Saanich News, January 09, 2013

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15 months until kitchen scrap pickup in Saanich Kyle Slavin News staff

of the transit system is the latest tactic as part of the union’s ongoing job action.

Drivers have halted all overtime work, cancelling periodic bus service every day. As well, drivers have traded in uniforms in favour of street clothes while on the job.

Williams said the hope is that more job action will bring pressure on Transit from frustrated politicians and the public to return to the table and reach a settlement.

By spring 2014, all Saanich residents will need to think twice before throwing away coffee filters, chicken bones and dinner leftovers.

Saanich council on Monday was expected to discuss revamping its garbage collection model to keep kitchen scraps out of the trash and out of Hartland landfill.

According to a report from Dave McAra, Saanich’s manager of solid waste services, the municipality intends to implement twice-monthly curbside collection of kitchen scraps and household garbage using separate green bins before 2015.

A comprehensive implementation plan outlines a “pay as you throw” model, that will see each Saanich home pay between an estimated $156 and $210 annually, depending on the amount of garbage and organics a family tosses out.

“This collection model is equitable, incentive-based and ‘customizable’, giving residents the flexibility to choose the (collection) carts that best fit their household needs,” McAra wrote in the report.

As of Jan. 1, 2015, the Capital Regional District will ban kitchen scraps from entering Hartland landfill.

Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard told the News in an interview last year that he had given up hope that the CRD would implement a kitchen scrap program across Greater Victoria, so Saanich moved forward on its own.

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Universe reveals a new mystery Astrophysicist Julio Navarro stands under the 0.8 metre telescope at the University of Victoria. Navarro is part of a team that used data from a much larger telescope in Hawaii to figure out that a cluster of galaxies is moving in a way that defies understanding. See the story on page A5.

Transit drivers plan one day strike No buses on Jan. 22, unless B.C. Transit returns to bargaining Kyle Slavin News staff

The union representing some 650 B.C. Transit employees says Greater Victoria’s public transportation network will grind to a halt on Jan. 22 unless B.C. Transit returns

to the bargaining table.

Ben Williams, president of Canadian Auto Workers local 333, says this is the only way the union thinks management will get the message.

“We’re hopeful that we can get a negotiated settlement without withdrawal. The last thing we want to do is disrupt the riders in Greater Victoria, but it just doesn’t appear B.C. Transit is going to co-operate without us escalating the job action,” Williams said.

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Face of Saanich PD out of the spotlight Kyle Slavin News staff

One quick look around Dean Jantzen’s office and you’ll get a good indication of the stories that have preoccupied much of his time in the last two-and-a-half years.

A file folder bearing the name Lindsay Buziak sits on a shelf, while newspaper clippings with headlines bearing such buzzwords as ‘police amalgamation’ are pinned to a bulletin board, alongside a crude sketch of a deer with an arrow in its hindquarters.

“The biggest challenge in this job is getting people to listen.

That was really my goal when I tried to be lighter and a little more humanistic,” says Jantzen, 43, who’s been the spokesperson for the Saanich Police Department since June 2010. “Once you’ve attracted people’s attention through anecdotes or quirks or some humour, it’s that much easier to drive a message home; there’s that many more people listening.”

Early on in his stint as the department’s public information officer, Jantzen was advised to just be himself during press conferences and when talking to the public. He says that tip was invaluable in making mundane messaging on auto crime or break-and-enters a little less stuffy.

“It’s not supposed to be a comedy show all the time. There are lots of serious days and serious incidents and we have to communicate that. But the lighter side of policing is something I think we’ve missed over the years,” he says. “It’s not all doom and gloom, nor should it be.”

Jantzen’s relaxed, jovial personality shone during his weekly Tuesday morning press conferences. It was during one such gathering in May that Jantzen, through bouts of laughter, fielded ridiculous questions from journalists about two drunk and hungry UVic students who were later dubbed the Barbecue Chip Bandits.

“I think this experience shows you the whole other side of policing,” says Jantzen, who’s previously been part of Saanich’s street crimes unit and drug section, and the province’s Com-

Craigflower bridge rebuild starts April Kyle Slavin News staff

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The familiar face of the Saanich police for the past two years, Sgt. Dean Jantzen munches on potato chips at his final press conference as a homage to the ‘barbecue chip bandits’ story that caught attention across Canada and the U.S. last summer. Jantzen is moving to patrol duties. bined Forces Special Enforcement Unit.

“Sometimes you can be insulated from things in your community when you work day-to-day patrol shifts. This job’s allowed me to enjoy different kinds of interactions with the community. … It gets you grounded again.”

“The lighter side of policing is something I think we’ve missed over the years. It’s not all doom and gloom, nor should it be.”

– Sgt. Dean Jantzen But Jantzen has also the been the face of the organization during tragic and serious incidents.

These are the ones that, as a human and as a police officer, he says he’ll remember forever.

“Some of the more memorable experiences are the 300-kilometre-an-hour motorcycle caper, the Caddy Bay murder-suicide – that was sad, the Shannon Rogers case, a couple of Lindsay Buziak anniversaries,” he recalls.

“You end up being a lightning

rod in this chair. The good goes with the bad, but all in all, I think I’m a better person for having done it.”

In his time as the face of the force, Jantzen helped the department in some of its forward-thinking endeavours, such as building a social media presence on Twitter and Facebook, and playing an integral role in the development and publishing of the department’s ambitious strategic plan.

He says, however, what he enjoyed most about his job was his interactions with Saanichites, leading to a greater appreciation for the community he serves.

“One of the great eye-openers was how generous (Greater Victoria) and the community was.

Whenever we put out sad luck or bad luck stories, inevitably we would get people coming around dropping off donations,” he says, noting an incident in 2011 when a Cops for Cancer donation box was stolen from the front counter of the police station. “We had a parade of people coming in donating $20s, $50s, $100s. … The people make this a great place to live, work and play.”

Jantzen’s shift as the department’s spokesperson ended last

week. While he returns to patrol work, Sgt. Steve Eassie will take on the media relations role for the Saanich police.

As Jantzen fills a cardboard box with the newspaper clippings, drawings and personal effects he’s collected in his office since 2010, he says he anticipates Eassie’s biggest challenge will likely be the same one he faced: making sure the department doesn’t lose its voice.

“We put out notes and messaging about safe driving and not leaving anything in your vehicles and locking your vehicles – that’s a big part of this job. People tune you out when they hear it for the umpteenth time, but these things are still happening so we have to do those things to be heard,” Jantzen says.

As for the advice he leaves Eassie with before passing on the torch as face of the department? “I told him, ‘Be yourself.’

He’ll bring his own personality to the job that way. … It’s a lucky man who gets to speak for all the hard-working men and women in the department. It’s interesting and challenging, but what a great experience it’s been.” kslavin@saanichnews.com

Construction on the Craigflower Bridge will begin earlier than expected, as crews are slated to begin work on a pedestrian walkway in April.

The 80-year-old, timber-beam span will be replaced by threelane steel bridge, double the width of the existing bridge. Construction was originally set for June, but that work will now start in the spring.

While Admiral’s Road will be closed for seven months, Saanich and View Royal, which share responsibility of the bridge, needed to find a way to get pedestrians across the Gorge Waterway.

The construction tender will be released later this month, and the municipalities aim to have a contract awarded by late February.

Jim Hemstock, Saanich’s manager of capital works, says included in the tender are plans for a temporary walkway over the Gorge Waterway.

“We have to do the pedestrian bridge first. Now that we’re closing the road during a school year, we’ve got to get that pedestrian bridge up (before the old bridge comes down). We could start on the pedestrian bridge in April,” he said.

The cost of the project is now estimated at $11.9 million, up from the original price tag of $10.775 million.

Hemstock says the project has received an additional $775,000 grant from the Capital Regional District, on top of a previously approved $10 million injection.

Saanich and View Royal will split the outstanding $1.125 million cost, with Saanich footing 60 per cent, about $675,000. That’s $200,000 more than Saanich originally estimated.

Hemstock reiterated that the numbers are just estimates right now, and nothing will be concrete until the contract is awarded. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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Scraps program to be phased in Continued from Page A1

In spring and summer 2012, Saanich ran a three-month pilot project involving 583 homes with kitchen scrap and curbside garbage pickup, which gauged resident support and program logistics.

McAra’s report indicates that pilot project “demonstrated 37 per cent of household waste could be diverted from the landfill and recycled into a useful product.”

Council voted on the new collection model Monday night after the News’ deadline. If approved, McAra anticipates it’ll take 15 months before Saanich residents will see firsthand changes. The program will be phased in, with half of Saanich participating in kitchen scrap collection one month before the other half of the municipality.

In addition to educating residents, Saanich will have to replace its collection fleet, update collection routes and schedules to “maximize efficiencies” and secure contracts with an organics processor and for the purchase and delivery of 62,000 new carts.

Each cart, McAra says, will be capable of using radio frequency technology, should Saanich move to weight-based billing in the future.

In addition to the benefit of keeping kitchen scraps out of the landfill, Saanich estimates some 3,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases will be eliminated with the implementation of the program.

For more information on the proposed kitchen scraps recycling program, visit saanich.ca/services/garbage. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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SAANICH NEWS -Wednesday, January 9, 2013

A discovery, and a mystery, of galactic proportions ada-France-Hawaii Telescope, in Hawaii.

UVic professor Alan McConnachie, based at the Herzberg observatory in Saanich, led that project and is another coauthor of the paper.

Out of the mass of observations, the team honed in on a number of dwarf galaxies in the neighbourhood of Andromeda.

Rather than randomness, they found uniformity.

“This common property implies that these little galaxies all have a common origin, since the chance of them all just happening to be moving in the same way right now, by coincidence, is statistically tiny,” McConnachie said in an email.

“These little galaxies shouldn’t ‘know’ how the other little galaxies are moving – they should all be doing their own thing, independently of all the other little galaxies.

“So it looks like we are missing something pretty basic, and potentially very important.”

Navarro admits he was skeptical when the data started to suggest a group of 15 dwarf galaxies were orbiting in a well-defined plane a million light years in diameter, but only 30,000 light years thick, a similar structure to how planets orbit a star.

“I thought it would be hard to explain. We haven’t seen this often, if ever,” Navarro said.

UVic scientists help discover orbiting galaxies Edward Hill News staff

Across our big old universe, objects orbiting other objects is a common astronomical pastime. The moon orbits the Earth, the Earth orbits the sun, the solar system orbits the galactic centre of the Milky Way. A collaboration of astrophysics and astronomers, including two from the University of Victoria, have discovered something weird – a cluster of small “dwarf” galaxies is rotating in an orderly fashion around Andromeda galaxy, our nearest intergalactic neighbour.

This planet-like behaviour among galaxies has never been detected before and it fails to fit established models of how galaxies evolve.

What’s more, the orbit of these dwarf galaxies is so vast, a single rotation is longer than the age of the universe. They haven’t made it around once. A paper discussing this phenomenon was published Friday in the journal Nature.

“It’s a sobering reminder of how fragile our understanding of these things are,” said

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UVic professor Julio Navarro helped discover a cluster of galaxies in a common orbit.

UVic astrophysics professor Julio Navarro, one of 16 lead scientists involved in the project. “How this is moving cannot be explained. Why a giant structure of galaxies rotate is uncanny, it’s not well understood yet. But it’s cool enough to point out.”

The discovery emerged from the broader Pan Andromeda Archaeological Survey, a threeyear survey of a large region of space surrounding Andromeda galaxy, using the 3.6 metre Can-

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“It took quite a bit of convincing within the collaboration that we had not missed something. But our confidence grew that this was not a product of chance.”

Due to its sheer size and a spin cycle older than the universe, the apparent forces involved in these orbiting dwarf galaxies are much different than what rotates a galaxy on its axis, or planets around a star, Navarro said.

His personal pet theory is that these galaxies aren’t rotating at all – that they are part of a “filament” of dwarf galaxies being consumed by Andromeda, and are moving with a velocity that mimics rotation from our vantage point on Earth.

“It might not be an orbit; it might be an object that coming in (to

Andromeda) for the first time,” he said. “It is still odd.”

Although this discovery adds a new mystery into the cosmological mix, Navarro, a theorist by trade, isn’t ready to chuck out the theories on galaxy dynamics built from decades of computer modelling and backed by observation.

“Facing an odd finding points to us either not understanding the detailed theory, or that the theory is incorrect. It’s a reminder that there’s a constant need for discovery, and discovery pushes us farther. You learn more from the unexpected than the expected.”

Check out a video of the discovery at astro.unistra.fr/Cosmic_ Order/Site/Film.html. editor@saanichnews.com

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ZONING BYLAW NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING for the purpose of a PUBLIC HEARING will be held in the SAANICH MUNICIPAL HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 770 Vernon Avenue, on TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2013 at 7:30 pm, to allow the public to make verbal or written representation to Council with respect to the following proposed bylaw and permit. This rezoning application was previously considered and approved by Council on April 24, 2012. In order to revise the terms of the Housing Agreement authorized by Council for the development, it has been necessary to rescind the approval and schedule an additional Public Hearing.

A) “ZONING BYLAW, 2003, AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2012, NO. 9175” PROPOSED REZONING FOR APARTMENT BUILDINGS ON QUADRA STREET AND INVERNESS ROAD To rezone Lot 4, Section 63, Victoria District, Plan 1781 (3316 QUADRA STREET) and Lot 3, Section 63, Victoria District, Plan 1781 (3334 QUADRA STREET) from Zone RS-6 (Single Family Dwelling) to Zone RM-6 (Residential Mixed - apartment, attached housing, congregate housing, home occupation office and daycare for preschool children, accessory buildings and structures are permitted uses) and to consolidate these properties with the RM-6 zoned lands at 1016 Inverness Road and 3350 Quadra Street in order to construct three apartment buildings. A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT for the proposed construction of one six-storey and two five-storey apartment buildings on the site will be considered to require the buildings and lands to be constructed and developed in accordance with the plans submitted and allow variances for parking, building separation, setbacks, height, and levels of habitable space. A COVENANT will also be considered to further regulate the use of the lands and buildings. Council will also consider a HOUSING AGREEMENT for the proposed buildings which will prohibit the banning of rental units and provide nine units of affordable seniors housing for a minimum period of ten years.

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Correspondence may be submitted by mail to the address above or by email to clerksec@saanich.ca and must be received no later than 4:00 pm on the day of the meeting. All correspondence submitted will form part of the public record and may be published in a meeting agenda.

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Toss a salmon carcass, feed an ecosystem Arnold Lim News staff

If you have never been allowed to play with your food, now is your chance.

Mount Douglas Park, home to one of Greater Victoria’s urban salmon spawning creeks, is playing host to the Friends of Mount Douglas Park annual salmon carcass toss on Saturday.

The public is welcome and encouraged to help throw about 100 frozen salmon carcasses in and around Douglas creek in an effort to feed vital nutrients into the creek’s

ecosystem.

“It sounds negative but it is positive,” said Darrell Wick, president of the Friends of Mount Douglas Park Society. “A lot of people don’t even know there is salmon in this creek.”

Provided by the Howard English Hatchery based near Goldstream Park in Langford, frozen salmon are fished from the waters of Goldstream river and transported to Mount Doug to decompose and provide food for insects and fauna.

Insects in turn, are consumed by the 20,000 to 40,000 young chum and coho fry that will hatch in the spring and become the next genera-

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Angela Elliott gets ready to place a frozen salmon carcass into the upper reaches of Douglas Creek in January 2012. Volunteers are encouraged to attend Saturday to help volunteers from Saanich Parks, the Friends of Mount Douglas Park and the Howard English Hatchery to place coho and chum carcasses into the creek, which replenishs nutrients in the ecosystem. tion of salmon to spawn there.

The Friends of Mount Doug is the first society in Canada to obtain the permission from the

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Department of Fisheries and Oceans to transport carcasses from one watershed to another.

Because the population of

salmon at Douglas creek has not yet grown to the point where they naturally feed enough nutrients into the ecosystem, the annual carcass toss event remains a vital element to sustaining the population.

“We don’t have a lot of salmon coming back, the creek is somewhat sterile.

We are trying to get it going,” Wick said. “I think it is really important. It is all these little creeks that provide the salmon habitat. If we want to have salmon we have to make sure This is the time of the year for current grade 8 students these little creeks surto plan for their future and make their decisions about vive. Salmon is a good secondary education. indicator for the health of the ecosystem.”

The Greater Victoria School District has seven outstanding The salmon carcass comprehensive secondary schools that welcome toss at Douglas Creek is Saturday from 11:30 all students to their respectful, responsive and safe a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Meet environments. at the Edgemont Road park access point.

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Helping create a picture perfect world Arnold Lim News staff

Christmas presents were not enough.

Daniel Davenport, 13, and his 11-year-old sister Amy were looking for a way to provide more than just gifts to the less fortunate, so instead of presents, they sent one of the necessities of life.

“Water. It is what we have needed since the Stone Age,” Daniel said.

“You cannot go wrong in the catalogue of helping people, but we had to pick something that is accomplishable, helpful and lasting.”

Searching for an organization that could facilitate their long-term goal led them to Plan Canada, a nonprofit organization with a mandate to improve the lives of children in developing countries.

“My sister and myself wanted to make a difference and help those less fortunate,” Daniel continued.

“Not only does it give them water, it frees (them) up from trekking all day every day to get water.”

With the help of their mother Lesley, who moonlights as a nature and landscape photographer, they came up with a plan to raise $1,000.

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kids combined their $20 allowance with funds from babysitting work to buy bulk card stock and print their mother’s nature photographs.

By making photo greeting cards, they developed a product with the money many others their age would have spent on themselves.

“For a couple of years now they have wanted to support charitable causes but we don’t just write them a cheque,” Lesley said. “They have to come up with a way to raise the money.”

The two students spent their evenings gluing photographs to card stock, bundling them with envelopes to sell at craft fairs, to family members, friends and teachers for $1 each.

One thousand cards later, the pair reached their goal and contacted Plan Canada to let them know they would be sponsoring 13 families in Sudan.

“Some people out there aren’t as fortunate as we are. That got me thinking that I can do something,” Amy said. “Some people out there need the money. I have a great life; I don’t really need the money.”

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Penny Sakamoto Group Publisher Kevin Laird Editorial Director Edward Hill Editor Oliver Sommer Advertising Director

The Saanich News is published by Black Press Ltd. | 818 Broughton St., Victoria, B.C. V8W 1E4 | Phone: 250-920-2090 • Fax: 250-386-2624 • Web: www.saanichnews.com

OUR VIEW

Public input includes people T

he key to public hearings is obviously public input. With the Enbridge hearings in Victoria shutting out residents interested in attending the proceedings and Victoria MLA Murray Rankin being refused entry, the government is not leaving us with the impression that public interest is welcome.

The process of registering to speak is tried and true.

However, relegating the great unwashed to a hotel kilometres away from where the hearings are taking place, allowing the public only to view the proceedings in a video feed from fixed cameras is not open, transparent information gathering.

We all want the sessions to run smoothly without interruptions from noisy protesters.

Ugly disruptions create an oppressive atmosphere, rather than one of courtesy and respect, which enables everyone to voice their opinion without feeling threatened.

However, posting uniformed police outside the hearing room and forcing the public to view the hearings from a distance of more than two kilometres only alienates the people who it is trying to engage.

Talks held across the country have been uneventful. The most threatening event so far has been a large community gathering which formed a welcoming committee of sorts for the panel at the Bella Bella hearings. That situation delayed the process by one day.

The Enbridge pipeline proposal is controversial.

For some, registering their name in advance, standing in front of a panel of strangers, explaining their concerns or expressing their approval is comfortable and acceptable.

For others, voicing their concerns in an oldfashioned, free-spirited way with placards and songs is the way they want to express themselves. And for some of us, being able to see and hear the presentations for ourselves is how we become involved.

Separating the people from the process is not the way to earn trust and make sure the public interest is served.

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

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

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

A real hero for aboriginal people T

he century-old plight of established a bunch of enterprises, Canada’s aboriginal people is including Canada’s first water slide. back in the public eye, thanks The commission was chaired by to protests dubbed Idle No John Hall, then known More. as the Crown prosecutor As with Occupy protests who put serial killer last year, the demands are Clifford Olson away, and vague. One of the claims, is now an appeal court repeated in media coverage judge. of protests, is that the Derrickson’s suit jacket federal government is had a conspicuous bulge moving to end the historic as he took the stand Indian Act restriction each day. He was packing against selling reserve land. a semi-automatic pistol, A look at the federal having demanded and Tom Fletcher received a carry permit legislation, Bill C-45, B.C. Views shows this is not the after a brutal attempt on case. Amendments ease his life. restrictive provisions for leasing The hit man, an ex-cop, was reserve land, which remains hired by people who didn’t like property of the Crown held in the bottom-line way Derrickson perpetuity for the aboriginal ran Westbank’s lease-hold mobile community. home parks. He showed up at This change was initiated by Derrickson’s home one day and B.C. aboriginal leaders so they can tried to beat him to death with a follow the trail blazed by one of metal bar. Badly injured, Derrickson the most entrepreneurial chiefs in made it to his gun cabinet and shot Canadian history. his assailant, who survived to go to His name is Ron Derrickson, prison. and he served six terms as chief Derrickson testified that his of the Westbank First Nation approach to the Indian Affairs near Kelowna. One of my first big bureaucracy was simple. He did reporting assignments was covering business, and if they didn’t like a Royal Commission into his it, they could tell him. Reserve administration’s business affairs in land can’t be sold, so he leased it, the mid-1980s. offering people a low-cost way to There had been an astonishing 17 enjoy the sunny Okanagan. federal investigations before that, His business plan was also stemming from local claims that simple. Drive to California and see Derrickson was just too successful. what they’re doing. Drive back and He drove a big black Mercedes, do it in B.C. wore expensive suits, and A 2007 profile of Derrickson by

Greg Fjetland in Canadian Business magazine describes how he came by his approach to Ottawa. He grew up “dirt poor, living in a tar paper shack.” His family name was Tousawasket, until the local Indian Agent drew an Anglo name out of a hat.

He and his brother were the first aboriginal kids to attend public school in Kelowna. Racist bullying drove his parents to move him to a residential school in Washington State.

He dropped out in Grade 9, toiled on farms, learned to weld, and worked his way into ranching, real estate and politics. He never gave up or backed down, ever.

The Hall commission and all previous government probes concluded that he did nothing wrong. Derrickson sued his local accusers and won, and Ottawa began to change its racist, paternalistic ways.

Which brings us back to today.

Derrickson’s pioneering work is still changing the Indian Act for the better. This effort is under dishonest attack from people whose legacy is mainly incompetence and failure.

Protesters demand more unearned public subsidy, and a petulant souponly strike is celebrated as an act of bravery.

Choose your own hero. I’ve chosen mine.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

‘A petulant, soup-only strike is celebrated as an act of bravery.’

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LETTERS Public participation process arbitrary

Support Canada’s right to protest

In April of last year, as a result of our many concerns surrounding the “deer issue” in Saanich, including council’s referral of the matter to the Capital Regional District thereby skirting public participation in this issue, we wrote to the mayor and council to specifically request that the district undertake a formal public consultation process.

We requested that the consultation process include a study of the nature and extent of the problem, a survey much like the district’s citizen survey, open houses at which the Saanich residents could discuss, debate, decide the issues face-to-face with each other and with the district.

We received no direct response from the mayor and council to our request for a full and open public process with respect to this very important matter.

We now note that, some seven months after our specific request was basically ignored, that the municipality is undertaking a “public participation project” in response to a growing interest by Saanich residents for involvement in the district’s decision-making processes.

The logical conclusion would appear to be: public participation when the district so chooses; no public participation when the district doesn’t so choose.

The arbitrariness of restricting the public’s participation on the very whim of the district would appear to undermine the integrity of the proposed policy, as well as the whole intent by the district to extend public participation in its matters.

We hope that the final “public participation” policy will address this important issue to provide more direction to the district – and more certainly to residents – about exactly how “public participation” is to be guided and managed within the district.

Dave and Shari Poje Saanich

Whether you are for or against the Northern Gateway Pipeline or don’t care either way, lets all at least be unanimous in our right to demonstrate.

I am calling on all of you who care about democracy, about our constitution and Charter of Rights, and are able to come to the hearings at the Delta Ocean Point, to send a strong message to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency that demonstrating is our right, and we do not need their permission.

This hearings are no doubt a facade anyway the government probably already determined what it will do. The very company that wants to build the pipeline, Enbridge, make huge contributions to both the B.C. Liberals and B.C. NDP. Stephen Harper has demonstrated once again he is will to manipulate and smear those who disagree by calling anyone against the pipeline anti-prosperity.

Oh we send our fighter jets to Italy to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya so people can demonstrate there, but the heck with the right to demonstrate here.

Why should we have to go to some African country for our government to support our right to protest?

If you or someone related to you are veterans or are in the service you ought to come out and stand up for democracy.

Andre Mollon Langford

Pipeline protesters not against prosperity Re: Enbridge protest shortsighted (Letters, Jan. 2) The writer holds the belief that the economy in B.C. is dependent on resource extraction without considering that the protesters of the pipelines are not against prosperity, but only against

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damage to the globe caused by the emissions created by the extraction, shipping and ultimate use of the gas and oil.

I feel that the “lasting and prolonged consequences” of the use of the petroleum and fracked gas are hard to reverse, and instead wish the opportunity for employment would come from less-damaging ways to get the energy which the world needs.

Last year, Germany set a world record for solar energy power covering over 30 per cent of all electricity demand.

That’s the equivalent of 20 huge conventional fossil or nuclear power plants.

Surely the expertise now working in the gas and oil industries in Canada could utilize their expertise in ways which would not damage the globe, and in the process would provide employment which we so desperately need.

Other countries are similarly developing and utilizing non-emission methods of producing energy.

So for the writer of the letter who thinks that we who protest the pipelines and fracking businesses and shipping raw logs out of our province without considering struggling British Columbians, please reconsider this thinking, because we are thinking up specific, achievable solutions to the environmental problems we have all created with our chosen lifestyles.

We do not want the severe weather events caused by global warming to completely destroy the lives of people all over the world because we insist that our extraction businesses are the only way to save our economy.

Carolyn Herbert Saanich Send your letters to: Mail: Letters to the Editor, Saanich News, 818 Broughton St., Victoria, B.C., V8W 1E4 Fax: 250-386-2624 E-mail: editor@saanichnews.com

Capital Regional District Arts Advisory Council Appointments The Capital Regional District is seeking volunteers to serve on the Arts Advisory Council. The AAC adjudicates funding programs and provides advice to the CRD Arts Committee on issues relating to the arts in the capital region.

For details on responsibilities and how to apply, visit www.crd.bc.ca/arts.

Application deadline is Friday, February 1, 2013 at 4:30pm.

Contact: CRD Arts Development 625 Fisgard Street, Victoria, BC V8W 1R7 T: 250.360.3215 artsdevelopment@crd.bc.ca

Join us for an Open House at Island View Beach Regional Park CRD Regional Parks is updating the management plan for Island View Beach Regional Park. The open house will provide information on the status of the process, feedback we’ve received from the public and the next steps.

Thursday, January 24 – 4-7pm Mary Winspear Centre, Room 4 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney www.crd.bc.ca/parks | 250.360.3369

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That’s near the five-per-cent contingency normally allocated for a major infrastructure project, city engineering director Dwayne Kalynchuk said at a meeting on Monday.

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Police dog trees suspected car thief The driver of a stolen car kept Victoria Police officers busy last Thursday morning.

The man was spotted around 1:45 a.m. driving a grey Buick Regal that had been stolen earlier from a residence in Central Saanich.

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Police tracked the vehicle to Vic West and called in a K9 unit. The vehicle was found abandoned in the 400-block of Sitkum Rd., where the K9 unit traced the man to the 100block of Wilson St. Officers found the driver hid-

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A 36-year-old Parksville man faces charges of theft over $5,000, possession of stolen property and breaching probation. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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A man in a boat joined in from the water as protesters gathered outside the Delta Ocean Pointe hotel on Victoria’s Inner Harbour to voice opposition to the proposed Enbridge pipeline.

Hearings on the pipeline, and protests against the project, continue at the hotel for the rest of this week.

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TLC cuts ties with historic sites Province claims ‘just cause’ in ministry firings Charla Huber News staff

The Land Conservancy will hand Craigflower Manor and Craigflower Schoolhouse back to the province this year.

The province owns the properties but TLC has operated the facilities since May 1, 2003. The manor is in View Royal and the schoolhouse is in Saanich.

The province was contributing $80,000 each year toward upkeep and maintenance of the sites, but TLC was inputing donor dollars into the sites as well.

“We simply can’t afford to manage them on behalf of the province anymore,” said Alister Craighead, chair of TLC board. “Our donations are precious and we really want to apply them to lands we own.”

The sites aren’t highly visited and haven’t been tourist destinations, Criaghead said. Less than 1,000 people go to the sites each year.

“Museums don’t make money,” he said. “When I came on the board three

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The ailing Land Conservancy will hand Craigflower Manor and Schoolhouse back to the province in a cost-saving measure. years ago I’d say ‘why on Earth are we doing this?’ … There were no plans put in place, this is a big mistake and we recognize the error.”

Instead of putting donor money into the provincially owned sites, Craighead said TLC will use the money to invest in

projects expected to generate money and to help pay off debts.

Craighead suggests the sites become community venues for events and functions instead of museums where most areas are roped off. charla@goldstreamgazette.com

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Your kitchen scraps will be finding a new home.

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To meet our waste diversion goals and extend the life of the landfill, we’ll be phasing out disposal of kitchen scraps at the Hartland landfill by 2015.

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B.C.’s Ministry of Health and Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid filed their response to View Royal Coun. Ron Mattson’s claim of wrongful dismissal and defamation following his firing from the ministry in September.

Mattson announced in early December he is suing the province, claiming the ministry had no reason to fire him and that comments made by the ministry to the public were defamatory and false.

Mattson, who worked for the ministry for 28 years, was suspended without pay on July 17, then fired by the ministry for allegedly passing confidential data to a University of Victoria researcher, an allegation Mattson denies.

In documents filed on Christmas Eve the ministry claims it had just cause to fire Mattson. The documents allege Mattson discussed with the researcher ways to get around the province’s policies in order to get data.

“On or about June 28, 2012 the plaintiff agreed to provide confidential data belonging to the Ministry of Health, including personal identifiable linked data, to the contractor,” reads the document. “The plaintiff knew or ought to have known (he) did not have authorization at that time to receive such data.”

In response to Mattson’s claims of defamation on the part of the ministry, the reply states the ministry never referred to Mattson by name and that what it did say to the public about the firings was true and therefore not slander.

“The alleged comments were made on a privileged occasion in which the electorate of British Columbia had a bona fide interest in learning information about the investigation,” reads the document. “Further and in the alternative, the alleged defamatory comments were true in substance and in fact.”

The ministry’s internal investigation is ongoing.

Six employees were fired and another suspended in relation to the alleged breach of privacy. The ministry investigation began in May after an anonymous tip to B.C. Auditor General John Doyle’s office. Two research contracts with the University of Victoria and the University of British Columbia were suspended.

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Hellbound? Christian filmmaker challenges concept of hell Natalie North News staff

Christianity and death metal are no match made in heaven.

When Christian metalheads grow up subscribing to a religion built on the concept of hell as punishment and delighting in a musical culture where hell is revered as freedom from religion, more than a few questions are bound to arise.

Filmmaker Kevin Miller brought the debate over hell’s existence and his own beliefs on the doctrine, as both a devout Christian and a certified metalhead to the screen in Hellbound?

“I’ve struggled my whole life to reconcile the idea of a God who loves us with the notion of eternity in hell,” said the Abbotsford-based filmmaker and contributor to The Huffington Post. “Punishment should be designed to teach and to restore and the way hell is popularly conceived is that it’s basically pure retribution. I really struggle with that and I think a lot of other people do.”

Theologians, academics, authors and the lead singer of costumed metal band Gwar weighed in on what Miller calls a nuanced look at Christianity, different from the fundamentalist opinions often given the most attention in mainstream media.

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A scene from Hellbound?, a film that challenges the view of heaven and hell. ing review of the film – the review criticized Miller’s choices in interview subjects – Miller was surprised by how positively audiences across North America have received the film.

“It’s asking some new questions and opening the debate,” Miller said. “In Christianity, certain beliefs are beyond questioning. A lot of Christians tend to mistake their inter-

pretation of the Bible for the Bible itself, so if you question their interpretation, it’s the same thing as questioning God and that becomes highly offensive to them.”

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and Denmark, including at the Copenhell heavy metal convention in Copenhagen in 2011. The interviews he collected during his directorial debut led him to challenge his own beliefs.

“This isn’t just an abstract theological discussion because what we believe about hell is a reflection of what we believe God to be. And we all tend to become like the God we believe in,” he said. “If the God we believe in is ultimately violent, it’s not going to be surprising when we become an ultimately violent people. If you believe that’s what God’s going to do in the end: separate the good people from the bad people, well, we’re going to start doing that on earth.

There are definitely real-world ramifications.”

Hellbound? screens at Cineplex Odeon Victoria Cinemas, 780 Yates St. at 7 p.m. on Jan. 10. For those left with their own questions, Miller will be on hand for a post-show Q & A session.

“There are a lot of us walking around quite certain that we know what’s true.

Working on this film really taught me that we have to have an open stance. We have to be ready to engage with information that may change our beliefs. If you’re not changing and in constant motion, you’re out of step with the whole universe because that’s the only constant.” nnorth@saanichnews.com

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Chamber strings season begins Maestro Pablo Diemecke leads the DieMahler String Quartet in the first concert of the 2013 Winter Chamber music series.

New Year’s Favourites features music by Mozart, Haydn, Strauss, Lehar and others.

The concert is Jan. 12 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Oak Bay, 1701 Elgin Road, Oak Bay. For more information call 250386-6121, email diemahler@shaw.ca or go to pablodiemecke.com. llavin@vicnews.com

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Christina Patterson and David Radford of Launch Pad Productions were two of those performers working the streets of Barkerville along with Chris Cooley and Stewart Cawood when the seeds of their latest project Watch for Bones were first planted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We spent the days basically interpreting history for tourists and we needed to blow off steam in other creative outlets,â&#x20AC;? said Patterson, a regular performer on Sin City, and woman behind Tara Firm and the Lunar War Chronicles, which she produced through Launch Pad with husband, Radford.

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relocated to the Island and with Cawood, a co-writer for The Saints of British Rock, willing to visit the capital city for the show, the stage was set for Watch for Bonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Episode One, Emission: Impossible, an evening of sketches, musical comedy, a little standup and some harder-to-categorize elements. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rather than the traditional lights up, lights down, disjointed sketches, (Radford) wanted them all to blend together as seamlessly as possible.â&#x20AC;?

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is rumoured to feature impossibilist Peter Reveen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now is the time to branch out and see how we do,â&#x20AC;? said Patterson, who describes returning to Victoria as an opening up of the senses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a ton of sketch here in Victoria. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lots of improv and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of really great standup comedians.

The sketch that is here is really good, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a lot of it.â&#x20AC;?

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irst by train, then Canada,” Rathwell said vehicle and now elecduring the local stop. “The tric car, Canadians way that you guys have have a new way to travel spread the word has made coast-to-coast. it easy for us to get this When the Last Spike done. It’s a pleasure being was driven into the Canain Colwood, definitely one dian Pacific Railway on of the leading communiNov. 7, 1885, marking the ties in the country and first efficient way to travel probably North America, coast-to-coast, it would for that matter.” have taken a Jules VerneRathwell left on his Kyle Wells like imagination to predict trip from St. John’s, NewReporting that 127 years later you foundland on Nov. 17. He would be able to make the took his time, stopping in same trip in a personal vehicle run communities along the way to talk on electricity. about his journey and, of course, to But that day is here, as evidenced recharge the car.

by Kent Rathwell’s trip from the The Tesla Roadster can travel 245 shores of Newfoundland to the edge miles per charge, about 394 kiloof the Pacific Ocean in Victoria in his metres. A second electric car was electric Tesla Roadster. towed in a trailer for the trip as a Rathwell drove the length of the backup, but it was never needed.

Trans-Canada Highway, juicing his Rathwell always managed to get to a car along the way at charging stacharging station in time and the little tions installed across the country by car managed to make it through any his company, Sun Country Highway. weather thrown at it.

Rathwell stopped at one of those “Somebody needed to take it and charging stations in Colwood just get it done, it’s been waiting way too before Christmas. The station at the long,” Rathwell said.

Royal Bay Bakery was installed in “Why not have Canada become March. Bakery owner David Grove the leading country? We’re recowns a Nissan Leaf electric vehicle ognized in this country as caring (EV) and had the station installed so people and with one of the most difthat he and customers could fuel up. ficult climates and geographies to “The inspiration has come really conquer and if we can do it here, we from talking to EV owners across can do it anywhere.”

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Fred Wissemann, Leaf Club president, welcomed Rathwell to the bakery, along with Mayor Carol Hamilton, Coun. Judith Cullington and electric car vehicle owners from the Victoria Leaf Club. The Leaf Club presented Rathwell with it’s newly created 2012 ECO Award in recognition of his accomplishment.

“People had the vision to put a railroad to connect the country,” Wissemann said. “And then they paved a road right across the country. And now we have a man that has a vision to do the same with electric cars. … He created the world’s longest green highway and we’re very happy and excited about his accomplishment.” kwells@goldstreamgazette.com

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Powell River Kings Luke Ripley tries to get to the puck as he checks Victoria Grizzlies Blake Thompson during a game at Bear Mountain Arena. The Grizzlies won 4-2.

Grizz grab former Royal Kade Pilton joins Grizz Travis Paterson News staff

Four and a half months later, defenceman Kade Pilton is back on the Island.

The 6-foot-5, 18-year-old from Parksville made his B.C. Hockey League debut with the Victoria Grizzlies on Friday, picking up an assist in the Grizz’ 5-1 drubbing of the Nanaimo Clippers. On Sunday, Pilton opened the scoring against the Powell River Kings with a shorthanded breakaway goal on a 5-3 penaly kill in the first period, sparking a 4-2 Grizz win.

It’s been a long journey in a short time since he was traded to the Regina Pats from the Victoria Royals in the Western League preseason on Sept. 13.

“After about a month in Regina I was moved up to forward in an energy role, and that worked for a bit. But eventually I decided to move on. I just wasn’t getting the minutes I had hoped,” Pilton said on Sunday.

His December return to the Island went relatively unnoticed, until Pilton’s social media status tipped off the Grizzlies and Bill Bestwick. The coach didn’t know for about nine days, but once he did he immediately contacted Grizzlies co-coach Craig Didmon, who was on the Royals coaching staff last year.

Didmon had a little help, of course, as Pilton grew up playing with fellow Parksville native and Grizzlies defenceman Jaden Schmeisser, making it a familiar fit. The two are now roommates.

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Kade Pilton recorded five goals and nine assists in 45 games with the Victoria Royals in 2011-12. He was drafted 25th overall by the Chilliwack Bruins in the ’09 WHL Bantam Draft. here in Victoria,” Pilton said.

Naturally it’s going to be an adjustment period for the big guy. He struggled with consistency in the WHL and though he has three points in his first two games, he can’t be expected to dominate. But he is part of a deep team that is showing playoff promise, winning gritty mid-season games through talent, but also by outworking teams, as they did on Sunday afternoon at Bear Mountain Arena.

“I think (Friday and Sunday) Pilton got more ice time than he did in the last month so he’s only going to get better,” Bestwick said, “especially as he gets to know the opponents. And he’s a 1994, so he’s got two more years (in the BCHL) if he wants it.”

With a full season in the WHL, Pilton has waived his NCAA eligibility, but junior A could be the arena he needs to

flesh out his game and develop into a solid WHLer for the 2013-14 season. The Pats continue to own his rights, though they might not be that keen on him since he left. With one and a half seasons played, Pilton also has CIS bursaries waiting for him from the WHL after he’s finished with junior. He wouldn’t be the first player to drop down from the WHL and return after a stint in the BCHL, nor would he be the first player to crack the pro ranks from junior A. “I haven’t put too much thought into going back to the WHL yet, just taking it one game at a time right now. Maybe the WHL and CIS (route) is still an option, or maybe I can go pro,” he said.

One thing is for sure: Pilton’s happy being back and playing on the Island.

Mom, dad, and extended family were at the game on Sunday, and saw what they already knew – that for a tall defenceman, he has a goal scorers’ touch around the net, evidenced by his breakaway goal.

Pilton’s arrival comes just prior to the Jan. 11 trade deadline, though the coach said he’s happy with his team, but is still open to adding another player or players.

“There’s that thinking you must do something, or have to do something to improve your team, but I still believe we can get better from inside our room,” Bestwick said. “Sometimes the best trade you make is the one you turn down.”

If there is an area Bestwick is looking at upgrading it’s depth in the forward lines, possibly with some more offence.

The Grizzlies (24-9-0-3) are first in the BCHL, tied with the Penticton Vees (24-10-0-3) in points with 51, but own a better winning percentage. sports@vicnews.com

The Victoria Cougars will face the Saanich Braves on Thursday, but on Saturday, a combined 11 players from both teams will lace up the skates for the South division team at the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League All-Star Classic.

Puck drop is Thursday night between the league’s first-place Cougars (33-1-2-) and second-place Braves (25-7-2), 7 p.m. at the Archie Browning Sports Centre. The Prospects Game, Skills competition and All-Star Classic are at 1:30, 3:30 and 4:40 p.m. respectively at Oceanside Place in Parksville on Saturday.

The Cougars are coming off a three-inthree weekend in which they defeated the Westshore Wolves 9-2 and Saanich Braves 2-1 on Thursday and Friday, but lost in a shootout to the Nanaimo Buccaneers 4-3 in Nanaimo on Saturday.

Cougars coach Mark Van Helvoirt abstained from commenting about the 236 penalty minutes accrued between the Wolves (20-17-1) and Cougars on Thursday, except that he was proud how his team held its ground and kept its cool. The Cougars earned 72 penalty minutes to the Wolves’ 142, and scored five powerplay goals.

The Cougars followed it up on Friday and Saturday with a

pair of highly skilled games, barely managing to beat the Braves at Pearkes arena on Friday. It was the Braves’ first game with sniper Max Mois back in the lineup since Dec. 14.

“Both teams are still missing key parts but somewhat healthy, and I thought it was how games should be in this league. We really enjoy playing games like that,” Van Helvoirt said.

Braves keeper Tanner McGaw was the busier of the duelling goaltenders, making 31 saves on 33 shots, to Evan Roch’s 20 saves on 21 shots.

“Both stood on their head and it came down to the last couple of minutes,” Van Helvoirt said.

On Saturday, the Buccaneers became the third team this season to deny the Cougars two points, scoring twice in the third period to tie it 3-3. The Bucs won in the shootout on the strength of goalie Riley Medves, who stopped all four Cougars shooters.

“I was somewhat surprised how we reacted in such a close game,” Van Helvoirt said. “It was the last of a threein-three, so it was a good test, but it seemed that our conditioning was off in the third game.”

Tomorrow night the Braves will be looking for revenge as they meet the Cougars for the seventh of eight meetings this season.

The Cougars visit the Comox Valley Glacier Kings on Friday night, while the Braves host the Westshore Wolves. sports@vicnews.com

Royals flip D-man for pick On Monday the Victoria Royals shipped defenceman Jesse Zgraggen to the Calgary Hitmen for a fourth-round selection in the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft. The move is in advance of Thursday’s trade deadline. The 19-year-old Zgraggen played 33 games for the Royals this year. His departure makes room for the talented core of younger defencemen, Joe Hicketts, Jack Walker, Ryan Gagnon and Kolton Dixon.

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It’s all-star season for the Island’s senior soccer leagues.

On Saturday the Lower Island Women’s Soccer Association hosted two all-star matches at Westhills Stadium in Langford, while the senior men’s Vancouver Island Soccer League games will play this Saturday at Hampton Turf.

A mix of premier and Div. 1 representatives played in the LIWSA AllStar game, which ended 1-1 after the regulation 90 minutes. Team White won in penalty kicks, 5-4, when Andrea Strebel of Nanaimo United clinched it.

“I was really pleased with the enthusiasm, effort and standard of play,” said director LIWSA competitions chair Randy Wachtin. “The event went off well, everybody left with smiles.”

Haley Burns of the Vic A’s scored just over a minute into the game to make it 1-0 for Team White when her shot deflected off a defender and beat Team Black goalie Olivia deGoede of Prospect Lake. Ten minutes later Kelly Forbes, also of Prospect Lake, evened the game at one from a loose scramble in front of the White goal.

The second LIWSA game featured Team Black, consisting of players from Div. 2 and 3A, winning 6-2 over Team White, made up of players from the Div. 3B and the over-30 A and B divisions.

“The crowd was pretty into it with

signs and cheers, and at one point there was a distinct yell of ‘Go Mom!’ that everyone heard, a pretty fitting moment for the day,” Wachtin said.

Team Black’s Emma Maynard of Peninsula D3A scored the first and last goals of the game. Also scoring for Black was Nicole Pugh (Cowichan), Loria Hales (Castaways FC), Sarah Bryson (Castaways Utd.) and Joleen Hook (Cordova Bay Renegades). Tracy Forsberg (Castaways United O30A) and Sadie Quintal (Castaways) scored for Team White.

Passes to Steven Nash Fitness World and athletic therapy sessions with Katie Pyne, who interned with the Highlanders FC, were among the prizes given out. Game MVPs won season tickets and a scarf from the Highlanders FC. MVP winners were Team White’s Samantha Kennedy (Vic West Premier) and to Team Black’s Kymber Gale (Saanich Fusion FC Premier) in the premier/Div. 1 game, and Team White’s Holli Kotylak (Ladysmith) and Team Black’s Nicole Pugh (Cowichan) in the Div. 2 and 3A vs. Div. 3B and over-30 A and B game.

It was the fifth annual LIWSA AllStar game and Wachtin said the goal is to have it return to Westhills Stadium as an annual affair, an event the league hopes to grow.

This Saturday at 3 p.m. is the VISL men’s Div. 1/2 All-Star game at Hampton Turf.

Visit Vicnews.com for the VISL All -Star rosters. sports@vicnews.com

SPORTS NEWS IN BRIEF Royals pinch back at Tri City The Victoria Royals moved one point closer to the Tri City Americans in the Western League’s Western Conference standings with a win and overtime loss against the Americans over the weekend.

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SIDNEY 3-BDRM, upper level H/W floors, stainless appl’s, W/D. Balcony, fenced yrd, enclosed garage, exc. cond. N/S. $1500. 250-655-5060 lv msg.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION GOLDSTREAM AREA: 1400 sq ft, newly furnished, w/d, d/w, a/c, big deck & yard, hidef TV, parking. $650 inclusive. Ray, 778-433-9556.

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2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded.

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

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35x48 $11,200. 40x52 $13,100 47x76 $18,265. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

HEAVY DUTY sewing machine, “Artisan 618-1SC”, as new with rolling adjustable table, light & attachments. $1000 obo. (250)384-2976.

BOATS

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BOATHOUSE FOR SALE, 27x10’ interior dimension, power, lighting, pigeon proof, taller than other boat houses.

Below cost at $15,000. Call 250-656-6136.

1993 BAYLINER Classic 2452. In excellent condition.

Head, galley, canopy, 9.9hp 4-stroke Yamaha. Dinghy & extras. $17,000. (no trailer).

Call 250-656-6136.

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

COLWOOD 2 level, furnished 1 bdrm. 5 appls. $900. inclusive. NS/NP. 250-380-0700.

BUYING OR SELLING? Call 250.388.3535

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

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CEDAR HILL Golf course- 1 bdrm, private entrance, off street parking, W/D, utils included. NS/NP. Refs req. Avail Feb. 1. $800. 250-595-0505.

WASHER AND Dryer (Maytag), Heavy Duty, 1 year old, like new, white, $850. Call (250)629-3102.

BUILDING SUPPLIES

MOVING IN 1 week, everything must go. Solid wood kitchen table w/ 4 chairs & centre leaf, couch, chairs, misc kitchen stuff, cookware, pictures, microwave. No reasonable offer refused. All must go. Call 1(587)297-1961.

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

SUITES, LOWER

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

PORTABLE DISHWASHER, $40. Older model, works great, includes tap attachment.

James Bay. 250-380-8733.

No qr code reader?

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LANGFORD NEW townhome.

Private bedroom/bath. All inclusive. NS/NP. Avail immed. $625 mo. 250-382-9434.

CHINESE CARPET- 12’x9’.

Beautiful condition, dark blue background. $1,400. Water colour paintings by Joyce Mitchell, (from private collection) Canadian artist. Call 250388-3718.

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JAMES BAY: Corner 2 bdrm Condo, 2 bath, NS/NP, prkg avail. $1295. 250-361-9540.

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IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s that simple.

Your credit/age/income is not an issue. 1-800-587-2161.

APARTMENT/CONDO

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

HOUSES FOR SALE

2002 INTREPID ES, radiant red metallic. 103 km’s, all power, leather interior, excellent cond, $6000 obo. 1 owner.

3.5L engine. Call (250)3616400.

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2000 RED MUSTANG V6 110, 600km. Automatic, fully loaded, new front brakes, alternator, battery. No accidents, one owner. $6300. 250-652-2870.

ANTIQUE/CLASSICS

SHELBOURNE: 2 bdrm, reno’d. $1250+ util’s. Avail now.

Call (250)477-9575.

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OTTER POINT Trailer Park.

40’ park model trailer (no pad fees) 3 slide outs + 30’x52’ lot, finished deck & shed in new condition. Open to offers. Call 306-290-8764.

DOWNTOWN SIDNEY: Bright newer 1 bdrm deluxe suite.

Short term. (250)514-7747.

Fax 780-352-0986. Toll free 1-800-232-7255.

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TOP OF the line Partner 4 SCOOTER. 1 year old. New they are $7000. + ; asking $3750. Call 778 977 3301.

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

Alan, (778)426-3487.

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PYRAMID CORPORATION is now hiring! Instrument Technicians and Electricians for various sites across Alberta. Send resume to: hr@pyramidcorporation.com or fax 780-955-HIRE.

TOWNHOUSES LAVENDER CO-OP is accepting applications for a 2 bdrm wheelchair accessible Unit w/ garage, W/D hookup, $918/mo.

Share purchase $2500. Applications available in the glass case outside the Community Hall at 10A-620 Judah St.

MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

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

BUFFET/ HUTCH, solid hard wood, 18”Dx50”Wx79”H, red/ brown tone, Made in Quebec. $165. (250)380-8733.

JOURNEYMAN AUTOMOTIVE Service Technician. Hanna Chrysler Ltd in Hanna, Alberta needs a few more good people. Busy, modern shop. $25-$31/hour + bonus, benefits. Great community. Inquire or send resume. Fax 403-8542845; Email Chrysler@telusplanet.net

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STEEL BUILDINGS/Metal Buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100. Sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

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Close to UVic, bus routes.

Separate entrance, kitchenette and shared laundry.

Quiet. No pets/smokers. Damage deposit, references required. $670/mo. Free wi-fi, heat, hydro. Available Feb 1st.

250-727-2230; 250-516-3899.

SIDNEY 1 BDRM- own W/D, $850+ shared utils w/upper suite. Available now. Call (778)426-1524.

AUTO SERVICES TOP CASH PAID. For ALL unwanted Vehicles.

Call (250)885-1427.

CARS

SIDNEY, 2 bdrm, grd level, utils incl’d, $1000 mo, N/S, N/P, (Immed). (250)656-1384.

2009 PONTIAC G5- $14,500.

Air conditioned, electric windows, 4 new tires/2 spare.

45,000 km. 2 year warranty left. Senior giving up licence, reason for sale. Call (250)3600892.

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HAULING AND SALVAGE

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

PLUMBING

ACCOUNTING Vida Samimi

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

FRUIT TREES Overgrown?

Shaping trees & roses. Blackberry clearing. Call John, 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

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

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

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

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

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

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm.

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

HAULING AND SALVAGE

250-477-4601

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

Kendra, 250-415-7991.

$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc.

Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

CARPENTRY

EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

ALL-HAUL JUNK REMOVAL Const Debris, Garden Waste.

Call John 250-213-2999.

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

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

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

TAX

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

CLEANING SERVICES

CITY HAUL- a lot of junk won’t fit in your trunk, you’re in luck I own a truck. 250-891-2489.

FENCING

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

Call 250-361-6164.

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

FAMILY MAN Hauling.

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

250-920-8463.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

GARDENING

GREAT RATES! Guar. cleaning since 1985. Supplies & vacuum incld’d. (250)385-5869

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

Master gardeners.

John or Louise (250)891-8677.

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

250-216-9476 ACCEPTING new clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, finish carpentry, garden clean-ups.

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

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

(250) 858-0588 - Tree Service - Landscaping - Lawn & Garden Clean ups - Hedge trimming & Pruning - Pressure washing - Gutters Free estimates * WCB www.mowtime.ca

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

ELECTRICAL

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

250-361-6193- RENO’S, res & comm. Knob and tube rmvl.

No job too small. Lic# 22779.

250-889-5794.

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✭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.

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(250)896-6652.

CLASSIFIED ADS MEAN MORE BUSINESS 250.388.3535

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.

FIRST RESPONSE Plumbing.

New construction, reno’s, hw tanks, toilets, clogged drains.

All of your plumbing needs.

Call to talk with a plumber.

24hr service. Free est. No job too small. 250-704-8962.

A2Z WRIGHT Moving. 3 ton, $80/hr for 2 men. Senior’s discount. Call Phil (250)383-8283

PRESSURE WASHING

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

Call 250-220-0734.

DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates.

250-744-8588, Norm.

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

RUBBISH REMOVAL

PAINTING ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting.

Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years experience.

250-382-3694.

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

WINDOW CLEANING DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.

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

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

GLEAMING WINDOWS Gutters+De-moss. Free estimate.

18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.

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

NORM’S WINDOW cleaning & gutters.

Reasonable rates.

250-812-3213, 250-590-2929.

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

WINDOWS

CLASSIFIED ADS WORK! Call 250.388.3535

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

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

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

Brad 250-217-9578.

THE MOSS MAN ChemicalFree Roof De-Mossing & Gutter Cleaning since 1996. Call 250-881-5515. Free estimates! www.mossman.ca

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

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

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

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Smart meter completion delayed Tom Fletcher

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B.C. Hydro has been given another year to complete its wireless smart grid project, as it nears the original deadline with 140,000 smart meters still to be installed.

Energy Minister Rich Coleman announced the extension of the Dec. 31, 2012 deadline imposed by the B.C. Liberal government’s Clean Energy Act. Pushed through the legislature in the spring of 2010, that legislation supports sweeping changes to B.C. Hydro’s expansion using wind, small hydro and other private power development.

In a ministry statement, Coleman cited shortages of skilled labour, meters and other specialized equipment as well as “customer concerns” for failing to meet the deadline for all 1.87 million meters across the province.

B.C. Hydro has been dogged by political and citizen protests about the cost of the refit and persistent claims of various hazards from the meters.

Installers have also encountered meters made inaccessible by construction of garages, decks and other structures that covered them.

Some homeowners who refused replacement of mechanical meters now worry that they will be on the hook for

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B.C. Hydro spokesman Greg Alexis said the one-year delay, originally signalled in a November finance ministry update, doesn’t change the utility’s target of the 2014 fiscal year to implement the entire system. Meters are only a small part of a provincewide grid that will automatically report power outages and offer customers a real-time display of their power consumption.

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bell’s climate and energy strategy. It exempted the wireless meter project, the proposed Site C dam on the Peace River, and an array of private power proposals from scrutiny by the B.C. Utilities Commission.

NDP energy critic John Horgan has said he supports a review of the wireless grid proposal and other major projects by the utilities commission. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Charla Huber The future of William Head Institution includes more inmates and the possibility of more incarcerated people working outside the prison, says Dave Clouston, deputy warden of William Head Institution.

The prison has space to hold up to 200 inmates at a time, but for the past nine years only about 120 inmates have been held at the facility.

“Over the next few years we anticipate an increase in inmates,” Clouston said.

As a federal institution all the offenders have varying sentences spanning from two years to life.

“In minimum security they are usually getting prepared for release,” Clouston said.

“They are a lower risk to the community, but that is not to say they are low risk.”

Getting inmates ready for release entails escorted trips into the community for Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings, counseling, family funerals and work experience.

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398 ml

Asst.

185 g

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