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Dusty Morris of Langford takes his remote control drone out for a quick flight. Morris has combined his passion for photography and remote control vehicles into a new business venture.

Bird’s eye business taking offCook combines two loves into side careerMike DaviesNews Gazette staff

Back when he was finishing high school, Langford’s Dusty Morris got a job as a dishwasher at the Loghouse Pub on Millstream Road. Over a period of eight years, he worked his way up to first cook. These days, he’s up at Jack’s Place on Bear Mountain.

In between those kitchen gigs,

however, Morris took a few side paths.He did some masonry for a while after

his time at the Loghouse, ”but that was really, really hard,” he says with a laugh. So he took off to Port Alberni to help a friend rebuild a house, he says, “and to find myself – reassess what I was doing with my life.”

It was during this reassessment that he had an idea to try and combine two of his long-time passions – photography and aviation – into a new career path.

“My dream job, when I was a kid, was to be a photographer for National Geographic,” he says. “And I’ve always

been an (remote control) guy. I started with cars when I was a kid, but it developed into a love of anything you could control remotely.”

Once he found aircraft, there was no turning back. “And then I started mounting little video cameras to them – just with tape,” he says. While the image quality was terrible in the early days, there was something that fascinated him with the angles of the world he could capture remotely from up in the sky.

Residents wantpark expanded in face of developmentValuable Metchosin lot likely to be subdivided

Rick StiebelNews Gazette staff

There’s a move afoot to keep part of a piece of private property slated for devel-opment adjacent to Tower Point Park in Metchosin as an asset for the region.

The area, which features spectacular views of Juan de Fuca Strait and Victoria, is a popular recreation destination, picnic spot and favourite dog walk area, given its off-leash designation, says nearby resident Ken Farquharson. He recently presented a motion to Metchosin council, with the sup-port of the Associa-

tion for the Protection of Rural Metchosin, encouraging the district to explore options for keeping some of the property to expand the adjacent Capital Regional District park. Among the ideas was purchasing land with financial assistance from the CRD.

The proposed subdivision is about four hectares, while Tower Point Park is roughly three hectares in size.

The development proponent, Ridley Brothers, is looking to subdivide the prop-erty into eight lots. The company did not return calls for comment before the Gazette print deadline.

PlEASE SEE: RC-based business, Page A4

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PlEASE SEE: District long aware of future, Page A3

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Farquharson and other con-cerned citizens conducted a sur-vey recently that indicates the park is visited regularly by people from around the Capital Region. “The park is short of space, espe-cially when you look at the amount of people who use it,” he said, add-ing that situation will only increase with the amount of development underway on the West Shore. Far-quharson plans to discuss the mat-ter with CRD Parks this week.

He made several other propos-als in last week’s presentation to Metchosin council. They included moving the eastern park boundary to the east side of the proposed private road, purchasing a strip of land along the waterfront, chang-ing the property line to allow for a trail along the shoreline, requir-ing that a covenant be placed over the shoreline and remaining natu-ral vegetation, and purchasing a right-of-way for a trail along the shoreline.

APRM president Frank Mitchell

said it’s important to explore all options, because of the natural beauty, amazing panoramic vistas and its popularity with dog own-ers, especially with the increasing need for such areas based on the growth in other West Shore areas.

Metchosin Mayor John Ranns said the District has been aware the property could be subdivided for many years, but has always hoped it wouldn’t be.

“That is probably the highest-valued property in Metchosin,” he said. “We don’t have the money

to purchase that. We do have the ability to request five per cent of the property in lieu of cash, and I anticipate council will make that request.”

The property, zoned before the District incorporated in 1984, can be subdivided under the cur-rent regulations. Said Ranns: “In Metchosin we stick to our zoning, and that goes both ways.”

Metchosin chief administrative officer Lisa Urlacher said the appli-cation is under review.

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Family-friendly amenity added to parks mix in Colwood


Three-year-old Lilly Mitchell enjoys the slide at the new playground by the lower field at the Juan de Fuca Rec Centre, despite the park not being technically even open yet.

Rick StiebelNews Gazette staff

Not much will change except the name, according to the information on Best Buy’s website.

The Future Shop store on McCallum Road in Langford, which closed last week, is set to reopen on Saturday (April 4) as a Best Buy store.

The Langford and Saanich Future Shop locations, two of five on Vancouver Island, were among 131 stores across Canada that closed on March 28. Best Buy Canada, a sub-sidiary of Best Buy Co. Inc., owner and operator of Best Buy and Future Shop, indi-cated that 66 Future Shop locations will close perma-nently, while 65 would con-tinue to operate under the Best Buy banner, including the five Island locations. Best Buy stores will honour Future Shop gift cards and warran-ties.

A Best Buy that opened in 2010 at Westshore Town Cen-tre in Langford closed in Janu-ary [email protected]

Future Shop rebrandedas Best Buy

Mike DaviesNews Gazette staff

There’s now another new play-ground for area families to get excited about. It hasn’t been offi-cially opened, but the building of it is complete and some West Shore families are already using it.

It’s in the lower section of the West Shore Parks and Recreation complex, past the soccer fields by the basketball courts – just look for the snow fencing that’s still sur-rounding the area.

“We’ve been fundraising for probably three years along with the Rotary,” parks and rec chief administrative officer Linda Barnes said of the expansion of

playground offerings on the site.Through various community

initiatives, foundational support, book sales and other fundraising projects, the parks and rec depart-ment and Rotary collected the $250,000 needed to build the new playground, without having to dip into any taxpayer or municipal funds, she said.

“We’re officially opening it in May, but we must already have 60 kids a day down there. It’s crazy.”

The new playground is the first of many similar expansions West Shore Parks and Recreation plans in the coming months and years.

Find an extended version of this story at [email protected]

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Once he found a love for RC helicopters and smoothed out the images he was capturing due to the additional stability, he knew it was what he needed to be doing.

He made a business plan over the course of about eight months, took out a loan from his parents, contacted Draganfly Innovations in Saskatoon about purchasing an X6 model unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for about $27,000 and opened up Vantage Point Aerial Photography & Videography.

The X6 is actually a small unmanned aircraft system, which is a different category as far as Transport Canada regulations go, but it’s not a term most recognize – yet.

Before he could start booking customers, however, he needed to take a few more steps. One was spending two weeks training on UAVs in Saskatoon with Draganfly. After all, when you’re paying that kind of money for a gizmo, you don’t exactly want to just wing it.

“Flying a $27,000 drone is a bit different than flying a $300 RC chopper that you don’t mind crashing into a building, right? Anybody can just pop up a drone they bought for $700 with

a camera on it, but there’s another whole level,” he says. Wind currents, legal repercussions, insurance and liability issues need to be considered when moving into the commercial sector.

Morris says the X6 is actually easier than flying anything RC he’s ever flown, “because it’s got so many failsafes – it’s super stable.” After he became used to flying the UAV – well over 1,000 hours later – he started hiring himself out pro bono to build a resume.

“I call what I do intimate low-altitude photography,” he says, in that his shots are similar to what one might get from a helicopter, but taken from much closer to his subjects and with a wider variety of photos. The possibilities are endless, he says, and more ways for the technology to be used are being found seemingly every day.

“There are so many interesting things that people are doing with them nowadays,” Morris says. Everyone from whale researchers to real estate agents, environmental conservationists to golf course marketers and actions sports enthusiasts use of this style of photography.

Among the videos Morris has filmed are a light show that a DJ wanted to show to prospective clients, auto races at Western Speedway, and recently, Juan de Fuca soccer players having fun during their year-end wrap-up.

He’s looking to get into the housing market, but not in the way one might think at first.

“I can really get a dynamic range of unique angles that you can’t get without this kind of equipment,” he says, which is why he feels it will appeal to realtors listing properties for sale, developers marketing subdivisions or people looking to add another dimension to their sales plan when listing a home or business.

The drone offers a very efficient way of doing aerial photography and videography, Morris says.

“I can launch it right out of the back of my truck. I’m extremely mobile, fast and reliable.”

Most aerial photography in the past has been done by helicopters, he says, and those doing it would have to wait for enough orders to make it worth renting that chopper.

Morris is not shy about self-promotion. He claims to be able to go from an onsite shoot to processed photos in an hour, in most [email protected]

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Dusty Morris checks out the view from the camera attached to his drone while it’s hovering above.

Air timen To find out more about Morris or what he does with Vantage Point, visit vantagepoint aerialphotography.ca or contact him directly at dusty@vantagepoint aerialphotography.ca or 250-580-3904.

Four Seasons Musical Theatre company stays relevant through the

decadesEver wondered what the

key to a successful theatre company is? One word:

Reinvention.For 40 years now, the

Four Seasons Musical Theatre company has been delighting its audiences with its colourful productions. Established in the 1970’s as a Gilbert and Sullivan troupe, the focus has since shifted many times; sometimes to serious musical theatre, at others to purely children’s theatre, and now, toward presenting adult- and kids-pleasing hits like the upcoming extravaganza Shrek: The Musical.

Located on the West Shore since 1995, Four Seasons has had the tenacity to continue to engage its audiences with exciting shows, while at the same time offering a safe and affirming place for up-and-coming theatre kids to explore the craft

and enjoy the opportunity to get their feet wet in real productions.

Terry Roswell, president of the board of directors for Four Seasons, believes strongly in the value of musical theatre to both audiences and performers.

“Musical theatre is life-affirming, teaches teamwork and builds self-confidence in the kids in our shows – even the seasoned adults,” he says. “Kids and adults in the audience light up when seeing a favourite story come to life before them. It is truly magical. There is the immediacy that one cannot experience through sitting watching a screen.”

One of the perks of the company being located in the West Shore is the region’s strong family and community focus, Roswell says, admitting that he moved here for precisely those reasons. “There are lots of families on the West Shore with kids of all ages, with many more moving here every year. It feels like a happening place to be.”

When it comes to attracting Victoria audiences, Roswell laments the mindset of many theatre goers, who would rather drive downtown and search for parking than drive 15 minutes to the West Shore, where parking is a breeze. “We have to get away from the silo mindset.”

The company has many accom-plishments: they have supported Victoria playwrights by producing locally-written shows, and many alumni have gone on to successful careers on stage, film and beyond. But the biggest highlight, in

Roswell’s opinion, is the on-going enrichment of the community and its members through theatre.

“Every show is a highlight in my opinion. Seeing every single audience get to their feet at the end of our last show (The Secret Garden) was a personal highlight for me. And bringing Shrek: The Musical to our audiences in May is another highlight. The fact that there are 60 to 80 people who come together as a team to put on a show is a high point in itself.”

Roswell looks forward to the possibility of the company moving from its current residence at the Isabelle Reader Theatre into a new venue, where it would have room to increase the orchestra and allow for even more elaborate sets.

“We do well now and our shows are magic and are always getting better, but we have the talent and ability to go beyond,” he says. “For a long time now, many audience members have been telling us that the quality of our venue no longer matches the quality of our shows. And they are right. My dream is a dedicated community arts centre in the West Shore. There has been too much talking about it for too many years.”

Shrek: The Musical runs May 22 to 31 at the Isabelle Reader Theatre, 1026 Goldstream Ave. Four Seasons will perform a short vignette during the West Shore Arts Council’s Arts Mosaic/AGM on Sunday, April 26 at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Advent in Colwood.

Shannon Carmen is a member of the West Shore Arts Council.

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A young actor playing Mr. Tumnus howls out during a rehearsal of a scene from the Four Seasons Musical Theatre’s production of The Chronicles of Narnia.





liability issues need to be considered when moving into the commercial sector.

Morris says the X6 is actually easier than flying anything RC he’s ever flown, “because it’s got so many failsafes – it’s super stable.” After he became used to flying the UAV – well over 1,000 hours later – he started hiring himself out pro bono to build a

“I call what I do intimate low-altitude photography,” he says, in that his shots are similar to what one might get from a helicopter, but taken from much closer to his subjects and with a wider variety of photos. The possibilities are endless, he says, and more ways for the technology to be used are being found


Among the videos Morris has filmed are a light show that a DJ wanted to show to prospective clients, auto races at Western Speedway, and recently, Juan de Fuca soccer players having fun during their year-

He’s looking to get into the housing market, but not in the way one might think



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company stays relevant through the

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The Gazette received a blue ribbon for overall excellence in its category, community newspapers with a circulation between 12,500 and 24,999.

Individually, Gazette photojournalist Arnold Lim won in the category of Best Feature Photo, circulation 12,500 and above, for his colourful shot of rhythmic gymnast Jinayah Nelson on the front page of the Dec. 12 edition.

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EDITORIALOUR VIEW

Why did the B.C. government suddenly slam the door on their old friend George Abbott, after spending months recruiting him to head up the B.C. Treaty Commission?

The instant media narrative, embraced by a shocked Abbott and then by NDP leader John Horgan, was that this was payback for grievances nursed by Premier Christy Clark from the 2011 B.C. Liberal leadership contest.

Done on a whim, Horgan said after a week grilling Clark and Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad. Clark is suddenly a sore winner, lashing out, wrecking two decades of careful and costly treaty-making.

Like many instant media narratives, this one makes no sense and is almost certainly wrong.

If Clark was resentful about the roasting she received from leadership rivals Abbott and Kevin Falcon, she had an odd way of showing it. She appointed Falcon as finance minister to drive a stake into the harmonized sales tax, and Abbott as education minister to fashion a pre-election truce with the ever-hostile teachers’ union. Both completed their unlikely tasks and retired as heroes of the party in 2013.

Outgoing chief treaty commissioner Sophie Pierre was

as dismayed as anyone at the news of Abbott’s demise. While the two were in transition meetings, Pierre

learned that she was not being replaced, leaving the federal-provincial-First Nations Summit partnership of 22 years in a shambles.

Clark went further when questioned by reporters about the sudden reversal. The future of aboriginal relations in B.C. may or may not include the B.C. Treaty Commission.

“There have been some results, but four treaties in 22 years for $600 million is not enough result,” Clark said. “We have to be able to move faster, and we have to find a way to include more First Nations in the process.”

That $600 million is mostly loans, from the federal government to First Nations to finance treaty talks. Of every $100 spent trying to honour the century-old duty to sign treaties across B.C., $80 is a loan from Ottawa, $12 is a grant from Ottawa and $8 is a grant from B.C.

The plan was for First Nations to repay their loans out of cash settlements made to them for 100-odd years of uncompensated resource extraction, which is now accepted as being contrary to British and Canadian law.

It was the blunt-spoken Pierre who first acknowledged this hasn’t worked. Some of the 50 First

Nations stuck at the treaty table have borrowed too much to go on, she said last year, calling for an “exit strategy” that forgives debt.

The probability of the B.C. government making this decision without talking to the federal paymaster is exactly zero. I’m told the province’s clumsy timing had something to do with Ottawa’s late demands.

I asked Clark if her plan to settle land claims faster was anything like the 2009 attempt by Gordon Campbell’s deputy minister Jessica McDonald to negotiate a province-wide deal declaring aboriginal title. Clark sidestepped the question, saying only that the 150 B.C. First Nations not at the treaty table need a say and a solution too.

(McDonald now faces a similar legal gridlock as the Clark-appointed CEO of BC Hydro, trying to build the Site C dam.)

Pierre, a veteran administrator from the Ktunaxa Tribal Council in the Kootenays, made a prophetic statement when her term as chief commissioner was extended three years ago. She said if Ottawa isn’t prepared to give federal negotiators a realistic mandate on compensation and sharing of salmon rights, they should “shut ’er down.”

Her advice may have been heard after all.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Twitter: @tomfletcherbcEmail: [email protected]

Treaty trouble has deep roots

Best Buy move not surprising

Last week’s closure of Future Shop stores across Canada, including the Langford and Saanich locations, came somewhat out of the blue for most area customers of the popular electronics retailer.

And the fact parent company Best Buy Canada has chosen to rebrand 65 of its 131 Future Shop stores in this country as Best Buy – including the two Greater Victoria stores – might sound a little confusing, especially since it closed its Best Buy stores in this area some time back.

Chalk it all up to the topsy-turvy, shareholder return-driven world of corporate America.

Needing to improve its bottom line, Best Buy, which purchased Vancouver-based Future Shop in 2001, shaved 950 full-time Canadian employees from its payroll at the two brands in early 2014. Like many mega-corporations today, it’s all about return on investment, and the people on the front lines are the ones who pay the price for downsizing.

Luckily, employees at the Langford and Saanich stores were spared the permanent axe and will continue to collect their paycheques, albeit with an interruption of about a week or so. Both stores appear to be doing well, especially since the closure of Best Buy stores, their largest competitor, in January 2013.

We appreciate the fact that Greater Victoria customers who purchased items from Future Shop will have their warranties honoured by Best Buy, but that doesn’t guarantee job security for the workers.

While the trend is toward more purchases being made online – even for Best Buy – not everyone likes to shop without the experience of being able to pick up a product and see how it feels.

Whether this rather major industry hiccup is a foretelling of the future of electronics retailing on the West Shore and beyond is anyone’s guess. Area residents may remember the short lifespan in Langford of former home electronics giant A & B Sound.

We just hope that Best Buy employees start to look at a Plan B before too long, in case the worst comes sooner than later.

Tom FletcherB.C. Views

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LETTERSOpposition mounts against Bill C-51

Contrary to what our federal government would have us believe, Bill C-51 does little, if anything to protect us from terrorism.

Effective laws that protect us from terrorism are already in place, as evidenced by the low number of successful attacks in Canada (a person is literally more likely to be struck -- and killed -- by lightning), and unlike Bill C-51, our existing laws do not strip us of our Charter rights, our freedoms and our privacy.

The Canadian Security and Intelligence Service was formed in the 1970s to separate the police (RCMP) from the intelligence agency. Bill C-51 would not only permit CSIS to

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This Anti-Terrorism Act is so broad that even the Conservatives don’t know what it means. When Justice Minister Peter MacKay was asked the definition of terrorism, he told reporters, “Look it up.”

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Good news for B.C. anglers: The 2015-17 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is here.

Produced by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Black Press (publisher of the Gazette), the Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is now available both online and in print.

Published every two years as the go-to guide for all non-salmon sport fishing regulations in effect in freshwater in British Columbia, the synopsis is a valuable resource for anglers throughout the province.

“The synopsis provides the public with a summary of the regulations and management practices the province uses to ensure that freshwater fishing remains a sustainable and

enjoyable pastime for all

anglers,” says Stephen MacIver, policy and regulations analyst for the ministry’s Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Management branch.

Inside the 100-page publication, readers will find provincial and regional regulations, boating information and informative feature articles, plus fish identification photos, definitions and more.

Also included is a list of major regulation changes for 2015-17,

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Find the synopsis online at env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish. Printed copies are available at Service

BC centres and local angling licence vendors around the West Shore.

Gracing the cover of this year’s synopsis is a photo by Fernando Barbosa depicting two young anglers working to land a big one on Bowron Lake in the Cariboo.

For shutterbugs who want to be similarly immortalized, submissions are being accepted now for the cover of the 2016-18 Hunting and Trapping Synopsis – e-mail photos relevant to hunting

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGThe City of Langford has received an application to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by means of proposed Bylaw No. 1562. All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the Bylaw at a Public Hearing to be held in the CITY OF LANGFORD COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Third Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, on Tuesday, 7 April 2015, at 7:00 pm. Please be advised that no representations may be received by Council after the close of the Public Hearing and any submissions made to Council, whether orally or in writing, will form part of a public record.

Proposal: The purpose of Bylaw No. 1562 is to amend the City of Langford Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by amending the zoning designation of the land that is the subject of Bylaw No. 1562 from the current CD8 (Comprehensive Development 8 – Valley View) Area 1 – Single Family Dwellings Zone and adding to the CD8 (Comprehensive Development 8 – Valley View) Area 2 – Townhouse Residential Zone to allow a development of approximately 20 townhouses on the subject properties.

Applicant: Richard Irwin, Irwin Consulting

Location: The land that is the subject of Bylaw No. 1562 is 919, 923, 927, 931, 935, 939 and 943 Wild Ridge Way as shown shaded on the plan.

COPIES of the complete proposed Bylaw and other material that the Council may consider in relation to the Bylaw may be viewed from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (holidays excluded), from Monday, 23 March 2015 to Tuesday, 7 April 2015, inclusive, at Langford City Hall, 2nd Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, V9B 2X8. Please contact Grant Liebscher in the Planning Department at 250-478-7882 with any questions on this Bylaw.

Jim BowdenAdministrator

Capital Regional District Notice to ElectorsWithin the Capital Regional DistrictAlternative Approval Process for CRD Bylaw 3981 - Authorizing the borrowing of $14,800,000 for acquiring, designing and constructing water distribution facilities in the Juan de Fuca Water Distribution AreaNotice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the Capital Regional District (“CRD”) proposes to adopt Bylaw No. 3981, “Juan de Fuca Water Distribution Facilities Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 1, 2014 “ to authorize the borrowing of up to Fourteen Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($14,800,000) for the purpose of acquiring, designing and constructing water distribution facilities in the western communities of the Juan de Fuca Water Distribution Area.Over the next five years the CRD will need up to $14,800,000 to meet the cash requirements necessary to fund investments in the Juan de Fuca Water Distribution system infrastructure. Borrowing will only occur after review and confirmation of the cash flow requirements and approval of the projects by the Juan de Fuca Water Distribution Commission. The debt servicing costs will be recovered through the retail water rate.Take further notice that the CRD may proceed with Bylaw No. 3981 unless at least 5,561 electors within the CRD indicate by signing the elector response forms, that the Board must obtain the assent of the electors by way of referendum before proceeding to adopt Bylaw No. 3981.The elector response form must be in the form as established by the CRD and forms are available from the CRD on request. The only persons entitled to sign elector response forms are electors of the area to which the alternative approval process opportunity applies. The alternative approval process opportunity applies within the following municipalities of the CRD: Colwood, Highlands (that part within the RUCSPA set out in Bylaw No. 3820), Langford, Metchosin, Sooke and View Royal and a portion of the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area (East Sooke participating area). The deadline for delivering the original signed elector response forms, in relation to Bylaw No. 3981, to the CRD is 4:00 pm on Monday, May 4, 2015. Forms must be received by the deadline to be counted.The CRD has estimated that the total number of electors within the service area is 55,614 and that 10% of that number or 5,561 electors must submit elector response forms to prevent the CRD from enacting Bylaw No. 3981 without the assent of the electors by referendum.Further technical information concerning Bylaw No. 3981 may be obtained from Ted Robbins, General Manager, Integrated Water Services, 479 Island Highway, Victoria, BC V9B 1H7 (Tel: 250.474.9604) during regular office hours Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) from the date of this notice until May 4, 2015.Qualifications for Resident and Non-Resident Property ElectorsResident Elector: You are entitled to submit an elector response form as a Resident Elector if you are 18 years or older on the date of submission of the elector response form, are a Canadian citizen, have resided in British Columbia for 6 months and in the CRD for at least 30 days prior to signing the elector response form.Non-Resident Property Elector: You may submit an elector response form as a Non-Resident Property Elector if you are 18 years or older on the date of submission of the elector response form, are a Canadian citizen, have resided in British Columbia for 6 months, have owned and held registered title to property in the CRD for 30 days and do NOT qualify as a Resident Elector. If there is more than one registered owner of the property (either as joint tenants or tenants in common) only one individual may, with the written consent of the majority, submit an elector response form.To obtain an elector response form, or for questions about the elector approval process, please contact CRD Legislative and Information Services, PO Box 1000, 625 Fisgard Street, 5th Floor, Victoria, BC V8W 2S6 or by telephone at 250.360.3129 from 8:30 am-4:30 pm, Monday to Friday.A copy of the elector response form may be downloaded from:www.crd.bc.ca/about/how-we-are-governed/elections-other-votingElector response forms may also be obtained at the following CRD offices, from 8:30 am-4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays):• Integrated Water Services, 479 Island Highway, Victoria • Juan de Fuca Local Area Services office, #3-7450 Butler Road, SookeA copy of Bylaw No. 3981 and a copy of this Notice may be inspected during regular office hours, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays) from the date of this notice until May 4, 2015 at the following locations:• public notice board in the lobby of CRD headquarters, 625 Fisgard Street, Victoria• Integrated Water Services, 479 Island Highway, Victoria• Juan de Fuca Local Area Services office #3-7450 Butler Road, Sooke• on the CRD website:

for Bylaw No. 3981: www.crd.bc.ca/about/document-library/Documents/bylaws/bylawssubjecttoreferendumoralternativeapprovalprocess for this Notice: www.crd.bc.ca/about/how-we-are-governed/elections-other-voting

Given under my hand at Victoria, BC this 25th day of March, 2015Sonia SantarossaCorporate Officer


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Get all the details at www.colwood.ca or call City Hall at 250-478-5999.

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As per section 208 of the Community Charter, notice is hereby given that the following Parcel Tax Rolls are now available for inspection at the City of Colwood Municipal Hall located at 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, BC between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays:

Colwood South Sewer Local Area Service Parcel Tax Roll Colwood East Sewer Local Area Service Parcel Tax Roll Colwood West Sewer Local Area Service Parcel Tax Roll And, CRD Onsite Sewage Disposal Systems Services Parcel Tax Roll

A person who owns a parcel included on any of these parcel tax rolls may request that the roll be amended, only in relation to the person’s own property, on the following grounds:

1. There is an error or omission respecting a name or address on the parcel tax roll; 2. There is an error or omission respecting the inclusion of a parcel; 3. There is an error or omission respecting the taxable area of a parcel in relation to one or more of the Sewer Local Area Service Parcel Tax Rolls; or 4. An exemption has been improperly allowed or disallowed.

A request by the property owner for an amendment must be submitted in writing to the attention of the Collector on or before 4:30 pm, Wednesday, April 8, 2015, as follows:

• Mail or In Person: City of Colwood, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, BC V9C 1R1 • Facsimile: 250-478-7516 • E-Mail: [email protected]

Andrea deBucy, CPA, CGACollectorA/Director of Finance

City of ColwoodPublic Notice – Updating Parcel Tax Rolls

Hosts can help young athletes excel on and off the field Don DescoteauNews Gazette staff

Langford area homeowners keen on helping a youth-oriented organization gain a leg up on the 2015 season are invited to find out more about billeting players for the Westshore Rebels junior football team.

The Rebels are looking for temporary homes for out-of-town players coming to Langford for the spring training camp, May 1 to 3 at

Westhills Stadium, and for longer-term commitments for players who’ll be staying for the 2015 B.C. Football Conference season.

“We probably have about 15 or more players coming from different parts of Canada (for camp), says Silke Allard, the team’s billet

co-ordinator.For prospective

hosts, she says, “They’re supporting local junior football, so it’s another way of giving back to their community. Plus, the football family is a nice family to be a part of.”

Billeting players can be an ideal way for football fans to get closer to the action, Allard says. Not only do hosts get to know the players quite well, they receive two tickets for each of the Rebels’ five home games for the season to use however they wish.

For full-season billets, the club pays a $600 per month honorarium to help defray the costs of having an extra person in the home from June to November.

The relationship between the players and their billets is a personal one that varies from one home to the next, depending on the individuals involved and the house rules and expectations. While the team does its best to match players with an appropriate billet home, those guidelines are largely worked out between the billet and player, Allard says.

For security purposes, both players and billet families must undergo a criminal record check. Forms are available from the team to take to West Shore RCMP.

To find out more information on being a billet, email [email protected] or visit westhorerebels.ca.

[email protected]


Junior football Rebels looking for billet families

Westshore Rebels defensive lineman Tyson Morrison relaxes in his room at the family home in Langford. While he’s one of the many local players on the team who are able to live at home, out-of-town players must be billeted with local families. The Rebels are looking for new hosts for this year’s crop of non-local players.Don Descoteau/News Gazette staff

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Belmont Bulldogs player Kaleigh Dupuis wraps up Vic High ball carrier Emma Troost during Greater Victoria high school girls sevens rugby action Friday at Vic High. The Bulldogs were slated to host a game day with teams from Oak Bay and Edward Milne Monday (after the Gazette print deadline).

Youth lax goalie clinic coming up

Juan de Fuca Lacrosse goalies are invited to a skills clinic at Archie Browning Sports Centre in Esqui-malt on April 11.

Goalies in novice A, pee wee, bantam and midget age divisions can participate in the clinic, which has been rescheduled.

Interested players are asked to RSVP by email to [email protected] as soon as possible.

The Hartland Landfill Facility will be closed on Easter Monday, Monday, April 6, 2015.

Hartland will reopen on Tuesday, April 7 from 9 am to 5 pm.

Registered account customers will have access to the active face from 7 to 9 am.

Please make sure your load is covered and secured.

Capital Regional District

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For more information, please call the CRD Hotline at 250.360.3030 or visit www.crd.bc.ca/hartland

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Hosts can help young athletes excel on and off the field Don DescoteauNews Gazette staff

Langford area homeowners keen on helping a youth-oriented organization gain a leg up on the 2015 season are invited to find out more about billeting players for the Westshore Rebels junior football team.

The Rebels are looking for temporary homes for out-of-town players coming to Langford for the spring training camp, May 1 to 3 at

Westhills Stadium, and for longer-term commitments for players who’ll be staying for the 2015 B.C. Football Conference season.

“We probably have about 15 or more players coming from different parts of Canada (for camp), says Silke Allard, the team’s billet

co-ordinator.For prospective

hosts, she says, “They’re supporting local junior football, so it’s another way of giving back to their community. Plus, the football family is a nice family to be a part of.”

Billeting players can be an ideal way for football fans to get closer to the action, Allard says. Not only do hosts get to know the players quite well, they receive two tickets for each of the Rebels’ five home games for the season to use however they wish.

For full-season billets, the club pays a $600 per month honorarium to help defray the costs of having an extra person in the home from June to November.

The relationship between the players and their billets is a personal one that varies from one home to the next, depending on the individuals involved and the house rules and expectations. While the team does its best to match players with an appropriate billet home, those guidelines are largely worked out between the billet and player, Allard says.

For security purposes, both players and billet families must undergo a criminal record check. Forms are available from the team to take to West Shore RCMP.

To find out more information on being a billet, email [email protected] or visit westhorerebels.ca.

[email protected]


Junior football Rebels looking for billet families

Westshore Rebels defensive lineman Tyson Morrison relaxes in his room at the family home in Langford. While he’s one of the many local players on the team who are able to live at home, out-of-town players must be billeted with local families. The Rebels are looking for new hosts for this year’s crop of non-local players.Don Descoteau/News Gazette staff


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City of ColwoodNotice of Public Hearing

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the City of Colwood will hold a meeting to afford the public an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters in the following proposed bylaw at a PUBLIC HEARING to be held at Colwood City Hall, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, B.C. on Monday, April 13, 2015 at 6:30 p.m.

1. “Colwood Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 999, 2008, Amendment No. 8 (2350/2356 Sooke Road), Bylaw No. 1553, 2014”.

The general purpose of proposed Bylaw No. 1553 is to amend Section 3.0 of the Official Community Plan by re-designating from the “Hillside – Shoreline” designation to the “Mixed-Use Employment Centre” designation the properties located at 2350 and 2356 Sooke Road, more particularly described as Lot 4, Section 68, Esquimalt District, Plan 21735; and Lot 5, Section 68, Esquimalt District, Plan 21735, Except part in Plan VIP71511.

2. “Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989, Amend No. 144 (CD23 Zone – 2350 Sooke Road and 2356 Sooke Road), Bylaw No. 1554, 2014”.

The general purpose of proposed Bylaw No. 1554 is to amend the Land Use Bylaw by deleting from the Residential 1 (R1) Zone and adding to a new Comprehensive Development (CD23) Zone the properties located at 2350 and 2356 Sooke Road, more particularly described as Lot 4, Section 68, Esquimalt District, Plan 21735; and Lot 5, Section 68, Esquimalt District, Plan 21735, Except part in Plan VIP71511.

A copy of the proposed bylaw and other related material may be inspected at City Hall, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, B.C. between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays, from Monday, April 6, 2015 up to and including Monday, April 13, 2015. For further information please contact the Planning Department at 478-5999 or [email protected] .

Iain Bourhill, MCIP, RPPDirector of Planning

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Do you have an event com-ing up on the West Shore that you’d like people to hear about? Besides our printed newspa-per, the Gazette has a variety of online options available to get that message out there.

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It’s a great way to publicize upcoming happenings, keep track of what else is going on around the region at the same time, and provide potential material for publication in the

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Meeting planned over View Royal fenceA proposed overheight fence

at 130 Brunett Rd. in View Royal is the subject of a public meet-ing at the town hall next Tues-day (April 7) at 7 p.m.

The homeowner is seeking a variance to the maximum allow-able fence height to be able to

build a 2.5-metre high barrier between their property and the E & N Rail Trail. The current limit is two metres.

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Once he found a love for RC helicopters and smoothed out the images he was capturing due to the additional stability, he knew it was what he needed to be doing.

He made a business plan over the course of about eight months, took out a loan from his parents, contacted Draganfly Innovations in Saskatoon about purchasing an X6 model unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for about $27,000 and opened up Vantage Point Aerial Photography & Videography.

The X6 is actually a small unmanned aircraft system, which is a different category as far as Transport Canada regulations go, but it’s not a term most recognize – yet.

Before he could start booking customers, however, he needed to take a few more steps. One was spending two weeks training on UAVs in Saskatoon with Draganfly. After all, when you’re paying that kind of money for a gizmo, you don’t exactly want to just wing it.

“Flying a $27,000 drone is a bit different than flying a $300 RC chopper that you don’t mind crashing into a building, right? Anybody can just pop up a drone they bought for $700 with

a camera on it, but there’s another whole level,” he says. Wind currents, legal repercussions, insurance and liability issues need to be considered when moving into the commercial sector.

Morris says the X6 is actually easier than flying anything RC he’s ever flown, “because it’s got so many failsafes – it’s super stable.” After he became used to flying the UAV – well over 1,000 hours later – he started hiring himself out pro bono to build a resume.

“I call what I do intimate low-altitude photography,” he says, in that his shots are similar to what one might get from a helicopter, but taken from much closer to his subjects and with a wider variety of photos. The possibilities are endless, he says, and more ways for the technology to be used are being found seemingly every day.


Among the videos Morris has filmed are a light show that a DJ wanted to show to prospective clients, auto races at Western Speedway, and recently, Juan de Fuca soccer players having fun during their year-end wrap-up.

He’s looking to get into the housing market, but not in the way one might think at first.




Most aerial photography in the past has been done by helicopters, he says, and those doing it would have to wait for enough orders to make it worth renting that chopper.

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Four Seasons Musical Theatre company has been delighting its audiences with its colourful productions. Established in the 1970’s as a Gilbert and Sullivan troupe, the focus has since shifted many times; sometimes to serious musical theatre, at others to purely children’s theatre, and now, toward presenting adult- and kids-pleasing hits like the upcoming extravaganza Shrek: The Musical.


and enjoy the opportunity to get their feet wet in real productions.

Terry Roswell, president of the board of directors for Four Seasons, believes strongly in the value of musical theatre to both audiences and performers.

“Musical theatre is life-affirming, teaches teamwork and builds self-confidence in the kids in our shows – even the seasoned adults,” he says. “Kids and adults in the audience light up when seeing a favourite story come to life before them. It is truly magical. There is the immediacy that one cannot experience through sitting watching a screen.”

One of the perks of the company being located in the West Shore is the region’s strong family and community focus, Roswell says, admitting that he moved here for precisely those reasons. “There are lots of families on the West Shore with kids of all ages, with many more moving here every year. It feels like a happening place to be.”

When it comes to attracting Victoria audiences, Roswell laments the mindset of many theatre goers, who would rather drive downtown and search for parking than drive 15 minutes to the West Shore, where parking is a breeze. “We have to get away from the silo mindset.”

The company has many accom-plishments: they have supported Victoria playwrights by producing locally-written shows, and many alumni have gone on to successful careers on stage, film and beyond. But the biggest highlight, in

Roswell’s opinion, is the on-going enrichment of the community and its members through theatre.

“Every show is a highlight in my opinion. Seeing every single audience get to their feet at the end of our last show (The Secret Garden) was a personal highlight for me. And bringing Shrek: The Musical to our audiences in May is another highlight. The fact that there are 60 to 80 people who come together as a team to put on a show is a high point in itself.”

Roswell looks forward to the possibility of the company moving from its current residence at the Isabelle Reader Theatre into a new venue, where it would have room to increase the orchestra and allow for even more elaborate sets.

“We do well now and our shows are magic and are always getting better, but we have the talent and ability to go beyond,” he says. “For a long time now, many audience members have been telling us that the quality of our venue no longer matches the quality of our shows. And they are right. My dream is a dedicated community arts centre in the West Shore. There has been too much talking about it for too many years.”

Shrek: The Musical runs May 22 to 31 at the Isabelle Reader Theatre, 1026 Goldstream Ave. Four Seasons will perform a short vignette during the West Shore Arts Council’s Arts Mosaic/AGM on Sunday, April 26 at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Advent in Colwood.

Shannon Carmen is a member of the West Shore Arts Council.

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