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Island marathon ends today
Kelly Paul returns to the Tsartlip First Nation community after running more than 500 kilometers, page 3
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Sidney’s Star Cinema has its new projector and plans some big changes in the theatre in August, page 12
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Neighbours vow to stop berm idea Residents escalate their opposition to plans on Gardner’s Pond by Peninsula Streams Society Steven Heywood News staff
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Ice Bear has been working to refurbish the mural at the corner of Beacon Avenue and Resthaven for the last month. The refreshed work will be unveiled today, June 21, at 11 a.m. See page 11 for more.
Residents of Mulberry Place in North Saanich vow to attend as many council meetings as possible to stay abreast of plans for nearby Gardner’s Pond — and to eventually stop them. Plans for a berm and boardwalk at the pond were revealed by the Peninsula Streams Society back in February at a North Saanich environmental advisory commission meeting. Ian Bruce, executive coordinator of the society “The residents told the News Review on are here and will keep June 12 that the plan is in the conceptual stage coming to ensure they and they have not made an application to do any are heard.” work. – Kirsteen Moore That’s not good enough for Mulberry Place residents who filled the public gallery during Monday night’s regular council meeting. They are saying that what Peninsula Streams has done to date is not good enough. They are demanding to be kept informed and are hoping to have the pond’s health evaluated. “The residents are here and will keep coming to ensure they are heard,” said Kirsteen Moore, who lives near the pond. Moore said she has never received any plans from Peninsula Streams for a berm or boardwalk and claimed her backyard would be made unusable if a berm is built to raise the water level in the pond by one meter. Bruce told the News Review the berm is being considered to raise the level of water in the pond.
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