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Friday, May 2, 2014
Police nab suspect
Sidney bank robbed
Steven Heywood News staff
Police have a man in custody following a bank robbery in Sidney Tuesday afternoon. At around 3:45 p.m., a man entered the TD Bank on Beacon Avenue and demanded money. Sidney North Saanich RCMP report that the man left on foot and that no one was injured in the incident. B.C. Transit spokesperson Meribeth Bur-
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ton, in an email to the Peninsula News Review, stated that an agitated man got onto bus number 70 bound for the Swartz Bay ferry terminal at the corner of Beacon Avenue and Fifth Street in Sidney. Driver Dean Rhealt noted the man, said Burton, and after drivers received an all-call notification to be on the lookout for a suspect meeting the description of the passenger, he called the police. Burton stated the bus passenger had left some of his clothing behind after the bus
arrived at the ferry terminal. Another passenger brought the clothing to Rhealt’s attention. She added Rhealt and another operator on a layover checked the back of the bus for the clothing, whch matched the destription in the all-call. The RCMP report that the man was subsequently arrested at Swartz Bay without incident. They also noted that the suspect was on statutory release on a day pass from a secure facility at the time of the incident.
Deep Cove Elementary Grade 1 student Fern Lemieux releases a salmon fry into Chalet Creek in North Saanich on Tuesday with the help of parent volunteer Simone Whyte. More than 300 students and volunteers from Peninsula Streams released 400 Coho salmon they had been raising since January as part of the Saanich School District’s Salmon in the Classroom program. Devon MacKenzie/News staff
Winery seeks new licence Neighbours concerned about noise at Church and State Devon MacKenzie News staff
Concerns were voiced by neighbours of a Brentwood Bay winery seeking a food primary license during last week’s Central Saanich council meeting. Church and State Winery on Benvenuto Avenue in Brentwood Bay has, for the last two years, worked to obtain a food primary license. Currently the winery cannot serve any other alcohol but their own wine. “Our motivation obviously is to promote and sell our own wine but a food primary license will allow us to better serve our clients during special events. We’d be able to serve craft beers, other wines and spirits during weddings and parties which gives our customers more selection,” said Frank Edgell, the management consultant and vineyard manager for Church and State. Edgell continued to say that if the winery were to obtain the license, it wouldn’t spark any physical changes to the space but apart from changes to allowable booze selection, the license would allow for amplified music. “The change would allow us to have a food primary license over two thirds of the space, so the first section of the building, as you walk in, would remain under wine license for the tasting and retail area for our wine, and the kitchen and lounge areas would be under food primary licensing,” he said. Edgell added that the allowance of amplified music means the winery can continue to have their usual piped in music during the day through their sound system as well as continue to have music in the evenings during special events. PLEASE SEE: Central Saanich to decide, page 3