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The dominating theme of the 2013 B.C. election campaign is undoubtedly the economy, as resource development, environmental concerns and the rising provincial debt loom in the minds of politicians and voters.

But what isn’t being discussed in the run-up to May 14? A panel of academics and former and present politicians addressed that question Tuesday at the University of Victoria in front of about 150 people.

“This has been an election of abstractions – who can manage the economy, create jobs, growth, lower taxes and debts. They mean something to some voters, but a great many people don’t connect with them,” said former UVic political scientist Dennis Pilon, now at York University in Toronto.

George Abbott, a former B.C. Liberal health minister and self-described “recovering politician,” said healthcare costs are a pending crisis in the province, largely due to the fact people are living longer.

Current health-care costs are about $3,300 per year for the average 60-year-old, but jump to $11,600 for an 80-year-old, according to B.C. Ministry of Health numbers Abbott presented. People lucky enough to live to 90 cost the system $22,000 on average each year, he said. “(Health care spending) is going to be a challenge for the next 10, 20, 30 years. We are going to have to find ways of managing those pressures that we haven’t had before.”

Politicians vying to become premier should be talking about preventative and primary care, such as finding ways to reduce the use of tobacco, Abbott added.

“I wish the next government well in meeting this challenge, (but) it’s not going to go away. It’s going to eat into the opportunity to make investments in other social services,” he said.

Adrienne Carr, the former B.C. Green party leader, said the non-issues in the campaign so far are global warming, poverty and the larger economic crisis.

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Carr criticized the “lollipop attitude” towards theoretical natural gas revenues, and said the current obsession with resource extraction will fail to produce a long-term sustainable economy.

The high levels of unemployment seen in several European countries is “a hint of things to come” in Canada unless there is a shift in economic focus, she said.

Pilon told the crowd Western countries are suffering from the ills of a “trinket economy,” where goods are cheap, but most people have trouble finding stable work and housing.

Instead, government should focus on creating a “stability economy,” he said.

Pilon pointed to legislation passed by the 1960’s Social Credit government that forced forestry companies in the B.C. Interior to pay employees year-round, allowing families to put down roots.

“The politics of the era recognized the bottom line was about delivering stability to people as much as balancing the books,” he said.

Simon Fraser University communications professor Shane Gunster spoke primarily about the need to galvanize all levels of government on such issues as climate change through public engagement.

The public appetite is healthy for broad, meaningful change towards a greener economy, he said, but the media fails in its role to inform, instead leaning towards cynical reporting.

“The idea that developing our natural resources is the only way we’re going to create jobs is very disturbing,” Gunster said, and noted that he is disappointed the B.C. NDP hasn’t embraced a discussion on alternative ways to stimulate the economy.

“It’s a lost opportunity for the NDP, perhaps because they’re afraid of being tarred with the anti-development brush.”

Blaze damages home on Cedar Hill Nobody was injured in an early morning house fire in the 3200-block of Cedar Hill Rd. on Wednesday.

Saanich fire crews arrived around 4:40 a.m. to find flames coming from the rear of the home.

Those flames were quickly extinguished, but the fire had spread to the attic.

Crews eventually knocked down the attic fire, without the flames extending into the living area.

One person was in the home at the time and escaped without injury.

Damage to the home and property is estimated at $75,000. The fire is not considered suspicious, but the cause remains under investigation. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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Freezing history at the end of the Earth Royal B.C. Museum conservator lends expertise in preserving Scott’s century-old Antarctic base Edward Hill News staff

Some researchers sense the hundred year old ghosts in Robert Falcon Scott’s hut in Antarctica. For Victoria’s Jana Stefan, the building is living museum, a place of comfort in one of the most unforgiving environments in the world.

Stefan, an exhibit arts technician with the Royal B.C. Museum, returned from Antarctica at the end of February, completing her second six-month stint as part of a team working to preserve Scott’s base at Cape Evans on Ross Island.

Stepping into Scott’s hut was a dream come true for the 34-year-old conservator who grew up hearing the stories of turn-ofthe-century explorers like Ernest Shackelton and Roald Amundsen.

“I loved being in the hut. A lot of people talk about ghosts, but I never got the heebie-jeebies, but I do feel a presence,” Stefan says. “It’s a powerful space. There’s a lot of personal things, socks, sweaters with name tags. It’s cozy, personalized.

“The first time I went into the hut ... I got it to myself for 15 minutes. I wasn’t even though the door and I was bawling. The energy is so thick in the room. I know the story is a tragedy, but nine-tenths of the time it was a fabulous boys’ adventure.

“Seeing they way it was set up, I’m familiar with the stories but being really in the space it’s overwhelming,” Stefan lead a small team of conservators from October to February in the ongoing effort to catalogue, photograph and preserve the thousands of items left behind at Scott’s base for his ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition. Starving and freezing, Scott and four other men died on their return trek from the South Pole in March 1912.

The preservation project, run by the New Zealand-based Antarctic Heritage Trust, is attempting to preserve four bases from the early British expeditions. Buildings created by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, who led the first team to the South Pole in December 1911, fell from an ice shelf into the ocean long ago.

Scott’s hut at 10 meters wide by 25 metres long housed about 25 men. With military formality, it originally had two sections, for officers and enlisted men.

Stefan’s day to day tasks involved returning artifacts treated and preserved at New Zealand’s permanent Scott Base, and repairing items like remnant food boxes

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Royal B.C. Museum conservator Jana Stefan in front of British Navy Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova hut at Cape Evans, Antarctica. Stefan returned to Victoria in February after a six month expedition where she was part of a team working to preserve Scott’s base from 1912.

sitting outside for the past 100 years. The goal is to preserve the site as-is, while giving the buildings and artifacts the ability to withstand the harsh perpetual winter.

“There are big food caches behind the hut, 120 boxes full of food. After 100 years they start to fall apart,” Stefan says. “And you have aggressive, awful birds eating 100 year old lentils.

“To conserve the frozen boxes, you have to dig them out, categorize them, load them on a sledge and haul them to the lab where they’re photoed and recorded, and then sledged back. And then put back exactly where we found it.”

That is the typical cycle for the 10,000 individual artifacts in and around the building (the site also has two latrines and an magnetic observation building lined with asbestos).

Stefan says preserving a site about preserving an important era of history and the rare chance to save the first structures cre-

ated on the continent. Although isolated, she says about 2,000 people per year now visit the Cape Evans site, including tourists from cruise ships.

“This is the only surviving example of the first building built by man on a continent,” Stefan says. “This was in the dying days of the age of exploration in one of the last places on earth to be conquered, and we have the physical record of doing that.”

Like her first six-month trip in 2008, Stefan worked and lived with fellow conservators in two shipping containers, converted to a lab and living quarters.

Living conditions are “primitive” at best, she says, and most of the food in Antarctica tends to be long expired by the time it’s cracked open.

“Everything you eat is probably three or four years old. It’s all expired. But we take turns cooking,” she says. “You still sleep on the ground in a sleeping bag. It’s four and a half months of no showers, no laundry, no email and no phone.

“Working in Antarctica is compared to working in space. Its one of the few places where your survival depends on the people around you all day and every day.”

Stefan and her crew tended to work long hours in the near 24-hour daylight, but occasionally were able to hike and explore.

“It’s spectacular. There’s the TransAntarctic Mountains and big glaciers and an active volcano. If the ice breaks up penguins cruise by, there’s orcas and all kinds of seals. I love it. I like to work in remote places.”

Stefan’s experience at Scott’s hut allowed her to consult with the American Museum of Natural History to a create scale recreation of the building, which will be part of the RBCM’s “Race to the End of the Earth” exhibition opening May 17.

The show is bringing in original artifacts and photographs from Amundsen’s and Scott’s respective expeditions, and includes a pennant owned by Cecil Mears, the dog handler for Scott’s team and who survived and went on to live in Victoria.

The RBCM exhibition will give insights to both men’s preparations and motivations, – and explore the controversial notion the expeditions were “racing.”

Stefan suspects she won’t be returning to Antarctica anytime soon, and her one regret was not sleeping in Scott’s hut, although nobody does.

“I’m going to ask the museum if I can spend a night in the fake hut.”

Check out explore.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca for more on the RBCM’s Race to the End of the Earth.

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A Saanich family’s newly adopted husky was stolen last week, allegedly by the previous owner who had the dog removed from her care.

Saanich police say a family living in the 700-block of Haliburton Rd. noticed their dog – acquired from the Victoria SPCA a week earlier – was missing just before noon on April 23.

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Saanich officers liaised with Whistler RCMP and the woman was arrested in Squamish around 6:30 p.m. that same day.

Eassie said the one-yearold dog, George, was seized in Whistler on April 6 following a property offence. He said no attempts were made by the owner to retrieve the dog, so it was turned over to the SPCA. The Saanich family adopted George – and renamed him Timber – in mid-April.

“We’re trying determine how this previous owner obtained the address of where her dog was placed,” Eassie said.

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For sculptor, nature inspires Maarten Schaddelee opens studio to public this weekend Edward Hill News staff

Maarten Schaddelee only needs to look out the window at his waterfront Gordon Head home to find inspiration.

Eagles soar, seals swim and Schaddelee sculpts.

His monumental stone carvings mark public spaces across the region – Clover Point, Save-on-Food Memorial Centre, the Bob Wright building at the University of Victoria. This weekend the public is invited to explore the gallery and grounds for Maarten and Nadia Schaddelee’s 20th annual spring art show at Maarnada Studios.

“I’m going back to where I started, with marine mammals, with everything I see out my window. Seals, herons, there’s lots of eagles this year,” Schaddelee remarks on Tuesday. “(The eagles) are playing aerial games with (turkey) vultures. I’ve been here 35 years and have never seen it like this before. It’s quite a show.”

Among the 40 pieces that draw inspiration from nature, it’s only fitting that a centerpiece sculpture is a six foot tall red cedar carving of intertwined eagles, given the aerie outside his windows.

Opening their home gives visitors a sense of the Haro Strait viewscapes that inspires the art.

“Twenty years ago people had a curiosity but they didn’t know about the work. We created a place where

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Artist Maarten Schaddelee looks at his newest sculpture of eagles intertwined. people could come and view it while they could also get a sense of place and the person,” says Nadina, Maarnada’s storyteller. “It connects them to the art because the art becomes an experience for them.”

Much of Schaddelee’s public commissioned work incorporates themes of peace and the human spirit. “My work celebrates life. When you come to the gallery, there’s no darkness here,” he says. “I had a health challenge at one

point. Now you can’t wipe the smile off my face.”

Much of his recent work celebrates marine life and the natural world as a means to promote environmental awareness.

“I want to create whales and dolphins, and show that their plight is our plight, show that polluting the water affects us,” he says. “Creating sculptures that bring out feelings is my part.”

Schaddelee, a son of the family that created The Dutch Bakery in Victoria, was a master cake decorator and baker until 1991, when he made the leap to full time artist. He couldn’t have done it without Nadia, he says, who helps manage the business of art.

“It was a health challenge that made me chose. Nadia gave me complete support and I never looked back. It was a huge decision,” Schaddelee says.”I had sculpted and people did buy my work, but it was making a break into the unknown. I’m proud of what Nadia and I have done here.”

Schaddelee primarily works with old growth cedar from Vancouver Island, or marble sourced in Duncan or the Mainland. He designs pieces in his head, and chips away at the pieces until the figure emerges.

“It’s not like Michelangelo who saw the image in the stone and removed the excess,” he says. “It’s a dance around that stone until the image that’s in my head is there in front of you.”

Maarnada studios, gallery and sculpture garden is at 4635 Vantreight Dr., and open to the public on May 4 and 5 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. See maartenschaddelee.ca. editor@saanichnews.com

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A 19-year-old Saanich woman received minor injuries when she was struck by a slow-moving vehicle in the Tillicum Centre parking lot Tuesday night.

The incident happened likely between 9 and 10 p.m. near the movie theatres.

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Inattentive left-turning drivers struck cyclists in two separate incidents in Saanich during Monday’s afternoon commute.

The first incident happened around 3:40 p.m. at the intersection of Haliburton Road and the Pat Bay Highway.

A 15-year-old cyclist travelling westbound from Haliburton onto Elk Lake Drive hit the windshield and was thrown to the ground after being cut off by a driver attempting to turn northbound onto the Pat Bay. The young cyclist

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Two chiropractors, an optometrist, a dentist, a naturopath and a massage therapist will be on hand at the clinic to give kids relatively quick exams for their eyes, spine, posture, teeth and general health.

It’s the second annual Children’s Health Day offered by the clinic.

“Last year we found several problems ... things that in the long-term could be serious if not detected,” said Dr. Stan Marcus, one of three chiropractors at the clinic, along with doctors Natasha Kipot and Jeff Gratton. “This is about being preventative and finding things early.”

Last year about 35 kids from eight months to 14 years old went through the free health day. Marcus has designs on eventually expanding the event to a full-blown children’s health fair.

“It’s a good problem if we get too busy and then move it to a bigger venue,” he said. “The long-term goal is to have a children’s health fair at Pearkes (arena). We’d like to lead to that eventually.”

Marcus was inspired to have a children’s heath day from similar events by chiropractic associations

in the U.S., and a clinic he hosted years ago in Saanichton. Parents need reminding that kids need regular physicals and health checkups, he said.

“Most people don’t get checked out (regularly). They wait until there is a problem. Here kids can hang out, see a variety of professionals,” Marcus said. “What we try to do with kids in short sessions is have them learn to be comfortable with health professionals too.”

More specific to Marcus’ field of spine health, he said spine problems can crop up from an early age, and certainly as kids get older and play sports, which can impact the nervous system and organ health.

Marcus said his own experience with back problems after playing rugby as a teen eventually led him into the profession.

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Pig carcasses and killer whale communication will be some of the highlights of the latest Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) oceanographic expedition.

A team from ONC, an initiative out of the University of Victoria, departed on the Canadian Coast Guard ship John P Tully Monday from the Institute of Ocean Sciences at Patricia Bay. The ship will take 17 scientists, engineers and technicians for a month long expedition.

On the first segment of the trip, scientists will pull up two pig carcasses which have been decaying at the bottom of the Saanich Inlet and replacing them with two new ones.

The pig carcasses have been an instrumental part of a forensics experiment by Gayle Anderson and Lynne Bell of Simon Fraser University.

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Mihaly and his team will conduct maintenance on the Neptune ocean observatory equipment as well install new equipment that will measure oxygen levels, track vocalizing sea mammals and monitor the growth of gas hydrate mounds.

“We’ll also be looking at the oxygen content of deep, lowoxygen water and how the ecology reacts to it,” explained Mihaly, noting that a warmer climate and warmer waters could eventually lead to lower oxygen levels all around.

The trip, which returns to the Institute of Ocean Sciences on May 28, is the first of eight expeditions on five ships that will happen over the summer season.

Federal funding for the trips, which Dewey estimated is $13 million, comes from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

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“The Fraser River delta is an area that contains lots of infrastructure, including the airport, the ferry terminal and the port in Delta. So we have a lot of interest in understanding the slope stability and what would precurse a slope failure or a major slide.”

The team will also install hydrophones in the Strait of Georgia to monitor the resident killer whales and how they are affected by ship noise.

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Don’t put stock in TV debate T

elevised political debates in B.C. serve a few purposes. Viewers can see how party leaders engage in spirited discussion, how sincere they seem, how well they know the issues and how party policy relates to those issues.

But anyone can click on a political party website to find policy statements, and reams of information can be found on news sites that offer a sense of where individuals stand on certain issues.

In essence, then, the TV debate is primarily a chance for leaders to stand before the cameras, without their respective entourages, and prove they deserve to lead the province. Or, in the case of the Greens and Conservatives, that their party deserves your vote.

The sad fact is, if one turned off the picture and only listened to the sound portion of Monday’s highly scripted, made-for-TV debate, it could have been mistaken for question period in the B.C. legislature.

Frontrunners Christy Clark of the Liberals and Adrian Dix of the NDP frequently spoke over each other’s answers, and on several occasions avoided responding directly to public questions, if at all, choosing instead to repeat party slogans.

While both provided moments of calm clarity in the debate, the leaders with no chance of forming government – Jane Sterk of the Green Party and John Cummins of the Conservatives – were merely spectators to the main verbal jousting between Clark and Dix. Largely absent from debate around the overarching themes of “growing B.C.’s economy” (Clark) and “telling people how we’re going to pay for programs” (Dix) was talk of B.C.’s longtime top voter priorities – health care and education. They may not be the topics du jour for the leaders or their parties, but funding those areas remains a huge challenge and will affect all taxpayers.

The bickering-filled program came off more as cheesy reality TV than meaningful discussion about our province’s future. While the debate likely failed to inspire fence-sitters to get out and vote May 14, there are thankfully still opportunities before election day to learn where candidates and their parties stand.

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.

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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.

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UVic biomedical engineers training for key medical roles D

To address this need, the octors are normally the first people to come to mind when University of Victoria began someone mentions a hospital. offering undergraduate degrees in biomedical engineering However, if you stop to last fall. The program think about the devices is the first of its kind present in hospitals, in Western Canada, as including heart monitors, most schools only offer electric thermometers the ability to obtain a and implantable hip biomedical option as part replacements, the of another engineering influence of engineers degree program. becomes readily apparent.

Not only does the With the rising costs of University of Victoria health care, the demand offer students the ability for biomedical engineers Stephanie to obtain a biomedical in designing and Willerth engineering degree, implementing novel and students can major in innovative approaches Guest column mechanical or electrical to medical devices has engineering and complete grown significantly. the biomedical option by taking In 2011, the New York Times appropriate courses. The biomed declared biomedical engineering to program has been a huge success, be the most in-demand job for the following decade. This phenomenon with our initial class of 23 highly begs the questions: Could engineers enthusiastic students making it the second-most popular choice among one day replace doctors in the engineering majors. health-care system?

One of the defining The most likely answer to this characteristics of the program is a question is no – doctors must work unique two-course sequence that in collaboration with engineers analyzes cells and organ systems to achieve improved outcomes from an engineering perspective. in health care. However, these UVic is the only university in engineers will need specialized training to understand the language Canada to offer such quantitative physiology courses. and challenges associated in The students will also take working with patients to improve an engineering design course, care.

specifically focused on medical device design and taught by Nick Dechev, whose own research program focuses on producing prosthetic hands.

UVic has 19 engineering faculty involved with biomedical engineering-related research projects that are prime candidates for collaboration with doctors.

These areas include biophotonics, biomechanics, tissue engineering, the analysis of medical images and medical device design.

Additionally, our program takes advantage of local expertise at the Vancouver Island Health Authority and Starfish Medical, a local start-up company that originated out of the University of Victoria. Biomed students also participate in four co-operative education work term placements.

Our degree program prepares students for a number of postgraduate options, including working in the medical industry, attending medical school or pursuing further graduate education in biomedical engineering.

Dr. Stephanie Willerth is founding co-ordinator of the undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Program, in the medical sciences division of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Victoria.

‘Biomedical engineering was declared the most in-demand job for this decade.’

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OPINION Voters should push for the predictable in their premier Sales Tax. “Ridiculous idea that In real life, people often link we’re going to raise the sales tax,” predictability to dullness. “You’re Selinger spat. “It’s total nonsense. so predictable,” we might snipe.

Everybody knows “Why don’t you that.” surprise me?”

Two years later, he But in leadership, announced an increase predictability is a from 7 to 8 per cent; strong suit. Erratic, flipa flip-flop rightfully flopping leaders breach causing a firestorm the trust of taxpayers of controversy in and should cause all of Manitoba. us concern, regardless Voters want to know of political stripe. where their potential British Columbians leaders stand before saw this first-hand Jordan Bateman they have to walk into when Gordon Guest column a polling station and Campbell brought in put a tick next to a the Harmonized Sales party’s name. While Tax. Campbell and the it’s impossible for anyone to B.C. Liberals had ruled out an fully anticipate and articulate HST during the 2009 election. We every possible challenge and know how that turned out. scenario ahead of a four-year Manitobans are watching the term in office, taxpayers want a same movie right now. Before predictable pattern set out. the last election, NDP Premier How would a premier Greg Selinger said, flat-out, that deal with plunging resource he wouldn’t raise the Provincial

revenues? What would happen if a crime wave or a natural disaster struck? What would the premier do if unemployment jumped or a Crown Corporation malfunctioned? Taxpayers need to see a predictable pattern of leadership to know.

NDP leader Adrian Dix knows the cornerstone issue for many voters in this campaign is trust.

“We will say what we’re going to do, and we will say how we will pay for it,” he said in the televised leaders’ debate April 29.

That’s what makes two recent Dix announcements so concerning; he is shifting longheld positions seemingly on a whim. During the spring budget debate, Dix and his NDP team criticized the sale of government assets. “It’s important that we not do something as foolhardy as sell the long-term interests of the province out for the short-term interests of the governing party,”

he said at the time.

That comment would have led most taxpayers to predict that Dix opposed asset sales. No wonder his announcement last week that he would like to sell off B.C. Place Stadium came as such a shock. Daryl Walker of the B.C. Government Employees Union was stunned by Dix’s plan.

“I guess the fact that they’re simply looking at it, and that there will be an opportunity to have input into it gives us a little more solace, but certainly we’re concerned about the rights of our members,” Walker said.

Dix is right to change his tune on this one: if B.C. Place was sold, taxpayers would be far better off; we don’t pay taxes in order to be in the stadium business (or liquor or car insurance or a few other things for that matter). Still, it’s a quick jump away from his longstanding philosophy.

The second flip-flop was just

LETTERS Provincial gang police scratching the surface Re: Anti-gang police publish first community report (vicnews.com) With the B.C. Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit’s “Go Public” campaign, I breathed a sigh of frustration.

Over the last six years there has been a steady increase in gang activities, contrary to the “successes” touted by the integrated team.

Wth each bust there is a corresponding rise in the numbers of emerging organized crime groups in B.C. The performance and effectiveness of this

agency and its partner members also has declined, and alarmingly so, as far as public security is concerned.

When I read the limited, yet colourful explanation of this new idea, I can barely keep my breakfast down.

How is this task force going to stop drive-by shootings?

There is evidence the intelligence gathering is flawed, and that we don’t deal with the root causes in our community – choosing instead to throw money at policing.

The unit is now out to capture a bigger public profile, but so far it has removed the equivalent of a drop of water in an Olympic-

sized swimming pool.

as unpredictable. After months of saying he wouldn’t make any decisions on the Kinder Morgan pipeline until they filed an application, he essentially ruled it out on Earth Day. “I think as a matter of principle, you should actually see what the application is before you address it,” he said on April 11. On April 22, he all but killed it.

Political leaders should be able to change their mind as circumstances change, but nothing had changed about asset sales or Kinder Morgan. Is this lack of predictability a harbinger that British Columbians are about to elect another Greg Selinger?

With a double-digit lead in the polls, Dix has a clear path to the premier’s office. That seems an easy prediction, unlike his actions of the past few weeks.

Jordan Bateman is executive director of the CanadianTaxpayers’ Federation.

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Cartoonist was off the mark with candidate commentary

Usually I enjoy your cartoons, but last Friday’s political cartoon crosses a line.

The last I heard, it was the leader of the B.C. Conservatives who had a problem with some of his candidates, not NDP leader Adrian Dix. Hence the cartoon makes no sense and increases my dislike of your editorial judgment.

Mikkel Schau Saanich

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-Adrian Dix, releasing the agriculture portion of the platform with Agriculture Critic Lana Popham. April 21, 2013.

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“It’s old and new toys, anything that is hard to find pieces for collectors and toys for kids,” said Candice Woodward, who organizes the show and owns Cherry Bomb Toys in downtown Victoria with her husband Biagio Woodward.

The spring show features local authors Cyril Blake and Jade Braddock, creators of the werewolf fantasy, and who will be signing copies of An Awaited Reckoning, the first book in the Solstice Moon series. “They’re bringing something new to the werewolf genre,” Woodward said. “I’m already excited to read the second (book).”

The Victoria Lego Users Group will be assembling Lego cities and will host a kids building area. Victoria illustrator and comic artist Glen Mullaly will be showing his masterpieces that have appeared in books and advertisements in the U.S. and Canada.

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“One gentleman grabbed an action figure off a table for $10 and it ended up being worth $800 to $1,000,” she said. “How I missed that myself I don’t know. You can find treasures.”

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The retiree, if you can call her that, has switched gears as the former owner and operator of Mineral World and Scratch Patch in Sidney, and is now a commissioned painter, currently under contract to one of the world’s leading interior designers for hotels.

Hudson is finishing the third of a threepainting project, all of which measure fivefoot-six-inches by eight-feet, and will hang over the registration desks at the iconic Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Banff National Park later this month.

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Her paintings, which can be seen online at phillipahudson. com, are gaining notice and income, which is not what she expected from the hobby venture.

A collection of Hudson’s work, including the original two by three-foot proofs of the three paintings going to the Fairmont at Lake Louise, will be on display at the Eclectic Gallery in Oak Bay, May 6 to June 15. Hudson will be on hand Thursday night (May 9), from 7 to 9 p.m.

U.S.A.-based Hirsch Bedner Travis Paterson/News staff Associates is leading the Phillipa Hudson is producing three eight-feet wide remodelling of the reception paintings to hang in the newly renovated reception area at the Fairmont Chateau. area of the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Banff It was HBA which pursued National Park.

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All are of prominent landscapes from the region: Lake McArthur in Yoho National Park, Mount Rundle in Banff National Park and the Three Sisters above Canmore. Each feature golden fauna from the fall season swaying in the foreground, larch trees, aspens and marshes.

“Adjusting to the size of the canvas was easier than I thought it would be,” Hudson said. “Though I did think I was going to be painting them in the garage.”

Gracefully, HBA allowed her to scale the height of the canvases down to fivefeet-six-inches from the original six-feet, because they didn’t fit through her studio door.

To bring consistency between the three paintings, Hudson limited herself to 12 colours.

“One of the things they wanted was vibrancy and colour, a touch of abstract, not totally realistic.”

It’s a considerable jump into being a professional painter as Hudson started as an adult and has only been painting since she sold Mineral World six years ago.

She’s had to lay out the massive canvases on the same studio tables of her North Saanich home where she crafted jewelry.

“I’ve been mountaineering and hiking for decades and always shooting pictures.

It’s those which I use for inspiration and to paint from. This is my retirement. I love it.

I hope more can come from it.” sports@vicnews.com

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Now, the band is ready to share its new music and raw live performance with audiences across their home country.

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2012, Anhedonia is the follow up to the band’s debut album Surf Noir.

The album holds a darkly cinematic, yet decidedly rock n’ roll esthetic, inspired by David Lynch and Wim Wenders as much as by The Stooges and Nick Cave. From songs like Blacksmith, with its condensed punk chords, sweetened by crystalline arpeggios, to the dark murder ballad My Love He Shot A Sparrow, the album

is a collection of songs for the jilted, haunted and sentimental.

This Hisses gives a powerful live show as commanding as the music itself.

This Hisses play May 4 at The Copper Owl, 1900 Douglas St. with Bloody Wilma, Clunt & The Scrunts and Stolen Organ Family Band.

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The trip, which is planned to wrap up in St. John’s, N.L. on July 13, will see Werthmann and two friends commemorate Hillary as they spark conversation around depression, sui-

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Werthmann will get a rousing send-off on Tuesday, May 7 at the Alix Goolden Hall, as local musical acts West My Friend, Rosie June, Rick Scott, Valdy and Roy Forbes deliver a musical bon voyage. Tickets for the show are $28 advance, $35 door and are available at the Royal MacPherson box office or Lyle’s Place.

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Captain a rallying point for booming Mount Douglas Rams track team Travis Paterson News staff

Caleigh Bachop is the captain, a leader and one of the reasons the Mount Douglas Rams track and field team has blown up to 85 members this year.

The team isn’t just big, it also stars a large number of contenders in many of the events, including the throwing events, which the Rams’ have struggled with in years past.

The Rams are chipping away at Oak Bay High’s monopoly of the Lower Island and Island track and field championships. But Bachop just wants to see her team do its best and draw another 85 athletes out next year, when the Grade 12 student will be in her first year the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on the leadership-based MoreheadCain Scholarship program. “(Mount Doug’s) goal for track is just maximum participation,” Bachop said.

“If everyone comes out and runs their horses off, I’ll be so proud. The momentum is building, if we aim for that title the program will keep going.”

Bachop’s specialty is the 800-metre though she’s also an accomplished cross-country and 1,500m runner too.

The 800m is in her blood, so to speak.

Her dad, Steve, ran the 1,500m and 800m for the UVic Vikings. Her mom, Cindy, ran the 1,500m and 800m at the University of Alberta.

“Getting Mount Doug’s team this big has been a group effort between coach Al Niezen and sponsor teachers,” Bachop said. “We have 12 coaches, a lot of them alumni who’ve come back, and for a team of 85 athletes that’s awesome.

Students are coming in who haven’t done any events and there’s a coach for each.

Bachop believes the variety of options boosts the numbers.

“About 70 of the track and field athletes show up regularly for training,” Niezen said.

“Bachop has been really trying to inspire the team to new heights. She’s talked to the team and is trying to install a positive work ethic, and to try new events.”

The Rams are trying to gain points for the Island championship but Niezen is unsure if the team is ready to dethrone Oak Bay. “It kind of depends on how many athletes show up and how they do. If we get the big turnout, we can get those points.”

More than anything, Bachop wants to see the team stay as big as it is after she’s gone, and so is working to develop

Saturday a triple header Travis Paterson News staff

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Mount Douglas secondary student Caleigh Bachop is the captain of the burgeoning Rams high school track and field team. social side of it with a focus on team building.

“We’ve had a bowling night and took a team road trip to a meet in Vancouver with some decent numbers, but we’ve still never had all 85 athletes

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The Lower Island track and field championships are at UVic on May 8.

The Island championships are May 15-16. sports@vicnews.com

The Velox Valhallians are on the precipice of returning to the province’s top rugby competition, the CDI Premier League.

The Valhallians topped the Nanaimo Hornets 46-20 at home on Saturday to win the Cowichan Cup, Tier 2 Island championship.

The Valhallians host the Tier 2 provincial semifinal on Saturday, 3 p.m. against Abbotsford. The winner advances to the B.C. final and a chance at promotion to the eight-team CDI Premier League.

“When you look at the club’s history we’ve never won a (men’s) B.C. final,” said first year men’s coach Aaron Frisby. The former Velox premier player coached the Velox Valkyries to the B.C. women’s championship last year.

“It’s a big ask but it’s expected of us. When you’re not playing premier rugby the support falls off. It’s hard to get premier quality players when you’re not in the CDI Premier League.”

Abbotsford is 11-4-1 in Tier 2 Mainland play this season after being relegated with just one win in 14 CDI matches last season. Velox was relegated in 2011 and has toiled in Tier 2 the past two seasons in the confusingly named Okanagan Brewery League 1. This year Velox played in the Island’s Tier 2 equivalent Cowichan Cup. The key to Velox’s revival is getting premier quality and even national level players. Once the door opens, more will follow.

“We’re looking at other options, including UVic, which we believe has a lot of premier quality of players that don’t get identified because the program is so deep.”

Saturday is a triple header for Velox men’s rugby as they host a Div. 3 semifinal vs. the Brit Lions at 11:30 a.m. and face Abbotsford in the Okanagan Brewery League 2 semi at 1:15 p.m. sports@vicnews.com

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VicSoccer offers players a new option

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Games played at Hampton Travis Paterson News staff

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VicSoccer organizer Steve Teska, a former Victoria Highlanders employee, sees a market for a flexible but competitive soccer league in Victoria.

“KWSoccer is successfully entering its fourth year with over 2,000 followers, which is about five percent of the soccer community in KitchenerWaterloo,” Teska said.

“It takes a while but people come to understand it. Stats are kept online, and prizes go to the top point getters, etc. We are competitive, but it’s a completely new concept and the players learn that.”

All 11-a-side matches are officiated as are most nine-a-side matches. Teska plans to host games big and small.

“In three years there’s been zero cards issued, not a suspension or ejection, no fights or anything.

It’s a respect thing. We know we’re not out to win the World Cup.” VicSoccer is for players 16-and-over and Teska is hoping to add women’s and masters age games, run year-round, and expand to other fields.

“With registrants interacting through social media we can do so much. The league is about flexbility. Prices vary but they’re quite reasonable and we provide a true soccer experience.” sports@vicnews.com

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VicSoccer’s debut as a rec soccer league couldn’t have started on a busier day.

The first game was Sunday at 5 p.m., about eight hours after many of the city’s most active residents ran the TC10K. Eighteen players showed up to play the inaugural VicSoccer match at Hampton Park. Not a bad turnout despite the original time being bumped two hours by the Gorge FC women’s provincial B Cup soccer match.

“It’s going to take a little time but the word of mouth is getting out there,” said VicSoccer organizer Steve Teska.

“The main message we want to spread is that we are not trying to compete or take away from any of the other leagues in the city. We are just giving another option for the players to have a run around.”

The next match is Saturday, 3 p.m. at Hampton Park. Signup is online at vicsoccer.ca.

“It’s a pretty good response since only a handful of people are promoting it around the city so far,” Teska said.

The soccer fanatic is willing to roll with the punches that come with getting a league off the ground, especially one that’s a bit outside the box compared to what the city is used to.

“It’s a new concept,” Teska said. “The way it works is there’s no official teams in VicSoccer.

Players are competing for themselves and everyone else.”

When you sign up you choose a side, possibly with your friend, for example, and your position, which is on a first-come-first-serve basis.

“You show up, get your jersey, take your position and you go from there. It’s amazing to see how well the people gel and come together. It’s very interactive and social.”

Though it’s new in Victoria the league is based on a proven model, KWSoccer, in Teska’s hometown of Kitchener-Waterloo.

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NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS$2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enterprise Cres, Victoria. Goldstream Press Division.

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

FRENCH PROVINCIAL matching chesterfield and chair (green), both in very good condition. Wood and glass coffee table, wooden legs, glass top, in very good condition. Asking $250 for all 3 items. Call (250)592-0304.

Flexible shifts, extended benefits, annual training, opportunity for advancement. Come join our national child care organization and help us grow. Please e-mail your resume to:

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper?

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

FURNITURE

Site Director with ECE and Infant Toddler CertiďŹ cation.

COLLEGE HEIGHTS. 3-level, 4bdrm +1bdrm suite. Beautiful Ocean & City views. 0% Down!

Easy to buy. Call (250)753-0160 for more info.

FREE ITEMS

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REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE

RENTALS

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

FOR SALE BY OWNER

FOR SALE BY OWNER

MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

SUITES, LOWER

AUTO FINANCING

UTILITY TRAILERS

COLWOOD- REFURBISHED 2 bdrm bsmt suite, $900 inclds utils. June 1. Call 250-3919923 after 12 noon.

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

COZY COTTAGE on 2.14 acres a stone’s throw from the ocean. This 800sqft, 2 bedroom home was completely renovated in 2007 with new electric, plumbing, bathroom, kitchen, roof, etc. It is close to schools, a corner store, and neighbourhood pub and is only 5 kms to downtown Courtenay. The property is zoned for 2 dwellings so you could live in the cottage while building your dream home and after rent out the cottage for extra revenue.

Gardener’s paradise with several heritage fruit trees, berries, grape vines and beautiful roses. The Royston area received a grant this year to put in sewer. (778)428-1159.

GORDON HEAD- (4062 Feltham Pl) 3 bdrm Rancher, w/appls, F/P, garage. Close to Uvic, Shelbourne. $519,000.

Move-in now, Motivated seller.

MLS #321255. 250-514-3286.

DEEP COVE lrg 1 bdrm, acreage, hot tub. W/D, cat ok, N/S. $850+ util. 250-656-1312

MUST SEE: 3 Bdrm, 1 1/2 Bath, sep. office with private entry nestled in Qualicum Woods. Just 5 mins to Village, beach, forest & 2 golf courses.

Low maint. gardens, fenced backyard, offers privacy & peaceful surrounding. Lots of updates & reno’s, infra-red sauna in garage. $349,000.00 If interested call:250-594-5654

HOUSES FOR SALE 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

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES

GARDENER’S PARADISE 1 acre. 4-bdrm character home, 1800 sq.ft. Wired shop, Shed. 1720 Swartz Bay Rd., $555,000. (250)656-1056.

Damaged House?

Pretty House? Moving?

Divorcing? Estate Sale?

We will Buy your House Quick Cash & Private.

Mortgage Too High and House won’t sell?

Can’t make payments?

We will Lease Your House, Make your Payments and Buy it Later!

CARS

OTTER POINT RV 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.

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded.

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

RENTALS

GLEN LAKE- newly reno’d, close to bus, trails, shopping, utils incld, shared W/D. $850.

N/S. Pet? (250)216-4291.

Scrap Junk Broken Down Cars Trucks Vans

1 & 2 Bdrm suites & cabins.

Perched on a cliffside with panoramic ocean vista, overlooking The Saanich Inlet. Serene & secure. All amenities on-site, firewood. $500-$1200 inclds utils.

Monthly/Weekly.

Pets ok with refs. 25 min commute to downtown Victoria.

Must have references! Call 250-478-9231.

DUNSMUIR HOUSE THE NICEST OCEANFRONT PARK 1 BDRM- $850.

Heat, hot water included.

New kitchen/bathroom.

No smoking!

(250) 388-4943 or (250) 813-2134 ESQUIMALT- LRG 2 bdrm, $950 *1/2 month free*, W/D. 55+. NS/NP. (250)385-7256.

Sidney luxury Condo- beautiful 2 Bdrms, 2 full baths, close to downtown, ocean views. #201-9942-Third St. $498,000.

778-351-1239 ID#192331 www.propertyguys.com

1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

GLANFORD. 2-BDRM, 1100 sq.ft. bright/quiet. Reno’d kitch & bdrm, 8’ closet. W/D, full bath, storage, priv entr, 25x30 yrd, near bus & amens. N/S, N/P. $980. heat, h/w, hydro/ net incld. Refs. 250-704-0197.

APARTMENT/CONDO

SAANICH, STUDIO Apt, laundry, cable, heat, hydro, $675.

250-748-1310, 250-380-7421.

SIDNEY 1-bdrm, top floor corner. Balcony, prkg. N/S. $800./ mo. June 1. (250)812-4154.

APARTMENTS FURNISHED SIDNEY- DELIGHTFUL Garden suite, furnished. Walk to work, amenities & ocean.

NS/NP. $850. (250)656-9194.

LANGFORD (Costco). Bus, shops, school. 2 Bdrm suite, fenced yard, 4 appls, water incl’d, shared laundry, $1000 mo + utils, NS/NP. Avail immed. Call (250)881-2283.

SIDNEY: BRIGHT 1Bdrm grnd level, private entry, $700 incls utils. No laundry. Avail now. NS/NP. 250-655-1917 SIDNEY- (CLOSE to downtown, beach access) 1 bdrm newly reno’d, shared W/D, lrg fenced yrd+ patio, on bus route. Pet? $850. inclusive.

Call (250)514-2533.

BREAKING NEWS!

$50 to $1000 FREE TOW AWAY

250-686-3933 SPORTS & IMPORTS 2004 FORD MUSTANG Convertible, 40th anniversary Special Edition. Black Beauty!

56,000 km, V-6 automatic, new soft top, fully loaded. $11,500 obo. Serious inquiries only. 250-474-1293, Barb.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

7’x12’ Deck Utility Trailer.

Good for small tractors and quads. 4 wheels, loading ramps, green. $1350 obo. Call (250)384-7954.

24/ 7 hours a day

MARINE BOATS

days a week

$$$$ BOATS WANTED $$$$ AlSO OUTBOARDS AND TRAILERS. CASH BUYER. $$$$$ 250-544-2628 $$$$$

updated as it happens! on the web at www.vicnews.com www.saanichnews.com www.oakbaynews.com

TOTAL PACKAGE now! 39’ Tradewinds Asp Cabin Crusier, twin Cummins diesels, enclosed sundeck & bridge, 2 heads sleeps 4-6. Very well maintained, boat house kept in North Saanich Marina. Asking $116,000. 50’ x 25’ enclosed boathouse available as part of complete cruising and moorage package. Ready to go!

Call (250)361-7343.

SIDNEY, Greenglade area.

Avail. now! Bright, newly reno’d 2 bdrm, W/D, storage, parking. NS/NP. 1 yr lease. $900. + utils. (778)426-4556.

SUITES, UPPER BRENTWOOD BAY, bright 3 bdrm, 2 bath. Gas F/P, D/W, own lndry, large deck & yard.

NS/NP $1500. (250)589-9997.

SIDNEY LRG 2 bdrm Apt, 1.5 bath, modern open kitchen, garage, 1 blk to ocean/main St. Garden, sunroom/den, W/D, D/W, F/P, parking, N/S, N/P. $1365 + utils. Avail June.

1st. Call Geoff 250-508-3937.

2000, 26’ Golden Falcon 5th wheel, 3 way fridge, slide out, new hot water 10gal tank, queen bed. In exc. cond.

Stored in Ladysmith. $7200 firm. Call (250)580-2566.

Garage Sales

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TRANSPORTATION

HOMES FOR RENT

AUTO SERVICES

GARAGE SALES

GARAGE SALES

SIDNEY 2 Bdrm upper. Hdwd flrs, garage, laundry. Cat OK. N/S. $1300. (250)812-4154.

TOP CASH PAID

COLWOOD- 3383 Aloha Ave, Sat, May 4, 9-3pm. Vintage clothing, toys, freezer, brass beds, sm fridge+ more.

SIDNEY. SAT. May 4, 8am2pm. Street garage sale on Bowcott Place, cul-de-sac off Canora Rd. Tools, books, adult clothes, shoes, household items, etc.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION GOLDSTREAM AREA: 1400 sq ft, newly furnished, w/d, d/w, a/c, big deck & yard, hidef TV, parking. $650 inclusive. Ray 778-433-1233.

For ALL unwanted vehicles.

Free Towing

$$$ 250-885-1427 $$$

AUTO FINANCING

COLWOOD MULTI-FAMILY3265-3271 Wishart Rd, Sat, May 4, 9-3. Sports, household, clothing and misc.

TRUCKS & VANS

SUITES, LOWER BRENTWOOD BAY- 1 bdrm grd level suite, priv entrance, NS/NP. D/W, W/D. $800+ utils. Call (250)652-1725.

COLWOOD- 2 level, 1 bdrm.

5 appls. $900. inclusive.

NS/NP. 250-380-0700.

2008 TOYOTA TACOMA 4x4mint, 65,000 km, 4 doors, automatic. Asking $26,700. Call (250)655-6558.

FERNWOOD Plant sale. Fri., Sat 8-4pm. Tomato, Fushia, dahlia tubers, geraniums, perennials. 2335 Shakespeare St GARAGE Sale Rock and Roll Saturday May 4, 9-4pm 1000 CD’s from 70’s-80’s. 100 Tribute posters, Cassettes galore, Numark Mixing equipment and professional speakers (will sell separately) , Xbox, Playstation 2 and games. ETC... 792 Kona Crescent----- 250-7270890

SERVICE DIRECTORY Call: 1-250-616-9053

www.webuyhomesbc.com

COLWOOD- BRIGHT, quiet 2 bdrm, $1100 incls utils, D/W, shared lndry, A/C, int hookup, N/S, N/P. Ref’s. 250-391-7915.

ALL YOU NEED IN PRINT AND ONLINE www.bcclassified.com

OAK BAY, 1970 Lulie St., Sat, May. 4th, 8:30am-12pm. Too many items to list. No earlies!

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www.bcclassified.com HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING

CARPENTRY

ACCOUNTING Vida Samimi

McGREGOR HOME Repair & Renos. Decks to doors. Small jobs OK. WCB. (250)655-4518

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

TAX

250-477-4601

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

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES DRAFTING & DESIGN HOME RENOVATION Design for Permit Call Steven- 250. 381.4123.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES GARDENING

ELECTRICAL

FURNITURE REFINISHING

GARDENING

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

References available.

250-475-1462.

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

ELECTRICAL

FENCING

HOUSEKEEPER EXPERIENCED, reliable. References.

250-920-6516, 250-881-7444.

250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779.

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

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

THE LANGFORD MANdecks, fences, quality work, competitive pricing, licensed & insured. Fred, (250)514-5280.

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm.

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

WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

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

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

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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

Kendra, 250-415-7991.

CLEANING SERVICES

COMPUTER SERVICES

250.388.3535

GARDENING (250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard & garden overgrown?

Aerating, pwr raking, pruning.

Weed, moss, blackberry, stump & ivy rmvl. 25yrs exp.

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

250-479-7950 FREE ESTIMATES • Lawn Maintenance • Landscaping • Hedge Trimming • Tree Pruning • Yard Cleanups • Gardening/Weeding • Aeration, Odd Jobs NO SURPRISES NO MESS www.hollandave.ca

SERVICE DIRECTORY

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www.bcclassified.com

250.388.3535

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

GARDENING

GARDENING

HAULING AND SALVAGE

HAULING AND SALVAGE

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

PAINTING

PLUMBING

ACTION YARD CARE. 15 + years exp. Honest & reliable.

Quality work. 250-744-6918.

YARD ART

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

Call 250-361-6164.

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

Brad 250-217-9578.

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

Replace, Rebuild, Renew!

“Quality is our Guarantee”.

Free Competitive Estimates.

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

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

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

Bryan’s Lawn & Garden Maintenance, Clean-Ups Pruning, Landscaping Pwr Washing, Irrigation 30 Years Experience Best prices Guaranteed

250-217-1233

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

ELITE GARDEN MAINTENANCE Clean ups, Lawn and Garden Care, Landscaping Projects, Horticultural.

778-678-2524 GARDEN OVERGROWN? Weeding, lawn cuts, cleanups, pruning.

John Kaiser 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

J&L Gardening yard clean-up and maintenance. Master gardeners. Call John or Louise (250)891-8677.

LANDSCAPE & TREE- lawns, hedges-tree pruning, gardening/landscaping. WCB. 18 yrs exp. Andrew 250-893-3465.

Tree, Hedge & Shrub Pruning Lawn Care.

250-888-3224 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

FAMILY MAN Hauling.

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

250-920-8463.

GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.

250-507-6543.

AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, guards, power washing, de-moss, Insured.

SMART GUYS Hauling. Garden waste, junk removal, clean-ups, etc. Reliable, courteous service. 250-544-0611 or 250-889-1051.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETE HOME Repairs.

Suites, Renos, Carpentry, Drywall, Painting. Licenced and insured. Darren 250-217-8131.

(250)889-5794.

DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free est.

FLOORING SALE Over 300 Choices

Lowest Prices Guaranteed!

Laminates - $0.59/sq ft Engineered - $1.99 sq ft Hardwood - $2.79 sq ft

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

Overnight Delivery in most of BC!

www.kingoffloors.com

1.877.835.6670

AROUND THE HOUSE.ca ALL repairs & renovations.

Call Ben 250-884-6603.

M&S OXFORD Home/Commercial Reno’s & Painting.

Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hardwood and Trim. 25 yrs exp.

Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.

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

SMALL JOB RENOVATIONS & HOME REPAIR Phone: (250) 213-5781

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

HAULING AND SALVAGE

MIKE’S LAWN and Garden.

Weeding, Clean-ups, & more.

Senior’s discount. Free estimate’s. Mike 250-216-7502.

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

Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.

Fast Service, Best Prices!!

Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.

SPRING CLEANups, complete maintenance.

Residential & Commercial. 250-474-4373.

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

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

JUNK BOX- We Do All The Loading

• • • •

Kitchen and bathroom Home suites to code Fencing, decks, porches 15% discount for seniors

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

MOVING & STORAGE (250)889-5794.

DIAMOND Dave Moving- 2 men, 5 ton, $85/hr.

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.

1ST MOVING- 1 ton 2 ton.

Prices starting at $80/hr. Call 250-220-0734.

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

STRAIGHT Line Pro Moving Services. 15 years exp. “A” rating, insured, WCB, fast efficient, friendly exp crews call 250 883 4229 Low rates.

WRIGHT BROS Moving. $80/HR, 2 men/3 ton. Seniors discount. Philip (250)383-8283

DOWN 1. Jame’s “Fifty _____” 2. Scottish game pole 3. Atomic #18 4. Tattered cloth 5. Tokyo 6. Force from office 7. Wigwam 8. Dynasty actress Linda 9. Small mongrel 10. Rapidly departed 11. A corporate leader 13. King of Camelot 16. Mrs. Nixon 17. Macaws 19. Symphony orchestra 21. Cunning

ST PAINTING free est, written guarantee and full ref’s. WCB ins. Call Kaleb (250)884-2597.

Peacock Painting

ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting.

Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years experience.

250-382-3694.

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

250-744-8588, Norm.

STUCCO/SIDING RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50 years experience. Free estimates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

TREE SERVICES BUDDY’S TREE SERVICESTrimming, pruning, chipping, removals, hedges, lawn care, Insured. Keith, (250)474-3697.

UPHOLSTERY Commercial/Residential Interior/Exterior

250-652-2255 250-882-2254

Written Guarantee Call for details Budget Compliance

PLUMBING

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

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

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

B L Coastal Coatings. Quality, reliable, great rates. All your Painting needs. (250)818-7443

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

UPHOLSTERER work. Your fabric 250-480-7937.

or

NEEDS mine.

WINDOW CLEANING BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning.

Roof demoss, Gutters. Licensed and affordable. 250-884-7066.

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.

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

GLEAMING WINDOWS Gutters+De-moss. Free estimate.

18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.

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

Sudoku

22. Wheatgrass adjective 26. U. of Texas residential center 28. Estate (Spanish) 32. Pilots and Blues 36. Right angle building wings 38. Store fodder 40. Supersonic transport 41. Brand of plastic wrap 42. Comb-plate 43. Puppeteer Lewis 44. Tatouhou 45. Security interest in a property 49. Direct a weapon 50. One point E of due N 54. Latin for “and”

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Remember no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

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Today’s Answers

30. Being a single unit 31. Opposite of gee 33. National Guard 34. A stratum of rock 35. Have a yen for 37. Cornell tennis center 39. Iranian monetary units 41. Settings in a play 43. Olfactory properties 44. AKA platyfish 46. Free from deceit 47. Ireland 48. 007’s Flemming 51. & & & 52. Kidney, fava or broad 53. W. African country 55. __ Frank’s diary 56. Induces vomiting

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SAANICH NEWS - Friday, May 3, 2013 Page 22 week beginning May 2, 2013 Real Estate Victoria

Select your home.

Select your mortgage.

OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY

OPENHOUSES Published Every Thursday

Oak Bay 250-370-7601 Victoria 250-483-1360 Westshore 250-391-2933 Sidney 250-655-0632 Chatterton Way 250-479-0688 www.vericoselect.com

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the May 2 - May 8 edition of Real Estate Victoria

208-1025 Hillside, $229,000 Saturday 2-4 Sutton West Coast Realty Jonas Solberg 250 479-3333

105-225 Belleville, $449,000 Sunday 1-3 Victoria Classic Realty Shaun Lees 250 386-1997

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Saturday 1-2:30 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Shelly Reed, 250-213-7444

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204-1715 Richmond, $249,900 pg. 8

5 Gorge Rd E, $419,000

Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Camela Slack, 250-661-4088

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Sunday 2:30-4 Re/Max Camosun Daniel Clover 250 507-5459

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1763 Bay, $375,000

Saturday 2-4 Duttons & Co. Real Estate Ltd. 250-383-7100

pg. 26

Saturday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Rosemarie Colterman 250 592-4422 pg. 8

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306-75 Songhees, $698,000

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402-2340 Oak Bay, $315,000 Sunday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Jason Leslie, 250-478-9600

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1903 Chambers St, $425,000 Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheri Crause, 250-592-4422

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59-14 Erskine Lane

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7-126 Hallowell, $399,900 Sunday 1-3 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 9

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Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Fred Lerch, 250-889-2528

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Saturday 2-4 & Sunday 11-1 Macdonald Realty Ltd Eleanor V Smith, 250-818-6662

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10500 McDonald Park, $585,000 Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess 250 384-8124

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32-7751 E Saanich, $349,000 Saturday 2-3 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

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Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291

Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422

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Daily 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445

Saturday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Blair Veenstra, 250-380-6683

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Wednesday-Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Neil Docherty, 250-478-9600

pg. 5

2680 Deville Rd, $379,900 pg. 15

Sunday 4-5 Fair Realty Chris Dusseault, 250-516-8773

pg. 19

838 Pears Rd., $475,000 pg. 18

Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Corie Meyer, 250-384-8124

pg. 20

2588 Legacy Ridge, $474,900 pg. 18

Saturday 1-3 One Percent Realty Maria Furtado 250 881-3754

pg. 20

4859 Rocky Point, $399,900 pg. 18

9766 Fourth St. Tuesday-Saturday 1-3 Gordon Hulme Realty Don King 250-516-1202

pg. 20

207-2732 Matson Rd, $285,900

2410 Prima Vista, $549,900

pg. 8

Sunday 12:30-2 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683

2827 Lake End Rd

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608

pg. 19

1177 Deerview Pl, $699,500

2428 Mt St Michael, $549,000

pg. 5

Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Komal Dodd 250 479-3333

2244 Mills Rd, $539,900

Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty David Harvey, 250-385-2033

pg. 21

1024 Grob Court

9706 Fifth St, $599,900

pg. 26

Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Deborah Coburn, 250-812-1989

2916 Mt Wells, $439,900

1739 Lopez Pl, $779,000

pg. 14

Lot 1 York Ridge Pl, $325,000

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448

Sunday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Colin Walters, 250-479-3333

pg. 2

101-982 Rattanwood, $319,900

302-9945 Fifth St, $314,900

5178 Rambler Rd., $939,888

Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Deborah Coburn, 250-812-1989

Saturday 2:30-4:30 Re/Max Camosun Jason Binab, 250-744-3301

pg. 6

pg. 14

Lot 1 York Ridge Pl, $325,000

pg. 27

98-7701 Central Saanich, $149,000

Saturday 3-5 Fair Realty Chris Dusseault, 250-516-8773

2-909 Carolwood, $499,900 pg. 14

pg. 27

8930 Tumbo Pl, $1,075,000

4541 Pheasantwood, $899,900

Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

Sunday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

pg. 26

pg. 14

pg. 18

8655 Forest Park, $699,000

Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Noah Dobson 250 385-2033

7-910 Maltwood Terr, $459,900

4029 Elise

pg. 15

pg. 27

8546 Aldous, $549,900

4901 Sea Ridge, $610,000

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Deborah Coburn, 250-812-5333

Saturday 2-3 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

pg. 14

Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Jeff Shorter, 250-384-8124

Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Sharen Warde, 250-592-4422

Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty David Harvey, 250-385-2033

8-7751 E Saanich, $349,000

Saturday 2-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

2201 Arbutus Cove, $1,349,000

Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Hiro Nakatani, 250-661-4476

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Giovanna Balaiban, 250-477-5353

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Judy Gerrett, 250-656-0131

6665 Buena Vista, $624,000

220-1680 Poplar Ave, $166,900

Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091

pg. 15

1380 Oceanspray Dr, $524,900

pg. 14

315-1010 Bristol Rd, $254,900

Saturday 2-4 Sutton group West Coast Deborah Kline, 250-661-7680

3963 Juan De Fuca Terr.

Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Mike Lock, 250-384-8124

4058 Raymond St, $439,900

Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

15-5187 Cordova Bay, $749,000

Sunday 2-4 Sutton group West Coast Deborah Kline, 250-661-7680

723 Lily Ave, $589,900

Sunday 2:30-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Kim Mohns, 250-479-3333

pg. 14

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty David Stevens, 250-477-5353

3672-1507 Queensbury, $549,900 Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Susan Carley, 250-477-7291

pg. 25

5313 Sunter’s Track, $899,900

Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Sharen Warde, 250-592-4422

12-3255 Rutledge, $291,000

317 Bessborough, $795,000 Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Lorraine Stundon 250 812-0642

pg. 1

2320 Hollyhill, $659,000

Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

2-4360 Emily Carr Dr, $635,000

pg. 9

302-1000 McClure, $199,000 Saturday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Rosemarie Colterman 250 592-4422

pg. 12

215 Helmcken, $509,000

Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Lorraine Williams, 250-216-3317

410-50 Songhees, $565,000 Sunday 2:30-4 Re/Max Camosun Daniel Clover 250 507-5459

Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Colin Walters, 250-479-3333

pg. 7

5131 Delmonte Ave, $694,900

Saturday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Jacqueline Squire 250 477-1100

pg. 27

1739 Lopez Place

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Cathy Duncan & Associates 250-658-0967

Friday 11-1 & Saturday & Sunday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Jason Leslie, 250-478-9600

1801 Laval

Sunday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Ltd Eleanor V Smith, 250 388-5882

12-1519 Cooper Rd, $189,900

Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Sharen Warde, 250-592-4422

1741 Patly, $1,197,000 Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Cathy Travis, 250-384-8124

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Frank Chan, 250-477-7291

Saturday 1-3 Sparling Real Estate Ltd. Trevor Lunn, 250-656-5511

pg. 9

Friday, Saturday, Sunday 12-5 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Ivica Kalabric, 250-384-8124

Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Goran Tambic, 250-592-4422

pg. 15

203-2427 Amherst Ave, $184,000

Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jenn Raappana, 250-590-3921

1273 Filmer, $529,000

304-1618 North Dairy, $329,900

101-75 Songhees, $685,000 Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Kami Norman, 250-477-5353

Saturday 11-1 Macdonald Realty Ltd Eleanor V Smith, 250 388-5882

1102-835 View St, $349,000 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Peter Crichton, 250-889-4000

Saturday 11-1 Re/Max Camosun Rick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

22-899 Royal Oak, $598,800 pg. 8

1720 Beach, $1,050,000

Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Kathryn Alexander, 250-881-4440

621-50 Songhees, $699,000 Sunday 2:30-4 Re/Max Camosun Daniel Clover 250 507-5459

1533 Granada Cres, $539,900

304-1663 McKenzie, $382,500

1255 Richardson

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Sutton West Coast Mikko Ikonen 250 479-3333

pg. 9

4341 Cedar Hill Rd

pg. 6

pg. 10

pg. 13

Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

Saturday 2:30-4 One Percent Realty Guy Effler, 250-812-4910

205-1571 Mortimer, $209,000

107-250 Douglas, $231,900

Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Peter Gray, 250-744-3301

Sunday 2-3 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

101 Kiowa Pl, $1,199,950

4634 Amblewood, $899,000

636 Belton, $439,900

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Pat Meadows, 250-592-4422

pg. 12

pg. 1

5-216 Russell, $469,900

pg. 6

pg. 13

4030/4040 Borden St pg. 19

4-854 Caroline, $589,900

Saturday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Realty Jim Russell 250 592-4422

9876 Seventh St, $509,900

102-1660 Feltham, $339,900 pg. 12

2606 Midnight Pl, $648,500 Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Tricia Basi, 250-384-8124

216-50 Songhees, $424,900

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Lynnell Davidge, 250-477-7291

116-75 Songhees, $998,000 Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Jason Leslie, 250-478-9600

Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Jordy Harris, 250-385-2033

8520 Ballenas Pl., $729,000

20-1286 Tolmie, $519,900 pg. 13

730 Rockheights, $634,900 Saturday 1-3 One Percent Realty Tania McFadden, 250-589-0248

3-9 Moss, $649,000

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate David Dand 250 477-7291

1121 Kings, $625,000

Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Sharen Warde, 250-592-4422

pg. 10

pg. 14

3236 Cedar Hill, $574,500 pg. 13

376 Kinver St., $409,900 Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Allen Tepper, 250-686-6325

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Re/Max Camosun Dan Juricic, 250-514-8261

3020 Washington, $391,000 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Elfie Jeeves, 250-477-7291

pg. 10

Sunday 12:30-2 SmartMove Real Estate Blair Veenstra, 250-889-3926

1158 Greenwood, $489,900 Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588

2829 Arbutus, $995,000

3224 Bellevue Rd, $639,000

Saturday 2-4 Address Realty Ltd. Rob Angus, 250-391-1893

1440 Slater Pl, $659,900

654 Langford, $369,000

Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Brian Meredith-Jones 250 477-1100

Sunday 1-4 Access Realty Ltd. Dave Vogel, 250-588-8378

Sunday 1-3 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091

214-50 Songhees, $449,900

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

pg. 1

1446 Pembroke, $349,900

541 Cornwall, $789,000

Sunday 2:30-4 Re/Max Camosun Daniel Clover 250 507-5459

204-837 Selkirk Ave, $279,900

3161 Alder St, $535,000

1273 Denman St, $539,000

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422

Saturday - Monday noon - 5 pm Macdonald Realty Helene Roy, 250 883-2715

Saturday 2-4 Sutton group West Coast Komal Dodd, 250-479-3333

pg. 25

733A Humboldt (200 Douglas)

4-1001 Terrace, $339,000 Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Bonnie Johnston 250 744-3301

804 Beckwith, $529,900

Saturday 2-4 Kroppmann Realty Dale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808

pg. 16

2383 Echo Valley Dr, $605,000 pg. 8

Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Inder Taneja, 250-686-8228

pg. 19

OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY CONT’D

Real Estate Victoria

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OPENHOUSES

This Weekend’s Published Every Thursday 101-954 Walfred, $374,900 pg. 20

Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Komal Dodd 250 479-3333

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Camela Slack, 250-661-4088

2216 Players Dr., $709,900 pg. 20

991 Acadian Rd, $424,900 pg. 20

103-982 Rattanwood, $319,900

pg. 19

Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Fred Lerch, 250-889-2528

pg. 20

Sunday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683

pg. 19

Sunday 2-4 Sutton West Coast Realty Elke Pettipas 250 479-3333

pg. 20

pg. 6

107-608 Fairway, $317,900

Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003 pg. 20

1015 Braeburn Ave. pg. 16

Friday to Monday 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-516-7772

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Saturday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Jane Logan, 250-920-6868

1630 Kristen Way, $359,900 pg. 25

5577 Medberry, $699,000

Saturday 2-4 RE/MAX Alliance Ron Neal, 250-386-8181

525 Saltspring View, $589,000 pg. 16

pg. 28

Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Noah Dobson, 250-385-2033

5575 Medberry Cl, $579,000 Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-385-2033

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Gary Bazuik, 250-477-5353

Park Place, $339,900 pg. 21

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Re/Max of Duncan Kim Johannsen 250 748-7200

pg. 24

500 Corfield, $332,000

2216 Baron Rd, $469,000

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Re/Max of Nanaimo John Cooper, 1-866-956-6228

Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Sandra Govender, 250-592-4422

2461 Sooke River, $389,900 pg. 20

Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes April Spackman, 250-818-0942

pg. 21

6962 Brailsford

2688 Deville, $229,900

pg. 26

2367 Sunriver, $469,900

Saturday 2-3 Century 21 Queenswood Ruth Stark 250 477-1100

pg. 20

741 Bexhill Rd, $499,900 Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Kroppmann Realty Dale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124

Saturday 12-2 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-590-3921

642 Hope Rd, $519,900

4042 Metchosin, $529,900 Sunday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683

Saturday 2-4 One Percent Realty Valentino, 250-686-2242

203-594 Bezanton Way, $294,000

875 Wild Ridge Way, $419,900

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448

6999 Brailsford, $599,900

Saturday 11-1 Re/Max Camosun Dale Sheppard, 250-478-9600

637 Rason, $489,900

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the May 2 - May 8 edition of

294 Hatley Lane, $829,800

Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736

962 Dunford, $439,900

2742 Whitehead Pl, $329,000

Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Komal Dodd 250 479-3333

Check the page number below in Real Estate Victoria or visit www.revweekly.com

933 Step Moss Cl, $699,000

Saturday 1-3 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091

week beginning May 2, 2013 Page 23 Friday, May 3, 2013 - SAANICH NEWS

pg. 9

pg. 21

3582 Pechanga, $449,000 Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Gary Bazuik, 250-477-5353

2576 Kinnoul, $599,900 pg. 21

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max of Duncan Kim Johannsen 250 748-7200

pg. 24

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SAANICH NEWS - Friday, May 3, 2013

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Scott Mauridis, 19, learns to deadlift from coach Ray Hodgkinson.

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Chatting and laughing outside the gym, three young men wait eagerly to start their third powerlifting session. The main goal: to get big muscles, they say.

The Langford CrossFit gym normally booms with the sound of music and crashing weights, but it is unusually quiet on this Sunday afternoon.

Twins Scott and Neil Mauridis, 19, and Kyle Valad, 23, wait in silence for coach Ray Hodgkinson to begin the 1.5 hour weekly session in the gym, lit only by the sun streaming through a window.

The athletes listen carefully to instructions but show apprehension when weights are added to the shiny, silver weightlifting bar. As the volunteer coach adds a 15-pound plate on each side, their concern becomes vocal.

“Yikes,” says Kyle, followed by, “That’s scary,” from Scott.

The three young men began training with Special Olympics B.C.-Victoria 18 months ago. They all participate in track and field, floor hockey and basketball. Kyle qualified to compete in the B.C. Special Olympics for track and field and will run in the 200-metre sprint in July.

But this is their first shot at powerlifting.

Scott approaches the bar slowly, crouches low, grips it with two hands and stands, raising the weight to his waist. Gently he lowers the bar to the ground and completes his first deadlift.

A wide grin illuminates his face as he walks away proudly.

While Kyle readies himself at the bar, Hodgkinson guides him through proper form. Keep your back flat and arms straight, he tells the young man. After three reps, Kyle, too, leaves the bar standing tall.

Neil, Scott’s twin, has been watching the two and with a little push from his mom, he’s ready to give it a try. He struggles to lift the bar and only wants to use his fingertips. His mom cheers for him, and Neil walks away saying “just one.”

“You can’t walk away without a highfive,” Hodgkinson says raising his hand.

“Their progress is pretty good with technique and form,” says Hodgkinson, a former Nanaimo Timbermen lacrosse player. “Today we got up to 65 pounds and we started with an eight-pound trainer bar. That’s measurable progress (in three weeks).”

This is the first time Special Olympics powerlifiting has been offered in Greater Victoria and this short program was created to see if it could become an annual one. Special Olympics B.C.- Victoria will assess the program in June and it may continue in the fall.

“Special Olympics is a really good program and it opens doors (to opportunities) for them that most people don’t get,” says Caroline Mauridis, Scott and Neil’s mother and Kyle’s caregiver. “In my family, we don’t close the door until they see that they can’t do something.”

The three athletes, all who have Down syndrome and live in Saanich, are training with Hodgkinson in a 12-week pilot program, which he hopes will grow and develop.

“Eventually we’ll be going to meets and going to other regions. These guys want to compete,” Hodgkinson said.

“We are starting this pilot project with three athletes. Ray is new to Special Olympics and we didn’t want him to get overwhelmed,” says Bobby

Debrone, manager, Special Olympics B.C. community development for Vancouver Island.

“We’ve had interest in the past, but never had a coach or enough volunteers.

This is only possible because Ray is volunteering his time and CrossFit Zone is donating the space.”

“I jumped at the opportunity, it was a no brainer,” says Hodgkinson. “I had a sister who had Down syndrome.”

Hodgkinson’s sister, Selina, died at 14 months after complications from surgery.

“I always wanted to help kids with special needs,” Hodgkinson says. “I do this in my sister’s memory.” charla@goldstreamgazette.com

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Friday, May 3, 2013 - SAANICH

NEWS

Election issue: agriculture policies ANNUAL PUBLIC GENERAL MEETING

Liberals promise agriculture centre; NDP offers money for programs Tom Fletcher

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Relief from carbon tax on farms and promotion of B.C.grown agricultural products are key promises in the campaign for the May 14 provincial election.

The B.C. Liberal Party and the B.C. NDP have argued for a decade about the best way to promote local food consumption. The NDP platform promises to reinstate the “Buy B.C.” program that identifies products grown anywhere in the province.

The B.C. Liberal government ended that program, and in 2012 it committed $2 million to regional “Buy Local” promotions that they say are more adaptable to local needs. The party’s current platform promises to double that funding to “promote 50- and 100-mile diets.”

Neither party is specific about assistance for tree fruit growers. The NDP pledges to “help orchardists with replanting and other costs,” while the B.C. Liberals offer to “begin work on a permanent and sustainable tree fruit replant program, to be implemented following the current three-year, $2 million program.”

In its pre-election budget, the B.C. Liberal government has offered $20 million in carbon tax relief for greenhouse and flower growers, in addition to an exemption for coloured gasoline and diesel used on farms.

The B.C. Green Party proposes major reforms, including phasing out synthetic chemical pesticides, banning genetically modified crops such as canola and removing taxes on valueadded B.C. products such as juices and wines.

Platform highlights: • The B.C. Liberals promise a new meat inspection system

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Ray Robinson spreads okara (soy pulp) earlier this year on the beds in his greenhouse to get it ready for planting at Haliburton Farms. The former commerical fisherman grows leeks, potatoes, raspberries, rhubarb, red peppers, cucumbers and sells them at farmers markets. by 2014, including a new “Certified B.C. Beef” brand. The party also wants to create a “Centre of Excellence for Agriculture” at the University of the Fraser Valley.

• The B.C. NDP promises $8 million per year starting in 2014 for agriculture programs. Plans include pilot programs to use B.C. produce in hospitals and long-term care facilities.

• The B.C. Conservative platform promises only to “introduce policies that support, farmers, ranchers and oth-

ers.” The party emphasizes its pledge to phase out the carbon tax on all fossil fuels, citing its role in poor financial performance by B.C. agriculture relative to the rest of the country.

• The B.C. Green party would prohibit further release of toprated land from the Agricultural Land Reserve, and “provide small grants to support municipalities and school boards that wish to maintain and expand community gardens and urban agriculture.” tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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n Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion Foundation Gala n Saturday, April 20 n Uplands Golf Course

Mount St. Mary Hospital Foundation honours donors The Mount St. Mary Hospital Foundation said thank you for the generosity and dedicated efforts of its supporters during the annual Donor Appreciation Reception April 23.

Guests gathered at Mount St. Mary Hospital, where they heard from featured speaker and award-winning journalist Jody Paterson, who spoke about her experience with music therapy and made a donation.

Event emcee and philanthropist Rob Reid gave his compliments to the success of the Mount St. Mary – Marythoners pledge collectors in October’s annual Goodlife Fitness Marathon/Half and 8 KM walk/runs.

Donors were recognized for supporting the care, comfort and dignity of the 200 residents at the complex care hospital, including progress on the $900,000 Room to Care Campaign and the $5 million endowment fund named in honour of the Sisters of St. Ann. In honour of the Sisters, Sands Funeral Chapel presented the hospital with a bronze statue of Michelangelo’s Pieta.

Guests enjoyed Silk Road Tea served on Victoria Vintage China Rentals, White Spot appetizers and the Belleville Greeters in Victorian costume.

Donors Tony and Darlene Southwell with Mount St. Mary Hospital CEO Sara John Fowler.

Anna Fox with her brother-in-law Alan Fox.

Featured speaker Jody Paterson with Mount St. Mary Hospital Foundation Executive Director Kari Frazer.

Margaret Pinvidic with her granddaughter, Oona Jean.

Belleville Greeters’ Daphne Massey and Teri Morrison. David Lloyd and Reid Pearce.

Emcee and philanthropist Rob Reid with Veronica Osborn, coordinator of the Goodlife Fitness Marathon.

Queen Victoria (Elaine Kilpatrick) pours tea for guests, while lady-in-waiting Lynda Witham stands by.

Anne McCaffrey, Evan Fagan and Louise HodgsonJones.

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Friday, May 3, 2013 - SAANICH

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As people lace up their shoes and set off on the second annual Hike for Hospice this Sunday, they’ll be walking together in celebration of those who receive hospice care and those who deliver it.

“We see the relationship between Victoria Hospice and the community as a supportive and necessary one,” says Dave Traynor, communications manager of the Victoria Hospice. “We use the phrase ‘we care for the community we depend on.’ And it’s a pleasure to see the community come out to support us.”

Check in time for the hike is 9 a.m., May 5, at Fisherman’s Wharf, and the 3.5 kilometre route, winding along Victoria’s scenic waterfront, gets underway at 10 a.m. Registration is at the site or online at www.victoriahospice.org/ hike-for-hospice.

The hike gives people a chance to remember loved ones, raise awareness of hospice palliative care in general and promote work done by volunteers and professionals in the field. But it also rasies funds for the Victoria Hospice, a not-for-profit entity, which depends on collecting half of its annual $7 million budget directly from the community through donations.

“Without that support, we don’t continue,” says Traynor.

More than 150 people (and many four-legged companions) took part in the inaugural event last year. Most of the teams had their own theme, displayed prominently during the colourful “Parade of Teams,” which kicked off the day’s festivities.

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actually part of a larger, national event, organized by the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, as part of National Hospice Palliative Care Week, May 5-11.

The national theme — “Canadians are aging. We’ve done the math. Have you?”

— encourages professionals, caregivers and the public to advocate for better hospice palliative care . . . especially as the population ages.

The local message is similar, says Traynor, “but it’s about the so-called ‘Silver Tsunami’ that is coming.”

He adds, “The Boomer demographic is a force of nature that has affected every age group it’s rolled over since World War 2. Awareness of the need for effective end-of-life strategies and programs is growing, and we’re going to see this become a much more public part of the health-care discussion. We believe that Victoria Hospice has a significant role to play, both in being part of the solution (increased availability of hospice care) as well as leading the growth and expertise of end-of-life care, which is about much more than just hospice care.

It’s about living well until you die.”

A flourishing rooftop garden is a much-loved feature of Victoria Hospice’s In-Patient Unit at the Richmond Pavillion.

“Gardens bring peace and comfort, and the rooftop garden is about having something visual and not clinical as patients and their families take a breather from hospice,” says Kelly Redlin, an organizer of Victoria Hospice’s fundraising Teeny Tiny Garden Tour. “Gardens are life affirming.”

“Gardens and hospice care have strong links,” adds Dave Traynor, also of Victoria Hospice.

The rooftop garden was part of the inspiration to launch an annual fundraising garden tour — coming up on Sunday, June 9. The eighth annual event promises to be as popular, fun and informative as ever.

Participants will visit 14 small gardens, including a rose lovers’ haven, a garden that successfully works around rock, a water feature garden, and a garden that includes two beehives amid a miniature Garry Oak ecosystem.

The decision to focus on small, mostly backyard gardens sets this garden tour apart from others in Victoria.

“The name comes from the contrast between the gardens on our tour, which are usually in people’s back yards, and not something like Butchart, or large, multi-acre set-ups,” says Traynor. “But each one is unique and there’s always something special about them. The group of volunteers that organize the tour each year are passionate about their own gardens and they love to highlight those extraspecial ones they find in their travels.”

An added feature this year will be inclusion of a master gardener available to answer questions at two of the locations.

Tickets for the June 9 event can be purchased at Thrifty Foods locations, Dig This or the Victoria Hospice Thrift Boutique, at 1315 Cook St.

Victoria Hospice is a registered charity that provides end-of-life care, offered in patients’ homes, or within the hospice’s 17-bed in-patient unit. It also provides medical consultation to patients in other health care facilities. Hospice staff and trained volunteers offer comfort for patients and support for their families, rather than attempting to cure progressive and life-limiting illness. Donations to Victoria Hospice can be made online at www.VictoriaHospice.org.

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