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Dorcas Point still rules Four properties on the Nanoose Bay street are worth more than $3 million AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com
Nanoose Bay is still home to one of the most expensive properties on Vancouver Island according to the 2015 B.C. Assessment. At $10.24 million, 1365 Dorcas Point Road is the fourth-most-valuable residential property on the Island or Gulf Islands. The only properties in the region with a higher taxable value are a lavish Oak Bay mansion on its own peninsula, worth a couple million more, and two entire private Islands, including James Island, worth $51 million. Nanoose Bay and Qualicum Beach dominate the Island list if you leave out Greater Vic-
toria and private Gulf Islands, with three other houses worth $3 million or more on Dorcas Point Road alone. The top three houses In the Parksville Qualicum Beach region are all in Nanoose Bay including 1374 Dorcas Point at $4.9 million and 1574 Stewart Road at $4.5 million. Number four on the local list — the first not in Nanoose Bay — is 821 Eaglecrest Drive in Qualicum Beach at $4.4 million. Coming in at more than $2 million there are 12 in Qualicum Beach, two in Parksville led by 511 Soriel Road at $3.3 million and 15 in Nanoose Bay. The provincial list is dominated by Greater Vancouver, including Lulu Lemon founder Chip Wilson’s $57 million house at number one. James Island is the only non-Vancouver property to crack the top 50, which starts at $17 million.
Variety telethon helps local families AUREN RUVINSKY
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Local families who have received help are excited about the 50th annual Variety Show of Hearts Telethon this February. Variety helped fund an iPad and an adapted tricycle for six-year-old Brody who lives in Parksville, for example. “Lindsey knew that her second pregnancy was different, but it wasn’t until Brody was born that doctors determined he had Down syndrome,” said a news release. “Lindsey was worried that her son would have difficulty being accepted at school and would always be Us!
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labeled as a child with a disability rather than a beautiful boy,” but the iPad and bike have helped a lot. The iPad helped build his communication skills, with apps helping him learn to write his own name and improving his spelling and reading, which he now loves to do. The Variety telethon has raised over $189 million for special needs children in B.C. over the last 50 years and is gearing up for the annual event Feb.13-14 on Global B.C. The lineup includes Aaron Pritchett, Jim Byrnes, Barney Bentall, Shari Ulrich and Chilliwack. Visit variety.bc.ca for tickets or to donate.
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