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Daylight savings time comes into effect at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. Be sure to turn your clocks back one hour.
Set designer Raewyn Belson prepares for Peninsula Players’ pantomime, page 5 Black Press C O M M U N I T Y
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Scam warning Sidney resident wants people to be aware; RCMP to hold session on protecting yourself Carlie Connolly News staff
Hooray for Halloween
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Bonnie Patterson of Sidney is right into the Halloween spirit. Her Mills Road home is not to be missed, with its entire front yard chock-a-block with spooky decorations. See page nine for the story.
District hall work starts Monday NORTH SAANICH — A $2.5 million partial reconstruction of the District of North Saanich municipal hall begins on Monday, Nov. 2 as the ground is officially broken. District councillors and Verity Construction
representatives will put shovels in the ground for a ceremony at 1:30 p.m. at the existing hall, to mark the start of the project. The work is expected to remedy several problems with the building, including decay,
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structural and plumbing deficiencies and improve its ability to withstand an earthquake. Plans for the redesigned building are available at northsaanich.ca. — News staff
Sidney resident Arlene Urness nearly became the victim of a scam. She placed an ad for her threepiece furniture set with an online selling service. A man, calling himself David, was the first to respond to the ad, stating that he was interested in purchasing the furniture and wanted to make an appointment to view it. A few days later, he said he was so busy that he just couldn’t make it. Urness said the man also said that he would buy it anyway and would send a cheque for the price listed of $1,800. Urness’s friend, who had done up the ad, sent him the address so they could receive the cheque in the mail. A few days later, she said they heard back from the man, saying he had made a mistake, making the cheque out for $2,800 instead of $1,800 so wanted $1,000 sent to him to cover the mistake. “As soon as it arrived (on Oct. 21), I took it by the corner and I went to the RCMP and I said, ‘I think there’s a cheque in here for $2,800 and I think it’s a scam,’” said Urness. The RCMP looked at it, she said, and told her that they had a feeling it was ‘off’. She also went to the Bank of Montreal to tell them they were being used in the scam, as their name was displayed at the top of the cheque. PleaSe See: Scam session Nov. 4, page 3
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