous graphics.

Consultants are paid to do what anyone with sense can stand on the

street and see. Unrepresentative volunteer committees are given free lunches while they do biased pondering they aren’t competent to undertake. Fortunately, Colwood is questioning subsidizing the West Shore Chamber of Commerce. Will all municipalities stick to basics instead of handouts for marketing?

A huge proportion of time is spent micromanaging development, such as Saanich’s foot-dragging and wordsmithing on secondary suites, instead of getting out of the way of honest people.

Municipalities spend on pet do-gooder projects, such as Colwood’s solar energy subsidy and its support for anti-radio activists who fail high school physics.

Government costs could be reduced by ensuring quality of staff and contractors and changing work rules. Spray-painting curbs without lifting the weeds is a small example.

Duplication of activism and regulation raises the total tax bill for businesses and residents – some subjects are under the thumb of five layers of fiefdoms.

Meanwhile citizens attempting to build, earn and live have to spend time coping with the results of inadequate policing. I doubt they want crime instead of taxes.

Government is shirking its duty – protecting citizens against the initiation of force.

Keith Sketchley Saanich

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The event is put on by the social justice program and Community Media Canada, a Victoria-based site dedicated to promoting democratic media activism.

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lisher and editor of Victoria's Street Newz.

Anderson will speak about the power of the Internet to connect people, or what he calls “Open Internet, Open Democracy.â€? He’s interested in what Victorians are thinking and doing as the movement towards open media grows, and hopes the conference will encourage more people to get involved. “It’s the leading edge to what I hope is to come ‌

getting the government to respond to citizens and (allowing them to) get involved in the policy making process,� he said.

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Whew! We dodged the flu bullet again Except for a half dozen closures of acute care facilities, it was a quiet winter for flu outbreaks on Vancouver Island.

“This year compared to previous years was very mild,” said Dr. Paul Hassleback, Vancouver Island Health Authority chief medical

health officer.

No schools were closed because of flu outbreaks, an indicator of a low incidence of outbreak, he added. The exact number of how many people got the flu was not available.

“We’ve been fortunate since (the

2009) H1N1 pandemic strain got in circulation – it did affect a lot of people and a lot got immunized,” he said.

The season’s three-part vaccine was similar to last year’s, immunizing against H1N1, H3N2, and B influenza. As in previous

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OAK BAY NEWS - Friday, March 23, 2012

Bone up on dinosaur facts Visit the Fossil Fair this weekend Kyle Slavin News staff

In 1996, as hype was escalating for a much-anticipated Jurassic Park sequel, a group of Victorians, already entrenched in a world rife with dinosaurs, fossils and extinct species, opened its doors to the public.

The Victoria Palaeontology Society hosts its 16th annual Fossil Fair this weekend, giving inquisitive minds an opportunity to learn about the creatures that inhabited our planet tens of millions of years ago. “It’s very, very exciting. Palaeontology is the whole evolution of life on this planet, and it’s the only record we have,� said Tom Cockburn, vice-chair of the society.

And while the great dinosaurs you see on film weren’t all that common in this part of Canada, Cockburn and his colleagues at the society have discovered new fossilized specimens right in our own backyard. “The people of the palaeontology society have made a number of discoveries ‌ including a number of new species that have been named,â€?

Cockburn said. “And there’s a

number of things that haven’t been reported from the Sooke Formation – there are new species probably in there ‌ mostly snails and bivalves.�

These sorts of fossils will be on display at Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary during this weekend’s fair.

Most fossilized discoveries made by society members wind up stored at the discoverer’s home for safekeeping.

Anything deemed scientifically important is donated to the Royal B.C. Museum.

Also on display for the public to touch this weekend is the large femur of a Hadrosaur, a duck-billed dinosaur that roamed Alberta during the Cretaceous period (upwards of 136 million years ago).

The Fossil Fair, which mainly features Vancouver Island and B.C. fossils, is great for all ages, Cockburn said. “There’s always something a little bit different, something new to see.� New – even if it is millions of years old.

The fair runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday (March 24 and 25), at 3873 Swan Lake Rd. Admission is by donation.

For more information on the Victoria Palaeontology Society, visit vicpalaeo.org. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama offers a view of personal tragedy that is mesmerizing and heart-wrenching, but full of compassion, humour and finally, hope. March 24 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

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Homelessness seen through a new lens Roszan Holmen

hothead said. Hothead took film workshops and created a short about child abuse, a decade ago in Vancouver.

The invitation to do this documentary came from the Committee to End Homelessness.

“The next thing you know we had a group formed and we came up with the term Transform Homelessness Advocacy Watch,” hothead said. “I thought I’ve got to do it because I need to have some sanity and I need to give back in my life.”

What started out as a short film transformed into a 45-minute documentary labeled Chapter 1. The next two chapters are already mapped out, with more projects

by THAW planned in the future.

“I’ve learned how much can actually change when we simply come together and really meet,” hothead said. rholmen@vicnews.com

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In the summer of 2010, as tensions were mounting around the tent city on Pandora Green boulevard, kym “hothead” hines was there, capturing the happenings on video.

“I thought, let’s get out there on the Green – and let’s just film and see what happens,” said hothead, a moniker and pen name for the Victoria Street Newz.

Hothead also invited anyone who wanted to tell their story.

“Let them, the homeless, tell whatever stories they wanted to, and the question we wanted to ask the homeless and the community was, ‘what is the state of homelessness in Victoria, what is the police state around that, and what are the solutions?”

The result is a documentary, called Taking the Fall, premiering next week.

Police interaction was not the intentional focus of the film, hothead said. “We went out there with a camera to see what we would see, and that’s what we saw.”

All day, everyday, the homeless are stopped and moved around by police “like cattle,” he said. After the city passed a bylaw banning camping on the boulevard, he captured some of the ensuing evictions.

Hothead relates personally to the subject matter.

He lived on the streets of Calgary as a 16 year old, a runaway from an abusive home

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kym ‘hothead’ hines made a documentary called Taking the Fall, exploring the state of homelessness in Victoria. in Winnipeg.

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12 Victoria-area authors up for BC Book prizes Twelve authors from Greater Victoria are nominated for 2012 Lieutenant Governor’s BC Book Prizes. Books written by the authors have made the shortlist in all seven categories from children’s literature to adult fiction.

Colwood novelist Esi Edugyan’s book, Half-Blood Blues, about jazz musicians in the months leading up to the File photo Second World War is nominated Author Patrick Lane for the Ethel Wilson Prize for fiction. The book has already won the Giller Prize and is nominated for three other prestigious prizes, including the Man Booker. Her husband, Steven Price, is nominated in the same category for Into That Darkness.

Victoria-based food magazine editor Gary Hynes is nominated for the Bill Duthie Booksellers Choice award for Island Wineries of British Columbia, as is Robert Wiersema for Walk Like a Man: Coming of Age with the Music of Bruce Springsteen.

In poetry, North Saanich resident Patrick Lane is nominated for his Collected Poems, as is poet Susan McCaslin for Demeter Goes Skydiving.

Former Oak Bay resident now living on Thetis Island Gary Geddes is nominated for his non-fiction book, Drink the Bitter Root. Salt Spring Island author Sheryl Salloum is one of five authors vying for the Roderick Haig Regional Prize for her book, The Life and Art of Mildred Valley Thornton. Victoria author Mike Deas’ illustrated children’s book, Dalen&Gole: Scandal in Port Angus, published by Victoria’s Orca Publishers, is up for a children’s literature prize.

Also published by Orca is Karen Rivers’ What is Real, nominated in best non-illustrated children’s book. Victoria author Caitlyn Vernon’s book about the Great Bear Rainforest is also shortlisted in that category.

BC Book Prizes gala will be held Saturday, May 12 in Vancouver. vmoreau@oakbaynews.com

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In celebration of United Way of Greater Victoria’s 75th anniversary, the organization is planning a visual arts exhibit to showcase the art of youth aged 14 to 19 who reside in the Capital Region.

Young people are invited to submit art based on the theme ‘Change starts here.’

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All submissions that fall within the guidelines will be showcased. The exhibit will take place at the Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria’s new Arts Centre at Cedar Hill April 30 to May 13. Opening night is May 4 in conjunction with United Way’s YouthNOW! Awards.

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Cougars, Panthers in cat fight Game 3 of the Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy, VIJHL final is 7:30 p.m. tonight (March 23) at Panorama. Game 4 goes tomorrow, 6:30 p.m. at Panorama, and Game 5, if necessary, is 3 p.m. Sunday at Archie Browning Sports Centre.

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■ Game 1: Fri., March 23, 7 p.m. at Kamloops ■ Game 2: Sat., March 24, 7 p.m. at Kamloops ■ Game 3: Tues., March 27, 7:05 p.m. at Victoria ■ Game 4: Wed., March 28, 7:05 p.m. at Victoria ■ Game 5: Fri., March 30, 7 p.m. at Kamloops ■ Game 6: Mon., April 2, 7:05 p.m. at Victoria ■ Game 7: Wed., April 4, 7 p.m. at Kamloops

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One thing you can count on come playoff time in the Western Hockey League is tight-lipped coaches.

Victoria Royals coach Marc Habscheid offered little about his club’s strategy on how they’ll attack the Kamloops Blazers in the first round of the playoffs.

Games 1 and 2 of the Western Conference quarterfinal go tonight (March 23) and tomorrow in Kamloops. The series returns to Victoria for Games 3 and 4 on Tuesday and Wednesday.

“We’ve identified some things but we don’t want to share that,” Habscheid said. “We go over video, it’s been the routine (this week), to break (Kamloops’) game down and try to back it up with what we do in practice each day.”

Back in 1998-99 Habscheid coached the Blazers all the way to the WHL final, only to lose to the Calgary Hitmen. The Blazers have yet to win a playoff round since then and, in Habscheid’s eyes, this series is the Royals’ to steal. “(Kamloops) had a good regular season, they’ve built for this season and they expect to move on from the first round this year.

The pressure’s on them.”

The coach also believes his youthful squad isn’t getting the respect it deserves for knocking off the third-place Portland Win-

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excited, you have to control your emotions and The seventh-place Victoria Royals defeated the second-place stay focused.”

Kamloops Blazers just once in eight games this season. The teams The 21-year-old open their first-ever playoff series against each other tonight. defenceman was on the WHL champion Kootenay Ice that went to the terhawks in the final two games a lot of deep playoff experience. Memorial Cup last year. Rintoul of the season.

To make matters worse, forwards helped the Ice defeat the Winter“We beat Portland and we’ve Robin Soudek, 20, and Brandon hawks in the WHL final, where heard, ‘well they didn’t have Magee, 18, and defenceman Zach Hamilton was the backup.

(Sven) Bartschi. (But) when Habscheid, 20, are doubtful for “(Kootenay) didn’t have too we’re in tune we’re a decent Friday’s opener. many rookies last year. But you hockey team,” Habscheid said.

All three played in last year’s have to play your role and accept “We’re a very young group. We opening playoff round series your role for the playoffs, and like our skill. We just have to con- against the Spokane Chiefs. help out in any way you can.” centrate – not on being the best Without them, the Royals are Royals watch individually – but (on being) the even younger.

Shaw TV will air all seven best team.”

“We have a lot of rookies this Aside from captain Hayden year and they’ll be playing some games of the Royals versus Rintoul and starting goalie Keith big roles,” Rintoul said. “Every- Blazers quarterfinal series. sports@vicnews.com Hamilton, the Royals are without one’s going to be nervous and Sharon Tiffin/News staff

Nominees have been released for the fourth annual Celebration of Women in Sport awards gala, April 1 at the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence.

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The University of Victoria Hockey Club won its third B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League title at Kamloops’ Memorial Arena on Sunday (March 18).

Dustin Taylor wired a wrist shot past Simon Fraser University goaltender Graeme Gordon, 24 seconds into the first overtime period, to give UVic a 4-3 win.

“Words can’t describe it,” Taylor said after the game. “It just feels good.”

Goalie Jason Margolus earned the win in the final, making 14 saves on 17 shots.

UVic entered the tournament as underdogs in the No. 4 seed.

They went on to post a 4-0 record, winning two games in shootouts and the championship in an extra frame.

“I’m so proud of them,” UVic head coach Harry Schamhart said. “They’re here because they wanted to win and because they love hockey.”

SFU took a 2-0 lead in the first period of the championship game, before UVic bounced back with goals from Taylor and Brent Sutherland. The Vikes were down 3-2 to start the third. UVic defenceman Doug Evans tied the game with a wrist shot five minutes into the third, and regulation ended with 15 minutes of scoreless, nail-biting hockey.

Then came Taylor’s second goal of the game, on the first shift of overtime. UVic has won the BCIHL championship in three of the league’s six years.

The league is highly competitive, with teams made up of former junior players. The team is non-varsity status, recognized as a club under UVic’s athletics and recreation umbrella. sports@vicnews.com - With files from Thompson Rivers University

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Saanich’s Jordan Groenheyde tries to slide past Peninsula’s Ryan Hunter during Game 5 of the VIJHL semifinals at Pearkes arena on March 14.

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“Peninsula got better as the series went on,” Cook said. “They fell into a comfort zone with what would work against us, and identified some of our weaknesses.”

Travis Paterson Panthers goalie Stephen Heslop was solid, as News staff both he and Braves goalie Tanner McGaw faced 56 shots in Game 7.

The Saanich Braves hockey season went up in “You weren’t going to get a soft one on Heslop,” smoke last Saturday.

Cook said. “We didn’t do a good enough job of The Braves surrendered a 3-1 series lead in the getting him to move.”

Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League semifiIt’s a bittersweet ending to a season with high nals and were eliminated by the Peninsula Panexpecations for the Braves. The Braves have not thers in Game 7. won the VIJHL since 1996, and There was no fire, but there was a have not been in the final since “This team went fire alarm, and with somewhat con2006. from a 12-win season troversial timing.

On the positive side, it was an Three minutes into the first unpredicatble Cook said. (last year) to the verge Thirteen gamesseries, overtime period, the fire alarm at in three weeks of making the finals Pearkes arena was pulled and disis a great experience for the rupted the game. Play resumed younger Braves, many of whom and packing the rink after a lengthy break, and Panthers will play two to three more years with fans.” forward Ryan Hunter scored five of junior hockey.

– Brad Cook minutes into the second overtime to “This team went from a 12-win win 3-2. season (last year) to the verge “Kudos to the Peninsula Panof making the finals and packing thers,” said one hockey coach, unrelated to the the rink with fans. We’re pretty happy with the two teams. “If whoever pulled the fire alarm did season.” it on behalf of the Panthers, good for them. It was Braves captain Ty Jones ended the season tied clear they were rolling that top line every second for the VIJHL scoring lead and is the leading conshift.” tender for the Jamie Benn Trophy as league MVP. That line – Trevor Yee, Joe Densmore and Jones returned from junior A this season and David Stephens – connected for the 2-2 tying goal carried the Braves to second overall. He also in the second period, Densmore from Yee and helped linemate Jack Palmer win the rookie scordefenceman Chris MacDonald. ing title.

But the alarm provided a rest for both teams, Who returns to the Braves in 2012-13 is already and had no outcome on the game, said Braves up in the air, with Jones debating a return to coach Brad Cook. junior A and a chance at a Div. 1 scholarship in “It was random, that’s for sure. I’ve been in that the NCAA. rink for seven years and never seen it happen.

Palmer is expected to stick with the Brandon But it had no bearing on the game. Though I’m Wheat Kings next year, having played two games not sure how (Peninsula’s) developing those kids as a callup in October. on the bench with the top line playing so much.”

The Braves official prospects’ camp is set for The win completed the Panthers’ comeback July 6 to 8 at Pearkes arena. from a 3-1 series deficit to kill the Braves’ season. sports@vicnews.com

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ANTIQUES, BOOKS, collectibles, furniture, china, jewellery. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL FOR SALE or Lease on Vancouver Island’s PaciďŹ c Rim Hwy. Unique Commercial Property with good buildings.

Highway signage, and paved parking. C-4 zoning. Phone: 250-586-1372.

PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

HOMES WANTED

DIGITAL PHOTO retouch, editing, add/remove objects/people. Tribute posters, home movies to CD/DVD. 250-4753332. www.cwpics.com

WE BUY HOUSES

APPLIANCES

BUILDING SUPPLIES

APARTMENT/CONDO ARGYL MANOR, 9861 Third St., 1 BDRM, F/S, common W/D, N/S, N/P, HT/HW incl’d, $850/lease. Avail April 15th.

Call 250-475-2005, ext: 227.

FERNWOOD AREA Apt, large 2 bdrm, $875. (Immed). Incls H/W. 250-370-2226 to view.

FERNWOOD AREA Apt, large Bach, $540/mo. Avail now.

Call 250-370-2226 for viewing.

HOUSES FOR SALE CORDOVA BAY. $609,900. 3 bdrm, 3 ba. Motivated. Priced below appraisal 250-818-5397

WANTED: CLEAN fridge’s, upright freezers, 24� stoves, portable dishwashers, less than 15 yrs old. McFarland Industries, (250)885-4531.

RENTALS

REAL ESTATE

1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366) RemoveYourRecord.com

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

www.jasmineparsons.com One Percent Realty V.I.

Damaged House?

Pretty House? Moving?

Divorcing? Estate Sale?

We will Buy your House Quick Cash & Private.

Mortgage Too High and House won’t sell?

Can’t make payments?

We will Lease Your House, Make your Payments and Buy it Later!

Call: 1-250-616-9053 www.webuyhomesbc.com

REAL ESTATE SERVICES

METAL ROOFING & siding sales. Seconds avail. Custom roof Flashings. 250-544-3106.

Fraser Tolmie Apts 1 and 2 bdrms 1-877-659-4069 www.frasertolmime.ca 1 & 2 Bedrooms 1701 Cedar Hill X Road www.frasertolmime.ca for pics

Capriet Rental 1.250.381.5048

TRADES, TECHNICAL DL Baker Construction Canada is looking for Journeymen Carpenters and Foremen in Kitimat. BC, Canada. Red Seal Preferred. Carpenters must have experience with installation of footing forms, slab on grade forms, build and install wall, column and elevated horizontal forms.

Ability to layout work, off supplied control lines. And the ability to correctly rig and hoist material, ability to signal, rig and work safely with cranes. Project Terms is Project Based Wages are in accordance with Project Labour Agreement between Kitimat Modernization Employer Association and Coalition of British Columbia Building Trades for the Kitimat Modernization Project Please forward resumes to patton@bakerconcrete.com DL Baker Construction Canada is looking for Laborers and Foremen in Kitimat. BC, Canada. Red Seal Preferred. Laborers will possess competency in assisting on the installation of all types of formwork, performing general labor work and placing concrete. Have the ability to correctly rig and hoist material, ability to signal, rig and work safely with cranes. Project Terms is Project Based Wages are in accordance with Project Labour Agreement between Kitimat Modernization Employer Association and Coalition of British Columbia Building Trades for the Kitimat Modernization Project Please forward resumes to patton@bakerconcrete.com

FREE ITEMS FREE: FREEZER, 12 cu ft, works well, needs new seal, you pick up, (N. Saanich). Call 250-655-1541.

FRIENDLY FRANK BERNARDINE CANNING jars, eight, new, 1 litre. $6.

250-383-4578.

TABLE, 30� square w/ two 8� drop leaves, 2 dinette chairs, $25 obo. Call 250-519-0277.

WHITE KITCHEN chandelier with 3 glass shades. $50.

(250)652-3168.

FUEL/FIREWOOD ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, ďŹ r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest ďŹ rewood producer offers ďŹ rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

- BUYING - RENTING - SELLING bcclassiďŹ ed.com

VALBURN COURT: Bachelor suites avail. Walking dist. to Mayfair Mall. On bus route. $675. NS/NP. 778-430-5415.

ROCKLAND AREA Apt, lrg 1 bdrm, incls heat & H/W, $780 (Immed) 250-370-2226 to view

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OAK BAY NEWS - Friday, March 23, 2012 RENTALS

RENTALS

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

APARTMENT/CONDO

SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING

AUTO FINANCING

CARS

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR RENT

MALAHAT 1 & 2 BdrmsPanoramic views. Serene & secure. All amenities on-site, firewood. $700-$1200 inclusive. Monthly/Weekly. Pets ok with refs. 25 min commute to downtown Victoria. Must have references. 250-478-9231.

OPEN HOUSE: Sat., March 17th, 2-4pm, 202-455 Kingston St. 1 bdrm +den in the Camelot Seniors building. Services incld; daily meal, housekeeping and heavy laundry.

Beautiful building, great staff.

Call Luella at 250-519-0550.

DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1991 JAGUAR Sovereign, good condition, loaded, must be seen, 237,000 kms, $2500 obo. Call 250-595-2662.

COTTAGES

STORAGE

2000 KUSTOM KOACH 26’ 5th Wheel Ready to roll, in great shape.

Has slide room, big awning, oak cabinets, tons of storage, big fridge & stove, ducted heat & A/C. High quality unit with rubber roof & fiberglass body. $12,750 OBO, 250 466 4156 Bill

SIDNEY CHARMING garden cottage, sea view & beach access on bus route to Sidney & Victoria, near ferries & airport.

Totally reno’d, with beautiful fir floors, 1 bdrm (fits queen or smaller), 1 bath (shower, no tub), open kitchen/dining & living area, 4 appliances, off street prkg. $1000.

NP/NS. Opportunity to garden. Long term preferred. 250-656-3003.

SHIPPING CONTAINERS 20’ or 40’. Buy or Rent. Safe and secure. Easymove Container Services. Serving Vancouver Island.

1-(888)331-3279

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

SUITES, LOWER CORDOVA BAY- cozy 2 bdrm grd level, W/D, hydro incld, $920 mo. Appt (250)658-4760.

SUITES, UPPER

SIDNEY- 3 bdrm (behind Thrifty’s) 1 bath. Reno’d.

NS/NP. $1375+(250)656-4003

BUYING - RENTING- SELLING

LANGFORD 3 bdrm 2 bath 1200 sq ft upper, n/s, newly renovated, all new flooring & paint, deck, wood f/p, w/d, d/w, large south facing front yard on quiet cul-de-sac. April 1, $1500, pet negotiable, references 250-516-3453, langfordrental@hotmail.ca

1-800-910-6402

www.PreApproval.cc DL# 7557 SHIFT AUTO FINANCE Get Approved Today!

CREDIT DOESN’T MATTER..

For The Best Interest Rate Call: 1.877.941.4421 www.ShiftAutoFinance.com

AUTO SERVICES $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

CASH PAID

FOR ALL VEHICLES in all conditions in all locations

250-885-1427 Call us first & last, we pay the highest fair price for all dead & dying vehicles.

Don’t get pimped, junked or otherwise chumped!

KG MOBILE Mechanic. Convenience of having a mechanic at home or on the road.

(250)883-0490.

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded.

White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 firm. 250-755-5191.

2008 HONDA CIVIC LX 4 door, auto, top of the line & fully loaded including rare power sunroof option. Babied by 1 owner, garage kept, hwy commuter (76k). Dealer maintained. Burgundy with factory 5 spoke alloy wheels & a set of winters tires on steel rims.

Full power-train warranty until Dec. 20 2012. $14,995 o.b.o.

250-466-4156

SCRAP BATTERIES Wanted We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 & up each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10.

Toll Free 1.877.334.2288.

93 PONTIAC Grand Am, white, 159kms, 4 dr, CD. $800. Call (778)433-8437.

BOATS

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

$$$ BOATS Wanted. Any size. Cash buyer. Also trailers and outboards. 250-544-2628.

1992, 26 ft TRAVELAIRE. Bright, clean, sleeps 4. Twin beds in back & fold down double bed. Immaculate condition.

Full shower with skylight, generator, air conditioning, 91,000 km. $16,500. (250) 743-6036

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

MARINE

Time for a NEW car?

Garage Sales #ALLÖ ÖTOÖPLACEÖYOURÖGARAGEÖSALEÖADÖ ANDÖRECEIVEÖ&2%%ÖBALLOONS ÖINVENTORYÖANDÖTIPÖSHEETSÖ ANDÖBRIGHTÖYELLOWÖGARAGEÖSALEÖSIGNSÖ GARAGE SALES

GARAGE SALES

GORDON HEAD, 1613 Longacre Dr., Sat, March. 24, 9am-3pm.

Moving Sale.

Everything must go! Too many items to list. See you there.

NORTH SAANICH, 1550 Eagle Way, Sat, March. 24, 10am-2pm. No early birds.

Nails, nuts, bolts, plumbing & electric supplies. Household & gardening items.

LAKEHILL, 4200 Leaf Hill Green, Sun, March. 25, 10am2pm. Downsizing Sale.

SERVICE DIRECTORY #OMPLETEåGUIDEåTOåPROFESSIONALåSERVICESåINåYOURåCOMMUNITY

www.bcclassified.com

250.388.3535

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING

ELECTRICAL

GARDENING

HANDYPERSONS

HAULING AND SALVAGE

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

PLUMBING

ACCOUNTING Vida Samimi

250-361-6193.

QUALITY Electric. Expert in new homes & renos. References. #22779

LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR custom design install, gardens, lawns & patios, irrigation & fences. web.me.com/rodkeays Call 250-858-3564.

IFIX HANDYMAN Services.

Household repairs and renovations. Free estimates. Call Denis at 250-634-8086 or email: denisifix@gmail.com SENIOR HANDYMANHousehold repairs. Will assist do-it yourselfers. Fred, 250888-5345.

CBS MASONRY BBB A+.

Chimney, Fireplaces, Rock, Flagstone, Concrete, Pavers, Repair, Rebuild, Renew.

“Quality is our Guarantee.”

Free Competitive Est’s. Call (250) 294-9942/589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com

EXPERIENCED JOURNEYMAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured.

Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.

Certified General Accountant Bookkeeping, Audit, Payroll, HST. Set up & Training. E-File

TAX 250-477-4601 PENNIE’$ BOOKKEEPING Services for small business.

Simply/Quickbooks. No time to get that paperwork done? We do data-entry, GST, payroll, year-end prep, and training.

250-661-1237

CARPENTRY

AT&T ELECTRIC. Renovations. Residential & Commercial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.

EXPERIENCED ELECTRICIAN. Reasonable rates. 250744-6884. Licence #22202.

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm.

Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small.

Kendra, 250-415-7991.

WATTS ON ELECTRIC, Residential, Commercial, Renovations. #100213. 250-418-1611.

CLEANING SERVICES

EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

HOUSEKEEPER EXPERIENCED, reliable. References.

250-920-6516, 250-881-7444.

BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini excavator & bob cat services.

Call 250-478-8858.

COMPUTER SERVICES A HOME COMPUTER Coach.

Senior friendly. Computer lessons, maintenance and problem solving. Des, 250-6569363, 250-727-5519.

CONTRACTORS CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood floor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877

DRAFTING & DESIGN DESIGN FOR PERMIT. w w w. i n t e gra d e s i g n i n c . c o m Call Steven (250) 381-4123.

DRYWALL AARON’S RENO’S Drywall, taping, texture. Insured/bonded. Free est. 250-880-0525.

DRYWALL PROFESSIONAL: Small additions, boarding, taping, repairs, texture spraying, consulting. Soundproof installation;bath/moisture resistance products. Call 250.384.5055.

Petrucci’s Drywall.

NO JOB too BIG or SMALL. SENIOR’S SPECIAL! Prompt, reliable service. Phone Mike (ANYTIME) at 250-216-7502.

OAK BAY Student Lawns Quality, Reliable, Affordable!

(778)350-3739. oakbaylawns@gmail.com

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $35/hr.

Work Guaranteed. Any size job.

(250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

CUSTOM PLANER- (Fir, cedar) baseboards, casings, crown molding (any shape).

Call (250)588-5920.

SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning.

Affordable, Experienced, Reliable, Efficient. (250)508-1018

LANDSCAPE & TREE Fruit/hedges/pruning. Lawn & garden. Maint. 18 yrs exp.

WCB. Andrew, (250)893-3465.

FENCING ALL TYPES of fencing, repairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.

FURNITURE REFINISHING FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & delivery.

References available.

250-475-1462.

250-889-5794.

DIAMOND DAVE Gutter Cleaning. Thorough Job at a Fair Price! Repairs, gutter guard, power/window washing, roof de-moss.

Free no obligation estimates.

GUTTER CLEANING, repairs, de-mossing. Windows, power washing. 250-478-6323.

GARDENING AURICLE Lawns- cln up lawn garden hedge pruning soil tests & fertilize. (250)882-3129

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter cleaning, repairs, upgrades & maintenance. WCB, Free est. 250-881-2440.

20% OFF! Pruning, Hedge & Shrub Trimming, Soil/Mulch (2 cu yd), Hauling. 250-479-6495 ARE YOU in need of a professional, qualified, residential or commercial gardener? www. glenwood gardenworks.com DPM SERVICES: lawn/gard, cleanups, pruning, hedges, landscapes, irrigation, pwr washing, gutters 15yrs. 250883-8141.

#1 JUNK Removal & Hauling.

Free estimates. Cheapest in town. Same day emergency removal. Call 250-818-4335. lalondejeff62@yahoo.ca $20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc.

Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

GET RID OF IT TODAY:)

GUTTER CLEANING. Repairs, Maintenance, Gutterguard, Leaf traps. Grand Xterior Cleaning Services. WCB Insured. Call 250-380-7778.

J&L GARDENING Specialty yard clean-up and maintenance.

Master gardeners.

John or Louise (250)891-8677

HAULING AND SALVAGE

CA$H for CAR$

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

250-888-JUNK www.888junk.com CAPTAIN JUNK. Free est.

Satisfaction guar. Same day removal. Call 250-813-1555.

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all.

Call 250-361-6164.

FAMILY MAN Hauling.

Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs.

250-920-8463.

✭BUBBA’’S HAULING✭ Honest & on time. Demolition, construction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, topsoil, mulch), garden waste removal, mini excavator, bob cat service.(250)478-8858.

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on local moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.

DIAMOND MOVING. 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr.

Call 250-220-0734.

PAINTING A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wallcoverings. Over 25 yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.

BIG BEAR Painting & Handyman Services. No job too small. Free Estimates. Senior discounts. Barry 250-896-6071 Donerightpainting.net Satisfaction guar. WCB cov. 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-813-1555.

SAFEWAY PAINTING

SUMMIT IRRIGATION. Highly Respected Van company now in Victoria! Pro Irrigation & Water Services. 250-883-1041

HANDYPERSONS

High quality, Organized.

Interior/Exterior Residential/Commercial Jeff, 250-472-6660 Cell 250-889-7715 Member BBB

Peacock Painting

SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount.

Brad 250-217-9578.

CBS MASONRY BBB A+ Accredited Business. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flagstone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Patios, Sidewalk Repair. Replace, Rebuild, Renew!

“Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. Call (250)294-9942 or 250-589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com

FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.

FREE ESTIMATES. Reasonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICESRepair, maintenance & install. 250-360-7663.

PLASTERING PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, old world texturing, coves, fireplaces. Bob, 250-642-5178.

PRESSURE WASHING DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates.

250-744-8588, Norm.

STUCCO/SIDING PATCHES, ADDITIONS, restucco, renos, chimney, waterproofing. Bob, 250-642-5178.

RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50 years experience. Free estimates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

TILING A1. SHAWN The Tile GuyRes/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos.

250-686-6046

UPHOLSTERY UPHOLSTERER work. Your fabric 250-480-7937.

or

NEEDS mine.

WINDOW CLEANING

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.

QUALITY WORK. All Renos & Repairs. Decks, Suites, Drywall, Painting. 250-818-7977.

MOVING & STORAGE

IRRIGATION/SPRINKLER SYSTEMS

RENO MEN. Ref’s. BBB. Free Estimates. Call 250-8859487. Photos: renomen.biz

BIG BEAR Handyman & Painting Services. No job too small. Free Estimates. Senior discounts. Barry 250-896-6071

ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d & Professional. Chimneys, Brick Veneer, Rockwork, Cultured Stone, Interlocking Paving.

Fully insured. Estimates. Call 250-588-9471 - 250-882-5181

250-652-2255 250-882-2254 WRITTEN GUARANTEE Budget Compliance

15% SENIORS DISCOUNT

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.

Windows, Gutters, Sweeping Roofs, Pressure Washing, Roof Demossing. Call 250361-6190.

GLEAMING WINDOWS Gutters+De-moss. Free estimate.

18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB. GLEAMING WINDOWS Gutters+De-moss. Free estimate.

18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.

A20 • www.oakbaynews.com

Friday, March 23, 2012 - OAK

Select your home.

Select your mortgage.

This Weekend’s

OPENHOUSES

Oak Bay 250-370-7601 Victoria 250-483-1360 Westshore 250-391-2933 Sidney 250-655-0632 Chatterton Way 250-479-0688 www.vericoselect.com

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Lynnell Davidge, 250-477-7291

pg. 25

Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Adrian Langereis 250 744-3301

pg. 37

pg. 38

Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

2226 Windsor, $879,000

7-704 Rockheights, $565,900

1086 Totemwood, $829,000

638 Ralph St, $449,000

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheri Crause, 250-592-4422

Saturday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Ltd Eleanor V Smith 250 388-5882

Saturday 2-4 MacDonald Realty Lorraine Stundon 250 812-0642

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Keith Watson 250 744-3301

Sunday 3:30-5:30 Fair Realty Bianca Rose 250 360-7599

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Ed G Sing, 250-744-3301

Saturday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Rosemarie Colterman 250 384-7663

Daily exc Friday 2-4 Newport Realty Blair Watling 250 385-2033

pg. 8

Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess 250 384-8124

101-1501 Richmond Rd, $299,900

204-1539 Morrison, $269,900

Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Craig Walters, 250-744-3301

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Philip Illingworth, 250-477-7291

pg. 16

1005-225 Belleville, $649,900 Saturday 2-4 Sutton West Coast Hiro Nakatani 250 661-4476

pg. 39

Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Marc Owen-Flood, 250--385-2033

Daily Noon-5 exc Fridays Concert Properties 250 383-3722 pg. 7

pg. 12

pg. 9

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Murray Lawson 250 385-9814

3108 Mars St, $558,000

pg. 22

pg. 25

Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Mike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100

Saturday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Lenna Dallen, 250 479-3333

720 Linden Ave.

pg. 15

pg. 5

Sunday 1-3 Newport Realty David Harvey, 250-385-2033

Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Gary Bazuik, 250-477-5353

pg. 6

6-920 Caledonia St, $439,000 Sunday 1-3 Newport Realty Patricia Parkins, 250-385-2033

pg. 6

pg. 6

pg. 6

pg. 17

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Susan Carley, 250-477-7291

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Susan Carley, 250-477-7291

pg. 9

pg. 16

Saturday 12-2 Pemberton Holmes Joseph Martin, 250-361-8167

pg. 25

pg. 25

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Realty Don Beckner 250 477-5353

Sunday 2-4 MacDonald Realty Lorraine Stundon 250 812-0642

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Alliance David Rusen, 250-386-8875

pg. 16

Sunday 2-4 Fair Realty Ray Kong, 250-590-7011

pg. 38

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Shelley Saldat, 250 384-8124

Saturday 11-1 & Sunday 1-3 Jonesco Real Estate Wayne Garner 250 881-8111 pg. 7

441 Victoria, $929,000 pg. 17

1482 Thurlow, $649,900

877 Newport, $969,000

1370 Craigflower, $429,000

Sunday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Tom Croft 250 592-4422

Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Tim Taddy 250 592-8110

Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Judy Campbell 250 744-3301

pg. 13

pg. 25

Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Deborah Kline 250 661-7680

Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Guy Crozier 250-744-3301

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Ross Shortreed, 250-858-3585 pg. 20

pg. 20

pg. 6

pg. 36

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Saturday 1-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Patti Locke-Lewkowich 250 477-7291

pg. 22

pg. 22

pg. 21

201-651 Jolly, $199,900

pg. 14

1877A Feltham Rd, $599,900 pg. 17

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Rick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Blair Watling 250 385-2033

2377 Henry Ave, $639,000

426-9882 Fifth St, $279,900 Saturday 11-1 Holmes Realty Ltd. Steven Klipper, 250-656-0911 Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Gary Anderson, 250-744-3301

pg. 26

9876 Seventh St, 539,000 pg. 8

pg. 38

70-530 Marsett Pl, $614,900 Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Josh Verbruggen, 250-848-2887

pg. 23

9045 Lochside Dr, $975,000 pg. 15

pg. 13

5202-2829 Arbutus, $539,000 Saturday 12-2 RE/MAX Camosun Karen Jensen, 250-744-3301

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Roxanne Brass, 250-744-3301

pg. 9

Saturday 2-4 Holmes Realty Steven Klipper, 250-656-0911

pg. 20 Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Diana Winger 250-999-3683

pg. 14

916 Grilse, $889,000 Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Diana Winger 250-999-3683

570 O’Connell Pl, $469,900

pg. 23

7161 West Saanich, $269,900 Daily 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Don King 250 656-4626

4744 Interurban

9-520 Marsett, $589,700 pg. 17

pg. 23

107-10160 Third, $259,000 Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty May Hamilton, 250-477-5353

68 Regina, $419,900

Saturday 3-5 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Joseph Martin, 250 474-4176 pg. 24

Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Mary Beaumont 250 889-2233

528 Walter Ave, $439,900

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Lorraine Williams, 250-216-3317

20-934 Boulderwood, $579,900 Sunday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Sharen Warde 250 592-4422

pg. 23

9336 Maryland Sunday 11:30-1:30 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty May Hamilton, 250-477-5353

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Bruce Hatter, 250-744-3301

102-820 Short Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Luisa Celis, 250-477-1100

pg. 37

203-2440 Oakville, $299,000 Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess 250 384-8124

23-901 Kentwood Ln, $449,000

pg. 23

9216 Mainwaring, $589,900 Saturday 12-1:30 Re/Max Camosun Adrian Langereis 250 744-3301

pg. 36

pg. 22

2577 Heron Way, $159,900 Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Eileen Jespersen, 250-686-4820

4921 Prospect

934 Craigflower, $419,000 Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess 250 384-8124

Saturday 1-3 Fair Realty Bianca Rose 250-360-7599

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Jasmin Gerwien, 250-384-8124

pg. 18

pg. 23

pg. 8

204-1196 Sluggett, $242,000 pg. 19

4665 Amblewood Dr

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Dale Sheppard 250-478-9600

104-7701 Central Saanich Rd, $142,000 Saturday 11:30-1:30 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty May Hamilton, 250-477-5353

pg. 20

4032 Malton, $1,150,000 pg. 14

pg. 21

949 Doumac, $499,000

Saturday 2-4 One Percent Realty Vancouver Island James Andersen, 250-213-3710

4674 Lochside, $1,048,000

544 Paradise

pg. 17

pg. 13

pg. 54010001

3482 Bethune Ave., $469,500 pg. 19

Saturday 2-4 Holmes Realty Ltd. Steven Klipper, 250-656-0911

1708 Carnegie, $549,900

Sunday 12:30-2:30 Fair Realty Bianca Rose 250-360-7599

3880 Synod, $499,900

Saturday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Brian Andrew 250 592-4422

Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Judy Campbell 250 744-3301

Sunday 2-3:30 Newport Realty Rick Allen, 250-385-2033

pg. 37

pg. 6

909 Lucas Ave, $584,900

pg. 35

pg. 19

1990 Haultain, $609,000

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty John Monkhouse 250 385-2033

202-2589 Penrhyn, $349,900

1143 Lugrin, $460,000

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Bruce Hatter, 250-744-3301

Saturday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Cheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 21

pg. 38

pg. 6

Saturday 3-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

8761 Pender Park Dr, $799,000 pg. 5

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Kevin Starling 250 889-4577

1366 Craigflower, $569,900

1145 Johnson, $469,000

502-2829 Arbutus, $699,900

pg. 21

4942 Cordova Bay, $1,049,000

946 Shearwater

34 Phillippa Pl, $969,900 Saturday 3-4 Pemberton Holmes Stacey Dewhurst 250 384-8124

Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Suzanne Mitchell, 250-477-7291

pg. 18

25-909 Admirals, $379,000

451 Chester Saturday & Sunday 1-4 RE/MAX Camosun Mark Lawless, 250-744-3301

1 Cadboro Heights Pl, $479,900

Saturday 1-3 Coldwell Banker Slegg Realty Sonya Stewart, 250-516-5008

pg. 12

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Glen Myles, 250-385-2033

Saturday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Mike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100

Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jeff Bishop, 250-474-6003

pg. 23

pg. 19

660 Birch Rd, $577,000 pg. 21

Sunday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291

Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty May Hamilton, 250-477-5353

2830 Parkview, $543,000

205-1870 McKenzie Ave, $225,000

13-1182 Colville, $425,900

577 Toronto St

1810 Hollywood Cres., $875,000 Saturday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd. Mike Ryan 250-477-1100

pg. 18

305-1083 Tillicum, $289,900

807-66 Songhees, $629,900

305-649 Bay, $242,900 Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Julie Rust 250 477-1100

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Robert Buckle 250 385-2033

404-104 Dallas Rd, $429,900

208-305 Michigan, $185,000 Saturday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291

pg. 17

1021 Craigdarroch, $739,000

402-1000 McClure Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Dave Bhandar, 250-384-8124

Sunday 2-4 Boorman’s Rod Hay 250-595-1535

pg. 1

Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Roxanne Brass, 250-744-3301

pg. 13

2239 Shelbourne St, $369,000

Saturday 2:00-4:00 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd. Alison Stoodley 250-477-1100

2182 Weiler, $379,000

4682 Scottswood, $499,000

309-1012 Collinson St, $299,000

pg. 22

pg. 14

3401 Clovelly Court, $544,900

2624 Arbutus Rd, $699,900

301-380 Waterfront, $569,625 pg. 8

pg. 12

pg. 39

22-127 Aldersmith Pl, $469,000 pg. 6

Sunday 1-3 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091

2051 Brethour Pkwy, $424,500

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Bill Bird 250 655-0608

Sunday 2-4 Kroppmann Realty Dale Kroppmanns 250-478-0808

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Roy Coburn, 250-812-1989

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty May Hamilton, 250-477-5353

303-7143 West Saanich

103-101 Nursery Hill, $319,900

6-920 Caledonia Ave, $439,000 pg. 7

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Tara Niedoba 250 857-0178

pg. 6

1750 Tiffin Plc., $549,900

pg. 18

172 Levista, $699,900

402-11 Cooperage, $448,000

Saturday 1-3 Newport Realty David Harvey, 250-385-2033

Saturday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Realty Rich Humphries 250 592-4422

8-127 Aldersmith, $459,900 pg. 11

481 Ker

1711 Christmas, $615,000

pg. 14

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Marsha Crawford 250 889-8200

pg. 36

360-4488 Chatterton pg. 21

pg. 6

736 Falkland, $1,060,000

405-1235 Johnson, $173,000

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rick Hoogendoorn, 250-592-4422

Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Lynn MacDonald 250 479-3333

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Ivica Kalabric 250 384-8124

205-2125 Oak Bay, $346,500 Saturday 2-4 Sutton West Coast Hiro Nakatani 250 661-4476

pg. 20

778 Cameo, $599,900

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Suzanne Mitchell, 250-477-7291

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Cassie Kangas 250 477-7291

Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Norma Campbell, 250-477-5353

pg. 16

2120 Kings, $749,999

3-828 Rupert Terrace

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Nicholas Bardon, 250-686-5064

pg. 37

305-820 Short St, $349,888

104-1450 Beach Dr, $325,000

754 Humboldt, $198,900

1356/1350 McNair St

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 RE/MAX Camosun Mark Lawless, 250-744-3301

pg. 16

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jeff Bishop, 250-474-6003

3-727 Linden Ave

1020 Richardson Saturday & Sunday 1-4 RE/MAX Camosun Mark Lawless, 250-744-3301

pg. 18

101-1807 Oak Bay Ave

2820 Wyndeatt, $399,000

604-75 Songhees, $679,000

Mar. 22-28 edition of

203-1120 Fairfield Rd, $395,000

1121 Fort, $183,900

209-835 View, $159,900 Saturday 2-4 Sutton West Coast Realty Jonas Solberg 250 479-3333

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the

309-930 North Park, $224,900

1211-160 Wilson, $694,000

Check the page number below in Real Estate Victoria or visit www.revweekly.com

Published Every Thursday

1306 Richardson St, $669,000

C-707 Linden, $419,900

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Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Lee Johnston, 250-478-9600

2368 Oakville pg. 5

Sunday 11-1 Holmes Realty Ltd. Steven Klipper, 250-656-0911

pg. 23

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This Weekend’s

OPENHOUSES

Check the page number below in Real Estate Victoria or visit www.revweekly.com

Published Every Thursday

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the Mar.22-28 edition of

1058 Marchant, $399,900

28-2070 Amelia Ave, $239,500

907 Dawn Lane, $565,000

1001 Wild Ridge Way

2735 Cornerstone Trc

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Frances Wade, 250-656-0131

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Gary Bazuik, 250-477-5353

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Jerry Bola 857-0178

Saturday 12:30-2 SmartMove Real Estate Blair Veenstra 250-380-6683

pg. 23

pg. 23

1632 Barrett Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Jim Bailey, 250-592-4422

pg. 23

1826 Millstream Rd

8-2070 Amelia, $305,000 Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Shane King, 250-744-3301

pg. 26

pg. 35

10929 Boas Rd, $859,000 Sunday 2-4 Holmes Realty Steven Klipper, 250-656-0911 Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Alliance Jim Parsons, 250-382-1816

pg. 23

Sunday 2-4 JonesCo Real Estate Inc. Ian Heath 250-655-7653

pg. 3

970 Birch Rd, $550,000 Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Judy Gerrett, 250-656-0131

pg. 22

pg. 35

pg. 38

Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Karen Jensen, 250-744-3301

pg. 38

Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Fran Jeffs, 250-744-3301

pg. 27

117-643 Granderson, $369,000 pg. 23

7951 Larkvale Rd, $785,000 Sunday 12-2 Holmes Realty Ltd. James Bridge, 250-656-0911

Saturday 1-4 DFH Real Estate Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003

631 Glacier Ridge, $499,900

1950 Polo Park Cl Saturday & Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Henry Van der Vlugt 250-477-7291

pg. 26

3522 Promenade

2139-2600 Ferguson, $299,000 Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

Sunday 2-4 Kroppmann Realty Dale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808

974 Moss Ridge, $629,900

590 Seacliffe, $719,900

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Gregg Mah 250 384-8124

pg. 32

2200 Harrow Gate, $629,000 pg. 22

2324 Hoylake Cres, $418,900

2154 Nicklaus Dr

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ron Bahrey, 250-477-7291

pg. 28

3334 Myles Mansell Rd., $409,000

101-2600 Peatt, $344,900

Saturday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Blair Veenstra 250-360-6683

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Mark McDougall 250 888-8588

pg. 26

987 Ironwood, $729,900

557 Delora, $519,900

Saturday 12-2 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448

Sunday 2-4 Coldwell Banker Slegg Realty Barbara Scott, 250-383-1500

pg. 26

pg. 38

Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Anke Venema, 250-477-1100

pg. 26

Daily 12-4 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124

pg. 40

pg. 10

2167 Pyrite Dr, $314,500

2589 Buckler, $479,900 pg. 10

Saturday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Justine Connor 250 474-4800

pg. 37

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Brendan Herlihy, 250-642-3240

1204 Muirfield, $829,900 pg. 27

662 Goldstream Ave., $249,900

608 Fairway Ave. $329,900

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Jim Reslein 250 384-8124

pg. 26

Daily 1-4 Kahl Realty Jason Kahl 250-391-8484

Daily 1:30-4:00 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd. Jennifer Scheck 250-477-1100

pg. 15

3292 Mary Anne, $499,900

593 Latoria, $285,000

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Shirley Zailo 250-478-4828

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124

pg. 27

620 Lomax, $1,275,000

3363 Mary Anne, $499,900

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Bruce Warburton 250-893-0117

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Shirley Zailo 250-478-4828

pg. 27

2954 Golden Spike, $334,900

3431 Luxton, $699,900

Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Ray Kong, 250-590-7011

Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Shirley Zailo 250-478-4828

pg. 38

584 Kingsview Ridge, $514,900

3436 Mary Anne Cres

Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Shirley Zailo 250-478-4828

Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Julie Demelo, 250-479-3333

pg. 27

pg. 5

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Bruce Hatter, 250-744-3301

pg. 14

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Curtis Lindsay 250 744-3301

pg. 27

pg. 27

Sunday 1:30-3:30 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Morley Bryant, 250-477-5353

pg. 27

pg. 29

pg. 28

957 Shawnigan Lake, $319,900

2839 Acacia Dr, $442,900 Saturday 2-4 Kroppmann Realty Dale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808

1629 Jersey Rd., $479,900 Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Farrell Magnusson 250-477-7291

867 Arncote, $449,900

Thurs & Fri 1-4 & Sat & Sun 11-4 Coldwell Banker Slegg Realty Daniel Weiss 250 383-1500

pg. 30

pg. 26

1622 Millstream, $799,900 pg. 26

Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Komal Dodd 250 479-3333

2298 Setchfield, $587,500

563 Brant Pl

Saturday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Diego Lauricella, 250-479-3333

Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Fran Jeffs, 250-744-3301

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes David Hale, 250-812-7277

pg. 28

pg. 40

pg. 2

Sudoku

21. In any manner at all 22. Large tropical carnivorous lizards 26. Up and out of bed 28. Readily seen or understood 32. Respects 36. Clearance, fire or garage 38. A list of names 40. Sealed (abbr.)

41. Lubricated 42. Squash bug genus 43. Sales line 44. Feel aversion toward 45. Cain’s brother 49. The cry made by sheep 50. An arbitrageur 54. Atomic #41

To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number 1 to 9 must appear in: • Each of the nine vertical columns • Each of the nine horizontal rows • Each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes

Remember no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

Today’s Solution

DOWN 1. A later idea 2. Jabs 3. Hello 4. Frost a cake 5. Decaliter 6. Genus Gallinago birds 7. Auspices 8. A short-lived fashion 9. This (Spanish) 10. Bambi and her mom 11. Emphasized a syllable 13. Limit the inheritance of a property 16. 2nd month (abbr.)

17. Wyatt __, OK Corral 19. Given with gold & muhr

pg. 29

pg. 27

2683 Lakehurst, $425,000

22-3049 Brittany, $339,900 pg. 37

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Jacqueline Baker, 250-384-8124

2620 Bamboo, $679,900

31. Kilometers per hour 33. Of, French 34. Atomic #50 35. Body of poetry 37. Spanish cubist painter Juan 39. Grandmothers 41. City of The Un. of the Punjab 43. A roll of parchment 44. What a ghost does 46. Looked intently 47. Swedish rock group 48. Don’t know when yet 51. Hostelries 52. Golf ball holders 53. With a sincere intent 55. Alicante’s 7th largest city 56. A disorderly crowd

Today’s Answers

Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Komal Dodd 250 479-3333

304-611 Brookside, $198,000

Crossword

ACROSS 1. Plant louses 7. Breezed through 11. A native of Africa 12. Goidelic 13. External 14. __ Lilly, drug company 15. Fence entrance 16. Enclosed yard 18. Drug company 20. Food consumers 21. Strongly disinclined 23. Small goose 24. Launched Apollo 25. Soft stem center 26. Longest river in Ayrshire 27. Sodium 29. Lion sign 30. Southwest Airlines (abbr.)

pg. 27

678 Augusta Pl, $529,900

3436 Aloha Ave, $699,900

870 Falkirk Ave.

pg. 13

1616 Millstream, $799,900

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Translating atre and has been able to stay at the cutting edge of science journalism simply by News staff coming to interviews prepared. He writes about science news using standard tenets rmed only with ginger ale, a bowl of good storytelling: settings, characters, and a candle, Bob McDonald won plot lines and tension. over a cafeteria full of young stuSince his days working at the Ontario dents.

Science Centre in the 1970s, where he was McDonald recalls demonstrating an occasionally asked to comment on local “invisible fire extinguisher,” using the carnews programs, McDonald has demonbon dioxide in pop fizz to extinguish a strated a knack for engaging these skills flame. This is among the tricks Canada’s and translating complex scientific hapbest-known science journalist has used to penings into terms the general public can get children interested in understand. the basic principles of sci“It’s not about me,” he “I see myself as ence. said. “It’s about the stories.

“You can introduce kids I just happen to have an a translator between to the most complicated entertaining way of telling people who speak subjects, but as long as the stories that people like. you bring them into it in a … As journalists we offer a foreign language very straight forward way, stories. We’re not handing – science – and the they’ll stay with you,” said out PhDs; we’re entertainMcDonald, who relocated ing people.” person on the street.” from Toronto to Victoria Larry Yore, a retired dis– Bob McDonald last summer. tinguished professor from “You’ve got to make it the University of Victoria’s look magical and then say, ‘No, it’s not department of curriculum and instrucmagic; it’s science. Science can be magical tion and expert in the field of science and it’s wonderful.” education research, sympathizes with the The host of several past children’s teletask laid on journalists when it comes to vision shows and CBC’s long-running radio reporting on scientific matters. science program, Quirks & Quarks, McDon“If you’re not aware of the subtle differald doesn’t limit using fun to just teaching ences in how scientists use language and kids. how we, as lay people, use language, you He studied English, philosophy and thefrequently miss the message that is being

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“As an interface between those communities, (journalists) are constantly looking for ways in which you can keep the spirit of the message, but get it across in lay

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McDonald doesn’t limit what topics he’ll cover, but during his formative years he followed early space exploration. That contributed to a lifelong passion for everything extraterrestrial.

Medical science, however, has presented some challenges, he admits, particularly around some of the physiological terminology.

“There’s a difference between being stupid and being ignorant,” McDonald said. “I see myself as a translator between people who speak a foreign language – science – and the person on the street. Sometimes when I get a guest who (falls back on) scientific jargon, I’ll stop the tape and say we have to speak in plain English. … It’s not dumbing it down. It’s clarifying. It’s making it clear, so that it’s understandable because that’s our job.”

With with help of three producers, McDonald continues to produce Quirks & Quarks from the basement of his home in Victoria’s Fairfield neighbourhood.

McDonald was honoured with the Order of Canada in 2011 and holds six honorary degrees from Canadian universities. He has published several books, including “Measuring the Earth with a Stick: Science as I’ve Seen It,” a collection of essays recounting his experiences as a science journalist. nnorth@saanichnews.com

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