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Popcorn master ready for 2013 Oak Bay teen helping to kick off Scouts Canada’s fundraiser campaign Christopher Sun News staff
Scout Canada’s annual, monthlong popcorn fundraiser is underway and Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers and Rovers around the region are busy knocking on doors, seeking the public’s support. Those based at the 5th Garry Oak Scout Hall beside the police station in Oak Bay may want to compare notes with Chaim Weinerman. The Oak Bay Venturer scout sold more than $14,255 worth of corn last year, placing him second overall in Canada. “You need quite a bit of patience, dedication and a lot of hard work to go door to door after school, and coming home for dinner and going back out again,” he said.
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Weinerman, now 16, went doorknocking throughout Oak Bay after schools on weekdays, and ventured out for another seven hours on weekends. He sold to about 500 people, who bought popcorn-based items ranging from $10 for a one-kilogram bag of kernels, to $60 for a large tin of chocolate-covered popcorn and pretzels. About 60 per cent of proceeds from the sales go back into the local scout club, with the rest going towards the actual popcorn costs and administration. First place in the country last year went to an 18-year-old Albertan scout, who raised more than $16,000.
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Dogs in parks movement riles former soccer coach Dog poop presents problem for field users Christopher Sun News staff
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Shopping for bargains Karen Lehman, right, looks at pattern books at the Monterey Recreation Centre during the Oak Leaves Bazaar last weekend. The annual sale, featuring everything from crafts to books to clothing and knicknacks, is a fundraiser for the Oak Bay Senior Activity Association.
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A resident who lives near Carnarvon Park says council is barking up the wrong tree in trying to make Oak Bay parks more dog friendly. The move comes at the expense of children playing sports, says Dave Secco, who spoke out against potential changes to rules relating to dogs at Carnarvon, Windsor or Henderson parks in a packed council chamber last week. “I feel betrayed,” Secco told council. The former soccer coach said Oak Bay is fortunate to have some of the best soccer fields in Greater
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know what’s happening at Carnarvon.” Kids’ bags would get urinated on, he added, because they would be left beside a tree. “I have a hose at my house and I would send kids there to clean themselves up.” Secco proposed that fencing be placed around soccer fields to keep dogs out. “I look at Saanich and Victoria, their elite fields are fenced. Ours is not.” Mayor Nils Jensen, whose own children played soccer under Secco at Carnarvon, said dogs are supposed to be leashed and he understands Secco’s concerns. “There is significant difference in the two parks in terms of cleanliness,” Jensen said comparing Carnarvon and Windsor. “I have seen people living close by, let their dogs outside and they go across the street and use the park. The Windsor Park group have very responsible owners there and as a result, don’t get the same level of filth.” Coun. Pam Copley said plans to redesign Carnarvon Park are on hold, pending public consultation. She added a balance is needed to make both groups happy. “Sport fields are important and they contribute to the community,” she said. “But the Windsor dog group also contributes to the community by bringing people together.” reporter@vicnews.com
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Teachers rocked out during geology lesson Newfound knowledge will likely be rolled into teachers’ school lesson plans in the coming semesters Christopher Sun News staff
What do the large rocks on the shore of Cattle Point have in common with Hawaii? They were both created over millions of years by volcanic activity in roughly the same area, said Geological Survey of Canada geoscientist Malaika Ulmi. Ulmi, along with retired geologist Jane Wynne, led about 20 Victoria-area teachers on a one-day, five-stop excursion to learn about the natural history in the area. Knowledge gained from the field trip will be passed on to students, ranging from elementary to high school. “These gneiss rocks were created 370 million years ago,” Ulmi said told the group last Friday. “It crashed into North America 200 million years ago, which is what you see here.” Wynne said the rocks were part of an old island ark, a type of archipelago often com-
Greg Shea, retired science teacher from Lake Cowichan, hammers a specific area of rock off the shores of Cattle Point in Oak Bay as part of the Victoria Geo Tour last week. The event saw teachers from around the Island study rock formations in five different locations to learn more about the natural history of the rock.
posed of a chain of volcanoes created by magma and tectonic plates sliding over each other. Many of the rocks have iron in them, she said, using a geology swing pen magnet to demonstrate it. Retired school teacher Greg Shea attended the field trip along with his partner, who is a teacher. Shea said geology is both important and interesting for students to learn. “These are some of the oldest rock formations on the island,” he said. “Geology tells you the history of the island, where did the island come from and where the sand came from. It wasn’t just put here by the municipality.” Other sites visited included the Pacific Geoscience Centre, Cordova Bay Beach, Island View Beach and Beach Drive in Sidney. The tour coincided with National Science and Technology Week, which promotes science to youth across the country. reporter@vicnews.com
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Firefighter fitness part of the plan Pulse of Vancouver Island Fire department checks in with 2014 stragetic plan Christopher Sun News staff
The Oak Bay fire department’s new strategic plan includes a section on enhancing health and wellness, but implementing it will not heavily impact taxpayers, insists the fire chief. “It’s not simply about guys being physically fit,” said Dave Cockle. Dealing with post-traumatic stress, having structured training opportunities and creating individual fitness plans are part of the proposed strategy. “It’s about occupational safety, how we do our jobs, the physical and mental aspect of what we do.” The chief recently submitted to Oak Bay council a document titled Strategic Directions Action Plan, for the 2014 budget year. It outlines 10 things
the department needs to work on and how to accomplish its goals, of which boosting health and wellness opportunities topped the list. Other items on the list include having a training schedule, succession plan, improving management and union relations, leadership development, using technology to make things efficient, improving information technology in the department and a training schedule. “There are new certifications and standards coming out all the time and we need to make sure our staff are on top of that,” Cockle said. “I don’t know the cost of that, but it’s something that will come out at budget time, next year.” He added the report is really a business plan for an organization with goals and results to be updated regularly. The list also mentioned equip-
ment priorities, but the municipality isn’t worried about the financial impact when it comes to replacing aging equipment. “We’ve had a plan in terms of equipment replacement as long as I can remember,” said Mayor Nils Jensen. “We actually set money aside so we can be in a good position to renew equipment. If the fire department needs to replace something that costs $700,000, $800,000, we have the money.” Jensen said it’s too early to speculate how much more money fire department will need to implement its plans as no 2014 budget proposal has been submitted. However, he is aware that eventually money will be needed for the upkeep of the aging firehall. The strategic plan report cost $1,500 to produce and included input from all Oak Bay firefighters.
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Subsidized bus passes a hit with commuters More Greater Victoria employers, employees sign up for Transit’s ProPASS Don Descoteau News staff
B.C. Transit and various municipal jurisdictions have for years actively promoted the idea of riding the bus to work instead of driving. Yet hundreds of single-occupant vehicles continue to roll slowly along the main commuter routes from the West Shore and Saanich Peninsula in the mornings and late afternoons Monday to Friday. While it might be easy to assume the message isn’t getting across – regular bus commuters would beg to differ – the success of B.C. Transit’s ProPASS program in Greater Victoria shows progress is being made. ProPASS offers companies a chance to give their employees a discounted bus pass, paid for through regular payroll deductions of around $36.50 every two weeks. Latest counts show that 65 organizations in the Capital Region and more than 3,000 employees are participating. “We’re seeing growth in the program,” said David Helmer, who looks after payroll at the Fairmont Empress Hotel and rides the bus in from the Glanford Avenue and McKenzie Avenue area in Saanich. “We’re getting around six new people a year and very few people drop out. Usually it’s only if they move into town and can walk to work. It’s picking up for sure, especially with gas prices being what they are.”
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Fairmont Empress Hotel employee David Helmer with his B.C. Transit ProPass card. The program offers companies a chance to give their employees a discounted bus pass, paid for through regular payroll deductions. Upwards of 60 employees commute by bus to the Empress, which promotes a culture of sustainability in its operations and to staff. Angela Rafuse, director of sales and marketing at the
hotel, said employees love the convenience of the payroll deduction plan, noting it’s one less thing they have to worry about. “And certainly the ease and convenience of the program
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$8,000 worth three years ago with the help of a friend and his sister. In 2012, Weinerman went at it alone with the goal of raising some serious money for his local scout group. “I am part of Sea Scouts, so we go sailing as well,” he said. “Our group is more hard up on cash than other groups. We had a larger boat donated to us by a family and it needed some repairs.” The ambitious Mount Douglas secondary student is selling popcorn again, but he isn’t aiming to place in the top three again. “I’m not sorta going all out like last year,” he said. “I think I did my duty for my group.” Scout Popcorn is Scouts Canada’s official
fundraiser, raising $9.5 million last year, with more than $5.8 million going back to local scouting groups. Scouts who sell $2,500 or more of popcorn in one year receive six per cent of their total sales back in the form of a scholarship. So far, $74,160 has been provided to 86 Canadian youths and there are 827 youths currently enrolled in the scholarship program. Scouts Canada is open to boys, girls and young adults aged five to 26. Twenty per cent of members nationwide are female. More information is available online at scouts.ca or scoutpopcorn.ca, or call the 5th Garry Oak group at 250-388-6577. reporter@vicnews.com
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Flamenco concert Saturday Flamenco guitarist Gareth Owen and pianist JoAnn Dalisay will present a Flamenco Clásico concert tomorrow (Nov. 2). The performance is a fundraiser for the Flamenco de la Isla Society.
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The B.C. government’s liquor policy review has heard a “loud and clear” message that people want the convenience of buying alcoholic beverages in grocery stores, says the MLA in charge of the review. With a three-month consultation period ending yesterday, Richmond Steveston MLA John Yap said about 80 per cent of respondents want the extra convenience that is routine in U.S. grocery stores. But Yap is proposing a less convenient model, a “store within a store” that would have separate space and staff for alcohol purchases. He said the number of outlets could be restricted to the current level, with some existing private or public liquor stores moved into grocery stores. The Liquor Control Board of
Ontario has announced a similar pilot project, with 10 “express” stores to offer limited selection inside or next to grocery stores. Nova Scotia also has government liquor stores located in grocery stores. When the B.C. consultation began in September, Yap noted that beer, wine and spirits are already sold in rural grocery stores. He was critical of the U.S. model, saying it could lead to increased health and safety issues from increased consumption, as well as law enforcement problems. B.C.’s medical health officers have called for a freeze or reduction to the number of private retailers, a $3 minimum price for bar drinks and higher prices for drinks with more alcohol content to deter over-consumption. The Alliance of Beverage Licencees, representing pubs,
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Booze, groceries not a radical idea In its continuing drive to modernize liquor laws, the province announced this week it’s exploring the idea that B.C.ers could buy their veggies, milk and booze all under one roof. Although advocacy groups and the police might shout that this opens the door for easier access to booze for minors and that it might encourage more drinking by adults, previous easing of liquor laws hasn’t promoted the wholesale decay of society. Naysayers cried doom decades ago when the province allowed the emergence of neighbourhood pubs, and then again when liquor retailing was pried from the government monopoly. In all cases, the heavy hand of regulation and oversight isn’t far off. In the case of allowing grocery stores to sell alcohol, the idea that it is sweeping progressive change is mostly an illusion. The government indicates it won’t increase the number of licences to sell beer and wine – it’s about shifting existing liquor retailers into grocery stores, which would use their own staff and registers to regulate sales, and presumably bear the brunt of fines if they sell to minors. Outlets like Safeway and Wal-Mart have pharmacies, coffee chains and restaurants operating independently within their stores. Hosting a cold beer and wine store wouldn’t be a stretch. If the government allows this reform, grocery stores will have to decide if the draw of beer and wine is worth giving up display space. Most large grocers here aren’t far from liquor stores in the first place, often they’re in the same shopping complex. It’s encouraging the government is hinting at other reforms that might bring consistency to liquor laws, but right now we’re still pretty far from rules that make sense. Most festivals and events must cage patrons in beer gardens, but people attending hockey games and other stadium sporting events can drink beer in the stands without segregation. Parents can bring their kids to restaurants where mom and dad can have a burger and a beer, but the same family can’t go to a pub or a Royal Canadian Legion for the same meal and drink. After living for generations under oddball liquor regulations, most B.C residents, event operators and businesses are ready for laws that are consistent, make sense and realistically balance the implications for public health. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@vicnews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The OAK BAY NEWS is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.
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Excuses, excuses for drunk driving stained red. You know how the I’ve been thinking about excuses rest goes: she blew a fail on the a lot lately. Actually, I’ve kind of roadside screening device and she been obsessing about them. received a 90-day driving As a police officer prohibition and the who works at the vehicle was impounded Integrated Road for 30 days. Safety Unit, a traffic Now this is a woman enforcement unit who has never been in responsible for road any kind of trouble in her safety throughout the life, not even a speeding Greater Victoria area, ticket. When I asked her I hear a lot of excuses. why she would take such And I really do mean a a chance, she honestly lot. and nonchalantly told Our mandate is to reduce serious injury Graeme LeBlanc me that she was running out to grab a pack of and fatal collisions by Guest column cigarettes. It was as if catching people doing the trivial nature of her those things that will kill chore lessened the seriousness of or injure you or others – things like her actions. not wearing a seat belt, speeding, I can’t tell you how many people going through that stale yellow have spent our entire time together light, texting or using a cellphone telling me that they just haven’t had while driving, and impaired driving. anything to drink. Or that the meal The thing is, the people that I that they just ate was cooked with catch know what they’re doing is wrong. Typically, the excuses reflect alcohol. Or they had just kissed a person who was drunk. The list nice, normal everyday people goes on. attempting to justify something I remember doing the breath tests that they know they shouldn’t have for a fatal impaired driving collision been doing. And they’re usually a few years ago. The accused in the embarrassed that they got caught. matter, since convicted, was grossly It’s the excuses I hear for intoxicated. impaired driving that bother me His behaviour towards us was the most. Impaired driving remains vile and towards the victim was the No. 1 criminal cause of death callous and cruel. It remains some in Canada. I would argue that it is of the worst behaviour from an also the No. 1 preventable criminal accused that I have ever dealt with. cause of death in Canada. We were all sickened, not only In one case at a roadblock that he had killed a young lady, but during the summer, a lady drove that he spent the evening blaming up in an SUV and I could see a the victim for causing her own kid’s booster seat in the back. She death. lied to me when I asked her if she It wasn’t until I was set to testify had been drinking that night, but at the preliminary hearing about I could smell the wine from her a year later that I learned that breath and her lips and teeth were
the accused and the victim were actually good friends and had spent the evening drinking together. This person is currently serving a federal sentence, and deservedly so. Some of the excuses I have heard seem to attempt to mitigate a criminal action of various scope and magnitude. The people that I am dealing with on an almost daily basis have lost their sense of social responsibility. Their values and duties to themselves and their community have been replaced with selfishness and indulgence. Now, I don’t believe it is all doom and gloom. In fact, I believe we are getting much better. Love them or hate them, new laws introduced in 2010 have done more to reduce impaired driving fatalities than any other program implemented since we have been keeping the statistics. The figures show that fatal collisions are down between 40 to 50 per cent annually, which equates to about 104 lives saved. On a personal level, I can’t tell you how rewarding it is to be part of the largest reduction in impaired driving fatalities. There are not too many jobs where you can say you had a part in saving 104 lives. However, I do believe there is more work to be done. There are still far too many preventable collisions as a result of impaired drivers happening on a daily basis. I suspect that when myself or one of my colleagues is knocking on your door to tell you that someone you love is injured or has been killed by a drunk driver, you won’t really care what the excuse is. Acting Sgt. Graeme LeBlanc is on the Integrated Road Safety Unit in Victoria.
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LETTERS Focus on vehicle exhaust threat Re: Single-occupant vehicles more toxic than smokers (Letters, Oct. 25) I find it ironic that pot smokers want to make their habit non-criminal at the same time the Capital Regional District is at war with tobacco smokers. Don’t they know that as legal smokers they will join the outcasts of society? As Ms. Peets rightly points out, the World Health Organization has determined that vehicle emissions are as toxic and dangerous as tobacco smoke. We all knew this. People committing suicide often use vehicle exhaust to end their lives. At my RCAF base in Germany, a diesel exhaust pipe into a cardboard box ended the lives of birds caught in traps at each end of the runway, bird strikes being a serious problem for aircraft. Given the vast amount of vehicles at shopping malls and rolling down the highway, smoking bans at malls and bus shelters make no sense, except as a feel-good PR exercise. I don’t think malls will ban polluting vehicles, or the CRD will now advise us of the safe distance from the passive fumes of vehicles. As I progress through the city, contentedly smoking my
pipe, I am constantly accosted by individuals who remark that they like the smell. On very rare occasions, I get a negative reaction to my smoke. I like the ones best when the very sight of my pipe sends someone into an exaggerated and phoney coughing fit. I find it amusing when the individual is upwind of me, or better still, when my pipe isn’t even lit. Take note CRD. The WHO’s report on the dangers of vehicle emissions has completely changed the game. The restrictions on outdoor smoking enacted by the CRD are now quite redundant. Further rules imposed on the issue of outdoor smoking will appear vindictive and foolish, unless there is similar action taken against vehicles. There is a book called The Death of Common Sense. I recommend it to the CRD board. John M. Tolley Victoria
Non-smokers’ beefs sound self-righteous I am all for everybody having the right to express their opinions, including myself, but this recent exaggerated outburst of self-righteous indignation about smokers
should not go unanswered. The letter comparing the unpleasantness of second-hand smoke with the presence of bird excrement is an irrelevance. For anyone to declare that smokers should be banished to wide open spaces because of their personal odour is both offensive and insulting. As for the daft inference that throwing smokers “under a bus” would be a good thing, I would remind the proponent that punishment involving physical injury is not the way we do things in the civilized world. I have no problem with the opinion that the smell of tobacco smoke is unpleasant and the intrusive effects of smoking in enclosed areas may well be dangerous to health. But vicious indignation and delusional remedies do not serve the cause for even more restrictions. I was once a 20-cigarette-aday smoker, but stopped for health reasons some years ago. However, the decision not to smoke does not give any of us the right to threaten and insult those who have not chosen to do the same. Like it or not, it’s their choice … at least for the time being. Derrick Johns Oak Bay
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“In fact, there is a significant each side needs to be vigilant effort to do just that. The prov- in doing so if errors continue to ince mandates that we must happen. “If we make a mistake, we have one in place and we are in the process of updating what is stand corrected,” said Anthony, who lives in Oak Bay. now called the regional “We want an honest sustainable strategy.” and unclouded discusJensen said he sion about it.” doesn’t agree with Amalgamation Yes amalgamation because is holding meetings Oak Bay functions well throughout the Capias a small commutal Region, including nity where residents in Oak Bay, to discuss have a direct say in amalgamation with the local issues. He also public. cited increased costs Anthony said the that other communi- Nils Jensen group has no personal ties experienced after beef against elected officials, but amalgamation. “We are very fortunate in Oak hopes the province will underBay to have a very well-function- take a study and find an approing community, socially, eco- priate amalgamation model. “We think they are good peonomically and environmentally,” ple,” he said of local politicians. Jensen said. “If we are one large municipal- “The problem is the broken sysity, the contact people have with tem, not the people trying to the mayor and council would be make it work.” In a letter to council dated less direct. “I ascribe to the principle that Sept. 30, Anthony wrote that the society’s purpose is to “achieve small is beautiful.” Amalgamation Yes secretary more effective and accountable Earle Anthony said he welcomes governance within the Capital the mayor and council to cor- Region through municipal amalrect any information members gamation.” reporter@vicnews.com of his group put forth and that
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hile some aspiring musicians were starting bands or rocking open mics, John McDermott was delivering newspapers. But McDermott never aspired towards a career in music. It wasn’t until demands from the industry that he embarked on a 20-yearand-counting journey as a tenor, sparked by a recording he made as an anniversary gift for his parents. McDermott, who this year released three recordings and embarked on but another cross-country tour, initially found his way into the business through the back door, when the 13-track disc he recorded for his parents was given to an EMI record exec. The CD, which includes one track for each of his 12 siblings and two versions of Danny Boy, became the only Canadian recording released by EMI on their classical label Angel. The following day, CBC’s Peter Gzowski played three tracks from the album and the former choir boy’s life swerved in a new direction. “It was unbelievable,” said McDermott. “That sent the sales on an absolute spiral.” McDermott’s friend, Paul McGrath, worked as a producer for CBC television at the time and created a 10-minute piece on the success of the Danny Boy album. The mini-doc soon closed out the national news, and McDermott’s life as a paper carrier. “That was it,” he said. “We couldn’t keep up with the demand. (EMI) started coming to me and saying, ‘Your sales are 50,000. You need to put a band together and go on tour.’ I said ‘Are you kidding me?’ Who’s going to pay my rent? I work. This is an album I did for my parents.’ I said ‘thanks, but no thanks’” When sales hit 100,000 copies, EMI came back to McDermott and told him to form a band. Still unwilling to risk losing his previous life as he knew it, McDermott successfully requested a leave of absence from his position. He called a couple of musician friends – and offered a fiddler he saw perform in a bar $200 nightly to join their group. “That’s when my world changed. The guy I hired to play fiddle was Ashley MacIsaac.” Their first gig: opening for The Chieftains at a sold out show Oct. 5, 1993 at the
Rebecca Cohn Theatre in Halifax. “I would hate to be getting into the business today, but at the same time, we didn’t really follow the rules when we were getting into it,” he said. “I’ve never been in a band, I’ve never toured, I’ve never played a show and now I’m the opening act for the No. 1 Celtic band in the world? How do you do that?” McDermott felt the performer’s rush that night and knew he had found his calling. He quit his job the next day. “It felt right,” he said. “And it still feels good.” Though McDermott says there’s “no chance in hell” he’d pass up singing his famed Danny Boy at a show these days, he’s moved into a time where he can tell the kind of stories he wasn’t comfortable talking about in his younger years. McDermott wrote The Gift of Years about his uncle, a prisoner of war at the Changi Japanese war camp, while Along the Merry Road to Hell deals with his brother’s addiction and subsequent death. An advocate for veterans’ support and palliative care, he backs both causes through his not-for-profit charitable foundation, McDermott House Canada. Originally formed with the goal of expanding the palliative care unit at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital, the foundation’s scope reaches beyond the borders of his home province. McDermott House leaves behind half the revenue from each of their charity shows in the cities they visit to support local veterans programs. McDermott formed the foundation in 2010, the same year he was awarded a Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation for his work on behalf of veterans. The outspoken singer and honorary member of the War Amps of Canada has steadily continued to ramp up his fundraising efforts benefit CDs and charity events in both the United States and Canada. “Alcoholism is not something that’s just in John McDermott’s world. It’s a very, very real part of some life experiences for some people. So to talk about it – I don’t think there’s a downside. It’s just who I am. And I don’t think the government does enough for veterans, so I say that. I don’t think they do enough for hospice care and I say that.” McDermott’s latest recordings include A Traditional Christmas, My Gentle Harp: A Tribute to Thomas Moore and A Day to
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eagan Johnston spent her last year of high school developing a plan for how she would return. the 18-year-old singer-songwriter and former student of both reynolds and Vic high schools spent much of her Grade 12 year writing songs for her freshlypressed debut eP. the result: Winter’s Child, a disc heavily influenced by relationships – the kind she’d like to tackle with other young people. “i’m quite into feminism and activism. i feel the need to talk to girls in high school about what they’re up against,” said Johnston, underlining the importance of relationships and female friendships. “there are a lot of tough things that girls experience in high school that don’t get talked about. i do tackle some of those things in my songs.” the classically trained Johnston has been playing the piano since she was five and dabbling in songwriting since the age of nine, with a focus on composition over the past four years. though easily welcomed into Victoria’s music scene, moving her songs from private to public was a shift to which Johnston was particularly mindful. “i’m almost self-conscious putBerKley VoPNFJörð Photo ting myself in (the scene) when it’s Eighteen-year-old Teagan Johnston releases her debut EP, Winter’s Child, full of people i’ve looked up to.” one of those people is aidan Knight, who had influenced ultimate goal. She is. Johnston’s indie-folk sound, well before her voice “i’ve known since i was in Grade 9 that i wanted teacher anne Schaefer connected her with Colin to do writing and have a music career, so i’ve had Nealis, bass player for Knight. Nealis produced a plan throughout my high school years of getting Winter’s Child, which features accompaniment it together before i was done – to have something from Knight and Steph MacPherson. solidly recorded. it was really great in my last year “it was super great to get involved with Steph to get done what i wanted to get done and to colMacPherson and aidan because it felt like i was laborate with people i’ve looked up to for quite getting on the other side of something i’ve been some time. i’m trying to figure it out step by step.” looking at for a while,” Johnston said. Johnston sends Winter’s Child out into the world When Johnston chats about deciding on a whim Saturday, Nov. 2 at Fairfield United Church (1303 to spend last summer busking on the streets of Fairfield) with leisure Suit and Fintan o’Brian. Montreal, how she’d take over street pianos or Doors are at 7:30pm and tickets, $14, are available strum her ukulele or drop into open mics – it may at Ditch records (784 Fort). not seem apparent that she’s working towards an
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ENDER’S GAME -(SilverCity/ Westshore) Yet another teen book series comes to the big screen, this time featuring a young boy with exceptional powers who is cultivated as a military leader destined to save the Earth from a deadly alien attack. With Harrison Ford. LAST VEGAS -(SilverCity/ Westshore) Four sixty-something pals head to Las Vegas for a last hurrah. The geriatric laughs will be generated by Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline. FREE BIRDS -(SilverCity/Westshore) Animation goes to the birds in this comedy about a mismatched pair of turkeys who travel back in time to change the course of history . . . by getting a certain very tasty fowl off the holiday menu. With the vocal talents of Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson. DIANA -(Odeon) The very talented Naomi Watts looks convincingly beautiful as the doomed Princess Diana, in a biopic that focuses on the last two years of her life, including her secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan. ABOUT TIME -(Odeon) Writerdirector Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Notting Hill) has been getting great reviews for this romantic comedy about a young man who knows how to time travel. When he decides to do something about his nonexistent love life, things become more complicated than he imagined. With the great Bill Nighy, and Rachel McAdams as the heart throb. ★★★★ RUSH -(Caprice) Gifted mainstream director Ron Howard (Apollo 13) delivers high-octane thrills and lots of human drama as he tackles this biopic about the legendary 1970s rivalry between Formula 1 race car drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda. ★★RIDDICK-(Roxy, 8:45) 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. SWEET SUMMER SUN: HYDE PARK LIVE -(Odeon) For those who missed out on the latest mini-tour by the Rolling Stones, check out this one-night-only showing of the documentary based on their recent, extremely well-reviewed performance in Hyde Park as they played their hits for an ecstatic hometown crowd. Mon., Nov. 4 only.
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ALL IS LOST -(Odeon) Cinema icon Robert Redford is great in a near-wordless performance as a solo yachtsman whose life is threatened after his sailboat has a devastating collision with a rogue shipping container in the middle of nowhere. See review. BAD GRANDPA -(SilverCity/ Westshore) Head jackass Johnny Knoxville spins off his “crazy grandpa” character into a full-length comedy about an irascible and incorrigible 86-year-old troublemaker who takes an accident- and crimeridden journey across America with his 8-year-old grandson. Spike Jonze (!) co-wrote the story. THE COUNSELOR -(Odeon/ SilverCity/Empire Uni 4) Ridley Scott helmed this pretentious, inert and disappointing crime thriller about a lawyer who learns the (very) hard way that it’s a bad idea to get involved in the illegal drug business. Written by Cormac McCarthy and starring Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Michael Fassbender, and Cameron Diaz. See review. ★★★★ CAPTAIN PHILLIPS -(Odeon/SilverCity/Empire Uni 4/ Westshore) Talented director Paul Greengrass (Bourne Supremacy) tells the true tale of a ship captain (Tom Hanks) whose boat is captured by Somali pirates. Tense but also thoughtful, a thriller with a brain. ★★½ CARRIE-(SilverCity/Empire Uni 4/Westshore) Stephen King’s horror classic gets a competent but unnecessary remake at the hands of Kimberly Peirce (***Boys Don’t Cry). Chloe Grace Moretz plays the shy high school outcast, while Julianne Moore is her religiously obsessed mom. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE
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inema icon Robert Redford clearly suffered to make All Is Lost. The film presents a harrowing account of a solo yachtsman’s attempt to survive a mounting series of challenges, after his 39-foot sailboat has a devastating collision with a rogue shipping container in the middle of the trackless Indian Ocean.
The unnamed “our man” awakes to find water pouring into his boat after it was holed by a sharp corner on the trailer-sized container. With all his navigation and communication electronics ruined, he grimly sets about crudely patching the large puncture just above the water line. Within a day he is set upon by a massive storm, one that he and the boat barely survive. Nothing if not resourceful, the sailor digs out an old-fashioned sextant and a book on celestial navigation, slowly charting his limping progress towards the distant shipping lanes, where he hopes a passing freighter will respond to his distress flares. That’s assuming, of course, that his meagre rations of food and water can sustain him, and those circling sharks find something else to eat. Austere and rich in equal measure, Lost is cinema at its most pure. Nearly wordless, this oneman tour de force of acting sees Redford create a richly-drawn character out of simple actions and a face that displays an evolving series of emotions, as this gifted and determined sailor does everything he can to survive … while slowly realizing he will likely perish. Writer-director J.C. Chandor (Margin Call) does a great job of pacing as he works on an exceptionally small canvas. The film is intensely claustrophobic at times, and quietly harrowing, but Chandor includes sunny moments and underwater shots where the floating hull and nearby schools of fish create a mood of dreamy, otherworldly beauty. This won’t be to all tastes, but Lost is well directed and marvelously acted. Rating: ★★★1/2
OF MEATBALLS 2 -(SilverCity/ Westshore) The wacky animated comedy about an infamous machine that churns out scary food-animal hybrids was popular enough to merit a sequel. Consider yourself warned! With the vocal talents of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, and Will Forte. ★★½ DESPICABLE ME 2 -(Caprice) 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 ENOUGH SAID -(Odeon) The latest from delightfully quirky writer-director Nicole Holofcener (Please Give, Friends With Money) features a divorced woman who
sets her sights on a man – only to learn that he is the much-loathed ex-husband of her new gal pal. This sweet, clever, sexy, and insightful sort-of romantic comedy stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Catherine Keener and, sigh, the late James Gandolfini. ESCAPE PLAN -(SilverCity/Caprice) Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger team up in a brutal actioneer about two convicts who will do anything to break out of the world’s most secure prison. ★★★½ GRAVITY -(Odeon/SilverCity/Empire Uni 4/Westshore) Sandra Bullock and George Clooney star in a harrowing, brilliantly-executed thriller about two astronauts aboard a space station who survive an accident only to find themselves drifting helplessly through space, with little hope of rescue or survival. ★★★½ PRISONERS -(Caprice) Quebec director Denis Villeneuve (Incendies) has been getting great praise for this bleak and violent police procedural about two kidnapped girls and the dad who will do anything to get them back. RUNNER RUNNER -(Caprice) A
smart college student with a knack for gambling (Justin Timberlake) hooks up with a sinister offshore entrepreneur (Ben Affleck) who runs an online poker empire from a corrupt Caribbean island. This has become one of the worst-reviewed movies of the year. TURBO -(Caprice) The latest from Dreamworks Animation is a family comedy about an ordinary garden snail who acquires magic powers – and the chance to achieve his dream of winning the Indy 500. With the voices of Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Maya Rudolph, and Samuel L. Jackson. ★★½ WE’RE THE MILLERS -(Caprice) A crass comedy about a long-time pot dealer who hires a stripper and two feral teens to pretend to be his middle class family as cover for when he smuggles a massive load of weed across the border from Mexico to the States.
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MOVIE MONDAY - screens Still Mine, a marvellous – and underseen – drama. Themes of aging are
powerfully and poignantly explored in this heartfelt true-life story about an 89-year-old New Brunswick farmer who ends up having to fight both a city hall bureaucrat and his wife’s debilitating illness. 6:30 pm MONDAY in the 1900-block Fort. By donation. 595-FLIC. moviemonday.ca.
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GOOD OL’ FREDA -(Fri.-Sat., Nov. 1-2: 7:00) Beatlemania takes on a slightly more subdued note in this documentary focusing on Freda Kelly, who was lifelong secretary for the Fab Four. ALL THE WRONG REASONS -(Fri.Tues., Nov. 1-5: 9:00) The complex and increasingly muddled relations between four co-workers at a big-box department store are at the heart of this dramedy by director Gia Milani. This is the last film made Glee’s Cory Monteith. SHORT TERM 12 -(Sun.-Tues., Nov. 3-5: 7:00) A 20-something who works as a supervisor at a foster-care facility experiences both personal and professional challenges. THE STONE ROSES: MADE OF
STONE -(Wed.-Thurs., Nov. 6-7: 7:00) Influential British rock icons The Stone Roses, who broke up in the mid-’90s and reunited in 2012, are profiled in a documentary praised as “warm an energetic” by The Guardian.
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★★½ THE WORLD’S END -(Fri.-Sat., Nov. 1-2: 3:00, 7:00, 9:10 In a disappointing but occasionally funny follow-up from the makers of Shaun of the Dead, five old friends reunite for a pub crawl only to find themselves in a droll sci-fi actionadventure of epic proportions. ★★½ DESPICABLE ME -(Sat.Sun., Nov. 2-3: 1:00 matinee) 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 surprising amounts of mean spiritedness.
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FROM VAGABOND TO POWER SMART NEW HOME OWNER. ROB MICKELBERRY’S JOURNEY TO THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY After nearly a year travelling on a “rock star” bus from one end of North America to another, Rob Mickelberry, his wife and three children were ready to re-establish permanent roots back home in Victoria. “We bought a property while we were on the road,” says Rob, “then lived in the old house while we sub-divided the lot and built a new home that would be ours.” Because Rob wanted the home – completed in May 2013 – “for the long haul,” he was determined it would not cost a fortune to run.
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By calling in certified energy advisors City Green Solutions early in the design process, Rob was able to build-in a number of refinements – including an air source heat pump, triple glazing, a heat recovery ventilation system and extra insulation – that resulted in the home achieving a remarkable EnerGuide 88 rating from Natural Resources Canada. That makes it, says Mike Young of City Green, “approximately 59 per cent more energy efficient than if this home had been built to BC Building Code standards.” It will also save Rob an estimated $1,500 to $1,800 a year on his energy bills. Icing on the cake: the high EnerGuide rating also qualified Rob for $2,000 in incentives from the BC Hydro Power Smart New Home Program, and he’s eligible for the ENERGY STAR® Package incentive of $150 per home for installing qualified energy-efficient lighting and appliances. To find out more about buying or building a Power Smart new home, please visit bchydro.com/pshome.
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and original bluegrass music from the inmates at 6000 William Head. Continues until Nov. 9. Tickets, $20, at ticketrocket.org. 250-391-7078.
Dogwood Line) and Bonfire Blondes (Ethan Caleb of the Archers). AT Alix Goolden (907 Pandora). Tickets, $15/10 through Ditch (784 Fort).
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antimatter [media art] Showcases of experimentation in film, video, audio and emerging time-based forms: screenings, installations, performances and media hybrids, free from commercial and industry agendas. Until Nov. 3 antimatter.ws.
rocky horror show liveKaleidoscope Theatre celebrates the 40th anniverary of the world’s most beloved rock ‘n’ roll musical. Starring Pat Rundell, Sarah Anne Murphy, Griffin Lea, Kelly Hudson and more with direction by Roderick Glanville with musical direction by Yanick Giroux and choreography by Briony Blake. At the McPherson Playhouse, rmts.bc.ca.
victoria quilters guild christmas sale - Art quilts, baby quilts, bed quilts, original hand bags, placemats, table runners, Christmas ornaments, stockings and hangings, aprons and more at the Salvation Army Citadel (4030 Douglas). From 2-7pm Nov. 1 and 10am-4pm Nov. 2.
atomic vaudeville’s fall caBaret - Victoria’s favourite Vaudevillian sketch comedy troupe presents its annual Fall cabaret at the Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad). Oct. 31 and Nov. 2. Doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm. Tickets are $18/22/35 at ticketrocket.org or 250-590-6291.
the vampire’s faith struggles – from dracula to true Blood and twilight - Dr. J. Gordon Melton, expert on religious history, author of some 35 books on American religion, new religious movements, and several volumes on vampires, including The Vampire Book: An Encyclopedia of the Undead, speaks on recent trends in vampire scholarship and their relationship to religious studies at the University of Victoria’s Cinecenta. The lecture is slated for 4:30pm, followed by a screening of the Canadian cult classic Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter. Free.
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diwali cultural show Celebrate the Festival of Lights with Indian classical and semi-classical dances, Hindi and Punjabi songs at UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium. The annual dance program has been running since 1998 to bring cultural awareness to the population of Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Island and to raise funds for the Victoria Hindu temple. 6:30pm. Tickets, $18 at 250-721-8480. uvic.ca/ auditorium. shakespeare in film - The Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival presents Shakespeare in Love at SilverCity Victoria, as a part of their fundraising for the 2014 season. Tickets, $10, ticketrocket.org.
stage Fri. Nov. 1 fractured faBles: the prison puppet project - Conceived, written, designed, built and performed by the inmates of William Head prison. More than 50 hand-built puppets
Music Fri. Nov. 1 rhythms of the night Conductor, composer, instrumentalist and raconteur Matt Catingub presents an evening of high-energy music from around the world. At 8pm at UVic’s Phillip T Young Recital Hall and Saturday at 8pm at the Royal Theatre. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or 250-386.6121. victoriasymphony.ca. grapes of wrath - The brothers Hooper are still at it with Kevin Kane. See what’s changed – or not – since ‘77. 7pm Upstairs Cabaret (15 Bastion). Tickets, $22, ticketzone.com/ thegrapesofwrath. david vest 70th Birthday show - Get ready for a party with Damian Graham on drums, John Hyde on bass and a mystery guest. It all goes down at Hermann’s (753 View) at 8pm. Tickets, $20, at Ditch Records and Lyle’s Place. the after halloween show The second-annual post-Halloween show features Hawk and Steel, Leisure Suit, San Felix (formerly
louise rose & the capital city syncopators - The Capital City Syncopators and Louise Rose host an evening of entertainment in support of the Victoria Good News Choir. Wear your Halloween costume and compete for prizes or simply support the choir. Tickets, $20, from Ivy’s Book Store, Larsen Music, Long & McQuade, at the door. 7:30pm, Oak Bay United Church (1355 MItchell). ¡sacaBuche! - Early Music Society of the Islands presents ¡Sacabuche! Polish Baroque. Singers, sackbuts, violins and organs illuminate the works of Jarzçbski, Mielczewski, Szarzyñski and Zieleñski, Polish composers who, in the 17th century, adopted the emerging idiom of the Italian baroque. 8pm at Alix Goolden (907 Pandora) Tickets. $27, rmts.bc.ca. singing for good - Four singersongwriters join forces to raise money for the Bandwagon Music Therapy project (musicheals.ca). Join these talented women for an evening of song at Gorge-ous Coffee (300 Gorge). Suggested donation of $7 to $11.
SuN. Nov. 3 international guitar night - Showcasing some of the world’s greatest players, the tour takes Nanaimo Nov. 1; Duncan Nov. 2; and UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium at 8pm Nov. 3. 2013 features IGN founder Brian Gore, with Italy’s Pino Forastiere, Mike Dawes from England, and Quique Sinesi from Argentina. Tickets, $25. internationalguitarnight. com. pete rock & cl smooth - The hip-hop duo come on the scene in ‘91 blending CL smooth’s vocals with Pete Rock’s obscure soul and jazz record samples. Their reunion show features CAMP LO And DJ Jetts. At 9ONE9 (919 Douglas). Tickets, $17.80, ticketweb.ca.
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galleries Fri. Nov. 1 masterful images: art of kiyoshi saito - Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997) was one of the grand masters of the 20th-century Japanese print movement known as saku hanga, meaning “original creative print.” Until Nov. 3 at Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1040 Moss). aggv.ca. elemental - The Blue Whale Gallery, housed inside The Sculpture Studio at (211 Harbour), hosts its inaugural exhibition opening. From 6-9pm, Nov. 1, for elemental featuring the works of David Ladmore, Laurie Ladmore, David Hunwick and Melanie Furtado. Until Nov. 30. urBan thunderBirds - Artists and co-curators lessLie and Rande Cook realize this exhibition as a two-part installation exploring issues related to urban life and consumer culture through paintings, prints, photography and mixed media. The work uses contemporary concepts while connecting too traditions of Coast Salish and Kwakwaka’wakw culture. aggv.ca. Until Jan. 12 at Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1040 Moss).
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Drive-by shooter jailed 8 years
Flu shot-or-mask rule upheld by arbitrator
Guilty plea entered the day before in Club 9one9 incident Daniel Palmer
Health professionals are bound to follow regulation Tom Fletcher Black Press
Health-care workers and visitors in patient care areas will be required to have the current influenza vaccination or wear a mask when the annual influenza season returns in December. Health-care union objections to the policy were rejected by a labour arbitrator’s ruling last week, a decision Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall called “good news for patients.” The policy can now be enforced for staff across all of B.C.’s health authorities, particularly in longterm care facilities, Kendall said. Visitors will be on an “honour system” to keep their flu shots up to date or use a mask when they visit friends and
relatives, he said. The current influenza vaccine is available from doctors and pharmacies around the province, and is free to those with chronic conditions or who come in contact with people who are at higher risk of serious complications from influenza. To find out if you are eligible for a free vaccine, ask your doctor or pharmacist, or call HealthLink BC at 8-1-1. U.S. health care facilities have similar rules and voluntary compliance of staff members is very high, said Kendall, who has been pushing for the restriction for some time. Health employers now have the option of progressive discipline to make sure employees protect against passing on
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Perry Kendall influenza virus to vulnerable patients. “We obviously hope it won’t come to that, because we believe that healthcare workers do care for their patients,” Kendall said. The Health Sciences Association, a union representing lab techs and other specialists in the health care system, had argued that its members were entitled to make their own decision on whether to get the annual vaccine. It is formulated each year by international health authorities, based on the dominant strains of influenza that are found around the world. editor@oakbay news.com
Dennis Grant Fletcher will spend the next eight years in a federal prison after he recklessly fired 14 shots into a crowd outside a downtown Victoria nightclub last winter. The Feb. 25 incident outside Club 9one9 injured a bouncer and led to a high-speed chase
through Victoria and Saanich. Justice Mary Humphries agreed to a joint submission from Crown and defence counsel and handed Fletcher an eight-year sentence for attempted murder, and concurrent sentences for aggravated assault, discharging a prohibited firearm and possession of a prohibited firearm. He also faces a lifetime firearms ban and must submit a
DNA sample on request. Fletcher’s co-accused, Whitney Rae Furbur, was given a three-year sentence for possession of a prohibited firearm and dangerous driving. “It’s extremely fortunate more people weren’t hurt or killed in this situation,” Humphries said. dpalmer@vicnews.com For more on this story, visit vicnews.com.
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Tree hit-and-run brings tickets
A 19-year-old man was ticketed for failing to obey a stop sign and failing to remain at an accident scene after crashing his car into a tree on the 3100block of Beach Dr. on Sunday. A homeowner awoke to find a grey 2000 Volkswagen Jetta in his front yard, but no driver. Damage to the vehicle was extensive and numerous trees and bushes were damaged or destroyed. Oak Bay police eventually found the man, a Powell River resident, but could only process charges related to the damage caused.
A 22-year-old new driver had his car impounded and received a 90-day driving prohibition, after failing two roadside screening tests. The driver was pulled over on the lands of the University of Victoria. The Honda Civic was observed by a UVic security guard speeding and hitting a curb, which resulted in both tires blowing out on the passenger side. The incident occurred Oct. 22 at approximately 1:30 a.m. New drivers are prohibited
Oak Bay visit costly for P.G. visitor
The 23-year-old driver of a pickup truck parked at the north end of Esplanade at Willows Beach at about 1:15 a.m. Sunday failed two roadside screening tests and had her vehicle impounded for 30 days and received a 90-day driving prohibition. Officers found the woman, from Prince George, displaying signs of impairment from alcohol. reporter@vicnews.com
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Grade 11 Spectrum Thunder player Tye Pettepiece, No. 13, breaks past a Holy Cross Crusader at Spectrum Community School last Friday (Oct. 25), for the Thunder’s only touchdown of the game, a 50-6 loss. The Thunder wraps its inaugural AA season against the Sequam Seahawks in Delta on Saturday. William Shepherd/News staff
Pace is the trick Strategy wins Island XC championship Travis Paterson News staff
Reynolds secondary student Erik Evans won the Vancouver Island senior boys cross country championships in surprising fashion at Beaver Lake Park. And now Evans leads the Island contingent into the high school cross country provincial championship in Langley on Saturday. Evans finished 17th at the cross country provincials last year but is now one of the top contenders. He used strategy and experience to outduel Oak Bay’s Liam Kennel and Dover Bay’s Peter Oxland in the Island championship when Kennel took a healthy lead to start the 6.7-kilometre race. “Kennel is a dedicated track runner with a lot more training than I do,” Evans said. “He has massive speed and can start with a 400-metre out of my realm so I went with my pace that I know. I started a little quicker than usual but built with a pace as I went.” Evans ran shoulder-toshoulder with Oxland, eventually catching Kennel in the second of the race’s three laps. Oxland finished second. Kennel dropped to fourth. “Oxland and I ran together
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Erik Evans of Reynolds leads his school’s boys and girls teams into the provincial championship in Langley. without any strategy, we just ran hard until the bottom of the last hill of the third (and final) lap. At that point I knew that I couldn’t sprint
with Oxland at the final so I challenged him in the third lap because that’s what I had to do if I wanted to win the race.”
Evans’ specialty is crosscountry, not track, as the Grade 12 student is primarily a triathlete, though that is up in the air these days. “I’m not on any particular training regime for triathlon right now, my dad is my unofficial coach, though I’d like to compete at the Western Canadian High School triathlon Championships (at Shawingan Lake) in May. “I’m hoping to go out with a bang at provincials. I know what it takes, I’ve been here four years in a row, and to win Islands means a lot.” Dover Bay was first among boys teams at Beaver Lake with Oak Bay second, Carihi third, Reynolds fourth, Claremont fifth and Mount Douglas sixth. Desirae Ridenour of Mill Bay won the girls race for the second straight year with Chloe Hegland of Parkland secondary in second, the top finish for a Greater Victoria athlete. Madelyn Brunt of Oak Bay was fifth and Morgan Roskelley 10th, helping their team to first overall among the girls’ teams. Mount Doug’s powerhouse crop of junior girls finished third in the team standings but has declined to race at the senior provincials. Watch out for them in the coming years. Stelly’s girls finished fifth and also declined provincials, opening the door for the sixth-place Reynolds girls to compete in Langley. sports@vicnews.com
Somebody saved the best for last as the Belmont Bulldogs will try to crack the staunch defence of the Mount Douglas Rams in a AAA B.C. High School Football match at Westhills Stadium today (Nov. 1). Kick off is 6 p.m., the last game of the regular season. It will be an exciting test for the Bulldogs’ skilled running back tandem of Jordan Worth and Sam Varao against the best defence in the province. In five games, all wins, the Rams have four shutouts, an unheard of stat in football. The Rams have a mighty duo of its own, with standout Marcus Davis and Julian Luis lining up in the backfield. “We look forward to challenges in front of us,” Bulldogs coach Kevin Harrington said. “Mount Doug is a huge hurdle.” The Bulldogs (3-2) go into the match of the season on a high, having pulled off a sensational comeback to beat the Handsworth Royals 24-23 in North Vancouver last week. In one of the oddest starts to a football game, the Royals recovered three on-side kicks in the first quarter and took a 17-0 lead before the Bulldogs took possession. “We didn’t have the ball once in the first quarter,” Harrington said. “We’re feeling lucky to have been able to come back against Handsworth. You can’t spot a team like Handsworth that many points and expect to come back and win it but these guys did.” Once the Bulldogs got rolling Handsworth couldn’t stop them, as the Bulldogs tacked on twopoint conversions to all three of its touchdowns. Jordan Worth led the Bulldogs with a 58-yard touchdown rush. Sam Varao carried the ball for a TD and a two-point conversion, and an 18-yard TD reception. Regardless of what happens against the No. 1-seed Rams, it’s been a great season for the Bulldogs. Last week Davis rushed for four touchdowns in the first half on carries of 24, 53, 24 and 80 yards against the West Vancouver Highlanders. Mount Douglas led 40-0 at half and won 47-0. Davis totaled 256 yards rushed on seven carries. Luis and Pato Vega plunged in from close for TDs and quarterback Joe Clarke threw a pass to Seye Farinu for a TD. Kicker Callum Duke converted five of seven TDs. sports@vicnews.com
Sabres set for provincials After a season of second place finishes, the St. Andrew’s Sabres are ready to re-emerge atop the single-A boys high school soccer pyramid. The Glenlyon Gryphons edged the Sabres last week 2-1 at GNS in the A Island championships. Playoffs are currently underway in the city for the crossover A, AA and AAA Colonist Cup and Colonist Shield. But the Sabres are already looking ahead to the 16-team A provincials, Nov. 6 to 8 in Abbotsford. “We hope to get a chance to face GNS again,” said Sabres coach Mark Cristante. Speculation is Immaculata and GNS are the top single-A teams going into the provincial tourney. “GNS will probably be ranked No. 1 as the defending champs. (St. Andrew’s) is likely in the top four as they won it in 2011 and were second in 2012. “We have a nice mix of Grade 9, 10, 11 and 12 students and one Grade 8, and are hoping to build on this for years to come,” Cristante said. sports@vicnews.com
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for any sins from those days. They competed in a different time, an asterisk-era for the sport of cycling. Many of HesNot sure if Canadians wanted jedal’s teammates on Garmin a history lesson on doping in have already been implicated, cycling this week, but they sure suspended and banned for sins pre-Garmin, including core got one. members of the team Speculation that David Zabriskie and Victoria cyclist Ryder Christian Vande Velde, Hesjedal doped in who were part of the 2003 became truth U.S. Postal Service after he was forced to team with Lance Armadmit it on Wednesstong. Vande Velde day. recently served a sixDanish cyclist month ban ending in Michael RasmusMarch 2013 for blood sen’s new book Yeldoping with the U.S. low Fever is the latPostal Service team est tell-all of a career Travis Paterson from 2004-06. enhanced by doping, Island Insider Hesjedal’s crime is in his case from 1998 petty in comparison. to 2010. In it, he tells of introducing synthetic erythro- It’s possible he wouldn’t be the poietin (EPO), which boosts the Hesjedal we know today if he red-blood cell count, to Hesjedal hadn’t taken the risk that he did and Seamus McGrath during to stay in cycling’s elite circles their world series mountain bik- back then. “I believe that being truthing season in 2003. He goes on to suggest it helped them qualify ful will help the sport continue to move forward, and over a for the 2004 Olympics. Hesjedal released a state- year ago when I was contacted ment on Wednesday through by anti-doping authorities, I Slipstream Sports, the parent was open and honest about my company of his Garmin-Sharp past,” Hesjedal said. “I have seen cycling team, admitting to the the best and the worst of the sport and I believe that it is now matter: “… even though those mis- in the best place it’s ever been.” Tyler Hamilton said in his takes happened more than 10 years ago, and they were short- 2012 book The Secret Race, if lived, it does not change the you didn’t dope, you wouldn’t fact that I made them and I have be competing in the world’s lived with that and been sorry best races. It was Hamilton who for it ever since. To everyone finally brought down Lance Armin my life, inside and outside strong. Hamilton, a former U.S. the sport – to those that have Postal Service teammate of Armsupported me and my dreams strong’s, said the cyclists even – including my friends, my fam- had a name for those who raced ily, the media, fans, my peers, without performance enhancing sponsors – to riders who didn’t drugs (PEDs): paniagua (from make the same choices as me the Spanish phrase for bread all those years ago, I sincerely and water), during the sevenapologize for my part in the dark straight years that Armstrong past of the sport. I will always be won Tour de France championsorry.” ships from 1999 to 2005. Unfortunately, this shouldn’t Hamilton goes out of his have come as a shocker. way to point out that Jonathan Hesjedal and McGrath should Vaughters, another former teambe absolved, for the most part, mate of Armstrong’s, didn’t like
doping and Armstong pushed Vaughters off the team. Vaughters is the director of Garmin-Sharp, Hesjedal’s team, which was built on a mantra of clean racing. The team is so transparent, not only is it squeaky clean in terms of PED test results, but it makes a policy of releasing its cyclists’ data after race stages. (The data shows the daily wattage output by the cyclist and it’s not rocket science that a wattage reading is one of the easiest measures for PED usage. What’s more is Garmin, a GPS company, makes the power meters to sell to everyday cyclists. It’s quite genius, really.) It’s not to say cycling isn’t healing from a dark time. It is. But Hesjedal’s 2012 Giro D’Italia win still stands as a great achievement. And personally, after evading the topic for five years, I’m relieved. I, like most Canadian media, had completely ignored the topic of Hesjedal’s history and PEDs. I guess I figured he wore a blindfold and ear plugs before and druing his time on Lance Armstong’s U.S. Postal Service team in 2004-05, when it ran “the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program the sport has ever seen,” said the U.S. Anti-Doping Administration. Granted, Hesjedal wasn’t on the Tour de France yet, but he was among cycling’s elite at a time when EPO was the drug of choice. Which is why books like Rasmussen’s and Hamilton’s are great for the sport. The books may anger a few cyclists but overall they help the sport heal and move forward, which Garmin-Sharp has been a leader in doing since 2007. Cycling is healing itself, and cyclists calling each other out is part of the process. The real scandal is if a positive test result comes from a Garmin-Sharp cyclist in 2014. Now, that would be news. sports@vicnews.com
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GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS ABBA EXTERIORS Gutter cleaning & repairs. Seniors discounts. WCB, Insured. Free estimates. (778)433-9275. JUNK BOX- We Do All The Loading
(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free est.
HANDYPERSONS HANDYMAN- Light maintenance. Leaky taps, caulking, stain removal, electrical outlets & switch. Call (250)818-2709.
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.
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 ARAM RENO’S Basement, bathrooms, additions Free est. WCB/Insured 250-880-0525 COMPLETE HOME Repairs. Suites, Renos, Carpentry, Drywall, Painting. Licensed and insured. Darren 250-217-8131.
SAFEWAY PAINTING
COMMON GROUND Landscape. Specialists in complete yard care and construction. Ask about our $100 Seasonal Promotion. 250-727-8002
High quality, Organized. Interior/Exterior Residential/Commercial Jeff, 250-472-6660 Cell 250-889-7715 Member BBB
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Peacock Painting
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 ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d & Professional. Chimneys, Brick Veneer, Retaining Rock Walls, Cultured Stone, Interlocking Paving. Excavating. Fully insured. Estimates. 250-588-9471
PLASTERING PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, old world texturing, coves, fireplaces. Bob, 250-642-5178.
PRESSURE WASHING DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.
STUCCO/SIDING PATCHES, ADDITIONS, restucco, renos, chimney, waterproofing. Bob, 250-642-5178.
TREE SERVICES Commercial/Residential Interior/Exterior
250-652-2255 250-882-2254
Written Guarantee Call for details Budget Compliance
15% SENIORS DISCOUNT
MOVING & STORAGE
PLUMBING
(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Moving- 2 men, 5 ton, $90/hr.
FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.
BUDDY’S TREE SERVICESTrimming, pruning, chipping, removals, hedges, lawn care, Insured. Keith, (250)474-3697.
UPHOLSTERY UPHOLSTERER work. Your fabric 250-480-7937.
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week beginning October 31, 2013 Real Estate Victoria
OPENHOUSES
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BAY NEWS
OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY
Published Every Thursday
Find more details on the Open Houses below in the Oct. 31- Nov.6 edition of Real Estate Victoria
Oak Bay 250-370-7601 Victoria 250-483-1360 Westshore 250-391-2933 Sidney 250-655-0632 Chatterton Way 250-479-0688 www.vericoselect.com
404-75 Songhees
Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333
606 Speed Ave, $215,000
Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Scott Munro, 250 477-5353
3673 Blenkinsop, $509,000 pg. 5
4034 Locarno Lane, $839,900
107-75 Songhees, $725,000 pg. 10
Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333
pg. 6
Sunday 2-4 Duttons & Co. Real Estate Ltd. 250-383-7100
Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Keith Ferguson, 250-744-3301
1270 Beach, $329,000 pg. 1
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422
403-1050 Park Blvd, $259,900 Sunday 2:30-4:30 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jeff Bishop, 250-477-7291
pg. 5
202-1425 Fort, $339,000
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Maggie Thompson, 250-889-5955
pg. 6
1221 Richardson St, $884,900 pg. 11
106-853 North Park, $599,900 Saturday 3-4:30 Royal LePage Coast Capital Rick Humphries, 250-889-2310
pg. 6
203-1420 Beach Dr, $399,900 Saturday 1-3 Newport Realty Glen Myles, 250-385-2033
pg. 11
244 King George, $1,159,900 Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Doug Poruchny, 250-474-4800
pg. 12
32-1344 Beach, $219,000
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422
pg. 6
pg. 8
pg. 17
1105-1630 Quadra St, $195,000 Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Anna Bjelde, 250-592-4422
Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Ginny Barlow, 250-474-6003
Saturday 1-3 JONESco Real Estate Inc. Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653 pg. 21
406-1615 Belcher Ave, $219,900
pg. 12
pg. 3
3 Woodville Pl, $345,000 Sunday 2:30-4:30 Re/Max Camosun Deb Coburn, 250-812-5333
33-70 Cooper, $149,000 Saturday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Fran Jeffs, 250-744-3301
pg. 12
15-840 Craigflower Rd, $213,000 pg. 10
210-1745 Leighton Rd, $239,900 Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheri Crause, 250-592-4422
199 Olive, $839,900
Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Andrew Plank, 250-360-6106
pg. 22
Sunday 11-1 Macdonald Realty Ltd Eleanor V Smith, 250-818-6662
Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Corie Meyer, 250-818-3216
Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422
948 Garthland, $1,499,800 Saturday 1-3 JONESco Real Estate Inc. Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653
pg. 12
Sunday 12-2 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jeff Bishop, 250-477-7291
479 Joffre St, $459,900 pg. 11
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Andrew Plank, 250-360-6106
pg. 13
pg. 10
pg. 16
pg. 12
pg. 13
pg. 13
Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Velma Sproul, 250-213-2858
pg. 8
11-4140 Interurban Rd, $289,900
Saturday & Sunday 1-2 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Bill Knowles, 250-656-0131
pg. 14
Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Fran Jeffs, 250-744-3301
571 Caselton Pl, $634,900
4-9925 Third, $709,000
Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736
Saturday 3-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
Sunday 3-4:30 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Derek Braaten, 250-479-3333
Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Corie Meyer, 250-818-3216
pg. 15
pg. 5
pg. 13
pg. 13
pg. 14
Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Marsha Crawford, 250-889-8200
Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Deb Coburn, 250-812-5333
Saturday & Sunday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124
9820 Seaport, $499,500
pg. 23
pg. 12
Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Gaylene Salina, 250-479-3333
pg. 15
305-1145 Sikorsky, $289,900 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Jeff Shaw 250 474-6003
pg. 15
Saturday & Sunday 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445 Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124
pg. 10
pg. 9
2655 Sooke Rd, $219,900 pg. 15
Thursday thru Monday 1-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Gregory, 250 744-3301
pg. 18
pg. 2
2160 Erinan, $739,000 pg. 18
Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Don Beckner, 250-477-5353
pg. 9
476-480 Becher Bay Rd, $499,900 pg. 10
Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124
Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Karn Dodd, 250-479-3333
pg. 19
pg. 10
873 Tutor, $489,900
875 Walfred, $579,900 pg. 23
Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Doreen Halstenson, 250-744-3301
pg. 18
Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Mikko Ikonen, 250 479-3333
pg. 22
2332 Nicklaus, $999,000 pg. 15
10500 McDonald Park, $585,000 Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess, 250 384-8124
pg. 18
106-611 Brookside, $225,000 pg. 23
14-2115 Amelia, $352,000 pg. 12
Sunday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683
593 Latoria Rd, $294,000
406-611 Brookside, $189,000
Saturday 11-1 Re/Max Camosun Keith Ferguson, 250-744-3301
Sunday 12-1:30 Holmes Realty Magdalin Heron 250 656-0911
pg. 15
A-3153 Metchosin, $349,000
82-2600 Ferguson, $349,000
pg. 5
pg. 15
3467 Happy Valley Rd.
30-3650 Citadel Pl, $559,000
2466 Mt. St. Michael, $534,900
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Doug Poruchny, 250-474-4800
Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Bill Ethier, 250-920-7000
Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448
Sunday 12-1 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
Saturday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Ginny Barlow, 250-474-6003
922 Bullen, $397,000
pg. 6
pg. 13
pg. 15
2641 Platinum Pl, $799,900
7744 Wallace Dr., $628,888
Saturday 11-1 Re/Max Camosun Rick Turcotte, 250-744-3301
Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jenn Raappana, 250-477-7291
891 Wild Ridge Way, $399,900
302-2250 James White, $268,900
905 Violet Ave, $514,000
pg. 15
314-1145 Sikorsky Rd, $274,900
1290 Eston Pl, $924,500
887 Royal Oak Dr, $639,900 Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Robert Nemish, 250-744-3301
Saturday 12-2 One Percent Realty Lanny Parsons, 250-514-1550
Saturday 12-4 Re/Max of Nanaimo John Cooper, 1-866-956-6228
1020 Burnside Rd W, $599,000
A-1704 Feltham Rd, $549,900 Saturday 11:30-1:30 Re/Max Camosun Peter Gray, 250-744-3301
pg. 23
2018 Bowcott Pl, $574,900
4009 Carey Rd, $469,900
40-4360 Emily Carr Dr, $499,900 pg. 3
Saturday & Sunday 12-4 Re/Max Camosun Peter Gray, 250-744-3301
Saturday 1:30-3:30 Re/Max Camosun Valerie Edwards, 250-477-9947
2462 Selwyn Rd, $424,999
Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jenn Raappana, 250-590-3921
10-1550 North Dairy
Sunday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921
pg. 23
3795 Burnside Pl, $549,900
Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Keith Ferguson, 250-744-3301
20 Phillion Pl, $624,900
920 Pemberton Rd, $839,900 Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Debbie Hargreaves 250 384-8124
pg. 9
3963 Juan De Fuca, $1,189,900
Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Shelly Reed, 250-213-7444
503-250 Douglas St., $299,000
Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Shawn Adye, 250-384-8124
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rosemarie Colterman, 250 592-4422
2879 Richmond Rd, $439,900
708-373 Tyee Rd, $315,000
Sunday 1-3 Newport Realty Marie Blender, 250-385-2033
pg. 13
202-1680 Poplar, $219,000
Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast James Gardiner (250) 507-4333
Saturday 3-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
32-2587 Selwyn, $74,900
1218 Clearwater Pl, $559,900
8781 Forest Park Dr, $739,900
25-4318 Emily Carr, $625,000
pg. 1
Saturday 11-1 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736
pg. 14
2094 Ferndale, $629,000
Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422
Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911
13-10471 Resthaven, $349,900
4300 Maltwood, $849,000 Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ruth Stark, 250-477-1100
pg. 5
8781 Forest Park Dr, $739,900
3934 Cedar Hill X Rd, $860,000 pg. 2
pg. 13
pg. 16
4009 Cedar Hill Rd, $529,900
pg. 10
733A Humboldt (200 Douglas) Saturday, Sunday & Monday 1-4 Macdonald Realty Helene Roy, 250 883-2715
4-3981 Saanich, $349,000
Saturday 2-4 One Percent Realty Guy Effler, 250-812-4910
29 Brigadoon, $849,000
106-55 Songhees, $569,800
Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Shelly Reed, 250-213-7444
pg. 9
2824 Arbutus, $929,000 9-314 Six Mill Rd, $450,000
Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921
Saturday, Sunday & Monday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608
8721 Lochside, $799,000
1575 Jasper, $639,900
Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Lynne Sager, 250 744-3301
832 Leslie, $489,000
Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Brian Meredith-Jones, 250 477-1100
pg. 22
4675 McMorran, $709,000
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Don Beckner, 250-477-5353
503-1745 Leighton, $259,900
Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Dale Sheppard, 250-478-9600
885 Swan, $449,500
831 Rogers Ave, $629,900
4-1160 Burdett, $519,000
Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Susan Carley, 250-477-7291
Sunday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683
Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Scott Munro, 250 477-5353 pg. 6189926
Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Plank, 250-360-6106
7161 West Saanich Rd, $276,900
4285 Quadra, $524,900
Sunday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Ltd. Eleanor Smith, 250-818-6662
304-1665 Oak Bay Ave, $239,900
Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Rick Shumka, 250 384-8124
Saturday 2-4 One Percent Realty VI Ray Kong, 250-590-7011
pg. 14
Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448
3015 Dornier Rd.
Daily 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445
pg. 15
519 Bickford, $529,900
Sunday 2-4 Kroppmann Realty Dale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808
pg. 16
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NEWSPAPER CARRIER HALLOWEEN NIGHT AT GALEY FARMS
Black Press says a big “Thank You” to all of the sponsors that contributed to our very successful newspaper carrier Halloween Event at Galey Farms. Thrifty Foods, Canadian Tire, Imax Theatre, Victoria Royals Hockey Team, Grizzlies Hockey Team, Saanich Parks and Rec, and Party Crashers all contributed prizes and gifts of appreciation. With over 400 newspaper carriers and their families in attendance, a good time was had by all. Thank you to Rob Galey and staff for giving our hard working carriers and their families a night to remember.
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