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Friday, February 19, 2016
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Biz community speaks out on sewage project Presentation held with days left on public consultation part of project Don Descoteau News Gazette staff
“This is something I think Rugby Canada should have, because it’s a piece of their legacy,” said Bowker, owner of Universal Supplements in Langford. “But I don’t want to give it to them like that, I want to somehow get it framed and give it to them.”
Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins didn’t hear many new ideas at Tuesday’s West Shore Chamber of Commerce-sponsored breakfast meeting presenting an overview of regional sewage treatment options. What she heard clearly from some of the 15 to 20 people gathered at Colwood Golf Club, however, was that business owners are angry about the proposed costs being offered for public consumption by the Capital Regional District. “What I am hearing is a very strong voice from the business community that is clearly concerned with the cost of what is coming forward,” she said. “They’re not just looking at the average household cost, they’re looking at anywhere upward of two times and beyond those costs.” For the seven treatment options being discussed, the CRD website’s wastewater planning pages indicate projected average per household costs for each of the municipalities involved in the project, but give no information about the potential cost to commercial property owners. During a question period after the presentation, Chamber president Doug Kobayashi said he was “outraged” with the way the costs have increased for the project. He said residents were initially told they’d be looking at around a $250 annual charge and that has risen dramatically under the new options.
PlEASE SEE: Heritage value, Page A14
PlEASE SEE: Fresh treatment ideas, Page A6
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John Bowker, photographed in his store on Goldstream Avenue, shows off an old picture of the 1901-02 Vancouver Rugby Football Club team, who won the B.C. championship that season.
Rugby treasure found in old frame Businessman looks to gift 114-year-old picture to Rugby Canada Arnold Lim News Gazette staff
When John Bowker opened up an antique picture frame purchased for his children at a garage sale, he was surprised at what he found. Upon further inspection, he discovered an aging photo, hidden in the frame – instead of being featured
in it. It’s a sepia-toned still of the Vancouver Rugby Football Club team from the 1901-1902 season. “When you pull it apart there is a backing and it was behind the main picture,” he said. The photo features 22 men, most in uniform, next to a large trophy. At the bottom of the matte reads a line “Champions of British Columbia.”
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