Peninsula News Review, January 08, 2014

PENINSULA Toys for Tots a success

Panthers are back in action

Families in need over the holidays received a little cheer from secret Santas, page 3 Black Press C O M M U N I T Y

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Peninsula’s 10-game home winning streak up against Victoria on Friday, page 13 Watch for breaking news at www.vicnews.com

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Daryl Michell (left) and Dan Ireland stand on Ireland’s property overlooking Maber Flats. The two, plus other farmers in the area, want more information on the Nature Conservancy of B.C.’s plans to purchase and turn the Maber Flats land into a wetland.

Farmers wary of plans for Maber Flats Members of Central Saanich’s agricultural community concerned about future with Nature Conservancy Devon MacKenzie News staff

After an announcement by the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and the District of Central Saanich about a plan to turn Maber Flats into a wetland nature

sanctuary, farmers in the community say they need more information.

“This project came out of nowhere, it blindsided us,” said Dan Ireland, owner of Ireland Farms which encompasses land in Maber Flats.

“We have no details or

information from either the Nature Conservancy or the municipality on what the actual plans are, just statements from them that this project is meant to improve storm water management and improve agricultural potential. We want to know

how they plan on doing that.”

Ireland is one of a handful of farmers who own land on or near Maber Flats who have seen the area between Wallace Drive and Keating X Road change over the last few decades.

According to Ireland, the land does have drainage issues and the current land owner (who is negotiating with the NCC to sell the land) has bermed the land resulting in more issues relating to standing water.

“We’ve also seen many of

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the neighbouring properties to the flats berm their land because the water level was getting worse and worse,” Ireland said.

Please see: Maber Flats plans include, page 4

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Peninsula News in brief Party for the food bank

SIDNEY — The Sidney Pier Hotel and Haro’s restaurant are throwing a party this month.

Opening Jan. 18 is Mardi Gras - Bringing the Bayou to Sidney.

Tickets are now on sale for the opening night party. Mardi Gras-themed events will continue to Feb. 1.

Proceeds from the opening night event will be donated to the Sidney Lions Food Bank. Call 250-655-9445 for details.

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B.C. hits 4.6 million

VICTORIA — B.C.’s population grew by 24,000 in the third quarter of 2013, reaching 4,606,375.

It’s the largest population increase for that quarter since 1996. Interprovincial migration figures showed the seventh consecutive quarter of net loss for B.C, down 282 from the second quarter. B.C.’s total population increase over the 12 months ending Oct. 1 was 47,496 people.

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Wheels turning on new kids program Success of Toys for Tots campaign leads volunteers to a new bike donation effort in 2014 Steven Heywood News staff

A successful holiday campaign to bring gifts to children in need on the Saanich Peninsula is spinning into a new program to reach children on their birthdays.

The Saanich Peninsula Secret Santas held their Toys for Tots program in December, collecting donations of gifts for girls and boys of families that were experiencing a tight holiday. It was so successful this year, says organizer Sherry Moir, that the volunteers have decided to use some of the left over cash donations to start a new effort.

Toys for Tots received a donation of 20 bikes from Sidney’s Russ Hays Bike Shop, Moir said. Another three donations were trikes and scooters for younger kids. They were able to hand those out to 23 families — only a small portion of the 256 families that Toys for Tots reached through the Sidney Lions Food Bank.

Moir said with the money that was raised from the community, the Secret Santas were able to purchase helmets for each child who Submitted photo received a bike. Five of those, A happy mom picks up the last donated bike for the Toys for Tots program at the she continued, were donated Sidney Re/Max office. Twenty-three new bikes were donated by the Russ Hays Bike by a man who had heard of Shop. the program and wanted to help in some way.

Marty and Mike of The generosity of the Sidney’s Russ Hays Bike community and of the ownShop pose with some of ers of Russ Hays Bike Shop the helmets that were has encouraged Moir to start donated and purchased working on a Bikes for Birthfor the Peninsula Secret days program for 2014.

Santas Toys for Tots She is planning on working program. with community donors and Submitted photo volunteers to collect bikes, new or used, fix them up if necessary and donate them to children on the Peninsula well as people willing to help on their birthdays. They fix them up and hand them would be for kids whose Peninsula Lifetime Eyecare Centre’s out. families could not otherwise Moir has big plans for the afford a new bike and helmet. nd Bikes for Birthdays idea — “Over Christmas, Toys for including a big bike rodeo in Tots received more than 120 names of kids who don’t have ing to get enough donations the process of seeking dona- the spring to help teach chilbikes and who didn’t get one to give a bike out to each tions of space and volunteer dren about bike safety. She time.from She said the program said it could be a large comchild on that list, Featuring on theircollections of the 23 we had,”Moir said.

So, she is working on col- birthday. The plans are still will need a place to collect, munity event, not unlike the lecting those names and try- in their infancy as Moir is in store and repair bikes — as Pumpkins on the Pier event

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PNR’s Coins effort reaches $3,300 SIDNEY — Readers of the Peninsula News Review stepped up to the plate over the holidays, donating $3,338.99 to the Coins for Kids effort.

That total was on par with last year’s fundrasing effort. Thanks to the generosity of PNR readers, children were given a brighter Christmas season. Money raised in 2013 once again went to the Saanich Peninsula Secret Santas Toys for Tots campaign.

We know that people save up their pennies and other coins just for the Coins for Kids program and the PNR would like to thank them for their donations.

The News Review takes in coins throughout the year (with November and December our busiest months) and we look forward to seeing continued generosity in 2014 as we support the Bikes for Birthdays program.

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held in October as a fundraiser for Toys for Tots.

Moir still has a lot of legwork to do before the Bikes for Birthdays program can be made official, but she is working on it already and asks that potential volunteers — or donors — contact her via email at sidneysecretsantas@gmail.com.

Watch the PNR for more details as they become available. editor@peninsula newsreview.com

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Maber Flats plans include an engineered wetland Continued from page 1

“By them berming their land it has exacerbated the problem but you can’t fault them for it, they have the right to try and protect their land from being flooded,” Ireland said.

Ireland also noted the municipality has worked over the last few years to control

the water flow through storm water ditches in the flats and that a major improvement had been seen.

Other concerns he and the other farmers have, Ireland said, relate to an increase in the number of resident Canada geese should the wetland area be enlarged.

“We already have to

control the geese from destroying crops on our properties as it is,” he said.

Ireland and others, including Daryl Michell of Michell Farms, say they are also worried about the loss of a significant tract of farmland in the Agricultural Land Reserve.

“My worry is that if the land is turned into a

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by engineering a wetland in the Maber Flats area it would alleviate spring and fall inundation of neighbouring farm land.

The sale of the 68-acre plot of land has not yet been completed and the NCC and the district would have to get approval from the Agricultural Land Com-

mission (which would confirm or deny that the project has a significant benefit to local agriculture) before proceeding with the project.

Watch for more on this story in the PNR as it develops. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com

Happy Tails earns most Festival of Trees votes SIDNEY — Happy Tails to you. That’s the name of the winning tree at the Festival of Trees held by the Mary Winspear Centre.

The Centre’s Myfawny Pavelic Gallery was full of decorated Christmas trees throughout December and the early part of January. Decorated by local businesses and charitable organizations, the trees were up to solicit votes via donations from the public.

“Decorating our tree was a wonderful experience, it really made the Holiday Season come alive,” said one participant according to a media release from the Centre. “I enjoyed meeting new friends and can’t believe how much fun we all had as a team.”

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Property assessments are up slightly across most of B.C., with dips in average residential values in the Okanagan and on Vancouver Island.

The biggest increases were in the Northwest and Peace River regions, where total residential value rose about 10 per cent as natural gas and other industrial development picks up speed.

The B.C. Assessment Authority released its 2014 property assessment rolls Jan. 2, showing continued slight growth in total property values in most regions of B.C. The value of all property in B.C. rose 1.27 per cent, despite declines in most regions for farm, recreational and managed forest land.

In the Lower Mainland, most residential values showed modest increases, from almost flat on the North Shore to 1.61 per cent in Vancouver. RichmondDelta recorded the only decline in the region, with residential total value down 0.15 per cent.

In Southern Vancouver Island, total residential property value fell 2.69 per cent, with similar decreases for recreational and farm property. Business property is up 3.89, and major industrial property jumped 17.45 per cent.

Central Vancouver Island residential property slipped 1.31 per cent, with similar decreases in industrial, recreational and farm property and a 2.67 per cent rise in business property. The Courtenay region saw residential values hold steady, with business property up 3.36 and farm and recreational values down two per cent.

On average, property owners in the Capital Region will see a modest 2 to 5 per cent assessment decrease in 2014, according to the B.C. Assessment Authority.

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The highest-valued properties in the Capital Region are in Victoria ($11.9 million) and on Domville Island ($9.3 million).

A Saanichton property on Lawrence Road at $9.01 million made the top 10. Ranked in 13th spot was a $7.28 million property in the Ardmore area of North Saanich. Another North Saanich property on Land’s End Road was 19th at $6.51 million.

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Penticton region residential property is down 0.94 per cent, with a similar dip in farm value.

Kelowna also had about a one per cent drop in farm value, with residential value steady compared to 2013. The Vernon region saw a 1.57 per cent drop in residential value and a 1.95 per cent dip in farm value.

Residential property value was up 1.21 per cent in the Nelson-Trail region, up 1.31 per cent in the East Kootenay and up 0.76 per cent in the Kamloops region.

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Rod Bealing, executive director of the Private Forest Landowners Association, said the value reflects fluctuations in the price of logs, with property value lagging the timber market by several years.

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Jim Parker Publisher Steven Heywood Editor Janice Marshall Production Manager Bruce Hogarth Circulation Manager

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The Peninsula’s secret is out

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ommunity service over the recent holiday period has sparked an enthusiastic look to the future — and another effort to help folks who are in need on the Saanich Peninsula.

Sherry Moir of the Saanich Peninsula Secret Santas - Toys for Tots campaign (whom you have read about often in the pages of the PNR) is using her experience with the group to make it grow in 2014.

After receiving a donation of bikes from Sidney’s Russ Hays Bike Shop for Toys for Tots in December, Moir discovered there are many children on the Peninsula who do not have a bike.

And the 23 they received to hand out as presents at Christmas just weren’t enough.

That’s why Moir is starting a new program called Bikes for Birthdays. She hopes to find enough bikes — new or used — to hand out to the many children who could have received one as a gift at Christmas, but for a lack of them did not. Moir is starting the legwork to get the wheels rolling, if you’ll pardon the pun, and needs other volunteers willing to repair or refurbish used bikes and otherwise contribute to the effort.

Not only will children without the means receive a bike should this program really work, but they will have the opportunity to learn more about bike safety. What’s more, is getting a bike means children can play outside, get some exercise and stay healthy for a lot longer than just one day.

In that perspective, Moir’s Bikes for Birthdays idea addresses a few issues — helping families make ends meet, allowing children to socialize more easily with their peers (who didn’t get to know some new friends while riding bikes?) and staying fit through a little muscle power. With this region’s emphasis on cycling, that can’t be a bad thing.

This is a great idea with plenty of upsides. Yet while it’s always nice to watch an idea take shape, it’s much more grand when people come out of the woodwork — either with bikes of their own to donate or with skills and time to contribute. If you want to learn more, see page three in today’s edition or email Moir at sidneysecretsantas@ gmail.com.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@peninsulanewsreview.com or fax 250-656-5526.

All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

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Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

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Another year of enviro-wars begins scientists please!

The new year lurched to life In fact this ill-fated voyage was with a round of shouting about the environment, as our post-industrial, a re-enactment of Sir Douglas Mawson’s 1913 expedition, with post-literate urban society grapples pro-global warming with conflicting claims of news outlets BBC and impending doom.

The Guardian aboard The release of a group to capture the melting of Greenpeace protesters wrought by a century from a Russian prison was of industrial expansion. welcomed by TV news The rescue efforts (from networks desperate to fill a Russian ship and by the holiday dead zone.

Chinese helicopters) also Our intrepid Canadian disrupted an Australian pair got to describe over icebreaker’s supply and over their bid to hang a strongly worded banner Tom Fletcher trip for one of the real scientific expeditions from a Russian offshore B.C. Views working in Antarctica. oil platform and their Skeptics had great fun horror when security with the Antarctic debacle, as they forces boarded their vessel from did earlier with the resurgence helicopters and seized it. of Arctic ice that trapped climate In all the fawning interviews, I kept waiting for two questions to be tourists.

As is normal in the Internet age, asked. What did they think Vladimir the climate debate has split into Putin’s regime would do? And what two fanatical factions, each of was the point? How is disrupting which promotes the most extreme one oil platform for an hour going examples it can find to prop up to save the planet?

The Greenpeace activists claimed its version of truth. They call each other “warmists” and “deniers” this was the first oil platform to among other pithy names. operate above the Arctic Circle. So Greenpeace is now known in B.C. it was a line in the snow, which I’m as part of our Team America antisure impressed Putin as he ramps tar sands brigade. They got off to up his territorial claim to include a good start in 2014 by selectively the North Pole. seizing on reports of a new study of Meanwhile at the South Pole, mercury contamination in northern TV anchors remained carefully Alberta. sombre as they reported numerous A bullseye of this dreaded bids to rescue a scientific vessel trapped in thick ice. No quips about neurotoxin has been drawn around oilsands operations by measuring the predictive abilities of climate

traces in snow. The study by Environment Canada scientists isn’t published yet, but Postmedia News reported on a presentation in November by the researchers.

“The federal scientists stress the mercury loadings around the oilsands are low compared to the contamination seen in many parts of North America including southern Ontario and southern Quebec,” the news report states.

This is like the study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) pollution in northern Alberta lakes that was twisted into propaganda and fed to the news media last year. This is another group of neurotoxins that are far more concentrated in urban areas than around remote industry.

Consumption, rather than production of coal, diesel and other fuels produces the vast majority of these emissions. I look forward to the study of their effects around Lost Lagoon and Burnaby Lake.

Of course safe levels of these materials have been set by Health Canada. You’re more likely to get significant exposure to mercury from a broken fluorescent lamp or the mercury amalgam in your old tooth fillings than you are from feeding ducks at the lake, although you might get a whiff of PAH when you gas up the car or board the bus.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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e: Keeping Their Options Open (PNR editorial, Jan. 3).

I noted the writer of your editorial used the phrase “mortgage helper”, a tidy phrase which conjures up visions of pristine, so-called in-law suites occupied by smiling relatives or nicely-dressed collegiates. However, Peninsula councils and residents must be aware that the reality of the situation is often very different.

In more than a few Peninsula neighbourhoods, what began as mortgage helpers have become virtual dormitories with as many as 10 additional occupants in the house.

When, as most often happens on the Peninsula, each occupant requires his/ her own vehicle, side streets become

crowded with parked cars.

Soon after, parties get louder, the transience of the tenants means neighbours no longer are as aware of each other as they were and the character of any oncelovely subdivision is changed forever into that of an inner-city side street — the kind many of us moved to the Peninsula to leave behind. It is happening already.

Secondary suites are not a bad thing. I support them.

However, they absolutely must come with stringent, enforceable conditions attached to ensure that the character of our neighbourhoods be preserved. At a minimum, owner-occupancy, with just one extra suite per house and mandatory off-street parking provided by the

homeowner would go a long way to preserving the character and accessibility of our neighbourhoods while serving to discourage opportunistic would-be landlords who see houses as revenue sources rather than homes.

Already there are Peninsula streets where a significant percentage of onetime single family homes have been converted to all-suite status, rendering them no more than low-rent apartment blocks, forever altering the character of their neighbourhoods.

Don’t let any future developments run the risk of turning our Peninsula into a cheap source of ready income for the wanna-be slumlords of the region.

K. M. Frye Central Saanich

Readers respond: Central Saanich, Hydro fees, Sidney fire hall Choose councillors carefully I attended the Dec. 16 Central Saanich council meeting and was happy to see council was putting the new town hall on hold for now.

Not surprising after the fire hall disaster which will have us paying increased taxes for many years to come.

We have some thoughtful members on council but I fear the majority is bending toward a pro-development mentality. Central Saanich residents don’t want our area to become a western community style chainsaw and bulldozer approach to housing projects.

At the meeting, I spoke to council about my concerns for the vanishing large trees.

I mentioned the large Douglas fir on Damelart Way, once considered important enough to bend the road around it.

When I brought up why it was removed, a councillor suddenly bolted from the room citing a possible conflict of interest. He said the tree was in front of his house. I would like to have asked him if he had used his position as a councillor to influence the tree’s removal but he was out of there in a flash.

Perhaps his actions answered the question for me.

If you don’t want Central Saanich to become an extension of the western communities choose your next council carefully folks.

Mike Morry Brentwood Bay

Club did well at our expense Re: Decision made, so move on, PNR editorial Dec. 13, 2013.

It is not fair to say that a

proposed new home for the Brentwood Bay Boys and Girls Club “has had its share of public scrutiny over the past seven months.”

A public hearing was not called until Nov. 12, 2013. It was at this meeting that the public overwhelmingly stated their opposition to site D and it was a member of the public who suggested site E, the eventual choice made by council Dec. 9, 2013. That is less than 30 days.

The process might have been expedited had council called a public hearing at the beginning of the process rather than the end. Instead they consulted only those they deemed stakeholders namely the library, centre for active living and the Scouts and Guides.

Notwithstanding the timeline, the Boys and Girls Club has done very well at the expense of Central Saanich taxpayers in that they have facilitated a zoning change that may result in future building within the only green space in Brentwood Village.

They have also had all municipal fees and charges associated with the building waived, will probably be able to lease it for a nominal $1 per year and have received a $20,000 grant from council.

L. MacKinnon Brentwood Bay

Smart meters are a cash grab We all know B.C. Hydro isn’t a saint of a company. But now we’re getting proof.

They want to charge $20 for people who don’t want smart meters to cover the cost of collecting readings.

I remember the Hydro person coming around and spending less then a minute looking at our meter and then

moving on.

How did they come up with a figure so large? And why is rounded to the nearest ten?

If we are to pay the actual cost of reading it should read something like $6.13 per month. If one out of every 80 houses is opting out, it should take about 10-15 minutes between houses and a minute to read it. At $20/ home that’s $80-ish an hour.

It’s becoming painfully obvious they did the smart meters to cut the cost of the employees that checked the meters. Not to actually save us money, nor start a new high-tech grid.

It’s a cash grab and not even a good one.

Noel Gagnon Sidney

Green space lost The win-win as Mr. Lougheed suggests in his Jan. 3 letter (regarding the potential relocation of the Sidney fire hall), would be a true win-win for the Town and the School Board, but most of all for the Provincial government which has for many years increasingly provided inadequate funding to the school boards throughout the province.

School boards have found it mandatory to squeeze and cut services, thus denying

a well rounded education to this province’s greatest asset, our children. The Saanich School District board’s willingness to sell property is a short term and partial alleviation to its current year financial situation. It is easy to forget or ignore the fact the disposed asset will be lost as a communal asset to all future generations.

Mr. Lougheed seems to imply North Saanich readers need not busy themselves with Town of Sidney interests. He is correct when he refers to Sidney as “our town.” Without doubt, each and every merchant in Sidney is appreciative of North Saanich residents who support them. This writer has more than a casual interest in the Town as he, for 24 years, was a teacher at Sidney Elementary.

Other than the Tulista Park areas, Sidney has inadequate green space. The previous North Saanich School property has been lost to development. No part of the Sidney Elementary School grounds should be allowed to suffer the same demise.

If there is need of a new fire hall, it should be located where paramount considerations should be safety to the public in an emergency.

R. B. Burns North Saanich

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Debt incurred more than 15 years ago is about to expire and with that, municipalities on the Saanich Peninsula will see significant savings.

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That work was related directly to the construction of the sewage treatment plant (at the time called the Unified Treatment Plant).

Debt servicing in 2013 cost local municipalities $551,200 and in 2012 they paid more than $1.2 million.

Orr stated each municipality pays a share of the debt based on a sliding scale which considers each year’s volume of flow to the sewage treatment plant.

The estimated percentage share for 2014 is: Central Saanich 44.54%; North Saanich 16.94%; Sidney 38.52%. They pay the Capital Regional District, which oversees the operation of the plant.

Orr stated each municipality will handle the reduction in their debt payment individually.

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Hall in Sidney (9691 Fourth St.) For further information, call Linda at 250-652-5818 or Karen at 250-6550654. gripping Yarns Knit and Crochet Circle at the Sidney North Saanich Library.

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The News Review provides this community calendar free of charge, giving preference to Saanich Peninsula clubs, organizations and individuals holding non-profit events in our readership area. Publication is not guaranteed. Calendar items should be mailed, dropped off at our office, or e-mailed to editor@ peninsulanewsreview.com. stitches. Skilled knitters will be on-hand to answer questions; knitting and crochet books will be available. For all ages and abilities.

Thursdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Dropin. For information, call 250-656-0944.

Writers group at the Sidney North Saanich Library. This member led-group provides writers with networking and learning opportunities.

Thursday, Jan. 9 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Free. Register at 250656-0944.

Events

peninsula laDies retreat on Jan. 18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Well Church (7577 Wallace Dr. in Saanichton). A one day event to pamper and refresh you after a busy Christmas season. Presentations and workshops include health and wellness, arts and crafts, finances, relationships, spiritual growth and more.

Tickets available in advance at the Well Church, Peninsula Mission Community Church, Saanichton Bible Fellowship, Friendship Community Church and Jazzaniah Cafe. For information email chandelier sisters@gmail.com or phone 250-818-8384. floating iDeas lecture: Marine Protected Areas.

Join us in welcoming Dr. Natalie Ban on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre. Dr. Ban will be explaining Marine Protected Areas as a worldwide strategy to maintain ecosystems and protect biodiversity.

Call 250-6657511 or visit www. oceandiscovery.ca for more information.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and standard admission rates apply (free for annual pass holders and members.) glorious Victorians at the Sidney North Saanich Library.

Heritage researcher Nick Russell, author of Glorious Victorians, shares stories and pictures of Victoria’s rich residential heritage. Wednesday, Jan. 15 from 7 to 8 p.m. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

Hot reaDs for Cold Nights Adult Reading Program Kick-off at the Sidney North Saanich Library.

Read books, write reviews, win prizes, have fun! Find out about Adult Reading Program (Jan. 17 to March 1), get reading recommendations and enjoy refreshments.

Friday, Jan. 17 from 2 to 3 p.m. Free.

Register at 250-6560944. raDio control airplanes at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Join us for a “show and tell” with Victoria Radio Control Modelers Society member Mike Scholefield. See large true scale model airplane and helicopter, model plane flight simulator demo and a mini airshow (weather permitting).

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Adult focused presentation.

Saturday, Jan. 18 from 2 to 3 p.m. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

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tHe peninsula stroKe Recovery Club meets Mondays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Willingdon Road in Sidney. Speech and exercise therapies offered. Spouses, caregivers, everyone welcome. Bring a bag lunch. Contact Pat Brown for more information at 250656-4753. osteofit at sHoal (10030 Resthaven Dr. in Sidney) for Beginners runs Tuesdays and Thursdays from Jan. 21 to Feb. 27 (12 sessions) from 9 to 10 a.m. If you have not been active for a while and have been diagnosed

with osteoporosis or osteopenia, this beginner course is designed for you. Taught by a qualified OSTEOFIT instructor. Maximum of 10 participants per class. Forms to be completed can be picked up when you register and pay. Call 250-656-5537. osteofit at sHoal (10030 Resthaven Dr. in Sidney) runs Tuesdays and Thursdays from Jan. 21 to Feb. 27 (12 sessions) from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. This is a specialized education and exercise program developed by B.C. Women’s Hospital as a fall-prevention program for those who are regularly active but have osteoporosis or are at risk of falling. Provides safe and gentle strength, balance and coordination exercises by a qualified OSTEOFIT instructor. Maximum of 10 participants per class. Forms to be completed can be picked up when you register and pay. Call 250-656-5537.

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gooD Morning rHYMe Time at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Bring your littlest ones to the library for stories, songs, rhymes and fun. Thursday, Jan. 9 to Feb. 27 from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. Ages 0-5 years.

Free. Drop-in or register at 250-6560944. lego stories at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Use our Lego to build your own creation.

A new theme will be explored at each meeting, and your work will be displayed at the library. Ages 5 years and up. Friday, Jan. 10 and 24 from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m.

Free. Register at 250656-0944.

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siDneY sister cities Association meets Thursday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Nell Horth Room at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Join us to learn what’s new for 2014 with our sister cities.

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The Capital Regional District Roundtable on the Environment (RTE) is a community-based advisory body that provides advice to staff and decision-makers on future-oriented, long-term strategic environmental sustainability issues.

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Victoria and Vancouver Island’s Better Business Bureau is set to launch its 2014 business directory as part of a year of big changes for the non-profit organization.

The BBB publishes its directory each year, essentially a listing of BBB-accredited businesses on Vancouver Island.

“These are the businesses you want to do business with,” said Rosalind Scott, who is based in Victoria. “Put it right next to your phone book. It’s like a little bible.”

A business must go through a detailed vetting process in order to be accredited — it is not as simple as just joining the BBB. In order to be accredited, a business must have been in operation for at least a year, have no complaints logged against them, have established a positive presence in the marketplace and have a good rating with the BBB, based on specific criteria.

One criteria focuses on honest advertising and making sure companies make promises they can keep. Advertising as “the best” in an industry doesn’t fly with the BBB, same with other unverifiable claims. Sales promises with small print exceptions also raise flags for the bureau.

“It kind of backfires on a business when they do that,” Scott said. “So we work with businesses to help them have good advertising practices.”

Businesses are monitored to make sure they keep up these standards. The BBB itself is audited yearly to make sure it is keeping up its standards. The Vancouver Island bureau passed with 100 per cent for 2013.

There were significant changes for the BBB in 2013. The biggest perhaps is the Canadian BBBs integration with its U.S.A. counterpart, creating a North American BBB. The two organizations can now work closer together, and share resources and infor-

Members of the RTE serve for a period of 2 years, renewable to a maximum period of 6 years. Meetings are held at the call of the Chair, approximately 4 to 6 times per year. Members are to serve without remuneration.

Applications are invited from individuals with practical experience and expertise in a broad number of areas including: • climate change and energy • built environment • waste management • protection of green space Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee and appointments will be approved by the CRD Board.

If you are interested, please forward your resume by January 24, 2014 to: Chair, CRD Environmental Services Committee c/o Larisa Hutcheson 625 Fisgard St, PO Box 1000 Victoria, BC V8W 2S6 lhutcheson@crd.bc.ca

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Better Business Bureau President Rosalind Scott in her office on Cook Street. mation about businesses on both sides of the border.

“We retain our Canadian identity, however we become part of an amazing brand,” Scott said.

“That was huge for us, a wonderful transition.”

In order to get in, the Canadian BBB had to be accredited, just like any other business, a process which was complex, but ultimately successful. “Me and my staff are very proud,” said Scott, who was elected chair for the Canadian region.

Last year also saw the BBB improving website security and migrating to Google apps, part of an overall partnership with Google.

The Vancouver Island-specific “Did You Know?” campaign, started in 2013, will continue this year, helping consumers

learn more about the local BBB and what it does and doesn’t do, through bite-size facts, disseminated through a variety of platforms.

A new organzation-wide website is in the works for early 2014, which will offer improved functionality and design. The new year will also see the introduction of enhanced ratings for businesses, which will allow for more detail for people looking for information about a business. Specifics are being saved for the launch of the changes.

“We’re the good guys and we look at ourselves long and hard every day, trying to make everything that we do better,” Scott said.

See vi.bbb.org for more information. kwells@goldstreamgazette.com

Central Saanich Lions tree chipping campaign is on CENTRAL SAANICH — The Central Saanich Lions Club is still collecting people’s Christmas trees this month.

On Jan. 11 and 12, the Club will be on Keating X Road across from the municipal yard from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. They will take your old Christmas tree for chipping on a by-donation basis.

Funds raised from the effort will be used by

the Lions to help support a variety of local organizations such as the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation, Shawnigan Lake Kids Camp, Mount Newton Centre, Victoria Therapeutic Riding Association, Sidney Lions Food Bank and local sports teams. Chipping services have been donated by Dogwood Tree Services Ltd.

Grow a Native Plant Garden.

Residents of the Capital Region are invited to participate in a FREE workshop on gardening with drought-resistant native plants. Instruction on native plant identification, their benefits and how to use them will be included. An overview of CRD Water Conservation programs will be provided and participants will be given a tour of a native plant garden. These informative workshops will be held at Swan Lake Nature House, located at 3873 Swan Lake Road in Victoria.

Workshop Dates: Sunday, February 2 1 to 4 pm Saturday, February 15 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Monday, March 3 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

Saturday, March 15 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Wednesday, April 9 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Sunday, April 13 1 to 4 pm

Each workshop is limited to 20 participants and pre-registration is required. Call 250.479.0211 to reserve your spot today.

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HEALTHY LIFESTYLES Local family finds balance with Bikram Yoga Devon MacKenzie

Trevor, as well as Sarah Pendray and her husband Mike Holtz, Alicia Pearce and her daughter Ashley Pearce, and the family matriarch Linda Pendray have been practicing Bikram in Sidney for the last year. Jennifer was the first to start at Bikram Yoga Sidney about two years ago.

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A local Peninsula family — including the kids — are getting fit and centered together by becoming yogis.

The Pendray family (of Pendray Farms), consisting of Jennifer Pendray-Toporowski and husband Shawn Toporowski and their two boys Owen and

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the boys showed an interest in what I was doing,” Jennifer said, adding that she waited a while to introduce them to it.

The boys, she said, enjoy participating in hot yoga and are now mostly able to join in with the regular adult classes.

“We see it often where parents will start hot yoga and the children will show an interest,” said Wendy Crowther, owner of Bikram Yoga Sidney.

Although she said it’s unusual to see such an extended family like the Pendrays participating regularly in the classes, she said she has many members who bring their loved ones, including children, to the studio.

“It’s great to see kids expressing interest in the classes,” Crowther said.

“We have kids as young as eight participating in our adult classes.”

Crowther doesn’t offer specific classes for children but does teach some private lessons for children who are keen on yoga, stressing that the aspect of the hot room doesn’t come into play until children are of an age or ability to handle being in there.

“We definitely try to accommodate the interest in yoga when it presents itself,” she said.

Crowther added that Bikram, a type of yoga that is based on Bikram Choudhury’s signature series of 26 postures executed in a heated room for 90 minutes, allows people of all ages to move at their own pace and do a little

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From left, Jennifer Pendray-Toporowski, Shawn Toporowski, Sarah Pendray (with son Oliver), Linda Pendray, Mike Holtz, Alicia Pearce, Ashley Pearce, Owen Toporowski and Trevor Toporowski pose outside Bikram Yoga in Sidney. The entire family has been practicing Bikram in Sidney for the last year, and some longer. bit of each pose as they are able.

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The balance between the two is a foundation of good health,” she said, adding Bikram Yoga is an accessible way for people of all abilities to pursue a healthy lifestyle.

“Many people wait until they have a health problem to get active and start leading a healthy lifestyle, but if you start before a problem exists you really decrease your chances of injury, disease, aches and pains and immobility,” she said.

To that end, Bikram Yoga Sidney is gearing up to host a series of open houses this

month to allow people to try hot yoga for themselves.

“The idea is to hold our open house for four consecutive days which gives people a chance to come out more than once. The key is getting to that second class because often times the first can be overwhelming. Once you have the second class under your belt, it’s easier from there,” Crowther explained.

For more information on the open house, which runs Jan. 11 to 14, visit hotyogasidney. com or call 250-6559642. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com

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Panthers ready for Victoria Cougars Eagles win gold in Vancouver NORTH SAANICH — The last time the Peninsula Panthers lost a home game was Oct. 25 but the team is bracing for the Victoria Cougars’ visit to Panorama on Friday night.

Last Friday night Panther Cody Breitenstein sent a 100-foot shot down the ice into an empty Oceanside Generals net to give the team a 3-1 win.

The Generals showed up to Panorama last week in last place in the VIJHL. Panther Des Bast opened the scoring against the Generals when Connor Logan dished him the puck.

Bast was able to send a shot past Generals goaltender Evgueni Makarski at the 13:52 mark.

Four minutes later Jackson Skerratt chalked another one up for the Panthers

Midget A hockey team from Peninsula undefeated Steven Heywood News staff

Submitted photo/Gordon Lee Photography

Panthers’ goalie Joey Karrer tracks a shot off the stick of Oceanside Generals #7 Chandler Bruyckere as it travels towards him. but General Carlos Grouchy scored on the power play with three minutes remaining in the second period.

After issues with the ice resurfacer, the two teams took the ice for the third period on old

ice.

Cody Breitenstein put one more goal past Makarski to round the score out 3-1 for the Panthers.

“We could have put them away early,” said Pete Zubersky, Pan-

thers hockey operations manager, of the Generals.

“When a team hangs around, anything can happen.”

With the win against the Generals, the Panthers are up to ten

straight wins at home.

They play the Westshore Wolves at Bear Mountain tonight (Wednesday) and welcome the Cougars to Panorama Friday, Jan. 10 at 7:30 p.m.

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Peninsula Minor Hockey’s Midget Eagles A team bested their Lower Mainland competition over the weekend, winning gold in the Coquitlam inaugural Midget AAA 16-team tournament in Vancouver.

Kirsten Roden told the News Review the team of 15 to 17-year-olds went undefeated through six games from Thursday, Jan. 2 to the final on Sunday night against Port Moody. Roden is the mom of Eagles’ goalie Austin Roden, who earned a shutout in a tight final match.

“It was zero-zero in the third (period),” Kirsten said. “Then they played a five-minute overtime.

Still, no one scored.”

Peninsula’s Kai Turner scored the lone goal of the shootout — giving Austin the shutout and the Eagles the victory.

Kirsten said it was an unexpected — but happy — finish for the Peninsula team, which has a smaller population of players to draw from than the Vancouver area.

“It was a nail-biting win,” she said of the final game. editor@peninsulanewsreview.com

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ate at night, after her children have gone to sleep, one Saanich mom revels in the silence in front of her computer screen.

Author Christine Walde chips away at her next project in those precious moments of solitude – a concept familiar to parents, especially those whose passions require quiet reflection.

Walde fantasizes about hiding out in a cabin and logging some writing hours.

“I don’t have any extra spare time. I would like to create extra meditative space in my life. To be a writer I think you need to have meditative space around questions you have, to explore answers you’re never going to know.

It’s a whole different way of thinking,” Walde says.

“Working full-time, being a mom and doing all of the other shit that people do, is not conducive to creative thinking.”

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“I wasn’t actively pursuing a career in young adult literature. I do not like myself to be confined within one type of writing.”

Walde didn’t realize her first book, 2007’s The Candy Darlings, even belonged to the young adult genre until she met its publisher and would-be literary agent, who helped shape the flash fiction into the YA novel it became.

“I was just writing the story that I wanted to write,” she says. “It’s more that the market found me than I went seeking it.”

Walde, also a published author of poetry and creative non-fiction, is drawn to YA specifically for its role in documenting the critical passages from one period of life to the next.

In Burning from the Inside, two young graffiti artists are the ones navigating such a passage – one of whom is undercover to bust the G7 crew, the other is a member.

They may just fall in love.

The star-crossed plot circles around the existence of a legendary piece of graffiti, said to reveal quintessential truths about the world.

Walde found inspiration for the story during a time she was living in London, Ont. in an area well-marked with

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Local Christine Walde, author of two young adult fiction novels, including Burning from the Inside, weighs in on crossing genres, the language of graffiti and finding the time for creativity.

graffiti.

“Not that it was that fantastic, Berlin Wall kinda stuff,” she says, “but it was important, these were people who had a voice to speak and they were using an expression often used.”

Though conflicted on whether or not graffiti is art – her current stance is closer to

a no, than a yes, by the way – Walde’s certain of its appeal as a backdrop for fiction.

“I was interested in people actually writing in the landscape, literally. And being a voice that stands out from that landscape.”

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5 500 Select Varieties, 255-284 g

Activia LIMIT 5 Total

12x100 g

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100-199 g

Michelina Frozen

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5 500

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Yogurt

LIMIT 2 Total

lb 6.55 Kg

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Deluxe

Lemon Meringue Pie 97

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800 g

EACH

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