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Despite protests, sewage plan marches on Daniel Palmer News staff

Capital Regional District directors once again shut down a motion by naysayers last week to pull the reins on the region’s secondary sewage treatment project.

Saanich Coun. Vic Derman put forward a motion for an independent review of the plan and parallel public input process to solicit alternative ideas, both in an effort to appease many residents who feel their concerns have not been heard.

The motion was defeated last Wednesday by directors 10-4, or 41-14 when weighted for population size.

Two disparate perspectives seem to be solidifying among local politicians. A majority of directors are publicly committed to the current plan because of a strict federally mandated compliance deadline of 2020 and the fear of losing federal and provincial funding, or two-thirds of the project’s $783-million price tag.

On the other side, a minority of directors that include Derman, View Royal Mayor Graham Hill, Colwood Mayor Carol Hamilton and Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins believe public confidence in the project continues to erode due to poor consultation.

“There is huge concern in the general public in terms of trust, confidence and confusion as to what the heck is going on,” Desjardins said.

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Fourth-year students Meaghan Douglas, left, and Kim Cope work on their business homework in the McPherson Library at the University of Victoria. UVic is seeing an upswing in new students this year, after a few years of flat growth.

UVic sees healthy growth in new students Edward Hill News staff

The University of Victoria is seeing a significant bump in student enrolment this year, especially in the faculty of engineering.

The university has a 13 per cent increase in new full-time students for the fall semester, or about 520 people. About 4,500 students will experience the campus for the first time this September, out of more than 20,000 total in undergrad and graduate studies.

“This is a banner year. There’s much bigger numbers this year,” said Wendy Joyce, director of UVic undergraduate admissions. “We are seeing a healthy trend.”

Engineering programs have the biggest

increase in new students, Joyce said, up 35 per cent. Those numbers should tip that faculty to more than 1,600 students.

Joyce said staff haven’t yet analyzed underlying reasons for this year’s uptick in enrolment, but she noted that UVic aggressively markets itself across Canada and the world.

Enrolment is also swayed by the job market and the health of the economy.

UVic enrolment stats show the campus saw a burst of new students in 2009, but that flatlined over the past three years. Comparing fall 2011 and fall 2012, UVic saw virtually no net increase in students.

“At different times we may get more of an influx out of province or more U.S. students depending on the politics happening in the

States,” Joyce said. “The unemployment rate is also a factor when people decide to attend school.”

Any increase in the student body is generally welcome by businesses, landlords and restaurants in the city. UVic’s economic impact report released last year estimated that the campus’s 15,000 full-time students contribute about $177 million per year in direct spending in Greater Victoria.

Camosun College’s Lansdowne and Interurban campuses are on track to see an influx of at least 12,000 students in September, which the college says is on par from last year.

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SAANICH NEWS - Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Two stabbed, but nobody’s talking Saanich police say they’re having difficulty investigating a stabbing that sent two men to hospital Saturday evening, as neither victim is co-operating with investigators.

Police were called to the gas station at the corner of Tillicum Road and the Trans-Canada Highway where a 24-year-old man was found suffering from stab wounds to his chest and arm.

The only information he provided to officers was that an altercation took place in Cuthbert Holmes Park, behind Tillicum Centre, but police found no evidence in the woods. Instead they followed the man’s blood trail to a home in the 3100-block of Tillicum Rd., where it appears the stabbing took place.

Officers in the area spotted a second man, a 35-year-old, suffering from apparent stab wounds to his leg and face at Arena Road and Bodega Way. Sgt. Steve Eassie said that victim claimed he was injured in a skateboarding accident.

“Neither victim would provide any information as to who the possible suspect to this incident was,” he said. “It would appear that these two are known to one another, and it does not appear they were the ones who inflicted the injuries to one another. Although at this time we have no information as to who this third individual may be.”

Investigators are still unsure of the motive behind the attack, but believe the stabbing was targeted.

Both victims were taken to hospital and have since been released.

Eassie said the investigation will continue, despite it being hampered by uncooperative victims. kslavin@saanichnews.com

Greek celebration expands Heritage museum opens in time for Greek Fest Edward Hill News staff

If people can aim their eyes past mouth-watering skewers of lamb, tzatziki drizzled gyros and honey glazed loukomades at this year’s Greek Fest, they might notice the Greek community centre has opened a museum.

Or they might not. As 300 lambs roast on spits and 20,000 souvlakis are dished out over two weekends, being captivated by anything other than food seems ambitious.

For a relatively small ethnic group, Victoria’s Greek community has an outsized influence on the city’s gastronomic tastes, as evidenced by the 30,000 visitors that pack the festival.

“Greek Fest is growing every year. People do come here for the food, but also for the hospitality and the way we see ourselves as a mini colony of Greece,” said Michael Ikonomou, president of the Victoria and Vancouver Island Greek Community Society. “We try to provide what people like and the best entertainment we can.”

This 12th annual Greek Fest is split between the next two weekends – Aug. 23 to 25 and Aug. 30 to Sept. 2 – as opposed to a single week-long event, at Greek Orthodox Church and community centre, just outside of Saanich Commonwealth Place.

A hundred volunteers from the Greek community collectively donate 11,000 hours of time preparing food and hosting the celebration of all things Greek.

The Greek community society completed a 3,500 square foot addition to its community centre earlier this year, giving it a bigger kitchen, space for a museum and heritage centre, and more room for Greek language and dance schools.

Volunteers like Wendy Smylitopoulos are working feverishly to have the museum ready to go by Friday. “I may have to sleep here (this) week, but it will be ready on Aug. 23,” Smylitopoulos said.

Of the estimated 100 Greek families in Greater Victoria, Ikonomou said many have donated old family photos, mementos from the home-

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Wendy Smylitopoulos, left, and Michael Ikonomou, president of the Victoria and Vancouver Island Greek Community Society, hold a signboard displaying the Greek roots of explorer Juan de Fuca. The society is hosting its annual Greek Fest over the next two weekends, and is opening its new museum in the building that houses the community centre and church. land and records of family arrivals to Canada. The museum will display a 1872 Greek prayer book, two icons hundreds of years old, donated fabrics from the old country, and old photos and keepsakes of the past.

“1912 had the first Greek men’s group in Victoria. We’ve got the actual roster,” Smylitopoulos said, and in its original copper plating.

“Heritage is what it’s all about – it’s all about the Greeks before they came here and what they’ve done since.”

“We are going to dig deeper into the older families, how they lived and who we have here today,” Ikonomou added. “Building on genealogy is an ongoing project.”

The earliest known Greek arrival to Vancouver Island was several hundred years before the British established its colony. Ioannis Phokas, a.k.a. Juan de Fuca, cuts a square-jawed, Hemmingway-esque figure on a signboard that highlights his Greek heritage and entry into the Spanish navy.

Juan de Fuca explored into what is now the Strait of Juan de Fuca in 1592 and found the southern tip Vancouver Island, although later

explorers like Captain James Cook didn’t believe his claims.

“Juan de Fuca was Greek? That’s the first thing we hear every year,” Smylitopoulos said.

Beyond the museum, volunteers will offer tours of the church, which Ikonomou said is one of the few in Canada with Byzantine architecture and genuine orthodox iconography, painted in Greece in a monastery. The church, the emerging museum and the festival itself prides themselves on authentic links to the culture and history of the Greek people.

“There’s a word in Greek that

Going Greek n Greek Fest runs Aug. 23 to 25 and Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, in the Greek community centre and church, 4648 Elk Lake Dr. n See greekfest.ca for the lineup of Greek dancers and other ethnic dancer groups, starting noon each day until about 10 p.m. and times for free Greek dance lessons.

means ‘a friend to strangers.’ We are trying to exhibit that in the festival here,” said Ikonomou, who established Victoria’s Greek Fest, and who works as a federal fisheries scientist.

“There are tons of festivals in Greece like this. It’s not an artificial thing, its a natural thing. It’s a nice way to share the culture, as a fundraiser event and it’s good for the children in our community in the sense of what Greek Fest is all about.”

Entertainment this year includes dancers from Mesologi and Athens, in Greece, plus Greek dancers from Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria.

“Greece is rich in dances.

There’s 3,000 different dances in Greece and we try to capture some of that,” Ikonomou said.

The Greek community society donates part of the proceeds to Tour de Rock and the Greater Victoria school district hot lunch program, but funds raised will also pay down the new addition to the Greek community centre, which Ikonomou expects to take about a decade. editor@saanichnews.com

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“And we’re not doing ourselves any service down at CRD by not taking a pause, making sure we’ve answered those questions, and getting communities to come onside.

You do that by understanding and by listening to them.”

The CRD is well into its request for proposals process for a wastewater treatment plant at McLoughlin Point, scheduled for completion by 2016. Esquimalt has made that process more difficult by tweaking zoning approval to encourage commercial, residential and amenity development on the site in conjunction with the CRD project.

In a statement released last week, CRD chair Alastair Bryson said alter-

Camosun has seen a steady decline in overall student numbers over the past four years, but like most postsecondary institutions in B.C., is marketing itself to international students.

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native sewage treatment options have already been considered and deemed to be too costly, and an appointed seven-person commission of unelected officials is already well underway in planning the current project.

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Desjardins warned public discontent isn’t going to disappear any time soon.

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Woman punched Island protection a success, says Songhees of Chatham, in unprovoked Patrol Discovery islands garbage, attack on trail reduces vandalism Kyle Slavin

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A 49-year-old woman suffered a significant gash to her nose after being sucker-punched while walking to work last Wednesday evening along the Galloping Goose trail in Saanich.

The attack occurred just before 5 p.m. near the 3300-block of Douglas St., just south of the Red Lion Inn. The woman was walking alone to her job when three young men approached from the opposite direction. One of the men broke away from the group and punched the woman in the nose with a closed fist.

“The assault was entirely unexpected and there had been no conversation between the two,” said Saanich police Sgt. Scott Treble. “Investigators believe that this was a random incident.”

The woman was taken to hospital where she was treated for the gash in her face and a lot of swelling.

The suspect is described as a white man in his late teens or early 20s. He had shoulder-length blonde hair and was wearing shorts and a black T-shirt with white writing or a design on the front.

The assault happened during rush hour on the Goose and investigators are asking any witnesses to come forward and call Saanich police at 250-475-4321. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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A year after the Songhees First Nation started their campaign to protect their chunk of Chatham and Discovery islands, the work has paid off.

Though Chatham, and a large portion of Discovery, are protected Indian Reserve land, the private islands are some of the most frequently trespassed, with wandering explorers camping and often littering on the land.

Last summer, through taxation, the Songhees funded a zodiac to patrol waters with help from a designated bylaw officer and the RCMP. A year later, Songhees Chief Ron Sam says the efforts are making a difference.

“It’s been a pretty quiet year so far, one of the quietest ones we’ve ever had, I’d say,” said Sam. The patrols were initially aimed at education to combat the amount of garbage left on the islands by trespassers which, last summer, included a wheelchair. By April, however,

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Songhees Nation Chief Ron Sam stands in front of new signage at Cattle Point which notifies visitors that Chatham Island and a portion of Discovery Island are protected reserve land.

The Songhees started an aggressive educational campaign last year to curb damage caused by trespassers who would illegally camp on the islands. the nation had instituted surveillance technology and a mandate to “aggressively patrol” the islands with the RCMP South Island Marine Section by boat and on foot. People caught trespassing will now face up to a $1,000 fine, 30 days in jail, or both.

“The traffic has really died down this year, we aren’t seeing the kind of garbage we did before, and we do still have our volunteers going out and mak-

ing sure things continue to be cleaned out,” said Sam. While boaters can use the provincial park part of Discovery Island (which includes campsites, picnic tables and washrooms), campfires are not permitted on any part of the island.

The area is accessible just north of the Oak Bay Marina, where paddlers can launch from Cattle Point. Thanks to the campaign, new signage also

clarifies the lands as protected and private.

Still, the island has been a dumping ground for garbage, campfires, vandalism and a rave in the past, which some years attracted up to 200 people.

Sam says word in the media and the community has helped people understand the reality of the protected lands.

“It’s everything – the campaign, the surveillance, the bylaw officer – people are starting to listen, and understand that we are serious about this,” he said.

While the Songhees have not yet decided what to do with the lands, which were abandoned by Songhees families who moved away after the well went dry in 1957, Sam says restoration efforts will be up to the nation as a group.

Portions of vegetation on the islands has since deteriorated and some common plant species have disappeared, though Sam says there are a few proposals on the table.

“If there is still the traffic out there like we have seen, perhaps we look at creating a permit camping system were users would pay a registration fee,” said Sam. “This would falls into eco tourism, which wraps into the island nicely, but it will be something we need to decide as a group.” news@mondaymag.com

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Downtown bakery owners Jeneen and Richard Harrison spend around $400 each month to keep their delivery van and another vehicle within a block of Bond Bond’s on Blanshard Street.

“Most of our employees bus or walk,” Jeneen said. “We do have one employee with a car, and we’re struggling to find him an affordable spot right now because he starts at 5 a.m.”

Monthly downtown parking stalls are available, but the “cheaper” spots – about 40 per cent of available spaces – have average wait lists of 12 months, according to Colliers.

Harrison said the city should introduce a limited number of cheaper monthly parkade passes for downtown employees, particular those who work for minimum wage.

She also urged the city to tighten its rules around municipal and police vehicles making casual use of on-street parking.

“The (Victoria Police Department) should have to pay for their space when they’re sitting and having lunch down the street, and not use commercial spaces,” she said, a practice she notices occasionally. “If they’re not conducting business, they shouldn’t have that right.”

Guy Le Monnier, manager of the Ambrosia Conference and Event Centre (638 Fisgard St.), said the city could help downtown businesses by allowing drivers to pay past the maximum 90-minute time limit with certain on-street meters.

“As long as you pay, what’s the problem? We’re trying to promote people to come downtown, so if they pay the parking, however long they stay, they shouldn’t get a ticket,” Le Monnier said.

Existing parking bylaws allow downtown businesses to pay $20 per day for temporary use of an on-street parking space for commercial use, but Le Monnier said he can’t be bothered with the application process in his day-to-day operations.

Council hopes to implement parking changes that could include partial automation of city parkades, advertising in parkades and increased rates by January 2014.

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The quantum leap out of the lab Shepherding technology into public use a long process Edward Hill News staff

Like any great invention, Thomas Fyles discovered his by accident.

In the late 1990s, the University of Victoria chemistry professor came across an agent that kills algae and barnacles to prevent buildup on the hulls of boats, but yet it biodegrades into a non-toxic fertilizer.

Commercial applications of an environmentally friendly antifouling agent are potentially lucrative and vast, from sailboats to supertankers to oil rigs.

But flipping a technology from the lab into a viable business is no easy task. UVic has been touted as one of the most creative universities in Canada, and yet only a small fraction of its big ideas will see the light of day.

Researchers at UVic work with UVic Industry Partnerships, an office that helps scientists disclose and patent intellectual property, and moves those innovations toward commercialization by collaborating with industry and government.

As Fyles points out, patience is a virtue when it comes to developing technology for the real world. He and Robert Rowe of RhoCraft R&D received their original patent in 2003 for an antifouling compound, and brought it to UVic IP in 2005.

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Mechanical Engineering professor Peter Wild sits with equipment in a UVic lab for testing fiber optic pressure devices, part of research that he is seeking to commercialize.

In 2012, more than a decade after its discovery, the technology was licenced to GreenCentre Canada in Kingston, Ont., itself a government-funded entity that further validates chemical compounds before licensing to private industry.

“All technology takes forever.

There is no such thing as an instant process,” Fyles says.

“The business of technology transfer is complicated. There is a huge gap between a company taking on risk and what a university is doing in technology development. UVic Industry Partnerships tries to bridge that gap.”

Kathy Veldhoen, vice-president of UVic IP, agreed it’s always a challenge to secure

funding to move an incubating technology from the lab to a “proof of concept” device – the point where private industry would be more likely to invest.

“It’s a long-term process with any university related technology,” Veldhoen says. “It can take anywhere from a few years to over 10 years to see something come to its full potential.”

The university has seen it share of successes – in the past two decades UVic IP has processed 800 invention disclosures, helped file 400 patent applications and spun off 62 companies in an array of hightech fields, from magnetic refrigeration to medical biosensors to non-toxic herbicides.

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Revenue generated for UVic from technology licences remains relatively minor – $2.6 million over about six years. Total research fund-

ing for UVic hit beyond $100 million in 2011-12 alone. Veldhoen notes that high cash returns from university technology isn’t the norm – the ultimate goal of industry partnerships is to enhance education and research on campus, and to add to the economy through high-tech spinoff companies.

Peter Wild, a professor of mechanical engineering, admits after years of hits and misses, he’s tempered his expectations on developing a commercially viable technologies.

These days he and UVic IP are working with a company to commercialize fiber optic pressure sensors, the size of the diameter of a few hairs, for use in medical devices.

“I’m an applications guy – I’m motivated by the sense that there is a user for what we are doing,” Wild says. “And there is a huge benefit for the students to get involved in the commercialization process – disclosing inventions, dealing with patent agents and talking to companies.”

Wild is also looking to transition his micro pressure sensors to industrial applications, rather than medical, mainly due to a less onerous approval regime.

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his month students from across the province and the country, and an increasing number from out of country, will flood into Greater Victoria for their postsecondary education.

All told, on the order of 35,000 full- and parttime students will be attending post-secondary classes at the University of Victoria, Camosun College or Royal Roads University, which is a few thousand more people than the population of Langford, or nearly 10 per cent of the region’s population.

As much as Victoria is a government town and a military headquarters, it is an education town too, with plenty of high-paying instructor and professor jobs, and support staff to make the educational industry tick.

After a few years of flat growth, UVic is seeing an upswing in new student numbers, about 500 more than last year. Camosun College’s student numbers, by contrast, are falling, but overall there is a net growth in post-secondary students.

Any increase is generally good for Greater Victoria’s economy – students spend on tuition, housing, food and entertainment. UVic’s 2012 economic impact analysis of 15,000 full-time students pegs direct spending at $177 million annually. A Camosun College economic impact study estimated that students that come from outside Greater Victoria collectively spend at least $7 million per year in the region.

The reason why UVic is seeing an increase in student numbers is complex – admissions criteria and marketing can play a role, but the economy tends to be the prime mover – people go to school when times are tough and hopefully finish school during an upswing in the economy.

But since the 2008-09 recession, governments and many companies have remained in a cycle of cutting spending and reducing jobs, either through attrition or direct layoffs. Despite a highly advertized jobs plan, B.C. is creating few jobs, especially for new university graduates trying to launch a career.

More students in post-seconary is generally good for society, but hopefully it’s also not another sign of a sputtering B.C. economy.

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

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

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

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or engineering, he noted. Students dvanced Education Minister themselves gravitate toward areas Amrik Virk has offered some that are familiar to them, such as advice for students heading teaching. for post-secondary educaB.C. universities gradution this fall. ated 2,000 new teachers In a commentary sent last year. Another 850 to B.C. newspapers, Virk arrived from out of provreminded students that ince and were licensed his task “is to ensure postto teach in B.C. During secondary students obtain the same year, the B.C. the experience and qualischool system hired 800 fications needed to put a teachers. And many of paycheque in their back those jobs were outside pocket.”

B.C. is forecast to have Tom Fletcher metropolitan areas.

It’s been hammered one million jobs to fill by B.C. Views into us by the B.C. gov2020, through a combinaernment’s endless “jobs tion of retirements and economic growth. More than 40 per plan” advertising that more stucent of them will require trades and dents need to focus on trades and resource industries. Virk acknowltechnical training, and for students, edges that his budget contains likely a move north. another $1 million for advertising, “My advice to students is to look the same as last year, much of it to at where the jobs are based and reinforce the need to fill skilled jobs. tailor their education and training But he danced around the question to match,” Virk wrote. “Our populaof whether there will be spaces in tion is concentrated in the Lower technical programs.

Mainland and southern Vancouver NDP critics say the waiting list Island, but as a resource-based for these kinds of programs at economy, many directly and indiKwantlen University and B.C. Instirectly related jobs are located elsetute of Technology are running where.” between a year and three years.

That’s not the only blunt mesAnd they have frequently noted sage for students deciding on a that advanced education spending career. While defending his minisis budgeted to decline by $42 miltry’s spending plans in the recent lion over the next three years. legislature session, Virk described Virk said post-secondary institusome of the problems that are tions working with industry have entrenched.

Parents, particularly in immigrant produced 456 additional seats in high-demand programs for this communities, push their children year. It’s a start. towards medicine, law, dentistry

In July, Premier Christy Clark joined the chorus of premiers protesting Ottawa’s plan to claw back $300 million in federal training money to provinces, for its new employer-driven Canada Jobs Grant. Clark and New Brunswick Premier David Alward were assigned to find an alternative to this drastic shift and report back in the fall.

As usual, the NDP spent lots of time grilling Virk about student debt and the alleged need to reduce it. Ministry statistics show that about 30 per cent of students take out loans from the federal-provincial program, and the average is $20,000.

One of the latest changes is a program of grants that go toward student debt as a reward for those who complete their chosen program. With 23,000 students collecting $41 million in grants, it might be working. For all the fuss about student debt, students pay only about a third of costs. The rest is on taxpayers, whether it produces any useful education or not.

Virk is under instructions to review the student loan program “to find further improvements to meet students’ needs.” Given the magnitude of the gap between what skills our education system produces and what the economy needs, a larger shift in priorities is needed.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Cream of the crop LifeCycles team leader Léo Hinse picks apples at a house on Carrick Street in Victoria.

The fruit is divided between the property owner, volunteers and organizations that help people in need.

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LETTERS Join forces to create more parkland Re: Pushing for more parkland (News, Aug. 14) Nineteen years ago I was in Victoria General Hospital waiting for surgery. I had time on my hands so went walking from the hospital out back (before Watkiss Way existed).

It was mid-May and the number of amazing warblers and other migrating and nesting birds in there was something else to see and listen to. And the trees there are magnificent.

Thirty acres for a park may sound like a lot of land to some people but we know, given what’s happening in the CRD with development today, it’s nothing compared to the amount of land being paved over (and degraded).

The two municipalities that would benefit from this new park, View Royal and Saanich, should collaborate and make this proposal a reality.

Who cares which municipality would have more of the park situated within its boundaries? People travel all over these The News welcomes opinions and comments. Letters should discuss issues and stories covered in the News and be 300 words or less.

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days, crisscrossing municipal borders daily so “turf” should not be an issue when it comes to the good of the community.

Judy Spearing Saanich

Lower speed limits dumbs down driving Re: Speed limits need a rethink (Our View, Aug. 16) Your editorial bias is made perfectly clear. After saying the subject of chopping speed limits is up for reasoned debate, you then heap praise on those Luddites trying to cut them.

Those proposing cutting the limit to 40 km/h can’t drive and only want the rest of the populace forced down to their level of cowardice and incompetence.

With the current political climate that it is now politically correct to be anti-car and anti-driving, it all fits into the overall campaign to eliminate the private and car and personal driving.

If these zealots have their way, we’ll all be walking or taking the bus where our very move can be under police surveil-

lance and monitoring.

Driving 50 km/h was established when it was the blanket speed limit, town and country.

The limit of 50 km/h was then what 100 km/h would be now, particularly when you consider the improvements made to the car, its brakes, tires, road holding, steering, lighting and too many other improvements to name. Try driving one of these classics from the 1920s or ’30s and you’ll see what I mean.

Anybody should be able to steer (as opposed to drive) a car at 40 km/h.

If 40 km/h goes through, then the requirement for driving tests, and driving lessons, should be removed. Just pay your road access fees and you’re good to go.

Paul Whitworth Saanich

Protection needed for trees in Saanich Re: Saanich takes heat for proposed tree protection bylaw, (News, Aug. 16) I believe it is a step in the right direction to bring a law that would curtail the often-

times unnecessary act of cutting down trees for property development.

One has to simply go into a recent development and see firsthand how land has been entirely cleared of trees only to be replaced with a generic and predictable landscape.

Tom Goluza Saanich

Many mysteries remain unanswered

Haven’t you ever wondered: are we alone in the universe? What lies beyond the edge of it? Will we ever travel at the speed of light? Will the discovery of the Higgs Boson explain the origins of life?

What makes people intelligent?

And why, despite generations of marine science, words of wisdom from our greenest politicians, hundreds of speeches and letters and a huge public outcry, does the Capital Regional District waste water committee still refuse to examine the best available options for sewage treatment?

So many mysteries remain unanswered.

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picturesque Loon Lake across t was one of the first things hectares of lakeside cabins, we learn as a team. lodges, a kitchen and numerous One team member takes play areas including a WildPlaythe lead yelling, “Hey, Camp type outdoor climbing challenge, Goodtimes, how do we feel?” the sprawling camp is a place Followed by the entire Tour many children with cancer yearn de Rock team answering: to go every year.

“We feel awesome, awesome, The summer recreation camp very awesome,” in unison – – for children and teens with culminating with a cheer and cancer and their families – is a an animated fist pump.

Arnold Lim place where kids can just be kids, Four months into training Tour de Rock regardless of medical history or for the 1,000-kilometre Tour circumstance. de Rock trek along Vancouver Here they live and play – mostly play – Island, “The Cheer” seems as much a part among those who know and understand of the tour as the riders themselves. the disease at a campground featuring Equal parts energizing, especially after a medical supervision, on-site support and long training ride, and team building, it is travel assistance at no cost to participants. a staple after every training ride, alongside When a child is diagnosed with cancer, a round of friendly fist bumps, handshakes the entire family is diagnosed, and the and hugs among team members. variety of different programs offered at I realize now, however, that I didn’t truly Camp Goodtimes include activities where understand what the cheer meant until I parents can stay with their young children visited Camp Goodtimes. or take time for themselves.

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It was here, crowded into a lodge packed to the brim with children and my Tour de Rock teammates, where it was as likely to see colourful writing scrawled in crayon as it was neatly printed computer fonts, where I truly learned why the fundraising from Cops for Cancer, Tour de Rock is so important and reaffirmed why I wanted so badly to be a part of it.

I also learned the children learn “The Cheer” early on, a chant of both solidarity and energy among children who are given respite for a short period at Camp

Goodtimes and can forget about their illness and just have fun. It was here, after an evening filled with playing and spending time with staff, volunteers and campers, where I truly heard the cheer for the first time.

It’s already a pretty impressive sound when 22 riders chime in, in unison, driving their fists in the air and pumping their arms, but here at Camp Goodtimes, moments before we boarded the bus and left, the cheer rang out once more.

The sound is still imprinted in my head.

The sheer volume, escalated by voices both big and especially small, rings in my ears every time our team performs it at the end of our rides.

Despite having done it many times before and after, I remember hearing it like I had never heard it before and may never hear again. It was awesome. Very awesome indeed.

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It’s a scaled back version of what was originally proposed in 2011, when it was slated to be upwards of eight storeys with 118 total units.

Saanich planner Shari Holmes-Saltzman, in her report to council, recommended approval of the project. While the report indicates there exists many single-family homes in the area, “it is anticipated that over time, these (neighbouring) lots will be redeveloped for multi-family housing,” Holmes-Saltzman wrote.

While both the Quadra Cedar Hill Community Association and the North Quadra Land Use Protection Association have backed the project, some neighbours remain concerned about traffic impacts – both speed and parking – along narrow Annie Street. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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Just 17 and already a Fringe veteran, Wrigley is bringing the misunderstood story of baseball superstar Ty Cobb to life in Something Like a War, debuting Thursday (Aug. 22) at The Metro Studio Theatre at 9:45 p.m.

How Wrigley became enamoured with Cobb’s story started with an assuming batting stance.

Most batters in baseball hold the bat with their hands together, which is taught to youths.

Wrigley didn’t conform and was associating himself with Cobb at just six years old.

“My dad said that’s how Ty Cobb did it and I thought of myself as Cobb without knowing who he was.”

Wrigley continued to play baseball until 2012, growing from a casual fan to a baseball nut. It happened to correspond with the Tigers, Cobb’s old team, reaching the 2006 and 2012 World Series.

For a 17-year-old recreating a personality from 100 years ago (Cobb’s greatest fame was as a Tiger from 1905 to 1926), the research is impressive. Wrigley has read four biographies and consumed many videos and stories of the legend.

He also managed to secure a 30-minute conversation with Cobb’s grandson Herschel Cobb, who shared a close relationship with his grandfather Ty until he died in 1961.

“It led to some changes in the play, particularly to the end of the play,” Wrigley said.

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I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. I’d read his book about Ty but talking to him really helped me … I was getting a closer perspective than I ever could have hoped.”

Wrigley, a homeschool grad, isn’t in a rush to enter the University of Victoria’s theatre program, but he is considering it, if not another acting school.

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EvEnts Fri. Aug. 23 Integrate arts FestIval - The seventh-annual Integrate Arts Festival in Victoria celebrates a wide variety of local artists, featuring an opening exhibition, citywide art crawl including 25 locations, and various outdoor performances. Market Square will hold an opening celebration at 6pm with local musicians and a pop-up gallery.

7:30-10:30pm at various locations, and 630 Yates. Free. integratearts.ca.

SAt. Aug. 24 garage sale For vIctorIa HospIce - This giant ‘yard’ sale of gently used or slightly damaged goods will give 100 per cent of the proceeds to Victoria Hospice. Chef Anna from Thrifty Foods will be on site to cook up hotdogs by donation. 9:30am-5:30pm at Heirloom Linens (#380-777 Royal Oak).

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BelIeve In people - summer celeBratIon at WoodWynn Farms - Neil Osborne (54-40), Dustin Bentall and Kendel Carson, Daniel Lapp, Adam Dobres and Adrian Dolan headline a community celebration featuring world class local music, farm fresh food and fun, to raise funds and awareness for Woodwynn Farms’ work to combat homelessness and create a therapeutic community for people ready to transition away from street life. No alcohol, drugs or smoking on site. Free water is provided; no glass containers please. 11am-5pm at 7789 West Saanich (Brentwood Bay). $10 adults/$20 family. 250-544-1175.

stagE Wed. Aug. 21 romp! FestIval - See the dance showcase, with each performance featuring a different program from dance artists of diverse styles to create a kinetic urban spectacle.

Featuring: Kinesis Dance somatheatro (Vancouver), Bounce (curated by Treena Stubel), Present/Tense 8 (dance as well as spoken word) and more. To Aug. 31. Various times at Centennial Square. Free. suddenlydance.ca.

WIngFIeld - A reprisal of the first three episodes of Canada’s most enduring comedy series, all of which premiered at the Belfry: Letter from Wingfield Farm, Wingfield’s Progress and Wingfield’s Folly. Until Aug. 25 at The Belfry Theatre (1291 Gladstone).

Tickets at Belfry.bc.ca or 250-385-6815. sHakespeare By tHe sea Victoria Shakespeare by the Sea is back for a second season with two shows: Romeo and Juliet (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday). Nightly shows at 7pm.

Matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. To Sept. 1 at Clover Point (1300 block of Dallas). $25/20 at 250-213-8088. vicshakesea.ca. audItIon notIce: WHo dunIt - A comedy/mystery by C.B. Gilford.

Auditions will be held WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY 7-9pm with possible call backs FRIDAY at St Luke’s Hall, (3821 Cedar Hill X). To schedule an audition or to borrow a script, please contact director Geoff Davidson: 250727-8989, gjdavidson@shaw.ca.

Music Wed. Aug. 21 rougHly neIl - See Joey Purpura’s brand of Neil Diamond with “Diamond in the Rough” tribute concert. 8pm at the Victoria Legion Esquimalt Dockyard Branch 172 (622 Admirals). Tickets $25 advance/$30 at door. 250-386-7635, solitaryman.ca. rolla olak - Singer-songwriter Rolla Olak and his band return to his former hometown to play one of his all-time favourite venues. 8pm at Lucky Bar (517 Yates). $TBA.

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Enhancing food sustainability a key objective for city’s orchard program Daniel Palmer News staff

As municipal crews tore up a plot of grass recently at Banfield Park, Patti Parkhouse watched

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“The wood acts like a sponge to absorb the groundwater, and then releases it when we’re in a dry season like we’ve just experienced,” explains Parkhouse.

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“It’s been a long time coming for there to be a document like the OCP which is encouraging the cultivation of fruit on public lands,” says Lee Herrin, executive director of the Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group.

Fernwood is also co-ordinating a kitchen garden project in conjunction with the orchard project. “(The orchard) is more symbolic at this point … but if we do a good job of it and if it does indeed – to use a bad pun – bear fruit, I think we’ll see a lot more of these projects.”

Herrin expects Fernwood’s trees to be delivered at the end of September.

Back in Vic West, Parkhouse praises the expertise of edible landscaping experts Hatchet & Seed Contracting, who are providing invaluable insight on cultivating the trees. But she stresses the vast majority of work is being done by volunteers, given the project’s tight budget of $27,000.

Volunteers are still needed for the Vic West tree planting, 10 a.m. to noon on Sept. 15.

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In March, Victoria council gave the green light to the Fernwood and Vic West community associations for their participation in the city’s orchard pilot project.

Parks crews are preparing the sites and supplying the fruit and nut trees, while volunteers will be responsible for planting the trees and keeping them healthy, as well as harvesting and distributing the food.

Soon, young apple, pear, plum, fig, chestnut, elderberry and even mulberry trees will neatly line the hugelkulturs, a German term for the rows of easy-to-maintain garden beds.

“It will be totally open to the public. Anyone can go in and pick. We’re hoping people won’t clean out the apple trees on one visit. It will be a cultural experiment,” Parkhouse says.

Both the Vic West and Fernwood community associations are designing the orchards to act as educational beacons for other neighbourhood associations. Parkhouse plans to install signage and run regular classes on tree pruning and tree health.

Curious steps such as intentionally infecting branches with fungi and burying them below the soil to help nourish root growth, is a process that requires hands-on learning, she says.

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A river otter enjoys a chunk of salmon at Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre in Metchosin. The centre is experiencing a shortage of fish and is asking for donations.

Wild ARC fishes for donations

Charla Huber News staff

When wild animals wind up in the hospital they aren’t served Jell-O. From baby seagulls to river otters, the injured animals on the mend at the SPCA Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre in Metchosin are served fish.

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are running dry of the protein the injured animals need to heal.

“We have 200 animals in care right now and more than 130 of them are eating fish,” said Kari Marks, manager of Wild ARC. A bald eagle can eat an entire salmon in one meal. There are 70 raccoons at the centre currently who all like to eat fish, but they also eat vegetables.

“We like to train them to eat fish so they can eat it in the wild too,” Marks said.

Wild ARC is a non-profit organization and relies on donations. The centre is seeking donations of fresh or frozen raw fish, shellfish and other seafood.

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Game 3 of the Western Lacrosse Association best-ofseven final is tonight (Aug. 21) in Langley. The series s now tied 1-1.

ulated him, Mack wore a serious look and hurried back to midfield.

“I think it was a bit early in the game to celebrate. We try and have the mindset of ‘the next job,’ (whether or not it was) a good or bad play. Looking back on it now, it’s a play that I will always remember, but if you really examine the play there were a lot of players that contributed to it as well.”

Mack, an Oak Bay High graduate and Canadian international rugby sevens specialist, started the game at scrum half and was instrumental throughout, earning the coveted pro-wrestling belt as Canada’s Man of the Match.

Also scoring tries for Canada were dangerous winger DTH van der Merwe, a former teammate of Mack on the James Bay Ath-

letic Association who now plays pro for the Glasgow Warriors, and Capilano’s Harry Jones, who started at fly half.

Fullback James Pritchard kicked 12 points. All nine of U.S.A.’s points came on penalty kicks by Chris Wyles.

A win, or loss by less than 18 points, on Saturday will clinch a spot for Canada at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England.

The squad features a long list of players who’ve played locally, including former UVic Vikes forwards Andrew Tiedemann, Ryan Hamilton and John Moonlight, and former James Bay player Aaron Carpenter, the current captain, as well as James Bay’s Sean White.

Saturday’s game in Toronto will be aired live on TSN2 at 1 p.m. and replayed at 8 p.m. sports@vicnews.com

Saturday started with Thunder goalie Brodie McDonald looking strong but he was eventually pulled. Rocks goalie Matt Vinc ended up outplaying him, allowing a stingy six goals, just two in the third period.

Scoring was no easy feat.

Unheralded Shamrocks defender Scott Carnegie was the only player to score multiple goals with two, one of them shorthanded in the second period. Jeff Shattler scored a goal and added three assists.

and midget national lacrosse championships in Whitby, Ont., from Aug. 4 to 10.

Pee wee players Angus Connorton, Nolan Dalep and Ryan Sheridan of the Saanich Tigers helped B.C. win the third place game 8-2 over Alberta.

Bantam players Riley Condon and Caleb Keuber of Juan de Fuca and Joseph Jackson and Jaden Touchie of Saanich, under head coach Tyson Leies, took silver with a 9-1 loss in the gold medal game to Ontrario.

Midget player Dylan Rehman of Juan de Fuca helped his team win bronze, defeating Alberta 8-7. sports@vicnews.com

Vic players medal at lacrosse nationals

Victoria players joined B.C. teams at the pee wee, bantam

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Siblings set Canadian climbing records at World Championships

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Flower power Non wing sprint cars circle the track during Day 1 of the Daffodil Cup races at Western Speedway on Friday. The two-day event ran Aug. 16 and 17 with thousands of spectators taking in stock, wing, non wing and old time car races.

MAIN EVENT (30 LAPS): #15 Kevin Knight; #14 Daryl Crocker; #26 Shane Scott; #43 Dave Reside

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OTRA OLD TIME RACERS CLASS: Fastest Qualifier: #71 James Miller 18:315 TROPHY DASH: #22 Larry Joyce; #71 James Miller; #11 Duane Zeinstra; #25 George Jenson MAIN EVENT (30 LAPS): #11 Duane Zeinstra; #25 George Jenson; #71 James Miller; #35 Kail Beck

Auto racing Daffodil Cup at Western Speedway, Friday, Aug. 16 STOCK CAR CLASS: Fastest Qualifier: #14 Daryl Crocker 18:688 TROPHY DASH: #43 Dave Reside; #16 Rhett Smith; #25 Chris McInerney; #14 Daryl Crocker

WINGLESS SPRINT CAR CLASS: Fastest Qualifier: #15 Mark Stuart

15:861 TROPHY DASH: #55 Jeff Bird; #47 Deter Lejeune; #15 Mark Stuart; #22 Mike Haslam MAIN EVENT (30 LAPS): #55 Jeff Bird; #15 Mark Stuart; #47 Deter Lejeune; #28 Wayde Heckford WINGED SPRINT CAR CLASS: Fastest Qualifier: #44 Scott Aumen 13:698 B TROPHY DASH: #14 Wade Bland; #35 Ronnie Jay; #98 Matt Hein; #76 Andy Alberding A TROPHY DASH: #14 Matt Mansell; #44 Scott Aumen; #33 Jeff Montgomery; #12 Ron Larson

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MAIN EVENT (30 LAPS): #44 Scott Aumen; #22 Ritchie Larson; #91 Darren Yates; #42 Guy Barrett #14 Matt Mansell; #76 Andy Alberding; #33 Jeff Montgomery; #98 Matt Hein Daffodil Cup at Western Speedway, Saturday, Aug. 17 STOCK CAR CLASS: Fastest Qualifier: #14 Daryl Crocker, 18:743 TROPHY DASH: #43 Dave Reside; #14 Daryl Crocker; #15 Kevin Knight; #16 Rhett Smith MAIN EVENT (30 LAPS): #15 Kevin Knight; #43 Dave Reside;

Victoria’s Robert Stewart-Patterson didn’t manage to win a medal but did set a new Canadian speed record at the 2013 World Youth Climbing Championships at the Boulders Climbing Gym from Aug. 16 to 19.

Stewart-Patterson rocketed up the speed climbing wall during qualifying in 8.06 seconds.

His sister, Alison Stewart-Patterson, also set a new women’s Canadian speed record with a time of 13.38 seconds during her qualifying heat, though she did not medal either.

Christian Stewart/Boulders media Results from the champion- Alison Stewart-Patterson reaches ships are at ifsc-climbing.org. for the next clip during her qualifying sports@vicnews.com lead climb on Saturday. #14 Daryl Crocker; #87 Kerry Steen OTRA OLD TIME RACERS CLASS: Fastest Qualifier: #11 Duane Zeinstra, 18:260 TROPHY DASH: #22 Larry Joyce; #71 James Miller; #11 Duane Zeinstra; #39 Tom Cinnamon MAIN EVENT (25 LAPS): #11 Duane Zeinstra; #03 Denis Morneau; #25 George Jenson; #71 James Miller WINGLESS SPRINT CAR CLASS: Fastest Qualifier: #98 Lance Wade 16:111 TROPHY DASH: #55 Jeff Bird; #22 Mike Haslam; #98 Lance Wade; #15 Mark Stuart

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MAIN EVENT (30 LAPS): #22 Mike Haslam; #98 Lance Wade; #22 Dave Emmerson; #11 Duane Zeinstra

B.C. Junior Football

WINGED SPRINT CAR CLASS: Fastest Qualifier: #44 Scott Aumen, 13:497 B TROPHY DASH: #2 Chase Larson; #22 Ritchie Larson; #91 Darren Yates; #76 Andy Alberding A TROPHY DASH: #12 Ron Larson; #33 Jeff Montgomery; #98 Matt Hein; #44 Scott Aumen MAIN EVENT (40 LAPS): #33 Jeff Montgomery; #23 Johnny Giesler; #14 Wade Bland; #44 Scott Aumen

Saturday, Aug. 17: Langley Rams 58 Westshore Rebels 20 Rebels rushing: Niles Goguen, six carries for 83 yards, two touchdowns; Hunter Lake, six carriers for 75 yards; Rebels receiving: Sean Shepherd, five passes, 50 yards; Eric Eggleston, four passes 101 yards; Jordan Rodinsky, two passes, 33 yards, one touchdown.

Rebels passing: Hunter Lake, 34 attempts, 20 completed, 330 yards.

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Spots available at Great Rates. Daily, weekly, monthly. Pool, Hot tub, exercise room, laundry, putting green, hiking, fishing, Pickle Ball Court.

Free coffee in one of the best clubhouses on the island. Nanaimo area. www.resortonthelake.com 250-754-1975 or admin@resortonthelake.com

SHARED ACCOMMODATION NORTH NANAIMO: Attention Students/Working Professionals: fully furnished room, nice, quiet area.

Own bathroom, cable, shared kitchen and laundry. N/S, N/P, no partiers. $550/mo. 250-756-9746.

SIDNEY: 1-BDRM lower suite in new upscale townhouse complex. Priv. entr, all appliances with insuite W/D. N/S, small pet OK. $1100. Sept.

1st. 2320 Oakville Ave. Call (250)508-9095.

PENDER ISLAND- level building lot (3819 Pirates Rd) 0.36 acre, 15,681 sq ft with water, sewer, hydro, cable at lot line.

By owner only $109,900. Call 604-988-2653.

MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

SUITES, LOWER BURNSIDE/TILLICUM area.

3-bdrm grnd floor, utils incld.

NS/NP. $1100. (250)813-2221 GORDON HEAD 2-bdrm. near bus, 5 min to UVic. $1000./mo. inclds utils. (250)721-5609.

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

1977 VANGUARD MOTOR HOME. 26’, 460 engine. Lots of things for camping incld -. dishes, pots & pans, etc. Excellent shape, paint is good, everything is OK. $2000. awning, bath & shower. No leaks, new water pump. $8000. Call (250)479-3249.

QUALICUM BAY. Revenue opportunity on Vancouver Island, BC with leased out Cafe’ & your home on one property. Ocean front popular cafe’ plus 3 bd / 2 full bath home, 1.11 acres, fully fenced, sewage treatment plant, secure Sea Wall protected, many recent Cafe’ & home upgrades, equipment & much more. Call 250-757-8014 for more information.

SAANICH WEST- 1246 Hastings St, 3 bdrm Rancher, 2 garage, dining/living/family rooms, 2 bath (ensuite), F/P, appls incld, new roof. Walking distance to Interurban campus. $484,900. 250-477-4600.

20 ACRES free!

Own 60 acres for 40 acre price/payment. $0 Down, $198/mo.

Money back guarantee, no credit checks. Beautiful Views, West Texas. 1-800-843-7537. www.texaslandbuys.com

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

OTHER AREAS

Guided online learning, instructor-led, in a highly supported environment

Psychiatric Nursing (online): This 23 month program is accredited by the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of BC (CRPNBC).

Entry-level earnings start at $30.79/hour to $40.42/hour.

Special Education Assistant (online): In only 9 months you could be earning $17 - $25.99/hour.

You will receive training and certification from the Provincial Outreach Program for Autism and Related Disorders (POPARD).

Therapeutic Recreation – Gerontology (online): Support and promote optimal health for seniors by planning, implementing and evaluation therapeutic recreation services. Earn up to $23.50/hour.

Government student loans & funding (ELMS/WCB) & other financing options available to qualified applicants.

Toll Free: 1-866-580-2772

HOMES FOR RENT SOOKE. 3BDRM + den, 3 bath, newer half duplex. Fully fenced big yard, deck, garage, gas fireplace. Bright kitchen with DW, F/S. W/D in sep. laundry.

Nice views, forest, trails across road. $1650 includes weekly garbage pickup and water. Avail. Oct 1st. 250508-4064. tjoblue@gmail.com

GORGE/ADMIRALSvery quiet, furnished 1 bdrm, own entry, NS/NP. $900 all inclusive. Sept 1. (250)383-8926.

IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s that simple.

Your credit/age/income is not an issue. 1-800-587-2161.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

Move in today 250-588-9799

SUITES, UPPER

JAMES TOWN tea pot, gravy boat, cream jug, excellent condition. $25. (250)595-6734.

LADIES PLUS pants, 15 pair, sz 5X, good cond. $5. ea.

(250)721-2386.

Bright lg Bach 1,2,3 br. Units Fully reno 5 min drive to DT Victoria Full time on site manager

DEEP COVE- cozy 1bdrm, wood floors, acreage, skylights $950/mo, N/S. 250-656-1312.

SEASIDE LUXURY condo studio, Sidney, BC. Exceptional views, furnished. Offers on $154,900 for quick sale.

APPROX 9.8 acre (Sunny Coombs) Part field/treed, plus room for revenue developmnt.

2 level entry, 2 or 5 bdrm, 3.5 baths, wood boiler heat, lrg shop, in-ground pool, greenhouse, bldg. Fenced garden, lrg storage pond. $745,000.

Call to view. 250-248-4495

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

COTTAGES

REAL ESTATE

VOLUNTEERS

SENIORS SERVING Seniors is recruiting Senior Peer Counsellors who provide emotional support to seniors undergoing loss, transition or lifestyle changes. Training begins midSept. on Wednesday mornings for 12 weeks, and after training a commitment of 1 hour per week for 6 months is required. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

LOG HOME overlooking Lake Cowichan, 1.5 acres. Small 1 bdrm ground level suite, in floor heating, fenced garden w/fruit trees. Generator and solar. $375,000.

Call (250)745-3880. View on: www.usedvictoria.com

www.stenbergcollege.com

Over 92% of our grads are employed in their field of study within 6 months of graduation.

SAANICH: 2 bdrm suite. Util’s incld’d, satellite, carport, NS/NP. $900. Sept. 1st or Oct. 1st. Call (250)479-4348.

SIDNEY- 1 BDRM, 1 bath ground floor suite, F/S, W/D, large kitchen & living room, lots of storage, N/S, no dogs. $950 util’s incld’d. Available Sept. 1st. Call (250)654-0410.

THETIS HIEGHTS: 1 bdrm + den, deck, insuite W/D, incld’s utils, 975sqft, N/S, small pet ok, $1200. (250)478-4018.

TILLICUM GORGE area: Self contained 1 bdrm suite, all util’s incld’d, $850. N/S, no drinking. Call (250)384-0085

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

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RENTALS

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

MARINE

SUITES, LOWER

AUTO FINANCING

CARS

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

TRUCKS & VANS

BOATS

TILLICUM MALL area. 2bdrm. NS/NP. $1100. inclds heat, H/W & cable. (250)3800243 or (250)589-6912.

1991 VOLVO 940 4 cyl gas sedan. Dark green/blue exterior, black leather interior. Auto, 322,000 km. Very good cond. $1000.obo. (250)721-4497.

TRANSPORTATION

2007 HYUNDAI Sonta- only 40,000 km, auto, sun roof, mint condition, $13,000 obo.

(250)655-6599.

ANTIQUE/CLASSICS

$50 to $1000 1966 CHEVY Pick up, 1/2 ton short box, burgundy. 3 in the tree, 6 cylinder. Good condition, runs great, comes with second set of winter tires and rims. Second owner for last 45 years, in Victoria. $10,000 obo. Call: 250 479 0441 or email: havoc@telus.net

Scrap Junk Broken Down Cars Trucks Vans

FREE TOW AWAY

CARS

SPORTS & IMPORTS

AUTO FINANCING 1982 GRAND Prix LJ, only 29 original km on car, 350 4 bolt Vette motor and 350 Turbo trans installed in 1985. Seals done in 2008. A.C. works, New head liner 2014, a true time piece. $6,900 o.b.o Call Terry 250-478-1426.

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

1-800-961-7022

250-686-3933

1990 CHEVROLET Cavalier Z 24, 3.1 Litre. Only 70,000 km on rebuilt motor. Newer Luc High Performance clutch, 5sp trans, near new Hankook tires. Red, sun roof, mint interior, power doors/windows (new motors and regulators). Pioneer stereo w/iPod adapter, sub woofer, Pioneer 6x9 3 way speakers. Same owner since 1990, have all receipts. $3000.

Chris, 250-595-0370 lv mess.

GOING CHEAP very cheap.

2006 Jaguar 4 door X type all wheel drive, mint as new only 55,000km, with records, sunroof, superb throughout. Never winter driven, one owner. First sensible offer takes. Nonsmoker. Famous owner in Ontario. Call 289-296-7411.

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2003 JEEP Liberty Ltd. Edition, black, auto, 4WD, 3.7L V6.

Recent check up.

123,000km. Leather, power everything, cruise, CD/tape player, spare tire. $8,600. Call 1-250-812-8646.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

2004 TITANIUM 29E34RL (new May 2005), good condition. One slide out, rear living room with fireplace, chair, hide-a-bed couch, sliding glass doors leading to fully screened patio.

Patio deck slides out from underneath.

Centre kitchen, double door refrigerator, microwave, double sink. Hardwood floors, oak cabinets, washer/dryer, porcelain toilet. Ducted A/C, gas/ electric hot water with DSI. Fiberglass exterior, dual paned windows, Polar Pak insulation, power front jacks, rear stabilizers. Ideal for traveling south in winter, parking at the lake or touring. Length/benefits of 34’ but tows like 29’. $65,000 new, asking $19,900. 250-8818833, chuck.salmon@shaw.ca FORD F-350 MOTORHOME. V10 engine, 24’ 125km, AC, trailer hitch, portable generator, anti-theft steering wheel lock incld’d. Pet and smoke free. Great shape, fully serviced ready for the road. Reduced price $17,500. Please phone 250-655-4840. Located in Sidney.

1993 FORD F250 Pick-up truck. $1000. Runs well. 5 litre automatic. Call (250)858-6950 weekdays after 6pm or anytime on weekends.

1999 FORD F250- white, 4WD extended cab, box liner, runs well, no damage. $2995.

Call (250)477-6036.

MARINE BOATS

36’ COMPOSITE Sleeps 5 Perkins 6, exc. hyd. Anchor/thruster, well found. On land til Aug. launch. trades? $145,000. (250)248-4495

LOOKING FOR AN Auction Bedroom Suite Couch Deli Esthetics Fuel Garage Sale House Investments Jungle Gym Kiln Living Room Suite Moving Company Nail Care Open House Poultry Quilt Rolling Pin Sail Boat Venetian Blinds Window Washer Xylophone Yard Work Zebra

18FT FIBERGLASS hull and oak and ash wood finish canoe with paddles and life jackets is suitable for exploring the coast or for more extended canoe trips where carrying capacity is required. To inspect please phone 250.665.6537 Asking price, $750.

1993 BAYLINER 2452, in premier condition. 2 sounders & GPS, head, galley, canopy, 9.9 hp 4 stroke Yamaha on hydraulics, downriggers, dinghy in 27’ newer Van Isle Marina boathouse near the ramp. $18,000. obo. 250-656-6136.

19’ BOWRIDER with 135HP Mercury. Galvanized EZ loader trailer. 8.9HP Honda 4 stroke. Fish finder and BHF radio and more. $5,000. Call (250)479-4569, (250)589-4569

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1975 LIONEL tent trailer, $1500 reduced, $1000 obo.

Call (250)479-1771.

1996 FORD F250- 7.3 Diesal, 5 spd, standard cab and box, 400,000 km. $3900 obo.

(250)656-4707.

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FENCING

GARDENING

ACCOUNTING Vida Samimi

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

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

TAX

250-477-4601

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

COMPLETE CARPENTRY Renos, additions, decks & suites, fences, sheds, I can’t be beat. WCB covered. Free estimates 250-812-7626

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

FURNITURE REFINISHING FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & delivery.

References available.

250-475-1462.

GARDENING (250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard & garden overgrown? No job too big. Irrigation, landscaping, patio stone, install.

Blackberry & ivy removal. 25yr 250-216-9476 ACCEPTING new clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, finish carpentry, garden clean-ups.

CONCRETE & PLACING RBC CONCRETE Finishing.

All types of concrete work. No job too small. Seniors discount. Call 250-386-7007.

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

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

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm.

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

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

Kendra, 250-415-7991.

250-479-7950 FREE ESTIMATES • Lawn Maintenance • Landscaping • Hedge Trimming • Tree Pruning • Yard Cleanups • Gardening/Weeding • Aeration, Odd Jobs NO SURPRISES NO MESS www.hollandave.ca

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

HAULING AND SALVAGE

250-507-6543.

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

(250) 858-0588 - Tree Service - Landscaping - Lawn & Garden Clean ups - Hedge trimming & Pruning - Pressure washing - Gutters Free estimates * WCB www.mowtime.ca

(250)889-5794.

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

HANDYPERSONS JUNK BOX- We Do All The Loading

AURICLE BSC 250-882-3129 For lovely lawns-spectacular hedges-healthy garden beds & reno’s.

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

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

HANDYMAN FOR light maintenance. Leaky taps, caulking, replace electrical outlets & switch. Call (250)818-2709.

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

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

HAULING AND SALVAGE

GLENWOOD Gardenworks Landscaping & Garden Services. Satisfaction guaranteed.

250-474-4373.

$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc.

Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

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

Call 250-361-6164.

FAMILY MAN Hauling.

Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.

778-678-2524

JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.

Fast Service, Best Prices!!

Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK. PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774

HOME IMPROVEMENTS CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitchen/bath, wood floors, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877 COMPLETE HOME Repairs.

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

JACK NASH, serving Victoria since 1980. Big or small, free estimates. Call (250)881-3886.

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

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

Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

ELITE GARDEN MAINTENANCE Landscaping Projects Pruning, Clean ups Lawn and Garden Full Care

250.388.3535

BILL’S MASONRY. Brick, tiles, pavers. All masonry & Chimney re-pointing. F/P repairs. 250-478-0186.

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

Brad 250-217-9578.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

PLUMBING

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

Replace, Rebuild, Renew!

“Quality is our Guarantee”.

Free Competitive Estimates.

(250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com

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

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

MOVING & STORAGE (250)889-5794.

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

2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on local moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507. *WRIGHT BROS* Moving. $80/hr, 2 men/3 ton. Seniors discount. Philip (250)383-8283

PAINTING ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting.

Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years experience.

250-382-3694.

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

PRESSURE WASHING DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates.

250-744-8588, Norm.

STUCCO/SIDING STUCCO REPAIRMAN- Stucco & Painting Specialist. 50 years experience. Free estimates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

TILING PROF & Custom installs of floor & wall tiles. Heated flooring, Custom Showers. Reno’s, new constr. Bob 250-812-7448

TREE SERVICES

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

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

LADY PAINTER Serving the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.

WINDOW CLEANING

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

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

BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning.

Roof demoss, Gutters. Licensed and affordable. 250-884-7066.

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.

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

GLEAMING WINDOWS Gutters+De-moss. Free estimate.

18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.

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4

Asst.

Peanut Butter

1

96 per 100 g

DED NO AD NES FRESH HORMO

FRESH

Chicken Drumsticks

246

per lb 5.42 kg

TIC & FRESH BONELESS ANTIBIOE FREE HORMON

Pork Butt Roast

266

Chicken Thighs

286

per lb 25.86 lb Bag kg

Ground Round

426

per perlblb 9.39 1.46kg kg

BAKERY

PORTOFINO

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96

750 g

MCCAINS

Hashbrowns

176

Shampoo & Conditioners Asst.

6

225 g

KRAFT

Squeeze Barbecue Sauce

1

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FRANKS

Red Hot Sauce

326

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AVALON ORGANICS

96

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Bathroom Tissue

325 ml

5

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Double 12 Roll

296

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Apple Juice or Wildberry

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PEPPER’S OWN

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96¢

386

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Homous & Dips

Asst.

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96¢

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NATURAL PASTURES

Comox Brie or Camembert

per 100 g

GROCERIES

CHRISTIES

1

96

Thai Peanut Sourdough Broccoli Salad Bowl

326

per 100 g

ISLAND FARMS

Vanilla Plus and Chocolate Plus Ice Cream

4

96 Assorted Flavours 1.65 L

NATURAL & ORGANIC

PACIFIC FOODS

Organic Soup

6

Assorted. 946 ml - 1 L

2/

SUN RYPE

Pretzel Oatnut or Kaiser Buns 12 Grain Bread

376

500 g Asst.

Frozen Vegetables

perlblb per 6.30kgkg 3.22

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Brown Rice Triscuits

GREEN GIANT

Asst.

25

Montreal Smoked Brisket

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Big Block Cheese Approx.

500 g

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Cheese Slices

96

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650 g

Pin Bone Removed

Mon-Fri Excluding Holidays

146

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Baby Peeled Carrots

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Red & Green Seedless Grapes

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