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Kim Dupont, a friend Kimberly Proctor’s parents, is organizing a motorcycle ride and community event to remember the young West Shore teen murdered in 2010, and to raise awareness of youth bullying and violence. The gathering will include laying flowers at the bridge where Proctor’s remains were found.

Ride for Rights remembers Kimberly Proctor

Event focuses on community healing and violence prevention Kyle Wells News staff

More than three years after the murder of Kimberly Proctor, personal and community healing continues.

Dressed in biker leather and with a commanding physical presence, Kim Dupont doesn’t come across as your typical anti-bullying advocate.

Yet Dupont is spearheading the Ride for Rights 2013 event, which will see motorcycle riders hitting the streets

of Langford and Greater Victoria on Saturday, Sept. 21 to honour and remember Proctor.

Dupont is a family friend of the Proctors. He works as a school counsellor and is also the founder of the Solo Independent Riders motorcycle club.

He believes getting bikers involved is symbolic, to take an image of toughness and turn it into one of compassion.

“Nothing says safety like 200 motorbikes and leather.”

The ride is intended to memorialize and remember Proctor, but also to advocate for continued and improved violence prevention strategies for youth and students.

Kimberly Proctor was sexually assaulted and brutally murdered by two youths she knew from school in March

2010 in Langford. The two boys who killed her, now adults, are currently serving life sentences for the murder.

With the murders of Saanich resident Reena Virk, 14, in 1997 and Proctor in 2010, both killed by peers, Dupont said it’s important to keep preventative measures in the forefront of the minds of parents and educators.

“I don’t want to see that anymore. We forget until the next story and I don’t want there to be another story. I don’t want there to be another Kimberly Proctor.”

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Feast of Fields brings out the local Christine van Reeuwyk News staff

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Mel O’Brien, at Forester’s Bistro and Bar at Olympic View Golf Course, is one of the chefs who will use local produce to create feast fare for the Feast of Fields in Metchosin this month.

About 1,000 foodies will mill about Metchosin in search of fresh Island food for picking and pairing with local beer, wines and spirits. The selection will be vast, as Greater Victoria chefs accustomed to creating a seasonal best in eateries across the region plan for the Vancouver Island Feast of Fields.

Among them, Mel O’Brien executive chef at Forester’s Bistro and Bar at Olympic View Golf Club.

He’s been in the Feast of Fields venue for the two decades since FarmCity FarmFolk introduced the concept. His past efforts while working with Chateau Whistler or Pan Pacific Hotel will put him in good stead for the 16th annual Vancouver Island feast, Sept. 22 at Metchosin Farm on Wooton Road.

“It started out to bring awareness to the general public that not all your food comes from California and Florida. Locally grown food is good, better for your health, better for the environment,” O’Brien said.

“Victoria’s always had that because we’re an Island we tend to buy local. My grandmother was going to farmers markets 80 years ago.”

Similar to the weekly fresh sheet at Foresters, O’Brien plans to suss out his regular suppliers (ALM Organic Farm in Sooke, Saanich Organics plus local poultry and seafood suppliers) to sort out any last

minute tidbits. But one plan is already settled.

“There’s no plate, there’s no knives there’s no forks. It’s all finger food,” he explained. “We’re going to do a beet with Salt Spring Island goat cheese panna cotta. We might do a couple other things.

We might do some kale chips.”

He’s participated almost every year since moving to the Island in 1999, both to promote local farmers, his employer, and because it’s simply “something special.”

“There’s some great restaurants out there that do this and all the great wineries and great breweries,” he said. “All the other chefs there are doing the same thing you’re doing, so there’s a positive vibe.

“You’re dealing with foodies,” he added of the 1,000 people who purchase tickets.

“You always want to cook for somebody who understands what you’re doing. So you’re dealing with a great fan base.”

FarmFolk CityFolk’s annual fundraiser, Feast of Fields, is Sept. 22 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Metchosin Farm, 542 Wootton Rd. in Metchosin.

Tickets must be purchased in advance online at www.farmfolkcityfolk.ca or in person at Cook Culture, 1317 Blanshard St. Tickets for the shuttle service from downtown can be bought in the same way. This is a 19+ event and two pieces of ID will be necessary to attend the fourhour event. For more information email vifeast@farmfolkcityfolk.ca. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

Golfers tee off to help fight domestic violence Charla Huber News staff

Stopping family violence takes funding and, for the men involved, a willingness to change.

For 12 years the Victoria Golf Club has been donat“We will never ing hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Victoria decrease the need for Women’s Transition House the shelter if we don’t Society.

The fundraising commit- stop the violence.” tee, Links to Change, is still –Catherine Langpap, a huge supporter of the transition house, but also Links to Change wanted to take it a step further in helping families impacted by domestic violence.

The Victoria Golf Club hosted three golf tournaments and a gala in July and raised $138,500. Two-thirds of the money

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will be donated to transition house and the remaining $45,000 will go to the Pacific Centre Family Services Association’s Safer Families Program.

“We will never decrease the need for the shelter if we don’t stop the violence,” said Catherine Langpap, co-chair of Links to Change. “If you don’t talk about it, it stays in the closet and it will never get better.”

The money has been earmarked to go towards the counselling for men who have been involved with domestic violence.

Last year Pacific Centre Family Services Association helped council about 60 men through its Safer Families Program.

“We make sure the men are highly accountable for their actions and they need to take responsibility for their actions,” said Mitzi Dean, executive director. “We need to help these guys keep their violent tendencies under control.”

The men who participate pay for the voluntary counselling, but the fees they pay do not cover all of the costs.

“This donation will make the program more sustainable, we need to have many sources of funding and it’s hard to find (counsellors) with expertise in this,” Dean said.

The men enrolled in the counselling program are all there because they want to change, Dean explained, adding men convicted of domestic violence are in other programs paid for by the judicial system.

“Most domestic violence doesn’t get reported. These are guys in our community and family violence is such an important issue,” Dean said.

The donation will help make the program more viable and it is hoped it will grow to serve a larger number of people. charla@goldstreamgazette.com

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West Shore RCMP officer under investigation Death of Metchosin woman under RCMP care sparks independent investigation Kyle Wells News staff

The death of a Metchosin woman while in the care of a West Shore RCMP officer is now under investigation by B.C.’s Independent Investigations Office.

According to the IIO, on Aug. 8 the West Shore RCMP responded to a complaint involving the female.

As a result of the complaint, an officer decided

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A Nissan truck and the numerous items in it, including a rifle, were stolen overnight in Langford on Monday, leaving a moving couple in a tough spot.

The red 1995 Nissan truck was parked at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel on McCallum Rd. overnight on Monday, Sept. 2. Surveillance footage shows the vehicle being stolen at 10:20 p.m. that night.

The owner and his girlfriend were staying at the hotel while in the process of moving to Victoria from the Queen

to transport the woman back to her home in Metchosin.

At the home, while still under the care of the officer, the woman fell and sustained serious injuries.

The woman was hospitalized and died in hospital on Aug. 26.

There are no further details being released while the matter is under investigation.

The IIO has taken jurisdiction over the case and is investigating. The agency investigates all cases of death and serious injury involving police officers in the province.

West Shore RCMP spokesperson Corp. Kathy Rochlitz said the detachment can’t comment on the investigation or the incident while it’s under the jurisdiction of the IIO.

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Items stolen along with the truck include a silver titanium Brodie Romax road bike, a Opus Centiero ladies bike, passports, a chainsaw, a Tikka T3 270 bolt-action rifle, suitcases full of clothes, a surfboard, wetsuits, a Suzuki violin, an iPad and other items.

The approximate value of the items is $15,000.

“We would really like to locate this vehicle and all the contents,” said West Shore RCMP spokesperson Corp. Kathy Rochlitz. “This is an unfortunate situation for the owners of this property and our concern is getting the firearm back and helping these folks get back on their feet.”

RCMP are asking anyone with information to call the detachment at 250-474-2264.

Next week is World Suicide Prevention Week 2013, a yearly remembrance of the importance of talking about a subject that can be tough to tackle.

To get the dialogue started, the Vancouver Island Crisis Society is hosting a free suicide perception and support workshop at Langford Fire Hall No. 1 (2625 Peatt Rd.) on Wednesday, Sept. 11 from 2 to 4 p.m.

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Riders and supporters will gather at the Royal Canadian Legion Prince Edward Branch 91 (761 Station Ave.) at noon. There will be some refreshments available there.

From the Legion participants will ride motorcycles or drive to the B.C. legislature, where they will do a couple of laps around the building before heading back to the West Shore.

The group will then head to place flowers on the bridge where Proctor’s body was found, near Atkins Road on the Galloping Goose trail. Anyone wishing to walk or cycle for the event is asked to do so from the Legion to the bridge. Dupont anticipates the group will arrive at the bridge at 1:30 p.m.

Dupont believes this will be an important part of the event, as he sees it as a way for the community to come together to help heal themselves and to take back the location.

“There’s such a deep sorrow there and it would be nice to be able to change that,” Dupont said. “It’s not only a time for the family to heal but also the comFile photo munity, for the Langford and Kimberly Proctor, 18, was murdered by two peers in March the Victoria community, to pull 2010. Now adults, the two males responsible remain in prison. together.”

A Sept. 21 motorcycle ride will honour the memory of the Dupont didn’t know the Proc- West Shore teen. tor family at the time of the mur“They’re still hurting,” Dupont der, but he worked with students couldn’t sleep for three or four said. “When you’ve lost a child, days.” and he felt the effects.

Members of the and especially in this manner, “Kids from Proctor family will strength comes and goes. You other districts “There’s such a be attending por- have strong days and you have took days off, tions of the event, weak days.” because it was deep sorrow there and Dupont is expecting up to 200 and Dupont is hopsuch a brutal it would be nice to be ing friends of Kim- motorcycle riders to take part. thing,” Dupont berly’s also come He said the reaction from people said. “I con- able to change that.”

– Kim Dupont, event out. Dupont has has already been overwhelming, sider myself organizer been organizing with many saying they were bula pretty big, the event with the lied as children and want to take tough guy, blessings and sup- part. Dupont said he was espebut when I read some of the more intri- port of Kimberly’s parents, Lucy cially touched when his own teenage son said he wanted to cate details of what happened I and Fred Proctor.

He said their join the event.

“We’ve touched a nerve and own personal healing is an people want more community ongoing pro- healing,” Dupont said.

Dupont is hoping the event cess, and a tough one at becomes annual. kwells@goldstreamgazette.com that.

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School is back in session and the West Shore RCMP are reminding drivers and pedestrians to pay heed to the rules of the road.

School zones are now in effect from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and set the speed limit at 30 km/h.

With children back in school and autumn weather starting to play a role on the roads, police are asking drivers to slow down and use caution.

“We’re urging drivers just to give yourself that much more time to take it slow and get there safely,” said Corp. Kathy Rochlitz, spokesperson for West Shore RCMP. Pedestrians are asked to help by making sure they cross roads only at marked crosswalks, wear bright clothing on dull days and make sure to make eye contact with drivers.

“All of those things will help just slow things down and help keep ourselves safe,” Rochlitz said.

RCMP officers and Speed Watch volunteers will be out in school zones to enforce the rules.

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The owner has been released on a promise to appear at Western Communities Courthouse on Nov. 14.

RCMP investigators are continuing to go through the stolen property and hope to return it to the rightful owners.

“It’s a bit of a tedious task and we want to make sure that we go through it thoroughly,” Rochlitz said.

Those arrested had no connection to the building they were parked at. Rochlitz said the incident is a good example of why it’s important to report suspicious activity to the RCMP. “As you can imagine, a partnership with the public reporting information to us, and we as the police responding to that, is a fantastic partnership for us,” Rochlitz said. “It helps us to keep the streets safe.”

Langford man still missing

Ken Hooper, the Langford man who has been missing since July 31, has still not been found.

West Shore RCMP say they have received a few tips but none of them have proved to be fruitful.

Hooper, 34, is five feet six inches tall, 150 pounds and has short dark brown hair. He is known to camp and left with camping equipment. His family is concerned about him, as he is without medication he requires.

RCMP are asking anyone with information to call the detachment at 250-474-2264.

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Kudos to city’s cruise industry Tourism in Victoria is in ship-shape according to the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority.

The region welcomed its five-millionth cruise ship passenger last week – the title officially granted jointly to newlyweds Michael Nace and Patricia Guthrie of Santee, Calif. on Aug. 30.

It was the icing on the cake for the harbour authority, which recorded a banner year.

And it is not alone. Early numbers indicate Victoria enjoyed the best tourist season since 2008 this year, beginning in the spring and heating up along with the summer weather.

Hotel occupancy was up 1.5 per cent compared to last year and the average daily room rate increased by more than $10 this quarter.

Aside from hotel rooms, the cruise ship industry is integral to that success.

In 2001, a mere 71 ships arrived at Ogden Point, compared to the 210 scheduled to enter the port this year, including the Celebrity Solstice, one of the largest ships at sea, which brings up to 3,000 passengers and 1,000 crew to the city each week.

With tourism numbers down across the country, not to mention Greater Victoria’s lull over the last few years, those coming by sea are an integral part of the brighter tourism picture in our region. The cruise industry now brings in approximately 15 per cent of the estimated three million visitors to Victoria each year.

Reaching the five-million mark is a coup for the harbour authority, especially in light of the fact that it is a not-for-profit corporation that operates Fisherman’s Wharf, Ship Point in the Inner Harbour, Wharf and Johnson Street marinas. The ships bring a consistent flow of tourists that bolster each community event and increase the lively, vibrant feel of the city that entices visitors to return.

Despite issues with its neighbours, which the harbour authority continues to address, the cruise ship business is clearly good for the region and should be given our support and congratulations.

What do you think? Give us your comments by email: editor@goldstreamgazette.com or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

The Goldstream News Gazette 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.

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Fear of heights won’t stop me one of those life experiences that If all my friends were to jump adds to a well-balanced childhood. off a bridge, I would not be one to As a kid, my family couldn’t follow. afford to send me to camp and I I am not a big fan of heights or was lucky enough to attend thrill-seeking, but when one on a grant provided by the opportunity came to the camp. rappel down a 13-storey I still have fond memories building, I couldn’t say of sleeping on the bottom no. bunk in a warm, wood This year, it’s my cabin, sitting around a turn to participate in roaring campfire, swimming the Easter Seals Drop in the chilly lake, meeting Zone on behalf of Black new friends and making Press. Every year, one necklaces out of seeded of my colleagues takes berries I collected on a walk the brave step off of the Charla Huber in the trees. The experience Standard Life building.

Written in Ink given to me will last a Other years I could lifetime. have volunteered, but The kids who attend Easter Seals I never raised my hand. This year Camp Shawnigan have far more I was personally asked to take on obstacles between them and those the challenge and I felt, since it was exciting days at summer camp presented to me, I should go for it. than I did when I was young, and I The annual event raises money hope my efforts in the Drop Zone for children to go to Easter Seals will allow another child carry fond Camp Shawnigan. Each year, 300 memories of the camp experience campers – children with mental, with them well into adulthood. cognitive or physical disabilities – I’ve only recently agreed to take attend the week-long camps which part in the Sept. 12 event, and cost $2,400 per child. Fundraising events, such as the Drop Zone, help already it doesn’t feel real. I don’t have any butterflies in my stomach cover the costs for each child to yet, but I am sure they will come. attend.

Part of the fundraiser is having all As a mother, I count my blessings the participants dress up as super every day that my daughter is heroes for the feat of lowering happy and healthy. If I need to themselves to the ground. conquer my fear of heights to help I am not sure if I am more worried another child get the opportunity to about the heights or looking silly in go to camp, it’s the least I can do. public. I’ve never liked dressing up These days, it’s hard to provide in costumes and instead of having our children with all of the fun with it, I just feel awkward and opportunities we would like to give weird. them and attending camp is just

As a child, I wished I could go trick-or-treating in plain clothes; walking around with face-paint and a cape on wasn’t something I ever embraced.

Even as an adult taking taekwondo I felt silly in a gi, even though everyone else was wearing them too. I felt so awkward that I opted for kick boxing instead.

In the past couple of years I’ve managed to lose more than 90 pounds and I feel the Drop Zone is something I can do now, that maybe I couldn’t have before. Then I think about the children that are able to go to camp through East Seals fundraisers such as this. Without the specialized camp, many of these children would never have the opportunity to experience a unique week of summer fun.

While this is a personal challenge for myself, I also want to challenge all Black Press readers to donate to the cause. If together we can raise $2,400, we can cover the cost of sending one kid to camp.

All I can do now is remind myself that Drop Zone is for the children and it’s another opportunity for me to get out of my element, experience something new and hopefully have another memorable experience that will stay with me for life.

To sponsor me go to dropzone. ca/victoria. Click on “Sponsor a Hero” and select Charla Huber.

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LETTERS Cedar Hill Golf Course a source of pride in Saanich Re: Rec opportunities abound in Saanich (vicnews.com, Aug. 29) I find it interesting that Mayor Leonard failed to mention Cedar Hill Golf Course in this article.

The golf course does pre-date his time in municipal politics, but he certainly had some influence on its operation since being elected.

It was a cash cow for Saanich for years, with profits used to subsidize other recreation facilities. It is unfortunate that Saanich did not have the foresight to put some of those proceeds aside for the golf course when it needed some work done on the irrigation and drainage, or to carry the facility through the recent economic downturn.

However, positive things are now happening and the golf course is in the best shape it’s ever been in, thanks to the skill and efforts of the grounds crew – Saanich employees who clearly take pride in their jobs.

There are very few municipalities that can claim a full, 18-hole golf course among their assets and Cedar Hill Golf Course is truly a gem. It should be a source of pride to the Saanich Parks and Recreation department and certainly to the mayor as well.

Val Mieras President, Cedar Hill Golf Club

Unacceptable treatment of pets a serious matter to consider

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Doggone good time B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union member Pam Desjardine relaxes with her dogs, Sissy, 10 left, and Spirit, 9, at the annual Labour Day picnic at Irving Park in James Bay. The event featured information booths, family activities, entertainment and free lunch for kids. Desjardine says she never misses the picnic rain or shine because she (and the dogs) enjoy the music.

Weaver’s actions somehow ignored

Re: Man faces animal cruelty charges (News, Aug. 28) I read that this man abused an animal in 2009 and again in May 2013. It absolutely infuriates me.

Why would it be all right for him to have a pet again for a third time?

Abusing an animal once is completely unacceptable and terribly cruel. In my opinion, if a person abuses an animal once they should never be allowed to have a pet again, ever. Also if one cannot provide basic needs for an animal such as shelter, water and food, they should seriously reconsider adopting the pet.

All pets deserve to have their basic needs provided for by a responsible owner who will also give much love and attention to their pet. After all, pets are part of the family and one loves and cares for family members.

Re: Watershed time for B.C. Greens (Our View, Aug. 30) Your editorial is timely. Some of us who live in Oak Bay-Gordon Head riding were dismayed that the Green candidate, Andrew Weaver and his party were not held to the same standard as other candidates and parties.

For example, while every other party produced a cost estimate of their promises, the Greens chose not to. Hence it was impossible, from a rational analysis of the multitude of promises in their Green Book, to identify either any sense of priorities or a coherent implementation plan.

In short, it was an uncosted and incoherent wish list. Thus one promise, among many in the platform, became increasingly dubious: the promise of a balanced budget.

Weaver called the proposed Liberal budget a bogus document, as it was based on long-term promises of fantasy liquefied natural gas plant revenues. However, in the subsequent sitting of the legislature he voted with the Liberals in support of the budget.

He expressed no confidence in the government in the campaign, yet upon his election votes confidence in the same government: a very confusing act, which once again the mainstream media somehow ignored. Perhaps the editorial headline should have read “Watershed time for B.C. Greens and the B.C. Media”?

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The Town of View Royal continues its silver celebrations this month as the community marks 25 years in 2013.

Building on the success of the anniversary kick-off and time capsule ceremony in May, this month residents are invited to celebrate this their municipality’s milestone with the 25th Anniversary Picnic in the Park.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, enjoy fun for the whole family at Centennial Park, 150 Helmcken Rd. Admission to the picnic is free and will include live entertainment, a magician and clowns.

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the Tom Thumb Safety Village and games, not to mention a batting cage, fun inflatables and lots more!

A trade show is planned, and hot dogs and drinks will be available.

Be sure to bring a picnic blanket or lawn chairs and water bottle to fill at the CRD water station.

Parking will be limited at the park, so participants are encouraged to walk, bike or bus, if possible. Overflow parking will be available at View Royal Elementary School, View Royal Park and the Park & Ride.

For more information, visit the Town of View Royal online at www.viewroyal.ca or call 250-479-6800.

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The Town of View Royal has come a long way since the inaugural council meeting in December 1988.

By Maureen Duffus Twenty-five years is such a short time since people first walked the land now known as View Royal. Thousands of years ago, the original inhabitants lived in camps and villages along the shores; a few centuries later, the first Europeans sailed by; and then the fur traders came to stay in the 1850s.

For the next 140 years the area was part of the much larger Esquimalt district. While Victoria grew into a city, View Royal went on its quiet rural way, known to neighbouring municipalities only as the place you drove through on your way to somewhere else. Little did they know!

Then the population growth boomed. People discovered the modest waterfront cottages along Portage Inlet and the north shore of Esquimalt Harbour. Now many of these have been enlarged into year-round homes – or demolished entirely to subdivide the large lots bought in Depression years for a few hundred dollars. The fur farms and poultry farms on Helmcken Road north of the Island Highway were replaced by housing, a school and a much-needed regional hospital.

In the 1980s it became clear that View Royal needed its own local government. Planning for the astonishing residential growth in a town within five or six miles of the “big city” was more than a community association could manage.

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The Town of View Royal became an official municipality on December 5, 1988.

Amid the bustle of modern View Royal, some people still remember Mrs. Plowright’s goats in the woods on View Royal Avenue, Miss Stewart’s cows in a barn near Beaumont Avenue, the float plane landing in Helmcken Bay, the adventure of rowing to abandoned Cole Island, and digging clams at low tide.

During the past 25 years, the Town has worked hard to balance the pressures of urban development with View Royal’s historic and unique ambience. We live in a special place with a special history. Let’s salute these qualities as we look forward to the next quarter century.

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Crusin’ for a Cause brings in the dough for MS A&W Food Services of Canada’s fifth annual Cruisin’ for a Cause, including the Aug. 22 event in Colwood, raised more than $1.45 million in support of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.

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“Each year we are astonished at the support we receive through this community-driven event. It reminds us that MS affects all Canadians, and that support for people impacted by this disease is thriving,” said Yves Savoie, President and CEO of the MS Society of Canada.

Courtney Hill, West Shore Terry Fox Run organizer, laces up for this year’s run.

The 24-year-old has never missed a run, participating in her first one at just six months old.

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The 848 Royal Roads Air Cadet Squadron of Langford is hosting their annual open house and recruiting night!

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Bouncing along in a baby carrier is how Courtney Hill participated in her first Terry Fox Run. She was only six months old.

Now 24, she has never missed a run, and for the second year in a row she is organizing the Terry Fox Run at West Shore Parks and Recreation, Sept. 15. For the first time on the West Shore she is also hosing a screening of the film Terry at Westhills Stadium at City Centre Park, Sept. 8.

The field will open at 6 p.m. with about one hour of karaoke before the film starts. The event is by donation and Terry Fox T-shirts and other merchandise will be available.

“I watch the movie about three times a year every September,” Hill said. “It brings to the life the Marathon of Hope. It makes you feel like you were there actually living it.”

Growing up in the Hill household, she has

always known the story of Terry Fox, but the affects of cancer hit a lot closer to home last year when her father, Dave Hill, passed away from esophagus cancer Aug. 23, 2012.

Her father began organizing the West Shore run in 1995 and continued until 2011.

After her father’s passing Hill took over organizing the event on her own. She had been helping her father with his duties for years prior.

“I feel like I need to keep it going. Not only for everyone battling cancer, but I need to do it for Terry and my dad. I need to keep this legacy going,” Hill said.

The West Shore Terry Fox Run is on Sept. 15, beginning at the picnic shelter on the lower fields at West Shore Parks and Recreation, 1767 Old Island Highway.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the race is at 10 a.m. Head shaves and haircuts will also be taking place starting at 10:30 a.m. charla@goldstreamgazette.com

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Support a West Shore rider West Shore RCMP Tour de Rock rider Donna Fraser, right, (seen here with husband Cst. Rod Fraser, a 2011 tour rider) is gearing up to start the journey down Vancouver Island, Sept. 21.

See her before she leaves at two upcoming fundraisers: - West Shore Towing is hosting an event with tow truck and fire truck rides, along with a car wash, all by donation, Sept. 14. Hamburgers, chips and a drink will be on sale for $5. The event will be held in the Glenwood Meats parking lot at 1245 Parkdale Rd. from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Until the 1950s, many Canadian women gave birth under a haze of drugs in what was called a “twilight sleep.” In the 1960s and ’70s breastfeeding fell out of vogue in favour of bottle-fed formula.

And until relatively recently, newborns were whisked away from their moms and wheeled into a nursery.

Attitudes and ideas on pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum care in Canada and North America have evolved dramatically over the last century. In the early

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Medical science took hold of labour with the rise of pain medications and technology, reducing infant and mother mortality, while pathologizing pregnancy.

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“We made a decision to go with a midwife based a lot on friends’ birth experiences. The best birth experiences had a midwife,” says Meaghan Sibbett, 32, who is having her first child with husband Kush Bubbar, 34.

Both attended prenatal classes at Mothering Touch in Victoria.

“For me it seemed a more holistic way. (Midwives) spend more time with you and support the birth partner more than the medical model,” she says.

“I think of the medical model in terms of control. Doctors are medical experts, but during

most normal births you don’t need a medical expert. I’m more interested in the model of allowing the body to work they way it’s supposed to work.”

Midwives remain a relatively small but growing segment of the medical system – they deliver about 14 per cent of the province’s newborns. But the gradual rise in midwives and doulas (a childbirth professional who gives prenatal and postpartum support) has gone hand in hand with

Meaghan Sibbett and Kush Bubbar are expecting their first child, and attended prenatal classes at Mothering Touch with Laura Warren, a childbirth educator. Modern prenatal classes have veered away from breathing techniques and focus on stages of labour and the natural process of childbirth. continued on 17 continuedstaff on 19 Edward Hill/News

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Purchase locally sourced, delicious, healthy snacks and high quality beverages AND be supporting local youth programs. The café is offering programming to youth to support them with skills and confidence and enable them to connect with their community now and for the future. Grand Opening November 7 – come and show your support at our volunteer appreciation and grand opening event.

your child’s needs and assist you with applying for subsidies. Call to find out how to register your 0-3 year old for quality, local and affordable day care.

REACH PCFSA’s young parents’ day care program situated behind Belmont School has been serving the community for over 20 years. We can help you with

THANK YOU VICTORIA GOLF CLUB LINKS TO CHANGE CHARITY TEAM! The Links to Change charity events were amazing!

They put on men’s, mixed and women’s tourna-

VICTORIA GOODLIFE FITNESS MARATHON PCFSA is again an official charity of the Victoria Marathon. We are the West Shore agency in this exciting position. There are lots of opportunities that you can join in! Join our team of runners and walkers or join us cheering them on. If you are able to make a pledge or want to take advantage of our sponsorship opportunities don’t hesitate to call.

ments and a wonderful denim and diamond gala.

Golfers from other local clubs and from out of town took advantage of this unique opportunity to play this prestigious course. PCFSA is fortunate to be one of the beneficiaries of the funds raised at the charity events, in partnership with Victoria Women’s Transition House.

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Pets that go beep, beep

Reliving the tamagotchi effect Now, of course, you can Google it and see there are names for it (the “Tamagotchi effect”), debates about it (“ . . .is virtual reality a ■ SUSAN LUNDY FEATURE WRITER means of escaping the problems of modern-day life?”), warnings from psychologists (amid “fears of gender stereotyping”); as well as ongoing controversy among parents, school officials and even animal rights activists.

Back then, it was just a Tamagotchi or, in our case, a Giga Pet — and those of you who have never had the honour of handling one of these beeping, insistent little monsters should immediately fall to the ground in humble thanks.

The watch-size computer games offer the handler an irritating little pet, which to grow — even live — must be fed, burped, exercised and cooed at. Imagine placing a virtual life into the hands of a child who cannot hold onto a pair of socks from one day to the next. But over 10 million Tamagotchis have been sold since their debut in 1996.

I confess to purchasing two of the little beasts in one of those air-headed moments. Thankfully, these Giga Pets were aimed at young players, and had a magical feature: a pause button. My daughters, Danica and Sierra, played

frantically with their new toys — beep, beep, beep — for about a week until one day (thank god) the batteries died.

But this was not before Sierra, then five, was traumatized by the Tamagotchi effect (“the development of emotional attachment with machines or robots or even software agents”). Both pets were based on The Little Mermaid story.

At any given time the pets were a fish, sea horse, jellyfish or crab. Pets that became too unhappy, hungry, out of shape, sick or merely petulant (all from lack of attention to the pause button) disappeared by means of a great hook that dragged them off the screen to Ursula, the wicked sea witch. Sierra had become particularly attached to her “crabbie.” After all, a pet is a pet. So when the hook dragged off crabbie while I was at work, I received a call from a devastated child.

“Sob, gasp, sob.”

“Sierra, what’s the matter?”

“Sob. Ursula g-g-got crabbie.”

“Oh. You sound very sad. Good thing it’s just a computer and crabbie’s not real.”

“Gasp, sob, weep. What will Ursula do with crabbie?”

“Ursula’s not really there. It’s just pretend.”

“D-D-Daddy said Ursula’s going to have crab sandwiches for dinner.”

“Oh, sweetheart, of course not!”

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Pause. “Put your father on the phone.”

About a year later, good ole dad decided to buy new Giga Pet batteries.

By then only one could be found, so after tearing the house part, I reluctantly purchased another. Of course, the only virtual pet left in the entire universe was much more difficult and, horrifyingly, it had no pause button. My elder daughter took on care of it, but unfortunately, she had to sleep, the pet required 24hour care, and I could only grasp a basic understanding of how this pet worked.

Danica — patient, but on the edge of hysteria — explained all I must do throughout the night to prevent the death of her pet. Sleeping with a twist of anxiety in my stomach, I pulled myself from bed around 2 a.m., exercised the miserable thing and managed to keep it alive until morning. Thankfully, after several more stress-filled days and nights, she lost it and it disappeared forever.

Today, online, you can read a CNN story about a Tamagotchi cemetery in the UK; and find references to virtual resting places for dead virtual pets. And you can check out newer pet versions — they’re even more complicated with a Face Morph component, and the opportunity to teach six of them how to dance and sing together!

What I haven’t found, but I think is a stellar idea, is an online support group for virtual grandparents. ●

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In Your Community

Do you have an idea, comment, or news to share in our Family section?

We’re always on the lookout for story ideas about local youth contributing to our schools and neighbourhoods or parenting success stories.

We want to hear about them.

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Westshore Family Choices grow for women with childbirth continued from 15 fundamental shifts in thinking about how women and their partners approach childbirth.

Laura Warren, a childbirth educator and a doula who runs prenatal classes at Mothering Touch, reenforces the idea that women have choices – midwife or doctor; home birth or hospital birth; options around drugs during labour; conditions of the delivery room or even the operating theatre in cases of Caesarian birth.

“Childbirth education has changed from teaching women how to breathe,” Warren says.

“Now it’s all about teaching women what their bodies are capable of doing and that (childbirth) is a natural process, rather than a medical procedure. ... I want to make sure women come out, not fearless, but with a lot less fear.”

Warren estimates 20 per cent of pregnant couples take prenatal classes, which unpacks the process of labour, techniques to manage pain, and dispels pregnancy myths cemented into society. And the myths are rife. A book recently profiled in Maclean’s magazine, Expecting Better: How to Fight the Pregnancy Establishment with Facts, argues that there is little credible evidence that demonstrates moderate amounts of alcohol, caffeine, raw fish and many other pregnancy nonos can harm the baby in utero, and that female fertility doesn’t change significantly between age 25 and 35.

“There is a lot of mixed information out there. One book to the next had totally different advice,” says Sibbett, a case worker for Bridges for Women Society. “It’s wonderful to clarify information and prenatal class makes (giving birth) seem more possible, to have it laid out clearly with options for pain relief. It makes it more real and imaginable.”

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Warren said when she had her first child in 1985, prenatal class focused more on breathing techniques and less on practical knowledge.

“I came out knowing nothing about childbirth,” she laughed. “My labour was unlike anything I had learned.

“I found I was scared. I had very good doctor, but I remember going into labour very fearful.

What I had heard from my sisters was to get that epidural. Prenatal instruction has come a long way in my experience.”

Key differences for hospital births in recent decades is that newborns are given directly to their mom for skin to skin contact, to help regulate the newborn’s body temperature and promote bonding. Long gone are nursery wards.

Breastfeeding, almost abandoned in North America 50 years ago for formula, made a resurgence under doctors like Jack Newman.

Warren says breastfeeding is recommended for at least the first six months, and up to two years and beyond.

Although breastfeeding in public can stir controversy and debate continues on what pregnant women can and can’t consume, childbirth is starting to find an equilibrium between nature and modern medicine.

“I can’t imagine not having witnessed the delivery, holding the baby and keeping here there,” Warren says. “I can’t imagine the days when you delivered and weren’t clear headed and the baby was taken away to the nursery.” ● editor@saanichnews.com

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Lisa Sim, centre, just loves being a mom to her children Bryce Sim, 10, Madeline Sim, 10. Spencer, 10 and Claire, 9.

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With having one set of 10-yearold triplets and a nine-year old, Lisa Sim just loves being a mom and hanging out with her kids.

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With four small children, time for just me is limited, but I try to make one evening a week for me where I go shopping or something like that.

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The Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

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There are just too many good things to list about my kids.

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Picking my kids up at school and getting to see them after being apart all day.

Dinner time is a priority and is an important time to be together.

My four children say their mother makes the best spaghetti and the secret is parmesan cheese in the sauce. ●

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Making a difference Hans Helgesen elementary, East Sooke Volunteer

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Dylan Larratt

Dylan Larratt does what he can to help the environment and his community.

He makes sure to recycle everything he can and often encourages others do to so, too. Dylan is helpful at his school, Hans Helgesen elementary.

Sometimes, he goes to school early to set up tables for the school’s breakfast program. He is also a kindergarten lunch monitor. In his spare time, Dylan enjoys playing soccer for Hans Helgesen as a defencemen. ●

Fun Highlights

Hayden Crothers Age 16

Age 12 - 9 Josh Twidale attends Colwood elementary school and his sibling Sadie Twidale is in her first year at Dunsmuir middle school. The two have shared a Goldstream Gazette paper route for a little more than a year. Josh likes the route for the extra exercise for hockey in the winter and baseball in the spring. Sadie is in the dance academy and likes to be able to make a little extra money to go along with her babysitting. Sadie likes to read, draw and dance. ●

If you know someone who is making a difference in your community, please email your comments to editor@goldstreamgazette.com.

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art of enjoying a music festival like Rifflandia is putting on your musical explorer hat, or cape — whichever you prefer. The fact of the matter is, with more than 170 acts in the lineup, there’s no conceivable way to be familiar with all of them.

Unless of course, you’re Nick Blasko or Dimitri Demers of Atomique Productions, the festival’s producers.

With more acts this year than ever before, and more international acts who’ve never played a set on our Island paradise, Rifflandia 6 is sure to be a spectacle like no other.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Courtney Love, Big Boi, Death From Above 1979, James Murphy and Pat Mahoney (DFA/ LCD Soundsystem), Stars, Matt & Kim, Beats Antique and so many others — are all gracing one of 14 stages at this year’s festival. Instead of a side stage at Royal Athletic Park, organizers are opting for a massive open-walled tent to help focus the energy and give the park a different feel.

“And Nick really likes tents,” says Demers.

Action at RAP will “ping pong”

back and forth from stage to tent, keeping the music flowing all day long, Sept.13-15.

New night venues include the Copper Owl, Rehab Nightclub, the recently expanded Phillips Brewery backyard and CMCT studios, an intimate space with a small capacity on Discovery Street, curated by Colin McTaggart. Night stages are open Sept. 12-14.

Rifflandia Headquarters (and Atomique Productions’ office) is now located inside the old RBC building on the corner of Pandora and Douglas, where you can buy tickets, merch or just stop by and have some fun with your fellow Rifflandians.

Remember: It’s always easiest to get around town on bicycle, especially at night when there are 12 stages operating simultaneously.

And if you have certain acts on your “must see” list, get there early as venue capacities range from 40 to 2,000. rifflandia.com.

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“Mythology is the tour and we’re so excited to finally be rolling this out,” said Ryan Kelly, one of several principal singers in the six-member group and an original member from 2007. the accompanying dVd for the album was filmed last August in dublin and two days later the artists and crew flew out to start their 2012 fall North American tour.

“We’ve spent the last few days remembering what we did last year in dublin,” Kelly says. “We’ve sang hundreds of songs since we recorded it, so it’s taking a bit of time to relearn it. But they’re songs that we love and songs that we’ve performed (individually) over the years.”

Celtic thunder brings its multi-genre stage show

to Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on Sunday (Sept. 8), a day after kicking off the 2013 edition of their Canada-u.S. tour in Abbotsford.

For people unfamiliar with the act, Kelly says the goal is to transport audience members back to a show pub in ireland, where they might hear everything from traditional irish and Celtic folk tunes to rock and country foot stompers.

“What has always been a plus point of our show is that it really is trying to bring people in and give them a good time, give them a good night,” he says. “it’s pretty much an eclectic mix, but that’s always been the way with Celtic thunder.”

With choreographed moves accompanying the music and the singers thrust into loose character roles, the scene plays out much like a las Vegas musical. “one thing about irish music and Celtic music in general, it really is about storytelling, and the best way of portraying that music is doing it on stage. often, i suppose, people don’t get a chance to travel to Broadway or Vegas or the big city to see shows like this.”

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et ready to witness one of the Victoria arts scene’s greatest collaborations at the eighth annual Reel-to-Reel music and film challenge, Sept. 8 at the Vic theatre.

Film and music makers from across Victoria are teaming up to produce short films, up to 10 minutes long, inspired by a selection of diverse local music. Genres range from celtic punk and heavy metal to experimental, electronic and pop. even a spoken word piece, We Are it Stopped, by Victoria’s poet laureate Janet Marie Rogers made the cut this year, a first for this competition.

Musical artists involved in this year’s competition include psychic pollution, Kaya Martin, Secondhand habit, empire Monday, Kristy Farkas, the McGillicuddys and Solipsis. eight songs were chosen by judges from a long list of entries. then filmmakers had the chance to vote for their favourites. in the end, each filmmaker was assigned a song to base their short movie around. the final product is being screened in front of an audience at the recently resurrected Vic theatre (808 douglas) for the first time. “the filmmakers are excited to present their work on a big screen in a proper theatrical environment,” says Bryan Skinner, executive director of CineVic Society of independent Filmmakers, which hosts the event. “i’ve had the chance to see a couple of films that have already come in and they’re fabulous. i’m really excited about some of the work.” having professional quality music to work with

gives the independent filmmakers a chance to focus on the visual aspect of storytelling, says Skinner. And events like this one give members of each community a chance to meet and mingle.

“We’ve seen some really great stuff come out of the exposure of filmmakers and musicians meeting each other at this event,” says Skinner.

Sibling filmmakers Victoria and Jen Wescott were introduced to the music of Chris ho at Reel-toReel. After that introduction, they decided to use one of his tunes in their feature Locked in a Garage Band, which screened at Cannes in May. Reel-to-Reel music and film challenge is a 19+ event. driftwood Brewery will be on hand to serve up some suds. doors at 7 p.m., screening at 7:30 p.m.

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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 250-6560275 or marywinspear.ca. Proceeds to support Discovery Dance Theatre.

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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.

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.

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.

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).

BaTTle for BridGe supremacy - Three day bridge tournament at Pearkes Recreation Centre Field House (3100 Tillicum). Friday 1pm, Saturday noon and Sunday at 9:30am. $10 per session. Contact dmoffatt@ shaw.ca for more information.

summer salon- Featuring leading Canadian glass artists and new paintings by Reynald Leclerc of Quebec landscapes at West End Gallery (1203 Broad). westendgalleryltd.com.

Sat. Sept. 7 one Wave fesTival- The Pacific Peoples’ Partnership presents the sixth annual festival to celebrate Pacific cultures Saturday and Sunday, noon-6pm in Centennial Square. pacificpeoplespartnership.org. doG rescue BBQ - Flirting with Fido is hosting a BBQ and raffle fundraiser at Pets West (777 Royal Oak). Food, giveaways, raffle prizes, children’s activities and more. 10am3pm. By donation. chariTy car Wash - Have your car washed by city councillors from Saanich, Metchosin and Victoria in support of Our Place Society.

9am-2pm at Our Place (919 Pandora).

Suggested donation $10. enGlish car affair in The park - The South Island branch of the English Car Affair in the Park hosts an event to mark the 100th anniversary of the Marque of Morris. Saturday and Sunday at Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site. More information at oecc.ca. fun day aT sT lukes - Join in the fantastic fun at St Luke’s Church (3821 Cedar Hill Cross) with games, music, obstacle course, arts, crafts, woodworking and ice cream, 10am-2pm. Pancake breakfast from 9:30-10:30am. Free. orchard Work Bee - Lend your time to install an eight-zone irrigation system with drip lines, drip tape, spigots and the works and learn about installing irrigation with LifeCycles at Welland Legacy Park Orchard (1215 Stancil Ln). 10am-1pm and 2-5pm Saturday and Sunday. RSVP to diggers@lifecyclesproject.ca or 250-383-5800.

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summer JeWels - The perfect opportunity to enjoy a show of 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 House at Fisherman’s Wharf (#110,19 Dallas).

Music Fri. Sept. 6 concerTs in The park - Free music at the Cameron Bandshell in Beacon Hill Park each Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holiday Mondays until Sept. 13. 1:30-3:20pm.

Children’s concert 11am-noon. Free.

250-361-0708 or victoria.ca. michael Jackson TriBuTe - Lucky Bar (517 Yates) hosts a live concert celebrating the King of Pop with hits from both Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5. Bring your dancing shoes. 10pm. $12.

Sat. Sept. 7 vcm open house - The Victoria Conservatory of Music opens the school for a party and open house, 10am-3pm. Award winning singer, songwriter, actor and storyteller Rick Scott is giving a free concert at Alix Goolden Hall at 1pm. Bouncy castles, live music, craft corner and instrument petting zoo also available for kids, while mini lessons are available for everyone. vcm.bc.ca.

Bara communiTy day - Meet your neighbours and enjoy a sidewalk sale, children’s activities, live music, barbeque, fire and police vehicle display and door prizes. 11am-2pm at Broadmead Village Shopping Centre.

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house Tour - The Art Gallery of Greater VIctoria hosts its annual tour of some of the area’s most stunning houses. See six gorgeous estates at this year’s diamond anniversary tour.

10am-5pm. Tickets are $35 at Garden Works, Peninsula Gallery, Ramsey and Ramsey Flower Merchants and online at housetour2013.eventbrite. ca. aggv.ca.

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stagE 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

celTic Thunder - Irish crooning lads bring their Mythology tour to the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre.

Tickets are $55/75 at selectyourtickets. com. celticthunder.ie.

Sun. Sept. 8 one GreaT year -Authors Tamara Veitch and Rene DeFazio bring their exciting contemporary fiction novel with action, ancient mystery and an epic love story to the Bastion Square Market. 11am-4pm. Free. onegreatyear.com.

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★★★★ Blue Jasmine -(Odeon) Cate Blanchett is headed for an Oscar nomination for her role as an emotionally fragile woman struggling to recover after her life as a glamorous socialite implodes.

Complete with a great cast, this is one of Woody Allen’s best films. Ever.

chennai eXpress -(Empire 6) South India is the setting for this exuberant, Bollywood-style actioncomedy starring Shah Rukh Khan. ★★½ closed circuiT - (Empire 6/Empire Uni 4) Eric Bana stars in a timely albeit disappointingly tepid British political thriller about a lawyer asked to represent a man accused of a terrorist bombing. When he looks a little too deeply into the case, Britain’s security apparatus starts to take a threatening interest in his activities. See review.

The croods - (Caprice) A prehistoric family taking an unexpected “road trip” into a magical land is the plot of this whimsical animated charmer (which has been getting great reviews). With the vocal talents of Emma Stone, Nicolas Cage, and Ryan Reynolds. ★★½ despicaBle me 2 (Westshore) The 2010 original, about a loathsome criminal mastermind who was reformed by the love of three young orphan girls, was a goofy delight. The sequel, although still clever, is much more scattershot, with an unimaginative plot and unwelcome dashes of mean spiritedness. Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, and Russell Brand supply the voices. ★★½ elysium -(Odeon/SilverCity) Matt Damon and Jodie Foster star in a futuristic sci-fi thriller where the Earth has become a polluted ghetto and the lucky few get to live in luxury on a floating space station orbiting languidly above. Well, that’s about to change. It’s hard to argue with the politics, but this new film by the writer-director of District 9 is too heavy-handed and cliched to take seriously. fruiTvale sTaTion -(Odeon) There is lots of buzz around this truthbased reenactment of the turbulent last day of a young black man in 2008. ★★ THE GETAWAY -(SilverCity/ Empire 6) Ethan Hawke stars in a kinetic but stunningly simple-minded thriller about a gifted race car driver who gets blackmailed into doing the bidding of a dangerous man with a mysterious agenda.

GroWn ups 2 -(Caprice) Despite the name, expect the humour to be decidedly juvenile in this amiable raunchfest about the reunion of five school buddies, who have aged but not matured. Starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider and David Spade. ★★★ The GrandmasTer -(Odeon) Art film auteur Kar Wai Wong (In The Mood For Love) directs his first martial arts epic with this absorbing, gorgeously filmed account of the legendary martial-arts teacher Ip Man (who coached Bruce Lee).

Starring the great Tony Leung (Hero) and Ziyi Zhang (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). ★★★ in a World -(Odeon) There’s a well-deserved buzz around this sly feminist comedy about an underachieving vocal coach who finally becomes motivated to break into the male-dominated world of movie voice-overs. See review.

JoBs -(Empire 6) Ashton Kutcher stars in a promising portrait of Steve Jobs, the college dropout who started a computer revolution that helped define and beautify the wireless world. kick-ass 2 -(Caprice) Expect more hard-edged laughs and jokey violence in this sequel to the big hit about a teenage girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) who was trained as a vigilante by her father. The costars include Jim Carrey, Morris Chestnut, and John Leguizamo. lee daniels’ The BuTler -(Odeon/Empire Uni 4) Forest Whitaker heads up an amazing cast in a drama about a black butler at the White House whose long tenure there overlapped with many powerful domestic and international political events. Costarring Vanessa Redgrave, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Terrence Howard, James Marsden, Jane Fonda and Alan Rickman. ★★½ The heaT -(Caprice) In this raucous and sometimes hit-and-miss comedy from Paul Feig (Knocked Up), Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) play oddcouple cops who will have to learn to work together if they are to stand a chance of taking down the drug lord who’s their assigned target. ★★ The lone ranGer -(Caprice) More proves to be less, as the classic western TV show from the 1950s that featured a masked lawman and his Native American sidekick gets a

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The next day a Turkish national is arrested, and two lawyers – Martin Rose (Eric Bana) and Claudia Simmons-Howe (Rebecca Hall) – are appointed by the Attorney General (the great Jim Broadbent) as the man’s council. The matter is highly political, and parts of the case against the alleged bomber involve state secrets that can only be revealed in closed court. Dark currents are flowing beneath the surface, and when Martin digs a little he wonders if his client isn’t actually a mole working for MI5, Britain’s domestic security service. Aware they are being spied on, and now convinced that the “suicide” of a lawyer previously involved with the case may have been a state-sanctioned murder, the two lawyers find themselves desperately pondering how much they are prepared to risk to see the truth come out.

All the elements of a fine film are here. The two lawyers have a sour romantic history that adds a layer of tension as they try to piece together the truth of their case. There are suspenseful episodes of skullduggery and violence as agents do whatever it takes to spare the government catastrophic embarrassment. And the cast is excellent – especially Broadbent, who is deliciously poisonous as the consummately soulless politician who believes that “justice” must be stage managed on occasion. But nothing quite gels, and this feels like an over-refined version of the hit TV show MI5.

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RIDDICK -(Odeon/SilverCity/Empire Uni 4/Westshore) Vin Diesel blasts back into outer space for the latest iteration of this gory and terrifying sci-fi series about a fugitive who once again finds himself battling alien predators and bounty hunters who want his head — literally.

THE ATTACK -(Odeon) This well-reviewed drama features an Arab surgeon living in Tel Aviv who uncovers a dark secret about his wife in the wake of a suicide bombing. ★★★ THIS IS THE END -(Empire 6) In this truly wacked comedy, stars such as Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and Jonah Hill play themselves as they party at James Franco’s house — only to find themselves confronting a terrifying, demon-filled apocalypse. Although a bit oversold and rather slapdash, this is very funny (and very rude).

MONSTERS UNIVERSITY(Caprice) In this prequel to the 2001 animated smash about fuzzy

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CRYSTAL FAIRY & THE MAGICAL CACTUS -(Sun.-Mon., Sept. 8-9: 7:00, 9:00) Although Michael Cera (Juno, Superbad) usually plays a cute nerd, in this quirky drama he’s a toad-like boor who finds himself in a strange battle of wills with a radical free spirit named Crystal Fairy. Things get wild when they start tripping on hallucinogenic mushrooms…

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As the movie starts Sam is evicting 30-year-old Carol from his house because he wants to install his newest girlfriend in her place. Carol, a hapless slacker finally confronted with the need to earn rent, has no choice but to try harder on the work front. Unexpectedly she gets hired as the voice of a big ad campaign – stealing the contract out from under one of the country’s biggest voice stars in the process. And in a business that is almost entirely a boy’s club, this has repercussions that echo throughout the film.

As we watch Carol literally and metaphorically finding her voice in an industry that – like Hollywood itself – is often hostile to female interests, it’s not hard to figure out the theme of World. But Bell tackles the subject with sly aplomb, and also has the good sense to cast Geena Davis in an acerbic cameo as a film executive producing a ‘tweener movie akin to the Twilight series. (Her acidic comments about the romance-fantasy genre are a brutally amusing complement to the movie’s feminist perspective.) Well acted, funny, and insightful, World is worth a visit.

calendar ★★★★ HANNAH ARENDT (Tues.-Wed., Sept. 10-11: 7, 9:10pm) Celebrated German director Margarethe von Trotta directs this gripping account of philosopher Hannah Arendt, focusing on the moral complexity at the heart of her coverage of the war-crimes trial of Adolph Eichmann.

GMO OMG -(Thurs., Sept. 12: 7:15 only) Anyone concerned with the world’s food supply should check out this documentary about the genetic alteration of food, and how the global food industry has become unjust and destructive. To be followed by a panel discussion.

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Mann Cup madhouse The Victoria Shamrocks credited its crowd as the “sixth man on the floor” throughout the Western Lacrosse Association final, helping the team overcome a 2-1 series deficit to defeat the Langley Thunder in six games.

Bear Mountain Arena is once again a hallowed ground for the second time in eight years as it hosts the Mann Cup national men’s box lacrosse championship.

Games 1 and 2 are tonight (Sept.

6) and tomorrow night, respectively, starting at 7 p.m.

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Shamrocks fans will be treated to the first Mann Cup national box lacrosse championship played in Victoria since 2005.

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SIx years ago, brothers Jamie and Jordie Benn stood on the ice at Bear Mountain Arena during Victoria Grizzlies camp.

They were looking over the names of the remaining players on the roster.

“Who’s this 1993 kid still on here?” Jamie said.

“That’s me,” said Walton, who was standing behind them. At 14, Walton was the only 1993-born player still in camp.

Jamie was impressed. It’s a moment Walton never forgot.

Earlier this week Walton, now 20, was named the captain of the Victoria Cougars.

The Cougars host the Westshore Wolves on Sunday (Sept.

8), 3:30 p.m. at Archie Browning Sports Centre.

Spending his final year of junior hockey in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League is far from the B.C. Hockey League career Walton had expected. He never did make the Grizzlies, despite practicing with the team as an underager during head coach Geoff Courtnall’s tenure.

But he’s honoured to lead the Cougars all the same, he said. “(Walton) has all the qualities of a great leader and the qualities to rally a team to a common purpose,” Cougars head coach Mark Van Helvoirt said. “His work ethic is second to none.”

Walton is the remaining piece of last year’s leadership trio of captain Brody Coulter and assistant captain Sam Rice, who have moved on to college teams this year.

With 14 new players, Walton is leading the Cougars into a new era.

“Brody and Sam are two of my best friends so it’s going to

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Cougars forward Mark Walton tries to steal the puck from Saanich Braves defenceman Chad Roorda during the VIJHL playoffs at Archie Browning Sports Centre in 2013. Walton wore a face shield as he played through two seperate facial lacerations during the playoffs from a puck and a skate. be different. It’s nice to be able to follow in their footsteps.”

A couple of regime changes kept Walton from ever playing for Grizzlies and it’s been to the Cougars’ advantage.

Walton was named the VIJHL’s unsung player of the year in 2012-13 and was a major role player in getting the team to the provincial gold medal final the past two seasons.

“This season will be a learning curve and take longer than years previous, but the team is coming together well and we can already see improve-

ments.”

In other words, a thirdstraight trip to the Cyclone Taylor Cup is still the goal, but this team is not expected to repeat last year’s record season, when the Cougars marched through the 48-game schedule with one regulation loss. “(The Cyclone Taylor Cup) will be more difficult this year but if we put the effort into practice and games, it will all come down to work ethic.”

Along with his season-long expectations, Walton will also have to change daily expecta-

tions. When the team wasn’t playing its best, he wasn’t shy about showing his displeasure.

And that’s no way to go about mentoring younger players, he said.

“In the past I was probably one of the guys to get mad if something goes wrong, so I’ve got to control that.”

All indications are that the Cougars are in good hands with Walton. A product of the Juan de Fuca minor hockey program, Walton has been groomed in the same Victoria hockey pipeline as the best of them. He came through Spencer middle school’s hockey academy under Grizzlies onagain-off-again assistant coach Craig Didmon. At Spencer, a melting pot of some of the city’s best middle school players, he played with Wade Murphy of the NCAA’s North Dakota hockey, formally known as the Fighting Sioux, and with Travis Stephens and Braden Pears of the BCHL Trail Smoke Eaters.

Walton’s had his own taste of the BCHL, having played about a dozen games over the past two seasons for the powerhouse Powell River Kings, including the playoffs.

“My only time playing junior A at Bear Mountain Arena was against the Grizzlies so that was special,” he said.

“I’m not sure I’m in the (Kings’) mix anymore as a 20-year-old but, it was a great experience playing for them during seasons they came close to winning the BHCL championship.”

The number of key contributors returning to the Cougars is low this year. Graham Zagrodney and Jake Stolz lead the defence with Jake Daughtry, Jordan Davie, David Marshall, Howard Howden and Jesse Nixon all looking to take on bigger responsibilities. sports@vicnews.com

of winning the Mann Cup after two straight seasons of losing to the eventual Mann Cup winner in the Major Series Lacrosse championship final.

Leading the Chiefs is Cody Jamieson, back-to-back MVP and winner of the National Lacrosse League’s Champions Cup, including the 2013 title, in which they defeated the Washington Stealth in Langley.

Follow vicnews.com for updates from the series which continues Monday and Tuesday nights. Visit victoriashamrocks.com for tickets. sports@vicnews.com

Runners set 10,000-metre track records at UVic Two age-group records were broken at The Q’s Victoria Run Series’ final meet of the 2013 season at UVic’s Centennial Stadium on Saturday.

Running diva Marilyn Arsenault (the opera singer) crushed the main event, the Maude Hunter’s B.C. Championship 10,000metre race, with a Canadian age-group 40-44 record time of 34 minutes 18.21 seconds. That effort shaves four seconds off the previous record, set by Arsenault at last year’s event.

She is currently in training for the Toronto Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon, where she hopes to run under 2:40 and qualify for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Saturday also saw two-time Olympian Bruce Deacon of Victoria set the 45-49 agegroup record for 10,000-m with a time of 31:55.92.

The top three men in the 10,000-m were all master-age (over 40) runners, as Deacon was second overall in the event to fellow over-40 Victoria runner Jim Finlayson (31:31.12) and former UVic Vikes athlete Craig Odermatt was third (32:20.60).

The event also hosted two 5,000-m races, which were won by Frank Towler and Martha McNeely, in the men’s and women’s 60-69 divisions, respectively. Towler ran 21:44.99 and McNeely finished in 26:54.70.

Chris Galley won the open men’s 5,000-m in 17:01.74 and Courtney Cameron won the women’s in 19:56.19 The series is introducing a new road race, the Synergy Shuffle, on Sept. 15 with an 11 a.m. start time. It has three distances, 10, 20 and 30 km, all starting at Lochside Trail and Island View Road, next to Michell’s Farm Market. Visit victoriarunseries.com to register or for more information.

Club swimming starting up Pacific Coast Swimming club is kicking off the 2013-14 season with its annual registration barbecue Sept. 13, at Beaver Lake.

The casual get-together for swimmers, their families, and PCS coaches, is a fun start to the swim season.

PCS offers programs for three-year-old beginners through to masters programs for adults. There’s also open water, school league, and swim and dive programs.

The PCS swim season begins Monday, Sept. 16, at Saanich Commonwealth Place and at UVic’s McKinnon Gym. More info at pacificcoastswimming.com.

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Candidates should submit their resumé via email, in strictest confidence, to: info@blvdmag.ca. Deadline for submission is September 16th, 2013.

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Zoot 10K will run through Oak Bay, Uplands Travis Paterson News staff

What was once the weekend of the Land’s End half marathon, a Sunday morning jaunt through the lonely roads of the Saanich Peninsula, is now the Zoot 10K in Oak Bay. The new 10-kilometre race debuts on Sunday (Sept. 8). It starts in Oak Bay Village and heads past Estevan Village through the Uplands with a turnaround at Cattle Point.

Minor hills and a 500-metre incline will challenge the runners, said Island Runner running store proprietor and former Royal Victoria Marathon winner Phil Nichols.

The Zoot has evolved from the McNeill Bay Half Marathon Nichols organized the past two years, which was created to fill the gap of the Land’s End race.

“The reasoning was to have an event that complements the running community and 10 km is a really good buildup for people doing the (GoodLife Fitness Victoria half marathon in October).”

The numbers for the McNeill Bay event weren’t high, and with an influx of other races and events this time of the season, it led to a redesign.

“There are more alternative athletic events popping up such as Tour de Victoria, Tough Mudder, various triathlons, CrossFit contests and more, but the same athletes still use the 10k as a measuring stick,” Nichols said.

“The 10 km distance was chosen to welcome walkers, beginners and expert runners.”

The Zoot route is separate from the Oak Bay Kool Half Marathon that runs in the spring and only duplicates about 500 metres of the Victoria Marathon course.

And while Nichols emphasizes the race is for all levels, it will have some flash as Olympic 1,500-metre runner Hillary Stellingwerff will be in the lead pack, as will UVic Vike Brittany Therrien, winner of the Magical Mile last spring.

The race is named for the athletic apparel company providing race shirts. sports@vicnews.com

CRC takes place ahead of Victoria International 7s Travis Paterson News staff

Pat Kay kicked 20 points and led the B.C. Bears to its first win of the 2013 Canadian Rugby Championship, 40-18 over the Atlantic Rock at Westhills Stadium on Monday (Sept. 2).

The win gave the Bears a split of its two-game weekend at Westhills, having lost 11-7 to the Ontario Blues on Friday. However, the Bears have just one win in three CRC games while the Blues are first, the only undefeated team through three games. The Bears and Wolf Pack (2-2) can still catch the Bears and win the CRC while the Rock (1-3) are mathematically eliminated.

The Bears play its final two games of the CRC on the road against the Ontario Blues in Lindsay on Sept. 14 and against the Prairie Wolf Pack (2-2) in Edmonton on Sept. 21.

Sevens heaven at UVic Ben Gollings is England’s sevens rugby superstar who may, or may not, grace the pitch on Saturday at the Victoria International Sevens rugby tourament taking place at UVic’s Wallace Field.

Whether or not he steps on the field, he will be available to local youths for this afternoon’s Serevi rugby camp, 4 to 7 p.m., Gollings is one of the most decorated try scorers from rugby union’s sevens game.

Canada will field two senior men’s squads, a more veteran roster coached by James Bay’s Mor-

Judy Teasdale Photography

B.C. Bears forward Callum Morrison of Oak Bay runs the ball against the Atlantic Rock on Monday.

gan Williams, and a younger team led by former Canadian sevens star Shane Thompson.

There will also be more than 20 UVic Vikes, current and former, playing in the tournament, either on the Canadian teams or the University Selects team.

“This is a tournament that is great for players 18, 19 and 20 years old who aren’t ready to play internationally but need that experience,” said tournament director Doug Tate, coach of the UVic Vikes men’s rugby team.

The tourney starts at 10 a.m. and runs all day with two exhibition matches, a women’s game at 2 p.m. and an under-16 boys match at 4 p.m. All round robin games are 10 minutes with 10 minute shield, bowl, plate and cup finals starting at 4:20 p.m. (approximately). Beer garden and food available on site. sports@vicnews.com

Ambriss Clermont ride for Hospice Travis Paterson News staff

The Ambriss Clermont Memorial Ride for Hospice, a group cycling ride, leaves Sunday morning for its second annual event.

The decision to do the ride for Victoria Hospice was simply to honour her memory and raise money for the facility that cared for her final days with cancer in February of 2012, said son Martin Clermont.

Martin helps run the Russ Hay’s The Bicycle Shop at Hillside Avenue which parents Ambriss and Mike purchased in 1972.

“We’d like to grow the ride out

SPORTS CALENDAR Hockey

Fri. Sept. 6: VIJHL, Westshore Wolves at Saanich Braves, 6:30 p.m., George Pearkes Arena.

Fri. Sept. 6: VIJHL, Kerry Park Islanders at Peninsula Panthers, 7:30 p.m., Panorama Rec. Centre.

Sun. Sept. 8: VIJHL, Westshore Wolves at Victoria Cougars, 3:30 p.m., Archie Browning Sports Centre.

of an opportunity to create a real fundraiser for Hospice, that’s the reason to attract people, it’s a great organization that needs the funds,” Martin said.

The ride has three distances, 60 kilometres for beginners, 125 km and 270 km. Mike will do the 60 km with daughters Loree and Kim while Martin will do the 125 km.

“We’ll have about 50 to 75 cyclists and it’s just about fun and riding and supporting Hospice.”

Fundraising is up to the riders, by donation or through pledges, but there’s no entry fee on the waiver. All three rides leave at 8 a.m. from 650 Hillside Ave. sports@vicnews.com Wed. Sept. 11: VIJHL, Campbell River Storm at Westshore Wolves, 7 p.m., Juan de Fuca Rec. Centre.

Soccer

Fri. Sept. 6: CIS men, UBC Thunderbirds at UVic Vikes, 7:15 p.m., Centennial Stadium.

Sat. Sept. 7: CIS women, UNBC Timberwolves at UVic Vikes, 5 p.m., Centennial Stadium.

Sun. Sept. 8: CIS men, Trinity Western Spartans at UVic Vikes, 2:15 p.m., Centennial Stadium.

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HUGE USED BOOK SALE Saturday, Sept. 14 9am-3pm

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At the News Leader Pictorial Office in Duncan. 5380 TCH, between Buckerfield’s and The Brick.

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All proceeds are given to charity. We are proud to be partnering with Cowichan Therapeutic Riding Association! Come out and show your support.

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

References available.

250-475-1462.

GLENWOOD Gardenworks Landscaping & Garden Services. Satisfaction guaranteed.

250-474-4373.

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.

GARDENING 20% OFF! Mowing, PowerRaking, hedge/shrub trimming.

Clean-ups. (250)479-6495.

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Blackberry & ivy removal. 25yr

CLEANING SERVICES

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.

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

250-507-6543.

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

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

HANDYPERSONS BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Stairs, Painting, General household repairs. Free estimate. Call Barry 250-896-6071

HOUSEKEEPER EXPERIENCED, reliable. References.

250-920-6516, 250-881-7444.

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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 AURICLE BSC lawn, garden shrubs, irrigation & blow out fall C/up p wash 250-882-3129 DPM SERVICES- lawn & garden, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141 GARDEN OVERGROWN? Weeding, lawn cuts, cleanups, pruning.

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

HAULING AND SALVAGE $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.

JUNK BOX- We Do All The Loading

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

Brad 250-217-9578.

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.

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

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

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

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

Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.

DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates.

250-744-8588, Norm.

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

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

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

Peacock Painting

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.

DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. Senior Discount. Free Est’s. No travel time before or after. SMOOTH MOVES. Call Tyler at 250-418-1747.

HEAVY MOVES- Safes, Industrial, 20 yrs exp. Insured.

250-886-2658. *WRIGHT BROS* Moving. $80/hr, 2 men/3 ton. Seniors discount. Philip (250)383-8283

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

BIG BEAR Painting. Interior & Exterior. Quality work. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071

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

MOVING & STORAGE (250)889-5794.

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

STUCCO/SIDING

Commercial/Residential Interior/Exterior

250-652-2255 250-882-2254

Written Guarantee Call for details Budget Compliance

15% SENIORS DISCOUNT

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

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

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

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

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UPHOLSTERY UPHOLSTERER work. Your fabric 250-480-7937.

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WINDOW CLEANING 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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RENTALS

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

FOR SALE BY OWNER

APARTMENT/CONDO

AUTO FINANCING

SPORTS & IMPORTS

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

SAANICH: 55+ furnished 2 bdrm, balcony faces Swan Creek, 5 appls, in-suite W/D. $1200, utils incld 250-479-5437

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

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.

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

Move in today 250-588-9799

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AUTO SERVICES $$$ TOP CA$H PAID $$$. For ALL unwanted Vehicles, any condition. Call (250)885-1427.

CARS

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

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

Reduced $750. obo.

Call (250)479-1771.

Sudoku

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.

TRUCKS & VANS

FURNISHED OFFICE, Sidney, 486sq ft, use of photo copier at cost, waterfront glimpse. $950. (250)656-1050.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES SIDNEY- 3 bdrm sxs duplex, 1 bath, NS/NP. $1475+ utils.

Avail Sept 15. Call (250)6564003.

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.

APARTMENTS FURNISHED DOWNTOWN SIDNEY- Bright 1 bdrm deluxe suite. Short term. Call (250)514-7747.

HOMES FOR RENT

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

HOUSES FOR SALE

QUALITY MANUFACTURED homes in quiet Ladysmith.

Homes from $99,900. A selection of floor plans and various options. Homes are CSA A277 approved. Only 45 minutes from Victoria. Call Duck Paterson 250-246-0637 or email to: info@lmfhomes.ca

MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

VIC WEST- 3 bdrms, grd lvl, lrg fenced yrd + deck, bsmt, 4 piece bathrm, 4 appls, oak flrs.

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

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

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

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

LANGFORD: $750, 1 bdrm newly constructed. W/D, water, electric and basic tenant insurance incl’d. Avail. now.

Call Cam at 250-880-0070.

MARIGOLDcozy 1 bdrm, woodstove. shared W/D, quiet.

NS/NP. $850. 250-727-6217.

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.

OTTER POINT RV Trailer Park. 40’ park model trailer (no pad fees) 3 slide outs + 30’x52’ lot, finished deck & shed in new cond. Reduced to $117,900. obo. 306-290-8764.

ANTIQUE/CLASSICS

RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO 1 & 2 Bdrm suites & cabins.

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

Monthly/Weekly.

Pets ok with refs. 25 min commute to downtown Victoria.

Must have references! Call 250-478-9231.

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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REDUCED/ MOTIVATED SELLERS

$299,900...Small 4 unit complex offers 3BDRMS/ 2BATHS (Or 2bdrms & den) on 3 levels. Single car garage, low strata fees $164 per month. Pets welcome!. Walking distance to all amenities. MLS 323569

Meet your Realtor

WHY RENT WHEN YOU CAN BUY

Funky, functional 1 bdrm/ den, open floor plan, bonus is a huge 440 sqft deck.

IMMEDIATE POSSESSION! Offers on $199,900. MLS 326019

for Lily!!!

Cheryl Ashby

Daryl Ashby

Ross Casey

Kent Deans

Wally Gregora

Jane Johnston

CALL: GABRIELLA PAKOS 250-213-1323 SHAWNIGAN LAKE RANCHER $349,900 PEACEFUL, PRIVATE & QUIET!

TOWNHOUSES

TRANSPORTATION

BOATS $$$$ BOATS WANTED $$$$ ALSO OUTBOARDS AND TRAILERS. CASH BUYER. $$$$$ 250-544-2628 $$$$$

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SIDNEY, WATERFRONT home, 1 bdrm, fully furn’d or unfurn, all utils incl’d, F/S, W/D, small dog ok, N/S, Oct 1. $1100 mo. Ref’s. Call 250665-6367.

SIDNEY. NEW 2 bdrm + den, W/D. NS/NP. $1700./mo. Avail Oct. 1st. Call 250-217-4060.

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LANGFORD. RENO’D 1-bdrm + den, large deck, insuite W/D, 975 sq.ft, sm pet ok, $1150. inclds utils. N/S (250)478-4018

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.

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.

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

Today’s Solution

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

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

Located at the end of the street backing onto green space.

This 3bdrm/ 2bath rancher on crawl is sure to please. Bright kitchen, sunken lvrm, with wood burning F/P, vaulted ceiling, single car garage, RV parking and EZ commute to Victoria.

Call for a viewing appt. MLS 324667

Gary McInnis

Kathleen McInnis Gabriella Pakos

Pat Rogers

Stacey Scharf

Jean Thorndycraft

Deana Unger

Nancy Vieira

Mike Williams

GABRIELLA PAKOS • 250-213-1323 SOOKE – DOG KENNEL

OCEANVIEWS AND BREATHTAKING SUNSETS all from your luxury one level home on crawl. Combine this well featured home with 4 plus acres all usable with 2 stall barn with loft; plus a newer separate 1000 sq.ft brick building used as a personal licensed dog kennel including 16 posh pads & runs; and it is easy to see the value in owning this property. Close to all levels of schooling and community bus service. Walk to some of the nicest parks around with beaches and lakes. Older orchard, chicken coop, studio, fenced gardens & more! RV site with huge storage trailer. Paved driveway leads to private oasis set on top of the rock bluff overlooking the Sooke Basin. Total privacy is yours with no neighbours! Home is updated with higher end finishing. Call Nancy today for a virtual tour.

NANCY VIEIRA • 250-514-4750 For more info: nancyvieira.com

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OPENHOUSES

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Published Every Thursday

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Find more details on the Open Houses below in the Sept. 5 - Sept.11 edition of Real Estate Victoria

1234 Beach Dr, $849,000 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Alison Stoodley, 250-477-7291

304-2920 Cook St, $289,900

304-1580 Christmas, $278,000 pg. 10

965 Victoria, $749,000

Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Hiro Nakatani, 250-661-4476

pg. 6

606 Speed, $215,000

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422

pg. 8

201-1120 Fairfield Rd, $334,900

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess, 250 384-8124

pg. 10

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Fair Realty Ltd Colin Lagadyn, 250-590-9194

202-1070 Southgate, $94,900

pg. 10

pg. 19

pg. 10

2-216 Russell

Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

7-126 Hallowell, $389,000 Saturday 1-3 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091

pg. 6

Sunday 1-3 One Percent Realty Tania McFadden, 250-589-0248

pg. 9

Saturday 11-1 One Percent Realty Jasmine Parsons, 250 727-8437

pg. 9

Saturday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Brian Meredith-Jones, 250 477-1100

116-75 Songhees, $998,000

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Elfie Jeeves, 250-477-7291

Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422

pg. 11

3963 Juan De Fuca Terr. pg. 19

pg. 6

pg. 23

pg. 16

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Gray Rothnie, 250-477-1100

2-1319 Gladstone Ave, $359,000 Saturday 12-2 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736

102-919 Market St, $215,000 Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rick Hoogendoorn, 250-592-4422

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Leah Victoria Werner, 250-474-6003

pg. 12

pg. 9

pg. 1

Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Jeff Shorter, 250-384-8124

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Dale Sheppard, 250-478-9600

pg. 5

599 St Patrick, $869,000

pg. 12

204-3363 Glasgow, $159,900 pg. 10

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast James Gardiner (250) 507-4333

pg. 12

pg. 5

102-2286 Henry, $259,000 pg. 13

pg. 1

Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Judy Campbell, 250 744-3301

Saturday 12:30-2 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683

pg. 15

pg. 21

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2262 Setchfield, $634,900 Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Corie Meyer, 250-384-8124

pg. 15

2983 Dornier Rd.

Daily 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445 Sunday 12-2 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-590-3921

Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Doreen Halstenson, 250-744-3301

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Neil Docherty, 250-478-9600

pg. 14

pg. 15

30-3650 Citadel Pl, $575,000 Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Marsha Crawford, 250-889-8200

pg. 23

2808 Sooke Lake Rd. Saturday & Sunday 11-1 Re/Max Camosun Dan Juricic, 250-514-8261

207-2732 Matson Rd, $229,900 pg. 5

pg. 23

pg. 21

pg. 12

505 Langvista Dr, $749,000

Wednesday-Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Neil Docherty, 250-478-9600

pg. 5

264 Dutnall, $849,900 Sunday 12-2 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jeff Bishop, 250-477-7291

pg. 14

Saturday 12-2 Macdonald Realty Georgia Wiggins, 250-250-415-2500

208-360 Goldstream Ave, $174,200

79-7570 Tetayut, $255,000 Saturday 3-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

pg. 13

11004 Oriole, $1,175,000 Saturday 2:30-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Richard Sims, 250-478-9600

Saturday 12-2 Sparling Real Estate Ltd. Don Sparling, 250-656-5511

Saturday 11-12 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608

Sunday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Derek Braaten, 250-479-3333

5575 Medberry Cl, $569,000 pg. 14

Sunday 1-3 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736

3467 Happy Valley pg. 13

Saturday & Sunday 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445

620 Treanor, $379,900 pg. 14

Saturday 12-1:30 One Percent Realty Guy Effler, 250-812-4910

2278 Shawnigan Lake, $699,500 pg. 19

Saturday 2-3 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448

pg. 15

593 Latoria Rd, $294,000 pg. 13

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124

pg. 9

2960 Phillips, $429,000

311 Lagoon Rd, $679,000 pg. 13

101-2329 Bradford Ave, $499,900 pg. 6

Saturday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683

3348 Fulton Rd, $495,000 pg. 3

1188 Parkdale Creek Gdns, $439,900

Thursday-Sunday 1:30-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Cheryl Ann Curley, 250-477-1100

204-2326 Harbour, $359,000

40-4360 Emily Carr, $515,000 Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

pg. 14

209-611 Goldstream, $317,000

205-2490 Bevan Ave, $260,000

4009 Cedar Hill Rd, $529,900

5510 Alderley Rd, $629,900 Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Paul Whitney, 250-889-2883

Saturday 3-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588

pg. 15

951 Bray, $499,900 pg. 14

pg. 12

16-2353 Harbour Rd, $599,900 pg. 6

762 Westbury, $799,900

203-3252 Glasgow

Saturday 1-3 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091

404-141 Gorge Rd.

pg. 12

220-1680 Poplar Ave, $149,000

2487 Cadboro Heights Lane, $1,065,000 Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Julie Rust, 250-385-2033

733A Humboldt (200 Douglas)

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pg. 11

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Sunday 2-3 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448

306-769 Arncote, $319,900

3877 Holland Ave., $975,000 Sunday 2-4 Burr Properties Shirin Purewal, 250 382-8838

122-3969 Shelbourne, $249,500 Saturday 11:30-1 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448

Open Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Nancy Gray, 250 744-3301

Saturday 2-4 JONESco Real Estate Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Dan Juricic, 250-514-8261

Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Doreen Halstenson, 250-744-3301

pg. 14

3361 Willowdale, $509,000 pg. 13

1361 Hillgrove Rd, $599,900

4360 Ridgewood, 574,900

pg. 6

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Joanne Brodersen, 250-477-7291

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess, 250 384-8124

Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

3237 Kingsley, $529,900

3958 Hidden Oaks Pl.

408-3170 Irma St, $169,900

pg. 12

Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Rick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

pg. 23

Saturday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jeff Shaw, 250-474-6003

891 Wild Ridge Way, $419,900 pg. 7

2522 Monte Vista, $529,900

pg. 16

4-3981 Saanich, $359,000

Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Brian Meredith-Jones, 250 477-1100

pg. 12

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Rick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jeff Shaw, 250-474-6003

pg. 11

2604 Shieling

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Ann Watley, 250-656-0131

pg. 23

10500 McDonald Park, $585,000

13-4540 West Saanich, $385,000

1581 Mileva, $1,190,000

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Roland Stillings, 250-744-3301

pg. 12

11-4140 Interurban Rd, $299,900

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Deanna Noyce, 250-744-3301

1704A Feltham, $569,000

810 Foul Bay, $779,000

pg. 5

209-3160 Albina, $269,000

3937 Lauder Rd, $649,900

Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Laurie Abram, 250-385-2033

Wednesday - Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Jason Leslie, 250-478-9600

Sunday 2-4 One Percent Realty VI Ray Kong, 250-590-7011

3707 Ridge Pond Rd, $699,900

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Judy Gerrett, 250-656-0131

9706 Fifth St.

4155 Gillie Rd.

Saturday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Ltd. Eleanor Smith, 250-818-6662 Saturday 2-4 One Percent Realty Valentino, 250-686-2242

pg. 19

4009 Carey Rd, $510,000 Saturday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Derek Braaten, 250-479-3333

pg. 3

10230 Bowerbank Rd, $228,000

192 Goward Rd, $1,595,000

4034 Locarno Lane, $873,888

2094 Ferndale, $675,000 pg. 5

pg. 8

pg. 12

911 Brock, $339,900

2913 Trestle, $379,900

Sunday 2-4 JONESco Real Estate Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

11-10084 Third St, $475,000

101 Kiowa Pl, $1,050,000 Sunday 11-1 Re/Max Camosun Rick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

pg. 8

897 Swan, $429,000 pg. 9

pg. 23

Sunday 2-4 Boorman’s Realty Graham Bavington, 250-415-1931

pg. 11

pg. 13

1228 Mariposa Ave.

Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Colin Walters, 250-479-3333

313-3277 Glasgow, $177,900

3478 Calumet, $449,000

2639 Victor St., $429,000

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422

pg. 10

307-1618 North Dairy, $369,500

407-1536 Hillside Ave, $224,900

Saturday, Sunday & Monday 1-4 Macdonald Realty Helene Roy, 250 883-2715

pg. 9

pg. 13

10646 Madrona, $1,698,800

14 Gorge West, $475,000 Saturday 2:30-4 One Percent Realty Guy Effler, 250-812-4910

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty James Liu, 250 477-5353

pg. 5

Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Fran Jeffs, 250-744-3301

pg. 1

982 Mckenzie Ave, $299,900

Saturday 11-1 Macdonald Realty Ltd Eleanor V Smith, 250-818-6662

1542 Clawthorpe, $429,900

Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Mike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jenn Raappana, 250-590-3921

Sunday 1:30-3 RE/MAX Camosun Diana Devlin, 250-744-3301

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291

730 Rockheights

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess 250 384-8124

Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

pg. 10

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess, 250 384-8124

3795 Burnside Pl, $559,900

1646 Brousson, $634,900

302-1022 Fort, $239,000

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291

pg. 11

Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Alliance Karen Love, 250-386-8875

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Elfie Jeeves, 250-477-7291

pg. 10

107-75 Songhees, $725,000

Saturday 12-2 One Percent Realty Lanny Parsons, 250-514-1550

4255 Moorpark, $649,000

4629 Sunnymead, $689,000

309 Kingston, $779,000

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Jeff Shaw 250 474-6003

Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Corie Meyer, 250-384-8124

Saturday 2-4 Sparling Real Estate Ltd. Trevor Lunn, 250-656-5511

pg. 11

212-1505 Church

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rick Hoogendoorn, 250-592-4422 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Cassie Kangas, 250 477-7291

203-2427 Amherst Ave, $175,000

301-4480 Chatterton, $459,900

3499 Henderson, $688,000

Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rick Hoogendoorn, 250-592-4422

Saturday 1-2 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588

211-1490 Garnet, $229,000

2166 Central, $629,000

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Scott Munro, 250 477-5353

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pg. 13

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Rick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

pg. 14

521 Halsor, $498,000 Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Gregg Mah, 250-384-8124

Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Judy Campbell, 250 744-3301

pg. 21

519 Bickford, $529,900 pg. 19

Sunday 2-4 Kroppmann Realty Dale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808

pg. 16

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Amalgamation drive begins Petition to gauge appetite on putting question on civic election ballot Kyle Slavin News staff

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 aim 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,” 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 ... 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 the 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

Alzheimer program starts up West Shore residents with memory loss issues can participate in the new Minds in Motion fitness and social program hosted by the Alzheimer Society of B.C. Participants attend alongside a friend, family member or caregiver. The sessions will include light exercise, actives and games in a relaxed atmosphere.

Refreshments are provided.

“The program aims to help people stay physically active, meet and socialize with others living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, get involved in activities and gain access to services,” said Amanda Strain, Greater Victoria Coordinator for Minds in Motion, in a press release.

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Black Press is proud to be an official sponsor for the 2013 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock, with photojournalist Arnold Lim on the 21-member tour team as a media rider.

Follow Arnold’s personal story of training for the Tour and the ride itself at tourderock. ca under the blog posts, or on Twitter at @arnoldlimphoto.

ON TOUR: This year’s Tour de Rock begins in Port Alice on Saturday, Sept. 21 and ends Friday, Oct. 4 in Victoria.

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Motivated by personal experience Chris Bush and Auren Ruvinsky Black Press

Few reasons are more compelling to grab a spot on the 2013 Tour de Rock team than to help give your own son and other children a fighting chance to beat cancer.

Const. Misty Dmytar, 39, is relatively new to the Nanaimo RCMP detachment, but she and her two-year-old son, Griffyn, are well known in the Comox Valley where she served until recently, and to Tour de Rock teams from the last couple of years.

She is one of two riders from the Nanaimo area, joining Const.

Ed de Jong, who is based at the detachment on Gabriola Island.

When Griffyn was just four days old he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare form of infant cancer that presents about 50-70 cases a year in Canada.

Dmytar and her partner had to get Griffyn into treatment immediately.

“Griffyn was the youngest they’d ever seen that had come in with neuroblastoma,” Dmytar said.

Surgeons took a tumour the size of a baseball, weighing 230 grams, off of his right adrenal gland. They took the gland too.

Initial treatment produced positive results, but an ultrasound taken a few months later revealed a tumour on Griffyn’s other adrenal gland and spots on his liver.

Five months of chemotherapy treatment halted the disease. The tumour shrunk to half its size and the spots on his liver are still there, but the disease has been effectively dormant since 2010. For now and hopefully forever, Griffyn has

Photos by Chris Bush and Auren Ruvinsky

Tour de Rock riders Misty Dmytar, left, with her son Griffyn, a cancer survivor; Ed de Jong; and Jesse Foreman are all motivated to participate in Cops for Cancer by different experiences, but they’re hoping their efforts pay off in improving the lives for children and families who are going through cancer. beaten cancer. He returns for more tests this month.

In the meantime, Dmytar is training for the tour, which starts Sept. 21. Combined with fundraising, it’s a big commitment for a mother of two who works 12-hour shifts.

Const. Ed de Jong, 43, is a recent arrival to the central Island region.

He moved to Gabriola with his family in January after serving in Terrace, B.C. His reason for getting in the saddle for the 2013 Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock is simply to offer something back to the community in which he works.

“For me, being in the position I’m in as an RCMP member, the ability to give back to the community is a big thing for me and just the fact that this event supports kids with cancer makes it such an easy decision to do,” de Jong said.

With two children – a son, 11,

and daughter, 14 – who are healthy, de Jong counts his blessings. His father-in-law is a cancer survivor.

Living on Gabriola Island means catching a ferry to Nanaimo to meet up with other team members for training rides out of Parksville and Nanaimo. The time and transportation restrictions have translated into de Jong doing most of his training alone on Gabriola roads. A 90-kilometre ride means three laps around the island.

Oceanside RCMP’s Tour de Rock rider Cpl. Jesse Foreman said he was inspired to get involved by “looking at my own healthy kids and when I saw some who weren’t healthy I wanted to do something.”

His boys are currently seven and nine, making their understanding and support important to Foreman as he squeezes training between his family and full-time job at the Oceanside detachment where he’s in charge of community policing.

Like his fellow riders, he’s been touched by cancer in his family with a grandfather, aunt and uncle all dealing with the disease on some level.

He is also inspired by five-yearold Lucas, the junior rider he’s been teamed up with. The local kid was in and out of the hospital for eight months and lost his kidney to cancer, but is now in remission.

Foreman said that other than having to go back to Children’s Hospital every four months for tests until he’s 18, “you can’t tell him apart from any other kid.”

For these three riders, they say it’s the least they can do to support these kids.

“The more money we raise through Tour de Rock, the more chance these kids have and the better the treatments that will come out,” Dmytar said. photos@nanaimobulletin.com writer@pqbnews.com

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