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Survey startsGrad student aims to update local area plans

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NEWS: Charity sending relief to Syrian refugees /A5HEALTH: Camosun students form exercise club /A7ARTS: Book explores history of Bowker Creek /A26

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In today’s second installment of our five-part series on sewage treatment in Greater Victoria, we look at the sites put forward by the Capital Regional District’s liquid waste management committee.

With committee members from the seven municipal-ities involved voicing con-cerns over the cost to tax-payers, Clover Point in Victo-ria, the previously shelved McLoughlin Point in Esquimalt and a nearby alternative, a DND-owned section of land on Macaulay Point, have emerged.

Each potential site, presented in a condi-tional recommendation to the CRD board, is being fully costed out. The goal is to have a cost-effective business plan to pres-ent to the province and the federal govern-ment for consideration before March 31, the funding deadline for a portion of the federal dollars promised.

When a single plant at McLoughlin was previously pursued, the province refused to step in and either mandate an agree-ment or broker a deal with Esquimalt, which had rejected a variance for the site. This time, the B.C. government is helping facilitate completion of the siting process, which includes receiving approval from both Victoria and Esquimalt councils.

See page A12 and A21.

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Council requests review of EDPA bylawTravis Paterson News Staff

Saanich council has ordered a review of the contentious environmental development permit area bylaw following Wednesday’s well-attended special session at the George Pearkes Community Centre.

Dozens of residents spoke as the heavily debated session went past 1 a.m. An estimated 250 people were in attendance with more than 50 people speaking.

Council voted unanimously on Option

2 from Saanich planning’s EDPA Review (released March 8), which will uphold the bylaw for now, but will hire a third party consultant or team to review the bylaw in depth. Option 1 would have repealed the bylaw altogether while Option 3 would maintain it as is.

Coun. Fred Haynes wasn’t in office when the EDPA was constructed and implemented in 2012 but has come to understand it since.

“When you look back at how it was implemented, the public consultation was there, there was an out clause, and

everything seemed fair,” Haynes said. Since 2014, several members of

the public, including the group for a responsible EDPA, led by Anita Bull, has aired its opposition with planning, citing multiple biologist reports that dispute the existence of environmentally sensitive areas on properties included in Saanich’s ESA atlas. However, Saanich has disagreed with these findings.

Block party Thousands of kids and kids at heart turned out to the seventh annual Lego Mania at Tillicum Centre, taking in the numerous displays and checking out some of the designs from this year’s competition.

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PLEASE SEE: Motion to exempt properties rejected,

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Travis Paterson News Staff

Home from university and on a mission, Caleb Horn has helped build a survey launching this week for residents of the neighbouring Mount Tolmie and Camosun Community Associations.

The past-president of the CCA grew up in the Shelbourne area, attended Doncaster elementary and Lansdowne middle schools and carries a passion for the section of Saanich running between Victoria and Oak Bay from Derby Road to the Royal Jubilee Hospital. Horn is currently a grad student in urban planning at McGill University and at just 28 years old, he is working full time at the moment to update Camosun’s and Mount Tolmie’s local area plans, starting with the Mount Tolmie and Camosun Community Plan survey.

“It starts with the survey that will gauge just how knowledgeable [Mount Tolmie and Camosun] residents are of the local area plan and then moves to understand what people are most concerned about,“ Horn said.

Back in September, Saanich staff proposed a 13-page work plan to review and update the local area plans of Saanich’s 12 community regions. However, great portions of Camosun and Mount Tolmie were overlooked, as it relied on the Shelbourne Valley Action Plan as an update for the area. But despite the

time and resources Saanich has spent on the SVAP, a 30-year plan mostly dedicated to mobility, transportation and density along the corridor, it is not a proper local area plan.

“It covers less than half of the residential areas in the Mount Tolmie and Camosun neighbourhoods,” Horn said.

Other community associations were also not pleased with the proposed work plan, in particular with the timeliness of the matter. As a result, the proposal was sent back to planning for revisions.

In the meantime, Horn has built the survey in partnership with Mount Tolmie with a goal of measuring the awareness Camosun and Mount Tolmie residents have, and their concerns.

“This gives us an opportunity to better know what our residents are thinking, and to delve into more information of what our residents might want in their community,” said Mount Tolmie president Marlene Bergstrom.

The two associations often work closely as they are

combined in the Shelbourne Core LAP, which was last updated in 1998. Only Gordon Head’s LAP is older (1997), yet Gordon Head’s was first on the proposed order of updates.

“The alarms went off at that meeting because staff didn’t think an LAP is needed for Camosun. Shelbourne still needs an LAP,” Horn said.

If a developer proposes a high-density development near Foul Bay Road, they will be using an LAP that’s 18 years old, Horn added.

The discussions between Saanich and the CAA and MTCA go back to 2013 so it was a surprise, to say the least, for Horn.

“I feel the visioning plan will help us hear more about the

natural environment, mobility issues we’re not aware of, but there could be some serious problems we don’t know about, perhaps seniors mobility, housing, employment,” Bergstrom said. “If there’s a dire need of a sidewalk or safety issues, we need to hear. Sometimes they are a surprise if people don’t tell us.”

The Mount Tolmie and Camosun Community Plan survey is the first of a three-stage project to update the LAPs for the two associations. Stage 2 is to hold a focused workshop(s) based on the results of the survey. Horn hopes to have the plans updated by summer.

Visit the survey at surveymonkey.com/r/mtccplan. Email [email protected] for questions or concerns.

Saanich father found murdered in SaywardTravis Paterson News Staff

Police have released the name of a Saanich man who was murdered in Sayward earlier this month.

The body of Dillon Brown, 30, was discovered just before 8 p.m. on March 12 in his grey Honda Accord. It was parked near the west side of a one-way bridge heading into Sayward.

An online campaign is seeking to raise money for Brown’s pregnant wife and two young children. Brown resided in both Saanich and Campbell River, where he grew up.

Brown’s death was initially deemed

suspicious. On Friday, it was upgraded to a homicide following an autopsy. Investigators believe Brown died as the result of a targeted attack, and say the public are not at risk.

The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit (VIIMCU), in partnership with the B.C. Coroners Service and the Campbell River and Sayward RCMP, continue to investigate the death of Brown, said RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Janelle Shoihet.

Brown was last seen leaving a

residence in Campbell River at about 1 p.m. on March 11 in his car.

VIIMCU investigators want to speak to anyone who may have seen Brown or his vehicle, between 1 p.m. on March 11 and 7:45 p.m. on March 12. Photos and video images may greatly assist.

Brown was known in Greater Victoria as a successful amateur fighter in kickboxing and mixed martial arts, winning an ISKA title belt. He fought regularly in the former AFC MMA fight promotion.

To report any information about Brown, contact Sayward RCMP at 250-282-5522, Campbell River RCMP at 250-286-6221, or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS

(8477), or Text Crimes (274637).A friend of Brown’s family has set up a

Gofundme page, saying he did not have life insurance.

On the page it says, “Dillon Brown was a compassionate and dedicated father of two, his love for his children and his wife was undeniable. Nicole is an amazing, beautiful, hard-working, young mother of two, and her strength and determination is beyond admirable. Not only is this unexpected tragic news too much for one person to emotionally/physically/mentally handle, but now she has just been informed that she is also pregnant with his child.”

- With files from Alastair Taylor

Travis Paterson/News Staff

Caleb Horn of the Camosun Community Association has led a joint survey which will lead to an updated local area plan for the CCA and Mount Tolmie Community Association. A Saanich map (above) shows the last updates to neighbourhood local area plans. Planning is currently revising a 2015 proposal to update all the LAPs in the municipality.

Survey is start of drive to update Shelbourne local area plan

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The Syrian refugee crisis may be on the other side of the world, but that’s not stopping a Saanich-based charity from sending a whole lot of help.

On Thursday, the Compassionate Resource Warehouse packed a shipping container full of clothes, linens, kitchenware, tools and more, then sent it to a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, where between 40,000 and 50,000 people have been displaced. The group is currently gathering items for a second shipping container to be sent to a camp in Jordan later this month or in early April, where about 30,000 Syrian refugees are seeking relief.

“This one to Lebanon is more relief-focused,” said Dell Marie Wergeland, president of the CRW. “Most of these people fled over the mountain to get there, so they only have what they could carry.

“Everything that’s being sent is by request. They have sent us a needs list and we have been in dialogue and agreed on what we can provide.”

Founded in 1999, the CRW has sent more than 400 shipping containers to date to provide relief from such international crises as the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan in Southeast Asia. The charity provides “second wave” relief, after frontline groups such as the United Nations and the Red Cross do the initial response.

“Our specialty is coming in after and making sure the education system has supplies, the medical teams have supplies, that kind of thing,” said Wergeland.

The Lebanon container was put together in less than a week, she said, thanks to a team of 125 volunteers and the warehouse’s large accumulation of community donations.

“These people have a huge heart of compassion and they want to make a difference,” said Wergeland of the volunteers. “Everybody will go home and be pleased at what they could do – they’ll feel bad that they couldn’t put more in, but yet they won’t be able to put any more in because it will be filled to the brim.”

The CRW collects donations year-round, but Wergeland said they also reach out to such partners as Canada Comforts and Red Cross during times of crisis for specific supplies that are needed.

“Most of those (partners) give to us on a regular basis, so we have a stockpile,” she said. “This one will deplete us, and so for certain items, we will reach out to the general public.

“People in our area love to do something. They want to do something. But they don’t know how and they don’t know what.”

The Jordan container is in need of brand new hygiene and kitchen products, including toothbrushes, soap, water bottles, plastic cups and cutlery. The CRW would also like to send new T-shirts and shoes to the Middle Eastern country.

“Basically, they would like 5,000 of everything because the need is so great,” said Wergeland. “Right now, we’re sort of aiming for

1,000 of everything.”The CRW website (crwarehouse.ca) has an

ongoing list of needed items for their shipping containers. Those interested in donating can call 250-381-4483 or visit the website for more information, as well as drop-off instructions. The CRW will be closed on March 25 for Good Friday.

“I just think that we’ve been given a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in areas that have been pretty bleak,” said Wergeland of the work that the CRW does. “People have come from pretty horrendous situations. People don’t leave their homes and their country lightly.

“We don’t fix the whole camp but we bring hope.”

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Dell Marie Wergeland, president of the Compassionate Resource Warehouse, and a team of 125 volunteers filled a shipping container with relief items for more than 40,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon. The Saanich-based charity is currently collecting donations for a second container to be shipped to a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan in late March or early April.


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interpretation over what constitutes a sensitive ecosystem between Saanich and the public, an area that needs exploring, Haynes said.

“For me, personally, I think we’re in the best place right now,” Haynes said. “The EDPA is about to undergo a massive review by a consultant, who will be selected by council and not by staff. The whole thing is more divisive than it should be.”

One of the heaviest debated topics Wednesday night was a motion by Coun. Leif Wergeland to exempt the properties of single family dwellings throughout the coming review, which council voted against.

“To withdraw single family residences from the EDPA is premature,” said Coun. Judy Brownoff. “Planning has had a consultant working on linking corridors [of Garry oak ecosystems] in Saanich for four years now, and single family residences are about 27 per cent of the EDPA. What would this do to all that work?”

Residents can still apply to remove their property from the EDPA, which is done on a case-by-case basis.

In 2015, Saanich processed 563 single family building permit applications. Ninety-four were reviewed by the environmental services staff because the property was located within the EDPA and only 15 required an environmental development permit.

Brownoff also countered an argument that Saanich isn’t doing

enough to protect or restore its own sensitive properties from invasive species, such as its parks with Garry oak ecosystems.

“Twenty-two per cent of the EDPA atlas is zoned Saanich properties, either public or institution, and a lot is done there,” Brownoff said. “People are asking for leadership, and we do have the Pulling Together program. One of the problems is Saanich doesn’t communicate fully to all the things we’re doing out there.”

To that end Brownoff suggests a greater emphasis on education moving forward. “One resident suggested we hold workshops similar to what the CRD does on water conservation, only we could do drought-resistant native plants, perhaps with a local nursery supplying plants for sale at the workshop,” Brownoff said.

Haynes added that it’s important Saanich encourages residents to use native species and not to force it upon them.

Among the key topics in the review will be the EDPA’s highly criticized exit clause.

Council voted unanimously for an additional motion that staff would “create a 1-2 page document (and to share it) explaining the process for landowners who felt that their properties inclusion in the EDPA was an undue hardship,” said Coun. Colin Plant, who tabled the motion.

Brownoff expects the consultant process will start with a motion to post a request for proposals at the next council meeting, April 11.

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There are not many chronic health issues that can potentially be controlled through such a simple method as exercise. But Type 2 diabetes is one of them.

A new club has formed at Camosun College’s Interurban campus called Exer-cise is Medicine, which is hoping to help with that.

The club is sup-ported by a Canadian organization with the same name that has a post-secondary branch allowing stu-dents to form cam-pus clubs to spread the shared philoso-phy. The concept is to engage community members who have diabetes and, essen-tially, give them a prescription for their health.

Mellisa Rollins is one of the volunteer students in the club. She said the six-week, bi-weekly program has proven to be a success and she and other members of the club would love to see it continue.

“So far, it’s been great,” she said of the community partici-pants. “They love it.”

Rollins added many told her that this was the “kick in the butt” they needed.

“It’s so touching to us that this is the push that someone needed to get moving.”

The program is almost over for this semester but she wants to get the word out to students and generate interest with the public so that it will continue. The vol-unteers/trainers are currently fourth year students in Camosun College’s Bachelor

of Sport and Fitness Leadership Degree with an Exercise and Wellness Specializa-tion.

“We hope we will have students in their third year run the program and get community members involved,” she said.

Not only do students get badly-needed expe-rience in the field, they can also use their vol-unteer time as intern-ship hours.

Exercise for those with Type 2 diabetes can improve their gly-cemic control, weight maintenance and reduce the risk of car-diovascular disease.

According to Cana-dian government sta-tistics, Type 2 diabe-tes is one of the fast-est growing diseases in Canada with more than 60,000 new cases yearly. Nine out of 10 people with diabetes have Type 2 diabe-tes. The good news is that Type 2 diabe-tes can be prevented or postponed by mak-ing healthy lifestyle choices.

It is estimated that close to two million Canadian adults have diabetes. One-third of these people are unaware that they have the disease. Dia-betes is the seventh leading cause of death in Canada and the cost of diabetes is esti-mated to be up to $9 billion a year.

Committing to a pro-gram and the expec-tation that they will show up because the volunteers are expect-ing them is a good motivation to show up, said Rollins.

Hannah Flahr, presi-dent of Camosun’s first Exercise is Medicine Club, said the pilot program was very suc-cessful and all the par-ticipants’ spots were

filled in the first week. They will do a survey to see what worked and what didn’t and tailor future programs accordingly.

The club is sup-ported by the Camo-sun College Student Society as well as Camosun and the Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence (PISE).

All of the training and exercise for Dia-betes Exercise and Education Program is done at the commu-nity gym on the Inter-urban campus.

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My recent columns on B.C.’s struggle with the growing westward migration of transients have produced responses that fall mainly into two groups.

The largest is people relieved that somebody is questioning the urban media narrative. That’s the one where drifters, drug addicts, welfare shoppers and thieves are the victims, and working people whose hard-earned communities are being degraded are the problem because of their selfish, uncaring attitudes.

Then there are readers so marinated in our nanny-state education, media and political system they object to anything other than a big-government response. They tend to ask, what’s your solution, Tom?

As someone who has lost one relative to heroin addiction and almost lost another, I reflect on the history of successful addiction treatment. That is one of detox and abstinence.

That’s why I oppose the failed model of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, where resources are poured into concentrated housing and “harm reduction” that perpetuate addiction, handouts and helplessness. Housing Minister Rich Coleman is rolling this out in other communities, in what I fear is an effort to paper over the problem for an election year.

The Globe and Mail recently profiled a methamphetamine addict enrolled at Onsite, the belated treatment addition to Vancouver’s Insite supervised injection site. It was his fifth try, which may have something to do with the fact that when he walks outside he is in the middle of Canada’s biggest street drug bazaar.

Contrast that with a facility called Baldy Hughes, a therapeutic community 30 km outside Prince George. It’s a working farm, designed to provide a year-long program of abstinence-based therapy and meaningful work.

It uses the traditional 12-step program developed by Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, with peer support and group therapy.

There’s a greenhouse for winter farming, livestock to tend and the residents have designed and built a new horse stable. There’s also a beekeeping project. Residents can complete their high school education, take first aid training and learn basic computer skills.

What they can’t do is leave unescorted during their treatment program. They can’t bring drugs, alcohol, weapons or phones with them.

It’s a costly program, with a small number of spaces available on referral from B.C.’s social development ministry. Others can finance it with the help of

medical employment insurance.I mention this not to suggest it

is a solution for every community, but to compare it with what the B.C. government is spending millions on.

A news event was arranged to greet the first resident moving from Victoria’s squalid downtown tent camp to a refurbished nursing home. And who was the poster child for this project, hand-picked by the agency that runs the growing network of shelters in the area?

He described himself as a former Edmonton resident who was hitch-hiking around, going from shelter to shelter and ending up camped in the squat. He was impressed by the tidy room with three meals a day he was being given, in a “low barrier” facility where booze and drugs are brought in, no questions asked.

What he was really looking forward to, in addition to accommodations, was an opportunity to kick back and play his favourite video game. That would be Grand Theft Auto, where your character runs around stealing cars, escaping police and meeting with criminal gangs. It’s popular with adolescents, which these days means anyone under 30.

This is where your tax dollars are going. Waves of people come in, with key trouble spots being communities on the major highways coming into the Lower Mainland.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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OAS eligibility changebenefits working poor

The federal budget’s commitment to roll back eligibility for Old Age Security from 67 to 65 marks a significant shift in the priorities that had been embraced by the previous federal government for the past decade.

The move by the Liberal government of Justin Trudeau brings a welcome bit of relief for many who will reach retirement age over the next several years. Former prime minister Stephen Harper hiked the eligibility age for OAS to 67, phasing in the change starting in 2023. That move represented a crippling financial blow to those who could least afford it.

More and more seniors are continuing to work beyond retirement age. But that should be a choice and not a requirement, as it is much easier to enjoy working into your 70s from the comfort of behind a desk, rather than struggling with back-breaking labour or performing menial tasks at minimum wage.

The former Conservative government rubbed salt in the wound by measures such as increasing contribution limits for Tax Free Savings Accounts, something that would allow those with extra income to retire comfortably while offering no help to those living paycheque to paycheque.

But the move to return the retirement age to 65 does come at a cost. The costs of OAS are expected to double over the next 15 years and a recent BMO study shows that today’s seniors are nine times richer than the typical millennial. However, the changes introduced by the Harper government would have no impact on today’s seniors, other than encouraging them to pull up the ladder on those coming behind.

More can be done to make OAS sustainable for the coming generations. Currently, seniors making up to $73,756 a year receive the maximum monthly payment of $570.52. A clawback kicks in after that, with those earning more than $119,398 not eligible for any government supplement. Reducing the amount seniors can earn while qualifying for OAS would be a far more equitable way to preserve the system than a punitive blow directed at the working poor.

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LETTERSDetails lacking from EDPA bylaw

Did you know that Saanich hires consultants to do studies on their bylaws after the bylaws are implemented?

I would have thought good governance would have required them to do their homework first. Well that was not the case of the Environmental Development Permit Area (EDPA) bylaw, which was adopted three-and-a-half years ago.

This bylaw significantly impacts all property owners, and for many has devalued their homes and use of property. Saanich seems to have

snuck it in the back door hoping no one would notice. As we learnt at last week’s council meeting, Saanich staff did not have the answers to many questions that they should have considered prior to adopting this bylaw. Nothing like putting the cart before the horse.

In the meantime, while they do a study (completion date not given), they continue to hold 2,200 homeowners accountable to following an obviously flawed bylaw, which they have not been following themselves.

It is required that in order for

homeowners to be exempted from the bylaw they hire a biologist (approximately $2,000) to examine their property and provide a written report stating that there is no bio-diversity on their property. Homeowners have done this and Saanich still will not remove them from the bylaw.

How can they expect the public to follow their bylaw when they won’t follow it themselves? I see legal action coming.

J. GordonSaanich

Individuals bear burden of bylawBylaws like EDPA protect general public

interests but place the burden on individuals. Fairness requires that the parties who enjoy

the benefit should also share the burden. They don’t.

Tree bylaws are illustrative. Large trees create a beautiful streetscape and a green environment that benefits “everyone”.

Everyone does not suffer when the tree falls on the house in a wind storm. Everyone does not clean up dead tree leaves for six weeks in autumn. Everyone does not share the repair costs when the tree roots break driveways and plug drains.

Just sayin’.Robert Reimer

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Fletcher’s opinions are predictableI would like to applaud the comment in

the letter from Warren Ellam in the March 11 edition of the Saanich News.

Tom Fletcher does sound more and more like a grumpy old man all the time, rather than an opinion columnist.

For example, the piece he wrote about the federal government meeting the provincial government regarding, for the most part, a climate change strategy. He could have wrote that before the meeting even took place, as it was clear he’s there to government bash for no other reason than entertainment.

I have long ago reached a point where he’s no longer entertaining. He’s an absolute drag on your paper, so please don’t mistake obstinence for a realistic perspective.

I might add that real, informed journalists that are not in the pocket of big business understand climate change perfectly well – not deny it.

Bryan ValiquetteSaanich

Environmental stance questionedAfter seeing your community’s environmental

bylaws highlighted in the National Post I read through the related stories in the Saanich News.

What strikes me is that there would be such backlash from a community that votes Green nationally, has a strong NDP environmentalist as its MLA and sports what appears to be a very environmentally conscious council.

Obviously all are doing what the majority of voters wish, and that is vigourusly protecting the environment. No free ride on that one.

Ray ReynoldsCampbell River

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LETTERSPracticality and cost effectiveness should be governing factors

I am pleased to see the Saanich News take on the sewage treatment issue. In my view, investigative reporting on this issue is long overdue.

I am surprised Saanich councillors Susan Brice and Judy Brownoff didn’t support the final option, nor Victoria Coun. Geoff Young and Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen. I read Coun. Young didn’t like the idea of digging up Cook Street to get the untreated sewage to Rock Bay, so why not avoid that and use Clover Point?

I did ask Mayor Jensen at the first open house at the

Ocean Pointe to clarify the McLoughlin Point zoning. He confirmed that it was initially approved, but a variance was needed as none of the engineering firms could fit the plant on it. They need site coverage of at least four per cent less. So if there are two plants, one fits there.

I think the CRD directors should have turned the whole issue over to the engineers and let them decide what is most practical and cost effective. I am against pumping or transporting sludge to Hartland and I think

we should be able to use the treated Class “A” sludge.

The CRD needs to explain the sludge treatment facility at the Viewfield Road property. I was told at a previous open house by an engineer that the CRD banned local use of the treated sludge (it seems to be the same view on organic waste).

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involved in the solution to treatment. Practicality and cost effectiveness should govern. We have what we have, now show us what we can do with it.

Considering future growth in the western communities, I would plan for a plant there. They should at least reserve a site, if not construct a plant that could be enlarged.

On Clover Point, I suspect the point is actually rock that was filled to level it. Could we not raise the level part?

Paul L. BishopSaanich

Tail wagged the CRD sewage dogI have two points that I would like to make:1. McLoughin Point has always been the

optimum location for one sewage treatment plant. This observance after nine years of CRD study, which the Township of Esquimalt has been a part of at the CRD board table.

2. What was missing from the process is, what happens if a municipal council rejects the decision made by the CRD board?

For just this reason, the Greater Vancouver Regional District applied for and was granted from the B.C. government special powers whereby the GVRD board can make a decision “for the good of the region,” and on that basis whatever municipality is affected has to abide by the decision.

If the CRD board had applied for similar powers, Esquimalt would never have been allowed to tell the other six affected municipalities basically, “no thanks build it somewhere else,” which stalled this project and forced the board to put the brakes on and start again.

The provincial minister of environment also did the taxpayers of the Capital Region a disservice by telling the CRD to come up with a solution, instead of telling Esquimalt to abide by the decision of the board.

When representatives of the region’s municipalities sit around the CRD board and committee tables, they have a responsibility to think regionally. Not so Esquimalt; even going so far as to turn down the “perks” offered up by the CRD in the form of new amenities, or best of all, Esquimalt citizens not having to pay their fair share of the cost of the treatment plant.

One more thing, please, I am so sick and tired of the Mr. Floatie (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) character. We are so far past that, surely, and we won’t be laughing at all when faced with our tax bills for this huge fiasco.

Elizabeth SheridanSaanich

Health of marine life in questionI have been told by boaters that the marine

environment around Victoria, specifically the south end of the Saanich Peninsula, is in much poorer health in terms of sea life than areas farther from Victoria.

Those same people say the reason for this is the way we have been handling sewage over the years, and that the current system has not resulted in any improvement in the state of the oceans around the city.

What puzzles me is if the oceanographers at UVic say the current system is just fine, they must have a different view of the state of the oceans around Victoria, or at least a different view of its causes.

So, two questions.Are the oceans around Victoria degraded

compared to those around, for example, Sooke? And if so, what are the causes of that degraded state?

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One-hundred-and-sixty Syrian refugees have resettled in Greater Victoria over the past few weeks, more than half of whom are children.

Last month, the Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) announced 290 government-sponsored Syrian refugees will resettle in Victoria by the end of February.

Since then, 160 people, including roughly 88 children, have arrived and are now living in hotels until they can go through the federal government’s financial orientation and Resettle Assistance Program, according

to ICA executive director Jean McRae.

“When they first arrive, people are very tired. You can imagine that people have been in precarious circumstances and have travelled and are not really sure what’s happening until they get here,” McRae said.

Most of the refugees are families of three to five people. There are a few families of seven and eight people, as well as a few singles and couples.

Now comes the task of finding housing with affordable rent.

“The challenge is that the amount of money they have – it isn’t a lot for housing, it’s on the low-rent side and that’s challenging for anyone is this community,” said McRae, noting

because of the size of families, they will need housing with two or three bedrooms.

If the ICA cannot find housing for all families, some may be relocated to other parts of the Island, where there are other resettlement programs. McRae said families need to be housed before the children can get settled into schools in their catchment area. She’s not sure how many more refugees will resettle in Victoria by the end of the year. Since December, Victoria has welcomed 28 privately-sponsored refugees (five families and one single person) and raised more than $1 million to help them resettle.

Anyone who can provide housing can visit icavictoria.org.

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Premier Christy Clark voiced support for Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Andrew Weaver’s call for university policies to prevent sexual assault.

Weaver, the B.C. Green Party leader, told the legislature that a Thompson Rivers University student was recently assaulted twice in one term, and was told “maybe you would be better suited to a different school.”

A University of Victoria student described a recent university investigation of her sexual assault complaint left her feeling “completely invalidated and silenced,” Weaver said.

A male UVic student was arrested in late February and charged with five counts of sexual assault after a series of attacks in recent months.

Weaver’s bill would require colleges and universities to develop policies to educate students and prevent sexual assault as well as support people who are assaulted on campus.

Clark said it’s unlikely that legislation can be prepared and passed this spring, but she agrees the problem of sexual assault on campuses is an urgent priority and the advanced education ministry is working on it.

“Sexual assault on campus is a cultural problem,” Clark said. “So yes, we have to help and support women if they are attacked. But we have to change the culture so it doesn’t happen.

“It’s like anti-bullying programs in schools. We focus on changing the culture of schools so the school rewards kindness rather than meanness.”

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Park would top underground plant at Clover Point Dan EbenalBlack Press

Clover Point wasn’t on the public’s radar during the most recent consultation process on sewage treatment options. And if everything goes according to plan for the Capital Regional District, a Clover Point facility will remain out of public view once completed.

The CRD is moving ahead with a proposal for a two-plant option to meet the region’s wastewater treatment needs – with plants constructed at Clover and either McLoughlin or Macaulay points, near the location of current sewage outfalls.

The Clover Point plant would be located on a 1.25-hectare parcel of land on the hillside above the current parking lot. That land was granted to the City of Victoria from the federal government in 1988 on the condition that it be used as parkland.

“Clover Point has to be underground to be socially acceptable, and it has to be done in a way that doesn’t smell, doesn’t cause major disruptions for the neighbourhood,” said Colin Plant, a Saanich councillor who sits on the core area liquid waste management committee.

It was Plant who suggested that CRD staff should investigate locating a plant on the site. A previous option for a solo treatment plant at Rock Bay had become bogged down with concerns over cost, particularly $250 million in pipes to convey treated effluent to existing outfalls.

Plant sees Clover Point as a compromise between those who wanted a single plant at McLoughlin and those who wanted a distributed option with a number of smaller plants. “I suggested it as a way to spread the burden of sewage treatment,” he said, adding there is no social licence

for a single plant at McLoughlin after that option was rejected by Esquimalt in 2014.

While some expressed concerns over locating a plant in a residential neighbourhood at an oceanfront park, committee chair Lisa Helps called that a “20th-century argument.” The Victoria mayor said we now see treatment plants in the middle of downtowns and in close proximity to residences.

Wayne Hollohan, chair of the Fairfield Gonzales Community Association land use committee, said the organization didn’t learn about the proposed Clover Point plant until he received a March 9 email about the site gaining conditional approval from the CRD earlier that day.

“This idea is so new even to the CRD, that they do not have any actual plans for it (including) how much space will be required,” said Hollohan in a letter to Victoria council, suggesting the city is not following its own policy on civic engagement.

The association doesn’t speak on behalf of the community, but provides an opportunity for residents to voice concerns. Hollohan has his own worries about the future of this park he visits with his dog on a daily basis.

“I would say that section of Clover Point probably gets upwards of four times the amount of people as Beacon Hill Park. It is now becoming the crown jewel of Victoria with regards to tourists and people coming … to walk their dog,” he said.

Helps said the federal land grant serves as an assurance that Clover Point will look almost identical to what it is today, with the addition of such amenities as washrooms and public art.

Residents may not realize what is at Clover Point now. Underneath that grassy hillside where people fly kites and walk their dogs, is a pumping station, where 50 million litres of raw sewage is filtered, then pumped through the 1.2-kilometre outfall into Juan de Fuca Strait.

The pump station, built in the 1970s, serves close to 200,000 people. The new treatment plant would be built to a footprint that would meet requirements until at least 2045. It would initially handle flows of up to 48 million litres/day and treat the majority of eastside sewage.

The treated effluent at Clover would be pumped through a new 250-metre outfall, with the existing longer outfall reserved for wet weather flows.

An advanced treatment plant at Clover

Point is estimated to cost about $220 million of the $1.05-billion total project cost, although directors are confident those costs can be reduced.

But hurdles remain before construction gets underway. Perhaps the biggest is getting the site rezoned from its designation for single family residences.

Victoria Coun. Geoff Young favours a single site at McLoughlin Point and is confident the rezoning will fail.

“From the perspective of the taxpayer, we would be better off flipping a coin to determine a single site. This two-headed compromise has a cost of $250 million or so more than a single-site option,” he said. He expects to hear vocal opposition for the plan at the upcoming public hearing.

Helps said Clover Point was among the initial sites identified by Victoria council in 2015, and was green-lighted during the first phase of public consultations.

Clover Point has cleared the first road bump in the long path ahead, with Victoria council approving a motion establishing a number of conditions. Among them is the presentation by the CRD of a concept drawing of the underground plant to the Fairfield Gonzales Community Association.

The project must pass other regulatory hurdles, including a public hearing. If approvals are received, the plant is expected to take about 18 months to construct, with Victoria sharing in $20 million in public amenities provided to host communities.

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps stands at Clover Point, site of a proposed underground sewage treatment plant. Don Denton/ Black Press

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This two-headed compromise has a cost of $250 million or so more than a single-site option.

— Victoria Coun. Geoff Young

Esquimalt takes an uneasy second look at McLoughlin

Pamela RothBlack Press

Nearly two years ago, the citizens of Esquimalt spoke loud and clear – McLoughlin Point was not the appropriate site for the Capital Regional District’s $783-million sewage treatment plant.

Esquimalt councillors were met with a standing ovation when they not only rejected the shoreline site, but unanimously slammed the door on any future proposals.

Despite the closed door, the CRD put McLoughlin back on the table due to the cost and disruption of alternatives. This time, however, it’s not being considered as the sole site for a treatment plant, but part of a two-facility solution that also includes Victoria’s Clover Point and allows for a future site on the West Shore. A DND-owned section of Macaulay Point is part of the recommendation, but only as an alternative to McLoughlin.

Given the history, the move to revisit McLoughlin didn’t sit well with Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins, but now she’s in favour of moving ahead with the new plan to see how council will respond. She also wants to hear from the private sector, which may propose lower cost and more environmentally friendly solutions.

“With me or without me, the committee was going to have brought forward a site at McLoughlin, no matter what Esquimalt had said. There was nothing I could say that would have made any difference and that’s frustrating,” said Desjardins. “I am hearing from residents that there is an opportunity, given the right circumstances, to reconsider. I think the fact that it is not a single site option is really part of that discussion.”

Surrounded by Department of National Defence (DND) property, the CRD-owned McLoughlin site is a barren, fenced-off piece of land in an otherwise treed area, hiding it from public view except from the water. There are a few nearby homes used by DND personnel, but otherwise the site — a former oil tank farm — is isolated. It’s also located around the corner from the Macaulay Point outfall.

Nick Kovacs, chairman of the Esquimalt Resident’s Association, was surprised to see McLoughlin thrown back into the mix. Citizens are concerned, he noted, but are waiting to see what’s in the details this

time around.“If you build a modern facility, then

McLoughlin Point makes sense. It’s away from the community, it’s an industrial site – what else are you going to build there?” said Kovacs, who favours tertiary treatment using a distributed model.

“If certain conditions are met, I would feel much more comfortable, but again, the devil is in the details.”

In 2008, Esquimalt began lobbying the CRD to explore a potential sewage treatment facility at McLoughlin Point rather than Macaulay Point. The following year, however, council pulled its support from McLoughlin and advised the CRD to explore other alternatives.

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Mayor Barb Desjardins stands at Saxe Point in Esquimalt.

Don Denton/Black Press

McLoughlin Point is a fenced-off, isolated piece of land in Esquimalt.

Scaled-down site would take western flows only; Viewfield site surplus

I am hearing from residents that there is an opportunity, given the right circumstances, to reconsider.

— Esquimalt Mayor Barbara Desjardins

on McLoughlin Point

Share your thoughtsGet the dialogue going. Send your opinions on this series to [email protected], or call 250-478-9552 ext 224. You can also post comments to the Facebook or Twitter pages of your Black Press community newspaper. Please include your name and a telephone number for verification.

The third instalment in our five-part series sees our team examine money: what’s been spent on the sewage treatment program, how much you can expect to pay; and what the scientists think of the mandated need to treat our sewage.

Read your community paper March 25 to find out more.

In Friday’s report:

Olympia, Wash.The Budd Inlet Treatment Plant was

constructed in 1949 and has been upgraded three times, the latest time in 2004, to meet changing needs such as moving to secondary treatment.

Servicing 108,000 people, the treat-ment plant’s estimated replacement value is $500 million. The modern 32,500-square-foot LOTT (Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater and Thurston) Regional Services Centre is the public face of the facility. Reclaimed water is produced and used in the plant and the LOTT centre. The plant (web: lottcleanwater.org/plant.htm) also reuses methane gas to fuel its opera-tions and the services centre.

Biosolids are captured for use as fertilizer and soil amendment for sur-rounding areas.

Snohomish County, Wash.Commissioned in 2011 at a cost of

$1.86 billion, the Brightwater Waste-water Treatment Plant was the larg-est clean water capital project in King County in 40 years.

Built on 114 acres, it services a population of 189,000 and has planned capacity for 435,000. In addi-tion to a secondary treatment plant, conveyance pipes and a marine out-fall, the multi-faceted project also includes a 15,000-sq. ft. education and community centre (online: 1.usa.gov/1S6Xvq4), the restoration of salmon habitat and the creation of 70 acres of public open space.

Sewage treatment south of the border

Nonetheless, the CRD moved ahead on the project, and later purchased a property on Viewfield Road in Esquimalt for $17 million as a potential site for biosolids processing. The McLoughlin Point site was bought from Imperial Oil for $4.6 million.

But in a second round of public hearings in March 2014, more than 100 residents from Esquimalt, Saanich, Victoria and elsewhere in the region spoke against the project, citing concerns with the size and environmental impact.

A few weeks later council rejected rezoning the site, noting the CRD failed to deliver requested information such as details on First Nations consultations, committee meeting minutes and an independent tsunami report.

The CRD was forced to go back to the drawing board, but first appealed to the province to mandate the rezoning of McLoughlin Point. The province refused to meddle in the ongoing sewage saga, even though about $60 million had been spent.

Now, however, the province has agreed to help facilitate the process in order to move the project forward.

The McLoughlin site still needs a green light from the municipality.

In looking back, Desjardins feels there was a lack of respect for the community and that residents still don’t trust the CRD. McLoughlin had been offered as a proactive solution, she explained, with residents seeing it as an opportunity for a possible distributed model with multiple plants. But the CRD sewage committee, basing its decision on staff recommendations, went with a centralized plant there instead.

“From there on, it was all about ‘that’s going to happen, you better accept it and by the way we’re not going to give you any mitigation,’” Desjardins said. “Had they done it differently, had they listened to the community and what the needs were, I really believe that process might have ended up differently.

“The reality is, it was off the rails long before we made the decision, and that was because of the lack of working with a community … Esquimalt has never been NIMBY and yet it’s painted as NIMBY. It’s always been about ‘let’s get the best solution.’”

SookeConstruction of the Sooke col-

lection system and wastewater treatment plant began in 2004 and the system was commissioned in November 2005. Individual domes-tic and commercial hook-ups began in January 2006 and con-tinued throughout 2006 and 2007, with the majority completed by December 2006.

This secondary treatment system services a core area of approxi-mately 5,500 residents.

Saanich PeninsulaThe Saanich Peninsula wastewa-

ter plant is a secondary treatment facility with the capability to pro-duce Class A biosolids. The plant commenced operation in 2000, replacing three individual CRD sew-age treatment plants that were con-structed in the early 1970’s.

In 2011, the treatment plant’s heat recovery system was commis-sioned. It recovers thermal energy from the effluent and supplies hot water to heat the Panorama Recre-ation Centre pool.

Sewage treatment around the region

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Park would top underground plant at Clover Point Dan EbenalBlack Press

Clover Point wasn’t on the public’s radar during the most recent consultation process on sewage treatment options. And if everything goes according to plan for the Capital Regional District, a Clover Point facility will remain out of public view once completed.

The CRD is moving ahead with a proposal for a two-plant option to meet the region’s wastewater treatment needs – with plants constructed at Clover and either McLoughlin or Macaulay points, near the location of current sewage outfalls.

The Clover Point plant would be located on a 1.25-hectare parcel of land on the hillside above the current parking lot. That land was granted to the City of Victoria from the federal government in 1988 on the condition that it be used as parkland.

“Clover Point has to be underground to be socially acceptable, and it has to be done in a way that doesn’t smell, doesn’t cause major disruptions for the neighbourhood,” said Colin Plant, a Saanich councillor who sits on the core area liquid waste management committee.

It was Plant who suggested that CRD staff should investigate locating a plant on the site. A previous option for a solo treatment plant at Rock Bay had become bogged down with concerns over cost, particularly $250 million in pipes to convey treated effluent to existing outfalls.

Plant sees Clover Point as a compromise between those who wanted a single plant at McLoughlin and those who wanted a distributed option with a number of smaller plants. “I suggested it as a way to spread the burden of sewage treatment,” he said, adding there is no social licence

for a single plant at McLoughlin after that option was rejected by Esquimalt in 2014.

While some expressed concerns over locating a plant in a residential neighbourhood at an oceanfront park, committee chair Lisa Helps called that a “20th-century argument.” The Victoria mayor said we now see treatment plants in the middle of downtowns and in close proximity to residences.

Wayne Hollohan, chair of the Fairfield Gonzales Community Association land use committee, said the organization didn’t learn about the proposed Clover Point plant until he received a March 9 email about the site gaining conditional approval from the CRD earlier that day.

“This idea is so new even to the CRD, that they do not have any actual plans for it (including) how much space will be required,” said Hollohan in a letter to Victoria council, suggesting the city is not following its own policy on civic engagement.

The association doesn’t speak on behalf of the community, but provides an opportunity for residents to voice concerns. Hollohan has his own worries about the future of this park he visits with his dog on a daily basis.

“I would say that section of Clover Point probably gets upwards of four times the amount of people as Beacon Hill Park. It is now becoming the crown jewel of Victoria with regards to tourists and people coming … to walk their dog,” he said.

Helps said the federal land grant serves as an assurance that Clover Point will look almost identical to what it is today, with the addition of such amenities as washrooms and public art.

Residents may not realize what is at Clover Point now. Underneath that grassy hillside where people fly kites and walk their dogs, is a pumping station, where 50 million litres of raw sewage is filtered, then pumped through the 1.2-kilometre outfall into Juan de Fuca Strait.

The pump station, built in the 1970s, serves close to 200,000 people. The new treatment plant would be built to a footprint that would meet requirements until at least 2045. It would initially handle flows of up to 48 million litres/day and treat the majority of eastside sewage.

The treated effluent at Clover would be pumped through a new 250-metre outfall, with the existing longer outfall reserved for wet weather flows.

An advanced treatment plant at Clover

Point is estimated to cost about $220 million of the $1.05-billion total project cost, although directors are confident those costs can be reduced.

But hurdles remain before construction gets underway. Perhaps the biggest is getting the site rezoned from its designation for single family residences.

Victoria Coun. Geoff Young favours a single site at McLoughlin Point and is confident the rezoning will fail.

“From the perspective of the taxpayer, we would be better off flipping a coin to determine a single site. This two-headed compromise has a cost of $250 million or so more than a single-site option,” he said. He expects to hear vocal opposition for the plan at the upcoming public hearing.

Helps said Clover Point was among the initial sites identified by Victoria council in 2015, and was green-lighted during the first phase of public consultations.

Clover Point has cleared the first road bump in the long path ahead, with Victoria council approving a motion establishing a number of conditions. Among them is the presentation by the CRD of a concept drawing of the underground plant to the Fairfield Gonzales Community Association.

The project must pass other regulatory hurdles, including a public hearing. If approvals are received, the plant is expected to take about 18 months to construct, with Victoria sharing in $20 million in public amenities provided to host communities.

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps stands at Clover Point, site of a proposed underground sewage treatment plant. Don Denton/ Black Press

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Esquimalt takes an uneasy second look at McLoughlin

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Nearly two years ago, the citizens of Esquimalt spoke loud and clear – McLoughlin Point was not the appropriate site for the Capital Regional District’s $783-million sewage treatment plant.

Esquimalt councillors were met with a standing ovation when they not only rejected the shoreline site, but unanimously slammed the door on any future proposals.

Despite the closed door, the CRD put McLoughlin back on the table due to the cost and disruption of alternatives. This time, however, it’s not being considered as the sole site for a treatment plant, but part of a two-facility solution that also includes Victoria’s Clover Point and allows for a future site on the West Shore. A DND-owned section of Macaulay Point is part of the recommendation, but only as an alternative to McLoughlin.

Given the history, the move to revisit McLoughlin didn’t sit well with Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins, but now she’s in favour of moving ahead with the new plan to see how council will respond. She also wants to hear from the private sector, which may propose lower cost and more environmentally friendly solutions.

“With me or without me, the committee was going to have brought forward a site at McLoughlin, no matter what Esquimalt had said. There was nothing I could say that would have made any difference and that’s frustrating,” said Desjardins. “I am hearing from residents that there is an opportunity, given the right circumstances, to reconsider. I think the fact that it is not a single site option is really part of that discussion.”

Surrounded by Department of National Defence (DND) property, the CRD-owned McLoughlin site is a barren, fenced-off piece of land in an otherwise treed area, hiding it from public view except from the water. There are a few nearby homes used by DND personnel, but otherwise the site — a former oil tank farm — is isolated. It’s also located around the corner from the Macaulay Point outfall.

Nick Kovacs, chairman of the Esquimalt Resident’s Association, was surprised to see McLoughlin thrown back into the mix. Citizens are concerned, he noted, but are waiting to see what’s in the details this

time around.“If you build a modern facility, then

McLoughlin Point makes sense. It’s away from the community, it’s an industrial site – what else are you going to build there?” said Kovacs, who favours tertiary treatment using a distributed model.

“If certain conditions are met, I would feel much more comfortable, but again, the devil is in the details.”

In 2008, Esquimalt began lobbying the CRD to explore a potential sewage treatment facility at McLoughlin Point rather than Macaulay Point. The following year, however, council pulled its support from McLoughlin and advised the CRD to explore other alternatives.

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Mayor Barb Desjardins stands at Saxe Point in Esquimalt.

Don Denton/Black Press

McLoughlin Point is a fenced-off, isolated piece of land in Esquimalt.

Scaled-down site would take western flows only; Viewfield site surplus

I am hearing from residents that there is an opportunity, given the right circumstances, to reconsider.

— Esquimalt Mayor Barbara Desjardins

on McLoughlin Point

Share your thoughtsGet the dialogue going. Send your opinions on this series to [email protected], or call 250-478-9552 ext 224. You can also post comments to the Facebook or Twitter pages of your Black Press community newspaper. Please include your name and a telephone number for verification.

The third instalment in our five-part series sees our team examine money: what’s been spent on the sewage treatment program, how much you can expect to pay; and what the scientists think of the mandated need to treat our sewage.

Read your community paper March 25 to find out more.

In Friday’s report:

Olympia, Wash.The Budd Inlet Treatment Plant was

constructed in 1949 and has been upgraded three times, the latest time in 2004, to meet changing needs such as moving to secondary treatment.

Servicing 108,000 people, the treat-ment plant’s estimated replacement value is $500 million. The modern 32,500-square-foot LOTT (Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater and Thurston) Regional Services Centre is the public face of the facility. Reclaimed water is produced and used in the plant and the LOTT centre. The plant (web: lottcleanwater.org/plant.htm) also reuses methane gas to fuel its opera-tions and the services centre.

Biosolids are captured for use as fertilizer and soil amendment for sur-rounding areas.

Snohomish County, Wash.Commissioned in 2011 at a cost of

$1.86 billion, the Brightwater Waste-water Treatment Plant was the larg-est clean water capital project in King County in 40 years.

Built on 114 acres, it services a population of 189,000 and has planned capacity for 435,000. In addi-tion to a secondary treatment plant, conveyance pipes and a marine out-fall, the multi-faceted project also includes a 15,000-sq. ft. education and community centre (online: 1.usa.gov/1S6Xvq4), the restoration of salmon habitat and the creation of 70 acres of public open space.

Sewage treatment south of the border

Nonetheless, the CRD moved ahead on the project, and later purchased a property on Viewfield Road in Esquimalt for $17 million as a potential site for biosolids processing. The McLoughlin Point site was bought from Imperial Oil for $4.6 million.

But in a second round of public hearings in March 2014, more than 100 residents from Esquimalt, Saanich, Victoria and elsewhere in the region spoke against the project, citing concerns with the size and environmental impact.

A few weeks later council rejected rezoning the site, noting the CRD failed to deliver requested information such as details on First Nations consultations, committee meeting minutes and an independent tsunami report.

The CRD was forced to go back to the drawing board, but first appealed to the province to mandate the rezoning of McLoughlin Point. The province refused to meddle in the ongoing sewage saga, even though about $60 million had been spent.

Now, however, the province has agreed to help facilitate the process in order to move the project forward.

The McLoughlin site still needs a green light from the municipality.

In looking back, Desjardins feels there was a lack of respect for the community and that residents still don’t trust the CRD. McLoughlin had been offered as a proactive solution, she explained, with residents seeing it as an opportunity for a possible distributed model with multiple plants. But the CRD sewage committee, basing its decision on staff recommendations, went with a centralized plant there instead.

“From there on, it was all about ‘that’s going to happen, you better accept it and by the way we’re not going to give you any mitigation,’” Desjardins said. “Had they done it differently, had they listened to the community and what the needs were, I really believe that process might have ended up differently.

“The reality is, it was off the rails long before we made the decision, and that was because of the lack of working with a community … Esquimalt has never been NIMBY and yet it’s painted as NIMBY. It’s always been about ‘let’s get the best solution.’”

SookeConstruction of the Sooke col-

lection system and wastewater treatment plant began in 2004 and the system was commissioned in November 2005. Individual domes-tic and commercial hook-ups began in January 2006 and con-tinued throughout 2006 and 2007, with the majority completed by December 2006.

This secondary treatment system services a core area of approxi-mately 5,500 residents.

Saanich PeninsulaThe Saanich Peninsula wastewa-

ter plant is a secondary treatment facility with the capability to pro-duce Class A biosolids. The plant commenced operation in 2000, replacing three individual CRD sew-age treatment plants that were con-structed in the early 1970’s.

In 2011, the treatment plant’s heat recovery system was commis-sioned. It recovers thermal energy from the effluent and supplies hot water to heat the Panorama Recre-ation Centre pool.

Sewage treatment around the region

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Rotary clubs clean up shorelineMembers of Saanich’s

Royal Oak Centennial Rotary Club spent a recent Saturday morning cleaning up the shores of Island View Beach with the Brentwood Bay Rotary Club.

A Capital Regional District parks member was there to supply equipment and support as the Rotarians scoured the shoreline for items washed up on the beach or left behind by visitors.

The volunteers bagged “countless pieces of plastic in various colours, shapes and sizes,” as well as polystyrene, rope, pop cans and an old tire.

“Rotary is often best known for its work in other parts of the world,” said Elaine Gallagher, president of the Brentwood Bay Rotary Club.

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Co-op programs will get $1.3 million boostColleges and universities are getting an extra

$75,000 each this year to increase their co-op placements where students get paid work placements as part of their studies.

An additional $100,000 goes to the Association for Co-operative Education of B.C. and Yukon, a non-profit society that develops co-op programs to connect students with employers.

There were 13,000 co-op student work placements in 2014-15, a 45 per cent increase in the past five years.

Participating institutions include Camosun College, Capilano University, Douglas College, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, North Island College, Selkirk College, Thompson Rivers University, University of Northern B.C., Vancouver Island University and Langara College. About 85 per cent of placements are through Simon Fraser University, University of Victoria and University of B.C., concentrated on engineering, business administration, science and computer science.


Born of an ice age, the eight-kilometre creek called Bowker was created by the withdrawal of glaciers, and is threatened by the advance of urbanization. Today it flows for over half its length underground. Neither deep nor wide, it has nevertheless had an enduring effect on atmosphere,

landscape, wildlife and the people who have lived near it.

Throughout the seasons, Barbara Julian walked Bowker Creek from its emergence on the UVIC campus to its sparkling bird-filled estuary across from

the Oak Bay Marina, keeping an illustrated journal now published as Walking Bowker: Befriending an Urban Creek. The book explores the history, ecology and esthetics of the creek, and its diminished yet persistent role in the present.

Bowker once passed through a wild, then an agricultural and finally an urbanized landscape. Its long-lost elk, salmon and giant evergreens, its bordering dairy herds and sloping

hay fields can now only be visualized in imagination. Birds and wildlife still rely on Bowker’s hidden reaches and its picturesque estuary for habitat. A few camping homeless humans too hide along its friendly banks. These are folks who know the creek and whom Julian greets as the ‘Green Men.’

“Bowker has lost its wet hinterlands, companion plants, debris-filtering rooty soil, fallen-branch dams, salmon pools, pauses and meanders, yet it carries on flowing through debased landscape and public debate.”

It hosts life on the margins: deer, Canada geese, squirrels, raccoons, blackberries (beloved by pickers), and the tough drought-tolerant European willows which form an honour

guard along much of its length. Walking Bowker celebrates the creek’s feral, ‘outlaw’ qualities, and reflects on ‘re-wilding’ in nature’s way.

Over half the ‘Bowker walk’ travels roads under which the creek flows through dark concrete tunnels. A Bowker walk must include the tunnels, but they are scary and difficult to enter: ice cold, pitch black, not for the faint of heart. Julian visits several entrances (each colourfully decorated with graffiti) and finally works up the bravado

to go a short way inside, re-emerging with the same relief and triumph the creek seems to feel at its repeated resurrections into daylight.

What are the chances of Bowker’s paved sections ever being uncovered? Not good, concludes Julian, but to its intimates, Bowker’s beleaguered and veiled persistence is part of its charm.

Walking Bowker is available at local shops and through www.walkingbowker.blogspot.ca Updates are at www.twitter.com/bowkerwalking.

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Who is at risk for developing glaucoma? Risk factors include:

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The B.C. government is ending its practice of deducting WorkSafeBC death benefits from income assistance collected by the survivors.

The regulatory change is being made after Nanaimo MLA Leonard Krog questioned the government about a constituent who has had her four-year-old son’s benefit deducted since she began receiving income assistance.

The father disappeared and was presumed drowned while working on a log boom at Port Mellon in 2011, before the child was born. The boy was eligible for $286.72 per month in a WorkSafeBC benefit because his

father was killed on the job, but under the province’s income assistance policy, that amount was deducted, leaving the mother with $658 a month.

Social Development Minister Michelle Stilwell said last week she has instructed ministry staff to change the regulation, similar to a change that was made last September to exempt Canada Pension Plan orphan benefits.

Stilwell said there appear to be only a few cases involving WorkSafeBC, and she was not aware of them when regulations were changed to stop deducting CPP and parental child support payments.

“As with many

government benefits, when it comes to staff members, they follow it word for word,” Stilwell said.

As of last September, single parents on income assistance are allowed to keep child

support payments made by the other parent. That affected about 3,200 families and 5,400 children.

NDP social development critic Michelle Mungall said that since the Nanaimo

case came to light, MLAs have heard of similar cases involving WorkSafeBC child benefits. She urged the government to make the change as quickly as possible.

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advocated for more than a year to end the child support clawback, and we saw success on that, and at the same time, the government made the right decision to end the clawback of CPP orphan

benefits,” Mungall said. “Somehow they ignored this one and the minister needs to account for why they ignored it.”

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This isn’t one of those tests about how many hours you have to spend in the garden, if you have pets, kids, like to water, entertain, and so on. Rather than asking what kind of garden you want, I think it’s important to figure out first what kind of gardener you are.

I’ll start with a personal story. I adore potentialities, which in gardening terms mean seeds, seedlings and growing things quickly and intensely. I have a greenhouse now to cater to this predilection, and it was a greenhouse where I first felt at peace at 20, when I was hired by a herbalist to propagate plants. I puttered in the silence and became enraptured by small things – the miraculous rooting of cuttings, the emergence of true leaves, the beginnings of growth.

I’ve learned that I like rotation, change, harvests, and I live in climate that suits this: I can sow almost every month of the year. I’m a successionist you could say, a bit of a farmer at heart.

So what kind of gardener are you? For the sake of entertainment if not edification, let me characterize a few types:

The Cottage Gardener: When self-sown doesn’t mean you actually sowed it yourself, it’s good year. Surprise, abundance, perennials, colour – you can’t get enough (though you’ve been meaning to get

more shrubs, right?). You view gardening as a process and are working on year-round colour. You’ve got a pair of gardening

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The Designer: You’re good with form, abstraction and spatial relationships. Perhaps you play an instrument, draw or have a love of history. You believe that interior design should be reflected in the garden. Esthetics inspire you. You’d

choose to read a coffee table book over a seed catalogue. Your secret fear: using colour.

The Collector: You can’t turn an interesting plant down. If it was the 19th century, you’d have signed on to a botanical expedition. You appease yourself with collecting varieties of one genus or add to your stock by swapping with friends. No specialist catalogue is safe from browsing and you are desperately trying to drive by nurseries because every time you step in one you leave with fabulous new plants. Your mantra (hoping this incantation will magically transform you into a designer): Plant in threes, fives or sevens.

The Brown Thumb: You spend an inordinate amount of time weeding. You under-plant and under-hire, wondering why, when you buy so many bloody plants, you still have so many gaps in your beds. You don’t research as you know you should, or tend to

your soil, but when pressed you do care, you really do; your garden is a problem to be solved. Your downfall: Buying ill-adapted, discount plants at Costco.

The Ecologist: A rare species of gardener, you derive pleasure from an understanding of natural systems and your commitment to native plants. Patience, attention to detail, and integrity fuel your conviction. Birds help too. You don’t hear these words often enough so I’ll say them here: Thank you.

The Perfectionist: Let’s take stock of the arsenal first: Leaf-blower, check. Mini-rake, check. Weed-killers, maybe. Not afraid to buy annuals en masse for instant colour, the Perfectionist doesn’t mind repetition, and is quick to fill in space. You’re practical, and see hardscaping as an integral part of your garden. Your mantra: Fail to plan, plan to fail.

I think most of us have a bit of all of these gardeners within us. I over-commit and under-perform just as much as the next person, and I also fall prey to hope, under-hiring and collecting. Perfectionism I sorely lack.

Thinking about the kind of gardener you are can help you play to your strengths and turn your shortcomings into assets. Gardens are living things and they should grow and change as we do. So I should revise my question: What kind of gardener do you want to become?

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Wednesday, March 23St. Mary’s Anglican

Church, 1701 Elgin Rd., Oak Bay presents their annual Lenten Lunchtime Concerts on Wednesdays from 12:10 to 12:55 p.m. Admission is by donation ($8 suggested) with monies going to the B.C. Cancer Foundation. Bring your lunch, coffee and tea are provided. Information: 250-598-2212 or [email protected].

The Glenn Miller Orchestra – The original and world-famous swing band started by legend Glenn Miller, featuring his popular hits of the early 1940s, such as Moonlight Serenade and In The Mood. 7:30 p.m. in the Farquhar Auditorium. Tickets $60, senior $50, student and alumni $40, general 4-packs for $220. Order online or call UVic Ticket Centre at 250-721-8480.

Drop-in Family Storytime – Fun-filled stories, songs, rhymes and puppets for young children and their families; children under 3 must be accompanied by an adult. From 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the Nellie McClung branch. No registration required.

Drop-in Baby Time – For babies 0-15 months and their caregiver. Learn songs, rhymes and fingerplays to use with your baby every day. From 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. at the Bruce Hutchison branch. No registration required.

Thursday, March 24The Victoria

Historical Society presents “Kayaking into Anyox” with Gordon Hutchings 7:30 p.m. at James Bay New Horizons, 230 Menzies St., Victoria. For more information, visit www.victoriahistorical society.bc.ca.

Drop-in Family Storytime – Fun-filled stories, songs, rhymes and puppets for young children and their families; children under 3 must be accompanied by an adult. From 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the Bruce Hutchison branch. No registration required.

Drop-in Baby Time – For babies 0-15 months and their caregiver. Learn songs, rhymes and fingerplays to use with your baby every day. From 11:30 to noon at the Saanich Centennial branch. No registration required.

Saturday, March 26Volkssport 5/10 km

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Drop-in Family Storytime – Fun-filled stories, songs, rhymes and puppets for young children and their families; children under 3 must be accompanied by an adult. From 11 to 11:30 a.m. at the Saanich Centennial branch. No registration required.

Sunday, March 27The Klez, Victoria’s

popular Klezmer band is once again playing at Hermann’s Jazz Club. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., show from 5 to 8 p.m. Admission: $15, Children under 12 free (cash only at the door). Reservations: [email protected] or 250-380-8384. This is a comfortable venue and children are welcome.

Dressing of the Graves on Easter Sunday after the 10:30 a.m. service at St. Michael and All Angels Church, 4733 West Saanich Rd. After the Easter Sunday event, the parish cemetery is full of daffodil and spring flower bouquets and quite a sight to see.

Tuesday, March 29Father Diarmuid

O’Murchu – the priest and theologist, is stopping at St. Aidan’s Centre for Spiritual Learning on his North American speaking

tour. O’Murchu’s public lecture Spirituality: Radical Vision and Empowering Strategies is at 7 p.m. O’Murchu will look at the groundbreaking shifts in our contemporary understanding of spirituality. Tickets are $20 and are available for pre-purchase at, 250-220-4601, earthliteracies or St. Aidan’s United Church and at the door.

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I’ll start with a personal story. I adore potentialities, which in gardening terms mean seeds, seedlings and growing things quickly and intensely. I have a greenhouse now to cater to this predilection, and it was a greenhouse where I first felt at peace at 20, when I was hired by a herbalist to propagate plants. I puttered in the silence and became enraptured by small things – the miraculous rooting of cuttings, the emergence of true leaves, the beginnings of growth.

I’ve learned that I like rotation, change, harvests, and I live in climate that suits this: I can sow almost every month of the year. I’m a successionist you could say, a bit of a farmer at heart.

So what kind of gardener are you? For the sake of entertainment if not edification, let me characterize a few types:

The Cottage Gardener: When self-sown doesn’t mean you actually sowed it yourself, it’s good year. Surprise, abundance, perennials, colour – you can’t get enough (though you’ve been meaning to get

more shrubs, right?). You view gardening as a process and are working on year-round colour. You’ve got a pair of gardening

clogs by the back door. The words ‘trug’ and ‘dibbler’ have passed your lips.

The Designer: You’re good with form, abstraction and spatial relationships. Perhaps you play an instrument, draw or have a love of history. You believe that interior design should be reflected in the garden. Esthetics inspire you. You’d

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The Collector: You can’t turn an interesting plant down. If it was the 19th century, you’d have signed on to a botanical expedition. You appease yourself with collecting varieties of one genus or add to your stock by swapping with friends. No specialist catalogue is safe from browsing and you are desperately trying to drive by nurseries because every time you step in one you leave with fabulous new plants. Your mantra (hoping this incantation will magically transform you into a designer): Plant in threes, fives or sevens.

The Brown Thumb: You spend an inordinate amount of time weeding. You under-plant and under-hire, wondering why, when you buy so many bloody plants, you still have so many gaps in your beds. You don’t research as you know you should, or tend to

your soil, but when pressed you do care, you really do; your garden is a problem to be solved. Your downfall: Buying ill-adapted, discount plants at Costco.

The Ecologist: A rare species of gardener, you derive pleasure from an understanding of natural systems and your commitment to native plants. Patience, attention to detail, and integrity fuel your conviction. Birds help too. You don’t hear these words often enough so I’ll say them here: Thank you.

The Perfectionist: Let’s take stock of the arsenal first: Leaf-blower, check. Mini-rake, check. Weed-killers, maybe. Not afraid to buy annuals en masse for instant colour, the Perfectionist doesn’t mind repetition, and is quick to fill in space. You’re practical, and see hardscaping as an integral part of your garden. Your mantra: Fail to plan, plan to fail.

I think most of us have a bit of all of these gardeners within us. I over-commit and under-perform just as much as the next person, and I also fall prey to hope, under-hiring and collecting. Perfectionism I sorely lack.

Thinking about the kind of gardener you are can help you play to your strengths and turn your shortcomings into assets. Gardens are living things and they should grow and change as we do. So I should revise my question: What kind of gardener do you want to become?

Christin Geall teaches creative nonfiction at the University of Victoria and is an avid gardener.

What kind of gardener are you?

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B.C. school districts have until April 15 to apply for an annual “fix-it fund” that has grown from $35 million to $40 million.

The fund is in addition to the ongoing capital funds for school districts, and is targeted to projects costing $100,000 or more. They include heating and ventilation upgrades, roof

repairs or replacement, plumbing and boiler replacements and safety improvements.

Education Minister Mike Bernier said projects will be chosen based on “need, priority and supporting student learning.” They also need to be completed by March 31, 2017.

School fix-up fund up to $40 million

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COMING EVENTS

Easter SundayVintage, Retro and

Collectible Show/Sale

$4 @ Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney, BC.

March 27th, 9:30-4pm. 100 tables/60 dealers

(Early Birds: $20 @ 8:30am)

For info: 250.744.1807 or [email protected]

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BAKE SALESat. March 26, 10am-2pm

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Hot Ukrainian Lunch avail.

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GETAWAYS

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COOK Required immediately on board a factory freezer trawler. Must be able to cook 3 meals a day within a budget. Rotation of 2 trips on and 2 trips off, approx. 14 days per trip.

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HOME CARE/SUPPORT

IN-HOME CAREGIVER for elderly couple. Must be warm and friendly with previous sen-ior care exp. Must be able to work fl exible hours if needed. Optional accommodations for live-in position available, but not a condition of employment. Resumes: [email protected]

MEDICAL/DENTAL

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: Care-erStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

VOLUNTEERS

BC CANCER Agency seeks volunteers for the TeaLC Café, where they would interact with a steady clientele in a fun, fast paced environment. Experi-ence is not necessary. Com-mitment is for a weekly, 3-hour shift for six months. Ideal vol-unteers are energetic and out-going with a positive attitude. Please call 250-386-2269.

VOLUNTEERS

CANADIAN RED Cross, Vic-toria, seeks an administrative volunteer for the Health Equip-ment Loan Program, which of-fers mobility, independence and safety to seniors and those recovering from illness or surgery in their own homes. Reporting to the Help Partner Services Associate, this posi-tion provides general offi ce du-ties to ensure the effective and effi cient operations of the HELP Plus Program. Ideal vol-unteers are able to commit to a weekly morning or afternoon shift for a six-month period. Applications close March 31. Please call 250-386-2269.

FAIRFIELD GONZALES Community Association seeks volunteers for its Third Annual Community Yard Sale on Sat-urday, May 28. Roles include set-up, sorting, take-down and sales. Please call 250-386-2269.

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MIND BODY & SPIRIT

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PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

RETOUCH, RESTORE, Edit Photos. Home Movies to DVD. Also, Portraiture, Baby, Family + Maternity. 250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

AUCTIONS

BUD HAYNES & Ward’s Fire-arms Auction. Sat., April 2, 10am, 11802 - 145 St. Edmon-ton, Alberta. Modern & col-lectible fi rearms and accesso-ries. Over 400 lots - Online budding. To consign phone Linda 403-597-1095; Brad 780-940-8378; www.budhaynesauctions.com; www.wardsauctions.com.

FRIENDLY FRANK

MITER SAW, $40. Round patio table with 4 chairs, $40. All in good cond. Call (250)478-0906.

OLD FASHIONED Beaded formal top, $30. 2 garbage cans, $10. ea. (778)265-1615.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

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

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

25 YEARS Worth of National Geographics. Excellent cond. done up in hardcover books. Best offer. Call (250)727-2345.

KENWOOD EXCELON KFC-X693 6X9 300 Watt 3-way car speakers. Brand new, never opened, save $100+. $120. Call Chris 250-595-0370,[email protected]

POLE BARNS, shops, steel buildings metal clad or fabric clad. Complete supply and in-stallation. Call John at 403-998-7907; [email protected].

REFORESTATION Nursery seedlings of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelter-belts or landscaping. Spruce & Pine from $0.99/tree. Free shipping. Replacement guar-antee. 1-866-873-3846 or www.treetime.ca

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw-mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.


MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

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

WANTED Scandinavian Furniture

from 1950s/ 60s and accessories; and L.Ps

Call 250-380-7022

REAL ESTATE

HOUSES FOR SALE

Quality Homes in Parkside Estates, 55+ Community. Call Duck Paterson at 250-246-0637 or email inquiries to: [email protected]

HOMES WANTED

WANTED TO purchase 1 level 2 bdrm, 2 bath Rancher in the Sidney area. No realtors please. Call (250)655-1305.

REAL ESTATE SERVICES

TIRED OF city living? Two choice homes on Texada Is-land, West Coast, BC- one ocean front; one on lake, pri-vate sale, for details 604-414-8109, 604-486-7838.

RENTALS

MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT

PARKING SPACE near Lans-downe Camosun College. 3min. walk to campus. Only$75/mo. Save $55/mo (ormore for long-term). Chris,250-595-0370.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

VICTORIA $525, incl. Quality Housing for quality person. Call 778-977-8288, leave msg.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO SERVICES

FREE REMOVAL of all vehi-cles, cash paid for some. Anycondition. Call (250)889-5383

CARS

1989 T-BIRD Sedan- V6, NO RUST! Powder blue, only107,000 km, $1,600. Excellentcond. Call (250)595-1685.

1991 MERCEDES Benz 560 SEL- V8, 212,000km, exccond, tires new, options work.Plum exterior, interior grayleather. $1950. (250)721-4497

VTRUCKS & ANS

2013 CHRYSLER Town &Country van. 89,000 km. Luxu-ry, economical, dependablefamily transportation. $19,800.(250)479-6935, (250)818-5134

MARINE

BOATS

SAILBOAT - FIBERGLASS Spencer 31’ design by J.Brandmayr/ Philbrook Ship-yard, Victoria. Inclds watertanks, roughed in interior.Farymann engine 24 HP, ba-last, keel etc. $12,000. kijiji#1112486288, 250-723-8967 [email protected]

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BUSINESS SERVICES

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CARPENTRY

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CLEANING SERVICES

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ELECTRICAL

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FENCING

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GARDENING

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DPM SERVICES- lawn & gar-den, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 20yrs exp. (250)883-8141.

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OVER 20 years experience-Design, edging, clearing, prun-ing, lawns. Also carpentry. Reasonable rates. Andrew 250-656-0052, 250-857-1269.

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GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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HANDYPERSONS

BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Painting, Repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.

CLEANUP SPECIALS! Full yard maintenance. Home con-struction/reno’s etc. Call Chad 250-507-9933 for more info.

HOUSE & Yard repairs. no job too small. OAP Discounts, free est. Andy, 250-886-3383.

RENO SPECIALISTCarpentry, drywall,

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20 yrs exp. Fully insured.Alain 250-744-8453. www.justrenoz.com

HAULING AND SALVAGE

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


HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

JUNK BOX- Junk Removal Company. Local guys. Low rates. Call (250)658-3944.

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

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


HOME IMPROVEMENTS

CLASSIC IMAGE Paint and reno’s. Get the wow now! Call (250)885-0494

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, fi replaces,fl agstone rock, concrete, natural & ve-neered stone. Replace, re-build, restore, renew! Free competitive est. www.cbsma-sonry.com; Call (250)589-9942, (250)294-9942.

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(250)858-6747. WRIGHT Bros Moving & Hauling. Free Est $75=(2men&3tontruck)Sr Disc.

Done Right Moving $85/hr. A+ BBB. Senior Disc. No travel time before/after local moves. Penny 250-418-1747

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.

CLASSIC IMAGE Paint and reno’s. Get the wow now! Call (250)885-0494

HIGH QUALITY and FAST. Professional Painting. $20./hr. Free est. Glenn 778-967-3607.

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


PAINTING

OLD TIMER. Quality old fash-ioned service. Great rates. Ex-cellent references. Call Al at250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

PLUMBING

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

GERARD’S PLUMBING. Call (250)634-1668 for all yourplumbing needs.

PRESSURE WASHING

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

WINDOW CLEANING

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

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