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Staff owed thousands after Chad’s has lease terminated Scott Stanfield Record Staff
A former manager at Chad’s West Coast Grill and Bar figures she is owed nearly $2,000, including severance pay, after the Courtenay eatery was shut down because owner Chad Huff was behind in rent. “But that’s not including the other 17 people who worked there,” said Sheryl Alexander, who was given six hours notice before her shift that she no longer had a job. She sought assistance from the BC Labour Relations Board, but was told the board “can do nothing for us” because a trustee is involved in the restaurant.
“They’re trying to find someone to buy it. Everything within that building has to do with a trustee.” A notice from Consolidated Civil Enforcement says the locks on the doors at Chad’s have been changed. The landlord, Noort Investments, terminated the lease in September. The restaurant had operated at the plaza at 29th and Kilpatrick Avenue. Alexander worked at Chad’s for about 2 1/2 years. “It was great,” she said. “We had great managers. Chad was not really involved in our restaurant.” Alexander has nothing but kind words for Huff’s ex-wife, Julie, whom she said has nothing to do with the mess. “She’s a fantastic person,” Alexander said. “She’s always been a great employer, always there to help us when Chad wasn’t, and she’s done everything she could to try to help us with this situation.”
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TDR 2014 raises in excess of $1.1 million More than $1,000 per kilometre travelled
$1,154,776. Wow! Need we say more? Vancouver Islanders — from Port Alice and Port Hardy, all the way down to Victoria — this remarkable number is your doing. Tour de Rock is the Island’s charity because without you, we would just be a group of cops and journalists, and one high school teacher, cycling 1,100 kilometres. It is the generosity of people in every community that makes Tour de Rock such a meaningful success year after year. Friday, Oct. 3 marked the final
PHOTO BY ERIN HALUSCHAK People of all ages celebrated autumn on the farm Saturday during the first day of the second annual Coastal Black Pumpkin Festival at the Black Creek winery. In addition to a four-acre pumpkin patch, visitors can feed barnyard animals, walk through a hay bale maze and more. The festival is open every Saturday and Sunday until Oct. 26, including Thanksgiving Monday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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day of the 2014 Tour de Rock ride. Just as they did in communities all the way down the Island for two solid weeks, the 24 riders took to the streets of Greater Victoria on their final day, stopping at schools and wonderful community events along the way. From heartfelt stops at St. Margaret’s School and Thrifty Foods, to great receptions at the University of Victoria and Country Grocer, the support is overwhelming and so very much appreciated. But it was, like many years, when the team pulled in to Reynolds Secondary that sent chills down every rider’s spine.
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