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Glen Brown shows some highly mineralized water that came out of a tap from a town in the Cariboo seeking funding for a water filtration system.

Brown, a Saanich resident who works in the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, has earned a provincial award for his work helping small communities manage and improve their drinking water systems.

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UVic profs seek to unionize The University of Victoria association that represents professors says its relationship with the university has deteriorated to such a point that its members want legal protection, in the form of a union.

Jason Price, vice-president of the UVic Faculty Association, says recent “contentious” contract negotiations have highlighted just how one-sided governance discussions have become.

Last month the UVic FA executive council voted unanimously to pursue unionization.

It will be brought to the association’s membership for a vote in the fall, Price said.

At issue is the argument that being an association, as opposed to a union, doesn’t give the UVic FA full negotiating rights.

“Right now essentially the only thing we can grieve is salary issues – that isn’t what’s driving this,” Price said. “What disappoints us is the working conditions issue, things related to appointment, tenure, longterm disability.”

The university was unable to comment by deadline, as it did not know about the potential unionization until the News sought out a response.

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Keeping water safe and flowing Saanich’s Glen Brown plays pivotal role with B.C.’s water systems Edward Hill News staff

When someone turns on a tap in Greater Victoria, the water is clean, plentiful and cheap compared to most places in B.C., Canada and the world.

Glen Brown would know. From his office in the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development in Victoria, the civil servant has a bird’s-eye view of water systems across the province.

Holding the title of executive

director of local government infrastructure and finance, he and his team are tasked with helping hundreds of small communities keep the water flowing in ways that are affordable, sustainable and safe.

For his efforts over the past decade, the B.C. Water and Waste Association has bestowed Brown its 2013 individual award of excellence, a big deal if you are in the business of figuring out better ways to provide drinking water.

“Glen is one of those people encouraging local governments to implement water conservation plans and to help individual residents manage water better,” said Daisy Foster, CEO of the B.C. Water and Waste Association.

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The 48-year-old Saanich resident and former commercial fisherman works with the hundreds of small communities in B.C. without the resources and expertise to create long-term financial and infrastructure plans around water management.

The province has some 4,000 to 6,000 individual systems of varying sizes that deliver drinking water. Brown engages with local governments and health authorities to find ways to keep the systems up to date in terms of public safety, but in ways that won’t bankrupt a town.

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“The Gulf Islands have huge issues with quality and quantity of water. You have a demographic of people who own second homes and then people on fixed incomes.

For the ability to pay, the difference is huge,” he said.

Closer to home, Brown points out that Greater Victoria is unique and fortunate within B.C. The Capital Regional District owns an 11,000-hectare watershed free from logging, mining or recreation, unlike other areas of the province.

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COMMUNITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Stolen motor scooters recovered

Three Yamaha motor scooters that were stolen last week were recovered nearby, stashed in some bushes.

Saanich police Sgt. Steve Eassie said a passerby found the bikes Wednesday (May 15) within two blocks of where they were stolen.

“It looked like somebody stashed them and was looking to come back, but were unable to,” he said.

Two scooters parked in the 500-block of Crossandra Cres. and one parked in the 3900-block of Raymond St. all disappeared overnight on May 13.

Police recommend scooter owners invest in theft prevention devices like locks and chains to minimize their risk of being targeted.

Teen cleans up at national science fair

Lambrick Park student Vicki Kleu, 16, won a silver medal last week at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Lethbridge, Alta.

Up against hundreds of other bright students from across the country, Kleu’s fully biodegradable adsorbent oil spill pads won her prizes worth $8,800, including entrance scholarships to UBC, Dalhousie University, University of Ottawa and Western University.

This was Kleu’s third consecutive year representing Vancouver Island at the national science fair.

The Grade 11 student spent less than $10 on materials building the pads, which she’s hoping to manufacture and sell to marinas.

Unique to her product is up to 95 per cent of the oil collected can be recovered, and the pads are fully biodegradable.

Kleu and her science fair mentor, Gordon Head middle school teacher Cheryl NIgh, are in the process of patenting the technology.

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Tsawout First Nation chief Eric Pelkey, seen here at the top of Mount Douglas in traditional clothing that’s been handed down to Tsawout hereditary chiefs for generations, is leading a day of action on May 22 to rename the mountain Pkols, its pre-colonial name.

First Nations act to reclaim name of Mount Doug Edward Hill

us,” Pelkey said. “This has been in the heart of our elders as long as I can remember to bring back the true name of Pkols, now known as Mount Doug.”

University of Victoria indigenous governance professor Taiaiake Alfred said renaming of Mount Douglas is akin to renaming the Queen Charlotte Islands as Haida Gwaii. Victoria too is awash in place names rooted in aboriginal languages – Saanich, Sooke, Esquimalt, Metchosin and Malahat, to name a few.

“The longer vision is not to erase the colonial history. We are not seeking to rename the whole park, just Mount Doug, we want to rename the peak to give it it’s proper name, as distinct from the park,” said Alfred, who is a member of the Indigenous Nationhood Movement.”This isn’t about looking for some kind of retaliation. It is looking to restore the balance and show respect for the original name.”

The Douglas treaties, which arguably delineated Fort Victoria colonial territory and First Nations

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When Victoria-area First Nations chiefs called for a meeting with colonial governor James Douglas 160 years ago, the peak of Mount Douglas was the natural spot.

The 213-metre high rocky outcrop is ingrained in Saanich First Nation creation stories and culture, but it’s existing name is synonymous with what aboriginal people say are longstanding historical injustices. Tsawout First Nation chief Eric Pelkey calls the name Mount Douglas an insult to local aboriginal people.

The hereditary chief is leading an effort to have site given its ancient name, Pkols, once again.

He plans to lead a march up Mount Doug today (Wednesday) at 5 p.m. for a symbolic renaming ceremony and a reenactment of the meeting with Douglas.

“Renaming Mount Doug is to bring out to the public the significance of Pkols to Saanich and Songhees and Esquimalt. It is a sacred site and it means a lot to

territory, have their origins from a meeting on Mount Douglas in 1852 between Douglas the governor and a group of chiefs, Pelkey said. The chiefs had actually planned to kill Douglas and wipe out Fort Victoria in retaliation for a farmer killing an aboriginal youth, he said, but were convinced otherwise by a missionary.

“The chiefs decided to spare James Douglas and not wipe out the colony and to live in peace, but they wanted a promise their way of life would be protected and their territory honoured,” Pelkey said.

That discussion would become the Douglas treaties.

“The fact that it is called Mount Douglas is a slap in the face for our people,” he said. “It’s where the Douglas treaties were signed in 1852 by James Douglas as a representative of the Queen. Since that day, successive colonial governments have not honoured those treaties.”

Douglas established what would be Mount Doug Park in 1858 as government reserve land. The City of Victoria designated the land as a

park in 1889 and it was transferred to the municipality of Saanich in 1992.

“We wouldn’t move to remove the park status, just that this is Pkol and is a sacred place,” Pelkey said. “There are no land claims in the works.”

Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard said he’s never been asked formally or informally by First Nations leaders to rename the mountain.

“There’s been no contact at all, and we haven’t given it any thought at all,” Leonard said. Saanich parks staff and police will be on hand to ensure the safety of the march with regard to vehicle traffic.

“We will try to make sure it’s safe. After the event we’ll figure out where to go from there. If and when they contact us we’ll discuss it then.”

The Reclaim Pkols march is tonight (May 22) at 5 p.m. starting at the base of Mount Doug. The public is welcome and to watch the Douglas treaties reenactment at the top of the mountain. editor@saanichnews.com

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UVic chided as ‘poor employer’ Continued from Page A1

Price equated unionizing to “hitting the reset button” on a working relationship with administrators.

“We’re doing this because we care about this university, we care about the quality of education we deliver to our students,” Price said.

“Folks who have removed themselves from teaching and research context (for administrative roles) are not in touch with the issues in terms of education. We want to come back to a time where we were collegial, were consulted, there were more symmetrical relations and felt empowered.”

If 45 per cent of UVic FA members support unionizing, the Labour Relations Board would administer an official vote, which would then require 50 per cent support to unionize, Price explained.

The Faculty Association has previously

considered unionizing, but Price said that discussion never went beyond the executive council, and members always remained optimistic the relationship would improve.

“There’s always been this hope we would not have to go to these types of legal protections; that we’d be able to develop a collegial responsibility. … It hasn’t happened,” Price said.

“We’re not the only employee group on campus that have had difficulties. UVic is a great university, unfortunately it’s a poor employer.”

In January the Faculty Association was unable to reach a contract agreement with the university by a set deadline. As a result, the association’s old framework agreement was automatically renewed.

The association represents some 850 regular faculty, senior instructors, limited-term faculty appointments and librarians. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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UVic talk on plant hunting in China

Sue Miliken and Kelly Dodson of Far Reaches Farm – a rare plant specialty nursery in Port Townsend, Wash. – are giving a special presentation detailing their 2012 plant hunting expedition to Sichuan, China.

Hosted by the Friends of Finnerty Gardens, the talk is Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. in UVic’s David Lam auditorium, MacLaurin Building A144.

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Talk on 150th year of colonization

Chris Arnett, author of Terror of the Coast: Land Alienation and Colonial War on Vancouver Islands and the Gulf Islands, 18491863, will be discussing the 150th anniversary of the colonization of indigenous people in Victoria.

Opening remarks will be from Joey Caro, a Penelakut elder.

The event is Friday, May 24 at 7 p.m., at the UVic, David Lam auditorium, in the MacLaurin Building A144. Admission is by donation.

Watershed spares taxpayers in CRD from water filtering Continued from Page A1

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Saanich officer fights to clear name at public hearing Officer made controversial arrest in interest of public safety, argues lawyer Kyle Slavin News staff

The lawyer representing a Saanich police officer who is alleged to have coaxed a man out of his home to arrest him for being drunk in public says his client was doing what was necessary to diffuse a heated, alcohol-fuelled situation.

Richard Neary said last week Const. David Smit’s arrest of a man involved in a domestic dispute on May 20, 2011 was made with the best intentions.

“Any errors in judgment or missteps were honest mistakes (as part of) dealing with a pressing need to ensure the safety (of the people involved),” Neary said.

Smit’s actions are currently being scrutinized in a public hearing by the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner through a hearing in downtown Victoria. Smit requested the hearing after being demoted and reprimanded by Saanich police.

It’s alleged the constable misled his sergeants about how the arrest was made and changed his story, which Neary chalked up to Smit having difficulty articulating the circumstances surrounding the arrest.

“He went from a state of mind thinking he’d done the right thing, to being attacked … by his supervisors. That … left him extremely shocked and dismayed,” Neary told public hearing adjudicator Jakob de Villiers.

When Smit attended the Saanich home where the dispute was taking place, he found two of the three people who lived there outside. Those people can’t be named due to a publication ban.

The officer learned the third person, a man who was involved in a dispute that had ended, was still inside the home.

Neary said Smit felt arresting the man until he sobered up would help reduce any risk of him endangering himself or the other two people.

Smit knocked on the front door and the man answered.

He asked the man to step outside and Smit led him off the property to the public boulevard, where he was immediately arrested, said public hearing counsel Bradley Hickford.

The man was arrested under the Liquor Control and Licensing Act for being in a state of

intoxication in a public place. Hickford told de Villiers that charges very rarely stem from such an arrest, and it’s typically used by officers to take a drunk person who is in a public place out of a situation where they could harm themselves or someone else.

They are released once they have sobered up.

Hickford said Smit told his supervisors he “found” the man in a public place, as opposed to telling them he “led” the man to a public place in order to make the arrest.

“This was not a valid and legal arrest,” Hickford said.

Once Smit explained to his superiors the circumstances surrounding the arrest, the man was immediately

released and driven home. He was returned home within an hour of being arrested.

The OPCC hearing is examining misconduct allegations of abuse of authority and deceit.

A Saanich police investigation in 2012 proved the deceit and abuse of authority allegations, and Smit was suspended without pay for seven days, and his rank was to be demoted to third-class constable.

An officer is allowed to request a hearing in circumstances where the discipline decision results in dismissal or a reduction in rank. Smit contacted the OPCC in January 2013.

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The beautiful English ivy – an invasive species – that covered the large walls of Rogers elementary school spent years choking out and encroaching on the area’s natural Garry oak ecosystem.

But now the school is fighting back against the ivy: ripping it out and replacing it with murals of Garry oak landscapes.

Last week Saanich council approved two massive murals on the outer walls (each one 62 feet long by 10 feet tall at its highest point) of the school that were formerly covered in ivy.

The walls were power-washed, then painted white like a large canvas, and artist Joanne Thomson, who designed the scene, got to work on the wall almost immediately after council approval.

“The kids have been involved in this. We consulted with them, and parents and staff, and took a vote.

And (Joanne’s) working with the kids who will do some drawings and give her those images to import into the final design,” said principal Maryanne Trofimuk.

Later this month or early next, depending on the weather, the school will host a full-day painting event. Every student will have the opportunity to leave the class and participate in painting the mural.

In class the students have been learning about the Garry Oak ecosystem and the importance of natural preservation, Trofimuk said.

“The kids have a lot of awareness of what’s going on, why we’re doing this and how the connection is so strong,” she said.

The first mural, to be done this school year, depicts a detailed Garry oak forest and Christmas Hill. The second mural will feature a forest landscape with the name of the school in large muted colours.

Council needed to OK the mural, as Saanich’s unsightly premises bylaw considers public art – even on private properties – graffiti, unless it’s approved by council or an arts jury.

The school is currently fundraising to help pay for the mural project. Anyone interested in donating to the project is encouraged to contact Trofimuk at 250-727-0188 or mtrofimuk@sd61.bc.ca. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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David Cubberley stands outside his restored 100-year-old home in Saanich. Hundreds of homes are turning a century old after building boom in Victoria from 1912-13. mates some 5,000 houses in Greater Victoria could be considered heritage, although only about 1,000 have been registered with the society.

“Most owners are proud and appreciate the number of heritage homes in the city,” Johnson said. “People keep them up.”

Cubberley, for one, has spent years restoring what was the first house on Grange Road (formerly Blackwood Road), designed and lived in by architect Hubert Savage.

It was one of 35 homes built in Saanich in 1913, and at five kilometres from the city core, was considered to be far out in the countryside.

For his restoration efforts, Hallmark Society recently granted Cubberley an award of merit.

The home retains its arts and crafts look and thick stone columns that bookend the veranda. Tall windows

offset interior dark wood panelling and an original painting from 1921 of pastoral farm scenes orbits the living room walls.

Some exterior and interior elements of the house were in rough shape when Cubberley bought it 25 years ago, but overall the framing weathered the past century with little trouble.

“It is a well-built house. It has full dimension two by fours of clear Douglas fir. That wood is so strong you can’t pound a nail into it,” Cubberley said.

Jumping into restoration isn’t cheap and has a sharp learning curve, he noted, and it can be tough to find restoration experts.

“Deferred maintenance is the killer of older homes and wooden buildings. You’ve got to stay with it,” Cubberley said. “(Restoration) requires a higher order of carpentry and

joinery skills ... it’s museum quality work. It’s challenging to find the craftsmen to do it.”

People can volunteer their homes for “heritage designation” if they meet certain criteria. Homes with heritage designation can receive grants for renovations, but require municipal council approval for alterations.

“Protecting a house is a voluntary thing. The owner has to want to do it and many owners do,” Johnson said.

“These houses are important.

They’re part of (our) history … they’re a part of peoples’ stories.”

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A square hatch on the side of David Cubberley’s home is all that remains of pre-refrigeration food storage – a cabinet with high and low ducts that promoted air circulation – in his 1913 bungalow.

Hundreds of grand old homes in Greater Victoria are celebrating their first century this year. Circa 1913 was a golden era for residential construction – hundreds of houses went up to meet a growing influx of immigrants, and matched the expansion of railway lines through Victoria and the Saanich Peninsula.

“Victoria had a sustained economic boom. It was the last good year and there was a record number of building permits,” said Cubberley, a former Saanich councillor and provincial MLA. “Nineteen-thirteen had a bumper crop of houses.”

The Hallmark Heritage Society of Victoria property database shows 230 homes were completed in 1913 and 238 in 1912, the peak of building for the era, although the list is incomplete. Construction declined dramatically through the lean and tumultuous years of the First World War. “Then mid-way through 1913 was a world-wide recession,” noted Ken Johnson, president of the Hallmark Heritage Society. “The lumber market and fisheries market slumped (in B.C.). The recession started before the war.

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t least twice each year we see a real push from police against drinking and driving.

Once at Christmas and again in the spring.

At Christmas, age is not a consideration for police, but in springtime, the target group is clear.

Drinking drivers tend to be younger in spring around graduation time. They are, frequently, young men experiencing what some would call the rites of passage.

Drinking and driving, however, isn’t a rite, it’s a crime – one with deadly consequences.

More than two years ago the province introduced Canada’s toughest impaired driving laws and the number of alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths went down by half.

But drinking alone is still a threat to our youth, whether they get behind the wheel of a car or not. From risky sexual behaviour to an increase in physical and sexual assaults to death from alcohol poisoning, the risk to youth from excessive alcohol use or drinking to get drunk, is real.

With any luck, the days of parent-sanctioned “wet” grad parties are a thing of the past.

With more parents and students concentrating on dry grad activities that have youth celebrating in a safe, non-alcohol fuelled atmosphere, one would think the old hay field parties of yore have been left in the past. But some parents still believe in the old adage, ‘kids are going to drink anyway, so we’ll just make sure they don’t drive.’

That is a difficult stance to take when, as a parent, you’ve spent the last 18 years of your child’s life trying to teach them right from wrong.

Then you’re telling them that wrong is OK, as long as mom or dad says so.

As parents, it’s our job to make the tough decisions – even if they are not the most popular ones with our kids. All their lives we’ve made decisions for our children based on what we think is best for them. We’ve denied them sugary cereals. We’ve made them eat their broccoli.

We’ve strapped unwilling toddlers into car seats, because it’s the safest way for them to ride.

It may not be the easiest thing you’ve done lately, but convincing your teen that drinking alcohol to celebrate is not a necessity and could bring them harm in ways other than the risk of driving drunk will make everyone feel better in the morning.

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

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

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

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one more time. It was not a prelude ne benefit of the surprising to “nationalizing” the province’s fourth term for the B.C. train service, dream scenarios of the Liberal party is that the NDP provincial council provincial government notwithstanding. won’t be subjected to Costly legal another big, expensive confrontations over ideological remake. development projects Taxpayers are spared have been avoided. The a bill of millions in Jumbo Glacier Resort severance pay for deputy proponents finally won a ministers and other senior 20-year fight for permits, staff who would be purged and the NDP promised to in large numbers in the take them away. left-right lurch that has A larger ideological defined B.C. politics for a Tom Fletcher battle over private power generation.

B.C. Views contracts has also been B.C. Ferries will avoided. The B.C. Liberals continue as an arms-length have been caught by a sudden operation, with ferry commissioner shift in power markets caused Gord Macatee in charge of service by cheap, abundant natural gas, levels as well as fare caps. The but the billions in commitments service rationalization that the government set out in the past year to independent power producers isn’t the fiasco that critics have will continue. described.

The NDP platform vowed to If all those privately developed “position B.C. Ferries as an integral run-of-river hydro projects were part of B.C.’s transportation owned and operated by B.C. Hydro, infrastructure.” Freely translated, the Crown corporation would have that means “suck B.C. Ferries back to staff them and maintain them into government,” as one of their all for the next 40 years. There are strident supporters likes to say.

That would conceal the growth of differing views about the future demand for electricity in B.C., but the subsidy and facilitate the kind it can only rise with industry and of political and union interference population growth. that resulted in the current A decade of federal and provincial structure. work to end duplication of There will be no $10-million environmental assessment won’t rehash of the B.C. Rail sale and be undone. NDP leader Adrian Dix’s subsequent seven-year trial, to promise for “made in B.C.” reviews enrich elite lawyers once again. was a strategy to choke resource The NDP promised an inquiry for projects to death under endless strictly political reasons, to drag their opponents through the scandal procedure, which may yet be the

fate of the Jumbo resort.

We will have a Seniors’ Advocate office, but it won’t be staffed up to duplicate the Ombudsperson’s role of taking complaints.

That’s good, since the Ombudsperson has become ineffective, labouring for years over a massive seniors’ report with so many recommendations it sank like a stone.

We have 85 seniors’ advocates now. They’re called MLAs, and they definitely take complaints.

They have staffed offices in their home communities and in Victoria.

When they’re not doing political work that everyone denies is going on in constituency offices, those office staffers try to help people through the labyrinth of seniors’ at-home and institutional care.

A new seniors’ advocate can offer advice at the management level to help the health care system evolve, but only elected politicians are positioned to tell individuals they can’t have what they are demanding. The government should be adding more direct services, not more bureaucrats.

There will be many arguments about the failure of the NDP to win against an unpopular B.C. Liberal government that is still weighed down by the harmonized sales tax and other heavy baggage.

This election could be the beginning of the end for the old leftright model for B.C. politics.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

‘Costly legal confrontations over development projects have been avoided.’

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Craigflower footbridge open A temporary pedestrian bridge, left, sits next to the old Craigflower Bridge as construction work continues on replacing the bridge and upgrading Admirals Road. The new walkway, allowing pedestrians and cyclists to continue to cross the Gorge during construction, was expected to open to the public yesterday (May 21). With its opening, demolition of the old bridge can now begin, and is likely to start this week.

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LETTERS Gordon Head voting unique in Canada Last Wednesday’s startlingly unexpected B.C. election results created a new and unique electoral-environmental grouping of citizens not found elsewhere in Canada. How is that?

First, Gordon Head residents’ newly-elected member of the provincial legislative assembly Gordon Weaver represents the Oak Bay-Gordon Head riding and is B.C.’s first and only elected member of the provincial Green party.

Second is that their federal member of parliament Elizabeth May represents Saanich-Gulf Islands, and is the first and only elected member of the federal Green party.

Weaver was the lead climate scientist of the panel that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prized with former U.S. vicepresident Al Gore. The 2006 documentary film of Gore’s attempts to raise awareness of climate change was unfortunately named “An Inconvenient Truth.” The truth may yet embarrass both Gore and Weaver.

The considerable international scientific research and review of recent years has presented few final or definitive conclusions, but has lessened the climate-change hyperbole to which we’ve all been exposed.

The Economist noted that head of NASA’s Goddard Institute reported “the five-year mean global temperature has been flat for a decade.”

Such findings in 2006 would have prevented what was probably the unjustified awarding of a Nobel Peace Prize.

Odds are that in the future

Gordon Head citizens will avoid double jeopardy and have a provincial MLA and a federal MP with different party colours.

Ron Johnson Saanich

Election results mimic 1983 for NDP As the election returns came in last Tuesday night, I was reminded of the 1983 provincial election, when all the opinion polls and pundits predicted that there would be an easy victory for the NDP. Nevertheless, the incumbent Socreds were re-elected with an increased majority.

Last Tuesday felt very much like, as Yogi Berra would say, deja vu all over again.

Darryl Green Saanich

Former leader would have given NDP a win It needs to be said. Carole James would have won this one.

She was ahead in the polls when she was replaced and has both the personality and reputation as a moderate.

The B.C. Liberals would have found it much harder to target her than Adrian Dix. And she would have been much, much better in the TV debate.

Andy Mulcahy Victoria

Proposed Cordova Bay rec centre too big Re: After 67 years, rec centre eyes update (News, May 15)

When the hall was built 67 years ago it was a commendable achievement, built by volunteers, and a credit to the small community it would serve.

Apparently it no longer serves as a community hall, and the magnitude of the proposed replacement is staggering – square footage two-and-a-half times the size of the present building, with a resulting proportionate increase in traffic and parking requirement.

This would be at the west end of Sutcliffe Road – a narrow residential cul-de-sac with limited access and parking.

The site is presently zoned RS-18 – single family residential, and should remain as such.

A major world-class sports facility such as proposed would be very inappropriate at the present location.

Arthur and Dorris Rowe Saanich

Prepare for a fight over sewage Re: Don’t pass the sewage buck (Our View, May 15) In your opinion piece, you describe the proposal of Mayor Desjardins as “woefully selfserving and [something which] would only accomplish passing the buck to a different municipality.”

If that is so, how would you describe the actions of the rest of the councillors on the Capital Regional District board, particularly the nine from Saanich and Victoria? They have pulled out all the stops to ensure that only Esquimalt is adversely affected by sewage treatment infrastructure.

And now that they have successfully stuck us with the burden of dealing with their sewage, they seek to do whatever they can to build the plant as cheaply as possible, using outdated technology, so as to limit the tax increases for their own constituents. Woefully self-serving, indeed.

This battle has only just begun.

I encourage Esquimalt council to do whatever they can, whenever they can, to frustrate, delay and ultimately stop the CRD from ramming this down our throats. They should refuse to change the zoning, refuse to approve the plans, secede from the CRD and require every environmental impact assessment or review which the law permits.

And when those avenues are exhausted, take them (and by them I mean the provincial and federal governments as well, if necessary) to court and keep fighting until they either give up or agree to change the plan to something better and

more reasonable. Failing that, I guess we’ll all get to find out just how many Esquimalt residents are willing to chain themselves to heavy equipment. While I would never advocate such civil disobedience, I can tell you that people here really are that angry.

Let me be clear, I (and I dare say most Esquimalt residents) are not against sewage treatment, just this monstrosity of a plan. The CRD can avoid many headaches in the years to come if only they recognize that and act appropriately.

Mike Baker Esquimalt The News welcomes your opinions and comments.

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Victoria is conducting a comprehensive review of the Victoria Conference Centre in hopes of luring business back to the Capital Region.

Past and upcoming bookings for 2013 will see 40,000 fewer delegates attend events at the conference centre compared to a high of 137,000 delegates in 2007.

Most North American cities, including Victoria, subsidize their conference facilities as economic generators. Cities can be slow to take action when economies change, said Bruce Carter, Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce CEO. “That corporate market has all but disappeared for a number of reasons, partially due to economics, but also partially due to social responsibility,” he said.

“Public bodies generally need to be pushed. If this were a private business, (the review) would likely be done much faster, with less consultation.”

Conference centre bookings from U.S. organizations have failed to bounce back in the wake of the recession due to stiff competition from other Canadian cities and smaller delegate numbers, said Carrie Russell, managing director of consultant firm HVS Global Hospitality Services.

“At its peak, Victoria was almost 50/50 with (hosting) U.S. and Canadian conferences,” she said.

Tighter passport regulations, a depressed U.S. economy and competition from newer regional facilities such as the Vancouver Conference Centre are all factors in Victoria’s lack of recovery, Russell added.

Hoteliers use conference bookings as a “bedrock of occupancy” to set room rates, said Tourism Victoria CEO Rob Gialloreto.

“Conferences book business way in advance. If you’re relying 100 per cent on leisure travel, that’s a really risky way to do business,” he said.

While other Canadian cities have seen hotel room bookings and revenue increase since 2008 lows, Victoria has actually declined, Russell said.

“The trend in Victoria has been one of the poorest in the country.”

Conference centre general manager Jocelyn Jenkyns said the 8,000 hotel rooms in Greater Victoria, along with the long-term lease inked on Crystal Garden, are reflective of an optimistic period when the region had a more buoyant tourism economy.

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Gialloreto said all stakeholders “recognize the numbers are going in the wrong direction” and are eager to see the recommendations of the VCC review.

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Jane Sterk staying on as provincial Green leader Sterk to lead MLA-elect Weaver, party through transition phase Daniel Palmer News staff

The leader of the B.C. Green party no longer intends to step down, promising instead to help the party’s first MLA adjust to life in the legislature.

Jane Sterk said she was convinced to

stay on as party leader at a May 15 meeting with MLA-elect Andrew Weaver, who made history by winning in Oak Bay-Gordon Head the night before, and the party’s executive director and chair.

“We have to sort out what Andrew’s role will be and how the party and I can support him in that role,” Sterk said. “Since we’ve never had a candidate elected, it will take some time to figure out what that’s going to look like.”

Weaver will likely hire four staff members and begin setting up his constituency office in the coming weeks, said

Sterk, who took 38 per cent of the vote in Victoria-Beacon Hill last week but failed to clinch the seat. Incumbent NDP MLA Carole James received nearly 49 per cent support to retain her seat in the legisature.

Despite her personal defeat, Sterk said the Greens are reinvigorated by Weaver’s win and are already focused on the upcoming byelection in which Premier Christy Clark will seek a return to the legislature.

Clark lost her seat in Vancouver-Point Grey to the NDP’s David Eby on election

night by 785 votes, but she will remain B.C. Liberal leader.

The date for the byelection has not yet been announced.

The Greens plan to create constituency associations across the province and increase their membership base, building on the success of Weaver in the coming years.

“Everybody is absolutely thrilled that it was Andrew who got elected because he is a scientist, he has that evidence-based decision-making perspective, and that makes him a stronger MLA than if he was coming from a highly partisan position,” Sterk said.

“We’re looking forward to this being a stepping stone to much more success for the party.” dpalmer@vicnews.com

RRU offers free employment program Christine van Reeuwyk News staff

When Tania Swan’s children entered school fulltime she returned part-time.

Backed by a bachelor of science from the University of Victoria, the Sooke woman sought programs with the goal of returning to the workforce after 12 years as a stay at home mom.

She learned of, researched, and signed on for the 10-week part-time Employment Skills Access Program at Royal Roads University.

“It was work, but it was transformational, because it assisted me in recognizing what I was doing was transferrable,” she said, of skills developed during the first dozen years raising her kids.

“They were marketable and transferable and I needed to look at them that way.”

The government-funded training program often highlights for people the skills they already possess, said Sandra Cranz., ESA lead program coordinator for Continuing Studies at RRU. “A common theme that we find is folks are lacking confidence and inability to talk about the skills that they have,” Cranz said. “We have a three-day behavioural interview component that really helps people build their confidence.”

Participants often range in age from early 20s to late 60s, including those with no post secondary education to those with masters degrees, who are out of the workforce for myriad reasons.

“It really focuses on helping people figure out the preferred employment with the preferred employer – it’s really about figuring out where your passions are and your beliefs and values and trying to match those with an employer,” Cranz said.

The approach worked for Swan, who wound up in a three-month contract at a job she continues to pursue.

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Victoria’s Congregation EmanuEl, one of the country’s oldest synagogues, is celebrating its 150th year with public tours led by Canada’s first ordained maggidah (female storyteller), Shoshana Litman.

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Bateman Centre opens in Steamship Terminal Another side of noted artist to be on display Kyle Wells News staff

Robert Bateman doesn’t think of himself as a particularly talented technical painter.

“I don’t think I’m a great painter, technically. I’m always struggling,” Bateman said. “I’m always making mistakes. … I don’t know what I’m doing half the time, I’m exploring and discovering and always trying to improve.”

He sees this as a perhaps part of the reason his paintings have proven to be so popular for so many years, however. He explains hundreds of artists paint birds and wildlife, as he is known for, so it’s not the subject matter alone which draws people to his work.

It perhaps has more to do with his approach, his vision of nature and this sense of discovery he approaches each project with.

The Robert Bateman Centre is opening Saturday, May 25 at noon in the old CPR Steamship Terminal and will feature around 160 of Bateman’s works, ranging from his earliest years as an artist through to the wildlife paintings he has become so well known for.

The exhibit will shed light on a side of Bateman few ever get the chance to see. An entire room has been devoted to Bateman’s environmental message

Bateman talking about the work, which “Most people don’t think of me as can be accessed via smart phones or somebody who paints landscapes and tablets. The gallery will have tablets to portraits, but I do. They just don’t get loan to patrons who wish to take the selfout there,” Bateman said. “I’ve always guided tour. kind of balked at being pigeonholed as Gilbert said he had some reservations a wildlife artist. It’s OK. It’s not an insult, installing the gallery in the old CPR but it’s kind of like saying Rembrandt is Steamship Terminal building, a heritage a portrait artist. Well he’s an artist in all building designed by Francis kinds of broad ways.”

The second floor, Bateman even went through “I don’t know Rattenbury. where the gallery is located, an abstract expressionism was a shell, and Gilbert said period, which is represented what I’m doing had a hard time seeing at the gallery. half the time, I’m he how the gallery’s layout “That’s a major, major would all come together. show for any artist,” Paul exploring and Ultimately Gilbert is Gilbert, executive director discovering and more than happy with the of the Bateman Foundation, always trying to outcome. said. “It’s the first exhibition “It’s worked better than I that’s kind of an insight into improve.” could possibly have hoped Bateman’s life, his personal - Robert Bateman for.” interests, the work he did that A gift shop is set to open most of the world has never on the first floor of the building about seen.” a month after the gallery’s opening. A The show features original prints and service, which will be offered starting in reproductions, something Bateman said the fall, is an opportunity for visitors to has been a tad controversial. the gallery to order prints of the works on “It’s the only way to show the scope display through an interactive ordering Don Denton/News staff of my work. It would be impossible to station. Customers will pick the print they Roman Czarnomski, from Signs Of The start getting shipping and insurance want to purchase, along with options such Times, hangs a wall poster of a Robert and permissions,” Bateman said. “The as framing, and the print will be shipped Bateman painting on the outside wall of reproductions, which have been going to the customer’s home. the historic CPR Steamship Terminal on on since 1980, they’re very high quality, Money from the sales of prints will go they’re not just like a poster.”

Victoria’s Inner Harbour. towards the Robert Bateman Foundation, “The most important thing is the which promotes exposure to nature for thought, the idea behind it.” paintings. Some of Bateman’s portrait young students.

The majority of the paintings and prints work will also be on display, mainly kwells@goldstreamgazette.com have video and audio supplements of featuring paintings of his wife and friends.

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Budd’s latest book, Raven Brings the Light, is a collaboration with one of the country’s renown First Nation’s artists, Roy Henry Vickers.

Vickers contacted Budd 18 months ago, searching for some recorded interviews he had used as inspiration for some of his art. The artist invited Budd to Tofino to listen to one of his storytelling workshops.

“We hit it off like gangbusters,” says Budd of meeting 66-year-old Vickers.

After hearing Vickers tell the story of Raven, Budd envisioned a book.

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Recount for Saanich North and the Islands Steven Heywood News staff

North and the Islands. With additional votes expected to be counted on May 27, even he cannot be counted out at this stage.

“Realistically, even though it is a close finish here, the eventual result depends on the remaining ballots,” he said.

“Having said that, I haven’t conceded yet.”

Olsen said what the result in this riding means is that people cannot ever say that their vote does not count.

“We turn out to vote like few others in this province,” Olsen said of Saanich North and the Islands, which had a 64.8 per cent voter turnout — exceeding the provincial avarage of 52 per cent.

Olsen added he’s not unhappy with his third place finish at this stage, saying his strong campaign here helped bolster the fortunes of the Greens on the Island.

Andrew Weaver was elected B.C.’s first Green MLA in Oak

When the last polling station reported in Tuesday night, the NDP’s Gary Holman clung to a 52-vote lead and only cautiously accepted the news that he had been declared the winner of Saanich North and the Islands.

“I won’t believe I’m elected until Elections B.C. confirms it,” he said in a call with the News Review Tuesday night.

Holman said there is still the counting of mail-in and absentee ballots to come — that and the final tally which won’t happen until May 27 by Elections Steven Heywood/News staff B.C. NDP MLA-elect Gary Holman First, however, Elections B.C. watches results come in will conduct a recount. Since last Tuesday at his Sidney the race was decided by under campaign office in the riding 100 votes, there is an automatic of Saanich North and the recount by the district electoral Islands. officer. while, looked to play the spoiler Don Main, Elections B.C. all night and at the end of the communication manager, says evening, was only around 300 a recount can happen when votes off the leaders in Saanich the vote spread between the top two candidates is less than 100, or if it’s requested by a candidate. Yet to be counted, he said, are absentee Go beyond the parking lot and pick up your copy of and mail-in votes, as “A Guide to User-Friendly Trails” featuring easy-to-use well as ballots cast at walking, hiking and wheeling trails in Greater Victoria, BC. the district electoral office between when Features: the election was called • Trails suitable to individuals of diverse ages, levels of mobility and and 8 p.m. on May 14. endurance.

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“There was that strange last polling station that took a lot of time to report,” Roberts said Wednesday morning. “The mail-ins and absentee votes are still out there as well.

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“We broke through,” Olsen said.

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As for his leader, Jane Sterk, her future at the head of the Green Party is up to her, Olsen said. He credited Sterk for putting the party in a position to have the second candidate win in a first-past-the-post election in this country.

Again, he said he’ll be on pins and needles until the final vote count later this month.

South Island MLAs, he said, will now have t work very hard with local government and other groups to ensure the Liberals hear their needs.

Roberts said he’s happy to see his party back in a majority government. He said it’s fantastic and reflects the voters’ desire to have a part in government committed to the economy and seeing a more prosperous province.

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Results don’t become official until May 27, and there could still be changes in current legislature: 50 B.C. Liberals, 33 NDP MLAs, B.C. Green Andrew Weaver and Delta South independent Vicki Huntington. Huntingon won re-election in Delta

South, a landmark for an independent to win twice without party affiliation.

Independents Bob Simpson in Cariboo North and John van Dongen in Abbotsford South, fell to their B.C. Liberal challengers.

A high-profile climate scientist, Weaver benefited from the same highly concentrated campaign effort that produced a seat for national Green leader Elizabeth May. Clark said she regrets the loss of cabinet ministers Ida Chong and Margaret MacDiarmid, but she is pleased to have a balance of 25 returning MLAs and 25 newcomers in the B.C. Liberal caucus. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Future expansion eyed for Ogden Point Natalie North News staff

Victoria is home to Canada’s busiest cruise ship port of call and the 500,000 visitors expected to disembark at Ogden Point in 2013 means no other city is competing for the title.

But with the projected increase in cruise traffic comes a need for expansion – a master plan now two years in the making for the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority.

The plan for the future of the hub, shaped by consultation with the public and dependent on zoning from the city likely won’t be complete for another year.

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“As we continue to grow in the Alaska market over the next 20 years, we will actually need a fourth berth, likely in the Victoria area, not necessarily at Ogden, to capture the growth.”

Esquimalt and Sidney are as yet uninvestigated possibilities, he said.

Bigger changes won’t be on the way until after the master plan is complete, a process expected to take the better part of this year.

In the meantime, 2013 will bring smaller upgrades which fall within the current zoning restrictions. A key component: a multipurpose float facility which would allow water taxi service

to downtown and decrease congestion, and allow whale watching boat access.

Other changes include the installation of a covered passenger waiting area made from the reclaimed E&N Railway roof. Reconfiguration of the parking areas, improvement of walking pathways and linking with the city’s harbour pathway are among the finer details.

Victoria Coun. Pam Madoff is hopeful the harbour authority will continue to uphold the standard set during the upgrading the tenancy agreement at Fisherman’s Wharf, which saw a unanimous agreement formed after months of consultation.

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about what it means to be a Barbarian from the time we’re in Grades 5 and 6. It’s passed down not just from older kids, but from our parents.”

The Rams, to their credit, surged in the second half using its massive forward pack to barge ahead but couldn’t convert their work into tries.

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The Oak Bay Barbarians retained the Howard Russell Cup as Lower Island high school boys AAA rugby champions with a 39-17 win over the Mount Douglas Rams at Oak Bay High on Thursday.

Grade 12 student Conor McDiarmid led the Barbs with a hat trick of tries. Captain Evan Cambridge scored the second try of the day as the Barbs used a well rounded attack to stymie the talented but new-to-rugby Rams.

“The Rams are a team of great athletes, you can see that, and we had to use our skill and structure to win,” Cambridge said.

Cambridge, a graduating senior and B.C. Youth 7s team member, will join the UVic Vikes rugby program next year. Vikes head coach Doug Tate was at the game watching his son, Barbs’ fly half Morgan Tate.

On the opposite side of the field, Rams’ fullback Mason Swift gave the Barbs all kinds of fits. Swift is headed to play running back for the Guelph Gryphons football squad in the CIS this year and showed his skills are transferable.

“Rugby’s in my blood, I’m half Tongan, but I never played until

Jags run over GNS

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Mount Doug Rams flanker Sasha Shurvin tackles Oak Bay Barbarians captain Evan Cambridge in the Howard Russell Cup, Thursday (May 16) at Oak Bay High. The Barbs won 39-17. (last year),” Swift said. “Really I love it, but I just haven’t played enough.”

Swift lined up at centre most of the season but was moved to fullback for the Howard Russell Cup by coach Matt Staples.

And the decision paid off.

“I think we’d rather face Swift at centre so he has less space to

start with,” said Cambridge.

Swift’s runs almost always started from standing, at times on his heels, not that it mattered, as he casually slapped off at least two tacklers per carry.

Early line breaks and a game’s worth of tackle breaks may have sapped Swift’s extraordinary fitness, though he continued to

break Barbarians’ tackles at half speed. Swift also managed multiple try-saving tackles including two during one set of Barbarian phases.

The win is another notch in the historic rugby program so important to the Oak Bay High culture.

“It means a lot to win this trophy,” Cambridge said. “We hear

The St. Michaels Blue Jaguars romped to a 56-5 win over the Glenlyon Norfolk Gryphons in the AA Colonel Hodgkins Cup immediately following the Howard Russell on Thursday.

GNS fielded a team full of Grade 10s and 11s and to their credit, scored the try of the day to end the game, said Blue Jags coach Ian Hyde-Lay. All four above teams qualified for the first round of provincials, which happen Saturday (May 25) at Brentwood College. The No. 3 seed Blue Jags are missing a handful of key regulars and will likely call up some talented Grade 10s when they face No. 14 seed Ladysmith in AA play. The 11 seed Gryphons face McRoberts (Richmond).

In AAA play No. 8 Oak Bay faces No. 9 Carson Graham and No. 14 Mount Doug draws No. 3 Earl Marriott. sports@vicnews.com

JumpShip postponed, ‘will return’ in 2014 Cycling Festival changes look without JumpShip and Tour de Victoria Travis Paterson News staff

The most popular spectator event of the Victoria International Cycling Festival is taking a one-year hiatus.

Due to a lack of necessary sponsorship the JumpShip event will not happen in 2014, a blow to the Cycling Festival’s overall experience.

It’s not for a lack of sponsors per se, but a lack of cash to cover the event’s costs, said Eban Tomlinson, JumpShip event director.

“The current climate is sponsors want to give us in-kind and a festival this size needs $80,000 for indelible costs, for insurance and porta potties and the land, so it’s difficult for us.”

JumpShip invites top stunt-jumping cyclists from all over the world to compete for cash prizes on a world-class course built on a barge at Ship Point.

It’s been a huge draw for foot traffic to the festival’s final weekend the past two years and was slated to headline its own weekend

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Rain parted for sunshine and a crowd on the final day of the second annual JumpShip at Ship Point in June 2012. at this year’s festival, June 14 to 16.

The barge draws a huge crowd of spectators, including hundreds in the neighbouring beer garden.

Despite disappointment from JumpShip

fans feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, Tomlinson added.

“Even if JumpShip is scaled down the event’s cash costs will remain the same,” Tomlinson said.

“Everybody understands if we can’t fund it we shouldn’t put it on. People are glad we’ve decided to postpone it rather than run a deficit so that we can make 2014 a much better year.”

Planning has already turned to 2014 for JumpShip organizers.

Ryder Hesjedal’s Tour de Victoria, which ended smack in the middle of the Inner Harbour during the final weekend last year, has also moved dates. It will happen in September so Hesjedal can attend, post race season.

“We’ve still got a slate of nine events and yes, it’s a shame to lose JumpShip, but we’re good to go and moving ahead,” said VICF chair John Briggs. “it is a loss for that particular weekend.”

The VICF starts with the Robert Cameron Law Series on Friday, May 31, a weekend of road cycling stages with a time trial, road race and Bastion Square criterium.

New this year to the VICF is Ride, Don’t Hide, a mass participation event to benefit the mental health of women and their families.

Ride, Don’t Hide has three distances along Dallas Road to Oak Bay, 7.5 kilometres, 22 km and 29.5 km. It will be officially announced today at Oak Bay Bikes. sports@vicnews.com

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SPORTS STaTS Vancouver Island Secondary School Track and Field Championships May 15 & 16 at UVic Outstanding Female Athlete Agnes Esser (Frances Kelsey) Discus record, 49.75 m, Shot Put record, 13.55 m Outstanding Male Athlete Thomas Getty (Mount Douglas) 3,000m Record 8:34.93 Most Inspirational Athlete Thomas Getty (Mount Douglas secondary) 1st 800m 1:56.68 1st 1,500m 4:00.29 1st 3,000m 8:34.93 New Records Chicago Bains (Quamichan) Bantam Girls 80m Hurdles ,11.97 seconds Brendan Hoff (Carihi) - Bantam Boys 3,000m, 9:11.40

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Thomas Getty (Mount Doug) - Sr. Boys 3,000m, 8:34.93s Brody Brubacher (Lambrick Park) Bantam Boys 300m Hurdles 43.78s Agnes Esser (Francis Kelsey) - Sr. Girls Discus, 49.75 m

Combined Bantam Team Awards 1. Oak Bay 296.5 2. Cowichan 153 3. Dover Bay 106 4. Mt. Douglas 96 5. Belmont 69

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Seever Rondquist (Timberline) Bantam Boys Javelin, 52.12m Brendan Hoff (Carihi) Bantam Boys 1,500m, 4:11.43s

Senior Girls Team Awards 1. Oak Bay 155 2. Reynolds 59 3. Francis Kelsey 57 4. Mt. Douglas 49 5. St. Andrews

Combined Bantam Team Awards 1. Oak Bay 177.5 2. St. Andrews 154.5 3. Quamichan 102.5 4. Reynolds 83 5. Mt. Douglas 57.5

Agnes Esser (Francis Kelsey) - Sr. Girls Shot Put, 13.55m Chicago Bains (Quamichan) - Bantam Girls 300m Hurdles 44.70s

Junior Girls Team Awards 1. Oak Bay 296.5 2. Cowichan 53 3. Mt. Douglas 44 4. St. Andrews 35 5. Dover Bay 34

Callum Montgomery (Dover Bay) - Jr. Boys 400m 53.93s Max McCullough (Oak Bay) - Bantam Boys 1,500m Steeplechase, 4:52.21s

Junior Boys Team Awards 1. Oak Bay 104.5 2. Cowichan 100 3. Dover Bay 72 4. Mt. Douglas 52 5. Belmont 43

Senior Boys Team Awards 1. Oak Bay 146 2. Mt. Douglas 81 3. Dover Bay 69 4. Cowichan 61 5. Claremont 53 Combined Senior Team Awards 1. Oak Bay 301 2. Mt. Douglas 130 3. St. Andrews 4. Cowichan 5. Dover Bay

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HARTLEY’S AUTOBODY in Sechelt, BC has a vacancy for a Journeyman Automotive Painter. Please fax resume with references and contact information to: 604-885-7454.

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REAL ESTATE

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ORGANIC PRODUCE, washed and delivered. Salad mix $30/kg, braising green $17.50/kg, tea herbs; peppermint, applemint, lemon balm $20/kg, assorted herbs for cooking and garnish $25-30/kg edible flowers, assorted lettuce. Bulk rates. Free delivery for $30+ order. Gavin’s Fresh Herbs (778)426-3470.

COUCH: RED (not bright red), Dany stationary sofa, 3 seater, like new (1 year old), great condition. Paid $639 asking $200. You pick up. Call (250)474-0657.

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

FREE ITEMS FREE: DISHWASHER, (White Westinghouse), works well.

Call (250)477-4426.

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.

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FREE: WEDDING dress, vintage 1970’s, sz 6-8, cut velvet, long train, in original box. Call (250)361-9142 leave message

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

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

PINK PRINCESS bike, rides well, 12” wheels, $20. Musical truck, $18. 250-658-0932.

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

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

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.

NIKKORMAT FT 2 film camera PC architecture lens and 75-260 telephoto. Interesting history. $500. (250)595-5727.

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STEEL BUILDINGS, Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x 40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x 150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

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COLLEGE HEIGHTS. 5bdrm +1bdrm suite.

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

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

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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

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.

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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

LADYSMITH- 3 bdrms, 2 bath, 6 year old roof, 2200sq ft, lrg sun deck w/ocean view, close to all amenties, quiet no through road, needs TLC, $245,000.

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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.

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

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MOVING SALE at Langford Lake- Vintage dining rm table (seats 8), computer desks, chairs, 33 gallon fish tank w/oak stand, glass top patio set, dinette, barbecue and much more. 250-478-1661.

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

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Creative Services Graphic Designer - Temporary The Victoria News is looking for a skilled advertising designer to join our community newspaper’s production department.

This temporary position requires the successful applicant to be proficient in AdobeCS: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat on a Mac platform. Experience in web design would be an asset. The position may require shift and weekend work and may work into a permanent position.

Creative design experience in graphic arts is preferred, and a portfolio is required. You are a self-starter, team player and are comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.

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

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.

JUST BUILT family home in downtown Langford, 10 year warranty, across park, 3 bed, 3 bath, family room, potential suite, garage, 2200 sq.ft. $459,900. Call 250-216-4415.

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We would like to thank in advance all who apply, however only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

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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

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

Heat, hot water included.

New kitchen/bathroom.

Locked bike room. N/S. (250) 652-0239 or (250) 813-2134 RAAMCO International Properties VICTORIA, B.C. “A sign of distinction” 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.

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

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

COTTAGES DEEP COVE- cozy 1bdrm, wood floors, acreage, skylights $895/mo, N/S. 250-656-1312.

APARTMENTS FURNISHED TOWNHOUSE $389,500. Motivated sellers!

Will pay 3%/1.5% to buyers agent.

MLS #320099. 20-1950 Cultra Ave, Saanichton. For viewing call 250-818-7038 online: propertyguys.com id# 192357.

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

NS/NP. $795. (250)656-9194.

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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.

SOOKE 1 br + office, large quality walk-in + private storage, laundry rm, F/P, all included, sm pet, quiet N/S, refs, $835. Phone 250- 589-5337

NEAR COOK St. village, new 2 bdrm 5 apls prvt fenced yard small pet ok $1400 N/S. May15/ June 1. 250-383-8800

UPTOWN: 3 bdrms, newly reno’d, 4 appls, bus route, NS/NP. $1600 utils included, own laundry. 250-480-0849.

VIC WEST: July 1. Bright sunny 3 bdrm+ sunroom, 2 lvng rms, near ocean, $1650. 1 pet ok. N/S, ref’s. 250-383-8800

SUITES, UPPER

7’x12’ Deck Utility Trailer.

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

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.

BRENTWOOD BAY, 3 bdrm, 2 bath. Free Rent for May. Gas F/P, D/W, lndry, lrg deck/yard.

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

ESQUIMALT, MAIN floor Character suite, N/S, N/P, $800 incls utils. (250)385-2846 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.

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Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

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

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CARS 2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded.

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

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

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SIDNEY: 2 bdrm, lrg backyard, gardens. 12x12 insulated shed. N/S. $1100+ utils. Avail.

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QUADRA/MCKENZIE, newer grd level 2 bdrm, 2 full baths, F/S, lndry, part use of dbl garage, N/P, N/S, $1200 + part utils. Avail now. (250)658-5123

MOTORCYCLES MILE Zero Motorsports- Vancouver Islands Exclusive Arctic Cat dealer.

Trades Welcome!

Financing Available Located just south of Nanimo airport at 3-13136 Thomas Rd, Ladysmith. 250-245-5414 Toll Free: 1-866-567-9376

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GORDON HEAD: 1 bdrm, NS/NP. $650 incld’s cable, prkng. June 1. (250)472-8381

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.

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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.

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References available.

250-475-1462.

ELITE GARDEN MAINTENANCE

250-507-6543.

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

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

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

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

778-678-2524

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

Replace, Rebuild, Renew!

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INTELLIGENT IRRIGATION Eco-friendly, cost-saving maintenance, installations, free est.

Call Christian 250-508-0502.

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

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

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250-477-4601

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

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

GARDENING (250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Lawn or moss? No job too big.

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.

JUNK BOX- We Do All The Loading

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

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

DRAFTING & DESIGN GRAPHIC DESIGN. Business cards, logos, ads, posters. Reasonable. in.flux@zoho.com.

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

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

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

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

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm.

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

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

Kendra, 250-415-7991.

FENCING

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

(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.

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

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

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

GARDEN OVERGROWN? Weeding, lawn cuts, cleanups, pruning.

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

HAULING AND SALVAGE $20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc.

Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

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

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.

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

Call 250-361-6164.

FAMILY MAN Hauling.

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

250-920-8463.

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

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774 SMART GUYS Hauling. Garden waste, junk removal, clean-ups, etc. Reliable, courteous service. 250-544-0611 or 250-889-1051.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETE HOME Repairs.

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

FLOORING SALE Over 300 Choices

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

Overnight Delivery in most of BC!

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1.877.835.6670

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

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

Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.

MULTI UNIT to Home Renos.

Free Est’s. Call Green Bird Development. (250)929-4685.

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

TWO BROTHERS Lawn & Garden. Mowing, Clean-Ups, Garden Maint. (250)888-8461

YARD ART

Tree, Hedge & Shrub Pruning Lawn Care.

250-888-3224

JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.

Fast Service, Best Prices!!

Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.

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

Brad 250-217-9578.

FOR YOU! 250.388.3535

MISC SERVICES CUSTOM WOODWORK: Recovered wood; wine racks, shelving, picture framing and more. Built in or mobile at reasonable prices. (250)812-8646 WRITER FOR Hire. Ad copy, web content and more. Reasonable. in.flux@zoho.com.

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

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

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

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

MOVING & STORAGE

PRESSURE WASHING

(250)889-5794.

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

DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates.

250-744-8588, Norm.

2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on local moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.

1ST MOVING- 1 ton 2 ton.

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

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

PAINTING ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting.

Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years experience.

250-382-3694.

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

B L Coastal Coatings. Quality, reliable, great rates. All your Painting needs. (250)818-7443 LADY PAINTER Serving the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.

OLD TIMER. Quality old fashioned service. Great rates. Excellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

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

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

WINDOW CLEANING DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.

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

GLEAMING WINDOWS Gutters+De-moss. Free estimate.

18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB. NORM’S WINDOW Cleaning.

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Langford interchange to open in June Spencer Road traffic access to be closed

K

atelynne Miller, 18, uses the crosswalk at Spencer Road to cross the Trans Canada Highway every day to attend classes at West Shore Learning Centre on Goldstream Avenue.

On June 15 she will have to find a new route when the crosswalk closes at the same time as the Leigh Road interchange opens.

“It’s sure going Charla Huber to be a hassle,” Miller said. “I’ll Reporting probably have to use the Millstream overpass.”

The new route will add about 20 minutes to her daily commute.

“It’s already taking me about 15 minutes to walk to school and half an hour to get to the gym,” she said.

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into adding an overpass at Spencer Road for pedestrians and bicycles, but that would cost $2 million the city doesn’t have in the budget.

“We are pretty confident it will be used and we will be looking for money from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure,” said

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Traffic patterns in the area will change as vehicles will be unable to cross the intersection of Spencer Road and the TCH. “A barrier will be placed across the road to the highway,” Mahovlich said.

The traffic signal at the intersection will be deactivated and the three ramps at the Leigh Road interchange will open.

People accustomed to making left turns off Spencer Road to the highway heading up-Island will now have to use Leigh Road to access the highway.

At the end of May or early June the intersection at Goldstream Avenue and Leigh Road will become a four-way stop, but there will be a non-stop flow

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from Goldstream to Leigh Road.

A fourth ramp proposed for the interchange has no timeline scheduled for it. When it is eventually added, access to Goldstream Avenue from the TCH near West Shore Parkway, will be permanently closed.

The interchange cost $25 million paid for primarily by five private developers on Bear Mountain and South Skirt Mountain. The province is also chipping in $4 million while the municipality is not putting any cash into the project.

“It’s the biggest capital project for Langford. The arena and bowling alley cost $15 million,” Mahovlich said. charla@goldstreamgazette.com

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While it’s “a lot of money” Miller said, “they will still need to build it.”

Until the overpass is built, pedestrians and cyclists will need to cross the highway at either Millstream or Leigh roads.

The interchange project went dormant after Leigh Road was extended to the highway and the bridge was installed in the summer of 2009. The Leigh Road interchange is now slated to open at 6 p.m. on June 15.

“It was a quieter night to open without weekday commuters,” Mahovlich said. “We also didn’t want to open it right before the Canada Day week-

Katelynne Miller uses the crosswalk at Spencer Road and the Trans Canada Highway twice a day. The crosswalk will close once the Leigh Road interchange, left, opens on June 15.

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