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Principal treats school visitors like royalty Royal Bay evolving into one sparkling community facility We line up at the gate of the construction site like we’re at Swartz Bay and the ferry is late. A pleasant smiling lady in a hard hat and safety vest approaches and I roll my window down. “Hi there,” she says. “Hello,” I reply. “I’m Mike from the Gazette.” “Oh, hi! I’m Windy Beadall, the principal of Royal Bay,” she says excitedly, extending a hand. I reach across and Mike Davies take it. “We’re just waiting Reporting for a few more minutes and we’ll all head in together.” She smiles. It’s my first official tour of the soonto-be-completed – though you wouldn’t necessarily guess that to look at it – Royal Bay secondary, due to open this fall. Once the line-up of cars begins to move, we all find parking spots in what may or may not end up being a parking lot – I was never really clear on where those aspects of the project would be located, but it was next to one of the sports fields on the north side of the building. We file out of our cars – those few of us who didn’t bring our own are given our own hard hats and safety vests – and gather in front of the door. I count municipal politicians from at least three councils in the region, five or more Sooke School District trustees, a couple of SD62

be home to the school’s choral and music programs. “Hopefully we can open those doors and be serenaded out in the fields,” Beadall says, smiling, before she leads us into the theatre, which will rival most I’ve ever seen. With extensive seating, an actual orchestra pit in front of the stage and a state-of-the-art sound and lighting system being installed, it’s fair to say that Royal Bay is likely to become one of the go-to locales for live performance on the West Shore in the near future. Another highlight of the tour is the explanation of the colourcoding aspect of the building, which sees each area – academic, Mike Davies/News Gazette staff trades, arts and athletics Windy Beadall, principal of Royal Bay secondary, walks a group of municipal and provincial – painted a different politicians, school district trustees and media members through the halls and rooms of the colour, mirroring the soon-to-be completed high school last week. Find more tour photos at goldstreamgazette.com. colours of an Emily Carr piece that was donated to the school. that will be the finished product. administrators, a few members of the “We had to change the blue a bit and Beadall takes the group up the central media, one leader of the provincial New make it bit more purple-y,” Beadall says, staircase and out onto the roof where Democratic Party – otherwise known as laughing, “to match our team colours.” basketball courts are being poured, then Juan de Fuca MLA John Horgan – and one Sandra Russell, communications back inside to see both gymnasiums, the City of Colwood communications person. manager for the City of Colwood, later culinary arts kitchen, the administrative Maybe 25 of us funnel in behind Beadall pointed out that Royal Bay is not merely a spaces and everything else that will make as she starts the tour, asking us to please school, but a community-centric facility. Royal Bay what it will become. stay together. Like the performing arts wing. The smell of sawdust and paint hang Two large rooms with garage doors that thick in the air, but it doesn’t take away PleASe See: will open out to the sports fields will soon from the immenseness and grandiosity New Colwood-based high school, Page A4

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Exam-ining education in SD62: Part Two: Show me the money In part 2 of a three-part series looking at high school education on the West Shore, we examine the effects of a lack of funding on the system Mike Davies/News Gazette staff

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Is there enough money flowing to public education? It’s fairly clear the overwhelming majority of people within the system think not. It’s one of the pillars of the stance people take when they talk about improving educational outcomes for our children. Ian Johnson, president of the Sooke Teachers’ Association, is one of them. “When you look at the data that’s collected, I think we’re doing as well as anybody,” he says. “It’s generally agreed by everybody, I think, that under the conditions we are forced to teach in right now, we do a very good job. Could it be better? Absolutely. We could do better than what we’re doing right now, but that’s influenced by factors that are outside our control.” The most important of those, he adds, is the funding of public education provincewide. Government estimates show that the province subsidized public education to the tune of $8,654 per pupil in 2013-14. That’s well below Alberta’s figure of $10,111 or the $11,266 Ontario provides. Those discrepancies, Johnson says, illustrate the shortage of resources B.C. teachers have to deal with increasing demands, such as a higher number of students with special needs – those requiring personalized learning plans and additional supports – integrated within every classroom. The long and short of it is the lack of funding is taking its toll on teachers, he says. “It’s gotten to the point where I don’t know that we can actually cope much longer with what we’re dealing with. It is, on many levels, a very grim circumstance. I deal with teachers all the time who are at their emotional wits end. They’re done. They can’t cope. The stress is extraordinary. It would be like giving a surgeon an operating room and telling him he doesn’t have a scalpel. He’s going to say, ‘Wait a minute, you haven’t given me the tools to

Ian Johnson, president of the Sooke Teachers’ Association, sits in his Langford office surrounded by files of current or pending grievances between Sooke School District teachers and their employer. do the job,’ and you’re going to say, ‘just go in there and do the best you can.’” He says that’s why parents are seeing an increase in substitute instructors teaching their children more regularly. When teachers come to him saying they’re exhausted and are having difficulty coping, there’s one prevailing message he has for them. “You can’t teach if you can’t take care of yourself,” he tells them. “Save yourself first, and then go back in there, and we’ll attempt to come to grips with whatever the circumstances are. I think that’s true for anybody, in any job, quite frankly.” It’s not that Johnson blames the school district for the situation. SD62 only has control over where the “not enough” is allocated, he says.

“We’re spending every dollar we get. So if we’re not spending it in the right way, we can talk about that … ” – Jim Cambridge, superintendent, Sooke School District District superintendent Jim Cambridge agrees with that assessment. “It’s a matter of balancing and rebalancing the priority that we place on things,” he says, adding that if the district puts the priority too heavily in one area one year, something else suffers. “It’s not like there’s extra money. We’re spending every dollar we get. So if we’re not spending it in the right way, we can talk about that and I’ll take responsibility. But I can’t make any more money so I can’t add an education assistant without taking that amount from somewhere else, for example.” Just this month, the district is putting forward the budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year. Despite massive cuts being felt in dis-

tricts all over the province, SD62 has found $260,000 to put back into the system. It won’t make up for the $4.1 million in cuts made over the previous two years, but at least it’s going back into the pie rather than just sitting in the bank. “There’s just not enough there,” Johnson sighs, resigned to this fact. One can hear the dejected and disheartened tone in his voice. “It’s heartbreaking, and it’s taking its toll. It’s bad enough when you don’t feel appreciated by your employer.” He clarifies that he isn’t pointing a finger at the district – he means the Ministry of Education, “(When you’re) not given the resources to do your job effectively, over time, it’s just …” he trails off. Wendy Hobbs, chair of the SD62 board of trustees, is also resigned to the fact they won’t have any more money to shift around anytime in the foreseeable future. “Making the pie bigger has been advocated for years. It’s not going to work,” she admits. She adds that if they at least knew what size the pie was going to be, it would be helpful. “(The province needs to) quit making us do year-to-year budgets,” she says. “We have been fighting for that for years. If we knew what we were going to get for the next three years, we could work with all of the groups to say, ‘here’s what we’ve got, let’s work towards something.’ But this year-toyear budgeting and the unforeseen cuts doesn’t help us with our day-to-day working of the district. “If you take out a mortgage on your house, you know what you’re paying from year to year for the length of the term. If we knew that …” Her words hang in the air as though the answer is obvious, which it is when considering that prioritizing and re-prioritizing is what they do. Doing that over multiple years would make the process a whole lot smoother, she says, and stakeholders would be much more accepting of budgets if they could see when the pendulum was going to swing in their direction. Not everyone sees the lack of resources as the main issue, however. “To me it’s not about money,” says Ray

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From left: PO1 Michael Gringras, Lt.(N) Crystal Heitman, PO2 Jonathan Gingras and MS Rosalee Gingras will be on hand at the upcoming metal drive in support of the Navy League of Canada. The group is hoping the drive will both help them raise funds and teach social responsibility.

Scrap metal fundraiser supporting cadets Navy League looks to expand opportunities for youth Mike Davies News Gazette staff

It’s that time of year again. The time when people are looking around their houses and yards, wondering how they’ve managed to accumulate so much stuff they don’t need and addressing how to remedy that. It’s spring cleaning time. The Juan de Fuca branch of the Navy League of Canada and the Beacon Hill Sea Cadets have come up with a way to help. On April 11 and 12 volunteers will be at the Navy League hall, 948 Dunford Rd. in Langford, collect collecting donations of unwanted metal to be recycled. Leoni Gingras, vice-president of the JDF branch, says it’s an excellent opportunity to both give back to the community – one of their primary goals – and increase their ability to offer programs, activities and services to youth. “We’re quite unique in that it’s not that expensive to be a part of what we do,” she says. It’s only $60 per child for the year to join the cadets. The organization facilitates members’ involvement in sports or other fitness and wellness activities, supplies

instruments for band programs, and offers vari-ous other learning opportunities to help develop cadets into responsible, healthy members of soci-ety. Members can also attend summer camps that are not only free, but they actually get paid to be there learning life skills they might not otherwise have the chance to learn. “It’s a lot more than just kids out on boats,” Gin-gras says, laughing. This weekend’s scrap metal collection fundraiser, the first of its kind for the group, came about because one of the cadet corps officers recently got a job at a metal recycler. That officer brought it forward as a possible opportunity to both raise funds and teach the kids another aspect of social responsibility. Not surprisingly, the orga organization loved it, Gingras says. During the collection days they will accept most types of scrap metal – the exception being concon tainers that have previously contained fuels, as those can’t be recycled. Volunteers will be on hand at the hall to help unload the material as of 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information about the funfun draiser, contact Gingras at lgingras@ shaw.ca. If you’d like to know more about what the Navy League does or stands for, check out navyleague.ca. mdavies@goldstreamgazette.com

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Metchosin: Then and Now Wendy Mitchell

William Head Quarantine Station a crucial piece of area’s history

Only a select few may now walk over William Head. One must either be a “guest” of Her Majesty and the Government of Canada, or an employee, for it is now a medium security penitentiary. This is not a far cry from the peninsula’s early history, when as a Quarantine Station it was a mandatory first port of call for every ship arriving on the West Coast. Ships and passengers were required to pass the medical officer’s inspection for infectious diseases, mainly smallpox. If illness was found, the ship was tied to the long wharves and everybody and everything was fumigated and detained until cleared of infection. Over the 87 years of its operation, many people were employed and lived on the site. Whole families grew up and went to school at the station, many of whom still reside locally and they have shared their stories with Peter Johnson, historian and author. The story of the Station is told brilliantly in his book “Quarantined; Life and Death at William Head Station, 1872-1959.” It is an engrossing read, shining a light on medical history and immigration to Canada. How else would we know about the Smallpox Wars between Vancouver and Victoria city coun-

cils, or the bureaucratic disinterest of Ottawa? The book is available at local book stores and at the Metchosin Museum Schoolhouse on Happy Valley Road. Wendy Mitchell is president of the Metchosin Museum Society. She can be reached at Wendyncmitchell@shaw.ca.

The Quarantine Station at William Head (below) was once the mandatory first port of call for every ship arriving on the coast. Now (above), it’s a penetientary. Photos courtesy Metchosin Museum Society

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Look at greening up your commute While many people are fuming over congestion in the region, Steven Hurdle, manager of Goldstream Bicycles in Langford, is one area resident who doesn’t get too concerned by the traffic out in front of his shop. He doesn’t own a car. Considering the traffic snarls around the West Shore most mornings, it makes sense that the walls of Goldstream are covered Craig Sorochan Bicycles with a wide variety Towards a Green of commuter bikes. When the weather Economy is decent, a lot of regular car commuters hop onto their bikes. The most current Statistics Canada data show municipalities in Victoria have the country’s highest rate of bicycle commuters. Having more cyclists utilize the prime cycling routes in the area makes for a more sustainable region in the long run. Many people in Langford and Colwood commute to UVic, Camosun, downtown or to work on the West Shore, rain or shine, all year around. Steven and his team have been instinctively running Goldstream Bikes with sustainability at the forefront and have been certified at the highest level of “green” by Vancouver Island Green Building Certification (VIGBC). They have taken steps to dramatically reduce the waste that ends up in the landfill, and they recycle and reuse almost everything that comes into the store. VIGBC was able to help steer them towards composting, so they are now diverting almost all of their waste from the landfill. “We have some pretty specific recycling needs,” Steven says. “In addition to paper and hard plastic and glass, we also recycle soft plastic, aluminum, steel and more.” Recycling has been in the DNA of the business for a long time. Its founder, Grant Turner, still works there 25 years later. His father grew up in the depression and taught him to never waste anything. But recycling is only part of the story. They started emailing receipts several years ago and they don’t require a printed receipt for returns or exchange. “Ninety-nine per cent of customers

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Let’s show our national pride Many of us on the West Shore cheered loudly when one of our neighboring arenas was chosen winner of the 2015 Kraft Hockeyville online competition. While we believe North Saanich’s Panorama Recreation Centre will do its community and the region proud when it comes to hosting an NHL pre-season game and putting the $100,000 prize to good use, the West Shore also has a fantastic opportunity to show the region how great a job it can do in hosting an international event. Langford welcomes the world April 18 and 19 when the Canada Women’s Sevens rugby tournament takes over Westhills Stadium. This event, one of the last three qualifiers for the 2016 Rio Olympics, promises the most exciting and fast-paced rugby action seen here since the America’s Rugby Championship came to Westhills last fall. Canada, which finished third in the first three qualifiers, sits tied for second overall with Australia, behind series leader New Zealand. With a good showing on their home turf, the women in red and white can virtually clinch a spot in next year’s Summer Games, the first Olympics to host rugby sevens. A loud, packed house will no doubt give our Canadian women the boost they need to get the job done. From a hosting perspective, teams and players representing countries from Australia and Brazil to China and Russia will descend upon the Capital Region in the days before the tournament. As such, local residents and merchants have a chance to showcase the West Shore for these international guests and are encouraged to lay out the welcome mat. While voting with a mouse click can produce great results, as we’ve seen with the Hockeyville campaign, West Shore residents can vote with their feet and come out to support Langford-based Team Canada. Let’s show our pride in our region, our country and our national team and make this event one to remember and build on. Go Canada go! What do you think? Give us your comments by email: editor@goldstreamgazette.com or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Goldstream News Gazette is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. 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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B.C.’s labour market goes global natural gas projects start, the The labour situation in B.C. is labour shortage in the northeast is showing increased signs of strain, near crisis. even before a long-promised boom The last time I was in heavy construction in Dawson Creek, radio ramps up this summer. ads were offering signing Jobs Minister Shirley bonuses for qualified truck Bond announced drivers. In Fort St. John, last week that B.C. is grocery and hardware suspending its “provincial retailers have come nomination” program for to depend on foreign 90 days. This program workers to keep going. allows the province to While supposedly recommend people for educated young people federal immigration, work part-time and refuse based on skills in demand Tom Fletcher to leave the comforts of in B.C. B.C. Views southern city life, this is The B.C. provincial the reality up north, and nomination program saw it’s only going to get worse. its number of applications triple to This summer, work is scheduled 1,200 for the month of December, to start on the Site C dam on as the federal government cracked the Peace River, the most costly down on the temporary foreign construction project in B.C. history. worker program. Thousands of And a union vs. non-union battle temporary foreign workers who reminiscent of the old Expo 86 have hit the four-year deadline labour wars is underway. are being sent home, with many The B.C. and Yukon Building of them turning to the provincial Trades (BCYT) are demanding a nomination track. project agreement that requires all Bond has been pleading with workers on Site C to be paid their Ottawa to raise B.C.’s annual rates, and are warning of chaos on provincial nomination quota from the huge project if they don’t get 5,000 to 7,000 or more. The threetheir way. month pause is so her ministry can B.C. Hydro CEO Jessica McDonald add staff and speed up processing time. Backlogged applicants will still told me that’s not all they want. They are also seeking quotas for be considered, and exemptions for health-care workers and a northeast members of their unions on a pilot program are being maintained. project that will be a small city of 1,700 people at peak construction. Even with the current slump BCYT executive director Tom in energy prices and before Sigurdson says that while all sides anticipated pipeline and liquefied

acknowledge the need for foreign workers for Site C, he wants to control that too, working with their affiliated unions in the United States. There will be non-union construction firms, some of them owned by aboriginal communities in the north. There will be contractors affiliated with the Christian Labour Association of Canada. The BCYT hopes to set wages and conditions for them all, and influence Ottawa’s temporary foreign worker program to boot. McDonald and Premier Christy Clark have politely told them to pound sand. Their formula would add millions in costs to the project, driving up B.C. Hydro rates even more than they are already rising. B.C. Hydro has already done dam upgrade projects using a “managed open site” model and it’s not inclined to return to the era of W.A.C. Bennett as Sigurdson demands. Sigurdson makes a valid point that when two concrete masons compare paycheques on the Site C project and one sees he’s making $5 an hour less, he won’t be happy. He will want the higher rate, and the BCYT is taking B.C. Hydro to court to ensure they can recruit new members on the site. It looks like a hot summer ahead. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Giving back to the community Goldstream Food Bank director Shannon Youell (holding cheque) joins West Shore Chamber of Commerce board member Hank Chipps, left, executive director Julie Lawlor, president Doug Kobayashi, vicepresident Dana Boutin and director Pedro Marquez, in accepting the Chamber’s donation to the Food Bank last week. The $742 was raised with a silent auction and raffle held at the Chamber’s holiday mixer. The Chamber members also delivered nonperishable food items to help stock the shelves. Mike Davies/News Gazette staff

LETTERS Elector assent process unclear on water project An ad entitled “Notice to Electors Within the Capital Regional District” (Gazette, April 1) concerned an “Alternative Approval Process for CRD Bylaw 3981 – Authorizing the borrowing of $14.8 million for acquiring, designing and constructing water distribution facilities in the western communities of the Juan de Fuca Water Distribution Area.” This would be over the next five years, or an average of $3 million per year. Let’s not dwell on the fact that “acquiring” was indicated before “designing” in the statement (hopefully lessons have been learned from Victoria’s Blue Bridge steel acquisition). The real issue is the concept of alternative approval process without a) making it clear up front what is being requested and b) sufficient information being provided to the electors to make a rational decision. It states the CRD may proceed with the bylaw (i.e., to borrow) unless at least 5,561 electors sign and submit a preapproved form by May 4. Such a response would force the CRD board to gain elector assent via referendum, to proceed with the bylaw adoption. However, it has to be read a couple of times to fully realize the intent. Why would electors want a referendum? The debt servicing costs – principal and interest – would be recovered through the retail water rate paid by we, the taxpayers.

But the notice gives no information whatsoever about the new water distribution facilities, how the total cost was arrived at, how this borrowing will be accomplished or its possible terms and conditions. Only by checking the proposed bylaw on the CRD website does one find it is a 15-year maximum and a debenture. Among the questions to be asked, who are the target investors? If federal government borrowings are considered to be at the riskfree rate, even B.C. government borrowings then carry a risk premium. So what premium would a regional entity like the CRD borrowing carry? Will it be guaranteed by the B.C. government? Would the CRD have to agree it could add a property tax levy in addition to an increased water rate to service the debt if necessary? What will be the impact on the water rate? Regrettably, the CRD lost the confidence and trust of a good many constituents over the as yet unresolved sewage treatment project. Electors in the western communities are being asked to again trust the CRD without the benefit of full disclosure, amid a process conceptually similar to the long since outlawed negative advertising that the federal government passed legislation against years ago. This Notice to Electors obfuscated the issue and did not provide full disclosure.

This ability to proceed with an alternative approval process is flawed and the B.C. government should move to prevent it or ensure it can only be accompanied by all the required information. The CRD board has not earned my confidence that it should be given a pass on this issue. In fact, the bylaw received first, second and third reading all on the same day, Nov. 12, suggesting there was little, if any debate. The form can be downloaded at bit.ly/1CdfVL7. David Cox Colwood

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Conservative senators need to smarten up I don’t blame the people in the Senate for spending our money. The people in question should be the ones signing their cheques. I don’t see any sense behind any of this. Most senators did not contribute enough to the system to even be somewhat recognized, and they’ve done little for you and me. Let them tell us why they think they deserve all the high wages, perks and bonuses. It sounds like very few of the chosen senators (by who?) are truly dedicated to their jobs, and the rest are just greedy takers. We need to have much better control and knowledge of our spending. Stefan Mieczkowski Langford

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Members of the public can get a sense of how busy this organization is at this week’s board of directors meeting, which gets underway with a tour of the new velodrome turf at 6:45 p.m. Thursday (April 9).

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GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE - Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Awesome April

Offerings

Mexican “Premium”

Ataulfo Mangoes approx. 5lb case

5 items, $23.50 value

Per

100 gr

Simply Poultry

Chicken Strips Nuggets or Burgers 907gr

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

Fillets Removed, 11.00 per kg

Mapleleaf

Prime Stuffed Chicken Breasts 284-340gr

iv t s e F e es e Ch

Smuckers Brand Bundle Bag

Sunrise Farms

Per

Blu e

Mango Cheesecake

Canadian

Borgonzola, Gorgonzola or Castello Blue Cheese Prices in effect April 6 - 12 , 2015

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Meat

NEWS GAZETTE

Canadian AA

Sirloin Tip Oven Roast 13.20 per kg

Sunrise Farms

Bone In Chicken Thighs

Locally Raised BC Poultry

8.80 per kg

Grain Fed Free Run

Per

Island Pride

Sunrise Farms

Siwin

1.02kg

2kg

454-500gr

Prime Rib Burgers

Honey Garlic Chicken Breasts

Per

Schneiders

Potstickers & Gyoza

Country Natural Chicken 750gr

UPSTAIRS INSIDE QUALITY FOODS IN: Comox v Powell River v Qualicum Foods v Courtenay

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DISHWARE

Excludes Emma Bridgewater. Selection may vary by store. Some restrictions apply. Offer in effect until April 12, 2015

• Time to Celebrate Vaisakhi! • Annie Chun’s

Erawan Brand

Roasted Seaweed Snacks 10gr

Tasty Bite

3$ for

Rice Noodles

Thai Kitchen

Vegetarian Indian Cuisine

Coconut Milk

454gr

400ml

for

Annie Chun’s

Erawan Brand

Asian Cuisine Noodle Bowl 169-250gr

299

Marinade or Sauce

Patak’s Original

Uncle Tom’s

Patak’s Original

400ml

2kg

284ml

Cooking Sauce

Pulo

285gr

Long Grain Rice

Curry Paste

Rice Paper 454gr

2$ for

Huy Fong

Sauce

350-400ml

230-460ml

2$ for

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GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE - Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Meat

New Zealand

Strip Loin Grilling Steak

Boneless Center Cut Pork Loin Chops 8.80 per kg

Mitchell’s

Maple Leaf

Grimm’s

375gr

375-450gr

450gr

Premium Bacon

Wieners

Buy 1

Bavarian Smokies

Faith Farms Cheese Approx. 400gr

Get 1

Pepperoni

Per

Carrs Crackers Selected 125-150gr

FREE

A $2.50 Value Free

Limited Time Offer April 6-12, 2015

• QF is for Quick Fixin’s!• Yoplait

Source Yogurt 16x100gr

Del Monte

Kraft

341-398ml

120gr

Canned Vegetables

Knorr

Lipton Cup A Soup

Stove Top Stuffing Mix

4’s

Yoplait

Source Greek Yogurt

8x100gr

99 VH

Source Yogurt

for

650gr or 4x100gr

Gourmet Steamers 276-306gr

1.2-1.4kg

2$ for

299

Primo

Ready To Serve Soup 525-540ml

for

Healthy Choice

Long Grain Instant Rice

283-298gr

Minute Rice

Steamers

Yoplait

499

299

Christie

Premium Plus Crackers 450-500gr

299

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Quality Foods an Island Original.

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GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE - Wednesday, April 8, 2015

NEWS GAZETTE

www.qualityfoods.com

Prices in effect April 6 - 12 2015

Kraft

Kraft Dinner Macaroni & Cheese

Kraft

Ragu

Old Dutch

Restaurante Tortilla Chips

255gr

276-384gr

260gr

Becel

Oil

1lt

398ml

6 a t I l y f o L i t A tle Taste 2$ for

2$ for

Bull’s Eye

Heinz

Barbecue Sauce

Post

Honeycomb, Sugar Crisp or Alpha-Bits Cereal

Post

Shreddies or Spoon Size Shredded Wheat

340-400gr

Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal 368-439gr

525-550gr

Tomatoes

700-900gr

796ml

Tomato Ketchup

McCain

1lt

4$ for

5$ for

Black Diamond

Shredded Cheese

for

Dr. Oetker

Cheestrings

340gr

2$ for

Celebrating 100 years of the Coca Cola Bottle! Leclerc

Celebration Cookies 240-270gr

Leclerc

Casa Di Mama or Panebello Pizza

336gr

Quatro Cookies

Rogers

for

SunRype

Oats

700-750gr

Beverage

750gr-1.1kg

1.36lt

Red Rose

for

LICABL PP

for

You Could win a 1940’s replica Coca-Cola Cooler!

Melitta

144’s

Single Serve Coffee Cups

126-132gr

Glaceau

Powerade

Vitamin Water

Frozen Fruit

300gr

Five Grain Granola

395-450gr

Orange Pekoe Tea

Snowcrest

Black Diamond

Ultra Thin Crust Pizza

EES EF

4$ Family Classic Frozen Dessert

Unico

Pasta

334-360gr

Breyers

1.68kg

LICABL PP

Kellogg’s

540ml

425ml

for

915-930gr

Eggo Waffles

2.63lt

Unico

Beans, Chick Peas or Lentils

3$ Heinz

Minute Maid

Simply Orange Juice

1.36kg

Unico

Beans

Imperial

907gr

Arriba Tortilla Chips

Margarine

Cheemo

for

Old Dutch

Potato Chips

LICABL PP

220-240gr

Perogies

630-640ml

Old Dutch

each

Cracker Barrel Cheese Slices

400gr

Pasta Sauce

each

EES EF

2.75

Kraft

Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread

2.75

PLUS A

900gr

for

Ground Coffee

Works out to

Nabob Coffee Company

1.75lt

Works out to

Kraft

Cheez Whiz or Singles

Filled Pasta

275-350gr

EES EF

Kraft

Pasta Sauce

160gr or 275-300ml

PLUS A

907gr

175-200gr

Real Fruit Beverage

Olivieri

PLUS A

Cracker Barrel Cheddar Cheese

Five Alive

Olivieri

591ml

Selected, 600gr

Coke, Canada Dry or Sprite

Nestea

Sports Drink

Iced Tea

710ml

695ml

Glass Bottle, 6x237ml

3$ for

LICABL PP

PLUS A

each

LICABL PP

PLUS A

each

4.49

PLUS A

4.49

LICABL PP

EES EF

for

EES EF

for

EES EF

Works out to

EES EF

Works out to

PLUS A

1.66lt

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Quality Foods an Island Original.

www.goldstreamgazette.com • A17

GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE - Wednesday, April 8, 2015

NEWS GAZETTE

www.qualityfoods.com

Prices in effect April 6 - 12 2015

Kraft

Kraft Dinner Macaroni & Cheese

Kraft

Ragu

Old Dutch

Restaurante Tortilla Chips

255gr

276-384gr

260gr

Becel

Oil

1lt

398ml

6 a t I l y f o L i t A tle Taste 2$ for

2$ for

Bull’s Eye

Heinz

Barbecue Sauce

Post

Honeycomb, Sugar Crisp or Alpha-Bits Cereal

Post

Shreddies or Spoon Size Shredded Wheat

340-400gr

Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal 368-439gr

525-550gr

Tomatoes

700-900gr

796ml

Tomato Ketchup

McCain

1lt

4$ for

5$ for

Black Diamond

Shredded Cheese

for

Dr. Oetker

Cheestrings

340gr

2$ for

Celebrating 100 years of the Coca Cola Bottle! Leclerc

Celebration Cookies 240-270gr

Leclerc

Casa Di Mama or Panebello Pizza

336gr

Quatro Cookies

Rogers

for

SunRype

Oats

700-750gr

Beverage

750gr-1.1kg

1.36lt

Red Rose

for

LICABL PP

for

You Could win a 1940’s replica Coca-Cola Cooler!

Melitta

144’s

Single Serve Coffee Cups

126-132gr

Glaceau

Powerade

Vitamin Water

Frozen Fruit

300gr

Five Grain Granola

395-450gr

Orange Pekoe Tea

Snowcrest

Black Diamond

Ultra Thin Crust Pizza

EES EF

4$ Family Classic Frozen Dessert

Unico

Pasta

334-360gr

Breyers

1.68kg

LICABL PP

Kellogg’s

540ml

425ml

for

915-930gr

Eggo Waffles

2.63lt

Unico

Beans, Chick Peas or Lentils

3$ Heinz

Minute Maid

Simply Orange Juice

1.36kg

Unico

Beans

Imperial

907gr

Arriba Tortilla Chips

Margarine

Cheemo

for

Old Dutch

Potato Chips

LICABL PP

220-240gr

Perogies

630-640ml

Old Dutch

each

Cracker Barrel Cheese Slices

400gr

Pasta Sauce

each

EES EF

2.75

Kraft

Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread

2.75

PLUS A

900gr

for

Ground Coffee

Works out to

Nabob Coffee Company

1.75lt

Works out to

Kraft

Cheez Whiz or Singles

Filled Pasta

275-350gr

EES EF

Kraft

Pasta Sauce

160gr or 275-300ml

PLUS A

907gr

175-200gr

Real Fruit Beverage

Olivieri

PLUS A

Cracker Barrel Cheddar Cheese

Five Alive

Olivieri

591ml

Selected, 600gr

Coke, Canada Dry or Sprite

Nestea

Sports Drink

Iced Tea

710ml

695ml

Glass Bottle, 6x237ml

3$ for

LICABL PP

PLUS A

each

LICABL PP

PLUS A

each

4.49

PLUS A

4.49

LICABL PP

EES EF

for

EES EF

for

EES EF

Works out to

EES EF

Works out to

PLUS A

1.66lt

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Deli & Cheese

Freybe

Traditional Irish Smoked Ham

Soft Cheese

125-150gr

Bottom Round

Per

100 gr

Grimm’s

Per

100 gr

4 Pack Pepperoni Sticks

•Andean Quinoa •Fruit •Beet •Red Potato with Dijon

Served Hot & Fresh

Medium Salad

Grimm’s

Lyona, Beer, Summer Sausage or Ham Sausage with Garlic

per 100 gr

10 Piece California & Dynamite Rolls

Dinner for Four

Egg Roll

27 Piece Party Tray

Available at select stores only.

Boursin

Authentic Smoked Beef

Continental

NEWS GAZETTE

9 Piece Spicy Shrimp Rolls

699 499

Seafood • Quality Foods

Fresh

Ahi Tuna

Halibut Steaks

Per

100 gr

per 100 gr

Frozen or Previously Frozen

Fresh

Snapper Fillets Scotch Mints

Per

100 gr

41/50 Size

Per

100 gr

Quality Fresh

Organically Yours

600gr

Cocoa Dusted Chocolate Covered, 250gr

200gr

Sweet Treats Jelly Beans

Cooked White Tiger Prawn Tails

Sweet Treats Almonds

per 100 gr

Raw Hulled Pumpkin Seeds

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GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE - Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Ranger Cookies

Bakery

Large Kaiser Buns Selected

White or 60% Whole Wheat Bread

Raisin Bran Muffins

for

Old Fashioned Donuts

3 Country Harvest

6 pack

8 pack

Vanilla Slice

Double Layer

Strawberry Truffle Cake

Sprouted Whole Grain Bread

Selected, 675gr

Silver Hills

Bread

8” Bumbleberry Pie

Selected, 430-615gr

for

2$ for

for

Quality Foods • Taste for Life Wolfgang Puck

Popcorn Indiana

Organic Soup

Lifeway

All Natural Popcorn

398ml

Mighty Leaf Tea

Kefir Cultured Milk Smoothie

156-220gr

Whole Leaf Pouches

15’s

946ml

for

Organicville

Gluten Free Organic Vinaigrette

for

Glutino

Trueblue or Trueblack

Selected, Assorted Sizes

1.36lt

Gluten Free Products

Cocktail

Scrub Free

Easy Off

Mildew or Soap Scum Remover 950ml

LICABL PP

EES EF

PLUS A

236ml

Household Royale

Tiger Towel

400gr or 475ml

for

Royale

Oven Cleaner

77 Bathroom Tissue

6’s

12-24’s

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Drop in between 4:00 & 6:00 PM for a fresh

NEWS GAZETTE

NEW APPY SPECIAL!

Awesome April Offerings

2$ for

Per

Washington “Premium”

Jonagold Apples 2.18 per kg

Vancouver Island “Hot House”

Mini Cucumbers 2lb bag

Taylor Farms

Romaine Hearts 3 pack

4” Premium Basket Stuffers

for

Per

4.39 per kg

Snap Top Carrots 1.52 per kg

Zucchini Squash

Fresh Broccoli Crowns

California “Bolthouse”

Mexican “Medium”

Per

California “Premium”

Per

1.94 per kg

Per

California “Cara Cara”

Red Navel Oranges 4.39 per kg

Natural Organics

Gerbera Bouquet

Mexican Grown

Organic Grape Tomatoes 1 pt clamshell

2$ for

California Grown

Organic Baby Cut Carrots 1lb bag

2$ for

B.C. Grown “Hot House”

Organic Long English Cucumbers

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Crowther memorial lacrosse game re-established Shamrocks alumni will take on club’s young up-andcomers Don Descoteau News Gazette staff

A player who was once a bright light in the Victoria Shamrocks lacrosse organization will be remembered again at this Friday’s (April 10) John Crowther Memorial charity game at The Q Centre. Having not been played under this name for some years now, the game will see members of the intermediate and junior A Shamrocks teams against a collection of retired players including Lewis Ratcliffe, Grant Pepper, Darcy Berthiaume and other former stars. “This is an initiative of the Shamrock alumni,” says junior Shamrocks general manager Rod

Wood of the resurrection of the Crowther game. “They formed a formal society last year and are trying to bring back some of the old tradition and give something back to the community at the same time.” At the time of his death at age 22 in 1984, Vic High alumni Crowther had been a standout junior player and appeared to be one of the heirs to the mantle of Shamrock greats like Bob Cool and Kevin Alexander. This season, the late boxla star’s nephew, Lucas Crowther, is a rookie with the Shamrocks juniors. He and cousin Mason McNeil (a Juan de Fuca pee wee player), along with 96-year-old Betty Crowther, John’s mother, will take part in opening faceoff ceremonies on Friday. As a show of respect, junior Shamrock Cole Pickup – also a Victoria Grizzlies hockey player – has given Lucas his uncle’s old num-

John Crowther, left, stands with Victoria Shamrocks seniors coach Chris Hall and scoring star Kevin Alexander in this shot from the early 1980s at the old Memorial Arena, the lacrosse club’s former home. The John Crowther Memorial charity game happens this Friday at The Q Centre in Colwood. Photo courtesy Shamrocks Alumni

ber 22 for this season. Proceeds from the game will benefit the junior Shamrocks and the club’s alumni association. Past years have seen money from charity games go toward scholarships and helping pay registration fees

for youth players whose families could not afford it. The game, set to start at 7 p.m., offers minor lacrosse players a good chance to see their heroes in action, Wood says. As a way to help grow the game, he adds, chil-

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Most people know that diabetes is a disease that affects the blood sugar levels in the body. The symptoms of diabetes include unusual thirst, fatigue and hunger, and increased need to urinate. Those with the acute, Type 1, form of diabetes will need and seek treatment because their symptoms are severe. Many people with the less acute, Type 2, form of the disease can try to ignore their symptoms and they live with chronically elevated blood sugar levels. This damages many tissues in the body including the blood vessels. Optometrists are often the first to detect diabetes because its onset can cause a relatively sudden change in vision. This change can be reversed when the blood sugar level is controlled. Poorly controlled diabetes can have very serious effects on the eyes. Blood vessels can leak in the retina at the back of the eye and small blood vessels can grow where they should not. This is called diabetic retinopathy, and if untreated can lead to blindness. Retinal specialists often use lasers to control the spread of the retinopathy. If you are overweight, over forty, have a family history of diabetes, or are experiencing symptoms, you should ask your family physician about the possibility of diabetes. If diabetes is diagnosed, your family physician will want you to have regular eye exams as part of the monitoring of the disease. Sometimes a team of professionals will work to help you develop a healthy lifestyle with suitable nutrition and exercise. In some cases medication can be avoided by a change in diet. Your Optometrist can be an important member of your team.

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Indian celebration offers a cultural immersion Saanich Fairgrounds playing host to family oriented event

For members of the Sikh community, the centuries-old festival of Vaisakhi marks the beginning of the new year, the birth of the Khalsa and the completion of the wheat harvest. While local residents with the nonprofit India Canada Cultural Association may not be as directly involved in agriculture as their forebearers, the marking of this special time of year in Greater Victoria offers numerous opportunities to experience Indian food, traditional dance and other cultural activities. Not so ironically, this Sunday’s Vaisakhi Mela (a Sanskrit word meaning gathering, or to meet) is happening at the Saanich Fairgrounds, a Central Saanich venue tied directly to agricultural celebrations. The free gathering at the fairgrounds represents the festival side of Vaisakhi, one of the most important cultural events of the year globally for members of the Sikh community – Hindus, Buddhists and Tamils also celebrate, but in slightly different ways. The festival also includes special prayer services and events at the gurdwaras (temples). It’s primarily about family, says Serena Rai, a Victoria resident who has danced the traditional Indian bhangra style since she was five and performed often at such celebrations. “We’re a close group. We all kind of

pull together and work well as a group in order to make it a fun event for everybody,” she says. While the mela has plenty of outward cultural appeal, Rai, as part of the younger generation, also appreciates the efforts being made to maintain her ethnic Indian heritage. “It’s so important to look at what our elders are doing for us as a community,” she says of Vaisakhi-related events. “It makes me very proud to know my children (will be able to participate), as this is being passed from generation to generation.” Gordy Dodd, a well-known Greater Victoria merchant and president of the India Canada Cultural Association, noted that the marking of Vaisakhi can have many beneficial elements. “(This) celebration is about sharing and family,” he said. “I firmly believe that when a community gathers in sharing its food, culture, music, art and dance, then our whole community of Victoria gains a sense of tranquility, equality and belonging that is spiritually healing for all of us.” The Vaisakhi Mela, running from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at 1528 Stelly’s X Rd. in Central Saanich, features a market, authentic Indian food stalls, henna tattoo applications and a variety of free children’s activities. There will be outfit, food and decoration contests for attendees to take part in. From an entertainment standpoint, there will be various musical and dance performances and competitions, headlined by members of the Apna Virsa

(translates to our cultural roots), which is billed as the region’s premier Punjabi arts and culture group. According to Khushia Gill, the coach and leader of Apna Virsa, “Cultural dance knows no race, colour or ethnicity; only talent and passion.” and this groups remarkable energy and synergy symbolizes this way of dance. The ICCA is mandated to celebrate and raise awareness about the power, diversity and colour of India’s rich culture. For more than 40 years, the society has worked towards creating bridges between the Indo-Canadian community in Greater Victoria and other cultural groups.

Getting there and back For people wishing to attend Vaisakhi events in Saanichton but looking to avoid driving, transportation will be provided from various locations. n Vehicles will leave the Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple at 1210 Topaz Ave. at 11:30 a.m., noon and 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Departures from Saanich Commonwealth Place are at noon, 12:30, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. n Vehicles also leave Mayfair Centre from the Toys R Us entrance at noon, 1 and 2 p.m., while departures from Sizzling Tandoor at Uptown happen at 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. n Regular return times from the fairgrounds begin at 12:30 p.m. and run every 15 minutes starting at 4:30.

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racers pay a $35 fee on race day, but the $50 family rate makes it more affordable, Reaume points out. Pre-built Honda-powered karts eligible to race at this level can be somewhat tough to find on the Island, he says. Victoria Karting can help motivated people acquire a kart, if need be. Technical guidelines are available at victoriakarting.com. The next race day is April 25, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Racing shifts to Monday evenings on July 6, when the summer schedule gets underway. For more information, visit victoriakarting.com or contact Walker at 250-661-7445 or ian@westernspeedway.net. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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