Changing times
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Bogus U.S. bills accepted five times in Saanich Kyle Wells News staff
Poorly made U.S.A. funny money is popping up in Saanich after a number of people successfully passed counterfeit cash at local businesses. Saanich police spokesperson Steve Eassie described the $20 and $50 U.S. bills as “poor quality,” consisting of two pieces of far-too-thick paper being glued together to attempt to emulate transparent security features of the real currency. “They are obviously counterfeit,” Eassie said. Eassie warns that under poor lighting or without paying proper attention, store employees could be duped. Between Dec. 28 and Jan. 3, several different people successfully passed off fake bills five times, and were denied twice. Despite the bills’ poor quality, the counterfeiters got away with: a $100 pre-paid Mastercard; pizza; a vacuum, electric blanket and sheet set; a $220 gift card; and $150 worth of miscellaneous goods, according to police. Police are going over surveillance videos in an attempt to make an arrest. Saanich police are asking store employees who notice these counterfeit bills to call the department at 250-4754321. kwells@goldstreamgazette.com
Camosun College visual arts student Laura Rechwan is an early adopter of the free shuttle running between the two campuses and the West Shore. Camosun launched the bus on Monday, and is seeing interest by students and staff despite a low-key rollout. Edward Hill/News staff
A free ride for college students Camosun rolls out shuttle bus pilot project Edward Hill News staff
No crowding, no pass-ups, free Wi-Fi and no cost. Could there be a sweeter bus ride for a starving student? It’s not going to dent B.C. Transit ridership or eliminate the need for parking lots, but Camosun College has launched a shuttle service for staff and students, running between the West Shore and
the two Saanich-based campuses. At the Lansdowne campus on Tuesday, only two days into operation, half a dozen people waited patiently for the 4:06 p.m. Camosun Express 20-person coach, which offers a 50-minute ride to a drop near the Six Mile Pub. Laura Rechwan, 18, visual arts student who lives in Colwood, discovered the shuttle existed on Monday as it drove by. Being free of jam-packed transit rides, while often carting large canvases to campus, was an attractive option. “I almost screamed for joy,” she said. “The seats are so comfortable and its relaxing. Now I won’t have to take two buses and be
passed up because they’re full all the time.” “I was so excited to find out about it,” added Doreen Provencher, assistant to Camosun’s dean of aboriginal education. “I live in View Royal so a ride to the Six Mile pub is perfect.” Camosun developed the service based on surveys that indicated more than half the college staff and 34 per cent of faculty regularly travel between the Lansdowne and Interurban campuses, and a healthy number of staff, faculty and students live on the West Shore. Camosun director of ancillary services Kathryn LeGros, who
spearheaded the service, was relieved to see people boarding the shuttle, despite limited publicity of the rollout. “It hasn’t had a lot of communication before classes started,” she said. “I’m happy the word is spreading.” The shuttle starts its morning at 7 a.m. at City Centre Park in Langford, and makes stops at Six Mile Pub, Interurban campus and then Landowne. It does a trip between the campuses midday and then returns to Langford in the evening.
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