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Farmyard foragers Chefs, firefighters create dynamic cooking duos at Survival Challenge Charla Huber News staff

Firefighters and top chefs are teaming up to get dirty, battle tough obstacles and cook a gourmet dish from foraged foods for the sixth annual Chef Survival Challenge at Madrona Farm in Saanich.

Saanich firefighter Dave Ball says he is excited to take part in the event. His enthusiasm is running high in anticipation of both the obstacle course and the cooking components.

“This is going to be a lot of fun Charla Huber/News staff and I can bring my kids and they Saanich firefighter Dave Ball is one of the firefighters teaming up with a local chef to participate in the sixth annual Chef Survival can see how food is grown,” Ball Challenge on Sept. 7 at Madrona Farm. Among the obstacles the pairs will have to complete is paddling to “Condiment Island” in said. “I have a real love for the out- a pond at the farm. The Chef Survival Challenge sees 10 duos racing through the farm to collect fresh food and then whipping up a doors.” delicious meal with the ingredients.

The event begins at 1 p.m. on out hundreds of dollars on a plate, a barother ingredients hidden across the 24-acre dance of ingredients available.

Sunday (Sept. 8) with an obstacle At 2 p.m. the firefighter-chef duos will becue and farm-fresh vegetables from course, including haystack hurdles, old- farm.

Later this week all 20 participants will be need to begin cooking on their camp stoves. Madrona Farm will be available on-site. fashioned monkey bars, a balance beam All proceeds from the event go towards Each chef is allowed a protein of choice, over a mud pit and an irrigation pipe crawl. sent a list of ingredients available on the “We are going to have the hottest chefs farm. While Chambers doesn’t want to give and can bring a cutting board, knife, frying local farmland conservation.

“We are all part of a human ecosystem and the finest firefighters,” said Nathalie away too much of that list, she said chefs pan and limited condiments to help in their and contribute to making a vibrant, healthy Chambers, event organizer and Madrona can expect to have carrots, beets, water- cooking experience.

“This is minimal cooking and it’s on the community,” Chambers said. melon and eggs at their disposal. farmer.

A children’s tent will be set up with a pupThe day of the event, the teams will be fly,” Chambers said.

The course will conclude with a canoe Judging of the finished plates begins at 4 pet show, crafts and activities. trip to “Condiment Island” in one of the given a map of the farm and the locations There are 600 tickets available for $100 of the ingredients. If a team hopes to cook p.m. and they will be auctioned off to the ponds. for a family, or $40 for adults. Tickets are “A boat sunk last year,” Chambers said with potatoes and carrots, they’ll first have highest bidder.

“There’s no paddles, it’s a yelling match,” available at chefsurvivalchallenge.com. with a laugh, adding that a lifeguard will be to endure a one-kilometre vertical hike, charla@goldstreamgazette.com she said. Previous years’ dishes have been Chambers said. on duty at the pond.

“It’s a bumper year because of the sold for up to $400.

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Demand for back-to-school supplies grows Daniel Palmer News staff

Josée Paris, viceprincipal and Grade 4 French immersion teacher at École Campus View elementary school, updates her calendar as she prepares for the new school year.

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Talks between school unions, province could lead to strike Teachers, support staff await new contracts Charla Huber News staff

This September will be business as usual for students in Greater Victoria. At least for now.

The unions representing teachers and school support staff are back at work and will continue providing all services while they both await their turn at the bargaining table.

CUPE locals are meeting with the provincial bargaining committee Sept. 4 to 6 and hope to secure a contract at that time.

Education minister Peter Fassbender said he is hopeful a settlement with clerical staff, custodians, bus drivers and other support staff can be achieved without picket lines disrupting classes. The minister wouldn’t comment directly on talks, except to say school districts are working to set up “saving accounts” in their operations, as they will be required to fund wage increases within existing budgets for support staff.

“Hopefully something will come out of

that,” said Gilles Larose, CUPE 382 president. “We pay taxes just like everyone else. Everything is going up (in price) and our wages haven’t been reflecting that.”

If an agreement isn’t reached soon, Larose said it will most likely result in a provincewide strike with about 27,000 CUPE union members on the picket lines, including about 1,100 custodians, grounds and maintenance workers from CUPE 382 within the Greater Victoria School District.

“We have been without a contract since June of last year (2012),” Larose said.

The contract expired after a two-year wage freeze was imposed across the B.C. public service sector. CUPE is seeking raises of two per cent per year.

“Talks are resuming and the intent is to find a solution for all parties involved,” said Scott Sutherland, ministry of education spokesperson. “We want to try and find a way to end this cycle of disruption.

“The savings have to be found within the existing budgets to support modest wage increases for staff,” Sutherland said, adding the bargaining committee is creating a template for the CUPEs to follow.

The government’s co-operative gains mandate required all raises to be funded

by internal savings such as shared administrative functions.

The teachers will need to wait longer until they get a seat at the table in October.

“School will start as usual with no job action. We aren’t even contemplating job action, right now we are focusing our efforts at the bargaining table,” said Benula Larsen, Greater Victoria Teachers’ Association president. “We haven’t taken a strike vote or anything … What we want is a deal at the table.”

“Class size composition remedy is the No. 1 issue,” said Larsen, adding teachers are also hoping for improvements to salaries and preparation time allotments.

“These were all taken away from us.”

“There is no plan there that the school districts are going to have to pick up any of those costs. Those cost drivers are the province, and we will be negotiating that.

That’s why the teachers wanted to negotiate directly with us,” said Fassbender.

He said any increase to teachers’ wages would not be found through cutting any school programs or services.

The Ministry of Eduction is hoping to secure a 10-year deal with the teachers across the province. charla@goldstreamgazette.com

The back-to-school ritual is in full swing, as parents rush to shopping malls and office supply stores to start their kids off on the right foot.

But for hundreds of Greater Victoria families, the costs of pens and pencils, binders and paper – not to mention new clothing – come at the expense of food on the table.

“We did some rough calculations about how much it costs a parent to get their child ready for school simply with supplies, and it’s about $70 for elementary and about $100 for high school,” said Cheryl Dyck, volunteer co-ordinator at the Single Parent Family Resource Centre.

Dyck and her team partnered with Staples last week to stuff more than 250 backpacks with back-to-school goodies for families in need, and said she still had to refer parents to other non-profit organizations offering similar programs.

“People are living pretty close to the bone in this expensive region, so anytime there’s an extra expense like school or Christmas or birthdays, we can help with that,” Dyck said.

“But the need is really high.”

Another 500 children were helped out by the Mustard Seed’s fair start program, which has been running for 16 years and has seen a steady increase in usage, said Jackie CoxZiegler, director of administration.

“We stayed open into the evening this year,” she said. “There were huge line-ups in the morning when the doors opened, but it was a really good way to support many of our working poor families.”

Cox-Zeigler said the Mustard Seed food bank is always in need of more donations, but kid-friendly items like granola bars, juice boxes and even fresh fruit are particularly helpful this time of year.

The Salvation Army’s Stan Hagen Centre for Families has already provided nearly 200 children with school supplies this summer, and organizers are hoping for enough cash donations to help at least another 50 families in the coming weeks, said Sipili Molia, community relations co-ordinator.

“The public has responded big time already, but we could always use more, because when we empty out this year, we have next year and we don’t want to keep appealing to the public,” Molia said.

Depending on the grade each child is entering, helpful donations also include backpacks, pencil cases, lunch bags, lined paper, pens, glue sticks, pencil crayons, notebooks and binders.

For more information or to donate, call Stan Hagen Centre for Families at 250-386-8521. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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The seventh annual Victoria Grandmothers for Africa long distance cycling event takes place Sept. 6 to 8 between Campbell River and Victoria.

About 30 grandmothers and five support staff will make the 275-kilometre journey to help raise money for the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign.

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needed supplies to women in African countries who are taking care of orphaned grandchildren.

To date, local grandmas and their supporters have raised more than $228,000.

A celebration of their efforts will happen Sunday (Sept. 8) at the B.C. legislature, starting at 2:30 p.m. The event will include a performance by the Gettin’ Higher Choir and Wontanara Drum and Dance.

For information visit victoriagrandmothersforafrica.ca.

To donate, go to grandmothers campaign.org. editor@saanichnews.com

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The Capital Region Municipal Amalgamation Society has officially launched a petition seeking support from Greater Victoria residents who want to see a non-binding amalgamation question on the municipal ballot in 2014.

John Vickers, spokesperson for the society, also known as Amalgamation Yes, says they want to collect 100,000 signatures from residents who want to have a democratic voice.

“We’ve been having this discussion for too long. Even those people not necessarily for amalgamation, a lot feel it’s time the people had their own say in a non-binding way to get a sense (of where the region’s population stands on) how we’re governed,” he said. “Our position is that regardless of the views of some of the mayors of the region, all we’re asking for is to allow the people of their municipality to have the democratic right to, in a non-binding way, simply express their view on this issue.”

The petition asks that the following question be put on the ballot in each of the region’s 13 municipalities during next fall’s election: Are you in favour of reducing the number of

municipalities in the Capital Regional District through amalgamation?

Vickers stresses the question isn’t about being in favour of amalgamation, it’s about exploring the possibilities of amalgamation.

In July the City of Colwood pledged to gauge its residents’ thoughts on amalgamation in the coming election.

“What does it mean to people in the community?” asked Mayor Carol Hamilton of what they hope to learn in the process. “What do they think it will achieve if that were to take place? Is there an interest even in doing it?”

This fall Colwood will launch its own group to look at public consultation options. Hamilton expects it will take six to eight months of open houses and community surveying to get a sense of public opinion.

Vickers says Amalgamation Yes aims to spend fall and winter engaging residents in the petitioning and public consultation process. That will include public meetings and forums, canvassing neighbourhoods and setting up information booths at events.

The group hopes to acquire 100,000 signatures by spring 2014, but still needs to bring the petition to the 13 municipalities in hopes of getting the question on each ballot.

To view the petition details, go to ipetitions.com/petition/amalgamationyes.

– with files from Kyle Wells kslavin@saanichnews.com

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Saanich offering free health program to kids Program aims to improve healthy lifestyles for children above a healthy weight Kyle Slavin News staff

Providing kids with the knowledge and skills to develop a healthy lifestyle is the focus of a free program offered by Saanich parks and recreation.

The MEND program (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do It!) is offered to children ages 7 to 13 who are above a healthy weight, and their families.

“It involves topics around nutrition, behaviour change, goal-setting, physical activity and generally making small changes in your life that result in sustainable and manageable change,”

said Janine Drummond, Saanich’s MEND programmer. “I think it’s important for kids to learn to live a healthy lifestyle at a young age and be exposed to those kinds to things, so they have skills they can carry forward into their adult life.”

While the program is focused on kids, parents get involved, too, so they can help lead the changes and provide support to their child as they improve their lifestyle.

The 10-week program involves two classroom and physical sessions each week. Classroom activities could include such topics as meal planning, goal-setting or how to read food labels.

Physical sessions include games and exercises the kids can easily incorporate into their lives.

“Physical activity can be fun, and they can fit it into their day or do more than they’re currently doing,” Drummond said.

She stressed that MEND isn’t a diet or weight-

Police warn of phone frauds Charla Huber News staff

Nobody wants a computer virus. But Saanich police say at least three residents last week were duped by telephone scammers into believing their hard drive was infected.

The victims received unsolicited calls from a someone claiming to be with Microsoft or the Canadian government, informing them of a harmful virus or multiple viruses on their computers.

The callers ask for personal information and remote access to the computer.

Saanich police say people of all ages have been receiving these calls, but seniors are most often the ones victimized by fraud.

“Older people sometimes have a lack of understanding (of the technology) or have never been provided information on

due diligence and found out her grandson was not even in that province.

“Quebec is far enough away that grandma and grandpa couldn’t just hop on a ferry and go and assist them,” Eassie said, adding just because the money is being wired to an eastern province doesn’t mean that is where the fraud originates.

Police suggest that anyone who receives these calls should attempt to get contact information from the caller, and then check in with other family members to confirm the story before sending any money.

“We are seeing less and less incidences where people are walking into storefronts and doing armed robberies,” Eassie said. “We are seeing more and more people involved in fraud (over the phone or computer) because fraud is where people are making money.” charla@goldstreamgazette.com

these types of scams,” said Sgt. Steve Eassie.

Once a caller has this access to your computer, they can steal personal, banking and credit card information if the computer is used to make online purchases or access bank accounts.

Another scam against seniors that police have seen a recent resurgence in is the “Grandparent Scam.” In this scam, seniors receive a phone call from someone claiming to be a grandchild.

Sometimes the senior will offer up a name of a grandchild they suspect is calling and then the fraudster uses that information to dupe the senior.

The caller asks to have money wired to them claiming they’re in an emergency.

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This is the second year Canadian Blood Services is partnering with the Gold Ribbon Campaign to draw in more blood donors while honouring children living with cancer and remembering those who have died.

“Often people think people needing blood are people who have been in accidents or operations, but people don’t connect the need for blood to support cancer patients,” Sloot said. “We want to encourage people to help support people with cancer, especially children.”

This past summer, as is the case most summers, Canadian Blood Services’ inventory dropped and there was call out for donations.

“No one was going without blood, but there may have been a delay even if it was a matter of hours,” said Sloot. The drop in blood donations usually stems from regular donors going on vacation and being out of their regular routine.

“Donating blood is a way to give back to the community. You can share vitality with someone you will probably never meet,” Sloot said.

With summer winding down, donation rates have begun to rise again, but Sloot said there is always a need for more blood.

Canadian Blood Services is setting up blood bank programs at local high schools for Grade 12 students, and at the region’s universities and colleges.

“We are very mindful to get the young donors,” said Sloot. “We’ve found that people who have given 100, 200 and 400 donations all started when they were young.”

Sloot gave her first donation in her early 20s when she saw a blood drive in a Halifax mall. Now she donates whenever she can and spends her time encouraging others to do so as well.

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“There’s so many people with disabilities, mobility issues that would love to be closer to our ocean and enjoy what Saanich has to offer,” Barber said.

She contacted Saanich in 2011 about improving accessibility at Gyro Park, and now her vision is a reality.

“The beach area’s never been accessible for folks with disabilities, so as we’re redoing Gyro Park right now, this is one of

the things we wanted to do,” said Coun. Nichola Wade, chair of Saanich’s parks, trails and recreation committee.

Rae Roer, Saanich’s manager of parks, says the beach isn’t the only accessibility upgrade that Gyro Park will see. As part of the phased revamp of the park, the playground, trails and picnic areas will also become more accessible.

Barber says she’s proud to have been a part of instigating change in Saanich.

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Steve Suntok likes to spend his weekends in search of buried treasure.

Armed with a four-pound hammer and concrete chisel, the Langford father of three wanders the intertidal areas northwest of Sooke, his trained eye methodically scanning for curious colours, shapes and textures embedded in the wet rock.

“My kids wanted to find fossils, so we joined the local paleo society and I’ve been hunting ever since,” says the criminal defence lawyer, standing in the Royal B.C. Museum’s paleontology lab beside daughters, Leah, 13, and Reese, 5.

Suntok is causing a stir amongst the museum’s experts for salvaging a 25-million-year-old bone, only the second ever discovered from the Carmanah Group rocks off Vancouver Island.

The 15-centimetre shinbone may not inspire awe in the layperson, but it’s the rarity of the find that has people like Gary Kaiser, Royal B.C. Museum research associate and fossil bird expert, singing Suntok’s praises.

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The robust bulb of bone at its base suggests it was a strong swimmer, most likely a cormorant, he says.

“The closest bird we have is the Brandt’s cormorant,” he says, holding up a comparable bone from the museum’s vast archives. “We have three species of cormorants in B.C. today.”

Kaiser drags a cart from the corner of the lab with what looks like an egg-shaped slab of concrete covered in seashells, a sample of the rich paleontological fields that stretch from Daniel Palmer/News staff Sooke north to the Steve Suntok with daughters, Reese, 5, and Leah, Brooks peninsula.

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“People actually dig Suntok discovered a rare bird fossil, estimated to be these up in big blocks nearly 25 million years old, off the coast of Vancouver and chip away at it for the Island in August. winter months, hoping Kaiser and his colleagues date the they’re going to find a shark’s tooth or cormorant bone, while further precision something,” Kaiser says. It’s a practice can be found through radioisotope that can destroy precious evidence of dating. both provincial and global heritage, says In addition to the cormorant fossil, Richard Hebda, curator of botany and Suntok is donating another half-dozen earth history at RBCM. specimens to the museum’s collection, “This is just a little flash of life 25 a welcome act of generosity and respect million years ago,” Hebda says. “Fossils for the discipline of paleontology, Hebda are fun, but they’re also fundamental. says. … Without them, it’s very difficult to For more information about RBCM’s understand (earth’s) story, even our own fossil collections, visit the museum or go evolution.” online at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.

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Arts and culture groups on Vancouver Island will see continued support from various federal government programs with a welcome $1.67 million funding injection.

Thirty-four arts, culture and official language organizations will benefit from the funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage, including the Belfry Theatre, where the announcement was made Friday.

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Another year, another dispute With all the busyness of the summer months now over, September is a great time to fall back into a routine. And the provincial government and unions representing teachers and school support staff appear to have their annual routines down pat by now.

September, especially since their labour disputes seem to be never-ending in recent years, is when both sides of the bargaining table argue that the other party is uncooperative and doesn’t truly have students’ interests at heart.

This annual back-and-forth of finger-pointing just tells us neither side truly believes it’s all about the children. Accusatory bargaining in a public forum does nothing to help the situation we’re faced with, a situation where the kids truly should be the priority.

We agree with both sides when they say a deal needs to be reached soon. We agree when they both say that deal has to happen without disrupting students in the classroom.

And we agree that education is essential to our kids’ futures, and is essential in growing our economy.

But we can’t be teaching our kids to play nice and do good when we aren’t walking the talk ourselves.

It’s the worst-kept secret that labour relations of any kind – essential service or not – are selfserving to some extent. The province and the teachers both need to quit pretending that they’re only fighting for the kids. They need to honestly acknowledge their differences and what they’re fighting for, and find a compromise that isn’t going to negatively impact the goings on in the classroom.

Back-to-school season should be a happy, positive experience for everyone. That hasn’t been the case for many years now, and we need to get resolutions soon for the teachers’ and support staff’s contracts. Otherwise, we’re going to have yet another negative school year that could be severely impacted by two massive labour disputes.

Let’s do this for the kids.

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.

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Back-to-school labour woes campaign to generate public Another school year dawns in B.C., with the prospect of disruptive sympathy. We are repeatedly reminded not only that labour disputes. the last raise was 2009, First up are 27,000 but that the “average” support staff, in a legal pay is a mere $24,000 a strike position. These year. If that’s accurate, it are the teacher aides, reflects a large number of custodians, bus drivers part-timers. and crossing guards.

Let’s look at a few Most are members of provisions CUPE doesn’t the Canadian Union of talk about, on behalf Public Employees, with a of those self-employed few Teamsters and other taxpayers who have locals scattered around the 60 school districts.

Tom Fletcher no paid holidays, no B.C. Views employer pension or Public discussion about benefits and no paid these disputes usually overtime, but are focuses on wage increases, expected to help pay all of the which CUPE members in schools above to government workers. haven’t seen for four years. Their The 60 contracts have many current deals expired more than a variations, but core elements are year ago, after they were subject the same. In the Central Okanagan to the same two-year wage freeze imposed on the rest of government. school district, the starting CUPE The B.C. government moved from wage rate is $17.37 an hour. The top rate is $26.59, or $28.78 for the post-recession wage freeze to workers who qualify for a “trades a system they call “co-operative adjustment.” gains,” where raises must be All contracts have rigid seniority financed by savings in other and “bumping” clauses to ensure areas of the operation. Only two that new employees absorb any provincial employee groups have reductions in working hours. From a yet to do this: school support staff taxpayer’s perspective, this leads to and teachers. the maximum number of employees (Education Minister Peter making the highest wages.

Fassbender confirmed last week Overtime in Central Okanagan that teacher raises will be funded is time and a half for the first two by extra transfers from the hours, and double time after that. provincial treasury as they try to Contracts also include the provision get a long-term deal. But that’s a that unscheduled overtime is topic for another day.) subject to a four-hour minimum. It’s CUPE, the largest union in the amazing how often an unexpected country, has a sophisticated media

hour of work can arise when it’s paid at quadruple time.

The Surrey school district contract details how even “spare board” employees are to be enrolled in the municipal pension plan, a defined-benefit system most private-sector employees can only dream about.

Then there are paid sick days. The Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation reports that the average B.C. private sector worker took 7.4 sick days last year. The public sector average was 12.

The Surrey contract details the windfall of unused sick days that must be paid out to employees who retire as early as age 55. The maximum is 150 days, for a lavish perk only available to employees hired before July 1, 1996. Even so, we’ll be paying these bonuses out for years to come.

It goes on and on. Six weeks’ paid vacation after 20 years, with an extra day added for every year after that.

There are many little things, such as a $60 “swimsuit allowance” for teacher aides who take part in swimming instruction.

This is not to devalue the work done by these people. It is to suggest that given the growing gap between public and private employment benefits, finding savings is reasonable.

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

‘CUPE has a sophisticated media campaign to generate public sympathy.’

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I have worked as a gardener in this town since 2000. I have a relatively good understanding of when the deer moved into several municipalities.

There’s a vegetable plot behind my hedge on my neighbour’s property. In my yard I have another vegetable plot, roses, and plenty of ‘deer food.’ We have been visited by deer on a few occasions.

I am beside myself, as I am stricken with fear, because I cannot afford to protect my yard with an adequate deer fence. I am devastated because I know they will eventually move to the front yard, and make their way around the garden, as they have done with my client’s homes downtown.

I have invested five years of my life transforming this yard into a paradise. Nevermind the money I have spent on plants and soil. The joy and satisfaction I have living in Saanich, producing food for my family and flowers for my neighbours is my passion.

Now here comes the part where I beg to you: please cull the deer and use the meat to feed the hungry.

I support the cull because they are more than a hazard

on the roads, they are more than dangerous wild animals in rutting season and more than destroyers of local farmers’ crops. They are a garden pest.

They are not unlike carpenter ants, that move into cities and nibble places down until there is nothing left. The deer left Broadmead because there is nothing left to eat there. Now, they are moving in to my yard, and they are not welcome.

I am extremely distraught about it. I am trusting this committee will realize if Saanich wants to support homeowners growing their own food, eliminating deer is the only way to go. Support the taxpayers of the municipality, as it is us who are being negatively affected.

And could the CRD please address this soon, as the deer are already eating my fall peas.

Sarah Wakefield Saanich

Listen to your citizens on sewage plans So the sewage treatment project is going ahead, despite the public’s hesitancy to support it as it stands.

I really only have one major question for the CRD and the region’s mayors and councillors: Are you people deliberately trying to incite a taxpayer revolt? Or are you so patronizing that you think we will follow like sheep?

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We began our climb with trainers barking at us in tow. Fearful of a dry heave on my way up, but determined to climb faster than I ever have before, I reached only half my goal. While I was able to compose myself and keep my lunch in my stomach – I felt something on the hill’s crest I had never felt before: energy.

The slow burn in my legs, once a nuisance and hindrance, is now a barometer of how hard I have pushed myself in training.

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Victoria senior dies after fall in home Saanich Silver Threads offers phone call service for independent seniors Daniel Palmer News staff

An 81-year-old Victoria man died in hospital last Tuesday after falling in his apartment and lying undiscovered for nearly a week.

On Monday, building caretakers entered

the man’s suite in the 108-unit independent living complex at 11 Chown Pl., run by the Gorge View Society, and found him clinging to life.

“Sometimes even with a lot of safeguards in place, there can be a perfect storm of people being away, misinformation, and I’m very aware of the feelings of the family, who are obviously devastated as all of us are,” said Jane Louie, administrator at Gorge View Society.

Louie said the society doesn’t provide daily monitoring of its residents, as many seniors prefer an independent lifestyle.

“We are independent living, and we encourage all our residents to know each other and let us know if there are any concerns,” she said.

Chown Place residents met last week to discuss the tragedy as well as current safeguards for monitoring.

Victoria police issued an advisory to seniors and their families on Aug. 27, after discovering a 55-year-old man in Esquimalt who had suffered from a debilitating fall and had been alone for four or five days.

“It is important that people wanting to maintain their independence, whether they

are seniors or someone affected by health related issues, understand the importance of having regular contact with family, friends, an acquaintance in their building or neighbourhood or a community service,” said Sherri Dixon, program co-ordinator at James Bay New Horizons Society.

Saanich Silver Threads operates a nocharge program, Reassurance for Seniors Volunteer Program (RSVP), where trained volunteers provide daily check-in calls to seniors who live alone. For more information, call 250-382-3151. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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The show will take you deep into Chris’ digestive tract, where the Hungry Games unfold.

“It’s more of a fantasy genre,” says Chris Wilson, born and raised in Victoria. “My head is being taken over by hypochondria, which is personified by evil little men.

They take over my body and we go inside via a magic housecoat to fight it.”

“Whenever I explain it, it sounds really dumb — and it is dumb. It’s Lord of the Rings meets Narnia meets Gladiator.”

The latest in the pair’s string of critically acclaimed comedies, Explore their Bodies took home a Just for Laughs Best Comedy Award at the Montreal Fringe, a Best of Fest award in Winnipeg, a Pick of the Fringe award at last year’s Vancouver Fringe Festival and was an official selection of the Chicago SketchFest and a featured act at the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival in 2012.

It’s making its Victoria debut at the Metro Studio (1411 Quadra) Sept. 4-5.

Last time the duo performed a show in Victoria was at UVic’s Phoenix Theatre Spotlight on Alumni with Peter n’ Chris: The Mystery of the Hungry Heart Motel, a show which was recently nominated for a Canadian Comedy

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“It’s something we did when we both lived in Vancouver. Peter lived on the East Side and I was in Kits, so it’s somewhat the same,” says Wilson. “We like to write on the road anyway. Even though it’s a busy time, there’s always some time during the day to write.”

The pair cruises the Fringe circuit over the summer (they didn’t get into the Victoria or Vancouver Fringes this year), spending time with what Wilson calls the “travelling hobo gypsy theatre family,” and usually have a new show written by the end of the season.

They currently have about 50 per cent of a new show written, loosely based on Back to the Future, with a working title of Backwards to the Forward Times.

“Something like that, or as close to Back to the Future as we can get without getting in trouble,” Wilson says.

The pair met while studying theatre at UVic in 2005. In 2008, Wilson applied for the Victoria Fringe and got in.

They wrote and performed their first full-length show The Peter n’ Chris Show with Peter n’ Chris in 2009. They’ve written “four and a half” shows since, with a serious rewrite of the first show included. “It was basically what we do now, but it wasn’t any good,” says Wilson. “It was good enough that we were able to try again.”

Wilson attributes the pair’s common education for making it so easy to work together. “We both came through the same program, so it was easy to get started.

We speak the same language, have the same education and took the same movement classes. I think we both find each other quite funny and trust that if one of us is laughing, the audience might be too.”

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Fri. Sept. 6 TouR de Rock dinneR and dance - Check out the history of the Union Club as you dine, dance and bid on a live auction to support the riders of Tour de Rock. All proceeds go to fighting pediatric cancer and supporting Camp Goodtimes. More information at tourderock.ca. $75.

The GReaT canadian BeeR fesTival - One of the biggest mustattend events of the summer brings hundreds of beers to Royal Athletic Park. Friday 3-8pm and Saturday, noon-6pm. Sold out. gcbf.ca.

Wed. Sept. 4 PeTeR n’ chRis - Canadian Comedy Award nominated Peter Calrone and Chris Wilson are back on home turf with their latest sketch comedy that takes the audience inside Chris’s body through his ear via a magic housecoat as they battle against hypochondria.

Sounds weird, but guaranteed to be funny. Winner of Pick of the Fringe at Vancouver 2012. Tickets are $15 at ticketrocket.org or 250-590-6291.

Fri. Sept. 6 audiTion - St. Luke’s Players invites you to audition for this traditional British Pantomime with a large cast. They require experienced and inexperienced actors of all ages who can sing and dance. At St. Luke’s Hall (3821 Cedar Hill Cross). Contact Janine Longy (Floyd_janine@shaw.ca or 778433-7702) to book an audition.

BaRd on Beacon - See Shakespeare in Sidney like you’ve never seen it before with this new festival. See Romeo and Juliet or A Midsummer Night’s Dream outdoors in Beacon Park. See Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Mary Winspear Centre Friday at 7pm or outside Saturday at 2 and 7pm. See Romeo and Juliet Sunday at 2 and 7pm in Beacon park.

Tickets are $25 at Mary Winspear box office 250-656-0275 or marywinspear. ca. Proceeds to support Discovery Dance Theatre.

The colouR of summeR - Angela Morgan and Crystal Heath exhibition.

At the Avenue Gallery (2185 Oak Bay) until Sept. 7. end of summeR show - The Arts Council of Greater Victoria presents its second annual End of Summer show. Until Sept. 11 at the Arts Centre at Cedar Hall Recreation Centre (3220 Cedar Hill). 250-475-7123. cloud QuaRRy- A two-person exhibition that introduces a conversation between recent works of Any Brener and Michael Doerksen.

Until Sept. 28 at Deluge Contemporary Art (636 Yates). summeR salon- Featuring leading Canadian glass artists and new paintings by Reynald Leclerc of Quebec landscapes at West End Gallery (1203 Broad). westendgalleryltd.com. summeR Jewels - The perfect opportunity to enjoy a show all of the wonderful paintings depicting images of summer; camping, boating, hiking, BBQ’s, the swimming hole and more.

Until Sept. 15 at Coast Collective (3221 Heatherbell). melanGe ii - Bringing together two highly creative local artists whose works and artistic view points are unique, moving and insightful, Carron Berkes and Rob Vickery present a diverse array of two-dimensional works in acrylics, mixed media and photography. Until Sept. 29 at Moka

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“To put it bluntly we are planning to use the (hospice) services one day,” said Hal Zerbin, 86.

Zerbin sells 50/50 tickets during happy hour at Berwick House. He’s even been known to sit in a kissing booth raising money for the cause.

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All jokes aside, the residents feel strongly about supporting Victoria Hospice. Residents have chosen to direct their benefaction to the organization for several years, voting annually to support Hospice as their charity of choice.

Victoria Hospice has been offering end-of-life care for more than 30 years. It is a charity focussing on palliative treatment with services from nurses, counsellors, physicians and volunteers.

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SUNNYtechnology SIDE hoped UP to give boost to Solar Colwood Innovative Kyle Wells

Camosun and the college was pleased enough with the results to let him use the name The CamoSun for the product. Some of Solar Colwood hopes to turn a corner with a new, locally developed the proceeds from the sale of the system also go back to the college. solar hot water heater set to save Smyth assembles the system money for homeowners. himself, often on site, allowing him James Smyth developed the to adjust it to the specifics of the system over two years at Camosun house.

College, where he also teaches The cost including installation the solar renewable program. runs in the $5,000 range, compared The design itself isn’t particularly to the usual $9,000 to $10,000 range innovative, but the modifications for most two-panel systems. are.

Solar Colwood organizers see Due to the West Coast’s temperate the new technology as perhaps the climate Smyth realized he could second coming for simplify the system the program, which and replace non“The idea of the has seen slow freezing heat uptake since the transfer fluids, system is to reduce the initial burst at its such as glycol, inception. People with potable water. costs without affecting the keen to make This means there’s performance.” the switch out of no need for a heat – James Smyth environmental exchanger, an extra concerns jumped pump or the antion the program, but uptake has freezing liquid. slowed since.

“The idea of the system is to Solar Colwood participant reduce the costs without affecting the performance,” Smyth said. “This energizer Glenys Verhulst believes with the reduced costs of the new system does as much or more than system, and some special offers most other systems on the market, from Solar Colwood, there will be a but for about half the price.” renewed interest.

The system was an easy sell for “(It’s) a shining example of what Hilary Mackey and Lawrence Surges, the Solar Colwood program set out the first homeowners to have to do,” Verhulst said, “which was the system installed in Colwood. to encourage local, green energy They already made the switch to a innovation. So by driving demand ductless split heat pump through for solar hot water systems in the program and say the timing the community, it then created seemed right to add the hot water conditions … to create this heater. innovative new system.”

“We liked the environmentally With a special grant in place friendly aspect,” Surges said. “We’re for the summer, homeowners can in our mid- to late-50s so we feel qualify for grants covering 40 per that it’s worthwhile to make a cent of the cost for the system. significant investment up front in Pending federal approval, Solar order to manage risk in the future Colwood plans to expand its solar by reducing our exposure to rising hot water heater incentives to power rates.” include all of Greater Victoria, which “We figure we’re good to go includes grants for this system. for the duration,” Mackey said.

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Tickets $75. For tickets or more information, contact Ray Carfantan at (250) 213-2551 or Ray.carfantan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Head Shave, BBQ & Dunk Tank ~ Saturday, September 14th Grand opening of the new fire hall in Central Saanich begins at 11am Stay for a BBQ, head shave and dunk tank starting at 12:30pm Proceeds go to the Cops for Cancer.

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SPORTS NEWS IN BRIEF PISE boss sizzles on tennis court Robert Bettauer has qualified for the 2014 World Senior Team Championships to be played next April in Florida.

The CEO of the Pacific Institute of Sports Excellence, who comes from a strong tennis background, won the recent Canadian Tennis Championships for 55- to 59-yearold singles at the Steve Stevens Senior Nationals played in Vancouver.

Bettauer defeated fellow Victoria player Art Hobbs in the men’s 55 final, 7-5, 6-2.

Three of the four semifinalists were from Greater Victoria, as Hobbs defeated Oak Bay’s Ed Bakker to get to the final.

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The Victoria Royals signed three forwards last week, Landon Welykholowa, Matt Dykstra and Jared Dmytriw.

All three have committed to the Royals and will compete for a spot either this or next season.

Welykholowa, from Calgary, was originally drafted by the Prince Albert Raiders in the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft, and landed the contract as an invite. Dykstra, a resident of Edmonton, is a fourth round pick of the Royals in the 2012 WHL Bantam Draft. Dmytriw was drafted by the Royals in the fourth round of the 2013 WHL draft. Dmytriw is set to play midget for the Moose Jaw Generals this year.

Robert Bettauer and Hobbs reached the men’s 55 doubles final.

Victoria’s Hannes Blum had a strong performance, finishing third in the 45 singles division, and second in the 45 men’s doubles with Shawn Lusignan.

Karen Clarke also made the ladies 50 doubles final.

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Evan Horvath was great with the kids during ball hockey camp at Braefoot Park last week but the question remains as to how he’ll fare on the ice for the Saanich Braves this season.

The Braves kick off the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League season at home on Friday (Sept. 6) against Westshore Wolves at Pearkes.

Coach Brad Cook has already committed to 16-year-old Horvath of Whistler, a solid endorsement since the roster is still not set. Junior B teams tend to keep a number of spots open for returning players who are late cuts from major junior and junior A teams.

“Shawn McBride is a full timer with the Victoria Grizzlies this year and Seamus McGuire has gone to Flin Flon to try and land a Jr. A spot, so we wish those guys all the best,” Cook said.

Returning to lead the Braves are Nick Guerra and VIJHL defenceman of the year Garrett

Six-year-old Cadel Thompson, front, braved the rains last week to play ball hockey with Braefoot summer campers Ryder Green, centre, and Mindalynn Frelick, right. Hockey sessions were led by the Saanich Jr. Braves, including Nick Guerra, top left, Evan Horvath, top centre and Jack Rachwalski.

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Kemmler. Horvath, who relocated here for the Spectrum hockey academy, leads the rookie contingent.

The Victoria Cougars host two

games this week, the Comox Valley Glacier Kings at 7 p.m.

Thursday and the Wolves at 3:15 p.m. Sunday at Archie Browning Sports Centre.

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Bring on the Chiefs WLA champion Shamrocks host Mann Cup Travis Paterson News staff

The Victoria Shamrocks host the Mann Cup at Bear Mountain Arena this week for the first time since winning it in there in 2005.

The Rocks won the Western Lacrosse Association championship with an 8-3 win over the Langley Thunder at The Bear on Thursday (Aug. 29).

“That I’m relieved is (an understatement),” said head coach Bob Heyes of winning the WLA championship. “Watching the clock run down (Thursday), there was a big sigh of relief that we’re part-way through (reaching our goal). We’re there, and there (was) a little bit of celebration, but this isn’t the big thing.”

The ‘big thing,’ the Mann Cup, starts with Game 1 on Friday (Sept. 6) at Bear Mountain.

Game 2 is Saturday.

Heyes was the Shamrocks’ backup goalie during its 1997 and 1998 Mann Cup championships. And now in his second season at the helm since taking over from Shamrocks legend Walt Christianson in November 2011, Heyes can also become part of the club’s legendary status.

The Rocks will face the Six Nations Chiefs, winners of Ontario’s Major Series Lacrosse.

This year will produce the first Mann Cup champion other than the Peterborough Lakers and Brampton Excelsiors since the Shamrocks did it eight years ago. The Shamrocks’ last visit to the Mann Cup was in Peterborough in 2006. “(Friday morning) I was already trying to get some online footage from the MSL final as I

hadn’t seen any of (that series) yet,” Heyes said.

Unlike the golden days of the Mann Cup, there’s little mystery about who the Shamrocks are playing.

Rhys Duch was with the Chiefs last year and led all scorers with four goals in the final game of the 2012 MSL playoffs, in which the Lakers beat the Chiefs.

Matt Vinc was in goal for the Chiefs the previous season.

Mann Cup schedule At Bear Mountain Arena n Game 1: Friday, Sept 6 n Game 2: Saturday, Sept 7 n Game 3: Monday, Sept 9 n Game 4: Tuesday, Sept 10 If necessary n Game 5: Wed. Sept. 11

“In the past all we had was some (rough video) footage, if any, and some newspaper clippings, but nowadays our guys know them and they know us,” Heyes said.

When the Chiefs scout the Shamrocks they’ll see a stingy defence that held the top offence in the WLA to an average of four goals per game at Bear Mountain during the WLA final.

“It’s cliché but the defence and goaltending were key for us,” Heyes said. “The big signings we had were all offensive guys: Cory Conway, Scott Ranger and (the return of) Duch, and that’s a big part of our team. But we brought (defensive) guys who are athletic and can play different systems, ensuring that was a key part of our game.”

The spread of contributions speaks for itself, with the eight goals in Game 6 coming from seven different players.

Only captain Scott Ranger

scored twice. Up front, Duch, Jeff Shattler and Mitch Jones scored, and so did Matt Yager, Greg Harnett and Tyler Burton.

It’s the fruit of the transition game Heyes has wanted.

“Tyler Hass, Dan McRae and Karsen Leung – those three (transition) guys drive the engine that activates the offence. They were key to the strength of how we improved (from Game 1 to 6).”

With Corey Small most likely out of the playoffs due to injury, goals from the defence and transition players has been key. So has the play of Jeff Shattler.

“You never know where we’re going to get goals from,” Heyes said.

McRae is the golden example, as the third-year Shamrock from Oakville, Ont. has five goals this post season.

“There’s always been glimpses of what (McRae) can do, but fitting him into the right situation, on the defence that we run now, it suits a lot of our players.”

All this goes without saying that the lynchpin for the Shamrocks agains the Thunder was Vinc in net.

Vinc outplayed Brodie MacDonald, the WLA goalie of the year. With Nick Rose, the Thunder boasted the top goaltending duo in Canada.

Vinc stopped 34 of 37 shots on Thursday, controlling and gobbling up the rebounds.

When the Thunder called a pad measurement on Vinc in the first period, it backfired, Heyes said.

“We had the gong show in Burnaby (when forward Derek Lowe had to finish the game in goal) so we had addressed it already,” Heyes said.

“It inspired Vinc to be even better.”

Visit victoriashamrocks.com for tickets. sports@vicnews.com

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Perched on a cliffside with panoramic ocean vista, overlooking The Saanich Inlet. Serene & secure. All amenities on-site, firewood. $500-$1200 inclds utils.

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COLLEGE HEIGHTS, Nanaimo. Beautiful ocean/city views.

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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.

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STEEL BUILDINGS, Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

COLLECTOR PLATES, (set of 10) $125. Star Trek posters, $20 each. Call (250)474-2325.

FAMILY COLLECTION of 9 Dalton’s, 12 Treasured Memories, 5 tiny crystals. Will sell as one. Offers on $400. Call (250)656-7786.

FUR COUGAR carpet on felt with head, teeth, paws, tail, etc. Must be seen. $1700.obo. or swap for good shape automobile or big TV. I pay some cash difference- Old age pensioner. Call (250)472-9355.

MUSIC LOVERS! Enjoyable number of old-time favourite LPs from the 50s & 60s - Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Eddie Fisher, Mantovani’s “Sound of Music”, “Fiddler on the Roof” & many more!(250)477-4626 after 8pm NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS$2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enterprise Cres, Victoria. Goldstream Press Division.

EDDIE BAUER collapsible travel crib, $48.

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INCUMBANT/ ERGONOMIC black cloth kneeling chair, $35.

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TECH PRO Bicycle- 18 speed mountain bike, like new, $60.

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WINE RACK, 5.4”Hx7.9”L, holds 170 bottles. $99.

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LIGOTT PAINTING for saleacrylic on canvas, beautiful colours approx 18x34”. $260.

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ANTIQUES, BOOKS, collectibles, furniture, china, jewelry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700

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SEASIDE LUXURY condo studio, Sidney, BC. Exceptional views, furnished. Offers on $154,900 for quick sale. www.shawnaytownsend.com/miraloma

778-977-8049.

(250)656-5787.

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SIDNEY- 2444 Amherst Ave. 1300sq ft updated character home looking for a family w/2 children and a dog. Fenced south facing corner lot near the Salish Sea. Walk to town and schools. Orangic gardens & fruit trees, fireplace, hot tub, 6 appls. Free TV forever.... $499,000. (250)656-6136.

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.

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Own laundry. Ref’s req, N/S. $1200. Oct 1. 250-385-2171.

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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

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SIDNEY- 1100SQ FT, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, beautiful brand new grd flr suite, quality throughout, granite, SS appls, priv patio & garden, maintenance incld. 1 block from Beacon Ave, close to all amenities, 2 prkging stalls, minimum 1 yr lease. NS/NP. $1800. incld’s water, sewer. Avail Sept 1.

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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.

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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

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.

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

Call (250)477-6036.

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.

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES 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.

TRUCKS & VANS 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.

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.

Price reduced! $7995.

Call 1-250-812-8646.

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

MARINE BOATS 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.

BDF-14 RIB fast, stable, deep-V fiberglass hull, 30 HP Suzuki, Highliner trailer, Sunbrella cover. All in good condition. $2800. 250-477-7327

SERVICE DIRECTORY 1975 LIONEL tent trailer, $1500. Reduced $1000.

Reduced $750. obo.

Call (250)479-1771.

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

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CLEANING SERVICES AFFORDABLE! SUPPLIES & vacuum incld’d. All lower Island areas. 250-385-5869.

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

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

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250-475-1462.

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

250-507-6543.

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

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250-474-4373.

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HANDYPERSONS JUNK BOX- We Do All The Loading

*WRIGHT BROS* Moving. $80/hr, 2 men/3 ton. Seniors discount. Philip (250)383-8283

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

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

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CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitchen/bath, wood floors, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877

ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting.

Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years experience.

250-382-3694.

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

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.

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

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

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ST YARD Specialist. For your complete yard maintenance & design. Call Sam (778)2650890. www.styardspecialist.ca

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

FAMILY MAN Hauling.

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

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FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.

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More liquor stores may sell cold beer and wine Policy reform rankles private store owners Jeff Nagel Black Press

Another liquor policy reform being eyed by the province would allow more government liquor stores to sell cold beer and wine, which has long been the domain of private stores.

Ten government stores already sell some refrigerated products but the province will now test the waters for a major expansion.

Walk-in beer and wine “cold rooms” will open at the end of September at three stores in Burnaby, Duncan and Salmon Arm. That’s the first stage of a pilot project that will add four more walk-in beer and wine refrigeration coolers at existing stores in Oliver, Osoyoos, Mill Bay and Grand Forks later in the fall.

The province wants feedback on the idea as part of its already-launched Liquor Policy Review, along with several other proposals for reform.

The Alliance of Beverage Licensees of B.C. called the move a surprise and

like to see on a larger scale around the province.”

Other potential reforms being explored include licensing farmers’ markets and spas to serve alcohol and letting underaged children have lunch at a pub with their parents during the day.

Public consultations run until Oct. 31 and a website for comments is to launch soon.

Don’t expect booze to get cheaper under any future reforms. The province aims to at least maintain if not increase its revenue. editor@vicnews.com

said it would throw private outlets and government stores into more direct competition.

John Yap, the parliamentary secretary for the liquor policy review, said all other Canadian provinces offer refrigeration in most, if not all, of their government liquor stores.

“This is another area where we think B.C. is lagging behind other jurisdictions,” Yap said. “Refrigeration units seem to be very popular with customers, but the public and industry will now have the opportunity to give us feedback on whether this is something they would

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Coffee 56 NATURAL & ORGANIC

SUN RYPE

Facial Tissue

96

10x200 ml

Granola

SCOTTIES

¢

2

96

NORTHERN GOLD

00

496

SALT SPRING

Juice Boxes

Frozen Fries

25%

Asst.

OFF Sizes

Crispy Mini Rice Cakes

1

per 100g

200 g

MINUTE MAID

MCCAINS

Reg. & Supreme

96¢

2 Oz. Cookie

per 100 g

170 g Bag

QUAKER

Bread

ay Same Dry 250-477-6513 Delive Mon-Fri Excluding Holidays

126

Assorted Pasta Salads

GROCERIES

5

per lb 4.98 kg

ENGLISH BAY

Goat Cheddar or Goat Mozzarella

3

Apple Sauce

Asst.

5 lb Bags

per 100 g

Parmesan Pepperoni 1L

MOTTS

2/

1

56

Assorted Flavours

ARBUTUS RIDGE FARMS

96

96

1

Asst. Var.

96

Ham FREYBE

E COBBLL HIL

PARADISE ISLAND

Mr. Noodles 4/ 00

per 100 g

WONDER

Peasant Loaf

3

1

2 Var.

Snapper Fillets

BAKERY

26

86

226

per lb 27.62 lb Bag kg

PORTOFINO

1

each

Chocolate Milk

Chicken Legs

Chicken Breast

AL LOC

26

DED NO AD NES WHOLE HORMO

Chuck Steaks

Cello Carrots

NATREL

Vanilla Plus Yogurt

3 lb Bags

BC

76

OCEAN WISE!!

TA ALBERED RAIS BONELESS!

each

Pomegranates

ISLAND FARMS

500 ml

Pin Bone Removed

3

56

DAIRY

MEAT

H! FRELSD !

WI

86

CALIFORNIA

each

LOCAL

PERUVIAN

B.C. GROWN

HOT HOUSE

36 100 g

Granola Bars NATURE VALLEY

1

96 175-230 g

VANCOUVER ISLAND

Apiary Honey

596

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500 g

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266

210 g

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