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week. Kevin Thomas Gordon of Victoria, 38, scammed seniors by going door-to-door and offering power-washing, painting or driveway resealing services. Among the victims was an 88-year-old Saanich man, whose credit and debit cards Gordon stole and charged upwards of $15,000 on the cards. He defrauded an 85-year-old Chief Mark Fisher woman in Saanich for about $900 for pressure-washing services that were never completed. He also scammed an Oak Bay resident out of $1,220 after the woman paid up front for driveway resealing, but he didn't return to do the work. “This is a file that our detective section took an active interest in from the start,” said Oak Bay Chief Mark Fisher. “In (the Oak Bay) instance the offender actually took the victim to the bank to get cash from her account before doing the work. This type of exploitation of the elderly is despicable. The investigators were pleased to see the offender receive a significant sentence in this instance.” A joint investigation in 2012 by the Oak Bay police, Saanich police and Central Saanich police determined Gordon was responsible for a series of similar frauds across Greater Victoria. He pleaded guilty to two charges of theft from incidents in Colwood; fraud over $5,000, using a stolen credit card and fraud under $5,000 from incidents in Saanich; and three charges of fraud under $5,000 from incidents in Oak Bay, Victoria and Saanichton. Nanaimo RCMP arrested Gordon on July 14, 2012, a few days after security guards allegedly caught him trying to defraud the Wal-Mart at Uptown, but Gordon escaped still wearing handcuffs. Last Thursday in Victoria provincial court, Gordon received an 18-month sentence, and was ordered to make restitution upon his eventual release, as a condition of the court-imposed probation. editor@oakbaynews.com
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Man and pets escape top floor blaze Don Descoteau News staff
The top floor of a home at 57 Beach Dr. is a charred mess and one man is lucky to have escaped, after fire ripped through in the early morning hours of Wednesday. The call came in to the Oak Bay Fire Department around 1 a.m. At its peak, flames leapt into the sky across the length of the rental home. The lone tenant sleeping in the building at the time was roused by a smoke detector and got out OK, Fire Chief Dave Cockle said. The man was taken to Royal Jubilee Hospital for examination and released soon after. Both his dogs and a cat were accounted for, Cockle added. At one point, 36 firefighters were battling the blaze, including two ladder crews from Victoria, an engine company from Saanich, plus a rescue truck. The location of the structure – the home is built right into the rock high above Beach Drive near the Victoria border – made access tricky, Cockle said. The cause of the fire was still under investigation at the News press time, but it appeared to have started on the roof, Cockle said. The top floor includes both a deck area as well as a living space with kitchen and bedrooms. No damage estimate had yet been determined. ddescoteau@vicnews.com
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Victoria firefighters attacking with an aerial ladder from a position on Sylvan Lane, dump water on the top of a house fire at 57 Beach Dr. in the early hours of Wednesday. Firefighters from three departments knocked down the blaze.
B.C. SPCA speaks out against Oak Bay deer cull Cull would simply shift animals around, animal advocates say Don Descoteau News staff
Following Oak Bay council’s support of a partial cull of urban deer, the B.C. SPCA voiced strong opposition to the strategy. In a letter to council, an excerpt from which was posted to the B.C. SPCA’s website on Saturday, the organization wrote that using lethal measures to control deer populations is “not a sustainable or evidence-based option, in particular for this type of urban area.” “By conducting a cull you’re just going to have other deer moving into the territory,” said Sara Dubois, the B.C. SPCA’s manager of wildlife services. A more appropriate measure, she said, would be to target individual animals that
have shown aggressive behaviour toward humans and have them removed by the provincial Conservation Officer Service, similar to a problem bear or cougar. The urban deer issue in Greater Victoria, and specifically Oak Bay, has created tension in the community between frustrated homeowners and gardeners who support lethal action to reduce the population, and those who support more humane methods or doing nothing. While certain people have called for action to be taken soon addressing the perceived problem, Dubois said, the B.C. SPCA would rather investigate what is causing deer to stay in pockets of Oak Bay and other areas in greater numbers than in past years. She pointed to a Winnipeg study on urban deer that included tracking certain animals with GPS. It found deer congregated in certain areas because they were being fed by humans. In recent years some areas of southern Manitoba jacked up the fines for feeding deer to $500 to try
As Oak Bay prepares to work with the CRD on a limited cull situation using a capture-and-euthanize method, anti-cull advocates remain active around the region. Kelly Carson, spokesperson for advocacy group Deersafe, said the CRD has received a petition containing 1,631 signatures of residents opposed to the use of a Clover trap and bolt-gun method to reduce the urban deer population. Members of the volunteer group, Danielle Pope/News staff who supported an anti-cull rally at Advocates for the Oak Bay deer stage a Oak Bay municipal hall last week that demonstration to urge council to reconsider attracted about 200 people, continue to attend various community events the idea of culling the deer population. to secure more names for their petition. and combat the problem. “We’ll be here until the humane solutions Oak Bay’s bylaw prohibiting the feeding are implemented and they stop talking of deer – adopted in January 2010, it also about a cull,” Carson said. includes racoons and feral rabbits – is To view the excerpted B.C. SPCA letter, complaint-driven, but has resulted in just visit bit.ly/17TZGtk. one call and no tickets issued in the past ddescoteau@vicnews.com six months. The fine is $50.
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Stadacona CENTRE Best friends Karlee Zaruk, left, Fiona O’Flynn, Sage DaSilva and Olivia Heinz, far right, flank Taylor Swift’s mom Andrea Swift at Taylor’s concert June 29. Jenn Zaruk photo
A Swift introduction F our Oak Bay girls had a dream come true at Taylor Swift’s Vancouver concert June 29. While the 13-year-old BFFs Karlee Zaruk, Fiona O’Flynn, Sage DaSilva and Olivia Heinz were “freaking out and crying together before the concert even started,” according to Sage’s mom Kathy DaSilva, the pop star’s mom, Andrea Swift, picked them out of the crowd of
more than 42,000 at B.C. Place stadium to watch the show with her. The lucky girls watched the show up close with Andrea where they were able to touch their idol’s hand, got to meet Taylor’s brother Austin and opening singer Ed Sheeran. Sage and Karlee had letters with them they had written to Taylor - in case they ever met her - and asked Andrea if she
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mid the celebrations and fireworks Monday, Victoria suddenly found itself joined to the rarefied club of Canadian cities targeted for a high-profile terrorist attack. If the suspects had slipped under the radar and detonated pressure-cooker bombs outside the legislature during Canada Day celebrations, it could have been the worst terrorist attack in history on Canadian soil. Instead, the B.C. RCMP were able to announce two arrests – John Nuttall, a Surrey man (and former Victoria resident) with a significant criminal rap sheet, and Amanda Korody, his partner. RCMP assert both of these Canadian born-and-raised suspects were “self-radicalized” by al-Qaida influence. Nuttall has been in and out of Victoria’s courts regularly for assaults, robberies, mischief and possessing weapons. In media articles, he was described as a former drug addict and a violent enforcer when it came to collecting drug debts. He’s also described as a recent convert to Islam. Whether this pair tried to copycat the pressurecooker Boston bombings, were angry antigovernment types, or were interested in promoting an Islamic caliphate in line with al-Qaida goals (or none of the above), the fact their alleged plot was identified, infiltrated and hijacked by RCMP agents is a testament to why Canada needs intelligence agencies. Organizations like the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), which tipped off the provincial RCMP to the plot, and RCMP antiterrorism departments, almost always operate behind the scenes to ferret out domestic terrorism. It’s hard to know how many credible terror plots have been halted in Canada. Beyond oil pipeline bombings in the past, police and intelligence agencies have quashed an alleged plot to blow up a Via passenger train between Toronto and New York by two foreign men who supposedly received guidance from al-Qaida agents; and the so-called “Toronto 18,” (11 were convicted) a group of young Muslim men who plotted to blow up targets across southern Ontario with fertilizer bombs. The foiled Victoria bombing can be seen as a wake-up call to Canadians that terrorism is a reality in this country, and as analysts have predicted, attacks on civilians are not an “if” but a “when.” This is also an opportunity for a national conversation on the bounds of domestic surveillance – what will people tolerate to ensure agencies have the resources to keep Canadians safe?
What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@vicnews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The OAK BAY 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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While Canada Day could be a nother Canada Day has come time to celebrate the professed valand gone, and whatever vesues of our country, police across tigial patriotism I may have the nation seem to interpret rowdy had seems to have gone with it. celebrations as an Try as I might to see the opportunity to illustrate good in Monday’s celebratheir contempt for those tions, this year seems to values. hold more cloud than silIn a letter to the Victover lining for our Nation’s ria Police Board in 2010, favourite holiday. the B.C. Civil Liberties I remember the first Association condemned year the joint police task the ongoing Canada Day force used helicopters and searches as a violation armoured cars to disperse of the Charter of Rights crowds of patriotic Canada Day revellers even before Simon Nattrass and Freedoms. On Monday, signs the final echoes of fireThe Capital tacked to bus stops still works had faded away. informed potential pasSitting on a bluff oversengers that “you may be subject to looking the city, I saw searchlights search.” sliding across the sky and heard Folks harassed by police weren’t the pulse of helicopter blades cutthe only ones without a reason to ting the air as thousands were celebrate on Monday. In publicadriven from town. Several people tions and online, several indigenous would later relate how they had activists across the country shared been aggressively ushered out their thoughts on what it means to of the downtown core by police be a proud Canadian. and harassed while simply cutting As Athabasca Chipewyan First through the area on their way to Nation member Susana Deranger homes in James Bay or Fairfield. said in a recent article, “It would I remember the last time I took be strange indeed to celebrate the a bus downtown on Canada Day, birth of a nation that stole my land, when that same task force – composed of West Shore RCMP, Victoria forced hardships on my peoples and won’t recognize my place in police, other police agencies, and B.C. Transit – set up checkpoints on this nation or all that my ancestors all routes entering the region’s core. lost and sacrificed for this home on Passengers were ordered to leave my native land.” Closer to home, a century and the bus, line up on the sidewalk, a half ago Victoria was the staging and submit to searches by officers point for the genocide of indigenous enforcing B.C. Transit’s ban on carpeoples up and down the coast. rying alcohol onboard buses.
From offices in Fort Victoria, colonial administrators orchestrated the spread of smallpox in indigenous communities, killing as much as 90 per cent of the population in some areas, as told by Tom Swanky in The True Story of Canada’s “War” of Extermination on the Pacific. Historian Chris Arnett also notes that Fort Victoria housed the ships which bombarded indigenous villages under the guise of justice when warriors fought back against encroachment by settlers. The brutal process of colonization continues today as we celebrate the confederation of a nation on stolen land. Today, the Harper Conservatives and B.C. Liberals have failed to bring out that ‘O Canada’ feeling in many of us. Canada is cut up and tied down as pipelines creep across the West and civil disobedience is increasingly met by mass arrests and the suspension of basic rights. I am proud of some things – I am proud that many Canadians support civil rights and the ongoing struggles of indigenous peoples. I am proud that alternative stories are being told alongside those which romanticize our history and minimize our flaws. As beer-commercial patriotism slowly gives way to honesty and self-awareness, I am proud that Canadians may soon have something worth celebrating. Simon Nattrass’s column can be found in Friday’s paper and online at vicnews.com.
‘This year seems to hold more cloud than silver lining.’
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Beacon Hill traffic closures mainly given thumbs up I am very pleased with the changes the City of Victoria parks department has made. There are fewer cars chasing ducks and pedestrians now. I see seniors walking hand in hand without having to be cautious and children – whole school classes of them – enjoying this peaceful park setting. Even the animals: squirrels, ducks, crows and peacocks, seem more trusting and relaxed. Most bicyclists are apparently taking care of pedestrians and animals and not racing through the park. I think this is a very positive change that should be made permanent for the pleasure of all of us. Cars that are driven into the park by people who want to enjoy the peaceful environment should be directed to the parking places provided, or the toilets and then guided out via the shortest way possible. However, this jewel in our community should not be available as a short cut for those in a hurry. Thank you, Victoria parks department. Horst Hees Victoria
Traffic changes created last year in Beacon Hill Park mean visitors like Xu Jing Qian, 81, being photographed in a tree by fellow tourists from Shanghai, need not worry about through traffic in the park.
My husband and I are so delighted with what has been done. Please keep the park more cyclist and pedestrian friendly. Dorothy Harvey Victoria Thanks for the opportunity to voice our opinion on the traffic changes in the park. I am convinced that the changes are not conducive to the general public accessing the park for leisure activities. Unless you
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are very agile, the distances between the corners of the park require more vehicle access. Unless you want to spend a day exploring the park, the current access is totally inappropriate.
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Previous road routes may have served as through-access for taxis and other vehicles, so why not put in speed bumps to reduce the speed? Making the park more accessible by the
motoring traffic means more access to various portions of the park by the general public. Andre Beaudette Victoria
Readers respond: Sewage site, derelict buildings, B.C. election
Do you think terrorists see Victoria as a prime target? Yes, we should visibly beef up everyday security No, I see no reason to add to exisiting security Maybe, but only visibly enhance security at major public events such as Canada Day or B.C. Day
Last week’s question: Are you a proud Canadian? • Yes, I get misty at the playing of O Canada (61%) • No, the Harper government makes me ashamed to be Canadian (30%) • Sometimes, like when a Canadian hockey team is challenging for the Stanley Cup (9%)
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Who’s affected most by sewage treatment plant? What is the effect on Esquimalt if the sewage plant is built at McLoughlin Point? It is a small piece of land behind DND with no public access. It is almost unusable except for this purpose. How is the building of the plant at this point going to affect the City of Victoria? It will be located at the entrance of Victoria harbour – a nice first impression. The prevailing winds from the southwest will also blow any odours toward the provincial capital. The inhabitants of high rises in James Bay and along the Songhees will get the best view overlooking this monument. It may be wise for the council of Victoria to review the map to see who is the most affected. Rod Lavergne Esquimalt
Let commissionaires patrol our run-down buildings Re: Derelict buildings a sad sign (Simon Natrass, June 28) In the column on derelict buildings I do not accept that there is nothing city bylaw inspectors can do.
I think the wrong people are in charge of monitoring them. There are too many parking commissionaires downtown and I have watched some of them spend a few minutes on a car measuring the distance to the curb and sighting whether the bumper goes past the line of the meter to see if there is any way they can give out a ticket. If they change the name of the department to parking and derelict buildings, the owners will soon be standing in line at city hall to get a permit to fix their buildings. John Hopper Oak Bay
True election numbers pathetic for B.C. Liberals Despite all the claims we are constantly hearing that Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberals won a strong mandate from the people of British Columbia on May 14, I think it is important to recognize that those claims are based on the flim-flam of our electoral system, rather than statistical reality. In the election, the Liberals were able to win the support of 795,943 voters, which represents just 24 per cent of the province’s 3,310,213 eligible voters. Where but in the bizarre never-
never land of our weird electoral system would 24 per cent be considered even minimally acceptable, let alone enough to serve as the basis for claiming a huge success? For example, who would go to a doctor who succeeded in only 24 per cent of his minor operations? Who would fly on an airplane with a pilot who was able to land his plane safely only 24 per cent of the time? Or who would patronize a grocer if only 24 per cent of the food he sold was safe to consume? I fully acknowledge that the B.C. Liberals won the election fair and square under the existing rules of the political game. I also recognize that the opposition parties obtained even more pathetically smaller shares of support from eligible voters: just 21.6 per cent for the NDP, 4.4 per cent for the Greens and 2.6 per cent for the Conservatives. Nonetheless, I find it quite shocking that a 24-per-cent level of achievement in the election is sufficient to take total control of the government of B.C. for four years, when it is a standard that would represent abject failure in practically any other area of human endeavour. Gordon Pollard Victoria
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Former Oak Bay mayor joins Beacon board Former Oak Bay mayor Christopher Causton is one of the newest members of the board of Beacon Community Services. At its 39th Annual General Meeting, members of the local non-profit organization elected Causton
and Hal Irwin to its board of directors. Causton brings a wealth of community-based administrative and leadership experience, including 15 years of service as Oak Bay mayor to the board. His extensive resumé also includes
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time as chair of the Capital Regional District Board, chair of the Regional Housing Trust, and member of the Victoria Homelessness Coalition. Irwin is a chartered accountant and majority owner and chairman of Philbrooks Boatyard Limited in Sidney. He has served on the Town of Sidney’s Advisory Planning Board, was a founding director and treasurer of the Central Saanich Farmlands Trust, and has extensive board experience through other organizations, including the Edmonton Downtown Development Corporation and the Edmonton Airport Authority Board. “We are delighted to have Christopher and Hal join us,” board Chair Penny Thomsen said. “Their experience will be a tremendous asset to the organization, and we look forward to working with them.” The 11-person board oversees an organization with more than 1,100 employees and 500 volunteers, who provide services to seniors who require home support care, those who are looking for work, and vulnerable people who require counselling, housing and other supports within the CRD. Last year, Beacon oversaw a budget of more than $60 million. editor@oakbaynews.com
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The Oak Bay Village Night Markets continue throughout the summer months, rain or shine. The next market is on July 17, 4 to 8 p.m. on Oak Bay Avenue. Artists and vendors present a variety of primarily locally created items. The produce and food selection has grown this year with offerings such as fudge, garlic and herbs, cookies, produce and glutenfree baking. Additional details are online at visitoakbayvillage.ca.
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love for Simon’s style of comedy. The Blue Bridge production also stars Jane Spidell (Stratford Festival) as Kate Jerome, Brian Linds as Jack Jerome, Sebastien Archibald as his son Stanley, Samatha Currie as Blanche, Kate Richard as Nora and Elizabeth Duncan as Laurie. The two-story set was designed by Carole Klemm, while costumes are by Patricia Reilly and sound is by Brian Linds. Janet Wright, who stared as crocheting matriarch Emma Leroy in CTV’s popular sitcom Corner Gas is directing the show. Brighton Beach Memoirs runs until July 14 at the McPherson Playhouse. Find Monday Magazine’s review online at Mondaymag.com. Tickets are available at the Royal McPherson box office, by phone at 250-386-6121 or online at rmts. bc.ca. There is a 20-per-cent discount for groups of eight or more by calling 250385-4462.
Amitai Marmorstein stars as Eugene Morris Jerome in Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre’s production of Brighton Beach Memoirs,, which opened July 4 at the McPherson Playhouse. TIM MATHESON
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★★★½ BEFORE MIDNIGHT -(Odeon) Richard Linklater’s third installment of the charming – and chatty – love-denied story of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) has lots of surprises … not least of which is that the star-crossed lovers have finally hooked up. Between the atmospheric Greek locale and the well-crafted dialogue this is a grand cine-treat for those already bored with the summer’s superhero blockbusters. THE CROODS -(Caprice) A prehistoric family taking an unexpected “road trip” into a magical land is the plot of this whimsical animated charmer (which has been getting great reviews). With the vocal talents of Emma Stone, Nicolas Cage, and Ryan Reynolds. EPIC -(Caprice) In this animated family adventure a teenage girl is magically transported to a deep forest setting where she bands together with a wacky crew of critters to help battle a terrifyingly dark force that is threatening their world . . . and ours. Note: moves from the Westshore to the Caprice on Fri. ★★½ FAST & FURIOUS 6 -(Caprice) The high-octane series continues, with ever-wilder stunts. In this outing Dom’s crew is asked to take down an ex-Special Ops soldier who has morphed into a supercriminal specializing in vehicular warfare. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, and Paul Walker. ★★½ THE GREAT GATSBY -(Empire 6) Baz Luhrman (Moulin Rouge) directs a lavish, over-the-top but decidedly uninvolving screen version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic Jazz Age novel about a glamorous and mysterious millionaire on Long Island. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan. THE HANGOVER PART III -(Caprice) All those bad boys from the Wolfpack are reunited for a final return to Vegas. As if anything could go wrong. With Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis. By all accounts, this one is well worth avoiding. ★★½ THE HEAT -(Odeon/SilverCity/ Westshore) In this raucous and sometimes hit-and-miss comedy from Paul Feig (Knocked Up), Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) play odd-couple cops who will have to learn to work together if they are to stand a chance of taking down the drug lord who’s their assigned target. ★★ THE INTERNSHIP -(Caprice) Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson – whose bromantic charm is running thin – play two salesmen whose careers are trashed by the digital age. Suddenly, they find themselves at Google headquarters competing with tech-savvy 20-somethings for a couple of highly-prized internships. A promising premise goes nowhere thanks to a clichéd plot and overwritten scenes. ★★★ IRON MAN 3 -(Caprice) An emotionally unbalanced Iron Man (Robert Downey) goes up against the terrifying Mandarin (Ben Kingsley), one of the more intriguing megalomaniacs of recent years. Despite being a step down from the original – and a bit long-winded and bombastic – this is an imaginative, humorous and fast-paced thrill ride. With Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce. JATT & JULIET 2 -(Empire 6) There’s not much info on this romantic comedy except to note that it is in Hindi. ★★½ MAN OF STEEL -(Empire 6/ SilverCity/Westshore) Zack Snyder (The Watchmen, 300) helms this occasionally interesting but mostly
bombastic reboot of the series about the original caped superhero. Starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, and Michael Shannon, who is brilliant as the villainous General Zod. MONSTERS UNIVERSITY -(Empire 6/SilverCity/Empire Uni 4/Westshore) In this prequel to the 2001 animated smash about fuzzy plush-toy monsters, we go back to the early days when Sully (John Goodman) and Mike (Billy Crystal) met at university. ★★★½ MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING -(Odeon) Talented director Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Avengers) takes on the Bard with a modern-day retelling of Shakespeare’s classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with very different ideas about life and love. This is a sharp, funny and engaging bit of filmmaking. See review. ★★ NOW YOU SEE ME -(Caprice) The FBI and Interpol combine forces to battle a clever crew of Las Vegas illusionists who seem to be robbing banks . . . while simultaneously performing for a casino audience. Despite a great cast that includes Morgan Freeman, Mark Ruffalo, and Jesse Eisenberg, this is a flabby caper film with little magic to it. ★★½ OBLIVION -(Roxy, 7:00) Tom Cruise stars in a visually stylish but rather dull and derivative sci-fi thriller about a man who returns to a ruined Earth to extract its remaining resources when strange things start to happen and he begins to question his mission and himself. Note: no show on Mon., July 8. ★★★ THIS IS THE END -(Odeon/ SilverCity) In this truly wacked comedy, stars such as Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and Jonah Hill play themselves as they party at James Franco’s house – only to find themselves confronting a terrifying, demon-filled apocalypse. Although a bit oversold and rather slapdash, this is very funny (and very rude). ★★★ WORLD WAR Z -(Empire 6, SilverCity, Empire Uni 4, Westshore) Countries topple and armies shatter in the face of a zombie pandemic, as a shaggy-haired Brad Pitt tries to save the world. This is an intense and intelligent movie that uses zombies to embody the more plausible horror of a SARS-like threat to the planet. MORE LISTINGS ONLINE AT VICNEWS.COM
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oss Wheedon has Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Toy Story as early credits, and recently earned $1.5 billion at the box office for The Avengers. this versatile and unpredictable director’s latest trick was to turn his own home into the major set for a no-budget, black-and-white version of shakespeare’s dark-tinged romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing. set in the present day but retaining shakespeare’s original dialogue, this is an engagingly funny and charming modernization of the bard. At the core of the film are two couples with different notions of love. beatrice and benedick are very much characters out of screwball comedy: they constantly attack each other with scathing wit such that they
are clearly destined to fall in love (a prospect made all the more droll because they share a ripe disdain for the trappings of marriage). Much more traditional is the romance between Hero (beatrice’s tender-hearted cousin) and Claudio, her decent and adoring suitor who is set to marry her on the morrow. All this wooing is taking place at the estate of the princely Don Pedro, whose bastard brother has just shown up, full of hatred and conniving schemes. And so the plot rolls along, with various people in the house merrily conspiring to light the spark of love between beatrice and benedick, at the same time as the black-hearted brother sets out to wreck the upcoming marriage by falsely portraying Hero as unchaste.
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s President obama reels from one scandal to the next, it’s amusing to see real life echoed by the second (!) movie in six months involving a fictional and fantastical terrorist assault on the White House. (Just a couple more of these and they’ll have enough for their very own festival.) In the newest version, White House Down features a group of paramilitary thugs who, armed with insider knowledge and automatic weapons, mow down a few dozen guards and soldiers while taking a tour group hostage, all part of a master plan to steal a fortune from the treasury. Plus there’s a highly placed traitor who may want to launch a few nuclear weapons just for fun. Unbeknownst to them, a member of the tour group, Cale (Channing tatum), is a combat veteran who had just been interviewed for a job on the President’s security detail. And since his 13-year-old daughter is one of those taken hostage, you can bet that Cale, after improbably breaking free,
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weekend there is much to like about this Much. All those upstart American actors do a fine job speaking shakespearean blank verse, thereby making it easy to accept all the men wearing suits and ties rather than doublets and hose. the black and white cinematography adds a timeless feeling, and much of the humour is presented with an appropriately lowbrow panache. Methinks that the bard would have loved this film. Rating: ★★★½
is ready to do whatever it takes to save perky little emily. oh, and there’s a little matter of the President (Jamie Foxx), who has been sort-of rescued by Cale, with the two men running around the White House as they keep eluding capture while blasting the occasional bad guy. this frothy, fast-paced actioner is directed by Roland emmerich, who specializes in over-the-top epics like Godzilla and The Day After Tomorrow (and who blew up the White House once before in 1996’s Independence Day). Despite having a great cast that includes Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods, and Richard Jenkins, Down refuses to take anything seriously. the plot, pure b-movie hokum from the start, eventually descends to jaw-dropping depths of preposterousness in the movie’s last half hour. In other words, leave your brain at the door because cinema’s silly season is officially upon us! Rating: ★★ (White House Down continues at the Empire 6, SilverCity, Westshore, and Empire Uni 4).
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calendar EvENts Sat. July 6 TibeT FesT- Centennial Square hosts a celebration of Tibetan music, dance and culture. 10am-5pm. Free.
Sun. July 7 saanich sTrawberry FesTival- This event originated as a celebration of the agricultural roots of Saanich, and has blossomed into a grand festival for all ages. Face painting, model boats and children’s relay races make up some of the events, including Commodore big band. 11am-3pm at Beaver Lake Park. Free. saanichsunfest.ca. vinTage cadillac car showJoin the Vancouver Island chapter of the Cadillac car club of B.C. for Canada’s largest Cadillac show. 10am-5pm at Fort Rodd Hill & Fisgard Lighthouse national historic site (603 Fort Rodd Hill). pc.gc.ca. vicToria pride week - See the jewel in Victoria Pride week’s crown: the parade and festival, along with a lot more fun.
Over 150 vendors will be selling food and wares. A beer garden and special performances will cater to the 19+ crowd. Pride house will host over 10 different LgBTq supportive organizations. July 7 features the annual Pride Parade, beginning at noon at government and Pandora. For full list of events, locations and times, visit the website: victoriapridesociety. org. heriTage Fair-Join Royal BC Museum for the provincial heritage fair featuring history projects created by students from grades 4-10 across B.C. Noon to 3pm at Clifford Carl Hall. Free.
stagE Fri. July 5 brighTon beach MeMoirsBlue Bridge Repertory Theatre presents Neil Simon’s tale about growing up as a Jewish-American teenager in this coming of age comedy. Directed by Janet Wright, starring Amitai Marmostein, Jane Spidell and more. Opened Thursday at 8pm and runs daily until July 14 at the McPherson Playhouse. Tickets start at $24.50 at rmts.bc.ca or 250-3866121. See story on P A9.
Sat. July 6 bike ride -Site-specific short theatre shows by the likes of Jeremy Loveday, SNAFU Dance Theatre, gotta getta gimmick, Impulse Theatre, Launch Pad and more, all presented on a four kilometre stretch of the galloping goose Trail. 3:30-6:30pm daily. July 6-7 and 13-14 at Cecilia Ravine Park (475 Burnside E) skam.ca/bike-ride. See story on P A10. balleT vicToria’s besT oF The season - Ballet Victoria brings its best of the 2013 season to Sidney’s Mary Winspear Centre for two shows only, 6:30pm Saturday and 2pm Sunday. At the Mary Winspear Centre.Tickets are $35/28/15 at marywinspear.ca. proud coMedy TheaTre - A kooky and queer tale about combining midlife crisis and a cross-country move. 2 and 8pm at Intrepid Theatre Club (1609 Blanshard). $10 cash at the door.
Sun. July 7 balleT eToile- Muse Winery presents Ballet Etoile in a selection of ballets on the intimate Ortega terrace, featuring new works, a fiery tango and the return of the Scott Joplin Suite. 2:30pm and 4:30pm at 11195 Chalet, North Saanich. $20 at 250-656-2552.
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Woodsmen and Bloody Wilma. 9pm at Upstairs Cabaret (15 Bastion). $12. reuben wier and The red hoT swing seT - Bringing old time and gypsy swing, manouche and heartbreaking ballads to the stage. After open stage at James Bay Coffee and Books (143 Menzies). By donation. daMo suzuki - With Ryan Beattie (guitar), Don Chessa (bass), Scott Henderson-Monotron (bass clarinet, brass, toys), John McMillan (drums) and Kalev Mihkel Kaup (guitar, noise). 9pm at Logan’s Pub (1821 Cook).
Sat. July 6 krisTa di gregorio- Singersonstress plays with Tony Digregorio and Brad Hawkes. 7:30pm at gorgeous Coffee (300 gorge). 250-384-4330;. By donation. Music by The sea- With its scallop-shaped bandshell, flaring out to the Pacific Ocean, The RIX Centre of Ocean Discoveries, Bamfield hosts an intimate musical experience with breathtaking views of the west coast of Vancouver Island. July 6-14. Musicbythesea.ca nazareTh- Hard rock super group takes on the Royal Theatre. With the Head Pins. 7:30pm. Tickets at rmts. bc.ca or 250-386-6121.$62. suMMer reciTal series- Christ Church Cathedral (930 Burdett) begins its annual recital series, every Saturday through August. 4-5pm. By donation. veronica yen- Taiwanese pianist and composer in concert with cellist Brian Yoon, violinist Jeremy Potts and flutist Judith Pazder. 7pm at St Mary’s Anglican Church (1701 Elgin). $20/10.
Sun. July 7 Morgan davis-Juno-Award winning bluesman plays an intimate set at Merlin’s Sun Home Theatre (1983 Fairfield). 8pm. $20. Email imgosley@telus.net for reservations. pick a piper- With Okpk and Thesis
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Sahib. 9:30pm at Copper Owl (1900 Douglas). $8. TiM readMan- Former leader of Celtic folk band Fear of Drinking makes his way to the Victoria Folk Music Society’s open stage. With Jennie Bice. 7:30pm at Norway House (1110 Hillside). $5. Victoriafolkmusic.ca.
actIvE Fri. July 5 vicToria inTernaTional Track classic - Celebrating 25 years as it hosts the finale of the national track league series, showcasing Canada’s finest track athletes. 6pm at UVic’s Centennial Stadium. Trackclassic.com.
gaLLERIEs Fri. July 5 garden parTy - The Vancouver Island School of Art hosts a garden party. The $50 ticket includes a tax receipt, food, drink, music by Stomp Club and original art for sale. 5pm at 3185 Norfolk. Email info@ vancouverislandschoolart.com or call 250-380-3500.
Sat. July 6 MeTchosin painT in - The Metchosin Art gallery hosts the
innagural paint-in, featuring more than 30 artists demonstrating their creative skill in an ourdoor space surrounding the gallery. 11am-4pm at 4495 Happy Valley Road. 250-478-9223.
Sun. July 7 acres oF arT-The grounds of the Coast Collective Art Centre (3221 Heatherbell) is home to the Land of Art of the Victoria Flower Arrangers guild, featuring huge displays of natural materials constructed on site. Plein air painters featured in the Wet Canvas Show. 11am-4pm. Free.
WORds Fri. July 5 craFT beer revoluTion - Join author and beer enthusiast Joe Wiebe as he signs copies of his revolutionary book, an insider’s guide to B.C.’s many fine craft breweries. Enjoy a pint from a special cast from Salt Spring Island Ales. 6pm at Beagle Pub (301 Cook).
Mon. July 8 heaTher spears - Join governor general award winning poet and visual artist for a short video of her work followed by a poetry reading. 5pm at Halpern graduate Student Centre, UVic. Free.
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Standing on Ship Point, Olympic shot putter Dylan Armstrong took a minute to explain the basic elements of his throwing techniques using a honeydew on Tuesday. It was part of a preview of tonight’s Victoria International Track Classic, 6 p.m. at UVic’s Centennial Stadium. Needless to say, the melons turned to a pulpy mess after they landed, as Armstrong pitched them about 15 metres in distance and 10 metres high. “It’s a lot lighter than I thought, I have to take it easy not to hurt myself,” said the Kamloops resident. Armstrong is in line to receive the 2008 Beijing Games bronze medal due to the recently announced lifetime ban of Belarus thrower Andrei Mikhnevich for doping. Armstrong is one of many elite track and field athletes attending the Victoria Track Classic, the final stop of the National Track League.
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Olympian Dylan Armstrong demonstrates his technique with a honeydew at Ship Point on Tuesday for the Victoria Track Classic. “I love coming to Victoria, it’s a great place and great event,” Armstrong said. “There’s not much
money in this so I have to hit as many events as I can.” There are few track and field ath-
letes as busy as Armstrong, as he departed Tuesday for the Diamond League event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday. He’ll rely on the time difference to make it back to Victoria for tonight’s Track Classic. “He just rolls with the punches,” said race co-organizer Keith Butler. “Not every track and field athlete can spend as much time on the plane, and sleep on the plane as easily as he does.” Armstrong trains with Canada’s throwing program in Kamloops under coach Dr. Anatoliy Bodnarchuk, and which includs upand-coming athletes Adam Keenan (hammer) and Mason Kereszti (javelin), both from Lambrick Park secondary school. Keenan and Kerestzi will be competing tonight, part of a strong local contingent. Among them are up-andcoming track star Rachel Francois, one of 16 UVic Vikes competing. Francois is looking to run her personal best in the 800-metre for the third-straight year at the Track Classic. “This track is good luck for me,” she said. Tickets available at the door. sports@vicnews.com
Hesjedal keeping safe on Tour Ryder Hesjedal looking to avoid repeat exit from Tour Travis Paterson News staff
Ryder Hesjedal “flying under the radar” at this year’s Tour de France couldn’t be a better scenario for the Victoria cyclist. The Belmont secondary graduate and 2012 Giro d’Italia winner was one of four Garmin-Sharp riders sitting 17 seconds back of the maillot jaune (yellow jersey), 14th overall after cruising in at 103rd in the peloton on Stage 5 in Marseille on Wednesday (July 3). Stage 7 of the Tour finished today, an ideal stretch for roulers, or “rolling hill” cyclists, 205km from Montpellier to Albi. Stage 7 is as far as Hesjedal made it last year
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when a serious crash forced him to withdraw. So he’s managed to hang among the elites and stay within striking distance of first place despite having already crashed on Stage 1 (June 29) and narrowly avoiding the Stage 5 crash that docked teammate Christian Vande Velde 10 minutes. “(Hesjedal’s) sliding through and staying under the radar and it happens with Ryder a lot. He’s often underrated,” said Seamus McGrath, former Olympic cycling teammate of Hesjedal’s and director of Ryder Hesjedal's Tour de Victoria. Hesjedal also seems to be avoiding the press so far, which can also be a blessing, McGrath said. “The yellow jersey guys will say it’s a lot of work off the bike, before and after each stage, so it’s a chance to be more relaxed.” Of course, a stage win or even a sniff of the yellow jersey, which his highly likely as the Tour hits the Pyrenees on Stage 8 tomorrow, and Hesjedal
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An early 4-1 deficit did not sit well with the Victoria Jr. Shamrocks as the club responded to clobber the Nanaimo Timbermen 27-17 at Bear Mountain Arena on Saturday. The Shamrocks (127) wrap up the regular portion of the B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League schedule with a home-and-away series against the Port Coquitlam Saints, 5 p.m. Saturday at the Bear, followed by an afternoon in Poco. Jesse King piled up the points with two goals and 11 assists while Chris Wardle scored five goals and five assists. The Intermediate A Shamrocks also play their last home regular season game on Saturday, 1:30 p.m. versus the Langley Thunder at the Bear.
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The Victoria Shamrocks added speedy, shutdown defender Jon Harnett in a trade with the Coquitlam Adanacs on Tuesday. The Ads get a 2014 second round pick in the Western Lacrosse Association draft. Harnett joins his brother Greg, a transition player for the Shamrocks. Jon won the Jr. A Minto Cup against the Jr. Rocks in 2008. The Rocks’ next game is against the Ads in Coquitlam tomorrow (July 6).
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The Ryders Cycling Society of Canada is auctioning off Ryder Hesjedal’s Stage 5 jersey from the 2012 Tour de France. Bidding for the jersey is on eBay and will close on Saturday, July 6, at 3 p.m. Visit ryderscyclingsociety.org top bid on the jersey.
HarbourCats to host Armed Forces night
Sunday (July 8) is Canadian Armed Forces Night when the Victoria HarbourCats host the Walla Walla Sweets, 7:05 p.m. at Royal Athletic Park. Tickets to the West Coast League baseball game are $1 for uniformed members of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Seven baseball Eagles headed to college
The Victoria Eagles will send seven players from its B.C. Premier Baseball League to college next year. Mitch Hawkins (Vancouver Island University), Will Wild (Raritan College, New Jersey), Gobind Sall (Brown Mackie Junior College, Kansas), Brett Hull and Brandon Feldman (Otero Junior College, Colorado) and Eric Hegadoren and Vinnie Martin (University of B.C.) are part of a core of Victoria players who earned scholarship deals to play varsity baseball next year. The Eagles visit the Delta Blue Jays on Saturday and Coquitlam Reds on Sunday. The Victoria Mariners visit the Abbotsford Cardinals on Sunday.
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Canada win plate trophy at Rugby World Sevens
Canada earned the Plate trophy (second tier) thanks to five straight wins at the men’s Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament in Moscow. The Canadians, featuring a core of Victoria players, dropped the opening pool game to eventual RWC Sevens champs New Zealand on Friday (June 28). They then stormed back to defeat USA and Georgia on Saturday and Tonga, Scotland and Samoa on Sunday. “To be able to say that the only game we lost was to the winners is pleasing,” said Canada’s Sevens coach Geraint John. Playing for Canada was Oak Bay High grad and former national sevens captain Phil Mack of the UVic Vikes as well as St. Michaels University School grad Mike Fuailefau of the Castaway Wanderers. The Canadian women made it to the top tier Cup final but lost 29-12 to New Zealand.
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In the game Five-year-old Dawson Coppinger Carey carries a new bag of hockey equipment that’s almost as big as he is as Toronto Maple Leafs player Ryan O’Byrne, top left, looks on. O’Byrne presented equipment to 25 deserving local players from the Ryan O’Byrne Charity Camp and the NHLPA Goals and Dreams Fund at Kirby’s Source for Sports on Cloverdale Avenue.
Weightlifter ranked among nation’s best Travis Paterson News staff
Weightlifter Rachel Siemens is going to stick around. Siemens, 23, ranked second at the Western Canadian Championships this year, and third at nationals, and is staying in Victoria now that she’s finished her kinesiology undergraduate at UVic. She hopes to represent Canada at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2015 Pan Am Games and then the Olympics. “That’s the plan but it’s just one step at a time,” Siemens said. “I have a (Victoria) coach, Rob Macklem, who’s been coaching me for two years now. I’ve also started a training business but will try to work as little as possible and train as much as possible to reach my goals.” As a trainer she can adapt to whatever the customer wants, it doesn’t have to be weightlifting, though she’s qualified to teach more than the basics in weightlifting, fitness and sports performance. “Training is pretty
demanding. It’s a tough balance without much funding.” The former CrossFit competitor moved completely into weightlifting this year after competing in both for the past two years. It paid off as she placed third in the 2013 nationals in the 69-kilograms category. Siemens competed last weekend in White Rock’s annual Sea Festival Open where she finished second to teen phenom Prabdeep Sanghera. The catch is Siemens didn’t cut weight. Rather, she competed in the 75-kgs category and matched Sanghera in the clean and jerk at 110-kgs lifted but only managed 83-kgs in the snatch lift to Sanghera’s 90-kgs. “There aren’t that many weightlifting competitions so I can’t really afford to miss any but I wasn’t going to cut weight.” Siemens is ranked eighth among Canadian women based on the Sinclair coefficient, a number derived from the size of the athlete and their weightlifting results. sports@vicnews.com
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Find more details on the Open Houses below in the July 4-10 edition of Real Estate Victoria 3661 Dartmouth, $509,000 Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Don Beckner, 250-477-5353
3020 Lansdowne Rd, $1,249,000
405-300 Waterfront Cres, $449,000
Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736
Saturday 11-1 Re/Max Camosun Jason Binab, 250-744-3301
Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Velma Sproul, 250-384-7663
1075 Pentrelew, $675,000 Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422
pg. 6
2147 Quimper St, $739,900 Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Ted Tyrrell, 250-477-7291
Saturday & Sunday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Lynnell Davidge, 250-477-7291
pg. 9
pg. 7
720 Esquimalt Rd, $429,900 Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Saira Waters, 250-592-4422
pg. 8
31-278 Island Highway, $249,900 Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Don Beckner, 250-477-5353
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rick Hoogendoorn, 250-592-4422
Saturday 2-4 Coldwell Banker Slegg Realty Daniel Weiss 250 383-1500 pg. 9
733A Humboldt (200 Douglas)
Saturday, Sunday & Monday noon - 5 pm Macdonald Realty Helene Roy, 250 883-2715 pg. 1
Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Plank, 250-360-6106
Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Komal Dodd, 250-479-3333
pg. 10
Saturday 2-4 One Percent Realty Valentino, 250-686-2242
pg. 10
1050 Pentrelew, $649,000
4300 Maltwood Close, $870,000 pg. 9 Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Deedrie Ballard, 250-744-3301
pg. 8
204-837 Selkirk Ave, $274,900
102-640 Montreal St.
Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Deedrie Ballard, 250-744-3301
Saturday 11-1 One Percent Realty Valentino, 250-686-2242
pg. 9
1372 Treebank, $789,000 pg. 7
pg. 12
Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Susan Carley, 250-477-7291
pg. 17
104-2211 Shelbourne St, $230,000 Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Jason Binab, 250-744-3301
pg. 10
50 Howe
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Neil Rawnsley, 250-592-4422
Sunday 2-4 Boorman’s Realty Graham Bavington, 250-415-1931
pg. 12
Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333
pg. 10
Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast James Gardiner (250) 507-4333
pg. 7
101-1041 Rockland, $299,000
pg. 16
pg. 6
pg. 8
209-2529 Wark St, $200,000
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Sutton group West Coast Komal Dodd, 250-479-3333
5255 Parker, $1,795,000 Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Lynne Sager 250 744-3301
1127 Temple, $699,000
Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588
903 Collinson, $555,000
3820 Savannah Ave, $509,000 pg. 9
Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Jason Binab, 250-744-3301
Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Jordy Harris, 250-385-2033
pg. 1
pg. 11
22-899 Royal Oak, $585,000 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Susan Carley, 250-477-7291
pg. 21
Sunday 1-3 Fair Realty Ltd Colin Lagadyn, 250-590-9194
pg. 22
Saturday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683
pg. 15
Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124
pg. 7
pg. 13
Daily 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445 Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Robert Buckle 250 385-2033
pg. 22
Sunday 2-4 JonesCo. Real Estate Roger Jones, 250-361-9838
pg. 13
pg. 23
Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Diana Winger, 250-999-3683
pg. 12
3390 Hatley, $548,500
Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588
pg. 14
210-663 Goldstream Ave, $234,900 Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Rick Turcotte, 250-744-3301
pg. 13
101-2329 Bradford Ave, $499,900 Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608
pg. 14
pg. 13
3467 Happy Valley
Saturday & Sunday 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445
578 Langholme, $439,900 Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Gabriella Pakos 250 384-8124
pg. 14
pg. 12
1058 River Rd.
6696 Woodsview Lane, $585,000 pg. 13
2172 Amherst, $479,000 Saturday 3-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
pg. 14
414 Quail, $625,000
Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091
pg. 13
347 Millstream Lake Rd, $749,800 pg. 21
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Gina Sundberg, 250-812-4999
pg. 13
10500 McDonald Park Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess 250 384-8124
Saturday 2-4 Sutton West Coast Realty Jonas Solberg 250 479-3333
Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
Saturday 1-3 Holmes Realty Magdalin Heron 250 656-0911
Sunday 2-4 JONESco Real Estate Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653
5577 Medberry
Saturday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Ruth Stark 250 477-1100
pg. 15
2160 Erinan, $739,000
Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Don Beckner, 250-477-5353
pg. 23
2367 Sunriver, $459,900 Saturday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Jane Logan, 250-920-6868
pg. 15
pg. 13
2262 Setchfield, $649,900
1131-2600 Ferguson, $299,000
1361 Hillgrove Rd, $599,900 pg. 17
pg. 23
2987 Dornier Rd.
503-6880 Wallace Dr, $369,900
pg. 22
Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Corie Meyer, 250-818-3216
pg. 15
525 Saltspring View, $589,000 Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Gary Bazuik, 250-477-5353
47-486 Royal Bay, $389,900 pg. 21
Saturday 1-3 Burr Properties Ltd John McMillan, 250 382-8838
pg. 13
Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Andrew Plank, 250-360-6106
290 Milburn Dr, $659,900
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheri Crause, 250-592-4422
pg. 18
pg. 15
117 Valiant Pl
14-2115 Amelia, $362,000 pg. 11
Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Lorraine Stundon 250 812-0642
593 Latoria Rd, $294,000
7765 Trentelmann, $509,900
10322 Booth, $439,000 pg. 17
pg. 10
762 Westbury, $818,000
Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Plank, 250-360-6106
pg. 9
pg. 1
804 Beckwith, $519,900
Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Kroppmann Realty Dale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808
pg. 11 Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Roland Stillings, 250-744-3301
pg. 13
46-7583 Central Saanich, $132,500
Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Valerie Edwards, 250-744-3301
982 Mckenzie, $299,900 Tuesday-Sunday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital James Liu 250 477-5353
Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Robin Lewis, 250-656-0131
3547 Desmond, $558,500
899 Wild Ridge Way
986 Barkway Terr, $639,000
Saturday 11-1 Sutton West Coast Realty Jonas Solberg 250 479-3333
2-909 Carolwood, $480,000
Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291
4009 Cedar Hill Rd, $529,900
Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Anna Bjelde, 250-592-4422
Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Jeff Shaw 250 474-6003
pg. 21
8655 Forest Park, $679,000 Saturday 3-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
pg. 16
2792 Lakehurst, $339,000
1248 Loenholm, $439,900
1-1717 Blair Ave, $424,800
113-21 Erie St, $499,000
pg. 12
Sunday 2-4 Address Realty Ltd. Shaughna Boggs-Wright, 250-391-1893
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Don Beckner, 250-477-5353
pg. 7
Sunday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Jane Logan, 250-920-6868
618 Parkway, $459,000
566 Caselton, $654,900
310-1521 Church, $229,900 1005 Kentwood, $719,000
pg. 22
2867 Murray, $578,888
1581 Mileva, $1,195,000 Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Laurie Abram, 250-385-2033
pg. 8
403 Conway
Saturday 2-4 Duttons & Co. Real Estate Ltd. Colin Moorman, 250-383-7100
Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608
303-535 Heatherdale, $395,000
Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Jordy Harris, 250-385-2033
Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Wendy Herrick 250-656-0131
9706 Fifth St, $569,900
3926 Jean Pl, $589,000
4015 Hopesmore Dr, $619,000
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Address Realty Ltd. Rob Angus, 250-391-1893
840 Fleming St, $364,500 pg. 8
pg. 3
pg. 18 Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Ruth Stark 250 477-1100
pg. 12
209-3160 Albina, $276,900
Saturday 1-3 Fair Realty Ltd Colin Lagadyn, 250-590-9194
pg. 21
1775 Spieden, $668,000
4259 Wilkinson Rd, $427,500
5175 Delmonte Ave, $1,058,000
Saturday 12-1:30 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683
pg. 9
pg. 11
Sunday 2-4 Cathy Duncan & Associates 250-658-0967
134 Gibraltar Bay, $532,900 Sunday 1-3 Burr Properties Ltd John McMillan, 250 382-8838
pg. 6
192 Goward Rd, $1,595,000
Sunday 12-2 RE/MAX Camosun Deanna Noyce, 250-744-3301
9-639 Kildew Rd
307-2250 James White, $274,900
Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Rick Turcotte, 250-744-3301
4041 Braefoot, $949,000
4030/4040 Borden St
A-1142 Craigflower Rd, $349,888
2-1041 Southgate, $419,900
Saturday 1-3 Newport Realty Robert Buckle 250 385-2033
pg. 8
pg. 23
304-1665 Oak Bay Ave, $279,900
Tuesday 1-3 Duttons & Co. Real Estate Ltd. Colin Moorman, 250-383-7100
Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921
Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Elfie Jeeves, 250-477-7291
2700 Herbate
3153 Stevenson, $418,900
Saturday & Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Lynnell Davidge, 250-477-7291
Saturday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd Jeff Shaw 250 474-6003
310-1025 Inverness, $218,800
pg. 8
275 Plowright, $679,000
1733 Newton St, $550,000
Saturday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Deanna Noyce, 250-744-3301
pg. 17
4629 Sunnymead, $689,000
Saturday 2-4 Boorman’s Realty Graham Bavington, 250-415-1931
Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Paul Whitney, 250-889-2883
Saturday 1-3:30 Royal LePage Coast Capital Velma Sproul, 250-384-7663
4096 Dawnview Cres, $589,000
905-379 Tyee, $349,000
Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588
214-400 Dupplin, $272,800
207-3244 Seaton, $219,000
pg. 8
814-160 Wilson
Saturday 3-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
pg. 23
4675 McMorran, $739,000 Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Lynne Sager 250 744-3301
405-2100 Granite, $246,500
1227 Clearwater, $465,000
9400 Creekside Dr, $849,000 pg. 14
Saturday 2-4 JONESco Real Estate Inc. Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653
399 Wembley Rd
Friday & Saturday 1-3 Re/Max First Realty Ian Lindsay 1-888-243-1071
pg. 19
Friday, July 5, 2013 - OAK
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Go Local BC!
We pick BC first.
BC Large Cherries
Cherry Pie
Sweet, succulent and fresh like they were growing in your backyard. $6.59/kg
10”, 1.1kg
On Sale
2
On Sale
99
Coke, Canada Dry or Selected Flavours 20 Pack
On Sale
5
9Each9
50
Per lb
30
Royale
Bathroom Tissue Selected 12 Rolls
On Sale
5
9Each9
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