Long haul done HMCS Regina crew greeted by family, friends Page A23
COMMUNITY: Métis artist’s life celebrated /A3 ARTS: Jewish arts fest kicks off 150th festivities /A12 SPORTS: Star-studded curling field assembled /A17
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A toast to longtime friendships Former Esquimalt High classmates Josie Willock, seated left, Zeno McMillan, Betty Wilson, Carmen Wright, Mona Brown and Betty Carter, standing, make a toast as they celebrate their decades of friendship during a lunch in the Gorge Vale Golf Club dining room. The women gather a couple of times a year to reconnect and almost all of them still live in Esquimalt. See story on page A5.
No sewage commission? No problem Esquimalt mayor upset at timing of first stage in treatment plant construction process Daniel Palmer News staff
Capital Regional District directors have approved the first major step towards constructing a wastewater treatment plant at McLoughlin Point, despite the absence of an expert commission destined to
oversee the project. A request for qualifications was issued last week and runs until the end of June. The CRD will then select three proponents, with the construction contract to be awarded by the end of 2013. Builders are slated to break ground on the project by spring 2014.
Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins objected to the timing of the bids, saying it would have been useful to have the commission’s expertise in the process. “Why did we have to rush it?” she said. “The commission will likely be set up within a month.”
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Victoria Coun. Ben Isitt, who also sits on the CRD wastewater committee, said most directors chose to move forward because any delays can increase the overall cost of the project. PLEASE SEE: Treatment project, Page A6
One of two people charged in the wake of a drive-by shooting outside Club 9one9 in the Strathcona Hotel has had her bail hearing rescheduled. Whitney Rae Furber, who remains in custody, appeared via video conference on Monday in Victoria Law Courts. She faces charges of attempted murder, use of a prohibited firearm, aggravated assault and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, among others. Her case will next come to court April 8 at 9:30 a.m. The charges stem from an early morning incident Feb. 25 on Douglas Street in which Club 9one9 doorman Michael Mizerski was shot in the leg. He was treated and released from hospital later that day. Dennis Grant Fletcher also faces charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault, use of a prohibited firearm and others in relation to the drive-by shooting. His case will be back in court on March 25. reporter@vicnews.com