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Brothers Lachlan, 13, and Gavin Kratz, 15, will put Oak Bay on the map in the Rugby Canada National Championship Festival from Aug. 7-11 in Vancouver. The two boys have been playing with the Castaway Wanderers since they were 5 and 7, and hope to take the sport as far as it will lead them.

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the event, but what makes their situation even more special is that both boys are in the younger end of their age divisions. Lachlan will play in the under-14 category, while Gavin will take on the under16 group this year. The biggest challenge: size difference. Danielle Pope “Most of these players will have News staff had another year on us, so that means another year of training and If you ask Gavin and Lachlan Kratz to name their favourite sports another year of growth,” Gavin says. That growth may not make stars, they’ll both give you the same much difference, though. Spencer answer: you can’t pick just one. Robinson, coach of both the “The thing about rugby, is that Castaway Wanderers and the it isn’t really about this player or provincial underthat – everyone 15 team, says is excellent, and “They try so hard at been proud it’s the team that everything they do, and to see he’s to work with the stands out,” says that with such honesty all the Kratz brothers. Lachlan. “They really At ages 13 and time is just great. They always are all-around 15 respectively, give it their best shot.” good kids,” says Lachlan and Robinson. “They Gavin have – Spencer Robinson, try so hard at been learning Castaway Wanderers coach everything they this truth most do, and to see of their lives. that with such honesty all the time The boys started playing rugby is just great. They always give it with the Castaway Wanderers at their best shot.” ages 5 and 7. Now, with years of While Lachlan may be the more experience and two successful outspoken of the two, Robinson tryouts, the brothers have been notes that Gavin is also highly handpicked for Rugby Canada’s accomplished both as an athlete National Championship Festival in and a speech-giving Toastmaster. Vancouver from Aug. 7-11. “The brothers really have a “We’ve really had so many neat bond, and Gavin has done phenomenal players on our team an incredible job of leading the this year, so it was an honour to way for his younger brother – and be selected,” says Gavin, who also Lachlan has taken up that effort to attended last year’s championship fill his older brother’s shoes,” says in Ontario, where his team won the Robinson. event. The brothers are the only players from Monterey middle school and PLEASE SEE: Oak Bay High to be selected for Championship rugby, Page A11

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(Above) Wilkinson Road jail as it looked in 1915, two years after opening to prisoners, and the year of its only execution. Courtesy of Saanich Archives

(Left) Former guard Phil Williams is working on a book on the history of the jail on Wilkinson Road, called the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre. Kyle Wells/News staff

‘Fortress’ in Saanich celebrates a century A farm, a mental hospital, a jail and a historic site, the castle on Wilkinson Road endures as a Victoria icon Kyle Wells News staff

The storied history of the Wilkinson Road jail now extends back 100 years, and encompasses all the crimes, escapes, changes and rehabilitations that go with it. Phil Williams worked from 1994 to 2003 as a guard at the jail, now called the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre. During that time he was a member of the prison history committee and is now helping with the centennial celebration. He is also working on a book on the history of the jail. “The site is steeped in history,” Williams said. “I’ve always been of the mind, how can you know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been?” Constructed in 1913, the jail was built as a replacement for the Victoria jail on Topaz Avenue, which had a main wing burn down in 1912.

Architect Col. William Ridgway Wilson, the man behind the Bay Street Armoury, designed the unique fortress look of the building, with crenelated parapets and towers, brickwork and arched windows. The building was recognized as a Canadian historic site in 1981. Though construction finished in 1913, the year displayed on the headstone above the main entrance, the first prisoners arrived at the prison on Sept. 12, 1914. At its start, the jail housed civilian prisoners, along with military prisoners and some prisoners of war, namely Canadian domestic dissidents and spying suspects related to the First World War. The first and only execution to take place at the prison happened in 1915, when Robert Suttie was hanged for shooting his foreman at a mine in Oyster River. In 1917 the jail was closed as a cost-saving measure to help

fund the war effort. It became a pheasant farm before reopening in 1919 as the Colquitz Provincial Mental Hospital for the criminally insane. By 1951, it held about 280 inmates, who operated a farm on the land. Tragedy came in 1960 when a prisoner escaped and stole a number of guns from a nearby farm. The police located the man and a shootout ensued, resulting in the death of Const. Robert Kirby, the only Saanich police officer to be killed in the line of duty. “As you can well imagine, the press had a field day,” Williams said. “I think that was probably the beginning of the end for (Wilkinson) as a mental institution.” Another reason was its location. When first built, the jail was out of town, away from the general population, but as the city grew, housing surrounded the 10-hectare property. “It was sort of out in the sticks, and then of course the residential neighbourhoods grew up around it,” Williams said. “Then … it made the residents nervous and they didn’t want it there.” After 45 years as a mental hospital, the provincial correctional

only the medieval facade left in service took over the property its original form. and reopened it as a working “I wouldn’t really call it an old prison farm in 1971, an expanbuilding, it just looks like an old sion of the long history of farmbuilding,” Williams said. ing at the facility. Williams noted he has fond By 1973 the farm had seven memories of working at the facilbulls, 168 cows, 125 calfs, three boars, six young sows, 24 sows ity. “I could make a difference and 1,650 laying hens. Livestock in the day to day experience of was eaten at the prison, makthose prisoners,” he said. “I don’t know if I miss the job so much, ing it somewhat self-sustaining, but I certainly miss the people I while some animals were sold to worked with.” generate income. The jail currently houses pris“In that time you were able to put the prisoners to work, doing oners serving sentences under something positive where they two years and those awaiting learned a skill, felt good about trial. It is a maximum security what they were doing,” Williams jail, because those waiting for said. “By the time they got back trial can be accused of any sort to the cell block they’d be too of violent crime. exhausted to get into trouble.” kwells@goldstreamgazette.com During efforts to modernize the jail, the farm operation n Phil Williams said when he worked at the jail, was cleared away he would often see tourists arrive for a picnic, in 1985. thinking the building to be a local landmark. The building When they were told they had to leave, and the itself had many true nature of the building, they usually wasted additions during no time clearing out. its time as a mental hospital. In n A story in the Victoria Times from Oct. 10, 1985, the building 1974 suggested “antiquated Wilkinson Road was modernized jail” would be closed and prisoners transferred with a complete to a new jail to be built in Jordan River. renovation of the jail’s interior, with

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hen the Liberal government and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation signed a short collective agreement in the summer of 2012, nobody anticipated the same players would be back at the bargaining table 12 months later. But here we are in 2013 with the re-elected B.C. Liberal government making drastic changes to how the bargaining process will go this time around. Last week’s announcement by education minister Peter Fassbender to remove school trustees from the board of the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association could be a step in the right direction for both sides. The minister’s claim that this will allow the union to negotiate directly with the government, as opposed to an intermediary whose hands are essentially tied, should give the teachers more clout at the bargaining table. For whatever reason, whenever the BCTF goes through negotiations it’s a more tumultuous, public process than other unions in the province. Having to go through a middleman – the BCPSEA – wasn’t working to anyone’s benefit, especially given that the government, which has the power to legislate teachers back to work or tear contracts, was using BCPSEA as a wall between them and the teachers. This shift shows the province is taking a slightly softer and more direct approach to bargaining with the teachers, and that’s a good thing. But it’s likely motivated in some ways by their unprecedented move to seek a 10-year agreement with the teachers. As it stands, there’s nothing in it for the BCTF to agree to such a lengthy contract. Ten years is an unbearably long time to be locked into a contract, especially when one considers the ups and downs of the Canadian economy we saw in the last decade. If the government is trying a “we scratch your back, you scratch ours” approach to bargaining, it’s not going to work. A more open bargaining process between both sides is a step in the right direction to hopefully long-term labour peace, but 10 years is too long. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@oakbaynews.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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agreement was concluded in he ceremonies have become March of this year when the govcommon at the B.C. legislature. Government officials and ernment signed a deal with the Tahltan Nation for minaboriginal leaders gather ing and hydroelectric to celebrate resource shardevelopment in remote ing agreements that allow northwestern B.C. The economic development in deal clears the way for a areas that need employmajor extension of the BC ment but are hampered by Hydro grid to power the a century of uncertainty Tahltan village of Iskut and dispute over treaties, and also the Red Chris or lack thereof. metal mine, opening up This approach emerged the region to other mina decade ago with foring and hydro potential est agreements. The B.C. Liberal government Tom Fletcher as well. B.C. Views To get that deal, the bought back timber cutprovince put up $20 milting licences from big forlion last year to buy back est firms and made them Shell Canada’s coalbed gas leases in available for community forests the Klappan region, headwaters of and aboriginal communities who the Nass, Skeena and Stikine Rivers. claimed the areas as their tradiThose leases had become a target tional territories. of international protest. Recently the approach was Even after these expensive conextended to mining revenues and cessions, it would be an error to water licence fees paid by private conclude that all is well between power developers. the Tahltan and the province. StiThese are substantial steps forkine MLA Doug Donaldson quesward for the only province in Cantioned Aboriginal Relations Minister ada in treaty limbo. A 2010 sharing John Rustad on this point during deal worth more than $30 million the recent legislature session. in royalties for the Mount Milligan The Tahltan Central Council was copper-gold mine north of Prince pleased about shared decision-makGeorge helped the McLeod Lake ing on resource projects, until they Indian Band recover from the pine found out that B.C. had handed beetle and forestry slump that devthe environmental assessment of a astated its business base. new open-pit coal mine over to the After many years of struggle, federal government. The proposed Mount Milligan expects to go into production this year. Another agree- mine is in the Klappan, known around the world as the Sacred ment with Kamloops-area comHeadwaters. munities shared revenues from an Rustad said shared decisionexpanded Afton mine. making deals such as the Tahltan Perhaps the most ambitious

agreement do not cover activities of the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office. Whether the review of that coal mine is federal, provincial or combined, it requires extensive consultation with affected parties. That’s great, but all that goodwill could evaporate quickly if a coal mine ends up getting a permit despite Tahltan objections. Rustad’s Nechako Lakes constituency is also a focal point for oil and gas pipeline proposals. Donaldson highlighted another problem. Last year the government signed a reconciliation agreement with the Gitanyow First Nation near Terrace, one of many communities struggling to get through the B.C. treaty negotiation process. That agreement included a joint land-use plan. Then the Environmental Assessment Office asked the Gitanyow for its input on proposed gas pipelines through its territory, to feed the government’s liquefied natural gas plans. Again, the joint land-use plan has no provision for pipelines. The Gitanyow hereditary chiefs wrote to the B.C. government in July, threatening to go to court over the pipeline proposal and questioning the value of their hard-won reconciliation agreement. Resource revenue sharing agreements and shared land-use plans are well-intentioned and represent real progress. But these situations show how fragile they are. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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LETTERS CRD director’s plan shouldn’t be ‘the plan’ Re: Greater Victoria sewage committee wants options for biosolids site (vicnews.com) In this enlightening story, Capital Regional District liquid waste management committee chair Denise Blackwell is quoted as saying, “The plan is the plan. We need to get on with it.” Is this the plan that is shortsighted and will only last 12 years, or the plan that has requests for proposals issued for a site that is unavailable? Is this the plan that will have inadequate resource recovery, or will continue to discharge partially treated sewage at Clover Point (in heavy rain) and not deal at all with the toxins from storm water? Is this the plan that has ignored

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the possibility of innovative technology and has not undergone a cost-benefit analysis? Is this the plan that cannot be justified by any credible scientific evidence? Never mind. The plan is the plan. We need to get on with it. Dave Ferguson Saanich

Organize new left-leaning party Re: NDP soul searching going nowhere (B.C. Views, July 31) Reluctantly, I must agree with Tom Fletcher’s assessment that the NDP is going nowhere. Indeed they appear to be still jousting with W.A.C. Bennett.

So what do we moderates and lefties do now? The Green party is a ready-made party, and though they tend to conservatism, a strong influx of lefties might well moderate their stance. Otherwise, we need to develop a brand

new party post haste, one hopefully started by a charismatic leader with lots of energy. If so, whomever he or she may be needs to get off their behind and get on with it. P.S. Sorry Adrian, the job is, uh, taken. Andy Mulcahy Victoria

Victoria’s cycling moniker is undeserved It has been often stated that Victoria is the “cycling capital” of Canada. Perhaps we have more bike commuters than other cities, but overall I disagree with this statement. People who make this claim have obviously not been to major cities like Montreal. Commuters in Montreal are not blessed with moderate yearly weather, but are fortunate to have many kilometres of dedicated bike paths. A cyclist can circumvent the island of Montreal on bike paths that they don’t share with vehicles.

They also have dedicated bike ferries that will take cyclists out to the various islands south and west of the city. Bike paths along the old Lachine Canal have facilities for picnics and small repair stations, and there are weekly bike races as well. As a cyclist I find I am riding much less in Victoria than I ever did in Montreal. The primary reason is the decided lack of cycling trails and the traffic. The Galloping Goose is an excellent trail but it’s all we have. William Jesse Oak Bay

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Youth helping youth through grants Daniel Palmer News staff

Two dozen Vancouver Island youth programs received a big boost from Coast Capital Savings last week to help improve financial literacy, spur on entrepreneurs and get more young people volunteering in the community. The Coast Capital Savings Youth Leaders Community Council is granting more than $257,000 to 24 organizations on the Island that are impacting youth for the better. “The council for youth, by youth,” said Victoria resident Ivan Watson, who chairs the Island council. “Anti-bullying is

a priority area we’ve funded, as well as financial literacy and other areas where we can make an impact.” The community council began in Victoria last year and has since spread to Vancouver and Surrey. The innovative model allows a team of eight young professionals under 30 to evaluate grant applications from organizations in their own community, said Wendy Lachance, Coast Capital’s director of community leadership. “We’re extremely proud of the way these young leaders have come together, and the discipline they’ve really put together to follow the evaluation criteria we’ve put in front

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should play the part,” Hosie says. With Lisman and Richmond, along with Kholby Wardell as Freddie, in the lead roles, Hosie says the 17-person cast has been a delight to direct. “It’s been wonderful to find this story, and come in and collaborate with the cast for their ideas and thoughts. I think we’ve found a lovely balance,” the director says. Lisman, whose recent performances have been on the more dramatic side, says she’s enjoying playing Eliza and returning to her roots in comedy. “It’s such a joy going to rehearsals every day, singing, dancing and engaging on another level than just scene work,” she says. “I think one of the things I enjoy most is the humour of the show. It’s fantastic to explore that aspect of it.” “Amanda comes from such a comedic place in her life. She’s a very strong comedian,” adds Hosie. “What she’s infusing into Eliza, the comedy she’s bringing into Eliza is wonderful and is so fresh. She’s definitely going the full gamut and working very hard to be convincing as the different (incarnations of) Eliza.” Lisman, a Victoria native who’s ventured to Toronto for some of her most recent roles, says it’s a treat working for Blue Bridge in her hometown. “I’m so happy that they’ve created a demand for classical theatre in Victoria. I’ve had to go elsewhere to work and get the challenges as a professional actor, so to have them fill the void of classical musical theatre in my hometown is fantastic for me,” she says. My Fair Lady runs Aug. 6 to 18 at the McPherson Playhouse. Tickets ($25-$60) are available at the McPherson box office, at rmts.bc.ca or by calling 250386-6121.

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Sun. Aug. 11 esquIMalt aRts festIvalCelebrate the vibrant art, music and culture of the Esquimalt community. Stroll the picturesque grounds of Esquimalt Gorge Park while painters, musicians and other local artists display, perform and demonstrate their talent and creativity. Bring a picnic or try some food from local vendors. Make a splash at the park’s swinning beach for the Gorge Swimfest the same day. Noon-4pm. Free.

stagE Wed. Aug. 7 letteRs fRoM WInGfIeld faRM- The Belfry Theatre presents Rod Beattie as Walt Wingfield in the first installment of the Wingfield series about Victoria’s favourite Ontario farmer. Tickets at belfry.bc.ca or 250-385-6815. the PRIncess bRIde- Scotiabank’s summer of free movies tour comes to

Victoria’s Craigdarroch Castle with a screening of The Princess Bride on a 40-foot outdoor screen. The first 500 entrants will receive free popcorn and water. A special VIP section is set up for the first 100 Scotiabank Scene debit and VISA holders. Starts at sunset at 1050 Joan. More info at scotiabank.com/summeroffree. My faIR lady- Blue Bridge Repertory mounts a fresh look at a classic musical based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion. Previews Aug. 6-7, opens Aug. 8. Nightly at 8pm until Aug. 18 at the McPherson Theatre. Tickets are $2560 at rmts.bc.ca or 250-386-6121. See story on previous page. vIctoRIa shakesPeaRe festIval - The Victoria Shakespeare Society presents The Merry Wives of Windsor (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, directed by Kate Rubin) and Measure for Measure (on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, directed by Clayton Jevne) until Aug. 17 on the lawns at Camosun College (3100 Foul Bay). Tickets are $22.50/16/kids 12 and under free. A festival pass is $32/25, or only $20 in advance. Tickets are available at Shepherd Books, The Papery, at the door (cash only), or online at Ticketrocket.org.

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High team. Gavin samples basketball as well as crosscountry, track and “anything to pass the time.” Though the boys might not be able to pick individual athletes to idolize, Gavin says there are traits that players have that really stand out for him. “I really admire a player’s

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t’s time to point out something obvious about sexism and racism in sports – it’s still bleeping here. In seven years of sports reporting I’ve found fewer and fewer things surprise me. There will be some unexpected accomplishments by a local athlete. You don’t know who, or when, but you know Travis it’s going to hapPaterson pen. Island Insider It’s easy to get caught up in the flow of things. But a recent conversation has left an imprint on my approach to sports. It came out of a routine follow-up email. The News’ published a story last month about University of Victoria’s summer class on the Tour de France. The story was based on an interview with the course designer, professor Emile de Rosnay, who is also an elite cyclist, still racing at 40. The followup, naturally, was with a student. Turns out this student is a woman who is not interested in sports, which went against my suspicion, that my request to interview a student would yield a response from one of the UVic Vikes athletes who were taking the course. I knew there were Vikes studying it because I followed the course’s Twitter hashtag, #TdF325. The student is Daphne Shaed, who confessed she is not a sports fan, but was riveted by the course and the Tour. I was riveted by our conversation. So riveted I had to cut it off after 27 minutes to wrap my head around what she was pointing out. Shaed speaks her mind. She’s the director of Camosun Women’s Centre and a sociology major at UVic. Gender, sex and race equality are among her priorities and her

strengths. We didn’t talk about the fact “pro-gay” athletes could be arrested during the 2014 Winter Olympics because it’s against Russian law. We just didn’t have time. So maybe she’s not passionate about sports, but Shaed does have an eye for things shiny and bright, I discover. “I really appreciated the technology and science of the Tour bicycles, enough to get me riding my 40-pound mountain bike all over town,” she said. “Now that I’m on my bike I’m noting all the cycling brands which are on the Tour, the companies (which lead the world in bike technology).” She’s currently up to 100 kilometres a week on her bike, which she dug out from storage at her parents house after many years away from it. But that’s about where the Tour’s positive influence ended for Shaed. As someone who has come to love the Tour since Ryder Hesjedal reintroduced it to me, I was coming to accept it for what it is, without thinking about it. A race for white guys. “First of all, it’s been running for 100 years and it’s a very Euro-centric race with few, if any, self-identified persons of colour,” Shaed said. Right, I can see that. Oh wait. So there might be more than just one or two Tour-ready cyclists from Asia, one of the world’s most populated areas? “In Asia and South Asia, bikes are a dominant mode of transportation, yet you’re not seeing many Asians on the tour.” OK, I’m starting to get it now. “Secondly, there’s no women, or women’s race.” I point out to Shaed that there was a women’s race, the Grande Boucle, from 1984 to 2009. It was originally called Tour Cycliste Féminin, or Tour Féminin. Except the not-so-inclusive (male) thinkers of the Tour de France felt it infringed on their name, and asked to have it changed. Grande Boucle was a good pick as it means big

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Ryder Hesjedal celebrates a well deserved podium celebration at the Giro d’Italia in 2012 but... what are the kisses for again? Camosun Women’s Centre director Daphne Shaed questions the obvious: “Do queer cyclists get a kiss from models of the same sex?” loop and is a nickname for the Tour de France and is all-inclusive. Sponsorship dwindled and the race is still on hiatus. Even just a gental, topical dissection of the Tour de France left me with the reporter’s itch that only Google can scratch. So I Googled. Then I called Shaed back for more. “In Italy they have the Giro Rosa. It’s named for the same pink jersey the leading male cyclist, such as 2012 winner Hesjedal, wears in the Giro d’Italia,” I told her. But why bother. The Rosa is one of the only remaining Grand Tours for women, though there is a growing appetite to reinstate the Grand Boucle, among other races. It’s easy to credit the Tour de France for what it is, the top cycling race in the world. But it’s also hard to blame organizers for its faults. They inherited the doping problem (which is soon to be a polarizing topic in most sport) and are working on it. But sexism and racism, which is also inherent, is being convienently brushed aside while doping scandals stand front and centre. What I’m left with is a new real-

ization that sports, the competitions themselves, don’t really change. The only things that change are the theatre and environment around sports. Sure, the rules of some sports are tweaked to increase the excitement level for fans. Other rules are adjusted to account for the evolution of the human physique as we become bigger, faster and stronger (and better at cheating). If anything, the complication of dealing with doping looks difficult, while dealing with sexism and racism in sports looks much easier. All sports should have some sort of long-term plan for equality. Force sponsors to run a women’s team. By the time our kids are grow up they won’t know a time when the Tour de France was for white men only. It’s a trickle over effect to other sports. International programs such as soccer and rugby are great at promoting the tournament’s for both sexes. Get the professional organizations going and then we can focus on including queer transgender athletes, too. sports@vicnews.com

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The Victoria Shamrocks look to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Lacrosse Association semifinal playoff series against the Lakers in Burnaby tonight (Aug. 7). The Shamrocks took Game 1, 12-8 at Bear Mountain Arena on on July 31. Call-ups Jesse King and Brody Eastwood of the Victoria Jr. A Shamrocks fared well, each contributing three points. Rhys Duch and Corey Small led the Rocks with a hat trick each. Goalie Matt Vinc stopped 26 of the 34 Lakers’ shots.

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Victoria Royals defenceman Joe Hicketts is with Team Canada’s under-18 team at the 2013 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament in the Czech Republic, Aug. 5 to 10. Hicketts played in two exhibitions matches for Team Canada at the 2013 Under-18 World hockey Championships as an underager.

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Artisan Select Quarter Cheesecake Sampler

Or Chocolate Sampler. 340 g.

Prices effective at all British Columbia Safeway stores Friday, August 9 through Sunday, August 11, 2013 only. We reserve the right to limit sales to retail quantities. Some items may not be available at all stores. All items while stocks last. Actual items may vary slig htly from illustrations. Some illustrations are serving suggestions only. Advertised prices do not include GST. ®™ Trademarks of AIR MILES International Trading B.V. Used under license by LoyaltyOne, Inc. and Canada Safeway Limited. Extreme Specials are prices that are so low they are limited to a one time purchase to Safeway Club Card Members within a household. Each household can purchase the limited items one time during the effective dates. A household is defined by all Safeway Club Cards that are linked by the same address and phone number. Each household can purchase the EXTREME SPECIALS during the specified advertisement dates. For purchases over the household limits, regular pricing applies to overlimit purchases. On BUY ONE GET ONE FREE items, both items must be purchased. Lowest priced item is then free. Online and in-store prices, discounts, and offers may differ.

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Prices in this ad good until Aug. 11th.