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Community serviceThe Town of Sidney municipal council now has two people who have earned Queen’s Jubilee Medals, page 9

The candidatesThe News Review continues its profiles of the eight candidates running for two council seats in Central Saanich, page 3

Steven HeywoodNews staff

Town of Sidney staff will soon have additional access to equipment that could save someone’s life in an emergency.

Town council, led by a request by councillor Kenny Podmore, has authorized the purchase of two automated external defibrillators (AEDs) — electronic equipment designed to help people suffering heart attacks. The move will be paired with additional CPR (cardio pulmonary resusci-tation) training offered by the Sidney Volunteer

Fire Department.“Placing AED’s in public

places is great,” Podmore said, “but we need ongoing training. We have support from the fire department in AED maintenance and with CPR training.”

The CPR training would be offered to town staff and others based on specific requests to do so.

“The CPR component is important,” said assis-

tant fire Chief Brett Mikkelson. “We need good bystander CPR first and in conjunction with the AEDs, it makes for a better survival rate.”

Podmore said there are AEDs already in place at the RCMP detachment, the Mary Winspear Centre and at Panorama Recreation Centre. The two additional devices will be placed at town hall and at the public works yard.

Devices help with survivalTown of Sidney to buy new AEDs to help people who have heart attacks

Please see: AEDs on order page 4

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Edward HillNews staff

A small armada of voyageur canoes rounded Ten Mile Point as part of a gruel-ling, day-long circumnavigation of Greater Victoria.

Ten Mile Point and Trial Island is where “the water gets really interesting,” said Joe Boyd, organizer of Paddle for the Kids, a fundraiser for the Easter Seals Camp Shawnigan.

“We’ll have the tide at our back but the wind in our face,” he said. “It creates stand-ing waves. You just have to keep paddling. When you stop that’s when troubles begin.”

For Saanich’s Don Munroe, it was his 32nd expedition for Paddle for the Kids, a fundraiser that he started. This time around it was in a brand new canoe that bears his name.

The Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club held a ceremony this month with Songhees First Nations members to bless the Munroe, a new 26-foot voyageur canoe, a design that hasn’t changed much from the fur trading era. It was put to the test March 23.

The group of four canoes set off from the Tsartlip First Nation boat launch near Brent-wood Bay and paddled some 75 kilometres, rounding the Saanich Peninsula and into Victoria Harbour, up the Gorge Waterway to the Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club near Tillicum Bridge.

Until 2010 and for 28 years, canoers pad-dled from Victoria to Port Angeles and back, a tough venture fraught with chop and strong currents and occasionally a storm.

The navy pulled its escort in 2010, and the club found an equally long route closer to home, which allows them quick access

to land should a canoe run into trouble. The Canadian Coast Guard auxiliary monitors the paddlers.

“It’s challenging conditions. The swell is not so swell,” Munroe joked. “It’s not quite as exciting now, but nevertheless it’s for the kids. You have to keep the kids in mind to keep you inspired. It is a very long day. Depending on the weather it’s 10 to 12 hours.”

“It’s exhilarating,” said Boyd. “When the seas are calm, there’s not much to talk about. When it’s rough it builds skill and strength.”

Each of the four canoes had two six-per-son teams, which swapped out three times over the day to allow paddlers to rest and refuel. Local Lions Club members — the B.C. Lions Society funds Camp Shawnigan — picked up and dropped off rowers for

the legs of the journey. Paddle for the Kids raises between $12,000 to $20,000 each year and a week for a kid at Camp Shawnigan costs about $2,500. Munroe said visiting the camp in the summer reminds him of why they make the effort each year.

“It brings tears to your eyes to know your donations have helped them.”

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Paddlers circumnavigate region for Easter Seals

Wendy Clapp photo

Don Munroe, left, and Harold Nishikawara, far right, help perform a blessing ceremony on March 16 at the Victoria Canoe & Kayak Club in Saanich. Members of the club paddled canoes around Greater Victoria to raise money for Easter Seals Camp Shawnigan on March 23.

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Devon MackenzieNews staff

Long time Central Saanich resi-dent and past council member Susan Mason is ready once again to step into municipal politics.

“After over a year away from coun-cil, I feel excited and energized and ready to take on the world,” Mason said.

Mason’s council experience dates back to 2002 when she first became involved as a councillor with the dis-trict. She finished her last term in 2011 and spent the last year and half doing things she loves like painting.

“It’s been great to have the time to myself and I’m prepared now to step back into a position of leadership should I be elected,” she said.

Mason, who has lived and worked in the area for many years, raised her daughter in Central Saanich and has also cared for her aging parents in the area as well.

“Raising my daughter and car-ing for aging parents has made me aware of the scope of different needs of people in our community,” said Mason.

She believes the development of a master plan for the Keating area is essential, citing the examples of Dockside Green, Yale Town, and False Creek.

“All of those places are indus-trial areas that changed course and attained their full potential. By encouraging a work/live environ-ment in Keating, we could create a vibrant community and economic generator enabling our young peo-ple to stay in Central Saanich to work and live,” she said.

Mason is also keen on economic strategy in cooperation with the local First Nations and neighbouring municipalities.

“By partnering with our neigh-bours we could hire an economic development officer to help formu-

late a strategy.”Continuing to aggressively explore

and encourage development and economic growth opportunities in our core areas consistent with Cen-tral Saanich’s OCP would also be a priority, she said.

“We need to think outside of the box. Why not look at a municipal centre in the heart of Brentwood Village? It could have underground parking and combined services like a municipal hall, a police station, a library and even seniors assisted liv-ing. By partnering with other gov-ernment agencies we could share costs and enhance services to our community and the old hall could be sold later to offset costs.”

Mason also noted sustaining, pro-moting and protecting farming in Central Saanich is one of her pas-sions.

“I care passionately about Cen-tral Saanich and am very protective about the wonderful sense of com-

munity we have here,” she said.“I want to see that nurtured and

retained.”Visit Mason’s website at www.

susanmason.ca for more.

Devon MackenzieNews staff

After living 13 years in Central Saanich, by-election candidate John Hannam is looking to get involved in municipal politics.

Since moving to the municipality, Hannam and his family have become active in the farming community and have established a hay and horse operation on their 36 acre farm. They currently have 10 horses on their property on Wallace Drive and harvest up to 4,000 bales of hay in a season.

“I believe that farming has to be both encouraged and practically supported by the municipality,” said Hannam about one of the reasons he’s running for council.

“There are many issues that affect

our local farmers, including wildlife control, weed control, labour avail-ability, access to markets and storm water management.

“Appropriate bylaws can assist where practicable but should not be an impediment to the functioning of viable farming operations.”

Before his foray into farming, Hannam spent 32 years as a public school teacher in the Sooke School District. During that time he involved himself in several school and union committees including time spent on the executive of the local of the B.C. Teachers Federation and 11 years as chair the Public Relations and Pro-fessional Development Committees.

While teaching, Hannam also served as a Canadian Naval Reserve Officer for 26 years and retired with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

Hannam, whose roots in Victoria date back over 100 years, also hopes

to address tax increases in the municipality, another reason why he decided to run in the by-election.

“The tax base of the municipality needs to expand through business development within areas circum-scribed by the Official Community Plan (OCP),” Hannam said.

“The OCP may require fine tun-ing, but the concept of having such a plan is good and it should be used as a blueprint to support the district, not as an impediment to progress. Tax increases have to be managed … and a balance must be struck between what the overall commu-nity wishes with what is achievable within the tax base that exists,” he said, adding that he feels this is something he could help with.

“(If elected) as a councillor for Central Saanich, I believe that I could truly assist in this endeavour.”

Email Hannam at johnhnnm@

gmail.com for more information on his candidacy in the 2013 Central Saanich by-election.

Who’s who in the Central Saanich by-election

Getting to know the eight candidatesCENTRAL SAAN-

ICH — There are eight candidates in the April 13 by-election for two seats at the Central Saa-nich district municipal table.

Ten candidates had announced their intent to run as of the dead-line to file their nomina-tion papers, however, two individuals have since dropped out.

The council seat became vacant after Adam Olsen resigned after accepting the nomination in the pro-vincial riding of Saa-nich North and the Islands for the B.C. Green Party, and Terry Siklenka resigned after moving away.

The News Review continues a series of candidate profiles to help our readers make informed decisions on by-election day.

The profiles are orga-nized alphabetically by last name and will take place over the next few editions of the News Review, prior to the by-election.

The general vote is scheduled for April 13 and advance voting will be held April 3 and 10.

Candidates ListAlicia CormierChristopher GrahamJohn HannamSusan MasonJames McNultyBernie StruckRobert ThompsonRyan Windsor

Susan Mason

John Hannam

John Hannam

Susan Mason

CENTRAL SAANICH — The Central Saanich Lions are continuing their long standing tradition of host-ing an Easter egg hunt at Centennial Park on Sunday,

March 31 at 11 a.m. for all children up to 11.

There will be lots of choc-olate and other candy, big and small, with which the children can fill their bas-

kets.There will be a special

area for children from 0-3 years old as well as the usual age groupings so all kids can have chance to

load up on treats.The club puts this event

on annually, and have for as long as anyone can remem-ber, as a ‘thank you’ to the community who so gra-

ciously support us through-out the year.

The festivities are free for all, but donations are gratefully accepted which go towards the many chari-

table works the Lions Club does in our community and around the world.

— Submitted by Mike Shoe-smith, Central Saanich Lions

Club

Easter egg hunt at Centennial Park this Sunday

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The plan is to buy two AEDs for no more than $2,000. Director of Corporate Services Andrew Hicik said he would source out funding for the items, then report back to council.

By the Numbers• Approx. 40,000 Canadians suffer cardiac

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AEDs on order

Devon MacKenzieNews staff

The Saanich Peninsula Hospi-tal Foundation (SPHF) is host-ing a planned giving seminar at the Mary Winspear Centre next month.

On Wednesday, April 10 the foundation will host two retired financial professionals, Ron Gur-ney and Ken Stevenson, for an informational presentation on the benefits of planned giving to charitable organizations.

“One of the major advantages of planning a future or current gift with your financial advisor or lawyer is that you’re able

to leave a legacy for the com-munity and for your heirs,” said SPHF Major Gifts Manager Donna Randall.

“Also the dollar advantage is that these types of gifts, when planned with an expert, reap very good tax savings.”

Randall added that the event, although sponsored by the SPHF, isn’t solely for those who are interested in supporting the hospital but also for those inter-ested in leaving an estate gift to any charitable foundation.

“A lot of people are very happy to know that they know exactly where their donation goes. By attending the seminar

with Ken and Ron, people can find more out about going to their financial planner or lawyer and what questions to ask,” Ran-dall said, adding that planning ahead can give people a good sense of security.

“To be able to leave behind something that really makes a difference is a great thing,” Ran-dall said.

The seminar starts at 2:30 p.m. and runs until 5 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre.

For more information call 250-652-7531or email Randall at [email protected].

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B.C. won’t approve any new net-pen salmon farms in the Discovery Islands before 2020, in line with the Cohen Inquiry’s call for a freeze in that area to safeguard migrating wild sockeye.

“We’re taking the pre-cautionary principle as the commissioner has requested,” Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick said in an interview after releasing the prov-ince’s formal response to Justice Bruce Cohen’s recommenda-tions last fall into the decline of Fraser River sockeye.

The freeze applies only in the Discovery Islands off northeast-ern Vancouver Island, which includes a nar-row channel where

most sockeye pass in close proximity to numerous ocean-based salmon farms.

B.C. could consider new licences in other areas of the coast, but Letnick wasn’t able to say if any applications are expected.

The main operator in the Discovery Islands, Marine Harvest, has indicated it has no need for new tenures in that area, Letnick said.

Cohen’s did not con-clusively tie farmed salmon to the collapse of wild sockeye runs,

but heard enough evi-dence to recommend the limited moratorium until September of 2020, while more monitoring is carried out to assess the risk from aquacul-ture-spread disease or other pathogens.

He also recom-

mended farms along the migration route be shut down if science can’t prove by 2020 that the risk to wild fish from aquaculture is minimal.

“The government of the day in 2020 will have to make those decisions,” Letnick said in response.

He said the govern-ment has also accepted the intent of the other seven Cohen recom-mendations that apply to the province.

Some, including the replacement of B.C.’s Water Act, were already

in the works, he said.Other measures

require the province to work closely with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

Letnick said he expects DFO to meet its obligations in B.C. despite federal budget cutbacks.

No single culprit – not fish farms, overfishing, pollution, natural pred-ators or global warming – got primary blame for the two-decade decline of Fraser River sockeye salmon in the report of the judicial inquiry.

Aquaculture indus-

try reps had previ-ously said Cohen’s rec-ommendations would have very little impact on them.

Cohen was appointed by the fed-eral government after less than 1.5 million sockeye returned in 2009, far fewer than the more than 10 million expected.

The latest forecast calls for an improved run of about 4.8 million this summer.

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Sidney North Saanich RCMP

• On March 25 just after 2 p.m., RCMP responded to a call about a motor vehicle accident in Sidney. A woman driving eastbound on Amelia Avenue in Sidney stopped at a stop sign at the Fifth Street intersection and when she pro-ceeded into the intersection, she hit a 75-year-old woman who was riding her bike along Fifth Street. The cyclist, who was knocked off her bike but conscious and breathing, was taken to hospital and treated

for injuries sustained to her left side. Charges under the motor vehicle act may be forthcoming for the driver of the car as the cyclist had the right of way at the time of the accident.

• Sidney North Saanich RCMP intercepted a suspected impaired driver leaving the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal on March 22. The man driving was found to have been drinking and roadside breath samples resulted in a 90-day immedi-ate roadside prohibition and impound of his car.

• Just before 3 a.m. on March 23, RCMP investigated mischief to numerous vehicles parked along both Resthaven Drive and Ardwell Avenue. Several vehicles had the side mirrors smashed off and dam-age was also done to concrete

benches and other property. Anyone with information on these acts of vandalism can contact the RCMP at 250-656-3931.

Central Saanich Police Service

• Last week, police were called to the 7100 block of Wallace Drive after pedestrians had come across an injured and distressed eagle that was huddled in a ditch. With assis-tance from the Central Saanich Veterinary Hospital, the eagle was rescued and taken to the vet hospital where arrange-ments were made to turn it over to Wild ARC.

The bird had severe bruising and puncture wounds under the wing but no bone damage and is still at ARC being cared for.

PoliCe NeWSThe Saanich Peninsula

Cyclist struck, injured in collision

B.C. agrees to salmon farm freeze in critical zonesAgriculture minister says freeze only applies in the Discovery Islands off northeastern Vancouver Island

Submitted photo

Aerial view of a net-pen salmon farm in the Discovery Islands.

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Everything to gain in amalgamation

The article Small town feel lost in amalgamation should be explored in a larger con-text, as the premise is not necessarily so.

As a Rotarian, I was cho-sen in 2001 to lead the Group Study Exchange, a program in which a Rotarian leads a group of young, non-Rotarian professionals, on a four-week cultural/professional exchange to another country. My team went to Finland. I learned a great deal about Finnish municipal political structures, their education system as well as all aspects of their economy.

Canada could learn much from Finland — a small, pros-perous country with a 96 per cent literacy rate and excel-lent social programs.

Their taxes are collected at the federal level and passed down to municipalities where there are not separate hos-pital or school boards, but municipal councils. Council-lors take on separate port-folios governing education, health, etc.

As the Principal of Com-munity Education for Sooke School District for 18 years, I was very involved in com-munity activities. From my experience and observation, the various rules/by-laws in the Greater Victoria commu-nities sometimes conflict with one another, so it seems to make a lot of sense to explore various scenarios of amalga-mation.

I suspect there would be a lot of money saved, not to mention time and energy on repeating processes and plan-ning initiatives that could be better coordinated.

It does not mean that the “small town” feel will be lost.

It is time to have a dialogue about this whole issue with a cost/benefit analysis of differ-ent configurations on amal-gamating various parts of the region. It should be on the ballot in the next municipal election.

Having lived on the Penin-sula for 23 years — my feeling is nothing would be lost but everything to gain by combin-ing the three municipalities on the Peninsula into one.

Donna MillerNorth Saanich

May 14 cannot come soon enough

The cartoon, Christy Pon-ders What Action to Take, on March 22, says it all regarding the Premier’s response to the Doyle report on the Liberal government Multicultural Strategic Outreach Plan.

Premier Clark is shown thinking to herself that she should “Deny direct involve-ment ... Deny knowing what’s going on under my nose ... Blame Dix...” It’s as if the car-toonist had access to the B.C. Liberal speaking notes!

Officials from three groups met to forge the Outreach Plan — the Premier’s Office, the Liberal caucus, and the B.C. Liberal Party. Clark is responsible and account-able for the operations of her office, she chairs the Liberal caucus and she is the Liberal party leader. Yet she professes to know nothing of activities of her officials and has signed the re-nomination papers for John Yap.

Anyone who believes she, like Hogan’s Hero’s Colonel Klink “knows nothing,” proba-bly also believe that there are fairies dancing at the bottom of their gardens.

May 14 cannot come soon enough.

Ron FarisVictoria

Two-way traffic needs more study, input

Re: Downtown Sidney Traf-fic Study.

In your article on the above topic you quote Councillor Lougher-Goodey as saying, in relation to returning Beacon Avenue to two-way traffic, “If there’s no good reason to change it then don’t do it.”

As a professional retail planner with 40-plus years experience in advising munic-ipalities and BIAs across Canada on how best to revit-alise their downtowns, I have evolved six Golden Rules:

1: Eliminate all one way streets.

2: Eliminate all restrictive turns.

3: Maximise on-street park-ing.

4: Provide off-site employee parking.

5: Eliminate all pedestrian malls.

6: Implement “Naked Streets” (i.e. reduce “street signage clutter”).

If Councillor Lougher-Goodey reads the Sidney traffic study carefully he will

see the consultants touch on items one to four and strongly recommend further study be made of returning Beacon Avenue to two-way after consulting both busi-nesses and residents.

I, like Denis Paquette and many others, am therefore puzzled by council’s decision to bury this item and hope that the town will invite the consultants to review their study at a public information meeting, instead of shelving it.

In answer to Councillor Lougher-Goodey’s question I would simply reply that, based on my experience, successful downtowns have slow two-way traffic (thus providing safety to shoppers, especially moms with tod-dlers and seniors) whereas one-way downtown traffic is not shopper friendly since it is designed to speed com-muter traffic.

I would therefore respect-fully suggest one-way systems are not relevant or appropri-ate in downtown Sidney and that this matter needs to be publically discussed and fur-ther studied.

Richard D. B. TalbotSidney

LETTERS

Amalgamation, election, downtown trafficReaders respond:

Then along came the childrenB

efore people take a stand on amalgamation they should inform themselves. I was sur-prised by statisics from the CRD website.

Sidney’s population is approximately 11,551 in 2012, living on 7.143 sq. km.

North Saanich is approximately 11,439 on 4,015 hectares.

Central Saanich is approximately 16,465 on 41.42 sq. km.

On Sidney’s website, agriculture is grouped in their statisics under food and beverage. Emphasis is on businesses, housing, tourism and industry.

North Saanich is proud of its agricul-tural base and has a definite ‘residential estate’ profile.

Central Saanich separated from the other Saaniches over the agricultural

issue decades ago. It has the most ALR land but has an astounding population. Residential growth statistics vary by source and years considered but Central Saanich is still the largest, fastest grow-ing Penisula population.

Apparently excluded in amalgamation would be 3,051 residents on First Nation Reserves.

My take on this?Combine the high density town dwell-

ing voters of Sidney with the new Central Saanich residents acquired through the densification policies in Central Saanich.

Your core of voters will have hous-ing, amenities and businesses on their minds, not agriculture. They love the greenspace and boutique farms but will vote for convenience and housing for their children and parents.

Growth means more customers for their new businesses. North Saanich and Central Saanich farmers combined may have the acres but not the numbers or support to control growth and protect the ALR.

Perhaps farmers need a vote based on acreage in the ALR actively, productively farmed?

The idea of amalgamation reminds me of marrying because two can live cheaper than one.

Then along come the children with a family’s growing needs. The budget flies out the window.

Lets have a professional analysis of the statistics. I would love to be proved wrong.

Karen HarrisSaanichton

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Bacteria are everywhere. A few give diseases like tuberculosis, but most are

very useful. Some lactic acid bacteria transform milk into yogurt; others make cheddar cheese from milk.

One gram of yogurt, for example, has as much as 10 million Lactobacillus delbrueckii bulgaricus bacteria and 100 million Streptococcus thermophilus, which represent for a 100g cup of yogurt a total of 11 billion lactic acid bacteria. These bacterial cultures can also be purchased in small packets in the grocery store to make yogurt at home. Those I bought here in Victoria looked like a white powder that can be added to milk after it has been heated and slowly cooled.

Leaving the inoculated milk in a warm place (I personally use the oven) for few hours allows these lactic acid bacteria to grow by feeding on lactose and casein in the milk, and to produce lactic acid, giving the yogurt its slightly sour taste. Other lactic acid bacteria like Lactobacillus plantarum, for instance, play a key role in the fermentation of vegetables like cabbage (sauerkraut) or green Manzanillo olives that are found in grocery stores.

Although these bacteria are very small, they still can contract a cold-

like virus. When you catch a cold, you have been infected with a type of virus scientists call Rhinovirus.

Compared to bacteria, the vast majority of viruses are about 10 times smaller. But unlike bacteria, they cannot divide on their own. They have to be inside a cell to be able to replicate their genes and produce their proteins.

Viruses can also infect the lactic acid bacteria that are so important in the dairy industry. Because the bacterium infected with a virus

disappears, these viruses became known as bacteriophages (eater of bacteria), or more simply “phages.” More accurately, phages break up the cells in a process called cell lysis, which releases several copies of the phage that initially infected the bacterium.

There are many types of phages, but they are usually specific to only one type of bacteria. If one type of phage starts infecting the lactic acid bacteria used in a yogurt or cheese factory, it can be catastrophic. It is like an infection in a hospital. It slows down the production of cheese and causes economic losses until the phages are removed.

Phages sometimes may even be the cause of tragic outcome. When a phage called beta phage infects a bacterium called

Corynebacterium diphtheria, it produces a very potent toxin and a disease (diphtheria) that can kill people. Today, the diphteria-tetanus-pertussis (DTaP) vaccine contains an inactive toxin, which allows vaccinated children to build immunity against the diphtheria toxin. Before law required pasteurization of milk, raw milk was one of the ways diphtheria was transmitted.

The first to discover phages was a Canadian born in Montreal: Félix d’Hérelle (1873-1949). He found a phage of dysenteric bacteria that could clear a cloudy culture without the phage being retained by a porcelain filter. In time, other phages were discovered and became models in the study of the molecular basis of life.

Today we know that phages may play an important role as a genetic shuttle between different types of bacteria, which is one mechanism that explains the development of resistance of bacteria to antibiotics.

Between 1896 and 1899, before his discovery of bacteriophage, d’Hérelle received a grant from the Canadian Minister of Revenue to develop a method of fermentation of maple syrup for the production of whisky. The minister was Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (1829-1908), the seventh governor of British Columbia from 1900 to 1906.

Réal Roy is a microbiologist and an assistant professor in the department of biology at the University of Victoria.

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‘Compared to bacteria the majority of viruses are about 10 times smaller.’

Réal RoyGuest Column

The electric expresswayMore than 50 years after it first aired,

many of The Jetsons nifty futuristic gadgets are ours.

The cartoon, which debuted in 1962 and was set in 2062, featured 3-D, flat screen TVs that hung on the wall, with on-demand news, video chat, robotic vacuums, moving sidewalks and flying cars.

Though we don’t see bubble-topped, personal space craft filling our skies yet, we

are getting closer to futuristic transportation with the emergence of electric vehicles.

A quick peek at the website plugshare.com and you’ll find close to 50 locations to charge

your electric car in Greater Victoria – but will you find 50 electric cars?

Most electric vehicle owners have their own charging stations. These other spots, most of them installed by a business or government, are set up for convenience. The provincial government aims to have 570 charging stations set up throughout the province – at a cost of $2.7 million – this year.

The scheme is reminiscent of the mid-2000s Hydrogen Highway, heavily promoted by former California governator Arnold Schwarzenegger and then B.C. Liberal Premier Gordon Campbell. At the time, hydrogen fuel was lauded as the next big thing, but nary a personal vehicle fuelled by hydrogen travels our roads today.

Yet the EV charge is gaining momentum, and as more municipalities buy in to the technology, the better the infrastructure will become.

While consumers may still be shocked by the sticker price, electric vehicles have garnered glowing praise and consumer demand will soon drive prices down. The convenience of charging stations in downtown parkades, at local libraries and in shopping malls is certainly an encouraging sign.

With charging stations beginning to pepper the highway from Sidney to Port Hardy, it may not be long until we can fold up our cars and pop them into a briefcase as we arrive at our destination.

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The article Small town feel lost in amalgamation should be explored in a larger con-text, as the premise is not necessarily so.

As a Rotarian, I was cho-sen in 2001 to lead the Group Study Exchange, a program in which a Rotarian leads a group of young, non-Rotarian professionals, on a four-week cultural/professional exchange to another country. My team went to Finland. I learned a great deal about Finnish municipal political structures, their education system as well as all aspects of their economy.

Canada could learn much from Finland — a small, pros-perous country with a 96 per cent literacy rate and excel-lent social programs.

Their taxes are collected at the federal level and passed down to municipalities where there are not separate hos-pital or school boards, but municipal councils. Council-lors take on separate port-folios governing education, health, etc.

As the Principal of Com-munity Education for Sooke School District for 18 years, I was very involved in com-munity activities. From my experience and observation, the various rules/by-laws in the Greater Victoria commu-nities sometimes conflict with one another, so it seems to make a lot of sense to explore various scenarios of amalga-mation.

I suspect there would be a lot of money saved, not to mention time and energy on repeating processes and plan-ning initiatives that could be better coordinated.

It does not mean that the “small town” feel will be lost.

It is time to have a dialogue about this whole issue with a cost/benefit analysis of differ-ent configurations on amal-gamating various parts of the region. It should be on the ballot in the next municipal election.

Having lived on the Penin-sula for 23 years — my feeling is nothing would be lost but everything to gain by combin-ing the three municipalities on the Peninsula into one.

Donna MillerNorth Saanich

May 14 cannot come soon enough

The cartoon, Christy Pon-ders What Action to Take, on March 22, says it all regarding the Premier’s response to the Doyle report on the Liberal government Multicultural Strategic Outreach Plan.

Premier Clark is shown thinking to herself that she should “Deny direct involve-ment ... Deny knowing what’s going on under my nose ... Blame Dix...” It’s as if the car-toonist had access to the B.C. Liberal speaking notes!

Officials from three groups met to forge the Outreach Plan — the Premier’s Office, the Liberal caucus, and the B.C. Liberal Party. Clark is responsible and account-able for the operations of her office, she chairs the Liberal caucus and she is the Liberal party leader. Yet she professes to know nothing of activities of her officials and has signed the re-nomination papers for John Yap.

Anyone who believes she, like Hogan’s Hero’s Colonel Klink “knows nothing,” proba-bly also believe that there are fairies dancing at the bottom of their gardens.

May 14 cannot come soon enough.

Ron FarisVictoria

Two-way traffic needs more study, input

Re: Downtown Sidney Traf-fic Study.

In your article on the above topic you quote Councillor Lougher-Goodey as saying, in relation to returning Beacon Avenue to two-way traffic, “If there’s no good reason to change it then don’t do it.”

As a professional retail planner with 40-plus years experience in advising munic-ipalities and BIAs across Canada on how best to revit-alise their downtowns, I have evolved six Golden Rules:

1: Eliminate all one way streets.

2: Eliminate all restrictive turns.

3: Maximise on-street park-ing.

4: Provide off-site employee parking.

5: Eliminate all pedestrian malls.

6: Implement “Naked Streets” (i.e. reduce “street signage clutter”).

If Councillor Lougher-Goodey reads the Sidney traffic study carefully he will

see the consultants touch on items one to four and strongly recommend further study be made of returning Beacon Avenue to two-way after consulting both busi-nesses and residents.

I, like Denis Paquette and many others, am therefore puzzled by council’s decision to bury this item and hope that the town will invite the consultants to review their study at a public information meeting, instead of shelving it.

In answer to Councillor Lougher-Goodey’s question I would simply reply that, based on my experience, successful downtowns have slow two-way traffic (thus providing safety to shoppers, especially moms with tod-dlers and seniors) whereas one-way downtown traffic is not shopper friendly since it is designed to speed com-muter traffic.

I would therefore respect-fully suggest one-way systems are not relevant or appropri-ate in downtown Sidney and that this matter needs to be publically discussed and fur-ther studied.

Richard D. B. TalbotSidney

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efore people take a stand on amalgamation they should inform themselves. I was sur-prised by statisics from the CRD website.

Sidney’s population is approximately 11,551 in 2012, living on 7.143 sq. km.

North Saanich is approximately 11,439 on 4,015 hectares.

Central Saanich is approximately 16,465 on 41.42 sq. km.

On Sidney’s website, agriculture is grouped in their statisics under food and beverage. Emphasis is on businesses, housing, tourism and industry.

North Saanich is proud of its agricul-tural base and has a definite ‘residential estate’ profile.

Central Saanich separated from the other Saaniches over the agricultural

issue decades ago. It has the most ALR land but has an astounding population. Residential growth statistics vary by source and years considered but Central Saanich is still the largest, fastest grow-ing Penisula population.

Apparently excluded in amalgamation would be 3,051 residents on First Nation Reserves.

My take on this?Combine the high density town dwell-

ing voters of Sidney with the new Central Saanich residents acquired through the densification policies in Central Saanich.

Your core of voters will have hous-ing, amenities and businesses on their minds, not agriculture. They love the greenspace and boutique farms but will vote for convenience and housing for their children and parents.

Growth means more customers for their new businesses. North Saanich and Central Saanich farmers combined may have the acres but not the numbers or support to control growth and protect the ALR.

Perhaps farmers need a vote based on acreage in the ALR actively, productively farmed?

The idea of amalgamation reminds me of marrying because two can live cheaper than one.

Then along come the children with a family’s growing needs. The budget flies out the window.

Lets have a professional analysis of the statistics. I would love to be proved wrong.

Karen HarrisSaanichton

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SIDNEY — Sidney’s regular council meeting on Monday, March 25 started off a bit differ-ently than usual.

Councillor and Acting Mayor Tim Chad presented Mayor Larry Cross with the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in a quiet ceremony before his peers on Council.

Cross served on Sidney Town Council from 2006 to 2008 and was elected Mayor in 2008. But his work in the community extends far beyond his political career.

His life’s focus has been in edu-cation and community develop-ment. He was vice-principal at Parkland Secondary School and principal of North Saanich Middle School in Sidney, as well as the Director of Instruction with the Saanich School District.

Some of his influential commu-nity work includes membership on the North Saanich Environmen-tal Commission and Coordinator for North Saanich Recycle. He served as chair for the Deep Cove Ratepayers’ Association and was a member of Friends of Pat Bay.

As chair for the Friends of the

Sidney/North Saanich Regional Library he worked with the Board to ensure the Resthaven Drive Library building was completed with B.C. government assistance. As chair of the Memorial Park Society, funding for Blue Heron Park was achieved through the Town’s expropriation of land for the Bevan Avenue access from Beacon Avenue. Mayor Cross was also a board member and volun-teer for the Memorial Park Society and a member of the Mary Win-spear Centre Management Com-mittee.

Cross is the second member of council to be recognized with a Queen’s Medal. Councillor Kenny Podmore was awarded his medal by Elizabeth May, Member of Par-liament for Saanich Gulf Islands, on September 13, 2012 at a com-munity ceremony.

“I think I speak for all of council,” said Chad, “when I say that it is an honour and a privilege to work with both of these fine gentlemen and that they are well deserving of this medal on many levels.”

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Second Sidney council member earns Queen’s MedalMayor Larry Cross joins Councillor Kenny Podmore with hardware based on their years of service

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Councillor Kenny Podmore, left, and Mayor Larry Cross have both earned Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals for their years of community service.

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Unit sales to the end of February across all categories of

Greater Victoria housing continued to decline — falling some 21 per cent year over year. The drop in prices, though significant, has been more moderate.

Relative to February, 2012, median prices for sin-gle family homes declined by 4.7 per cent; condo-miniums, 2.1 per cent, and; townhomes, 11.6 per cent. These declines are by no means cata-strophic.

Why (so far) have we been spared a more drastic price fall in what is very clearly a buyers’ market? One need look no further than the sup-port provided by the current incredi-bly low mortgage rates that continue to be available to buyers. Buyers with a good credit rating can now lock-in a five-year fixed-rate mort-gage at yet another record-low rate of 2.79 per cent.

On a 25-year amortization, this means today’s qualified borrower would pay only $463 per month for each $100,000 borrowed. With a $250,000 mortgage on a median priced two-bedroom condo, for example, a first-time buyer would have mortgage payments of $1,158 per month — little more than the cost of renting a comparable unit.

In effect, today’s eligible buyer can “afford” to purchase a home priced almost twice what it was when inter-est rates were five per cent — not that many years ago. This reality is moderating the decline in buyer interest.

The good news for local sellers is the modest magnitude of the price decline. The bad news is it now takes much longer to sell a property. If not well-priced, it likely won’t sell at all.

For buyers the news is even bet-ter. They have many properties from which to choose and lots of time to shop around. Nor need they fear

walking away from unre-alistically-priced proper-ties. The longer they wait to make a deal, the more likely they are to get a lower price.

The record-low mort-gage rates, combined with Victoria’s low unemploy-ment rate, are providing significant price support for local real estate — for now. We remain vulnerable to more drastic declines.

Even a one or two per cent rise in interest rates would knock out our main pillar of price support. At the moment however, with Canada’s and the world’s econ-omy still in a somewhat upward sput-ter mode, imminent rate increases are not likely. But when they eventu-ally do rise, we can only hope they do so in small increments, over a period of several years.

I remain in the camp of those who argue our Canadian real estate mar-kets are in for a soft-landing, rather than a U.S.- style catastrophic crash. The main reason for this cautious optimism is Canada’s average home-owner enjoys a 69 per cent equity stake in his home, more than twice the level that existed in the U.S. when their market collapsed.

Canadians feel much less pressure to drastically lower prices in order to sell their home. This may explain why our own house prices have fallen only modestly.

Prospective or current homeown-ers who have the opportunity, would be wise to consider a five-year fixed mortgage and to avoid the variable rate mortgage. In doing so, the home-owner can achieve peace-of-mind for at least five years.

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Unit sales to the end of February across all categories of

Greater Victoria housing continued to decline — falling some 21 per cent year over year. The drop in prices, though significant, has been more moderate.

Relative to February, 2012, median prices for sin-gle family homes declined by 4.7 per cent; condo-miniums, 2.1 per cent, and; townhomes, 11.6 per cent. These declines are by no means cata-strophic.

Why (so far) have we been spared a more drastic price fall in what is very clearly a buyers’ market? One need look no further than the sup-port provided by the current incredi-bly low mortgage rates that continue to be available to buyers. Buyers with a good credit rating can now lock-in a five-year fixed-rate mort-gage at yet another record-low rate of 2.79 per cent.

On a 25-year amortization, this means today’s qualified borrower would pay only $463 per month for each $100,000 borrowed. With a $250,000 mortgage on a median priced two-bedroom condo, for example, a first-time buyer would have mortgage payments of $1,158 per month — little more than the cost of renting a comparable unit.

In effect, today’s eligible buyer can “afford” to purchase a home priced almost twice what it was when inter-est rates were five per cent — not that many years ago. This reality is moderating the decline in buyer interest.

The good news for local sellers is the modest magnitude of the price decline. The bad news is it now takes much longer to sell a property. If not well-priced, it likely won’t sell at all.

For buyers the news is even bet-ter. They have many properties from which to choose and lots of time to shop around. Nor need they fear

walking away from unre-alistically-priced proper-ties. The longer they wait to make a deal, the more likely they are to get a lower price.

The record-low mort-gage rates, combined with Victoria’s low unemploy-ment rate, are providing significant price support for local real estate — for now. We remain vulnerable to more drastic declines.

Even a one or two per cent rise in interest rates would knock out our main pillar of price support. At the moment however, with Canada’s and the world’s econ-omy still in a somewhat upward sput-ter mode, imminent rate increases are not likely. But when they eventu-ally do rise, we can only hope they do so in small increments, over a period of several years.

I remain in the camp of those who argue our Canadian real estate mar-kets are in for a soft-landing, rather than a U.S.- style catastrophic crash. The main reason for this cautious optimism is Canada’s average home-owner enjoys a 69 per cent equity stake in his home, more than twice the level that existed in the U.S. when their market collapsed.

Canadians feel much less pressure to drastically lower prices in order to sell their home. This may explain why our own house prices have fallen only modestly.

Prospective or current homeown-ers who have the opportunity, would be wise to consider a five-year fixed mortgage and to avoid the variable rate mortgage. In doing so, the home-owner can achieve peace-of-mind for at least five years.

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Devon MacKenzieNews staff

• A public presentation of the 2013-2017 financial plan was made prior to the beginning of the scheduled committees meeting.

A public question period was opened after and questions were posed regarding the pro-posed tax increase of 5.36 per cent.

The presentation is available online through centralsaanich.ca.

• The Planning and Development Committee saw a handful of neighbours turn up from Sprin-glea Road who were concerned about a request for a half-acre lot to be subdivided into three separate long and narrow lots.

After hearing from the property owners and the public, council decided that rezoning the lot wouldn’t be in keeping with the form and char-acter of the neighbourhood.

Council encouraged the property owner and staff to consider a panhandle subdivision which is a more common format of subdivision in the area.

• A presentation updating council, staff and the public on the Capital Regional District’s Regional Growth Strategy was made by Marg Misek-Evans, the senior manager of regional and strategic planning for the CRD.

Misek-Evans said the presentation should be available through the CRD’s website soon.

• During the Administration and Finance com-mittee meeting, mayor and council reviewed a draft of the 2013 strategic plan for the district and thanked staff for their hard work compiling the document.

• A staff memorandum was read during the Community, Protective Service and Facilities committee meeting regarding updated associ-ated costs for the town hall project.

Among other motions, the committee decided to maintain the use of 2009 building code reports on the current town hall’s deficiencies rather than spend around $6,000 to update it.

• The municipal hall will be closed today, March 29 for Good Friday and Monday, April 1 for Easter Monday.

The next special meeting of council is sched-uled for Tuesday, April 2 at 7 p.m.

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The B.C. government has released its own independent report on a proposed heavy oil refinery near Kitimat, which concludes that the project has “eco-

nomic merit.”The report, by Cali-

fornia-based Navigant Consulting Inc., exam-ined the proposed refinery design and also assessed markets for refined fuels in Asia.

“Such a refinery would provide incre-mental long-term ben-efits to the region, compared to export of unfinished feedstock,” the report states.

The consultants recommend that B.C. approve a design for the plant that pro-duces a variety of fuels, including gasoline, die-sel and jet fuel.

The report endorses a conventional design

for the refinery, pro-posed by Victoria news-paper publisher David Black last summer.

Black, owner of Black Press Ltd., established a separate company called Kitimat Clean Ltd last year. In early March he announced that he is finalizing details for $25 billion in financing and purchase agree-ments for the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel that the plant would pro-duce.

According to Black’s plans, the $16 billion refinery would require another $9 billion in construction, includ-ing six product pipe-lines to Douglas Chan-

nel to load ships with refined fuel, and a natu-ral gas pipeline to run a power plant, fire refin-ing equipment and sup-ply hydrogen for a new heavy oil refining pro-cess.

Energy Minister Rich Coleman said the Navigant report cost $40,000, and would be done by the province for any proposal of this scale, through the prov-ince’s major projects office.

If built as planned, the Kitimat refinery would be the biggest private investment in B.C. history.

The Navigant report describes a conven-tional coking process that extracts a coal-like byproduct from heavy oil. Black announced March 6 that his team is revising its environ-mental permit appli-cation to use a new process that would convert the coke and increase liquid fuel out-put.

A conventional refin-ery of that size would fill 100 rail cars per day with petroleum coke, which is typically sold as fuel for high-temper-ature metal processing.

A process patented last year by Calgary-based Expander Energy adapts a technique developed a century ago in Germany to con-vert coal to synthetic fuels.

Kitimat refinery ‘viable’Province releases its own report on multi-billion project


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When Sarah Hilton, 17, was pondering the idea of getting a tattoo, she drew her back with a graphite pencil.

At the nape of her

neck she wrote IX VII MCMXLVI, her papa’s birthday — Sept. 7, 1946. She has always had a strong connec-tion with her grandfa-ther, even though he died before she was born.

“He named me Sarah after the dinosaur on The Land Before Time,” said the Belmont sec-ondary student, add-ing he talked to her through her mother’s pregnant belly.

While the tattoo is

still just an idea, Hilton likes how it looks on paper and may eventu-ally add it to her body. The drawing will soon be on display at the Xchanges Student Invi-tational show.

Xchanges Gallery is hosting the show and had six of its adult artists go to six high schools in Greater Vic-

toria to select Grade 12 students to participate.

Painter Richard Motchman, president of the gallery, went to Belmont to select three students.

“We chose Grade 12 students because they are leaving school soon and we wanted them to connect with the adult art world,” he said. “The students’ art was really good and it was difficult to narrow it down and only pick three.”

Motchman invited Hilton and two of her Belmont classmates.

Amber Mcleod-Champagne, 17, entered her piece titled Simplicity. The mixed media piece involves newspapers, a photo of her cat and acrylic paint.

“I think it’s really great. It’s important for us to get our work out there before we gradu-ate,” McLeod-Cham-

pagne said. “It’s also very inspirational to see other people’s art.”

Laura Rechwan, 17, will also be a part of the show with her acrylic painting titled, It’s later than you think.

“It’s about the human destruction that occurs,” she explained. “My love for the natural world is what inspires me.”

Rechwan is excited to be a part of the show and to volunteer a shift in the gallery talking about her art to the public.

She is hoping for a career in art and will study at Camosun Col-lege in the fall in the visual arts program. The Colwood teen is also a director on the board for the West Shore Arts Council.

Work by students from around Greater Victoria is on display

There will be 20 stu-dents whose work will

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Also included in the exhibition are Akira Weng, Delayney Leyn-guard and Sand-Do Lee from Mount Doug-las Secondary; Duncan Grant, James Letkeman and Naomi Evers from Oak Bay High; Andrew Coderre, Melissa Fra-ser, Quin Mallory, Ren Hlasny and Trevor Lang from Spectrum mid-dle school; Ali Green, Celine Bain and Rachel Hunter from Stelly’s Secondary; Alberta Tre-lawny, Medina Durzi-Percy and Regina Vega from Victoria High School.

The show opens April 5 at 7 p.m. and will continue until April 28.

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VICTORIA — Chess players from 6 to 80 are vying for top spot at this weekend’s seventh annual Grand Pacific Open tour-nament.

The local contingent will be joined by numerous out-of-town players, taking the total num-ber of competitors over the 100 mark.

Surrey’s Tanraj Sohal, 15, winner of the B.C. Open cham-pionship last month, provides an example of where chess can take a young player. In January he was awarded a full ride schol-arship to Webster University in St. Louis.

Other players in the interna-tional field expected to challenge for the title include former B.C. champion Jack Yoos and current champ Butch Villavieja, both of Vancouver, and women’s Grand-master Katerina Rohonyan from Redmond, Wash.

Play begins at 6 p.m. today (March 29) and continues dur-ing the afternoon and evening on Saturday and Sunday. The final round happens Monday starting at 10 a.m. Spectators are welcome to attend this free event at the Hotel Grand Pacific, 463 Belleville St. For more infor-mation, visit grandpacificopen.pbworks.com

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SIDNEY — The 32nd Patos Island Classic Race held March 23 drew a good crowd of spectators to Sidney’s piers.

The day started with a solid 10 knot southerly wind which saw two exciting and well executed starts, the first for the long course racers and the second for racers in the short and day courses.

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In the short course, progress was better and eventually the wind filled in for all the race con-tenders. With the end of race near, all boats finished except those that had retired earlier.

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3rd in Division 1: none (there were only two finishers within the time limit)

1st Division 2 and 2nd over-all: Koru, Quest 30 skippered by

Paul Shaw of SNSYC2nd in Division 2: none (there

was only one finisher).

Short Course1st Overall and 1st in Division

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2nd in Division 1 and 2nd overall: “Natural High” J-30 skip-pered by Scott Shaw-MacLaren of Squamish Yacht Club

3rd in Division 1 and 3rd over-all: “Querida” C&C 35 skippered by Kim Hutlet of CBSC

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ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

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MEDICAL SUPPLIES

CRAFTMATIC SINGLE pillow top adjustable bed. Head and feet raise and lower. With vi-brating option. Great condition. New $1500, asking $300. Call (250)658-2328.

GARAGE SALES

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

DJEMBE DRUM. 11” diame-ter, good sound. with stand, $325. Victoria (250)380-8733.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

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HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS- $2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enter-prise Cres, Victoria. Gold-stream Press Division.

SHOPRIDER SCOOTER, 4 wheels, nearly new, $800. Re-tails for $3500. (250)652-5652.

UNIVERSAL GYM $150. Dumbbells $75. Senya fax machine $25. Please call Dean at 250-727-7905.

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700

WANTED: STATIONARY Bike (inexpensive) for working out. Please call 250-514-6688.

SPORTING GOODS

WANTED: STATIONARY Bike (inexpensive) for working out. Please call 250-514-6688.

REAL ESTATE

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with Well-Maintained Furnished Home - 1500 sq.ft, 3-bdrm,

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MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

LANGFORD MOBILE home inSeniors Park, upgraded interi-or, fully furnished, A/C, fencedyrd, shed & workshop. PRICEREDUCED to $35,000. Call250-590-2450.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

ESQUIMALT- LRG 2 bdrm, reduced to $995/mo, W/D.55+. NS/NP. (250)385-7256.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

SOOKE, 3-bdrm, 4-plex, $750 mo, on bus route, nice deck &yard. Call 250-478-2450.

UPTOWN AREA, 3 bdrms, 1/2Duplex, avail now, $1300 mo.Call Harj at 250-686-8847.

UPTOWN AREA, 5 bdrm, 1/2Duplex, avail now, $1750 mo.Call Harj at 250-686-8847.

APARTMENTS FURNISHED

DOWNTOWN SIDNEY: Bright1 bdrm deluxe suite. Shortterm. Call (250)514-7747.

SIDNEY: DELIGHTFUL Gar-den suite, furnished. Walk towork, amenities & ocean.NS/NP. $850. (250)656-9194.

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HOMES FOR RENT

3-BDRM, LARGE living room & large kitchen. Laundry room, lots of parking. Close to UVic & bus (27 & 28). Water/ hydro incld. $1500. Avail. May 1st. (250)721-0190.

SIDNEY 2 Bdrm upper. Hdwd fl rs, garage, laundry. Cat OK. N/S. $1300. (250)812-4154.

SUITES, LOWER

GORDON HEAD- lrg 1 bdrm, close to UVIC, bus, Mt. Doug park. W/D, F/P, lrg yard. $875+ 1/3 utils. Avail now. Call 250-686-7995, 250-479-5205, 250-885-9099.

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

LANGFORD (Costco). Bus, shops, school. 2 Bdrm suite, fenced yard, 4 appls, water incl’d, shared laundry, $1050 mo + utils, NS/NP. Avail March 1. Call (250)881-2283.

SIDNEY- (5mins airport) 1 bdrm, all utils, furnished, full kitchen. $900. (250)656-8073.

SWAN LAKE. Large 1-bdrm, ground level. Private yard & deck. Share laundry. $900. in-clusive. (250)386-0531.

TILLICUM/BURNSIDE area: 2 bdrm, shared laundry, own ent. $900 inclds hydro. Call 250-588-8885, 250-383-8282.

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SIDNEY, MATURE lady, N/S, N/D, long term, (May or June), 2-3 bdrm, Pier or Landmark Building. Call (250)629-3102.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

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AUTO SERVICES

TOP CASH PAID

For ALL unwanted vehicles.

Free Towing $$$ 250-885-1427 $$$

CARS

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

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TRANSPORTATION

CARS

$50 to $1000Scrap Junk

Broken Down Cars Trucks Vans

FREE TOW AWAY

250-686-3933

MARINE

BOATS

1993 BAYLINER 2452, in ex-cellent condition, 2 sounders & GPS, head, galley, canopy, 9.9 hp 4 stroke Yamaha on hy-draulics, downriggers, dinghy in 27’ newer Van Isle Marina boathouse near the ramp. Best offer. 250-656-6136.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

CARPENTRY

LAPWING CARPENTRY. Decks, fences, quality repairs, renos & insulation. 10 years experience. Call 778-967-1246

McGREGOR HOME Repair & Renos. Decks to doors. Small jobs OK. WCB. (250)655-4518

INSTCARPET ALLATION

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

CLEANING SERVICES

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

COMPUTER SERVICES

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

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 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779.

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


ELECTRICAL

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

FENCING

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

GARDENING

20% OFF! Mowing, Pruning, Clean-Ups, Hedge/Shrub Trim, Hauling. Call (250)479-6495.

20+ YEARS Experience. Lawns, Pruning, Maintenance, Landscaping & more. Reliable. WCB. Andrew (250)656-0052.

22YRS EXP Garden clean-ups weeding, etc. All areas of city. $25/hr. No tax. 250-656-7045.

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard & garden overgrown? Aerating, pwr raking, pruning. Weed, moss, blackberry, stump & ivy rmvl. 25yrs exp.

250-216-9476 ACCEPTING new clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, fi nish carpentry, garden clean-ups.

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ACTION YARD CARE. 15 + years exp. Honest & reliable. Quality work. 250-744-6918.

AURICLE BSC 250-882-3129 Spring clean up Lawn aeration & fertilize-soil-hedges & more.

J&L GARDENING Specialty yard clean-up and mainte-nance. Master gardeners. John or Louise (250)891-8677.


GARDENING

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MIKE’S LAWN and Garden. Pruning, Clean-ups. Senior’s discount. Free estimate’s Phone Mike 250-216-7502.

PRO IRISH GARDENERS- maintenance, pruning, clean-ups, lawn care. 20 yrs exp. WCB. Call (250)652-6989.

SPRING CLEANups, complete maintenance. Residential & Commercial. 250-474-4373.

SYDANNA Lawn Care. 16 years in business. 250-858-8873. www.sydannalawncare.ca

WE-CUT-LAWNS(Lawn and Garden services.) “Don’t let the grass grow under your feet.” Call us at 250-655-1956 (Peninsula).

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

11 DIAMOND DAVE- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free ests. (250)889-5794.

BOOK YOUR Spring Window or Gutter Cleaning now. Grand Xterior Cleaning Services. WCB Insured, BBB. Please call 250-380-7778.

HANDYPERSONS

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

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES. Lawns, fences, pruning, fl oor-ing, painting, drywall, small re-no’s. Mike/Chris 250-656-8961


HAULING AND SALVAGE

$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.

JUNK BOX- We Do All The Loading

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774

SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.

SMART GUYS Hauling. Gar-den waste, junk removal, clean-ups, etc. Reliable, cour-teous service. 250-544-0611 or 250-889-1051.


HOME IMPROVEMENTS

M&S OXFORD Home/Com-mercial Reno’s & Painting. Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hard-wood and Trim. 25 yrs exp. Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.

THE MOSS MAN Chemical- Free Roof De-Mossing & Gut-ter Cleaning since 1996. Call 250-881-5515. Free estimates!www.mossman.ca

INSULATION

MALTA BLOWN Insulation. Attics - interior/exterior walls & sound silencer. (250)388-0278

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flag-stone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. (250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com

ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d & Professional. Chimneys, Brick Veneer, Retaining Rock Walls, Cultured Stone, Interlocking Paving. Excavating. Fully in-sured. Estimates. 250-588-9471

& MOVING STORAGE

111 WRIGHT Moving-123 ton. $80/hr for 2 men. Senior’s dis-count. Call Phil (250)383-8283

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

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.

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

B L Coastal Coatings. Quality, reliable, great rates. All your Painting needs. (250)818-7443


PAINTING

ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694.

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

DALE’S PAINTING Int/ext. Prompt, courteous, 25yrs exp $25/hr Free est. 250-516-2445

LADY PAINTERServing the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.

SAFEWAY PAINTING

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Residential/Commercial Jeff, 250-472-6660 Cell 250-889-7715

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PLUMBING

FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.

FREE ESTIMATES. Rea-sonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

CLASSIFIED ADS MEAN MORE BUSINESS Call 250.388.3535


PRESSURE WASHING

DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates.250-744-8588, Norm.

RUBBISH REMOVAL

MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBBmember. (250)388-0278.

STUCCO/SIDING

RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50years experience. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

UPHOLSTERY

UPHOLSTERER NEEDS work. Your fabric or mine.250-480-7937.

WINDOW CLEANING

BLAINE’S WINDOW WASH-ING. Serving Sidney & Brent-wood since 1983. Averagehouse $35. 250-656-1475

BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning.Roof demoss, Gutters. Licensed and affordable. 250-884-7066.

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, Sweeping,Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pres-sure Washing. 250-361-6190.

WINDOWS

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