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Living his life without pain, finally Jim Allan spent years frustrated by the health care system until he took matters into his own hands Steven Heywood

Sidney, he ran Manning Press.

“I just want to be able to feel good and so I came back to Sidim Allan is back in Sid- ney, where I love it.”

He’s looking forward to getney, finding newfound enjoyment of life after ting out with friends for a beer undergoing a procedure at the Prairie Inn — maybe in the Philippines to some of guys he used to play replace damaged veins in his pickup hockey or golf with on neck caused by a terrible fall the weekends.

Far beyond a simple retiremore than 30 years ago.

Not only is he feeling normal ment and return back to a place again, but he says his experi- he loves, Jim’s return to Sidney also marks ence in a hospital a significant in the Phillipines “Doctors don’t change in his was the first time life. For years, he was treated always have the right his friends and as an equal by family watched doctors and as a answers. You have to him struggle participant in his work hard to find out with pain, headown diagnosis what the problem is.” aches, nausea, and treatment. tremors and These days, – Jim Allan fatigue.

Jim frequently “I had presruns into old acquaintances around town. sure, constant pressure on He’s re-adjusting to life in Sid- the right side of my head,” he ney and the Saanich Peninsula, says, adding he gave up reading retired now after two years books as a result.

It’s gone now and for him life away in Ontario.

He’s jumping right back into has gotten better.

But it took too many years to the regular routines he enjoyed in a community he lived for 35 arrive here. years.

“I’ve got no plans to go back PLeAse see: to work now,” Jim says, noting Looking at life differently, that for those first 20 years in page 5

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Jim Allan holds one of the X-rays of his head, showing damaged veins caused by a fall 30 years ago. A nine-inch scar on the right side of his head indicates where better veins from his legs were transplanted.

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Hidden treasure uncovered Church seeking owners of jewelry from rummage sale Angela Cowan News staff

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In the midst of gathering donations for a busy rummage sale last September, volunteers at St. Paul’s United church in Sidney discovered what could best be described as hidden treasure.

Tucked inside a small, decorative stone box were two pieces of delicately designed women’s jewelry that looked rather old.

“We did have a collectibles table, and so they could have been donated for that,” says Karen Booth, administrator for the church. “But when the volunteers opened the box and saw (the jewelry), they immediately brought it to me.”

Volunteers remembered an older woman in a blue coat dropping off a reusable shopping bag with the decorative box inside, but had no idea who she was.

Booth and the volunteers are concerned that the jewelry could have significant sentimental value and may have been donated by mistake.

Since finding the jewelry, Booth says she and other volunteers have spent the last eight months putting notices in church newsletters and talking to members of the congregation, but they’ve had no luck locating either the woman who originally dropped off the items, or anyone

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Karen Booth, office administrator for St. Paul’s United Church in Sidney, holds up a box that was donated to their Fall Fair sale last September, and had within it two items of women’s jewelry. Booth and the church have been trying to find out ever since if the items were donated by mistake. who knows who she might be.

“It’s probably someone from the community, because we had a little notice in the paper to donate items,” says Booth.

“If they were meant to be donated, we’ll sell them and the money will go to an outreach program,” she says. “We just want to make sure we’ve exhausted every possibility.”

“We’d just like to connect them back to family in case they’re heirlooms. If they were my great-granny’s, I’d want my

daughter to have them.”

The items have since been appraised at a modest value, and dated to the early 1900s, likely in the ‘20s.

If you recognize the stone box and know who the jewelry belonged to, or if you are the owner, and can identify the items and would like them back, please contact Karen Booth at the church at stpauluc@stpauluc.com. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com

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Tip of the Peninsula $10,000 donation to watershed projects

Technology plays role in classrooms Christine van Reeuwyk Black Press

SIDNEY — Peninsula Streams Society Photo contributed recently received David Spence, left, a big donation from David Spence and presents a cheque to his wife Donna Otto Ian Bruce of Peninsula of Brentwood Bay. Streams Society.

“Never before in our 13-year history have we received such a single large personal donation,” said Ian Bruce, executive co-ordinator of the Society.

“We will receive the funds over a three year period, distributing the money into project development activities over that time.”

The donation will be used to leverage other funds for new projects and programs on Saanich Peninsula streams.

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Rotary unfurls national pride

OAK BAY — The Rotary Club of Oak Bay is encouraging residents to wave the flag to celebrate the coming holidays.

To celebrate Victoria Day, Canada Day and Labour Day, Victorians can expect to see more than 250 Canadian flags flying on lawns of homes throughout the city.

For a $50 subscription Rotarians will temporarily erect a five-by-three-foot flag on the subscriber’s lawn. While the majority of subscribers are from Oak Bay, Rotary Club members were able to attract friends and supporters from Esquimalt, James Bay, Fairfield, Gonzales, Broadmead, Brentwood Bay and the Saanich Peninsula.

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The learning landscape is constantly evolving as technology advances. And teachers are embracing those technologies as new tools.

“You see technologies pervasive in our culture and because of that there’s carry over in our classroom,” said Josh Elsdon, who teaches the Monterey Institute of Technology, an inaugural Grade 7 class that utilizes technology as part of its routine curriculum.

MIT is based in part on what he’d already seen as a teacher in the classroom, with students bringing in the technology of their everyday lives — tablets, laptops, smartphones — and teachers struggling to figure out the place of that technology in the classroom.

“The emergences, like the phones, that’s been interesting watching that evolution take place,” Elsdon said.

“They are a powerful tool and I think at first the reaction by most people was to say, ‘They don’t have a place in the classroom’. I think as people recognize [phones] are not going anywhere — and if anything they’re getting more powerful and capable of handling bigger and better jobs — teachers are trying to find a way to harness them.”

Most educators are simply responding to advances in tablets and laptops and even phones as new tools to access information, presenting information and organizing thoughts.

It’s not really any different than when computers first came into the classroom and quickly became a necessity for any school to have.

“When our kids in middle school start wood shop, there are a lot of tools in there that have the ability to create things that are beautiful and functional. They also have the power to hurt and injure.

Technology is the same way,” Elsdon said.

“There are a lot of possible outcomes of having access to all of that information and some of them are scary,

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Luke Wilson, left, and Harrison Emery show teacher Josh Elsdon the ecological succession map they’re working on in Minecraft as part of a science project in the MIT class. because it does allow an avenue for inappropriate information to come into school.

In the end one of the jobs we have as educators is to show how to use the tools available to us.”

The Greater V i c t o r i a School District employs an educational technology co-ordinator, a resource for teachers. The co-ordinator connects with educators across the system to research technology tools and to make the best use of them.

“In our district we have access to a lot of really good professional development opportunities,” Elsdon said.

“A lot of it is just personal exploration as well. The tools the kids are using are the same as those coming into the households of teachers. As we use them in our personal lives we see applications (for) the

classroom.”

Reynolds secondary is one of those schools lucky enough to score big funding through a Staples program — Recycle for Education.

“They get a school lab worth $25,000,” explained Don Routliffe, general manager of the Tolmie Road store.

It blends the company’s passion for recycling, a passion shared by today’s youth, and engaging the community.

“We are very engaged in trying to work with schools,” Routliffe said. “We get the opportunity to help build relationships with that program.”

Monterey recently used technology funding for 15 iPads that are used in multiple classrooms. Through sharedgrant application, they’ve funded and purchased a 3-D

printer.

“Our school has really invested in it … Monterey has made it a priority,” Elsdon said.

“We have to maintain relevancy. It’s hard to keep up with changing technology, especially from a budgetary point of view, but when we give those opportunities to our students, it’s a sign that we are interested in meeting them in their reality and not just trying to prepare them for a life in the older generation’s reality.”

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Tax deadline extended, thanks to Sidney man CRA extends filing deadline after error pointed out to Ottawa by Chris Cowland Steven Heywood News staff

A Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) error has extended the deadline for filing income taxes to May 5 and a local man was at the centre of getting that extension.

Accountant Chris Cowland of Cowland and Associates in Sidney sent his staff off to enjoy the weekend and posted on his website that clients had some breathing room after the electronic filing department of the CRA sent an email saying the deadline had been extended to May 5.

“They had done it last year because of a computer failure,” Cowland said. “The computers seemed to be taking filings really slow this year and I thought, maybe the CRA were being good guys.”

So he told his hard working staff — his office handles around 800 tax returns and his employees work many extra hours to complete them on time — to take some time off before the crush of the final week.

When he returned to work Monday, Cowland said the CRA had sent another email, notifying him and other tax professionals that the first message was an error — and that the deadline was April 30.

Figuring he’d be on the hook for penalties incurred by his clients,

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Sidney accountant Chris Cowland. He and his staff will process around 800 returns during this tax season. He made sure a CRA communications error would not put any of his clients in arrears. especially after he passed on the initial incorrect information from the CRA, Cowland said he emailed Saanich-Gulf Islands MP Elizabeth May. “I asked her if she could contact the Minister of Revenue, KerryLynne Findlay, about this error.”

He said May responded to his

email 15 minutes later and wrote that she would do so. In an email exchange, May informed Cowland that Findlay told her that she would be looking into “the Cowland issue.”

“The next thing I heard, on the CBC, was that the CRA had extended the filing deadline.”

A notice on the CRA’s website states an erroneous communication was made April 24 and at “Findlay’s request, 2014 tax returns filed by midnight on May 5 will not incur interest or penalties.”

May, speaking from Ottawa, told the News Review she has a

good working relationship with the Minister and was able to send her Cowland’s email with a note attached during Question Period on Monday, asking if Findlay could do something.

“It looked urgent, bad and fixable,” May said of Cowland’s concern. “That’s the test I give these things.”

Findlay replied that she would look into it. It turned out that Cowland’s note was the first to bring Findlay’s attention to the CRA error. During Tuesday’s government session in Ottawa, Findlay stood and reported that due to the error, the filing deadline would be extended so as not to cause any Canadians a penalty.

“I really do believe so much can be accomplished by working across party lines,” May said, “especially on sensible issues.

There was no need to go on the attack here. It was just a fixable error.”

Cowland said he is very much relieved and can finish off the more complex tax returns his office handles without added pressure.

“I’m amazed at what happened,” Cowland said.

“I’m not political and only met Ms. May once when I helped with someone’s tax return.

“I really take my hat off to that lady, for her to do that.”

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Looking at life differently these days Continued from page 1

His injury was caused by a fall in Vancouver in 1982 — down 18 steps. He was struck unconscious, but soon came to, injured but seemingly OK and able to recover.

Three months later, Jim’s life would change.

“I began to feel pressure on the right side of my head.

Then, under any kind of physical exertion, I would get terrible headaches. Even yard work would lead to headaches.”

It was another blow for Jim, who says he fought off a bout of kidney cancer in 1978.

“I was given a year to live and that’s why I left Vancouver and came to Sidney in the first place. Once you face death, it makes you look at life differently.”

He recovered from that but after the fall his headaches and pressure were problems he says continued and increased. It would put him on a long road, battling a health care system that was helpful on one hand — and frustratingly indifferent on the other.

Jim says his family doctor, Dr. Dave McNaughton, was an advocate for his recovery from the fall. He had Jim looking into all sorts of procedures and treatments and referred him to many specialists in neurology and others.

“I was, at one time, told by one specialist that I had ‘sports headaches.’”

The general practitioners he worked with in B.C. and Ontario, like Dr. McNaughton, always did their best to get him specific care for his injury.

However, nothing was diagnosed by the specialists.

“Life in the 1990s was terrible. Especially with the headaches. I tried to continue to play oldtimers hockey but sometimes I’d have a headache for two days afterwards.”

The pain persisted, his right eye began to close and he says he had surgery to keep it open.

Jim would eventually leave Manning Press in 2005 and get into real estate with Re/Max. Yet, he was constantly fighting the health system for answers to his constant pain.

Through his visits to a variety of doctors — and even non-traditional practitioners who he said offered little but false hope — Jim says he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, which seemed to explain his symptoms. He met with Dr. Bill Code in Duncan, who also has MS. He went there to discuss the controversial Chronic Cerebro-Spinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) procedure that is said to address compromised blood flow in the veins to and from the brain. Jim himself has undergone various scans that showed he had a blockage in the vascular areas in his head.

“The MS diagnosis was

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Jim Allan is out walking regularly now and is telling his story to encourage others not to lose hope and to become advocates for their own health. confirmed a couple of times, lasted two days before the so I felt the CCSVI procedure pain returned.

It got so bad, he began takwould be good.”

Since he could not get the ing prescribed painkillers and procedure done in Canada, he was becoming a regular at the travelled to Newport Beach, emergency room for IV drips California in 2012 to undergo of “the strongest things they the surgery. Simply put, doc- could prescribe.”

“I knew at that point, I’ve got tors insert a probe into a major vein and move it to the to do something.”

Jim says he tried to tell site of the blockage. A balloon enlarges at the site and is said his story, telling doctors to relieve pressure and elimi- about his injury and that he nate the blockage. Jim says it thought there was a blockage as a result, somewhere, seemed to work.

“I came home and by the causing this. He didn’t think it was MS at all second month after after doing recovery, I started “The doctors and his research, realrunning. I thought, ‘this is great!’” knew ... where to ized he probably wasn’t going to It was a feeling look. And they get help in Canthat wouldn’t last. ada and perhaps After retiring and listened to me.” not in the U.S. selling his home, – Jim Allan He turned to Jim decided to overseas hospimove to Ontario. tals. A friend, Jim During a flight to Calgary, he says he felt a Nichol, was living in the Philhuge explosion of pain in his ippines and they connected. head — and the headaches, Allan ended up talking with the same symptoms returned doctors there and sent them but at a new level of pain. He his files, arranging a trip to see returned to California a year them in January, 2015.

“I’d already made up my later and had the same procedure (at a reduced rate), mind, that if I couldn’t get the hoping it would take. It only help I needed, I’d … take my

own life. When I went, I was just going with hope.”

He wanted to fight. He wanted to see if anyone could help. He arrived in Cebu City in the Philippines and went to Chong Hua Hospital. After meeting for two hours with five specialists in the same room and undergoing a week of tests and scans, they identified blockages and injury to the veins in his neck — in a place where most doctors had not looked, he says.

In a procedure performed

by Dr. Arnold Tan, damaged veins were removed from his neck, replacing them with ones from his legs. The surgery was extensive and left a nine-inch scar from above and behind his right ear down to his collarbone. It seemed to have worked and he was able to return home in a month, after a week of recovery in intensive care.

He says his GP told him he does not know if this procedure has ever been done in Canada and is checking with the Canadian Medical Journal.

Some of the doctors Jim has spoken with have said to him they look for arteries as the problem — not the veins.

“Unbelievable, that’s how I am feeling now, two months after the procedure. The doctors there knew, because I had studied this for so long, where to look. And they listened to me.”

Jim says the surgery was apparently a first at Chong Hua Hospital and he did have to sign off on it beforehand.

“But I knew, and was shown by the vascular surgeon and the MRIs, that the vein was crushed. I knew it was right.”

Today, Jim has been walking often — even to the top of Horth Hill. He is back out golfing again and admits he still gets tired.

“I’m allowing myself a year to build my strength back up,” he says, adding he has not had a return of the headaches that plagued him for years — and has not taken any drugs for pain.

He feels the blockages in his veins were misdiagnosed for years. It was only because he could afford it that he was able to try different surgeries outside of this country.

“Doctors don’t always have the right answers. You have to work hard to find out what the problem is, and if a treatment isn’t helping you, you might have to look outside of our health care network.”

He lavishes praise on his family doctors for being good at what they do but says people shouldn’t have to wait so long for the correct diagnosis and treatment and calls Canada’s health care system dysfunctional as a result.

“People shouldn’t have to put up with the long waits between specialists.” editor@peninsula newsreview.com

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Central Saanich seeks more savings Help raise $10K for Tax increase sits at four per cent; police service tasked with efficiencies

charity in one hour

Angela Cowan

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The property tax increase in Central Saanich has been reduced to four per cent, and has the potential to drop down to three per cent.

The administration and finance committee met on Monday, April 27 and received a report from staff outlining a number of reductions and deferrals through core services, special projects and capital expenditures that would result in a direct savings of $191,454.

Staff were also able to

ine further. secure an additional “That was somesmall communities thing we appreciprotection grant, ated,” said Coun. adding $92,149 to Carl Jensen, “that current District revstaff is looking at enue. areas where we can As Mayor Ryan do some trimming.”

Windsor had preThe committee viously requested, agreed to accept contributions to staff’s recommenreserves were not dations for reducaffected by the Carl Jensen tions and further reductions. requested a special The cuts did include a $25,000 reduction meeting with the Central Saato legal administration costs nich police board to ask them over the five year period, part to help identify an additional of core services that District one per cent savings from the council had wanted to exam- police core services budget.

Council also asked staff to prepare the budget bylaw for consideration at a council meeting on May 11, with a special administration and finance committee meeting immediately prior detailing specific budget figures for the past three years.

Council is scheduled to meet next Monday, May 4, with specific breakdowns of the suggested reductions.

For more information, visit centralsaanich.ca. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com

Why You Need Vitamin C and Lysine for Heart Health and More...

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itamin C is arguably the single most important water soluble antioxidant in the human body. Antioxidants play a key role in protecting cells against free radicals, which can cause damage and play a role in heart disease, cancer and other diseases.

It’s tragic that researchers are unaware that high doses of vitamin C and lysine cannot only prevent, but reverse atherosclerosis in coronary and other arteries in the body.

Vitamin C is needed for the manufacture of collagen, the glue that holds cells together. A lack of vitamin C means poor collagen, resulting in cracks appearing between coronary cells thus setting the stage for fatal blood clot.

Recently, Dr. Sydney Bush, an English researcher, made this monumental discovery. He took photos of the retinal arteries and then gave patients 6,000 milligrams of vitamin C and 5,000 of lysine (lysine adds strength to coronary arteries just like steel rods increase the strength of concrete). A year later he repeated the pictures. To his surprise, he found atherosclerosis fading away.

The essential amino acid lysine is probably best known for its use in those with herpes simplex infections but several other benefits have been ascribed to the molecule, including favourable effects on blood pressure and stroke prevention but also a positive influence on mood and anxiety.

In addition to providing healthy collagen production and a healthy cardiovascular system, vitamin C and lysine supplementation helps support: • Immune system health • Vision • Teeth and gums • Wound healing • Bones and cartilage • Recovery from shingles • Recovery from herpes outbreaks This is why I’ve been taking high doses of vitamin C and lysine for the last 16 years following a heart attack. I believe it saved my life. Medi-C Plus™, containing high doses of vitamin C and lysine, is available in powder and capsules.

Millions of North Americans also suffer from osteoarthritis. Without sufficient vitamin C to produce collagen, a major component of cartilage, bone eventually grinds on bone. There would be fewer joint replacements if more vitamin C were available to produce healthy collagen.

Growing out of the Victoria chapter, 100 Women Who Care Saanich Peninsula is looking for members to commit four hours a year to benefitting their local communities, $10,000 at a time.

The group meets once every three months for one hour and members donate $100 each to a non-profit organization that serves the Peninsula.

Charities are nominated by members, randomly selected to narrow the choices to three, and voted on.

The inaugural meeting for the Saanich Peninsula group is next Wednesday, May 6 at Glen Meadows Golf and Country Club, 1050 McTavish Road in North Saanich.

Newcomers are welcome to register at the door starting at 6 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7 sharp.

Tax receipts will be issued directly from the selected charity, so be sure to have full contact information on the cheque.

For more information, visit 100womensaanichpeninsula.com. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com

Workers in strange suits just going for the weeds, says VAA NORTH SAANICH — The Victoria Airport Authority will be having noxious weeds removed from its property over the next couple weeks.

James Bogusz, vice-president of operations and development for VAA, says residents and passersby will notice landscaping contractors dressed in protective gear as they remove poisonous hemlock from airport property.

“They will be wearing special suits to protect the workers from the hemlock,” he said. “This is just an alert, in case people want to know what it is they’re doing.”

Bogusz said the landscaping work will be done over the next week or so.

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Rheumatoid arthritis, the inflammatory type, also requires large doses of vitamin C. Every moment of the day our bodies are using oxygen to keep us alive. But oxidation results in metabolic ash, known as “free radicals”, which are believed to trigger an inflammatory reaction in joints.

Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant that helps to reduce damaging free-radicals.

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Boat launch debate rising NORTH SAANICH — North Saanich Councillor Geoff Orr wants to invite the local First Nations to discussions about a proposed boat ramp in Pat Bay. Orr, in a notice of motion at council’s April 20 meeting, suggested the District invite Chief Vern Jack of the Tseycum First Nation to a council committee meeting.

The invitation is being extended, Orr said, to include as

many local interests in the proposal as possible — especially since a boat ramp could have an impact on the Tseycum traditional territory.

The District is exploring the idea of creating a public boat launch area at Pat Bay, following repeated public calls for such a facility in recent weeks.

At one public meeting last month, an estimated 60 people turned out to hear Brian Dunic

present to council a proposal to complete the boat ramp.

North Saanich has been in discussion with the Victoria Airport Authority and the Peninsula Marine Access Group on the matter and face challenges to address, such as the neighbouring seaplane base.

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OUR VIEW

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here’s a reason why Elizabeth May has been recognized as one of Canada’s best Members of Parliament.

May, who is also the federal leader of the Green Party, has often been acknowledged by her peers in Ottawa as a great parliamentarian. This, from Liberal, Conservative and NDP members, because as we all know, May is only one of two Green representatives in the House of Commons.

The reason? It’s her relationships with her fellow MPs. That was proved once again this week when she reached across to the Conservative majority side of the House, relaying a request from one of her constituents. It was Sidney accountant Chris Cowland’s urgent notice of a Canada Revenue Agency communication error on a supposed extension of this year’s tax filing deadline.

The minister responsible for the CRA, KerryLynne Findlay responded quickly and the error corrected — five more days ‘til tax time deadline was upheld.

It was a relatively simple matter, May noted to the PNR this week, and not one she felt needed to be attacked in Ottawa. A copy of Cowland’s email and a handwritten note to her counterpart on the majority side of the aisle was all it took.

May credits that quick result to her work to reduce the amount of partisan politics that can sometimes create rancor at worst, and delays at best. It’s a great way to do business and for May, it’s necessary.

For her to be even heard in the House, she must negotiate speaking time with the dominant parties — in power or in opposition. There’s little she can do but try to work co-operatively with what could be seen as her opponents in Ottawa.

Out of that necessity comes a lesson. While MPs on different sides will argue and debate over their policies and platforms, they should not seek out an opposing stance on matters that appear to have simple fixes — like this CRA error.

Taking responsibility and extending the tax deadline takes care of tax professionals’ worries and even those of ordinary Canadians (have you all got your taxes done yet?).

It is, realistically, hard to imagine such co-operation on major federal policy issues, but it’s nice to know that for some things, party lines can be erased.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@peninsulanewsreview.com or fax 250-656-5526.

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YOUR VIEW

Key to new doors lies with local gov’t On behalf of the Interim Board of the Peninsula Workforce Housing Partnership, I would like to comment on the editorial, The key to new doors (PNR, April 22).

For the past two years, MP Elizabeth May has convened regular roundtable meetings of an informal group of more than 50 stakeholders, to assist in addressing the multijurisdictional challenge that is the high cost of housing in our area, and in particular on the Saanich Peninsula. The group consisted of a cross section of the community, including elected officials, business leaders and concerned residents.

Early on in the process there was consensus around the goal, which was: “to help those who work on our peninsula afford to live here.”

The housing roundtable has focused on developing market solutions for what has been termed “workforce housing.” This is defined as housing that is affordable to households earning 80% to 200% of the target demographics’ median income. In this case, the target demographic is everyone working on the Saanich Peninsula; the range of housing affordability for this group of workers is from $200,000 to $500,000, and everything in between.

Recently, housing roundtable participants determined to support the creation of a Peninsula Workforce Housing Partnership, to continue and focus the work of the roundtable group on developing market solutions to address the problem that is lack of available workforce housing.

Your editorial suggested that this interim body would base its model on the Whistler Housing Authority. This is not the case. Rather, the Whistler model is but one of many successful examples of workforce housing solutions across Canada from which important lessons can be learned.

Our Interim Board is already at work in discussions with developers and planners to attempt to arrange for developer commitments for our first 10 units of newly planned housing as soon as possible. The moment progress is made in this regard the community will be informed. We are operating on the principle of “needing action” rather than more talk.

In addition to the work carried out by the housing roundtable on workforce housing, MLA Gary Holman has offered to lead a study into social housing (low-income, nonmarket) options and requirements on the Saanich Peninsula. Housing solutions for this demographic are likely to require a significant assisted or subsidized housing component.

The problem of lack of available workforce housing will not solve itself. The key to new doors on the Saanich Peninsula lies in the hands of our mayors and municipal councilors, to make more land-use and planning decisions which will allow the creation of new market housing within the financial reach of local workers.

It is only through our elected officials continuing to demonstrate leadership on this front by taking

decisions to address the problem of lack of available workforce housing, and shifting away from the status quo, will we achieve our goal of helping those who work on our peninsula afford to live here.

Silvia Bonet Interim Board Chairperson Peninsula Workforce Housing Partnership

What’s in it for them?

What are the real motives of some members of Central Saanich council who want to push through a massive land use change?

The Keating Industrial Business Park and industrial area of Central Saanich has for some time been under-utilized and is in need of improvement.

Candidates at the 2014 elections made reference to the area as a priority for enhancement so that it might be better used. Despite that, there are some councillors promoting a future growth area, mostly through farm land.

Why would any politician make an irreversible decision to turn arable land into an industrial area that is not needed now and probably won’t be needed for another decade or longer?

The only place such massive changes should be made is via the Official Community Plan process where considered, thoughtful conversations can be had over an extended period of time before a decision is made.

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The country of Canada began celebrating Mother’s Day after it was first observed in the U.S. in 1914. The day was thought up

by Anna Jarvis, a woman from West Virginia who lost her mother in 1905.

In 1907, Jarvis held the first memorial celebration for her mother and she soon devoted herself to ensuring that Mother’s Day would become a recognized holiday all over the country.

In 1914, the day finally came as Mother’s Day was accepted as a national day of appreciation for mothers from all walks of life.

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Nursey, the president and CEO of Tourism Victoria, gave the keynote address at the Sidney Business Improvement Area Society annual general meeting on April 22. He talked to the audience at the Charlie White Theatre about opportunities available by working together for the same purpose.

“We need stickiness as a destination,” he said.

“People, tourists, they want to explore more while they are here and if they do, they stay even longer.”

Tourism makes up what he called a “mobility economy” — today’s visitor wants to engage in the community they are in, he said, and that means connecting more with the people and businesses of places like Sidney and the Paul Nursey Saanich Peninsula.

Where groups like Tourism Victoria and the SBIA comes in, he continued, is in creating demand.

“That is key. The SBIA does that in Sidney and Tourism Victoria does it regionally and both need to work in concert to benefit each other on a greater scale.”

Nursey added that when each group succeeds, jobs are created, wages improve and the returns on tourism promotion investment are increased.

“These regional partnerships are important to Tourism Victoria,” he said, “as people here and from abroad tend to move around the region.”

As a result, Tourism Victoria has been working with the SBIA and others to cross-promote Sidney and the Peninsula. That work has been paying off, he noted, saying since February, average occupancy rates in Greater Victoria hotels have been at 62 per cent — and pushing 70 per cent in March.

“Compare that to 2012 when we had a 62 per cent average overall that year.”

Nursey said tourism is booming again, all over the world.

“Now we just have to play it right,” he said, adding this region’s biggest competition for tourism dollars is the rest of the world.

This year, Nursey said Tourism Victoria has released its spring campaign: Victoria, B.C.: Beyond Words. He added the industry will be looking for incremental growth in 2015, through telling the region’s stories and addressing seasonal issues, among other strategies.

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Euro styling, thrifty fuel economy, an extra roomy interior and good value features make the Nissan Rogue stand out in the hugely popular compact utility market segment.

The first generation Rogue was voted `best new vehicle in class` by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC), when introduced for the 2008 model year.

Good consumer reliability ratings and excellent crash safety performance have helped make Rogue a solid and smart used vehicle choice. It`s also typically priced a little lower than more established competitors from Honda or Toyota ... another plus for prospective used Rogue buyers.

We join Rogue`s first-generation product life story in 2011 when it got a styling refresh inside and out, and a new SV mid-range trim level was added to the model line. Rogue originally came in just S and SL trim levels.

The S and SV trims can come with frontdrive or all-wheel drive and a top-line SL is strictly all-wheel drive. The newer SV trim adds (compared to an S trim) 17-inch alloy wheels, roof rails, privacy glass, a polished stainless steel exhaust tip, a backup monitor, dual vanity mirrors, a cargo cover, heated seats, a CD stereo with 4.3-inch colour display, and a USB port.

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Nissan's Xtronic CVT (continuously variable transmission) uses adaptive logic control to adjust gear ratios to different driving situations and driver demands. All-wheel-drive sends power to the front wheels under normal operating conditions (for best fuel economy).

There's also a locked 50/50 mode, which is useful on snow covered or slippery road surfaces.

Rogue’s rear independent multi-link suspension is also interesting. In addition to offering a better ride than a conventional strut type suspension it’s a more compact design, which allows more rear cargo space inside a Rogue.

Changes for 2012 included a new sport mode that gives the transmission a more aggressive shift pattern, at the push of a button. The SL trim also received Nissan’s superb Around-View-Monitor system. This clever parking aid can provide what looks like an overhead (bird’s eye) picture of the Rogue via four wide-angle cameras.

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year which carried over into 2014, until an all-new (second generation) Rogue got a mid-model year introduction. Although the same length the outgoing model, this new Rogue has a longer wheelbase and it`s taller. A larger interior also allowed an optional 3rd row of seats. The 2014 Rogue also provides even better fuel economy, primarily due to a new continuously variable automatic transmission.

Price Check: 2011 - 2014 Nissan Rogue (April 2015) Year Edition Expect to Pay Today 2011 SV $17,000 to $21,000 2012 SV $19,000 to $23,000 2013 SV $22,000 to $26,000 2014 SV $25,000 to $29,000 Prices vary depending on a used vehicle’s condition, mileage, usage and history. A complete mechanical check should always be performed by a reliable auto technician prior to purchase.

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THE ARTS Keeping the home fires burning Concert commemorates experiences from the First World War Angela Cowan News staff

Through music and memorabilia, stories and song, step back through time and get a glimpse of what it was like to live through one of the most impacting events in human history.

The Ad Hoc Troubadours and the Canadian Expeditionary Force Commemoration Society are presenting Keep the Home Fires Burning May 8 and 9, paying tribute to the men and women, both military and civilian, who answered the call to action in the First World War, particularly in a local sense.

“It’s stories about the period, specific to the Saanich Peninsula,” says Harry Martin, musical director for the show.

In addition to hearing tales of how the war affected our little corner of the world, the concert will also feature a range of songs that served to help the country as a whole express its hope, and its grief.

In a time when entertainment was often of short supply, music was the one thing that never waned, and the songs often had rich histories themselves.

“We’ve tried to associate the songs with the stories,” says Martin.

Like how Sanford Bennett’s In the Sweet By and By, a simple hymn written in 1868 about finding peace in heaven, became the mourning song of thousands of people 100 years and one day ago.

On May 7, 1915, news of the devastating sinking of the RMS Lusitania rippled through the crowd at a Manhattan train station. Struck by the loss of over 1,200 lives in one fell swoop, the people stopped where they stood and spontaneously began to sing In the Sweet By and By. That grieving solidarity moved American composer Charles Ives who was on the platform, and he later incorporated the hymn into his Orchestral Set No. 2 in a movement called From Hanover Square North, at the End of a Tragic Day, the Voice of the People Again Arose.

The concert will also feature a rendition of Silent Night, in honour of the 1914 Christmas Truce, one of the most remarkable movements of peace in a horrifically violent

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Keep the Home Fires Burning on May 8 and 9 will feature memorabilia and artifacts from the First World War, like this display from the Sidney Museum. time in human history.

German and British troops engaged in a series of widespread and unofficial ceasefires throughout the week leading up to Christmas in 1914, exchanging food and souvenirs, swapping prisoners and even playing games of soccer in no man’s land. Helping to make it all possible was the joint singing of Silent Night, which was sung in English and German at the time, says Martin.

The concert at St. Paul’s will also feature many upbeat and cheerful songs as well, with favourites like Alexander’s Ragtime Band, You Made Me Love You, Pack Up Your Trou-

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William Pint and Felicia Dale are coming to the Deep Cove Folk Society Friday, May 8, and they’re bringing their unique catalogue of sea shanties and maritime music with them.

Playing guitar, octave mandolin, whistles and a hurdy-gurdy (a fantastic instrument from the 1100s — Wikipedia it, you won’t be disappointed), their performances are truly one of a kind.

The show is at St. John’s United Church, 10990 West Saanich Road. Admission $7 at the door, refreshments by donation.

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Canadiana fibre art show at Tulista Gallery Sidney show first stop in a two-year Canadian tour Angela Cowan News staff

Say the word ‘art,’ and the first image that jumps to mind for most is likely a paintbrush or length of charcoal, or a sketchbook with scribbled pencil drawings capturing images to be elaborated on later. But wool, cotton and silk can also be used to create works of art that are as beautiful as they are intricate.

Starting today, the Fibre Art Network (FAN) and the Community Arts Council of the Saanich Peninsula (CACSP) are combining the allure of fabric creations with an exploration of the nature of Canada into Canadiana, a travelling exhibit that showcases works from 30 FAN artists from Western Canada and the Yukon.

The show first debuted in Palmerston North, New Zealand in January, and today’s opening at the Tulista Park Gallery kicks off the first stop in a two-year tour of Canada, says Dale MacEwan, a local member of FAN who brought the show to Sidney.

Equal parts painting, collage, quilt and tapestry, the pieces in Canadiana are the products of hours of labour, and true works of art.

“A lot of us started out as quilters,” says MacEwan. But a quilt conjures up an image of laying it across the foot of a bed, and that’s not what they’re meant for, she adds, emphasizing the amount of work that goes into each piece.

“It’s a slower art. Often there’s a lot of surface design,” says MacEwan. “Stamping fabric, painting, dying the fabrics. There’s a blending of textures and printing.”

Photos can be printed onto fabric and lay-

ered or used individually as well, and the whole thing is often stitched with intricate designs to add yet another dimension to the piece.

It’s similar to a painter creating her own canvas before even touching a brush to it.

The labour-intensive process is borne of a love of the different textures, she says.

“I love the feel of it, touching it. It’s the texture, the quality of the fabric.”

Cotton, silk, organza and wool felting can all be used in creating the pieces, and inspiration can come from any corner.

MacEwan herself is inspired by the photos she takes. Never without a camera in hand, she captures the lines of stones, tree branches, and frost-edged leaves and transforms them into fabric reflections of nature, subtle in design yet totally engaging.

One of her latest pieces, and one she’s including in Canadiana, Island Time melds the soft greys and blues of stone, carved over centuries into striated curves, beneath the angled corners of tree branches. The effect is reminiscent of a shadow lying over still water, though MacEwan actually used two layered photos to create the effect.

Many of the other pieces in the show are also inspired by nature, celebrating the wide variety of natural landscapes across the country.

All the pieces in the show will be for sale, but inquiries must be made directly through the artist, and pieces can be collected once the two-year tour is over.

Canadiana opens today at the Tulista Art Centre, 9565 Fifth Street in Sidney. The show is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Free admission and free parking.

For more information, visit fibreartnetwork. com or cacsp.com.

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With many of the tunes surviving to this day, he’s hoping the audience will know them and sing along.

Refreshments will be available by donation, with proceeds going to the Sidney Lions food bank.

The concert runs at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 8, and 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 9. Please note that previous posters may have listed the Saturday matinee time incorrectly.

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Centre’s new focus is drawing in more people The Mary Winspear Centre saw 215,000 people in ‘14

Starting May 6, the American Rhododendron Society is coming to the centre to feature heritage blooms and expert presenters, and bringing hundreds of people. That influx will also fill up the hotels and restaurants, and drive tourism dollars into the economy.

The proof is in the pudding: Edgett says the Mary Winspear drove about $8 million

Angela Cowan News staff

For the Saanich Peninsula, the Mary Winspear Centre serves as a hub of arts and culture activity, supporting independent theatre, painters, musicians, cultural events and more, and is spreading its reach further every year.

It’s a small centre — with one 310-seat theatre and two meeting rooms — but the Mary Winspear saw 215,000 people travel through its doors in 2014, up about 30,000 from 2013.

That’s a significant increase, says executive director Brad Edgett, who attributes the boost to bringing in more diverse performances and more activity at the centre.

Just in the last month, the Charlie White theatre has hosted performances by Randy Bachman, Buffy SainteMarie, The Lonely and Palm Court Orchestra.

It’s a balance of new and established performers that Edgett says he’s worked hard to find.

“One of the shifts I’ve tried to do over the last couple of years is raise the level of the performers, while also recognizing that the theatre is great for people who are just starting out. I want to support new artists and I also want to woo established artists and make them remember what it was like to play small venues like this.”

The intimacy of the theatre is something that has attracted performers from all over.

“There’s something about playing in a small theatre where you feel like you’re singing to that one person,” says Edgett.

No matter what the business end of things looks like, for most musicians, “at the end of the day, it’s all about performing.”

For the staff and volunteers, it’s also about putting in that extra little bit of effort. Prior to Buffy Sainte-Marie’s April show — her second sold-out show at the theatre in less than

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The Mary Winspear Centre supports a variety of community ventures as well as international performing artists, such as these young actors in the Why Am I Different performing arts program. six months — Edgett arranged a traditional welcome prayer for the singer, something that made her feel incredibly welcomed.

“She’s iconic female Canadiana. She stands for so much. And she

has that First Nations connection. And that’s something that I am very cognizant of, that we’re on traditional Coast Salish lands.”

Along with well-loved musicians that have proved their popular-

into the Peninsula in 2014.

“It shows that Peninsula focus. How we can bring one thing here and how it affects the whole Peninsula.”

Edgett’s methods certainly do seem to be effective, for the community and for the centre. In 2014, the theatre had 41 sold-out shows and was occupied 290 days of the year. The centre as a whole was

open 360 days last year, proving the demand for arts and culture, of all varieties, is in high demand.

“We’re doing things that will captivate people’s attention, like Family Day, like the First Nations, Metis and Inuit show every October.

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Peninsula FC doubles kids in spring league Ready, AED, Ready

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Delightful squeals of children at Iroquois Park in Sidney signals another busy spring league evening for the Peninsula Football Club.

Peninsula FC, as it is known, is in its third week of spring league and each session begins with the younger kids who are just learning about the sport of soccer. It’s a popular program, says Club President Mike Synnuck, adding it has doubled the amount of registrations in the last three years.

“We’ve gone from 80 kids three years ago, to 150 and now we’re up to over 200 kids,” he said.

For children under six years old, Synnuck said the coaches help them learn the game, introducing them to the fundamentals.

“Hopefully, we get them interested in it.

Here, we emphasize having fun and getting a bit of exercise.”

If they do like the sport, he continued, players can transfer over into the Club’s fall and winter league.

The idea, he said, is to help build up the soccer program here.

Peninsula FC — which is the new branding for the Peninsula Minor Soccer Association in celebration of its 40th year in 2014 — is a cradle to grave organi-

Peninsula FC has picked up an AED (automated electronic defibrillator) — just in case.

Club spokesperson Fiona Schandl says they will have the device at the clubhouse at Blue Heron Park or at Iroquois Park when their leagues are in session. She said there can be hundreds of people — from kids to grandparents — out on play days, so having the emergency device just makes sense.

Mike Synnuck, club president, added he hopes it never has to be used but with many recreation facilities adopting them, they felt they should as well. It was club member Terry Prince, a cardiologist, who suggested they get one.

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“The challenge for the club is retention.

We do get some really great players coming out of the Saanich Peninsula, and some do tend to gravitate to other interests or to other soccer clubs.”

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AS OF APRIL 27/15 - COURTESY OF VICTORIA REAL ESTATE BOARD

689/664 » 1,198/1,521 » 3,934/4,404 »

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NET UNCONDITIONAL SALES/ TOTAL, APRIL 2014 NEW LISTINGS/ TOTAL, APRIL 2014 ACTIVE RES. LISTINGS/ PEAK, APRIL 2014

Seeking payback on solar energy in homes Travis Paterson News staff

SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES IN BUYING AND SELLING YOUR HOME The Peninsula News Review is looking to help tell your stories about buying and selling your home.

Our editorial staff are collecting story ideas for this page. So, whether you are a first-time home buyer or a senior couple looking to downsize, contact us to share your story and it just might help someone else going through one of the biggest events of their lives.

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The region’s Solar Colwood and Solar CRD subsidy iniative has passed but the trend for homeowners to consider installing solar hot water heating systems or solar photovoltaic panels is still growing, says Judith Cullington, former Colwood councillor who was behind the nowdefunct Solar Colwood hot water program.

One of the preconceptions with solar that potential buyers get hung up on is the so called ‘payback period.’

“It really is an odd thing about renewable energy, that buyers (automatically) question what the payback period will be,” Cullington said.

The payback period is the return on investment, how much, and how long.

“No one asks what the payback period will be with a new car or a granite counter top, but with solar, everyone wants to know that.”

And the reality is it’s quite strong.

Cullington has solar photovoltaic at her house and on a sunny day it not only provides her house’s electrical needs, it supplies the excess energy to other houses in her neighbourhood. Because she’s tied into the grid, she gets that money back from her hydro bill.

“We’re very lucky in B.C., B.C. Hydro makes it very easy to install solar compared to other places in

Pro Eco Energy Evacuated Solar Water Tubes

An increase in the information about household hydro usage would do wonders to increase awareness among homeowners, Judith Cullington says. “People are shocked when they learn what really drives the bill up.” the world. Once people understand what a strong return on investment you can get I think we’ll see a greater number of people installing solar,” Cullington said.

“Anyone who is looking to invest in their future should know you’ll get a very competitive nine per cent return on investment from a solar hot water system. For most of us

that’s better than we’re going to get on a bank’s interest, a particularly solid investment if you’re planning on staying in the house.”

Solar Colwood results showed an average savings from the hot water system on energy bills of saving 44 per cent on the hot water bill. But misconceptions still exist.

“One of the biggest is ‘I can’t afford

it,’” Cullington said, “which is interesting, because it means, you can’t afford to save money. Every house is different, and yes there is a money upfront but savings grow as hydro rates increase, and we’re seeing that they’re really increasing.”

There’s also mistruths about sun, of which Victoria has plenty enough of to enable a solar system.

Greater Victoria real estate market makes big jump in March VICTORIA — The Victoria Real Estate Board reports that March, 2015 saw a 27.7 per cent increase in property sales.

That’s 734 properties sold in that month, compared with 575 sold in the same month last year.

“We saw 393 single family homes in the region sell in the month of March,” said Victoria Real Estate Board

President Guy Crozier. “The last time we saw numbers this high in March was in 2010 when 414 single family homes sold.

“And though we see sales numbers have increased compared to last year, we see fewer active listings for sale compared to last year.”

There were 3,769 active listings for sale on the Multiple Listing Service® at the

Open

“We expect the market to be busy in the spring — real estate has a seasonal trend.”

– Guy Crozier, VREB board president end of March, 6.9 per cent fewer than the 4,050 active listings in March 2014.

The Multiple Listing Service® Home Price Index benchmark value for a single

family home in the Victoria Core this time last year was $560,500. The benchmark value for the same home this month has increased by 1.64 per cent to $569,700.

Sundays for

“Why the increase in activity? We expect the market to be busy in the spring — real estate has a seasonal trend.

What was interesting this year was that the momentum we saw in the market over the course of 2014 has continued to increase,” Crozier added. “Consumer confidence in local real estate appears to be high.”

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1060 Tillicum Road Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty John Monkhouse, 250-216-6343 201-1505 Church Ave., $174,900 MLS 348063, Saturday 11-1 1328 Lyall Street $639,900 338 Foul Bay Road, Boorman’s Real Estate Sunday 1-4 $790,000 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Rod Hay, 250-595-1535 Saturday 2-4 Troy Petersen, 250-858-1134 Newport Realty 5009 Cordova Bay Rd, David Harvey, 250-385-2033 $2,998,000 SAANICH EAST MLS 349083, Sunday 2-4 1754 Lee Avenue, $699,000 2153 Jahn Place, $439,000 Jonesco Real Estate Inc. MLS 350145, MLS 349881, Sunday 2-4 Ian Heath & Marilyn Ball, Saturday & Sunday 12-2 Holmes Realty Ltd. 250-655-7653 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Magdalin Heron, 250-656-0911 Chris Fairlie, 250-479-3333 2931 Sea Point Drive, 4716 Amblewood Dr., $1,188,000 1570 Rockland Ave., $969,000 MLS 347193, Sunday 2-4 $829,900 MLS 347265, Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Saturday 11-12:30 RE/MAX Camosun Julie Rust, 250-385-2033 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Karen Scott, 250-661-0922 Troy Petersen, 250-858-1134 3660 Doncaster Drive, 209-3206 Alder Street, $739,900 208-455 Sitkum Road, $265,000 MLS 350052, $379,900 MLS 349858, Saturday 1-3 Saturday & Sunday 1-4 MLS 350069, Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Saanich Peninsula Realty Newport Realty Realty John Romashenko, Noah Dobson, 250-385-2033 Goran Tambic, 250-592-4422 250-656-0145 101-640 Michigan Street Daily 12-5 Chard Developments 250-383-2999

SAANICH WEST 3912 Carey Road, From $249,900 Saturday - Monday 1-5 Macdonald Realty Sheila Aujla & Sophak Sim, 250-744-4441 740 Travino Lane Tuesday - Sunday 1-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Scott Munro, 250-477-5353 302-4536 Viewmont Avenue, $295,000 MLS 345782, Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Cheryl Ashby, 250-478-9141 1063 Hyacinth Avenue, $559,900 MLS 348956, Sunday 2-4 Boorman’s Real Estate Rod Hay, 250-595-1535

SAANICH PENINSULA 3183-2600 Ferguson Rd., MLS 345119, Sunday 2-4 (Buzz ‘Mitchell’ to access) Jonesco Real Estate Inc. Ian Heath & Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

7887 Patterson Road, $737,000 MLS 350010, Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608

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4954 Rocky Point Rd., $749,000 MLS 350014, Sunday 2:30-4:30 RE/MAX Camosun Roy Coburn, 250-812-1989

7182 West Saanich Road., From $365,000 Saturday & Sunday 1-4, Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Murray Lawson, 250-477-5353

1192 Parkdale Creek Gardens, $439,900 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003

305-7161 West Saanich Road, $274,800 MLS 347819, Saturday & Sunday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608 8753 Beaumaris Place Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Julie Demelo, 250-888-9131

WEST SHORE 7-3650 Citadel Pl.,$679,900 MLS 349655, Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rosemarie Colterman, 250-592-4422

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3279 Anchorage Ave., $799,900 MLS 346697, Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Lynne Sager, 250-744-3301

300 Selica Road, $579,900 Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003 310 & 312-1395 Bear Mountain $359,900 Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Troy Petersen, 250-858-1134 103-611 Goldstream Avenue, $287,900 MLS 345925, Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Cheryl Ashby, 250-478-9141 214 Jaime Place, $534,900 MLS 349973, Sunday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

5255 Parker Ave., $799,900 SOOKE MLS 346813, Saturday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun 21-1976 Glenidle Road, Lynne Sager, 250-744-3301 $165,000 Sunday 1-3 617 Phelps Avenue, Royal LePage MLS 348911, Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Coast Capital Realty Anna Bjelde, 250-888-9001 James Smith, 250-858-2696 3392 Rockwood Terrace, $649,900 MLS 349873, Sunday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Deb Coburn, 250812-5333

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