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Generosity on West Shore always amazes organizer Katherine Engqvist News Gazette staff

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Colwood Mayor Carol Hamilton holds up a glass Christmas pickle ornament, one of her family’s holiday traditions.

Getting into a pickle a good thing at Christmas Arnold Lim News Gazette staff

Christmas comes in all shapes and sizes. Some celebrate, some don’t, but some families have their own unique traditions and that take the traditional family dinner and turn it on its head. In the case of the family of Colwood Mayor Carol Hamilton, they turn it on its pickle. “There is actually a glass pickle decoration and the deal is you hide it in the tree, and the person who finds it in the tree, gets a special gift,” she said. “It’s a hide and go seek kind of deal come Christmas morning. (Whomever) finds the pickle,

gets the pickle prize.” Hamilton said it was a version of the more well known Elf on the Shelf, and has been participating with her children as long as she can remember. She said it wasn’t just about the spoils that came with the winner. “The kids enjoyed that growing up and it wasn’t about the gift, it was the challenge of finding the pickle,” she said. “I will keep (the tradition) up and pass it along, buying pickles for (future generations) so they can start their own pickle traditions.” West Shore resident Bill McIlroy said his family started off giving each other gifts, but said their came a point when they didn’t need anything anymore. They eventually moved on to a $10 secret Santa gift exchange, but even that didn’t last long. “A few years ago, our grandchildren

decided that they had enough as well, so we started “adopting” a penguin or polar bear, by making a donation to the World Wildlife Fund,” he said. “My grandchildren are vegan, so about three years ago, we made a donation through World Vision to donate five fruit trees to a family in Africa. We will do something like this again this year.” Metchosin Fire Chief Stephanie Dunlop spent many a Christmas’ working dispatch. These days she is no longer on dispatch and her children are grown up, so the Metchosin resident doesn’t decorate or worry about Christmas at home. Instead she participates in new holiday activities at the fire hall replacing a handful of holiday activities that no longer work. PlEASE SEE: Choir singalongs, Page A5

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“It’s been pretty crazy,” said Gayle Ireland, president of the Westshore Christmas Hamper Fund, taking a moment to breathe this week. While the last of the approximately 650 holiday food and gift hampers distributed under the annual program went out last Friday (Dec. 18), she was expecting a few more to be assembled and picked up in the days leading up to Christmas. There’s always someone in need who misses the deadline due to unforeseen circumstances such as a stay in the hospital, an unexpected need, or as she said, “life bites you in the backside sometimes.” But even with those last few unexpected care packages trickling out, Ireland called the 2015 campaign and hamper distribution process “the smoothest year ever.” It was not without a few minor glitches, but the volunteers really came together and knew what needed to be done, she said. The number of hampers handed out was roughly the same as last year, Ireland said, and ranged in size based on the needs of the individual or families receiving them. “I think we did a lot of good and helped a lot of people.” While donations seemed a little slow at first, she said, the generosity of the people on the West Shore always amazes her. “The money always comes in,” she said. “We have tons of community support … we have a lot of groups donating … I’m proud of what we did (and) proud of the volunteers.” katie@goldstreamgazette.com

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This holiday lawn ornament, affectionately named Rudolph, was taken from one Langford’s resident’s lawn on the night of Dec. 18. Owner, Lynn Gauley, believes she has fallen victim to some horrible prank but can’t understand what would motivate someone to take something that brings so much joy to others.

Not a holly jolly time for emergency staff Katherine Engqvist News Gazette staff

Christmas morning can be a special time for many West Shore residents. Even if you don’t celebrate the holiday, many still have the day off to relax, recuperate and spend some time with loved ones. But we often forget there are those who still have to get up and go to work the morning of Dec. 25. And for those that do, it can be a challenging day. “It’s not a positive experience,” says Dr. Christopher Morrow, one of 36 emergency room doctors that split their time between Victoria General Hospital and Royal Jubilee Hospital. “The emergency room is not a happy place (on Christmas) … It’s not really a happy place in general.” In his 12 years of practicing emergency medicine, the Oak Bay resident has missed about half of the Christmas mornings with his family. The fact his children are getting a little older – they’re now 12 and 14 – doesn’t make it any easier, he says. “It’s one of the real sacrifices … It really hurts when you leave your kids on Christmas morning.” That goes for everyone working at hospitals, not just doctors. “Generally, it’s a very hard time in health care … Holidays really accentuate the social problems we have.” Emergency rooms actually see a small bump on and around Christmas Day in cases related to social issues, Morrow says, such as excessive drinking, domestic abuse, suicide attempts and mental illness, as well as frail elderly patients brought in by visiting relatives who are concerned about their health. “You see the loneliest of the lonely,” he says, adding it is a harsh reminder of the hard realities of others’ lives. “The emergency room really is the end of the safety net.” Some of that slight increase in patients is due to family physicians being away, primary care clinics having reduced hours and other services being closed for at least a portion of the holiday. But Morrow says staff try to make the best of it by helping each other out. “Some people don’t mind it,” he says, adding that people with-

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Dr. Christopher Morrow is an emergency doctor that splits his time between Victoria General and Royal Jubilee hospitals. While he said the emergency room isn’t generally a happy place at any time in the year, the holiday season is especially tough. out small children will often trade shifts to help more families spend at least the morning together. “You just work around it … you modify your celebrations.” It’s not just hospital workers who have to modify their celebrations at Christmas time, he says. Some patients can actually help lift spirits in the ward when they come in with a minor injury relating to the holiday. That brief stay before returning to their holiday festivities can often provide a bright moment in an otherwise gloomy day. However, creating and maintaining the holiday vibe around the ER

can be challenging. While nurses can sometimes get away with wearing a Santa hat or a fun sweater, Morrow says, doctors can’t, especially if they have to deliver a serious diagnosis or tell a family member a patient has passed away. Regardless whether the family celebrates Christmas or not, the impact of such news isn’t lessened by wearing a goofy hat. “It just doesn’t work,” he says. There’s a time and a place for holiday cheer, but the ER may not be that place, especially on Christmas morning. katie@goldstreamgazette.com

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Family ornament goes missing in suspected ‘prank’ Katherine Engqvist News Gazette staff

A Langford resident fell victim last week to a Grinchy spirit. And as Dec. 25 drew near, Lynn Gauley hoped that, like the Dr. Seuss character, this thief’s heart will grow a few sizes and her beloved Rudolph would be returned in time for Christmas. “They just took him,” she said. “They left his red nose sitting in the grass.” While she was still holding out hope this week, Gauley was realistic about the chances that her illuminated metal-and-wire reindeer would be returned to her lawn on Young Place, near Ronald Road. She suspected her lone outdoor Christmas decoration may have been the object of some horrible prank and was laying in a dumpster somewhere. She’s gone to great lengths to search for Rudolph, scouring surrounding ditches and a nearby forest, but to no avail. “I’ve never had anything stolen from my property in my lifetime.” It’s not about the monetary

value of the decoration. It was a family event to put him out every year – her son even adorned him with a colourful crown to make him different. And it wasn’t just her own family to which the little lawn ornament brought joy. Two young children from down the road came out to regularly see the reindeer, she said. “How does one explain to a two-year-old that Rudolph was obviously stolen?” Gauley asked. “It was upsetting to me and the neighbours.” She suspects the reindeer was stolen the night of Dec. 18. She turned off the lights at about 10 p.m. that night and she discovered it was missing the next morning when she got up around 6 a.m. Gauley said none of her neighbours in the close, tight-knit community have reported any missing decorations. But the theft of her reindeer so close to Christmas has them wondering who could take something used to bring joy to others, even if it was just a prank. “My spirit was broken … It just rattled me,” she said. If you know anything of the whereabouts of the lost reindeer, contact her at lgauley@ shaw.ca. katie@goldstreamgazette.com

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Cultural traditions were big in Szpak household

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For some, the holidays can look like something straight out of a Disney storybook, but some West Shore residents have written their own stories. Langford Coun. Lillian Szpak blended her Canadian traditions with her husband’s Polish roots to give their children a unique celebration each year. “It was a really special event,” she said. Their celebrations would begin Christmas Eve, with Polish traditions. Family members gathered and waited to see who could spot the first star in the night sky. “The kids were excited to look for that first star,” she said, adding that once it was found, the family could exchange gifts. And of course, Santa would still come later that night to deliver his presents. Once all of the gifts from family members were opened, they’d sit down for Vigilia, a traditional meatless dinner with symbolic dishes that includes borsch, dumplings and a three-bean salad. During dinner, a traditional Polish breaded wafer is also shared. “We’d give each other a wish as we

Christmas Day was cel- stuff,” Gord said. “We try to make someebrated with Canadian cus- thing for each other.” Their holidays are about good food and toms, opening gifts from Santa and enjoying a turkey making sure celebrations fit their environdinner with all the fixings. mental values. As for food, he said, “there’s “It’s two dinners back to a lot of chocolate involved.” Their celebraback, but they’re very dif- tions start Dec. 24 with a sushi dinner. “Sushi ferent. Our children were is a big part of prepping for the morning.” In the morning they exchange those raised with that tradition.” Some of those alternative handmade gifts, “not sharing much, but givChristmas traditions came ing something special,” he said. “It’s about early this year to Highlands living close to our values.” In the evening they attend a big family Photo contributed Coun. Gord Baird’s home. His wife, Ann, also a High- dinner that’s more of a potluck, buffet-style. The Szpak family poses for a Christmas photo after exchanging oplatek, the traditional Polish wafer. lands councillor, broke “Everything is very much aligned with our her wedding ring, so Baird values.” Future Langford councillor Lillian is on the far left. katie@goldstreamgazette.com hand-crafted her another exchanged bread,” Szpak said. Her mother- new one, again from wood, just in in-law would receive the wafers – usually time for Christmas. Asked how often stamped with a manger scene – from fam- this happens, he joked, “I guess it ily members still in Poland. It was quite the depends how mad she gets at me.” While he sees it as his duty to craft event when the package arrived in the mail Healthy Eyes. Doctor Delivered. her a new one each time (she’s on before Christmas. The evening usually finished with a mid- her fourth), the effort fits with their night mass. “The children felt like it was a holiday traditions. This environmenreally special night,” Szpak said, adding that tally conscious couple leans towards staying up late and lighting Advent candles minimalism during the holidays. “We don’t go out and buy a lot of helped create that atmosphere.

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Choir singalongs part of ex-mayor’s Christmas Continued from Page A1

“This year we are going to bring everyone to the fire hall with a breakfast with Santa for free,” Dunlop said. “He will be there with crafts for the kids and they can still get a candy cane.” Another activity this year will see the team decorating 25

trucks for a Christmas light parade through Metchosin. Former View Royal mayor Graham Hill doesn’t have any new traditions, but reminisced on those from years past. At one point he said his church choir would receive a list of shut-ins that were homebound due to chronic or

short-term illnesses. With the addresses in hand, they would map out a route and see them all for a song. “I like to sing and we used to go to different

houses of shut-ins... and the church choir would celebrate and give them a carol just for them,” he said. “(We) would wish them the season’s

blessings and go home and listen to the Messiah being played. It was our pleasure, an uplift.” alim@goldstream gazette.com

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Be thankful to those in service For many people, Christmas Day is a time to take a break, spend some quality time with family and relax for a while. But not everybody is able to put a pen stroke through Dec. 25 on their calendar as an automatic day off. There are those who keep our emergency services running: the staff at our hospitals who monitor those too sick to be at home, firefighters and paramedics who stand at the ready when human emergencies and crises call them to action. There are even those convenience store employees who serve us when we find ourselves missing critical grocery items for the day’s special meal, or, for the procrastinators among us, those very-lastminute gift ideas. To all of these people, we say thank you in hopes that your day of rest and time with family will come shortly. Sure there are financial benefits to working the holiday, as most people toiling on Dec. 25 are paid time-and-a-half, double time or more. The aforementioned workers may find themselves doing their jobs at a quieter pace than usual, but no one banks on that happening, given that eating and otherwise consuming to excess is more common on this day than others. In today’s issue of the Gazette, we hear from an emergency room physician for whom working Christmas is seldom fun. He’s seen some sad situations play out having been called out to try fixing them, and not all of them have been fixable. The spirit of the season may be hard to find in an emergency ward, but that spirit is not absent from such workplaces. Many employees and professionals work together and trade shifts, so people with younger families have the opportunity to spend precious moments at Christmas with their kids and other loved ones. It’s true, not everyone sees this part of the year as a magical time where wishes come true and stress is shuffled to the back of the mind. For some, it’s a time to simply manage and get through until structure returns. Many workplaces, especially retailers, are at their busiest in the days and weeks leading up to Christmas, while others – such as community newspaper operations – face deadline schedules altered due to the holidays. The hope is that we all, at some point through this season, get a chance to kick back, reflect on the year, turn our focus inward or outward as the case requires and make the holidays special in our own way.

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Huge wall on Latoria worries resident Re: Colwood mayor thanks community, eyes growth in 2016 (Gazette, Dec. 18) While our illustrious Mayor Carol Hamilton thanks the community and eyes yet more growth in 2016, she might want to have one of her staff check the liability insurance policies currently in effect for Colwood, and at the same time ask Santa for no earthquakes and no mega rainfalls to cause landslides. Surely the biggest “growth” in the municipality has been that monstrous boulder wall on Latoria Road at the foot of Wishart Road. It is so high, so ugly, so threatening, it makes the Berlin Wall look like a garden ornament. Were the homeowners on Pondside Terrace told years ago that this thing would be looming over their homes in the year 2015? We have seen some spectacular mudslides that caused severe damage to the homes below, including one in Langford a few years ago. The Latoria wall was constructed by the same people that brought us some of the loudest, earth-shaking blasting in the past year and seemed not to care at the damage they caused. Has anyone on staff at Colwood actually looked at this wall and considered how dangerous it seems, just huge boulders piled on huge boulders with no visible means of bonding together? Meanwhile, Colwood taxpayers

must ask Santa to check that all insurances and safety measures are covered, because we don’t want a piece of coal in the new year, in the form of higher taxes, if the municipality has to pay millions in damages because no one on staff did their due diligence. Enough with the chest beating, and rah rah rah, let’s be sure this fortress wall doesn’t prove to be one new development we all regret. Pamela Jackson Colwood

Logging off Watkiss Way not the only massive cut With so much talk about the 5,000 trees coming down in Saanich, I’m not sure many people know the amount of trees that were logged this summer in Colwood on Haida Drive. You cannot see it from Sooke Road or Veterans Memorial Parkway. But if you come up Fulton Road to Haida Drive and look to your left you will see another “Colwood Hole” that has been left. When I asked at City Hall what the plans were for this property, they could not tell me. I have lived here 40 years and have always loved the forest across the street. It sure saddened me to see these trees coming down. How “green” is that? Marlene Hargreaves Colwood

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Bradley Michael Muscat of Surrey has been sentenced to a total of eight years for a pair of attacks that included a brutal sexual assault of a woman on the Galloping Goose Trail in Langford in 2014. Crown prosecutor Ruth Picha said Muscat, 21, who was arrested in Surrey in October of 2014 and had pleaded guilty to two counts involving aggravated assault, could spend more than six more years behind bars. “This is a significant sentence for someone who has no prior criminal history,” Picha told the Gazette after last week’s sentencing. “However, I was asking for 10 years, (but) the Octavian Lacatusu/Black Press judge took everything into Metchosin firefighters check out the damage after a driver lost control and smashed through a hydro pole on Sooke Road. consideration and gave a very learned ruling.” Previous admissions of fact stated that Muscat held a sharp object to the neck of a West Shore woman who was walking home along Jacklin Road in the The crash, which happened on down Gillespie Road in Sooke and thur said that alcohol was a factor Octavian Lacatusu early hours of June 26, 2014. in the crash. the morning of Dec. 16, near the Kangaroo Road in Metchosin. Black Press After a struggle, he forced her Sooke Road wasn’t reopened The driver, the lone occupant of 17 Mile Pub, blocked Sooke Road onto the Galloping Goose Trail, Traffic was rerouted after the both ways for several hours. Due the vehicle, escaped with minor until late afternoon, after B.C. raped her and stole her phone. driver of a pickup truck lost con- to live wires still hanging from injuries. The airbags deployed in Hydro and emergency crews Included in the ruling on trol on Sooke Road and severed the pole, as well as a leaking oil the truck, which wound up on its worked to clear the debris and that aggravated sexual assault restore power in the area. a hydro pole, bringing the wires capacitor, the road was closed off side at the edge of the roadway. was the aggravated assault of editor@goldstreamgazette.com Sooke RCMP Staff Sgt. Jeff McArentirely, with traffic being diverted down to the road level. a sex-trade worker in Surrey in August of 2014. The admission of fact stated that he hit UP TO 75% OFF! 60% OFF! the woman in the head, Paderno Belle Fleur fry pans feature a completely Cavendish flatware set, PFOA free, non-stick coating (interior & exterior) 4x5pc place setting. stabbed her in the side that is safe on all cooktops including induction. List: $99.99. and back and stole 22cm/8.6” Belle Fleur non-stick fry pan. from her more than List: $99.99. Now $24.99! $500 in cash. 26cm/10.5” Belle Fleur non-stick fry pan. List: $109.99. Now $29.99! The sex worker eventually stabbed Muscat with a knife pulled from her bra. He was arrested after going to a hospital $3999 71% OFF! Our 10pc Professional cookware set features stainless steel, TryPly construction for fast even for treatment, having heating. Etched interior measurements and durable riveted, ergonomic handles. Suitable for all cooktops, including matched a description SPECIAL! induction. Set includes: 1.5L, 2L & 3L saucepans, 5L Dutch oven, 2L steamer insert, 24cm/9.5” non-stick ceramic Paderno vegetable spiral slicer - makes spiral cuts given to police by the coated fry pan (PFOA/PTFE free), and 4 tempered glass covers. List: $699.99. for many of your favourite vegetables and fruit. sex worker, and was 99 Comes with three interchangeable stainless released on bail. steel blades, no-slip suction bottom, and West Shore RCMP makes perfect cuts in just seconds. List: $41.99. investigators later considered Muscat a suspect in the Langford attack. $2699 Officers travelled to ON NOW THRU DECEMBER 31ST ONLY AT: Surrey, where they matched DNA from an empty beer can LANGFORD he had discarded to Capital Iron West Shore evidence taken from 975 Langford Parkway the Langford victim. He still had her cell SOOKE phone in his bathrobe Sooke Home Hardware when police arrested 6626 Sooke Road him. alim@goldstream gazette.com Information & dealers: 1-800-A NEW-POT or www.paderno.com. Not all locations open Sunday. Quantities limited, please be early. Sale items may not be exactly as shown. R

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Prime Rib Oven Roast 19.58 per kg

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Ken Schley

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French AIC

Brie or Camembert Cheese

6 230gr

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Atlantic Cooked or Live Whole Lobster

77 Cherry Coke 24x355ml

Peru

Red Flame Seedless Grapes

8.80 per kg

Per

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Meat

NEWS GAZETTE

Pork Back Ribs

11.00 per kg

Canadian AA

Strip Loin Grilling Steak 19.81 per kg

Per

New Zealand

Fresh Semi-Boneless Leg of Lamb

Canadian

Canadian AAA

Canadian AA

11.00 per kg

22.02 per kg

41.87 per kg

Beef Simmering Short Ribs

19.81 per kg

Per

99 Per

Tenderloin Grilling Steak

Rib Grilling Steak, Cap Off

Per

OFF

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UPSTAIRS INSIDE QUALITY FOODS IN:

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40% RIEDEL GLASSWARE

Nestea or Fruitopia

Per

Blue Water Seafoods

Salmon, Haddock or Tilapia Grill

LICABL PP

EES EF

PLUS A

179gr

88¢

Olivieri

300-350gr

350gr

Gnocchi

Filled Pasta

299 Blue Water Seafoods

Powerade

Sports Drink

PLUS A

EES EF

LICABL PP

EES EF

PLUS A

591ml

for

Olivieri

Kraft

160gr or 300ml

250gr

Pasta Sauce

Vitamin Water

Glaceau

710ml

Olivieri

Parmesan Cheese

Nested Pasta or Lasagna Sheets 300-360gr

3$ for

299

599

299

Smart & Crunchy Alaska Pollock 431-445gr

3 for

Blue Water Seafoods

Pollock Fillets or Popcorn Shrimp Selected, 325-519gr

499

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Meat

Sunrise Farms

Bone In Chicken Breast

Locally Raised BC Poultry

Canadian AA

Inside Round Oven Roast

8.80 per kg

Grain Fed Free Run

1kg

99 Per

Sunrise Farms

Mitchell’s

1kg

Chicken Drumettes

Heritage Thick Sliced Bacon

Schneiders

Country Natural Chicken Wings, Strips or Nuggets

Classic Favourites Meatballs 908gr

750gr

Grain Fed Free Run

New Year

POP!

Dinner or Lunch Plates

for

8’s

Minute Maid

Entertaining?

Make your

Party Creations

Locally Raised BC Poultry

PRE-ORDER YOUR CUSTOM PARTY TRAYS IN TIME FOR NEW YEARS!

Party Creations

Beverage or Lunch Napkins

24 HOURS NOTICE REQUIRED

8’s

Everything you need for the perfect party!

Frozen Real Fruit Beverage

Carr’s

Crackers 125-150gr

295ml

Perrier

Planters

1lt

225gr

Carbonated Natural Spring Water

88¢

Cashews

for

Minute Maid, Five Alive or Nestea

Walkers

Frozen Beverage

San Pellegrino

LICABL PP

EES EF

12x355ml

EES EF

for

LICABL PP

EES EF

6x330ml

PLUS A

250ml

Ginger Ale, Club Soda or Tonic Water

Bottles, 6x330ml

125-150gr

2$ for

Schweppes

Non-Alcoholic Beer

PLUS A

Frozen Concentrated Fruit Mixer

Beck’s

Sparkling Fruit Beverage

PLUS A

Bacardi Mixers

for

Shortbread

LICABL PP

EES EF

for

PLUS A

Selected, 295ml

McVitie’s

Digestive or HobNobs Biscuits 300-400gr

2$ for

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GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE - Wednesday, December 25, 2015

NEWS GAZETTE

Quality Foods an Island Original

Prices in effect Dec. 27, 2015 - Jan. 03, 2016

Armstrong

Breyers

Potato Chips

Restaurante Tortilla Chips

Creamery Style Real Ice Cream

255gr

276-384gr

2lt

Cheese

Old Dutch

Dairyland

Original Egg Nog

Folgers

Classic Roast Ground Coffee

1.66lt

600gr

1lt

for

Crackers

120-250gr

Castello

Process Cheese

170gr

125gr

Old El Paso

8 Soft Flour Tortillas, 189gr

DON’T SHOW UP EMPTY HANDED Clover Leaf

Clover Leaf

Whole Baby Clams or Clam Juice

Smoked Oysters or Mussels

142gr or 236ml

85gr

3$ for

2$ for

for

5$ for

225gr

3$ for

LICABL PP

1.5kg

5$ for

5 10

4$ for

1.75lt

5$ for

LICABL PP

Delissio

Pizzeria or Rising Crust Pizza 581-888gr

Delissio

Rustico or Thin Crust Pizza

5$ for

QUICK AND EASY FAMILY MEALS Meat Lasagna with 3 Cheeses

375ml

120gr

1.89lt

Bassili’s Best

Stuffed Manzanilla Olives

15% Leg Crab Meat

Beverage

750ml

Classic Dip

155-163gr

175gr

for

Five Alive or Nestea

Clamato Juice

Nalley

Stax Potato Chips

Bits & Bites

Mott’s

Non Alcoholic Sparkling Juice

LICABL PP

398ml

Lay’s

Christie

Unico

Clover Leaf

for

EES EF

for

Martinelli’s

LICABL PP

Refried Beans

500ml

250gr

LICABL PP

Old El Paso

Dairyland

Sour Cream

Sour Cream Dip

100% Orange Juice 1.75lt

EES EF

for

227-510gr

EES EF

for

Heluva Good

Tortilla Bowl

Dinner Kit

Swiss Knight

Rosenborg Danish Brie or Camembert Cheese

28-35gr

650ml

Minute Maid

Sparkling Water

12x355ml

Old El Paso

Seasoning Mix

3 Dasani

24’s

EES EF

Dare

Coke or Sprite

12x355ml

Old El Paso

Thick ‘n Chunky Salsa

Tazo

Tea

3$ for

from Quality Foods

890ml

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Hellmann’s

for

225-500gr

453gr

Nestle

Carnation Hot Chocolate Mix

EES EF

Hills Bros

Cappuccino

EES EF

for

Mayonnaise

Selected, 475ml

Dressing

Pickles

Sharp Cold Pack Cheddar, 230gr

340gr

600gr

Kraft

Vlasic

140-454gr

PLUS A

Imperial Carefully Aged Cheese

Crackers

PLUS A

320gr

500gr

PLUS A

Crackers

MacLaren’s

Christie

Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread

Stoned Wheat Thins

Shredded Cheese

Natural Sliced Cheese

Kraft

for

PLUS A

Saputo

Armstrong

PLUS A

for

PLUS A

920gr

Cheemo

Perogies

2kg

340-630gr

499

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GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE - Wednesday, December 25, 2015

NEWS GAZETTE

Quality Foods an Island Original

Prices in effect Dec. 27, 2015 - Jan. 03, 2016

Armstrong

Breyers

Potato Chips

Restaurante Tortilla Chips

Creamery Style Real Ice Cream

255gr

276-384gr

2lt

Cheese

Old Dutch

Dairyland

Original Egg Nog

Folgers

Classic Roast Ground Coffee

1.66lt

600gr

1lt

for

Crackers

120-250gr

Castello

Process Cheese

170gr

125gr

Old El Paso

8 Soft Flour Tortillas, 189gr

DON’T SHOW UP EMPTY HANDED Clover Leaf

Clover Leaf

Whole Baby Clams or Clam Juice

Smoked Oysters or Mussels

142gr or 236ml

85gr

3$ for

2$ for

for

5$ for

225gr

3$ for

LICABL PP

1.5kg

5$ for

5 10

4$ for

1.75lt

5$ for

LICABL PP

Delissio

Pizzeria or Rising Crust Pizza 581-888gr

Delissio

Rustico or Thin Crust Pizza

5$ for

QUICK AND EASY FAMILY MEALS Meat Lasagna with 3 Cheeses

375ml

120gr

1.89lt

Bassili’s Best

Stuffed Manzanilla Olives

15% Leg Crab Meat

Beverage

750ml

Classic Dip

155-163gr

175gr

for

Five Alive or Nestea

Clamato Juice

Nalley

Stax Potato Chips

Bits & Bites

Mott’s

Non Alcoholic Sparkling Juice

LICABL PP

398ml

Lay’s

Christie

Unico

Clover Leaf

for

EES EF

for

Martinelli’s

LICABL PP

Refried Beans

500ml

250gr

LICABL PP

Old El Paso

Dairyland

Sour Cream

Sour Cream Dip

100% Orange Juice 1.75lt

EES EF

for

227-510gr

EES EF

for

Heluva Good

Tortilla Bowl

Dinner Kit

Swiss Knight

Rosenborg Danish Brie or Camembert Cheese

28-35gr

650ml

Minute Maid

Sparkling Water

12x355ml

Old El Paso

Seasoning Mix

3 Dasani

24’s

EES EF

Dare

Coke or Sprite

12x355ml

Old El Paso

Thick ‘n Chunky Salsa

Tazo

Tea

3$ for

from Quality Foods

890ml

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Hellmann’s

for

225-500gr

453gr

Nestle

Carnation Hot Chocolate Mix

EES EF

Hills Bros

Cappuccino

EES EF

for

Mayonnaise

Selected, 475ml

Dressing

Pickles

Sharp Cold Pack Cheddar, 230gr

340gr

600gr

Kraft

Vlasic

140-454gr

PLUS A

Imperial Carefully Aged Cheese

Crackers

PLUS A

320gr

500gr

PLUS A

Crackers

MacLaren’s

Christie

Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread

Stoned Wheat Thins

Shredded Cheese

Natural Sliced Cheese

Kraft

for

PLUS A

Saputo

Armstrong

PLUS A

for

PLUS A

920gr

Cheemo

Perogies

2kg

340-630gr

499

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Deli & Cheese Maple Ham

Fat Free or Harvest Tyme Turkey Breast

Hungarian or Wine Salami

Per

100 gr

Sushi

Royal Gourmet

Per

100 gr

Cooked Meatballs

227gr

7 95 35

for

Dinner for Three

27 Piece Party Tray

Medium

Salad • • • • • • •

Spring Roll

Available at select stores only.

Per

100 gr

Medium

Homous or Baba Ganouj

10 Piece Sushi Lovers

Schneiders

Grimm’s

NEWS GAZETTE

Available at select stores only.

Broccoli & Grape Caprese Creamy Coleslaw Pasta Primavera Potato & Egg Potato & Yam Double Baked Potato

Seafood • Quality Foods

Frozen or Previously Frozen

Frozen

Digby Scallops

3-4oz Lobster Tails

10/20 Size

Blue Cod Fillets

99 4 ¢

Organically Yours

Quality Fresh

Hand Peeled Shrimp

300gr

400gr

Per

100 gr

Sweet Treats Cranberry Trio

Sultana Raisins

Per

100 gr

Fresh

Per

100 gr

Alaskan King Crab Legs

Frozen or Previously Frozen New Zealand

Roasted Cashews from India

Frozen or Previously Frozen

Per

100 gr

Quality Fresh

Sweet Treats Licorice Wheels 500gr

99 Per

100 gr

399

499

599

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8” Pumpkin Pie

Bakery

Original Cakerie

1/4 Slab Family Pack Squares

Pumpernickel Bread

680gr

for

Dinner or Crusty Buns

English Bay

12 Pack Cookies

2$ Villaggio

Bread

2$ for

7” Keylime, Cherry or Mango Cheesecake

QF Signature

Raisin Butter Tarts 6 pack

510gr

12 pack

Cheesecake Slice

for

Villaggio

Buns 6-8’s

2$ for

Quality Foods • Taste for Life Rizopia

Astro

100% Brown Rice Pasta 340-454gr

2$ for

Kettle Brand

Yogourt

for

2$ for

Calbee

Non Dairy Frozen Dessert

739ml

6x355ml

Frozen Coconut

Organic Pasta Sauce

Zero Calorie Soda

220gr

Simply Natural

Zevia

Potato Chips

650-750gr

Snapea Crisps

93gr

for

Glad

for

Glad

Cling Wrap or Press ‘n Seal

Sandwich Bags

Assorted Sizes

Household

Glad

Containers

LICABL PP

EES EF

PLUS A

473ml

Selected, 40-100’s

Bags

Selected, 10-24’s

60m or 70ft

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

NEW APPY SPECIAL!

Imported “Hot House”

Washington Premium

Tomatoes

Fuji Apples

NEWS GAZETTE

6.59 per kg

5.49 per kg

49 Per

Per

Imported

Long English Cucumbers

Baby Peeled Carrots 2lb bag

Yukon Gold Potatoes

for

California Grown

Garden Salad 1lb bag

3 5 2$

2$ for

6”

Bunched Spinach

88 1.94 per kg

Taylor Farms

Glittered Daisy Bouquet

Washington Grown

California Grown Green Giant

California Grown

Lemons 3.28 per kg

Per

Imported

Limes

3.28 per kg

Per

for

Natural Organics

Paperwhites

7 18 99

MON.

TUES.

WED.

Italian Grown

Organic Kiwi Fruit 1lb bag

8 DAYS OF SAVINGS at QFSAT. Sun. Dec 27, 2015 Sun. Jan. 3, 2016

SUN.

THUR.

FRI.

SAT.

SUN.

CLOSED AT 6PM

CLOSED

2$ for

Organic Whole White Mushrooms 227gr

B.C. Grown

Organic Spartan Apples 3lb bag

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3 0 6 7 -478-

– AND THE –

ALL INVENTORY REDUCED - PRICES WON’T LAST!

250

FIRST PAYMENT * IS ON US!

OUR T S E LOW ! S E C I PR ES DROPPED

*Some restrictions apply as not all lenders programs will support this offer, on approved credit. See dealer for details,

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NT E D N E P E D N I ST E G R A L S ’ C B R! E L A E D R A C USED

2009 SUBARU OUTBACK LIMITED

2015 FORD MUSTANG GT COUPE

Stk D17906A

! 6 1 8 , 6 1 $

LEATHER!F! SUNROO

HOT! HOT! HOT!

2010 HONDA CIVIC SI

$14,816!

$18,816!

(+ $499 Documentation Fee & Tax)

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

ENDS D

With your finance purchase. Some restrictions apply. See dealer for details.

2015 RAM 2500 SLT

2014 FORD MUSTANG PREMIUM CONVERTIBLE

Stk D19215

4,816 UNDER 2,816 4,816 $7,000

Stk A17813

(+ $499 Documentation Fee & Tax)

Stk V18672

2007 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Stk A17714C2.... $ 2005 KIA RIO Stk D17562C............................................. $ 2008 HYUNDAI ACCENT SPORT Stk D18141A

$2000 CASH BACK

! 6 1 ! 6 8 , 1 8 8 , 3 $ $36

2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SXT

Stk M18454

UNDER $5,000

HURRECY. !31

C18865

(+ $499 Documentation Fee & Tax)

CASH BACK OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR UP TO

M ATES FRO

(+ $499 Documentation Fee & Tax)

9 9 CING N A N I F .

5,816 UNDER 6,816 6,816 $9,000

$ 2006 NISSAN SENTRA Stk X19231 ................................. $ 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA SPORT Stk M18882 ...... $ 2010 HYUNDAI ACCENT Stk T19137 ............................

www.galaxymotors.net

CREW C!AB! 4X4

! 6 1 8 , 6 2 $

(+ $499 Documentation Fee & Tax)

2015 NISSAN TITAN SV Stk D18744

CREW C!AB! 4X4

2012 CAMARO LT Stk X18515

$20,816!

$28,816!

(+ $499 Documentation Fee & Tax)

8,816 7,816 8,816

(+ $499 Documentation Fee & Tax)

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Colin Gall Jock Talk With the Victoria Junior A Grizzlies and the Westshore Wolves off for their winter break, hockey fans’ heads turn to the Juan de Fuca Midget Grizzlies. The Midget Tier 1 Grizzlies shake off the turkey and stuffing and head to Richmond on Dec. 27 for the New Year’s Richmond International Tournament. The Grizz hit the ice bright and early Sunday against the Alaska Oilers 18AA, before taking on the Vancouver Thunderbirds, Surrey Midget Tier 1 and Saanich Midget T1 in round-robin play. The tourney wraps up Dec. 31. Here at home, the Tier 2 and 3 Grizzlies compete in the Midget New Year’s Classics. The Juan de Fuca Tier 2s start play Monday (Dec. 28) when they go head-to-head against the Braves Tier 3s at Esquimalt’s Archie Browning Sports Centre at 9:20 a.m. Later that day the Grizzlies face Powell River Tier 2 at 5:20 p.m. at the Oak Bay Rec Centre, then they finish off round-robin play Tuesday,

taking on Burnaby Tier 3 at 5 p.m. at the Wurtele Arena in the Naden Athletic Centre. The Tier 3 Grizzlies also start play Dec. 28 when they face Sooke Tier 2 at Archie Browning at 7:20 a.m. Play continues later that day when Juan de Fuca plays Nanaimo Tier 2 at 7 p.m. at Wurtele Arena. On Tuesday (Dec. 29) the Grizzlies wrap up roundrobin play against Alberni Valley Tier 3 at 3:15 p.m. at Oak Bay. The gold medal game for Tier 2 gets underway at 5:10 p.m. at Archie Browning, while the Tier 3 gold medal will be decided at 5:30 p.m. at Oak Bay Recreation Centre. On the local sports fundraising front, the West Shore-based Victoria Titans U15 field lacrosse Tier 1 team asks West Shore families to Jennifer Blyth/Black Press contribute bottles Saanich Braves Tier 1 midget player Elliot MacIsaac (14) stands ready in front Juan de Fuca Grizzlies to their team’s goaltender Jordan Spandli, as Evan Abgrall gets ready to move him out if necessary. bottle drive. The team is available for bottle pick-up up and more information. Americas Rugby Champion- June 5. This 10K and previously through Saturday, Jan 2. Contact Local lacrosse fans take note: ship on their calendar, you can half-marathon (new for 2016 is a titansbottledrive@yahoo.ca for pick Victoria Shamrocks’ season now sign up for early bird tickets 15K distance) includes not only tickets are available at 250-478- for men’s sevens games being the races, but a full weekend of 7625 weekdays or visit 967 Lang- held at Westhills Stadium, Feb. activities. The early bird regisford Pkwy. Tuesdays, Thursdays 6 against Uruguay and Feb. 20 tration special price is available or Fridays from 12 to 5 p.m. against Brazil. For details visit until April 15. Colin Gall is an athlete, avid Those renewing season tickets events.rugbycanada.ca. Calling all goddesses: Regis- sports fan and a student at Mount before Thursday, Dec. 31 will be entered to win your 2016 season tration is open for all women Douglas secondary. Email him planning to lace up for the fifth with your game schedules to tickets. And for those with February’s annual Victoria Goddess Run on jocktalk@telus.net. the THE

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Wolves wallop Braves in OT In Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League play the Westshore Wolves battled the Saanich Braves Saturday. After a scoreless first, Tomba Huddlestan found the mesh and the Wolves held that lead into the third, with Kayden Peck adding another goal. But the Braves answered back on the power play and again with just under three minutes left in the third to tie it at 2-2. Nathan Gelsinger brought the game to a close in the second over time period, making it 3-2 for the Wolves. The Wolves were also scheduled to host the Kerry Park Islanders Wednesday night after the Gazette’s print deadline.

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Hoops tournament season in full swing Belmont Bulldogs seniors prepare to host their own event next week The Belmont and Royal Bay senior boys basketball teams finished off the 2015 portion of their school year with tournaments. The Belmont seniors aren’t stopping there, however, as they’re hitting the hardwood on home court for a mid-holiday event next week. The Bulldogs host a six-team tournament Dec. 29 and 30. Belmont opens with a 10:45 a.m. game Tuesday against Gulf Islands Scorpions from Salt Spring Island, and take on Brittania of Vancouver at 7

p.m. that day. The top teams in each pool go head to head in the final at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Last week, the Bulldogs were in action at the Gary Taylor Classic at Oak Bay. For their opener, Belmont drew the Bays, ranked No. 3 in the province among AAAA teams, and lost 97-57. Game two was another contest against a provincially ranked team, this time No. 2 AA team Lambrick Park Lions, who beat the Bulldogs 78-54. Belmont won their final

game, 49-42 over St. Michaels University School, the same team that beat the Bulldogs by 21 points earlier that week at Belmont. Meanwhile, the fledgling Ravens, playing their first tournament game on their new home court in Colwood, were in tough against a slickshooting Oak Bay B team and lost their opener 49-25 in the Edward Milne tournament. Royal Bay rebounded to beat Edward Milne junior varsity 57-24, but finished fifth overall with a 69-51 loss to the

Pacific Christian Pacers. A glitch in communication saw the Oak Bay team travel to Edward Milne secondary in Sooke for their first game against the Ravens. They didn’t get the message that the venue had been switched to Royal Bay. Despite the late start, the B Bays rolled through the tournament, beating the Ravens, the host Wolverines 70-57 in the semifinals and Gulf Islands Scorpions 95-74 in the final in Sooke. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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Angus Law, left, of the Oak Bay B team dribbles against Ravens defender Connor McLamsen during first-round action in the Edward Milne senior boys basketball tournament. The game, played at Royal Bay, was won 49-25 by Oak Bay, the eventual tournament champion. The B Bays downed the Gulf Islands secondary Scorpions from Salt Spring Island 95-74 in last Saturday’s final in Sooke.

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