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Money, science continue to hold readers’ attention Tens of millions of dollars have been spent on the Capital Regional District’s sewage treatment program since 2006, but not all of those expenditures are easily accounted for. And taxpayers have since 2013 been contributing to the CRD’s sewage fund, designed to help defray the final cost of the treatment, but the $30 million so far put into that account has been exhausted. In today’s third instalment Don Descoteau, of our five-part series, Sewage in the CRD, we look at Black Press what’s been spent and what project leader taxpayers are projected to pay for the option currently on the table. In recent days, we’ve also heard from many letter writers who have implored us to address the science behind the need to treat – or not. We hear from a pair of former University of Victoria marine environment specialists about Victoria’s unique ocean characteristics and describe the various types of treatment communities can undertake. We appreciate the feedback so far and encourage readers to talk about the subject with their family and friends, as well as engaging the politicians who represent them at the CRD board table. See pages 14 and 15
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Easter egg hunters Marlon and Evan explore the pond at Dominion Brook Park during a recent Peninsula Celebration Society’s Easter egg hunt. The family event returns this Sunday. See page 11 for the story.
Gateway land appeal pending Development could proceed while ALC sorts out appeal response Steven Heywood News staff
An appeal of the decision to free up 4.4 hectares of agricultural land for commercial
development could take until May — or even longer — to be reviewed by the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC). North Saanich resident Springfield Harrison filed a
request for reconsideration (appeal) on February 24, stating the ALC used erroneous information on which to base its decision to remove the property from the Agricultural
Land Reserve (ALR). The land is on the west side of the Pat Bay Highway, across from Sidney’s Mary Winspear Centre. PlEasE sEE: Appellant hopes ALC, page 5
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CENTRAL SAANICH — There will be an Easter egg hunt this Sunday, March 27 at Centennial Park in Central Saanich commencing at 12 noon. The hunt, run by the Central Saanich Lions Club, sees hundreds of kids from the area come out. There will be events for different age groups. Instructions will be explained upon arrival. — Submitted
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Hovey Road Resident Terry Forsyth stands in front of one of the new signs enforcing no tractor trailer units to travel along Hovey and Tomlinson Roads.
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Central Saanich adds 30 days to heavy truck moratorium on Hovey Road Carlie Connolly News staff
The District of Central Saanich extended their ban on tractor trailers from travelling along Hovey and Tomlinson roads by another 30 days as of Wednesday. At Monday night’s council meeting, the decision was brief, the extension would be an additional 30 days — for a total of 60 days — with enforcement beginning Wednesday with signage along both roads. “I would ... say it’s to give us a little bit more time to properly think things through and give ourselves more time to deal with the issue,” said Mayor Ryan Windsor when asked why the District needed another month. Chief Constable of Central Saanich Police Service, Les Sylven and Deputy Chief, Derren Lench were at Monday’s meeting and were asked if they were ready to enforce the restriction “We’re ready to go,” said Sylven. “If there are any violations, the violation is of failure to comply to the sign so that would allow issuance of
District to study second road option Central Saanich Council has completed a preliminary assessment of Gowdy Road as a potential secondary access route to the Tsartlip First Nation. Council will discuss the issue further at their next committee of the whole meeting. Mayor Ryan Windsor said it’s premature to say what, if anything, will come out of that meeting. a motor vehicle infraction,” Windsor told the PNR. Residents weren’t all that pleased with the extension. “It doesn’t really help the whole picture because the semi-trucks are one thing but the bin trucks themselves are just as big,” said Hovey Road resident Wanda Lambeth. “They’re just as wide, they can be heavier than the semi-trucks, they’re still rolling down the road so by stopping the semi-trucks, does this mean that now the bin trucks are going to double or triple in their number of trips to make up for that lack of large capacity load?” Resident Terry Forsyth believes council is merely just looking for time to come up with something. The simple solution, he said, would be restricting the roads to 5,500 kg. To Lambeth,
it’s having weight restrictions and restoring the road to what it is — or, a rural residential route. Owner of VI Pallet Recovery & Logistics, Kevin Gray said they are just trying to be as accommodating as they possibly can to the municipality and neighbours. He said they have taken an off-site storage unit where the tractor trailers will park and load rather than just the one site at the end of Hovey Road. “So we will use our smaller trucks now to transport our repaired product to the new storage unit that we’re paying for every month. We’ll transfer them there and then we will ship them out as normal,” he said. As for the 60 day period, Gray said he isn’t sure why that would be the case and is hoping someone will tell
him at some point. He said the business asked for a meeting with the municipality to advise them they have taken a storage site in order to accommodate the residents and have no more tractor trailer use on the road. Gray added VI Pallet was also going to petition the municipality to approach the provincial and federal governments for funding for a road that will come through the Tsartlip First Nation, providing another access point. “So we are just looking for some provincial and federal funding perhaps to assist and I’m also going to approach the municipality ... to try and find some money to complete the upgrade on Hovey Road which they said themselves is overdue and required to bring it up to their own standard.” As the PNR was going to press, Gray said the District had turned down the request. Gray added the company can continue to provide the District with travel updates on their smaller trucks, as their movements are required to be monitored. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com
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Appellant hopes ALC will ‘play by own rules’ Continued from page 1
The Victoria Airport Authority (VAA) sought the exclusion to make way for a proposed commercial shopping area, known as the Sidney Gateway. In an interview with the PNR, Harrison said he recently contacted the ALC to check on its progress. He said he was told the appeal will go to an executive committee to determine if the ALC will consider it at all.
A response from that committee on whether Harrison’s appeal goes any further is expected some time in early May. If they do decide to review the appeal, Harrison explained, it would be forwarded to the panel that decided on the ALR removal in the first place. “There seems to be no statutory timeline,” Harrison said, adding a faster resolution to this — either way — would be better for all parties involved.
Harrison is arguing that the ALC panel decision goes against the commission’s stated policy of protecting farmland. The land in question, he stated, was agreed to contain what’s known as Class 2 soil — soil worth good agricultural capability. The VAA has also stated it would donate topsoil from the site to area farms during development. “The reasons given for exclusion — proximity to aviation and industry — are simply not valid.”
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Opposition blasts Ottawa’s borrowing, spending B.C.’s communities minister likes the spending Tom Fletcher Black Press
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau has handed down his first budget with a massive deficit of $29.4 billion – three times what had been promised during the election campaign – as the new Liberal government embarks on a stimulus program. The budget forecasts more than $100 billion in deficits for the next five years, contrary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s election promise to balance the budget in four years. Morneau billed the budget as a plan to “revitalize the Canadian economy” and deliver a tax break to nine million taxpayers, and a more generous, tax-free child benefit. Conservative leader Rona Ambrose said the finance ministry reported on budget day
that the Liberals inherited a $4 billion surplus. “There was still a surplus in January, and they’ve blown through that in the first 100 days,” Ambrose said. “What we’re seeing now is reckless spending without a job creation plan, and no actual plan in the budget to return to a balance.” NDP leader Thomas Mulcair took aim at Morneau’s move to target additional Employment Insurance coverage to areas of the country hit hard by the slump in oil and commodity prices. “Right now there are 850,000 people who have lost their jobs who are not even eligible for EI,” Mulcair said. “The budget only takes care of 50,000 of them.” B.C. Communities Minister Peter Fassbender said he is “delighted” at the infrastructure spend-
ing. With his own government touting its four straight balanced budgets, Fassbender declined to criticize the Trudeau government’s b o r ro w - a n d - s p e n d strategy. The budget also indicates Ottawa can contribute up to 50 per cent of future capital funding, instead of the one-third from each senior government that was the practice in the past. Big ticket items in the budget include the reduction of middle class tax rates – from 22 to 20.5 per cent for the $45,000 to $90,000 income bracket. Only part of that is offset by an increase in the tax rate for income over $200,000 from 29 to 33 per cent. The budget also includes $8.4 billion for aboriginal communities. – with files from Jeff Nagel
Harrison said he hopes that the ALC will “play by their own stated rules” and reverse the land exclusion. The VAA, in the meantime, is still working on its plan to develop the site into a 100,00 square foot shopping area. At a public meeting March 17 on the Gateway project, VAA Vice-President of Operations and Development James Bogusz said they are forging ahead. Omicron, the development company hired by the VAA, is pursuing ten-
ants for the site and an application to the Town of Sidney for a site rezoning is expected by mid-April. Harrison said his appeal does not put a hold on any activity on the land in question. In effect, the site could be developed should the VAA win its approvals prior to any decision on the appeal by the ALC. “There is some danger of that, yes,” Harrison said. “But, it’s going to go the way it goes.” editor@peninsulanewsreview.com
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rom Langford and Saanich, to Oak Bay and Esquimalt, Black Press readers are speaking out. What is happening is exactly what we hoped would transpire when we sat down to plan out our investigation into sewage treatment in the Capital Regional District. Since the five-part series launched a week ago, we’ve seen you become even more engaged in the process and provide new insights into a regional problem that has been debated around political committee tables for more than 20 years. In our introductory story, we inferred the majority of people support the idea that we need to follow federal wastewater rules and simply get on with finding a way to treat our sewage. But many of the letters we’ve received in the past week have been statements of both frustration and outright anger at the actions of local politicians and Capital Regional District staff. Readers say those two groups should pay more attention to marine scientists, who argue that the conditions around our outfalls provide enough dilution to limit the deleterious effects of untreated sewage being introduced into the ocean. Some have asked why our decision-makers haven’t made serious inquiries into whether we actually need expensive treatment plants. But we’re not so naïve as to think people are solely focused on the science of this situation. The billion-dollar plus cost of the current proposals is weighing heavily on readers’ minds, not to mention the prospect of ripping up Clover Point, or retooling the unpopular decision to put a single plant at McLoughlin Point in Esquimalt. In today’s paper we present stories on both of these topics. We’ll give readers an idea of what they can expect to pay under the two-plant program currently on the table, and where the money they’ve already paid for the CRD’s sewage program has gone. Then, we hear from two former University of Victoria marine scientists. Jack Littlepage and Chris Garrett sat with colleagues in the Black Press boardroom in Victoria in late 2007, asking for help to convince the public and the decision-makers that the measurable benefits of treatment on the local marine environment would be negligible. They said, spending a billion or more dollars on treatment plants was a poor use of public money. They continue to assert that today. While the costs offered to the CRD sewage committee are rough at best, the price tag of treatment has people worried. And it’s evident that for some residents, the “why” is still not clear enough. We hope that picture comes more into focus, as more information comes to light. For certain, we’re going to continue to ask questions. — Black Press
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YOUR VIEW
Welcome to Sidney; it’s time to pony up It seems customary that developers are expected to provide community amenities for approval on any large project here in the Town of Sidney. Omicron’s Gateway project only makes sense if it is accompanied by a pedestrian overpass over the Pat Bay Highway on the south side of Beacon Avenue. It’s a necessary safety feature given the inevitable increase in traffic across the highway. Also, it would maintain Beacon Avenue as a walking street and it’s an important piece of infrastructure for which Mayor Price has long advocated. Welcome to Sidney, Omicron! Time to pony up. Joshua Burke Sidney
All citizens have a right to be heard The comments by Ron Gurney on the VAA Gateway proposal are troubling. Aside from his conspiracy theory — that its just a handful of external naysayers from North Saanich fighting progress — it’s an assault on democracy by dismissing citizen participation, using the tried and tiresome old acronym of NIMBY. As a former financial businessman, Mr. Gurney is entitled to his belief that “Progress will happen” regardless, but his assertion that the “Town of Sidney certainly doesn’t need people from other
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municipalities imposing their beliefs,” illustrates the tyranny of urban politics. He deplores this “vocal minority [who] want to eliminate all progress while enjoying its benefits.” With the benefits of a commercial tax base, he can enjoy that conceit, but it ignores our interdependence and that we urbanites enjoy enormous health and welfare benefits from the produce, fields and green spaces that North Saanich provides. We urbanites do not pay our share of taxes for maintaining these benefits, nor do we stand up to protect them. All citizens have a right to be heard and not maligned, regardless of political boundaries. James K. Finley Sidney
Residents of North Saanich have a right to speak up Re: Ron Gurney’s Gateway letter, PNR March 16. My friend, Ron Gurney, is a first class accountant but he doesn’t know much about retail. At least, he is consistent — he promoted Costco on airport lands a few years ago. As to who should have an opinion on the proposed Gateway Shopping Centre, Ron is wrong again. The people of North Saanich, our customers, have every right to express an opinion — after all, it’s right on their border. They will have to deal with the traffic confusion at the intersection. That is of course, if they can find their way to Sidney through that maze at McTavish, another airport promotion. Clive Tanner Sidney
What did Sidney used to look llike? Let’s paint the sidewalks green! Downtown Sidney has precious little green space and it is decreasing. New four to five storey buildings with no setbacks are creating stark urban corridors. Maybe green sidewalks would help us remember what Sidney used to look like. Ruth Elvey Sidney
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LETTERS Think about the town’s environment E
arth Day is a time to think about the environment and to remind ourselves that nature needs to be protected from those who would destroy habitat, cut down trees and overdevelop our neighborhoods. Trees supply us with oxygen, absorb pollution, provide homes for many species including eagles, owls and osprey, all which are found in the Sidney
area. Please stop rezoning land where the developers cut down all or most of the trees. The town is attractive because of it’s appeal to visitors and new residents. If it is filled with condos, five and six story apartments and homes squeezed onto small properties, not to mention more traffic, it will not be such a desirable place to come to.
Please listen to us, the residents, and home owners and slow down the granting of permits to decimate our community. The mayor was elected on a platform of promising more involvement with the voters, including their views and ideas. What happened? Lynda Comber Sidney
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Black Press’ sewage treatment series
Sewage: Province has nothing to lose Thank you for the interesting articles on sewage treatment. The one concerning Halifax was especially good. Having lived in Halifax for several years on three occasions, I can safely say that they got the sewage treatment done for only one reason. The reason is obvious. There is only one municipal council thanks to the visionary provincial government under the late Premier John Savage who had the courage to force the four previous municipalities to amalgamate. Now there is only one council which is capable of making decisions without being beholden to numerous noisy undemocratic neighbourhood NIMBY associations and protest committees. Our provincial government could do the same thing. They have nothing to lose since this area is NDP anyway. They could leave a lasting legacy for efficiency, democracy and environmental improvement by forcing amalgamation and sewage treatment. Eric Nielsen Oak Bay
Sewage: More details, please It is great to see some attention being paid to the sewage treatment dilemma. Great layout and timeline to get some points across. I would caution against the use of “the majority, however, argue that it’s just the right thing to do” as taxpayers have not been afforded the referendum that could back up this highly speculative “fact.” Although it’s a Canadian city, Halifax is an awfully long ways away to draw any pointed comparisons. Closed beaches, murky waters and general disgust along its harbour are testament to the fact that the Halifax dilemma was worlds apart from the Victoria circumstance. It would be great to see some articles that point to the question of where pressure is coming from on this issue? The fact that “the government requires us to treat our sewage” is pretty glossy. Exactly
whom is making this case and what is the evidence? What is “treatment” specifically? Readers will require a bit more than this hand waving that we must do as we are told and that $327 million bought Halifax a couple cleaner beaches nearly a decade ago. Ryan Gisler Saanich
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Corporation of the District of Central Saanich Sewage: Looking for reasons for treatment Thanks for taking on this complicated, political issue. I look forward to reading each article as it is published. I feel your analysis will not be complete without taking a step back and addressing what is really driving this process. I have been following all the events and decisions and have yet to hear why we are actually going down this road. If there is a scientific or engineering foundation, then let’s see it. Or is it all politics as so many have suspected? Scientific studies seem to be in lock step, concluding that our current system is not contributing significantly to harming the local ocean environment. Well known and respected people such as retired Victoria MP David Anderson are questioning why we are not approaching the federal government for a reassessment of our “high risk” designation. Where is the analysis of the potential impact on the environment of installing and operating these treatment plants? Your analysis of the Halifax solution was of interest, but you fail to make it relevant. It would have been more compelling if you had chosen a location with similar characteristics to Victoria, rather than simply focus on another Canadian city that happens to be located on the ocean. Then your analysis could have included the behaviour of the waters where the sewage was being dumped, along with a comparison of environmental impacts. I urge you to do the research that seems to be sadly lacking thus far, and provide all the facts. Jim Trick Langford
NOTICE OF UPDATE TO BUSINESS LICENCE BYLAW Council is seeking input on proposed Central Saanich Business Licence Bylaw No. 1884, 2016 at its Regular Council meeting 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 4th, 2016 in the Central Saanich Municipal Hall, 1903 Mt. Newton Cross Road, Saanichton, BC. In general terms, the purpose of the proposed Bylaw No. 1884 is to replace the existing Central Saanich Business Licence Bylaw No. 1610, 2009 with an updated bylaw which would include the following changes: • • • • •
Update the definition of “Dwelling Unit”; Add a definition of “Farm-Based Business”; Add an exemption for agricultural production; Add the ability to impose conditions on a business licence, with a mechanism for a licence holder to appeal conditions to Council; and, Update the section of the bylaw addressing the suspension or cancellation of a licence to be consistent with the provisions of the Community Charter, including a process for appeal to Council.
Central Saanich Business Licence Bylaw No. 1884, 2016 can be examined on the District’s website through the CivicWeb Portal or at the Municipal Hall between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding holidays, from the date of this notice to 4:30 p.m., Monday, April 4th, 2016 inclusive. All persons who consider they are affected by the proposed Bylaw shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing, either in person, by representative, or by written submission, on all matters contained in the proposed Bylaw at the above mentioned time, date and place. The entire content of all submissions will be made public and form a part of the public record for this matter. Dated at Saanichton, BC, this 22nd day of March, 2016 Liz Cornwell, CMC Corporate Officer
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Readers respond: Sewage: Let citizens decide how to spend money I have minimal knowledge about sewage systems and the attendant costs. But I have to ask why, when a dozen or so scientists from the U.S. and Canada have stated that the Clover and Macaulay point sewage outfalls are working just fine and are the most sensible solution to the sewage disposal problem, do we continue to ignore their advice? What’s the point of having scientists if we don’t listen to them? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has allowed more than 100 cities larger than ours to use the method we are now using. We are being forced into this by the federal and provincial governments and some political pressure from Washington State. None of these entities seem to want to listen to their scientists. They want us to build a billion-dollar system that experts say will be outmoded in 15 to 20 years. What then? If the federal and provincial governments
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insist on going against scientific expertise, then let them pay for it and not increase my taxes, even though I am on a septic system. What are they going to do if Victoria just says no? This has been one of the most botched-up exercises I have ever witnessed. The CRD spent money on consulting fees, hiring a CEO, buying a building they can’t use for $17 million and property from DND they can’t use, plus a huge amount of civil servants’ time and costs. Nothing but waste. The big problem is the storm drain outfalls around the coast, which is not being addressed. Complete a cost-benefit analysis of the present system vs. the proposed systems. Consider environmental impact, CO2, disruption of neighbourhoods and whatever other issues crop up. Present it to the public and let us citizens decide how we want to spend our money. Maybe hospitals, schools, subsidized housing, outfalls and a few other things make more sense. Let the March 31 deadline pass. Tell the feds and province we will let the citizens decide
what they want to spend their hard-earned money on and don’t force us to do something that makes no sense. Bill Day Langford
Sewage: Science being ignored After following this issue closely for 10 years, my opinion is that we shouldn’t build a plant (or plants) at all. The primary reason is based on scientific evidence, which proves beyond any doubt that screened sewage discharges are dealt with efficiently and safely by the natural daily purging of tidal seawater and fresh water which mixes in the strait and then goes out to sea. Testing by marine scientists shows the liquid at the end of the deep-sea outflows is 99 per cent clear water. Why is it that our local politicians and the majority of citizens accept the science of climate change but refuse to consider scientific facts supporting our natural sewage system?
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It also operates successfully in many places around the world which are lucky enough to have the perfect hydraulic dynamics that we in Victoria enjoy. And why is the open letter to CRD signed by a dozen or so UVic scientists, who recommend we keep our existing system, being dismissed? If the scientific evidence isn’t enough, my second reason for concern is that if a couple of plants are built, the estimated $1 billion cost will end up at two or three times that. And finally, just imagine what $1 billion would do for the homelessness situation and other truly important issues. Please, let’s not spend our hard-earned money on something we don’t even need; the biggest white elephant in Island history. Wilfred Henderson Victoria
Sewage: Waiting for evidence As I am “one of the minority,”
I am curious that the sciencebased “no treatment required for many years, if ever” side of this story warranted one sentence in your first article. I suggest that when doing your next “Sewage in the CRD” timeline that you include the evidencebased information supplied by many scientists. Also, former Victoria MP David Anderson has been very good at summarizing. Until there has been a net benefit analysis done (benefit to the ocean environment at what cost both in dollars and to the land and air environment) I cannot understand how this can go ahead. We need to ask the governments for an exemption as has been done in places such as San Diego. And finally, I am amazed that Washington State officials feel that they can dictate to us about the ocean environment when Puget Sound is a polluted mess because there is not the same marine receiving environment, with large currents to flush waste efficiently. Jennie Sutton Oak Bay
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Horgan praises Peninsula small business B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan makes whistle stop at variety of Saanich Peninsula manufacturers “The low dollar helps in that regard but we have skilled people here, we’ve been in the film business for about three decades now ...”
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Leader of the Official Opposition, John Horgan was out and about this week, visiting what he said are examples of local businesses doing well with manufacturing on the Saanich Peninsula. “There’s a perception that British Columbia is all about the forests, all about the mines, all about the gas, and that’s important and that’s foundational for our economy in the past and will be critical in our future but there’s more going on than just that,” he told the PNR. Some of the manufacturing facilities they spoke to were facilities like Category 12 Brewing and Viking Air — which is the flagship of manufacturing on the Peninsula, he said. Horgan also visited VRX flight simulators, which are creating, in essence, massive video games being purchased by aeronautics companies and others to give their pilots the simulations they need. “The objective was to come out and show the flag as the leader of the opposition and hear the success stories of manufacturing here on the Peninsula,” said Horgan So what’s next for this politician? “An election next year that I hope to win, but that’s down the road,” he said with a smile. With the legislature down for another week, Horgan will be travel-
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He said that is impressive as they started from nearly scratch, working up to their current level. “Whether it be this brew pub or other brew pubs on the south island or even throughout B.C,
the liquor law changes have made it more difficult for craft brewers and we’re trying to work with them and the government to come to a solution where we can see this sector grow, but it starts with small business.”
On the recent tour, Horgan was joined by manufacturing spokesperson and NDP MLA for Surrey-Whalley, Bruce Ralston, along with MLA for Saanich North and the Islands, Gary Holman.
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North Saanich author shortlisted for book prize Pauline Holdstock a finalist for the BC Book Prize Carlie Connolly News staff
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but to also be aware of the other kids and help them out too,” she said. When the kids are ready to go home, they will receive a handful of wrapped chocolate eggs. The event will commence at 1 p.m. and finish around 2 p.m. on March 27, and rain or shine, should see a decent turnout as last year saw a couple hundred people. “We’re pretty hardy west coasters and everybody puts their gumboots on and comes out anyways,” said Heywood. There is a covered area if it were to rain for the bunny and carrot to be undercover interacting with the kids, in case people don’t wish to get wet. Admission is free, and this year the Kiwanis Club of Sidney will be involved, working with Peninsula Celebrations. “We are really happy to be working with them again on this particular event.” The Kiwanis Club will be at the top of the hill to sell coffee and hot chocolate by donation. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com
North Saanich resident and author Pauline Holdstock is a finalist for the BC Book Prize for her book The Hunter and The Wild Girl. “I’m so happy to be on the shortlist, happy for my publisher too because they are so supportive of the book and of course you want to see it do well,” Holdstock told the PNR in a recent email, as she is out of the country. Set in the late 19th century in rural France in the Languedoc, The Hunter and The Wild Girl
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Celebrating the Salish Sea Event held to announce Shaw Centre’s new name Carlie Connolly News staff
A sea of guest speakers will share their stories of the Salish Sea in celebration of the name change of the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre in Sidney. A special event April 2 will mark the official change to the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea and help raise money for Coast Salish programming. “Our new focus is on the entire bioregion, so that includes now the watershed, the land and also the culture and people, so it’s really trying to elevate the awareness of the Salish Sea as it goes along with our new name,” said Executive Director of the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea, Mark Loria.
Many will come out to speak including some Coast Salish representatives, TEMOSENG Charles Elliott, who is a Coast Salish Artist and Elder. Elliott is recognized for his mentoring of other Salish artists, and is now one of the board advisors at the Centre. Elliott will be opening the event, welcoming people to WSANEC Nation. The event will start at 5 p.m. on April 2 and will begin with a cocktail reception. There will also be First Nations catering from the Tsawout Nation. Loria said the major reason for the event is to announce the Centre’s new name. It’s to also put a spotlight on how important the Salish Sea is to the region. “The Salish Sea is actually now
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She said those two hours of nap time had seemed the ideal interlude for writing. “Blissfully — it seems now — there was no email to check, no Facebook and no wasting time. I was very productive, writing every single day, weekends and holidays included.” Holdstock said although she didn’t enrol in any creative writing programs, she did have a background in
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Speakers to outline root of the sea Continued from page 12
Arntzen and Wright run an education program in schools based on the Salish Sea and have written a whole curriculum plan around songs and music to learn about the nature and wildlife of the Salish Sea. The event’s headliners are Dr. Bert Webber — a Marine Biologist and retired professor from
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The event will run until around 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $50, which includes one free drink upon arrival, cocktail appetizers and a future complimentary admissions pass, a $15 value, and a $10 tax receipt. All funds raised will go towards the Coast Salish programming. Tickets are available at eventbrite.ca. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com
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Friday, March 25, 2016 - PENINSULA
Where has your tax money gone?
There’s one plant to treat CAPITAL COSTS the sewage and$1,088,000,000 another to ANNUAL OPERATING treat COSTSthe political sensibilities, (2030) and that’s not good public $22,810,000 policy.
LOCAL COSTS Capital residents may have after Grants noticed a sewage levy on their $605,500,000
— Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS $69,331,955
ANNUAL DEBT $46,521,955
FEDERAL& PROVINCIAL Grants $482,500,000
CONSTRUCTION COSTS ANNUAL COSTS Arnold Lim/Black Press
Money at heart of treatment issue ESTIMATED ANNUAL COSTS
Two-plant solution was a compromise Dan Ebenal
Nailing down a firm number, however, is easier said than done. The consultants were asked to come up with cost Money is the overriding estimates for the current issue in finding a solution to proposal in a very short time the Capital Region’s sewage frame – the Clover Pointtreatment challenge. And McLoughlin option surfaced only the big fear for the region’s a few days before the core area residents and their political liquid waste management representatives is seeing tax committee voted dollars flushed down to move forward the toilet. with that option. That fear is SPECIAL The hope well grounded REPORT around the in reality, with board table more than $65 is that the million spent $1.05 billion so far on the cost can project, which be reduced remains in the IN TH when preliminary E submissions design stage. are invited from Almost half of the private sector. those funds ($27.79 “I think we truly million) are for land are looking at a worst-case purchases – including $17 scenario,” said Saanich Mayor million for a Viewfield Road Richard Atwell, vice-chair of the property no longer in the CRD’s committee. plans for sewage treatment – Bartlett argues the final costs while $12 million was spent to could easily go the other way. complete the Craigflower pump “It seems rarely do projects station in View Royal. come in on budget, it’s the Those costs have caused nature of the business. The Blue trepidation about the estimated Bridge is an example of that,” $1.05-billion cost for the he said, pointing to rising steel preferred two-plant option at costs or a tumbling Canadian McLoughlin/Macaulay and dollar as variables that cannot Clover points. be controlled. “It’s a huge drain on the Brian Grover is among the taxpayers’ pockets, and basically local residents who have been the numbers are in a bloody closely following the issue in muddle,” said Stan Bartlett, with recent years. Grover, a civil Grumpy Taxpayers of Greater engineer specializing in water Victoria. resources, said residents are Bartlett, a Victoria resident looking for value for their money. who chairs the group of several “My impression is that up until hundred taxpayers, said it’s the very recent days, that’s been CRD’s responsibility to provide kind of a foreign concept for detailed and understandable most of the policy-makers and numbers to the public. their consultants,” he said. “My “With the numbers being hope is that the (people) who bandied about, are these sewage are making a decision will be treatment costs soft numbers? looking to get the best bang for Are they hard numbers? Are the buck, meaning the highest they outright guesses? That’s necessary level of treatment at certainly the bottom line for us.”
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water bills or property taxes for the past several years. But the $30 million raised so far won’t be going towards the billion-dollar solution to the region’s sewage woes. That money has already been spent, along with another $7 million in temporary borrowing. The Capital Regional District began ramping up to cover treatment costs in 2013, implementing a $5-million per year levy on commercial and residential users in the seven communities. That regional levy rose by $5 million a year, but was held at $15 million a year for 2016 with the project paused. The CRD’s plan is for the public contribution to grow by $5 million to $20 million a year in 2017, with the levy reaching a peak of $35 million a year by 2020 and continue at that rate. CRD staff estimate that $7 million to $8 million of the public contribution goes toward annual operating costs for the current system, with the other $10 million or so going towards consultants and engineers, as well as the public consultation process. Estimates for the eventual sewage treatment costs in 2020 range from a low of a $352 average annual charge for Saanich residents to a high of $741 a year for those living in Colwood, with the funding apportioned based on population. The estimates project the $800average annual household cost as $439 for Esquimalt, $570 for Oak Bay, $495 for Victoria, $415 for View Royal and $400 for Langford. Colwood is hoping to see a more equitable system for its taxpayers, given that 70 per cent of the community’s homes are connected to septic. A complete breakdown of the more than $65 million spent on the project since 2006 was not provided by CRD staff, but the figure includes $27.79 million in land purchases. A category listed as “other Seaterra program expenses” totalled $29 million, with no further explanation of where the costs were directed. Black Press is in the process of securing that information through a Freedom of Information request. The project expenditures also include $1.9 million in legal fees, $260,000 in interim financing costs, $1 million for contract terminations – including $500,000 for former Seaterra program director Albert Sweetnam – and another $1 million for the Eastside and Westside select committee activities. The cost of the twoplant option for Clover and McLoughlin/Macaulay points is currently estimated at $1.05 billion.
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the lowest possible cost.” Some directors believe the committee rejected a lowercost option when they ruled out revisiting a lone plant at McLoughlin Point. Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen said that decision added $250 million to the project’s cost. “This is a political compromise. If we left it to the economists and engineers, we would be looking at a single plant. There’s one plant to treat the sewage and another plant to treat the political sensibilities, and that’s not good public policy,” he said. Other directors said measuring the current options against a lone McLoughlin plant is comparing apples to oranges, pointing to the dramatic decline in the Canadian dollar. Victoria Coun. Ben Isitt was critical of the arbitrary nature of the decision based on “very flimsy financial information,” suggesting the committee was “growing the project scope to create windfall profits for the construction sector.” While the cost to local taxpayers is far from settled, the commitments from senior levels of government have been established: $248 million from
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the B.C. government and another $253 million expected from Ottawa. Those funds represent about two-thirds of the cost of the original proposal for a plant at McLoughlin Point, but only account for about half of the current estimated costs. While there may be other federal or provincial funds the project could tap into, Atwell said, he doesn’t expect the previously announced grants to be increased. “They don’t want to update it, they don’t want to provide any more,” he said. “If they did, there would be no incentive to bring in any project at budget.” It’s clear from the discussion around the table that taxpayers have made their concerns clear to their political representatives. Saanich Coun. Judy Brownoff said she has received numerous comments and emails from her constituents, most of them focused on the financial implications. “At the end of the day, this is about the cost to our taxpayers,” she said. “When you have a senior call you and she’s crying because she’s worried about the cost of this facility and she may lose her home – cost is the No. 1 issue to me.”
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Secondary vs. tertiary treatment
Dave Gardner, senior operator with the CRD’s Integrated Water Systems, looks over the water that has just been through the screening process inside the Clover Point Pumping Station. Don Denton/Black Press
Scientists question need for expenditure CRD monitoring shows outfall areas not in compliance with federal regulations Pamela Roth Black Press
Jack Littlepage can’t help but feel appalled whenever he thinks about the Capital Regional District spending hundreds of millions to construct a sewage treatment system. Working with other area scientists, the former University of Victoria oceanography professor has spent years researching the environmental impact of dumping untreated sewage into the ocean and whether treatment is necessary here. The answer is always no. But the federal government plans to spend billions over the next several years in support of national standards meant to eliminate raw sewage from being pumped into Canadian waterways. Those rules mandate secondary wastewater treatment in coastal cities like Victoria, but Littlepage said the regulations are mainly good for freshwater and don’t allow any variances on the discharge. “We are forced to obey freshwater regulations that have nothing to do with our problems here. They need to be interpreted in light of the environment into which they are being discharged,” he said. He noted the CRD could fight the
regulations, since the effects of wastewater discharge aren’t the same everywhere. “It’s beyond belief that someone hasn’t said, ‘OK government, this is wrong, it’s wasting your money, our money and accomplishing nothing.’ We are listed as a critical discharge into the ocean and yet there is no data to support this and there has never been an environmental impact on the comparison of on-land treatment discharge.” Scientists have long debated whether Greater Victoria needs to change its way of streaming sewage into the ocean, writing numerous reports touching on sediments in the vicinity of the outfalls, chemicals and pharmaceuticals found in the effluent, impacts on marine life and risks to public health. According to the reports, the outfalls pose no public health hazard since effluent only comes to the surface once or twice a year. As for the marine environment, the effluent has some measurable impact on the invertebrates living in sediments around the outfalls, but Littlepage noted the impacts aren’t necessarily negative – the environment is rich and thriving due to nutrients in the effluent. Marine scientists conclude
Regulations make secondary treatment mandatory n In July 2012, the federal government revealed the Canada-wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent – a long list of regulations intended to “protect human health and the receiving environment” by reducing the 150 billion litres of sewage dumped into Canadian waterways each year. n The regulations apply to any wastewater system designed to collect an average volume of 100 cubic metres or more of influent (water flowing into a plant for treatment) per day, and requires all Canadian municipalities (except those in the north) to move towards at least secondary treatment. n At an estimated cost of $6 billion, the strategy is being implemented across the country, starting with high-risk locations by 2020, then medium-risk by 2030 and low-risk by 2040. Victoria has been deemed high risk. n 2,650 wastewater systems in Canada are subject to the regulations and an estimated 75 per cent of the existing systems are already at the secondary level of treatment. Those that don’t come into compliance by the targeted date could face enforcement.
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Scientists Jack Littlepage, left, and Chris Garrett shared their views on the Victoria sewage treatment issues. that conditions off the present outfalls are similar to those off the outfalls from secondary treatment plants in other municipalities. A treatment plant, however, would be effective in removing or metabolizing a variety of potentially toxic chemicals (from household products and pharmaceuticals) in the effluent that would be concentrated in sludge. Scientists have found no indication that chemicals discharged in the past have caused harm to the marine environment, but agree a number of issues still require further investigation. Critics cite a litany of environmental concerns, from oxygen depletion and toxic contaminants in the liquid waste being absorbed by the marine food chain, to fecal coliforms near outfalls posing a hazard to humans. Glenn Harris, a senior scientist with the CRD, is tasked with compliance monitoring. He’s heard arguments from scientists about the lack of necessity for treatment, but noted the region is out of compliance with federal and provincial regulations – which were put in place for a reason. According to Harris, the volume of effluent at each of the two outfalls is just over 40,000 cubic metres per day and Victoria exceeds the regulations
on a number of things, such as effluent toxicity and bacteria. Adding a secondary treatment system will not only bring Victoria in line with government regulations, it will reduce the concerning contaminants. “We’ve had that argument with the feds. They said ‘here is our benchmark, here’s our regulations.’ They’ve been tasked with defining what protecting the human health and environment is and our monitoring shows we are not in compliance with that,” Harris said. “You can see the discharge of contaminants into the ocean. We can see that in the food chain. Killer whales are highly contaminated … and we know the contaminants are a significant stress and risk to those species.” Chris Garrett, a former professor of ocean physics at the University of Victoria, is amazed there hasn’t been a detailed analysis of the real or potential problems. Instead of constructing an expensive plant, he said, the money should be spent on looking at pollutants and how to get rid of them. “If you said to a marine scientist, one of our primary goals is to protect the marine environment and we can spend several hundred million, this (sewage treatment plant) would not be high on our shopping list,” he said.
One consideration being discussed by the core area liquid waste management committee has been whether to treat the region’s wastewater to a secondary or tertiary level. The option identified by the committee will see secondary or tertiary treatment plants constructed at Clover and McLoughlin points. Currently, the area’s sewage receives only preliminary treatment. Screens filter out particles larger than 6mm such as rocks, rags and plastics, which are collected and sent to landfill. Primary treatment uses gravity to allow solids to settle, with grease, oil and fat skimmed off. Screening traps solid objects, and sedimentation by gravity removes suspended solids. Secondary treatment removes dissolved organic matter that escapes primary treatment and uses bacteria to convert it into bacterial cells. The wastewater is then filtered by separating the treated liquid from the cells. Secondary treatment, the federal standard for a marine discharge, removes about 85 per cent of the suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand. Tertiary treatment improves the quality of the effluent using methods such as membrane filtration, ultraviolet disinfection and advanced oxidation. It can remove more than 99 per cent of impurities from wastewater, producing an effluent with almost drinking-water quality. Tertiary treatment would further reduce the contaminants in the liquid effluent destined for the ocean. While each level of treatment results in a cleaner effluent, tertiary is more expensive. One estimate suggests that treating wastewater to a tertiary level would cost about $100 million more than secondary – an additional $84/year cost on average for households.
In Wednesday’s report: In the fourth instalment of our five-part series on sewage treatment we turn our attention to the West Shore, as well as plans to deal with biosolids. Read your community paper March 30 to find out more.
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Police forum gets into crime stats, traffic Sidney North Saanich RCMP engaging more with the community Steven Heywood News staff
Between 40 and 50 people turned out to an RCMP town hall meeting in Sidney to learn more about their local police force. Earlier this month, the Sidney North Saanich RCMP met with some of the people it serves, with the goal of learning what citizens’ concerns are, and to better connect with those they might not otherwise see. Corporal Erin Fraser says police typically see people when they are having a bad day and often the interaction between them and police isn’t the most positive experience. The town hall meeting, she continued, was one way the local RCMP can connect with people in an informal setting. Discussion between people and the police was minimal during the meeting, she said, but people did have a variety
of issues and questions of the terly numbers, showing both increases and decreases in RCMP. “Traffic is a recurring theme,” crime in the area. Overall, FraFraser said. “One issue is our ser said that total criminal code speed enforcement on the high- offences in Sidney and North way leading up to the ferry ter- Saanich through last year were down 3.4 per cent (1,123 in 2015, minal.” She said some people felt compared with 1,085 in 2015). Property crime in 2015 also speed traps there were happendropped by 5.7 per cent (555 ing too much. However, Fraser noted the incidents last year; 589 in 2014). There were some speed limit drops from areas that saw an 80 kilometres per hour increase, including to 50 so quickly, that assaults — a 16 per drivers can be taken cent jump in 2015. Fraunaware. At the same ser said the majority time, she said, there of those incidents (60 are concerns that per cent of them) were there are too many domestic assaults. people speeding to Fraser added the catch a ferry. town hall meeting Fraser said others was helpful in allowat the meeting wanted ing the detachment to to see more patrols in Erin Fraser get feedback on local their neighbourhoods. issues. She said she And while she said officers try to visit many places in hopes to hold similar meetings North Saanich and Sidney, lim- every year. In the meantime, the RCMP ited resources and emergency calls mean they cannot be every- continues to hold meetings with a new local police committee. where at once. A portion of the discussion They have a new website — turned to the area’s crime sta- www.consultsnspolice.com — and people can register to it to tistics. The RCMP detachment receive updates. editor@peninsulanewsreview.com recently released its latest quar-
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their volunteers, giv- Thompson said his iniing them some kind tial response would be of uniform to be more to ask the Chamber to easily identified. They submit a grants-in-aid would also like some application — which is of their budget from assistance with the pur- due in September. Another way would grants and other pro- chase of mobile electric grams. Another $13,000, technology for them be to enter into agreeor 11 per cent, comes when greeting people ment for fees for service, as suggested. from selling space and outside of their offices. Coun. Zeb King said The total cost will be signs and from promo$50,000 — or $25,000 he thinks council needs tional information. “This budget sup- per year for both Cen- to rationalize where tral Saanich they are trying to do ports our existand North positive things with a ing program finite amount of money. Saanich. so long as the “We certainly want “We sugChamber itself gest that to, I think everybody can operate there be a around the council out of the Pat three year table wants to help Bay Centre.” term con- business, we all depend They hope tract that on business ...” he said, to put the Pat would be adding they do have Bay Centre on subject to other commitments. firmer finan“Maybe Central Saaan annual cial footing r e v i e w , nich needs to check through con- Zeb King a p p r o v a l and see whether or not tracts with and exten- we’re spreading ourCentral Saanich and North Saanich. sion for one more year,” selves a little thin with every organization,” he The Chamber is seek- said Walker. He said they would said. “In fact, maybe ing $25,000 from each of the two communities also like to strike a visi- the Chamber of Comeach year to fund three tors services advisory merce is where we get our biggest bang for the committee. programs. “This advisory com- amount of energy and The first is mobile services, which would mittee we think could everything that goes be a year round opera- provide the oversight, in.” No action was taken, tion. They are looking direction and accountat purchasing a mobile ability for the funds but council will consider the Chamber’s kiosk and have staff being expended….” Councillor Bob request in the future. and volunteers appear at key events. Second is the Pat Bay centre itself. The visitor services is closed in the winter and Walker said it’s important year ‘round as the Peninsula is a real tourist centre. They would like to stay open all year and in WEEK 8 COMMUNITY GROUP: order to do that they RC Sea Cadet Corps Admiral Budge need more money, estimated at $14,500. Week 7’s Winner is Third, the Chamber Terry Scharf would like to brand
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The Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce is seeking financial assistance from Central Saanich to help pay for three projects. Chamber Director Doug Walker made a presentation to Central Saanich council Monday night. Covering the municipality of Central Saanich, North Saanich and Sidney, the Chamber is exclusive in the area, having around 330 members — 19 per cent of those being from Central Saanich. It operates three tourist centres — on the Pat Bay Highway, Beacon Avenue in Sidney and at the Washington State Ferry Terminal. “Visitor services is our largest category of expense, accounting for about half of our annual expenditures,” said Walker. In 2015, the Chamber greeted more than 65,000 visitors. “This year our budget for visitor services is about $118,000, of which 51 per cent — or $60,000 — comes to us from the Town of Sidney directly as a fee for services contract in exchange for us operating the visitors centre on Beacon Avenue.” They receive another $45,000 or 38 per cent
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Sidney sticks with Tulista for new skate park Preliminary designs expected at March 30 open house Steven Heywood News staff
Sidney’s new skate park will still be built in Tulista Park — if plans are approved by the municipality and they get grant money, that is. Later this month, NewLine Skateparks will host an open house to present options for the design of a new skateboard facility. This is a follow up to a Nov. 25, 2015 public session with local youth and others to select potential elements for the design. On March 30, the consultant will get feedback and is expected to refine public suggestions into a draft design. That design, according to a Sidney town staff report, will allow the municipality to determine how much a new skate park will cost. Costs and design have
thus far been based on using the north portion of green space in Tulista Park for a new skate facility. Sidney Councillor Barbara Fallot says some of neighbours in the area have asked her whether Tulista Park is the best place for it. “It’s being seen by some as a valuable open space on the waterfront,” she said, adding now, she’s not sure the park should be carved up and asked if there were other options — such as Iroquois Park across the street. Fallot suggested space near the Iroquois Park field house might be an alternate site, as that part is already full of recreation structures. Coun. Mervyn LougherGoodey noted that Sidney has plans in 2017 not only for the skate park in Tulista, but beach volleyball and pickleball courts as well. He noted that the spaces in Iroquois Park that Fallot suggested could impact apple trees in the area. LougherGoodey said those trees were contentious when the Town revamped the park and had no desire to do anything that would put them in jeopardy.
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Sidney town councillors Cam McLennan, from left, and Tim Chad joined with parents and youth last November to help plan a new skate park. Options will be presented at an open house Wednesday, March 30 at the Sidney Fire Hall starting at 6 p.m. Fallot said she was concerned that turning to the space in Tulista Park was “an easy fix” in replacing the existing skate park south of the Mary Winspear Centre. The skate park is being
eyed for replacement due to the Town’s plans for a new community safety building in that space. That project is contingent upon a lease with the society that runs the Mary Winspear Centre.
The majority of Sidney council does, however, favour the Tulista Park site for the new skate park. Coun. Tim Chad noted he likes it because of its space and access to other ameni-
ties, such as transit. “We’re rapidly providing the most recreational opportunities within the boundaries of Sidney that we can,” he said. Chief Administrative Officer Randy Humble added the skate park consultant was also given the Tulista space as the preferred option and has been the focus of their design planning thus far. Councillors added the Tulista site is also very visible — a possible deterrent to any shady activities that some people associate with skate parks. Once a draft design is given to council after March 30, Town staff will draw up a budget for the project and seek out grant possibilities. Sidney has already applied for $100,000 in funding from the Peninsula Co-op’s community spaces program. They will know if they are successful in May. If all goes smoothly, staff report that construction of a new skate park could be completed by the summer of 2017. editor@peninsula newsreview.com
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Mike Holmes is lending his national brand to an Island contractor. Saanich’s Horizon Pacific Contracting as an official HOLMES Approved Homes Partner Builder. Horizon will be the only contractor to offer the exclusive program in Greater Victoria and the Gulf Islands. “I partnered with Horizon because they believe the
same things I do,” said Mike Holmes. “They go beyond industry standards, and their projects, reputation and awards prove it.” Holmes was named the second most widely trusted person in Canada by Reader’s Digest
in 2010. His philosophy is simple: The things you don’t see in a home are more important than the things you do, and addressing these critical details today protects your investment, saving you time, trouble and money tomorrow. Holmes launched the HOLMES Approved Homes Program in 2011, which implements his mandate in new-home construction and give home buyers the opportunity to purchase a home built to his standards. “We’re excited to offer our clients this program,” said Tim Agar, managing partner of Horizon. “This gives them third-party verification from an internationally recognized expert that our homes meet the highest quality standard out there, adding value now and at resale time. It’s another way to demonstrate the high calibre of
homebuilding we have built our reputation on.” Every new build or major renovation registered in the HOLMES approved program undergoes a series of inspections conducted by Approved Mike Holmes Inspectors. The inspection process ensures homes are built to the highest quality and energy efficiency standards, resulting in buildings that are safer, healthier, and that last longer. Horizon is a certified BUILT GREEN builder, winner of a 2015 Canadian Home Builder’s award for project of the year, and builder of Victoria’s first LEED platinum residence (certification pending). Horizon was founded over 25 years ago and grew from a two-person partnership to a company running six fulltime crews. — Black Press/Saanich News
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