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Sail on in to Sidney Sidney Sparkles Santa Parade is this Saturday, followed by the popular Sail Past Devon MacKenzie News staff

The Sidney Sparkles Santa Parade is set to take over Sidney this weekend.

The popular annual parade which is put on by the Peninsula Celebrations Society features a bounty of lighted floats including Island Farms’ Daisy the Cow and of course the special guest of the night, Santa Claus.

The parade, which begins at the top end of Beacon Avenue and travels down and turns to Second Street, attracts hundreds of spectators to Sidney each year. This year, spectators on Second Street can stop by The Mortgage Centre who will be offering free File Photo popcorn and Smiling faces greet the annual hot chocolate Santa Parade in Sidney. to parade spectators.

The night will also feature the annual Lighted Boat Parade which has been a fixture of the holiday season since 1985.

“We usually have around 20 boats or so and we’ve really been pushing this year so I hope it will be a big group,” said Warren Franklin, one of the event organizers.

The Sidney Sparkles Santa Parade starts at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24 and the Lighted Boat Parade begins around 6:15 p.m. Arrive early to nab good spots to see Santa along Beacon Avenue and set up camp along the Sidney waterfront or near Tulista Park to watch the festive boats slip past.

For details on the festivities visit peninsulacelebrations.ca.

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A gaggle of geese search for tasty morsels in a North Saanich yard.

Business group wants BIA Sidney Business Development Group seeks alternate approval process Steven Heywood News staff

Proponents of a business improvement area (BIA) in downtown Sidney are seeking an alternate approval process through the Town of Sidney.

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In presenting council on Monday a 65-page report on economic development options for the downtown business community, the Sidney Downtown Business Group (SDBG) ended a fivemonth long research and consultation phase, seeking marketing plans for the

community in the face of growing business pressure and competition. The best option, they say, is a BIA comprised of some 380 local business owners.

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Business community needs a boost, says mayor Continued from page 1

The support received by the SBDG, said SBDG chair Cliff McNeil-Smith, has been tremendous.

In its report, the group lists 76 business and commercial property owners who are lending their support to the BIA concept.

Another 10 are nonprofit groups or businesses outside of the downtown boundary — all of whom say they will become associate members of the BIA. “The level of support is incredible,� said

McNeil-Smith. “People are saying there are merits to it. On the economic side, the report speaks to the issue of business here closing faster than they’ve been opening.�

While the formal supporters are nowhere near half of the estimated 380 businesses in the catchment area, McNeil-Smith pointed out they have met with some 200 owners. Not all elected to give official support, he said, but almost everyone agreed a BIA could be beneficial.

A BIA, as proposed by the SBDG, would automatically include all businesses in a downtown boundary area. The BIA would charge members a levy each year, generating between $250,000 and $275,000 in each of its first five years.

That money would be mostly used to market the area and help create a vibrant business community. The SBDG estimates an initial startup cost of around $350,000 in 2013. “We are facing a lot of competition from else-

Benefits of a BIA go beyond just retail businesses, added Steve Duck of the TIDES group, who has been behind much of the early work of the SBDG. “Service providers, like accountants, are seeing the impact of an economic downturn,�

Duck said. “Businesses are struggling in this economy, and not just the ones on Beacon Avenue. “It’s time to try something that has a proven track record.�

Sidney mayor Larry Cross agrees the local

Larry Cross where in the region,� said McNeil-Smith. “Eight other business districts have established marketing funds and we’re facing competition from new and expanding areas.�

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Council, said Cross, is trying to stay neutral on this issue, and will consider its merits and feedback from the community.

Should council reject the alternate approvals process, he said the SBDG could hold a referendum.

The SBDG is not done yet, agreed McNeilSmith. They will continue to offer information at www.sidneybiz. com about the BIA proposal leading up to an approvals process.

Should the BIA win the day, McNeil-Smith said the SBDG’s work will be done and its various members would be absorbed into the BIA legislative structure, along with other downtown businesses. editor@peninsula newsreview.com

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He said as mayor he is responsible for the well-being of the entire community. “We have to do something,� he said. “If we don’t do this, then what do we do?�

Cross credited the SBDG for its hard work and detailed report.

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Friday, November 23, 2012

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Quester Tangent thinks inside the box Saanichton company building transit control devices for worldwide clientele The next couple of editions of the Peninsula News Review will highlight businesses on the recent Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Tour of Industry. Read about what they do, their challenges and success stories.

Steven Heywood News staff

Thinking outside of the box has been a mantra for coming up with brilliant ideas and business strategies, but for a Central Saanichbased company, it’s the box itself that sells.

More specifically, it’s what’s inside the boxes they build that attracts a world-wide customer base to Quester Tangent.

Quester Tangent builds electronics for passenger rail services, or mass transit systems. They have found success in this industry after starting out in 1983 in marine services creating remote, acoustic seabed sensor systems. They branched out into transit services in 1994 and currently sell product to companies like Bombardier, Hyundai Rotem and Toshiba.

Company vice-president and chief operating officer Bill Collins says their transit products — used in the control of various systems — are being utilized in Beijing, San Francisco, Boston and New York, to name a few. In a nutshell, electronics used in these transit systems are kept in a box and mounted on a train car. Transit drivers can access these boxes of electronics for real-time operational and environmental information, specifically braking controls.

Quester Tangent’s braking control systems are acceleration limiting devices. They were in use with the Skytrain system in Vancouver.

Engineer Richard Lyne said since the force of slowing down a train can be powerful (and left uncontrolled could send passengers flying), the company’s equipment provides auxiliary braking control at safe distances — helping to gradually slow down the train.

“Our box,” Lyne said, “uses the same software used to propel, to slow trains down and stop at a safe distance.”

He explained that in the San Francisco transit system, light

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Quester Tangent vice-president and chief operating officer Bill Collins explains what the company does to a tour group with the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. rail trains there need to be able to stop safely and prevent people from falling in the event of an emergency halt.

Project engineer Jim Kightley said Quester Tangent’s train management systems have been evolving. Where they once sported buttons, the company has recently introduced a touch screen for their boxes.

“The challenge now is that everyone wants touch screens,” he explained. “It has been difficult to create one that can operate in semi-industrial environments.”

Quester Tangent has put together a control box that has a touch screen that can stand up to punishment and is able to respond to gloved fingers. A system is destined for the transit service in Atlanta, Georgia and one already is at work in Philadelphia.

Soon, the company plans to have

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Quester Tangent engineer Richard Lyne points out the Central Saanich company’s touch screen. it in Kuala Lumpur.

Quester Tangent has worked hard to acquire an international clientele. Doing so, said Collins has been the result of building their reputation for reliability and customer service. Collins added it

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Their Saanichton location includes research and development operations as well as product manufacturing and testing — not to mention their main headquarters. Collins said the company started with just four people in a lab. Now, they employ 80 people and Collins estimates they could have upwards of 120 soon.

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Quester Tangent of Central Saanich builds electronic control devices for mass transit systems around the world.

Quester Tangent payroll hits $3.5m Continued from page 3

The company earns an estimated $120 million in revenue each year and has a payroll of $3.5 million.

Collins said they are happy to be achieving this level of success in Central Saanich.

“Our employees like living here,” he said.

Tour Mini Series In Wednesday’s News Review: Our mini series wraps up with the final stop in the Tour of Industry — Central Saanich’s Level Ground Trading Ltd. Find out the lengths the company goes to, to ensure their suppliers make a fair wage.

Crosswalk dropped to avoid delay COUNCIL NEWS District of Central Saanich - Nov. 19, 2012 Devon MacKenzie News staff

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Staff will pursue input from the ministry to find out where an appropriate pedestrian crosswalk could be located in the area.

• Council approved two final adoptions of bylaws during the meeting including one, bylaw 1788, which allows the closure and removal of dedication as highway of a portion of White Road in Central Saanich. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com

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Residents worried about rabbit explosion Green Park Estates resident asks North Saanich council to act now before there are too many rabbits Steven Heywood

area. She suggested staff needs to look into the matter and plan for animal control there.

District director of planning Mark Brodrick said the issue was brought to an environmental advisory committee meeting last August, but no recommendations were made.

He said under current laws, there are a few options to deal with the problem — from trapping and sterilizing them, to using repel-

News staff

For the last five months, Peter Hurley says he has watched the number of feral rabbits on his property, and that of his neighbours, grow — and there has been no action from the District of North Saanich.

Speaking to council at their Nov. 19 regular meeting, Hurley said he presented a petition on behalf of his neighbours, residents of the Green Park Estates subdivision, expressing concern with a growing population of feral rabbits. Five months after that, he said nothing has been done and the response from the municipality has been almost nonexistent.

“It seems to be a wide-spread problem,” Hurley said, noting that there are large feral rabbit populations throughout the region, including in Sidney.

“This has been an issue here for about four or five years.”

The area around Tanager Road, Green Park Drive, Calypso Lane and Elderberry Way does see more than its share of rabbits. Hurley said he has gone as far as contacting the facilities

lents and fences and keeping yards clear of habitat.

Another option might be trapping them and using them as raptor food at a rehabilitation centre for birds of prey.

Coun.

Dunstan Browne suggested staff speak with officials at the University of Victoria to determine the best options to deal with a lot of rabbits.

“Staff needs to find out more,” he said.

“There are no firm statistics (on rabbit num-

bers), only the impressions of the residents, and there is some dispute there. UVic might be helpful.”

Council referred the matter to district staff for more information and control suggestions.

“The damage they cause can be extensive,” added Coun.

Elsie McMurphy.

“Then, there’s a huge emotional conflict. We do need to deal with this before it gets out of control.”

Steven Heywood/News staff

Feral rabbits are becoming an issue for residents in the District of North Saanich. Some are petitioning their local municipality to do something about the animals before the population explodes. manager at the University of Victoria, which has had a problem with feral rabbits as well.

“I asked them how they dealt with it,” Hurley said, noting he was told UVic has program to capture and sterilize the rabbits to try and control their numbers.

The university also found people willing to relocate the animals.

Hurley said after hearing nothing from the district months ago, he spoke with councillor Conny McBride, but still, nothing has been done.

“You can catch them,”

noted McBride Monday night, “you just aren’t allowed to kill them.”

She said she read provincial wildlife regulations on the matter and with that limitation, dealing with the rabbit population in North Saanich is going to be expensive.

“But the longer it’s left, the worse it can get,” she said.

“The problem is spreading throughout the neighbourhood,’ Hurley added.

“There are thousands of them,” said McBride, “and they are growing.”

Resident Ted Izard

addressed the issue as well, saying he doesn’t feel there’s a problem.

‘I don’t feel there has been an increase in (rabbit numbers),” he said. “I enjoy having the animals there.”

He said they are harmless and part of rural living.

“I hope council understands there really isn’t a problem.”

McBride said, however, that the rabbits in the area are domestic animals gone wild and they will have an impact on people’s property and on agricultural land in the

Cell tower wins support Central Saanich council allows application to take next step Devon MacKenzie News staff

Vantreight Farms and Muir Communications are one step closer to being allowed to erect a 50m tower on farm land in Central Saanich.

During a planning and development committee meeting on Nov. 13 council moved to direct staff to prepare a land use bylaw amendment bylaw to rezone the property — owned by Vantreight Farms — where the tower is proposed to be built. The change would see the property re-zoned to a public utility zone (P-3) from agricultural, to permit the 50m tower height.

“I’m supportive of this motion,” said Coun. Carl Jensen during the meeting. “It allows local farmers to diversify their revenue stream.”

Opposition from the gallery during the meeting was evident, with members of the public citing concerns over the tower height and its visibility to surrounding residential areas. Most concerns raised from the gallery rested on the possible health implications of electromagnetic radiation that would come from having telecommunication devices in the municipality. However, there were also 14 letters received by staff before the meeting that were in direct support of the tower being erected.

The application from Muir Communications proposes a 50m (164 foot) tower to be built within a 30m by 30m (98 foot square) compound for the installation of various telecommunication com-

panies’ equipment. Vantreight noted during the meeting that their farmland has already housed telecommunications antennas on existing buildings for over 20 years.

“Now we’re just waiting for Central Saanich staff to follow the direction of council and go through the readings and public hearings,” he said, adding that he and Muir Communications plan to proceed with building with tower as soon as possible should everything before council be approved. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com

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Jim Parker Publisher Steven Heywood Editor Janice Marshall Production Manager Bruce Hogarth Circulation Manager

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ll six candidates in the Nov. 26 Victoria federal byelection have offered their thoughts on sewage treatment for the Capital Region, in one forum or another in recent

weeks.

It’s not surprising that all of the candidates have hitched their campaign wagons to the do-it-now or wait-till-it-gets-bad camps on sewage treatment. It’s an Byelection sheds acknowledgement by would-be MPs broader light on their promoters sewage treatment and that public awareness on the issue is as high as it has been since pro-treatment character Mr. Floatie achieved international notoriety.

A cynic might say those trying to gain office are simply taking advantage of the momentum being built by local politicians who question the logic of building a nearly $800-million facility, rather than holding off until damage to the marine environment becomes significant.

On the other hand, an optimist – one who also questions the decision to spend that kind of money on secondary treatment – might say it’s a good thing if a broader light can be shed on the marine science that has seemingly been ignored in this whole affair.

Five years ago, we encouraged all affected levels of government to give the science a more thorough evaluation. We continue to hold the view that research on the impact to the marine environment is incomplete.

With party leaders and other influential MPs campaigning with Victoria byelection candidates the past couple of weeks – all but Green leader Elizabeth May are from back east – we hope the whys of sewage treatment gain a higher profile in Ottawa in the near future.

That may not prompt the Conservative government to rethink its ban on dumping untreated sewage into the ocean, but it may buy cash-strapped Capital Region residents some time before we have to start shelling out for a treatment facility.

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The B-52s is a manly band name New parents paint the walls of It’s actually quite comical how their son’s nursery blue. Or they’ll people respond when you rattle off dress their infant daughter in pink. the sexes of all 26 characters of the Unless you’re alphabet. Most people interested in sparking will sit silently, thinking, a discussion on gender and then defensively say, norms, it doesn’t seem “No, M should be a guy!” worth second-guessing No, to me they’re that society identifies wrong. M is a gal. baby boys and baby girls And so are A, C, D, G, L, by assigning a pastel N, O, Q, V and Y. colour to each sex.

B, E, F, H, I, J, K, P, R, S, But to me, it’s a T, U, W, X and Z are male. no-brainer that blue is As are 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, and a boy’s colour and pink the colours blue, green, Kyle Slavin is a girl’s colour. That’s brown, beige, black and The Gen-Y Lens grey. 3, 4, 8, 9 and 0 are because my mind works different than most female, along with red, people’s. yellow, orange, purple, I have a neurological condition pink, white … you get the idea. known as synesthesia. More What’s my justification for these specifically, I have the ordinalgender assignments? I’m not sure, linguistic personification form of the and I’ve tried to analyze it all. condition.

Most people I chat with about my Without an ounce of mental effort synesthesia disagree with me on or requirement of thought, my brain green, orange and purple. assigns genders to colours, letters They think I should think green’s and numbers. It’s second nature to a girly colour, and orange and me. My brain has done this since as purple are manly. far back as I can remember.

I can’t reverse or switch the The genders never change – C genders my brain doled out is always female, 7 is always male decades ago, so they’re really – and some letters and numbers wasting their breath attempting to have personalities (G, for example, change my mind. is a burly, angsty female). Blue Ordinal-linguistic personification has always been male, and pink is is a very mild form of synesthesia. always female.

The condition, as it’s defined, is a It wasn’t until I was 20 that I “union of senses.” realized the way my mind treated Some synesthetes taste words, numbers, letters and colours was while others see sounds. unusual.

“The male singer’s voice (is) gray I figured everyone else did the and the female’s (is) white, both same thing – but after quizzing fading in and out of the darkness my friends, family and co-workers, while the percussion makes the nope, apparently not. background ebb and flow. It’s like

watching a birds-eye view of a black ocean during the nighttime with strobe lights flickering on and off coming from underwater.”

That’s how a sound-colour synesthete, who posted about his experience online, described listening to one indie British pop band’s songs. That seems pretty sensational.

It would be problematic to have a gustatory banquet stimulate your taste buds with every conversation you have or book you read. But I think tasting words would be a really neat form of synesthesia to have.

I’m not sure if the strength of one’s synesthesia is ever so powerful that it’s handicapping, but when I think back on my childhood and formative years, I realize my synesthesia did impact my day-today life.

I wore, almost exclusively, blues, blacks, greens and greys, and shied away from purchasing anything purple, pink, orange or red. I wasn’t consciously trying to dress one particular way, I just didn’t want to wear the colours that I thought everyone else, like me, perceived to be female.

Having been a synesthete since childhood, I can’t imagine living a life where I don’t harmlessly and naturally segregate colours, numbers and letters by gender.

I just wish everyone else could experience what we synesthetes experience – your senses don’t know what they’re missing.

Kyle Slavin is a reporter for the Saanich News. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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LETTERS ‘Not in my backyard’ stance is not ethical

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am a physician who moved to Sidney to live and work.

Over the past few months, I have acquired many new families as patients.

A significant number of people have expressed frustration at not being able to find reasonably priced places to live in this area.

This is unfortunate.

Many are forced to live outside the local area because of the lack of afford-

able new housing. Is it reasonable for those people who live here to exclude others from settling in this area?

Is it not possible for healthy residential development to occur provided it follows appropriate rules and guidelines?

As Canadians, it is not ethical to have a “not in my backyard” mentality with regard to controlled residential expansion.

I congratulate people like Ian Vantreight for pushing to have the right to

Readers respond:

assist in co-ordinated residential development. We actually need much more in the way of this form of development.

Friendly and organized new areas for living should be viewed as a very positive thing for this community. It allows more Canadians with diverse talents and interests to call this their home.

When I drive around Central and North Saanich, it is easy to see large tracts of land which are completely unused for either farming, grazing or anything at all.

People cannot purchase farmland at the exorbitant prices which are presently demanded, and even begin to make a living farming this land.

So, the land sits there, underused and non-productive.

We need progressive thinking from our community leaders to thoughtfully guide the process of orderly residential expansion. It will benefit everyone.

Robert H. Brown M.D. Sidney

North Saanich density, prohibition, women in the RCMP and transit

More density in North Saanich Sidney’s policy is to allow growth within their own city border in order to promote rural lifestyles in adjacent municipalities. The OCP states, “The Town will promote industrial and commercial growth, and by permitting responsible residential densification, the Town will help ease the pressures of growth on rural communities.”

Why then do some councillors try to take away the rural lifestyle in North Saanich we residents need and appreciate? Instead of following their own agenda they should look with an open mind what is best for the community, not favour those who are eager to change the rural character of North Saanich.

More density will create more urban sprawl, more people, more noise, more pollution, more vehicles and more traffic congestion on our already over- burdened road and highway system. In addition, residents can expect higher taxes — contrary to what developers want to tell us — to pay for infrastructure and servicing costs to provide the necessary road upgrades and other services like emergency and police.

Before council is eager to push more density through, they should listen what the majority of residents want and study their own OCP. Hildegard Horie North Saanich

A tool of the prohibitionists Letters to the editor perform a valuable purpose in disseminating alternative ideas about subjects of interest in the news. Some are written from a sensible, reasoned stance, others contain nothing but bluster, misinformation and hyperbole.

Witness the letter published in the Nov. 14 PNR by Eileen Nattrass. She summoned up all the lies, half-truths and hyperbole that she could find or dream up. If one examines her assertions, they look ridiculous.

Marijuana causes deafness? That’s a new one.

I must thank the editors for publishing this nonsense because when the public sees how flimsy the prohibitionist arguments are, when the refutations are overwhelm-

ing as I am sure they are, the public is educated. Not in the way intended by Ms. Nattrass, because the public will see that they have been deceived by false arguments and question the more reasonable-appearing arguments of the professional prohibitionists. She is actually sowing the seeds of the end of prohibition with her illogical arguments.

Thank you, Ms. Nattrass for being such an obvious tool of the prohibitionists.

Bruce Symington Medicine Hat, Alberta

Women brave enough to stand with RCMP I have a question for Mr. Scheideman (letters, Nov. 21).

Are you telling me women joining the RCMP was an experiment that failed? In your opinion, women who have drawn attention to being sexually harassed in the RCMP have caused this “experiment” to fail.

I was under the impression women should be able to join the RCMP without fear of being sexually harassed because police officers should uphold laws and moral standards. If I understand you correctly, women joining the RCMP should expect to be sexually harassed by their male counterparts?

If you worked alongside some of the first female RCMP you should be well aware that it has been almost 40 years since women have joined the force. When in your mind did we fail you and our communities? These women have been brave enough to stand up in the spotlight and be counted as women who will not tolerate sexual harassment in the workplace. You may not appreciate it, but as a 20-something female Sidney resident with a strong voice and a stronger family, I look forward to joining the emergency services within the next few years and it is men like you who drive me to join sooner. I would certainly expect that the men I will one day stand next to will view my presence in a positive rather than a negative light.

You have done yourself as well as the local and national police forces an immense disservice.

Leah Tyler Sidney

Don’t blame the transit workers Re: Transit labour situation beyond ridiculous.

I understand the reader’s frustration but think it is a little misguided. As a public sector worker we have had a zero per cent increase in seven of the last 10 years, mandated by the B.C. Liberal government.

Yet B.C. Transit can spend $4,000,000 in China for buses that should be built in Canada or at least the U.S. to help the economy. The Ministry of Transportation can allow Transit to ship almost 70 buses to Alberta for painting and refurbishing when the ability and facilities to do this job is right here in Victoria. Lastly, during these tough economic times, the government paid out hundreds of thousands of taxpayers dollars in incentive bonuses and severance packages to Crown Corporation CEOs. So as a taxpayer I am also extremely frustrated but to direct it at the men and women who are doing the best they can with a broken system is just misguided.

Jim Pullan Sidney

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North Saanich, Nanaimo to challenge land assessment Tax losses predicted as B.C. Ferries appeals land values Steven Heywood News staff

The District of North Saanich and City of Nanaimo will jointly appeal a recent Property Assessment Appeal Board ruling that reduced the assessed value of land at the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal from $47 million to only $20.

The decision impacts the budget of the District of West Vancouver, which faces repaying more than $750,000 for the 2010, 2011 and 2012 taxation years.

West Vancouver is appealing the decision, as is the B.C. Assessment Authority itself.

B.C. Ferries had won their property assessment appeal, stating the land’s highest and best use was for a ferry terminal and that no one would be willing to buy it, as is it’s part of a money-losing transportation system.

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North Saanich stands to lose upwards of $395,000 should B.C. Ferries win an appeal of the land value at Swartz Bay. North Saanich. If they are successful there, a land value reduction could affect the estimated $395,000 in taxes (2012 numbers) B.C. Ferries pays the District of North Saanich.

“Acting jointly in this matter should improve the possibility of a fair outcome for our two municipali-

ties,” stated North Saanich mayor Alice Finall in a joint media release with City of Nanaimo mayor John Ruttan.

Ruttan noted that his council believes every property should bear its fair share of the cost of services provided by local government. In Nanaimo, B.C.

Ferries operates both the Departure Bay and Duke Point terminals, paying around $1.1 million in tax.

Nanaimo and North Saanich’s joint appeal shares resources and costs in a common goal, states the media release. editor@peninsula newsreview.com

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Daly questions mayor’s report Councillor says comments must represent all of council Steven Heywood News staff

North Saanich councillor Ted Daly wants to discuss the mayor’s report in the district’s regular newsletters which are sent to residents with their municipal bills. More specifically, he wants to talk about the views mayor Alice Finall puts forward in those reports.

Plus, he wants the council to debate the overall cost of putting out the newsletters in the first place.

Daly raised the matter in a notice of motion at council’s Nov. 19 regular meeting. It will be debated at the next meeting, but other councillors and even two members of the public responded right away, defending both the newsletter and the mayor’s report.

“I’ve been following municipal hall for a long time,” said Colin Ross at the public podium.

“The issue has been the need to improve access to council. That was backed up by an informative newsletter.

“We will not be amused if any of our access to our municipal government is removed.”

Another public speaker suggested Daly’s move might be seen as an attempt to muzzle Finall’s comments.

Daly said he agrees should be representathat the mayor should tive of all of council. have a commentary Coun. Celia Stock in any newsletter the said she’s fine with district puts out — but the mayor’s report in that the mayor should the newsletter. She be reporting the counnoted that other such cil’s direction, not the publications featuring mayor’s own views. mayors like Sidney’s “The mayor’s report Larry Cross or Saanis the mayor’s report,” ich’s Frank Leonard, countered councillor Ted Daly are full of those mayElsie McMurphy. “It’s ors’ views. not up to council to “Our mayor should muzzle or re-write (it). If the peo- have that same right,” Stock ple of North Saanich don’t like said. the mayor’s report, then they’ll Daly’s notice of motion was have to get another mayor.” approved in a 4-3 vote of council Coun. Dunstan Browne added and will reappear for debate at they have had this discussion the next regular meeting (Monbefore, noting the newsletter day, Dec. 3).

You be the judge: Did Finall’s comments go too far?

In the September 2012 North Saanich News municipal newsletter, mayor Alice Finall outlines five major issues faced by or still before council this year: a possible OCP review; the Sandown proposal that stalled; direction for a zero per cent tax increase; resolutions for increased housing density, and; the fast tracking of a housing development on East Saanich Road.

In her report, Finall states the housing density issue has “highlighted the lack of any amenity or affordable/workforce housing policies to guide Council in its decisions.”

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Police team up in arrest RCMP and Central Saanich Police arrest store scammer Devon MacKenzie News staff

The two police forces on the Peninsula teamed up this past week to arrest a man who had been scamming local liquor stores.

Over the last two weeks Sidney North Saanich RCMP and the Central Saanich Police Service had reports of a man trying to scam liquor store employees by picking items up off the shelf and claiming he had purchased them when he hadn’t.

The fraudster would then ask cashiers for cash refunds for the alcoholic beverages and in some

cases he claimed the return was authorized by a manager.

On the morning of Saturday, Nov. 17 Central Saanich police officers were alerted by a liquor store employee that the man had returned.

Police quickly responded and found the man inside the store.

The officers were able to identify the man as suspect from previous reports and security videos and arrested him.

The man wasn’t able to provide identification and gave the officers a fake name.

The suspect was transported back to the Central Saanich police station where he gave his

real name and it was discovered he had seven unendorsed warrants in B.C. as well as being unlawfully at large from London, Ontario.

The 45-year-old man of no fixed address is currently in custody and is facing several charges including fraud, obstruction of justice and impersonation.

“This is a great example of multi-jurisdictional work where both forces on the Peninsula worked together with the liquor store employees to make this arrest,” said Cpl. Pat Bryant of the Central Saanich police. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com

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• Police want to remind the public to secure all doors and windows before leaving home.

“Thieves can fit through surprisingly small spaces to gain entry,” said Cpl. Erin Fraser.

Devon MacKenzie News staff

• The RCMP responded to 103 calls for service over the last week throughout Sidney and North Saanich.

• A break and enter to a residence on Chalet Road in North Saanich was reported on Nov. 14. The homeowner believed the theft occurred

• A motor vehicle accident involving a B.C. Transit bus and a taxi was reported Nov. 15 in the McTavish roundabout. The Sidney North Saanich RCMP responded to the two vehicle collision and the driver of the bus was ticketed under the Motor Vehicle Act for failing to obey a yield sign.

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• Around 6:15 p.m. on Nov. 14 police were called to an accident just past the intersection of East Saanich Road and Mount Newton X Road. When officers arrived they discovered a 17-year-old man riding his skateboard down the middle of the road had been struck by a slow-moving vehicle. The teen sustained a broken leg and was transported to Saanich Peninsula Hospital. No charges were laid in the accident.

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“As a not-for-profit organization our donors are absolutely vital to being able to do the work we do in caring for people,” said Wendy Wainwright, interim executive director of Victoria Hospice.

Engendering confidence in people who both donate and whose loved ones are cared for at Hospice is important, she adds.

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A Christmas to Remember Peninsula Singers celebrate a special season next month Devon MacKenzie News staff

Special holiday memories are the theme of this year’s Peninsula Singers Christmas production.

“Everyone has at least one special memory from Christmas,” said Peninsula Singer Virginia Rouslin. “And often, there’s that certain song we’ll hear that will bring the memory whirling back into our minds,” she added.

The connection of happy memories to music is the basis of the Peninsula Singers’ show and the group’s artistic director Glenda Korella said she thinks it will please the audience.

“I feel safe in saying that (the audience) will remember this concert for some time,” she said.

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rites in new arrangements, the concert will feature songs that may be new to the audience, such as the concert’s title song A Christmas to Remember made famous by singer-songwriter Amy Grant. The song will be performed by Singers’ soloist Sherry Majocha and will be accompanied by 50 photos of Christmas scenes that will be shown on the theater’s large screen.

A handful of talented young musicians from the Victoria Conservatory of Music will also take a place on stage during the show.

The Collegium Piano Quintet is comprised of pianist Soo Ji Lee, Galen Rohon O’Halleran on cello, violinists Nathan Bomans and Eehjoon Kwon and violist Jacob van der Sloot. Together, they have performed with the Victoria Symphony as well as

with the Sooke and Cowichan orchestras.

The Singers are also welcoming new accompanist Janet Yonge who has played for other choruses in the region and taught in Greater Victoria for over 30 years.

Concerts take place Friday, Dec. 7 and Saturday, Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a matinee on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $11 for kids under 12 and $22 for adults and are available at the Mary Winspear box office or by calling 250-6560275. All concert proceeds will go to the Peninsula Hospital Foundation’s Music Therapy Program.

For more information on the show visit peninsulasingers.ca. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com

Local musician plays for good Stelly’s grad raises funds for pediatric oncology clinic Devon MacKenzie News staff

A Stelly’s Secondary School graduate is using his talents to raise funds for the Victoria General Hospital’s Pediatric Oncology and Hematology Clinic this weekend.

The Michael Wood Band, which is led by 18-year-old Wood

will be preforming original songs from his album Occupy This at the Jam for the Kids benefit concert at the Victoria Events Centre Saturday.

While a student at Stelly’s, the Peninsula teen contributed his talents to the school’s coffee concerts that raise funds for many causes, local and worldwide including the annual Global

Perspectives Gala Night. Wood raised funds for international relief efforts in Nepal where he traveled to help dig terrace plots, plant crops and build shelters in the spring of 2012. Upon his return he used his album release concert to raise further funds for the project, donating $3,000 towards the project’s ongoing support.

PLEASE SEE: Jam for the Kids helping Vic General, page 19

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District of North Saanich PUBLIC NOTICE Appointments To Committees, Boards And Commissions The District of North Saanich is accepting applications from individuals interested in serving on the following Committees and Commissions: • Board of Variance • Advisory Planning Commission • Agricultural Advisory Commission • Environmental Advisory Commission • Heritage Advisory Commission • Parks Advisory Commission • Saanich Peninsula Water Commission / Saanich Peninsula Wastewater Committee For further information about these volunteer opportunities, or to obtain an application form, please visit the District’s website at www.northsaanich.ca or visit the Municipal Hall at the address noted below from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays excluding statutory holidays. Interested individuals are invited to submit their applications, which must include an outline of your qualiďŹ cations and experience, by Friday, December 7, 2012 to: Curt Kingsley, Manager of Corporate Services District of North Saanich 1620 Mills Road North Saanich, BC V8L 5S9 Phone No. 250-655-5453; Fax No. 250-656-3155 e-mail: ckingsley@northsaanich.ca

Coach Larry Green says the recent Island finals volleyball championship gave his younger players a taste of the competition at a high level and will allow his squad to continue rebuilding.

Sidney’s Parkland Secondary School

hosted the AAA Island senior girls volleyball championship Nov. 16 and 17 in the gym. They placed 10th overall.

The local girls opened the tournament Friday against Carihi Secondary of Campbell River, dropping the match 25-12, 25-6. “It’s a tough tournament,� said Green. “There are four pro-

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Those teams â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nanaimo District Secondary School, Ballenas Secondary (Parksville), Timberline (Campbell River) and Carihi â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will prove to be the strongest competition in the event, Green added.

For his players, most of whom are in grades 10 and 11 and are still early in their volleyball careers, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big learning curve after a successful season on the south Island region that got them into the event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to get free points,â&#x20AC;?

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His expectation going into the tourney was for his girls to do the best they can and learn something in each game. His plan after the opening loss to Carihi, was to assess the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance, fix it, move on and get all of his players on the floor throughout the weekend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are (got) lots of experience here, after we did well to get here.â&#x20AC;?

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Parklandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Justine Fowler and Skylar Craig watch as Bailey Cooper attempts to put a ball past their opponents on Friday, Nov. 16.

Thompson, a teacher at PSS, said this was the first time in 15 years that the Island AAA championship was hosted

by Parkland. The girls went 5-5 in their pool, then lost to both Wellington (Nanaimo) and Esquimalt to be eliminated.

Timberline (third), Ballenas (Parksville, second) and NDSS

(first) advance to the AAA provincials.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s AAA senior girls volleyball Islands included Parkland (Sidney), Claremont (Saanich), Esquimalt and Frances Kelsey (Mill Bay) from the south and from the north Island: Timberline, Carihi, Mark Isfeld (Courtenay), Ballenas, NDSS and Wellington.

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The Peninsula Panthers swept a pair of weekend games with a 2-0 win last Friday evening at the Panorama Recreation Centre against the North Division-leading Comox Valley Glacier Kings and a 7-4 thrashing of the Oceanside Generals at Oceanside Place arena last Sunday afternoon.

On Friday, Nov. 16 the Panthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Nathan Looysen and Zack Smith each scored one point, while goaltender Stephen Heslop blocked all 26 shots directed his way by the Glacier Kings.

On Sunday, Nov. 18 the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strong efforts started early when Jonas Horvath out-hustled the Generals from Parksville while killing a penalty and passed the puck to Will Finlay who was waiting in front of the Generalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; net.

After that point, Smith and Daniel Welch scored two points each while Looysen and Reece Costain added singles to top up the final score to 7-4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We drove the net and banged in some nice rebounds. I was really impressed with our hunger to score,â&#x20AC;? said Panthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; coach Rob Armstrong. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought we were really physical to start the game and had lots of energy and pressure at the net.â&#x20AC;?

The pair of wins last weekend marked the halfway point in the Panthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 48-game schedule. The team currently sits solidly in third place behind the Saanich Braves and the Victoria Cougars.

The Panthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; next home game is scheduled for tonight when they host the Westshore Wolves at 7:30 p.m. at Panorama Recreation Centre. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Notice is hereby given that Creditors and others, having claims against the Estate of Alard Berend Ages, formerly of 10968 Madrona Drive, North Saanich, BC, Deceased are hereby required to send the particulars thereof to the undersigned Executor, James R. Fowler, 201-2377 Bevan Avenue, Sidney, BC V8L 4M9, on or before December 22, 2012 after which date the estateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received.

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James R. Fowler, Executor WITNESS WANTED - a Hit and Run occurred on Nov. 9, 2012 at 8:30AM, at Mckenzie and Shelbourne. A 2004 BMW was rear ended by the unidentiďŹ ed driver of a large silver SUV. If you have any information about the driver or the vehicle that ďŹ&#x201A;ed the scene, please contact GAVIN @250384-6262 or gmather@awslaw.ca.

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1992 CADILAC Deville, brown, 90k. Celebrity owned.

View at 930 Ardmore Dr. (golf course parking lot). Silent auction opening bid $3,900.

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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.

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1998 PONTIAC Grand Prix GT US car - 193,000 miles, lady driven since 2003. $2200.

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4 BEDROOM house for rent on acreage located at 1066 Fair rd, brand new wood stove just installed. Large workshop, insulated and wired, perfect for small business. $1150per month. 250-954-9547 SIDNEY- 2 BDRM, garage, yard, deck, F/S, W/D. $1350.

Call (250)812-4154.

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded.

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

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

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COLWOOD- 1 bdrm Bach, patio, shared W/D, N/S. $820 mo incls utils. 250-391-7915.

ESQ/GORGE. Quiet cul-desac. 2 bdrm grnd level, fenced yard, on bus route. Shared W/D, N/S, pet? $995 mo inclds utils. Avail now. 250-384-5466.

GORDON HEAD, 2 bdrm, $1100 incls all utils, N/S, N/P, avail immed, 250-721-4040.

SAANICH- LARGE, 2000sq ft, 2 bdrm, lights & heat incld, NS/NP. Refs, $1000 mo. Avail now. 250-652-0591.

UVIC/CAMOSUN area, 2 bdrm, priv ent, N/P, N/S, $900.

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

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

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

Petrucci’s Drywall.

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

Work Guaranteed. Any size job.

(250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

20% OFF Fall clean-ups, racking, mowing, hedge/shrub trimming. (250)479-6495.

FENCING

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

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

TAX 250-477-4601

APPLIANCE REPAIRS A & L Appliances (under new management). For all your appliance needs. (250)656-2325

CARPENTRY CLARK BEAUMONT carpentry, sm renos, drywall, 30 yrs. exp. (250)881-2492 JEREMIAH’S CARPENTRY Quality work, sm renos, call for list of services. 778-967-1246.

COMPUTER SERVICES A HOME COMPUTER Coach.

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

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

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CONTRACTORS

250-361-6193- From a Plug to an Executive Home. We do it all! Reasonable rates! #22779 (250)590-9653.ELECTRICIAN 20 yrs + exp. Residential: New homes & Renos. Knob & tube replacement. $40./hr. Senior’s Discount. Lic.#3003.

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

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

WEST HARBOUR Home or commercial, new and reno’s.

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

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

References available.

250-475-1462.

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

Master gardeners.

John or Louise (250)891-8677.

250-216-9476 ACCEPTING clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, home reno’s, garden clean-ups.

ASK ROB. Carpentry, decks, landscaping, bobcat work, masonry and renos. Free Estimates. Call 250-744-4548.

DIAMOND DAVE GUTTER & WINDOW CLEANING AT FAIR PRICES! 250-889-5794.

D’ANDREA’S Gutter Cleaning/ Repairs; Power washing. Free est. Exc. ref’s. Insured. Quality guaranteed. (250)413-7541.

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.

HANDYMAN SERVICES. Lawns, fences, pruning, flooring, painting, drywall, small renos. Mike/Chris 250-656-8961 SENIOR HANDYMAN. Household repairs. Will assist do-it-yourselfers.

Call Fred, 250-888-5345.

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

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FAMILY MAN Hauling.

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

250-920-8463.

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

Brad 250-217-9578.

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PAINTING

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

WRIGHT MOVING. $80/hr for 2 men. Senior’s discount. Free Est’s. Call Phil (250)383-8283.

Peacock Painting

MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Windows Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years Construction experience. 250-382-3694.

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

LANDSCAPING

PAINTING

JAKE’S RAKE & CO. Fall clean-ups, gutters, hedges, tree trims. (250)217-3589.

ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting.

Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years experience.

250-382-3694.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

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

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flagstone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone.

Replace, Rebuild, Renew!

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Free Competitive Estimates.

(250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

MOVING & STORAGE

D&B PAINTING. Interior & exterior. 33 years experience.

Please call (250)419-1803.

LADY PAINTER Serving the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.

SAFEWAY PAINTING

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

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

Call 250-220-0734.

High quality, Organized.

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

DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. Senior Discount. Free Est’s. No travel time before or after. SMOOTH MOVES. Call Tyler at 250-418-1747.

TOP NOTCH PAINTING. Over 25 years exp. Interior/Exterior, Residential. Reliable, Reasonable and Friendly Service. Call Brad 250-580-5542.

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

250-686-6046

TREE SERVICES LOCAL TREE CO. 30 yrs exp.

Bucket truck, chipper. We buy logs. Insured. (250)883-2911.

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

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

UPHOLSTERER work. Your fabric 250-480-7937.

or

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WINDOW CLEANING BLAINE’S WINDOW WASHING. Serving Sidney & Brentwood since 1983. Average house $35. 250-656-1475

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

250-744-8588, Norm.

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.

Windows, Gutters, Sweeping, Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pressure Washing. 250-361-6190.

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Make e a Big Difference for Many Families at Christmas.

Devon MacKenzie/News staff

Warren Franklin gets his boat, Merlin, ready for the Lighted Boat Parade on Nov. 24. The sail past begins after the Sidney Sparkles Santa Claus Parade, which kicks off at 5 p.m. and goes along Beacon Avenue from the corner of Beacon and Seventh, ending on Second Avenue.

Jam for the Kids helping Vic General Continued from page 13

Wood’s latest contribution, Jam for the Kids, is a fundraiser supporting the Victoria General Hospital’s Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Clinic which acts as a satellite clinic to the

B.C. Children’s Hospital. Money raised at the concert will fund imminent clinic needs as well as support for the families of patients.

The concert takes place at the Victoria Events Center Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can

Every year, the Peninsula News Review raises funds to purchase gifts for less fortunate kids in our community. This year, we are asking for your donations to support the local SECRET SANTA TOYS FOR TOTS. We are asking for your help in this important initiative. Please consider giving this year by dropping off your donation at the Peninsula News Review office or at ...

be purchased at the door, or by emailing jamforthekids@gmail. com.

For more about Jam for the Kids or the Michael Wood Band, please visit michaelwoodband. com.

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