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Market goes to another Town of Sidney selects a new operator of the summer market Devon MacKenzie News staff
A new candidate to run the popular Sidney Summer Market has been selected. Laurie McDermid of Westcoast Impressions Event Planning was selected earlier this week as the successful proponent of the Town of Sidney’s request for proposals process that was conducted late this summer. The Town of Sidney officially terminated the agreement with past market operator, the Sidney Business Association, in early July and opened the RFP process Aug. 1. Submissions for interested parties closed Sept. 14 and McDermid was selected as the successful candidate Oct. 29. Larry Cross “This was not an easy decision as each of the proposals we received had merit,” said Sidney Mayor Larry Cross. “The proposals were rated based on several key factors as identified in the RFP and Ms. McDermid’s scored the highest overall.” McDermid, who worked with the Sidney Business Association co-ordinating the market in past years, has a long background of co-ordinating such events and projects. PLEASE SEE: Sidney Business Association, page 2
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Participants in the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce’s Tour of Industry on Oct. 30 peer over the production floor at Viking Air. The tour took in seven businesses to give local politicans and chamber members an impression of just how much goes on in local industrial areas. Story starts on page three.
Plant centre to stay open MP Elizabeth May celebrates Conservatives’ decision reversal Devon MacKenzie News staff
The Centre for Plant Health has been given a new lease on life. On Oct. 29 the Conservative government announced their decision not to close the centre after MP Elizabeth May rallied for the centre to remain open. “I am grateful to Minister Ritz for listening to our concerns and for re-thinking the earlier decision to move its quarantine and
virus testing functions to Summerland, which is the heart of British Columbia’s fruit and wine region,” said May in a press release. “This is a victory for our community, and for all those elsewhere who fought to protect the excellent science done here for 100 years.” The Centre for Plant Health has been a crucial site for the quarantine and virustesting of new plant stock in the province for the last 100 years. Its location on Vancouver Island, separate from the mainland,
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has been an important prevention measure in the transfer of viruses or pests to B.C.’s primary agricultural regions. Six positions at the centre on East Saanich Road are being moved to Agriculture Canada’s facility in Summerland but 23 full time positions are being kept. “This is a wonderful 100th birthday present to the Plant Health Centre and proof that a group of determined and engaged citizens can have a real impact,” said May. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com
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