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Team targets impaired drivers Local officers named to Alexa’s Team Carlie Connolly News staff

Four local police officers have been working hard to rid the region’s road of impaired drivers and are being recognized for their efforts.

They, alongside other officers from across the province, were named to Alexa’s Team.

The honour is named after a young girl, Alexa Middelaer, who was killed by a drunk driver in 2008 while feeding a horse at the side of a lower mainland road. A team was created in her name and police in B.C are recognized based on their focus of taking impaired drivers off the road.

Constables Scott Seutter and Kent Nelson of Sidney North Saanich RCMP have been named to the Alexa’s Team for their work in 2015. They are joined by Constable Chad Vincent and Constable Anil Apa of the Central Saanich Police Service. Nelson was named to the all star team — which means he took a significant number of impaired drivers off the road in 2015.

MADD Canada, ICBC, the RCMP and supporters of Alexa’s Team gathered on April 27 to recognize 246 officers from around the province.

Please see: Officers processed 71,300 drivers, page 2

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Edouard and Alex Arthur, both 13, and Rylee Phillips are French Immersion students at Bayside Middle School in Brentwood Bay. They have helped put together a youth-based French language radio show for CILS 107.9 FM in Victoria.

Kids take French to the airwaves Trio of students from Ecole Bayside Middle School lead new teen program Steven Heywood News staff

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Constables Kent Nelson, left, and Scott Seutter of the RCMP were recognized and named to Alexa’s Team.

A trio of teenagers from Ecole Bayside Middle School are trying to reach their peers by speaking their language.

French, that is.

This week, Grade 7 students Edouard and Alex Arthur and Rylee Phillips will be featured on Victoria French community radio station CILS 107.9 FM in a new

30-minute segment called Ca Roule (Let’s Roll, in English). It’s a program designed in partnership with Canadian Parents for French, Saanich Chapter, to try to bring the language to more area students.

Four programs have been completed, featuring the thee student interviewers who talked to adults within the local French-speaking community. Rylee, a big fan of women’s rugby, was overjoyed when she had the chance to interview members

of the Canadian National Women’s Rugby Team.

“It was cool,” she said. “It was a lot of work but it was fun to record our work and use different technologies.”

Alex, for example, interviewed a Cuban saxophone player from Victoria over Skype while the musician was abroad.

Please see: French radio show open, page 5

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News Review third-best in B.C. Peninsula News Review claims its second award for general excellence Oak Bay, the lower mainland and the interior also picked up prizes for overall general excellence. Black Press reporters, photographers, ad designers and more were also recognized at the annual gala — in categories ranging from advertising and community service, to photography and writing.

The third place finish in B.C. and Yukon comes on the heels of a second place finish in the national Newspapers Canada awards contest, also for overall excellence and among papers with similar circulation numbers at the PNR.

SIDNEY — A third place finish among community newspapers of similar circulation size in B.C. and the Yukon territory wrapped up a successful awards season for the Peninsula News Review.

On Saturday night at a ceremony at the River Rock Resort in Richmond, the PNR claimed the bronze in the B.C. and Yukon Community Newspaper Association’s Ma Murray awards — in the newspaper excellence category. Black Press sister papers the Campbell River Mirror and the Yukon News took silver and gold, respectively.

“An appealing newspaper that uses its space really well,” noted the judges about the News Review. “Great front page, strong photography, a solid op-ed section and an obvious local focus overall. A nice package!”

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Constable Chad Vincent of the Central Saanich Police Service, centre, was recognized and named to Alexa’s Team. Constable Anil Apa was also named to the team.

Officers processed 71,300 drivers since 2008 Continued from page 1

Alexa’s parents were also present at the emotional ceremony to hand out the awards to officers.

“As a family, it is our privilege to recognize the members of Alexa’s Team whom have gone above and beyond to ensure the safety of our communities,” said Alexa’s mother, Laurel. “It is good and right to acknowledge and thank those who individually and collectively make an enormous difference, each and every day.

“In the wake of the tragic loss of our daughter ... this is one event that allows our family to find some needed good. These members are heroes and deserve our appreciation.”

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PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW - Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Tip of the Peninsula sidney plans for two anniversaries

SIDNEY — Former Town of Sidney councillor and current Town Crier Kenny Podmore is heading up a new committee to celebrate not only Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, but also the Town’s 50th anniversary of incorporation as a municipality.

Podmore, who is the Town’s anniversary events co-ordinator, presented tentative plans for next summer. They include a street party, children’s carnival and a bigger, brighter Sidney Days and Canada Day celebration.

The Town’s 50th will be officially marked on January 1, 2017 — the actual date of incorporation — with an afternoon tea for residents at the Mary Winspear Centre.

If organizations would like to be involved with either anniversary, contact Podmore at 250-5655-4631 or anniversary2017@sidney. ca.

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Correction

A recent article in the PNR indicated the Town of Sidney was expecting a surplus of more than $800,000 in its 2016 budget. That is not the case. We incorrectly read the Town’s financial plan document and we apologize for the error.

Sidney’s Chief Financial Officer said that if the Town actually had a surplus in 2016, they would not have sought a general tax increase.

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Rod Peel with Industrial Machine Transport, from left, Dave Peters with the British Columbia Aviation Museum and Mike Ingram with Victoria Air Maintenance. Behind them is the B.C. Aviation Museum’s latest addition —a vintage search and rescue helicopter.

New whirlybird for air museum Carlie Connolly News staff

The British Columbia Aviation Museum got a new addition to its collection — an Aeropatiale Alouette III helicopter.

The vintage helicopter was based at Pat Bay from 1966 to 1987, serving as a Coast Guard aircraft. It was also stationed at Parksville for many years.

The aircraft was transported from Steveston to North Saanich by a division of Industrial Machine Transport and unloaded by Victoria Air Maintenance.

The Alouette will undergo minor restoration and will be on display for the public to view during regular Museum hours.

— with files form the BC Aviation Museum

Distracted driving fines jump to $368 in B.C. VICTORIA — A first offence for checking your phone while driving will cost B.C. drivers $543 when new penalties take effect June 1.

The fine for distracted driving goes up from $167 to $368, and drivers will also be assessed four penalty points, triggering another $175 charge. The combination results in a total penalty of $888 for a second offence within a year of the first.

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The helicopter later went to the B.C. Institute of Technology in Burnaby where it served as a teaching aid. It was later donated to Steveston London Secondary School.

The move back to its home base was initiated by Steveston’s Technology Education Instructor, Dan Steward, who approached the Museum regarding the historic addition.

driving fines for Canadian provinces and two tickets in a year will also trigger an automatic review by the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles that could result in licence suspension.

Public consultation over the past year found support for a tougher approach.

“A lot of the input that we had indicated even higher penalties than that,” Morris said.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone said the public awareness campaigns have

not convinced enough people of the dangers of trying to use mobile phones or other devices without hands-free services.

“Imagine trying to drive the length of a football field while you’re blindfolded,” Stone said.

Central Saanich Police Chief Les Sylven, president of the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police, reminded drivers that being at a stop light or stuck in a traffic jam does not mean the distracted driving penalties don’t apply.

NDP public safety critic Mike Farnworth said the government didn’t need to take a year to increase one of the lowest distracted driving penalty systems in the country, and giving the superintendent discretion over multiple repeat offenders doesn’t send a clear enough message.

“Frankly, I think that if you get more than three in the course of the year, there should be no ‘may’ about it, you will lose your licence,” Farnworth said.

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Seniors Advocate to survey those in care VICTORIA — B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie announced on Monday the launch of a province-wide survey of 27,000 residents living in 303 publiclysubsidized care facilities in B.C. “For the first time in this province we are going to every care facility and we are asking every resident and their most frequent visitor, a number of questions about their quality of life in the care facility,” said Mackenzie.

The survey will explore a range of questions on privacy, food, safety and security, comfort, respect and responsiveness of staff, personal relationships, medications and activities in the facility.

Residents will be interviewed in-person and their most frequent visitor, who is usually a family member, will be sent a mail-out survey.

“Through this comprehensive and standardized approach we will be able

“Sometimes it is a university to learn from the people who student with an interest in call residential care their home; seniors’ care, other times it what impacts their quality of is retired health care prolife and whether we are meetfessionals, and other times ing their needs,” said Mackeninterested members of the zie. community. I am inviting The survey and its methodvolunteers from all over the ology were designed through province, from diverse backa 14-month consultative progrounds, to take part in this cess involving key stakeholdvery important process. We ers including facilities, health also welcome people who authorities, family members, speak languages other than union representatives, com- Isobel English.” munity groups and academic Mackenzie A website has been develexperts from across Canada. A oped for survey volunteers cornerstone of the survey will be the involvement of trained volunteers. www.surveybcseniors.org.

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Keating study defining priorities Central Saanich business analysis looking at local needs in the area Carlie Connolly News staff

Senior Associate with Stantec Consulting Mark Crisp provided an update to the District of Central Saanich recently on the Keating Business Corridor Analysis. He provided them with the feedback from respondents to a survey, along with the current project status and next steps.

Crisp said Stantec is currently at stage three of the project — the Co-create stage. In that, they are looking at different building scenarios based on what’s possible within the study area of the Keating Industrial Area.

There are 17 fundamental principles in the District of Central Saanich’s Official Community Plan (OCP). Those help keep focus on how the priorities coming out of a business plan being — developed as part of the Keating Business Corridor Analysis — will conwith the OCP. “One of the things nect Respondents indiwe did ask as well was cated there a few main areas of focus the idea of how the in relation to the curOCP fits in with this rent OCP principles: supporting ecowhole process ...” nomic development; supporting agricul– Mark Crisp ture, and; providing a range of housing opportunities, to name a few.

A community open house, stakeholder workshop and individual meetings have all been held to begin getting feedback and comments on the corridor.

“One of the things we did ask as well was the idea of how the OCP fits in with this whole process and fundamentally what those principles are and how we would use them,” Crisp said during his presentation to council on April 18.

With almost 30 surveys returned so far, input from the community at large is among the next steps. Residents will be able to give their input at the end of May. Crisp said when respondents were asked what they felt would help generate more business in the Keating Business Corridor, they indicated their top five.

The first was better highway access, followed by more businesses, tax incentives/benefits, improved transit and improved walkability.

Some of the other input received online suggested a need to fill business vacancies, beautify the area, improve the transportation system for all including bikes and provide more residential housing.

Crisp said from the feedback from the business survey, a strong majority of respondents think the current Highway 17 access to the area is not sufficient and that improvements could help their businesses significantly.

As a result, the respondents’ top priority for change — and their top current constraint — is transportation access.

Crisp also mentioned some of the advantages and disadvantages of the Keating area.

Advantages, he said, include the fact that it’s a central area, close to the airport and ferries, there are larger properties and its close to similar business, which is convenient for customers.

Some of the disadvantages he mentioned are poor transit access, housing costs for employees, lack of parking and access, and more.

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City issues ‘chilling’ letter to social media sites John McKinley Black Press

NANAIMO — David Sutherland knows what he’d do if he received a chilling legal letter like the one three social media website hosts received on behalf of the City of Nanaimo last month.

He’d be mailing them a copy of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and pointedly asking what part of it supports a government seeking to restrict political speech.

Saying several personal attacks had been made about the competency and character of identifiable city staff, lawyer Adrienne Atherton asked website moderators to delete such posts and take steps to ensure they do not appear in the future.

The letter cited

a desire to protect staff from workplace harassment and bullying, pointing out that it is also required of employers under WorksafeBC regulations.

But Sutherland, a Vancouver-based free speech and media lawyer, suggested the letter might be better described as an attempt to dress up the wolf of censorship in the sheep’s clothing of protecting employees. He said the Charter right to freedom of expression clearly supersedes any WorksafeBC policy, adding the government cannot be taking steps to stop people from criticizing it.

“Civil servants are not immune from criticism. In many cases, calling them out by name may be the only way to inhibit misbe-

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A lawyer has sent letters on behalf of the City of Nanaimo to three social media sites that provide a forum for the discussion of local politics. haviour,” he said.

“This terrible scourge of criticism of civil servants warrants the muzzling of citizens? We can’t have it and we can’t dress it up, this wolf in sheep’s clothing.”

When asked to provide specific examples of the attacks in question, Nanaimo director of human resources John Van Horne was unable to do so. He

where, but said the employer is in the best position to determine a line of action.

Nine Vancouver Island local government jurisdictions contacted by Black Press, including North Saanich, said they have not had an issue with social media commenting and

have not considered action like Nanaimo’s. A tenth, Campbell River, said it has had problems, but is not considering action.

North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure said people who step over the line eventually get exposed for who they are.

The websites Nanaimo Political Talk, Gord Fuller Municipally (A)Musing, and A Better Nanaimo Facebook pages received the letter. Don Bonner of A Better Nanaimo said it did have a “bit of a chilling effect.”

— with files from Tamara Cunningham

described the action as a response to an issue “out there.”

“It’s not any particular one,” he said.

WorksafeBC said it had no opinion on the letter but confirmed it accurately describes Nanaimo’s responsibilities under WorksafeBC policy. Worksafe representatives were unaware of any complaints of this nature from Nanaimo or else-

French radio show open to all students Continued from page 1

Both Alex and Edouard, who are brothers, also reviewed some video games. Their mom, Sandra, said the programs are geared towards teens, with a focus on things they enjoy — from music and games to culture and more.

There’s a focus on French and Quebecois music from Canada and around the world. The hope is more youth will hear it and become interested in what’s out there. Each show will also have jokes, reviews and more.

The idea, she continued, started late last year, when she and Rylee’s mom, Andrea Calder, started talking about ways to expose more youth to French — especially those in French immersion programs who might

not get regular exposure to the language outside of school.

Calder is also the president of the local chapter of Canadian Parents for French.

Sandra said her own family moved to the Island a few years ago from Paris. While her sons are fluent in French, they don’t hear a lot of it outside of Bayside school.

Andrea noted they connected with the radio station and they agreed to host the show — four episodes — with the potential to expand it once school resumes in September. The first program was set to air Tuesday, May 10 (3:30 p.m.) and repeated on Saturday, May 14 (12:30 p.m.). The shows will air every Tuesday and repeat on Saturday. They can also be heard on CILS’s SoundCloud at any time.

Alex and Edouard’s dad Richard composed and recorded Ca Roule’s jingle — and also did all of the segment editing for the junior reporters and produced each show. Each 30-minute program will be emceed by Henri de Boever, a University of Victoria student.

Andrea said the program is just getting off the ground and is using French immersion students from Bayside in School District 63 (Saanich). If the idea catches hold with other students, it could be expanded into District 61 and 62 in Greater Victoria. She added it is open for all students to get involved — not just those in French immersion programs.

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here are bound to be some people who look at the members of Alexa’s Team and nod sagely to themselves about at least some of its members.

They’ll shake their heads and say things like, “it figures” or “no surprise there.”

They’d be reacting, with little doubt, to the faces they see in the pictures on our pages in this edition. Those images are of the RCMP and Central Saanich Police officers who are mainstays on area roads and have become instantly recognizable to anyone who has been stopped for one driving infraction or another.

However, any smug replies should be tempered by the fact that those people were probably stopped because they did something wrong — and needed to be corrected.

You cannot blame police officers who are doing their jobs and responding to the near-constant call by residents all over the Peninsula who want more enforcement of driving rules.

Don’t like getting a ticket for speeding? For failing to stop at an intersection? For driving while distracted? Then stop doing those things.

You’ll probably see less of those officers.

I had the opportunity to meet one once, while speeding to work one morning. Yep, I was speeding.

Yep, I deserved the ticket and the warning. I saw no sense in arguing the point — because I was speeding — so I engaged in friendly banter with the officer and tried to make the experience a positive one.

He did his job. I certainly didn’t do mine as a supposedly responsible motorist.

Unless drivers are completely out to lunch, they know they are speeding. And since many of us drive every day, we should not be out of practice when it comes to signaling, merging or being aware of what’s going on around us. If it takes a police officer to remind you of those things, perhaps it’s time to take a refresher course.

In the meantime, we should be glad there are dedicated officers out there, addressing poor driving habits and helping prevent tragedies such as the one that led to the creation of Alexa’s Team in the first place.

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Modeling and Analysis. isagreements persist on the This recovery even overcomes the extent of humanity’s role in projected increase in forest fire loss the current changes to B.C.’s that comes with gradually increasing climate, and our ability to influence temperatures and drier periods. it, as many readers have told me in The federal government is the past week. still working on its plan to meet But almost everyone seems greenhouse gas reduction targets to agree that growing more and agreed to in Paris last year. healthier forests is a good strategy.

But the forest industry has I would add harvesting and building stepped up with its own with wood preserves its goal. captured carbon, a fact I spoke last week with not much discussed in Derek Nighbor, president emotional appeals against of the Forest Products logging.

Association of Canada, The B.C. government after he announced is finally spending some his industry’s “30 by money on community fuel 30 Climate Change load removal projects this Challenge.” year, after an initial flurry That’s a goal to reduce following the Kelowna fires the industry’s net of 2003 faded in hard times.

Tom Fletcher carbon emissions by 30 But the effects of decades B.C. Views megatonnes a year by of fire suppression in a fire2030. That would be 13 per dependent forest system remain, as northern B.C. and Alberta cent of the Canadian government emission target. are showing us again.

One of the main strategies is There is some positive news here. salvage harvesting and developing A Victoria-based government research team has published a study more products that use wood.

“It’s basically trying to use every that calculates B.C.’s pine beetlepart of the tree,” Nighbor said. “In damaged forests are regenerating forest operations right now, this more quickly than expected. is where we see a big part of the Warmer temperatures, increased opportunity. Instead of the residual precipitation and the “fertilizer effect” of more carbon dioxide in the branches and whatnot just being left aside and slashing and burning, atmosphere are factors. bring more of that out and turn it “By 2020, the enhanced growth due to climate change and increased into something.”

That something might be a CO2 more than compensates for console in a luxury car constructed the carbon loss from dead, rotting with wood fibre, or an 18-storey trees,” said lead researcher Vivek wood student residence building Arora of the Canadian Centre for

planned for the University of B.C. The other is improving forest growth. Logging operations have long been required to replant areas they cut, not just in B.C. but across Canada.

Another way to improve forest carbon capture is with more productive species, with genetic techniques that increase resiliency as well as wood mass.

A background paper from the B.C. forests ministry responds to common misconceptions about forest carbon, including the idea that logging should be stopped to maximize storage.

“Maximizing carbon storage in the ecosystem would make sense only if society stopped building new homes, acquiring new furniture and consuming in general,” it says.

“If the flow of forest products stops, society will turn to other products with higher greenhouse gas footprints, e.g. plastics, metal or concrete. In addition, if harvesting stopped and we continued to suppress natural disturbances, there is increased potential for larger catastrophic disturbances in the future.”

If Canada wants to make a bigger contribution to reducing greenhouse gases, forests are a good area to focus on. At 348 million hectares from the B.C. coast to Newfoundland, they represent nine per cent of the world’s forests..

Tom Fletcher is the legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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LETTERS Resident has tried to get Central Saanich to think safety Re: Road use debate unfair Mr. Editor, you talk about the traffic situation on Hovey and Tomlinson roads as being unfair, I agree with you, it is very unfair.

The most unfair thing is the fact that safety, which should be the first and foremost concern, is being ignored. It is also unfair that many former users of these roads are no longer able to use them safely with the truck traffic that VI Pallet is subjecting it to.

Those who no longer use our narrow little country roads include but are not limited to the following; the Hospice Grief Group of mostly senior ladies who used to come all the way from North Saanich to walk on this quiet country road no longer feel safe having freight trucks pass within mere inches of them. One of our neighbors, an elderly gentleman, who used to ride his mobility scooter in the company of his daughter for his regular daily “walk” no lon-

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ger participates in this activity.

It is unfair that Stelly’s students must jog within mere inches of these large freight trucks when they do their daily school runs.

It is unfair to the many horseback riders and dog walkers, who I witness daily, trying to find driveways or any other reprieve to distance themselves from the dangers these trucks present.

It is unfair to many of us who live on these roads that we cannot drive our cars without having to pull into someone’s driveway to avoid the trucks.

Readers respond: Golf club challenge to help fire victims During the afternoon of Thursday, May 5, the Windermere Valley Men’s Club held its weekly competition.

Our thoughts were not on golf, but rather on the families displaced by the fires raging in northern Alberta.

At the conclusion of the event, our membership decided to donate the prize money that would normally have gone to the afternoon’s winners to the disaster relief efforts currently being undertaken.

Al Wittke, a longstanding member of our club, also donated $2,000 to the Salvation Army. Al lived in Fort MacMurray in the Beacon Hill subdivision.

His former residence has burned to the ground.

The Windermere Valley Men’s Club is challenging men’s and

women’s golf clubs across B.C. and Alberta to do the same. Take the prize money from one afternoon of golf to assist our friends and neighbours in the Fort MacMurray area.

Dean Midyette Windermere, B.C.

Impressive guide I want to tell you how impressed I am with the recent PNR

Yes, Mr. Editor, it is very unfair. But worse than that it is extremely dangerous.

But it is not like this concern has not been addressed to Central Saanich police and council. I have tried, I have made presentations to Mayor Ryan Windsor and Council and have met with the Chief of Police, Les Sylven, and shared my concerns. They say it is complicated as it deals with the Tsartlip First Nation. I don’t buy this for a moment, as I do not believe our Tsartlip First Nation neighbours would want to see our chil-

Responding to fire Visitor’s Guide. It is very comprehensive and reflects all the qualities about which I wax eloquent when talking about the area.

I volunteer at Visitor Information Centre and have shared my enthusiasm with a lot of receptive visitors. As well, several times someone has approached me on the street and asked: Continued on page 8

dren and elderly facing such a dangerous situation just so one trucking company can access a property on the east side of their Reserve.

My expertise as a former accident re-constructionist with the RCMP seems to mean little to our representatives. The fact I have on many occasions in the past provided expert evidence in court involving commercial truck accidents where children and other innocent users were killed seems to be of little concern and has fallen on deaf ears.

I truly believe that due to the unsuitability of this type of truck traffic on these roads there will be either a serious injury or fatality accident that will result from this current dangerous situation, it is only a matter of time.

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Readers respond: Education budgets; municipal taxes DISTRICT OF NORTH SAANICH FIRE DEPARTMENT OPEN BURNING CLOSURE MAY 7 2016

Continued from page 7

“Do you know this town?” Sometimes they ask where they can have coffee ... let me count the ways. Looking for a gift, theme oriented treasure, quality clothing, chocolates ... Sidney has it all.

And the shop windows should be featured in glossy magazines.

It is beautiful, friendly and monochromatically attractive. I shall share my guide with the unfortunate friends I will visit in other provinces during my travels. Thank you for a professional piece of work.

Heather Bacon Sidney

Effective May 7, 2016 at sunset, all outdoor burning is closed for the season within the District of North Saanich. This includes burning in incinerators, fire pits and open piles until further notice. The only exception is chimineas and approved manufactured outdoor fire appliances with a permit, which can be obtained by contacting the fire department.

Please consider alternatives to burning such as composting, recycling and chipping.

The municipal pit off Littlewood Road by the Legion on Mills Road will be open the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month from 8:00 am until 12:00 pm and the 2nd and 4th Thursday from 8:00 am until 12:00 pm to drop off burnable materials. $7.00 will be charged for cars and $15.00 for pickups and trailers. North Saanich residents only with drivers licences being checked.

If you live within a forested area you are more susceptible to damage in the event of a forest fire. To evaluate your property and help minimize the damage there are preventative measures that you can take. Please stop by the Wain Road Fire Hall located at 986 Wain Road and pick up your copy of the Homeowners FireSmart Manual.

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Say no to BC Liberals in 2017

May 6, 2016

Reading today the views expressed by the chair of the District 63 (Saanich) school board I wonder if anyone else is seriously worried about the state of public education in this province and

its future. There are people who have expressed the point of view that Christy Clark is out to privatize education and do away with public education all together.

With family members involved in education I have seen the foul ups and introduction at great cost of teaching systems and measurement tools that just plain don’t work!

The numbers speak volumes.

The board finds $700,000 in administrative savings to use for education within the balanced budget mandate so the ministry claws that back and then charges 10 times more for a newly imposed system over what was there.

When does it end?

In May 2017 we have a chance to say no to this government’s agenda in public education. When will we, as taxpayers realize that education is critical to our future as a province and a country?

There are no free lunches.

That is not to say that money should be spent willy nilly but I think most of us are smart enough to see the waste and excess this government sees as its entitlement.

Alex Currie North Saanich

Tax hike in North Saanich too much We read in the Peninsula News Review of the increase to our property taxes as well as our water rates in North Saanich. Many of us are retired seniors on fixed incomes and find these increases onerous and unnecessary.

The voters have no input into how councillors spend our tax dollars. We have a virtual new town hall, a new fire hall and new bike lanes for the five per cent of people in our community who use bikes. With the huge surge in property values this year, unless the District lowers the mill rate, we will be facing large tax increases as it is.

I hope council considers this matter and acts accordingly with prudence and common sense.

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Help the Red Cross reach people from Fort Mac O

ne of my grandsons lives in Edmonton and I’m so proud of him.

He has organized a pick-up truck load of disposable diapers to help mothers with babies who could only get out of Fort MacMurray with a few things they have managed to save from the wildfires there.

He and his wife have a new baby, so he knows the need for clean diapers and he manages a depot that handles such things. What a practical and thoughtful gift to people in such terrible distress.

Because I have no way of helping them myself, I’m giving money to the Red Cross. The Red Cross has always been there to help when things are bad and is doing wonderful things now for those unhappy people.

I think now of my long-dead dear mother and how she worked so hard for the Red Cross during the Second World War. She had dozens of airmen over for home cooked meals, to remind them of their own distant mothers.

She was only 62 when she had a heart

attack and died. I imagine her sitting on God’s right side, handing Him a thank you note from some happy woman for allowing her precious son to survive.

There doesn’t seem a lot we can do, living so far away from Fort MacMurray — so the answer is probably to give money to the Red Cross, which does seem able to do great things to help. So please, even if it’s only a small amount, do give something to help your fellow Canadians in their time of deep distress.

The Red Cross has a wonderfully efficient way of handling disasters. They always seem to be able to respond quickly no matter what has happened and you know, if they are involved, the money will go where you have asked them to send it — where it will do the most good for a desperate group of people.

You know if it is the Red Cross handling your money it is safe.

No scams to be found when it is the Red Cross and they are able to do wonderful things with the money you donate, no matter how little you can afford to

Free the Fuzz event for a good cause SAANICH — A two-day campout atop some scaffolding in Uptown may not be your idea of a relaxing getaway, but for a trio of local police officers, it’s for a good cause.

This weekend, Saanich Police Const. Lisa Bruschetta, Oak Bay Const. Sheri Lucas and Central Saanich Cpl. Pat Bryant are returning for the second annual Free the Fuzz event, raising money for Special Olympics B.C. “They’re going to be tented up at the top of a scaffold in Uptown for 48 hours,” said Saanich Police acting Sgt. Jereme Leslie. “The idea is that people start pledging money toward them being freed.”

“Special Olympics gives individuals with intellectual disabilities the chance to be part of a team, and it builds self-confidence,” said Bruschetta, who is one of the organizers of Free the Fuzz at Uptown. “Our goal is to engage with the community and show our support for our amazing athletes.”

Last year’s event collected more than $6,500 in donations for Special Olympics B.C. The second edition will feature a dunk tank, face painting, live music, raffles, and hotdog and pop by donation.

The weekend will also include Starbucks coffee by donation (9 to 11 a.m. both days), a 4Cats Art Class (11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday), and demonstrations by the Saanich Police K9 unit (1 p.m. both days) and the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team (2:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday).

The two-day fundraiser is part of the Victoria Law Enforcement Torch Run, which takes place May 31 to June 3. Since 1990, the B.C. chapter has raised more than $3 million.

— Black Press/Saanich News

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Over the Garden Fence give (and you’ll feel so pleased that you have been able to help your fellow Canadians when they are in such deep trouble. Good for

you, you splendid caring folks!).

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We are planting seeds of mercy and caring ... may they grow strong and tall and healthy, like the people we want to help.

If you have a computer, punch in redcross.ca for Fort MacMurray and they will tell you how to donate.

Meanwhle I’ll talk to one or more of the banks who should be willing and able to

handle donations so that they reach the Red Cross.

This situation isn’t going away any time

soon, so there’s no panic to donate to-day.

Tomorrow will be fine!

Thanks for anything you feel able to do!

Helen Lang has been the Peninsula News Review’s garden columnist for more than 30 years.

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Help the Red Cross reach people from Fort Mac O

ne of my grandsons lives in Edmonton and I’m so proud of him.

He has organized a pick-up truck load of disposable diapers to help mothers with babies who could only get out of Fort MacMurray with a few things they have managed to save from the wildfires there.

He and his wife have a new baby, so he knows the need for clean diapers and he manages a depot that handles such things. What a practical and thoughtful gift to people in such terrible distress.

Because I have no way of helping them myself, I’m giving money to the Red Cross. The Red Cross has always been there to help when things are bad and is doing wonderful things now for those unhappy people.

I think now of my long-dead dear mother and how she worked so hard for the Red Cross during the Second World War. She had dozens of airmen over for home cooked meals, to remind them of their own distant mothers.

She was only 62 when she had a heart

attack and died. I imagine her sitting on God’s right side, handing Him a thank you note from some happy woman for allowing her precious son to survive.

There doesn’t seem a lot we can do, living so far away from Fort MacMurray — so the answer is probably to give money to the Red Cross, which does seem able to do great things to help. So please, even if it’s only a small amount, do give something to help your fellow Canadians in their time of deep distress.

The Red Cross has a wonderfully efficient way of handling disasters. They always seem to be able to respond quickly no matter what has happened and you know, if they are involved, the money will go where you have asked them to send it — where it will do the most good for a desperate group of people.

You know if it is the Red Cross handling your money it is safe.

No scams to be found when it is the Red Cross and they are able to do wonderful things with the money you donate, no matter how little you can afford to

Free the Fuzz event for a good cause SAANICH — A two-day campout atop some scaffolding in Uptown may not be your idea of a relaxing getaway, but for a trio of local police officers, it’s for a good cause.

This weekend, Saanich Police Const. Lisa Bruschetta, Oak Bay Const. Sheri Lucas and Central Saanich Cpl. Pat Bryant are returning for the second annual Free the Fuzz event, raising money for Special Olympics B.C. “They’re going to be tented up at the top of a scaffold in Uptown for 48 hours,” said Saanich Police acting Sgt. Jereme Leslie. “The idea is that people start pledging money toward them being freed.”

“Special Olympics gives individuals with intellectual disabilities the chance to be part of a team, and it builds self-confidence,” said Bruschetta, who is one of the organizers of Free the Fuzz at Uptown. “Our goal is to engage with the community and show our support for our amazing athletes.”

Last year’s event collected more than $6,500 in donations for Special Olympics B.C. The second edition will feature a dunk tank, face painting, live music, raffles, and hotdog and pop by donation.

The weekend will also include Starbucks coffee by donation (9 to 11 a.m. both days), a 4Cats Art Class (11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday), and demonstrations by the Saanich Police K9 unit (1 p.m. both days) and the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team (2:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday).

The two-day fundraiser is part of the Victoria Law Enforcement Torch Run, which takes place May 31 to June 3. Since 1990, the B.C. chapter has raised more than $3 million.

— Black Press/Saanich News

Helen Lang

Over the Garden Fence give (and you’ll feel so pleased that you have been able to help your fellow Canadians when they are in such deep trouble. Good for

you, you splendid caring folks!).

Gardening, gardening, gardening!

Now this is a gardening column!

We are planting seeds of mercy and caring ... may they grow strong and tall and healthy, like the people we want to help.

If you have a computer, punch in redcross.ca for Fort MacMurray and they will tell you how to donate.

Meanwhle I’ll talk to one or more of the banks who should be willing and able to

handle donations so that they reach the Red Cross.

This situation isn’t going away any time

soon, so there’s no panic to donate to-day.

Tomorrow will be fine!

Thanks for anything you feel able to do!

Helen Lang has been the Peninsula News Review’s garden columnist for more than 30 years.

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Getting feedback and pinpointing people’s stress Carlie Connolly News staff

Trevor May said he’s

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on a journey, learning about people and about the body and how different things relate.

Since 2005, May has been offering stress reduction and health analysis to clients. He’s a certified Biofeedback Specialist and owner of Peninsula Quantum Wellness, “There is so much inter-connectedness within us, both on a physical level and on an emotional, and energetic level,” he said.

May said the device he uses provides a window on all of that, adding it’s very holistic in its conception and functioning. He believes western medicine can sometimes be too focussed on the physical or on some kind of reductionistic specialty where people lose the big picture.

For May, it’s about taking the time to understand the client and what’s going on for them right now. He said it’s about truly getting a sense of what the clients’ chief concerns are, which could be

Carlie Connolly/News staff

Owner and Operator of Peninsula Quantum Wellness, Trevor May. related to other things in their life that he can detect.

“This (procedure) will measure your body’s reaction to 11,000 different trivector frequencies — trivector meaning three dimensional, so voltage, amperage, resistance,” he said.

May said the tool was created to provide an electronic interface with the body. He compared it to that of diagnostic computers used for cars. He said it’s similar for the human body, except we have to understand that it’s the body’s reaction to a frequency.

“So it’s a qualitative measure as opposed to a quantitative measure such as drawing someone’s blood and measuring how much iron’s in it.”

May hooks people up to a harness and uses a carbonized rubber for a conductor.

The leads then snap onto the wrists, ankles and around the head, all connecting into the device.

In terms of the various causes of stress May sees in his clients, a big one he said is money. He said it can sometimes be workplace stress or relationship stress, but those can all be spin-offs from the money stress, which can be difficult to pick them apart.

After identifying the key stressors, the device will then rank all of the reactions in order — colour coding the most reactive ones.

May then will read a printout, looking at

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what was determined to be a person’s top priorities. That’s done by reviewing the various electronic attractions and reactions detected by the device.

May said one reason people come to him is because they want to better understand their stress and what’s affecting their health.

“It’s not a diagnostic device, it’s not licensed that way, but you may call it a pre-diagnostic device in the sense that it gives us some clues as to what might be relevant and then they can follow up with a doctor or a naturopath …”

May is at Lifestyle Select in Sidney (located at 9769 Fifth Street) every Wednesday from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m for people to drop in if they wish to hear him teach some nutritional education. He also focusses with the device on vitamins, hormones and aminos.

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The Sidney Fine Art Show is coming together.

The Chair of the Sidney Fine Art Show Committee, Diane Thorp, said all of the sponsors from last year and more are confirmed and the planning is going ahead for opening night.

The volunteer committee has close to 400 people but “we’re always looking for more volunteers,” she told the PNR. For those interested in becoming a volunteer, they can visit the website at sidneyfineartshow.com.

Running from Oct. 14 to 16 at the Mary Winspear Centre, the show will see a variety of artists and their works.

The show ran into difficulty earlier this year and at one point, the discussion among organizers and members of the Community Arts Council of the Saanich Peninsula (CACSP) turned to cancelling this year’s event. But Thorp said that was due to one issue — communication.

“The problems that we had last year were basically a lack of communication,”

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Diane Thorp is the new President of the CACSP and leads the Fine Art Show organizers. she said.

On April 21, an election was held as part of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) for CACSP and Thorp was voted in as president, taking over from Danny Daniels.

In terms of the Sidney Fine Art Show, Thorp said communication has opened up.

“And the really positive thing was with the help of the Town of Sidney, the arts council ... could communicate and sit down and discuss issues and come to a resolution of how we could work together,” she said.

Thorp will be working with the council in an inclusive way, she said, ensuring that there is clear communication. She said this is a positive message, and that everyone is on side.

“And the really important thing is that this show is vital for the Town of Sidney as well as for the artists in the whole of Vancouver Island, south Vancouver Island ... but we do have artists coming from farther away.

“It’s a very important event and we would not want it to disappear, so it’s been a really positive outcome,” she added.

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Author Grant McKenzie has quit the story to tell on his journey o becoming an internationally-pub lished author of edge-of your-seat thrillers.

Writing all his life, McKenzie wrote his first novel when he was in junior high school. In his early 20s he was a journalist, starting on the dead body beat at the Calgary Sun when he was just 19.

During the day he attended journalism school, later becoming a senior editor at the Calgary Herald.

“While I was there, that’s when I really started to get into my fiction, so I wrote my first three

novels on a typewriter,” he told the PNR. McKenzie later moved to the Sunshine Coast commuting to work at the Vancouver Sun. This is when McKenzie began writing his sixth novel Switch, which ended up being his first published novel in 2009.

His most recent book is The Fear in Her Eyes, which starts a new series. It’s also the book he will be doing a reading from on May 18 at Red Brick Cafe.

“All the novels that I write as rant McKenzie up to this point ave all been stand alone thrillrs,” he said, adding that in nother of his novels, Speak The ead, the main character is actually a secondary character from The Fear In Her Eyes.

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What inspires this author to write such intense books?

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“I think a big part of it comes from being a journalist. Being a journalist for 30 years and a lot of the sort of injustice that you see as a journalist.

You’re there and you’re reporting on those stories but you can’t really act on them, you’re job is to report on them.”

He said some of that frustration that comes out of covering crime is that one often wishes they could solve it in a different way, so a lot of that angst where you want to see justice and fairness in the world, inspires the fiction he said.

In terms of McKenzie’s process, he travels to the areas in his books and does his research. He said he likes to write about the west coast.

“I always look for quirky or interesting little nuggets that I can put in the novel.”

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A conversation he heard on National Public Radio a couple of years ago got Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen thinking. And doing.

When the host of the program asked his guest if he ever thanked the teacher who played such an important role in his life, Jensen decided to try and get a hold of a teacher who had done the same for him when he was growing up in Montreal.

“I had only been in Canada for six months and didn’t speak English,” Jensen recalled.

“My second grade teacher, Miss Hayami, a Japanese Canadian lady was the kindest person, a wonderful human being who was very supportive.”

Although he put up with his fair share of teasing from classmates because of his limited language skills, the classroom became his sanctuary thanks to Hayami’s tireless efforts, Jensen said. So he decided to try and contact her to let her know how much he appreciated her help,

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Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen says he was motivated to improve as a student, and as a person, thanks to the kindness and efforts of a teacher. prompted by the radio program.

“It was a pivotal time in my life, and I will never forget how much she helped me,” Jensen said. “I wanted to impress her with what I learned and she really motivated me.

Her endearing qualities were her kind- n e s s and how

Regional mayors recall how teachers played a roll in their lives Highlands Mayor Ken Williams credited a music teacher in high school for helping to shape a career that involves composing scores for Hollywood movies and producing local musicians and bands.

“His name was Emile Michaux and he was a former military band conductor who came to Canada from a very musical family in France after the (Second World) war,” said Williams, who attended Colquitz high school in the late 1960s. “He was a great teacher who had the knowledge to engage his students in what he was teaching, and our school band won a few provincial championships. Quite a few professional musicians came out our local school bands and it was a top notch experience.”

Having a sister who teaches helped shape Colwood Mayor Carol Hamilton’s perspective.

“I used to help her set up her classroom in her early years in Prince George,” said Hamil-

she nurtured self confidence, instilled a love of learning, self esteem and a love for others.”

It took some effort to get a hold of Hayami’s contact information, but once he did, Jensen spent a couple of hours crafting a letter he emailed to her.

“She called 1 0 min-

utes after I sent the email and asked if I was the little Danish boy who couldn’t speak English,” said Jensen, who shared her classrooms for grades two, three and six. “She said she was very moved by my letter and I told her how much she had influenced me.”

Her overwhelming kindness didn’t prevent Hayami from doling out discipline when required. “We used to try and throw pee wee footballs around the class when her back was turned and I had to wait until the end of the year before I got mine back a couple of times,” he recalled with a chuckle.

Jensen’s life took another major turn in high school when a teacher made chemistry so engaging that he was inspired to earn a degree in chemical engineering, a career path he pursued for a number of years before deciding to get a law degree. “I wanted to do something more involved with helping people,” he explained.

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on regarding her sister, Karen Friesen, who has taught for 25 years.

“You develop a real admiration for the work they do and become well aware of the extra effort they put in.”

Although Hamilton is many years removed rom her days in the Prince eorge area, she still occaonally runs into her sister’s ormer pupils. “They all say what a great teacher she was and how she positively impacted their life.”

Langford Mayor Stew Young can easily trace his appreciation for sports and the qualities they instill back to Muzz Bryant, one of his teachers at Belmont secondary school.

“I learned about the value of team work, discipline and leadership,” Young said. “Those values become part of your life. They gave me the knowledge and work ethic that have helped me as a businessman and a mayor. I gained much more than an education during my time at Belmont. The efforts of the many teachers helped me realize you can achieve your goals if you’re willing to work hard and work with others.”

tured a love for teaching, which has been a part of his life on and off for more than 20 years.

“The students’ enthusiasm is a great reward,” said Jensen, who is looking forward to teaching at the University of Victoria again in the near future.

If you have a teacher who made a significant impact on your life, Black Press would like to hear from you. Just visit peninsulanewsreview.com, click on the great teachers icon and let us know what grade they taught, which school and why they are deserving of a nomination. The deadline for nominations is May 29.

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He used the pen name as he didn’t want readers to know he was male. He said it was also a different kind of mystery he was trying to write.

The direct sequel to The Fear In Her Eyes will be his next book, The Butcher’s Son, coming out in September in hardcover. McKenzie is currently the Director of Communications for Our Place in Grant McKenzie Victoria.

He will be reading from The Fear In Her Eyes on May 18 at the Red Brick Cafe with another author, Tricia Dower. The reading, a fundraiser for the Sidney Literary Festival, will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available at Tanner’s Books. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com

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Spring Arts Festival in May and June SIDNEY — The Spring Arts Festival will be coming up later this month with lots to see and do. More information on times will be finalized in coming days by members of the Community Arts Council of the Saanich Peninsula (CACSP).

Here’s a preliminary schedule of events during the Festival.

• May 24 to June 3: First Nations carvers Sean Whonnock and Doug Lafortune at work at the Mary Winspear Centre

• May 29: Swing Into Spring with the Sidney Concert Band at the Mary Winspear Centre, at 2 p.m.

• May 25: 6 p.m. Sidney Band Shell: Big Band Bash – a fundraiser for music in the schools, featuring music by prize-winning school bands and the Commodores.

• June 5: She’s Like The Swallow (Songs of Love for People and Places) – a charity concert at St. Paul’s United Church, 2410 Malaview Ave., Sidney, starting at 2:30 p.m.

• May 26 – 28: Art Exhibition at Tulista Gallery, featuring works and artists from Sidney’s sister city, Anacortes, Washington State.

• May 30 – June 3: Schools Art Week at the Tulista Gallery, with displays and students at work on various days.

• June 4 and 5: Spring Art Studio Tour, at various studios, the Tulista Gallery and the McTavish Art Centre.

For more details as they become available, watch cacsp.com.

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SPORTS

Park marks 50th anniversary CENTRAL SAANICH — The grandson of the namesake of one of Central Saanich’s busiest parks threw out the first pitch Sunday, marking the field’s 50th anniversary.

The son of one of the daughters of the late Rom Knott, joined his extended family in marking the anniversary of Rom Knott Park in Brentwood Bay. May 8, 2016 was the 50th anniversary of the dedication and opening of Rom Knott Park.

The small celebration was held prior to the diamond’s regularly scheduled U12 girls game of the Central Saanich Extreme Fastball league.

Extreme president Dave Hamer introduced the teams lining the baselines; Central Saanich Councillor Niall Paltiel who is on the Saanich Peninsula Recreation Committee; Anne and Pat,

Photo contributed

The dedication of Rom Knott Park on Mothers Day 1966. From left are daughter Pat, the late Muriel Knott, Mrs. Knott (Rom Knott’s mother) and daughter Anne. daughters of Rom Knott; Larry Rhodes, President of the Cen-

tral Saanich Lions Club (which contributed to the building of the field

house in 1984) and other community members.

Romilly (Rom) Knott died in an auto accident in March 1964. He was a true sportsman who was very involved in youth sports, particularly youth softball.

He coached, among others, the Brentwood Aces Softball Team and the British Columbia Bantam Girls who won the provincial championships in 1954.

After his death, the community raised over $5,000 to purchase the property. It was a two acre lot next to the Brentwood Community Hall. On May 8, 1966 (Mothers Day) a dedication ceremony was held with over 300 people. The late Muriel Knott (nee Sluggett) officiated with her daughters at the dedication along with Rom Knott’s mother.

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MONTE CARLO GALA Music, auction, dancing, martinis bar, food, games of chance. May 14, 7 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre.

For tickets, email

sbsmontecarlo@ gmail.com.

Presented by Sidney by the Sea Rotary Club.

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Saanich Library. Winners will be announced th r and read from their works. Thursday, May 12, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free.

250-656-0944.

THE WEST COAST Chamber Players perform May 15 at 2 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, 2295 Weiler Avenue in Sidney. Tickets available at Tanner’s Books and at the door.

SIDNEY CONCERT BAND invites you to our Swing into Spring family friendly concert, Sunday, May 29 at 2 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre. Tickets: 250656-0275, ext. 4.

SCOTTISH FOLK DANCING at the Centre 1229 Clarke Rd. next to the library. Classes Tues. 10 to 11:30 a.m. and Tues. and Fri. 7 to 9 p.m. First time free. It is fun and good exercise.

Contact: janet. mitchell@shaw.ca.

ARTS & ALZHEIMER’S Every Wednesday at the SHOAL Centre, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. ($10 suggested donation). An art and music participation program, offered by the Alzheimer Foundation for seniors 65-plus with

TTHE NEWS EWS REVIEW provides this community calendar free of charge, ge, giving preference to Saanich Peninsula clubs, organizations and d individuals holding non-profit events in our readership area. rea. Publication is not guaranteed. Calendar items should be mailed, dropped off at our office, or e-mailed to editor@ peninsulanewsreview.com.

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Meetings

NORTH SAANICH RESIDENCE Association annual general meeting.

May 11, 7 p.m. at the Saanich Presbyterian Church, 9296 East Saanich Rd. Speaker will be Trevor Murdock, a climate scientist with the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium leading their Regional Climate Impacts Theme.

THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Branch #37 will be holding their General Meeting on Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 2 p.m. at 1660 Mills Rd., Sidney. All are welcome to attend.

BRENT COOKE, ARTIST Photographer is the presenter for the Sidney Shutterbugs Camera Club on May 19. Join us at 7:30 p.m. at Room 4, Mary Winspear Centre.

Photography focus will be on wildlife and the natural environment.

More info: sidneyshutterbugs.ca.

See you there!

WELCOME GARDENS PROJECT by the Victoria Intercultural Centre returns to SHOAL, Wednesday, May 25, 10:30 a.m. to noon. Pam Devito will speak about the program, which matches local gardeners with immigrants. Call 250 656-5537.

FALL PREVENTION FOR men and women, Tuesdays and Thursdays at SHOAL Centre, May 17 to June 23, 10 to 11 a.m. A six- week special program for those at risk of falling.

SCOTTISH GAELIC WITH Angus MacLeod at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Spend an engaging and informative hour with Gaelic teacher Angus MacLeod learning about the Scottish experience of immigrating to, and settling in, Canada through song and story (and a good dose of humour).

Wednesday, May 25, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Free. Please register at 250-656-0944.

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PENINSULA Self Help group meet monthly

on the 4th Thursday of the month at the ANAVETS, 4th Street Sidney from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Anyone affected

by MS directly or indirectly welcome.

Please contact Karen Curtis at karencurtis37@ gmail.com or 250655-0775 for more details.

LIFE AFTER STROKE The Saanich Peninsula Stroke Association welcomes stroke survivors and their caregivers at the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Willingdon Rd. Sidney on Mondays 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

For details check spstrokerecovery. org or phone Lyall Copeland at 250-6523016.

BRENTWOOD BAY PROBUS Club, a social club for retired professional and businessmen on the Saanich Peninsula.

For more information, email Brentwoodbayprobus- 109 @ gmail.com”

Kid Stuff

GOOD MORNING STORYTIME at the Sidney North Saanich

Library. Bring your littlest ones to the library for stories, songs, rhymes and fun. Thursdays to June 2, 10:15 to 11 a.m. Ages 0-5 years. Free. Dropin. For information, call 250-656-0944.

Volunteer

VOLUNTEER PEER COUNSELLORS are available to provide encouragement and support for seniors experiencing loss of a loved one, grief and lifestyle transitions. Phone Jane at Seniors Serving Seniors at 250-382-4331.

Events

SPRING FLING AT St. Mary’s Church, East Saanich Road and Cultra Avenue, Saanichton, Saturday, May 14, 9:30 a.m. to noon. Free admission. For Info: ParishCS.ca or Leslie 250-652-1611.

THE GOLF SEASON is upon us. The Ladies Division of the Ardmore Golf Club meets at 8 a.m.

Tuesday mornings with a short meeting and tee off starting at 8:30.

TAI CHI DROP-IN at SHOAL every Tuesday, 10 to 11 a.m. Gentle movements help improve balance, flexibility and more.

Let it rein Carlie Connolly/News staff

Jenna Nedzelski of Central Saanich rides Lexi in the Rockslide Reining Show at the Saanich Fairgrounds. The show took place from May 6 to 8 and saw riders from around the Island and the mainland.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Arts

MONTE CARLO GALA Music, auction, dancing, martinis bar, food, games of chance. May 14, 7 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre.

For tickets, email

sbsmontecarlo@ gmail.com.

Presented by Sidney by the Sea Rotary Club.

SAANICH PENINSULA COMMUNITY Writing Contest Celebration at the Sidney North

REAL ESTATE NEW LISTING A PEACEFUL RETREAT!

$729,900

Comfortable 3 level split home on a fenced .65 acre in the Dean Park area. 4 BR, 3 BA. Vaulted cedar ceilings, reno’d kitchen, “great room” plan. Lots of outdoor space, decks & patios.Double garage RV parking. Close to Rec. Centre, airport, hospital & ferries.

Jean Dunn

250-655-1816 By the Sea 1-800-326-8856 w w w. j e a n d u n n . c o m

Helping you is what we do.™

Saanich Library. Winners announc will be announced t and read from their works. Thursday works. Thursday, May 12, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free.

250-656-0944.

THE WEST COAST Chamber Players perform May 15 at 2 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, 2295 Weiler Avenue in Sidney. Tickets available at Tanner’s Books and at the door.

SIDNEY CONCERT BAND invites you to our Swing into Spring family friendly concert, Sunday, May 29 at 2 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre. Tickets: 250656-0275, ext. 4.

SCOTTISH FOLK DANCING at the Centre 1229 Clarke Rd. next to the library. Classes Tues. 10 to 11:30 a.m. and Tues. and Fri. 7 to 9 p.m. First time free. It is fun and good exercise.

Contact: janet. mitchell@shaw.ca.

ARTS & ALZHEIMER’S Every Wednesday at the SHOAL Centre, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. ($10 suggested donation). An art and music participation program, offered by the Alzheimer Foundation for seniors 65-plus with

THE NEWS WS REVIEW provides this community calendar free of charge, e, giving preference to Saanich Peninsula clubs, organizations and individuals holding non-profit events in our readership area. ea. Publication is not guaranteed. Calendar items should bee mailed, dropped off at our office, or e-mailed to editor@ peninsulanewsreview.com. eninsulanewsreview.com.

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Meetings

NORTH SAANICH RESIDENCE Association annual general meeting.

May 11, 7 p.m. at the Saanich Presbyterian Church, 9296 East Saanich Rd. Speaker will be Trevor Murdock, a climate scientist with the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium leading their Regional Climate Impacts Theme.

THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Branch #37 will be holding their General Meeting on Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 2 p.m. at 1660 Mills Rd., Sidney. All are welcome to attend.

BRENT COOKE, ARTIST Photographer is the presenter for the Sidney Shutterbugs Camera Club on May 19. Join us at 7:30 p.m. at Room 4, Mary Winspear Centre.

Photography focus will be on wildlife and the natural environment.

More info: sidneyshutterbugs.ca.

See you there!

WELCOME GARDENS PROJECT by the Victoria Intercultural Centre returns to SHOAL, Wednesday, May 25, 10:30 a.m. to noon. Pam Devito will speak about the program, which matches local gardeners with immigrants. Call 250 656-5537.

FALL PREVENTION FOR men and women, Tuesdays and Thursdays at SHOAL Centre, May 17 to June 23, 10 to 11 a.m. A six- week special program for those at risk of falling.

SCOTTISH GAELIC WITH Angus MacLeod at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Spend an engaging and informative hour with Gaelic teacher Angus MacLeod learning about the Scottish experience of immigrating to, and settling in, Canada through song and story (and a good dose of humour).

Wednesday, May 25, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Free. Please register at 250-656-0944.

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PENINSULA Self Help group meet monthly

on the 4th Thursday of the month at the ANAVETS, 4th Street Sidney from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Anyone affected

by MS directly or indirectly welcome.

Please contact Karen Curtis at karencurtis37@ gmail.com or 250655-0775 for more details.

LIFE AFTER STROKE The Saanich Peninsula Stroke Association welcomes stroke survivors and their caregivers at the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Willingdon Rd. Sidney on Mondays 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

For details check spstrokerecovery. org or phone Lyall Copeland at 250-6523016.

BRENTWOOD BAY PROBUS Club, a social club for retired professional and businessmen on the Saanich Peninsula.

For more information, email Brentwoodbayprobus- 109 @ gmail.com”

Kid Stuff

GOOD MORNING STORYTIME at the Sidney North Saanich

Library. Bring your littlest ones to the library for stories, songs, rhymes and fun. Thursdays to June 2, 10:15 to 11 a.m. Ages 0-5 years. Free. Dropin. For information, call 250-656-0944.

Volunteer

VOLUNTEER PEER COUNSELLORS are available to provide encouragement and support for seniors experiencing loss of a loved one, grief and lifestyle transitions. Phone Jane at Seniors Serving Seniors at 250-382-4331.

Events

SPRING FLING AT St. Mary’s Church, East Saanich Road and Cultra Avenue, Saanichton, Saturday, May 14, 9:30 a.m. to noon. Free admission. For Info: ParishCS.ca or Leslie 250-652-1611.

THE GOLF SEASON is upon us. The Ladies Division of the Ardmore Golf Club meets at 8 a.m.

Tuesday mornings with a short meeting and tee off starting at 8:30.

TAI CHI DROP-IN at SHOAL every Tuesday, 10 to 11 a.m. Gentle movements help improve balance, flexibility and more.

Let it rein Carlie Connolly/News staff

Jenna Nedzelski of Central Saanich rides Lexi in the Rockslide Reining Show at the Saanich Fairgrounds. The show took place from May 6 to 8 and saw riders from around the Island and the mainland.

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May 11 - 14, 2016

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Formulated to provide maximum absorption, strengthen gut health and provide 15 grams of fully fermented protein from health, grass fed California dairy. Available in 2 indulgent flavours and enrobed in a decadent coating – these are the best tasting, dairy-based protein bars yet!

Udo’s Oil™ 3-6-9 Blend is a source of omega-3, -6 and -9 fatty acids from fresh-pressed, unrefined seed oils, including organically grown flax, sesame, sunflower and evening primrose.

• Provides omega-3 and omega-6 Essential Fatty Acids • Ideal 2:1 ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 • Derived from organically grown unrefined seed oils • Add it to yogurt, smoothies, soups, salads and your favourite meals OFF ENTIRE LINE • Contains oils made with health rather than shelf life in mind

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The ULTIMATE in probiotic protection!

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Collagen is the key structural protein for creating smooth skin, thick strong hair, and strong nails. During youth, you have a rich abundance of collagen. In addition, the collagen forms itself in a resilient “tight mesh” matrix. This “ideal” collagen condition prevents wrinkles from forming, gives skin elasticity, and helps create thick and strong hair. But starting at age 21, 90 CAPS collagen diminishes by 1% per year. That’s Enter In-Store when the vital collagen “mesh” begins to to win a Gift loosen. By age 30, the signs of reduced collagen on skin, hair and nails become Certificate visible.

inflammation with the associated pain due to sprains and bruises.

• Provides symptomatic relief of pain associated with osteoarthritis in the knee and hand.

• Fast acting.

• Fresh Scent • Non-Greasy

$

A truly unique product, Hemoplex is an enhanced iron formula designed to build healthy blood and protect the vessels that deliver blood to the body. Hemoplex helps fight daily fatigue, builds resistance to stress and promotes greater energy production. Safe and easy to assimilate. Hemoplex features 45mg of iron, with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants to support healthy iron levels. Formulated with Bisgycinate 60 CAPS ML minerals for fast acting high absorption and nonconstipating. The B vitamins are in a co-enzyme 99 form making the B vitamins highly absorbable and activated. Isn’t it time to start feeling better!

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