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Boy hit by truck A 13-year-old boy was struck by a pickup truck on Sooke Road near Slegg Lumber, on Oct. 23.

West Shore RCMP and Langford Fire Rescue attended the call at 7 p.m. and the boy, with serious injuries, was taken to hospital by Emergency Health Services.

RCMP reported the boy was crossing the road in the dark when he was hit.

Sooke Road was closed for about three hours while RCMP investigated. Traffic was detoured through Luxton and Humpback roads.

Pot, gun seized Two people were arrested after RCMP executed a search warrant at a Barrow Road home in Metchosin.

The RCMP Street Crime Unit seized 157 marijuana plants and a loaded, sawedoff 22 caliber rifle.

A 47-year-old man and 38-year-old woman were in the home and arrested.

The home was formerly licensed for growing medical marijuana, but the licence had expired.

The West Shore RCMP would like anyone who suspects a marijuana grow-op in their neighbourhood to call the detachment at 250474-2264.

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Norm Scott, past president of Royal Canadian Legion Prince Edward No. 91, is hoping people of the West Shore will pick up a poppy Oct. 26, the start of the poppy campaign. The money raised will be put towards helping veterans and youth in the community.

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The trick to keeping your poppy secured on your lapel is to stick the end of the pin back through the poppy.

West Shore Poppy Fund Committee annual campaign starts today, Oct. 26.

“The point of the poppy drive is to raise funds for the veterans and their families,” said Norm Scott, past president of the Royal Canadian Legion Prince Edward No. 91.

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Protesters target MLA offices Tim Collins and Kyle Wells

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Juan de Fuca MLA John Horgan, cookies in hand, links arms with protestors of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline outside of his office in Langford on Wednesday, Oct. 24.

Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Ida Chong’s constituency office was the site of another protest of the pipeline proposals.

Speaking before the rally, Celine Trojand, a coalition spokesperson, said that protesters will link arms in front of Chong’s office to show an “unbroken wall of opposition” to Enbridge.

“She’s the minister for Aboriginal affairs and this is important to (First Nations people),” Trojand said.

The demonstration at Chong’s office in Saanich was one of a series of demonstrations targeting MLA offices across the province.

Organizers want the protest to draw attention to Chong’s role and responsibilities regarding aboriginal affairs.

“It’s a swing riding (Oak BayGordon Head) that was won by a very narrow margin,” said Trojand. “(Chong) has to know that … the way she handles this issue will make

a difference in the next election.”

Chong says that she and the B.C. Liberal government share the group’s concern.

“They’re saying what we’re saying. It’s a matter of risk-benefit and right now there’s nothing but risk.”

In July, the provincial government outlined its position on the pipeline proposals by listing five points that needed resolution before the projects could proceed, including one that requires that aboriginal and treaty rights be addressed.

“There are some 20 B.C. First Nations groups at the (federal joint review panel) hearings. Not one of them support the project. That tells us something,” said Chong.

“If there is no support that develops from First Nations, I would have to go to the premier and say ‘we haven’t met that point and can’t proceed.’ I would have to oppose the project on those grounds.”

For Chong to be successful it

begins with listening, said Geraldine Thomas-Flurer, the co-ordinator of B.C.’s Yinka-Dene Alliance.

“We haven’t seen her do that yet.

She hasn’t even addressed our community yet.”

It’s a sentiment echoed by Keith Henry of the B.C. Métis Federation.

“We have grave concerns,” said Henry. “We still haven’t seen them (the province) clarify what (its) position is on First Nation rights and titles. They say it’s an issue, but what’s their position?”

Both Thomas-Flurer and Henry’s organizations took part in last Monday’s protest and the demonstration at Chong’s office.

“These protests are just the beginning,” said Henry.

“I ask my staff every week if any First Nations peoples are (supporting) this project,” Chong said. “As of now we have none.

That means I can’t support it.” news@goldstreamgazette.com

Canvassers set to frequent local venues Continued from Page A1

While Scott isn’t a veteran he has been involved with the Legion for about 14 years and both his father and grandfather were veterans.

When he sees people don-

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Juan de Fuca MLA John Horgan set the tone for the Defend Our Coast protest in Langford on Wednesday when he showed up with a platter of cookies.

A group of about 70 people of all ages gathered outside his currently closed office, holding signs, singing songs and speaking out against the proposed Enbridge and Kinder Morgan pipelines.

“We’re linking arms across the province to continue getting the word out to everybody,” Langford resident Deidre Hill said at the rally.

“There’s no place to have these great big huge tankers. There are going to be accidents. We don’t want that at all.”

The protest comes on the heels of Monday’s demonstration at the B.C. legislature where thousands of people organized by Defend Our Coast – a loose coalition of First Nations, unions, environmental organizations and others – voiced their opposition to the project.

In Langford, Horgan passed out his cookies and chatted with the crowd, before linking arms with the others.

He apologized for the construction going on at his office and thanked the crowd for coming out.

“I think it’s great, I think it’s fantastic,” Horgan said about the rally.

“Monday was extraordinary at the legislature, and to have people coming out in Langford today is good news.”

As the NDP energy critic, Horgan said he is against the proposed pipelines and stands in unity with the protestors.

“The potential impacts on Haidi Gwaii, on the north coast, are just too dangerous to contemplate,” Horgan said. “The opportunities in those regions are local community development projects, not massive mega projects driven by Alberta.”

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ning poppies, “It makes me feel they respect the cause,” Scott said.

This week 16,000 poppies, with letters seeking donations, were mailed out.

In previous years the residential mail-out campaign hasn’t generated the dona-

tions the Legion was expecting and this may be the last year poppies are mailed out.

“People owe it to the veterans and what they had to go through,” said veteran Harry Groom, 78. “The poppy is to remember what

they did. The veterans are the ones that made Canada, Canada.”

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• Langford Fire Rescue is hosting Halloween parties at all three fire halls from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Each hall will offer a fire pit, free hotdogs, hot chocolate and full-sized chocolate bars. The fire halls are located at 2625 Peatt Rd., 3205 Happy Valley Rd. and 2872 Sooke Lake Rd. • West Shore RCMP is again opening its doors to trick or treaters of all ages. Last year more than 1,500 people attended the project that involves children, officers, staff and volunteers.

The Fairytale Halloween will be held Oct. 31 from 2 to 8 p.m. at 698 Atkins Ave. • City Centre Park is hosting a free Halloween party from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. with games, treats, and hayrides. The Langford Trolley will be making trips from Westshore Town Centre. City Centre Park is located at 1089 Langford Pkwy. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE -Friday, October 26, 2012

Politicos call for study on sewage treatment Tim Collins News staff

Two Greater Victoria politicians are calling for a study on the need for regional sewage treatment, a delay some fear could jeopardize government funding.

Saanich councillor Vic Derman and Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen, who sit on the Capital Regional District liquid waste committee, want to halt work on the $782million sewage project to conduct an environmental impact and cost benefit study.

Derman maintains that every credible study points to minimal harm associated with the current system of piping screened sewage into the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

The federal government should change its designation of that system from high to low risk, he said, a move that would delay the requirement for changing the current system by 20 years to 2040.

“Every scientist, and even the CRD’s own reports show that

no damage results from the current system,” Derman said. “We don’t have any emergency here.

It’s a three quarter of a billion dollar solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.”

Jensen agrees. “What’s been missing, other than sanity and rationality, is a full environmental impact study,” he said. “Theatre and perception is triumphing over science. It’s a bad basis for public policy making. Private industry wouldn’t undertake a project of this kind without study.”

Victoria councillor Geoff Young, the CRD board chair, disagrees. He admitted that CRD reports don’t point to an environmental emergency in the current system, but said that it’s likely that damage to the marine ecosystem isn’t fully understood.

Young said that delays have risks and that federal and provincial funding could disappear.

“That could leave the municipalities to pick up the entire cost of the project,” he said.

Jensen said that argument falls flat. “It’s a heck of a lot of

money,” he said. “But that’s the point. If it’s not the right thing to do, we shouldn’t go ahead.

Just think of what we could do with our portion of the money.

A quarter of a billion dollars?

We could end homelessness, improve roads and bike trails … the list goes on.”

Jack Hull, the interim project director of the regional sewage treatment project does not agree with any delay. “These are federal and provincial regulations.

They are not optional. Nothing (in the plan) can change,” he said.

Derman’s motion for a study is scheduled for debate within the CRD sewage committee on Nov. 15.

“This is about the most important political issue we have,” Jensen said. “The only way we’ll be heard is if we collaborate and work together with the seven communities who have a stake in this.”

What do you think? email your opinion to editor@ goldstreamgazette.com

Kids haunt museum The Royal BC Museum is inviting families to experience an old-fashioned Halloween at Wonder Sunday, Oct. 28. The cornucopia of spooky fun from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. includes trick or treating for craft supplies, creating a fortune teller to take home, practicing broom skills, learning spell casting and more. Visitors are encouraged to come in costume. editor@goldstream gazette.com

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Inspiring early readers Book recycling program brings tales to tots Christine van Reeuwyk News staff

Snuggling for a nightly tale is a critical literacy ritual that Denise Brown hopes to spread across the West Shore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to establish a routine of nightly reading so the child gains literacy, and the child becomes closer to parents,â&#x20AC;? the former teacher said.

Brown is project leader for the new Westshore â&#x20AC;&#x153;1000x5â&#x20AC;? book recycling program â&#x20AC;&#x153;for the love of readingâ&#x20AC;?, based on successful similar programs in Victoria and the Saanich Peninsula. The program aims to also provide that connection between parent and child with early reading. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our goal is to ensure the children have the opportunity to read 1,000 books by the time theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re five,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Brown, after 35 years of teaching in the district, wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pinpoint a favourite book, but there is a top contender. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Good Night Moon, my son asked for it again and again and again when he was a baby,â&#x20AC;? she said.

She wants to instill the healthy literacy level her son had in kids throughout the region. Reading at home teaches kids know how to sit, enjoy and be entertained by a story. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some kids come to school and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have that. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sad to see,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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Denise Brown, co-ordinator of the West Shore â&#x20AC;&#x153;1000x5â&#x20AC;? book program peruses one of the donations at Sangster school. are packaged in age appropriate bundles and distributed through places like the Goldstream Food Bank, Strong Start centres and Pacific Centre Family Services. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wherever families are in need of books, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to get them there. â&#x20AC;Ś Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting families who have books to share with families that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Donation bins will be in every West Shore elementary school

as well as the Pacific Centre Family Services and the school board office.

Books are bundled in age groups 0-2, 3-4 and 5-6. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The earliest books are the hardest to find good ones of,â&#x20AC;? she said.

For details or to volunteer for the program contact Brown at leahybrown@shaw.ca. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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Colwood-based Fix It robotics team members Katherine and Duncan Silversides with the beginnings of their robot for the 2012/13 competitive season.

The team is looking for new members.

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Robotics team fun, educational Colwood team seeks new members

it’s always fun seeing what all the other teams have done to solve the same challenges as you.”

During competition the robots have to t involves science, math, computer complete certain tasks in order to get programming, teamwork and game points. What task the robot must be able strategy, but most appealing of all, it to perform changes every year and part involves robots. of the challenge is designing and building Fix It is a competitive robotics team a robot specific to each year’s new task. based out of Colwood that is looking This year the competition is based for new members as they enter into the around a tic-tac-toe style game where the 2012/13 season. Team memrobot must be able to pick up bers design, build and compete plastic rings and hang them on with robots made to complete a PVC piping playing board in specific tasks. the middle of the ring.

Throughout the competiA team is also judged on robot tion season the team travels to design and strategy plans. So places such as Las Vegas and far the team has come up with Seattle to compete with other a basic design for the robot and robotics teams from all over is working on a device to have it North America. All winnings be able to pick up and manipufrom competitions come in the late the rings. form of scholarships.

A spirit of sportsmanship and Kyle Wells Christine Nicholls coaches co-operation is a staple of the Reporting the team, which currently competitions. In tournaments consists of her two children, teams are required to ally with Katherine and Duncan Silother random teams for a part versides, grades 12 and 9, respectively, of the contest, and therefore have to and Esquimalt high school student Alex learn to work with other teams, capitalImhels. izing on strengths and helping each other “Who doesn’t like to building and to improve weaknesses. designing robots?” Duncan said. “We also “There’s a lot of camaraderie because get to travel to a lot of new places and you need to be able to work with your

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partner effectively to score a point but at the same time compete against those same partners later on,” Nicholls said.

Last year the Fix It team was the only robotics team in B.C. Two years ago there were four teams in B.C. and the event was expanding, but teacher’s job action and other factors reduced the number of teams. This year St. Margaret’s school in Saanich is also starting a team, something the Fix It team is helping organize.

Ideally a team has six to eight members performing a variety of tasks. Some control the robots, some are there for technical support, while others are needed to co-ordinate with other teams for allied matches.

“It’s not just engineering skills that are needed, it’s also the social skills,” Nicholls said.

Specific skills are helpful for anyone interested in joining the team, but they’re not essential. Anyone willing to learn is welcome to attend a couple of meetings in Colwood and decide if it’s a good fit.

Any high school-aged students interested can contact the Fix It team by email at fixit3491@gmail.com. Visit www.legostormers.com for more information. The first event is at the beginning of December in Seattle. Sponsorships help cover costs for travel, but some costs are involved. kwells@goldstreamgazette.com

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MUNITIONS ET EXPLOSIFS PERDUS Les bombes, grenades, obus et autres objets explosifs similaires posent des risques de blessures et de perte de vie. Ne ramassez pas ces objets et ne les gardez pas comme souvenirs. Si vous avez trouvé ou si vous en avez en votre possession un objet que vous croyez être un explosif, signalez-le à la police locale qui prendra les mesures nécessaires pour l’éliminer.

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NEWS GAZETTE

PROMOTIONAL FEATURE

Tourism sector to be a leader in provincial job growth For some, a dream job would be a vacation planner – for themselves! Vacationing in B.C. can take so many forms that it would indeed be a full-time job.

B.C.’s tourism industry will be a leader in provincial job growth as businesses look to fill Lana Denoni, 101,000 new job open- Chair, TIABC ings by 2020, according to a study of labour demand and supply by go2, the B.C. tourism industry’s human resource association.

The Tourism Labour Market Strategy, released in the spring of 2012 by go2, sets out the plan to recruit, retain and train the workers needed to keep pace with the growth projected for the industry. Nearly half of the 101,000 openings will be new jobs created by the tourism industry across the province, adding 44,220 more jobs to the provincial workforce by 2020. The other approximately 57,000 openings are due to replacements (i.e. retirements).

“The labour strategy co-ordinated by go2 is a key pillar of industry growth in the province. Without it, we simply wouldn’t have the skilled workers in place to deliver the visitor experience throughout B.C.,” says Lana Denoni, Chair of TIABC, the Tourism Industry Association of British Columbia.

The tourism and hospitality industry is extremely diverse with more than 400 different occupations – from those leading to longterm careers to those suiting people seeking part-time work, like students or older workers who are not yet ready to retire.

For Sidney Boomer Gaye Dolezal, “working part-time in Tourism Information was a fun way for me to use my great knowledge of Canadian cities. I often astounded visitors with

an average annual growth rate of 4.2 the connections I could make to per cent. their hometowns,” she says. “People The provincial government’s like to feel like welcome guests, not Gaining the Edge: A Five-year Stratjust tourists.” egy for Tourism in British Columbia The Oak Bay Beach Hotel is a lotargets revenue growth of five per cal example of the industry’s growth cent a year that will top $18 billion and diversity. The hotel will employ in tourism spending by 2016. close to 100 by its November openThe fastest-growing sectors for ing, with about another 20 coming tourism job growth over the next on staff each summer season. decade are expected to be recreThe hotel is a great example of ation and entertainment and travel the diversity of jobs available in the services. industry.

There are an estimated 17,943 In addition to the typical jobs oftourism-related businesses across fered in a hotel environment – front the province, employing about desk and guest services, restaurant 260,000 workers, or 10.8 per cent of staff, bartenders and sommelier, B.C.’s tourism industry will be a leader in job growth B.C.’s total labour force of 2.4 milhousekeeping, maintenance, spa over the next decade. lion people. technicians, valet and administraMore than 80 per cent of tourtion staff – the hotel has also added successful candidate will bring a diversity of several unique positions, says Shawna Walker, talent to their role, being responsible for the ism’s new job openings are projected to come VP, Marketing and co-owner with husband business module of the theatre within the Oak in Food and Beverage Services (43,410 openings), Recreation and Entertainment (20,530 Kevin Walker.

Bay Beach Hotel.”

“The Oak Bay Beach Hotel will be bringing B.C.’s location, bordered by the Rocky openings) and the Accommodation sector back the tradition of a butler, available both Mountains on the east and the Pacific Ocean (18,920 openings).

“After several years of slow labour growth, for hotel guests and private residence own- on the west, makes it unique within Canada. ers to do everything from arrange the details Its mountain and coastal scenery, opportu- the tourism industry is poised to expand,” of their visit in Victoria to planning a private nities for summer sailing, winter skiing, and says Arlene Keis, Chief Executive Officer of function in their own suite, including in-room activities such as fishing or sightseeing or ex- go2. “Labour shortages are already being felt chef and sommelier.” periencing our vibrant cities all make B.C. a in places like Northern B.C., the Thompson Okanagan and in the Rockies regions. By The second position is a Convention and world-class destination.

Theatre Sales Manager for the David Foster Tourism helps to diversify our economy 2016, the crunch will be more acute throughFoundation theatre, a purpose-built room and also brings new community services to out the province.”

“The tourism industry often provides providing state-of-the-art sound, lighting and permanent residents. stage equipment for entertainment evenings, B.C.’s tourism and hospitality industry is people with their important first job and sets including dinner theatre, movies and con- now the single largest “primary resource in- them on their career path,” Keis says. “Tourcerts, as well private functions; a portion of all dustry” in the province, generating an annual ism is also the largest employer of youth, with theatre bookings will go to the David Foster real GDP ($2002) of more than $6.4 billion in one in four British Columbians under the age Foundation as part of a 10-year collabora- 2010, ahead of forestry, mining, oil and gas ex- of 24 working in the industry.”

“This anticipated growth in tourism reintion with the charity. “We have combined traction and agriculture. the usual hotel job description of ConvenTourism and hospitality generated $13.4 forces the need to plan carefully and ensure tion Sales Manager with the requirements of billion in annual revenue in 2010. Overall, that there are enough workers with the right theatre manager/booking agent for our own between 2004 and 2010, industry revenues skills in the right communities to meet the theatre and concert series,” Walker says. “The grew by a total of 25.5 per cent, representing tourism industry’s future labour needs.”

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On this Remembrance Day, November 11th, we all gather at the cenotaph at Veterans Memorial Park, and at the eleventh hour we stand with our heads bowed with thoughts and prayers for those men and women who fought and lost their lives in serving their country.

There are many, WW1, WWII, Korean, Merchant Navy, United Nations Peacekeepers and Afghanistan Veterans, who are all recognized on this day.

The Royal Canadian Legion Veterans from Langford Branch No. #91 will be attending with great pride at the Cenotaph alongside with fellow veterans, military personnel, Federal, Provincial and Municipal officials, Army, Navy and Air Force Cadet units, Boy Scouts, Girls Guides and Beavers, members of local organizations and citizens of the West Shore communities, together with everyone remembering.

We stand with our heads bowed in prayer observing and listening as the flags flutter in the breeze, we can’t

Money donated during the Poppy Campaigns is placed in public trust funds. Some of the many ways this money is used to improve life for people living in the Western Communities include: VETERANS BENEFITS

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We are always getting requests for financial assistance. The only way we can achieve the goals we set forth every year is to get as much help from OUR COMMUNITY and of course OUR LEGION MEMBERSHIP. So when a Legionnaire arrives at your business door, or you see them offering poppies at various West Shore locations, PLEASE GIVE THEM YOUR SUPPORT. This year the Poppy Campaign will start on Friday October 26 and end on November 10th. As every year we desperately need your help manning various locations. We ask for two-hour shifts. The more volunteers we have the less for multiple shifts. Most of our volunteers are the same people who help every

help but glance at the expressions of emotion and the tears of remembrance rolling down the cheeks of those “old enough” who pause to remember what this day means to them.

This day reminds them of lost friends and memories past. Now, for most children, the First and Second World Wars are “too far in the past” for them to appreciate on a personal level but deep inside, they too, somehow realize how fortunate they and we all are. We soon forget the sadness of this day and rejoice in just being together both the young and the old. year. We would like to see more new faces helping this year. This year we need volunteers more than ever. As always the cadets will be there to help us, but WE NEED YOU TO HELP US HELP OTHERS. And, for OUR LEGION MEMBERSHIP, We need your help. Langford Branch No.91 and the Poppy Campaign Committee would like to ask YOU to step forward and VOLUNTEER for this year’s campaign. We cannot support our Veterans and their dependants, as well as the many community groups, without a successful POPPY DRIVE. If you want to VOLUNTEER, leave your name and phone number at the Branch Office at 250-478-1828.

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Former cadet instructor guilty of sex crimes Roger Knox Black Press

A military judge has found a former army cadet instructor guilty of four sex-related charges. The judge found Capt. Daniel Moriarity guilty on two counts of sexual exploitation and one count each of sexual assault and behaving in a disgraceful manner at Moriarity’s court martial hearing in Victoria Monday.

The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS) charged Moriarity in February after he committed crimes against two teenaged cadets at the Lt.-Gen. E.C. Ashton Armoury in Saanich and the Vernon Army Cadet Summer Training Centre. The incidents occurred between 2008 and 2011.

The case was brought forward by the chains of command for the two cadets, who contacted the military police about the allegations.

When the accusations were made, Moriarity was deputy commanding officer of 3005 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps, which is based at the armoury.

Moriarity is slated to be sentenced on Oct. 31. All four charges were laid pursuant to the National Defence Act and Criminal Code of Canada.

The CFNIS is an independent military police unit that investigates serious and sensitive matters in relation to national defence property, DND employees and Canadian Forces personnel. editor@vicnews.com

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TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL NOTICE OF OTHER VOTING Town of View Royal Public Safety Building Bylaw PUBLIC NOTICE is given to the electors of the Town of View Royal that a vote will be held for the purpose of obtaining elector assent to “Public Safety Building Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 839, 2012”, a copy of which is provided below:

PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING LOAN AUTHORIZATION BYLAW NO. 839, 2012 A BYLAW TO AUTHORIZE THE BORROWING OF FUNDS TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW VIEW ROYAL PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING

The Council of the Town of View Royal, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: 1.

2.

3.

The Council is hereby empowered and authorized to borrow upon the credit of the municipality a sum not exceeding Five Million, Four Hundred and Ninety Thousand Dollars ($5,490,000) towards the construction of a View Royal public safety building.

The maximum term for which debentures may be issued to secure the debt created by this bylaw is thirty (30) years.

This bylaw may be cited as “Public Safety Building Loan Authorization Bylaw No.839, 2012”.

READ A FIRST TIME this 18th DAY of SEPTEMBER, 2012.

READ A SECOND TIME this 18th DAY of SEPTEMBER, 2012.

READ A THIRD TIME this 18th DAY of SEPTEMBER, 2012.

RECEIVED THE APPROVAL of the INSPECTOR OF MUNICIPALITIES this 10th DAY of OCTOBER, 2012. RECEIVED THE ASSENT of the ELECTORS this DAY of , 2012.

ADOPTED this DAY of , 2012. _________________________________ MAYOR

QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING & IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED There is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of all electors for this voting will take place at the time of voting.

Resident Electors: All persons residing within the Town of View Royal are entitled to vote on the question provided that the following criteria are met: a.

must be 18 years of age or older;

b.

must be a Canadian citizen;

c.

must be a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately preceding voting day;

d.

must be a resident of the Town of View Royal for at least 30 days immediately preceding voting day; and

e.

must not be disqualified from voting by the Local Government Act or any other enactment, or otherwise be disqualified by law.

Resident Electors will be required to produce two pieces of identification (at least one with a signature).

Non-Resident Property Electors: Persons owning property in the Town of View Royal and not residing within the Town of View Royal are entitled to vote on the question provided that the following criteria are met: a.

must be 18 years of age or older;

b.

must be a Canadian citizen;

c.

must be a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately preceding voting day;

d.

must not be entitled to register as a resident elector;

e.

must have been a registered owner of real property in the Town of View Royal for at least 30 days immediately preceding voting day; and

_________________________________ Corporate Administrator

f.

must not be disqualified from voting by the Local Government Act or any other enactment, or otherwise be disqualified by law.

THE VOTING AREA The area to which this Notice of Other Voting applies is the whole of the Town of View Royal.

Non-Resident Property Electors must complete a non-resident property elector application (available on the General Voting Day and Advance Voting Days at the voting place locations described above). When registering, you must produce two pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) and proof of ownership (Land Title Certificate or a Property Tax Notice). If there is more than one registered owner for the property, only one owner can vote and only with written consent from the majority of registered owners of the real property.

_________________________________ CORPORATE ADMINISTRATOR Certified a true copy of Bylaw No. 839, 2012 as at third reading.

S. Jones Corporate Administrator Certified a true copy of Bylaw No. 839, 2012 as adopted.

THE QUESTION The question to be voted on by the electors will read as follows: “Are you in favour of Public Safety Building Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 839, 2012 which, if adopted, would authorize the Town of View Royal to borrow up to $5.49 million towards the construction of a new public safety building?”

GENERAL VOTING DAY – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2012 General voting day will be held on Saturday, November 24, 2012 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at View Royal Elementary School, 218 Helmcken Road, Victoria, British Columbia and Eagle View Elementary School, 97 Talcott Road, Victoria, British Columbia.

ADVANCE VOTING DAYS – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2012 AND WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012 Advance voting opportunities will be held on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 and Wednesday, November 21, 2012 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at View Royal Town Hall, 45 View Royal Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia.

Should you have mobility issues, it is advised that you vote at one of the advanced voting opportunities as there will be less travelling involved from the parking area to the polling station at the Town Hall location.

Acceptable identification is specified by regulation and includes a BC Driver’s License, BC Identification Card, Owner’s Certification of Insurance & Vehicle License, BC CareCard or BC Gold CareCard, Social Insurance Card, Citizenship Card, Property Tax Notice, credit card or debit card, and utility bill (hydro, natural gas, water, telephone or cable).

INSPECTION OF BYLAW The subject bylaw is available for inspection at View Royal Town Hall, 45 View Royal Avenue, Victoria, BC, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. from October 19, 2012 to November 23, 2012, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays.

FURTHER INFORMATION For further information on this elector assent process, please contact Ken Schaalje, Chief Election Officer, or Elena Bolster, Deputy Chief Election Officer, at 250-479-6800; drop in to the Town Hall (45 View Royal Avenue); by email at info@viewroyal.ca; or by visiting the Town website at www.viewroyal.ca.

Ken Schaalje, Chief Election Officer

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Friday, October 26, 2012 - GOLDSTREAM

EDITORIAL

NEWS GAZETTE

Penny Sakamoto Group Publisher Kevin Laird Editorial Director Oliver Sommer Advertising Director

The Goldstream News Gazette is published by Black Press Ltd. | 117-777 Goldstream Ave., Victoria, B.C. V9B 2X4 | Phone: 250-478-9552 • Fax: 250-478-6545 • Web: www.goldstreamgazette.com

OUR VIEW

Auction laws punish charities F

or non-profit groups and charities that survived grant cutbacks of recent years, the provincial government has found a new way to add insult to injury.

Auctioning bottles of alcohol donated as gifts for fundraising event is a big no-no – unless the government is guaranteed to get its cut.

The Belfry Theatre found this out three years after the fact, an oversight that will cost them at least $20,000 in fundraising this year.

The Belfry, a registered charity, was preparing for this third Crush event for this Sunday, where it auctions off privately donated rare wines from around the world.

This wasn’t a secret – the theatre company openly solicited for donations of fine wines and listed wines up for auction on its Crush website from 2010, including the names of donors.

For some reason this year things were different.

The Liquor Control and Licencing Branch denied the Belfry a special occasion licence to serve alcohol when it found out the theatre company planned, once again, to auction privately donated wines.

The Ministry of Energy and Mines, which oversees the LCBC, said it had been unaware until now that the Belfry auctioned privately donated wine. Apparently it was also unaware of the dozens of other B.C. charities that do the same thing year after year.

“This law has been in place for many years,” the Ministry of Energy and Mines told Black Press in an email.

It is odd the LCLB Special Occasion Licensing manual highlights those specific sections regarding charity wine auctions, indicating they were revised in June 2012. The province dismisses this as “housekeeping” – it insists the rules haven’t changed.

Either the rules haven’t changed and they weren’t being enforced until now, or the rules have changed without warning and the province won’t admit it.

Either way, the regulation is mean spirited and self serving. Under the rules, the booze needs to be purchased directly from a government liquor store or donated from a liquor manufacturer.

B.C. is known for its antiquated and arbitrary liquor laws. B.C. Liberals have given the appearance of bringing B.C.’s liquor laws into the modern day.

People can now bring their own wine to restaurants.

Movie theatres can apply for liquor licences for adult-only screenings.

These auction regulations are a step backwards and only serve to punish legitimate charities.

What do you think? Give us your comments by email: editor@goldstreamgazette.com or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

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

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

Embracing the horror, the horror I

have such conflicted feelings October has seen the usual about October. release of a few mainstream horror On one hand, summer is offimovies, and the results have been cially, no question about it, over. less than horrific (“horrific” in this The wind is picking up, case being a good thing). heaters are being turned Sinister is the best of the on and I’m getting up in bunch, even with a weak the dark now, despite my ending and a snuff film elebody’s sensible protests. ment at play that seems to But then again, there’s be turning people off. Perbeautiful leaves, pumpsonally I liked the whole kin-flavoured everything gritty, 1970s film stock and blankets. thing Sinister has going on, Oh, and blood-soaked along with the general tacmovies. So it’s a bit of a tile feel of the movie. toss up.

Don’t get me wrong, the Kyle Wells I love horror movies whole thing falls apart in CineFile around Halloween time. the end, but the setup is I know they’re not everyfantastic. body’s thing. It can be extremely difKicking the month off was The ficult to find people to go see them House at the End of the Street, which with me, so I understand how many is nothing like The Last House on of you prefer to stay away. the Left. I doubt it’s even in the For me though, they tap into that same neighbourhood. This is purely part of me that likes to be scared.

PG-13 horror, and not especially Or challenged. Or disgusted. Why good PG-13 horror at that. All I enjoy that is up for debate, but told, it’s a dull, unoriginal film that I’ll leave that to the psychologists. doesn’t even get the basics right.

Either way, there’s something inside But Jennifer Lawrence is in it, so of me that enjoys the thrill of testthere’s that. ing my cinematic limits.

The Paranormal Activity series Then again, lots of people like keeps chugging along with Part 4, roller coasters. I do not. I’ll get my out in theatres last weekend. I was scares from horror movies, thank a staunch defender of the franchise you very much. up until PA 3, when the whole thing All of October I have been devotreally became too reliant on its own ing my blog, CineFile, to watching formula. the new horror releases in cinemas PA 4 is an improvement, but and on home video, as well as still offers nothing in the way of catching up with some classics (or innovation or a developed mytholnot so classics) I missed to beef up ogy. Instead there’s a lot of shaky my status as horror movie connoiscamera work, a couple of genuine seur. I call it my Horror Pledge 2012. scares and lots of bumps in the

night. The usual.

So this isn’t exactly a golden age of horror in the cinemas but my journey into the horror backlog unearthed some gems.

High Tension (2003) is an intense French slasher film with some truly gnarly kills and an impressive devotion to quality filmmaking and atmosphere, even if the ending makes no sense. Day of the Dead (1985) is an obvious influence of The Walking Dead and, as the third film in George A. Romero’s original Dead trilogy, is a smart, but still fun zombie flick.

Hell bent for leather is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), one of the most off-the-wall crazy, totally disturbing and discomforting horror films I’ve ever seen. It truly is bizarre and yet is somehow strangely brilliant. Highly recommended, but only for those with a strong stomach.

Come Halloween night, the genre essentials will still be there for you if you’re in the mood for some good horror. We’re talking Psycho (1960), The Shining, Romero’s Dead trilogy, Halloween (1978), Friday the 13th (the original two), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Suspiria, Evil Dead II. The list goes on.

Have a spooktacular Halloween everyone.

To follow Horror Pledge 2012 and for full reviews of “normal” movies, check out CineFile at blogs.bclocalnews.com/cinefile.

Kyle Wells is a reporter with the Goldstream News Gazette. kwells@goldstreamgazette.com

‘I’ll get my scares from horror movies, thank you very much.’

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China deal and budget sacrifice democracy W

hy, when so many people oppose ting ecosystems at risk, and forfeiting due the Enbridge Northern Gateway democratic process. pipeline project, would governOur government is ramming through ment and industry resort to such another omnibus budget bill, and extreme measures to push it is set to sign a deal with China, through? both of which seem aimed at The problems with the plan facilitating the pipeline and other to run pipelines from the Alberta resource-extraction projects. Its tar sands across northern B.C. to first budget bill gutted environload unrefined, diluted bitumen mental protection laws, espeonto supertankers for export to cially those that might obstruct China and elsewhere are wellpipeline plans. known: threats to streams, rivThe recent 457-page omnibus ers, lakes and land from pipeline budget bill goes even further. leaks.

Among other changes, it revises David Suzuki The danger of contaminated the Navigable Waters Protection Science Matters ocean ecosystems from tanker Act (renamed the Navigation spills; rapid expansion of the tar Protection Act) to substantially sands; and the climate change implications reduce waterways that must be considered of continued wasteful use of fossil fuels. for protection and exempt pipelines from The benefits aren’t as apparent. Some regulations. short-term and fewer long-term jobs, posMeanwhile, the government is set to sibly for foreign workers, and increased sign a 31-year deal on Oct. 31 that will give profits for the oil industry – including China’s government significant control state-owned Chinese companies – are all over Canada’s resources and even over we’re being offered in exchange for giving Canadians’ rights to question projects like up our resources, interests and future, putNorthern Gateway.

The Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement would allow China to sue Canada, outside of our borders and behind closed doors, if the pipeline deal were blocked or China’s interests in our resource industry hindered – for example, if the B.C. government were to stop Northern Gateway.

It also gives the Chinese state-owned companies “the right to full protection and security from public opposition,” as well as the right to use Chinese labour and materials on projects in which it has invested.

According to author and investigative journalist Andrew Nikiforuk, writing for The Tyee, “The deal does not require provincial consent. It comes without any risk-benefit analysis. And it can be ratified into law without parliamentary debate.”

Why would anyone want to sell out our interests, democratic processes and future like this? And why would we put up with it?

On the first question, Gus Van Harten, an international investment law professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, told Desmog Blog we must consider the possibil-

ity that government and industry know that changes in attitudes about fossil fuel extraction “may lead to new regulations on the oil patch, in that, climate can’t just be wished away forever, and that governments might take steps to regulate the oil patch in ways that investors wouldn’t like.”

He continues, “If you bring in a lot of Chinese investments, and you sign the Canada investment deal, you kind of get the Chinese investors to do your dirty work for you.”

In other words, as the world recognizes the already extreme and increasing consequences of global warming and shifts from wastefully burning fossil fuels to conservation and renewable energy, tar sands bitumen may soon become uneconomical.

The goal is to dig it up, sell it and burn it as quickly as possible while there’s still money to be made.

It’s cynical and suicidal, but it’s the kind of thinking that is increasingly common among those who see the economy as the highest priority – over human health and the air, water, soil and biodiverse ecosystems that keep us alive.

LETTERS Responsibility for bullying falls on all of us Re: Social media to blame for teen’s death (Letters, Oct. 19) It is a terrible shame a young girl ended her life because of bullies.

I agree with the saying “If people try to bring you down, it only means you are above them” also brings another really good saying to mind “To belittle is to be little.”

However, I would not go as far as to say social media is as addictive as marijuana nor would I say it leads to depression or loss of life.

I would not give social media that kind of power. One can shut off their computer or shut down their social media profiles if they are being bullied on the social media sites.

Censoring and or shutting down sites do not solve or resolve the problem of bullies.

It is a bit more difficult to walk away from these bullies at school or when physically socializing.

The problem is plain and simple. People who are very insecure and have such low self-esteem feel the need to bully to make it appear like they are tough and to get attention from their peers.

Unless we as parents raise our children to have good self-esteem and understand what is right and wrong, we as a society will continue to have these issues.

It all starts at home with the parents who raise these bullies. Teach your children well and take responsibility for what your children do.

Tamara Shiels Victoria

Targeting social media shifts blame Re: Social media to blame for teen’s death (Letters, Oct. 19) Letter writer Eileen Nattrass would have us believe that Amanda Todd would not have committed suicide were it not for “these immoral websites” that “need to be shut down immediately.”

This line of thinking is insulting to most people’s intelligence because it excuses the behaviour of the people involved, and attempts to transfer the blame to social media websites and their shareholders.

Perhaps “the powers that be” should also blame auto makers, and ban these immoral motor vehicles immediately, because sometimes teenagers drink alcohol, drive, have car accidents and die.

What exactly would Ms. Nattrass suggest the shareholders at General Motors do about the consequences that drivers experience after making poor choices while using their products, the same products that most people use on a daily basis without incident.

There are laws in place to deal with people who cause harm to others, and I am confident that the bullies who tormented Amanda Todd will ultimately be brought to justice for any unlawful behaviours.

However, knee-jerk reactions that attempt to shift the blame to innocent parties are neither useful nor helpful.

Robert Waters Saanich

Bad, dangerous drivers are everywhere Re: Dedicate police patrol to Malahat, (Our View, Oct. 17) Before setting up a highway police unit on the Malahat mountain highway, we should ask how the dangerous drivers behave where they live – in fiefdoms like Saanich, Nanaimo, and on the mainland, most refusing to police properly.

Watch the streets anywhere and you’ll see most drivers don’t slow down in the rain. Many deliberately drive dangerously, at 80 km/h through playground zones and around blind curves on residential streets, not stopping when turning right at a red light nor at stop signs. Others are merely inattentive or sloppy. Much re-education is needed.

The Malahat is much less forgiving of error, but driver mentality is the same, general ignorance about driving physics is the same.

B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation has not

done much to educate drivers that it is a mountain highway, claiming the expensive vague sign in View Royal does that – despite using clear bright signs elsewhere in the province.

Driver licensing isn’t working. The many drivers whose N placard indicates they recently passed a knowledge exam, but don’t want to benefit from using what they were taught.

The effective approach is police feet on the street, identifying and directly reeducating drivers. Didn’t the continuous campaign of increased enforcement on the Malahat show that last year? I expect it will take a year of increased police presence everywhere before most drivers get the message about proper behaviour on roads.

Keith Sketchley Saanich

Marching to abyss of sewage treatment Re: Tax increase poor treatment. (Writer’s Block, Oct. 19); “Political will on sewage treatment emerging in CRD” and “Scientists, former MP likely have facts straight” (Letters, Oct. 19) It is both a revealing and a welcome day when a long-established, non-partisan, widely read and respected community newspaper deems it acceptable to publish three items concerning the CRD’s secondary sewage treatment plans, all of which are against it.

It is not difficult to see this event as yet another station of a newly burgeoning popular movement that seeks a way to halt (or at least delay) that destructive juggernaut that threatens the environmental and fiscal well being of the entire region.

All this renewed activity is directly attributable to the release of the long-awaited detailed wastewater engineering plan at the end of September.

The technical one is nothing short of frightening in its implications. Potential environmental dangers accompany every step of the planned construction.

The other part, concerning the financing of the project, cannot be called anything other than pie-in-the-sky.

Current estimates of construction costs ($783 million), provincial and federal contributions ($501 million), and property tax increases of between $232 and $391 per year are actually worse than that.

The contribution of at least the federal government’s share is not even close to being guaranteed, while any and all overruns will be the sole responsibility of local taxpayers. Can anyone doubt, then, that potential property tax increases will be in the neighbourhood of $500 to $700 per year – if we are lucky.

In the meantime, the powers-that-be at the CRD continue to march us lemmings toward the abyss, heedless of science and overwhelming popular opposition, and bereft even of common sense.

Each and every tax payer-elector opposed to the travesty of the current secondary sewage treatment plan must make it her or his business to apprise local, provincial, and federal politicians that their election or re-election will depend, to a large extent, on the position they take in this matter.

Zoltan Roman Saanich

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Ball bash raises cash for foundation Calling all ghosts and goblins … adult ones that is.

The Metchosin Foundation is hosting its Halloween Ball, Oct. 27 at the Metchosin community hall, 4401 William

Colwood teen Samantha Norton raised more than $2,000 for Cops for Cancer. She collected $600 worth of bottles in her neighbourhood and hosted a bake sale at Reynolds secondary school.

Head Rd. The doors open at 7 p.m. and the ball begins at 8 p.m.

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Colwood teen Samantha Norton wanted to do something big for her Grade 12 year at Reynolds secondary school.

To honour her aunt Sue Vining, who passed away in August from breast cancer, Norton started raising money for the Cops for Cancer.

She canvassed her neighbourhood, more than 400 homes, collecting bottles and cans. In one day, Sept. 22, she collected thousands of beverage containers worth $600.

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Premier offers olive branch to teachers Tom Fletcher Black Press

Premier Christy Clark announced a review of teacher bargaining Oct. 17, with a goal of reaching a 10-year agreement that would put an end to decades of battles with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation.

Clark and Education Minister Don McRae acknowledged at a Vancouver news conference that changing the culture of confrontation between the B.C. government and teachers won’t be easy, and vowed to put even the most contentious issues on the table for discussion. That includes class size and special needs support, key issues in contract disputes and court actions in recent years.

“Our first goal is long-term labour stability with teachers in British Columbia,” Clark said.

“Our second goal is to improve how government interacts and works with the BCTF. These two goals will require compromise on all sides of the table, including ours.”

BCTF president Susan Lambert said she welcomes the review of the bargaining structure, but is skeptical about the latest prom-

Susan Lambert ise of meaningful consultation.

“It seems to me that talk of a 10-year contract is putting the cart before the horse,” Lambert said. “There seem to be conclusions drawn that would be properly a product of the bargaining table and not a product of a discussion on the bargaining structure.”

The offer comes as the BCTF continued a court challenge to a two-year wage freeze that extends until June 2013. After a

Philip Jacobs trial now set for December The trial of a former Saanich priest charged with molesting minors is now expected to start in December.

Philip Jacobs is charged with sexual assault, two counts of sexual interference of a person under 14 and touching a young person for a sexual purpose related to three minors under the age of 14 in alleged incidents spanning September 1996 to June 2001.

Jacobs served as a parish priest at St. Joseph the Worker on Burnside Road West from 1998 to 2002.

The trial judge heard a number of procedural arguments this month regarding evidence. The actual trial is scheduled to begin Dec. 10, and last for two weeks. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

year of fruitless negotiations and work-to-rule by teachers, the union membership endorsed the two-year contract extension reached in June with government-imposed mediator Charles Jago.

McRae said the review will take advantage of work currently being done by a task force of school trustees, and two previous reviews completed by independent mediators.

In his 2007 report, mediator Vince Ready said the union and the province’s bargaining agent, the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association, need a system for agreeing on the financial costs of various proposals before they can hope to settle contracts.

McRae said he has talked with Lambert about the proposal, and he wants to have consultations with teachers, trustees, parent advisory councils and administrators complete by the end of November.

“If there are policy changes or legislative amendments that we need to make, we want to get this work done before bargaining resumes next spring,” McRae said. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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The Canadian rockers best known for their hit songs â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oowataniteâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just Between You and Meâ&#x20AC;? perform at the Royal Theatre on Monday (Oct. 29). Tickets ($50.75, $34.75) are available online at rmts.bc.ca or by calling 250-386-6121.

Iconoclastic Cline takes the stage On Oct. 30, the Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre launches its production of A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline. The musical cabaret has received rave reviews since 1991, and it features some of the singerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classics, including I Fall to Pieces.

Victoria News reporter Roszan Holmen caught up with director Brian Richmond in the middle of a rehearsal this week. â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ News: Tell me about Patsy Cline and what about her life has drawn audiences for the past 20 years. â&#x20AC;˘ Brian Richmond: Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generally considered the greatest country vocalist of all time. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great about Patsy is that she, like Hank Williams before her, took country music and she raised it to a new level. She moved from just a pure country sound into a pop sound. She just had that quality that made her stand out from the rest. â&#x20AC;˘ N: That must have made it hard to cast her role.

â&#x20AC;˘ BR: In my case it was easy because Sara-Jeanne Hosie has been playing Patsy Cline in a number of productions and is magnificent in the role. â&#x20AC;˘ N: For people not familiar with her music, what is it like? â&#x20AC;˘ BR: My own opinion is that any great singer is a great storyteller. When singers often start out they think about the technique of their voice, but as you hear them moving through their careers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the great ones â&#x20AC;&#x201C; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll hear they focus more and more and more on the story. Even though Patsy did not live to be very old, I think that happened with her. â&#x20AC;˘ N: Why did you choose this piece? â&#x20AC;˘ BR: We had a lot of success with Hank Williams, The Show He Never Gave which we put on a couple of years ago. It really drew in a new type of audience to the theatre for us. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not necessarily traditional theatre audiences. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re country music fans.

So I wanted to give a follow-up and

Patsy Cline seemed to be the strongest choice. â&#x20AC;˘ N: What about Patsyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life makes an appealing drama, other than her untimely death? â&#x20AC;˘ BR: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really more about the fan that follows her and plays homage to her. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the character of little big man (played by Victoria actor Wes Borg) and his absolute adulation of her. â&#x20AC;˘ N: You describe the role of women and Patsy Cline walking a cheeky line. What did you mean by that? â&#x20AC;˘ BR: I think that Patsy was an iconoclast, particularly in the way women were viewed in the 1950s. Women were seen as the little wife who stayed at home and cleaned and made dinner for the husband, and I think Patsy showed women that there were other role models. That there were strong, forceful women who knew their own heart. It was a transition time. rholmen@vicnews.com

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ARTS NEWS Russian church music show this weekend

Victoria celebrates composer, artist Cage

The founder and inspirational force behind one of the best known dance schools in Victoria is commemorating her silver anniversary and, naturally enough, the event will be celebrated in dance.

Asmiraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Silver Anniversary Dinner Show will be held on Saturday, Oct. 27, at Dance Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Performance Lab, 2750 Quadra St. and it will feature dance by Asmira McConnell as well as a group of her past and present students.

Other dancers will be remembered through a series of videos and slides.

There will be a lot of reminiscing, said the dancer. She added that, for her, this is a once-in-a-lifetime celebration.

Asmiraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school of dance first came to Victoria in 1987 and her instructional classes quickly gained in popularity, due in large part to her love of dance.

She has received numerous awards over the years and was named Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Favourite Dancer/Choreographer and Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Favourite Dance Group by readers of Monday Magazine.

She has also received numerous awards for both dance and

Voces Intimae, a Victoria-based choir that specializes in Russian and Ukrainian music, performs a concert this Sunday of Russian Orthodox church music.

The show happens Oct. 28 at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Church (1112 Caledonia Ave.) at 3 p.m.

Tickets ($20/$15) are available in advance at Ivy's Book Shop, Larsen Music, Long & McQuade, or at the door. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Ukrainian orphanages.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of American composer, philosopher and artist John Cage, performances and exhibitions will be held all over the world, including a number of locations in Greater Victoria.

Cage lived from 1912 to 1992.

The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the Victoria Symphony, Open Space Gallery and the University of Victoria are all participating in the celebrations.

On Nov. 8, an opening reception will be held at the AGGV (1040 Moss St., 7 p.m.), and will feature a performance by the symphony of some of Cage's musical compositions.

The galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibit dedicated to his work, called Devoted Play, runs Nov. 9 to Jan. 6.

For info on all Cage-related events, visit johncage.org.

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SPORTS An itch he couldn’t scratch Travis Paterson 250-480-3279 sports@vicnews.com

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Roy Haslam 2012 inductee Travis Paterson News staff

I

t took 40 years to lose the “itch,” but Roy Haslam created a life away from the race track.

It wasn’t long into his “second life,” when one of Haslam’s sons, who also races, offered up his race car to dad, who was there to watch.

“It was all prepped and ready for me to take one more spin around Western Speedway,” said the former racing great. “I said ‘no way.’ It was only a few years ago and I told him, ‘if I get into that car, the itch will start all over again.’”

The 66-year-old hasn’t raced competitively since the 1990s.

His accomplishments as a super stock driver, open wheel and off-road made him an automatic for the Victoria Auto Racing Hall of Fame, which inducted him in 1999. This weekend Haslam’s success transcends auto racing, as he joins the 2012 class of Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame inductees.

He’s one of the few motorsports men to do so, as he enters with a list of national-level athletes and legendary builders. All will be celebrated at the annual banquet, Saturday night in the Pacific Institute of Sports Excellence.

It’s a return to the glory years of racing for Haslam, though he isn’t a stranger to the race track these days either. His sons Mike, 41, and Robbie, 42, continue racing. Mike in the K & N series and

SPORTS NEWS IN BRIEF Vikes need two wins for playoffs The UVic Vikes men’s soccer team hosts the Mount Royal Cougars and the Winnipeg Wesmen for the final two regular season Canada West soccer games, today (Oct. 26) and tomorrow at Centennial Stadium, 7 p.m. each night.

The Vikes need two wins to lock up a playoff spot.

It’s been a tumultuous season for the Vikes. The men have

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Roy Haslam circa 1970. super late model stock cars, and Robbie in a sprint car.

Today Roy is a shop foreman at the Alpine Group’s Langford facility, where he’s been for 17 years.

He still uses some of the skills he honed at the speedway in 1961, when Roy joined the crew on a car owned by his dad Jim. “I think they let me hold a rag, wipe the wheels,” Roy chuckles.

More and more often though, Roy held a wrench, and it didn’t take long to learn his way around.

By 1965, at 19-years-old, he got his own jalopy (stock’s predecessor), a ’49 Ford. In 1967, he was approached to drive a car owned

“We were weekend racers, back by Monday morning. We all had jobs to be at.”

– Roy Haslam

lost five of seven away games but are perfect at home with five wins in five games.

Fraser Valley visit Vikes, playoffs With a second place finish in the Canada West standings the UVic Vikes women’s soccer team (9-2-1) host the Fraser Valley Cascades (6-5-1) in a one game playoff Saturday night.

Kick off is 5 p.m. at Centennial Stadium.

The Vikes are looking to earn their way into the 2012 CIS national championships, though a guaranteed spot awaits them as hosts of the November tournament.

by Harvey Chipper, and became that year’s points champion.

“It was different then. You made your own parts. You could buy some stuff, but now it’s all bought,” he recalled.

By the 1970s, he and his crew were traveling to one race after another in Washington, Oregon and California, and working on the car when they got there.

“We were weekend racers, back by Monday morning. We all had jobs to be at. We slept in the truck at the ferry terminal, or sometimes threw our sleeping bag down in the bushes.”

There were long hauls, too, regular jaunts out to Illinois and Minnesota.

“Now in life, I’ve been going back and looking at places I raced. I’m smelling the roses, so to speak,” he said.

“I can tell you what the local restaurants looked like, but we’d be at the race track all day and leave at midnight without really knowing what the place was like.”

The mobile crew continued their travels into the 1980s until Haslam finally quit in the 1990s.

“I’ve been married 16 years (to my wife), kind of my second life, and the race track isn’t running my life anymore,” Roy said.

“Not that I would change anything. The camaraderie with all the drivers, you can’t beat it. Getting in and driving something you and your crew worked so hard on, you have a smile on your face, even on the bad days.”

Roy’s parents Jim and Lorraine entered the Victoria Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1985 and 1996, respectively, and his ex-wife, Angie, was also inducted in 2000.

Jim was part of Langford Speedway in the 1940s and helped

Vikes golf season ends with win Home course advantage served the UVic Vikes men’s and women’s golf teams well as they won their respective team titles as hosts of the Vikes Shootout at Cordova Bay Golf Course earlier this week.

Defending champ Megan Woodland, who hails from the Saanich area, led the Vikes. Woodland tied for first in the women’s individual standings but lost in a one-hole, tie-breaker to Concordia’s Sunny Powers.

Matthew Broughton was the top Vike in the men’s, fourth overall, with Sam Holland coming in sixth.

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Now a shop foreman and welder with Alpine, Roy Haslam is still in coveralls, though he’s long removed as a top driver at Western Speedway. found Western Speedway in 1954. And now the next generation of Haslams haunt the track, Roy’s granddaughters, sevenyear-old cousins Courtenay and Peyton. sports@vicnews.com

Victoria Sports HOF 2012 Also entering GVSHOF are Canadian archery champ Alan Wills, national and UVic Vikes basketball player Tracie McAra, Victoria Shamrocks Whitey Severson and Archie Browning, the 1954-59 Gorge Hotel softball team, and Joe Iannarelli and George Jones as builders. Visit vicnews.com for more.

Vikes rep Canada at ITU triathlon in New Zealand A pair of UVic Vikes cross-country athletes went across the world last week to compete at the World Triathlon Championships in Auckland, New Zealand on Sunday.

Racing for Canada, former Vikes crosscountry star Ellen Pennock (from Calgary) finished 13th in the under-23 category, ahead of 2012 Vikes rookie Alison Hooper (Claremont secondary) at 27th. Locally based Alex Coates finished 25th, while Canada’s top under-23 woman was Joanna Brown of Ontario in third.

Kyle Jones, a longtime training partner of Simon Whitfield, was Canada’s top man in the elite category, finishing sixth overall, his best ever. Victoria-based Lauren Campbell was Canada’s top elite woman, 21st overall.

Victoria’s Matt Sharpe led Canada’s under-23 men’s team, 29th overall, followed

by Matt Vierula (Ottawa) in 38th and Victoria’s Aaron Thomas 42nd. sports@vicnews.com

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Money on the Hill Local player Patrick Flint returns a serve against Daniel Chu at the Cedar Hill Recreation Centre during the qualifying semifinal of last weekend’s pro South Island Indoor Challenge.

Chu defeated Flint and went on to finish third overall, taking $1,500. South Africa’s Izak Van Der Merwe won $8,000 by beating France’s Clement Reix ($3,500) in the final.

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Saturday a triple header of rugby in Victoria

Mark deFrias will fill the previously void role of general manager for the Victoria Highlanders soccer club.

DeFrias will oversee the club’s operations, a position last held by Drew Finerty. DeFrias is also the former sales and marketing manager of the Highlanders and returns after three years in the marketing and sponsorship office of the UVic Vikes athletic program.

“I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think the Highlanders organization could be a winner both on and off the field. I know I’m up for the challenge,” deFrias

All three Canadian Direct Insurance Premier League rugby teams from Greater Victoria are hosting matches on Saturday.

Burnaby Lake visits James Bay at MacDonald Park, Capilano is at the Castaway Wanderers of Windsor Park in Oak Bay, and the UBC Old Boy Ravens will take on the UVic Vikes at Wallace Field.

It’s an unusually down season for powerhouse clubs CW and James Bay. All three have suffered upset defeats early in the B.C. Rugby Union season.

The Castaway Wanderers have one win in four matches, while James Bay suffererd a surprising loss to the Old Boy Ravens on Oct. 13.

All three matches kick off at 2:45 p.m., preceded by the respective first division teams at 1 p.m. sports@vicnews.com

said in a release.

The lifelong soccer fan and Vancouver Island Soccer League player is heavily involved in the local sports community, as a board member for the Victoria International Running Society (which operates the TC10K and Victoria International Track Classic), SportHost Victoria, and the Ryan O’Byrne Youth Sports Society, which ran its first annual summer hockey camp to benefit charity in August.

The Highlanders men’s and women’s seasons run May through July. sports@vicnews.com

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SPORTS STATS Rowing Lower Island high school sports annual Rowing Regatta at Elk Lake Oct. 20 and 21 Results from final heat: Senior Novice Women 4xGlenlyon Norfolk 1 (3:41.09) Parkland 1 (3:56.99) St. Michaels Univ. 1 (3:58.46) Reynolds 1 (4:12.71) Junior Men 8+ Claremont 2 Claremont 1 Mount Douglas 1 Glenlyon Norfolk 1 Pacific Christian 1

(2:57.22) (3:02.54) (3:10.42) (3:16.76) (3:53)

Senior Women 2x St. Andrew’s 1 Mount Douglas 1 Stelly's 1 Claremont 2 Claremont 3 Claremont 1

(3:50.62) 3:57.27) (3:57.27) (3:57.99) (3:59.08) (4:09.54)

Grade 8 Mixed 4xSt. Andrew's 1 (3:42.25) Royal Oak Middle 1 (3:48.13) Bayside Middle 1 (3:48.72) Bayside Middle 2 (3:49.2) Junior Women 8+ St. Andrew's 1 Stelly's 1 Claremont 1

(3:13.91) (3:21.28) (3:27.21)

Senior Men 2x Stelly's 1 Mount Douglas 1 Claremont 1 Esquimalt High 1 St. Michaels 1 Oak Bay High 2

(3:13.06) (3:16.55) (3:20.44) (3:25.24) (3:25.73) (3:40.4)

Mount Douglas 1 Claremont 1 Stelly's 2 Victoria High 1

(3:10.65) (3:18.24) (3:45.43) (3:59.2)

Junior Novice Men 4xClaremont 1 (3:24.32) Stelly's 1 (3:36.2) Reynolds 1 (3:47.86) Parkland 2 (3:50.04) Parkland 1 (3:51.49)

Senior Novice Men 4xStelly's 1 (3:47.93) Spectrum Comm. 1 (3:51.03) St. Michaels 1 (3:54.97) Oak Bay High 1 (3:56.47)

Senior Novice Women 8+ Parkland 1 (3:50.63) Reynolds 1 (3:55.38) St. Margaret's 1 (4:09.88) Stelly's 1 (4:58.73)

(4:08.53) (4:08.98) (4:10.87) (4:30.04) (4:33.69) (4:43.31)

Grade 8 Men 4xSt. Andrew’s 1 Bayside Middle 3 Bayside Middle 1 Bayside Middle 2

(3:26.5) (3:45.27) (3:45.75) (4:05.4)

Senior Women 4xClaremont 3 (3:18.26) St. Andrew's 1 (3:25.64) Claremont 2 (3:31.16) Spectrum Comm. 1 (3:31.54) Glenlyon Norfolk 1 (3:54.76) Junior Novice Men 8+ St. Michaels 1 (3:11.83) Glenlyon Norfolk 1 (3:31.55) Reynolds 1 (3:37.71) Pacific Christian 1 (3:46.01) Grade 8 Women 4xBayside Middle 1 (3:41.75) Royal Oak Middle 1 (3:58.99) Bayside Middle 3 (4:00.06) Bayside Middle 2 (4:17.28) Senior Men 4xMount Douglas 1 Claremont 1 Esquimalt High 1 Parkland 1 Stelly's 1 St. Michaels 1

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(3:46.87) (3:58.46) (3:59.01) (3:59.45) (4:04.96) (4:11.06)

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Junior Novice Women 8+ Parkland 1 (4:05.72) St. Michaels 1 (4:16.88) Glenlyon Norfolk 1 (4:25.23) Reynolds 1 (4:25.66) Junior Men 4xClaremont 2 Glenlyon Norfolk 1 Stelly's 1 Claremont 3 Claremont 1 Victoria High 1

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LEGALS WAREHOUSEMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LIEN ACT Notice is hereby given that Kustom Towing, (2009) Ltd, 3297 Douglas St, Victoria, BC, V8Z 3K9 will be selling:

BOOK SIGNING CHAPTERS BOOKS SAT., OCT. 27th 12 - 4 PM (NEW WRITER)

JOHN C. SMITH Will sign his book The Scarlet Sentinels A story about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

GORDON UNITED CHURCH is inviting the community to our Annual Fall Turkey Dinner on Friday, Nov. 2, at 6pm.

935 Goldstream Ave. Adults $12. Children under 8 years, free.

Owner S. Mundy JH2AF60242K000699 1995 CHEV CAMERO Owner S. Altowairgi 2G1FP22S4S2226276 2009 NISSAN FRONTIER Owner Unknown 1N6AD07WX9C405892 Will be sold on November 2, 2012. At 647B Dupplin Rd, Victoria, BC between 10am-2pm.

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TRAVEL GETAWAYS ITALY- VILLAGE house in beautiful central Italy for rent.

Call Anita 250-655-4030.

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HEAVY DUTY TRUCK PARTSMAN, EXPERIENCE is required for permanent employment. Must have mechanical knowledge & be computer & keyboard literate. Attention: Norma, Bailey Western Star Trucks Inc, 1440 Redwood St, Campbell River, BC, V9W 5L2 250-286-1151. nhalliday@bailey westernstar.com

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DOWNSIZE SALE: Drill press & stand, 12 spd. Band saw, as new, 2-3 hours, will cut 6â&#x20AC;? thick. TWS Table saw, 30â&#x20AC;?x72â&#x20AC;? table, T-sq. fencing, 2HP/220V. Jigs/blades, accessories, value $200., included + ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manual. Sell as package only. First $550. takes. (250)479-7189.

$399,000. Next to VGH, 2 bdrm + 3rd or ofďŹ ce, 2 lvl, end unit, windows on 3 sides.

Large family room, 2 ďŹ replaces, pet allowed. 71-14 Erskine Ln., Tel: 250-478-0269. Open House, 2PM-4PM, Sat & Sun. w w w. C o m f r e e. c o m / 3 6 7 0 9 7 www.mls.ca x2486311

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

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FOR SALE BY OWNER. #30 Lekwammen Drive. 55+ complex. 2 bdrm, 2 bath, den, family room, dbl. garage. LP $319,900. Irma (250)477-4117

TRADES, TECHNICAL HINO CENTRAL Fraser Valley is seeking a Commercial Vehicle Technician (Senior Apprentice or Journeyman) to add to our growing team in Langley. We offer a competitive salary and full beneďŹ ts in a fully-equipped ultra-modern facility.

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An Alberta Construction Company is hiring Dozer and Excavator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilďŹ eld road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051.

LEGALS

HANDICAPPED MALE seeks a non expensive web designer. Please call (250)415-6321.

THIS IS to state that Eco Storage is indebted to B & D Lift Truck Service for $1,476.16 for a Raymond Forklift Model# E3RTN-36.25-27-150-5 Serial #66568. This equipment will be sold at 935 Goldstream Ave Victoria, BC on October 26, 2012.

Required for an Alberta Trucking Company. One Class 1 Driver. Must have a minimum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be willing to relocate to Edson, Alberta. Scheduled Days Off. Call Lloyd 780-723-5051

ANTIQUES/VINTAGE VICTORIA TOY Show, Sunday, Oct 28. See â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coming Eventsâ&#x20AC;? for more information.

APPLIANCES WANTED: CLEAN fridgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, upright freezers, 24â&#x20AC;? stoves, portable dishwashers, less than 15 yrs old. McFarland Industries, (250)885-4531.

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

FREE ITEMS FREE: 3 yr old media stand and desk. You pick up. Call (250)592-6008.

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FRIENDLY FRANK 15 JIGSAW puzzles, $1 each.

Various sizes. Please call (250)656-5618.

PERSONAL SERVICES

2 PUZZLES, 750 pieces and 2 puzzles 1000 pieces. $5. ea.

Done once. (250)656-1640.

EDUCATION/TUTORING

5 SPIDER plants in pots, $1.50/ea. 250-652-4199.

TUTORING SERVICE in your home. CertiďŹ ed teachers, any grade, any subject. email: schooliseasyvic@gmail.com or call (250)483-5496. or go to www.schooliseasy.com/Victoria

6-DRAWER DRESSER, solid wood, extremely clean, $35.

(250)380-9596.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

MIRROR, 28â&#x20AC;?x42â&#x20AC;?, $10. 2004 Heater (Kersone), $80. K-nex game, $9. 778-265-1615.

RICK STEVES convertible, soft back pack, $50. Call (250)656-1030.

VINTAGE DRESSER with mirror. 3 drawers, dark wood, $89. obo. 778-433-2855.

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LIQUIDATING*MATTRESSES Furniture, Tools, Heaters, Axes, Hdwe! Everything Goes!

Vic & Toni Retired! BUY & SAVE, 9818 4th St., Sidney. buyandsave.ca Visa, M/C. NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS$2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enterprise Cres, Victoria. Goldstream Press Division.

YAMAHA KAYAK roof racks, 2 locking bars, 1 side has 2 cradles, 2nd side has a Hullavator unit, drops to waste level. Seldom used, paid over $1200, asking $500 ďŹ rm.

Please email: keebird@shaw.ca

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

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

GREAT DEAL. Winter Special. Seasoned Firewood. Delivered. Call 250-881-4842.

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest ďŹ rewood producer offers ďŹ rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

FURNITURE NEED TO OutďŹ t An OfďŹ ce?

Executive Chair, desk, bookcase, 2 client chairs.

Call (250)652-0793.

REAL ESTATE

Incredible 5 acre treed PARK-LIKE PROPERTY with Well-Maintained Furnished Home 1500 sq.ft, 3-bdrm, 2 bath. Extremely close to Pristine Cowichan Lake, in the town of Caycuse.

Perfect for recreational property or full time living.

Motivated seller $378,800.

Exceptionally low yearly cost. Not leased land.

Call 250-745-3387 smartytwo@hotmail.com

MOBILE HOMES & PARKS URGENT SALE! Immaculate double-wide Lannon Creek $118,000 250-642-5707

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY OWNER

MAPLE TABLE, round, with 2 leaves, extends to oval, and 4 chairs, $99. (250)477-9278

PINWHEEL Crystal Decanter $5., Candy dish $5. Master Labyrinth Board game $5.

James Bay. (250)380-8733.

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BUILDING SUPPLIES LEEMAR EXCAVATOR Components Requires a Red Seal certiďŹ ed Heavy Duty Mechanic for in house and offsite repairs for a variety of West Coast Equipment. Successful applicants will have a minimum of 2 years work experience, be able to work independently as well as part of a team. Applicants must hold a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license with an air endorsement ticket. Welding experience is an asset. Leemar is located in Parksville and services Vancouver Island.

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OPEN HOUSE. 2 BR / 2 BA Condo. #208 - 300 Waterfront Cres. $519K. Friday 122pm, Sat & Sun 11am-3pm.

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We offer an employee beneďŹ t program with Extended Medical, Dental and an RRSP program along with above average wages. If being a member of the leading team is part of your future, please submit your rĂŠsumĂŠ via e-mail to arbutusdir@arbutusrv.ca.

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HOMES WANTED

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RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

WE BUY HOUSES

Gorge Apartments

SIDNEY EXECUTIVE suite. near ocean & town. $1295.

Short/ long term.250-656-8080

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RENTALS COTTAGES COTTAGE AVAILABLE 1 NOV. 1 bdrm, f/s, w/d recent reno, NS/NP, located in Highlands close to VGH. $790 + hydro. 250-881-7324 DEEP COVE: cozy 1bdrm, wood floors, acreage, skylights $895/mo, N/S. 250-656-1312.

APARTMENT/CONDO 1 & 2 Bdrm suites & cabins.

Perched on a cliffside with panoramic ocean vista, overlooking The Saanich Inlet. 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. Call 250-478-9231.

CENTRAL SAANICH: 2 bdrm apt. Util’s incld’d. N/S. Avail.

Nov. 1st. Call (250)477-2561.

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

THETIS LAKE ESTATES large 1 bdrm or can be 2 bdrm suite, all utils + cable/high speed internet, laundry, garbage, private parking, close to all amenities, quiet rural setting. Refs, small pet ok. $1050./$1250. 250-220-4718, 250-507-1440.

CALL: 250-727-8437

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SIDNEY CONDO, James White Blvd. 3 bdrms or 2bdrm + den/ dining room. 1200 sq ft, NS/NP/55+. $1400./mo (250)652-3606.

SOOKE: TOP floor corner, ocean front 2 bdrm condo.

Fresh paint, clean, new kitchen floor, n/s, n/p, $925. Call Cornelia 250-391-8484.

TILLICUM TOP flr 2 BD 1 BA 55+ bldg incl. storage, in-suite or same flr lndry. $950. 250858-2383. U pay hydro avail. now

215 Gorge Road East Victoria

$500 Move In Incentive Bachelor from $700/mo.

1 bdrm. from $790/mo.

2 bdrm. from $995/mo.

• Indoor swimming pool (Redwood Park only) • Surface & carport parking • Upgraded balconies • Spectacular views • Storage lockers • Situated in Park Setting • 2 km from downtown • Crime Free MultI-Housing Program

Kamel Point Village Apartments 70 Dallas Road, Victoria

$500 Move In Incentive 2 bdrm. from $1,200/mo.

• Water front low-rise • Outdoor parking available • Balconies • Bike storage • In suite storage • Dishwasher in some suites • Laundry room

Gorge Towers Apartments 200 Gorge Road West, Victoria

$500 Move In Incentive 1 bdrm. from $870/mo.

2 bdrm. from $1,140/mo.

• Wheel-chair accessible • Outdoor, indoor and covered parking available • Lockers • Elevators • Laundry room • Balconies • Bicycle storage • Crime Free Multi-Housing Program

Fair Oaks Apartments 3501 Savannah Avenue, Saanich

$250 Move In Incentive 1 bdrm. from $840/mo.

2 bdrm. from $1,014/mo.

• Lush foliage & groomed landscaping • Well-maintained building •Amenities nearby • Wheel-chair accessible • Covered, indoor and outdoor parking • Laundry room • Balconies • Lockers • Elevator • Small fitness room

Call Now: 250.381.5084 www.caprent.com rentals@caprent.com

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded.

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

HOMES FOR RENT

2007 DODGE CALIBER SXTmint, loaded, 74,000 km. $10,000. (250)598-6605.

SIDNEY: 1 lvl house 2br, dr, den. 1/2 blk to beach, NS/NP $1700 + util. (250)655-1304.

$50-$1000 CASH

ROOMS FOR RENT FULLY FURNISHED Room, $475/mo.

Near Camosun, Landsdowne, UVic, Royal Jubilee Hospital. (250)595-6586.

For scrap vehicle FREE Tow away

858-5865

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

SUITES, LOWER FLORENCE LAKE, 2 yr old 1 bdrm ground level suite, large mudroom, F/S, W/D, & micro.

2 private entrances w/ sunroom & patio on 1 acre prop.

Utils incl. N/S, small pet ok, $950. Nov. 1. 250-391-1967.

TOWNHOUSES SIDNEY- NEW 2 bdrm + den, W/D. NS/NP. $1600 mo. Avail immed. Call 250-217-4060.

TOWNHOUSE FOR Rent, Sooke Beautiful New Townhouse for rent in Sooke. 3 Bedrooms, 2 1/2 bath, 6 appliances. Garage & Driveway. 10 min walk to town core, on bus route. Private, cozy backyard.

Small pets considered. $1350/mth, incl. garbage. Ph. 250-642-4952 or 250-8800110.

Email: bulldog77@shaw.ca or visit www.drayeheights.com for photos.

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MNT DOUG area: Large 1 bdrm, reno’d. Inclusive, small dog welcome, N/S. $850. Call (250)721-0281, (250)858-0807 NEWLY RENO’D, bright, large 1 bedroom suite, $900 month! Includes heat, hydro, hot water, garbage pick-up, shared laundry, separate ground level entrance. Large shared fenced back yard, on main bus route, close to West Shore Mall. Located in Colwood on a quiet dead end street. Call 778-433-2056 for viewing.

1982 HYBRID Westphalia.

Can run on diesel or veggie oil. 1.9l 1996 Jetta engine. $12K. Serious enquiries only.

Nanaimo (250)591-3711.

‘99 SUNFIRE, Painted & inspected, $2500. 778-425-3604 250-532-0751

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AUTO SERVICES

1981 MERCEDES 300SD Turbo Diesel for sale. 281,000 KMS, (Champagne colour) in fair condition, asking $3000.

Maintenance log available.

Call 250-885-9010.

1998 FORD Expedition Eddie Bauer 5.4L V8 4x4, 7 passenger, 5 dr, loaded, black/tan leather, tow pkg. Like new. $5900. Call (250)661-2734.

“2004 RAV4 4WD”- $13,500 firm. 4 cyl, auto, silver, Michelins, 120,000 km,Victoria only vehicle.

Complete maintenance history. Lady-driven, no accidents, excellent condition, keyless entry. Model Recommended In Top 10 by Consumer Reports. (250)479-5545.

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1997 TOYOTA Avalon XLS, white. $3,999. Automatic. Fully loaded, no accidents, new tires. 229k. Great running car.

Call (250)656-5588.

GARAGE SALES

GARAGE SALES

FIRST BAPTIST Church- 875 North Park Street, Saturday Oct 27, 2012, 9-1pm, Bake & Treasure Sale!

VICTORIA TOY Show- Sun, Oct 28, Sidney, BC. 250-7272403. www.victoriatoyshow.ca

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GARDENING

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ACCOUNTING Vida Samimi

MALTA FLOORING Installation. Carpets, laminates, hardwood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278

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

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

Kendra, 250-415-7991.

10% OFF. Mowing, Power Raking, Hedge/Shrub Trimming, Clean-up. 250-479-6495

PRO IRISH Gardeners; pruning, clean-ups, landscaping, lawn care, weekly gardening.

Free est. Call (250)514-5942.

CLEANING SERVICES

COMM. & Residential Reno’s: Drywall, Carpentry & Painting.

Call Les (250)858-0903.

GARDEN OVERGROWN? Weeding, lawn cuts, cleanups, pruning.

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

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $40/hr.

Work Guaranteed. Any size job.

(250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

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

Master gardeners.

John or Louise (250)891-8677.

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

TAX 250-477-4601 CLEAN-UP SPECIALIST! Is your record-keeping piling up on you? Don’t have the time or enthusiasm to keep-up to date? Let me help- I am a qualified accountant with reasonable rates for “clean-up”, organization, data processing and other on going accounting services. Call Frances at (250)642-7700.

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

COMPLETE HOME Renos.

Carpentry, Drywall, Painting.

Licenced insured. Call Darren 250-217-8131.

2 EXP’D reliable, thorough house cleaners. Excellent refs.

250-514-5105, 250-595-8760.

HOUSEKEEPER EXPERIENCED, reliable. References.

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

MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estates, events, offices. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

COMPUTER SERVICES A HOME COMPUTER Coach.

Senior friendly. Computer lessons, maintenance and problem solving. Please call Des 250-656-9363, 250-727-5519.

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

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

Petrucci’s Drywall.

ELECTRICAL 250-361-6193 QUALITY Electric. New homes, renos. No job too sm. Seniors disc. #22779.

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

Perimeter drains, driveway prep, Hardscapes, Lot clearing. Call 250-478-8858.

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

FURNITURE REFINISHING

COMPUDOC MOBILE Computer Services. Repairs, tuneups, tutoring, web sites, etc.

250-886-8053, 778-351-4090.

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

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

References available.

250-475-1462.

HAGENS COMPUTERS. New and used computers. Sales and service. 250-655-3566.

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm.

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

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AURICLE BSC. 250-882-3129 Fall clean up, Lawn aeration & fertilize-soil-hedges & more.

DPM SERVICES- lawn & garden, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141

ELITE GARDENING MAINTENANCE Clean-Ups, Pruning, Renovating older gardens, Horticulturist

778-678-2524 FALL CLEAN ups, complete maintenance. Residential and commercial. 250-474-4373.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS 250-889-5794.

DIAMOND Dave Gutter & Window Cleaning at Fair Prices!

250-507-6543.

AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, Guards, windows, powerwashing, roof demoss, repairs. Insured.

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, Demossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.

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

BEETLES RESIDENTIAL Renovations Ltd. Bathrooms, decks, painting, landscaping and handyman services. Fully insured and guaranteed. Free estimates. Call 250-889-4245.

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Friday, October 26, 2012 - GOLDSTREAM

NEWS GAZETTE

SERVICE DIRECTORY #OMPLETEåGUIDEåTOåPROFESSIONALåSERVICESåINåYOURåCOMMUNITY

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250.388.3535

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HAULING AND SALVAGE

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MOVING & STORAGE

PAINTING

STUCCO/SIDING

BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Stairs, Painting, General household repairs. Free estimate. Call Barry 250-896-6071

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

Call 250-361-6164.

RENOS BY Don, 25 yrs exp.

New, renos, repairs, decks, fencing, bathrooms, kitchens.

Senior discounts.

Licensed, Insured, WCB, 250-588-1545.

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

Call 250-220-0734.

Peacock Painting

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

HAULING AND SALVAGE

EWING’S MOVING & Hauling.

1 men & truck. $60/hr. Call Dave at 250-857-2864.

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

INSULATION

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

MALTA BLOWN Insulation.

Attics - interior/exterior walls & sound silencer. (250)388-0278

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

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

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

Brad 250-217-9578.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

FAMILY MAN Hauling.

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

250-920-8463.

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

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

BIG BEAR Painting. Interior & Exterior. Quality work. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071

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Sudoku

45. Fictional elephant 47. Forced open 48. Pole (Scottish) 50. Browning of the skin 51. Boy Scout merit emblem 56. British thermal unit 57. Decomposes naturally 62. Freshet 63. Lawn game DOWN 1. Fished in a stream 2. Left heart there 3. Yes in Spanish 4. Nursing organization 5. Cease to live 6. River in NE Scotland 7. Former CIA 8. Didymium 9. Gram 10. Audio membranes

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PAINTING

Crossword

ACROSS 1. Syrian president 6. Grand Caravan brand 11. Immeasurably small 14. Myriagram 15. Yellow-fever mosquito 16. Radioactivity unit 18. Anklebone 21. Adobe house 23. Direct to a source 25. Piper __, actress 26. Leuciscus leuciscus 28. Moral excellences 29. Describes distinct concepts 31. Rubberized raincoat 34. Inhabitants of the Earth 35. Distress signal 36. Destroyed by secret means 39. Skin abrasions 40. Caesar or tossed 44. Supplied with a chapeaux

TILING

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41. Resin-like insect secretion 42. Goat and camel hair fabric 43. Superficially play at 46. Network of veins or nerves 49. Atomic #44 51. Wager 52. The time something has existed 53. Physician’s moniker 54. Talk excessively 55. Pre-Tokyo 58. Out of print 59. Ducktail hairstyle 60. Carrier’s invention 61. Canadian province

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

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

Today’s Solution

11. 8th Jewish month 12. Touchdown 13. Madames 14. Metric ton 17. Fabric colorants 19. Capital of Bashkortostan 20. Extra dry wine 21. An Indian dress 22. Expenditure 24. Ribbed or corded fabric 25. Can top 27. So. African Music Awards 28. Weather directionals 30. A scrap of cloth 31. Gin & vermouth cocktails 32. A way to lessen 33. Contended with difficulties 36. Egyptian beetle

www.goldstreamgazette.com • A27

GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE - Friday, October 26, 2012

This Weekend’s

Select your home.

Select your mortgage.

OPENHOUSES Published Every Thursday

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

2137 Spring Rd, $395,000 Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Bill Robson, 250-384-8124

1605-647 Michigan, $255,000 Sunday 2-4 Brown Brothers Real Estate Dylan Hagreen 250 385-8780

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the 4294 Torquay, $550,000

3928 Oakdale, $749,900

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Kent Deans, 250-686-4141

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad MacLaren, 250-727-5448

pg. 10

Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Inder Taneja, 250-686-8228

27-127 Aldersmith, $435,000 pg. 11

Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Ltd Sean Thomas 250 896-5478

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

Sunday 12-2 Re/Max Camosun Judy Campbell 250 744-3301

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

301-1488 Dallas, $469,900 pg. 24

Sunday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Paul Holland 250 592-4422

Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Deedrie Ballard, 250-744-3301

pg. 5

pg. 17

pg. 11

101-66 Songhees, $519,900 Sunday 1-3 Address Realty Ltd. Michelle Vermette, 250-391-1893

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

pg. 31

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

pg. 10

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes David Rusen, 250-384-8124 pg. 6

pg. 11

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Sylvia Schumann, 250-474-4800

pg. 5

Sunday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Scott Garman 250 896-7099

pg. 10

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Roy Coburn 250-478-9600

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Ivica Kalabric, 250-384-8124

1403-1020 View St, $349,500

pg. 9

pg. 10

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

pg. 12

1054 Colville, $539,900 pg. 5

pg. 5

Saturday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Rosemarie Colterman 250 384-7663

Tuesday-Sunday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital James Liu 250 477-5353

pg. 6

206-545 Rithet, $349,000

2424 Beach Dr, $869,900

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

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

pg. 5

573 O’Connell, $584,900 pg. 22

Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Pat Meadows, 250-592-4422

pg. 15

63-4125 Interurban, $374,900 pg. 28

pg. 7

Saturday 1-2:30 Re/Max Camosun Adrian Langereis, 250-999-9822

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

Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Diana Winger, 250-999-3683

4631 Ocean Park Pl, $1,049,000 Sunday 12-2 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Bill Ethier, 250-920-7000

pg. 14

5190 Delmonte Ave, $759,000 pg. 13

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Avtar Kroad, 250-592-4422

Sunday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Realty Jim Russell 250 592-4422

pg. 13

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

pg. 3

pg. 5

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

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Deborah Kline 250 661-7680

pg. 11

pg. 12

Sunday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Realty Jim Russell 250 592-4422

pg. 13

pg. 17

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

pg. 13

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

pg. 28

304-1505 Church Ave, $189,900 pg. 12

Saturday 12-2 Sotheby’s International Don St. Germain, 250-744-7136

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

pg. 29

8-10110 Third St, $539,900 pg. 7

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun April Prinz, 250-744-3301

pg. 5

2170 Lannon Way, $465,000 Saturday 11-1 One Percent Realty Valentino, 250-686-2242 pg. 25 Saturday 2-4 JonesCo Real Estate Inc. Ian Heath 250-655-7653

pg. 28

pg. 13

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

pg. 24

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Dennis Guevin, 250-477-7291

Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736

Saturday 11:30-1:30 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736

1905 Portway, $948,000

546 Meredith, $539,000

Saturday 2-4 & Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Cassie Kangas 250 477-7291

Sunday 1-3 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Julie Rust, 250-477-1100

pg. 14

pg. 19

pg. 19

71-7701 Central Saanich Rd, $119,500

14-4525 Wilkinson, $359,900 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Wendy Herrick 250-656-0131

711-2779 Stautw, $175,900

101 Kiowa Pl, $1,245,000 pg. 15

pg. 3

1033 Damelart Way, $438,000

495 Goward, $679,900

768 Piedmont Dr, $629,000

5410 Fowler, $575,000 pg. 24

Sunday 1-3 Newport Realty Robert Buckle 250 385-2033

pg. 14

pg. 13

3991 Cherrilee, $749,000

2415 Alpine Cres, $749,900

pg. 18

10397 Allbay, $1,079,000

1213 Cumberland, $524,500 Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Craig Walters, 250-744-3301

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

8161 Lochside, $949,000

4-4305 Maltwood Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Roy Coburn 250-478-9600

321-4490 Chatterton Way, $499,900 Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Robin Lewis, 250-477-7291

852 Caroline, $599,900

pg. 14

pg. 28

4030/4040 Borden St, $229,900 Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Cathy Duncan & Associates 250 658-0967

4029 Providence, $899,888 pg. 30

402-1240 Verdier, $328,500

4330 Vera Cruz Pl, $624,900 Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Suzanne Mitchell, 250-477-7291

3434 Bonair, $1,099,000 pg. 13

1231 Pearce, $639,000 Saturday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Sladja Stojkovic 250 477-5353

301-1121 Esquimalt, $199,900

Saturday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Hiro Nakatani, 250 661-4476 Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Roxanne Brass, 250-744-3301

3330 Whittier Ave, $424,900 Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Jim Fields, 250-857-5467

pg. 30

1-854 Caroline, $599,900

1009 Hampshire, $774,900

306-75 Songhees, $698,000

pg. 31

4806 Amblewood Dr, $799,000

205-2125 Oak Bay Ave, $399,000 pg. 11

pg. 8

pg. 15

2828 Inlet Ave., $449,900 Saturday 12-2 Re/Max Camosun Judy Campbell 250 744-3301

pg. 25

982 Mckenzie, $324,900

2424 Beach pg. 28

pg. 31

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291

Sunday 1-4 Re/Max Camosun Lynne Sager 250 744-3301

386 Quayle Rd, $799,900 Sunday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty J Ross Bruce 250 479-3333

pg. 28

pg. 30

20-1473 Garnet, $409,000

103-1115 Craigflower, $369,900

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

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

pg. 13

5255 Parker, $1,898,000 Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Gary Bazuik, 250-477-5353

209D-1115 Craigflower

2046 Kings Rd, $519,000

623 Manchester, $459,000

Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Allison Ducluzeau, 250 384-8124

pg. 5

924 Esquimalt Rd, $249,900 pg. 30

pg. 28

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Mark Imhoff, 250-590-1775

Sunday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Lorraine Williams, 250-216-3317

pg. 24

202-940 Boulderwood

205D-1115 Craigflower Rd, $429,900

A 1142 Craigflower Rd, $399,900

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

15-4619 Elk Lake Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Inder Taneja, 250-686-8228

111-3921 Shelbourne, $289,000

pg. 18

pg. 10

4010 Malton, $799,000 Saturday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Rosemarie Colterman 250 384-7663

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003

302-1000 McClure, $219,900

302-1063 Southgate, $339,900

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brent Munro 250 744-3301

pg. 13

3942 Aspen, $769,000

301-2631 Prior, $274,900

305-3010 Washington, $259,900

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

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

pg. 15

pg. 14

4354 Viewmont Ave, $689,000 Saturday 2-4 Boorman’s Rod Hay, 250-595-1535

2434 Camelot, $649,900

Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Eli Mavrikos 250 896-3859

301-945 McClure St, $389,000

1-833 Princess, $289,888

Saturday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Paul Holland 250 592-4422

pg. 14

1289 Derby, $519,000

604-139 Clarence St, $599,800

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

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

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Jeff Shorter, 250-384-8124

Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291

pg. 15

3845 Mildred, $599,900

3990 Bow Rd, $570,000

Sunday 2:30-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Norma Campbell, 250-477-5353

pg. 10

Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736 Sunday 12-1 Fair Realty Matt Bourque 250-418-1695

Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheri Crause, 250-592-4422

203-1521 Church, $199,000

pg. 10

107-75 Songhees, $780,000

Sunday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Rosemarie Colterman 250 384-7663

pg. 12

pg. 11

103-689 Bay, $253,900

Daily 12-5 Sotheby’s International Realty Scott Piercy, 250-383-2999

pg. 31

4053 Gordon Head, $575,000

118-21 Conard St., $299,900 Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

pg. 15

177 Little Eldon Pl, $512,000

3536 Richmond, $479,000

615 Broughton, $219,000

308-1342 Hillside, $179,900

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

pg. 5709507

405 Chester, $269,000

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

Saturday 2-4 Address Realty Ltd. Michelle Vermette, 250-391-1893

Sunday 12-2 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Norma Campbell, 250-477-5353

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Gunnar Stephenson, 250-884-0933

Sunday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Sandra Kamper, 250-514-1224

6-1012 Terrace Ave, $299,900

Saturday 1-3 Newport Realty Noah Dobson 250 385-2033

pg. 11

15010-620 Toronto St, $383,000

1161 Finlayson St., $399,900

Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

pg. 31

Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003

1323 McNair, $439,888

1018 Joan Cres, $899,000

Sunday 2:30-4 Re/Max Camosun Judy Campbell 250 744-3301

Sunday 2-4 Cathy Duncan & Associates 250 658-0967

4038 Cumberland, $505,000

22 Erskine

E-707 Linden St.

Saturday 1-3 Newport Realty Robert Buckle 250 385-2033

pg. 12

pg. 11

1044 Davie St, $788,000

Saturday 2-4 Sutton West Coast Mikko Ikonen 250 479-3333

Sunday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Craig Walters, 250-744-3301

8-3957 South Valley

22 Erskine Lane Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jenn Raappana, 250-590-3921

pg. 14

1567 Kenmore Rd, $539,000

78-4061 Larchwood

pg. 9

102-1361 Hillside Ave, $369,000

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

pg. 13

9-1529 Cooper Rd, $169,000

401-539 Niagara, $299,900 Sunday 11:30-1:30 Re/Max Camosun Roxanne Brass, 250-744-3301

pg. 12

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

4044 Angeleah Pl, $499,900

1534 Edgemont, $668,800

914 Nicholson St, $645,000

pg. 10

828 Rupert Terrace pg. 5

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

pg. 13

104 Thetis Vale Cres, $469,900

5602-737 Humboldt, $499,500 Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rob Vandoremalen, 250-477-5353

edition of

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

101-1235 Johnson St pg. 10

Oct. 25 - Oct.31

1-2828 Shelbourne, $440,000

1952 Hawes Cres, $568,000 pg. 11

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

pg. 11

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

503-6880 Wallace Dr, $399,000 pg. 15

Sunday 2-4 Fair Realty Diana Winger, 250-999-3683

pg. 18

A28 • www.goldstreamgazette.com

Friday, October 26, 2012 - GOLDSTREAM

This Weekend’s Published Every Thursday

NEWS GAZETTE

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 Oct. 25 - Oct.31 edition of

311-10461 Resthaven, $359,000

7161 West Saanich

950 Colbourne Gardens

546 Mount View Ave, $529,000

954 Walfred Rd, $359,900

681 Lombard, $674,900

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Rene Blais 250 655-0608

Thursday - Monday 3-5 Gordon Hulme Realty Don King 250 656-4626

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Jean Omelchenko, 250-474-6003

Saturday 12-1:30 One Percent Realty Guy Effler, 250-812-4910

Saturday & Sunday 1-5 Fair Realty Diana Winger, 250-999-3683

Sunday 1-3 Gallie Realty Barbara Gallie 250-478-6530

pg. 18

pg. 8

Daily 1:30-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Chuck Meagher, 250-477-1100

pg. 18

609 Brandy, $489,900 4-9866 Resthaven, $389,000 Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Wendy Herrick 250-656-0131

pg. 19

7448 East Saanich Rd., $455,000 Saturday 1-4 Sutton West Coast Realty Jonas Solberg 250 479-3333

Saturday 11:30-1 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Norma Campbell, 250-477-5353

3100 Dornier, $499,900 Daily 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Mike Hartshorne 250 889-4445

pg. 20

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

pg. 19

203-594 Bezanton Way, $295,000 pg. 29

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

1860 Swartz Bay, $449,000

1104 Monica, $729,000

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

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

pg. 29

pg. 5

pg. 30

3128 Antrobus Cres, $549,000 pg. 20

Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group Seafair Realty Allan McDowell, 604-240-8586

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

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

Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Gregg Mah 250 384-8124 pg. 20

pg. 19

102-866 Goldstream, $234,900 Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Gary Bazuik, 250-477-5353

pg. 26

Saturday 2:30-4:00 Fair Realty Matt Bourque 250-418-1695

pg. 19

pg. 6

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Researcher seeks families keen to cook Participants earn cooking classes Natalie North News staff

Childhood obesity is among the country’s top health concerns and a University of Victoria researcher is attacking the issue one family kitchen at a time.

David Trill, a master’s candidate in the school of exercise science, physical and health education at UVic, is studying child health through eating activities and seeks a second round of participants to complete his home-based research project.

After 40 pairs of parents and children participants, Trill needs

30 more pairs, each with a child aged nine to 13-years-old. The program requires one in-person orientation and roughly one hour of homework each week, for which families are given a take-home tool kit, including the Canada Food Guide and a recipe booklet.

Trill recently partnered with the London Chef cooking school in Victoria to offer a complementary cooking skills workshop for families who participate.

“Parents are sometimes a little lazy getting their kids in the kitchen,” Trill said. “I wanted to be as flexible and as accommodating to the families as possible, sort of like a weekly cooking session with you and your kids for eight weeks.”

For research purposes, Trill

only requires one child to participate from each family, but encourages larger families to involve everyone in the process.

The project is intended to promote, educate and celebrate healthy food for children and parents, as well as share sensible choices and strategies towards healthy eating. It is not intended to single out overweight kids or families with unhealthy eating habits, he added.

“This is a fantastic new avenue because it lets go of the school and gets them right at the home which is a potent dose – an intervention.”

Sharon Tiffin/News staff Contact Trill at dtrill@uvic.ca Chef Dan Hayes and health researcher David Trill are looking or 250-853-3141 for more for families to learn about kids' nutrition and get free cooking information. lessons from Hayes at the London Chef cooking school. nnorth@saanichnews.com

Ida Chong onboard for next election B.C. Liberal MLA Ida Chong was given the green light to run for a fifth term in Oak Bay-Gordon Head last Tuesday.

Chong has held the seat since 1996 and is the minister of aboriginal relations and reconciliation. She has held several portfolios including community, sport and cultural development and advanced education.

In a press release, the veteran cabinet minister called the May 2012 election “critically important” and said she is running again to “continue to help Premier Christy Clark keep B.C. moving forward.”

Chong served as a municipal councillor for Saanich from 1993 to 1996.

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Gulf Islands National Park got a major boost after it was announced that new protected lands on Pender, Saturna and Prevost Islands had been added to the reserve.

During a press conference at the Gulf Islands National Park office in Sidney on Oct. 12, Michelle Rempel, member of parliament for Calgary CentreNorth and parliament secretary to the Minister of the Environment (Peter Kent), announced the expansion and the benefits it will have for the area.

“I am thrilled to announce that more spectacular coastal habitat will be added to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve which sits on the doorstep of Vancouver and Victoria,” Rempel said.

“I know Canadians and visitors from around the world will have incredible experiences in this special place for generations to come.

“This just builds on our government’s commitment to ensure that conservation is on the top of our agenda when it comes to the environment and this (expansion) adds to our protected park lands in the Helen Davies country, which is an over 50 per cent increase since 2006. We’re very proud (of that).”

Gulf Islands National Park is 36 square kilometres of land spread over 15 Gulf Islands and small reefs. The government added about 101 hectares more, costing about $6.35 million for three parcels, two on North Pender and one on Prevost Island.

Environment Canada transferred a 65-hectare parcel on Saturna Island for free to Parks Canada, making up the bulk of the new federal parkland.

Rempel noted that some of the new land will ensure that more of Canada’s rare Garry oak ecosystem is protected.

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