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The Langford Legion reached out for a little help.

The B.C. Yukon Command of The Royal Canadian Legion granted the legion’s request for help, taking over the financial side of the organization.

“They have been really struggling, and the last few executives have been struggling overall with business man-agement,” said Inga Kruse, executive director of B.C. Yukon Command. “They asked us for this help.”

The decision was made and announced on Jan. 6 at a meeting at the Langford Legion with nearly 200 people in attendance.

“All of our locations are run by volunteers and our volunteers need the support of our elected officials,” Kruse said. “Our job is to preserve the branch for its members.”

The Jan. 6 meeting sparked more volunteers and members of Langford Legion to step up and offer help.

“This has let the members know that their help is needed,” Kruse said. “Members are saying ‘I didn’t know you needed my help.’”

The trusteeship is temporary, said Kruse adding the Command wants to train local volunteers who can then oversee the tasks.

The Langford Legion is always look-ing for new volunteers and people with professional skills looking to help.

Langford Legion representatives did not respond to requests for an interview.

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For some gambling is all fun and games, but mix the right personality with the

wrong information and it can turn disas-trous.

To address this issue the B.C. Lottery Corpo-ration will host Responsible Gambling Awareness Week on the West Shore from Jan. 14 to 18 to help prevent the potential pitfalls of gambling.

The initiative, cre-ated by BCLC and the province, is an attempt to help inform people of the risks of gambling and the resources avail-able for those who struggle with gambling addiction.

“The more you know the better equipped you are to make healthy decisions around gam-bling,” said Caroline Wakefield, senior com-munications officer for BCLC. “We want to raise that awareness and really connect people to community services and support, should they need it.”

The week will kick off on Tuesday, Jan. 15 with a breakfast launch at 9:30 a.m. at View Royal Casino, featuring speeches and some eats.

Throughout the week the Myth Busting Kiosk will be set up at various locations throughout the West Shore, includ-ing grocery stores, malls, senior’s cen-tre and a Vic-toria Grizzlies game.

BCLC’s intention with the kiosk is to dispel myths about gambling and provide infor-mation. For example, a common myth is that there are “hot” and “cold” slot machines, and a slot machine that hasn’t given money for some time is “due for a win.”

Some people will keep playing, and keep los-ing, waiting for that elusive win.

As the information at the kiosk helps explain, this isn’t true. The results of a slot machine spin are determined completely randomly every spin and there are no patterns or “streaks,” therefore a machine can never be “hot” or “cold.”

“People can learn about randomness or how slot machines work or things like that,” said Westfield. “We try to make it fun and interactive so that it’s interesting to learn this information, and at the same time give people a chance to learn a little bit more ‘behind the scenes’ of how these games work.”

The main event will be an open house on Saturday, Jan. 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre. At the event experts in the field of gambling will give talks, starting at 10:30 a.m., and provide responsible gambling tips. Coffee and snacks will be pro-vided.

BCLC hosted the first Gambling Awareness Week last year in Vernon, at the city’s request. This year five communities will host events and Westfield said interest has been expressed in expanding further.

There are a number of resources available regularly for people looking for information on gambling or grappling with a gambling addic-

tion. BCLC hosts the GameSense.ca website, a

responsible gambling information centre that offers a wide variety of resources. The province hosts BCResponsibleGaming.ca, another web-site with information about gambling and gam-bling addiction.

At every casino, including the View Royal Casino, there is a Game Sense information cen-tre with information on gambling and advisors available to talk about responsible gambling.

For problem gamblers BCLC has a self-exclu-sion program, through which people can volun-tarily choose to be denied admittance to casi-nos for a certain amount of time.

“(These resources) really are part of our com-mitment towards responsible gambling so we like to make them available,” Wakefield said. “We continue to support them to ensure that people have the access they need to all these resources and any support, if they need it.”

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Have your say on boat commuter consideration

The WestShore Chamber of Commerce is investigating the viability of a passenger ferry service from the West Shore to Victo-ria’s Inner Harbour and is looking for advice.

To help with a study started last fall, the chamber is ask-ing South Island area residents to fill out an online survey to help flush out the idea.

“This passenger ferry could really impact the lives of peo-ple who commute back and forth between the West Shore and downtown Victoria,” chamber CEO Dan Spinner said, in a press release. “It is crucial to hear from people who might use the ferry as it could cut down their commute times, as well as reduce the amount of traffic congestion and vehicle emissions that occur in the ‘Col-wood crawl’.”

The survey focuses on passenger location along with level of interest in using such a service.

Survey participants will be entered into a draw to win a vari-ety of return trips on Blackball Ferries to Port Angeles.

To fill out the survey visit westshoreferry.ca/survey.

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B.C. Lottery Corporation will be hosting a variety of events to promote responsible gambling throughout the week, including an open house on Saturday, Jan. 19 at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre that will feature talks from experts.

“The more you know, the better equipped you are to make healthy decisions around gambling.”

– Caroline Wakefield, seniors communications

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Former NDP leadership candidate and pot advocate Dana Larsen will speak in Metchosin on Wednesday about an approach to cannabis decriminalization.

Larsen, a founding member of both national and provincial marijuana political parities, is tour-ing coastal B.C. in support of his Sensible B.C. campaign.

The campaign promotes the passing of a Sensible Policing Act, which would direct all police in B.C. “to stop spending any time or resources on searching, seizing or arresting anyone for simple cannabis possession,” explained Larsen, in a news release.

“The lawyers at Elections B.C. have confirmed that this legislation is within pro-vincial jurisdiction and suitable for a referendum,” said Larsen.

The goal is to promote a referendum similar to that which reverted the province’s decision to move to HST. Volunteers will collect signatures until November 2013 and Larsen has been on tour since October 2012 to promote the campaign.

In Metchosin he will speak to the Association for the Preservation of Rural Metchosin.

Association president Ken Farquharson said they invited Larsen based on Metchosin coun-cil’s endorsement of decriminalizing marijuana at 2012’s Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities convention.

“Given the fact the council decided to move on it, I felt we should know more about it,” said Far-quharson.

The talk is Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Metchosin Community House, 4430 Happy Valley Road. The presentation takes place during the regular monthly meeting of the association, but all those who are interested are invited to attend.

Larsen will also speak at the University of Victoria on Wednesday, Jan. 23.

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Metchosin hosts pot talkAdvocate campaigns for marijuana decriminalization

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Surjit Bhandal, the 83-year-old woman who had applied to stay with her family in Langford, attended a pre-removal confer-ence today. At that conference Bhandal’s application for Permanent Residence on Humanitarian and Compassionate grounds was officially denied. A removal order is now in effect.

“Although I am disappointed Minister Kenney did not intervene on Ms. Bhan-dal’s behalf, the conclusion of this pre-re-moval hearing will allow her family to seek other remedies,” said Randall Garrison, MP (Esquimalt Juan de Fuca). “The fam-ily will now pursue all other legal options to avoid seeing Ms. Bhandal sent to India where she has no family or community support available to her. The Bhandal fam-ily lawyer has applied for a judicial review of this decision and will request a delay of

deportation proceedings.”Garrison said he’s seen overwhelming

support from the community to keep the Bhandal family together.

“Over 5,000 letters have been sent to Minister Kenney urging compassion for Ms. Bhandal,” Garrison said.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada forwarded the file to the Canadian Border Services Agency which is responsible for the actual deportation process.

“I remain hopeful that we can convince the government that deporting Surjit Bhan-dal would not only be an error in law and an injustice, but that it would also fail to reflect the reality of the diversity of fami-lies in Canada,” Garrison said.

Watch www.goldstreamgazette.com for updates.

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Surjit Bhandal, far right, with her nephew Jasminder Bhandal and MP Randall Garrison and during a December press conference.

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Saanich police attempted to pull over a 1985 GMC pickup early Tues-day for driving without headlights, when it sped off.

Around 2:45 a.m., officers followed the truck from a distance down Quadra Street, pursuing it from Tat-tersall Drive to McKenzie Avenue, where the vehicle broke down.

Two Langford residents – an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old woman – were inside, along with a

machete tucked between the two front seats.

“They had no explanation for (why they were carrying) that,” said Sgt. Steve Eassie, Saanich police public information officer.

Officers quickly determined that the truck had been stolen from Peatt Road.

The pair was arrested, and police learned both were on court condi-tions to not possess weapons or be in contact with one another.

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The provincial courts fined Victoria busi-nessman Philip LeSeur $8,000 for failing to file a number of business tax returns between 2006 to 2009.

LeSeur pleaded guilty on Jan. 7 to fail-ing to file corporate income tax returns and financial information. The regulatory

charges are in relation to the companies Victoria Prime Steakhouse Ltd., Bear Moun-tain Village Market Ltd. and Nirvana Land Development Ltd., along with two num-bered companies.

LeSeur had past involvement with Bear Mountain, related to development. LeSeur

is not an employee of Bear Mountain Land Holdings, the current owners of the Lang-ford development, although he has pro-vided historical information on a consulting basis in the past for the company.

According to Canada Revenue Agency, tax returns were not filed for all of the busi-nesses for the 2008 and 2009 taxation years. Returns were not filed for Nirvana Land Developments and a numbered company for 2007, and the other numbered company

failed to file a return for 2006 and 2007.All returns have now been filed. LeSeur

has six months to pay the $8,000 fine.“When taxpayers are convicted of failing

to file tax returns,” states a Canada Revenue Agency press release, “in addition to any fines imposed by the courts, they must still file the returns and pay the full amount of taxes owning, plus interest owed, as well as any civil penalties that may be assessed.”

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Without pro hockey on television, you might think Greater Victoria sports bars have been crying the blues.

But as they prepare to welcome back fans of the Canucks, Habs, Flames and other NHL teams, the fact they aren’t sorely hurting is a testament to the resil-iency of local operators. That, and the fact many establishments don’t expect to see larger crowds for games on TV until closer to playoff time.

Nonetheless, last weekend’s announce-ment of a deal to end the 113-day lockout is a good tonic for the traditional post-New Year’s doldrums.

“Because of football and other specials we had on, we’ve been continuously hir-ing. But January is a slower month,” said Candace Norris, general manager of the Shark Club Sports Bar and Grill on Doug-las Street. “Having hockey come back now is probably the best time it could have come back.”

Details are still being hammered out, but word is the league is preparing for a 48-game season to start Saturday, Jan. 19 – with the potential for some major regional rivals to meet opening night. That could see this region’s most-watched team, the Vancouver Canucks, take on Calgary, for

example.“There’s a lot of talk about people boy-

cotting, but I think people will come back pretty quick,” Norris said.

Maude Hunter’s Pub on Shelbourne Street, not far from both the University of Victoria and Camosun College, thrives at this time of year, when students return for another semester.

And manager Norm Wilson said the lockout “didn’t really affect us what-soever.”

“I think people are going to go out no matter what (if they have money). Where we would have really felt it would be more in playoff time,” he said.

Even if the lockout’s effects have been minimal, Wilson admitted there’ll likely be a few extra patrons sticking around on game nights.

While effects on Vancouver’s hospital-ity industry have been significant, Darren Cross, manager of the Station House Pub in Langford, said the Island felt a trickle down effect.

“The industry is roughly down 20 per cent,” he said, qualifying that the drop is not entirely due to the absence of hockey on TV.

Cross estimates that business might have been 10 per cent higher on a night where the Canucks or Montreal were playing the 7 p.m. Saturday game.

At the Strathcona Hotel in downtown Victoria, which counts dozens of screens

in its various bars, co-owner Grant Olson estimates bigger losses relating to the hockey lockout.

“I was saying the other day that the overall impact (to us) might be $250,000 or even $300,000 in revenue if you lose the whole season and playoffs,” he said.

“We might have lost a third of that at this point. The fact they can do a 48-game

season and we still get the playoffs, that’s kind of the bet-ter chunk of the pie to get.”

Where the hotel’s bars have noticed the biggest difference is in the absence of

hockey fans who might stick around to watch the last period of a late game and order a little more, he said.

Olson, hockey fan himself, said people are generally excited about the return of the NHL.

“The hockey fans are hockey fans,” he said. “These winters are long and cold and hockey provides good entertainment, whether your team’s Detroit or Vancou-ver.”

All four businesses are planning special events to coincide with opening night. It may just be like the playoffs coming early.

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Norman Wilson, general manager of Maude Hunters Pub and Liquor Store in Saanich, is happy the National Hockey League will soon be airing on his establishment’s many screens.

“Having hockey come back now is probably the best time it could have come back.”

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It’s game on for NHL fansHockey Night in Canada. Four words we

haven’t heard for what seems like too long.

Sure, you may have become disconnected from the game, as “millionaire players” battled “billionaire owners” over how to share, in many cases, your hard-earned money.

But when the puck drops at Rogers Arena, the Scotiabank Saddledome, the Bell Centre in Montreal or any of the 15 National Hockey League rinks expected to host games on Jan. 19, it’ll be hard to look away.

The effect of the player lockout on the Greater Victoria hospitality industry has been significant, if not as major as in Vancouver or other Canadian NHL cities.

Without a doubt, every sports bar, lounge and restaurant with a TV – or many TVs – will have the Canucks’ first game tuned in, at least for a while. Many establishments are already planning special events related to hockey to attract more patrons.

In general, fans tend to find other diversions during their favourite sports’ off-seasons. Other sports take their place, or, in the case of hockey, outdoor pursuits often take over.

For hockey fans, the last few months have felt like an extended off-season. With no NHL on the tube, fans have resorted to watching NBA basketball – Victoria’s Steve Nash has been injured for much of his first season with the Los Angeles Lakers – junior hockey or other sports that don’t have the same broad emotional connection with the populace.

One thing is certain about the NHL, it tends to draw people together. Pro hockey is something co-workers tend to talk about the next day at the office. As the playoffs get closer – and they’ll come relatively quickly this season – gatherings start to be planned around watching the games on TV.

Certainly, some will ignore the NHL’s return. But for many of us in Greater Victoria and across Canada, it will be akin to pulling a favourite blanket out of storage. It’s familiar, feels good on a cold, dark night and is best enjoyed when shared.

Wherever pipelines are concerned, expect an eclectic party.

With the federal government’s Enbridge Northern Gateway joint review panel wrapping up its week-long hearings at the Delta Ocean Pointe Resort, the usually picturesque waterfront erupted into a hotbed of environmental protest.

The closed-door panel concludes today, and spent more than a week working its way through a registered list of about 280 public speakers.

Interested observers were given the option of listening to an audio-only webcast of the event – which had the distinct quality of a wartime emergency broadcast – or of watching a video feed at the Ramada Victoria Hotel, three kilometres away on Gorge Road.

Several hundred frustrated protesters rejected these two arms-length participatory options and gathered along the walkway in front of the Inner Harbour hotel.

Even Victoria MP Murray Rankin, an expert on and opponent of the pipeline project, was turned away at the door last Friday. Rankin called the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency process “fundamentally flawed,” and expressed little hope the end result would leave the public feeling heard. He also justifiably lambasted security for denying entry to the very person elected to represent the public at the federal level.

Adding fuel to the protest flames is the nihilism behind the

joint review panel’s mandate. The Conservative government’s omnibus bill, C-38, makes clear that

any recommendation by the panel is exactly that: for consideration only.

Stephen Harper’s cabinet can compel the federal environmental agency to approve the Enbridge project, regardless of public will.

There must be a sense of disillusionment amongst the panel’s members, collecting and collating the opinions of around 4,000 Canadians, knowing all the while their words bear the weight of

a novelty inflatable hammer.To be fair, the approval or

rejection of this pipeline isn’t a decision that should be taken lightly. The world wants oil from a politically stable and efficient partner. Canada bears both these qualities, relatively speaking, and has enough bitumen to fill 100 billion barrels – likely double that.

In an age where social security costs show no sign of retreat and taxpayers are gripping tightly to every penny (soon-to-be nickel), oil revenue presents a feasible way for the country to pull itself out of a fiscal recession and fill its storehouses for generations.

And then there’s the latest international energy darling and saviour to our financial woes – liquified natural gas.

B.C. is teeming with the stuff, as evidenced by a recent Chevron investment in the Kitimat LNG facility, where the province says exports could reach 75

million tonnes per year, pending agreements with Asian buyers.

The National Energy Board has already greenlit LNG exports to the tune of 10 million tonnes annually, although billions of dollars still need to be invested if B.C. wants to play with the big boys. But the elephant in the room, which trumpeted loudly from the Songhees walkway this week, is the environmental cost of these lucrative ventures.

Comments from senior cabinet ministers indicate environmental protesters are no more than a nuisance, people who fail to recognize the opportunities at hand. The us vs. them mentality doesn’t play well on either side, but it seems fundamentally un-Canadian for the feds to swat away public input like a pesky housefly.

Perhaps the government could try framing the energy debate in a more tempered manner.

The so-called “modernization” of environmental regulations should be rolled out with scientists and other green stakeholders at the table, giving legitimacy to a process that’s been sold as all but a middle finger to granola-eating community, farmers and their kin.

Canadians know we need diverse exports, a strong economy and long-term financial stability. We also know we need to balance that with stewarding our resources and minimizing environmental risk.

Take a moment this week to wish the joint review panel luck as they move on to Vancouver for another week of invite-only hearings – they’re going to need it.

Daniel Palmer is a reporter with the Victoria News.

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‘Their words bear the weight of a novelty inflatable hammer.’

Daniel PalmerMinor Musings

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Bus union tactica selfish, hurtful act

The time is long overdue to make public transit an “essential service” where strike action is simply not an option any more.

Enough is enough. Buses are an absolute lifeline for thousands of people in this city who are totally dependent on public transit to get to work and school, to buy food and get to medical appointments. There is no other option for people on poverty incomes.

Shutting down bus service puts vulnerable people at serious risk of going hungry, losing employment, missing an education or even losing their life in a medical emergency.

Threatening a shutdown of the system on Jan. 22 is a mean-spirited act by a selfish union. The bus drivers have no right to use the most fragile members of the community as innocent pawns in their battle.

It makes no sense that I am forced to miss a day from a program that is helping me find work due to the self-serving actions of bus drivers who are lucky enough to have jobs at top union wages.

The bus drivers are knowingly hurting people who are the least able to take it.

Our provincial government

needs to act now to prevent a powerful union from inflicting their problems on people who are powerless.

Doreen Marion GeeVictoria

Clark and companywere deemed innocent

Re: “Will truth die on deficit hill?” (B.C. Views, Dec. 5)

In 2000 a verdict by Madame Justice Mary Humphries ruled Glen Clark’s NDP government did not commit fraud or lie about their 1995 and ’96 budgets. Justice Humphries found no case to support the oft-repeated allegations in and by the media, or its accusers, the National Citizens’ Coalition.

She said there was no conspiracy, and assumptions reached were published and available to the public, showing caution rather than deceit.

I can draw no adverse conclusions around the credibility of Elizabeth Cull (author of the ’96 budget) or Clark and my conclusions would not have been different if a lesser standard of proof had been used.

Leading forecasting agencies said the forecasts were reasonable and well within private sector forecasts.

Auditor general George Morfitt’s report agrees with

Justice Humphries and begins: “Although the media has tried to paint a different picture, the ’96 budget included no action or decision made by senior people in government elected or appointed that was not permitted by such legislation or other authorities.”

While this is written without prejudice, one can only ask why, in the face of such overwhelming evidence to the contrary, is this kind of pillory allowed to happen to people deemed to be completely innocent?

Ken DicksSaanich

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Proposed tanker route is too riskyAs the joint review panel

hearings wrapped up this week in Victoria, I feel grateful to have been one of a select few able to voice their opinion directly to the three-member panel.

With only 10 minutes to speak and two Enbridge representatives present (while the public was banned), I provided all the research and data I have found. In my opinion, the proposed tanker route is too dangerous for safe navigation.

Ironically, one report I found was completed for Northern Gateway Pipelines LP, (available on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency website). It revealed that during simulated tanker runs, pilots often gave the simulations a safety rating of two or three out of a possible five.

The report also revealed that these large vessels will travel through areas such as Principe Channel, which is just 1.4 kilometres wide.

Such vessels have a full turn radius of 1.8 km and can take up to 3.75 km to come to a full stop while running astern at 10 knots.

We have to keep in mind, that each of these vessels is carrying 1.5 million litres in fuel oil alone.

Plus, coastal currents can reach up to 16 nautical miles per hour.

Winter storms frequently bring gale force and hurricane force winds, and we cannot ignore the risk posed from earthquakes, such as the 7.8-magnitude event off the coast of Haida Gwaii a mere four months ago.

The risks are too great, and this is just a small portion of the concerning information I found.

While many were unable to voice their own opinions to the panel, I sincerely encourage all British Columbians to continue to investigate and question the proposed project, in order to protect our beautiful, unique and sensitive coastal ecosystems.

Julie HoweAssistant lab instructor, Royal Roads University

Langford

Public input dubious,says hearing speaker

The hearings really are a farce. I gave my considered input on Monday night and Sheila Leggett, who was heading up the panel that night, cut off my microphone.

I am 84, very polite, but very concerned.

I registered my dismay at restrictions to the hearing process.

Why should the energy board consider Victoria’s citizens incapable of behaving themselves at a public hearing?

I related my experiences at Clayoquot in 1993, when a completely grassroots movement finally triumphed after 900 arrests.

I was one of those arrested and received a three-week jail sentence.

British Columbians will find ways to stop any proposal that risks or damages the greatest treasure we have: our environment. After telling the panel that I would be there, sitting on the road in protest, Leggett said they were not there to hear threats of civil disobedience.

Certainly, the absence of the public turned the process into merely an excuse, so that the energy board could say it did “hear” from the people. Whatever happens, British Columbians won’t allow a proposal like the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline to go through when it affects and risks that we all hold dear.

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The pilot program at WSPR began at the same time as the nature kindergarten pilot program at Sangster elementary school in Colwood.

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B.C. Hydro has been given another year to com-plete its wireless smart grid project, as it nears the original deadline with 140,000 smart meters still to be installed.

Energy Minister Rich Coleman announced the extension of the Dec. 31, 2012 deadline imposed by the B.C. Liberal government’s Clean Energy Act. Pushed through the legislature in the spring of 2010, that legislation supports sweeping changes to B.C. Hydro’s expansion using wind, small hydro and other private power develop-ment.

In a ministry statement, Coleman cited short-ages of skilled labour, meters and other special-ized equipment as well as “customer concerns” for failing to meet the deadline for all 1.87 million meters across the province.

B.C. Hydro has been dogged by political and citizen protests about the cost of the refit and persistent claims of various hazards from the meters.

Installers have also encountered meters made inaccessible by construction of garages, decks and other structures that covered them.

Some homeowners who refused replacement of mechanical meters now worry that they will be on the hook for costs if their old meter equip-ment fails after they refused the upgrade.

B.C. Hydro spokesman Greg Alexis said the one-year delay, originally signalled in a November finance ministry update, doesn’t change the util-ity’s target of the 2014 fiscal year to implement the entire system. Meters are only a small part of a provincewide grid that will automatically report power outages and offer customers a real-time display of their power consumption.

The Clean Energy Act was the culmination of former premier Gordon Campbell’s climate and energy strategy. It exempted the wireless meter project, the proposed Site C dam on the Peace River, and an array of private power proposals from scrutiny by the B.C. Utilities Commission.

NDP energy critic John Horgan has said he sup-ports a review of the wireless grid proposal and other major projects by the utilities commission.

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The new president of the Victoria Real Estate Board brings 27 years of industry knowledge to her new role. Being from a family of developers, Shelley Mann is a realtor with RE/MAX and sees the real estate market through many lenses.

“I’ve been through highs and lows, both as a realtor and as a homeowner,” Mann said in a statement. “We don’t expect any surprises next year and it’s important to reassure the public that stability is good. We’ve had some years of rapid growth and now we are back to normal.”

Joining her on the board are Carol Crabb, past president (DFH), Tim Ayres, president-elect (Royal Lepage Coast Capital–Sooke), Kyle Kerr, secretary-treasurer (Pemberton Holmes–Menzies), Ara Balabanian (Macdonald Realty–Victoria), Guy Crozier (RE/MAX Camosun), Wendy Moreton (Newport Realty), Mike Nugent (DFH ) and Andrew Plank (Pemberton Holmes–Menzies).

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Rules for the five-member MLA com-mittee that appoints auditors require them to maintain secrecy on who didn’t support Doyle’s reappointment, which required unanimous support. NDP leader Adrian Dix said it’s clear it was one or more B.C. Liberal MLAs who voted against Doyle’s reappointment.

“This is clearly a bad decision, not one that the NDP supports, not one that I support,” Dix said Monday.

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Dix called Monday for Premier Christy Clark to intervene and ask the MLA com-mittee to reconsider its decision to hire a new auditor. A spokesman for the pre-mier quickly ruled that option out.

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committee that disagreed with her call for a ban.

“You can’t send the committee back to work because you don’t like the conclu-sion they reach,” Chin said.

Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster, who chairs the selection committee, said there were no “marching orders” given to B.C. Liberal MLAs by the caucus or the premier. Foster refused to com-ment further, citing strict confidentiality rules around personnel decisions such as the employment of the auditor.

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As British Columbians embrace the new year, they’ll be greeted with increases in health care deductions.

For the fourth year in a row, the provincial government is raising the monthly Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums from $128 to $133 per family, or an extra $60 a year. However, only those making more than $30,000 a year will be affected.

“Nearly every British Columbian will be paying more in 2013, further cutting our purchasing power and ability to save,” said Jordan Bateman, regional director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

MSP premiums are a tax that virtually every Canadian pays, except in cases where employers pay for their employees, he said. “The MSP is a grossly unfair, regressive tax. If you make $30,001 a year, or $3 million a year, you pay the same $133 a month. MSP is for the little people who don’t work for government.”

MSP charges have increased 24 per cent over the past three years, accruing an extra $300 in annual cost to taxpayers.

“It’s not tied to your income, that’s the worst part,” Bateman said.

Some Canadians will also be faced with increases in Employment Insurance and Canada Pension Plan deductions. For those earning $47,400 or higher, EI premiums increase by $51.50 to a maximum of $891.12 per year. Employers will pay $1,247.57 annually, a hike of $71.61. Workers making $51,100 or more will pay the maximum $2,356.20 for CPP, up by $49.50, while the employer’s share jumps by the same amount to a total of $4,712.40.

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This is the second of two public notices posted in accordance with the Community Charter. The public is hereby advised that City Council intends to amend “Council/Committee Procedure Bylaw No. 754, 2004,” which establishes the general procedures to be followed by council and council committees in conducting their business. The purpose of the amendment, in general terms, is to incorporate legislative and internal procedural changes into the bylaw. Including, but not limited to: reassigning certain responsibilities; amending the defi nition of Corporate Offi cer and Chief Administrative Offi cer; adding “Correspondence Requiring Council Direction” as a heading under the council agenda structure; changing the public hearing process to require fi rst reading and second reading of a bylaw before holding a public hearing; establishing who certifi es minutes; updating the names of established standing committees; and adding the authority to hold council meetings and council committee meetings outside the boundaries of the municipality, which may include joint council meetings with neighbouring municipal councils to discuss interests in common which may require Council decisions. The amendment bylaw will be presented to Council for discussion and consideration of fi rst three readings at the Regular Meeting of Council scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Monday, January 28, 2013.

A copy of the bylaw is available at Colwood City Hall and on the website: www.colwood.ca. Persons who wish to comment on the proposed changes may submit comments in writing to Corporate Offi cer, City of Colwood, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, BC V9C 1R1, or [email protected]. The deadline for submitting written comments is January 17, 2013. Council will allow public comment on the amendment bylaw at the January 28, 2013 council meeting.

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on how to put together their own exhibition,” Craw-ford says. “Art schools don’t teach how to curate shows or how to get exhibits or create a portfolio. Being involved in an artist-run centre, in a short time you learn how the profession works.”

Fifty Fifty launched in 2003 in a retail space on Craigflower Road, and moved to Douglas Street a few years later. Allan Kollins, one of the founding

members who sat on the board until 2009, said in 2003, the stars aligned. The idealism of a group of young artists to create a collective art gallery became reality, due to an affordable retail space.

He said the name “Fifty Fifty” was drawn from a hat.

“I think the person who submitted that name wanted more of the money to go to the artist. They didn’t want (the gallery) to be commercial,” Kollins said in an interview from Vancouver. “We wanted art that was conceptual, more experimental, not pretty pictures on the wall.”

Kollins said in the early days, the Douglas Street space had its struggles with the City of Victoria. A few times, evening music shows would attract doz-ens of people, along with police and bylaw officers. At the same time, Fifty Fifty also received project grants from the city’s arts board.

“It was different bureaucracies. The arts and cul-ture grants board supported us. The bylaw officer wasn’t as friendly,” Kollins said.

Fifty Fifty now primarily fundraises through host-ing music shows at venues around the city. Where other artist-run spaces have come and gone over the years, Fifty Fifty is looking to expand.

“It’s survived in part because of a burgeoning arts community in Victoria. Certain individuals and the community helped keep it alive,” Kollins says. “The collective has seen dire times. But we’ve also seen commitment from the community from fundraising and support.”

The Fifty Fifty 10 year celebration is Friday, Jan. 11, from 7 to 10 p.m. 2516 Douglas St. and is free. See thefiftyfifty.net.

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THE ARTSThe Banquet offers a feast of choral songs, chants and wassails

from medieval and Renaissance Europe. Jan. 13 at Church of the Advent, 510 Mt. View Ave., Colwood. Admission is by donation 3 to 5 p.m. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. Go to ensemblelaude.org for more information.

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Its neighbours are auto repair shops and appliance outlets in what can be called the outer orbit of Vic-toria’s downtown core. An art gallery in the 2500-block of Douglas St. looks distinctly out of place.

But within its whitewashed walls decorated with neatly hung paint-ings, the Fifty Fifty Arts Collective has established itself as the centre for art in Greater Victoria that is distinctly outside of the mainstream.

“At night the space does seem quiet, but there is a lot of activity happening here,” says Renee Crawford, one of the four board members of Fifty Fifty Arts Collective who also works for the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. “This space is an arts hub.”

The collective is celebrating its 10th anniversary today (Jan. 11) with an exhibition from 15 local artists. Over the past decade, the gallery has hosted some 300 emerging artists and 500 musicians in what has become an institution in Victoria’s arts scene.

“Our role in the community is to give emerging and experimental arts space and support and experience,” Crawford says. “Those artists on the edge of mainstream or who are totally underground have a space to show-case their work.”

“New artists in town can have a hard time breaking into the scene. We can let them give a show,” adds Jzero Schuurman, a board member of the collective.

“We want to show Victoria is more than Emily Carr,” he continued, although noting he’s not opposed to the works of Victoria’s arguably most famous painter.

The collective has seen many mem-

bers come and go, but key to its sur-vival has been a steady stream of vol-unteers dedicated to fostering an arts space. It also helps the rent is reason-able at their Douglas Street space.

When Schuurman joined a few years ago, the gallery was open one day a week – now it’s seven, all staffed by volunteers. “This is a major part of our lives. We wouldn’t do it if we didn’t love it,” he said.

The gallery has allowed emerging artists to learn lessons not necessarily illuminated in art school. At Fifty Fifty, artists must assemble and promote their own exhibits.

“This is a very DIY space. The art-ists have to curate their own shows. They get a key (to the building) and they set it up. It gives artists a dry run

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Fifty Fifty Arts Collective board members Jzero Schuurman, left, and Renee Crawford in the group’s busy studio.


Victoria Curling Club players win B.C. junior titleTravis PatersonNews staff

A long distance relationship has paid off for a pair of junior Victoria curlers.

Sanjay Bowry and Corey Chester of the Victo-ria Curling Club played second and third, respec-tively, with lead Rhys Gamache and skip Tyler Klymchuk of the Langley Curling Club.

And it all came together as the quartet cap-tured the Tim Horton’s junior men’s provincial championship (20-and-under), Jan. 1 to Jan. 6 at the Coquitlam Curling Club.

“That was definitely one of the goals that we set for ourselves at the start of the year,” Klymchuk said. “We have put in a lot of hard work, a lot of ferry trips, and it definitely feels good to win.”

Coaching the quartet is Victoria’s Todd Troyer, who was with Chester and Josh Hozak last year, when the Victoria Curling Club team won B.C.’s and went to nationals. Klymchuk went to junior nationals the year before.

“I’ve been playing against Tyler all my compet-itive career and I’ve always respected his game play on and off the ice, so when my teammates from last year aged out, it was obvious to me to get together,” Chester said. “It’s our last crack at juniors, we’ve been playing long enough to have

the passion to want to be better.”Meshing teams from separate districts isn’t

common in junior ranks, but it has happened before. If anything, it’s a sign of how competitive the sport has become. “I’ve seen traveling teams put together before, but I’m not sure they were as dedicated to traveling and train-ing together as we are,” Chester said.

That dedication comes from a motiva-tion to do more than just show up at nation-als. The last time a B.C. team won the men’s junior nationals was 2000, so the Klymchuk rink is off to as good a start as any. They went undefeated in all seven games of the provincial round robin. In the final they took an early lead against Langley Curling Club’s Tardi rink and never looked back, prevailing 9-4.

“(Chester) made a real key triple in the sec-ond end to leave us lying four in the house,” Klymchuk said.

The Klymchuk rink will now spend the next three weeks preparing for the junior national curling championships, Feb. 2 to Feb. 10 in Fort McMurray, Alta.

It’s been a long haul for the team to this point, literally. They originally formed in April when

their respective teammates aged out. This fall the schedule has taken on a pretty regular rou-tine, during which the team become weekly B.C. Ferries commuters. Bowry and Chester go to New Westminster on Wednesdays so the team can play in Royal City’s Premium League, the top league in B.C. On Sundays, Klymchuk and Gamache sail to Victoria on the early ferry, train with the team all day, and then return home.

“New West’s league is a step up for sure, the calibre is awesome,” Chester said. “And that was one of our goals, to get out there to play the best competition in the province, men or junior, so it’s a good fit for us.”

In addition to New West, the Klymchuk rink entered three World Curling Tour tournaments this season, the Cloverdale Cash Spiel in Septem-ber, Valley First Crown of Curling in Kamloops in October, and Vancouver Island Shootout here in Victoria back in November. While the team didn’t crack any purse money, they used the tourneys as a chance to bond. They also

had some notable moments, particularly a big first-round win against Edmonton’s Jamie King in Kam-loops, a team with for-mer world champions Scott Pfeiffer and Blake McDonald.

Locally, Bowry and Chester play on the Steve Streiffel rink in VCC’s Tuesday night Select League.

“(Chester and Klymchuk) set this team up and invited me along for the ride,” Troyer said. The coach is one who knows what the Klymchuk rink is up against, as he won the 1988 national champion-ship with the Mike Wood rink from North Van-couver. Troyer himself is in the midst of a busy year. The chartered accountant also volunteers as the Victoria Curling Club treasurer, and is vice chair of the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championships in Victoria.

The Katherine Silversides rink of Juan de Fuca Curling Club finished seventh at the junior wom-en’s provincials in Coquitlam.

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Victoria’s Corey Chester throws a rock during 2013 Tim Hortons B.C. Junior Curling Championships in Coquitlam on Sunday (Jan. 6).

Running series starts SundayThe winter race season his here as the 2013 Frontrunners Island Race Series kicks off with the Harriers Pioneer 8K in Saanichton on Sunday (Jan. 13).

The eight kilometre loop starts at 11 a.m., beginning and ending at the Saanich Fair-grounds (1528 Stelly’s X Road).

The Harriers Pioneer 8K is the first of eight in the Frontrunners Island Race Series, followed by the Cob-ble Hill 10K on Jan. 27.

Sean Chester and Care Nelson) won last year’s series. Vince Brotherston and Nancy Baxendale won the men’s and women’s masters. The Prairie Inn Harriers won the team stand-ings.

Online registration for Sunday is closed but runners can sign up at Frontrunners (1200 Vancouver St.) on Saturday, or at the fairgrounds before the race.

Junior rink eyes national title

Rebecca Connop Price/Curl B.C.

Coach Todd Troyer, left, with Rhys Gamache, Sanjay Bowry, Corey Chester, and Tyler Klymchuk, are the 2013 B.C. Jr. champs.

“This team has high expectations and additional pressure because Chester and Klymchuk have been to nationals before.”

– Todd Troyer

Travis PatersonNews staff

If Marcus Davis isn’t on the radar of any NCAA schools by now, the radar is broken.

From the outset of Team B.C.’s 38-18 win over U.S.A.’s all-star team of high school players at the Foot-ball University International Games in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday, wide receiver and kick returner Marcus Davis of the Mount Douglas Rams and quarterback Liam O’Brien of the Ballenas Whalers (Parksville)

were a dynamic duo that couldn’t be stopped. Davis started the game with a kickoff return to U.S.A’s 31 yard line. On the next play, Davis burned his initial coverage and then leapt over top of his secondary cov-erage to catch a pass from O’Brien on the goal line, and fell into the endzone for a touchdown.

Davis was named MVP of the game, a heady title to go on his resumé next to his recent crowning achievement as the 2012 B.C. High School Football Player of the Year.

“From the start of the game we

came out firing,” said the 17-year-old Davis, still in Grade 11.

“That just gave us all the momen-tum to carry us throughout the game. Nothing else can compare to this. Texas is where football is made.”

O’Brien rushed for three more touchdowns and handed off to run-ning back Mason Swift (Mount Doug Rams) for an eight yard touchdown run as Team B.C. stunned U.S.A.

“The first three possessions all started inside the 50 I think. Coming out there that fast and quieting them

down and taking the motivation out of them was huge.”

With the win, Team B.C. improved their record to two wins and no losses at the FBU International Games, having beaten Team Europe 49-14 on Thursday (Jan. 3).

Also playing for Team B.C. from the Rams were wide receiver Brian Dowds, offensive linemen Christian Krause and Zach Wilkinson and quarterback Ashton MacKinnon.

Full version of this story available at vicnews.com.

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Rams, Davis superb against U.S.A. all-stars

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Rookie runner Brendon Restall (Oak Bay High), makes his debut in the 600-metre event this weekend, and is hoping to make a CIS standard.

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If the fans sitting next to you at Tuesday’s (Jan. 15) Victoria Royals game look sleepy, they probably are.

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Hockey 101 has grown to 70 teams this year and uses various ice slots ranging from 3 p.m. on a weekend to 10:45 p.m. on a week-night. So don’t blame your Royals neighbour for yawning, he/she may have been playing hockey until midnight the night before. Tickets for Hockey 101 players and friends are still available with $2 going to support KidSport Victoria.

The Blazers will play the Royals again on Wednesday. Tonight the Royals visit the Everett Silvertips and tomorrow the Seattle Thunder-birds.

Vikes hoops at Winnipeg,Manitoba this weekend

The UVic Vikes basketball teams return to the floor this weekend, a month since their last Canada West game, as they travel to play the Winnipeg Wesmen and Mani-toba Bisons.

The Vikes women (6-4) are fourth in the in the Canada West Pacific Division while the Wesmen (5-6) are fourth and the Bisons (2-9) in the Prairie Divison.

Chargers home after tough second half openers

The Camosun Chargers men’s and women’s basketball teams opened the second-half of the PacWest season with losses to the Vancouver Island Mariners in Nanaimo last Friday.

Both Chargers teams are at home today (Jan. 11), women at 6 p.m. and men at 8 p.m. against the Langara Falcons at PISE. Tomorrow the Douglas Royals visit, men at 1 p.m. and women at 3 p.m. at PISE.

WLA will comply with new fighting ruleGreg SakakiBlack Press

The Western Lacrosse Association may not like it, but it will live with it.The WLA board of governors agreed at an emergency meeting Saturday to

abide by a new fighting ban implemented by the Canadian Lacrosse Associa-tion.

“We’re not happy with the rule,” said Earl Nicholson, Timbermen general manager. “But it’s going to be the interpretation of it that’s going to be key, with the officials.”

The CLA’s new Rule 45 brinigs down a game misconduct on any player who fights. If there is a clear instigator or clear aggressor, only the offending player will be ejected.

When the CLA made the rule change in December, it caught lacrosse leagues by surprise. The WLA was at one point considering ignoring the rule, but changed its mind this past weekend.

“Everybody else is following it and there’s a question of liability if you don’t follow it, so I don’t think we’ve got a lot of leeway,” Nicholson said.

The WLA’s official press release noted that the board of governors “voted reluctantly to comply” and had “concerns with the lack of clarity” of the word-ing of Rule 45.

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MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

OTTER POINT Trailer Park. 40’ park model trailer (no pad fees) 3 slide outs + 30’x52’ lot, fi nished deck & shed in new condition. Open to offers. Call 306-290-8764.

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REAL ESTATE SERVICES

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

COLWOOD 2 bdrm condo, 4th fl oor, elevator, 5 appls, insuite laundry, F/P, prkg. N/P.$1100. Avail Feb. Call 250-474-6855.

JAMES BAY: Corner 2 bdrm Condo, 2 bath, NS/NP, prkg avail. $1295. 250-361-9540.

OAK BAY Junction: 2-bdrm in quiet, senior’s 55+ bldg. $850. Heat, h/w incl. Jan.15 or Feb.1 N/P. Share purchase req’d. 1678 Fort St. (250) 595-4593.

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APARTMENT/CONDO

ROYAL OAK- (near Common Wealth pool) new updated 1 bdrm condo, W/D. ns/np. $825 inclds utils. (250)652-7729.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

LANGFORD 3-BDRM. $1100. Fenced yard, pellet stove, W/D. NP/NS. (250)642-4010.

APARTMENTS FURNISHED

DOWNTOWN SIDNEY: Bright newer 1 bdrm deluxe suite. Short term. (250)514-7747.

HOMES FOR RENT

LANGFORD- 2 bdrms, 4 appls, $1100 inclds utils. Available now. (250)885-9128.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

GOLDSTREAM AREA: 1400 sq ft, newly furnished, w/d, d/w, a/c, big deck & yard, hi-def TV, parking. $650 inclu-sive. Ray, 778-433-9556.

ROOM MATE wanted in Kettle Valley, Langford. $500/mo all utilities included. New House. Pets Considered. 250-213-3853

SUITES, LOWER

CEDAR HILL Golf course- 1 bdrm, private entrance, off street parking, W/D, utils in-cluded. NS/NP. Refs req. Avail Feb. 1. $800. 250-595-0505.

COLWOOD- 1 bdrm Bach, patio, shared W/D, N/S. $820 mo incls utils. 250-391-7915.

COLWOOD 2 level, furnished 1 bdrm. 5 appls. $900. inclu-sive. NS/NP. 250-380-0700.

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SUITES, LOWER

GORDON HEAD, 1-bedroom. Close to UVic, bus routes. Separate entrance, kitchen-ette and shared laundry. Quiet. No pets/smokers. Dam-age deposit, references re-quired. $670/mo. Free wi-fi , heat, hydro. Available Feb 1st. 250-727-2230; 250-516-3899.

SIDNEY- 1 BDRM, 1 bath ground fl oor suite, F/S, W/D, large kitchen & living room, lots of storage, N/S, no dogs. $885 + hydro. Available now. Call (250)654-0410.

SIDNEY 1 BDRM- own W/D, $850+ shared utils w/upper suite. Available now. Call (778)426-1524.

SIDNEY, 2 bdrm, grd level, utils incl’d, $1000 mo, N/S, N/P, (Immed). (250)656-1384.

SUITES, UPPER

SIDNEY 2 BDRM upper- own W/D, $1300+ shared utils w/lower suite. Available Feb 1. Call (778)426-1524.

SOOKE: 1-BDRM $675 mo. Shared laundry. Avail immed. Pets cons. (778)352-1618.

TOWNHOUSES

LAVENDER CO-OP is accept-ing applications for a 2 bdrm wheelchair accessible Unit w/ garage, W/D hookup, $918/mo. Share purchase $2500. Appli-cations available in the glass case outside the Community Hall at 10A-620 Judah St.

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AUTO SERVICES

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CARS

1998 PONTIAC Grand Prix GT US car - 193,000 miles, lady driven since 2003. $2200. Alan, (778)426-3487.

2002 INTREPID ES, radiant red metallic. 103 km’s, all pow-er, leather interior, excellent cond, $6000 obo. 1 owner. 3.5L engine. Call (250)361-6400.

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 fi rm. 250-755-5191.

2009 PONTIAC G5- $14,500. Air conditioned, electric win-dows, 4 new tires/2 spare. 45,000 km. 2 year warranty left. Senior giving up licence, reason for sale. Call (250)360-0892.

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CARPENTRY

BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.

INSTCARPET ALLATION

MALTA FLOORING Installa-tion. Carpets, laminates, hard-wood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278

CLEANING SERVICES

HOUSEKEEPER EXPERI-ENCED, reliable. References. 250-920-6516, 250-881-7444.

MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estates, events, offi ces. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

COMPUTER SERVICES

A HOME COMPUTER Coach. Senior friendly. Computer les-sons, maintenance and prob-lem solving. Please call Des 250-656-9363, 250-727-5519.

COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites, etc. 250-886-8053, 778-351-4090.

CONTRACTORS

B. LAWSON Construction. From framing to fi nishing, small repairs and complete renovations. Quality crafts-manship guaranteed. Call for a free estimate. (250)213-1434


CONTRACTORS

CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood fl oor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877

DRYWALL

DRYWALL PROFESSIONAL:Small additions, boarding, tap-ing, repairs, texture spraying, consulting. Soundproof instal-lation;bath/moisture resistance products. Call 250.384.5055. Petrucci’s Drywall.

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193- RENO’S, res & comm. Knob and tube rmvl. No job too small. Lic# 22779.

AT&T ELECTRIC. Renova-tions. Residential & Commer-cial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm. Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.

VAEXCA TING & DRAINAGE

BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini ex-cavator & bob cat services. Perimeter drains, driveway prep, Hardscapes, Lot clear-ing. Call 250-478-8858.

FENCING

ALL TYPES of fencing, re-pairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.

GARDENING

20% OFF Fall clean-ups, racking, mowing, hedge/shrub trimming. (250)479-6495.

DPM SERVICES- lawn & gar-den, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141


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FRUIT TREES Overgrown? Shaping trees & roses. Black-berry clearing. Call John, 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

250-889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Gutter & Window Clean-ing at Fair Prices!

250-507-6543. AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, guards, win-dows, power washing, roof de-moss, repairs. Insured.

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, De-mossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.

HANDYPERSONS

AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.

BEETLES RESIDENTIAL Renovations Ltd. Bathrooms, decks, painting, landscaping and handyman services. Fully insured and guaranteed. Free estimates. Call 250-889-4245.

BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Stairs, Painting, General household repairs. Free esti-mate. Call Barry 250-896-6071


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HAULING & Recycling. Call (250)889-5794.

$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.

FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.

GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.

✭BUBBA’S HAULING✭ Hon-est, on time. Demolition, con-struction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, top-soil, mulch), garden waste re-moval, mini excavator, bob cat service. 250-478-8858.SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.

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MASONRY & BRICKWORK

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2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.

A2Z WRIGHT Moving. 3 ton, $80/hr for 2 men. Senior’s dis-count. Call Phil (250)383-8283

DIAMOND MOVING- 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr. Call 250-220-0734.

DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. Senior Discount. Free Est’s. No travel time before or after. SMOOTH MOVES. Call Tyler at 250-418-1747.

PAINTING

A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.

BIG BEAR Painting. Interior & Exterior. Quality work. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071

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OPENOPENHOUSESSelect your home.

Select your mortgage.

Oak Bay 250-370-7601Westshore 250-391-2933

Victoria 250-483-1360Sidney 250-655-0632

www.vericoselect.comChatterton Way 250-479-0688

201-55 Songhees, $749,900Sunday 2-4Brown Brothers Real EstateRobert Young 250 385-6900 pg. 3

604-420 Linden, $419,900Saturday 2-4Brown Brothers Real EstateRobert Young 250 385-6900 pg. 3

116-75 Songhees, $998,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6

307-4480 Chatterton, $530,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6

1494 Fairfi eld, $299,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Brown Brothers Real EstateRobert Young 250 385-6900 pg. 3

306-75 Songhees, $698,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6

209-2529 Wark, $209,999Saturday 11-1Pemberton HolmesAndrew Plank 250 360-6106 pg. 6

102-670 Dallas, $549,000Sunday 1-3Newport RealtyMargaret Foreman 250 385-2033 pg. 6

311-2022 Foul Bay Rd, $139,000Saturday 2-3Century 21 Queenswood RealtyAlison Stoodley, 250-477-1100 pg. 9

402-1433 Faircliff Lane, $283,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyLaurel Hounslow, 250-592-4422 pg. 5

402-1122 Hilda, $219,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 pg. 5

101-66 Songhees, $519,900Sunday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Michelle Vermette, 250-391-1893

404-1122 Hilda St.Sunday 2-3:30Re/Max CamosunKaren Scott, 250-744-3301 pg. 5

1610-647 Michigan St, $314,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunAdrian Langereis, 250-999-9822

1327 Lang, $479,000Saturday 2-4One Percent RealtyValentino, 250-686-2242 pg. 23

101-75 Songhees, $685,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 5

307-120 Douglas, $429,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAndrew Plank 250 360-6106 pg. 6

101-1041 Rockland, $325,000Saturday 2-4Duttons & Co. Real Estate Ltd.250-383-7100 pg. 1

828 Rupert TerraceSaturday & Sunday 1-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalMurray Lawson 250 385-9814 pg. 1

N410-737 Humboldt, $639,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBonnie Johnston 250 744-3301 pg. 8

506-327 Maitland, $269,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMaggie Thompson, 250-889-5955 pg. 9

203-1477 Yale St, $455,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMiles Takacs, 250-999-9822

3380 Upper Terr, $1,790,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunLynne Sager 250 744-3301 pg. 10

405-2125 Oak Bay Ave, $459,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMiles Takacs, 250-999-9822

2046 Kings Rd, $519,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunLynne Sager 250 744-3301 pg. 10

16-2319 Chilco, $449,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 8

9-1529 Cooper Rd, $169,000Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJudy Campbell 250 744-3301 pg. 23

71-14 Erskine Lane, $399,900Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyJodie Farup, 250-477-1100

152 Levista, $589,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesGurcharan Chauhan 250-384-8124 pg. 10

A-1142 Craigfl ower Rd, $369,900Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683

1137/1139 Heald Ave, $629,900Sunday 1-3Re/Max AllianceKaren Love, 250-386-8875 pg. 10

1054 Colville, $539,900Saturday & Sunday 2-3:30Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 8

349 Lampson, $729,000Saturday 11:30-1:30Re/Max CamosunAdrian Langereis, 250-999-9822

613 Sturdee, $409,900Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyLorraine Williams, 250-216-3317 pg. 10

103E-1115 Craigfl ower, $364,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyShelly Reed, 250-213-7444 pg. 23

302-1124 Esquimalt, $204,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBonnie Johnston 250 744-3301 pg. 8

924 Esquimalt Rd, $249,900Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Ivica Kalabric, 250-384-8124 pg. 19

1004 Falaise Pl, $545,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMark Meichsner, 250-661-3079 pg. 10

5410 Fowler, $575,000Sunday 2-4One Percent RealtyValentino, 250-686-2242 pg. 23

3478 Calumet, $498,000Sunday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodBrian Meredith-Jones 250 477-1100 pg. 11

3290 Maplewood, $495,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyFred Hiigli 250 385-2033 pg. 11

3666-1507 Queensbury, $497,000Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 8

1-3211 Shelley St, $384,500Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDoug Poruchny, 250-474-4800 pg. 10

104-1521 Church, $239,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 6

4407 Elnido, $879,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Ivica Kalabric, 250-384-8124 pg. 19

1642 Tampico, $569,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422 pg. 11

3963 Juan De FucaSaturday & Sunday 2-4Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith, 250 388-5882 pg. 11

304-1505 Church Ave, $189,900Saturday 12-1:30Sotheby’s InternationalDon St. Germain, 250-744-7136

3434 Bonair, $1,049,000Saturday 1:30-3:30JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

1905 Portway, $948,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3DFH Real EstateCassie Kangas 250 477-7291 pg. 10

4379 Elnido Cres, $639,900Saturday 2-4Sotheby’s InternationalDon St. Germain, 250-744-7136

930 Tuxedo, $649,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJohn Percy 250 744-3301 pg. 11

5203-2329 Arbutus, $799,500Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalDon Thome 250 477-5353 pg. 8

991 ScottswoodSaturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMay Hamilton, 250-477-5353 pg. 11

4035 Cumberland Rd, $512,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808 pg. 16

1687 Brousson, $539,000Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 11

1213 Cumberland, $509,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-744-3301 pg. 10

403-1521 Church, $300,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 6

4224 PanoramaSunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdRick Shumka 250 384-8124 pg. 11

11-4318 Emily Carr, $539,000Friday 1-3JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 9

4030/4040 Borden St, $289,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Cathy Duncan & Associates250 658-0967 pg. 7

107-40 Gorge Rd West, $289,888Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 8

8-3957 South Valley, $549,900Saturday 1-3Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-509-7011 pg. 9

303-4515 Pipeline, $398,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdTom Dunn 250 384-8124 pg. 5

742 Jasmine Ave, $379,900Saturday 12:30-1:30DFH Real Estate Ltd.Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003

316 Brunswick Pl, $524,500Saturday 12-1Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 12

538 Meredith Cres, $449,000Saturday 2-4 & Sunday 1-4Re/Max CamosunEd G Sing, 250-744-3301 pg. 12

301-79 Gorge, $399,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Macdonald RealtyJane Logan, 250-920-6868 pg. 8

4889 Townsend Dr.Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Peter Crichton, 250-889-4000

573 Baker, $469,800Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunDale Sheppard, 250-744-0844 pg. 19

9708 Fifth St, $599,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 12

32-7751 East Saanich, $359,000Saturday 3-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 12

1670 Wain, $569,000Sunday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 12

413-10030 Resthaven Dr.Saturday 2-3:30Re/Max CamosunKaren Scott, 250-744-3301 pg. 5

203-9730 Second St, $459,000Saturday 2-4Gordon Hulme RealtyLinda Egan, 250-656-4626 pg. 12

17-7675 East Saanich, $299,000Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 12

111-9655 First, $1,269,000Saturday 3-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 12

2140 Gourman Pl, $574,900Sunday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Rob Angus, 250-391-1893

1051 Whitney Crt, $464,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunAdrian Langereis, 250-999-9822

609 Brandy Pl, $479,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003 pg. 13

938 Dunford, $249,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Ivica Kalabric, 250-384-8124 pg. 19

101-608 Fairway Ave, $229,900Daily 1:30-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChuck Meagher, 250-477-1100 pg. 7

404-611 Brookside, $198,000Daily 12-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 9

463 Avery, $389,900Sunday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683

631 Rason Rd, $544,900Sunday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683

223 Portsmouth, $578,000Saturday 1-3Century 21 Queenswood RealtyJodie Farup, 250-477-1100 pg. 13

44-2147 Sooke, $266,500Saturday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdGabriella Pakos 250 384-8124 pg. 13

2141 Bellamy, $499,900Sunday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683

102-866 Goldstream, $229,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 6

3385 Mary Anne Cres, $549,900Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003 pg. 13

617-623 Treanor, $239,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jeff Bishop, 250-474-6003 pg. 8

883 McCallum Rd, $419,800Saturday 2:30-4:30Re/Max CamosunJason Binab, 250-744-3301

867 Wild Ridge Way, $369,900Saturday & Sunday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-216-7625 pg. 13

2720A Phillips, $419,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdGabriella Pakos 250 384-8124 pg. 14

2340 Otter Point Rd, $279,900Saturday 2:30-3:30DFH Real Estate Ltd.Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003 pg. 14

2334 Kamaureen PlSunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesCheryl Ashby, 250-478-9141

B-2720 Phillips Rd., $449,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesGregg Mah, 250-384-8124 pg. 14

5512 Croydon, $374,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyPatricia Gatey 250-592-4422 pg. 14

2667 Treit Rd, $499,900Sunday 1-3Re/Max AllianceKaren Love, 250-385-8875 pg. 15

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Thunderbird was a fi xture at Vancouver-area news events for decades. If the car was there, so was one of the Vancouver Sun’s most experienced and prolifi c photographers – Ralph Bower.

Bower’s car was equipped with a Century two-way radio and his was Car 4 when the call came in from the Sun photo department. His assignments led him to photograph Elvis Presley, Muhammad Ali, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the BC Lions, Vancouver Canucks and the Whitecaps.

Reporters of the day loved to ride with Bower in the luxurious green Thunderbird, cleverly sidestepping trips with other photographers in austere company camera cars. He was paid mileage so the thrifty cameraman had his nearly new car with its 400-cubic-inch engine converted to run on propane at 19 cents a gallon.

He racked up the kilometres driving the Thunderbird to assignment after assignment: Prime ministers, royalty, movie stars, prison riots, every Vancouver mayor, children, animals, natural disasters, villains and heroes.

He had loved cars since he was a young teen growing up on the same North Vancouver block where he still lives today. At age 15 years he saw a carpenter using the running board of his beautiful dark blue 1932 Chevrolet coach to saw wood. Ralph put together

$175 he had saved from his bicycle delivery job at North Vancouver’s Cunningham Drugs to buy the car. He drove it to high school.

He worked at various North Vancouver service stations pumping gas and doing lube jobs after school and on weekends until he could trade up to a sleek 1950 Chevrolet Fleetline fastback. “The principal called my mother to request that I not bring the car to school because it was newer and better than most of the teachers drove,” he recalls.

He took an extra year of high school for university entrance, planning to become a chartered accountant for the Cates tugboat company. But an opportunity for employment as a copy runner opened up at the Vancouver Sun and he took it as a summer job.

When he was transferred to the photo department he never wanted to leave. His fi rst assignment was at Children’s Hospital. To this day, he asks

for donations to the hospital instead of selling his photographs.

The young news photographer bought a year-old baby blue 1957 Pontiac Laurentian convertible to carry him to his assignments. He was in that car on June 17, 1958 at Vancouver’s Hastings Race Track when a frantic radio phone call came in from the Sun newsroom that the Second Narrows Bridge had collapsed. He was just minutes away and beat the emergency crews there. Eighteen ironworkers lost their lives and Ralph Bower’s photographs were front page across the country.

His favourite camera car was a special-order 1967 Oldsmobile 442 with a big motor and all the options. The last time he drove that car was through Langley to get a photo down by the U.S. border. A speeding Pontiac station wagon came over a hill and rammed him. His car swerved out of control and fl ipped into a ditch. The other driver ran

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from the scene of the accident and it took 30 minutes for rescuers to get Ralph out of his car. He walked away but his camera equipment was written off along with the Oldsmobile.

Years later, he drove his Thunderbird to a police standoff in East Vancouver where he captured the photo of a distraught man holding his son upside down outside a fourth-fl oor apartment. That photo was carried by newspapers all over North America and won a National Newspaper Award.

Ralph Bower and his venerable 1978 Ford Thunderbird retired from the Vancouver Sun on Dec. 31, 1996. “The speedometer had gone around four times and I took a photo of it every time it hit 99999.9,” he says.

The Thunderbird continues as his retirement car. It has travelled 465,000 kilometres. Ralph Bower has had 12,000 published photographs and seven exhibitions of his work, including the history of Hastings

Park Race Track which he has chronicled since starting at the Vancouver Sun in 1955.

He is admittedly sentimental about cars, owning a fully restored 1931 Ford Model A coupe – the same type of car his father drove to his job at the North Vancouver ferry ticket offi ce. His newest car is 1993 Lincoln Continental Town Car Cartier Edition that has travelled less than 5,000 kilometres and is in new condition. “I even wax that car underneath,” he says.

But the car he is closest to is the T-Bird that carried him to his photo assignments for the last two decades of his career. It is completely original right down to the two-way radio under the dash. Ralph Bower has a spare 1978 Thunderbird stored in his garage for parts to ensure he can keep driving his last news photo car.

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