Peninsula News Review, April 10, 2013

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Young Coen Wallace is back home after receiving a kidney transplant and is responding well to the surgery, page 11

The eight candidates in the Central Saanich municipal by-election answer a few questions, page 4

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Ceremony on Friday marked return of land mistakenly taken from area First Nations Devon MacKenzie News staff

A ceremony at the Tsawout gymnasium on Friday morning saw the return of 10 acres (four hectares) of land back to the five WSANEC First Nations.

“The province of British Columbia, the government of Canada and the WSANEC leaders are pleased to gather to commemorate the final settlement of (this) specific claim dating back to 1962,” said Pauquachin Chief Bruce Underwood.

“This historic settlement and return of the land has been a critical part of our discussions for the betterment for future generations.”

In 1962, the parcel of land was mistakenly removed from the Goldstream First Nation during a land surveying error. The five Saanich First Nations, Pauquachin, Tsartlip, Tseycum, Tsawout and Malahat, have been working with the provincial and federal governments lobbying for the return of the land, something which was marked by the ceremony last Friday.

“This historic settlement shows that claim negotiations can deliver results with willing partners,” said Federal Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Minister Bernard Valcourt, in a press release. Valcourt was unable to attend Friday’s ceremony and was represented by Regional Director General of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, Eric Magnuson.

Also present at Friday’s ceremony were the chiefs from all five nations, elders and government officials including Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister Ida Chong and MLA Murray Coell.

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Greater Victoria amalgamation must be grassroots Nova Scotia forced Halifax to merge in 1996, but B.C. requires an effort led by local governments Kyle Slavin News staff

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loria McCluskey’s tried to block as much of 1996 from her memory as possible.

As a resident of Dartmouth, she was upset when the Nova Scotia government mandated her city to amalgamate with Halifax, Bedford and Halifax County under the banner of fiscal responsibility. But as the mayor of Dartmouth at the time, she was furious.

“I didn’t want to be a part of it. I didn’t like what happened.

I felt that Dartmouth was going to be a loser in all of this,” said

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“Residents still ask me, ‘Can we go back?’ Of course we can’t go back; we can’t afford to go back.

We work and make the best of it, but Dartmouth still gets shortchanged.”

At the time, Dartmouth was the Saanich or Langford equivalent of metropolitan Halifax.

While known as a bedroom community of the nearby big city, it had its own burgeoning economic generators and a solid population base. It came as a shock to McCluskey that no one – municipal politicians and the region’s residents alike – had a say in the fact that amalgamation was happening, ultimately made official on April 1, 1996.

At the time, amalgamation wasn’t really on anyone’s radar, according to a former journalist who covered the merger for the now-defunct Halifax Daily News.

It’s a much different story in Greater Victoria, where amalgamation is a regular topic of conversation during discussions surrounding political red tape, municipal budgets, civic elections or regional services.

“I can remember there being more voices to maintain the

status quo – the view being if you expanded it, the response to local issues would be impaired,” recalled reporter Peter McLaughlin. “There was a worry (after amalgamation was announced) things would be diluted – you’d be paying more taxes and get fewer services or less responsive service in your community or your neighbourhood.”

The Nova Scotia government hired Bill Hayward to plan and implement Halifax’s amalgamation. He was chosen because only a couple years earlier the province commissioned him to study whether it was even necessary to amalgamate.

“I looked at what would happen (if the region were to amalgamate) and I said, ‘No, all we need to do is put together three critical services – police, industrial development and water supply,” Hayward said. “I still don’t think that it was necessary to (amalgamate), if those three (services were merged). … It was controversial.”

Controversial would be an understatement if amalgamation were to happen in Greater Victoria.

“Everybody has different ideas.

What does amalgamation mean? … Is it political? Is it services?

Do we divide up a map?,” said Mat Wright, a co-founder of the Capital Region Municipal Amalgamation Society, known colloquially as Amalgamation Yes. His organization hopes to engage Greater Victoria residents on the topic of amalgamation, and aims to get a plebiscite on the 2014 municipal ballot.

“I think there’s a general consensus after years of conversation that the current system could be streamlined more cohesively for broader community benefit,” added John Vickers, another Amalgamation Yes co-founder.

Unlike in Nova Scotia, amalgamation can’t be forced upon our region. A decade ago the province removed a portion of the Community Charter that gave them that power.

It now requires initiation for amalgamation to come from municipalities. Vickers says with

If a road sign greeted visitors coming from the Swartz Bay ferry terminal offered an accurate picture of how many municipalities one can visit, it would look something like this. With 13 municipalities, 91 local politicians, one regional government, three school boards, four police departments and the RCMP, and 13 fire departments covering 462 square kilometres, amalgamating governments or services in Greater Victoria could be a way to reduce redundancies.

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local politicians all over the map on amalgamation, the only way to get a true snapshot of the region is to put the question to the voting public. The process to get from the current state to a hybrid model (be it amalgamation or integrated services) would be long and slow. According to the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, even if there was a non-binding referendum in 2014 to gauge support for some form of amalgamation, any change would require a second public vote, at which time voters would need to know what the proposed government structure would look like.

“If the municipal councils involved agreed that there was enough public support of amalgamation, they could request the Minister to order a restructure vote in each of the

municipalities that participated in the process,” a ministry spokesperson said. “In order for amalgamation to take place, the vote would have to be successful in each municipality.”

The jury’s still out on whether the Halifax merger was financially worthwhile. The cost of amalgamating came in higher than anticipated, due to having to settle union contract disparities, but cost savings were found through finding efficiencies and eliminating redundancies.

(Hayward fired 172 staffers, many in management roles.)

Even if a plebiscite isn’t held in 2014, hiring someone like Hayward to study amalgamation’s potential in Greater Victoria would be a logical step – at the very least to examine that original question: Is amalgamation necessary? kslavin@saanichnews.com

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For decades amalgamation talks on a much smaller scale have been happening on the western edge of the CRD. Metchosin and East Sooke (part of the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area) have looked at the possibility of a merger even prior to Metchosin’s incorporation in 1984.

“It’s always been regarded as a natural fit, and the idea of it is to ensure rural land in perpetuity,” said Metchosin Mayor John Ranns.

The latest series of talks – spurred by development pressures in East Sooke – ended in late 2009, when Metchosin said it’d be best to wait until treaty negotiations with Beecher Bay First Nation are complete. Ranns said some Crown land in Metchosin could become part of the treaty settlement.

Juan de Fuca area director Mike Hicks said he sees pros and cons of amalgamating with Metchosin, but would want to see that decision put out as a referendum.

“The people of East Sooke seem to be fairly content (right now) and I don’t hear it brought up at all,” Hicks said. “If it’s a marriage with no prenups, Metchosin would be looking at it harder than East Sooke. But I don’t know if East Sooke would be a willing bride or not. That’s the reality of amalgamation.”

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Take your pick on April 13 Central Saanich by-election candidates attend forum Steven Heywood News staff

For undecided voters in the upcoming Central Saanich municipal by-election, an all-candidates forum Saturday night at the Brentwood Bay Community Hall might not have given them much to work with.

Apart from their distinct backgrounds and political experience, the eight candidates running for two council seats sounded, for the most part, very similar on issues facing the district.

The evening’s format, as outlined by the host Residents and Ratepayers of Central Saanich Society, included a series of written questions posed to each candidate. After two opening questions on the number of meetings attended and each person’s top three issues, they were asked their stance on amalgamation of Central Saanich’s police services with other agencies.

Only Susan Mason (no), Chris Graham (yes) and Bernie Struck (yes) offered definitive answers.

All of the candidates spoke on being prudent and doing more research on costs, level of service and the short-and-long-term impacts of such a decision.

Asked about going to a binding referendum on the ongoing debate over spending tax dollars on a new municipal hall, the candidates offered more clear opinions. Ryan Windsor said he favoured a referendum, but only if the question was comprehensive. Graham added he would want to look into the costs associated with making the existing building last longer, but is otherwise in favour of a referendum.

All but one of the candidates agreed a binding referendum on the issue is a good idea. James McNulty didn’t say yes or no, but insisted it’s the district’s job to educate its residents prior to any referendum on all sides of the debate.

The candidates were then asked if they supported a deer cull to address issues of increasing deer numbers on the Peninsula, as well as the damage they can do to farmers’ crops.

Only Alicia Cormier shied away from the idea of a cull, wanting other options to be considered, including better subsidies for fencing.

“I won’t say no to a cull,” she explained, “but I encourage other options to avoid it if possible.”

“It’s a difficult issue to get behind,” added Graham. “The deer populations are up and they have no predators other than the car. A cull would need to be safe and humane and used as a food source.”

John Hannam, a farmer, noted crops aren’t being planted because of deer pressures, adding fences are too expensive for large operations.

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General voting day is Saturday, April 13 Continued from page 4

Asked about a tax increase facing district residents, the candidates agreed what’s on the table right now (a proposed 5.36 per cent increase to the base rate, which is yet to be finalized) is too high.

“I figure no one supports that,” said Bob Thompson, “even the current council.

We need to review expenses and revenues. Personally, I don’t like it but I won’t criticize council without knowing the process.”

Mason added council is facing real chal-

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By-election candidates (from left) Susan Mason, Bernie Struck, Bob Thompson and Alicia Cormier. lenges, including increased costs. She said any change will have to happen after an evaluation of overall service levels.

On the topic of Woodwyn Farm and its bylaw compliance

battle with the district, most candidates stated that bylaws need to be enforced equally.

“I support the vision of Woodwyn Farm,” said Struck, “but it needs the right zoning.

However, the district

does have to apply its bylaws.”

“Why have bylaws if you’re not going to uphold them,” asked Graham.

Electors can vote in an advance poll today (Wednesday, April 10)

until 8 p.m. a the municipal hall.

General election day is Saturday, April 13 at the municipal hall or at the Central Saanich Cultural Centre, both between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Celebrate spring on the Peninsula at chamber event Steven Heywood News staff

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Sponsored by the Peninsula Co-op and the chamber itself, the event is also a fundraiser for the Salish Sea Institute, a growing program of the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre in Sidney. Dinner will be prepared by Red Seal certified chef Graham Little of Island Culinary.

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“The theme is the Peninsula’s natural landscape,” he said, “and what happens during spring. It’s the inspiration for this year’s event.”

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New grey wave hitting province Eighty years ago, a person with Down syndrome was lucky to make it to their 16th birthday.

Fortunately, advances in health care, nutrition and de-institutionalization has helped the developmentally disabled live into their senior years, largely at the same pace as the rest of society.

This shows the lasting and long-term benefits of treating people with Down syndrome, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and other cognitive impairments as members of society, not people to be locked away at home or warehoused in institutions.

Greater Victoria and communities across B.C. have service agencies with day programs, job placement programs and group homes, all in an effort to have people with disabilities live rich, dignified lives in their communities and among their peers. With all of these advancements and with hindsight, it’s not surprising developmentally disabled people are living longer.

Ministry of Social Development and by extension Community Living B.C., the Crown agency that manages funding and programs for the developmentally disabled, will roll out plans to better care for their aging clients (it’s also rolling out plans to better manage young adults – CLBC is seeing growing client load at both ends of the age spectrum). Unfortunately, the ministry and CLBC are slow on the uptake. It’s been well known for at least five years that the grey tsunami of cognitively disabled seniors was on its way, but planning for this in government circles really only started last year, after CLBC emerged from multiple damaging scandals.

Part of rebuilding credibility is the Ministry of Social Development following through with promises of funding to meet growing service demands. If funding doesn’t materialize, it will leave non-profit organizations stretched thinner and searching for ways to support aging clients. Older people, disabled or not, need more medical care, walkers and other items to keep them safe at home or in day-program centres. Retirement homes aren’t staffed with people who understand developmental disabilities, and service agencies generally aren’t equipped or funded to run geriatric programs.

Last year the government trumpeted its 12-point program to improve how CLBC operates. Hopefully for its most vulnerable citizens, that’s not empty rhetoric.

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to increase overall tax revenue.

Most, but not all.

“We think there is an argument to be made for putting, for a period of time, the increased revenue from tion. the carbon tax into creatI’m starting with the ing the infrastructure that B.C. Green Party, which allows people to benefit has higher than usual from a carbon tax,” Sterk hopes for the 2013 elecsaid. tion. It was also the first That means transit and to put out a substantial potentially retrofits of policy document, albeit homes and other buildone that is still being ings as well. Tax increase debated and altered.

Green Book 2013 conTom Fletcher aside, this is essentially the NDP position too. tinues the Utopian posiB.C. Views The Greens emphasize tions that only a party with no chance of forming a govern- wind and geothermal power. Sterk ment has the luxury to put forward. faces the awkward task of arguing For example, they would double the against hydroelectric expansion.

A Green government would canarea of parks in B.C., but take 100 cel the Site C dam project on the years to do it.

Peace River. Sterk says it would Immediately, they would almost only serve as a subsidy to liquedouble the carbon tax, taking it fied natural gas exports, which she from seven to 12 cents on a litre of doesn’t believe materialize as intergasoline. national competitors develop.

Greens would extend this steeply The Greens’ star candidate, Uniincreased carbon tax to industries such as natural gas and cement pro- versity of Victoria climate scientist Andrew Weaver, agrees. Both point duction. Leader Jane Sterk told me to vast reserves of Russian gas that she expects cement producers and may well get to Asia more quickly the like to adapt, rather than shut and cheaply. down as their competitive position Sterk said the 35,000 existing erodes. gas wells in northern B.C. “are not And what about the extra bilgoing to be shut down.” Actually, lions in carbon tax revenues? Sterk in the absence of LNG exports, that says most should continue to go to is exactly what would happen to income tax reductions, as is now many of them. The U.S. has its own the case, because the purpose is to shale gas supplies and is B.C.’s only change consumption patterns, not his is the first of a series of policy commentaries on the four main parties contesting the 2013 B.C. elec-

current export customer. Converting transport trucks and B.C. Ferries to LNG fuel isn’t going to maintain the vast industry blooming in northern B.C. The official Green Party position is to place a moratorium on B.C. gas drilling while a comprehensive water use policy is developed. Current innovations such as reusing municipal wastewater are ignored.

The Green platform also demands disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, which the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission has already done.

If one were to design a selffulfilling prophecy that B.C.’s LNG project is doomed to fail, the Green Party platform would be a good place to start.

Reading through Green Book 2013, I’m left with the impression that much of it remains calculated as a soothing message for urban voters who have been convinced it’s courageous to drive their cars down to an anti-tanker protest.

If Weaver, Sterk or any other Greens get elected, it will be surfing a wave of protest votes from people weary of the B.C. Liberals and the NDP. It will not be due to the practicality or even internal consistency of their polices.

It’s still pretty easy being Green.

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

‘If ... any other Greens get elected, it will be surfing a wave of protest votes.’

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he Ascot Jockey Club (owner of Sandown) is proposing, with the District of North Saanich, to rezone this land by taking a 12-acre portion out of the ALR and use it for commercial purposes.

The land in question sits empty and unused. It was the former home of Sandown Horse Race Park. To my knowledge, it has not been used for significant agricultural purposes for at least 25 years. It is, however, a beautiful, flat, wide open tract of land. Even though it is situated close to the highway and airport, this is a very quiet and picturesque property.

I submit that the very best use of this land is to zone it for single family residential use. There exists within North and Central Saanich a desperate need for new affordable single family homes, To my knowledge, there has not been a thoughtfully planned residential expansion in this area for several years.

A controlled residential expansion would be vastly beneficial for local small businesses, as it would expand the clientele in the area. Many Sidney businesses are suffering and there is a lot of commercial space for rent within the city.

There is a need for homes to accommodate the expanding workforce around the airport and this land is located within a favourable area for housing for these workers.

Existing roadways and traffic flow could easily accommodate residential traffic patterns without a major capital expenditure. North Saanich would benefit from the increased tax base and there would be minimal, if any, negative effects on the rural nature and feel which exists in the area.

Such controlled single family expansions are well known. There exists such an area east of Abbotsford called Auguston. This has been well-controlled and is several times larger than the Sandown

Readers respond: Get trained in AEDs My heartfelt (pun intended) thanks to councilor Kenny Podmore for his efforts to procure Automated External Defibrillators (AED) for the town. As was stated in the statistical information at the end of your article, the chances of surviving a cardiac arrest can be doubled with the rapid application of B.C. Hydro and the availability of an AED close by will hopefully contribute to increased survival rates.

With the prices of AEDs falling, I would look to some of the larger merchants in Sidney to also obtain one and to train their staff in the very simple technique of their use.

C.R. Hayes Sidney

BIA is just another tax Kudos for your printing both the letters regarding the BIA’s unpopularity among ratepayers.

We have been charmed to no end, by the very few who will gain the most benefit.

Common consensus on the street is no added business will come, as just the cost will be levied to already struggling businesses.

Tax creates added cost. We already have coffee shops serving soup and coffees at $16. Can it be more prohibitive to growth than we were promised? Likely. Worst of all, its presence is already closing shop doors, as business move out of downtown.

We have another HST in the making —tax made by subterfuge and rammed down our throats. Perhaps some re-

area.

Any other use of the Sandown area would be wrong and carry negative consequences for this entire area. It can never be used for farming because of the very expensive cost for the land. If this land is allowed to expand commercially with big box retail stores, it will kill all small business in Sidney, North and Central Saanich. Commercial development will detrimentally affect traffic in and out of the area and will not in any way enhance the rural feel of the area.

I urge all parties to seriously look at Sandown Park. When all factors are thoughtfully considered and vested interest groups are kept away from the decision-making, it will be evident that turning this area into a pleasant, single family residential conclave will be a winwin for community, local business and people.

Robert H. Brown Sidney

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thinking is due. Maybe repeal.

If only they had an honest, straight up vote to pass this nuisance. We have a silent majority getting this unwelcome tax shoved down our throats and that is not the 321 unified businesses coming together as proclaimed.

Patricia Bigwood Saanichton

Ship deer, cougars to James Island I really didn’t want to get involved in a newspaper write-in column. And I am not sure if this has been brought up previously. However, my take on the deer, rabbit and cougar problem is as such.

First off, if people won’t eat perfectly good deer meat (I did as a kid) or some regulators won’t allow it, then let’s buy James Island if it’s still available, transport the deer and cougars and make it as they once had to for survival.

It could eventually become profitable as a natural life cycle learning center. Put in blinds or towers, for future studies.

Lucinda Parker Sidney

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to believe that millionaire B.C. businessman David Black was researching the feasibility of such a refinery. Well it looks like we taxpayers funded an expensive feasibility study paid for through the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training. The study was done by a California firm Navigant Consulting Inc. The Liberals are trying to hype this as another big utopian lotto like LNG, then we can all hold debt-free hands and sing kumbaya.

It’s in a very preliminary research stage with no identified supply or market and the odds of it proceeding appear slim, hope and prayer. Mr. Black’s financing through the Oppenheimer Investments Group appears mysterious and since it’s being used as an election issue, demands transparency.

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Don’t turn your back on farms I

It is breathtakingly lovely. come to you today as a war horse, an ancient one, I don’t have a clue how much the Vantreights but still with smoke puffing out my ears and fire expect to get for this beautiful land but maybe if we from my nostrils. This business of selling off farm got together we could buy it and deed it to the Cenland to be used to grow houses instead of food makes tal Saanich municipality, who could then lease it to me weep with frustration. Once the farm land is built young people who want to spend their lives farming. on, there is no turning back, it is lost forever as far as There are young people who, in spite of all the busiagriculture goes, but I suppose the municipality can ness and scientific opportunities available, still want see lovely fat taxes just over the horizon if the land is to raise food crops, to be farmers and caretakers of filled, in the near future, with houses. this good earth.

Money, money, money. How I hate what it does to Perhaps if we were to buy it and make it public otherwise reasonable, caring individuals. Please, CenHelen Lang land, we could save it from a fate worse than death. tral Saanich, don’t let this happen!

Over the Garden Although I am a widow, living on a small investment Daffodils fields, forever!

Fence income, I will gladly send Central Saanich a thousand I’m now climbing down from my high horse and dollars to get the ball rolling but we’ll need lots of becoming once again, a simple gardener, living in a financial help unless we can persuade to Vantreights condo for Pete’s sake. But, oh my, I am having a hard time accepting what seems to be taking place on this glorious to sell it to us at a bargain price.

How about it? Would the Vantreight family consider waiting a piece of the world, the Saanich Peninsula.

I know I don’t live in Central Saanich, but you don’t have to few months to allow us to raise the necessary money?

This is not just a request, it is a plea, uttered humbly on live there to love it and its glorious productive farms. For those of you who don’t care, please take a drive down Central Saanich bended knee.

Helen Lang has been the Peninsula News Review’s Road, and see the land full of flowers, soon to be filled with cabgarden columnist for more than 30 years. bage, broccoli and other edible delights.

BeefsAndBouquets A huge bouquet to the many students of Bayside Middle School who gave of their time to visit us with gifts of hand made message cards and Hershey Kisses. You showed us that youth cares.

Thank you girls for your visits, they will not be forgotten.

The Residents of Twin Oaks Village Oodles of bouquets to the Saanich Peninsula Hospital’s day surgery staff, nurses as well as the Endoscopy Unit O/R nurses for the care they rendered with toasty blankets and calming, soothing assurances.

Thank you to Irma, Bonnie, the nurse with the Brown Smiles organization heading to Rwanda and to others whose names I cannot remember.

Anne Ruttan A week ago I was filling up my gas tank at Co-op on Keating X Road and I was having trouble with my credit card and their machine.

Needless to say I was getting frustrated and I had my two young grandsons in the car ready to head for the Salt Spring Ferry.

While I was standing there, a youngish lady (I noticed she had two wee children in her car) came and put $40 cash on the counter and told the attendant she would pay for the gas.

I have never experienced kindness like this before. She was wonderful and since then I have been to my bank and straightened out the matter.

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Coen Wallace gets second chance with transplant Devon MacKenzie News staff

The Wallace family is happy to be home and healthy this month following a much-needed kidney transplant for their three-year-old son Coen.

The Peninsula News Review has been following Coen for two years, through his battle with non-functional kidneys, a condition he was born with. The threeyear-old lives with his mother, Tanis, father, Chris and brother Layton, in North Saanich.

When the News Review last spoke to the family, Coen would spend 12 hours, from the evening through the night, hooked up to a dialysis machine the family had in their home.

In the early fall, the family was told the dialysis was no longer working as well as it should have been and

that Coen was in urgent need of a transplant.

To make matters more complicated, the best source of a kidney for the young boy was a live kidney donation, a process which can be long and very difficult to navigate.

Fortunately for the family, in November they found out a close family friend was an exact match to the young boy’s blood type and had kidneys which were functioning at an optimal level.

“It took a while for all the work up to be done, but when we found out there was a match it was really a great feeling,” said Tanis, adding that before the transplant the family was spending four days a week in Vancouver at Children’s Hospital for in-hospital dialysis and treatment for Coen.

“Once he had the transplant on February 5, we were at the

Coen Wallace hospital for 10 days for recovery, then three days a week for blood work and check ups before we were cleared to come home two weeks ago.”

Now that the family is settled in back home, Coen is healthy and thriving and only traveling to Children’s Hospital once a week for monitoring. The reality of Coen’s new, simpler way of life is setting in.

“Because he had the transplant he was able to have his dialysis tubes removed so even things like the fact that he’ll be able to have a

bath are really, really exciting for us,” said Tanis.

“It’s also nice for the family as well because before we would always be on the timeline of having to get him hooked up to the dialysis machine by 7 p.m., now we don’t have to worry about that,” added Chris.

Coen, who still has a feeding tube to ensure he gets enough fluids during the day to flush his new kidney, will continue to visit Children’s Hospital once a week until he is given the all clear.

Tanis expects he will be able to attend preschool in September and the family is also planning a vacation.

“That’s something we’ve never, ever done is gone on a family vacation. Coen can’t really go into public for the next six months and he can’t travel out of the country for a year, but

after that we’re thinking Disneyworld maybe,” she smiled.

The family said that aside from Coen’s health being good, the family is also extremely

thankful to all those who helped them during harder times — especially the donor.

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Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Ida Chong presents Tsartlip First Nation Chief Ivan Morris with a framed letter honouring the return of land to the five WSANEC nations during a ceremony held Friday, April 5.

Compensation also awarded Continued from page 1

“As a long time resident of this region and as a local MLA, I take great pride in the return of this land to the Saanich First Nations,” said Chong.

“This agreement is a positive achievement for Saanich First Nations, Canada and the province based on a foundation of respect and trust.”

Along with the land, the five

WSANEC First Nations were awarded $877,375 in loss of use compensation.

“Our leaders are pleased the wrongdoings of the mis-survey to our nations’ land is now being corrected,” said Underwood.

“It is important we honour our relatives that have walked the land before us and those that walk the land after we’re gone.” reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com

New Peninsula visitor centre awaits election Steven Heywood News staff

Agricultural groups and Peninsula First Nations are being asked about their willingness to participate in a brand new tourist information centre along the Pat Bay Highway near Sidney — but it will be some time after the May provincial election before organizers will get any word on project funding. VOTE Announced during last October’s

Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Tour of Industry, the proposed $3 million tourist information centre would replace the existing, small centre alongside the highway.

As first reported by the News Review, chamber board member Art Finlayson said they will be seeking close to $2 million for the project from the provincial government.

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HEALTHY LIFESTYLES Preventing your health from going to the dogs Steven Heywood News staff

You don’t have to tell the active dog owner about the health benefits of getting outside with their four-legged friend — for both the owner and the dog.

Simple walks in the morning and afternoon can help keep your canine pal healthy and fit, while also helping to socialize them with other dogs and preventing personality problems associated with being cooped up in the house or apartment all day.

For the owner, a couple of walks each day with their pet provides many of the same benefits — plus helps them live up to the responsibilities of pet ownership.

On the Peninsula, one of the more popular places to take the dogs is the off-leach area at Cy Hampson Park in North Saanich.

Located along Lochside Drive, across from the Centre for Plant Health, the park provides a fenced green space with trails, trees, hills and benches. It’s one of the only large spaces that is completely fenced, allowing dogs to run free and play with their owners and other pets.

In 1976, the area was known as Bazan Bay Park, later changed in honour of naturalist Dr. Cyril G. Hampson, who owned property adjacent to the park. It is a heritage site within the District of North Saanich and is included as part of the Lochside Regional Trail.

The park runs parallel to the oceanfront and is located on both sides of Lochside Drive. The ocean side is not fully-fenced but

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is wheelchair accessible and allows for easy walks with the dog onleash.

Across the road, the off-leash portion of the park is set up to allow pets to run at leisure, get their exercise and keep their owners on the ball, so to speak.

For dog owners, there’s opportunity to get some mild exercise along some easy walking trails, while helping to keep their pet active and energetic.

While the park itself is basic, the socializing opportunities for pets (and their owners) are also quite extensive. editor@peninsula newsreview.com

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Users of the Cy Hampson Park off-leash dog area on the Peninsula enjoy a walk with a variety of canines.

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The proposed visitor information centre on the Peninsula takes its shape from an eagle in flight. flight to replace the existing information centre along Highway 17. That small building recently re-opened for the tourist season but has been closed most of the winter months. The chamber operates a second tourism office on Beacon Avenue in Sidney, which is open year-round.

“The chamber is trying to figure this out, and if it will be able to expand or replace the existing visitors’ centre,” he said.

The chamber is floating

the idea with Peninsula First Nations, agricultural groups, local wineries and tourist attractions. Those groups would help make a new visitors’ centre an interpretive facility as well.

“We have gotten a lot of interest,” Finlayson said.

While he added the chamber would like to get moving on the project soon, they will probably have to wait until after the provincial election before getting any commitment of support from the government.

Sidney’s Haven Spa set to expand this year SIDNEY — Haven Spa at The Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa marks its sixth anniversary next month and has announced it will be expanding May 15.

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“We are currently trying to set up a financing strategy,” Finlayson said in an April 4 phone call with the News Review. “(Tourism) is the third biggest financial boon for the province and seeing that, we really should have the gateway to the capital and Vancouver Island,” he said.

“What we have to offer here needs to be better represented than by what we have.”

He said representatives from the chamber met with the B.C. Liberals and the NDP in recent weeks, to gauge their support for the project. The Liberals, Finlayson said, suggested ways for the chamber to find other sources of cash. The NDP, he continued, suggested they might match whatever the local organization can raise. That, however, would be contingent on an NDP election victory in May. Finlayson, an architect, has proposed a sweeping new building in the shape of an eagle in

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Arts

Finding a literary agent at the Sidney North Saanich Library.

Explore the process of finding a literary agent for your book with writer and editor Marilynne Miles-Gray.

Topics include: to agent or not to agent, best websites to guide your search, the query process.

Thursday, April 11 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

A presentation of the Sidney/North Saanich Library’s Writers Group. Free.

To register call 250656-0944. the Sidney ShutterbugS Camera Club presents their show ‘Happiness Is’ at the Tulista Arts Centre from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily until April 13. Visit www.cacsp. com for details on the show or www. sidneyshutterbugs.ca.

Events

all oF the Dirt with Heather Stretch at the Sidney North Saanich Library.

Heather Stretch, co-author of All of the Dirt: Reflections on organic farming, shares her journey from city girl to Saanich Peninsula farmer. All welcome including foodies, farmers and gardeners.

Wednesday, April 17 from 7 to 8 p.m.

Free. To register call 250-656-0944.

Stand up Comedy at Mary’s Bleue Moon. Host Darren Millar brings Ryan Bangma and the critically acclaimed Mike Delamont to lay down the funny at Mary’s (9535 Canora Rd) Saturday, April 20. Doors at 8 p.m. show at 9. Tickets, $5, available at Mary’s.

Reservations strongly recommended, 250655-4450.

Central SaaniCh lawn Bowling Club Open House Sunday, April 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Centennial Park clubhouse (1800 Hovey Road.) Free intro to lawn bowling.

For more information contact Margaret Smith at 250-6559249. Please wear flat or heelless shoes. Coaching available through first week ($20 applied to membership.) downloadable bookS at the Sidney

North Saanich Library.

Learn how you can download ebooks and audiobooks to your computer, eReader or mobile device.

Tuesday, April 16 from 2 to 2:45 p.m. iPad, iPhone and tablets; Thursday, April 25 from 2 to 2:45 p.m.

Kobo, Sony and similar readers. To register, please call 250-656-0944. the loCal environmental Action Divas (L.E.A.D.) are having their third annual Healthy Living Healthy Planet Expo at the Brentwood Hall (7082 Wallace Dr.) on Saturday, April 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. We will be showcasing local businesses and organizations that help the environment and promote healthy living. Admission is free. embraCing elderhood at the Centre for Active Living 50+ in Brentwood Bay (1229 Clarke Dr.) On Friday, April 12, 19, and 26 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. learn about embracing elderhood from Dr. Lynda Miller teaching from Rabbi Schacter-Shalomi’s book From age-ing to sage-ing. For more information, visit www.sage-ing.org, or contact Lynda at dr.lwmiller@gmail. com. Contact the Centre at 250-6524611 or cssca@shaw. ca.

Fundraisers

in Support oF the Sidney Literary Festival, Red Brick Cafe in Sidney is hosting An Evening Reading with Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane combined with a silent auction on Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. for early viewing and tickets, $5, are available through Tanner’s Books in Sidney or Munro’s Books in Victoria. Visit www. sidneyliteraryfestival. com for more information. the well Community Carnival is being held Saturday, April 13 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 7577 Wallace Drive (The Well Church.) Admission is free and there will be many of free carnival games, a bouncy castle, a dunk tank, face painting, live music from

some amazing local artists, delicious food and generous prize giveaways. One hundred per cent of the profits from the food and beverages will go to School District 63 with the intention of helping provide assistance to those children and families within our community in need.

In addition, donation jars throughout the carnival will raise money for the Cassidy Boland family. For more information, please find us on Facebook, or check our website at www.thewellchurch. ca. regiSter now For the Winspear Cup Pro-Am Charity Tournament.

The tournament is being held August 13 and registration can be done through the Mary Winspear Centre. Call 250-6560275 or visit www. marywinspear.ca for more information.

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liFering SelFhelp Support groups assist with addiction and substance issues.

LifeRing meetings provide confidential friendly nonjudgment supportive environments run by trained peerfacilitators. Meetings in Sidney run Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. at St. Elizabeth’s Church, 10030 Third St. Call Hendrika 778-426-1611 or go to liferingcanada.org for more information.

Kid stuff

good morning rhyme time at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Bring your littlest ones to the library for stories, songs, rhymes and movement. Stay for social time and refreshments. 0-5 years. Thursday, April 11 to May 16 from 10:15-10:45 a.m. Free. To register call 250-656-0944.

Meetings

a meeting oF Sidney St. Andrews Grandmothers Helping African Grandmothers will be held Tuesday, April 16 at 10 a.m. in the church hall (9686 Third Street.)

Our speaker, Linda Hallett, will talk about her trip to Uganda. All are welcome.

Sidney SiSter CitieS Association meets third Thursday of the month at the Sidney North Saanich Library (Nell Horth Room) at 7 p.m. Help us build our sister relationships with Anacortes, Cairns Australia and Niimi, Japan. Our guest speakers April 18 are Peter Wainwright and Peter Garnham from the Sidney Museum. For more information check our new website www. sidneysister citiesassociation.com. the annual general Meeting of the Friends of John Dean Park Society will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10 at the Pavilion (8801 East Saanich Rd.) JuSt moved to the

Saanich Peninsula?

Why not join the Peninsula Newcomers Club and make new friends and explore the community. We meet for lunch on the second Thursday of every month in Sidney with an invited speaker. Share in a variety of interests and activities organized and run by our members. For more information check our website: peninsulanewcomers. ca.

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Carpet bowling, art appreciation, weaving, aerobics, table tennis and much more at the Centre for Active Living 50+ in Brentwood Bay (1229 Clarke Rd.) Don’t miss out on the fun, come and join us.

Call 250-652-4611 between 9 a.m.

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Whether looking for a new unit or updating your old one come out and get your hands on a variety of different pressure washers and see how we can help you with cleaning projects.

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Music

Sidney ClaSSiCal orCheStra Friday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church.

Walter Prossnitz (piano) will perform Mozart’s E flat major Piano Concerto, No. 14. Also on the program will be Haydn Symphony in E flat major. Tickets available at Tanners Books, Russell Nursery, City Scribe, Victoria Conservatory of Music, Long & McQuade in Victoria and Tom Lee Music in Langford. $20

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Miguez, Douglas June 12, 1945 - April 4, 2013 Douglas (Doug) Charles Miguez passed away at the age of 67 on April 4, 2013 after a short battle with cancer. With his unique sense of humour, positive outlook and willingness to lend a hand, Doug will be remembered as a friend to all.

He is survived by his wife Lynn, daughters Lisa and Chrissy, son-in-law Adrian, brothers Ron, Albert (Bridget), Fred (Karys) and sister Mary (Ross) as well as countless nieces, nephews, extended family and close friends.

A lifelong resident of British Columbia, Doug spent the first 10 years of his life on James Island while his father worked at the dynamite plant. The family later relocated to the Cordova Bay area of Saanich. For the past 34 years he has called Sidney, and the house on Resthaven Drive, home. Doug was a long time employee of Woodwards and later the Axys Group.

All those who knew Doug have a story to share - he was a prankster, handyman, outdoor enthusiast, traveller and armchair hockey coach. Doug was also a dedicated community member, giving of his time as a Sidney Volunteer Firefighter, Goldstream Hatchery Volunteer and Sidney Air Museum tour guide.

To have a normal life is extraordinary. Doug had an extraordinary life. Father, husband and friend - all our lives are richer for having known him.

There will be a celebration of Doug’s life at the Sidney Fire Hall (9837 Third Street, Sidney, V8L 3A6) on April 13, 2013 from 2:00 to 6:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Doug’s name to the Goldstream Salmonid Enhancement Association, 21 - 759 Sanctuary Place, Victoria, V8X 5L6.

The family would like to say a special thank you to the entire nursing and support staff of the Neurosciences Unit (6A South) at Victoria General Hospital and Dr. Ian Fleetwood. The care, compassion and thoughtfulness provided to Doug and our family during his short illness was second to none, and we will always be grateful to you.

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The Chris Millington Big Band hits the stage this month to get people swinging and shaking at the Mary Winspear Centre.

On Saturday, April 20, the 14-piece band will bring the sounds of Michael Bublé, Aretha Franklin as well as some spicy Latin rhythms to the centre in Sidney.

Bandleader and saxophonist Chris Millington has toured across North America, Europe, Cyprus, the Pacific Rim and Russia and over the past 12 years, he and his band have garnered a loyal following of dance-ophiles on Thursday nights at the Butchart Gardens.

“It’s great when the music is so strong that peo-

Shutterbugs show on now at Tulista SIDNEY – The Sidney Shutterbugs Camera Club present their show ‘Happiness Is’ at the Tulista Arts Centre from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily until Saturday, April 13.

Drop in to view gorgeous photography from talented local photographers and learn more about the local camera club.

Free admission and free parking.

Visit www.cacsp.com for details on the show or www.sidneyshutterbugs.ca.

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ple want to get out of their seats and dance,” said Millington.

“There aren’t many venues that can accommodate 14 musicians and a dance floor large enough to allow people to really shake it. The Mary Winspear Centre can do this and I’m really looking forward to doing this show.”

Joining Millington in the show is Duncan Meiklejohn, who has worked his vocal magic with him for over 20 years, and vocalist Amber Handley, who has headlined shows on cruise ships for over a decade.

Tickets for the event on April 20 at 7 p.m. (dancing begins at 8) are available online at www.marywinspear.ca or through the Mary Winspear Centre box office at 250-656-0275. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com

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