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Honouring a forgotten hero

We’ve got the election covered On Tuesday, the rhetoric and bluster of provincial election campaigning will end, and the people of B.C. will make their choice in the 40th general provincial election.

The team of reporters and editors from the Vic News, Saanich News, Oak Bay News, Goldstream News Gazette, and the Peninsula News Review will be on the ground and on the web with election results as they roll in, and posting reactions from the newly elected MLAs, and from those who didn’t make the cut.

Greater Victoria has seven constituencies – Victoria-Beacon Hill, Victoria-Swan Lake, Oak Bay-Gordon Head, Esquimalt-Royal Roads, Saanich South, Saanich North and the Islands, and Juan de Fuca.

Election results will be routed through a onestop shop: vicnews.com.

Results will also be tweeted @VictoriaNews and through the Victoria, Saanich, Oak Bay, Goldstream, and Peninsula Facebook feeds.

General voting is May 14, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Advance voting is open until Saturday May 11. See elections.bc.ca/ ge2013. editor@vicnews.com

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Historian Bart Armstrong leads charge to memorialize Victoria Cross recipient from 1918 Kyle Slavin News staff

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Military historian Bart Armstrong stands beside a newly unveiled gravestone at Royal Oak Burial Park marking the final resting place of Royal Canadian Navy volunteer reserve Lieut.-Cmdr. Rowland Bourke, a Victoria Cross recipient in the First World War. Bourke was awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing three men while under enemy fire in Ostend, Belgium, in 1918.

Ninety-five years ago today, as the First World War was well underway, and Lieut.-Cmdr. Rowland Bourke made a valiant effort to lead his Motor Launch into enemy fire, determined to find survivors of the sunk Vindictive in Ostend harbour, Belgium.

“He could hear voices in the water. And he went back not once, not twice, not three times – four times he went back into the battle area to find those voices. And he finally found three men, and he saved their lives,” said Bart Armstrong, an passionate amateur military historian from Victoria. “One of them happened to be a British knight by the name of John Alleyne. And for this rescue (Bourke) got a Victoria Cross.”

The Victoria Cross is the British Commonwealth’s highest military honour awarded to recognize bravery in action.

About eight years ago, Armstrong learned about a Victoria Cross recipient – Bourke – buried at Royal Oak Burial Park in Saanich.

“I went there and I couldn’t find his marker. I ended up getting directions, and when I found it I was a bit chagrined,” Armstrong said. “What I found was the marker that’s there today – flat and dark. You would never know he’s there unless you specially went on a hunt to find it. I thought, ‘This guy is a hero. Why isn’t there something a little bit more significant?’”

Since then Armstrong has fought to turn Bourke’s final resting spot into a place of recognition, to pay tribute to a military man who earned such an important honour.

On Wednesday, Armstrong finally had a smile on his face visiting Bourke’s grave, as a new upright monument was unveiled recognizing the significance of the man buried below.

“It is so important because it is bringing to the public’s attention that in amongst ourselves are fellow Canadians who are heroes that need to be recognized for what they did,” he said.

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Tragedy and triumph at the South Pole

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Treat mom to a free Mother’s Day event that delights her senses on Sunday.

Enjoy the sights and smells of Playfair Park in bloom, while enjoying the sounds of the talented Reynolds secondary school orchestra.

The outdoor Mother’s Day concert runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 12 in Playfair Park (1127 Glenora Pl.). Bring a blanket or lawn chair.

Rural Saanich studio tour this weekend Saanich West artists and artisans host their annual studio tour during the Mother’s Day weekend.

Sixteen potters, bakers, photographers, weavers and glass artists will set up at two locations in rural Saanich to showcase work and wares on Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.

Yellow signs will signal the route to the studio tour locations at 270 Trevlac Pl; and at 1717 Woodsend Dr. Artist Nancyanne Cowell will also display her work at 939 Walema Ave. See bit.ly/10j8Jdk for more on the artists and locations.

Swan Lake talk at North Quadra AGM

The North Quadra Residents’ Association will hold its annual general meeting on Thursday, May 16, at the Church of the Nazarene, 4277 Quadra St., at 7.30 pm.

Barry Janyk, executive director the Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, is the keynote speaker and will highlight plans for the parklands.

The residents’ association is expanding its efforts to preserve the land with environmental values and Garry Oak meadows. All Saanich residents are invited to the meeting.

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In the race to the South Pole a century ago, the British and Norwegian explorers hunkered down for the long, dark Antarctic winter in their huts and underground caves. It would be nearly a year before the teams made their dash to the bottom of the world.

In terms of food, fuel, clothing, shelter and animals, the teams had what they had – if things went wrong, there was no communication with the outside world, no escape from the pack ice and no rescue.

This story of the first men to reach the South Pole – a national triumph for Norway’s Roald Amundsen and a profound tragedy for Britain’s Robert Falcon Scott – is opening as a major exhibition at the Royal B.C. Museum next Friday.

“It’s one of the greatest, if not the greatest story of exploration,” said Tim Willis, vice-president, visitor engagement and experience with the RBCM. “The story is a study in contrasts. Amundsen is a professional explorer who learned from the Inuit, who has spent his whole life from childhood developing the skills for polar exploration.

“Scott was a navy officer with ambition to make his mark ... he is leading an expedition of exploration on a wide scale – the geographical, the geophysical, he studied weather and polar conditions with an eye on the pole. The exhibit tries to take you through that journey and give people a sense of what they endured.”

The Race to the End of the Earth is the only stop in Canada, and is displayed in partnership with the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

The exhibit leads visitors through the history of Antarctic exploration, the colourful personalities of Scott and Amundsen, and their men, and the story of the ingenuity, endurance and suffering of those who pushed through blizzards, mountains and ice fields to reach an unremarkable location at zero degrees latitude south.

Herbert Ponting photo, courtesy of the RBCM

Cecil Meares is seated, second from left, during Captain Robert Scott’s last birthday dinner on June 6, 1911, in Antarctica. Meares survived the Scott expedition and went on to retire in Oak Bay.

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Kate Kerr, Royal B.C. Museum exhibit art technician, works on putting together Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s hut as the museum prepares its new exhibit, Race to the End of the Earth.

“The race to get to the pole was an enormous journey of 1,800 miles in two stages, across the Ross ice shelf ... and across the polar plateau of 9,000 or 10,000 feet high,” Willis said. “It was a gruelling physical challenge in terrible conditions. They went at the best time from a weather point of view, but it was still bad with blizzards and wind and hugely sub-zero.”

The exhibit gives a sense of the living conditions with a replica of Scott’s hut (still preserved in Antarctica today) and a replica of Amundsen’s underground ice caves, which among other amenities, included a sauna room.

The centre of the exhibit is an ominous black tent imported from Norway, the same that Amundsen left at the South Pole and which

Race to the RBCM RBCM is hosting a number of events linked to the Race to the End of the Earth exhibit.

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A peek through binoculars at the exhibit shows a photo from the South Pole in 1911. marked Scott’s worse fear – arriving second.

Amundsen’s original sledge and binoculars for his South Pole push will be on display, among other personal items, such as letters written by Scott and his team

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in their dying days during their return trek from the pole.

Scott’s final camp was found eight months after he and his team froze to death.

“Chances of finding his tent were slight, but it was found, and with all the photographs and personal records. They wrote until they died,” Willis said. “In a way this is a story told by the people there, what they went through. It makes it so compelling.

“Whoever reads (Scott’s) letters can’t help but be hugely moved by his courage. What they had to endure is beyond imagining ... he had no help, poor equipment and did it with a lot of grace.”

Scott was stationed in Victoria for a time in 1889 as a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy.

For his 1911-12 Terra Nova expedition, Scott hired on Canadian scientist Charles Wright, who later worked at the naval laboratory in Esquimalt and at Royal Roads, and also adventurer and naval officer Cecil Meares as the dog handler.

The RBCM has Meares’ original pennant used on a sledge.

Meares settled in Oak Bay in the 1920s after a remarkable life as a fur trader (and possibly a British spy) in Russia and Manchuria, and as an officer who fought in the Boer War and the First World War. He even helped train Japanese pilots in 1921 as part of a British military advisory mission.

“He advised the Japanese Imperial Navy on torpedo bombing,” Willis remarked. “Meares had an astonishing life and then quietly retired to Oak Bay. We’ve got his sledging pennant. It’s one of the few that survive.”

Race to the End of the Earth opens at RBCM opens May 17. See explore.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.

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Tillicum Target opens doors With six-month-old Orion in his stroller, Rebecca Russell is one of the first shoppers into Target at Tillicum Centre, a 121,000-squarefoot retail store in the former Zellers location. A few hundred people attended Target’s soft opening on Tuesday morning, with a few diehard bargain hunters lining up at 5:30 a.m.

The Greater Victoria Horseshoe Pitching Association, a club that tends to fly under the radar but has been active for 78 years, is dedicating a memorial shelter to past members this weekend.

Horseshoe club volunteers have spent the past few years organizing and building the shelter at the Saanich-based horseshoe pitch after a healthy donation from a deceased member.

“We’ve always envisioned a covered outside area. When the donation came in we thought we’d dedicate the space to those who built the club,” said club president Cheryl Cliche.

The club was established in 1935, and after a somewhat itinerant existence, has been in its current location since 1970 on land leased from Saanich at Glanford Park. It has seen hundreds of members pitch horseshoes and socialize over the years, and

plans to honour about 100 members with small plaques on the shelter. The club will now host an annual memorial tournament, Cliche said.

Anyone with family connections to the horseshoe club is encouraged to attend the dedication ceremony. “It used to be an old boys sport, a bit of a mysterious place. Some of the wives have never been to the horseshoe club,” Cliche remarked.

The club is still looking to establish a more detailed history of itself and is seeking information on past members. Anyone with a deceased relative who used to pitch horseshoes in Victoria is asked to contact the club.

“Even if they don’t play, they might be aware of a mom or dad or uncle or brother who were players,” said club volunteer Sam Quinn. “If they spent time here, we want to be aware of that. “We want to acknowledge those who have come and gone

and draw attention to the club.

A lot of people are unaware its been there so long.”

Quinn admits she drove past the horseshoe pitch for years without it registering in her mind. Three years ago she saw members pitching horseshoes at a demo in the parking lot outsider the Country Grocer in Royal Oak. “How could I not know it was there? It’s an absolutely amazing facility, one of the nicest if not the nicest pit in B.C.,” Quinn said. “It’s even lit up at night and has a lovely clubhouse.

“It’s just amazing the spectrum of people we have there,” she continued. “I play in a ladies league with someone who is 88 years old. I hope I can do something like that when I’m in my 80s.”

The the memorial pavilion event is May 11, 11 a.m to 5 p.m., with the ribbon cutting at 1 p.m., 620 Kenneth St. See gvhpa.org. editor@saanichnews.com

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New marker a reminder of past bravery Continued from Page A1

In attendance at the ceremony was Belgium’s ambassador to Canada, a representative from the British High Commission at Ottawa, the Commander of Maritime Forces Pacific, and Bourke’s descendants.

Lorraine Fracy, client services supervisor at the burial park, said Wednesday’s unveiling marks a long-fought battle, spearheaded by Armstrong, to honour Bourke for his bravery.

“When you hear and read some of Rowland’s story, he was quite a reserved man. And it wasn’t all about that. For him he was just

doing his job,” she said. “When you stand from a distance, it’s such a landmark now from that section, to tell his story. And he is so deserving of it. If he was sitting with us today, he would probably sheepishly be overwhelmed with gratitude.”

Armstrong, whose main passion is researching Canadian recipients of the U.S. Medal of Honor, said recognizing Bourke’s bravery in such a significant way is how we keep his memory and his story alive.

“You hear the term, ‘Lest we forget,’ but people forgot, and we’re now reminding them.” kslavin@saanichnews.com

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Victoria grocer joins forces with Hope Air Save-on-Foods reward points can now be translated into cash donations for Hope Air, a charity that flies people for free to urban centres for medical treatment.

Every 1,000 More Reward points collected at Save-on-Foods in Saanich or Vic West can be donated for $1, which will be equally matched by the parent Overwaitea company. A donation of 125,000 points, for instance, would give Hope Air $125, plus a $125 company match for at total of $250, which is the average cost of a flight for the charity. Customers need to tell the cashier to give their points to Hope Air. Across Canada, Hope Air has arranged more than 7,000 free flights in the past year, and 76,200 since its inception in 1986. The service helps people in Canada who can’t afford airfare but who need specialized treatment, typically at a major medical centre.

The two Victoria locations and Overwaitea stores in Kelowna are participating in the Hope Air donation program.

“It’s a worthwhile cause and we try to support many organizations,” said Ted Pigeon, store manager for Westside Village Save-on-Foods. “It’s a great opportunity for us to offer an easy way for customers to support a charity in a way that’s seamless.”

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Ida Chong (Incumbent) B.C. Liberal Party idachong.com

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What is the most important issue in this election?

British Columbians are facing a choice between the B.C. Liberals’ plan to control spending, create jobs and keep the economy growing, or going back to the NDP who will run up debt and grow the size of government. That’s what truly matters on May 14.

What is the most important issue in this election?

Restoring faith in government. The Liberals are no longer believable after HST and B.C. Rail.

The NDP will drive the province further into debt and chase investment away. The Green platform is based solely on climate action. Only the B.C. Conservatives offer a fiscally prudent course of action.

What is the most important issue in this election?

We must restore public assets in Oak Bay, as I have done with school lands and two seniors’ facilities – Oak Bay Lodge and Mount Tolmie Hospital. The NDP will provide more home care, community care and residential care for seniors, and bring new resources into classrooms to focus on students.

What specific priorities would you focus on in your riding?

Ensuring government acts in a fiscally responsible manner. Conservatives will concentrate on creating economic growth and controlling expenditures to create government surpluses to pay down the province’s $55-billion debt without having to raise taxes.

B.C. has suffered years of fiscal mismanagement under successive NDP and Liberal governments. It is time for government to act fiscally responsible.

What specific priorities would you focus on in your riding?

My top priority is to build a healthy future for our citizens. In addition to restoring services for our seniors, I will work to improve childcare, our schools, trades training and our post-secondary institutions. And we are committed to protecting our watersheds and coastlines from tankers.

What specific priorities would you focus on in your riding?

Ensuring the long-awaited redevelopment of Oak Bay High School continues is important for this community.

Our B.C. Liberal government established a medical school at the University of Victoria so more doctors can be trained here. We also introduced nurse practitioners to meet the demand for new services. With an aging population, I will continue to support innovative health care services.

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Today’s B.C. Liberals are committed to helping local communities manage deer. I believe that solutions must be specific to local conditions and attitudes.

We will help communities manage urban deer conflicts by taking part in planning committees, providing technical advice, developing regulations, and issuing permits to manage urban deer populations.

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Today’s B.C. Liberals are championing LNG’s development and believe that British Columbians will benefit for generations to come, which is why we have a LNG strategy and are working to have one export terminal open by 2015 and three by 2020. This opportunity could bring significant revenues to B.C. iPhone or Blackberry?

Both, although I prefer to use a Blackberry due to the keyboard. In today’s fast changing world, both of these devices allow you to stay connected.

What would you do to resolve the issue of overpopulation of deer?

Deer are a nuisance causing a great amount of property damage and constitute both a health and driving hazard.

Deer do not belong in an urban environment.

I would call for a deer cull using the safest, most humane and expeditious means available.

What direction should B.C. go in terms of its energy policy? Oil and gas?

Renewables?

The province should encourage energy development including oil and gas extraction. Those developments should be done in an environmentally sound manner using the best scientific data available.

Renewable energy sources should be encouraged as long as they can be shown to be an economically viable alternative to conventional energy sources.

B.C. consumers are entitled to energy at the lowest rates possible.

Jessica Van der Veen B.C. NDP jessicavanderveen.bcndp.ca

What would you do to resolve the issue of overpopulation of deer?

The B.C. NDP believes that the province must work with municipalities to solve the problem of human deer conflicts, and ensure that municipalities have a variety of options.

Currently the B.C. Supreme Court is considering whether municipalities have the authority to cull deer, and we will consult municipalities based on that decision.

What direction should B.C. go in terms of its energy policy? Oil and gas?

Renewables?

The B.C. NDP will have to work hard to renew B.C. Hydro after the damage caused by B.C. Liberal policies. We will turn the focus to renewable sources of energy.

New Democrats will invest carbon tax proceeds in transit and green infrastructure, and expand energy efficiency retrofit programs. iPhone or Blackberry?

Did not respond.

Andrew Weaver B.C. Green Party andrewjweaver.ca What is the most important issue in this election?

Voters have an historic opportunity to change B.C.’s political landscape. Partisan politics has repeatedly failed British Columbians and we deserve better. This change starts with a credible third option and that’s what the Green Party represents. We’re a party that will cooperate on good policy and promote accountable government.

What specific priorities would you focus on in your riding?

I would work to: Introduce an independent Legislative Budgetary Officer to offer voters the information necessary to hold their government accountable; reclaim B.C.’s leadership role in the fight against climate change; find bold, new ways of enhancing education and health care; and take steps to eliminate poverty.

What would you do to resolve the issue of overpopulation of deer?

I would work with municipal governments and local communities to realize evidence-based solutions to the issue of overpopulation of deer that are satisfactory for all involved and compassionate to the deer.

What direction should B.C. go in terms of its energy policy? Oil and gas?

Renewables?

B.C. needs to develop a clean energy economy focused on renewables. I wrote about this in my blog.

We have a significant economic advantage in clean energy, but we need to first invest in it by using income from nonrenewable energies to fund a transition to clean energies. iPhone or Blackberry?

I have a Blackberry and I like it. It’s a great phone and it’s Canadian – what more could you want? (Although I have to say, iPhones are sure nice too.)

iPhone or Blackberry?

Did not respond.

Marijuana study gets support from Greens, NDP Daniel Palmer News staff

A pro-marijuana advocacy group has released the results of a survey it issued to B.C. political parties last month.

The results show B.C. Greens and the B.C. NDP support a provincial research trial into the taxation and regulation of marijuana, while the B.C. Liberals say the issue should be handled by the federal government. The

B.C. Conservatives did not respond to the survey.

Stop the Violence B.C., a lobby group comprised of law enforcement and health officials, legal experts, academics and current and former politicians, conducted the survey after a public opinion poll suggested 73 per cent of B.C. residents want the province to take action on cannabis regulation.

“To suggest the federal government would have to initiate a research trial is

a completely inaccurate statement,” said Kash Heed, a former B.C. solicitor general.

“With all the grow-ops and prohibitionrelated violence that is ongoing in B.C. communities, provincial politicians cannot continue to bury their heads in the sand and pass the buck to the federal government.”

The group argues a regulated marijuana market would improve public health and safety by taking the drug out of the hands of criminal organizations and allow govern-

ment to develop a message for its responsible use by adults.

The proposed research trial is already being designed by Dr. Evan Wood, Canadian research chair of Inner City Medicine at the University of B.C. “Especially now that Washington state has moved to tax and regulate adult cannabis use, B.C. must begin to research these types of alternatives,” Wood said. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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And the enthusiasm just gets progressively louder as another and another and another – six total – brand new iPad gets revealed as a donation to the school, as part of an integration of technology into the classroom.

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s the provincial election campaign got underway on April 16, Premier Christy Clark said: “British Columbia is at a crossroads, with two very different choices in front of us in this most important election in modern history.”

She might be right.

Then again, in some electoral districts, a third choice is emerging, with the B.C. Green Party slowly moving up in approval ratings.

Whichever way you lean politically, the coming election has more potential for change than we’ve seen in B.C. in a long time.

Not since 2001, when the New Democrats were decimated and left with only two seats after 10 years of ruling the province, have we seen this kind of potential for an ideological about-face.

But that takes votes.

In the 2009 election, the highest participation level was in the age range of 65 to 74 (72 per cent of eligible voters). The lowest came from those ages of 18 to 24 (27 per cent). Overall, just 51 per cent of British Columbians eligible to vote took the time to do so.

In Greater Victoria, during the 2009 race, at least three districts saw fewer than 600 votes separate the winner and the runner up.

In Saanich North and the Islands, where Liberal MLA Murray Coell has since retired, the count was closest with a mere 245 votes separating him and current NDP candidate Gary Holman.

Does this mean Holman is a shoo-in this time around? Is Oak Bay-Gordon Head NDP candidate Jessica Van der Veen sitting on her laurels hoping she will just pick up those 561 votes she trailed Liberal MLA Ida Chong by in 2009? Not for a minute.

These candidates and their B.C. Green, B.C. Conservative, B.C. Liberal and independent counterparts are all working hard to get your support because they know every vote counts.

Not only that, the youth vote could be the deciding factor on May 14.

Is this the most important election in modern history? You decide.

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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he provincial election process pursuing action on these policies in a number of ways. has a tendency to focus on Later this month, some of the party leaders and very broad policies on the agenda policy platforms. will be presented at With three out of four the British Columbia party leaders representing Chamber of Commerce’s the Lower Mainland, AGM to garner provincerelying on party debates wide Chamber support, won’t offer much in terms strengthening their reach. of local issues for Greater To support provinceVictorians. wide common rates for To highlight some natural gas, the Chamber of our concerns as a is registering as an community, the Greater intervener with the B.C. Victoria Chamber of Bruce Carter Utilities Commission.

Commerce created “Our Guest column Last month, the Vibrant Community Chamber hosted a Economic Agenda,” a presentation by Parks Canada to document based on Chamber better understand the full impacts policy. of the proposed National Marine The Chamber creates policy Conservation Area. on an ongoing basis to direct its Once the election has passed advocacy efforts when lobbying and all ministers are appointed, the government. These policies Chamber will begin meeting with come directly from our members’ ministers one-on-one to continue concerns, as well as from timely the discussion and promote action local issues that impact our for these issues. economy and community.

The Economic Agenda also has We’ve used these policies as focal long-term value beyond election points to get our local candidates day. We’ve delivered a copy of the talking about provincial issues document to local candidates as that have deep impact on Greater a means to clearly track both our Victoria. From B.C. Ferries to progress and theirs in the years amalgamation, it is important for following the election.

Greater Victoria voters to know Much like the Chamber’s “Our how their candidates stand on local Vibrant Community” municipal issues. campaign, which we used as a In addition to creating the means to compare municipal economic agenda, the Chamber is

leaders’ good governance initiatives following the 2011 election, the Economic Agenda will allow us to revisit these priorities as we move past the election into the long-term.

Our goal is to wade past campaign promises, and help bring about action and effective long-term planning.

The Chamber has focused on an economic agenda, as it is an area where we feel we have the engagement, experience and expertise to highlight challenges and opportunities in Greater Victoria.

There are a number of other issues impacting the region, such as health care and the environment, which are best left to the organizations and individuals with expertise on those particular issues.

It is my hope that by creating this agenda and posting candidate responses publicly, Greater Victoria voters can easily see which issues candidates support, before residents make the big decision on May 14.

The choices we make at the polls will influence provincial decisions for years to come, and having a clear way of comparing where local candidates stand is essential.

It is important to rally everyone to have their say and vote.

Bruce Carter is chief executive officer of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce.

‘Our goal is to help bring about action and effective long-term planning.’

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OPINION

Think hard about B.C.’s future before voting May 14 We need new mines and gas I’m concerned that many fields, pipelines, refineries, ports British Columbians are more and processing plants to replace focused on “change” for the sake jobs lost by tech of change rather than change and by events electing the party most like the pine beetle likely to foster job catastrophe. creation and financial Economic stability. development and Our province’s the protection of the resource endowment environment are not has always been a mutually exclusive. mainstay of both jobs Yes, we must be and the generation of good stewards of our revenues needed to beautiful province, fund social programs.

Gwyn Morgan but we do have the From what I have Guest column technology to move the seen and heard, an economy forward in NDP government an environmentally responsible would rev up spending while manner. stymieing resource development Saying no to new projects through endless environmental will mean job losses for those reviews, and/or by just saying currently employed and limited “no,” driving investment to other opportunities for young people provinces and other countries.

looking to join the work force.

We also need to focus on balancing the provincial budget, rather than taking money away from social programs to fund rising interest costs. Forty years of experience in business has taught me that too much debt is crippling.

It scares me that the NDP have rolled out billions of dollars in new spending during this campaign, and their “every dollar is accounted for” rhetoric just isn’t credible because their antidevelopment attitude will reduce revenue at the same time as spending rises.

There is truth to the adage, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

The NDP came to power in 1991 and governed the rest of that decade. Investment dried up

and economic growth trailed the rest of Canada. A low point came when the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce thanked the B.C. government for driving growth investment in Alberta.

Glen Clark’s 1996-99 tenure as premier was arguably the most disastrous for B.C. and with Adrian Dix, Clark’s former chief of staff leading the province, I’d be very worried about history repeating itself.

It took many years for the Liberals to repair the damage.

During their time in government, North America suffered through a major recession and yet we now have a triple-A credit rating, higher than the U.S. government, allowing B.C. taxpayers the lowest possible interest rates.

Have the Liberals done everything right? Certainly not.

The introduction of the HST by the Campbell government was badly handled. There have been other gaffes and ill thought out policies.

While there is a natural inclination for people to vote to change long-governing parties, it’s important not to let the NDP sleepwalk to victory without thinking about which party is likely to create jobs and not burden today’s young people with a mountain of debt.

I’m not asking that you agree with me, only that you think through the full consequences of your choice carefully. And then get out and vote on May 14.

Gwyn Morgan is former president and CEO of EnCana Corporation and was formerly an advisor to Premier Christy Clark.

He has retired to Greater Victoria.

townhome developments that were built two years ago and earlier still haven’t sold out, it should send a signal to the city’s planners that perhaps the market is getting saturated and there is no longer a shortage of places to live in the area.

To keep handing out building permits serves only to exacerbate the glut of empty residential units already on the market and pushes those market values down: too much supply and not enough demand. This is unfair to existing homeowners who may be trying to move out of the area and are forced to sell at a loss. It causes all kinds of problems.

Langford has grown by leaps and bounds since I moved here in 2005. One only has to look at the traffic congestion on our roads to realize the infrastructure has not kept pace with the housing development.

It’s time to put a lid on residential building permits and let the market readjust to a

balanced state. Nobody likes to lose value on their property.

Steve Jackson Langford

LETTERS Human trafficking prompts teen to write I am a minor, and am therefore the age that many youth have been trafficked in Canada into what some call prostitution.

Internationally, the entry age into prostitution is said to be between 12 and 14. It is undoubtably the case that many of these underage prostitutes are being controlled and exploited by pimps, bawdy house owners or even family members.

I have recently had the pleasure of getting to know Tara Teng, Miss World Canada.

Her goal is to bring the issue of human trafficking and prostitution in Canada out of the shadows. I, too, can no longer sit by and watch these realities continue.

As a teenage girl, I simply do not understand why the act of prostitution is legal in Canada and why the men who pay to sexually abuse women and children are

not being prosecuted.

Unfortunately, the root cause of prostitution is the demand for commercial sex with women and children. The purchase of sexual services ought to be heavily criminalized, not the selling of sexual services.

I do not believe that this “business” can ever be safe or beneficial for the prostitutes. I would like to see support given to prostitutes who are desperate to get out of this so-called profession. The abuse, rape and dehumanizing buying and selling of women in Canada are what I believe to be the worst possible actions one human being could do to another.

The question that enters my mind time and time again is, why are these outrageous acts of injustice not penalized? I cannot imagine what these women, children and few men endure on a daily basis. The excuse that we simply do not know what is happening in Canada

regarding prostitution and human trafficking is no longer valid.

I recently graduated from high school, yet I know the Canadian government has turned a blind eye towards prostitution.

In light of the statistics and my own eager desire to see change concerning the issues around human trafficking and prostitution, I would like to see the Nordic model of prostitution law, which criminalizes buying sex rather than selling it, placed in the Criminal Code of Canada.

Gussie Kooijman Sidney

Time to put a lid on development permits Growth and development are inevitable. They bring welcome tax dollars which help with infrastructure, new schools and a plethora of other services that are required of a growing community such as Langford.

However, when condo and

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A hard day’s work Saanich Fire Department firefighters cool off with a drink of water after completing one of their training exercises during a hot day at an abandoned house in the 3300-block of Quadra St. last week. The house is due to be torn down, so firefighters took advantage to practise home entry and emergency exit procedures, and fire containment, among other operations.

Charity finds last minute fundraising venue The Boys and Girls Club Services of Greater Victoria has secured a last-minute venue for its annual gala fundraiser, after the leisure boat it rented was damaged during repairs.

The Wild About Whales cruise was scheduled for May 4 aboard the Orca Spirit II with 100 guests, but the vessel was damaged as it underwent its annual repairs in a Vancouver drydock.

The organization will now hold its festivities at the Ward Room at CFB Esquimalt tomorrow (May 11), thanks to strings pulled by retired rear admiral Roger Girouard, honorary chair of the event organizing committee.

“We’re just trying to scramble and have a last push on ticket sales,” said Kate Mansell, communications director.

The Wild About Whales rubber whale race fundraiser is also scheduled for June 15 on the Gorge Waterway.

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The GVHA awarded a one-year contract to Wilson’s Transportation Ltd. on Monday. Under the contract, six B.C. Transit buses will be driven by Wilson’s drivers and make runs between Ogden Point and downtown Victoria. The roundtrip fare costs tourists $10.

But Canadian Auto Workers Local 333 president Ben Williams said B.C. Transit likely violated its collective agreement by leasing the buses for private service without using B.C. Transit employees.

“I cannot understand how an employer, with a contract that clearly stipulates it must consult with the union on any new work, would refuse to do exactly that,” Williams said.

In a statement, B.C. Transit spokeswoman Meribeth Burton said a reduction in summer hours means unused buses are able to be leased to generate further revenue.

“B.C. Transit has a provincial fleet of 1,000 buses. Six of those buses will be leased to the GVHA,” Burton said. “The revenue generated from leasing these idle buses will be invested back into transit services in the participating B.C. Transit communities.”

CAW local 333 plans to grieve the use of B.C. Transit buses, Williams said.

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The Victoria Highland Games are about more than just the caber or the keg toss. The games, celebrating their 150th anniversary this year in Victoria, are also seen as an event that honours arts, heritage and culture.

“It’s a celebration of Scottish and Celtic arts and culture, which is not just the sports side. It’s also the music and the dance,” said Jim Maxwell, president of the Victoria Highland Games Association. “All the traditions of Scotland were brought here with the first Scottish settlers in the fur trade coming in the 1850s.

“I think the catch of it all is all this pageantry and spectacle and music.”

Thousands of people are expected to flock to Topaz Park on May 18 and 19 to take in the sights and sounds of everything Celtic.

Maxwell promises this to be the biggest and best Highland Games yet, with national and international athletes competing in the heavy events, and a variety of performers – from dancers and singers to big bands – to keep the family entertained.

“It’s a very emotional experience taking it all in. The sound of the bagpipe played well is rather passionate, the dancers in their kilts are impressive,” Maxwell said. “And then of course we have the pipe bands, individuals who are drumming and piping. We have some of the best in the world coming. It’s quite a high-quality event.”

His Royal Highness, Prince Andrew of Wales, will act as chief of the Games, presiding over opening ceremonies both days, and the closing ceremony on the Sunday.

While the Highland Games happen over the Victoria Day long weekend, arts and culture events span the previous week, too.

Tomorrow (Saturday, May 11), the Tartan Parade will take place downtown. Pipe bands, highland dancers, athletes and Scottish organizations will walk down Government Street from Centennial Square to the B.C. legislature beginning at 11 a.m. The bands will then perform on the legislature lawn, and dancers will perform the highland fling.

On May 16, Canadian Celtic folk-rockers Spirit of the West perform at Sugar Nightclub (858 Yates St.). Opening for the group is the Greater Victoria Police Pipe Band. Tickets, $35, are available at Lyle’s Place (770 Yates St.) or at ticketweb. ca.

“You want a family-oriented weekend of pageantry and spectacle? Come to the Victoria Highland Games and you won’t be disappointed, because it’s not just a band playing on stage, it’s the colour, the atmosphere that makes it special,” Maxwell said. “Everybody can feel the excitement and the passion and the professionalism and the culture.

It’s quite an experience. I have people come up to me with tears in their eyes every year saying, ‘This is fantastic.’

That’s what we want everybody to see.”

Advance tickets to the 150th Victoria Highland Games are available to purchase ($12 for adults/$10 for students and seniors) at The Strath, Vision 2000 Travel Group and Loghouse Pub Liquor Store.

Visit victoriahighlandgames.com for ticket and event details. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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Love, attachment, learning . . . and a lot of noise

Pet “sanctuary” A menagerie of pets came and went in the years my daughters were young — but none was quite as memorable as the ■ SUSAN LUNDY pair of cockatiels FEATURE WRITER that swooped into our lives.

Their appearance was unexpected given the fact that in 10 years of marriage I had never heard the girls’ father utter a word about the concept of “pet birds.”

But one spring morning as the girls and their father chatted, I suddenly picked up on “enthusiasm,” “excitement” and small whooping noises. Derrick had given in to his love of birds and found a pair of cockatiels. Would the girls like new pets?

Duh. So they arrived. Nine weeks old.

Cute. Quiet. Beloved by children and man, grudgingly accepted by mom as “whatever.” (I had to work a bit with Sierra, however, finally correcting her enough times that she stopped telling people we had new cockroaches.)

Danica immediately sat down and read the thick cockatiel handbook from cover to cover. I skimmed through it, my horror mounting at the immensity of caring for birds.

The first night, we carefully covered the cage with a towel and said goodnight.

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informed me. “They can’t see in the dark.”

“Bah,” I said. “That’s stupid. What do they need to see when they’re sleeping?”

Danica set her jaw. “It says in the book that they need a night light.”

Sure enough in the middle of the night, I bolted upright in bed, heart hammering at the ruckus occurring in the cage: wings pounding the air, birds squawking hysterically. It appeared one had lost its footing, taken a dive to the bottom of the cage and, without a night light, could not get its orientation. So I got the birds a damn light.

Soon after the pair landed in our home, someone asked, “Aren’t cockatiels noisy?” and I said, “What, these delicate little feather puff balls?” Then they found their voices. Once in awhile they’d send out pretty little trills. But mostly, they screeched “raaack” and “reeeek.”

And then they began to adore me. The moment my foot landed on the floor from the bed in the morning, they screeched with joy. The sound of my car outside provoked an indoor cacophony of gleeful raaacks and reeeeks.

At the sight of humans they wanted out of their cage. They pitter-patted around the floor, pecked at candlesticks on the windowsill, marched on homework, perched atop of my head, preened my eyelashes and looked inside my ears.

They slowly became part of the family and it wasn’t unusual to read a book with

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Then, as we sang happy birthday to Sierra one June, we were stunned to hear the male (named Crash — but that’s another story) whistle the tune. I eyed him with more interest: this could be amusing.

I became bird talk teacher and soon he could say all the traditional phrases — hello birdie, pretty bird, good morning birdie — as well as whistle a couple of tunes. I was highly amused the day he finally sputtered, “Want some cockatiel stew?” Being the evil person I am, and because Derrick hated Christmas so much, I taught Crash a new line in time for the upcoming Joyous season. “Merry Christmas, Derrick!” became his favourite phrase — belted out every day year round.

And so the girls’ childhood was spotted with pets that came and went — cats, dogs, hamsters (let’s not forget Sierra’s pet boiled egg) — and with them all the emotions of love, attachment and hysteria at their parting (but not, I should add, a corresponding urgency to feed, walk or clean cages). And eventually to the backdrop of the reeeks and raacks came two new pets.

Part Two: Fang the hamster and R2D2, the pet vacuum cleaner

Making a Difference In Your Community Do you have an idea, comment, or news to share in our Family section?

We’re always on the lookout for story ideas about local youth contributing to our schools and neighbourhoods or parenting success stories.

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Saanich Family A beacon of hope for single parents continued from 15 If there was any stereotype consistent with the truth, it’s that the vast majority of single parents in the region are moms, about 80 per cent, estimates executive director Liz Bloomfield, and one in five of those moms are living below the poverty line.

Such is the growing demand for food and clothing, an area which 1Up provides some relief with bread and clothing rooms.

“It’s not therapy,” Achtem says. “We work from the inside out to let parents know what’s going on at the deeper level with their child and what the child is going through at the body level. We try to impart on parents that you are the best parent for your child.”

Often parents are reassured how well they’re already doing and are taught strategies which can be applied to their situation.

In terms of counselling, it’s I try to normalize the listening and hearing, giving stressed or parents’ situation and isolated and lonely validate what they’re going parents a chance to tell their tale, Dyck through, let them know says. it’s okay to feel the way “I try to normalize the parents’ situation they do.” and validate what they’re going through, let them know it’s okay to feel But the real benefit of 1Up the way they do.” comes from the counselling, 1Up is always in need of up to 10 free sessions with a donations, be it money, clothes certified counsellor, as well or household items for families as the life skills courses 1Up in need. Money and smaller provides. items can be dropped off at the All are targeted at helping centre at 602 Gorge Rd. parents view their situation Visit singleparentvictoria.ca from the inside out through for more information. ● education, support and sports@vicnews.com counselling.

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This Family’s Life

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In a house of six, plus a bull dog and a fish, Mena Westhaver’s life is busy. She and her high school sweetheart and husband of 20 plus years, Norm, have been having fun raising their four boys: Marty, 14, Andy, 12, Jack, 10, and Jake, 7.

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Finding time is not only a must, but an outstanding “to do” on my daily list.

I schedule things right on to my calendar to ensure they get done. Yoga, walks, runs, bike rides and even sit down chats at Starbucks make up part of my weekly routine. I know they would not happen if I didn’t consider them a contribution to my overall health and well-being.

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What do you read with your kids?

After the Hunger Games trilogy, I needed to turn to something a little softer. I am presently reading Gordon Neufeld’s Hold on to your Kids – appropriate I felt as I watch my kids grow past me in height and lightning speed in years.

As our four boys are at different stages, we have a variety of interests on our bookshelf from Sidney Crosby’s story, to Archie comics, to the standard must-read school novel to glorious rhyming books that still make us all giggle!

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A good old hockey game on the backyard sport court!

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It’s a tie. My morning drive to school gives us the opportunity to talk and share our daily ritual of expressing what we are grateful for. It’s always a moment to take what could be gong show stress to some very cool moments of appreciation. At the other end of the spectrum, bedtime routine includes the bedtime stories, both book reading and experiences from the day. And of course the hugs, kisses and cuddles that I, as a mom, live for. ●

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Ninu Forrest is in Mount Douglas secondary’s Challenge Program and is an active member of the Saanich Youth Council. She is also a member of the leadership team at Mount Doug and sits on student council as the minister of social events helping to organize the dances, spirit days, and a year-end barbeque for the school. Her future definitely includes politics. Ninu job shadowed federal Green Party leader and MP Elizabeth May and volunteered for her campaign. ●

Connor Pickles has been a Saanich News carrier for a year and a half.

He is a Grade 9 student at Mount Douglas secondary in the Challenge program.

Playing tenor saxophone and clarinet in the school musical orchestra keeps Connor busy. He is involved with scouting and will be travelling to the Canadian Scout Jamboree in Alberta, this summer as a youth volunteer. “What I like about my paper route is that it is my neighbourhood and it doesn’t take me too long.” ●

If you know someone who is making a difference in your community, please email your comments to editor@goldstreamgazette.com.

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John Seal, is in Grade 9 at St. Andrew’s Regional high school and has been on the honour roll since Grade 8. John’s passion is the preservation of our environment. He volunteers at the Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary and also is a member of the CRD Youth in Parks Team. His efforts with recycling in his home have reduced his family’s garbage by 75 per cent, from two bags every two weeks to just half a bag. John racewalks for his school’s track and field team each spring and enjoys gardening and reading. ●

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APPRECIATION Slow Zodiacs band members Sebastian Craig, left, Grey Oxley and Ross Haskett perform in a benefit concert at the Charlie White Theater in the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney tonight (May 10).

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Young bands play for a cause Devon MacKenzie News staff

A group of students and grads from North Saanich’s Parkland Secondary is organizing a benefit concert for cancer research.

Tonight (May 10) Parkland’s LEAF/MUSE social justice club presents six local bands at the Charlie White Theatre in Sidney, including three which feature members from the school.

“For us, we really wanted to do something to support local talent and youth as well as do something for an important cause,” said Bryanne Geary, a Grade 12 Parkland student and one of the event organizers.

With support from Parkland youth and family councillor Roger Young, the students were able to organize the six band event in the theatre at the Mary Winspear Centre with both the centre and Sidney North Saanich RCMP Const. Ravi Gunasinghe coming on board to help out with the cost and organization.

“Most of us have been playing “We’re really excited to be able to showcase some of the great in bands since middle school so talent we have locally as well we’re looking forward to getting as provide an all-ages oriented our music out there,” said Oxley.

After playing a couple of gigs event in Sidney,” said Young.

“We’re hoping that people will at The Cambie in Esquimalt, the benefit concert come out from Saaat the theatre will nich and Victoria “We’re really be the band’s first to hear what these bands have been excited to be able to larger show.

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Mother’s Day weekend Carnation Campaign – watch for volunteers outside stores, malls and shopping centres Friday and Saturday.

The efforts of the MS Society of Canada, and countless volunteers and donors, are working to involve younger people, said Ting Rattigan, MS Carnation Campaign co-ordinator, pointing to the success of today’s Streak for MS event in local high schools. Students purchase a red hair highlight – or streak – to show support for those living with the unpredictable disease that affects vision, hearing, memory, balance and mobility.

To build on the campaign they’ve added new events and ways to donate. This week volunteers started the a Carnation Crawl, visiting local pubs and restaurants to share MS information and fresh carnations by donation to patrons, while Mr. Lube will donate $2 from every oil change May 10 to 12 to the campaign to end MS. On May 25, Hillside Moka House hosts an all-ages music night featuring local singersongwriter River.

The “1 Day in May” is another addition encouraging people to donate what they make in one day – visit 1dayinmay.ca for more details.

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“We did this in an informal setting. We don’t want to scare our kids, but they need to be prepared in case it happens,” Carle said.

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It’s been 18 years and counting for community coach Lloyd Powell who is on the verge of something big with the Belmont Bulldogs.

The West Shore has had plenty of athletic successes in that time but not on the soccer pitch. Not like this.

The Bulldogs won the AAA Lower Island high school girls soccer league for the first time since 1998 and played the Lambrick Park Lions in the Ryan Cup final for the city championship at UVic on Thursday.

Results of the Ryan Cup final were past press time.

Sisters Kristen and Marisa Livingstone both scored to help propel the Bulldogs past the Stelly’s Stingers 5-3 in Tuesday’s semifinal at UVic. The elder sister, Kristen, also a member of the Victoria Highlanders, is front and centre on the Bulldogs team. But the soonto-be University of Alberta Pandas soccer player is surrounded by a lot of talent, Marisa included, the coach said.

“Kristen is exceptional and they’re both strong but we have lots of strong players,” Powell said. “It’s been a great season. We did well at the UVic tourney a few weeks back and could have done even better there. It’s a disciplined group of girls who play the way that we want them to play.”

The Bulldogs took a 3-1 lead

early in the game but sat back and let the Stingers tie it up. Marisa and Maddy Yesaki scored for the Bulldogs in extra time as the Bulldogs regained the form that got them up 3-1 in the first place.

Marisa also scored in regulation, as did Kristen and Kate Payter.

Alix Yee, Frankie Chatwin and Nina Laflamme scored for the Stingers.

Lions exact Ryan revenge The Lambrick Park Lions flipped the record over and sang a new song with a 2-1 win over the Oak

AAA Islands schedule ■ Monday, May 13 Hampton 9:30 a.m. Belmont vs. Cowichan 11:30 a.m. Oak Bay vs. Alberni 1 p.m. Dover Bay vs. Cowichan 3 p.m. Oak Bay vs. Reynolds Braefoot 9:30 a.m. Dover Bay vs.

Stelly’s 11:30 a.m. Carihi vs. Reynolds 1 p.m. Belmont vs. Stelly’s 3 p.m. Carihi vs. Alberni ■ Tuesday, May 14 Hampton 9:30 a.m. Carihi vs. Oak Bay 11 a.m. Belmont vs. Dover Bay Braefoot 9:30 a.m. Alberni vs. Reynolds 11 a.m. Stelly’s vs. Cowichan Championship final 2:30 p.m. at Hampton. Top two teams advance to AAA provincials.

Bay Breakers in Tuesday’s Ryan Cup semifinal.

It avenges Lambrick’s 3-0 loss to the Breakers in last year’s Ryan Cup final. Lambrick was the only AA team remaining in the Ryan Cup final four.

Emma Entzminger scored twice within the first 15 minutes of the second half to put Lambrick up 1-0.

But Oak Bay stormed back on a goal by Camille Van Tassel and nearly tied the game.

It was a finish coaches Lauren Goodmanson and Melissa Orton, a pair of former Lambrick players, weren’t happy with.

“Oak Bay took it to us and found another gear in the last 20 minutes, we were really fortunate we didn’t get punished,” Orton said.

“I told the girls after the game, be proud of the fact we were able to hold them off but you don’t want to be the type of team that holds teams off. It’s not an easy feeling.”

The Lions created several good chances in the first half but didn’t create as many opportunities in the second.

It’s been another sizzling season for the Lions, returning to the Ryan Cup final, the city’s crossover tournament with A, AA and AAA schools.

The Lions’ only loss so far was to the Glenlyon Norfolk Gryphons in the UVic tournament final.

On Monday the Lions enter the AA Islands at Shawnigan Lake School.

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From left, Lambrick Park’s Emma Entzminger and Oak Bay's Katie Hanson contest the ball in the air during the Ryan Cup semifinal at UVic. The Breakers, meanwhile, hope to bounce back from the Ryan Cup semifinal loss as the team enters the AA Island championships at UVic on Monday.

“We’re constantly improving throughout the season and if everyone commits to playing at their highest level, we could have a very strong Island tournament,”

Growing their game Travis Paterson News staff

Women’s rugby has grown exponentially around the world in recent years.

Now it’s catching up in Victoria, says David Crossley.

The enthusiastic dad helped create the high school girls seven-a-side rugby league in Victoria this season.

“There’s been girls rugby teams at high schools before but it was informal and now we’ve established an official league,” he said.

Crossley’s daughter Caroline is a Grade 9 player with Oak Bay and has been playing since Grade 5. She also plays in the Castaway Wanderers youth girls program, of which players are sprinkled amongst the eight schools participating in this year’s school league.

The season winds up on Monday (May 13) with a seven-a-side tournament at Oak Bay High.

The tourney runs from 2 to about 5:30 p.m. with national team player Barbara Mervin presenting the winners trophies.

A veteran of the Women’s Rugby World Cup, Mervin is still involved with national sevens program and is also a pioneering

entrepreneur in the budding industry that is women’s rugby.

Through her company, Aptoella, Mervin designs and produces rugby gear specific to women. She had the idea first, disappointed in the heavy, cotton jerseys and uncomfortable rugby shorts she and her fellow athletes wore on the field.

“Actually some of my products are sold to soccer and flag football players as well,” Mervin said.

She attended the Pacific Design Academy in 2009 specifically to learn how to manufacture a new brand of rugby shorts for women. But so far the big seller has been the Attack-her shoulder pads.

“I’ve sold about 200 of them so far, to places as far as the U.K., Sweden and New Zealand, but most sales are here in Canada,” she said.

Mervin’s products will be on sale at Monday’s high school sevens tournament.

On Saturday the Velox Valhallians, Mervin’s former team, host Burnaby Lake in the B.C. premier women’s championship final, noon at UVic’s Wallace Field.

The UVic Norsemen play in the Div. 1 final at 2 p.m. and James Bay host Burnaby Lake in the premier men’s final at 4. sports@vicnews.com

coach Brent Garraway said.

Three of Oak Bay’s leaders, Elise Butler, Jessie Collison and Katie Hanson, have been with the team for three years.

“I would love to see them accomplish something special in their final year,” the coach added. sports@vicnews.com

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IN BRIEF Soccer Saturday at Westhills Stadium

Gorge FC is fielding both of Victoria’s entries into Saturday’s B.C. Cup finals at Westills and Goudy fields in Langford.

Gorge kicks off the day in the Women’s Classics Provincial Cup versus the Coastal FC Supra, 10 a.m. at Goudy Field.

Gorge FC’s Div. 1 team will face the BGSCCFC Selects in the Leeta Sokalski Women’s B Cup final, 3:30 p.m. at West Hills Stadium.

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National team member Freddy Rajotte, left, models rugby shorts and a jersey designed by Barbara Mervin, who holds the Attack-her shoulder pads.

Special Olympics Victoria urgently needs a head coach for its teen basketball program, which runs Sundays at 2 p.m. from May 26 to June 23 at the Boys and Girls Club, 1240 Yates St. Email Hazel Woodcock at specialo.hwoodcock@gmail.com if interested.

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From diving off the 10-metre tower to lifting 61 kilograms in the clean and jerk, Shaye Tudor is proving to be a quick study.

Tudor, a Grade 8 student at Royal Oak middle school, finished second at the B.C. high school provincial championships in Olympic style weightlifting. The event was held in Surrey on May 4.

Only Grade 12 student Simrin Sandhu of Lord Tweedsmuir secondary in Surrey was better in the 63-kilogram weight class.

Not a bad start for Tudor, who turned 14 last week, and only got serious about weightlifting in February.

“Tudor is not afraid. She is great at going after it and is not worried about only being (in Grade 8), but then she (also) jumps off a 10 metre tower, so I guess that speaks for itself,” said Jeane Lassen, Tudor’s weightlifting coach.

Lassen, a Whitehorse native, competed for Boaz Joseph/Black Press Canada at the 2008 Olympics and was in London Shaye Tudor of Royal Oak middle school in 2012 but was injured. Instead she assisted the celebrates a successful lift while competing coaching staff and helped teammate Christine at the B.C. High School Weightlifting Girard win bronze.

Championships at Universal Fitness Centre Lassen has been at PISE for a year, coaching in Surrey on May 4. various teens in the Canadian Sports School probecause it’s a sport in itself. There’s a huge transgram. fer to diving and wrestling,” Lassen said.

Tudor is one of those teens. She came into It’s a lot to take on for a kid, but Tudor is cut weightlifting as a cross training regimen for divfrom a special cloth. On top of 15 ing, her specialty. The Boardworks hours per week of training with Diving club team member is a daily “They get faster, Boardworks she’s also in the gym resident at Saanich Commonwealth stronger and jump from 6 to 7:30 a.m. each morning Place and has competed in the higher, and they don’t and is with Lassen at PISE for sesjunior national diving championTuesdays and Thursdays. ships. feel like they’re doing sions Oh, and she maintains straight Tudor is still heavily committed work because it’s a As in school. to diving, but is one of three local “Tudor really has the right attiathletes who’ve found an added sport in itself.” tude and work ethic,” Lassen said. niche with weightlifting. Fellow – Jeane Lassen Tudor also competed at the B.C. Royal Oak Grade 8 student Isaiah Junior Weightlifting provincials in Brasset is also a Boardworks diver Courtenay earlier this year, where she also finand competed at the provincial weightlifting ished second behind Sandhu. championships, finishing third in the 56-kg boys This comes after Tudor missed a big chunk of category behind winner Nolan Mitchell, a Grade last year recovering from a burst appendix.

10 student at Claremont secondary.

“Through strength and conditioning these kids It’s a double for Mitchell, the two-time reignhave found a sport they like but they shouldn’t ing B.C. wrestling champion for his weight class. quit the other sport,” Lassen said.

Mitchell also too came to the Canadian Sports “Tudor has a shot at winning the weightlifting School at PISE for cross training. provincials next year but you never know who’s “All three are doing this so they can become going to show up in your weight class. You can better all-around athletes and it happens to be a only focus on what you can control.” sport as well. They get faster, stronger and jump sports@vicnews.com higher, and they don’t feel like they’re doing work

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ARE you looking for something to supplement your current income!!This could be perfect for YOU!!NO selling, NO distributing, NO inventory, and best of all, NO RISK!!!contact michaelcheng411211@gmail.com for details.

FOOD COUNTER Attendant full time/shift work, nights, over night, early mornings and weekends. $10.25/hr + benefits. Apply by email to: th102057@telus.net or fax 250-477-9344.

LM Jones Holdings Inc. Operating as Tim Horton’s, 3749 Shelbourne St., Saanich.

GAYA COSMETIC Industries Inc o/a Forever Flawless- is now hiring Sales Clerks for Mayfair Shopping Centre, Victoria, BC. Must speak English and have the ability to sell.

Permanent F/T. Shifts, Weekends. Wage-$ 13./hr. E-mail: gayacosmetic@gmail.com

RETOUCH, RESTORE, Edit Photos.

Portraiture, Baby +Family, Maternity. Home Movies to DVD. 250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest firewood producer offers firewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

NOW HIRING

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FOOD COUNTER Attendant full time/shift work, nights, over night, early mornings and weekends. $10.25/hr + benefits. Apply at store or fax 250477-9344. JEM Restaurants Ltd. doing business as Tim Horton’s, 3990 Shelbourne St., Saanich, V8N 3E2.

Experienced Sales Associates

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING EVENTS ENERGY EXPO HOLISTIC HEALTH & METAPHYSICS Workshops, Psychic Readings & MORE! May 11 &12, 12 - 5 140 Oswego St. WWW.REDGATE HEALINGSTUDIO.COM UKRAINIAN FOOD & PLANT SALE

Sat, May 11, 12-2pm Homemade fresh frozen perogies, cabbage rolls, borscht & fresh Ukrainian kobassa rings.

St. Nicholas Ukrainian Hall 1110 Caledonia Ave, Victoria.

250-384-2255.

INFORMATION DID YOU KNOW? BBB Accredited Businesses contractually agree to operate by the BBB’s 8 Standards of Trust.

Look for the 2013 BBB Accredited Business Directory Eedition on your Black Press Community Newspaper website at www.blackpress.ca.

You can also go to http://vi.bbb.org/directory/ and click on the 2013 BBB Accredited Business Directory

LEGALS WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN ACT Notice is hereby given that Kustom Towing, (2009) Ltd, 3297 Douglas St, Victoria, BC, V8Z 3K9 will be selling: 2005 VOLVO

Owner Abundant Enterprises YV1SZ592351190436 Will be sold on May 24, 2013. At 647B Dupplin Rd, Victoria, BC between 10am-2pm.

LOST AND FOUND FOUND: KEY on Dallas Rd, near the water, May. 7th. Call to identify at 250-381-3096.

FOUND PURSE, perhaps young girl’s, at bus stop, Talista Park, Sidney. 250-516-4332

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES MAKE A FORTUNE with $3000, we know how. Free info pack. Call (250)590-9634.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES CLINICAL COUNSELLOR N.I. Survivors’ Healing Society - trauma & abuse counselling 14 hr/wk contract with expansion & renewal pot., short list contacted, open contact@nishs.ca CAREER SERVICES/ JOB SEARCH

STAND OUT with a professionally designed and edited resume. Rates from $30. 250812-8646.

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HAIRSTYLIST WANTED full time/part time for First Choice Hair Cutters in their Victoria location. Guaranteed $11/hour, 25% profit sharing, paid overtime, benefits, paid birthday, vacation pay, annual advanced training and advancement opportunities. Call 250360-1923 today for an interview.

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Van Kam’s Group of Companies require Owner Ops. to be based at our Sidney terminal for runs throughout Van. Island.

We offer above average rates and an excellent employee beneďŹ ts package.

To join our team of Professional drivers, email a resume, current driver’s abstract & details of truck to: careers@vankam.com or call John @ 250-514-2432 or Fax: 604-587-9889 Van-Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility We thank you for your interest, however only those of interest to us will be contacted.

ISM Canada, an IBM Company, are seeking Client Support Technicians; $28.45 Hourly (Unionized); Three Regular Full Time and one Auxiliary in Prince Rupert, Campbell River, and Trail . To apply, visit www.ismcanada.com. Closes, May 23, 2013.

$2500 SIGNING BONUS

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. NO Simulators. In-the-seat training. Real world tasks.

Weekly start dates. Job board!

Funding options.

SignUp Online! iheschool.com 1-866-399-3853

HELP WANTED An Alberta Oilfield Construction Company is hiring dozer, excavator, and labourer/rock truck operators. Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing required.

Call Contour Construction (780)723-5051.

FISHING GUIDE Wanted for West Coast, Vancouver Island. $300.-$500./day. 3 years guiding experience required.

Please email resume through website: www.salmoneye.net THE LEMARE GROUP is accepting resumes for the following positions: • Coastal Certified Hand Fallers-camp positions • Coastal Certified Bull Buckers • Chasers • Hooktenders • Hand Buckers • Grader Operator • Heavy Duty Mechanics Fulltime camp with union rates/benefits. Please send resumes by fax to 250-956-4888 or email to office@lemare.ca.

wanted to join our Retail Team at Sidney Airport.

Paid Parking and Benefits for Full Time Staff

Submit your resume to careers@ lstrna.com

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DARK GREEN leather recliner, excellent condition, $99.

Call (250)656-9272.

LAZY-BOY CHAIR, off white in colour. Excellent condition, $99. Call (250)472-0992.

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

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Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com

Need CA$H Today?

TRADES, TECHNICAL GRAPPLE YARDER Operator & Hooktender team, required immediately!

Experienced!

Must have a valid driver’s licence, First Aid and be team oriented. Central Vancouver Island. Fax resume to 250871-0208.

CHINTZ & Co. end table, gold and mirror, as new $99. Call (250)857-9732.

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ISLAND VEGETABLE Co-operative Association in Victoria BC is searching for a new General Manager. Candidates must have produce industry experience; including sales, marketing and purchasing, with good organizational skills and prior management experience. For more information and full job description visit www.ivca.ca Send CV to ian@daffodil.com

12 DRAWER cherry wood dresser, like new, $70 obo.

Call (778)433-2192.

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Cordova Bay United Church 813 Claremont Avenue – Saturday, May 25th 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Home baking, records, books, clothing, linens, crafts, household items, plants and toys.

Come and enjoy home baked pie, shortcake, hot dogs, silent auction and much more.

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MEADOW PRO Respiratory care unit with Concentrator & Patient instructions. $1500.

(250)478-3769.

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COOK/HILLSIDE, Basil Ave., (off Blackwood), Sat, May. 11, 9am-12noon. Block Garage Sale. Furniture, camping gear, bikes, misc and much more.

HILLSIDE/QUADRA, 2816 Graham St., Sat, May. 11, 10am-1pm. Estate/Garage Sale SIDNEY, 10162 Resthaven Dr., Sat, May. 11, 9am-3pm.

Two Family Garage sale.

SIDNEY, 104-9655 First St., Sat, May. 11, 9am-1pm. Misc, household, sporting & more.

GARAGE SALES SAANICHTON- ST. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church, 1927 Cultra Ave., Sat, May. 11th, 9:30am-Noon.

THRIFT SHOP. Home baking, books, garden shop. Coffee, muffins, iced tea and hot dogs.

Free admission and excellent Parking!

SIDNEY- 2075 Westbrook, Sat, May 11, 9-4. Estate Sale!

Neilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OMG private tool collection, the ususal kind, lathe+ lots of machinist stuff. The other garage jammed pack with guy treasures. The usual household items, books, Judyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jewelery, lots of ladies stuff too!

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

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. $1325 + utils. Avail June.

1st. Call Geoff 250-508-3937.

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.

TRANSPORTATION

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

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.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE 2 MICHELIN Tires, (Ice and Snow), 205/55R16, like new, 1 year old, $200 for the pair. Call (250)360-0892.

QUADRA, 11TH flr view, 1 bdrm, D/W, new lam flooring, N/P, N/S, $985. 250-361-9540

COLLEGE HEIGHTS. Beautiful Ocean & City views.

4bdrms + 2bdrm suite. Easy to buy. 0% down. (250)753-0160 for more info.

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.

CONSTRUCTION TOOLSHilti Makita, Ridgid, Bostitch and more. Call (250)479-3950.

DIGITAL CANNON camera, used once. Evolution Walker, used 1 month never put outside, fold up basket. Steno chair. Call (250)380-4092.

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

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

OPEN HOUSE

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.

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

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

TOOLS FULL SET of drywall tools+ extras, texture machine, open to offers. (250)478-8921.

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.

FOR SALE by Owner Townhouse $389,500.

MLS #320099. 20-1950 Cultra Ave, Saanichton. For viewing call 250-818-7038 or 250-5440718 for more information.

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

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

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

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

RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO RAAMCO International Properties VICTORIA, B.C. “A sign of distinction”

WATER VIEW FROM EVERY WINDOW; Must see 2 year old Westhills home in pristine condition. 2261 sq’ 4 bdrm, 4 baths incl. custom master ensuite with 6’ whirlpool tub. Legal 1 bdrm. suite with sep. entrance incl. W/D; Many extras. everything still under warranty.

OPEN HOUSE Friday. Sat & Sunday 12.30 - 4pm for more info.call 778-433-1767 or go to propertyguys.com ID#192352------ 3042 Waterview Close

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 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

OPEN HOUSE: 1246 Hastings St., Sun, May. 12, 2-4pm. Hot new listing in Strawberry Vale.

Give mom the gift of a “no step entry”, 3 bdrm Rancher, main floor family room, double car garage, 1500 sq ft. Priced to sell $519,900. Laura McCollom, RE/MAX. 250-588-8448.

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!

Cubbon Apartments For Seniors - 55+ 1035 North Park Street Bachelor - $575 and up One Bedroom - $800 & up Two Bedroom - $950 & up.

Close to sunny downtown Victoria and designated for seniors 55 years or older Amenities include a coffee lounge, games room, exercise room, and library and garden plots available for your green thumb. Pets welcome w/some restrictions.

Please call Dick or Diane at 250-383-1162 or email cub@raamco.ca to view our available suites.

Wetherby Apartments For Seniors - 55+ 3205 Wetherby Road Seniors only please - 55+.

Bachelor - $725 1 bdrm - $915 2 bdrm - $1100 This seniors only building has on site laundry, outdoor and covered parking, Shopping at Hillside Mall is just steps away. Pets welcome with some restrictions.

Please call Bonny at 250-598-1650 weth@raamco.ca to view our available suites.

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

SAANICH, STUDIO Apt, laundry, cable, heat, hydro, $625.

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

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

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SIDNEY- 3 bdrm sxs duplex, 1 bath, no steps. NS/NP. $1375+ utils. Lease. Avail June 1. Call (250)656-4003.

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

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

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.

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UTILITY TRAILERS

PRIVATE PARKING 430 Government St, Victoria. $140/mo.

Call (250)383-7938.

HOMES FOR RENT LANGFORD. 3-BDRM + den.

2 bath, double car garage, huge deck, quiet street, 5 mins to all amens. N/S. $1900 mo + utils. (Immed). 250-686-4445.

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.

COLWOOD- BRIGHT, quiet 2 bdrm, $1000 incls utils, D/W, shared lndry, A/C, int hookup, N/S, N/P. Ref’s. 250-391-7915.

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

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

MARIGOLD AREA- 1 bdrm, shared lndry, quiet. NS/NP. $850, May 1. 250-727-6217.

SAANICHTON: LRG reno’d, 1or2 bdrm, 5 appls, N/S, pet? $1300 utils incl. 250-652-5003 SIDNEY: 2 bdrm, lrg backyard, gardens. 12x12 insulated shed. N/S. $1100+ utils. Avail.

June 15th. Call 250-888-5972.

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7’x12’ Deck Utility Trailer.

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

MARINE

For ALL unwanted vehicles.

Free Towing

$$$ 250-885-1427 $$$

CARS 2001 HONDA Accord (pewter grey), 4 door, 4 cylinder, auto, low kms (137,000), CD player, power options, tinted windows, alarm, lady driven, in excellent condition in and out. Asking $5600 obo. (250)592-1268.

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded.

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

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

$50 to $1000

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SIDNEY: BRIGHT 1Bdrm grnd level, private entry, $700 incls utils. No laundry. Avail now. NS/NP. 250-655-1917 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.

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COLLEGE HEIGHTS. 5bdrm +1bdrm suite.

Gorgeous Ocean & City views. Easy to buy. 0% Down! Call (250)7530160 for more info.

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

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

DYNAMITE HOUSECLEANER, experienced, positive, honest. Ref. (778)677-0789.

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

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

Kendra, 250-415-7991.

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

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

HOUSEKEEPER EXPERIENCED, reliable. References.

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

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

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

DRAFTING & DESIGN

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

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

TAX

250-477-4601

CARPET INSTALLATION

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CARPET, LINO installation restretches & repairs. 30 years exp. Glen, 250-474-1024.

GRAPHIC DESIGN. Business cards, logos, ads, posters. Reasonable rates. 250-812-8646.

HOME RENOVATION Design for Permit Call Steven- 250. 381.4123.

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm.

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

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

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

References available.

250-475-1462.

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Aerating, pwr raking, pruning.

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

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

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

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

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

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

ELITE GARDEN MAINTENANCE

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

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.

PRESSURE WASHING

Clean ups, Lawn and Garden Care, Landscaping Projects, Horticultural.

778-678-2524 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

(250) 858-0588 - Tree Service - Landscaping - Lawn & Garden Clean ups - Hedge trimming & Pruning - Pressure washing - Gutters Free estimates * WCB www.mowtime.ca ACTION YARD CARE. 15 + years exp. Honest & reliable.

Quality work. 250-744-6918.

AURICLE BSC 250-882-3129 Spring clean up Lawn aeration & fertilize-soil-hedges & more.

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

250-217-1233

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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.

SPRING CLEANups, complete maintenance.

Residential & Commercial. 250-474-4373.

SPRING CLEANUP special: $20/hr. Weeding, Pruning, etc: Free est’s. Steve 250-727-0481

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Tree, Hedge & Shrub Pruning Lawn Care.

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OPENHOUSES Published Every Thursday

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Find more details on the Open Houses below in the May 9 - May 15 edition of Real Estate Victoria

203-1110 Oscar, $349,900 Saturday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Susan Carley, 250-477-7291

5 Gorge Rd E, $400,000

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Ross Shortreed, 250-858-3585

404-935 Fairfield Rd, $264,900 pg. 6

pg. 5

pg. 7

859 Maddison, $629,900 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jenn Raappana, 250-590-3921

pg. 12

pg. 5

pg. 1

pg. 10

pg. 10

74 Bay, $484,800

pg. 11

pg. 9

pg. 8

pg. 10

pg. 10

pg. 28

pg. 2

68-14 Erskine, $409,900 Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588

pg. 2

35-1498 Admirals Rd, $169,000 Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Eileen Jespersen, 250-686-4820

pg. 13

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty May Hamilton, 250-477-5353

pg. 17

Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Rick Allen, 250-385-2033

pg. 10

315 Masters, $788,888

Sunday 1-4 Re/Max Camosun Brent Munro, 250-744-3301

pg. 10

pg. 6

pg. 15

pg. 14

pg. 20

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

204-837 Selkirk Ave, $279,900 Thursday 4-6 & Saturday 2-4 Address Realty Ltd. Rob Angus, 250-391-1893

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Rick Kallstrom, 250-477-7291

Saturday 2-4 Boorman’s Rod Hay, 250-595-1535

pg. 13

915 McNaughton Ave, $453,900 pg. 10

Sunday 1-2 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Shelna Atkinson, 250-384-8124 Saturday 12-2 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jeff Bishop, 250-477-7291

pg. 7

pg. 13

pg. 5

pg. 14

pg. 6

pg. 14

1533 Granada Cres, $539,900 Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Rick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

pg. 13

Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Jim Fields, 250-857-5467

21-909 Carolwood Dr, $499,900 Saturday 11-1 Re/Max Camosun Jason Binab, 250-744-3301

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

pg. 18

Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736 pg. 1

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

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

pg. 9

pg. 26

pg. 14

pg. 14

205-1571 Mortimer, $209,000 Sunday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Rosemarie Colterman 250 592-4422

pg. 9

3963 Juan De Fuca Terr.

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

8410 Alec Rd, $789,000 Saturday 2-4 JONESco Real Estate Ian Heath, 250-655-7653

2E-9851 Second St

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Gay Helmsing 250 655-0608

pg. 7

102-2360 James White, $234,000 Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Mara, 250-384-8124

pg. 6

9173 Basswood, $999,000 Saturday 12:30-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

pg. 19

Sunday 12-2 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Jim Fields, 250-857-5467

6770 Jedora, $499,500 pg. 26

122-3969 Shelbourne, $204,500 Saturday 12-1 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448

pg. 19

206-10160 Third St, $159,900 pg. 26

12-3255 Rutledge, $291,000 Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Hiro Nakatani, 250-661-4476

pg. 18

766 Harding, $555,900

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Adrien Bachand, 250-384-8124 pg. 1

pg. 5

1097 Damelart, $429,000

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

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast James Gardiner (250) 507-4333

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Ed G Sing, 250-744-3301

44-2070 Amelia Ave, $269,900 Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Frances Wade, 250-656-0131

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

pg. 18

11061 Salal Pl., $729,000

pg. 14

pg. 15

4067 Cavallin Crt, $619,900

303-625 Admirals Rd, $179,900 Thursday 3-5 Address Realty Ltd. Rob Angus, 250-391-1893

pg. 7

110-1505 Church St, $209,000

Sunday 2-4 Boorman’s Rod Hay, 250-595-1535

11 Phillion, $569,900 Sunday 12:30-2 RE/MAX Camosun April Prinz, 250-744-3301

pg. 15

1578/1580 Jasper Pl, $798,000

20 Phillion, $679,900 pg. 7

pg. 15

Friday 4-6 Boorman’s Rod Hay, 250-595-1535

pg. 15

1016 Clarke Rd, $575,000

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

pg. 25

493 Dunmora Crt, $1,350,000 Saturday 2-4 JONESco Real Estate Inc. Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

832 Royal Wood Pl, $619,900

10-709 Luscombe, $629,000 pg. 7

pg. 14

Tuesday-Sunday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital James Liu 250 477-5353

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Mara, 250-384-8124

pg. 14

Saturday - Sunday 1-4 Sotheby’s International James Leblanc, 250-812-7212

Sunday 1-4 RE/MAX Camosun Ed G Sing, 250-744-3301

982 Mckenzie, $299,900

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Cassie Kangas, 250-477-7291

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

4020 Dawnview Cres, $599,900

1279 Tattersall, $685,000 pg. 13

pg. 3

1590 Ash Rd, $1,099,000 pg. 17

Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Diana Winger, 250-999-3683

Saturday 11:30-1:00 Re/Max Camosun Peter Gray, 250-744-3301

4-854 Caroline, $589,900 pg. 7

pg. 14

1-3211 Shelley, $374,900 pg. 13

pg. 8

519 Leaside Pl, $444,900

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

4009 Cedar Hill Rd, $529,900

3315 Cook St, $389,800

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Doug Poruchny, 250-474-4800

pg. 17

114-1110 Willow St.

3478 Calumet, $449,000

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

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Realty Rick Humphries 250 592-4422

79 Obed, $419,000

407-1009 McKenzie, $199,000

5-4631 Lochside, $464,900

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Tricia Basi, 250-384-8124

102-640 Montreal St.

Saturday & Sunday 12-2 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Lynnell Davidge, 250-477-7291

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Robin Lewis, 250-477-7291

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Charlotte Ann Sekul, 250-592-4422

2606 Midnight Pl, $648,500

107-250 Douglas, $231,900 Saturday & Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Lynnell Davidge, 250-477-7291

pg. 25

4020 Rainbow Hill, $739,000

965 Woodhall Dr, $519,000

Saturday 11:30-1:30 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Justen Lalonde, 250-418-0613

pg. 10

Saturday 2-4 Address Realty Ltd. Shaughna Boggs-Wright, 250-391-1893 Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

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

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Roland Stillings, 250-744-3301

2311 Chilco Rd, $599,900

105-1220 Fort

104-2608 Prior St, $285,000

Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Dave Hillmer, 250-385-2033

pg. 6

46 DeGoutiere Pl, $565,000 pg. 6

402-103 Gorge Rd E, $399,900

654 Langford, $369,000

Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Corie Meyer, 250-818-3216

pg. 17

306-75 Songhees, $698,000

302-1026 Johnson, $299,900

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

pg. 11

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Plank, 250-360-6106

Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Melanie Erickson, 250-385-2033

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

2166 Ferndale Rd, $850,000

304-330 Waterfront Cres, $399,500

Saturday 1-3 Fair Realty Ltd Sean Thomas 250 896-5478

3866 Grange, $645,000

4029 Elise, $554,500 pg. 6

321-4490 Chatterton Way, $479,900

pg. 5

3066 Carroll St, $409,900

1501-620 Toronto St

Sunday 2:30-4 RE/MAX Camosun Kevin Koetke, 250-478-9600

pg. 13

Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Saira Waters, 250-592-4422

203-2920 Cook, $356,400

Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588

Saturday 11-1 Macdonald Realty Ltd Eleanor V Smith, 250-818-6662

4011 Birring, $899,500

206-2587 Beach Dr, $249,000

102-1220 Fort

402-828 Rupert, $399,000

Sunday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Sandra Kamper, 250-514-1224

pg. 17

1-1871 Fern, $465,000

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Fowles, 250 477-7291

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Ron Bahrey, 250-477-7291

4030/4040 Borden St pg. 15

2-909 Carolwood, $499,900

pg. 11

209-2529 Wark St, $205,000

1790 Haultain, $459,900

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Alli Munro, 250-477-5353

pg. 12

402-2340 Oak Bay, $299,900 Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Jason Leslie, 250-478-9600

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Dennis Guevin, 250-477-7291

304-1618 North Dairy, $329,900

133-2345 Cedar Hill X, $479,000 Sunday 2-4 Coldwell Banker Slegg Realty Charles Murray, 250-812-8983

pg. 13

pg. 12

901-250 Douglas

302-1000 McClure, $199,000

Saturday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Realty Rick Humphries 250 592-4422

pg. 6

523 Michigan, $699,000

6-330 Waterfront, $650,000

Sunday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Rosemarie Colterman 250 592-4422

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Mette Pedersen, 250-744-3301

Saturday 1-3 Coldwell Banker Slegg Realty Charles Murray, 250-812-8983

5-216 Russell, $469,900

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

pg. 13

3435 Lovat, $449,000

2043 Milton St., $549,900 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291

251 Government, $619,000

Saturday 11:30-1 Re/Max Camosun Lorraine Stundon 250 812-0642

733A Humboldt (200 Douglas)

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

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

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Fran Jeffs, 250-744-3301

207-1101 Hilda St, $287,000

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

pg. 11

408-3170 Irma St, $174,900

3155 Glasgow St., $485,000

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

1857 Fairburn Dr, $539,000

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Susan Carley, 250-477-7291

2124 Granite St, $675,000

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Elizabeth Aberdeen, 250-744-3301

354 Berwick, $635,000

306-1217 Pandora Ave, $284,900

Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Doug Poruchny, 250-474-4800

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Cathy Travis, 250-384-8124

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Niels Baartman, 250-384-8124

304-320 Menzies St, $298,000

Saturday 2-4 JonesCo. Real Estate Roger Jones, 250-361-9838

pg. 11

1-1110 Pembroke St, $349,900

Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Justen Lalonde, 250-418-0613

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Macdonald Realty Sharon Williams, 604-723-2658

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Allen Tepper, 250-686-6325

2-1590 Christmas, $459,900

1741 Patly, $1,197,000

403-300 Waterfront Cres, $569,900

Sunday 1-2 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Bill Knowles, 250-656-0131

pg. 17

376 Kinver St., $409,900

Saturday 11-1 Fair Realty Diana Winger, 250-999-3683

101-400 Dupplin Rd, $254,900

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Camela Slack, 250-661-4088 Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty David Harvey, 250-385-2033

207-2520 Wark St, $204,900

3054 Albina, $449,900 Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Komal Dodd 250 479-3333

9706 Fifth St, $599,900 pg. 15

3972 South Valley, $688,000 Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Angele Munro, 250-384-8124

pg. 15

pg. 9

pg. 18

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Ed G Sing, 250-744-3301

pg. 19

7044 Tamarin, $520,000 pg. 26

4153 Hawkes, $499,500 Saturday 2:30-4 One Percent Realty Guy Effler, 250-812-4910

Saturday 12:30-2:30 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Susan Pipes, 250-656-0131

2380 Alta Vista Pl, $699,000

535 Carnation, $328,888 Saturday 2-4 & Sunday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Ltd Eleanor V Smith, 250-818-6662

pg. 18

2333 Gullhaven Rd.

2867 Murray Dr, $599,888

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Don Beckner, 250-477-5353

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

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

pg. 19

9694 Seventh, $570,000 pg. 26

Saturday 12:30-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

pg. 19

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6362 Bella Vista, $699,900 Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd Paul Arnold 250 477-7291

2167 Blue Grouse Plat, $775,000 Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Komal Dodd 250 479-3333

pg. 19

2329 Oakville, $575,000

Lot 1 York Ridge Pl, $325,000

Saturday 12:30-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

pg. 19

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

pg. 20

pg. 21

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

pg. 20

pg. 18

1227 Clearwater Pl, $499,900

1851 Barrett Dr., $599,000 Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Dave Lynn, 250-592-4422

pg. 8

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

pg. 6

Saturday 2:30-4:30 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jeff Bishop, 250-477-7291

1121 Bearspaw, $870,000 Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091

pg. 10

917 Bullen Court, $424,900

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

3313 Susan Marie, $424,000

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Dale Sheppard, 250-478-9600

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Ginny Barlow, 250-474-6003

pg. 27

3582 Pechanga, $449,000

794 Drummond, $454,900 pg. 20

Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Pat Meadows, 250-592-4422

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Diane Wilkinson 250 477-7291

pg. 21

pg. 20

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. May Liu, 250-888-6186

pg. 5

Saturday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Elke Pettipas, 250-479-3333

205-866 Goldstream, $304,900 Sunday 12-2 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Plank, 250-360-6106

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

pg. 8

525 Saltspring View, $589,000 Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Gary Bazuik, 250-477-5353

pg. 20

pg. 8

5657 Sooke Rd., $924,900

642 Hope Rd, $519,900

208-201 Nursery Hill Dr, $279,000 pg. 20

294 Hatley Lane, $829,800

311A Milburn Dr., $529,900

9-639 Kildew Rd., $339,900 Saturday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Jane Logan, 250-920-6868

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the May 9 - May 15 edition of

867 McCallum Rd, $469,000

2727 Scafe, $409,900

22-7401 Central Saanich Rd, $134,900 Saturday 1-2:30 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Judy Jackson, 250-656-0131

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pg. 20

Saturday 2:30-4 RE/MAX Camosun Kevin Koetke, 250-478-9600

pg. 28

6579 Worthington Way, $429,900 Saturday 12-2 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Michael Dick, 250-642-6056

pg. 21

500 Corfield, $332,000 Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Re/Max of Nanaimo John Cooper, 1-866-956-6228

pg. 16

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The campaign is also a great way to introduce the Island’s many newcomers to the natural beauty and vibrant communities awaiting across the strait.

“There are so many new folks in the region that we’re just trying to raise awareness.”

Port Angeles is the gateway to the Olympic Peninsula, a paradise of diverse ecosystems and picturesque small towns just 90 minutes from downtown Victoria. With three daily sailings from Victoria starting May 16, and four from June 20 to Sept. 8, Black Ball’s MV Coho drops passengers right in the heart of

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downtown Port Angeles, making it ideal for walk-on passengers looking for a daytrip or weekend getaway.

Towns like Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Sequim, Neah Bay and Forks are terrific jumping-off points for a host of activities, including fishing, kayaking and hiking.

In Olympic National Park, a World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve encompassing nearly one million acres, visitors can experience the Olympic Mountains, rainforests and a pristine wilderness of glacier-carved lakes, waterfalls, more than 600 miles of hiking trails and dozens of campgrounds. Park highlights include Hurricane Ridge, the Hoh Rain Forest and 73 miles of unspoiled coastline.

Stop by the Visitor Center in Port Angeles for details about enjoying the park safely.

In addition to Olympic National Park, Olympic National Forest adds more than a half-million acres of park land, 200 miles of trails and 17 campgrounds mpic encircling the Olympic National • The Oly llam and ’s Cla d Park on the mid elevations.

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“We have a little bit of everything.

It’s all about the things you can do and the things you can experience,” says Mary Brelsford, Communications Manager, Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau, pointing to unique activities like the historic underground tours in Port Angeles.

“There’s a lot of history here.”

To help Vancouver Islanders “Get Off the Rock,” a variety of spring and summer packages have been created with Red Lion Hotels and others to showcase the Olympic Peninsula’s numerous attractions.

Discover special events like May’s Juan de Fuca Festival, plus activities such as beer tasting, the Underground Heritage Tour, arts & crafts attractions, and the region’s numerous outdoor amenities, such as Lake Crescent, Mareymere Falls and Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. Additional drive-on getaways have been planned for those heading on to Portland, Seattle and SeaTac Airport.

For more information about all that awaits on the Olympic Peninsula, visit www.getofftherock.ca, where you’ll also find a link to current contests and special promotions.

Watch your Black Press newspapers in the coming weeks for additional contests and visitor opportunities.

With so much waiting just across the water, there’s never been a better time to Get Off the Rock!

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