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After developing Loreen Place, a 52-unit, belowmarket rate rental apartment on Gorge Road, Alanna Holroyd, right, is turning management of the building over to her business partner, Kaye Melliship, executive director of the Greater Victoria Housing Society.

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n March 1, with no media fanfare, a new below-market apartment building quietly started accepting tenants.

The 52-unit building at 21 Gorge Rd. E. marks a new beginning for the site, which housed the notorious Capri Motel until its demolition in 2009.

For developer Alanna Holroyd, its successful completion proves rental housing

can be achieved with only modest capital grants and no ongoing rental subsidies.

She named the building Loreen Place after her mother, Loreen Vandekerkhove.

“She was raised poor and she remembers it quite well,” says Holroyd, who created the non-profit Greater Victoria Rental Development Society in 2009.

She secured a $9.8-million loan to construct the building with only $740,000 in grants up front.

“In the business world, that is unheard of,” she says.

Traditionally, developers have needed to raise 50 per cent of the cost to get a loan.

Touring through one of the unrented units, Holroyd proudly points to the wide, white baseboards. “We really put thought into if we’d want to live here.”

Her desire for a beyond-the-basics facility has fuelled a good-humoured tug-ofwar between Holroyd, the idealist, and her business partner, Kaye Melliship, the pragmatist.

“We’re going to reduce some of the extras in our next building,” says Melliship, executive director of the Greater Victoria Housing Society, which manages and co-owns Loreen Place.

“You have to be very realistic about the cost of maintaining the building.”

“But then it wouldn’t be so nice!” argues Holroyd.

With a grin she adds: “See how we work well together?”

A public-interest hearing began Tuesday (March 27) in Ottawa to determine whether military police investigations following the suicide death of a Canadian solider were inadequate and biased.

Sheila and Shaun Fynes of Victoria lodged an extensive complaint with the Military Police Complaints Commission on Jan. 18, 2011, against 13 investigators and officials within the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service, a branch of the military police.

The parents of Cpl. Stuart Langridge, who took his own life on March 15, 2008 at CFB Edmonton after multiple suicide attempts, charge that the goal of the investigations into their son’s death was to clear military personnel of failing to prevent his death.

Langridge, who served tours of duty in Bosnia and Afghanistan, had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.

“We just felt the National Investigation Service was very protective of the uniform, of the military,” Sheila Fynes said last weekend before leaving to attend the hearing.

She and her husband were told the outcomes of the investigations, but they were not satisfied with the results.

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Climbing cat Karen Boot was taking a photo of rhododendron blooms at the Abkhazi Garden open house Saturday when a precocious kitten decided it wanted to be in the picture. The cat entertained visitors by popping out of the garden and watching the ducks and turtles in the pond.

If it’s spring, it must be time for farmers and other food producers and vendors to bring out their wares and offer them for sale in Market Square.

The Victoria Downtown Farmers’ Market opens up in the courtyard next Wednesday (April 4) from noon to 5 p.m.

The mid-week mainstay, billed as a “foodie” market, runs from April through October and features seasonal, locally grown produce.

The Victoria Downtown Public Market Society, which stages the weekly event, is coming off a successful winter market season and recently held a Love a Farmer film screening and speaking event at Canoe Brewpub.

For information about the society and markets, and to find links to local food websites, visit victoriapublicmarket.com. editor@vicnews.com

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A rescue effort is underway to protect rare plants at Esquimalt’s Macaulay Park Erin McCracken News staff

In an effort to protect two rare plant species, CFB Esquimalt recently fenced off large parcels of Macaulay Point Park in Esquimalt.

Sections of the 5.5-hectare waterfront park, which the Township has been permitted by the base to use since 1991, were cordoned off with 800 metres of cedar split-rail fencing over the past two weeks by Trident Marine Contracting of Saanich.

A network of walking trails and historic military landmarks can still be accessed, but some beach areas and shortcut paths have been permanently closed to the public.

The fencing project is essentially a rescue mission to safeguard the purple sanicle (Sanicula bipinnatifida) and the yellow dense-flowered lupine (Lupinus densiflorus), which are both listed under the federal Species at Risk Act. “We have done four years of fairly extensive survey work, and what we have noticed is a decline in the numbers of individual (plants),” said Tracy Cornforth, a civilian environment officer at CFB Esquimalt.

The base’s environment team ordered the construction of the $50,000 fence to meet its legal obligations under the Species at Risk Act, or potentially be charged or fined by Environment Canada, which administers the act.

Over the years, park users have strayed from formal trails, carving out a network of informal pathways and causing soil compaction and erosion. Dogs have dug holes – the park is an offleash area – and dirt has been moved to create bicycle jumps, despite a no-bikes rule.

“In some cases, we have plants that get directly trampled from foot traffic, from bike use, from dogs,” Cornforth said. “So the fences will hopefully provide some clarity to the user as far as where they are permitted to go and where it’s too sensitive and it causes harm.”

About 3,000 individual purple sanicles and 1,500 individual dense-flowered lupines, which are both associated with Garry oak ecosystems, were counted at the park in 2011.

The lupines, which are endangered and at imminent risk of extinction, can only be found

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CFB Esquimalt civilian environment officer Tracy Cornforth leans on a new fence at Macaulay Point Park. The enclosures were erected to protect two endangered plant species, the dense-flowered lupine (right) and the purple sanicle (inset). Flower photo credit: Department of National Defence. at three locations in Canada. The largest population is at Macaulay Point Park, while the others are on the Dallas Road bluffs and the Trial Islands.

The purple sanicles grow at 20 sites in Canada.

Macaulay Point’s population is second in size to the grouping at CFB Esquimalt’s Albert Head Training Centre in Metchosin.

The environment team began surveying rare plant species at the Point 10 years ago, before the Species at Risk Act came into effect in 2003.

“We knew it was coming. We knew there would be federal responsibilities for us,” Cornforth said.

A study commissioned in 2009 by the Township of Esquimalt recommended that formal trails in the park be closed, certain sections be designated as conservation areas and only on-trail use be permitted, she said.

The Township hosted an open house in 2009 to elicit feedback about park accessibility.

“What we’ve been doing since 2009 is working with (the base’s environment team) on how they want to go about finding that common ground between human interaction and natural space,” said Scott Hartman, Esquimalt director of parks and recreation services. “Instead of banning dogs from Macaulay Point Park, it’s a matter, now, of trying to protect those areas.”

Some dog owners who bring their pets to the park expressed mixed feelings about the tighter restrictions.

Saanich resident Kate Lecompte, who regularly walks her two dogs in the park, said she understands the need to protect the endangered plants. Still, she said, she would have preferred more notice about the fence installation and the

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Esquimalt dog owner Scot Carder also understands the need for protective measures, given the volume of dog traffic at the park.

“There’s still lots of areas where (dogs) can burn around at the park,” he said. “(The fencing) will give that area a rest.”

By sectioning off the park, the environment team hopes the rare plants will become more robust, flower and reproduce.

“We’re hoping that population, at a bare minimum, stops declining, and secondly, that it remains stable, and, ideally, that it recovers,” Cornforth said, adding that won’t be possible without protective measures.

“Once they’re gone, they’re gone.”

Inquiries about the fencing project can be emailed to CFB Esquimalt’s public affairs department at cfbesquimalt@shaw.ca. emccracken@vicnews.com

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■ The Township of Esquimalt and CFB Esquimalt are negotiating to renew an agreement allowing the public to use Macaulay Point Park for recreational and historic interest purposes. First signed in 1991, the agreement has been typically renewed every five years.

Although Thomas Mulcair was Denise Savoie’s third choice for leader of the NDP, she was right beside him when the fourth ballot results confirmed his victory.

“I decided that on the fourth ballot to go and support him openly and publicly,” said the Victoria member of parliament. “He was pleased that a number of MPs walked over to his campaign.”

On March 24, 33,881 party members, representing 57 per cent, voted for Thomas Mulcair on the fourth and final ballot. Runner up Brian Topp received 25,329 votes.

Before the votes were cast, both Savoie and fellow local MP Randall Garrison (Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca) backed Peggy Nash for leader.

Savoie, who later went with Nathan Cullen when Nash bowed out, said afterward that the party had picked a “really good leader.”

“I think he’s a guy who is principled, energetic, and I think he’s fluidly bilingual (which) I don’t think we’ve seen from a leader in Canada for a long time,” she said. “To me, he seems to have a very strong environmental platform, and for me, that’s always been key.”

While Mulcair has weak ties to Western Canada, he has a sister who lives on Vancouver Island.

“I have hopes that he will understand the issues (that face the West),” Savoie said.

“The leader isn’t meant to understand all the issues. That’s why we elect people from across Canada. That’s certainly something that I’m going to do in my meetings with him.” rholmen@vicnews.com

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“It seems right and wise on Fisgard Street. She leads a group duced book looks at the to place arts and culture of 20 artists in a printmaking project to civic building’s architecat the centre of our city’s help celebrate the City of Victoria’s 150th ture and site development. celebration,” said Patrick anniversary. The finished works will be • Printmaking project: Corrigan, executive direc- displayed in a portfolio album.

Guided by Victoria Edgarr, tor of Pacific Opera Victostudio manager of Ground ria. case the Royal, one of the city’s Zero Printmakers Society, 20 art“Just as the arts celebrate and oldest performance venues, ists will each create an etching, investigate the widest range of with a behind-the-scenes look linocut or serigraph featuring human emotions and human at preparations for the opening historic Victoria places. experience, through this pro- night of Macbeth in September.

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Dealers mourn loss of cop bike contract Arizona company to provide 10 motorcycles Erin McCracken News staff

Motorcycle dealers in the Capital Region are disappointed with the Victoria Police Department’s recent choice to purchase 10 new bikes from a U.S. company.

Arizona Victory Motorcycles won out over four local dealers to replace the department’s aging fleet of bikes for $278,340, plus tax. The machines are expected to arrive by the first week in June.

The deal represents an enormous loss for the local economy, said Kerry Wilk, owner of Esquimalt-based Action Motorcycles.

It is the first time in about 35 years that VicPD is stocking its motorcycle fleet with bikes from outside Greater Victoria, said

Wilk, who supplied VicPD with 10 2003 Honda ST1300s in 2004 and bid this time around.

“I think it’s sad to see that kind of money leave the area,” he said. “And it wasn’t something that was that specialized where any one of us couldn’t have done (the work).”

The department’s choice is disappointing, agreed Andy White, general manager of SG Power, another of the local bidders.

“We’re a long-time established business. For us it’s personal,” he said. “Come through the shop, ... Show me what we do that’s not right for your fit. It’s just so frustrating.”

Victoria police brass stand by their decision.

“We, by law and police board policy, have to respect and follow a competitive process open to anyone who wanted to provide a proposal,” Insp. Andy Lacon, officer in charge of motorcycle operations, wrote in a statement. “That is why we could not

limit bids to only Victoria-based companies.

“In short, the Victory motorcycles best meet the operational and safety requirements as outlined in our (request for proposals) process, and they represent the best value for the Victoria Police Department.”

The motorcycles in each bid were rated on performance, safety features, load and storage capacity, emergency equipment, price and warranty, and service, among others.

The contract includes emergency equipment, a multi-year complete warranty for bikes and equipment, training, paint and decals.

Warranty work and maintenance will be done by a local company yet to be selected. Victoria police want the ability to access the vehicles when they are in the shop, Lacon said.

The department has been saving money for the purchase since 2004, he added. emccracken@vicnews.com

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In their complaint, the Fynes also say investigators failed to disclose that their son had left a suicide note, and withheld information from them.

The couple are scheduled to testify as witnesses during the hearing, which is expected to take 10 to 12 weeks.

In his announcement of the hearing schedule last week, complaints commission chair Glenn Stannard said the proceedings would be â&#x20AC;&#x153;complex, lengthy and demanding,â&#x20AC;? and would â&#x20AC;&#x153;involve

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The commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job is to investigate complaints about military police conduct, and can make recommendations for

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The hearing continues April 3 to 26, then resume on May 7. emccracken@vicnews.com

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Students applaud restoration of service hours Fewer students will be left behind en route to UVic and Camosun Natalie North News staff

Dylan Sherlock says he’s lucky to live at the south end of the No. 4 bus route.

Just a few stops after he boards the morning bus headed to the University of Victoria, the bus reaches its capacity for riders leaving those who don’t share Sherlock’s good fortune waiting at the curb.

“A lot of days, just one bus will pass over 100 people,” said Sherlock, director of finance and operations for the UVic Students’ Society.

Between Sept. 1, 2011 and Jan. 31, 2012, transit drivers reported a total 29,296 pass-ups, with the vast majority of that number (20,448) on routes servicing Camosun College and UVic.

That trend is due to change after April 1.

B.C. Transit’s recent budget includes the restoration of 7,000 service hours cut last year to save funds lost from declining ridership. Approximately 5,000 hours are slated for the No. 4, 14, 16, 21 and 26 routes leading to UVic and/or Camosun campuses.

“We’re ecstatic,” said Sherlock. “We really feel like there’s this forward momentum making the transit system better for riders.”

Service hours were cut at a time when students were already concerned about late-night service, he added.

“Issues moved beyond extending transit hours for students towards, ‘Oh my God I can’t even get on a bus to go to my class in the morning.’ It feels like once again we’re moving in the right direction.”

While the restored hours are a big step in the right direction, student societies say more needs to be done to resolve tran-

sit issues affecting students.

“We need to remember that this still just brings us up to the level of service hours before those hours were cut,” said Camosun College Student Society external executive Madeline Keller-MacLeod. “And there were problems at that time as well.”

The next step, Keller-MacLeod said, will include identifying key transit corridors and implementing bus priority and high occupancy vehicle lanes – a challenge she put forward to the mayors of Saanich, Esquimalt, Sidney, Colwood and Victoria during the last Victoria Regional Transit Commission meeting.

“You hook them while they’re young,” Sherlock said.

“You get people on the bus while they’re going to university and it’ll become a part of their culture about how they approach transportation … On the flip side, if their experience is terrible, then students’ impressions of public transportation is going to be very different.” nnorth@saanichnews.com

University of Victoria Students’ Society director Dylan Sherlock cheers B.C. Transit’s decision to restore 7,000 hours of service to the system.

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Don’t try to be like Jack After Jack Layton died, everyone knew that whoever replaced him as federal leader of the NDP would have giant shoes to fill.

Layton’s talent for uniting the party and reaching out to people across the country made him a sort of folk legend, even before cancer stole him too soon at age 61.

Newly selected NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, the 57-year-old Quebecer who helped Layton transform the party from a virtual non-entity in that province to a substantial force, taking 58 of 75 seats in last year’s election, is clearly a leader of some repute.

What is also clear is he doesn’t have the charisma Layton had, and developed, as the Orange crush flattened the Liberal red machine to become the official Opposition to Stephen Harper’s Conservative majority in May 2011.

Mulcair, who was not the first choice as leader for Capital Region MPs Denise Savoie (Victoria) and Randall Garrison (EsquimaltJuan de Fuca) until the final ballot at the recent convention, has been a virtual unknown on the West Coast – unlike Layton – for all except diehard politics watchers.

But does a leader known for being prickly have to be the second coming of Layton to win the hearts and minds of people west of Thunder Bay? Harper has shown that a leader can come across to many as cold and calculating, yet still win a majority in parliament.

Let’s remember that even under Layton, the NDP won just 15 of 77 seats in the western provinces, including 12 in B.C. To win over non-NDP voters, it’ll take more than criss-crossing the country connecting with people, as Layton famously did – he visited Victoria more often than we might have expected for a Toronto MP. Mulcair will be put under the microscope about everything from his policies to his personality, by his supporters and critics alike, in the three years leading to the next election.

In that time, he must prove he is his own person, a leader who stands on his own feet.

And he must avoid handlers who would try to make him a kindler, gentler version of himself.

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

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Playful Portland can teach us some It took four visits, but I finally oriented than the rest of us. figured out what Portland has that The Urban Iditarod was in the rest of the Pacific Northwest progress on a recent Saturday lacks. afternoon. This race, It’s a sense of humour. very loosely based Victoria, Vancouver, on the Alaskan dog Seattle and Portland sled competition, sees all share West Coast teams pull decorated sensibilities, climate and shopping carts along inclinations. city streets and over The Oregon city, the city’s many bridges, though, is the only one with frequent stops for that makes us smile. liquid refreshments. I saw The city’s unofficial teams of pirates, doctors, slogan is ‘Keep Portland cartoon figures and even Don Denton Weird’ and boy, do penises, yes, penises.

A Thousand Words residents work hard at I asked the relaxed keeping it that way. young police officer I couldn’t find a motto for Greater sitting in his car watching the Victoria, but I’m sure it’s not along hoopla if the event was official. He the same lines. Nor do I think we’ll said no, though he thought they see any of the local mayors posing, could easily get a permit if they as did former Portland mayor Bud asked. He was just hoping that Clark, wearing only a raincoat and nobody would get hurt over the flashing a statue for a poster that next few hours until he was off shift read Expose Yourself to Art. and could let someone else take Not that long ago, Victoria care of the racers. council was arguing about whether Most Portland drinking and or not it was okay to have more eating establishments offer a than two restaurants open after the Happy Hour with drink and food bars closed, as though being able specials. My family and I enjoyed to eat after 2 a.m. was somehow a the views from the 30th floor of problem. the Portland City Grill so much we The recent decision by Oak Bay missed taking in a performance of council to not support the annual the Portland Cello Project at the palm tree sale shows a total lack of Wonder Ballroom. The orchestra a funny bone. If council was smart of cellists puts on concerts that they would have voted to keep the often feature surprising choices. We sale and planted the entire length of missed seeing the group perform Oak Bay Avenue with palm trees. heavy metal band Pantera’s songs Here are a couple of events I from their album, Vulgar Display of came across on my trek to our Power. southern neighbour that I think Lest you think that the cellists illustrate my point that Portland are a one-time joke act, they have is just far more, uh, let’s say funupcoming concerts listed for

Minnesota, Kentucky and California.

In the past they have performed concerts playing everything from classical to rap music.

Walking the streets you come across the Benson Bubblers – drinking fountains installed around 1912 – famous quotes inlaid in sidewalks and odd sculptures placed throughout the city.

Another night we stopped at the Rogue Distillery and Public House and my son left with a bottle of maple and bacon beer, inspired by Voodoo Doughnuts, a shop that is open 24 hours a day, accepts only cash and always seems to have a lineup out the door. Their maple bar is a maple-frosted doughnut with real bacon on top.

Last March, we watched as thousands of entrants took part in the annual Shamrock Run. What struck us was how many of the racers, including many of the serious runners, were dressed up in green wigs and more.

We hope to get back to Portland soon and take in some more of the Rose City’s finer and funnier events.

We’d like to check out the 24-Hour Church of Elvis (if the latest incarnation stays open), maybe take in an episode of the Pedal Powered Talk Show. But as much as we wished we could, we can no longer check out Velveteria, the Museum of Velvet paintings, as it closed in 2010.

Maybe someone could open a spinoff here? Velvet Victoria anyone?

Don Denton is Black Press Victoria’s photo supervisor. ddenton@vicnews.com

‘The Urban Iditarod was in progress on a recent Saturday afternoon.’

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Religious right’s rejection of science is baffling Is the world getting teacher was tried, nuttier? Looking at convicted, and fined recent events in North for teaching evolution.

America, it’s hard Meanwhile, not to conclude that candidates vying humanity is taking a for the Republican crazy step backwards. presidential I recall a time when nomination reject science and scientists the overwhelming were taken seriously, scientific evidence for but lately they’ve human-caused climate been getting knocked change.

David Suzuki around, especially in Mitt Romney and with Ian Hanington the U.S. and Canada.

Newt Gingrich once The State of held rational positions Tennessee, for example, passed but have since capitulated to the a law that allows teachers who fossil fuel lobby. Rick Santorum don’t believe in evolution or just seems out of touch on every human-caused climate change issue, from rights for women and to challenge existing scientific gays to the environment. He’s theories. Yes, students should referred to climate change as a be encouraged to think critically “hoax” and once said, “We were and to question everything they put on this Earth as creatures are taught but, given the current of God to have dominion over political climate in the U.S., this is the Earth, to use it wisely and likely to lead to misinformation. steward it wisely, but for our In the 1920s, a Tennessee school benefit not for the Earth’s …”

Some of these people put their misguided beliefs above rational thought. Republican senator James Inhofe, one of the more vocal and active climate change deniers in U.S. politics, recently said, “God’s still up there. The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate is to me outrageous.”

That statement is in keeping with the Cornwall Alliance’s Evangelical Declaration on Global Warming, which has been signed by a range of religious leaders, media people, and even some who work in climate science, such as Roy Spencer, David Legates, and Ross McKitrick. It says, in part, “We believe Earth and its ecosystems – created

by God’s intelligent design and infinite power and sustained

by His faithful providence – are robust, resilient, self-regulating, and self-correcting, admirably

suited for human flourishing, and displaying His glory. Earth’s climate system is no exception.”

It also states that reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide and fossil fuel use will “greatly increase the price of energy and harm economies.”

The economy matters more than the environment, and God won’t let puny humans damage “His” 6,000-year-old creation anyway. That’s not to criticize religion; only those who let it blind them to science and who would use it to advance agendas that don’t even reflect the spirit of their own traditions.

Lest we get too smug in Canada, we must remember that we have politicians who hold similar religious views and are just as anti-science, although Canada has so far managed to keep religion largely out of politics. But recent cutbacks to government scientific research

and staff show that many of our leaders also believe that the environment should take a back seat to corporate interests, and that any science that gets in the way must be hushed up or discredited.

Never mind that the environment is real and that we depend on it for survival and that the economy is a human invention that can be altered to suit the times. Never mind that a long-term healthy economy depends on a healthy environment and that placing all our bets on non-renewable and polluting fuels is folly. These people want to ignore both the problems and the solutions for the sake of short-term and shortsighted benefits for a relatively small number of people.

Whether they justify it with religion or political ideology, it still doesn’t make sense.

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species co-existing together within its ethereal system; life and death both contributing to its surreal architecture.

Ever since humanity’s exordium into nature’s prodigious framework, we have done nothing but attempt to mutilate it: clearcutting inhabited forests, building cities, creating pollution and oceanic oil spills, etc. Now we have so selfishly come to a point where a deer walks through our backyard or gets hit by a car and we devise a plan to impede their reproduction and disrupt nature’s evolutionary process.

The only reason deer are in our municipality is because we sabotaged their home to build ours. Deer do not understand the difference between a natural food source and a commercial crop; they are trying to survive within the dysfunctional environment that our genus has fabricated.

Through my window into the backyard I see birds singing and

squirrels leaping from tree to tree; they are inferior to our race just as the deer are, should we get rid of them as well? Please let nature be nature; it’s never done any wrong unto us other than let us exist with it.

Tyler Parker Oak Bay

Readers respond: Transit funding, living with deer Generate other revenue sources for infrastructure There are other alternatives to revenue generation than the traditional property taxes and hiking the gas tax dedicated for improving transit. We do not need to rely just on traditional means of revenue generation towards funding the requisite transit infrastructure to serve Greater Victoria over the next 25 years.

At present, as reported, B.C. Transit is seeking approval of a $106-million budget for Greater Victoria bus service rather than imposing a property tax hike of anywhere up to 10 per cent.

Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin would like to see a three-per-cent gas tax increase to allow Victoria to gather a reserve fund to pay for transit infrastructure.

Meantime, Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard calls such a tax increase extremely premature.

The problem is this debate

epitomizes the approach of reliance on only traditional revenue sources.

We need to start thinking outside of the box. For instance, in the Lower Mainland there are suggestions to tolling the George Massey Tunnel and other crossings to pay for requisite transit infrastructure. That possibility could be made reality if Metro Vancouver and the province support the suggestions in a recent TransLink report examining potential revenue streams, including tolling major bridges and the tunnel.

The report, “Evaluation of Revenue Sources to Support Transportation Improvements in Metro Vancouver,” looked at a wide range of new funding options, including tolls on existing crossings over the Fraser River, that would include the Alex Fraser Bridge and George Massey Tunnel. A special committee comprising the

Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, TransLink, and the cities of Vancouver and Surrey, is also looking at such options.

We could apply this approach to the Greater Victoria area with tolls on two major bridge projects: the Blue Bridge replacement and the Craigflower Bridge. For both, this would encourage greater transit usage while creating a sustainable revenue source.

Avi Ickovich Langford

Man is nature’s guest, learn to live with it Long before the dawn of man, our planet was sojourned by many different species, all living within nature under a law delineated as The Circle of Life – life feeds on life.

The intricate mechanics of nature’s ontogenesis is inconceivably marvelous; all

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Plastic bills aim to keep fraudsters off guard Paper Canadian cash on its way out by 2013 Don Descoteau News staff

The latest move by the Bank of Canada to reduce counterfeiting and save money was rolled out this week in Victoria.

Freshly printed polymer $50 bills, featuring an image of the Canadian Coast Guard ship Amundsen, were unveiled at the Coast Guard station in James Bay on Monday, as part of a nationwide campaign that will see the paper version of the bills eventually removed from circulation.

Victoria police Det. Const. Greg Shaw, with the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial crimes section, said fake 50s havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t traditionally been a huge problem around the city â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $20 bills are far more likely to be duplicated.

Nonetheless, he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (a) move toward securing the money supply, to a relative extent, against counterfeiting.â&#x20AC;?

The new bills were available at financial institutions and some ATMs as of Monday.

The Bank of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s switch from using cotton-based paper to polymer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the lightweight plastic substance is expected to last two-and-a-half times longer than paper â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was done both to reduce counterfeiting and lower production costs in the long term.

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As such, the Bank of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal is to see all Canadian bills made of the polymer material by the end of 2013.

Despite the national bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attempts to protect its currency, Shaw said staying in front of the criminal element is difficult. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of like when credit cards come out with security features, eventually someone will figure out how to counterfeit it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an ongoing battle.â&#x20AC;?

The Bank of Canada has education programs for retailers about its prodImages courtesy Bank of Canada ucts and works regularly The new polymer $50 bills have new markings and with police and financial security features on the front (top) and back. institutions on identifying counterfeit bills, Saji said.

The new 50s, like the polymer 100s But with the tourist season approachintroduced last fall, incorporate such ing in Victoria, Shaw still anticipates the security features as a transparent win- usual problems with fake bills surfacdow and special holograms, and are said ing. Merchants get busier, he said, and to have improved durability over the staff hired for the spring and summer 100s. are often unfamiliar with how to check a Farid Saji, a Bank of Canada analyst billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s authenticity. for the B.C.-Yukon area, said fast-moving With paper 50s soon taken out of circutechnology used by criminals forced his lation and $20 bills next on the schedule employer to speed up plans for bringing for replacement, Shaw predicts a flood in polymer bills. of fake 20s in the next year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Counterfeitâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Nowadays we need to adapt more ers) are going to want to make as much quickly to stay ahead of counterfeiting,â&#x20AC;? money as they can in a hurry.â&#x20AC;? he said. editor@vicnews.com

Car thief caught with butter knife A car thief with a lengthy criminal record was caught trying to pinch a vehicle near Beacon Hill Park on Sunday just before 6 p.m.

The 34-year-old Victoria man was spotted trying to jimmy the lock of a vehicle with a butter knife when investigators found him. Police say he was also in possession of items taken from other vehicles that had been broken into in the area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When police spotted the suspect, he matched a broadcast description of a suspicious person seen earlier in the area attempting car doors,â&#x20AC;? said VicPD spokesperson Mike Tucker.

Michael Dubensky faces charges of possession of break-and-enter instruments, possession of stolen property, breach of recognizance and theft under $5,000.

Impaired drivers wreak havoc Two parked cars and a tree bore the brunt of a suspected drunk driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actions in the 1200block of Bewdley Ave. in Esquimalt March 24 around 9:30 a.m.

A 26-year-old Esquimalt woman blew a breath sample that showed her blood-alcohol level was well above the legal limit. She was arrested and released on a promise to appear in court on May 10.

On March 23 at 10:15 p.m. a 25-year-old Victoria man crashed his vehicle into a telephone pole on Burnside Road East near Balfour Avenue.

Victoria police spotted the suspected impaired driver leaving the scene in a Mazda pickup truck. The vehicle had wood from the pole lodged near its tire.

Police issued the driver a 24-hour driving prohibition, had his vehicle towed and slapped him with several tickets totalling $840.

Teens in trouble after Esq. stabbing A 19-year-old Esquimalt man faces a charge of assault with a weapon for allegedly stabbing a 22-year-old Victoria man, and an assault charge for hitting a 17-year-old Esquimalt woman just before midnight March 23.

Police found the stabbing victim suffering from wounds to his hand and upper arm.

Investigators tracked the suspect, who is known to them, to a house on Lyall Street, not far from where the fight broke out near Macaulay Street and Dunsmuir Road.

Police say alcohol appeared to be a factor in the altercation.

A 15-year-old Esquimalt boy was also arrested for breaching several court orders, as well as for later assaulting a peace officer in the Victoria police jail block. emccracken@vicnews.com

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Purpose-built rental housing is rare around Victoria Continued from Page A1

Holroyd won the argument when it came to including features such a light above the tub (good for shaving, she says) and large garden beds in the interior courtyards.

“She even petitioned for in-suite washers and dryers,” Melliship says with an exasperated smile. On that final point, she put her foot down.

So far, 17 of the 52 units have been rented, and it turns out the rooms with the views aren’t the ones in demand.

All the cheapest, courtyard-facing units have been signed for. It’s a clear signal of where the biggest shortage lies in the rental continuum.

To be eligible to rent at Loreen Place, tenants’ household gross income can’t exceed $65,000. It targets low-to-moderate income earners – a wider mandate than most “affordable” housing projects.

Rent for two-bedroom apartments ranges from $875 to $1,300, making it not far off the average for Victoria.

Throughout the metropolitan area, average rent was pegged at $1,000 in October, 2011, according to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Over time, however, rents at Loreen Place will drop, as the mortgage is paid off.

“It will just get cheaper and cheaper,” Melliship says.

“It sounds like a great project,” says Tom Durning of the Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre.

“I hope other municipalities take note of that.”

While municipalities often don’t have spare land, they can encourage rental housing in other ways, such as through rezoning, he says.

“They can do density bonusing, they can ease parking restrictions.

It’s not just a monetary thing,” he says. “In a case like this, you’re get-

ting a 52-unit project and all they needed was a little bit of start-up money … Why can’t we do more of them?”

Holroyd is working on just that.

She has submitted a rezoning application to the City of Victoria to redevelop the Friendly Inn, right next door.

“We still have to ask for construction financing, but it’s nice to have something where they can kick the tires and see that the building actually was produced with only $740,000 in capital.” rholmen@vicnews.com

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■ As of October 2011, the vacancy rate in the city of Victoria was 1.8 per cent, compared to a regional rate of 2.1.

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VSO pops conductor bows out “I knew by age 45 I was not going to the Berlin Philharmonic, I knew I wasn’t at that level, so I created my own sort of genre: pop concerts.”

Brian Jackson retires after 17 years in Victoria Vivian Moreau News staff

He’s read the news on the BBC and goosestepped with John Cleese, yet Brian Jackson is most familiar to Victoria residents as the symphony’s principal pops conductor.

After 17 years though, Jackson, 68, is retiring. This weekend he will conduct his last three performances as PPC. With the Canadian College of Performing Arts he will conduct the troupe through 45 minutes of Broadway song and dance medleys.

“You’re getting a theatrical experience for a symphonic price,” says Jackson. It’s the fourth time he’s collaborated with the Oak Bay-based college, a group of performers he describes as wonderful. “They’re young but respectful and professional.”

Victoria is a long way from Jackson’s Ontario home, but even further from where he grew up in Cornwall, England. From a working class family, Jackson says at age two he sang along with the radio and was picking out tunes on an aunt’s piano. By five he was taking piano lessons and by age 13 was off to Clifton College in Bristol on a music scholarship where he learned to conduct and play the organ.

At Clifton he also met John Cleese.

Although Cleese was four years older, the actor who went on to Monty Python fame picked out Jackson to work alongside him in an outdoor play.

“He was the platoon sergeant and that’s where he got that walk – he was 6’4” even at that time,” Jackson recalled.

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Victoria Symphony Orchestra’s principal pops conductor Brian Jackson retires after a final series of concerts this weekend.

Cleese went on to Cambridge and Jackson to Oxford to read music. At 21, he took a break from music and to work at the BBC as a studio manager. But music called.

“On the other side of the glass the BBC symphony would be recording and I would be telling the conductor ‘the brasses are too loud here, are you sure you mean this tempo?’”

Adventure also then called and he emigrated to Canada in 1968, ending up in Peterborough, Ont. as a church organist.

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April 25 Challenging Science Illiteracy: Celebrating Canadian Successes and Building for the Future April 11 The Emergence of Architectural Modernism in Greater Victoria Larry Yore, distinguished professor Martin Segger, former director and curator, Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery

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The Masterminds series is co-hosted by the UVic Retirees Association and the Centre on Aging, with support from the university.

After six months, he was conducting the Peterborough Symphony. He was 25.

Four years later he took time to study in Germany and Vienna before heading to the London, Ontario symphony where he conducted for 36 years. In 1995 Jackson stepped in as choral society conductor with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra and in turn became principal pops conductor.

“I knew by age 45 I was not going to the Berlin Philharmonic, I knew I wasn’t at that level, so I created my own sort of genre:

pop concerts.”

And although Jackson will conduct the opening set of pop concerts next season, the series will have a facelift, VSO’s executive director says.

In a bid to attract younger audiences the pop series will include a Beatles Sgt. Pepper tribute, says Mitchell Krieger.

Guest conductor Sean O’Loughlin will step behind the music stand as well as maestra Tania Miller, who will conduct the Christmas concert.

Jackson will continue to conduct London, Sudbury and Kitchener/Waterloo symphonies, but he will miss the VSO. “It’s now one of the top orchestras in the country – they’re disciplined and they love what they’re doing.” vmoreau@oakbaynews.com

If you go ■ Broadway Spectacular runs March 30 and 31 at 8 p.m. with a matinée April 1 at 2 p.m., at the Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St. ■ Tickets start at $33 and are available from the Victoria Symphony Box Office at 250-385-6515. For more information go to victoriasymphony.ca.

I Shall Not Hate: Moving Forward from Forgiveness to Compassion Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, speaking on compassion as a road to reconciliation.

Thursday, April 26 at 7:30 – 9 PM Mark R. Isfeld School Gym 1551 Lerwick Road, Courtenay Dr. Abuelaish will sign copies of his book “I Shall Not Hate” following his speech. Copies will be available for sale.

Tickets on sale now: $15 (general seating, cash only) available through the Sid Williams Theatre Ticket Centre or online at www.sidwilliamstheatre.com (credit cards accepted).

Conference on Apology and Forgiveness: Moving Forward on a Path of Healing Friday, April 27 from 8:30 – 4:30, North Island College, Courtenay, Stan Hagen Theatre A conference for professionals and volunteers in education, youth, seniors and other social services, victims services, restorative justice, faith communities, and the general public.

No conference fee, but registration required – forms and further information available from the Community Justice Centre at www.CJC-ComoxValley.com, click on Conference and Training opportunities.

Registration: 250-721-6369 More info: www.uvic.ca/masterminds Please plan to arrive early because seating will be limited. Parking is $2.25

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Blanshard St. Directed by Pick of the Fringe’s Dave Morris, The show is at 8 p.m. and tickets, $12, are the show is more an homage to the film genre available at the door. than a parody of the tropes, he said.

For more information on Paper Street Theatre “Often film noir is improvised as parody – but go to www.paperstreettheatre.com. that’s not what we’re doing,” said Morris. “We llavin@vicnews.com

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From the renaissance round, Hey, Ho, Nobody’s at Home to Bartok’s Bread Baking, to a commissioned suite of children’s songs about food by composer Ben Bolden, to familiar jazz pieces Java Jive and Chili Con Carne, Food Glorious Food is set to make your mouth water.

Special guest Louise Rose will accompany the choir in a commissioned arrangement of the spiritual I'm gonna sit at the welcome table. Rose, who received an hon- Louise Rose orary doctorate from UVic in 2000, has been a friend and mentor of Kennedy for many years.

The concert will also offer an opportunity for the audience to join with the singers in a trio of popular songs about food.

“We can't divulge the titles,” says Kennedy.

“You'll just have to buy a ticket to find out.”

Of special note at this concert will be the addition of a group of male choristers who will join with the women in the Champagne Chorus from Die Feldermaus.

Audience members are encouraged to bring donations of non-perishable food to the concert, which is a fundraiser for Our Place.

Don Evans, Our Place executive director, will be on hand to speak about the work of the society and receive tax-deductible monetary donations.

To further support the work of Our Place, there will be a raffle for a sushimaking workshop hosted by chef Takumi Kitamura.

The concert takes place on April 1 at 2:30 p.m. in the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall in the music wing of the MacLaurin Building at the university. Tickets, $12 in advance or $15 at the door, are available through the University Centre Box Office by phone, 250-721-8480 or online at auditorium.uvic.ca/tickets. llavin@vicnews.com

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The Victoria Symphony revealed the details of its 2012/13 season at an event held at Three Point Motors on Tuesday night.

Canadian superstar violinist James Ehnes returns, 17year-old prodigy Jan Liesieki debuts and for the first time ever, the Victoria Symphony will perform Nielson’s Symphony No. 5.

The new season is the 10th for Music Director Tania Miller who has programmed Mozart’s Requiem and Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring in celebration of her anniversary.

It was also announced that the VS Pops Series will feature an exciting array of concerts from flamenco to the Beatles to Cirque de la Symphonie. And the Concerts for Kids Series begins in November with The Snowman.

Among winter’s highlights will be one of Canada’s most popular singer-songwriters, Chantal Kreviazuk, debuting with the orchestra in December and performing her greatest hits surrounded by the symphonic splendour of the Victoria Symphony.

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Tasty ethnic delights Customers line up as Amelia Schwarz, 14, puts out baked goods at the Ukrainian Catholic Church of St. Nicholas’ Easter food sale last weekend. The annual sale featured Ukrainian breads, perogies, borscht, baked goods and cabbage rolls.

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Lawyer Nav Parhar, left, and investment advisor Harp Sandhu model the 2012 Rink of Dreams hockey sweater.

The stylish keepsake goes to players who participate in the 24-hour hockey game from noon to noon, Saturday (March 31) to Sunday at Bear Mountain Arena.

At first look, the Rink of Dreams 24-hour charity hockey game is a lot of things.

It’s a minimum of four dressing rooms in constant rotation, an hourly exchange as hundreds of players, 15 at a time, populate the home and away benches of Bear Mountain Arena from noon on Saturday (March 31) to noon Sunday.

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The hockey part of it is straight forward.

Players, sometimes in teams and sometimes individually, show up prior to their ice slot, be it 2 p.m. or 2 a.m. They gear up, and slip on either a Team Grey or Team Blue sweater.

The 2012 version of the sweater, made by Teamworks, has a fresher design and with new sponsors from the 2011 black versus white uni’s.

The game wraps up at noon on Sunday with closing ceremonies.

The inaugural Rink of Dreams raised $104,000 in 2011 for the Victoriabased Help Fill A Dream Foundation.

Last minute player, and even team spots are still available through Rinkofdreamsvictoria.com or through Sandhu at Harp.sandhu@ macquarie.com. sports@vicnews.com

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Vic players get call against USA The future looks bright for women’s field hockey in Victoria.

Three members of Canada’s under-21 team and four more on the under-17 team are playing in the Canada vs. U.S.A. Challenge in Vancouver, April 4 to 8.

Defender Kathleen Leahy of the University of Victoria Vikes (Oak Bay High), midfielder Paige Norris of the Boston College Eagles (Mount Douglas) and midfielder Maddie Secco of Oak Bay High will represent the South Island on Canada’s U21 squad against U.S.A.’s under-19 team in the fourmatch series.

Still in Grade 12, Secco is the only Victoria athlete currently rostered with the national women’s senior team. Leahy will play her first major game since recovering from ACL surgery this year.

Canada is also entering an under-17 team led by Vikes assistant coach Krista Thompson. That team features Jenna Dhillon of St. Michaels University School, Elspeth McGillivray of Glenlyon Norfolk School, Gillian Kirkpatrick of Oak Bay High and Kristina Walters-Shumka of Claremont.

The Canada vs. U.S.A. Challenge junior national test series is a warm-up for the Junior Pan American Championships in September. sports@vicnews.com

Harp Sandhu. “We want people to know just how much there is to do, there’s so much to check out and hang around, it’s basically a hockey carnival atmosphere Saturday afternoon and evening. It’s really just using hockey as an excuse to bring families together for a fun charity event.”

Outside is a Telus Kinnect tent, mini cars for kids and plenty of games.

There’s also a bar in the arena with Hockey Night in Canada on TV. “But best of all is a ton of awesome prizes with 200 balloons at $5 each, and all prizes are a minimum $10 value,” Sandhu said.

One balloon that will be heavily sought after has two Vancouver Canucks tickets to the April 8 home game with Helijet passes and a room at the Four Seasons hotel.

“We also have a chuck-a-puck at 4 p.m. Saturday to win Canucks tickets, B.C. Ferries passes and a $100 dinner card for April 8.”

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Canada was first in its group after the pool stage, and was clutch on Day 3, beating Russia 24-7 in the quarterfinal and Portugal 14-2 in the semifinal before winning 22-5 over Spain.

Canada carried a roster with many Victoria connections: Oak Bay High grad and James Bay player Sean White; UVic Vikes Sean Duke and Nathan Hirayama; James Bay player John Moonlight; and Castaway Wanderers players Nanyak Dala, Ciaran Hearn and Chauncey O’Toole. sports@vicnews.com

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more pressure on him. Hicks is what I call a gatekeeper. There’s a few guys like him, and you’ve got to win that (fight) to get to the next level.”

Travis Paterson Bergen, meanwhile, is looking to News staff follow Island MMA training partner Derek Medler in becoming another From the undercard to the head- top-10 ranked fighter in Canada liner, fighters are climbing the ladder through the AFC. Bergen’s fight thanks to the Armageddon Fighting with Adam Smith is the second time Championship. they’ve been pencilled in. The two Since 2009, all seven of the mixed were lined up for AFC 7 back in martial arts organization’s events November, when Bergen defeated have boasted a card rich with Island step-in fighter Dave Logan instead. fighters, often with bigOf course, the ger names brought in to beauty going to “I believe there is the fightsofmeans serve as headliners. you Now it’s Victoria’s time a place in this sport never know who’ll to shine. in the match of for a guy who is just put AFC No. 8: Vengeance, the night. is scheduled for April 14 tough, and that’s “In the undercards, at Bear Mountain Arena, Bronson (Petterson).” Bronson Petterson and the last four fights brings a style that’s – Jason Heit feature Victoria-based exciting,” Heit said.

AFC veterans Ryan From Campbell Janes, Nick Driedger, River, Petterson will Karel Bergen and Diego Wilson. fight Chris Anderson in a fight that Though Wilson’s fight against Dun- Heit did little to accommodate. can’s Corey Gower is the last of the “That fight seemed to already be night, it isn’t necessarily the mar- set,” Heit said. “I believe there is a quee match. place in this sport for a guy who is “Pick any one of those fights, all of just tough, and that’s Bronson. He’s a them look exciting, and have earned guy we’ve scouted in the local scene a local following,” said AFC co-orga- and wanted.” nizer Jason Heit. “Since (AFC) started Without a polished defence, Petwe’ve been all about developing local terson has the potential every time talent, now we’re seeing it.” he fights to become a fan favourite Wilson, Driedger and Janes are all because he makes it an absolute war, out of Vic West’s Zugec Ultimate Mar- Heit added. tial Arts, and are all known for their Zuma youngster Alexi Argyriou is slick grappling and ground game. also on the undercard. It’s Argyriou’s All three are on a fast ascent, second attempt at his MMA debut though Janes’ opponent, Marcus after an injury pulled him out of Hicks, carries an interesting element. AFC 7. Tickets for AFC 8 are availHicks has 31 fights to his name, and able at Sports Traders, the Juan de though just 11 are wins, it’s 27 more Fuca Recreation Centre and online at fights than Janes has.

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Kamloops Blazers centre Matt Needham battles Victoria Royals centre Ben Walker behind the net at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre during the Blazers 7-5 win in Game 3 of the WHL playoffs on Tuesday (March 27). Needham scored once as the Blazers staged two comebacks to take a 3-0 series lead in the WHL quarterfinal series. Updates online at Vicnews.com.

Vikes rowing split Brown Cup with UBC UVic Vikes men’s and women’s crews split the Brown Cup with their counterparts, the UBC Thunderbirds, on the Gorge Waterway on Saturday (March 24).

The annual Brown Cup brings rowing back to its heritage, as the eight-person sculls follow the natural features of the Gorge, 3,500 metres from Tillicum narrows to the Johnson Street Bridge.

And it couldn’t have been closer, as both the men’s and women’s premier eight-person races ended with less than a second in separation. The Vikes women defeated UBC by a

0.63-second margin, while UBC edged the Vikes by 0.93 of a second in the men’s race.

The Vikes’ eightperson reserve boats swept UBC’s, with the Vikes men 12.60 seconds ahead and the women 19.74 seconds in front.

Later on Saturday the Vikes rowing program met for its annual banquet. Third-year athlete Will O’Connell and fifthyear team captain Leanne Fells, both from Victoria, were named UVic’s male and female rowers of the year.

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Varsity women’s eight: Megan Smith (coxswain), Ingrid Braul (stroke), Claire McCormick (seven), Alyssa Weninger (six), Erika Shaw (five), Lara Kemp (four), Emma Watt (three), Ruby Walser (two) and Teresa Berkholtz (bow). Varsity men’s eight: Jane Gumley (coxswain), Brendan Downey (stroke), Will O’Connell (seven), Ross Bringgold (six), Anthony Linton (five), Connor McGuigan (four), Lee Hall (three), Marc Verkuyl (two) and Jon Chandler (bow). sports@vicnews.com

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HELP WANTED

LOST AND FOUND FOUND: PAIR of crutches, on Lochside Trail (Sidney). Call to identify at 250-656-8778.

LOST GLASSES: Sat Mar 24, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prescription glasses, gold frame, grey case. Vicinity O.B. Rec, FairďŹ eld, downtown. $10 reward. 250-384-0366.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS to Every Hunter in BC! Advertise in The BC Hunting Regulations Synopsis 2012-2014 publication.

Increased circulation 250,000 copies! Tremendous Reach, Two Year Edition!

Contact Annemarie at 1 800 661 6335 or hunt@blackpress.ca

PERSONAL SERVICES

WATKINS NATURAL Products Buy or Home Business Opportunity. (250)217-8480.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES BC AMBULANCE has a challenging opportunity for an Executive Administrative Assistant supporting the Chief Operating OfďŹ cer and Senior Operations Team in Saanichton, BC For the complete job description, qualiďŹ cations and to apply on line, please visit www.bcas.ca by April 5, 2012.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

HAIRSTYLIST WANTED Full time/part time for First Choice Hair Cutters. Guaranteed $11/ hour, 25% proďŹ t sharing, plus benďŹ ts, plus paid birthday, plus annual advanced training and advancement opportunities. Call 250-360-1923 today for an interview.

MEDICAL/DENTAL F/T Experienced

Pharmacy Assistant with excellent customer service skills to work in a full service pharmacy.

Applicant should have experience with Kroll.

Previous compounding experience would be an asset. Located at 3540 Blanshard St. (next to the Saanich Medical Clinic), Mon-Fri, 9:30-5:30. Please apply in person with resume and references.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST - Vernon SolidWorks, AutoCAD & CNC programming. Marine Industry Knowledge.

Creativity and technical skills.

Effective communication.

Manage projects to completion. See www.harbercraft.com for details.

DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

DRIVERS WANTED:

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com

LEGAL SERVICES

SALES

CRIMINAL RECORD?

LOOKING FOR Avon Reps.

Be your own boss. Earn extra money, work from home. Call 250-386-0070 to learn more.

TerriďŹ c career opportunity outstanding growth potential to learn how to locate rail defects. No Experience Needed!! Extensive paid travel, meal allowance, 4 wks. vacation & beneďŹ ts pkg.

Skills Needed - Ability to travel 3 months at a time Valid License with air brake endorsement. High School Diploma or GED. Apply at www.sperryrail.com under careers, keyword Driver DO NOT FILL IN CITY or STATE

TELEPHONE SALES persons required for a local fund raiser.

Sales experience is an asset.

Evenings Mon-Fri 5pm-9pm. $11/hr+ incentives. Please call 250-384-4427, leave detailed message.

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Administrative and Marketing Assistant Greater Victoria Newspapers Black Press Greater Victoria Newspapers, including Victoria News, Saanich News, Oak Bay News and Goldstream News Gazette, requires a Temporary 30 hour work week Administrative and Marketing Assistant, due to a maternity leave vacancy.

A creative and organized individual, you will coordinate various marketing activities while playing an important role in the administration of our sales and creative team.

From coordinating events to managing projects through our talented creative department, your focus on the importance of timelines is complemented by general administration expertise. Our ideal candidate enjoys the creative and administrative function of marketing and is always willing to pitch in to get the job done. Together with general marketing duties, you will also provide administrative support to the management team.

You are organized, upbeat and thrive in a fast pace environment. You have a passion for the advertising business and work well in busy sales and creative environment.

You have experience with Microsoft OfďŹ ce including Word and Excel. Most of all, you have a high level of energy and bring a positive attitude to your job every day.

Black Press is Canada's largest independent newspaper group with over 150 community, daily and urban papers located in BC, Alberta, Washington State, Hawaii and Ohio.

ResumĂŠs with cover letter should be forwarded

by April 10, 2012 to: Oliver Sommer, Advertising Director 818 Broughton St. Victoria BC V8W 1E4 e-mail: osommer@blackpress.ca fax: (250) 386-2624 Thank you for your interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

RENTALS

RENTALS

RENTALS

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

APARTMENT/CONDO

APARTMENT/CONDO

STORAGE

CARS

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

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

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

GRANT MANOR, APARMENTS 6921 Grant Rd. Sooke

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

1-(888)331-3279

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

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.

PETS

REAL ESTATE

PET CARE SERVICES

HOUSES FOR SALE

DOGGIE DETAILING Grooming Services. Opening Special 15% off. 1021 McGregor Ave. Call Inky (250)595-1255.

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

Bachelor and 1 bdrm. apts.

Some newly renovated For further information and to view call

250-642-1900

ESQUIMALT

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

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

BUILDING SUPPLIES

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!

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

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Call: 1-250-616-9053

2 Bdrm. Very quiet, ocean views, Clean, well maintained. Adult oriented. Laundry, Sauna, Elevator, Hot Water, Heat.

(250) 388-9384 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.

BEAR MTN area- suite in new house, 2 bdrms, ground floor.

Laundry. $1100. inclds utils.

Great views. Call 250-8867755, 1-250-724-1920.

GLANFORD. LARGE 2 bdrm, Bright & quiet. Reno’d kitch & bdrm closet. W/D, full bath, storage, priv entr, small yrd, near bus, amens. NS/NP, $1030. heat, h/w, hydro/internet incld. Refs. 250-704-0197.

Unique Building Must see

HOMES WANTED

SUITES, LOWER

LANGFORD. SUNNY 2-bdrm grnd lev. $1100. inclds cable, util, wi-fi,laundry.250-882-2330 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.

FREE: SEVERAL dozen egg cartons. Call 778-430-4302.

QUEEN SIZED box spring and mattress, clean, good condition, 6 drawer dresser and more. Call 250-384-0786.

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. $14,750 o.b.o.

250-466-4156

92 NISSAN Pathfinder, fully loaded, 5 spd, good cond., $2,100 obo. (250)216-2418.

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

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

LANGFORD, 1 bdrm grd flr suite, own ent & patio, Full kitchen, F/S, D/W, built-in vac, in-suite lndry. Utils incl. Near shops, Galloping Goose, Royal Roads, bus route. NS/NP. $850. (Immed). 250-474-0079.

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

LRG 2 bedroom, suitable for prof. couple. Lrg livingrm with fireplace, spacious kitchen with appl, laundry area, 1000 sq.ft., non smoking, no dogs, utilities not included. 250-883-1289

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. $11,995 OBO, 250 466 4156 Bill

TRANSPORTATION

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

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with a classified ad 250.388.3535

AUTO FINANCING

FRIENDLY FRANK 2 ARM chairs, $25.ea. Walnut cabinet w/radio & shelves $40.

All good cond. 250-383-7335.

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

MASSAGE TABLE, professional, $99. Call 250-5444933.

COTTAGES

NEW CADBURY promotional easter bunny, adjustable ears,24”h, $15. 250-658-3948.

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.

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

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

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

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES SIDNEY- 3 bdrm (behind Thrifty’s) 1 bath. Reno’d.

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

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

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

1-800-910-6402

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GUARANTEED Auto Loans or We Will Pay You $1000

All Makes, All Models.

New & Used Inventory.

1-888-229-0744 or apply on line at: www.kiawest.com (click credit approval) Must be employed w/ $1800/mo. income w/ drivers license. DL #30526

SHIFT AUTO FINANCE Get Approved Today!

CREDIT DOESN’T MATTER..

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

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

SAVE ON COMMISSION Sell your home for $6900 or 1% plus $900 fees FULL MLS SERVICE!

CALL: 250-727-8437

Jasmine Parsons

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

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

C. SAANICH, room for rent (ASAP), $450. 778-426-2294 after 8:30pm or leave mess.

GARAGE SALES

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CASH PAID FOR ALL VEHICLES in

CENTRAL SAANICH: 7226 East Saanich Rd., Sat, March 31st, 9-1pm. Moving sale.

HOMES FOR RENT OAK BAY- (near Uvic), furnished main floor, 2 bdrm+ study, 2 bath, piano, F/P, hardwood flrs, 6 appls, sunny & quiet, garden. Avail now. $1500 (negotiable), all inclusive. 250-590-1012.

SMALL 3-BDRM house. Newly updated. Large yard, storage shed, W/D. $1450.+ utils.

Text or call (250)858-2763.

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BRENTWOOD BAY, 890 Clarke Rd., Sat, March 31, 8am-3pm. Moving Sale. Antiques, household items, etc.

AUTO SERVICES

FINAL PRE-INVENTORY Sale! Furniture, Mattresses, Tools! K/S Simmons BeautyRest Mattress set $299. No HST! New 39”/54” Espresso Bunk-Beds w/Drawers & Mattresses $899., Leather or Microfibre Luxury Reclining Loveseat & Chair Set $699.; New Sofa, Loveseat & Chair $649. Much More! BUY & SAVE, 9818 4th St., Sidney. buyandsave.ca Visa, M/C

Garage Sales

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.

GARAGE SALES All Fun Swap & Shop. Every Sunday (weather permitting), 7am-2pm. 12.00 to sell- 1.00 to buy. No dogs in shopping area. 250-474-4546. www.allfun.bc.ca

JUBILEE HOSPITAL area, 1604 Bay St., Fri, Sat & Sun, March. 30, 31 & April. 1, 8am6pm. Moving/Garage Sale.

MOVING SALEArdmore 9204 Jura Rd, Friday & Sat Mar 30 & 31, 8am-1pm.

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ACCOUNTING Vida Samimi

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

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

Call (250)588-5920.

BUY 2 get 1 FREE CLEANING! Lnsd/Insur. Refs. PureShine-Cleaning.com 250-6616927

COMPUDOC MOBILE Computer Services. Repairs, tuneups, tutoring, web sites and more. Call 250-886-8053.

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

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.

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

TAX

CARPENTRY

250-477-4601

DRAFTING & DESIGN

BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.

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.

SMALL ADS, BIG DEALS! www.bcclassified.com

FREE ESTIMATES Journeyman Carpenters specializing in reno’s, decks, stairs & fences.

Senior discounts!

250-886-7521

SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning.

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

COMPUTER SERVICES A HOME COMPUTER Coach.

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

CONTRACTORS BATHROOM REMODELING. “Gemini Baths” Plumb, Elec.

Tile, Cabinets. 250-896-9302.

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

Petrucci’s Drywall.

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

ELECTRICAL

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250-361-6193.

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

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

PAINTING

PLASTERING

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

Work Guaranteed. Any size job.

(250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

DPM SERVICES: lawn/gard, cleanups, pruning, hedges, landscapes, irrigation, pwr washing, gutters 15yrs. 250883-8141.

AAA. NO job too small. Fences, decks, installation & repair.

References, affordable, experienced. Les (250)880-2002.

M&S OXFORD Home/Commercial Reno’s & Painting.

Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hardwood and Trim. 25 yrs exp.

Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.

ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting.

Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years experience.

250-382-3694.

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

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

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

PRESSURE WASHING

AAA. NO job too small. Fences, decks, installation & repair.

References, affordable, experienced. Les (250)880-2002.

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

OVERGROWN GARDEN? Cleanups. Pruning roses, fruit tree, hedges.

John Kaiser 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

FURNITURE REFINISHING

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

Master gardeners.

John or Louise (250)891-8677 20% OFF! Pruning, Hedge & Shrub Trimming, Soil/Mulch (2 cu yd), Hauling. 250-479-6495 250-208-8535 WOODCHUCK: Lawn & Garden. Specializing in air raiding, weed/moss control, pwr rake, hedges & tree pruning. Stump, blackberry & ivy removal, 24yrs exp, WCB.

YARD ART. Pruning-Trees, Ornamentals, Fruit Trees, Hedges. Landscape Renovation. Call Doug 250-888-3224.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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

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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

15-850 Central Spur Rd, $610,000 Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Barbara Ronald, 250-744-8211

pg. 14

pg. 11

pg. 15

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes David Scotney, 250-384-8124

Sunday 2-4 Sutton West Coast Hiro Nakatani 250 661-4476

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Robert Buckle 250 385-2033 pg. 15

pg. 35

pg. 7

Saturday 1-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Jeff Shaw 250 477-7291

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

pg. 14

Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Shelly Reed, 250-213-7444

pg. 31

pg. 17

Saturday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Vinnie Gill, 250-744-3301

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

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

pg. 10

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Peter Crichton, 250-889-4000

Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Andrew Holenchuk 250 744-3301 pg. 14 Saturday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Paul Holland 250 592-4422

pg. 8

pg. 32

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

pg. 34

pg. 38

pg. 18

Saturday 11-1 Address Realty Ltd. Mike Chubey, 250-391-1893

2252 Cranmore, $589,000 pg. 6

Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Mara 250 384-8124

pg. 18

pg. 15

pg. 8

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Doug Poruchny, 250-474-4800

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

pg. 5

pg. 14

pg. 18

pg. 39

pg. 20

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

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Address Realty Ltd. Michelle Vermette, 250-391-1893

pg. 38

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

121 Paddock, $459,000 pg. 11

pg. 32

404-104 Dallas Rd, $429,900 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Susan Carley, 250-477-7291

1717 Newton, $469,000

pg. 38

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Wendy Herrick 250-656-0131

pg. 19

411-201 Nursery Hill, $249,000 pg. 17

pg. 32

Saturday 12:30-2:30 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Leah Werner 250-474-6003

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

pg. 20

Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Sylvia Therrien, 250-385-2033

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Jason Binab, 250-744-3301

pg. 20

pg. 8

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

pg. 38

1464 Begbie St, $439,900 Sunday 1-3 Address Realty Ltd. Adam Hales, 250-391-1893

Sunday 1-2:30 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Norma Campbell, 250-477-5353

18-840 Craigflower, $247,000 pg. 19

Saturday 12-2 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Jennifer Holt 250 896-4438

pg. 8

1020 Richardson, $779,900 Saturday 1-4 RE/MAX Camosun Mark Lawless, 250-744-3301

pg. 39

pg. 13

Saturday 1-3 Newport Realty David Harvey, 250-385-2033 pg. 13

pg. 5

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

1912 Woodley Rd., $1,124,500 pg. 33

1600 Seahaven, $299,800

pg. 14

Saturday 11-1 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Donna Gabel, 250-477-5353

706-103 Gorge, $229,900

34 Demos Pl, $412,500

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

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Christina Carrick, 250-857-6045

pg. 17

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

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

pg. 22

pg. 22

pg. 16

Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Eamon Coll 250 479-3333

pg. 22

Saturday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital David Thibault 250 477-5353

pg. 20

770 Cameo St, $575,000 pg. 19

Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Deana Fawcett, 250-893-8932

pg. 35

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Carl Latzel 250 384-8124

pg. 38

305-820 Short St, $349,888 Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Norma Campbell, 250-477-5353

pg. 6

2-3955 Oakwinds Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Alliance Rob Cvitanovic 250 704-6970

pg. 39

2830 Parkview, $543,000 Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Mike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100

pg. 16

pg. 23

pg. 10

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Corie Meyer, 250-384-8124

pg. 21

Sunday 2-4 Sutton West Coast Realty Elke Pettipas 250 479-3333

pg. 10

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Lu Ann Fraser, 250-384-8124

pg. 21

Saturday 2-4 Sotheby’s International Cathy Travis, 250-380-3933

pg. 1

1086 Roy, $639,900 Sunday 2-4 One Percent Realty Valentino Prundaru 250-686-2242

pg. 39

1313 Roy Rd, $619,000 Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Christina Carrick, 250-857-6045

pg. 23

304-4535 Viewmont, $239,900 Saturday 3-5 Re/Max Camosun Rick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

539 Crossandra, $339,000 Saturday 12-1:30 One Percent Realty Guy Effler 250 812-4910

pg. 30

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

pg. 23

pg. 31

Sunday 1-4 Access Realty Dave Vogel, 250-588-8378

pg. 21

pg. 23

Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Jason Binab, 250-744-3301

pg. 12

pg. 24

4-10072 Third St

4095 Braefoot Rd, $928,000 Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Ed G Sing, 250-744-3301

108-7583 Central Saanich Rd, $176,300 Saturday 3-5 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Joseph Martin, 250-474-4176

313-1620 Mckenzie Ave

205-1870 McKenzie Ave Sunday 1-3 Coldwell Banker Slegg Realty Sonya Stewart, 250-516-5008

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes David Scotney 250-384-8124

1530 Kenmore Rd, $629,000

3781 Winston, $529,900

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Dale Sheppard 250-478-9600

303 Bessborough

577 Toronto St

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

Saturday 2-4 Sutton West Coast Hiro Nakatani 250 661-4476

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Dale Sheppard 250-478-9600 Sunday 12-1:30 Kroppmann Realty Dale Kroppmanns 250-478-0808

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

4616 Ocean Park Pl., $999,900

103-101 Nursery Hill, $319,900

pg. 27

406-1068 Tolmie, $279,000 pg. 22

4580 Gordon Point, $1,098,000

1632 Seahaven

309-1012 Collinson St, $299,000

502-250 Douglas, $389,900 Saturday 1-3 Newport Realty Marie Blender, 250-385-2033

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

pg. 15

720 Linden Ave, $699,900 Saturday & Sunday 1-4 RE/MAX Camosun Mark Lawless, 250-744-3301

pg. 12

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

4412 Columbia, $699,900

4953 Highgate Rd, $1,099,000

109-11 Cooperage

210-1061 Fort, $199,900 Saturday 1-3 Newport Realty Bruce Gibson 250 385-2033

30 Lekwammen Dr, $323,900

pg. 34

4173 Buckingham, $659,000 pg. 21

308-1505 Church, $196,900

N601-737 Humboldt, $649,000 724 Craigflower

Saturday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Graham Bavington, 250-415-1931

2 Cadboro Heights, $489,900 pg. 8

4665 Amblewood

301-1121 Esquimalt, $209,900 pg. 20

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Ed Ho, 250-477-7291

Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Fred Hiigli 250 385-2033

7-704 Rockheights, $565,900 Sunday 2-4 MacDonald Realty Lorraine Stundon 250 812-0642

pg. 23

18-4391 Torquay, $444,888

462 Sturdee St, $599,900 Saturday 1:30-3 RE/MAX Camosun Diana Devlin, 250-744-3301

pg. 23

3905 Scolton

Saturday 1:30-3 Address Realty Ltd. Mike Chubey, 250-391-1893

172 Levista, $699,900

Saturday 1-3 One Percent Realty Maria Furtado 250 881-3754

4041 Palmetto, $1,049,000

774 Patrick, $769,000

16-477 Lampson St, $249,900 pg. 10

101-66 Songhees, $609,900 pg. 12

pg. 38

5005 Cordova Bay, $849,000

617 Lampson, $424,900 Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Sheila Aujla 250 388-5882

pg. 21

4034 Elise, $499,900

1990 Haultain, $609,000

305-1083 Tillicum, $289,900

3393 Henderson, $659,000 pg. 10

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

Sunday 2-4 Boorman’s Real Estate Michael Boorman, 250-595-1535

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Jenny Stoltz 250 744-3301

1366 Craigflower, $569,900

312-2100 Granite, $234,000 Saturday 1-3 Newport Realty Colin Gareau, 250-812-3451

pg. 12

Sunday 2-4 Address Realty Limited Shaughna Boggs-Wright 250-391-1893

Sunday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Realty Norma Campbell, 250-477-5353

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

734 Chesterlea Rd, $485,000

205D-1115 Craigflower Rd, $459,900

2073 Crescent Rd, $824,900 pg. 15

Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess 250 384-8124

108-848 Esquimalt Rd, $159,900

2112 Pentland, $1,055,000 Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Mara 250 384-8124

pg. 20

934 Craigflower, $419,000

1001 Foul Bay Rd, $860,000

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

pg. 31

401-1620 Mckenzie Ave

604-75 Songhees, $679,000 Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

pg. 22

4942 Cordova Bay, $1,049,000 pg. 20

Saturday 2-4 Sutton West Coast Hiro Nakatani 250 661-4476

909 Lucas Ave, $584,900

5202-2829 Arbutus, $525,000

1250 Craigflower

14-60 Dallas Rd., $599,000 Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Fran Jeffs, 250-744-3301

pg. 21

983 Dunsmuir, $524,888

2728 Belmont, $549,900

401-1035 McClure, $274,900

Sunday 12-2 Pemberton Holmes Eli Mavrikos 250 896-3859

pg. 15

114-1110 Willow, $449,900

3488 Bethune, $549,900

114 Lekwammen Dr, $269,888

304-1121 Oscar St, $375,000

3-828 Rupert Terrace Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Gary Bazuik, 250-477-5353

Sunday 12-1:30 Newport Realty Bruce Gibson 250 385-2033

pg. 19

308-732 Cormorant

208-305 Michigan, $185,000

301-50 Songhees Sunday 2:30-4 Re/Max Camosun Daniel Clover 250 507-5459

pg. 9

1021 Craigdarroch, $739,000

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

607 Wilson, $399,900

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Toby Trembath 250 385-2033

pg. 5

807-66 Songhees, $629,900 Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Susan Carley, 250-477-7291

110-1035 Sutlej

Saturday & Sunday 12-2 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Carl Latzel 250 384-8124

1-1146 Richardson, $379,900 Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Paul Whitney, 250-889-2883

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Joanne Brodersen, 250-477-7291

607-103 Gorge Rd E, $199,900

754 Humboldt, $198,900 Daily Noon-5 exc Fridays Concert Properties 250 383-3722

3958 Hidden Oaks Pl

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Dale Sheppard 250-478-9600

pg. 13

1709 Fernwood Rd, $458,000 Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Fred Lerch, 250-889-2528

1632 Seahaven, $299,800

Sunday 12-1 Address Realty Ltd. Irina Lobatcheva, 250-391-1893

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Lynne Sager 250 744-3301

205-1223 Johnson St, $299,000 Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Murray Clodge, 250-818-6146

1275 Dominion Rd, $519,900

Sunday 1-3 Sotheby’s International Realty Canada Donald St. Germain 250-380-3933

4-118 St Lawrence, $429,000

1121 Fort, $183,900

Mar. 29 - Apr.4 edition

142 South Turner, $709,900

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

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Century 21 In Town Realty Magda Melounova 604-323-6984

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

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the

107-75 Songhees, $850,000

305-545 Manchester Rd., $214,900

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

Published Every Thursday

1005-225 Belleville, $649,900

15-860 Central Spur, $610,000 Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Barbara Ronald 250 744-8211

OPENHOUSES

1-1020 Queens, $359,000

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

This Weekend’s

pg. 21

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Joanne Brodersen 250-477-7291

4636 Falaise, $589,900

9130 Ardmore, $1,299,000

Saturday 2:30-4 One Percent Realty Guy Effler 250 812-4910

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

pg. 30

pg. 38

pg. 3

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Friday, March 30, 2012 - VICTORIA

This Weekend’s Published Every Thursday

NEWS

OPENHOUSES

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

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the Mar.29- Apr.4 edition of

10384 Bowerbank Rd, $619,999

2558 Selwyn, $499,000

205-80 Regatta Landing

3416 Turnstone, $479,900

Sunriver Estates Sales Centre

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Sam Sihota, 250-744-3301

Sunday 2:45-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Doug Poruchny, 250-474-4800

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

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

Saturday-Thursday 11-4 Newport Realty Blair Watling 250 642-2233

pg. 24

763 Hanbury, $539,000

10450 Allbay, $449,000 Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Sandra Hoff, 818-5775

Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Bruce Gibson 250 385-2033 pg. 10

pg. 25

pg. 24

pg. 9

466 Green Mountain, $1,190,000 pg. 24

Daily 1-3 Gordon Hulme Realty Don King 250 656-4626

pg. 9

Saturday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown 250-380-6683

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

2455 Prospector, $725,000

306-2250 James White, $299,900 pg. 24

970 Birch Rd Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Judy Gerrett, 250-656-0131

pg. 12

pg. 26

594 Delora

6467 Central Saanich, $699,000

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Bill Carnegie 250 474-6003

pg. 26

pg. 26

2390 Echo Valley, $684,900 Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Alliance Dennis Jabs 250 882-7393

28-2070 Amelia Ave, $239,500

pg. 26

pg. 24

Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd Mike Hartshorne 250 889-4445

pg. 34

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Jerry Bola 857-0178

Saturday 11-1 Address Realty Ltd. Adam Hales, 250-391-1893

2446 Liggett, $719,000

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

pg. 38

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

pg. 12

pg. 16

2425 Galland Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Century 21 Queenswood Brian Meredith-Jones 250 477-1100

pg. 28

pg. 33

pg. 26

pg. 38

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

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

662 Goldstream Ave., $249,900 pg. 11

pg. 26

pg. 10

pg. 25

Saturday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Blair Veenstra 250-380-6683

pg. 39

Saturday 1-3 Century 21 South Island Realty Peggy O’Connor 250 744-1300

pg. 31

pg. 1

Daily 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Mike Hartshorne 250 889-4445

pg. 25

1622 Millstream, $799,900 pg. 26

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

957 Shawnigan Lake, $319,900 Thurs & Fri 1-4 & Sat & Sun 11-4 Coldwell Banker Slegg Realty Daniel Weiss 250 383-1500

1684 Cole Rd, $399,000

2620 Bamboo, $669,900 pg. 33

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Shane King, 250-661-4277

Saturday 2-4 One Percent Realty Valentino, 250-686-2242

pg. 27

2059 Kennedy, $1,690,000 pg. 26

Saturday 10:30-12:30 Pemberton Holmes Diana Winger 250-999-3683

pg. 27

594 Delora

3571 Desmond, $569,000

1616 Millstream, $799,900

6753 Rhodonite Dr, $349,900

Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Mark McDougall 250 588-8588

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

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

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Deana Unger, 250-642-3240

pg. 26

pg. 25

All of Victoria’s breaking news online at vicnews.com oakbaynews.com saanichnews.com goldstreamgazette.com

pg. 27

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pg. 39

pg. 29

pg. 25

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

pg. 26

4556 Royal Island, $639,900 Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Tom Muir 250-477-7291

3019 Dornier

3341 Betula, $468,800 Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd Mike Hartshorne 250 889-4445

pg. 28

pg. 25

683 Mount View, $385,000

2154 Nicklaus Dr Saturday & Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ron Bahrey, 250-477-7291

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

2735 Cornerstone Trc

123-945 Bear Mountain, $515,000

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

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Mike Hartshorne 250 889-4445

304-611 Brookside, $198,000

563 Brant Pl, $549,800

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

pg. 26

3228 Sedgwick, $489,900

549 Delora Dr., $599,000 Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Kroppmann Realty Hans Hegen 250-858-0424

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

Saturday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Doug Sunray 250 477-1100

1204 Muirfield, $809,900

2066 Leal, $629,000 pg. 3

Saturday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Doug Sunray 250 477-1100

3436 Aloha Ave, $699,900

1001 Wild Ridge Way

pg. 27

816 Finlayson Arm Rd, $629,900

608 Fairway Ave

828 Bexhill Pl

3436 Aloha Ave, $699,900

971 Huckleberry, $379,900 Sunday 1-2:30 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Doug Poruchny, 250-474-4800

Sunday 2-3:30 RE/MAX Camosun Diana Devlin, 250-744-3301

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

Sunday 2-4 Address Realty Ltd. Rob Angus, 250-3911893

9045 Lochside Dr, $975,000

pg. 35

2458 Prospector, $575,000

Saturday 12:30-2 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown 250 380-6683

2795 Lakehurst Dr, $459,900

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

Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Gary Anderson, 250-744-3301

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Ted Tyrrell, 250-477-7291

pg. 10

3689 Ridge Pond, $539,900

2779 Lakehurst Dr pg. 24

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2446 Liggett, $719,000

974 Walfred

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

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Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes David Scotney, 250-384-8124

Saturday 12:30-2 SmartMove Real Estate Blair Veenstra 250-360-6683

1250 Parkdale, $469,900

2433 Prospector Way, $649,000

408-3226 Jacklin, $279,900

Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Donna Gabel, 250-477-5353

7161 West Saanich

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

141-1335 Bear Mountain, $419,900 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Carol Stevens, 250-477-7291

Daily 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Don King 250 656-4626

Sunday 12-2 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Paul Holland 250 592-4422

pg. 31

593 Latoria, $285,000

7161 West Saanich, $269,900

Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

Sunday 2-4 Jonesco Real Estate Wayne Garner 250 881-8111

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2818 Pickford

301-2380 Brethour Saturday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Bernie Wilkinson 250 477-5353

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1. Children at the Pender Island school take part in a music session as part of the Island Mosaic project, Pender Island School.

2. Harpist Alison Vardy at a Ptarmigan Taking Flight seniors’ performance at James Bay Lodge. The Taking Flight program received one of the 2012 grants from the Ernest and Hazel Kay Fund. Created from a bequest of $1.1M from the Kay family, this fund, administered by the Victoria Foundation, supports projects to improve the quality of life for seniors on southern Vancouver Island.

3. Ptarmigan facilitator Tina Farmilo and children in the Island Mosaic arts project on Mayne Island.

4. Ptarmigan staff and participants at the Strength Within summer camp for survivors of childhood cancer, Pender Island.

Ptarmigan Music and Theatre Society

Giving wing to art’s power for learning, healing, connecting

By Sarah Monteith For Patrick Smith, artistic director and cofounder of the Ptarmigan Music and Theatre Society, the arts are an essential link for building connection and vitality in communities.

“I believe the arts reflect the very best of the soul of humanity,” he said.

Smith, a professional musician and formerly a member of the Vancouver folk group Under The Moss, formed the Ptarmigan Society charity with band mate John McLachlan in 1991. Since then, the society has developed free or low-cost and accessible art programs and recitals that aim to engage, innovate, educate and promote healing in communities throughout Vancouver Island and in Vancouver.

The society currently runs three core programs; Mosaic for children and youth, Taking Flight for seniors, and Strength Within for people with disabilities and survivors of illness. Over the past decade, the Victoria Foundation has provided close to $25,000 for Ptarmigan programs on southern Vancouver Island.

Mosaic: a medley of art for children and youth Mosaic organizes a variety of visual art workshops and musical and theatrical performances.

It also fosters creative mentorships for children

Tony Gooch, member of the Victoria Foundation’s Victoria Circle

and youth living on the southern Gulf Islands.

The goal has been to give students living in these small, isolated communities the opportunity to socialize and learn about their local history through different art mediums. Since its conception in 2007, Ptarmigan has conducted 2,000 hours of workshops, recruited 43 local artists, and has involved 800 children in Mosaic events.

Bryce Woollcombe, a teacher on Pender Island, credits the Ptarmigan Society for sustaining the performing arts on the island amid the increasing decline in arts funding for schools and says some children have been inspired to pursue a career in the arts as a result of the society’s mentorships.

“Having the expertise, the time, the instruments and the moxie to just do community arts is essential. Ptarmigan does this with thoughtful, artful, stubborn patience.”

Taking Flight: soars with seniors Ptarmigan’s Taking Flight program brings vocal and instrumental recitals to seniors living in Victoria and the Gulf Islands, with the objective of having a positive impact on quality of life. All performances are planned with the consultation of the care facilities, therapists and activity coordinators. For many seniors, live performances are inaccessible due to their financial

or physical limitations. For Smith, this is a good reason why this program exists.

“We wanted to take our programs right to the communities where people could have a hands-on experience with artistic engagement.”

Harpist Alison Vardy, who is also Ptarmigan’s program coordinator, has performed at seniors care homes and the Victoria Hospice and said patients and their families are appreciative of the atmosphere created by her music.

“The feedback I get is how relaxing and soothing the harp music is,” she said. “I always get thanked – and once I got a kiss from a woman whose husband was a [hospice] patient!”

Strength Within: tapping the healing power of the arts The Strength Within program focuses on providing members of the special needs community with ways to experience positive interactions through workshops and music events in hopes of encouraging social engagement, creativity, and self esteem. Activities span a range of art forms, from music to drama, to visual arts to dance, giving participants – such as survivors of childhood cancer – the opportunity to express their experiences and connect with others who’ve shared similar trauma.

For more information on programs, events,

or how to get involved with the Ptarmigan Society, see http://ptarmigansociety.org/contact/. For more information about the Victoria Foundation, see www.victoriafoundation.ca.

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APRIL 15 – Vancouver Island Mustang Association meets at 11 a.m. at the Travelodge Convention Centre in Duncan. Everyone is welcome to attend. Brunch is $13.95 a person, with the meeting to follow. Join the group for the cruise up – meet in the Old Navy parking lot at Tillicum Mall at 10 a.m.

APRIL 15 – Old English Car Club, South Island Branch, hosts the seventh annual Restoration Fair & Swap Meet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Heritage Acres, on Lochside Drive in Central Saanich, in conjunction with the Saanich Historical Artifacts Society.

Find car club booths, displays, demos and tech sessions, and classic British vehicles on display. Admission is $3 per person with children under 12 free.

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Incentive helps buyers choose green After eight years with their Toyota Prius, there was no question Peter and Brian Strain would choose another clean energy vehicle. This time around, though, JENNIFER BLYTH the two definitely had BLACK PRESS more choice in the green vehicle market.

“It was a very positive experience,” Peter says of their time with the Prius.

But, ready to try something different, “the Volt really caught our eye because we felt they seemed to have taken the next logical step,” he says, pointing to the vehicle’s roominess and style, plus the many higher-end features offered, in addition to the car’s extended range.

Forget the idea of “green” being boring. “It’s a very sporty car. It’s fun to drive and there’s a lot of technology in it,” Peter says, pointing to a recent trip to Duncan when the Volt handled the Malahat beautifully.

The James Bay residents were also able to take advantage of B.C.’s Clean Energy Vehicle incentive program.

Available to B.C. residents, businesses, non-profit organizations and local government organizations, the Clean Energy Vehicle for BC Point of Sale

Brian and Peter Strain encourage vehicle shoppers to consider green options – made easier with B.C.’s Clean Energy Vehicle Incentive program.

Jen Blyth photo

Incentive Program provides up to $5,000 off the pre-tax price per eligible clean energy vehicle.

The CEV for BC program is part of the Clean Energy Transportation program that gives British Columbians

incentives to choose from an array of greener transportation options.

Consumers can apply for the CEV Incentive Program through local dealerships that sell or lease qualifying new battery electric, fuel cell, plug-in Continued on Pg. B3

Green vehicles by the numbers • 1 million – the number of electric vehicles estimated to be on the road in B.C. by 2030.

• $1,200 – the anticipated savings per year on fuel by filling up with clean electricity in B.C. instead of

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• 2:1 – the ratio of British Columbians who have switched to hybrid vehicles compared to the average Canadian.* • 93 per cent – the percentage of

electricity generation in B.C. that comes from renewable sources.

• About 95 per cent – of all car trips in B.C.’s urban areas are less than 30km, ideal for Clean Energy Vehicles.

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Sonic Turbo now available with six-speed automatic The Chevrolet Sonic’s fuelefficient Ecotec 1.4-litre turbo engine will now be available in either manual or automatic transmission, bringing the increased torque of turbocharging to drivers of automatics.

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turbocharged engine and six-speed manual transmission achieved a 0-to-96 km/h time of 7.8 seconds, according to independent AMCI testing – faster than the comparable 2012 Ford Fiesta, Honda Fit and Hyundai Accent.

The Sonic with the turbo-

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The 2012 Chevy Sonic Ecotec 1.4litre turbo six-speed automatic is rated at 5.5L/100km highway and 7.7L/100km city, while the manual is rated at 5.1L/100km highway and 7.3L/100 km city.

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notes. “It’s a big, big savings.”

Continued from Pg. B1

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Leased vehicles are also eligible for a CEV for BC incentive depending on the term of the lease and whether the vehicle is used for personal or fleet purposes. To qualify for the full value of the incentive, a minimum 36-month lease term is required. For vehicles leased for shorter terms, the incentive will depend on the term.

For the Strains, the grant meant that their brand new Chevy Volt ended up costing about the same as their Prius eight years ago, Peter notes.

Brian urges vehicle shoppers to visit local dealerships to see just what today’s eco-friendly vehicles are all about, “just to get

their head around the idea as to what is different about this car.”

While the CEV incentive is designed to get more people into the green vehicles, many vehicle shoppers still aren’t aware of the financial benefits of maintaining the cars, Peter contends.

In addition to the obvious fuel savings, their overall costs have been far less because of fewer required maintenance visits. In eight years, they never had to replace the brakes, for example; “the only significant outlay was for new tires.”

As for the cost of the electricity to power the battery, the Strains estimate it costs between 65 cents and $1 for a full charge, which will take them about 80 kilometres. “To go to the

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Cost of borrowing is $3,317.83 or APR of 5.99% and total to be repaid is $20,516.83. Offer includes a Manufacturer Rebate of $5,000, customer cash of $1,000, and freight and air tax of $1,600 but excludes variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, registration, PPSA, administration fees and charges, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. Taxes are payable on the full amount of the purchase price after Manufacturer Rebate deducted. Bi-Weekly payments are only available using a customer initiated PC (Internet Banking) or Phone Pay system through the customer’s own bank (if offered by that financial institution). The customer is required to sign a monthly payment contract with a first payment date one month from the contract date and to ensure that the total monthly payment occurs by the payment due date. Bi-weekly payments can be made by making payments equivalent to the sum of 12 monthly payments divided by 26 bi-weekly periods every two weeks commencing on the contract date. Dealer may sell for less. Offers vary by model and not all combinations will apply. †From Feb. 1, 2012 to Apr. 2, 2012, receive $250/$500/$750/ $1,000/$1,500/ $1,750/ $2,000/$3,000/$3,250/ $3,500/ $4,000/ $4,500/$5,000/ $5,500/$6,000/ $6,500/$7,000/ $7,500/$8,000 in Manufacturer Rebates with the purchase or lease of a new 2012 Focus (excluding S)/2012 Flex SE, E-Series/2012 Explorer (excluding Base)/2012 Taurus SE, Escape I4 Manual, Transit Connect (excluding Electric)/2011 Fiesta S, Ranger Super Cab XL and Regular Cab/2012 Mustang Value Leader/ 2012 [Fusion S, F-350 to F-550 Chassis Cabs], 2011 [Taurus SE, F-150 Regular Cab XL 4x2 Value Leader] /2012 [Flex (excluding SE)], 2011 [Fusion S]/ 2011 Fiesta (excluding S)/2012 Mustang V6 (excluding Value Leader)/ 2012 [Taurus (excluding SE), Edge (excluding SE), Expedition], 2011 [F-350 to F-550 Chassis Cabs]/ 2012 Mustang GT/ 2012 [Fusion (excluding S), Escape and Hybrid (excluding I4 Manual)], 2011 [Taurus (excluding SE)]/2012 [Escape V6, F-250 to F-450 gas engine (excluding Chassis Cabs)], 2011 [Fusion (Excluding S), Ranger Super Cab (excluding XL)]/2011 Expedition/2012 F-150 Regular Cab (excluding XL 4x2) non-5.0L/ 2012 F-150 Regular Cab (excluding XL 4x2) 5.0L /2012 [F-150 Super Cab and Super Crew non-5.0L, F-250 to F-450 diesel engine (excluding Chassis Cabs)], 2011 [F-150 Super Cab and Super Crew non-5.0L and 3.7L engines]/2012 [F-150 Super Cab and Super Crew 5.0L], 2011 [F-250 to F-450 Gas engine (excluding Chassis Cabs) - all Raptor, GT500, BOSS302, and Medium Truck models excluded. This offer can be used in conjunction with most retail consumer offers made available by Ford of Canada at either the time of factory order or delivery, but not both. Manufacturer Rebates are not combinable with any fleet consumer incentives. ††Offer valid from February 1, 2012 to April 2, 2012 (the “Program Period”). Receive a maximum of [$500]/ [$1000] worth of selected Ford custom accessories, factory installed options, or Customer Cash with the purchase or lease of a new 2012 Ford [Fiesta, Focus, Escape]/[Fusion, Mustang (excluding GT 500), Taurus, Edge, Flex, Explorer, Expedition, E-Series, Transit Connect] (each an “Eligible Vehicle”) during the Program Period (the “Offer”). Offer must be applied to the Eligible Vehicle. The Eligible Vehicle must be delivered or factory ordered during the Program Period. Taxes payable on the total price of the Eligible Vehicle (including accessories and factory options), before the Offer value is deducted. This Offer is subject to vehicle, accessory, and factory installed option availability. Only one (1) Offer may be applied toward the purchase or lease of each Eligible Vehicle. This Offer can be used in conjunction with most retail consumer offers made available by Ford of Canada at the time of factory order or delivery, but not both. This Offer is not combinable with CPA, GPC, Daily Rental Allowances, the Commercial Fleet Incentive Program (CFIP), or the A/X/Z/D/F Plan Program.

Some conditions apply. Offer available to residents of Canada only. ***Estimated fuel consumption ratings for the 2012 Fusion 2.5L I4 6-speed automatic transmission: [9.0L/100km (31MPG) City, 6.0L/100km (47MPG) Hwy]. Fuel consumption ratings based on Transport Canada approved test methods. Actual fuel consumption will vary based on road conditions, vehicle loading, vehicle equipment, and driving habits. ‡Remember that even advanced technology cannot overcome the laws of physics. It’s always possible to lose control of a vehicle due to inappropriate driver input for the conditions. †††© 2012 Sirius Canada Inc. “SiriusXM”, the SiriusXM logo, channel names and logos are trademarks of SiriusXM Radio Inc. and are used under licence. ©2012 Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. All rights reserved.

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2013 Mazda CX-5 named IIHS ‘Top Safety Pick’ is based on measurements of intrusion specific to each crash angle and the injury impact on crash test dummies positioned within the vehicles at the time of collision.

Mazda’s all-new CX-5 compact crossover SUV has received highest safety rating from IIHS.

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The truth about senior driver tests KATE WELLS BC SENIOR DRIVERS/DRIVEWISE DRIVER TRAINING

Many of us havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been tested since we first received our driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s licence when we were 16. Others have had some form of on-road upgrading over the years, but as we age our driving can become â&#x20AC;&#x153;complicated.â&#x20AC;?

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face it; the roads today are nothing like when we learned to drive, whether it was 20â&#x20AC;Ś30 or even 65 years ago! Traffic moves much faster and we are dealing with aggression, distractions, volume and many other different scenarios. Because of this, we have an updated ICBC road test that all new drivers must pass in order to receive their BC driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s licence.

Others had no such testing at all and a licence was handed to them. Today it is a difficult 45-minute road test covering all driving skills. If you pass that test, consider yourself a â&#x20AC;&#x153;skilled driver.â&#x20AC;?

However, as we age the challenges we face increase sometimes due to a medical reason beyond our control.

We are less physically mobile, our bodies donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t move like they used to and our reaction time can become slower. We can be on different types of medication that can also affect our driving. Add this to the possibility of memory loss, dementia and other ailments that can make driving challenging and simply dangerous.

Many senior drivers are great drivers! They take their job seriously, are alert, drive defensively and courteous!

Unfortunately, there is a small percentage of senior drivers that lack basic skills of driving safely on our roads, putting other road users and themselves at serious risk.

Yes, there are many drivers just

like this, regardless of age and we shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be picking on just seniors.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re absolutely right â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a medically unfit driver is just that, medically unfit, regardless of age. However, as we age we unfortunately have odds against us that at one point in our lives we will have a health challenge that could threaten our ability to drive safe.

Over the next few months, I am going to focus on Senior Driving challenges and ICBC road test vs the DriveAble medical assessment.

I believe both tests are extremely valuable in keeping roads safe. We will dispel any â&#x20AC;&#x153;mythsâ&#x20AC;? out there that are instilling fear into senior drivers along the way. After all, we need to protect ALL drivers on the road.

Debut of Terrafugiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s street-legal airplane METROLAND MEDIA CARGUIDE MAGAZINE

The Transition Roadable Aircraft, developed by Terrafugia, Inc., makes its auto show debut at the 2012 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS), April 6 to 15.

After years of testing and engineering breakthroughs, Terrafugia has decided it is time to share their unique product with the legions of fans attracted to the NYIAS. During the press preview

portion of the NYIAS, Terrafugia will present the latest generation Transition production prototype as well as details of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future plans.

Public attendees at the show will get up-close and personal with the street-legal vehicle, witness wing-folding demonstrations, and meet some of the staff behind the futuristic design.

Video of the Transition in flight and on the road will also be shown, allowing convention-goers to see the future of personal transportation in

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action.

Terrafugia (terra-FOO-gee-ah), based in Woburn, MA, is a growing aerospace company founded by pilots and engineers from MIT and supported by a world-class network of advisors and private investors.

The company name is Latin for â&#x20AC;&#x153;escape the earth.â&#x20AC;?

Terrafugiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission is to design and deliver revolutionary, practical air and land vehicles that provide freedom, flexibility and fun to their customers.

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• Consolidate trips. Several short trips taken from a cold start can use twice as much gas as one longer multi-purpose trip.

• Don’t haul unneeded items in the trunk. An extra 45 kilograms in the trunk reduces fuel efficiency by one to two per cent.

• Check the gas cap. Damaged, loose or missing gas caps allow gas to vaporize into the air.

• Replace dirty or clogged air filters

Drive smart and save gas money METROLAND MEDIA CARGUIDE MAGAZINE

With no end in sight to rising gas prices, consumers who modify their driving habits and properly maintain their vehicles will get more kilometres per litre.

Be Car Care Aware Canada recommends the following gas-saving ideas: • Observe the speed limit. Fuel

efficiency decreases rapidly above 100 km/h.

• Avoid excessive idling. Idling gets zero kilometres per litre. Warming up the vehicle for one or two minutes is sufficient.

• Avoid quick starts and stops.

Aggressive driving can lower fuel efficiency by 33 per cent on the highway and five per cent in the

on older vehicles to improve fuel efficiency by as much as 14 per cent.

• Replace dirty spark plugs, which can decrease fuel efficiency by .85 kilometres per litre.

• Change oil regularly to gain an additional .5 kilometres per litre.

• Keep your car properly tuned to improve fuel consumption by an average of four per cent.

• Keep tires properly inflated and improve fuel consumption by three per cent.

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Kia claims two more red dot design awards METROLAND MEDIA CARGUIDE MAGAZINE

MINI marked its 10th year in Canada on March 22 and now offers six models.

MINI celebrates a decade in Canada Celebratory cake? Nah. Bring on the donuts…four-wheeled edition, that is.

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MINI Canada has marked its 10-year anniversary in the great white north.

For the past decade, MINI has brought Canadians a touch of nostalgic British flare with a cheeky, never-shy line-up of MINI models and marketing campaigns to match.

On March 22, 2002, Canada welcomed the redesigned, next-generation MINI Hatch to its roads.

Since its arrival, the MINI line-up has grown to include six unique models, ranging from the well-known and beloved MINI Hatch to the four-door, four-wheel drive MINI Countryman and

the all-new, two-seat convertible MINI Roadster.

No matter the model, MINI has always been consistent in offering one memorable and remarkable trait: gokart-like handling.

MINI has enjoyed tremendous success in Canada. Since its launch in 2002, MINI sales have skyrocketed, surpassing the 5,000-annual-unit milestone for the first time in 2011.

In 2012, the year of its 10th anniversary, the brand expects to sell its 40,000th unit in Canada.

MINI’s retail network has also expanded since its arrival in Canada, from 15 MINI retailers in 2002 to 29 in 2012.

Kia has been awarded two top honours for its Picanto and Rio models in the 2012 red dot design competition.

The five-door versions of Kia’s A-segment Picanto and B-segment Rio were both winners in red dot’s internationally acclaimed Product Design category, in a competition that saw more than 4,500 products entered by 1,800 manufacturers from 58 countries across a variety of product sectors.

Judging was carried out by an international jury of highly respected design experts, who scrutinized and tested the products in detail, with

winners selected on the basis of their level of innovation, functionality, ergonomics, durability, ecological compatibility and intuitive handling.

Only products featuring the highest standards of design are eligible for the coveted red dot.

These two latest wins bring Kia’s red dot total to six, with the Soul crossover winning in 2009, Venga compact MPV in 2010, and both Sportage compact SUV and Optima sedan claiming top spots in 2011.

Optima was also named ‘best of the best’ in 2011 – the red dot competition’s highest accolade for groundbreaking design, for which only the best products in each category are eligible.

Kia has received two prestigious red dot design awards for the Picanto (sold in Europe) and new Rio (shown).

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