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Mayor not sold on idea of sewage technology fair Upcoming event at Royal Roads to show results of research thus far Mike Davies News Gazette staff

View Royal Mayor David Screech is concerned the next stage of public engagement on wastewater treatment won’t give residents the

information they need.

“I have heard from members of the public very strongly that they want something tangible they can make comment on,” he said Tuesday at the Capital Regional District core area liquid waste management committee meeting, held at the Songhees First Nation Wellness Centre.

“They want options A through E that they can comment on, and I don’t know that this will do that.

I’m sure it’ll put out there some

wonderful ideas … but I don’t see how you necessarily make the leap that they’re applicable to what we’re doing here or whether we can afford them.”

Screech was responding to the announcement of an upcoming “Innovation Days” event at Royal Roads University, April 27 to 29.

The public event will see industry representatives present their responses to the Request for Technical Information (RFTI) recently undertaken by the CRD.

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Exam-ining education Part Three: in SD62: Changing the way it’s done In the last part of our series on high school education in the Sooke School District, stakeholders look at the future Mike Davies News Gazette staff

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ids and learning are different today, and the education system needs to keep up,” says Ray Miller, principal of Belmont secondary.

He’s sitting in his office surrounded by papers, schedules, curriculum and huge cardboard cutouts the size and shape of the various furniture being proposed for the new Belmont and Royal Bay high schools currently under construction and scheduled to open in September.

“The education system as a whole has had trouble adjusting and adapting to the needs of the community and the kids. That is where I think we need to put our resources.”

Okay, so what does that mean? What meaningful changes can we make systemically to a system, and learning model, that is, by his own admission, societally ingrained and responsively petrified?

“The first change that needs to be made,” he says, “is to move the mindset away from an adult-centred system to a student-centred system. We need to personalize the education system; make it fit for the student instead of it being a system that the student has to fit.

“What is it that they need in their education that will give them something of value to take with them in their lives?”

Then comes the kicker.

“Schools weren’t built to give the adults a place to work,” he says.

The way Miller sees it, the whole “how much we are paying the teachers?” issue is almost irrelevant. It’s more about how – and if – the teachers are accomplishing what they are being paid to do.

“We need to move away from the teacher being the sage on the stage, being all-knowing and ‘I have all the information, and I hold it and therefore I’m powerful, that’s what makes me different from you,’ to having the teachers be facilitators of learning. If the teacher can help shape people towards their interests, their passions, their goals, you’ll find, I think, that the same cost of that educator is used more effectively.”

The issue with that, according to Stephanie Longstaff, SD62 parents’ advisory council president at Belmont and mother of nine children who have gone through the SD62 system, is teacher autonomy.

“I think one of the biggest challenges we have is also one of the biggest strengths we have, and that’s the autonomy of the teacher,” she says. “The district, the principal, nobody can tell them how to teach what they’re supposed to teach. There are expected outcomes – by the end of whatever grade a child should know this – but how you teach them that is up to you.”

That can be great – “if you have an awesome, wonderful,

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Belmont secondary principal Ray Miller checks in with some students in the hall, jokingly quizzing them on their second-language skills.

“I think there’s a lot of nervousness among educators captivating teacher,” who is able to engage the students these days,” he says. “There’s a realization that evolution while they’re teaching the curriculum, she says.

“But if you have a teacher that stands in front of the class is afoot that if you’re not keeping up, you’re going to be left and talks at them five hours a day, the kids might not meet behind. I’ve seen teachers beginning to evolve. We need those outcomes. Not because the teachers didn’t teach to continue to support and encourage educators in their them, but because they didn’t engage the kids, didn’t get adjustment in that direction.”

What makes a school – what makes an education system them involved; so the children didn’t actually learn the – isn’t the bricks and mortar or wood framing and drywall material.”

Her biggest frustration is exactly what Miller thinks is that make the walls, but the people and culture held within them, Miller says. The district, he adds, is determined needed to remedy the system at a structural level.

“I’m a product from a school system that’s not so much to bust open some of those walls to bring people closer together. different than the one we have today, unforThe new schools are designed to do that. tunately,” Longstaff says. “There are lots of “Schools weren’t They’re designed to encourage people to good ideas and theories out there, but unforwork collaboratively for the betterment of tunately most of them are up at the top levbuilt to give the the whole. els – at the board office, or at the principal adults a place “We have to make sure we’re providing level or provincial government level – and the future of education, not the present,” haven’t necessarily made their way into the to work.” says Wendy Hobbs, chair of the board of classroom yet. There are some teachers that are just doing it exactly the same way they – Ray Miller, principal, trustees for SD62. “And I think being able to work together collaboratively will make have been for 30 years when they started Belmont Secondary a better all-around student in the end, and teaching, and it’s not serving our students.” lead to better learning outcomes.”

So how do you get those great ideas into “In the real world,” Cambridge adds, the classroom about what works best to educate kids when you can’t dictate how people will teach? “that’s how people work. They’re sharing ideas, which is SD62 superintendent Jim Cambridge says you need to where better ideas come from. It’s where better solutions to problems come from.” make it harder for people not do it the newer, better way.

So is there still room for the old-school lecturers who “The way we’re designing and building the new schools is significantly different than the way it’s been done in the stand at the front of the class and teach, blanketing stupast,” he says. “We’re trying to make the notion of collabo- dents with the information the curriculum mandates that ration and teamwork – which is central to everything you they learn?

“If they’re relationship builders, yes,” Miller says simply. read about what jobs and expectations and careers actually feature – part of the education of the kids. You walk through “If they’re content deliverers, no.”

“Kids expect, nowadays, to work together,” Cambridge Belmont right now, you see very long corridors with basically 20 different individual schools along each side of says. “They expect to be able to talk about their ideas. The them. It’s very hard for the teachers to collaborate, even whole isolated experience of learning in a classroom, being when they want to. Well, we’re creating an atmosphere (in talked at, needs to go away.”

And that’s what they’re trying to make happen, which, the construction of the new schools) where we’re forcing they think, will make us better off in the long run. that issue a little bit.” mdavies@goldstreamgazette.com Miller puts it slightly differently, but essentially agrees.

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A 19-year-old Langford man wanted on two unrelated outstanding warrants was arrested early Tuesday morning after police received a

ticity of a firearm, our level of response must be adequate to ensure community safety and the safety of our officers.”

A 20-year-old woman on the scene was also taken into custody but was released later without being charged.

The male suspect was held in custody and was due to appear in Western Communities courthouse later Tuesday morning to face charges relating to breach of probation and breach of a court-ordered conditions of release. alim@goldstreamgazette.com

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Finder hands cash to cops to find owner West Shore RCMP had a tricky job on their hands this week, after a woman turned in a sum of money she found at a West Shore restaurant on Tuesday.

Const. Alex Berube said proving ownership of lost money can be tough, as only the owner would know the exact amount as well as the place it was lost. As such, police were not disclosing either piece of information. “We really appreciate the dedication of the woman who turned in the money to us in effort to retrace its owner,” Berube said.

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WorkLink making it work Local non-profit holding open house to show off how they are helping people find employment Mike Davies News Gazette staff

Now that they’ve settled into their new home on Jacklin Road, the WorkLink Employment Society is propping open their doors to show it off.

Next Thursday, April 16, from 4 to 7 p.m., Jennifer Harrison and the entire West Shore WorkBC crew will be on hand to talk to anyone interested about the programs and supports they offer.

“Everyone knows someone who is either unhappy at their job or needs work,” Harrison says.

That’s why there’s a wide variety of services available at the centre – from resumé building workshops to networking

Interim CAO hired by Colwood Arnold Lim News Gazette staff

The City of Colwood has named an interim chief administrative officer.

Earlier this month Mayor Carol Hamilton officially announced the news on the city’s website that Gary Nason would be joining Colwood in the role, overseeing all city staff.

Nason has more than 30 years’ experience in local government, having served as CAO for the District of Central Saanich for 19 years and more recently acting in the same capacity on an interim basis for the District of Oak Bay. He previously worked for the City of Nanaimo and City of Port Alberni.

Nason replaces James Moller, who was hired in early 2014, and becomes the fourth permanent or interim CAO for the City of Colwood since 2012. Nason will remain in the position until a permanent appointment is made

by Colwood council. alim@goldstream gazette.com

events, job fairs to application assistance and everything in between.

“It’s really a complicated thing nowadays,” Harrison says.

“Looking for work is a full-time job, and it’s our full-time job to help people with theirs in any way that we can. The main thing I want people to know is that they really don’t have to job search alone.”

It’s true that finding work is an entirely different animal these days. Many employers, Harrison says, won’t even accept resumés that show up out of the blue, from people pounding the pavement.

It’s important for job-searchers to know how to navigate the jobs marketplace in order to be successful in finding an employment fit.

“We stay connected to the employers so we can make sure we know what they want from prospective employees and how they want to hear from them. We know where the jobs are and how to help people get them.”

The centre isn’t just for future

employees, however. It can be a valuable resource for employers, as well.

From time to time, Harrison says, they have workshops and forums for business owners to help them with their hiring practices, facilitated by human resources professionals and experts in the field.

They can also connect employers to training grants for their employees or other programs that can help their endeavour succeed.

And then there are the notinfrequent job fairs, where employers and job-seekers can come together to see who should work together and how they can make that happen.

There’s another of those slated for early May, and Harrison would love to speak to interested people about it at the open house next Thursday.

“We’re not a placement agency,” she says, “We empower people to find jobs. Come down and let us show you how we do that.” mdavies@goldstream gazette.com

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New schools offer great opportunities The Sooke School District (SD62) unveiled Royal Bay secondary school last week, inviting local politicians, trustees and media for a tour of the soon-to-be completed facility.

While the sawdust and paint fumes are still hanging in the air, Let’s make use of the noise is at times overbearing, and these sparkling there are still armies of tradespeople new community on the learning facilities working exposed beams and raw-concrete slabs, it’s already clear the district is doing some things right in the construction of these new facilities.

Long gone are the days where schools were purely educational institutions, standing as bastions of knowledge, standing empty, outside of when classes are in session.

And for good reason.

It doesn’t make sense for the halls of a multimillion dollar building to sit empty, echoing with the occasional footsteps of the custodial staff for two thirds of every weekday and 48 hours every weekend. How was that ever a good idea?

These new facilities are recognizing that fact.

They’ve not only integrated what the province is calling “Neighbourhood Learning Centres,” which will bridge the gap between the school and the community, they’re also designed to be used in various ways by the community when classes aren’t in session.

Now it’s up to us – the public who paid for these facilities – to make use of them.

There are already various community groups chomping at the bit to get in once the schools are operational, to use their theatres, gymnasiums, board rooms and workshops. The rest of us should be lining up, as well.

There’s no telling at this point what sort of system the school district will put in place for the rental of rooms, stages or workshops, but as soon as it’s there, we’re hoping these spaces will quickly start to fill up.

Are you part of a theatre troupe that needs a stage? Are you in a sports organization having a tough time finding gym space at opportune times?

Maybe you sit on the board of a not-for-profit organization and you’re getting tired of having your meetings in one of your directors’ living rooms.

Whatever your needs are, see if you can fill them using these shiny new schools.

You paid for them, after all.

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Time now to support the arts firsthand, as many of my friends Five weeks away from the offices have moved to Vancouver for that of the Goldstream Gazette to work very reason. That trend won’t stop on a feature film, opened my eyes immediately, but to curb to how impressive Greater the ebb we need more Vancouver’s talent-rich infrastructure from the film infrastructure truly ground up, starting at is. A swath of high-level home, in our communities cast and crew, numerous and municipalities. In equipment rental houses, school theatres, young and municipalities that actors flourish, growing welcome filming, even from children to adults, waiving permits and fees not just in life but in art. to welcome us – are the Those artists need an tip of the iceberg. I admit avenue not only to train to being a tad jealous. and grow roots, but to Seeing this made me Arnold Lim wonder why that can’t Minority Report stay here once they have established themselves. also happen here? Is it We need lighting just a size, or populationtechnicians to show off the work based industry? To some extent these actors do, behind-the-scenes those are factors, but I see no photographers to shoot, producers reason why we can’t share a bigger to organize, writers to scribe the piece of the economic and artistic words, musicians to write and pie. play the music, all of which comes In some ways it is happening. together on the stage or on the The introduction of the six- perscreen. When that happens they cent distant locations regional tax also need to stay. credit put productions in Greater Up-and-coming talents deserve Victoria on the same financial footing as other B.C. regions outside a place to ply their trade and live here if they choose – and what the Lower Mainland, which have better place than here? Hope is on benefitted from the credit since the horizon.

2008. We languished without such Talk of establishing an arts facility status until February 2014.

This financial incentive convinced on the West Shore have yet to prove fruitful, but that could change with producers of such shows as The Colwood and Langford going on the Gourmet Detective 2 and Monkey Up record as being interested. It isn’t choose to spend their money here the only step, but it is an important instead of elsewhere. This year is one, and it is my belief the time for shaping up to be one of the biggest them to act is now. for local film production in recent The potential for further growth memory. But can it be better? in the arts is multiplied by the These productions need skilled current boom. We can’t expect a film crew, staff, food, hotels, actors strong artistic market to be there and more. Sometimes it can take when we need it; we have to build years to gain the experience that the infrastructure that will sustain big productions want or need. And it so that when our youth decide at this point we still lose many of where they want to live and breathe our skilled singers, dancers, actors as artists, the choice they make is and crew members to the mainland to stay here. for the promise of steadier work.

Having those skills here will push It is a vicious cycle I have seen

more productions to follow suit.

We have already seen sporadic productions, including the X-Men films, come to the West Shore, but I see an opportunity for more.

The known economic spin-offs of film productions is a fact, not a projection, but in order capitalize fully, planting the seeds now could expedite the process.

Having infrastructure in place is a catalyst for growth. Having improved arts facilities on the West Shore will do nothing but improve the landscape for local youth to maximize their potential in the arts. That will help build a stable of actors, teachers, costume designers, set designers, cast and crew for productions to flourish and grow. It will also help build the audience who will consume it.

It won’t happen overnight. But creating infrastructure has made a difference for athletes in Victoria, from Olympians like triathletes like Simon Whitfield and Ryder Hesjedal, to the rugby athletes training in Langford and hoping to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio. It makes a difference long term, as we’ve seen on the world stage.

It has happened in Vancouver, and while the landscape is certainly different and a direct comparison is unfair, we are far from reaching our potential.

Is it too much to dream of making an amazing feature film here, using only Vancouver Island trained cast and crew? We need amazing facilities to support amazing individuals and I believe our scenery, talent, hospitality and vigour for the arts gives us the potential to stand as equals amongst bigger cities – maybe even stand alone.

Arnold Lim is a reporter with the Goldstream News Gazette. alim@goldstreamgazette.com

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Brief return to ‘Gazoo’ offers good community reminder rewarding seven-year Based on the run, I began to grapple number of people with the meaning of who expressed semi-retired, from the encouragement, perspective of keeping surprise and dismay, or the bride and the any combination of the bank off my back. I aforementioned seeing approached the Gazette my byline appear about doing a column again, I thought a little to add a few pounds to clarification may be in the pensions arriving order.

Rick Steibel when I turn 65 in For those old enough Guest column June, and the real beltto remember, I wrote tightening begins. for the Goldstream As luck would have it – and News Gazette from roughly 2000 remember that lady comes in to 2008, carving out a reputation as the world’s oldest cub reporter two forms – the Gazette was dealing with a reporter void in along the way. When I pulled the plug to share my lack of expertise March and asked if I would be interested in returning. While the with the City of Langford and left side of my brain has grown the West Shore RCMP, I held quite comfortable with an alarmthe title as the longest serving free routine other than putting on scribe in the Gazette’s history, a the coffee maker for my wife, the mantle I still wear with a sense of other side and better half decided misguided pride. to take the offer.

After I was gently nudged to As the month wound down, I the curb by Langford in January found I didn’t regret the decision following an enjoyable and

to climb back into the saddle for another gallop, other than getting used to working with a Mac after seven years on a PC; no easy task for someone whose co-workers at city hall referred to as the Fred Flintstone of the computer age.

Fortunately my colleague Mike Davies was there to help answer my borderline asinine questions, and politely avoided laughing out loud until he was safely out of earshot. To summarize in one word what it’s like to return to the scene of my original crimes, it’s been, well, just swell. Kind of like running into an ex-wife you are happy to see again.

While so-called experts have been predicting the end of print media ever since I begged my way into journalism school in 1990 to short circuit my midlife crisis, I believe reports of the demise of community newspapers are exaggerated.

The local paper provides a service that people are looking

for, news about what’s going on locally that tends to slip through the craters of what the big dogs run.

Mike helps steer the ship for where community papers are headed. He brings a wealth of social media savvy that provides myriad ways for people to stay connected to where they live, wherever they may be at that particular moment.

That’s quite a swan dive onto uncharted waters for people like me who don’t text or Tweet and have steadfastly refused to spend a single second sitting on Facebook. But it is the future of media and it’s good to see the Gazette doing its best in that regard.

I’ve also been fortunate to work with a great bunch of editors over the years, an impressive list that includes Keith Norbury, Mitch Wright, Andrew Topf, Edward (don’t call me Ted unless you know me) Hill and Don

Descoteau. Without damning with quaint praise, each one has been instrumental in helping me make modest improvements at my craft, and they all deserve an award for demonstrating excessive amounts of patience for putting up with my queries, quirks and patently politically incorrect sense of humour.

From where I sit after spending last month pounding out the copy, the crew at the Gazoo takes pride in the community and the product they produce. Publishing, sales, design and circulation; Christine, Shelley, Donna and Melissa have it covered. And I can say that with unwavering conviction and a clear conscience, because I wasn’t here long enough to infect them with my bad habits.

Editor’s note: We sincerely appreciate Rick’s efforts for the past month and who knows? You may find his byline back in the Gazette again this year.

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RRU event to feature sewage options Continued from Page A1

Christine Houghton of Aurora Innovations, the firm tasked with project communication and overseeing the public consultation process, said the public Royal Roads event will feature a series of presentations that will also be webcast online and later be available for downloading.

Another round of public consultation and various roundtables will follow Innovation Days, throughout May. At Tuesday’s meeting, Screech didn’t sound convinced that the process would inform people enough about their options.

“So, the idea of this is that everybody who submitted something in the RFTI can just present their case?” he asked.

“Is the public going to have any way of gauging whether this solution is applicable for us? Or is it just sort of, ‘this is what potentially is possible out there, but we really have no idea whether it’s applicable to us or is affordable’?”

Houghton responded by saying Innovation Days is meant as another “prong” in the public engagement approach, where people are given as much information as possible, then encouraged to independently conduct their own research.

“It’s to give people a better understanding of what is possible out there,” she said.

For readers looking to get a head start and look over the information before the Innovation Days event, the RFTI submissions are contained within the April 8 meeting agenda package, which will accompany this story online at goldstreamgazette. com. mdavies@goldstream gazette.com

Langford Coun. Lanny Seaton listens to View Royal Mayor David Screech make a point at Tuesday’s regional sewage committee meeting at the Songhees Wellness Centre. Screech questioned how well an upcoming sewage treatment technology showcase will inform residents about the options.

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The Masterminds series is co-hosted by the University of Victoria Retirees Association and the Centre on Aging, with support from the university.

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While she chose not to name the judges, she said all are well-known and award-winning writers in B.C. and Canada. The program is funded

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The Z06 Corvette option has typically had a single purpose: To humble would-be Corvette competitors foreign and domestic, offering supercar performance and handling at a price point that can’t be achieved by any other manufacturer!

Here are a few fun facts about the Corvette Z06: The first Z06 was built in 1963. The second-generation — or C2 — Corvette was the first to offer the Z06 package. Corvette godfather Zora Arkus-Duntov conceived the option package that mated Chevy’s fuel injected 327 V-8 with uprated brakes and suspension (and in most cases a larger, competition-ready fuel tank) to give privateer racers a leg up in competition during a time when GM couldn’t field a factory race team. Simply called an RPO (“regular production order”) Z06, it was pricey and consequently selected mostly by owners who intended to take their Corvettes racing. Today 1963 “big tank” Z06s are among the most collectible Corvettes.

The option was dormant for 28 years. There was no C3 or C4 Z06, and the name finally returned for 2001 in a very special C5. Offered

only in the most rigid and lightest-weight hardtop body style, the 2001 model came with an LS6 small block rated at 385 hp. It was quickly uprated to 405 hp for the 2002 model year — as if the official ratings mattered. In a fine Corvette tradition going back to the 1967 L88, it was found that Chevy had underrated the horsepower significantly; north of 425 hp was closer to the truth.

Since 2001, only model years 2005 and 2014 have been without a Z06. In every iteration but the C2, there has been at least a one-model-year lag to let the new vintage breathe before shocking the crap out of enthusiasts with the introduction of the Z06.

The C6 Z06 arrived as a 2006 model and the C7 Z06 will be a 2015 model.

The 2004 C5 Z06 and 2012 C6 Z06 are among the elite group of street cars ever to have broken an eight-minute time around the Nordschleife, part of the Nürburgring complex near Cologne, Germany. The 2015 Z06 will almost certainly join this group (probably with the A/C

blasting, the stereo on and not otherwise breaking a sweat). Nicknamed “The Green Hell” by F1 pilot Sir Jackie Stewart, the Nürburgring is acknowledged to be one of the toughest and most dangerous circuits in the world.

The 2015 C7 Z06 is the first factory supercharged Z06 and the first to offer an automatic transmission. Reputable aftermarket suppliers like Mid America Motorworks have long offered various superchargers to Corvette owners who want a blower, but the 2015 Z06 is the first to come with a supercharger — and the accompanying wail — straight from the factory. We have to admit, however, to being less-than-enthused about the new two-pedal option. The prospect of Z06 ownership by manual transmission-challenged twits like Justin Bieber and Kanye West is somewhat depressing.

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The Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell EV is a loud vehicle, though not in the way you might expect.

In fact, when it comes to driving it, it’s as quiet as they get on the inside and out.

But it speaks loudly of how future propulsion of our vehicles is evolving.

This particular Tucson is powered by compressed hydrogen gas.

The concept of fuel cell EVs isn’t new.

They’ve been around for years but Hyundai is the first automotive company to make hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles available to the Canadian public and it’s right here at the coast.

Living with one of these vehicles is pleasantly underwhelming. If you’re expecting it to be an otherworldly experience, you’ll be disappointed. I think that’s part of why I liked it so much.

It’s an electric vehicle to the core but the way that power is produced isn’t like any other EVs available to the public.

Here’s a little bit of tech talk about how it works.

Hyundai literature says, “The Hyundai Tucson FCEV stores hydrogen gas (140L capacity) and draws an inflow of air to the fuel cell stack. There is no combustion of hydrogen and the stack has no moving parts. The electrochemical process of combining oxygen and hydrogen in the fuel cell stack creates electricity to power the vehicle's electric motor and charge an onboard battery. The only by-product of the process is pure water

vapour, resulting in zero greenhouse-gas emissions.”

Acceleration is decent (0-100km/h in 12.5 seconds) thanks to its 221 lb-ft of torque.

And its 134 horsepower isn’t anything to scoff at, especially for urban driving.

At no point in my daily driving – highway or city – did I feel the Tucson FCEV lacked power. It’s not the most endowed crossover, but it makes it up in other ways.

On a full tank, you can get upwards of 420 kilometres, which, considering the fuel cell EVs I’ve driven in the past had maxed out at 200 km, is pretty fantastic.

Then there’s the question of, where do you fill up? – Those who are considering applying to lease a Hyundai Tucson FCEV (more on that later) need to keep in mind that there’s only one fuelling station. The automaker partnered with BC Hydro’s Powertech facility in Surrey to accommodate drivers. You also need to consider that you have to fuel during business hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday to Friday.

I should point out that this type of vehicle isn’t for everyone so one might ask what the point is then. In my opinion, it’s about offering customers an alternative to fossil fuels.

Sure, there are some hoops to jump through at the moment but that doesn’t mean the infrastructure and vehicles themselves won’t evolve.

The Tucson FCEV is highly refined. It drives with a smooth disposition, has room for five inside, and is a charming

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When it came to projected range to actual kilometres driven, the Tucson FCEV was pretty much bang on. I didn’t feel like I needed to drive it in a different fashion than I normally would. Meaning, I didn’t take it any easier on hills. If I needed to accelerate quickly, I did. I found it the most ideal while romping around town and getting stuck at red lights.

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On your way up to one of the most well-known golf resorts in B.C., if not all of Canada, the backhoes and bulldozers are hard to ignore. Development is seemingly still going strong up on Bear Mountain.

“There really isn’t another place like Bear Mountain,” beams Ruthanne Doyle of Ecoasis, the company that took over the reins of property sales at the West Shore resort community.

“There are golf resort areas that have residential components, but they’re not 20 minutes from a capital city. It’s a huge strength for us to be in that kind of position,” she says.

The development allows people to have their primary residence at a high-end resort.

“When Ecoasis bought Bear Mountain (in October 2013),” adds the company’s financial expert David Clarke, “one of the things we really wanted to focus on was not being so golf-centric. We love golf, we think golf is the great cornerstone here, we’re not messing with the golf, but we wanted to create other amenities to drive the value here – the value to both our current residents and our future ones.”

Mountain biking and tennis are both becoming a big deal up there, he says, which along with the well-established golf benefits, make a sort of trifecta of outdoor recreation pillars.

“We’re not taking focus off of golf,” Doyle says, “we’re broadening its appeal and enhancing it.

“We want people to ask, ‘where can I play, live and work all at the same time?’” Clarke says.

Right now, Ecoasis’ answer is Turnberry – their current focus in terms of residential development. The 51-lot subdivision is set along the ninth fairway of the Mountain course. Nestled in that serene mountain setting, its proximity to the amenities in the nearby village makes it a unique residential opportunity that people are intrigued by.

“Any of the people who have come to look at the project absolutely love that aspect of it,” Doyle says. “It’s a quiet neighbourhood, but with easy access to everything people love about Bear Mountain.”

The properties that have sold – about 60 per cent of what’s available – are, as Doyle puts it, “a nice combination of end users and builders.” In other words, some people are building for themselves and others are building as a business.

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Ruthanne Doyle of Ecoasis says Turnberry – their current offering – is quaint and cozy, but also accessible and close to ammenities. The 51-lot subdivision is approximately 60 per cent sold already, and Ecoasis has more plans in development stages, as well. ited options in terms of home styles – the proverbial cookie-cutter neighbourhood – there are no repeated designs in Turnberry. There are covenants in place ensuring builders must follow certain design principals, Doyle says, but each house will be unique, with homes custom-designed for the lot they’re on.

Ecoasis can point “end-user” buyers to architects and designers to help create their ideal home and have it built. But with builders buying a number of lots in Turnberry, there will also be finished homes that people can just purchase and move into.

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which Clarke says will likely diversify their offerings further.

The goal for the next few subdivisions is to have a mix of single-family dwellings, executive townhomes, smaller patio-type homes and possibly even multi-family complexes or condominiums, as well as adding to the area’s commercial and retail offerings.

“This is the new Bear Mountain,” he says. “This is the start of a new vision for a sustainable longterm development, which takes what’s great about what’s already here and builds upon that.”

Feel free to call Ecoasis if you have any questions about their offerings at 250-391-6100 or head over to bearmountain.ca/real-estate or ecoasis.com. mdavies@goldstreamgazette.com

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OPEN HOUSES APR. 10 - APR. 16, 2015

more details in Real Estate Victoria, available FREE on news stands & in home delivered copies of this community newspaper 728 Yates Street,

VICTORIA 2727 Scott Street, $429,000 MLS 349101, Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rick Hoogendoorn, 250-592-4422

ESQUIMALT

Saturday 1-4 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091

MLS 348690, Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rick Hoogendoorn, 250-592-4422

10-850 Parklands Dr., $345,900

201-1015 Pandora Ave., $334,500

MLS 347016, Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Marie Blender, 250385-2033

200 Douglas St., From $445,900 Saturday - Monday 1-4 Macdonald Realty Helene Roy, 250-883-2715

Saturday & Sunday 12-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty John Monkhouse, 250-216-6343

Sunday 1-3 Newport Realty Marie Blender, 250-385-2033

Daily 12-5 Chard Developments 250-383-2999

OAK BAY

SAANICH EAST

835 Island Road, $759,000 MLS 349125, Sunday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Thomas Krumpic, 250-361-7039

102-608 Broughton Street, From $219,000 Wednesday - Sunday 12-5 Chard Development Ltd. 250-590-9440

MLS 345139, Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Bruce McCalla, 250-885-8487

1060 Tillicum Road,

1360 Craigdarroch Rd., $750,000

101-640 Michigan Street

3905 Gibson Court, $863,000

MLS 348125, Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. RE/MAX Camosun Jim Reslein, 250-384-8124 Dan Juricic, 250-514-8261

510-10 Paul Kane Place, $799,900

1551 Clawthorpe Ave., $569,900

217 & 104-1485 Garnet Rd.

Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rosemarie Colterman, 250-592-4422

1941 St. Ann Street, $699,900

3927 Orchard Lane, MLS 346718, Saturday & Sunday 2-4 $369,900

SAANICH WEST

740 Travino Lane

Tuesday - Sunday 1-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Scott Munro, 250-477-5353

597 Peto Place, $529,900

MLS 349109, Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Bruce McCallum, 250-858-5762

630 Rose Ridge, $4,474,900

MLS 349136, Saturday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Thomas Krumpic, 250-361-7039

1040 Violet Avenue, $768,000

MLS 348717, Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Saturday 3-4 Pemberton Holmes Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Brian Meredith-Jones, 250-920-6497 RE/MAX Alliance Mark McDougall, 250-483-3562 Karen Love, 250-818-8522

3020 Quadra Street, $879,900

MLS 342990, Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Shelley Saldat, 250-589-4014

VIEW ROYAL

126 Howe Street, $849,000 MLS 348497, Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Shelley Saldat, 250-384-8124

205-121 Aldersmith Pl., $285,000

Daily 12-5 (except Friday) Concert Properties 250-383-3722

16-106 Aldersmith, $415,000

4942 Cordova Bay Rd., $775,000

Saturday 3-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Mark McDougall, 250-483-3562

MLS 348171, Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Julie Rust, 250-385-2033

4810 Prospect Lake Road, $1,416,500 MLS 349053, Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Derek Braaten, 250-479-3333

3912 Carey Road, From $249,900 Saturday - Monday 1-5 Macdonald Realty Sheila Aujla & Sophak Sim, 250-744-4441

SAANICH PENINSULA

305-7161 West Saanich Road, $278,800

2311 Setchfield Avenue, $579,900

300 Selica Road, $579,900

Saturday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Cheryl Barnes, 250-413-7943

Sunday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003

3091 Alouette Drive, $429,900

5308 Rocky Point Road, $549,900

2254 Moyes Road,

103 & 105-990 Rattanwood Place

MLS 348954, Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Curtis Lindsay, 250-889-4616

MLS 348865, Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003

MLS 347819, Saturday & Sunday 1-3 $375,000 RE/MAX Camosun Saturday 2-4 Craig Walters, 250-655-0608 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Goran Tambic, 250-592-4422 826 Woodcreek Drive,

$599,000

MLS 345655, Sunday 1-3 Sparling Real Estate Ltd. Don Sparling, 250-656-5511

7182 West Saanich Road., From $333,000 Saturday & Sunday 1-4, Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Murray Lawson, 250-477-5353

6-2115 Amelia Avenue, $375,900

Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Komal Dodd, 250-479-3333

3003 Arado Court, $399,900 2684 Nugget Terrace, MLS 347512, Saturday 11-1 $649,000 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

MLS 346547, Sunday 2-4 Jonesco Real Estate Roger Jones, 250-361-9838

3349 Sewell Road, $624,900

2843 Leigh Road, $519,000 MLS 347672, Sunday 11-1 RE/MAX Camosun Curtis Lindsay, 250-889-4616

MLS 347357, Saturday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Deanna Noyce, 250-744-3301

3001 Charlotte Road, $499,900

1192 Parkdale Creek

MLS 347789, Saturday & Sunday 1-2 Gardens, DFH Real Estate Ltd. $449,900 Bill Knowles, 250-656-0131 MLS 348834, Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003 WEST SHORE

1315 Artesian Court, $419,000

MLS 346501, Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Sukhmeet Grewal, 250-704-9794

hom home hom ho o welcome

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

768 Danby Place, $574,900

2655 Sooke Rd., from $199,900

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 MLS 347356, Sunday 2-4 Sotheby’s International Realty Canada RE/MAX Camosun John Percy, 250-508-1551 Brad MacLaren, 250-380-3933

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Colwood spring cleanup planned

Langford resident Sandi Burchill, who retires today (April 10), has worked with most of Black Press’s Greater Victoria publications, including the Goldstream News Gazette, in her 30 years with the community newspaper company.

The City of Colwood public works department is hosting its annual Spring Residential Clean Up program, Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25.

For a small fee, residents can bring everything from appliances

Don Denton/Black Press

Black Press staffer calls it a career Longtime employee, active volunteer will be missed One thing is certain about the retirement of Sandi Burchill after 30 years with Black Press and its previous incarnations: many co-workers will be “right sad” to see her go.

Everyone’s favourite Maritimer heads off into the Langford sunset today (April 10), following a career in which she became indispensable for the community newspaper company that publishes the Gazette.

She winds up that span as Victoria News office manager and also doing ad control for a variety of publications out of the downtown Victoria office.

Well known around West Shore circles as the volunteer training co-ordinator for the Langford arm of emergency social services – husband Tom is the Langford ESS director – Sandi has served in many capacities with Black Press since she began in 1984. She started as part-time circulation manager for both the Peninsula News Review and Goldstream News Gazette, at which her first task being to clean and organize the storage room.

“I think there’s been a Burchill family member cleaning and sorting at the Gazette ever since,” she says with a laugh.

At one point during a previous stint downtown, she was named office manager for the fledgling This Week publications, the beginning of what became known as the News Group, the company’s collection of Greater Victoria community papers.

“It kind of feels like full circle as the papers move back into the individual communities today,” she says.

Coworker Kathryn Jodrell, who was mentored by Sandi and has worked next to her for

years, called it “the end of an era.”

“I don’t think there’s many people in this company that are as gracious and loving as Sandi is. She’s poured a lot of love into the people she’s worked with over the years.”

Langford Fire Chief Bob Beckett appreciates her work as a community volunteer.

“All of the ESS in the

Southern Island owe Sandi a big vote of thanks,” he says. “She puts a lot of effort into regional things that go on, such as the training and the conferences.”

Like her coworkers, who arranged to send her home in a limo today, he says it’s her friendly and loving manner and “downeast” personality that set herFINAL apart. “There’s

some people you just care highly about and she’s definitely one of them,” he says.

Retirement will see her travel more and continue to volunteer.

She’ll spend more time with family, including daughters Arlene (Glenn) and Traci (Chad) and grandkids Meagan, Emma, Hunter and Grace, aged from 12 to 22.

and car parts to carpet and wood waste for recycling and disposal.

The public works yard at 3300 Wishart Rd. will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Find a list of acceptable items and other information at http://bit.ly/1yWFW0N.

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