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A DAY IN THE LIFE

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Photographed on July 19

12:16 p.m.

Laura Graves takes her paddleboard out on the water from the Pacifica Paddlesports dock in Brentwood Bay. Devon MacKenzie photo

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A day in the life of the Peninsula In the tradition of showing a community’s best throughout the day, photographers with the Peninsula News Review hit the streets to capture some of the activity in our Saanich Peninsula neighbourhoods.

You might see some people you know — or even may not have known are out there in the wee hours, contributing in their own way.

This is the summer installment of the News Review’s Day in the Life series — we do two such profiles of the community each year.

We hope you enjoy these images of life on the go across the Saanich Peninsula.

— Steven Heywood, editor

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A WestJet Boeing 737 is fuelled before its departure from the Victoria International Airport.

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Photographers Steven Heywood and Devon MacKenzie captured A Day in the Life of the Peninsula on July 19, 2013, between the hours of 5 a.m. and 9 p.m.

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A B.C. Ferries employee directs cars and trucks while a motorcyclist casually waits to board.

7:26 a.m.

A Town of Sidney public works employee cuts the grass at the roundabout at Ocean Avenue and Fifth Street.

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7:56 a.m.

Bev Elder prepares to start her day at the Sidney Lions Food Bank.

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Nikki Jackson from The Roost on East Saanich Road prepares to take a breakfast sandwhich out to a customer.

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Wendy Fox of Silver Rill Corn checks out the progress on the corn in their fields on East Saanich Road.

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A goat grins for the camera at Dan’s Farm on Oldfield Road in Central Saanich.

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Panorama summer campers learn the basics of tennis at the Centennial Park tennis courts.

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Tsartlip elder Fred Charlie sings a blessing for the refurbished house poles outside of Thrifty Foods in Central Saanich.

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A canine companion awaits his owner outside of Seahorses Cafe in Brentwood Bay.

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11:35 a.m.

Joan Glass (left) and Mary D’Isendoorn from Duncan enjoy an ice cream cone while they wait for the Brentwood Bay/ Mill Bay ferry.

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A kayaker enjoys the sunny morning.

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A paddleboard yoga class in Brentwood Bay works out on the water.

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Maintaining one’s balance was key to experiencing a dry yoga class whilst on paddleboards.

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Maui, a 10-year-old bull mastiff waits in the van as his owner Dave checks the engine.

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12:10 p.m.

Keith Levang paints a landscape in the lobby of the Sidney Pier Hotel. He is part of an artist in residence program taking place throughout Greater Victoria in various local businesses.

12:17 p.m.

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Kaija Erickson, 8, of Thunder Bay, Ontario runs through Beacon Park in Sidney. Her family is in town visiting family.

12:05 p.m.

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Jason Thibideau of Victoria puts the finishing touches on a new driveway project at a home along Lochside Drive in North Saanich.

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Leah Sylvester, left, and Elissa Kembor work the lunch rush at Haro’s at the Sidney Pier Hotel.

1:33 p.m.

Lavonne Parker, a North Saanich natural horsemanship trainer, works with Dexter to retrain him how to be around people.

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1:27 p.m.

Sidney resident Enil Robertson enjoys the afternoon sunshine on one of the town’s benches along Beacon Avenue.

A group of horses check out the photographer during a stop along East Saanich Road in North Saanich.

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Barbara Ackerman, left, visiting from Princeton, New Jersey, along with her dog Ginny, Susan Simosko and Graham Debbling, call in a ‘well’ day and spend it at Island View Beach.

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Meighan dePass and her daughters Audrey, 1, and Charlotte, 3, search for sand dollars at Pat Bay.

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Mason Guise, 5, and his mom Karen from Victoria work on Mason’s Arkam Asylum sand facility at Island View Beach.

Model airplane owner Michi Akimoto gets ready for aerobatics practice at the Central Saanich model airstrip. Akimoto, from Victoria, is one of four pilots off to the world aerobatics championships in South Africa this month.

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Satnam Dheenshaw of Central Saanich’s Gobind Farms shows off the large raspberries in his family berry farm on Veyaness Road. Berry season is in full bloom on the Peninsula and will last until October, Dheenshaw says.

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Tim Maynard of Victoria tees off during an afternoon of golf at Ardmore Golf Course in North Saanich.

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5:20 p.m.

Meredith Reeve and her dog Gemma get ready for an agility competition at the Saanich Fairgrounds.

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Robert Bill of Victoria sits with his pals Johnny and Kayto during a Capital Comets Agility Club event at the Saanich Fairgrounds.

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5:29 p.m.

Sharon Delure and her daughter Gillian and their horse Lola (who was getting a bath) were at the Saanich Fairgrounds from Nanaimo for a weekend horse show.

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Michael Davies bowls against Gail Palmer (to his right) at the Central Saanich Lawn Bowling Club.

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Michelle Morris and her grandson Vincent Sylvester, 17 months, pose for a photo during the Tsawout First Nation salmon dinner.

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Bernie Calvo, right, from the Tsawout First Nation and Bethany Irvine from Washington State enjoy a salmon dinner at the Tsawout First Nation community hall during a fundraiser for their canoe races.

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A Sea King military helicopter comes in for a landing at the Victoria International Airport after flying in over Pat Bay.

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