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Forum set for Beacon direction Public forum, online survey highlights of consultation Steven Heywood News staff

“It’s so important to educate users on the safe operation of these mobility devices.”

Sheila Minten, the manager at Sidney All Care, said that organizing the Scooter Rodeo was a no brainer.

“With all the issues around scooter safety locally and the subject being topof-mind we thought it was perfect timing to host an event like this,” she said.

A plan for public input on the issue of traffic direction on Sidney’s main street includes asking residents and business owners a single question: Should Beacon Avenue remain one-way between Fifth and Second streets?

Sidney council on Tuesday night approved their consultation effort on the ongoing issue over traffic flow on Beacon Avenue. While appearing to be a robust process, the consultation mostly involves distributing information about process and feedback deadlines.

Where residents will get the chance for direct feedback will be in an online survey posted on the Town’s website in early December and council is planning on a public forum at the Mary Winspear Centre early next year.

Local business owners have been mounting a growing effort to force town council to return the street to a full two-way traffic flow, as it was prior to 1997. Proponents of the two-way system say the change could help the downtown’s economic fortunes if drivers have better access to the area and are not forced away due to the partial one-way section of Beacon Avenue and poor signage.

Other ideas have come up in discussions, such as making the downtown core a pedestrian mall — an idea that Town staff say is years away from consideration.

“The real focus,” said Chief Administrative Officer Randy Humble, “is one-way versus two-way.”

Humble said including the pedestrian-only option would only confuse the whole process. Councillor Steve Price suggested that the idea not be thrown out entirely and that the consultation should take the pulse of the community on the matter.

Please see: Spring scooter rodeo, page 2

Please see: Town wants clarity on traffic, page 2

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Sidney Councillor Mervyn Lougher-Goodey leads the charge during Sidney All Care’s scooter rodeo held Friday, Nov. 8. The rodeo focused on scooter safety, among other things.

Scooting around town safely Devon MacKenzie News staff

Scooter users from around the Saanich Peninsula got a little more education on the devices last week during Sidney All Care’s first ever Scooter Rodeo.

The rodeo was held Friday, Nov. 8 at the private care facility in Sidney and featured officials from the Town of Sidney, MediChair and B.C. Transit.

Scooters have been making headlines in Sidney recently after Mayor Larry

Cross called for the Union of B.C. Municipalities to consider more regulation and licensing around the mobility devices.

“We just want everybody to be safe,” Cross said of the town’s request in a previous interview with the PNR. However, the UBCM turned down the proposal and Cross is now happy that more education on the safety aspects of scooters is being focused on locally.

“We really appreciate Sidney All Care organizing and hosting something like this,” said Cross at the event.

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Town wants clarity on traffic Continued from page 1

“The issue here is the raising of expectations on a short-term timetable,” Humble replied.

“A pedestrian mall or shared street concept are in the Town’s longterm downtown planning process.”

Mayor Larry Cross agreed, saying the Town wants clarity on the one-way versus two-way options.

“Let’s do this in a robust way, if we are going to do this,” Cross added.

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to a staff report, cost estimates on changing Beacon’s traffic pattern. Staff will do a detailed analysis but an early cost estimate in the report states it will be $150,000 to $250,000, depending on function, safety and aesthetics.

The report notes that the cost of any change “may affect the public’s decision on whether to support a change.”

The report also notes the cost of the consultation itself could be significant. A planned online survey using Granicus software will cost $450 per month.

There’s also the cost of postage, ads and hosting the public forum. A final price tag had not yet been determined.

Council was unanimous in its support for the consultation effort.

It is estimated to get underway by Nov. 25, with completion in the new year to allow for the holiday season.

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Looking for a quick and easy way of getting rid of those discontinued pennies and silver collecting dust or in a jar somewhere?

The Peninsula News Review and other Black Press newspapers on Vancouver Island are once again holding the Coins for Kids campaign.

Your community newspaper is collecting your coins for local charity. On the Saanich Peninsula, the News Review will be collecting for the Secret Santas’ Toys for Tots effort that brings joy to children in need this holiday season.

The coins raised in last year’s effort also went to the Toys for Tots campaign and it was an overall success, raising more than $3,000. The staff of the News Review are hop-

ing the community will be just as generous and will be accepting coins at various locations around the Saanich Peninsula and of course at the newspaper office on Second Street in Sidney.

The Toys for Tots effort is ongoing throughout the year, with a specific emphasis on Christmas, of course. The campaign has begun and there are collection spots throughout the Peninsula.

New, unwrapped toys can be left at the Mary Winspear Cen-

tre — the Toy Warehouse. This is the primary drop off place as the Centre has kindly offered secure storage during the collection time as well as facilities for gift wrapping in the middle of December.

Other toy drop off locations: • Camosun Re/ Max on Bevan Avenue between First and Second streets • TD Bank on Beacon Avenue, corner of Fifth and Beacon • Serious Coffee on Beacon Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets.

Spring scooter rodeo is in the works Continued from page 1

“We’re trying to interact more with the community and host more events. We’ve already decided to plan another rodeo for the spring,” she added.

The event featured infor-

mation on buying or leasing a scooter, scooter test-drives, information about getting around on B.C. Transit as a scooter user and fun activities like an obstacle course and a parade to wrap the day up.

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for more information on upcoming events at Sidney All Care, including pictures with Santa by donation to the Sidney Lions Food Bank on Dec. 14 and the spring Scooter Rodeo. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com

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Peninsula News in brief Diversity forum in Sidney

SIDNEY — Cultural diversity in Greater Victoria will be tackled head on at a special conference in Sidney Nov. 21.

Diversity Summit, presented by the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria and Community Partnership Network, will explore issues like improving diversity within a company to the challenges faced by the roughly 1,400 immigrants who move to the Capital Region each year.

The event runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre.

For details, visit icavictoria.org.

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Series: Tour of Industry

This CUBE is also a bit of a puzzle A glance inside one of the Greater Victoria’s most secure buildings Steven Heywood News staff

To gain entry into one of the Greater Victoria region’s most secure buildings, you’ll need an extensive background check, be willing to present your palm for identification and meet a variety of security clearance measures.

Or, you need to be on one of the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce’s Tours of Industry.

Stop two on this year’s tour was at CUBE Global Storage Ltd. There’s a mostly vacant lot in Sidney’s industrial park where the company plans to build a new facility — but that’s full of stored recreation vehicles right now. With engineering plans in the works and building permits on hold, construction of a new secure facility in Sidney will take longer than anticipated. So, it was off to the Royal Oak area to tour CUBE’s existing site — an unidentified building with high security denoting interesting things inside.

With cameras left behind, identities confirmed and visitor passes issued, guides split the tour participants into two manageable groups.

At first glance, one might think CUBE is simply a storage facility. That may be true, but it’s what they store that sets the company apart from those self-storage places.

CUBE’s director of business development Bob Gignac led one of the groups and noted right away the unusual angles and turns in the main floor hallway.

“The place is designed to thwart security breaches,”

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Gignac explained.

The corridors are tight (a pair of Canadian Forces soldiers had to squeeze past the tour) with plenty of places to hide should calamity occur.

There are security doors that require passwords, IDs and even palm scans.

Why so secret-squirrel?

CUBE Global Storage contains data — and lots of it.

Sensitive stuff, too, from countries such as Russia, Korea and China. Companies who deal in the virtual world keep their proprietary data locked up in Victoria,

items whose clients want them kept safe.

Keeping the place in a level climate and with so many electronics in action, Gignac said their power use is always an issue — especially with electricity rates on the way up. As they expand, he said, CUBE is looking into its own generators, fuel cells and other options.

That expansion is going to be taking place in Sidney as well, with CUBE’s proposed robotic storage facility in the industrial park. Will it contain as many secrets as the existing Victoria building?

We may never know.

Unless the company is on the next Tour of Industry itinerary. editor@peninsula newsreview.com

Digging in the dirt at Pendray In the next Peninsula News Review, the Tour of Industry series continues with Pendray Farms.

This North Saanich dairy farm knows it sits among some high-end neighbourhoods with certain sensibilities.

So the owners have invested in some hightech gadgetry so as not to assault the senses.

Filipino Victorians buoyed by community support Don Descoteau

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A CUBE Global Storage visitor pass and a reporter’s notes. No cameras were allowed inside the building for security reasons.

said Gignac, due to the environment in Canada — politically stable and with no laws forcing information to come under official scrutiny.

As a data storage site, CUBE offers its clients a location for its information, website servers and more. For instance, said Gignac, the entire website for a local museum is based there.

When people go online to visit it, they are going to the data centre at CUBE. What this gives clients, Gignac continued, is a secure place to update and store information. In example, he said that a company in Victoria had its headquarters in Tennessee hit by a tornado.

Within 24 hours, CUBE sent them their backed-up computer drives to allow them to keep operating. Within the building itself, Gignac said they have a disaster recovery room, available to clients whose physical locations are no longer secure due to flood, fire or other calamity.

The building is climatecontrolled, able to withstand an earthquake and can resist fire. That comes in handy for CUBE’s documents room.

It’s a warehouse space that is lined, floor-to-ceiling, with boxes of paper documents from various business and government offices. There’s an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 boxes stored there — that’s some 900,000 documents, but who’s counting? Gignac said they are at 90 to 95 per cent capacity and need to expand.

Their basement vault (not open to the tour) is also burgeoning with book collections and more valuable

Anyone dropping by the Bayanihan Community Centre on Blanshard Street on a Tuesday afternoon would usually find a locked door.

Not today. The cultural home of the Victoria Filipino Canadian Association has thrown open its doors to accept donations for disaster relief in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, which rolled over the Philippine islands last weekend and has left tens of thousands of residents homeless or injured and at least 2,000 confirmed dead. Orlando Tuapin, a native Filipino and a con-

gregation member at Central Baptist Church, is at the centre to find out how his church can help raise funds.

“I know my family is safe,” he said, having spoke to his mother who lives on the northern island of Luzon, earlier in the day.

That area received heavy rain and moderate winds, but didn’t feel the storm’s fury the way southern islands did.

He teared up as he described seeing news reports showing the devastation in some areas of the tiny country.

“People are scattered like chickens over the ground.

You feel helpless. We are all humans.”

Laila Pires, association president, is at the Bayanihan centre with other volunteers to help facilitate donations.

“We were quite shocked at

How you can give Various agencies are working to get relief to victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, and the Canadian government has pledged to match Canadian donations.

Here’s a few ways you can help: • Canadian Red Cross (online at bit.ly/HTWCCk or redcross.ca, call 1-800-418-1111 or text REDCROSS at 30333 to donate $5) • Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders, msf. ca) • UNICEF Canada (unicef.ca) • Compassionate Resource Warehouse (crwarehouse.ca for list of needed items to be shipped).

the gravity of the situation,” she said. “A lot of people were trying to contact family and couldn’t (reach them),” she said.

An estimated 5,000 Filipinos live in the Greater Victoria area, she said, including more than 1,000 caregivers who are living here alone, away from their families.

Churches around the region and other groups have been organizing emer-

gency fundraisers. The outpouring of generosity has been a great consolation to the Filipino community, Pires said.

Association board member Leonor Santos said cash or cheques are the best donation item at the moment, since it is easily transferable to the Canadian Red Cross, which is co-ordinating efforts with the International Red Cross in the Philippines.

“We’re not in a rush to send material items. It takes a month or more to ship anything there,” she said, noting people have asked about donating clothing or other items for those in need.

As of mid-week, roughly $5 million had been raised by the Canadian Red Cross in Canada. Carly Milloy, annual appeal manager for the Victoria office, said local residents were quick to respond to the crisis.

She echoed the statement that cash donations are best.

A special Filipino dinner is being held tonight (Nov. 15) at the Bayanihan centre, 1709 Blanshard St. Tickets are $10 and doors open at 5 p.m. with dinner at 6. Seating is limited and street parking is available nearby.

Proceeds from the regular Sunday noon lunch event ($7 a plate) will also be put toward the fundraising effort.

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OUR VIEW

Town in the driver’s seat

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aving an idea rejected by your peers hasn’t deterred the Town of Sidney from supporting initiatives to promote scooter safety in the community.

Town councillors and the mayor recently took part in the Sidney All Care scooter rodeo, designed to teach people the rules of the road when they are out and about on their mobility device. They were keen to learn more about the devices — which are used by quite a few residents.

In the fall, Mayor Larry Cross went to the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference seeking support for a scooter licensing system across the province. Cross said at the time he was bringing the issue forward due to safety concerns over sidewalk use and scooters being driven on local roads.

Most delegates at that convention rejected the notion of licensing motorized scooters, while acknowledging more education is needed among users.

To that end, local politicians got on board a few of the scooters for a short tour around town. It was a fun event, designed to teach people how to drive better and to navigate obstacles that aren’t generally noticed by other people.

The event could be written off as a publicity event but that would be short-sighted.

It was a chance to get to know the issue on a more personal level and to hear directly from scooter owners what local issues are.

They are probably happy they won’t have to pay new licensing fees but they are certainly aware of the challenges of getting around town and elsewhere in a safe manner.

It would have been easy for the mayor to put the issue of scooter safety on the shelf after the UBCM rejection. It’s clear the council as a whole thinks it’s still an important community matter and put their butts in the seats of those who use the machines to be able to get outside and run their daily errands.

For many people, having a scooter gives them the independence and mobility that they once had when they could drive a vehicle. For others, it is and has been the only way for them to get around.

As the community continues to get older, there could potentially be more scooters on the streets, interacting with other pedestrians — and even other vehicles.

Through education like the scooter rodeo, local leaders are recognizing that riders, drivers and walkers need to co-exist.

Being in the driver’s seat on the issue gives them the proper perspective to see what the obstacles are and how they might be fixed.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@peninsulanewsreview.com or fax 250-386-2624.

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YOUR VIEW

Teach children well about food I am delighted that Sidney Elementary School is teaching the students about food, farming and growing vegetables. I think it would fun for the school to hold an open house some day to let us come in and have the kids show us around so we can admire and learn from them.

I would like to see Sidney become a leader in self-sufficiency. The Urban Homesteading movement is moving like a freight train throughout North America.

Vancouver Island has approximately two or three days’ worth of fresh food. If something cut us off from the mainland, we would run out of food quickly. Honey keeps forever.

With a few hens (eggs), a bucket of honey and water purifying drops, you could live indefinitely.

Our town council recently voted to uphold the current bylaw making all farm animals, fowl/chickens and rabbits illegal. You may keep one beehive if you have a 750 sq.m yard.

My yard is considered large but it’s only 603 sq.m, so few people can keep bees in Sidney.

We need them so desperately right now. Some estimates say we’ve lost a third of them in the past couple of years.

So Sidney Elementary, I am thrilled that you are teaching our children well. Maybe the kids can make town hall change their minds some day. I’ve tried and failed.

Erin Middlebrooks Sidney

Does Greater Victoria have a problem with jaywalking?

Answer online at www.vicnews.com

Cyclists need to share the lane on Lochside I live on Lochside Drive in Central Saanich and like to walk and enjoy the beautiful weather and scenery.

Lochside is part of the Galloping Goose Trail and the result is that we have lanes on both sides of the road. We on Lochside have no sidewalks, therefore we walk in these lanes. The problem is these lanes have a diamond for restricted use and a bicycle painted in these lanes. There is no indication these lanes can and should be used by pedestrians.

I think it is great we have so many cyclists using these lanes but about five per cent of cyclists believe these lanes are for them only. In the past few months I have been told by cyclists to get out of their lane and in many cases had to move into the ditch or get hit.

The problem seems to be getting much worse as there seems to be many more cyclists, especially on weekends. If a diamond and a bicycle can be painted in these lanes could not a person walking be also painted in these lanes so to advise cyclists that they have to share and that this lane is not only for them?

I have advised the council of Central Saanich of my concern.

Hopefully they can come up with a solution.

David C. Petroski Saanichton

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Climate conundrum In response to Ms. Rasnick’s letter Continue to learn (PNR, Nov 6), it should be pointed out the question of global warming is governed by two different schools. One is scientific, based on real scientific evidence; the other is political, based on peoples’ perceptions of the state of the atmosphere and what other people will believe.

Since 1979, the temperature of the world is measured twice daily by satellites. During the past 15 years these satellites have shown the earth’s temperature has not changed, so we have actually had no global warming for 15 years.

No-one has offered any satisfactory explanation for this lack of warming.

To counter this conundrum, the political school, as represented

by Mr. Obama’s position that catastrophic climate change is almost upon us, says a consensus of a vast majority of scientists supports his view. Since Mr. Obama supports catastrophic climate change, it does not matter what other options there may be, the U.S.A. will be fully engaged in reducing the carbon footprint.

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McBride apologizes for Sandown deal remarks

Land deal went through typical process, insists CAO Steven Heywood News staff

North Saanich Councillor Conny McBride has apologized to District chief administrative officer Rob Buchan for comments she made on the Sandown land deal process at council’s Oct. 28 committee meeting.

She expressed “extreme regret” for those comments, adding she does not want to “disparage the work or the role of the CAO.” McBride added her comments came over Buchan being listed as the District’s agent in the deal to transfer ownership of most of the former horse racing property to the municipality. Twelve acres of it will be retained by the Randall family for commercial development.

At the Oct. 28 meeting, McBride wanted to know how the CAO and District staff went to Sandown’s owner and the Capital Regional District — with no public input — to have the District’s regional context statement changed to allow the deal.

She said there’s no formal plan for development of the 12 acres.

McBride also asked who the

she said, came the CAO was representing following month, but — the municipality or after an estimated six the property owner. months of work.

She also expressed Coun. Elsie McMurfrustration that while it phy told McBride appears the Sandown on Oct. 28 that this deal went quickly, process is the same other proposals seem for any land under a to be taking too long. development proposal “If we’re not open for — the District doesn’t business in allowing developments,” she Conny McBride own those lands either but follows a similar said at the time, “we process. should not have four Buchan added council went planners in the development department and we should tell through the same process in its every developer … we are not approval of the 9395 East Saanich Rd. development. developing anything, so leave.”

Finall, in a later phone call to Buchan responded at the time that he and staff “absolutely rep- the News Review, said McBride’s apology was important. resent the District.”

“Three weeks ago,” she “We went to the CRD on council’s direction,” he explained. explained, “the District amended “Council passed first and sec- its respectful workplace policy ond reading on the regional con- to coincide with anti-bullying text statement and the CRD did legislation in B.C.” Finall said the council has to approve it.”

Mayor Alice Finall added this understand that any incident, all occurred before the munici- such as McBride’s comments, pality went to the CRD to amend might have to be reported to its context statement to allow WorkSafe B.C. She added this for the Sandown deal back on case probably won’t go that far, as it occurred before the legislaNovember, 2011.

Final approval from the CRD, tion came into effect on Nov. 1.

Remember them Sidney’s Kenny Podmore stands with members of the Beacon Community Services Youth Employment Program who helped him place crosses on the lawn in front of the Pier Hotel last week.

The crosses recognize the 158 fallen Canadian soldiers and four civilians who lost their lives in Afghanistan.

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Tri-Municipal Meeting Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 Devon MacKenzie News staff

• A presentation made by Dr. Ambrose Marsh (chief of staff at Saanich Peninsula Hospital) and Karen Morgan from the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation highlighted the need for more incentives to attract more new doctors to the Saanich Peninsula.

Councillors from the three municipalities unanimously supported a motion to have their respective councils support Dr. Marsh’s call for assistance in whatever way they can.

• The three councils heard from Bob Thompson of CR-FAIR

(Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable) who made a presentation on the Flavour Trail event that will take place next summer. The original North Saanich Flavour Trail event started in 2007 and has since expanded, Thompson noted, to include a larger area that includes Galey Farms and Camosun College’s Culinary program at the Interurban campus.

• The three councils entered into a long discussion on amalgamation after a presentation made by members of the Amalgamation, Yes group. A motion was made by Central Saanich Coun. Ryan Windsor to have the three municipalities look at crafting a question that would go on the next election’s ballots polling resident views on amalgamation.

“Residents of North Saanich

certainly aren’t asking for it and I’m not comfortable with even going back [to North Saanich] to ask the question,” said Coun.

Elsie McMurphy.

Sentiments from some of the other council members from the three communities were similar and the motion was defeated.

• A conversation regarding the problem of derelict vessels in the three municipalities took place with an agreement between the councillors that there is a lack of support coming from the provincial and federal governments on the issue. MLA Gary Holman, who was present at the meeting, said he was willing to work with the three municipalities and Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Opertations Steve Thomson to see if a resolution to the growing problem can be found.

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Prospective candidates are strongly advised to attend an information session which will be held at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at Vancity Centre, 183 Terminal Avenue, Vancouver. Please contact the Governance Department by no later than 12 noon, Tuesday, December 3, 2013 to register for this session.

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Friday, November 15, 2013 - PENINSULA

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Hundreds gathered at the Sidney cenotaph on Nov. 11 to pay tribute to Canadian men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Photos by Steven Heywood

A young sea cadet stands at the Sidney cenotaph, ready to help with the wreath-laying ceremony.

The community gathered on Remembrance Day. More images are available on the PNR’s Facebook page.

Ken and Norma Curry at Sidney’s Remembrance Day ceremony.

Veterans march in Sidney’s Remembrance Day ceremony.

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Podmore visits Lac Megantic Town makes deal with SWP Anonymous donation gets fundraiser to disaster scene

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Land will change hands in a downtown redevelopment deal announced Tuesday by the Town of Sidney.

Mayor Larry Cross said the Town and Sidney Waterfront Partnership have signed a memorandum of understanding that would set in motion the eventual redevelopment of Seaport Place East. The property to the north of the Sidney Pier Hotel and Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre is currently vacant.

Sidney Waterfront Partnership (SWP) is proposing a two-story condominium building on the site with commercial space on the bottom floor.

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A generous donation of airline tickets from an anonymous source sent Sidney’s Kenny Podmore to ground zero of the Lac Megantic disaster site last week.

Podmore arrived in Lac Megantic on Nov. 1 to see firsthand the destruction of the blast that occurred after a train derailment in the small town on July 6.

The explosions killed 47 people.

“The purpose of my visit was to deliver a cheque for $3,027 that was raised from a fundraiser I organized early in September,” said Podmore.

Podmore traveled to Lac Megantic with his stepdaughterin-law Lucie who is French Canadian and lives in Quebec (she was able to translate for him).

“It was shocking and very emotional,” Podmore said.

“As we approached the little town we stopped for directions to the recreation centre. When I got out of the car there was still the smell of burning in the air.”

Podmore, who went on the trip as a personal endeavour (not as a councillor — there was no cost incurred to the Town of Sidney), said the downtown area of Lac Megantic is completely cordoned off and some new construction is taking place.

“All around were large mounds of black soil and on the corner was a lone rail tanker which

holds the lease on the property, Cross said land will transfer between the two parties. The municipality will receive property on the waterfront side that they intend to use for an expansion of Beacon Park. SWP will get the current parking area and other existing property next to the Sidney Marina and additional commercial space that the company already owns.

The next step, said Cross, will be the rezoning of the property and public open houses on the redevelopment plan.

“I would encourage everyone to stay tuned,” said the mayor. “We’re very excited to see something happening. It’s dead space for our town right now.” editor@peninsulanewsreview.com

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Kenny Podmore hands Johanne Vachon, council member for Lac Megantic, a cheque. Podmore raised funds for the town back in September. was serving as a memorial. It had French words sprayed all over it. I was told that the words were a mix of grief and anger,” he explained.

Podmore presented the cheque and a gift of framed Sidney prints to deputy mayor, Johanne Vachon.

“I explained how the people of Sidney had raised the money and for a few moments we all stood silent with tears in our eyes,” Podmore said, adding he also gave the town a video clip that contained greetings from the Sidney Volunteer Fire Department.

Chris Creighton-Kelly and his wife France provided the translation and The Sidney Meet Up Women in Business made the video possible, he added.

“The Deputy Mayor said that everyone there is still in shock and that it would take the town a long time to recover,” Podmore said.

“I was honoured to make this journey, I won’t forget for a long while. I did it for the people of Sidney who came forward and supported the fundraiser, all of which made me proud to call Sidney my home. This was truly Canadians helping Canadians.”

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THE ARTS Mauve Friday is Coming.

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Glass Tiger plays the Charlie White Theatre on Nov. 21.

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Glass Tiger takes on Sidney SIDNEY — It’s been over twenty years since Glass Tiger first topped the charts with their hits and they will take the stage this month with some of their most famous tunes at the Mary Winspear Centre.

On Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Glass Tiger will play in the Charlie White Theatre to what will likely be a sold-out crowd.

The band has been producing music for over a quarter century and has toured the world, sharing stages with some of the biggest acts of all time.

In 2005 Glass Tiger marked 20 years of making music together and they released a DVD containing all of the original hit videos the band

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SAANICHTON — St. Mary’s Anglican Church has become a favourite Peninsula performance venue for several Victoria choirs and between now and Christmas St. Mary’s will host concerts by three of these choirs which will provide a wide variety of familiar and not so familiar Christmas music for audiences.

On Sunday, Nov. 24 the UVic Chamber Singers conducted by Garry Froese will perform at 2:30 p.m. as part of St. Mary’s Sunday Serenade series of concerts.

The 24-member auditioned ensemble is part of the Music Program of the UVic School of

Music and is making its first visit to St. Mary’s.

Singers will be performing selections from their Christmas repertoire. Tickets are $15, children 12 and under free.

On Sunday, Dec. 8 at 2:30 p.m. the church will welcome back the popular Soundings Vocal Ensemble and its music director Denis Donnelly for what has become a Christmas tradition for audiences at St. Mary’s.

Soundings concerts are always an entertaining and innovative mix of music from many traditions, including arrangements by Denis himself. Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors and

students.

Finally, on Monday, Dec. 23 at 7 p.m. St. Mary’s hosts the return of “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” performed by a narrator and Vox Humana under the direction of Brian Wismath.

The narration of the whimsical poem by Dylan Thomas, interspersed with Christmas music sung by one of Victoria’s preeminent choirs, was a great hit last year at St. Mary’s.

Admission is by donation.

For more information on the concerts visit the St. Mary’s website at www.stmarysanglican.com.

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released in the 1980s and ‘90s along with two new videos and songs recorded especially for the compilation.

Nowadays, Glass Tiger continues to play select dates only when all members of the band are available to perform.

If you’ve never seen Glass Tiger live this is your chance to experience in person why the band has been one of Canada’s most enduring groups for three decades.

Tickets for the show are $47.50 and are available through the Mary Winspear Centre box office by calling 250-656-0275 or visiting www.marywinspear.ca.

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• Winemakers Dinner with Muse Winery and Deep Cove Chalet Nov. 16 from 6 to 10 p.m.

Muse Wines will be paired with french cuisine from the Chalet.

Limited seating, reserve by calling 250-656-2552. Prix fixe $135 per person.

• The Archers play the Charlie White Theatre with special guests Reverie on Saturday, Nov. 23 at

7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and are available through the Mary Winspear box office at 250-656-0275 or www.marywinspear.ca.

• Legendary blues musician Jim Byrnes and special guest Babe Gurr at the Mary Winspear Centre Friday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $37.50 through the Mary Winspear box office at 250-656-0275.

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

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SPACIOUS 742 sq.ft CONDO in the Wave, 705-845 Yates St. Great investment close to all amenities downtown Victoria. (250)380-6934.

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