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PENINSULA Farewell to Angus

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Staff and supporters of the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre say good-bye to a founder, page 5 Black Press C O M M U N I T Y

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Kennedy Archibald and Josh Rikhi enjoy a rare treat Tuesday morning - pond hockey in Central Saanich near Michell’s Farm. Freezing temperatures on the Peninsula of late created new ice surfaces for the pair of local hockey players and Stelly’s Secondary students to enjoy.

Boys and Girls Club has land to call home Devon MacKenzie News staff

After a lengthy process searching for a location to build a new facility, the Brentwood Bay Boys and Girls Club finally has land on which they may build a new home.

In May of this year, the group made a presentation to Cen-

tral Saanich council concerning the deterioration of their facility located behind the United Church in Brentwood.

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

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The list had been paired down to two viable options — one backing on to Rom Knott Park and looking out over the Library and Cultural Centre parking lot (site D) and one located at the west end of the parking lot (site E).

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Costs driving Beacon Ave. debate Sidney and traffic lobbyists differ on costs; agree on public process Steven Heywood News staff

Coins campaign rolls on

SIDNEY — More than $1,000 has been raised in this year’s Coins for Kids campaign, put on by the Peninsula News Review.

Readers continue to bring in their coins and that total will certainly increase — so folks, remember to drop off your coins at the PNR office on Second Street in Sidney.

The fundraising effort will help the Saanich Peninsula Secret Santas’ Toys for Tots campaign.

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students, seniors visit Government House

VICTORIA — Students from Saanich Peninsula schools and seniors from local care facilities spent time this week with B.C. Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon at Government House.

There were festive activities such as Christmas tree decorating, a Christmas tea, lights and more.

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Debate over whether a return to full two-way traffic flow on Sidney’s Beacon Avenue is in the cards could boil down to the cost.

Both the Town of Sidney and the Sidney Tourism Improvement Group (STIG) have asked for engineering and cost reports showing what would need to take place on the street to make it fully two-way. The reports differ on the bottom line and both parties have said that the cost to taxpayers for any change could sway the outcome of a public consultation process in December and January. STIG, however, hopes that cost alone won’t be the only determining factor in this decision.

Currently, traffic on Beacon Avenue is two-way between the Pat Bay Highway and Fifth Street; one-way between Fifth and Second streets, and; two-way again between Second and First streets.

The battle over traffic flow has been simmering since 1997, when the Town, under then-Mayor Don Amos, changed the threeblock segment of the street for both beautification and business delivery reasons.

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Town engineering drawings show proposed changes to Beacon Avenue should a portion of it revert to two-way traffic system. The Town based its cost estimate on these plans.

Not everyone was keen on the change. Denis Paquette, owner of Sidney Waterfront Inn and Suites has been a vocal proponent of the twoway system in an effort to keep visitors in town longer and, therefore, help improve the local economy.

Paquette and other business owners formed STIG earlier this year and the movement for two-way traffic has been growing, put-

ting pressure on the municipality. A traffic movement study conducted by Urban Systems this year was not designed to look at Beacon Avenue specifically, but the company did so when they had less work than time allotted in their contract with the Town. They deemed the oneway portion of Beacon to be counter-intuitive for drivers — yet before any change, the Town would have to consult

with business owners and the rest of the community.

After initial delays and continued pressure from STIG and others, the Town voted this month to proceed with public consultation. A public meeting on the issue is tentatively set for Jan. 23 at the Mary Winspear Centre.

Part of that announcement included a Town engineering department report estimating the cost to revert Beacon

back to two-way traffic would be $150,000 to $250,000.

Prior to that, STIG held its own public meeting, revealing they asked two engineering firms to provide cost estimates as well. Steve Duck of TIDES Group and working with STIG, says those estimates were verbal-only, but put the cost of reverting Beacon to a full two-way system at $60,000 or $125,000.

In an email to the PNR, Duck said getting the written estimates on those numbers will cost around $2,500 and may be out of reach by STIG at this point.

“Given the range when the Town’s estimate is included, it’s apparent the devil is in the details which will make valuable comparison difficult,” Duck stated.

That said, Duck seemed to soften STIG’s insistence on the two-way option for Beacon Avenue.

“The one-way versus twoway stand does not provide for any vision of what is the better way for Beacon Avenue,” he said. “Certainly, STIG has been encouraging an evaluation of two-way in response to the Urban Systems traffic report recommendations.”

PleAse see: STIG will work with, page 4

Canada Post to end home delivery in urban areas Community mail boxes coming for all remaining households Jeff Nagel Black Press

VANCOUVER — Canada Post will phase out doorto-door delivery of mail in urban areas in a new bid to cut costs.

Many newer suburban neighbourhoods already have community mailboxes. But the Crown corporation says the remaining one third of Canadian households that still get home delivery will be switched to community mailboxes or

grouped or lobby mailboxes over the next five years.

It cites declining use of postal mail — a billion fewer pieces of mail were delivered last year compared to 2006 — as households shift to online bill payments and other digital communication.

The price of stamps will also go up from 63 to 85 cents each if bought in booklets, or $1 for individual stamps.

It means up to 8,000 fewer postal workers will be needed, which Canada Post says will be shed by attrition,

as nearly 15,000 workers are expected to retire or leave voluntarily over the next five years.

“With its current labour costs, Canada Post has a much higher cost structure than its competitors in the private sector have,” Canada Post said in a news release.

“This is simply not sustainable.”

The changes are expected to save a combined $700 to $900 million per year.

A Conference Board of Canada report last spring

found Canada Post would face losses of $1 billion a year by 2020 without major reform.

Reaction has been mixed but one concern being raised is that many more banks of community mailboxes will be vulnerable to mail theft by identity thieves.

There have been ongoing mail theft reports in Metro Vancouver communities that already have the clustered group boxes. Surrey resident Craig Findlay says the community mailbox in his Fleet-

wood neighbourhood was broken into repeatedly and says Canada Post must make them more secure before converting the remaining urban neighbourhoods.

“It’s going to be an exercise in futility as far as I’m concerned,” Findlay said.

Findlay said it might be smarter to reduce home delivery to every second or third day, or else put group boxes in publicly accessible indoor areas such as malls, until mail thieves can be thwarted.

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STIG will work with Sidney’s public participation process Continued from page 3

“The long term vision of this group is for shared streets for all modes of transport, which will include moving cars in both directions.”

Duck added Town council has the responsibility to determine the outcome and STIG will work with Sidney’s

public participation process.

Mayor Larry Cross said in an interview with the PNR recently that the public process has begun. There’s a survey online at www. sidney.ca, seeking people’s opinions about Beacon Avenue. There are also plans to host public forums in the

Cost report breakdowns on Beacon Avenue conversion 1. Town of Sidney cost estimate • Basic one-way to two-way conversion (north side of Beacon Avenue) - $162,480* • South side curb reconstruction for relocated crosswalks - $36,960 • Replace large painted voids each side of Second Street with landscaped median - $26,000

new year (one is tentatively set for Jan. 23).

Chief Administrative Officer Randy Humble added the Town really wants to promote its online survey — Sid-

• Spilt phase signal timing at Seventh Street and Beacon - $19,200 *Costs include 20% contingencies 2. STIG cost estimate • Two verbal-only estimates of $60,000 and $125,000, respectively.

neySays — as a venue for public feedback.

He said there will be mail outs going to businesses and residents

that will include the survey.

Once the Christmas season is complete, said Cross, the pub-

lic consultation process will ramp up and firm times and dates for meetings and open houses on the future of Beacon Avenue will be announced.

Humble said the Town hopes to wrap up its consultation by midto-late February with staff recommendations to council to follow. editor@peninsula newsreview.com

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“My question is who will bear the costs of having to tear up the asphalt to put down a foundation?” asked Bryson.

“All site and construction costs will be borne by the applicants,” clarified Bruce Grieg, the director of planning for the municipality.

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the site E location centred around the loss of 11 parking stalls in the lot in order to construct the building, but the motion in support of the location passed.

“I’m pleased because now we know we’ll have a home in Brentwood for the Club,” said Councillor Carl Jensen.

Jensen echoed sentiments from Boys and Girls Club staff who had concerns about financial support for the project falling through because of the delays experienced in finding a location.

Coun. Zeb King made a motion after the site was chosen to request more public input on the location.

“My fear with more public consultation after the fact is that it might be a case of one step forward and two steps back,” said Bryson.

“The longer we delay, I have more concerns that it could cost the club the success of their project.”

King’s motion was voted down, five votes to two. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com

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Aquarium co-founder celebrated Community leaders, co-workers, volunteers bid Angus Matthews good-bye Steven Heywood

people together.”

Matthews thanked the people around him from the beginning of the project to the realization of the dream, for their support — including his wife, Sandy.

He added the future of the SODC looks bright, thanks to people like the staff, volunteer oceaneers and board members. editor@peninsula newsreview.com

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Angus Matthews is still a big booster of the Salish Sea and everything in and around it — including the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre.

“It has been the highlight of my career,” Matthews told a full house of friends, family, community leaders, volunteers and well-wishers at a celebration Tuesday night at the Sidney aquarium.

Matthews, one of the founding members of the SODC and its first executive director, announced this fall he was leaving the job. This week, the community honoured Matthews for his hard work and dedication to seeing the non-profit educational aquarium become a reality.

“Thank you for playing such a pivotal role,” said Murray Farmer, who was part of the original fundraising campaign to make the project a reality.

Farmer said he and his wife Lynda were part of a group of visionaries who wanted the world-class marine centre to become a reality in their community.

“Angus was limitless in his enthusiasm and energy,” Farmer said.

“Here was someone who could not think small. It just wasn’t in his genes.”

Co-workers at the aquarium and members of the volunteer board of the SODC recalled Matthews’ hard work in creating designs for the facil-

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Charles Elliott, master carver, holds up a carved paddle, a gift to SODC executive director Angus Matthews Tuesday night.

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Outgoing SODC executive director Angus Matthews. ity and spearheading efforts to raise the millions of dollars required to build it.

“Angus the magician,” intoned former board member Peter Boyd, telling the history of the SODC in the form of a medieval narrative.

Members of the Samson family were on hand to sing Paddle Song, a First Nations welcoming song. Matthews created, with this family and many

others, strong relationships that continue from the opening of the SODC in 2009 to this day.

Matthews’ efforts to improve the community didn’t stop with the aquarium. As one of the largest tourist attractions in Sidney, the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre, through Matthews, worked to unify local business interests.

He was most recently a founding member and marketing chairperson of the Sidney Business Improvement Area (SBIA). It was created to help spread the word of just what the community has to offer and to increase Sidney’s economic fortunes as a result.

Chair of the SBIA Cliff McNeil-Smith said Matthews made a presentation on establishing a marketing and branding entity on the Peninsula many months ago.

“I recall how Sid-

ney business owners asked him how they could do better,” said McNeil-Smith. “It was the start of the Sidney Business Development Group (which led to the SBIA).”

Sidney Mayor Larry Cross thanked Matthews for his energy, integrity and sense of fun. Cross admitted he had his doubts about the marine centre early on, but said that Matthews made it work, and made it an integral part of the community today.

Matthews himself wasn’t quite ready to stop being so bullish on the Salish Sea and the SODC. He said the area is all about relationships — that of the ocean, surrounded by some seven million people who live on its shores.

“The ocean is unbelievably big,” he said.

“It does whatever the hell it wants and that dynamic has brought

‘Tis the season of impaired drivers PoliCe NeWS

The Saanich Peninsula beat Devon MacKenzie News staff

Central Saanich Police Service

• On Dec. 8 around 10:30 a.m. during a routine traffic patrol, an officer noticed a red pick up truck pull into the Esso gas station at the corner of Mount Newton X Road and the Pat Bay highway. While doing a regular check, the officer discovered the driver was prohibited from driving and had been previously convicted of a charge under the motor vehicle act. The 24-year-old Central Saanich man was arrested at

the scene and issued a provincial appearance notice.

• Two drunk drivers were nabbed on the morning of Dec. 7 within two hours of each other thanks to observant citizens.

The first man, a 42-year-old from Victoria, was pulled over around 8:15 a.m. on the Pat Bay highway near Mount Newton X Road. A driver had followed the man from Saanich and noticed he was weaving and driving erratically. When a police officer caught up with the vehicle, the driver blew two fails and was issued a 90-daysuspension and had his vehicle impounded.

The second driver was reported by a citizen after he was found to be driving

erratically on Island View Road around 10:30 a.m.

When police caught up with the 28-year-old man from North Saanich, he too blew two fails and was issued a 90-day driving suspension and had his vehicle impounded.

• On Dec. 6 around 9:10 p.m. officers conducted a Counterattack road block at the corner of West Saanich Road and Slugget Road. Officers stopped a blue pickup truck en route northbound on West Saanich and noted the driver smelled a lot like alcohol.

After denying multiple times that he’d been drinking, the 47-year-old Central Saanich man blew two fails and was issued a 90-day suspension and had his vehicle towed.

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OUR VIEW

Decision made, so move on T

ime heals all wounds. Or so the saying goes.

In some cases, however, time can also open some new wounds. That might have been the case as the Central Saanich Boys and girls Club waited — and waited — for the municipality to make up its mind on where the Club might be able to build a new facility.

It appears that for the most part, the District council was in favour of the Boys and Girls Club rebuilding their facility within municipal boundaries. The sticking point then became where that spot might be. They began looking for a new site in May. Now, some seven months later, they have that site approved by council.

In the meantime, It’s now time to let organizers and the Boys and Girls fundraisers must have felt on pins and Club rebuild needles for most of that time, waiting for an approval that would eventually come, but trying to hold on to donors and financing options willing to wait for the land issue to be resolved.

A decision like this probably should not have taken so long. Yet, such is often the nature of the beast when it comes to local politics. Agreeing with and supporting of an organization like the Boys and Girls Club is fine on the surface, but where that support really counts is in the willingness to get the job done. And done properly, of course.

For anyone to ask for further public consultation on the issue of clubhouse location, after the site was approved, is a perceived attempt at stalling the process under the guise of seeking more public input.

It’s fair to say that this proposal has had its share of public scrutiny over the last seven months. There appears to be little in the way of outspoken opposition to the Club’s proposal and the District has done its due diligence in choosing a location.

It’s now time to let the Boys and Girls Club rebuild.

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

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Horse and mouth disease Re: Organic waste disposal.

At the recent meeting concerning the future of the Agriculture Land Reserve several issues critical to our future were raised by farmers, politicians and citizens.

It was noted there were sufficient numbers of Central Saanich council for a quorum. Only one councillor from Sidney was present, notable in that, earlier, the Town had held an open house to introduce and implement their blanket fee-forservice kitchen organics program.

Most importantly, as noted by Adam Olsen, former Central Saanich councillor and emphasized by farmers, is that food security is our most critical issue and Vancouver Island is alarmingly vulnerable to perturbations in the environment and our precarious geology.

As abundantly clear from recent catastrophes, we would be foolish to not take individual and collective action to prepare for emergency. As one speaker noted, we have only 72 hours of emergency food reserves.

An agro-ecologist noted one of the more acute problems is the recycling of nutrients and the health of the soil which takes a long time to build. Humus from organics is the key factor to production on the Saanich Peninsula.

We, a family of four, have practiced such non-emission humus/carbon recycling for decades. Hardly an ounce of organic waste has ever left our yard. We took the federal government’s One-

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Ton-Challenge seriously. Our diet is supplemented by a variety of fruits and vegetables and our small lawn does not create carbon emissions or noise.

It is puzzling, then, why the Town of Sidney is imposing a mandatory surcharge of $156 for a service we do not want or need and which demonstrably increases carbon emissions in transport as well as neighbourhood uproar over the smell. Therefore, we are being severely penalized.

Something is wrong here, sort of like the proverbial butt not talking to the mouth. It’s time to integrate our environmental and agricultural policies for the Peninsula. Political expediency only delays the inevitable accounting, in the face of change.

One thing too was made clear, the citizens must engage with their leaders to implement change. We have no time — and no need — to waste.

James K. Finley Sidney

Don’t compete with farms Re: Voters need critical thinking skills. Mr. Springfield Harrison is encouraging voters to use critical thinking skills in next year’s elections.

Perhaps I have been and still am one without said skills. Thank you Mr. Upward for your defense of the councillors who held out

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for a better deal. A win is a win. It seems like those who oppose the majority of council simply cannot accept that they could actually do the community a favour and get something right.

Under no circumstances do I wish to see the largely agricultural nature of North Saanich change.

However, I cannot accept that we must fight all development. We have a responsibility to build a community with jobs and homes. If Mr. Harrison is so concerned about the tax revenue then I suppose he would have no objection against a similar commercial development even without the offer of land to our community.

In my view we simply do not need a community farm. We have enough farm land.

What we may be short of is actual farmers. With all the risk attached to farming why would we compete with those farmers struggling to make a living? A growing community is a growing market for local food.

It’s time to build a slightly larger community and maybe even a community centre for North Saanich. And with it a new spirit of co-operation.

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Butterfly Gardens reopens with a new roof New roof will save on heating costs Steven Heywood News staff

After nine weeks, Butterfly Gardens in Central Saanich reopened Dec. 7 and its general manager is happy that people have found their way back to the tourist attraction.

David Roberts says Butterfly Gardens shut its doors to replace it aging roof. Glass panels were replaced with poly-carbonate inserts. The project had two main benefits for the facility — making the roof lighter and allowing them to get rid of wood beams that affected visitor sight lines, and better insulating the roof which will reduce their heating costs.

Roberts said he was a little nervous that it might take some time for visitors to return after the nine-week closure. But, thanks to Facebook fans helping spread the word, people came back on their reopening weekend and visits

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Butterfly Gardens’ general manager David Roberts says he’s pleased with the public’s return to the tourist attraction following a nine-week roof replacement project. have been steady since.

Butterfly World is home to hundreds of butterfly varieties (they bring in 700 pupa each week from Costa Rica and the Philippines),

rescued or donated tropical birds and fish and they have a giant tortoise habitat.

In addition to their collection of exotic flowers, meat-eating plants

and tropical food trees, Roberts said Butterfly Gardens also has a Colombia Corner — where they accept donations for their longterm project of helping people in

Colombia create a butterfly farm to help add to the local facility’s collection. For more information about Butterfly Gardens, visit www.butterflygardens.com.

by Michell Farms. She has shown remarkable restraint in her reporting.

Central Saanich, shame on you for allowing this hideous architecture in our back yard.

Bruce Prittie Central Saanich

wants to replace it.

Let’s upgrade the old hall and stop using the perpetual excuse of ongoing earthquake issues.

Also there is talk of a composite fire department, that is, a combination of volunteer and paid professional firefighters.

This is because the demographic in Sidney makes it possible that daytime fires could be difficult to respond to.

A check of available records reveals that at no time has the Sidney Fire Department used the mutual aid agreement that exists with other local fire departments.

Would this not indicate that a shortage has yet to occur? The wage numbers quoted in the paper seem to downplay the costs of such an endeavour.

Quoting real/correct union wage totals should provide the public with useful information regarding what could become a very expensive municipal department, given the plans coming up in the near and distant future.

Robert Jones Sidney

LETTERS CBC needs to change Groucho Marx said of television, “It’s very educational.

Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”

Ninety-five per cent of today’s hundreds of platforms provide content focused on selling us stuff, demonstrating the point Groucho was making — it’s mostly eye-candy interrupted by commercials.

The NHL-Rogers 12-year hockey rights deal threw a hand-grenade at CBC-TV, with a time-delay fuse.

CBC-TV’s sports property and crown jewel, is gone.

In Oct. 2014, HNIC will be editorially-controlled by the folks at Rogers. Rogers will decide what games will be carried on the CBC-TV network, under their control. All related revenue (a very large chunk of CBC-TV’s annual revenue) is retained by Rogers.

HNIC will continue on CBC-TV for four years. Rogers will not charge CBC a rights fee. Rogers will, in effect, be feeding HNIC

(their show) to the full CBC-TV network and all of their other platforms on Saturday night.

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If the next four years are not dedicated to this challenge, CBC-TV will disappear.

Taxpayers now pay $34 per year to support the public broadcaster. An extra $20 per-

year per-capita will provide the sustenance to achieve the goal. It’s that important to the maintenance of our democracy.

Ron Devion Brentwood Bay (Mr. Devion is a former Head of CBC Sports, former Director of TV for CBC British Columbia, and former Head of the CBC Host Broadcaster for the 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games.)

One ugly building Regarding PNR article Dec. 4, Legal grow-op building, page 1.

Your staff reporter Devon MacKenzie deserves commendation for her article on the new grow-op building at 6922 Lochside Drive. She accurately reported the facts in regards to the location, owners, purpose, and ALR status.

But what really impressed me was her total objectivity in completely ignoring the fact that this is the ugliest structure we’ve ever seen.

Never mind that it’s situated in the beautiful Island View area

Upgrade the current hall I was quite surprised when reading your Friday, Nov. 29 edition, to learn of the Town of Sidney’s intention to look at replacement properties for the current fire hall.

I was elected to council in Nov. of 1987. A referendum to replace the very old hall was also on the ballot.

Obviously, the referendum passed and the current fire hall was built in 1989. It replaced a hall that was not suitable for earthquake survival — again the current reason to replace the replacement hall.

The current hall is under 30 years old, making it one of the newest fire halls in the Capital Regional District. Yet our council

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side from oil, the commodity we most hear and read about is gold. Many experts tout gold as the ultimate investment — the investor’s hedge against inflation, a weakening dollar and, generally, uncertain economic times.

In the past few years as gold prices climbed dramatically to a peak of around $1,900 an ounce, advocacy for gold as a sure-fire investment steadily gained ground. As is usually the case, during this upward price trajectory, the herd mentality prevailed. Investors large and small joined the frenzied rush to gold. Then came the sudden, downward price spiral. Many portfolios were devastated as, in a few short months, gold crashed by about 40 per cent, to $1,300 an ounce.

“If you are willing to make investment decisions on the flip of a coin, then investing in gold might be for you — a 50/50 chance of a positive price move is Peter Dolezal about the best probability Financial Savvy anyone can count on.”

As the above price volatility illustrates, gold is much less an astute investment than a gamble, subject to the whim of investors rather than the real interplay of normal supply and demand forces. There is no other example of a commodity where its price is driven largely by emotional investor reaction.

If an investor takes a position on another commodity such as silver, copper, coal or iron ore — whether in the commodity itself or through shares of the producers — he knows the underlying value is primarily driven by both the supply and the consumption-driven demand for the commodity itself. In a product such as oil, some effect on price may be attributable to world political and economic stresses, but even so, the main deter-

minant of value will be the available supply vs. actual demand.

Unlike all other commodities, gold is, for the most part, not bought for consumption.

World-wide, there are some 170,000 tons of gold in above-ground inventory. This massive reserve is about 60 times the world’s annual production. It resides mainly in jewelry, in Central Banks and in the hands of investors. The world’s actual annual industrial consumption of gold is only about 2,440 tons.

While this represents 90 per cent of annual gold production, it is a mere 1.4 per cent of existing world supply.

The price of gold can be exceptionally volatile. It can react to sudden decisions, not only of investors, but also of

Central Banks, some of which may decide to buy or sell large quantities in response to their nation’s economic situation.

In a well-diversified portfolio, gold may have a place as a very small percentage of one’s investments.

However, gold pays neither interest nor dividends. An investor may be better to invest in shares of a few low-cost gold producers with a solid track record of healthy dividend per-

formance.

Predicting the movement of any investment in the shorter-term has repeatedly been shown to be near-impossible, even for experts. Due to gold’s unique independence from normal industrial supply and demand forces, predicting its price direction is virtually impossible.

If you are willing to make investment decisions on the flip of a coin, then investing in gold may be for you – a 50/50 chance of a

positive price move is about the best probability anyone can count on - not a particularly sound strategy for responsible investment decisions!

A retired corporate executive, enjoying post-retirement as an independent financial consultant, Peter Dolezal is the author of three books. His most recent,The SMART CANADIAN WEALTH-BUILDER, is now available at Tanner’s Books, and in other bookstores.

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Seniors struggle quietly as help stagnates Report reveals divorced and widowed Canadian seniors are being hit hardest by the rising cost of living Daniel Palmer News staff

“I didn’t know I was going to get old,” says Gayle, sitting on a wilted La-Z-Boy amongst her peers at Silver Threads Services’ Saanich activity centre.

At 4-foot-9 with a confident gaze, the 71-yearold lives off about $1,400 per month from mostly government funding.

Gayle is lucky enough to have paid for her condo outright, but a mid-life divorce and subsequent return to work in low-paying customer service jobs

meant she was never able save for retirement.

I worked really, really hard,” she says. “But when you earn $800 a month, by the time you’ve lived, you can’t afford those kind of things.”

Gayle’s story is just one of thousands becoming more familiar as a new international report reveals divorced and widowed Canadian seniors, predominantly women, are being hit hardest by the rising cost of living accompanied by stagnant government support.

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older are doing relatively well when compared with other seniors in advanced countries, according to a comprehensive study on pensions in 34 countries by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The senior poverty rate in Canada is among the 10 lowest in the OECD. But more concerning is that while many senior poverty rates were falling between 2007 and 2010 in other countries, poverty amongst Canadian seniors increased by about two per cent during the same period.

“Higher poverty among older women reflects lower wages, more part-time work and career gaps during women’s working lives,” said the OECD report, which also

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noted longer female life expectancy plays a role in inadequate retirement savings.

The report also found that public pension transfers in other advanced countries accounted for 59 per cent of seniors’ gross income, while Canadian government transfers account for less than 39 per cent.

“Further reforms are needed that are both fiscally and socially responsible,” said OECD SecretaryGeneral Angel Gurría. “We cannot risk a resurgence of old-age poverty in the future.

This risk is heightened by growing earnings inequality in many countries, which will feed through into greater inequality in retirement.”

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Edna, an 87-year-old expat from the U.K., lost her husband in 2012.

While she’s able to afford semi-regular trips to see her family in Vancouver, she scoffs at the lack of affordable and subsidized housing for seniors on lean incomes.

“They keep putting up these buildings for seniors, but they’re just too expensive,” she says. “My husband and I applied for subsidized housing more than a decade ago in Vancouver, and they said they had 16,000 people on the waiting list. And it’s probably got worse now. I think a lot of seniors are suffering.”

But with OAS eligibility set to rise from 65 to 67 years of age beginning in 2023, the growing crisis of senior poverty doesn’t yet have a clear solution.

“You don’t expect the government to do it all, of course you have to make plans,” says Gayle, as the weekly seniors gathering comes to an end.

“Where I live is a little over $500 between my taxes, fire insurance, maintenance fees and hydro. I don’t have Internet or a computer, I have an answering machine and a landline. ... It’s not easy. If I didn’t get that little extra bit of lining from the government, I don’t know what I’d do.” dpalmer@vicnews.com

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SENIORS IN FOCUS New publication lists resources of all types Devon Mackenzie News staff

A new guide available at Tanner’s Books will help people from all walks of life search out information and resources.

The 2014 edition of My Help! Book published by a local woman features 64 pages of resources — phone numbers, email addresses, street addresses and more — all in one small guide.

Cynthia L’Hirondelle, the book’s publisher, got the idea because she was frequently asked by friends and family for resource information and contacts.

“There are people out there who frequently get asked for advice or direction, people who are informal community helpers or perhaps volunteers. After hearing the questions, people were asking, I thought, ‘why not put all this information in one easily accessible place?’ That’s how the book was born,” L’Hirondelle explained.

As backwards as publishing a paper book may seem in this day and age, L’Hirondelle said there are advantages to it.

“Many people have problems finding the information or help they need on the internet because of three things: not knowing

what to look for, information overload and not knowing what key words to use. There’s a distinct digital divide out there, not everyone has access or wants access to resources online. So a tangible resource like the My Help! Book is a necessity for some people.”

The books are priced at $5 (some sponsors like Salvador Davis in Sidney purchased the books bulk and donated them to the SHOAL Centre to give to residents at no cost) and L’Hirondelle handpicked each resource listed.

“It has 45 sections and 900 listings covering every aspect of individual and community services including key provincial and national listings and listings for the lower mainland.

The book lists contacts for everything from legal resources, health resources, crisis lines, employment resources and more. It definitely doesn’t list every single resource out there but I’ve carefully chosen the contacts to reflect a good diversity.”

L’Hirondelle said she is also working on a digital version of My Help! Book for mobile devices that should be available in 2015.

For more information, visit www.myhelpbook.me. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com

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gram is being re-jigged after a bit of a hiatus.

“We have run this program in the past and it’s just taking off again,” Ryan said, adding that the volunteers collect essential information on the senior during the intake process so volunteers have all the information they need should a situation arise.

“We’re also now working with the Community Care Occupational Therapists from Island Health to see that they have intake forms for our checkin program with them when they do their visits.

“That way they can fill them out with the seniors and make sure all the information is complete,” Ryan said.

The program, she continued, is already seeing success and seems to be used by a growing number of seniors.

“Many elderly seniors want to live

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A program run by Silver Threads is providing a much-needed service for seniors all over Greater Victoria, including the Saanich Peninsula.

The Reassurance for Seniors Volunteer Program (RSVP) is a no charge community service that provides daily contact to seniors that live alone.

Trained volunteers offer a daily (five days a week) check-in phone call to ensure that the senior is safe and well.

“What we’re trying to do is offer another resource for seniors who live independently.

By offering the check-in service it not only gives the senior a sense of security but also their families who may not always be near,” said Tracy Ryan, the director of community relations for Silver Threads.

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Sidney’s next sculpture is up to you People’s Choice Award winner will be added to Sidney’s collection Steven Heywood News staff

Have your say on which sculpture along the waterfront the Town of Sidney will add to its permanent collection.

Starting on Dec. 16, ballots will be available for anyone to fill out in the Seaside Sculpture Walk People’s Choice Award initiative.

Between then and Jan. 31, 2014, the municipality will collect votes from the public on which sculpture, not already in the Town’s permanent collection, should be purchased and added to the waterfront art accumulation.

The piece with the most votes wins.

Sidney launched its Seaside Sculpture Walk initiative in the summer of 2012.

Featuring 12 artists, the Sculpture Walk follows a portion of the community waterfront walkway from Beacon Park to the Anacortes

Ferry terminal on First Street. Four of those sculptures are already in the Town’s permanent collection: The Dog Walker, The Fisherman, The Pirate and The Diver.

Mayor Larry Cross says the municipality will not use tax dollars to pay for the sculpture purchase. Instead, it will use money collected out of its bonus density fund — something that developers pay into when they seek added density for a project.

Sidney has a maximum of $12,000 to spend out of this fund.

Staff said the artists have all agreed to sell their work within that limit, should they win the People’s Choice Award.

The long-term plan, said Cross, is to add to the Town’s collection.

“It will be another reason for people to visit Sidney,” he explained.

Cross added Sidney is learning from the

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The Pirate is a sculpture already in the Town of Sidney’s art collection on the waterfront.

Which one is next is up to voters. At right is a sample of sculptures to choose from.

Town of Castlegar, B.C., which has a very successful sculpture program of its own (including a full-time co-ordinator, he said). Art aficionados travel all over the place for such displays, said Cross, add-

ing he would like Sidney to get its share of that kind of tourism.

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already gone out. Cross said he hopes the Town will continue to have the resources to add to its collection of public art.

Information on each sculpture can be found on plaques at each art work, as well as on the Town’s website (www. sidney.ca) with a link under its arts and culture tab. There, people can also find an online ballot for the People’s Choice award. Paper ballots will be made available at the Visitor Information Centre on Beacon Avenue, the Mary Winspear Centre, Pier Hotel and at Town Hall. Watch for a ballot appearing in the Peninsula News Review as well. The winner of the People’s Choice Award will be announced at a gala event in 2014.

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Saanichton gets in the spirit Annual Community Christmas this weekend Devon MacKenzie News staff

The village of Saanichton is gearing up to host the ninth annual Saanichton Community Christmas this weekend.

The event takes place tomorrow, Saturday, Dec. 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at various locations in Saanichton.

The Community Christmas celebrations include a Pancake Breakfast with Santa at St. Mary’s Church, carriage rides, live music, gingerbread decorating and a winter market.

The annual event, put on by the Saanichton Village Association, engages everyone, young and old, and is a chance to bring the community together over free refreshments and activities.

“This is a great winter event that the community looks forward to every year,” said SVA president, Jan Carroll.

The event supports the Sidney Lions Food Bank and attendees are encouraged to bring a donation (monetary or non-perishable food items) to contribute to the cause.

For more details on the event including a full list of event times, visit www.saanichtonvillage.ca. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com

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Bev Elder of the Sidney Lions Food Bank accepts a cheque from the B.C. Aviation Museum presented by museum Treasurer John Lewis. The museum raised the money through a recent admission-by-food-bank-donation event.

Vox Humana celebrates the season Chamber choir presents A Child’s Christmas in Wales Dec. 23 CENTRAL SAANICH — Vox Humana chamber choir takes the stage at St. Mary’s Church in Saanichton Dec. 23 at 7:30 p.m. for their forth annual presentation of Dylan Thomas’ beloved Christmas story, A Child’s Christmas in Wales.

The story will be read by

Welshman Melville Jones and accompanied by carols.

The event is geared towards families and appropriate for all ages and admission is by donation.

Since 2002, Vox Humana has established itself as Victoria’s premier chamber choir and

an ensemble of great diversity and flexibility. Their repertoire covers every historical period and style, from the earliest polyphony to contemporary commissions.

Highlights of past performances include Handel’s Dixit Dominus with Victoria’s Galiano Ensemble in 2003, appearances with the Victoria Symphony on their Christmas Pops programme and the

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soundtrack for the TV documentary Captain Cook: Obsession and Discovery, scored

by Victoria composer Tobin Stokes.

In 2011, the choir released their first CD Summer Rain that features the music of Jeff Enns, César Geoffray and Toivo Tulev.

For more information about the Dec. 23 event visit www. voxhumanachoir.ca.

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Panthers’ owner buys into Victoria Grizzlies Pete Zubersky one of five new Grizzlies owners; becomes BCHL team’s director of operations

Ownership group fires head coach

Charla Huber News staff

The Victoria Grizzlies ownership has multiplied from two to seven owners — including the current owner of the Peninsula Panthers.

The announcement was made at Bear Mountain Arena, Dec. 9. John Wilson, Don Robinson, Reza Binab, Pete Zubersky and Kirby Yeats have all signed on as co-owners.

Zubersky was also appointed as the team’s new director of operations.

“I remember this arena being built. We probably have the best Junior A venue in the country,” said Zubersky.

The new co-owner owned a share in the team from 2003 to 2006 and is excited to be back on the ownership side.

Zubersky is also a coowner of the Peninsula Panthers Junior B team.

As the new director of operations Zubersky hopes

Victoria Grizzlies’ head coach and general manager Bill Bestwick was fired by the new majority ownership group which took over on Monday.

The decision to axe Bestwick is believed to stem from past differences between him and Pete Zubersky, as the latter has assumed the role of director of operations, which includes the general manager position he previously held for three and a half seasons during the organization’s time as the Victoria Salsa. Back then Bestwick was with the Clippers and their disputes were public. However, Zubersky says it’s not what led to this week’s decision.

“Hockey is an emotional game for emotional people,” Zubersky said. “There’s a winner and a loser and you’re always going to have friction. Any differences I had with (Bestwick), I can’t really think of any, but it had nothing to do with this.”

— Travis Paterson/News staff

Charla Huber/News staff

The Victoria Grizzlies added five new owners, Dec. 9. From left are: John Wilson, Don Robinson, Reza Binab and Pete Zubersky. They are joined by Kirby Yeats. to enhance the game experience and bring back the crowds and packed seats at Bear Mountain arena. Most games are drawing in about 1,200 fans and the arena has the potential for about 2,800, he explained.

He worked as an RCMP

officer with the West Shore RCMP for six years and coached in the Juan de Fuca minor hockey for seven years and hopes his ties to the community will help him in the position.

“It’s really important to get into the community and

we want to be best friends with Juan de Fuca minor hockey,” he said.

Binab was also a former owner holding stakes in the team from 2002 until 2011.

He’s bought back into the team due to “My passion for hockey,” he explained.

Mark Wagstaff has been an owner of the Junior A franchise for the past 18 years, he hopes adding the new owners to the roster help give the team a boost.

“All live sports are seeing a decline, we are not the only one. The teams are never in trouble as long as you have substantially secure owners,” Wagstaff said.

In the future the team

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hopes to announce more names on its ownership roster.

“We want to make this local BCHL team into one of the best teams in the country,” said Ron Walchuk, coowner of the Grizzlies. Walchuk has been an owner of the team for one and half years.

“These new owners will help us take this franchise to the next level.”

DISTRICT OFDistrict CENTRAL The Corporation of the of SAANICH Central Saanich

2014 2014COUNCIL COUNCILMEETING MEETING SCHEDULE SCHEDULE

2014 COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of Section 127 of the Community Charter, of the Council Meeting schedule for 2014, as follows:

Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of Section 127 of the Community Charter, of theJanuary Council schedule 13 Meeting Special (Open) Councilfor 2014, as follows: January 20

3 and 17 Council January 13February Special (Open) March 3 and 17 January 20April 7 February 3April and2217 Special (Open) Council May17 5 March 3 and May 20 Special (Open) Council April 7 June 2 and 16 April 22 Special (Open) Council July 7 and 28 (Summer Schedule – To Be Confirmed) May 5 August 18 (Summer Schedule – To Be Confirmed) May 20 Special (Open) Council September 2 (Special (Open) Council in lieu of statutory holiday) 15 June 2 andSeptember 16 October 6 and 20 July 7 and 28 (Summer Schedule – To Be Confirmed) November 3 and 17 August 18December (Summer1 and Schedule – To Be Confirmed) 15 September 2 (Special (Open) Council in lieu of statutory holiday) The Regular and Special (Open) Council Meetings will be held in the Council September 15 at the Central Saanich Municipal Hall, 1903 Mt. Newton Cross Road, OctoberChambers 6 and 20 commencing at 7:00 p.m. (unless otherwise posted).

November 3 and 17 December 1 and 15 The Council Meeting schedule is available at the Municipal Hall, and it and the

Peninsula Eagles midget Noah Dalziel dives over Tri-Port’s Riley Heemels to get to the puck during the teams’ Division 3 contest in Port Alice Saturday, monthly meeting schedules are posted on the District’s website: For further information, pleasewill contact Municipal at www.centralsaanich.ca.

The Regular and Special (Open) Council Meetings be the held in theHall Council Dec. 7, 2013.

Chambers 250-652-4444.

Central Saanich Municipal Hall, 1903 Mt. Newton Cross Road, Tri-Port won the commencingat atthe7:00 Ruby Shea p.m. (unless otherwise posted). game, 4-2.

Deputy Municipal Clerk The Council Meeting schedule is available at the Municipal Hall, and it and the J. R. Rardon/Black Press [Note: The afore-noted schedule is subject to change at the discretion of Council.]

monthly meeting schedules are posted on the District’s website: www.centralsaanich.ca. For further information, please contact the Municipal Hall at 250-652-4444.

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Stelly’s jumps to five on Island hoops list CENTRAL SAANICH —Stelly’s Secondary School’s senior boys basketball team has jumped into fifth spot in the Vancouver Island AAA boys basketball rankings.

In its Dec. 8 poll, Sport Victora put the Stingers at fifth place — an increase of two spots — in the top 10 3A schools on the Island. Leading the way on this list are Mark Isfeld out of Courtenay (1), Wellington of Nanaimo (2) and Nanaimo District Secondary (3).

Claremont of Victoria is currently ranked number one among 4A schools on the Island.

Lambrick Park, St. Michaels and Gulf Islands are ranked one, two and tree, repsectively among 2A schools.

— News staff

Ruby Shea Deputy Municipal Clerk [Note: The afore-noted schedule is subject to change at the discretion of Council.]

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: THE ESTATE of MYRA DOROTHY MILLIKEN, RETIRED, late of SAANICHTON, BC. NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the estate of the above deceased are hereby required to send them to the undersigned at 3rd Floor, 612 View St., Victoria, BC V8W 1J5, before January 13, 2014, after which date the Executor will distribute the said estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which She then has notice.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that the Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Lucia Giovina Cain also known as Lucy Giovina Cain, deceased, late of 602 220 Townsite Road, Nanaimo, BC and most recently care of Saanich Peninsula Hospital, Extended Care Unit, who died on October 22, 2013, are hereby required to send them c/o Mont & Walker Law Corporation, 201 Selby Street, Nanaimo, BC V9R 2R2, Attention: Michael P. Walker, before February 14, 2014, after which date the Executor will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto having regard to the claims of which it has notice.

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RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO SAANICH WEST- 1246 Hastings St, 3 bdrm Rancher, 2 garage, dining/living/family rooms, 2 bath (ensuite), F/P, appls incld, new roof. Walking distance to Interurban campus. Reduced price, $460,000.

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HomeFinder Find a place to call home

He Said, She Said We asked Caylla and Adam Harvey

Q: WHAT WAS THE DEALMAKER FOR YOU?

SHE SAID: A lot of townhomes don’t allow certain size dogs, and we love our dog, Sadie, so we had to find a place that she could live, too.

HE SAID: If they don’t allow dogs, kids and rentals, then we’re not buying it.

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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GREATER VICTORIA MARKET UPDATE » AS OF DEC. 11

139 » $418,000 » 3,829 »

TOTAL PROPERTIES SOLD OR DEALS PENDING THIS MONTH BENCHMARK PRICE FOR A TYPICAL TOWNHOME TOTAL NUMBER OF HOMES LISTED

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Move to townhome a calculated decision Location, size, dog-friendly complex factors for young couple Space, the final frontier. Sound like a sci-fi TV catch phrase? For Caylla and Adam Harvey, space was a challenge they faced every day in their condo, or at least the lack thereof.

The young working couple – she’s a senior executive administrative assistant in government while he’s working as a carpenter – have a plan for the future that includes kids and at least one big dog.

Adam bought the condo in 2011, a two-bedroom, one bathroom unit which he considered to be “a pretty decent size.”

After the couple married last year and added Sadie, a German shepherd-chow-husky cross, the extra space was quickly used up.

“The closet in our spare room was taken over by Christmas decorations and random leftover wedding decorations. We needed more space,” Adam says.

Adds Caylla: “We both loved living in the condo.

It was in a great location

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Adam and Caylla Harvey are getting ready for Christmas in their Royal Oak townhome. They moved in this year after outgrowing their condominium. right on Quadra Street.

Even though it was big, we had outgrown it.”

The newlyweds began looking for a larger space and included detached homes in their search.

They had specific objectives, knowing they will eventually expand their family.

Given that fact, Caylla was very concerned about location and wanted to be in a family oriented neighbourhood.

Both she and Adam also hoped to find a place they’d be comfortable in for at least five years.

During their search, the couple found themselves weighing several variables, including price, location and how new or recently renovated units were.

“I wanted a townhouse, because I thought we could get something nice, big and new for the same price as a two-bed-

room detached house,” Adam says.

It wasn’t quite as simple as that, they found.

With location in Greater Victoria playing a major factor in pricing, the properties they looked at ranged greatly in price.

In the end, they considered their most important factors – location, size and allowance of larger dogs – as well as Adam’s carpentry skills, and chose a 1,900-square-

foot townhome in Royal Oak that needed some updating.

Tim Ayres, incoming president of the Victoria Real Estate Board, says townhomes can provide a more economical price point for homebuyers.

The region’s benchmark, or typical, townhome is listed at $418,000 compared to the benchmark detached home at $548,000.

“Plus, a lot of people underestimate the amount of time and money they’ll spend on upkeep and maintenance when they move into a detached house,” he says.

“Having most or all of this taken care of by way of a monthly strata fee will not only keep your home looking great, it will preserve its value because maintenance will not be deferred.”

The Harveys are very happy with their choice, Caylla says, pointing to such nearby amenities as shopping, banking, walking trails and Saanich Commonwealth Place as part of that package.

“We went to a couple of places and immediately liked them, only to find something we liked even more the next day,” Adam says. “Looking around for a while really paid off.”

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