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Doctors dwindle on Saanich Peninsula Chief of Staff and Hospital Foundation looking to increase numbers News staff

With approximately 50 per cent of family doctors on the Saanich Peninsula slated to retire in the next seven years, two forces are teaming up to try and bring in more.

Dr. Ambrose Marsh, Chief of Staff at Saanich Peninsula Hospital, and Karen Morgan, the Executive Director for the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation recently made a presentation to the three councils during a tri-municipal meeting regarding the dwindling numbers of doctors in the area.

“Only one of six doctors who retired this past year was able to find replacements,” said Marsh during the meeting.

“We’re talking about practices being closed, the charts going into boxes, that’s it.”

One of Marsh’s main concerns, he said, lies in the number of doctors available at the hospital.

“We just don’t have the numbers we need at the hospital right now. Many of the doctors are of an age now where they’re looking to give up their hospital privileges in order to slow down their workload.”

PLEASE SEE: Hospital needs five doctors, page 5

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Working with staff from School District 63, the Town of Sidney will investigate the possibility of building a new fire hall on a portion of the Sidney Elementary School site.

Sidney council had been discussing the plan in-camera and made the proposal public at their Nov. 25 regular meeting. They have directed town staff to develop the terms of reference for a feasibility study, consulting with the school district and complying with conditions set out by the school board, as well as setting out a full public consultation process. Larry Cross “Council has been looking for a number of years for a new site for our fire hall,” said Mayor Larry Cross.

He added the Town must do its due diligence and explore this option.

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Sidney to explore cost of overpass Town and province agree to split cost of engineering report on proposed walkway Steven Heywood News staff

Sparkle this Saturday

SIDNEY — Get ready for a great Sidney Sparkles Santa Parade and Sailpast this weekend.

Organizers are reporting they now have more than 60 entries in the Santa Parade and the Sailpast number of boats entered is 23. The event should be fantastic this year.

The Santa Parade starts at 5 p.m. and runs down Beacon Avenue.

The Sailpast follows and can be seen from the waterfront walkway and the Beacon and Bevan piers.

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SIDNEY — The Duke of Edinburgh Award, a leadership program, has been handed out to a local youth.

Georgia Tomseh from North Saanich completed the Bronze level.

Leader Brian Carr-Harris – 5th Tsarlip Scouts was creditied for his encouragement.

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Steve Price says the Town of Sidney is tired of waiting for a new pedestrian overpass of Highway 17 and has made an agreement with the province to fund an engineering report for an estimated $200,000.

It’s a small step forward on a plan to increase pedestrian safety that was first considered in 1965 when the provincial and federal governments split the town in two with the highway and airport runway expansion.

Price, a town councillor, said they hope to convince the federal government to contribute one-third of the cost of the engineering report — and the construction project itself, which has been estimated to run between $2.2 and $2.4 million.

“Last year, we got a $1 million commitment by the province,” Price said. “It’s not the whole cost (of the overpass) but it’s better than nothing at all.”

Price said the town has had concerns over pedestrian safety ever since the highway was put in, effectively putting heavy traffic between one side of the community and the other.

“We can’t leave it any longer,” Price said. “We have concerns with kids and workers in west Sidney crossing the highway. It is a provincial responsibility and they are

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Pedestrians wait to cross Highway 17 at Beacon Avenue in Sidney. The Town and province are planning an engineering study on a proposed overpass project. stepping up for a part of it.”

The engineering report will, he continued, get the project to a point of being shovel-ready — or ready for construction. Price said he hopes the cost won’t be as high as the initial estimates, adding the town will speak with their federal government contacts to put the pressure on for more support.

The province has commit-

ted to investing $1 million in the project. The cost of the engineering report would come out of that money as well as the Town’s coffers.

Mayor Larry Cross said he is taking that funding commitment as the province’s promise to help pay for the pedestrian overpass. Cross added Sidney is ready to pay its share when the time comes to build the walkway, adding they hope to tap into

federal grants to help keep the cost low.

The proposed location for the overpass would be close to Beacon Avenue. Land on both sides of the highway in the proposed location is owned by the province, Price said, helping facilitate the project. The Town, Price added, is already doing what it can to increase safety at Beacon Avenue and the highway — including putting in a

pedestrian crossing area on Beacon where it meets the Flight Path, a recently-completed walkway around the airport.

While the engineering report is in the works, no timeline has been set for actual overpass construction. Price said the Town, province and hopefully Ottawa, still have to iron out details on financing the project.

Hydro rates going up 28% over five years Tom Fletcher Black Press

VICTORIA — The first of a series of B.C. Hydro rate increases takes effect in April 2014, adding $8 a month to the average residential power bill.

Rate increases of nine per cent next year and six per cent in 2015 are the highest of a series of increases over five years announced Monday

by Energy Minister Bill Bennett. The B.C. Utilities Commission will be

directed to set rate increases that total up to 28 per cent over the next five years, then determine what rates are needed for the following five years, Bennett said.

Commercial rates are going up the same amount.

Bennett acknowledged that rate increases are being kept low by using a rate smoothing account that defers more than $1 billion of the utility’s debt. That account won’t begin to be paid down until after 2020.

B.C. Hydro CEO Charles Reid said the latest rate increases are driven mainly by a large increase in capital spending, including seismic refits of old dams at Campbell River and Ruskin, turbine expansions at two Kootenay power dams and other upgrades. B.C. Hydro’s big build era of 1973 to 1982 produced rate increases totalling 113 per cent.

B.C. Hydro cited an annual survey

by Hydro Quebec that shows B.C. Hydro customers currently pay the

third lowest rates in North America.

Montreal and Winnipeg customers pay less and Seattle and Miami residents pay slightly more.

NDP energy critic John Horgan said Bennett avoided the impact of private power purchases on B.C. Hydro’s rate increases.

“We’re going to have increased debt for the next five years,” Horgan said.

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This year’s Coins for Kids campaign by the Peninsula News Review is off to a great start, thanks to the donations of our readers.

The first tally of rolled coins in the campaign is $412.96 — as counted

by Sherry Moir and the Toys for Tots volunteers on the Saanich Peninsla. This year’s Coins for Kids effort is going towards the Secret Santas Toys for Tots program. Organizers with Toys for Tots are working with the PNR to gather up people’s donated coins and

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Fire hall feasibility study will calculate costs of land and construction Continued from page 1

Cross noted the current hall is not in danger of closing at all, but the matter of building a new facility, with upgrades to its disaster survivability and additional features for the firefighters, has been in

the council’s long-term strategic plan for years.

“At this point we are doing the due diligence,” Cross added.

Chief Administrative Officer Randy Humble said with the land potentially being available from the school

district, the Town wants to explore its options.

“We have to ask what practical sites are there (for a fire hall) in Sidney,” Humble said.

“That is the question.”

As part of a feasibility study that will com-

mence soon, Humble said staff will consider issues such as cost, noise, traffic, combining fire and ambulance services and safety in potentially locating a new fire hall next to a school. The process will be public, he added, and will work closely with conditions set out by the school district.

Board chair of School District 63, Wayne Hunter, said there is a large parcel of land

at Sidney Elementary which could be considered for such a project. However, locating it next to the school means they need some assurances.

Those include: retaining a school district-approved design professional, master planner and traffic consultant; studying traffic conflicts and how to mitigate them; reviewing accident rates at current school sites near fire halls in

the region; organizing a public participation process, and other details.

Hunter added any consideration of the project would have to include maintaining a buffer should the school district choose to replace Sidney Elementary.

As for the cost of the land, Hunter said only that capital is important to the district, as they aren’t holding out a lot of hope for provin-

cial government investment any time soon.

That cost would be rolled into a total for the fire hall project through the Town’s feasibility study. Humble said it’s too early to put a price tag on it right now.

Cross added people should expect this study and any further new fire hall planning to be done over the long-term, with plenty of community engagement.

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Hospital needs five doctors in the immediate future proper (from North and Central Saanich, Sidney, Colwood, Langford, Metchosin and Sooke) have formed the South Island Division of Family Practice (SIDFP) to help with downfalls of losing so many doctors to retirement. The goal of the division, Marsh said, is to provide the best health care possible for residents as well as offer professional support for family physicians.

And that’s where Morgan and the Foundation hope to be able to help.

“The Foundation

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“What we’re beginning to see now is that we’re having to transfer patients from Saan Pen to Victoria and beyond because we aren’t able to care for them.”

According to Marsh, the challenges don’t lie only in not having enough doctors immediately, but also in recruiting family doctors for the future.

“There was a time when doctors were able to sell their practices and the patients would go with the practice but now doctors can’t give their practices away.

A different model is desired these days. Not many younger doctors want to run a single practice, they prefer to be in a group practice with nine or 10 other doctors.”

To that end, the hospital and the hospital foundation are reaching out to local government to open a discussion on how to better recruit and retain medical professionals on the Saanich Peninsula.

“There are new graduates coming out of school with debt who can’t afford to live on the Peninsula, there’s a desire to be working in a community with group clinic models, there’s huge incentives

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Chief of Staff at Saanich Peninsula Hospital Dr. Ambrose Marsh and Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation Executive Director Karen Morgan.

Sidney joins doctor retention group

“It’s a serious, long-term community issue,” says Sidney Mayor Larry Cross.

The Town of Sidney voted unanimously at a recent meeting to join the effort to look into ways of attracting and retaining doctors on the Saanich Peninsula.

“We have to do this,” added Councillor Steve Price. “If we don’t, we’re going to lose our hospital, basically.”

Council stated they feel the responsibility on attracting doctors to local communities is in the hands of the province — yet know that municipalities have to do their part. Coun. Mervyn Lougher-Goodey noted the province’s incentives for doctors to move to more rural areas might be a success at the expense of places like the Peninsula.

for doctors to go work in rural communities.

These are things we don’t have and we need everyone involved, all the players, to make this work,” said Marsh.

Other communities

around the province, he added, offer new doctors incentives like tax breaks, real estate funds and benefits, but it’s about more than just throwing money at them.

“We need to look at having more expanded models that would encompass more opportunity and teaching options,” he said.

Currently, doctors outside of Victoria

supports the SIDFP and we are in a position to help. We know how important it is for patients to have a doctor that will see them in their practice as well as follow them into the hospital. There’s an obvious patient desire for that,” she said.

Morgan and Marsh estimate the hospital will need five doctors in the immediate future to be able to operate at the optimum level.

“That number would greatly support the model we have here at Saan Pen and that number would be able

to absorb the current patients we have,” said Morgan, noting that above and beyond that the community will need an average of two to five doctors a year over the next five years at least.

“It’s a daunting task and the numbers sounds scary but it’s a normal process. This decline in professionals is happening everywhere as baby boomers look to retire and now we need to look at new models that will attract doctors.” reporter@peninsula newsreview.com

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OUR VIEW

Doctors are retiring too Attracting new, young doctors to the Saanich Peninsula is certainly a daunting task facing the local medical establishment in the wake of a shortage.

It must be considered that the local plight has been at least partially caused by the province’s focus on getting more An unforeseen doctors to practice in communities. consequence has rural In recent years, reared its head there have been incentives on offer to new graduates from medical school to locate in more remote communities, as those parts of the province have for years been struggling with a chronic lack of physicians. When the province established its incentive program to help fill those voids, it was generally hailed as one solution to that problem.

An unforeseen consequence has apparently reared its head on the Peninsula. As doctors here look to retire, finding a replacement has proven to be excessively difficult. So much so that the Saanich Peninsula Hospital and its Foundation are forced to find ways of attracting new doctors.

They are asking local municipalities to get on board and while that’s a good idea, it might only serve to act as increased lobbying pressure on the provincial government, the body responsible for health care in B.C. The need for communities and their hospitals and clinics to find new doctors as existing professionals near retirement is a serious issue.

On the Saanich Peninsula, an aging demographic means a potentially heavy workload on local physicians. Hence the idea of creating space for larger clinics of multiple doctors is a good idea as many hands make the load lighter.

The problem is, finding all of those hands.

Whether it’s local governments offering their own incentives for doctors to set up shop or the province eases up on the pressure for new doctors to head into the interior, there are steps that need to be taken before some of the area’s longtime physicians decide its time to hang up the stethoscope — with or without adequate replacement.

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

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Ferries subsidy shakeup needed Re: Tough decisions needed by Ferries (Our View, Nov. 22) I agreed with your comments for the most part, but you were a little over the top about the slot machines. Their use is optional, so maxed-out passengers can just ignore them and thus incur no cost, but I do acknowledge that it raises the question of enabling those addicted to gambling.

As a senior I am sorry to lose my free travel Monday to Thursday, but I do understand. I enjoyed it while it lasted. Maybe a happy compromise might be to give us old folks 50 per cent off seven days a week and thus encourage us to travel more often.

Your comments about those living on smaller islands having chosen their lifestyles (“Forcing the majority to pay through ever-higher fares to service the minority doesn’t make sense”) are true and it had to be said, but I am sure it didn’t make you a lot of friends. It does raise another issue that maybe should be discussed.

There is always talk that the ferries are part of the highway system and should be subsidized.

Fair comments to be sure, but we must also address why the inland freshwater ferries, operated by the Ministry of Transportation, are 100 per cent subsidized and free to use.

To follow your reasoning above, are we on the coast not subsidizing, through our tax dollars, the lifestyle choices of those who live in the B.C. Interior and use those ferries?

Here’s two options: Make all

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ferries free. Can you imagine the boom in the tourism sector, among others, on all of the islands?

Or, have the inland ferries charge a reasonable amount, with the revenue used to subside the coastal ferries. Either option is more fair than what we have now.

Peter Dutton Central Saanich

Change in ferry revenue is just a smokescreen Re: Tough decisions needed by Ferries (Our View, Nov. 22) We are being led to believe that reducing the seniors discount is necessary to improve B.C. Ferries’ bottom line. Every free trip taken by seniors is paid for when BCF sends the government the bill. This change will save the corporation nothing, but may well save the provincial treasury a large sum.

Payments from government to BCF will vanish and because seniors will now travel much less, the 50-per-cent fare they pay will be dramatically less revenue, hurting B.C. Ferries’ bottom line.

Rein Nienaber Saanich

Be heard on Beacon The Town of Sidney is embarking on a public process to decide the fate of Beacon Avenue. Forms are available at town hall so people can express their views on the matter.

A small but spirited group in

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town is promoting a change to two way traffic from Second Street to Fifth Street and are actively lobbying their case. I believe this will increase congestion in that corridor and do nothing to promote the businesses. Furthermore, there are no metrics on how this change would affect traffic flow.

If you believe the status quo should prevail, in other words that Beacon Avenue remain one way, it is important that your views be heard in this debate. Pick up a form at town hall (soon to be available at Sidney.ca online) and register your opinion between now and February, 2014.

Complacency could lead to the change. Silence is consent!

Brian Losie Sidney

Tree protection lacking Ever wonder how the tree protection bylaw in Central Saanich works?

With all the large trees being felled all over the municipality it makes one think maybe something is amiss.

I have been told that there is not sufficient staff to go to a development site to ensure the protection of trees. It seems strange to me that we can fund the Taj Mahal of fire halls but can’t find a buck or two to save a few trees that should be saved.

Mike Morry Brentwood Bay

Should B.C. Ferries put slot machines on vessels servicing the Swartz-Bay-Tsawwassen route?

158 responded YES 73% NO 23% MAYBE 4%

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Boys and Girls Club still looking for solution Group still needs space in Brentwood to rebuild clubhouse Devon MacKenzie News staff

More than six months after making a presentation to the District of Central Saanich regarding the need for a new facility, the Central Saanich Boys and Girls Club is still looking for land in Brentwood Bay. In May of this year, the group made a presentation to council during a committee meeting concerning the deterioration of their facility located behind the United Church in Brentwood.

The facility is in a state of major disrepair and needs major upgrades, but the property belonging to the United Church that the facility is on is also up for redevelopment in coming years.

As a result, the group is looking for a new location to build a modest facility, preferably somewhere in the heart of Brentwood, they said.

In a report presented in June, Central Saanich staff outlined four possibilities for relocation of the proposed 1,400 square foot facility.

All possible locations were centred around the piece of land which houses Pioneer Park, the library and cultural centre and the Centre for Active Living 55+.

Discussions between staff and council and a public hearing have taken place since.

In a move to clean up the zoning around the library and cultural centre area, a bylaw has been put in place to rezone the land to one type of zoning.

The land is currently a mixed bag of zoning which doesn’t follow any of the parcel boundaries, said Central Saanich Director of Planning Bruce Grieg.

“The zoning is a patchwork right now,” said Greig during a committee meeting on Nov. 12.

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Fees for club to be waived

During their committee meeting on Nov. 25 where they considered grants-in-aid, Central Saanich Mayor Alastair Bryson made a motion to include the building and development permit fees and other associated municipal fees for the new structure should a piece of land be agreed upon on by council and the club. The motion passed with Councillor Zeb King in opposition.

“If we were to move to Saanichton none of our current youth would be able to come to our programs anymore.”

– Kate Mansell tution zoning, parking lot, multi family RM 1 and R2, road right of way, some P2. The rezoning bylaw would would make it all general institutional P1 zone which allows a range of things on it.”

Grieg noted the zoning clean up is something that has been needed for many years but has never happened.

“This is a clean up we knew we had to do but we never really had a catalyst for it until now,” he said.

The rezoning will make the process easier should the municipality come to an agreement with the Boys and Girls Club in the future on placing a facility on the land.

It would also allow the library or cultural centre to expand in the future without having to rezone the property.

The public hearing held Nov. 12 saw many neighbours of the property and other residents of Brentwood Bay come out to voice their opinions on the zoning change.

Resident Brad Watson, who

lives on Lucille Drive which backs onto the land in question, started a petition to encourage council to keep the land (all municipally-owned public land) around the library as green space rather than rezoning it and potentially allowing the Boys and Girls Club to build on it.

“The proposed zoning change affects hundreds of families all over Brentwood Bay,” he said during the meeting, stressing his desire for maintaining the grassy areas around the library building.

Kate Mansell from the Boys and Girls Club was understanding of residents’ concerns but was firm in noting that locating the clubhouse in Brentwood Bay is necessary for the success of their programming.

“We’re committed to continuing to offer exemplary service to youth in our area but we’re also committed to being good neighbours,” she said, amidst suggestions from citizens to move the club to Saanichton.

“If we were to move to Saanichton none of our current youth would be able to come to our programs anymore since most of them walk from homes in Brentwood or from the Tsartlip reserve,” she said.

Council will consider the final reading of the bylaw to change the zoning on the land at their meeting on Dec. 2. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com

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Town of Sidney - Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 Steven Heywood News staff

• John Treleaven, a director on the board of the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, told town council it’s business as usual at the chamber following the departure of Executive Director Chris Fudge a week ago.

A search for a new candidate will probably not happen until the new year. Treleaven reiterated the chamber’s financial dilemma with their Pat Bay Highway tourist information centre. With little support coming forward to maintain and operate the facility, he said the chamber might have

no choice but to close it down.

• Appointments have been made to the Town’s various commissions, committees and boards — but they won’t be revealed until the council’s Dec. 2 organizational meeting.

• Councillor Steve Price said the new military helicopter hangar under construction at the Victoria airport will act as a postdisaster centre for the Peninsula when it’s complete. He added there will be an open house of the facility when it’s finished in the next year.

• Council will send letters to B.C. Ferries, the Premier and Minister of Transportation outlining its opposition to cuts to seniors’ free fares on the ferries

mid-week.

“The impact is very local,” said Coun. Kenny Podmore, regarding Sidney’s high senior population.

He said council needs to ask B.C. Ferries to either reconsider the cut or make the proposed 50 per cent fare for seniors effective seven days a week.

• Sidney council has asked staff to provide options on providing the local museum debt financing options for up to $127,000.

Coun. Melissa Hailey said the idea is to take the money out of Town reserve funds, allowing the museum to pay it back over time. The Sidney Museum and Archives is currently expanding both its physical space and collections displays. The issue will be debated during budget talks.

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Low Water Pressure Between Monday, December 2, 2013 and Monday, December 9, 2013, Capital Regional District (CRD) Integrated Water Services will be transferring the source of supply from Sooke Reservoir to Goldstream Reservoir in order to inspect the Kapoor Tunnel. While low water pressure may be experienced in Langford, View Royal, and Saanich north of the TransCanada Highway, no interruption in service is expected.

Residents may notice a slight change in the colour of the water however, this does not affect the safety of our drinking water.

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“They’re going to continue to take a dividend from a company that can’t afford to pay one,” Horgan continued, “and the consequences for people are going to be higher costs.”

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e all embrace the fact that the more we can add to our basic mortgage payments, the sooner we not only shorten our amortization, but also dramatically reduce interest costs over the life of the mortgage.

I was therefore quite shocked recently to see my favorite major bank, of which I am both a customer and an investor, commencing huge ads with the banner “Take time off from your mortgage payment – for up to four months!”

At a time when the average Canadian family carries a total debt twice that of their aftertax income, and 30 per cent are planning to carry debt into retirement, one can only hope that very few are tempted to jump at this offer of deferred mortgage payments.

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They take advantage of the bank’s offer and defer their regular $1,510 monthly payment for four months – making $6,040 available for a nice family holiday to Hawaii.

Good decision? Not likely!

Assuming, once they resume payments, that the interest rate and payments stay the same for the remaining mortgage life, the couple will eventually have added, compared to their no deferment alternative, $13,424 to the total amount paid.

This means that their Hawaiian holiday actually cost them not only

more than twice the saved payments, but also added about nine months to their previous 20-year amortization.

Accepting the bank’s offer would not be in the best interest of most borrowers.

For the mortgage holder, the increase in costs reflects the magic of compounding at work — this time, to the advantage of the lender, and the distinct disadvantage of the borrower.

Mortgage holders are always better served to, as much as possible, add to their payments, accelerate their frequency and even make

periodic extra lump sum payments.

Ideally, they should do all three.

No matter how low the interest rate, every outstanding dollar owing on a mortgage, or on any other debt, continues to attract that rate year-in and year-out until the last dollar is repaid.

Debt may be a necessary evil when one is young or with a growing family. As one approaches or enters retirement however, debt should be viewed as an absolute enemy — to be avoided at any reasonable cost.

Obviously, life happens. In a real family emergency, a $6,000 mortgage deferral might go a long way toward solving the problem. In such a circumstance the bank’s offer of a four-month payment “holiday” could well be the best answer. Do not however, be coaxed into deferring mortgage payments only to indulge lifestyle dreams.

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Spanish tapas at Sea Cider Event supports Victoria Therapeutic Riding Association Devon MacKenzie

The BBB agencies across North America have received a total of 338 complaints so far in 2013 related to these penny auctions, which now hold a rank of 31 out of 84 most complained about industry categories. An investigation into the sites is ongoing.

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An evening of global fusion supporting the Victoria Therapeutic Riding Association is slated for next week at Sea Cider cider house in Central Saanich.

The event, scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 4, will mix Spanish flair with local food and cider from Sea Cider.

The night is being organized by Camosun College’s Hospitality Management students and will feature locally sourced Spanish-inspired tapas created and produced by the students themselves.

“This event aims to raise awareness for the Victoria Therapeutic Riding Association for the second year in a row,” said Sarah Worrall, a student from the program.

“Last year’s event allowed students to demonstrate their talents and experience gained from the program and raise money for the non-profit organization to help it continue providing the therapeutic horseback riding program for children and adults with disabilities.”

Throughout the evening, a silent auction will showcase some of the outstanding products and services from the Saanich Peninsula and Victoria and a salsa dance performance by Sabor Asi Dance Company will also entertain guests.

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“I just like people,” he says simply. “I like Domingo the smiles you see on Daniels people’s faces when welcomes you help them find the you to Sears products and service Hillside Full they want – I just love it!”

Line Store in Domingo joined Victoria’s Sears Home Victoria store two years ago, moving over to Sears at Hillside earlier this year to become Senior Sales Manager in the major appliance department. In addition to managing the sales team, Domingo is also responsible for between $5 million and $6 million in his department’s annual major appliance sales.

While he has enjoyed a career in sales and retail for 11 years now, Sears’ reputation for customer service made joining the company an easy choice.

“I had heard about the great customer service Sears provided, and when a friend who worked for the company confirmed it, I knew it would be a great fit,” Domingo recalls.

When not at the store, you’ll likely find Domingo with his wife, Carolina, and their three busy boys, 17, 15 and 12-years-old. Sports, camping and other fun activities are often on their family calendar, and having moved to Victoria 11 years ago from Toronto, he appreciates the laid-back lifestyle and the ability to pursue many of these pastimes year-round.

That Sears enjoys a reputation that stretches from St. John’s to Toronto to Victoria is a testament to the company’s commitment to quality products and service, and to its many long-term staff, he says.

“I think people appreciate the variety of the items we carry and the customer service we provide. I see people who have been dealing with Sears for 40 or 50 years and I am very proud of that.

“Because of the customer service we provide, we have the opportunity to meet repeat customers every day,” he adds, inviting customers new and old to come in and take advantage of this weekend’s amazing Black Friday sale.

“Whether you’re looking for holiday gifts or new appliances for your holiday entertaining, Black Friday is going to be the best time to shop before Christmas Day!”

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Three generations of cabinetry excellence Sidney’s Cabinet Works a family success story Steven Heywood News staff

Three Scotts are keeping Cabinet Works in the family.

Neil, Jeff and Kyle Scott represent three generations of the same family working with wood on the Saanich Peninsula — and winning awards for it. Most recently, Cabinet Works (officially Neil Scott Cabinet Works) won a Crystal Award for small business of the year. This commitment to excellence means the business is kept hopping throughout the year.

It has taken a lot of dedication — and at one time a complete change of focus — to maintain a reputation in the industry and to keep the business a point of pride for the family.

Neil Scott started his business, then called Neil Scott Construction, back in the early 1980s. He did a lot of renovation work and says he became dissatisfied with the supply of cabinetry for his business. So he branched out and added cabinets to his repertoire. Neil’s son Jeff was taking his apprenticeship in cabinetry at the time, so it was a natural addition to the business, which was based in Neil’s small workshop.

“Jeff had an affinity for it,” Neil said. “So he got his carpenter’s ticket and we went to work on that in the garage.”

The resulting success forced them to move into larger quarters, taking a proper shot in the Keating industrial area in Central Saanich. There they would stay for 14 years, Neil spearheading renovations and

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The hard-working crew at Cabinet Works in Sidney are reflected in one of their custom mirrors (the image was flipped to get the T-shirts readable). From left: Vivienne Scott, Jay Thomas, Phil Thompson, Sonja Doiron, Neil Scott, Kyle Scott and Jeff Scott.

Jeff building cabinets. Their combined experience and expertise means they can work with clients to deliver amazing kitchens and more.

By 2003, Neil retired the renovations side of the company and Cabinet Works continued as a more exclusive and specific business. By 2006, Neil was semi-retired, with

Jeff and his wife Vivienne running the shop.

Neil has, however, remained available to share his knowledge and experience with the crew and with clients.

In 2008, with Jeff’s son Kyle (who was 15 the time) coming in to help out, Cabinet Works moved from Keating to the Sidney industrial park. It represented the move into the third generation of Scotts working in and running the company.

“We saw that (Kyle) has a knack for finishing work,” Jeff said. “It comes very naturally to him.”

“I’ve always told Kyle that if he can become a finisher, he’ll never be unemployed,” added Neil.

A decline in the construction industry five years ago hit everyone pretty hard, added Vivienne. Government helped out with temporary renovation credits and tax incentives over two years but when those ran out, many shops closed, she said.

“We have had to find new ways to bring value to clients, to go above the norm,” said Vivienne, who markets the company and often is a customer’s first contact.

Due to the experience of the company (they also have staff who have been with them for years), they have adapted and continued to bring quality custom work to their clients. Today, Cabinet Works is a busy place — they are only booking three months in advance. They work on jobs, big and small, and maintain connections with some of the best designers and contractors to make customers’ visions take shape. Clients, added Jeff, often come back to them for their second or third renovation.

That reputation for quality work and customer service at Cabinet Works has grown right alongside the Scott family.

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Orchestra’s Boston Pops Tribute in December Show set for Dec. 10 in Sidney SIDNEY — When the Boston Symphony decided to present concerts of light music they turned to Arthur Fiedler, then a violinist in the Orchestra, to create the Boston Pops.

These concerts became so popular they were broadcast on radio and TV across North America. Their success was based upon a repertoire of light classics, combined with popular music and compositions specially written for the Orchestra by Leroy Anderson.

When Fiedler retired, the baton was taken over by film composer John Williams who continued the tradition.

The Boston Pops continues today under the direction of Keith Lockhart who is also the conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra

Violinists with the Palm Court Light Orchestra during a recent Sidney performance. They return Dec. 10 in a Pops tribute. in London, England.

For its tribute to the Boston Pops, conductor Charles Job and the Palm Court Light Orchestra will be playing a selection of Leroy Anderson’s music including The Syncopated Clock, The Typewriter and The Sand-

paper Ballet. They will also be presenting light music by Canadian icon Robert Farnon. Farnon, born in Toronto, led the Canadian Armed Forces Band during the Second World War, remained in the U.K. and became famous for his original compo-

sitions, radio and TV shows, recordings and arrangements for Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and George Shearing.

In order to present an authentic tribute to the Boston Pops, the Orchestra has included Henry Mancini’s Moon River, Emil Waldteufel’s

Skaters Waltz and Francis Lai’s theme from Love Story. Soloists will perform Ennio Morricone’s Gabriel’s Oboe from the film The Mission and concertmas-

ter Pablo Diemecke will perform John Williams’ moving violin solo from Schindler’s List.

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White Theatre is Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets are available from the Mary Winspear box office by calling 250-656-0275.

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Let the Whole World Sing at St. Paul’s SIDNEY — Why not Let the Whole World Sing.

It is a great idea for this time of year and in these troubled times.

So, come and support the St. Paul’s United Church Choir as they sing out the Christmas musical by Joel Raney entitled, Let the Whole World Sing.

Under the direction of Mary Lou Day, the choir presents the Nativity story musically, incorporating original songs by the composer with favourite Christmas carols and familiar text. The choir will be joined by valued musical friends Melanie Funk (flute), Claire Mackelson (Euphonium) and Clarissa Morrison (piano).

Another reason to sing is the knowledge that the proceeds from the concert will be shared with the Sidney Lions Food Bank and St. Paul’s United Church.

This choir has a long tradition dating back to

mid 1920s of sharing their musical talents and raising their voices in song to fundraise for charitable organizations and services in the community.

Over the years, many groups in the community have benefited from these musical fund-raising initiatives. This year is no exception as the choir shares the proceeds as well as the holiday spirit of the concert.

Come join the St. Paul’s Choir and help to get the whole world singing.

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Coach says Stingers one of the best teams in years High school basketball preview Steven Heywood News staff

This year’s Stelly’s Stingers senior girls basketball team is a mix of great leaders and strong players, says their coach.

Lynn Montgomery, in her third straight year as head coach, said the team is one of the best she has seen in her nine years at the school.

“We are well-balanced overall. We have a lot of returning senior players.”

Montgomery was running her team through their drills this week, as the high school hoops season is set to begin next week at a variety of tournaments in the region.

“It’s a good group of competitors,” she said of the squad, adding she has noticed that more girls seem committed to the game and

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Stelly’s senior girls team coach Lynn Montgomery says the squad will be in the mix among AAA-level teams in the south Island region.

Newcomer Lucy Skinner will provide scoring in the backcourt.

junior team ranks this season.

“She has great hands,” said her coach. “She is a rower and rugby player who is energetic and strong.

She’s one who will do a lot

of scoring this year.”

On the defensive end, Montgomery points to Alynn Dagg and Sophie Blandford. Both work well together, although the coach said Blandford is

to honing their skills in the offseason.

“We have some good ballhandlers and we run the floor well,” she continued.

“We also have some size in our post players.”

High on the list of her coaching points is instilling a level of confidence among all of the players.

One player with no shortage of that is Lucy Skinner, who has moved up from the

coming off of a back injury.

While she’s tentative right now, Montgomery agreed she’s showing signs of a wily veteran who knows how to be in the right place at the right time.

Holding the team together will be Rachael Ross, a Grade 12 player considered

by Montgomery to be one of the squad’s best athletes.

The team will have to be on its game, she added, as they’re in the same league as Oak Bay — a team promising to be the AAA powerhouse among girls’ teams this season.

Claremont, too, will be tough competition, but Montgomery said Stelly’s will be in the mix.

The Stingers’ first league game is right before Christmas, with a few tournaments on the horizon. The season runs through February.

• • • • Up next: Stelly’s boys and Parkland’s two senior teams will be profiled in the PNR.

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+++ +++ +++ Junge Junge -- 1922 1922 –– 2013.

2013. +++ Mother, Pender Omi Dorle, was a very kind, Mother, Pender Omi Dorle, was a very kind, but strong-minded and independent but strong-minded and independent woman. She and her beloved late woman. She and her beloved late husband Werner (Opi) moved to Pender husband Werner (Opi) moved to Pender Island from Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), Island from Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), Ontario in the mid 1970th. Together, Ontario in the mid 1970’s. Together, with some sub-contracting, they built with some sub-contracting, they built their beautiful house and created their lovely beautiful house created their garden.

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Funeral time.

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

201-1425 Fort, $334,900

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

402-1500 Elford, $269,900 Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422

304-55 Songhees, $679,900

Saturday 2-4 Brown Brothers Real Estate Robert Young 250 385-6900

3161 Alder St, $519,500

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 JONESco. Real Estate Roger Jones, 250-361-9838

VIEW ROYAL 3 Woodville Pl, $329,000 Sunday 2:30-4:30 Re/Max Camosun Roy Coburn, 250 812-5333

26-1498 Admirals Rd, $145,000

Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Eileen Jespersen, 250-686-4820

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

47-850 Parklands, $349,000

Sunday 1-4 Access Realty Ltd. Dave Vogel, 250-588-8378

Saturday 2-4 Duttons & Co. Real Estate Ltd. 250-383-7100

606 Speed Ave, $215,000

5-915 Glen Vale, $669,888

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

101-1235 Johnson St, $284,800

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Sladja Stojkovic, 250 477-5353

2915 Glasgow St, $599,900 Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Fair Realty Diana Winger, 250-588-8839

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

Sunday 2-4 Brown Brothers Real Estate Robert Young 250 385-6900

105-1156 Colville, $245,000

Sunday 3-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

1330-1334 Esquimalt Rd. Saturday 11-1 One Percent Realty Valentino, 250-686-2242

1028 Tillicum, $424,900 Sunday 2-4 One Percent Realty VI Ray Kong, 250-590-7011

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SAANICH EAST 2604 Shieling Pl, $739,900 Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Dan Juricic, 250-514-8261

3963 Juan De Fuca, $1,189,900

Saturday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Ltd Eleanor V Smith, 250-818-6662

202-1680 Poplar, $219,000

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rosemarie Colterman, 250 592-4422

301-1663 Mckenzie Ave

Saturday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Realty Andrew Swan, 250 592-4422

207-1663 McKenzie Ave

Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Karen Dinnie-Smythe, 250 744-3301

3712 Kootenay, $649,900 Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422

3505 Richmond Rd, $529,900

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Robert Nemish, 250 744-3301

982 Mckenzie Ave, $299,900

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

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Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Shaunna Jones, 250-888-4628

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Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Nancy Di Castri, 250-744-3301

1460 Cranbrook, $529,000 Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Mike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100

25-3958 Cedar Hill Rd, $249,900 Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Mike Lock, 250-384-8124

3937 Lexington, $639,000 Sunday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Doreen Halstenson, 250-744-3301

4009 Cedar Hill Rd, $529,900

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

1575 Jasper, $599,900 Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

3327 Blueberry Lane, $359,800

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

1043 Parkwood, $799,900 Saturday & Sunday 11-1 Re/Max Camosun Dan Juricic, 250-744-3301

3934 Cedar Hill X Rd, $859,000

Sunday 1-3 Address Realty Ltd., Shaughna Boggs-Wright, 250-391-1893

4028 Trafalgar Cres, $564,900

Saturday 1:30-3:30 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Mary Beaumont, 250-889-2233

3895 South Valley, $729,900

Sunday 2-4 Cathy Duncan & Associates 250-658-0967

308-3915 Carey Rd, $248,000

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Angele Munro, 250-384-8124

SAANICH PENINSULA 102-2360 James White, $224,900 Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Mara, 250-384-8124

110-1505 Church Ave, $199,900

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SAANICH WEST 206-150 Gorge, $232,000

1254 Clayton Rd, $629,900

2309 Muriel Pl, $437,000

9820 Seaport, $499,500+

101-2329 Bradford Ave, $479,500

Saturday 2:30-4 Re/Max Camosun Blair Veenstra, 250-744-3301

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

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Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Gay Helmsing, 250 655-0608

8570 East Saanich Rd, $569,000 Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Robin Lewis, 250-656-0131

110-10461 Resthaven, $175,000 Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

1689 Texada Terr, $1,038,000

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Newport Realty Julie Rust, 250-385-2033

Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty May Hamilton, 250-477-5353

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

1106 Lucille Dr, $424,900 Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Megan John, 250-477-7291

WEST SHORE Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003

219-2710 Jacklin, $314,000 Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Angele Munro, 250-384-8124

3377 Vision Way, $349,900 Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jenn Raappana, 250-590-3921

102-9945 Fifth St, $249,900 2655 Sooke Rd

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7161 West Saanich Rd, $362,900

695 Redington Ave, $359,000

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10935 Marti, $1,109,000

952 Terlane, $369,900

Saturday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Inez Louden, 250-812-7710

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Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Linda Egan, 250-655-0608

952 Paconla, $519,000 Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Keith Watson 250 744-3301

Saturday, Sunday & Monday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608 Saturday 2-4 JONESco Real Estate Inc. Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

610-9809 Seaport, $963,800

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

$1,149,000 Saturday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Inder Taneja, 250-686-8228

8846 Carmanah, $648,000

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Sunday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Inez Louden, 250-812-7710

22-848 Hockley, $79,000 Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Roy Coburn, 250 812-5333

105-611 Goldstream, $217,600

Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Shannon Jackson, 250-474-6003

3310 Ocean Blvd, $899,000 Saturday 1-3 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736

109-3220 Jacklin, $279,900 304-2732 Matson Rd, Saturday 2-4 $229,900 DFH Real Estate Ltd.

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty May Hamilton, 250-477-5353

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Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Corie Meyer, 250-818-3216

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

225-40 Gorge Rd W, $279,900

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

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

985 Gade, $650,000

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

991 Rattanwood, $495,000 Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Karn Dodd, 250-479-3333

990 Moss Ridge Cl, $612,000

Sunday 2:30-4 Re/Max Camosun Blair Veenstra, 250-744-3301

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MALAHAT 2316 San Juan, 359,000 Sunday 12-2 DFH Real Estate Ltd Tim Parker 250 743-7151

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He Said, She Said We asked Joscilyn and Brian Jupp

Q: WHAT WAS THE CLINCHER FOR YOU ON THIS HOUSE DEAL? SHE SAID: There’s three bathrooms and they’re all nice, but there’s lots of potential to make them even nicer. Plus being heavily pregnant, I liked the fact the house was move-in ready.

HE SAID: The garage grabbed my attention.

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Do you have a house-hunting story you’d like to share with us? Email ddescoteau@ vicnews.com To advertise in HomeFinder, call John Graham at 250.480.3227 or email jgraham@ blackpress.ca

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Move fast on that home with everything Don Descoteau News staff Searching for a home that would meet their needs, not just now but years down the road, wasn’t a quick experience for Joscilyn and Brian Jupp.

After spending five months looking at photos and property specs and trooping through numerous homes around the West Shore, the couple found what they wanted in Langford.

“We were living in a two-bedroom condo with one child and we were lucky enough to get pregnant again,” Brian recalls.

“We wanted a house regardless, but having a second child on the way put a little urgency into the situation.”

For the Jupps – Brian, 36, manages the Caprice Theatre in Langford and Joscilyn, 26, is a nurse at Victoria General Hospital – a big part of the process was determining what features they wouldn’t budge on and where they might be willing to compromise.

“We knew we needed at least three bedrooms and two bathrooms, because as girls grow up, we know they spend lots of time in the bathroom,” says

Joscilyn, who gave birth to their second daughter just six weeks ago.

The couple had been looking casually at homes through last winter to get a sense of what was out there. In spring the search became more serious, as they enlisted a realtor and searched for new listings that matched their requirements.

They found the market more competitive than expected and homes that met their needs on price and features were lost to other home buyers ready to pounce.

When their realtor contacted them about the five-bedroom home they ultimately bought, they were away on vacation.

But with more of a feel for the market after their house-hunting experience, they didn’t hesitate to make a deal when they returned, Brian says.

The property appealed for many reasons. With very young children, having the bedrooms on the same floor was important. So was the idea of having a large yard.

Shelley Mann, president of the Victoria Real Estate Board, says today’s real estate market

Photo by Ian Simpson/IMS FotoGrafix

Langford homeowners Joscilyn and Brian Jupp, with daughter Julia, 1-1/2, relax in their sizeable backyard last month. is far different than a few years back, when deals were written after a first showing and properties often entered a bidding war.

Prices have remained flat for months on single family detached homes in the region and there’s good choices – nearly 1,300 are currently listed.

Mann agrees with the Jupps about the need to act fast on quality homes, especially with interest rates still low. “If they’re looking for a pretty spe-

cific property and see one come up, they have to jump on it. There’s a lot of people looking for the same thing.”

The previous owner of the Jupps’ house had completed much of the work toward creating a rental suite, a fact the busy young couple is thankful for and one that will boost their home’s resale value.

Unlike some of their friends, they didn’t need that rental income to afford the mortgage pay-

ments, Joscilyn says. Converting the suite to usable family space has tripled their square footage.

“A lot of people my age … are compromising their living space to be able to afford a house,” she says.

“I’ve been starting to tell my friends to start saving for a house even if they’re six months or more out from seriously looking, so they’re ready (when they find that perfect home).” ddescoteau@vicnews.com

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