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Night riderDumping $2.6 million in cash into the drink, in the black of night, lands an Island man in hot water.

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The oldest standing struc-ture on the West Shore will be relocated to make way for a new mix-used development.

The Old Colwood Dairy, built in 1851, is the only build-ing that remains from Capt. Edward E. Langford’s farm-stead. It’s located on private

property in Colwood, behind a house on Goldstream Avenue, near Whitehead place.

The five-by-nine metre, stonewall structure doesn’t have heritage status despite being 160 years old. So, Col-wood city councillors were surprised as anyone to learn it was still standing.

“We had no idea it was there,” said Colwood Mayor Dave Saunders.

The City’s heritage commit-tee started researching the old building when a developer, Dave Vidalin of Goldstream Projects Ltd., proposed build-ing condos on top of where it currently stands. Realizing its

significance, Vidalin agreed to give Colwood ownership of the historic dairy and move the structure to the front of the property for public access.

“The building will be restored and set up with interpretive signs,” Saunders explained. “It’s going to be a really cool place for the public to celebrate local history.”

Built eight years after James Douglas established Fort Vic-toria, the dairy was one of two used to produce milk, butter and cheese on Langford’s cat-tle and sheep farm.

A former British army officer, Langford gave the farm the name Colwood after his home

in Sussex, England. Owned by a subsidiary of

the Hudson’s Bay Company, he managed the 600-acre estate with the help of 300 work-ers until 1861, when Langford returned to England under the pall of scandal.

The property changed hands several times, and over the years the farmhouse and outbuildings were torn down, except the dairy. A 1940s archi-val photo shows the surviving building in poor condition, with no roof or windows, and only its stone walls remained.

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Capt. Edward Langford’s old dairy building is the last remnant of his once vast farm that gave Colwood its name. A developer plans to relocate the structure closer to Goldstream Avenue to make way for a condo development.

The first, and last, dairy in ColwoodDeveloper vows to preserve last vestige of 160-year-old farm

PLEASE SEE: 100 condo units, Page A6


A buyer has been found for the long-idle Royal Bay property in Colwood.

Mayor Dave Saunders said he has con-firmed that landowner Lehigh Northwest Cement has accepted an offer on the 424-acre waterfront property at Metchosin and Latoria roads, rumoured to be worth $30 to $50 million. Paperwork to finalize the deal is underway.

“This is absolutely huge for Colwood,” said Saunders, who couldn’t reveal which of the several development firms eyeing the site had the successful offer.

Lehigh has been interested in selling the site since it closed its gravel mine in 2007. In February of last year, it accepted an offer from Calgary developer States-mans Group, but the deal fell through six months later.

Since then, Saunders has met with a handful of other potential buyers as chair of the City’s planning and land use com-mittee. He encouraged firms to work together on a joint-proposal.

He also approached a marina developer with the idea of putting docks at the site. Crown Marine went on to propose a 150-slip marina to the committee.

But, Anthony Utley of Crown Marine said Lehigh didn’t accept his company’s offer on the land. None of the other pro-posals for the land were made public.

Timing of the potential land sale coin-cides with the provincial government’s announcement Monday that it would fund a new high school on 15 acres of school district property in Royal Bay.

Royal Bay lands sold, says mayor of Colwood

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Quiet Halloween weekend for RCMP

While children filled West Shore neighbourhoods seeking candy, the West Shore RCMP had a rather calm Monday night.

“It was a very quiet night, probably because Halloween fell on a Mon-day,” said Cpl. Kathy Rochlitz.

The RCMP found most adult Halloween celebra-tions occurred on Saturday night, but that too was quiet and fairly uneventful. Calls the RCMP responded to were mostly noise com-plaints from parties and overly intoxicated people.

“I was a normal Satur-day night with just a few more calls,” Rochlitz said.

Metchosin all-candidate meetings

Ask questions and hear what Metchosin election candidates have to say at an all-candidates meeting on Friday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m., Metchosin Community Hall, 4401 William Head Rd.

Residents will have another chance to meet election candidates at an informal all-candidate tea on Nov. 5, 2 to 4 p.m., Metchosin Community House, 4430 Happy Val-ley Rd.

View Royal all-candidate meetings

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Campaign signs have popped up, signaling the time for residents to choose a new council.

In Colwood, with the mayor stepping aside and two councillors leaving their seats, there’s guaran-teed to be some new faces at the council table next term.

Each of the three people vying for the mayor’s chair have served on council. All say more transpar-ency is needed regarding what goes on in the chambers of city hall. The Gazette talked to each candidate about this and their other priority issues.

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Carol Hamilton, 56, is running for mayor for the second time. She served one term as councillor, then was defeated in the 2008 may-or’s race, but stayed active on City committees waiting for her chance to return to the council table.

During her council term, Ham-ilton supported the Colwood City Centre high rise development and the official community plan. She said she is in favour of high-den-sity development and would also like to focus on attracting more commercial development to Col-wood.

“I’m realistic about the needs of this community,” said Hamilton, a businesswoman and owner of Joe the Bartender. “It’s not realistic to promise no tax increase or to say we’ll stop development. We need to get money somewhere.”

She says government transpar-ency could easily be improved with better communication.

“Maybe it means improving the Alcatraz of a website the City has,” Hamilton said, noting she’d like to see the website redesigned and to have draft minutes from meetings to go online as fast as possible.

She’d work to engage more members of the public and invite them to participate in council com-mittees.

“I want to foster a spirit of co-

operation with whatever council is elected,” she said. “I welcome a diversity of ideas and views from councillors and the public. I’d encourage discussion of every-one’s ideas.”

That includes taking a serious look at the question of amalgama-tion. Hamilton would have City staff look into the issue and, if war-ranted, take the question to a non-binding referendum vote.

Hamilton said Colwood is at a crossroads and needs a strong, committed leader — such as her-self — to guide it into the future.

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Jason Nault, 58, is hoping to return to politics after taking the last council term off for travel and to wrap up his career as a research scientist with the BC Forest Ser-vice. Now retired, he said he’ll finally have the time to dedicate to being mayor.

“People asked me to run last term, but the timing wasn’t right,” he said.

Nault served three terms as councillor before resigning his seat. In that time he served on every major committee, including as chair of transportation commit-tee, and was an alternate director on the Capital Regional District board.

As a councillor, he advocated for lower-density development, and holds onto the view that Colwood’s skyline shouldn’t be filled high rises. He doesn’t think Colwood should allow buildings higher than eight storeys.

“I tried to have maximum build-ing heights included in the official community plan, but the idea was voted down,” he said, noting he would ask the new council to amend the OCP to stipulate build-

ing heights, if elected. Like fellow candidates, Nault

said increasing government trans-parency is important. As mayor, he said he’d limit in-camera discus-sions to the legal minimum.

He also vowed to post online a detailed list of his expenses as mayor, as well as a list of the meet-ings he had scheduled on a weekly basis.

“If we’re considering develop-ment proposals — like the cur-rent council is doing for Royal Bay lands — it shouldn’t be behind closed doors,” Nault said. “The public should be involved early.”

To keep taxes down, Nault said he’d review current spending on City services and look for ways to save money, potentially by con-tracting out inefficient operations.

“I don’t expect there’s a lot of frivolous spending, but there’s always room to improve,” Nault said.

Nault would like to see money set aside to make Colwood City Hall more welcoming to the public.

“Going in there, it’s like walking into a morgue,” he said. “I don’t think we’d have to spend a lot to improve it.”

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Brian Tucknott, 69, is serving his first term as councillor and hopes to return to the table as the mayor. He promises a more open and transparent government and no “municipally-generated” tax increases.

Tucknott has consistently voted against adding new items to the City’s budget. He says taxes are too high and, while he admits he can’t control increasing RCMP and CRD costs that are paid through municipal taxes, he said he wouldn’t put add any new costs in

municipal operations. New programs would be funded

by cuts, or increasing efficiency, in other areas. For example, he says the City could save a lot of money by integrating its services with other municipalities. He would like to share public works operations with Metchosin and contract all of Colwood’s IT needs out to Lang-ford.

Ultimately, he supports the idea of amalgamating the municipalities and would hold a referendum on that issue: “It’s time we start ask-ing those questions,” he said.

To increase transparency, Tuc-knott said he would encourage more public engagement by hold-ing informal public drop-in times on Saturdays at City Hall.

He would minimize in-camera meetings to only what’s legally necessary and, for regular meet-ings, he’d hire a stenographer to take more detailed meeting min-utes.

“I would encourage opposition,” Tucknott said, citing this as some-thing the current administration doesn’t do.

Tucknott was removed from all council committees and task forces last year for making dispar-aging remarks about how the City is run.

But he says, while he struggled with the leadership style of current mayor Dave Saunders, he has a background in negotiations from a career as an airline pilot.

He headed a union of pilots and became an advisor for the Inter-national Federation of Airline Pilot Associations. He is now a semi-retired aviation consultant.

Tucknott said there are many things he wants to do to spruce up Colwood, including turning the lawn of City Hall into community garden allotments and beautifying the boulevards.

“People I talk to call us ‘the dog patch of the West Shore’ ... Our community looks scruffy and run down compared to Langford and View Royal,” he said, adding that the public works department is under utilized. “It wouldn’t be a huge expense to make things a little nicer to look at.”

B.C. municipal elections are Nov. 19, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Advanced voting is Nov. 9 and 16, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Colwood residents vote at Colwood city hall, 3300 Wishart Rd.

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Three veteran politicians vie for the top seat in Colwood

Erin McCrackenNews staff

A penny is an impressive sight to behold when thou-sands of them fill bucket after bucket.

Also impressive is the relief that loose change brings to organizations in the Capital Region that help children, youth and families through life’s challenges.

For 15 years that has been at the heart of Black Press’ annual Pen-nies for Presents fundraiser, which launches today (Nov. 4) and contin-ues until Christmas.

“Every penny really does count because every penny is going to a charity that needs it,” said Kyle Slavin, a Black Press reporter and chair of the 2011 Pennies for Pres-

ents campaign committee.About $618,000 has been raised

since the campaign’s incep-tion.

Last year, more than $12,000 was generated by businesses, school-children and readers of the Goldstream News Gazette, Victoria News, Saanich News and Oak

Bay News. This year, five organiza-

tions have been selected to benefit from the penny drive, including the Mary Manning Centre, Threshold Housing Society, Victoria READ Soci-ety, the Young Parents Support Net-work and suicide prevention group, NEED2.

“Pennies for Presents is a great charity. We do this every year and our staff have fun doing it,” said

Black Press editorial director Kevin Laird. “It’s just as important to us as it is to our readers.”

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Murdered Langford teen Kim-berly Proctor is the subject of a feature story in the current issue of Vanity Fair magazine.

New York-based journalist David Kushner came to Lang-ford for the sentencing hearing for killers Kruse Wellwood and Cameron Moffat in May. Based on interviews with Proctor's family and friends, as well as court-released documents, the article pieces together the time-

line of events leading up to and following the brutal murder.

The writer dwells on the role the Internet and technology played in the young men luring Proctor into their trap, writing, “Parents used to be afraid of kids, building bombs in their basements. But today’s teenag-ers have found a more clandes-tine spot: a digital basement.”

Wellwood, 17, and Moffat,19, are serving life in prison.

Vanity Fair is available on newsstands and the full article "Murder by Text" is online at www.vanityfair.com.

Proctor’s aunt Jo-Anne Landolt is looking to launch a school safety program and is part of an online competition for a $150,000 Aviva Community Fund grant.

Voting runs until Nov. 9 at www.avivacommunityfund.org, search for idea 11490.

Slain Langford teen featured in Vanity Fair

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Saturday’s crash that killed Langford motorcyclist Colin Grant near the Trans-Canada Highway’s southern Shawni-gan Lake Road intersec-tion has Malahat’s fire chief demanding concrete centre medians to stop crossover collisions.

“I’m an absolute advocate of concrete centre barri-ers there,” said Malahat fire Chief Rob Patterson. “We’ve had two or three other fatals there in the past 10 years. How many more people have to die before it (installation) happens?”

Grant, 54, was killed instantly when his south-bound Harley Davidson collided with a northbound PT Cruiser that crossed the centre line at 3:45 p.m. on Oct. 29.

RCMP South Island Traffic Services said the PT Cruiser struck a barricade on the southbound lane before rebounding into the path of Grant’s Harley.

Alcohol and illegal drugs do not appear to be a factor, police say.

“It was instantaneous and extremely violent,” Patterson said, noting neither vehicle left the highway.

“With a centre median, he

never would have crossed over.”

The couple in the PT Cruiser, believed to be headed to a family gathering, was taken by ambulance to Victoria hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Grant retired from the Canadian Forces as a chief warrant officer after 33 years and transferred to the Air Reserve Flight at 443 Squad-ron near Sidney in 2007. He worked as head of the air-craft maintenance certifica-tion and records section.

He also served a tour of duty in Kandahar, Afghani-stan in 2010-11.

His wife, also a master war-rant officer in the Canadian Air Force, returned to Lang-ford from duty on HMCS Van-couver, serving in the Medi-terranean Sea near Libya.

“MWO Grant was an active, highly visible and greatly respected member of 443 Squadron and will be missed by all,” said Capt. Annie Djiotsa, with Navy public affairs.

“The 443 Squadron extends their sincerest con-dolences to the Grant family and will continue to provide support through this difficult time.”

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How you can help■ Cash donations can be dropped off at the Goldstream News Gazette, 117-777 Goldstream Ave., or Black Press head office, 818 Broughton St.■ For a list of businesses accepting donations, watch for notices in the Goldstream News Gazette, Victoria News, Saanich News, Oak Bay News and Victoria News Daily.■ Schools interested in participating can call 250-381-3633 ext. 269 or email [email protected].

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Family passes allow two adults and up to three chil-dren free general admis-sion.

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Family friends of a Langford five-year-old diagnosed with leu-kemia are seeking bottles, cans and cash donations to support the family.

Kenny Smithson started kindergarten at Happy Valley elementary in the fall and was

diagnosed with cancer last month.

“He loves playing outside and going to school,” said Jen Clem-ent, a close family friend.

Smithson’s parents have put work on hold to be in Vancou-ver to support him through the anticipated months of chemo-therapy. The Smithson’s have three other children in the care of their aunt in Langford.

“It is a lot of going back and forth for them,” Clement said. “The money will go towards living expenses and travelling costs to and from Vancouver.”

Clement is one of the people organizing the bottle drive for Saturday, Nov. 5.

Groups of volunteers will be going door-to-door in Langford neighbourhoods collecting bot-tles and cash donations.

“Kenny is an amazing kid, he has a good personality and a heart of gold,” Clement said. “It’s just tough to see him sit-ting there knowing he has to go through that.”

Refundable bottles and cash donations can be dropped of at 3300 Happy Valley Rd. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 5.

In 1952, it was restored and turned into a workshop by Art Treloar, who was a welder in a shipyard.

In 1981 the Capital Regional District wanted to add the building to its heritage registry, but according to a Goldstream Gazette article at the time, owner Wynn Evans threatened to tear it down to avoid people coming on her property.

Short on funding, the CRD dropped its effort and the build-ing slipped out of public sight.

The developer will cover the cost of restoring the dairy and pay $25,000 to a dedicated fund for the City to maintain the site.

Two condo buildings slated for site

The 0.67 hectare property at

468 Goldstream Ave. has been zoned for two condo buildings: a six-storey, wood-framed build-ing with commercial units on the ground floor closer to the road and an eight-storey steal-and-concrete condo behind it.

The two buildings will have a total of 100 residential units with underground parking accessible from Whitehead Place.

The back 37 per cent of the property, edging onto Mill-stream Creek, will be turned into a public park that could someday be linked to nearby Gambel Park.

“It’s going to reinvigorate that part of Goldstream Avenue,” Mayor Dave Saunders said.

Council approved the rezon-ing on Oct. 24, and the devel-oper intends to complete the project within two years.

There was no opposition to

the project expressed at a pub-lic hearing on June 27. But some residents did raise concerns at an earlier planning committee meeting, where they questioned the impact on traffic and feared the buildings would shadow nearby homes.

Saunders noted Colwood’s official community plan desig-nates the area “city centre” for high density and mix-use devel-opment.

“This is exactly the type of smart growth we want to see in that area,” he said.

As with all developments, amenities are required based on the building density.

In addition to its contribution toward the historic dairy, the developer will provide 10 suites as affordable rental units, and will pay into a funds for fire ser-vices and community amenities.

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Any development at the Royal Bay site would be subject to public review and council would have to vote to rezone the land, which is currently

slated for 2,800 residential units and commercial space.

Saunders couldn’t say when the details of the sale would be finalized.

“Obviously, from the City’s perspective, we’d like to see it

get going sooner rather than later,” he said. “It’s a great opportunity for Colwood to grow its tax base and finally see something happen with that land.”

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Some kids may be celebrat-ing blank report cards this semester, but Grade 12 students applying for university will have to do a little leg work.

Many high school seniors are filling out college applica-tions, and while they wont have a report card to highlight their academic achievements, they can collect marks from their teachers.

“The teachers’ union has been speaking to the Grade 12 students to let them know to be aware of their grades,” said Jim Cambridge, Sooke School Dis-trict superintendent.

As part of the ongoing job action, teachers are not filling out marks or comments on report cards this month.

Sooke Teachers’ Associa-tion president Patrick Henry

stressed that just because report cards are bare doesn’t stop teachers from sharing marks.

“If parents want to know how their children are doing they can ask the teachers, nothing has changed,” Henry said add-ing teachers are still meeting with parents and exchanging phone calls to talk about chil-dren's progress. “As part of the essential service order it’s clear the teacher need not submit marks.”

“Parents are absolutely free to talk to teachers still,” Cam-bridge said.

November’s report card will be sent home, but will provide little more than an attendance record. If a student takes a course taught by a principal or vice-principal then those course marks will be recorded.

Meanwhile, Sooke School Dis-trict officials are still scrambling to cover supervision times for before and after school, as well as recess, at 13 schools.

Each day since September a district staff member drives to Sooke to supervise the 15 min-

ute recess and then drives back to the Langford board office to carry on with the work day.

“It’s a big interruption,” Cam-bridge said. “It’s an hour and a half of unproductive time.”

Lunch hour supervision is done by a CUPE member.

“There doesn’t seem to be much reason (for the teachers’ union) to settle at the moment,” Cambridge said. “Most of the pressure goes to the manage-ment staff and we have no influ-ence over the provincial bar-gaining.”

Henry and Cambridge agree that in SD 62, the relationship between teachers and admin-istration remains positive and upbeat.

“We have a pretty good rela-tionship with the teachers, we all work together for the kids and we all remember that,” Cambridge said.

The job action was brought forward with teacher demands for better control of class sizes, class composition and restora-tion of funding cuts.

“I didn’t think it would go on for this long,” Cambridge said.

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Students receiving blank report cards this semesterAdmin staff bearing brunt of teacher job action



Family friends of a Langford five-year-old diagnosed with leu-kemia are seeking bottles, cans and cash donations to support the family.

Kenny Smithson started kindergarten at Happy Valley elementary in the fall and was

diagnosed with cancer last month.

“He loves playing outside and going to school,” said Jen Clem-ent, a close family friend.

Smithson’s parents have put work on hold to be in Vancou-ver to support him through the anticipated months of chemo-therapy. The Smithson’s have three other children in the care of their aunt in Langford.

“It is a lot of going back and forth for them,” Clement said. “The money will go towards living expenses and travelling costs to and from Vancouver.”

Clement is one of the people organizing the bottle drive for Saturday, Nov. 5.

Groups of volunteers will be going door-to-door in Langford neighbourhoods collecting bot-tles and cash donations.

“Kenny is an amazing kid, he has a good personality and a heart of gold,” Clement said. “It’s just tough to see him sit-ting there knowing he has to go through that.”

Refundable bottles and cash donations can be dropped of at 3300 Happy Valley Rd. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 5.

In 1952, it was restored and turned into a workshop by Art Treloar, who was a welder in a shipyard.

In 1981 the Capital Regional District wanted to add the building to its heritage registry, but according to a Goldstream Gazette article at the time, owner Wynn Evans threatened to tear it down to avoid people coming on her property.

Short on funding, the CRD dropped its effort and the build-ing slipped out of public sight.

The developer will cover the cost of restoring the dairy and pay $25,000 to a dedicated fund for the City to maintain the site.

Two condo buildings slated for site

The 0.67 hectare property at

468 Goldstream Ave. has been zoned for two condo buildings: a six-storey, wood-framed build-ing with commercial units on the ground floor closer to the road and an eight-storey steal-and-concrete condo behind it.

The two buildings will have a total of 100 residential units with underground parking accessible from Whitehead Place.

The back 37 per cent of the property, edging onto Mill-stream Creek, will be turned into a public park that could someday be linked to nearby Gambel Park.

“It’s going to reinvigorate that part of Goldstream Avenue,” Mayor Dave Saunders said.

Council approved the rezon-ing on Oct. 24, and the devel-oper intends to complete the project within two years.

There was no opposition to

the project expressed at a pub-lic hearing on June 27. But some residents did raise concerns at an earlier planning committee meeting, where they questioned the impact on traffic and feared the buildings would shadow nearby homes.

Saunders noted Colwood’s official community plan desig-nates the area “city centre” for high density and mix-use devel-opment.

“This is exactly the type of smart growth we want to see in that area,” he said.

As with all developments, amenities are required based on the building density.

In addition to its contribution toward the historic dairy, the developer will provide 10 suites as affordable rental units, and will pay into a funds for fire ser-vices and community amenities.

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CBC takes national pulse

OUR VIEW

This week officially marks the 75th anniversary of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, a national icon that continues

to prove that news and culture can be cool.The CBC is a gem that all Canadians can

treasure, and in very personal ways. While it offers a wide variety of programming on radio and television, designed to suit varying tastes, it stops short of trying to be all things to all people. Instead, it sticks to a mandate of presenting the best this country has to offer.

When CBC Victoria opened 13 years ago, it only enhanced the appeal of the national network, offering more localized content and further forging a link between Canada’s three coasts. The public broadcaster continues to rank at or near the top of listenership in the Capital Region, no doubt for its combination of local, regional and national information and entertainment. Where else can you tune in and hear everything from in-depth news interviews and musical retrospectives to comedy and even the odd serialized drama?

There are people who believe taxpayers shouldn’t be funding the public broadcaster when not everyone watches or listens. But the CBC remains one of the few institutions we can trust to remain as truly Canadian as hockey, politeness and beavers. That national thread is something we need to cultivate and embrace.

Report cards not for administrators

News that B.C. teachers will likely not be issuing fully filled-out report cards is troubling.

Not only are letter grades a critical way for parents to confirm how their children are progressing, teacher comments often indicate such intangibles as work habits, citizenship and social interaction.

Report cards are not merely administrative, as the teachers’ union would have us believe. They give parents confirmation of information heard in conversations with both teachers and their children, and must be kept separate from work-to-rule guidelines.

Penny Sakamoto Group PublisherKevin Laird Editorial DirectorEdward (Ted) Hill EditorOliver Sommer Advertising Director

GOLDSTREAM NEWSG A Z E T T E

The Goldstream News Gazette is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council.

Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

What do you think? Give us your comments by email: [email protected] or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

2008 WINNER

I’ve been really steaming this week with the latest news out of teacherland, that the report

cards my kids will bring home this month will be little more than a glorified atten-dance record.

The idea that fully filled-out report cards, with letter grades and comments thoughtfully (I hope) prepared with my kids in mind, are strictly an administrative duty does more to damage the teachers’ public rela-tions efforts than make any kind of negotiating point.

Sure, the ploy is a union strategy aimed at disrupting the system and making things dif-ficult for administrators — that’s principals and vice-principals, many of whom teach too. But rather than just annoying the heck out of their bosses and leaving them with more work to do, it has the net effect of frustrating parents who look to report cards for a sign of how their children are progressing.

Perhaps the teacher’s union doesn’t realize how important these written signposts are to working parents.

These days it’s very common to see households with both parents, or the lone parent in some cases, working full time.

Kids are expensive to feed, clothe and provide with money for their

incidental expenses, not to mention the cost of extra-curricular and out-of-school activities. The reality of that need-to-work scenario is that

many parents don’t have much chance to sit down with teachers for an hour or so right after school, as the teacher’s union is sug-gesting they do.

For certain, email has been a great addition to the teacher-parent com-munication system, but not all teachers are either tech-savvy or willing to take that valuable step in con-necting with parents.

Luckily, my son’s teacher continues to send out

updates on what the class is work-ing on and what deadlines are com-ing up for class projects.

To my experience over the years of my childrens’ schooling, this teacher is somewhat rare. He understands demands placed on parents, and makes an extra effort to involve them in the process.

For those parents who haven’t taken the opportunity to either meet with their child’s teacher or carefully read the aforementioned emails, report cards not only pro-vide a sign of their child’s academic progress, they can be an indicator of other things that aren’t attached to a letter grade, such as work hab-its, social interaction or leadership abilities.

It’s nice to know whether your

best efforts as a parent are paying off somehow, especially at times when the job of keeping your child on track with their schoolwork gets particularly tough.

The other day my partner and I were commiserating about how we expect our kids to be self-moti-vated, at least a little bit, to get their work done without near-constant supervision.

We realize that parents need to provide a home environment for children to be able to succeed, and need to be available as often as possible when they ask for help. But sometimes that’s easier said than done, especially when work commitments come into play, and believe me, kids rarely ask for help.

It may seem at times unfair that we rely on teachers, who spend as much time with our children as we do, to help us keep our kids on track. Given that reality, I will always argue that teachers’ work should be highly valued.

That said, I am making a plea to the teacher’s union to reverse its decision on filling out report cards, at least by next term if negotiations continue to go nowhere. Hopefully, an acknowledgement of teachers’ importance in the three-way rela-tionship that includes students and parents will convince them to do so.

[email protected]

— Don Descoteau is the editor of the Oak Bay News.

Teachers leaving parents in dark

‘The reality is many parents don’t have much chance to sit down with teachers.’

Don DescoteauHumble Pie

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CBC takes national pulse

OUR VIEW

This week officially marks the 75th anniversary of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, a national icon that continues

to prove that news and culture can be cool.The CBC is a gem that all Canadians can

treasure, and in very personal ways. While it offers a wide variety of programming on radio and television, designed to suit varying tastes, it stops short of trying to be all things to all people. Instead, it sticks to a mandate of presenting the best this country has to offer.

When CBC Victoria opened 13 years ago, it only enhanced the appeal of the national network, offering more localized content and further forging a link between Canada’s three coasts. The public broadcaster continues to rank at or near the top of listenership in the Capital Region, no doubt for its combination of local, regional and national information and entertainment. Where else can you tune in and hear everything from in-depth news interviews and musical retrospectives to comedy and even the odd serialized drama?

There are people who believe taxpayers shouldn’t be funding the public broadcaster when not everyone watches or listens. But the CBC remains one of the few institutions we can trust to remain as truly Canadian as hockey, politeness and beavers. That national thread is something we need to cultivate and embrace.

Report cards not for administrators

News that B.C. teachers will likely not be issuing fully filled-out report cards is troubling.

Not only are letter grades a critical way for parents to confirm how their children are progressing, teacher comments often indicate such intangibles as work habits, citizenship and social interaction.

Report cards are not merely administrative, as the teachers’ union would have us believe. They give parents confirmation of information heard in conversations with both teachers and their children, and must be kept separate from work-to-rule guidelines.

Penny Sakamoto Group PublisherKevin Laird Editorial DirectorEdward (Ted) Hill EditorOliver Sommer Advertising Director

GOLDSTREAM NEWSG A Z E T T E

The Goldstream News Gazette is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council.

Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

What do you think? Give us your comments by email: [email protected] or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

2008 WINNER

I’ve been really steaming this week with the latest news out of teacherland, that the report

cards my kids will bring home this month will be little more than a glorified atten-dance record.

The idea that fully filled-out report cards, with letter grades and comments thoughtfully (I hope) prepared with my kids in mind, are strictly an administrative duty does more to damage the teachers’ public rela-tions efforts than make any kind of negotiating point.

Sure, the ploy is a union strategy aimed at disrupting the system and making things dif-ficult for administrators — that’s principals and vice-principals, many of whom teach too. But rather than just annoying the heck out of their bosses and leaving them with more work to do, it has the net effect of frustrating parents who look to report cards for a sign of how their children are progressing.

Perhaps the teacher’s union doesn’t realize how important these written signposts are to working parents.

These days it’s very common to see households with both parents, or the lone parent in some cases, working full time.

Kids are expensive to feed, clothe and provide with money for their

incidental expenses, not to mention the cost of extra-curricular and out-of-school activities. The reality of that need-to-work scenario is that

many parents don’t have much chance to sit down with teachers for an hour or so right after school, as the teacher’s union is sug-gesting they do.

For certain, email has been a great addition to the teacher-parent com-munication system, but not all teachers are either tech-savvy or willing to take that valuable step in con-necting with parents.

Luckily, my son’s teacher continues to send out

updates on what the class is work-ing on and what deadlines are com-ing up for class projects.

To my experience over the years of my childrens’ schooling, this teacher is somewhat rare. He understands demands placed on parents, and makes an extra effort to involve them in the process.

For those parents who haven’t taken the opportunity to either meet with their child’s teacher or carefully read the aforementioned emails, report cards not only pro-vide a sign of their child’s academic progress, they can be an indicator of other things that aren’t attached to a letter grade, such as work hab-its, social interaction or leadership abilities.

It’s nice to know whether your

best efforts as a parent are paying off somehow, especially at times when the job of keeping your child on track with their schoolwork gets particularly tough.

The other day my partner and I were commiserating about how we expect our kids to be self-moti-vated, at least a little bit, to get their work done without near-constant supervision.

We realize that parents need to provide a home environment for children to be able to succeed, and need to be available as often as possible when they ask for help. But sometimes that’s easier said than done, especially when work commitments come into play, and believe me, kids rarely ask for help.

It may seem at times unfair that we rely on teachers, who spend as much time with our children as we do, to help us keep our kids on track. Given that reality, I will always argue that teachers’ work should be highly valued.

That said, I am making a plea to the teacher’s union to reverse its decision on filling out report cards, at least by next term if negotiations continue to go nowhere. Hopefully, an acknowledgement of teachers’ importance in the three-way rela-tionship that includes students and parents will convince them to do so.

[email protected]

— Don Descoteau is the editor of the Oak Bay News.

Teachers leaving parents in dark

‘The reality is many parents don’t have much chance to sit down with teachers.’

Don DescoteauHumble Pie


LETTERS

The smart meter installation van arrived on my street last week, as BC Hydro’s

smart grid project heads toward the halfway mark.

This system will not only detect outages, elec-tricity loss and theft, it enables a voluntary time-of-use system where users can get a discount by shifting consumption to low-peak times. You could even set up wind or solar generation that the meter would record and subtract from your bill.

But apparently no one wants to talk about that. Black Press news-papers continue to run letters with exaggerated or false claims that stoke baseless fear of radio waves.

Where is this coming from? I’m grateful to the anonymous smart-

meter foe who started sending me updates from “Citizens for Safe Technology,” a loose col-

lection of U.S. and Canadian activists that claims to include doc-tors, lawyers and other professionals.

Not much is profes-sional about the Cana-dian content on their website.

A video starts with a juvenile union parody showing executives plotting to sell BC Hydro to General Elec-tric. Then it moves to an apparently seri-

ous interview with Bill Vander Zalm, who expands on his earlier conspiracy theory about the har-monized sales tax being part of a European Union plot for world domination.

Vander Zalm asserts that smart meters and appliances create

such a powerful surveillance net-work, “they’ll even know what you’re cooking.”

There are those who claim smart meters can tell what chan-nel your TV is on, but this is the first I’ve heard about them detect-ing whether you’re having eggs or oatmeal for breakfast.

And who might “they” be?“The big picture is of course

that we’re moving to globaliza-tion,” Vander Zalm intones. “Even-tually we’ll be governed out of Brussels, Belgium or someplace like that. And this all ties into that. They can monitor what’s happening anywhere in the world. It’s Big Brother. We’ll be totally controlled.”

He stops just short of what I’ll call the Full Tinfoil, a belief that these radio waves control minds directly.

Wildlife artist Robert Bateman also make an appearance in a brief video, where he describes

hiring someone to come in and detect “hot” wiring in his Saltspring Island home. (A sur-prising number of self-appointed smart meter experts sell measur-ing and “shielding” services.)

A reader sent me a local news-paper commentary by Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall, basically a vague summary of NDP talking points about smart meters being too expensive and a possible health threat.

This is interesting because the City of Nelson owns its own power utility, which started installing wireless meters in 2004. They finished last year, with no protest.

I asked Mungall why. She was on the city council that chose a different model, a “drive-by” meter. They broadcast readings every 15 seconds and still need meter readers, who no longer have get out of their trucks.

BC Hydro’s meters signal only

three or four times a day, but one of the often-repeated false claims about them is that they secretly transmit much more often with some sort of damaging energy pulses. And yet these granola-loving West Kootenay folks cheer-fully endure a 24/7 bombardment of what are essentially brief cell phone signals.

Mungall said Nelson council specifically rejected a smart grid system, “because of the cost.” Somehow retaining meter readers saves the city money.

She noted that rural parts of her constituency are serviced by BC Hydro, and some people are very concerned.

I’ll bet they are. Not just in West Kootenay, but a few other remote areas known for production of B.C.’s number one cash crop.

[email protected]—Tom Fletcher is legislative

reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

Former premier joins Hydro conspiracy club

Tom FletcherB.C. Views

Sewage treatment too expensive, too polluting

Re: Capital region must build sewage treatment, Letters, Oct. 25, 2011.

Langford Coun. Denise Blackwell tells us we have to comply with the provincial mandate to treat our sewage, a perfectly useless project of colossal cost.

We don’t. Surely it is better to fight back. I say we should fight as hard as possible to prevent this total waste of a billion dollars that will create huge environmental dam-age when we dispose of millions of tons of sewage sludge.

If the sludge is burnt, as she suggests, we will add many tons of carbon dioxide to an overloaded atmosphere.

We presently have one of the finest sew-age disposal systems in the world. All the scientists who have examined it tell us that.

When will our Capital Regional District board members, mayors and councillors stand up to the provincial government and fight to have this boondoggle cancelled before it adds many thousands of dollars to the tax bills of citizens of the Capital Region.

We should all be asking our candidates for mayor and council what their stand is on this enormous waste of money.

Ian BrownView Royal

Electricity generation needs renewable energy

The expression “canary in a coal mine” refers to the caged birds miners used to take down into the mines as an early warning of danger.

Despite many known dangers, coal has become the world’s dominant fuel source for generating electricity; not to mention being the primary source of harmful greenhouse gas emissions such as methane and carbon dioxide. In a very real sense, the Earth’s entire atmosphere has now become the coal mine that we all live and work in.

But, in terms of an early warning

mechanism, caged canaries aren’t going to help us today the way they once helped coal miners.

Fortunately, there are many other “canary-like” indicators of the dangers we face that scientists are increasingly trying to direct our attention to.

For example, many plants that one would expect to get larger from the increased availability of carbon dioxide are instead being stunted by rapid changes in temperature, humidity and available nutrients from the rise in global temperature.

Likewise, cold-blooded animals, including insects, reptiles and amphibians, are experiencing a 10 per cent increase in metabolism from every one-degree increase in average temperature.

These species have been unable to respond or adapt quickly enough to the rise in average global temperature occurring over the past century.

In other words, the canaries in our atmospheric coal mine are starting to keel over and that means it’s time for us to get out of the coal mine — literally.

We have to stop using coal to generate electricity and switch to clean and renewable energy sources on a massive global scale as quickly as possible before we, too, succumb to the dangers that coal carries with it as an energy source.

Jesse McClintonSaanich

Occupy protesters hurting their own cause

Re: Protest surrounds ice rink site in downtown Victoria, News, Oct. 26, 2011.

I was just reading the article about the protesters camping out in Centennial Square.

First: I support the plan of having the outdoor skating rink set up in Centennial Square. I think it’s a wonderful community idea. I was looking forward to coming downtown on Nov. 26 to watch it open.

Second: Why are the protesters allowed to camp out in the square? They should be removed. To me, they’re like litter and should be cleaned up. I’m sure some are

“professional” protesters and most likely could care less about the rink; they just want to be part of any protest going on.

It’s a real shame that they protest something that is going to hopefully help bring the communities closer together.

I wish the protesters luck in winning this silly ordeal.

Cathy LaycockEsquimalt

Protesters should get out of the way

Re: Protest surrounds ice rink site in downtown Victoria, News, Oct. 26, 2011.

It’s is time to stop catering to the Occupy Victoria protesters.

Stating your case is one thing, but getting in the way of the public enjoyment of an outdoor rink does nothing but interfere with ordinary citizens having fun around the holidays.

I don’t understand how not allowing my family and me to go skating and drink hot chocolate helps change global economic policy.

Why can’t they just move to another spot? I can only speak on my behalf, but by being a nuisance you only harm your cause, not promote it.

Hopefully this will get resolved in time for the rink to be built and both sides will put aside their agendas and allow those of us who are not involved to have a little fun.

Colin DayVictoria

Regional deer cull may be inevitable

Why do some people not understand? In rural and semi-rural areas there is husbandry involved in looking after wildlife.

In the wild, predators take care of overpopulation and therefore there is no damage done to the environment.

In urban areas such as Greater Victoria, there are no predators to keep the numbers down and get rid of sick animals as well. Where will we be in 10 years when

every little fawn multiplies and every mother deer gives birth to sickly fawns. The odd cougar will not do.

Everybody who has grown up in rural areas knows this. People who live an urban life have this sentimental “Bambi” feeling. Deer’s life was once a struggle for survival, but they have now arrived in paradise in Victoria and their numbers are growing.

Karin HertelSaanich

RCMP should take over policing for province

The best solution for policing in B.C. expressed to me was from a former BC Premier — RCMP does the policing in the province, including all investigations, and the 11 municipal departments become the B.C. highway patrol handing all traffic related matters.

I would support that. I would even sup-port Victoria Police Chief Jamie Graham as the head of that unit. Put all that experi-ence to work setting up and maintaining a unit with limited responsibilities.

William PerryVictoria

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If Jeffrey Melchior had fol-lowed simple boating rules, he may never have been caught — and still be $2.6 million richer.

But he didn't and is now likely Lake Cowichan's most infamous alleged criminal money launder awaiting trial.

Amidst the tightest police security ever seen at RCMP Dis-trict Headquarters in Victoria, police on Tuesday announced they had seized over $2.6 mil-lion in crisp new U.S. funds that was lying on the table — one of the biggest cash hauls in Cana-dian history — and charged Melchior with money launder-ing.

RCMP Supt. Derek Simmonds, in charge of the federal Border Integrity program in B.C., said the money was fished out of Canadian waters near Sidney in the middle of the night last March after the pilot of a suspi-cious fast-moving boat without running lights threw a suitcase into the water, just as an RCMP boat was about to intercept it.

After first recovering the suit-

case, police arrested Melchior, 44, of Cowichan Lake, who is charged with possession of property obtained by crime and laundering proceeds of crime.

He said the five-metre rigid hull inflatable boat was just two nautical miles — six minutes — away from the U.S. border when police intercepted the vessel.

Melchior was not armed and the only person aboard.

Simmonds said the only rea-son the suitcase full of money didn't sink was because police were only metres away when Melchior threw it overboard and police acted instantly to recover it.

If it hadn't been for Melchior moving at high speed toward the international border on a route known for smugglers, RCMP border integrity opera-tions centre might have missed it.

Simmonds said the centre relayed the suspicious informa-tion to a RCMP marine patrol and it moved to cut Melchior off before he got to the border. There was no high-speed pur-suit.

Simmonds said moving cur-rency or contraband in large sums like this is a common identifier for organized crime activity.

Melchior, who is not in cus-tody and was not previously know to police, is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Nov. 21 in Victoria.

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Cpl. Paul Minkley guards $2.6 million in U.S. cash seized from a small boat in March.


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If Jeffrey Melchior had fol-lowed simple boating rules, he may never have been caught — and still be $2.6 million richer.

But he didn't and is now likely Lake Cowichan's most infamous alleged criminal money launder awaiting trial.

Amidst the tightest police security ever seen at RCMP Dis-trict Headquarters in Victoria, police on Tuesday announced they had seized over $2.6 mil-lion in crisp new U.S. funds that was lying on the table — one of the biggest cash hauls in Cana-dian history — and charged Melchior with money launder-ing.

RCMP Supt. Derek Simmonds, in charge of the federal Border Integrity program in B.C., said the money was fished out of Canadian waters near Sidney in the middle of the night last March after the pilot of a suspi-cious fast-moving boat without running lights threw a suitcase into the water, just as an RCMP boat was about to intercept it.

After first recovering the suit-

case, police arrested Melchior, 44, of Cowichan Lake, who is charged with possession of property obtained by crime and laundering proceeds of crime.

He said the five-metre rigid hull inflatable boat was just two nautical miles — six minutes — away from the U.S. border when police intercepted the vessel.

Melchior was not armed and the only person aboard.

Simmonds said the only rea-son the suitcase full of money didn't sink was because police were only metres away when Melchior threw it overboard and police acted instantly to recover it.

If it hadn't been for Melchior moving at high speed toward the international border on a route known for smugglers, RCMP border integrity opera-tions centre might have missed it.

Simmonds said the centre relayed the suspicious informa-tion to a RCMP marine patrol and it moved to cut Melchior off before he got to the border. There was no high-speed pur-suit.

Simmonds said moving cur-rency or contraband in large sums like this is a common identifier for organized crime activity.

Melchior, who is not in cus-tody and was not previously know to police, is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Nov. 21 in Victoria.

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Merna Forster authors second historical book

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Her first bestselling non-fiction book says it all – 100 Canadian Her-oines, Famous and Forgotten Faces.

The just-released sequel, 100 more Canadian Heroines, by Oak Bay professional historian Merna Forster, also looks to become a bestseller.

These weren’t just ordinary women – weren’t, because all but three have died – but women whose roles in building the nation’s business and culture are no differ-ent than the roles men played.

However, recorded history has been unkind to women, with his-tory books having all but ignored them, she said.

“Not enough women have been commemorated in Canadian his-tory,” she complains.

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ada’s first woman Prime Minister (a fact not remembered by many Canadians), wrote a glowing fore-word in Forster’s first book, and Canadian female astronaut Julie Payette did the same in the 100 more sequel.

And there are several hundred great women in Forster’s research files for yet another sequel she is thinking about writing.

Some might say Forster is intent on bringing gender balance to the way Canadian political, business, sports, and science history is treated.

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what Forster (a former senior fed-eral Parks Canada bureaucrat who is the executive director of the Uni-versity of Victoria’s Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History proj-ect) is in the astronaut Payette’s forward, which begins:

“Can you imagine running a 100-metre dash, starting 20 metres behind the other competitors, and remaining convinced that you can win the gold medal? Picture your-self climbing Mount Everest in a skirt, chances of making it to the summit and back safely and as good as anybody else?

“And how do you maintain stead-fast belief that you can finish at the top of your pilot-training class even though the standard issue flight gear does not fit and you need a telephone book behind your back just to reach the rudder pedals?

“These are the kinds of images that come to mind reading the stories of the exceptional women Merna Forster introduces. …

“Defying probabilities and pre-sumptions, the women featured here have managed to follow their passions and fulfill their ambitions, even if it meant shaking up the pre-vailing social order.”

Forster, born in the Alberta oil town of Black Diamond and the married mother of two teenagers who moved to Oak Bay seven years ago, says, “I always wanted to be a writer.”

Her basic writing rule: “make sure I tell a compelling story.”

She says she put as much diver-sity as possible into her books, selecting women from across the country covering many time peri-ods, ethnic origins, and a wide vari-ety of endeavors “so a person pick-ing up the book could relate.”

The bilingual Forster, who has

a masters degree in history from Laval University in Quebec, said her book of brief biographies covers “fascinating” women ranging from those with a lifetime of achievement to others with just one enormously important accomplishment.

“I wanted to understand what made them tick and how they worked,” she said.

Being a bestselling Canadian author doesn’t mean much in terms of royalties.

The money just barely covers the cost of the images she uses in her book, like the photo of Anna Swan, the eight-foot-tall Canadian who survived her disability. Purchasing the one-time right to use her image cost $150.

Among the famous and forgot-ten women in her book are ladies like hockey star Hilda Ranscombe, Captain Kool, Dr. Irma LeVasseur, the original Degrassi kids, Mohawk feminist Mary Two-Axe Early and the woman dubbed “the atomic mosquito.”

You can visit her website at www.heroines.ca.

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Louise Rose plays benefit concert

Composer, record-ing artist, communicator and motivational speaker Louise Rose and friends will play dress-up for the Victoria Good News Choir.

The audience is invited to come in costume – maybe win a prize – and join Rose with Jamie Hill-ier and Sing Your Joy. All performers are donating their time.

The Victoria Good News Choir is a true community choir and is accepting new mem-bers. Rose has been the choir’s accompa-nist, music director and arranger since she founded it as a project to raise funds for Claremont secondary’s theatre pro-gram in 1997.

The event happens Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Oak Bay United Church, 1355 Mitchell St. Tick-ets are $20, available at Larsen Music, Long & McQuade, Ivy’s Book-store, Bubby Rose’s Bak-ery and at the door. Pro-ceeds benefit the Victoria Good News Choir. For more information email [email protected] or call 250-658-1946.

Exhibition opens at Cinder Block

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A big-band tribute to past and present Canadian Forces personnel gets into the swing of things dur-ing a special time of remembrance.

Jazz vocalist Miranda Sage will join the Swiftsure Big Band to perform songs from the Second World War era and beyond on Nov. 12, the day after Remembrance Day ceremonies.

“This is our tribute to all those who served, or now serve, in the armed forces of this country,” said artistic director and conductor Rob Bannister, who will direct the 18-piece band. “We hope this music will add a positive counterbalance to the other serious events on this weekend.”

The show starts at 8 p.m. at Pacific Fleet Club, 1587 Lyall St. in Esquimalt. Tickets are $20, and are available at Long & McQuade, Tom Lee Music, Sidney Musicworks and at the door.

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Jazz vocalist Miranda Sage pairs up with the Swiftsure Big Band to play tunes from the Second World War in a post-Remembrance Day military tribute concert.

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Royal Theatre presents Entity dance show

Entity, the latest show in the Dance Victoria season at the Royal Theatre, is presented this weekend in two shows.

Performed by Wayne McGregor Random Dance, straight from the U.K., Entity will be performed tonight (Friday) and Saturday. The piece is set to an electronic sound-scape.

Tickets ($25 to $72) are available at rmts.bc.ca or at the Royal or McPherson Box Offices.

Langham Court plays dark comedic tale

The Langham Court Theatre sets the scene for deception and betrayal with its production of the black comedy The Beauty Queen of Leenane.

The darkly comic tale centres on Maureen Folan, a 40-year-old vir-gin, and her manipulative 70-year-old mother, Mag. Maureen, who has a history of mental illness, is trapped in a small, bleak cottage and in an overly dependent, seri-ously dysfunctional relationship with her mother, who interferes in her daughter’s only chance at love.

Irish playwright Martin McDon-agh’s Tony Award-winning show will be directed by Langham Court veteran Judy Treloar. The Beauty Queen of Leenane, part of the Leenane Trilogy, is set in the 1980s in and around County Galway, where playwright McDonagh spent his holidays as a child.

The cast includes Elizabeth Whit-marsh as Mag; Naomi Simpson as Maureen, the desperate virgin; Bill Adams, as Pato, the awkward suitor and newcomer Paul Wiebe as Ray, Pato’s younger brother.

McDonagh’s first non-Irish play, The Pillowman, set in a fic-titious totalitarian state, won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2004. McDon-agh’s film Six Shooter, won the Live Action Short Subject Oscar in 2006. He is perhaps best known to world-wide audiences for his multi award-winning screenplay of the crime comedy, In Bruges.

The show previews Nov. 16 and opens Nov. 17, running through Dec. 3. Tickets are $19 for adults, $17 for students and seniors. Pre-view night, they are two for $20. To buy, call 250-384-2142 or email [email protected].

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From 7 to 9 p.m., par-ticipants can taste more than 20 estate olive oils from Italy, France, Mo-rocco and Spain, while learning about farming, harvesting and produc-tion practics. Dessert and coffee is included in the $25 ticket price, along with discounts on olive oil purchases for the eve-ning.

For tickets or more in-formation, call Andrew or Derek at Ottavio at 250-592-4080.

The team behind Wood-land Creek, a sustain-able home development

in Sooke, has introduced a new initiative for out-of-area buy-ers.

The “Relocation Vacation” promotion encourages people to experience Sooke, just a 35-minute drive from down-town Victoria, by offering a range of unique, discounted ac-commodations to stay at, giving visitors an inside-look at daily life in the small community.

Those who choose to buy a new home in Totangi Properties’ Woodland Creek development during the promotion will have their Sooke vacation expenses reimbursed (up to $1,000).

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Upon completion, Woodland Creek will be home to 180 resi-dences (100 single-family and 80 townhomes) priced from $384,900. The project includes an area zoned as neighbourhood commercial and public parks, complete with a pond, walking trails and playground. Continu-ing the project’s commitment to

sustainability, it will be Sooke’s fi rst housing development of-fering residences with geo-ex-change heating, cooling and hot water, and homes in the current phase of Woodland Creek are constructed to certifi ed Built Green standards.

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Relocation Vacation accom-modation is available at the award-winning Sooke Harbour House through Dec. 22 (visit www.sookeharbourhouse.com) and On the Sea B&B for visi-tors looking for cozy (and a little quirky) accommodations in a 24-metre North Sea Trawler, in the spectacular Sooke Harbour. For more information, visit www.ontheseabnb.com

For details about Woodland Creek’s “Relocation Vacation,” visit www.woodlandcreek.ca

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Learn what it takes to become a Master Gar-dener during an infor-mation session for the Master Gardener Certifi -cate Program, at the Hor-ticulture Centre of the Pacifi c Nov. 15.

The Victoria Master Gardener Association of-fers an interesting, ambi-tious program for avid amateur gardeners, who over 16 weeks will com-plete an intensive pro-gram of 31 three-hour sessions combining class-room instruction with fi eld trips, home study, assignments and in-class projects.

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Nov. 4 – Fantastic Fridays at St. Luke’s Hall, Cedar Hill Cross Road at Cedar Hill Road, featuring Messy Church. Free, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., fi rst Friday each month. Dinner is pro-vided. A family-friendly time with fun, games, food, crafts, music and stories. FMI: 250-477-6741 or www.stlukesvictoria.ca

Nov. 5 – African AIDS Angels an-nual open house, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Swan Lake Nature House, 3873 Swan Lake Rd. Hundreds of hand-made cloth angels for gifts or decora-tion. Fundraiser for AIDS projects in southern Africa. Free admission and refreshments. FMI: aidsangelsvicto-ria.ca

Nov. 5 – Victoria Genealogical Society workshop, Planning an an-cestral journey, with presenter Merv Scott, 10 a.m. to noon, 947 Alston St. Members $10; non-members, $15. Register at 250-360-2808. FMI: www.victoriags.org

Nov. 5 – Young Life of Victoria turns 50 this year! Join this special re-union and celebration at Westin Bear Mountain Resort. Tickets are $30 per person or $50 per couple, and can be purchased on line at younglife.ca/vic-toria50.

Nov. 5 – Christmas is a-coming to Oak Bay United Church Thrift Shop, corner Granite & Mitchell, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Christmas gift ware, deco-rations, toys, books, art, furniture etc. FMI: 250-598-5021.

Nov. 6 to Dec. 4 – Philippine Baya-

nihan Community Centre’s 10th an-niversary celebration at 1709 Blan-shard St. Featuring Sunday’s open house from 2 p.m. with a tour of the centre, displays, silent auction, raffl e draws, volunteer appreciation, en-tertainment and refreshments. Free entrance. Visit www.bayanihan.ca for complete schedule of activities.

Nov. 8 – Eat soup! Have fun! Keep the bowl! The 14th year of Souper Bowls of Hope is at the Fairmont Empress, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tick-ets are $25, available at the Bay Cen-tre Guest Services, Ivy’s Book Shop, by phone at 250-383-3514 or at the door. Proceeds support the Kiwanis Emergence Youth Shelter, the Alli-ance Club and other programs of the Youth Empowerment Society. Souper auction items and fun get-aways. FMI: www.souperbowls.com

Nov. 8 – Heartwarming: All About Women & Heart Disease, 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. at Carlton House, 2080 Oak Bay Ave. Admission is free (Car-lton residents and guests get fi rst pri-ority). Reserve a public seat at 250-595-1914.

Nov. 8 – Victoria Natural History Society presents Natural History Night, Capturing Nature with Com-pact Cameras, with professional photographer Mikhail Belikov, 7:30 p.m., UVic Room 159 Fraser Build-ing. FMI: www.naturevictoria.ca

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Can’t make it to the Smash? Ellice Recycling will have drop-off bins at their diversion facil-ity at 524 David St. and at the Canteen Road Yard and Garden Waste Drop-off at 605 Canteen Rd. through Nov. 5 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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To become a Victoria Mas-ter Gardener, students must also complete 60 approved volunteer hours within the 18 months following the course. To maintain Master Gardener status, students complete at least 15 volun-teer hours and fi ve self-edu-cation hours each year.

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It’s a 75 for 75 event: in celebration of its 75th anniversary, the Victoria Foundation is putting up $75,000 and hosting a 75-Hour Giving Challenge to help 15 local charities increase their endowment funds. For 75 hours starting on National Philan-thropy Day, Nov. 15, all donations made to the foundation for any of these charities will be further sup-ported through the Victoria Founda-tion’s $75,000 Challenge Fund.

While most people think of the Victoria Foundation as a charity that provides grants to non-profit orga-nizations in the community (which it does via its Victoria Fund endow-ment), few realize the foundation also manages endowment funds on behalf of other registered charities. In fact, it manages 103 endowment funds for 73 registered charities, annually distributing earnings from these permanent funds to the orga-nizations.

“These Hosted Organization Funds provide a consistent source of fund-ing year after year for local charitable organizations,” says Sandra Richard-son, CEO of the Victoria Foundation. “It’s a service that reduces costs and paperwork for the non-profits involved and – perhaps most impor-

tantly – it offers long-term stability for their funds.”

To give a boost to the smallest of the funds, the 75-Hour Giving Chal-lenge will support hosted organiza-tions whose endowment funds were less than $75,000 as of May 31 this year.

From 9 a.m. Nov. 15 to noon, Nov. 18, donors are encouraged to choose from the 15 participating charities and support their favourites by mak-ing gifts to the organizations’ endow-ment funds. Based on how much is given to each fund during the chal-lenge, the foundation will also make a gift of a pro-rated amount from the $75,000 Challenge Fund.

Gifts can be made online through the Victoria Foundation’s portal at CanadaHelps (see the “donate now” button at www.victoriafounda-tion.bc.ca). They can also be made directly to the Victoria Foundation by credit card or cheque as long as they are received during the chal-lenge period. Publicly traded securi-ties can also be accepted. See www.victoriafoundation.bc.ca for more information on the 75-Hour Giving Challenge.

Call 250-381-5532 for information.

The 15 eligible organizations that are rising to the 75-Hour Giv-ing Challenge are:

Family Caregivers Network – Offers education, support and information to help keep family caregivers healthy in their caring roles.Greater Victoria Dance Works Association – Produces an annual dance festival with three different components: competition, perfor-mance and master classes.Horticulture Centre of the Pacific – Enriches the community by sharing the beauty and joy of gardening and by demonstrating the importance of plant diversity through education, demonstra-tion, stewardship and community partnerships.KidSport Greater Victoria – Ensure that kids from low-income families can participate in sports by assisting with registration fees for a “season of sport.”Pacific Centre Family Services Association – Provides education, counselling and creative program-

ming to encourage healthy pat-terns of living. Pacific Salmon Foundation – Supports grassroots, volunteer and community-driven projects focused on the conservation and recovery of Pacific salmon.Rocky Point Bird Observatory – Monitors bird populations and provides community education, public presentations and events such as International Migratory Bird Day.Saanich Volunteer Services Soci-ety – Provides non-medical ser-vices that help Saanich residents live independently.Salt Spring Island Conservancy – Helps the community preserve natural habitats on Salt Spring Island and in surrounding waters through public education and by holding conservation covenants.Together Against Poverty Society – Provides free, face-to-face legal advocacy for people regarding income assistance, disability ben-efits and tenancy issues.Victoria Cool Aid Society – Pro-vides a wide range of services for

adults who are homeless or in need of help, including supported housing, emergency shelter, men-tal health and employment ser-vices, and the Downtown Commu-nity Centre. Victoria Film Festival – Aims to expose youth and adults to a broad range of cultural, artistic and philosophical ideas and life-styles through the presentation of film, video and new media.Victoria READ Society – Helps children, youth and adults gain literacy and essential skills, includ-ing reading, writing and mathemat-ics.Victoria Women’s Sexual Assault Centre – Provides services to assist individuals to heal from sexualized violence, including a 24-hour crisis line, criminal justice support, individual and group counseling, advocacy and out-reach, and community education.Victoria Women’s Transition House – Provides emergency shel-ter services and counselling to abused women and their children.

Victoria Foundation to host 75-Hour GivingChallenge to support 15 local charities

Challenge Participants

From left to right: approximately 3,000 birds are banded by volunteers from the Rocky Point Bird Observatory each year; Olympian Simon Whitfield warms up runnersparticipating in the Thrifty Foods Kids Run at the Victoria Marathon, the primary fundraiser for KidSport Greater Victoria; Helen Simpson, the late co-founder of theFamily Caregivers Network, is seen here with her daughter Pat; amphibian biologist Kristiina Ovaska taking samples for the Salt Spring Island Conservancy (this photo by Robin Annschild). These four non-profit organizations are among 15 participating in the 75-Hour Giving Challenge Nov. 15 – 18.

You have 75 hours to make a difference, Victoria.Are you up for the challenge?

From 9:00 a.m. Nov. 15 to noon Nov. 18, you’re invited to help celebrate the Victoria Foundation’s 75th anniversary. We’ve put up a 75-thousand dollar challenge fund and when you donate to a participating charity your generosity gets a boost from the fund. What can we do together in 75 hours? Come on Victoria, let’s rise to the challenge!

The Victoria Foundation: 75 years of connecting people who care with causes that matter.TM Learn more at www.victoriafoundation.bc.ca or call 250 381-5532

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Kevin Sundher followed up the announcement of his inclusion in the 2011 Super Series with an explosive six-goal weekend.

The Royals’ assistant captain will play for Team WHL ver-sus Team Russia in Regina on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

It’s the fifth of six games between CHL teams and Team Russia, which will conclude

Thursday, Nov. 17 in Moose Jaw.The announcement came last

Thursday (Oct. 27), and just may have sparked Sundher as he exploded for six goals and one assist in two games against the Seattle Thunderbirds over the

weekend. The Royals lost to the Thunderbirds in a 4-3 shootout on Friday and bounced back with a 7-3 win on Saturday at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.

Four of Sundher’s goals came in Saturday’s win, a five-point effort

that pushed the assistant cap-tain atop all WHL scorers with 11 goals and 21 assists for 32 points in 17 games.

The Royals host the Vancouver Giants Friday (Nov. 4) and Satur-day at 7:05 p.m.


It’s all laughs now, but a month ago the Victoria Grizzlies’ dress-ing room wasn’t a place for happy banter.

The Grizzlies (9-8) are on the road this weekend for another three-games-in-three-nights against conference opponents: tonight (Nov. 4) versus the Sur-rey Eagles (8-4-2), Saturday at the Langley Rivermen (5-10) and Sunday at the Coquitlam Express (5-6-2).

The Grizzlies may have slowed down a notch, losing to the Nanaimo Clippers 7-3 on Tuesday, but Victoria’s BCHL team is still on a roll with nine wins in the past 12 games.

It’ll take more than a hangup with a rival team to shake the Grizzlies, said coach Len Barrie.

The players are now able to talk about their five-game win-less streak to start the season as a blip that’s completely behind them.

“It was tough coming to the rink (to start) but the team keeps coming together,” captain Sean Robertson said.

“We just can’t get too high.”Robertson is in his fifth and

final year of junior A hockey, hav-ing started full time as a 16-year-old in 2007-08.

At 0-5 to start the season, Bar-rie and general manager Vic Gervais admit there were trade offers for Robertson. Neither the coaches or the captain were inter-ested.

“There were options but (Rob-ertson) told me he wanted to stay. He’s one of the reasons we

got this turned around,” Barrie said.

“The goal tending wasn’t there to start the year but our guys are competing hard and that’s one of the biggest differences right now.”

Barrie also pointed to Friday’s 3-2 loss in Nanaimo as his team’s best game of the year, leading to a 5-2 win on Saturday over the Express and a 2-0 win over the Rivermen at home on Sunday.

Backup goalie Garrett Rockafel-low made 34 saves for the shut-out over the Rivermen, just his second win in eight games this season.

“Everything clicked that game,” he said.

Despite Jamie Tucker owning the starting role, Rockafellow has seen plenty of minutes to start

the season, and Barrie is happy with the 18-year-old’s progress so far.

“He’s our guy for next year, we’re expecting him to be the starter and earn a Div.1 scholar-ship.”

Following his tour of NCAA schools last week, Wes Myron

committed to the Boston Uni-versity Terriers for next season. That makes the Grizzlies’ top two centres property of the Terriers with Massachusetts import Mike Moran also headed there next year.

Former Grizzlies forward Justin Courtnall is currently an assistant captain in his third year with the Terriers.

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Kevin Sundher followed up the announcement of his inclusion in the 2011 Super Series with an explosive six-goal weekend.

The Royals’ assistant captain will play for Team WHL ver-sus Team Russia in Regina on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

It’s the fifth of six games between CHL teams and Team Russia, which will conclude

Thursday, Nov. 17 in Moose Jaw.The announcement came last

Thursday (Oct. 27), and just may have sparked Sundher as he exploded for six goals and one assist in two games against the Seattle Thunderbirds over the

weekend. The Royals lost to the Thunderbirds in a 4-3 shootout on Friday and bounced back with a 7-3 win on Saturday at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.

Four of Sundher’s goals came in Saturday’s win, a five-point effort

that pushed the assistant cap-tain atop all WHL scorers with 11 goals and 21 assists for 32 points in 17 games.

The Royals host the Vancouver Giants Friday (Nov. 4) and Satur-day at 7:05 p.m.


It’s all laughs now, but a month ago the Victoria Grizzlies’ dress-ing room wasn’t a place for happy banter.

The Grizzlies (9-8) are on the road this weekend for another three-games-in-three-nights against conference opponents: tonight (Nov. 4) versus the Sur-rey Eagles (8-4-2), Saturday at the Langley Rivermen (5-10) and Sunday at the Coquitlam Express (5-6-2).

The Grizzlies may have slowed down a notch, losing to the Nanaimo Clippers 7-3 on Tuesday, but Victoria’s BCHL team is still on a roll with nine wins in the past 12 games.

It’ll take more than a hangup with a rival team to shake the Grizzlies, said coach Len Barrie.

The players are now able to talk about their five-game win-less streak to start the season as a blip that’s completely behind them.

“It was tough coming to the rink (to start) but the team keeps coming together,” captain Sean Robertson said.

“We just can’t get too high.”Robertson is in his fifth and

final year of junior A hockey, hav-ing started full time as a 16-year-old in 2007-08.

At 0-5 to start the season, Bar-rie and general manager Vic Gervais admit there were trade offers for Robertson. Neither the coaches or the captain were inter-ested.

“There were options but (Rob-ertson) told me he wanted to stay. He’s one of the reasons we

got this turned around,” Barrie said.

“The goal tending wasn’t there to start the year but our guys are competing hard and that’s one of the biggest differences right now.”

Barrie also pointed to Friday’s 3-2 loss in Nanaimo as his team’s best game of the year, leading to a 5-2 win on Saturday over the Express and a 2-0 win over the Rivermen at home on Sunday.

Backup goalie Garrett Rockafel-low made 34 saves for the shut-out over the Rivermen, just his second win in eight games this season.

“Everything clicked that game,” he said.

Despite Jamie Tucker owning the starting role, Rockafellow has seen plenty of minutes to start

the season, and Barrie is happy with the 18-year-old’s progress so far.

“He’s our guy for next year, we’re expecting him to be the starter and earn a Div.1 scholar-ship.”

Following his tour of NCAA schools last week, Wes Myron

committed to the Boston Uni-versity Terriers for next season. That makes the Grizzlies’ top two centres property of the Terriers with Massachusetts import Mike Moran also headed there next year.

Former Grizzlies forward Justin Courtnall is currently an assistant captain in his third year with the Terriers.

[email protected]

Sundher follows Team WHL with six goal weekend

Grizzlies try to stay hot on the road

Sharon Tiffin/News staff

Victoria Grizzlies Mike Sandor keepes his eye on the puck after Langley Rivermen goalie James Barr leaves a rebound at Bear Mountain Arena. The Grizz won the match shutting out the visiting Rivermen 2-0.

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A talented core of players has the St. Andrew’s Sabres boys soccer team looking for a provincial championship in Kamloops today (Nov. 4) and tomorrow.

St. Andrew’s won the Island single A boys championships in Port Hardy last week. But the closest the boys team has come in the provincial A finals was in 2009 when they hosted and lost to St. John Brebeuf.

To win the Islands last week, the Sabres defeated host Port Hardy 5-0

and Port Alice’s North Island secondary 6-0 in the Island final.

Giordano de Paolis (Grade 12) scored three and Tarnvir Bhandal (Grade 11) scored the other two against Port Hardy. Against North Island the Sabres got two goals from Bhandal, two from Sahail Virk (Grade 10) and one each from de Paolis and Leo Falzon (Grade 12).Goalkeepers Sheldon Donaldson (Grade 12) and James Saville (Grade 11) posted the shutouts.

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Michael Kim of St. Andrew’s duels Nick Gachter of North Island secondary in the boys A Island final at Port Hardy.


GNS’s Mattias Murray-Hemphill, centre, tries to break through Claremont’s Daniel Knappett, left, and Parm Johal at UVic on Tuesday.

Kettlebellers on podiumVictoria athlete Linda Gilmour is the

World Kettlebell Lifting champion.Gilmour competed in the women’s

12-kilograms kettlebell biathlon event (jerks and snatches) at the World Kettle-bell Club championship in Chicago, Ill., on Oct. 29.

Gilmour is a kettlebell trainer and competitor from Victoria Kettlebell. She won her category doing 85 jerks and 80 snatches. She’s also the coach of Chris-tine Boyd, who competed in the same event and weight class and won bronze with 85 jerks and 61 snatches.

In May of 2012 Gilmour will help host a World Kettlebell Club event in Victoria. Visit www.worldkettlebellclub.com for more information.

Vic LAX players representLacrosse midfielder Jesse King is the

lone representative from the Greater Vic-toria region on the 50-player short list for Canada’s U19 men’s national team.

King plays junior A box lacrosse for the Victoria Shamrocks and is a field lacrosse rookie with the Ohio State Buckeyes. If he makes it through the selection camp in Oshawa, Ont., from Nov. 24 to 27, King will join Team Canada at the U19 World Championships, to be held in Finland in 2012.

King graduated from Claremont sec-ondary, home to current girls field lacrosse star Aicia Archer. Playing for the Burnaby Mountain Selects 2011 girls’ high school team, Archer recently toured Seattle while competing in an exhibition series.

Archer will compete for the Burnaby Selects at an NCAA recruiting tourna-ment, the Sand Storm Lacrosse Festival in Palm Springs, Calif., on Jan. 14 and 15.

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Sabres top A Islands in Port Hardy

Lions, Gryphons will duel for city soccer championship

Golden generations only come around so often. With 14 players in their grad year, Glenlyon Norfolk School’s soccer dynasty is about to end.

The Gryphons senior boys soc-cer team will make its third straight appearance in the Colonist Cup, the city’s high school boys soc-cer championship. GNS edged the Claremont Spartans 1-0 in the semifinals at UVic on Tuesday. The Lambrick Park Lions defeated the Oak Bay Bays in the other semifinal, which needed a 10-round penalty kick shootout to settle a 1-1 tie.

A date still has to be decided for the Gryphons and Lions final at UVic’s Centennial Stadium, likely the week of Nov. 14.

When the Gryphons moved to AA

from A this year they were immedi-ately considered a favourite to win that Lower Island division. But Lam-brick Park beat them, going 10-0 on the season, and are so far the only team to defeat GNS in regulation.

“You could say we’re the favou-rite,” Lions coach Steve Legg said. “Our team is without (metro) play-ers. It’s one with lots of heart, skill and work ethic.”

Goalie Jesse Hodges perservered for the Lions in the 7-6 shootout win over Oak Bay, with David Rivera scoring the penalty winner. Jyotish Khanna scored the winner for GNS over Claremont.

St. Michaels hosts the AA Islands, Nov. 8-9 and Dover Bay hosts the AAA Islands Nov. 7-8.

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4X4TWDY202T130719Owner B. Schroeder

1992 JEEP WRANGLER2J4FY19P3NJ532261

Owner J. Henryto cover costs

incurred. To be sold at 647B Dupplin Rd,

Victoria, BC between 10am-2pmOctober 26, 2011.

PERSONALS

HOT GUYS! HOT CHAT! HOT FUN! Try Free! Call 250-220-3334 or 800-777-8000.www.interactivemale.com

TRAVEL

GETAWAYS

ITALY- VILLAGE house in beautiful central Italy for rent. Call Anita 250-655-4030.

INFORMATION

CHILDREN

CHILDCARE AVAILABLE

INFANT & Toddler Childcare. High quality programs. Early Childhood Educators. Money back guarantee. www.jolly-giant.ca. Call today. 250-474-8949

WCHILDCARE ANTED

LOOKING FOR Childcare all day for a 3 yr old boy as well as before and afterschool care for a 7 yr old boy. Must be re-liable as well as have your own transportation. Please call 250-999-6474.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

ATTN: UPHOLSTERERS AND MARINE CANVAS FAB-RICATORS - BE YOUR OWN BOSS!! Don’t miss the oppor-tunity to own this profi table, turn key business on Vancou-ver Island. See our ad at: & http://www.businesssellcana-da.com/12622001.htm

LOOKING FOR Avon Reps. Be your own boss. Earn extra money, work from home. Call 250-386-0070 to learn more.

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

Courses Starting Now!Get certifi ed in 13 weeks

12160 - 88th Ave Sry. BC1.888.546.2886

Visit: www.lovecars.ca

INFORMATION

HELP WANTED

Alberta earthmoving company requires a Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic. You will work in a modern shop and also have mechanics truck for fi eld work. The job is at Edson, Alberta. We require that you have experience on Cat crawl-ers and or Deere excavators. Call Lloyd at (780)723-5051.

ON-CALL WORKERS re-quired for newspaper fl yer in-sertion Tuesday, Wednesday and/or Thursdays. $10.23 per hour. Evenings 5pm to 1am. Also occasional 9am to 5pm shifts available. No experience required. Please apply in per-son between 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday at Gold-stream Press (Island Publish-ers). #200-770 Enterprise Crescent.

THE LEMARE GROUP is currently seeking:• Chaser• Hook Tender• Off Highway Logging Truck Driver• Boom Man• Loader Operator• Hoe Chucker• Heavy Duty Mechanic• 2nd Loader Bucker manAll positions are camp-based for the Northern Vancouver Island area. Full time, union wages. Fax resumes to :250-956-4888 or email offi [email protected].

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

We are still hiring - Dozer & excavator operators required by a busy Alberta oilfi eld con-struction company. We require operators that are experienced and preference will be given to operators that have construct-ed oilfi eld roads and drilling locations. You will be provided with motels and restaurant meals. Competitive wages, bonus and transportation daily to and from job sites. Our work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Call 780-723-5051.

OINCOME PPORTUNITY

Secret Shoppers Wanted! Earn $$$ While You Shop!

We seek Shoppers for well paying survey jobs. You can earn money while shopping. It’s a stress free part time job which won’t disturb your present work; also if unem-ployed you can work it as a full time job. Interested applicants should refer all resumes/appli-cations to our email: [email protected]

TRADES, TECHNICAL

EXPERIENCED Machinist needed for a busy shop in Penticton. Must be able to weld and line bore in ad-dition to machining. Contact us at: (250)492-2412 or [email protected]

PERSONAL SERVICES

EDUCATION/TUTORING

IN-HOME TUTORING All Grades, All Subjects.

Tutor Doctor. 250-386-9333

FINANCIAL SERVICES

$10 MILLION AVAILABLE for Land Purchase/Development and Joint Ventures. Management Consulting and Business Plan services. Call 1-866-402-6464.

NEED CASH TODAY?

✓ Do you Own a Car?✓ Borrow up to $20000.00✓ No Credit Checks!✓ Cash same day, local offi ce

www.REALCARCASH.com250-244-1560

1.877.304.7344

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

www.pioneerwest.com

HELP WANTED

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

HELP WANTED

WE’RE ON THE WEB

PERSONAL SERVICES

LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD?Guaranteed Record Removal

since 1989. Confi dential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating

assures EMPLOYMENT &TRAVEL FREEDOM.

Call for FREE INFO. BOOKLET1-8-NOW-PARDON(1-866-972-7366)

RemoveYourRecord.com

PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

DIGITAL PHOTO retouch, ed-iting, add/remove objects/peo-ple. Tribute posters, home mo-vies to CD/DVD. 250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com

PETS

PET CARE SERVICES

GET MY LEASH Dog Walking At Get My Leash, I providepersonalized care & exercisefor your beloved dogs. Call Lisa @ 250-419-3006 orwww.getmyleash.comfor a free consultation.

HELP WANTED

GARAGE SALES

CEDAR HILL Sat, Nov 5, 10am-2:30pm

16 stall Annual BazaarJewellery, Linens, Books, “Good as new” items, Toys, Christmas store, Internation-al treasures, Handbags, etc. Thrift Shop open (inclds white elephant, china, & garage sale). Lunch. ATM on site. St. Aidan’s Churchnear Richmond at Cedar Hill X Road.

GARAGE SALES

SELLING WATKINS products every Sunday, 9am-3pm at Langford Indoor Market, 679 Goldstream Ave or call 250-217-8480, Free delivery.

Garage SalesGarage Sales

ALL YOU NEED IN PRINT AND ONLINE

bcclassifi ed.com

CONNECTING JOB SEEKERS AND EMPLOYERS

www.bcjobnetwork.com

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PETS

TOY FOX Terrier, 28 mos. Reg’d male, all shots + ac-cess’s, $750, 1-250-932-8426

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

APPLIANCES

WANTED: CLEAN fridge’s, upright freezers, 24” stoves, portable dishwashers, less than 15 yrs old. McFarland In-dustries, (250)885-4531.

BUILDING SUPPLIES

METAL ROOFING & siding sales. Seconds avail. Custom roof Flashings. 250-544-3106.

UNDER $300

TRAMPOLINE, SAFETY sur-round, $300 obo. Basket ball hoop, $20 obo.(250)656-6832.

FRIENDLY FRANK

2 OIL electric heaters (digital), new, 1500 watts, $40. each. Call 250-381-4180.

3-SEATER SOFA, $65. Cof-fee table, glass top, $25. (250)881-8133.

6 LARGE Spider Plants- $2/each. 250-652-4199.

ANTIQUE RESTING chair, from CPR Royal Alexander Hotel in Winnipeg, $25. Call 250-727-9425.

DOWNFILLED SOFA sacrifi ce $99. Call (250)721-9798

LARGE LITTLE Tykes Table 2 chairs, $35. Fish Tank, 10g+ more. $40. 250-544-4322.

LEG MAGIC exercise equip. w/ DVD, $50 obo. Small GE TV, $20 obo. (250)477-3370

PEACH DRAPES- lined, $99. 250-598-1265.

SMALL TRUNK, lock and key, $50. fi rm. 250-595-6734.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

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

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords, fast delivery. Help restore your for-est, Burndrywood.com or 1-877-902-WOOD.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

FURNITURE, MATTRESS Sale, Up to 50% OFF. No HST on Tools & Hdwe. BUY & SAVE 9818 4th St., Sidney. buyandsave.ca Visa, M/C

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

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

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

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

REAL ESTATE

COMMERCIAL /INDUSTRIAL

GROUND fl oor retail space for lease Ganges, Salt Spring Island - Grace Point Square. Visit our web-site saltspringisland.net or contact Matt Barr at [email protected].

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSESDamaged House?

Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale?

We will Buy your HouseQuick Cash & Private.Mortgage Too High and

House won’t sell?Can’t make payments?

We will Lease Your House,Make your Payments

and Buy it Later!

Call: 1-250-616-9053www.webuyhomesbc.com

MORTGAGES

Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refi -nances, immediate debt con-solidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.

Call 1888-685-6181www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE SERVICES

SAVE ON COMMISSIONSell your home for $6900

or 1% plus $900 feesFULL MLS SERVICE!

CALL: 250-727-8437Jasmine Parsonswww.jasmineparsons.comOne Percent Realty V.I.

SELL IT FAST WITH CLASSIFIEDS!

250.388.3535

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

ESQUIMALT (NEAR Naden), 1 & 2 bdrm suites, avail immed, on bus route, near shopping, clean & quiet. Start-ing at $700. 250-385-2004.

MALAHAT 1 & 2 Bdrms- Panoramic views. Serene & secure. All amenities on-site, fi rewood. $700-$1200 inclu-sive. Monthly/Weekly. Pets ok with refs. 25 min commute to downtown Victoria. Must have references. 250-478-9231.

COTTAGES

DEEP COVE: cozy 1bdrm, wood fl oors, acreage skylights $950 cat ok ns. 250-858-6511

SAANICHTON SMALL 1 bdrm cottage. References req’d. $750 inclusive. No pets. Avail immed. 250-652-3345.

SOOKE- TINY 1 bdrm cabin, full bath, W/D, lrg back yrd, close to bus. N/S, cat ok. $600+ utils. (250)415-7991.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

SAXE POINT- 1 bdrm & den in 3-plex, W/D. N/S pet ok, near park & bus. $850. Equi-tex, (250)386-6071.

SIDNEY, 3 BR, RECENTLY reno’d, garage, fenced yard, great location. Available now $1350. Dean 250-857-2210

RENTALS

APARTMENTS FURNISHED

SIDNEY: FURNISHED Deluxe suite, newer. Walk to ocean & town. All incl. 250-656-8080.

HOMES FOR RENT

SIDNEY- 3 Bdrm Rancher. Complete Reno. 1 bath, 1056sq ft fl at cul-de-sac lot. NS/NP. $1,600. Lease. Firm Management, 250-544-2300.

WHY RENT when you can own? 0% down; $1600/mo. Call 250-360-1929 Binab Strasser - Re/Max Alliance.

ROOMS FOR RENT

SENIOR LADY in Vic West, furn’d room, $455 incls utils, cable, local phone, small appli-ances, parking, park nearby. No cooking. 250-380-1575.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

GOLDSTREAM, (SINGLE) 1400sq ft, furn., deck & yard, lndry, hi-def TV, own bath. $650 inclusive. (250)884-0091

SUITES, LOWER

COLWOOD 1-BDRM Bright ground-level. Utils incld, cat ok, N/S. $825. 250-478-4418

GLANFORD. IMMED. 1100 sq.ft. 2 bdrm, lower, bright. Reno’d kitch, bdrm closet. W/D, full bath, storage. Quiet, priv. entr., sm yrd. Near bus, amens. NS/NP. $1050. ht, hw, hydro. Refs. 250-704-0197.

LANGFORD. BRIGHT, new 1 bdrm. Lvl entry. W/D, NS/NP. $800. incl. utils (250)220-8750

SIDNEY- 2 bdrm bsmt suite, 1 bath, priv ent, $1100 utils incl, Nov 15. NS/NP. 250-665-6987

TRIANGLE MTN. Large 1 bdrm. Laundry, new SS appl’s. NS/NP. $900. inclds utils, cbl, phone, internet. 250-474-6469

TOWNHOUSES

SIDNEY, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 2 story townhome, F/S, D/W, close to beach & town, N/S, small pet neg, avail Nov. 1, $1300. Call 250-208-4894.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

AUTO SERVICES

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

CASH PAIDFOR ALL VEHICLES in

all conditions in all locations

250-885-1427Call us fi rst & last, we pay the highest fair price for all

dead & dying vehicles.Don’t get pimped, junked or

otherwise chumped!

BEATERS UNDER $1000

CARS

$50-$1000 CASHFor scrap

vehicleFREE

Tow away

858-5865

TRANSPORTATION

SPORTS & IMPORTS

2005 Mercedes Benz SL55AMG Kompressor AMG SportPackage, 5.5 litre V-8, 493HP. Hardtop retractable roof,31,000 km. Online auctionnow: www.bcacuction.ca. Info:250-952-5003

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

SCRAP BATTERIES WantedWe buy scrap batteries fromcars, trucks & heavy equip.$4.00 & up each. Free pick-upanywhere in BC, Minimum 10.Toll Free 1.877.334.2288.

VTRUCKS & ANS

$0-$1000 CASH For Junk Cars/Trucks Will tow away any car or truck in 45 mins. FREE!

TowPimp.com 250-588-7172

toll free 1-888-588-7172

HANDICAPPED VAN- modi-fi ed for wheel chair passenger.For more info, (250)478-4476.

MARINE

BOATS

$$$ BOATS Wanted. Any size. Cash buyer. Also trailersand outboards. 250-544-2628.

SERVICE DIRECTORYwww.bcclassified.com 250.388.3535

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

ABSOLUTELY THE BEST! New, reno’s, historical, decks, driveways, etc. WCB/Member of BBB. John, 250-658-2656.

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

INSTCARPET ALLATION

DARCY’S CARPET & LINO. Install, repairs, laminate, re-stretch, 35 yrs. 250-478-0883.

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

ALL YOU NEED IN PRINT AND ONLINE www.bcclassifi ed.com


CLEANING SERVICES

2 HARD working reliable la-dies. Reg cleans & Xmas cleans. Call 250-514-5105.

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

MALTA HOUSECLEANING. BBB. Best rates. Residen-tial/Comm. 250-388-0278

NEED HELP cleaning your house? Call Dorothy at (250)478-8940.

COMPUTER SERVICES

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

COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites and more. Call 250-886-8053.

CONTRACTORS


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


DRYWALL

AARON’S RENO’S Drywall, taping, texture. Insured/bond-ed. Free est. 250-880-0525.

MALTA DRYWALL & Paint-ing. Residential/Commercial. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193. QUALITY Electric. Reno’s plus. Visa ac-cepted. Small jobs ok. #22779

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

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

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $35/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

WATTS ON ELECTRIC, Resi-dential, Commercial, Renova-tions. #100213. 250-418-1611.

VAEXCA TING & DRAINAGE

BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini ex-cavator & bob cat services. Call 250-478-8858.


FENCING

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

MALTA FENCING & DECKS. BBB member. Best rates. Please call (250)388-0278.

FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS

QUALITY INSTALLATIONS of Hardwood, Laminate & Tile. Insured, bonded, guaranteed!Call 250-884-5171 or online atshowroomdesignworks.com

FURNITURE REFINISHING

FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & deliv-ery. References available. 250-475-1462.

GARDENING

10% OFF! Fall Cleanups, Pruning, Hedge & Shrub Trim-ming. Hauling. 250-479-6495.

250-208-8535 WOODCHUCK: specialize; tree pruning, hedg-es, tree & stump removal, fall clean-up, hauling, power washing. 23yrs exp. WCB.


GARDENING

AURICLE LAWNS- Fall aera-tion & fertilize, hedges, irriga-tion blow-out, bulbs. 882-3129

COMPLETE PROPERTY maintenance programs. Monthly, weekly visits. Yard Cleanup pros. (250)885-8513.

DPM SERVICES: lawn/gard, cleanups, pruning, hedges, landscapes, irrigation, pwr washing, gutters 15yrs. 250-883-8141.

GARDEN OVERGROWN? Big cleanups our specialty Complete garden maint. Call 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

PREPARATION FOR Fall, Winter & Spring. Professional garden & landscape services. Maintenance, design & instal-lations. Call (250)474-4373.


GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

DIAMOND DAVE Gutter cleaning, gutter guard, power washing, roof de-mossing. Call 250-889-5794.

GUTTER CLEANING, repairs, de-mossing. Windows, power washing. 250-478-6323.

GUTTER CLEANING. Re-pairs, Maintenance, Gutter-guard, Leaf traps. Grand Xteri-or Cleaning Services. WCB Insured. Call 250-380-7778.

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter cleaning, repairs, up-grades. FALL SPECIALS! WCB, Free est. 250-881-2440.

V.I.P. GUTTER Cleaning. Gutter guards, all exterior, power washing, roof de-moss-ing, spray, windows. Package deals! Insured. (250)507-6543

WE SWEEP your roof, clean your gutters & remove your waste. Fair prices. Insured. Fred, (250)514-5280.

WE’RE ON THE WEB


GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

Winter is coming, time to call & book your

gutter cleaning! Rob: 250-882-3134

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HANDYPERSONS

Aroundthehouse.caALL, Repairs & Renovations

Ben 250-884-6603

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

BEETLES RESIDENTIALRenovations Ltd. Bathrooms,decks, painting, landscapingand handyman services. Fullyinsured and guaranteed. Freeestimates. Call 250-889-4245.

RENO MEN. Ref’s. Senior’s Discount. BBB. Free Esti-mates. Call 250-885-9487.Photos: happyhandyman.co

MALTA HANDYMAN. BBB member. Best rates. Pleasecall (250)388-0278.

Time for a

NEW car?

SELL YOUR CAR... FAST!

250.388.3535

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HANDYPERSONS

SENIOR HANDYMAN- Household repairs. Will assist do-it yourselfers. Fred, 250-888-5345.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

250-217-0062GARDEN CITY GREEN

Hauling & Recyclejunkremovalvictoria.com

HOME IMPROVEMENTS


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.

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

✭BUBBA’’S HAULING✭ Honest & on time. Demolition, construction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, topsoil, mulch), garden waste removal, mini excavator, bob cat service.(250)478-8858.

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

HOME IMPROVEMENTS


HAULING AND SALVAGE


HOME IMPROVEMENTS


IFIX HANDYMAN Services. Household repairs and reno-vations. Free estimates. Call Denis at 250-634-8086 or email: denisifi [email protected]

MALTA DRAIN Tiles. Replace and Repair. BBB member, best rates. (250)388-0278.

MALTA HOUSE Renos & Re-pairs. BBB member. Best rates. (250)388-0278.

RENOS BY Don, 25 yrs exp. New, renos, repairs, decks, fencing, bathrooms, kitchens. Senior discounts. Licensed, Insured, WCB, 250-588-1545.

INSULATION

MALTA BLOWN insulation & batting. Removal. Best rates. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

BILL’S MASONRY. Brick, tiles, pavers. All masonry & F/P repairs. Chimney re-point-ing. 250-478-0186.

C.B.S. Masonry Brick, Stone, Concrete, Paving, Chimneys, Sidewalks, Patios, Repair, Re-place, Re-build, Renew. “Quality is our Guarantee” Free Est’s & Competitive Pric-es. (250)294-9942, 589-9942 www.cbsmasonry.com


MASONRY & BRICKWORK

WESTSHORE STONEWORKS Custom Stonework. Patios & Walkways. (250)857-7442.

& MOVING STORAGE

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.

MALTA MOVING. Best Rates. BBB Member. Residential/ Commercial. (250)388-0278.

PAINTING

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

Peacock Painting

250-652-2255250-882-2254

WRITTENGUARANTEE

Budget Compliance15% SENIORS DISCOUNT


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.

KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICES- Repair, mainte-nance & install. 250-360-7663.

PRICED BY the job. No sur-prises. Guaranteed. 25 yrs, 2nd generation Master Plum-ber. 778-922-0334 Visa/MC.

PLASTERING

PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, old world texturing, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-642-5178.

PRESSURE WASHING

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

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

FOUR 12 ROOFING Licensed insured. BBB member. Re-roof new construction. 250-216- 7923. www.four12roofi ng.com

SHORELINE ROOFING. Re-roofi ng specialist. WCB/BBB member. Quality & satisfaction guaranteed. 250-413-7967.shorelineroofi [email protected]


RUBBISH REMOVAL

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

STUCCO/SIDING

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-642-5178.

TILING

A1. SHAWN The Tile Guy- Res/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos.250-686-6046

TILES, GRANITE & glassblocks. (250)384-1132 or(250)213-9962.

TREE SERVICES

LOCAL TREE CO. 30 yrs exp.Bucket truck, chipper. We buylogs. Insured. (250)883-2911.

UPHOLSTERY

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

WINDOW CLEANING

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, SweepingRoofs, Pressure Washing,Roof Demossing. Call 250-361-6190.

GLEAMING WINDOWS Gut-ters+De-moss, Pwr Wash. 18yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.

SERVICE DIRECTORYwww.bcclassified.com 250.388.3535

Crossword

Today’s Answers

Copyright © 2011 by Penny Press

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memory of

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Today’s Solution

Sudoku

Remember no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

To solve a Sudoku puzzle,every number 1 to 9must appear in:• Each of the nine vertical columns• Each of the nine horizontal rows• Each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes

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205-1223 Johnson St., $325,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesMurray Clodge 250-818-6146 pg. 5

105-330 Waterfront, $510,000Sunday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodRuth Stark 250 477-1100 pg. 14

404-1012 Collinson, $279,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRoxanne Brass 250-744-3301 pg. 41

301-1665 Oak Bay Ave, $279,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422

1012 Gillespie PlSaturday 12-1:30Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyDinara Talalaeva, 250 384-7663

101-75 Songhees, $698,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 12

780 Johnson, $419,000Daily noon -5 Sotheby’s International RealtyScott Piercy, 250-812-7212 pg. 13

6-407 William, $737,000Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesRichard Gadoury, 778-977-2600 pg. 20

1465 Bay StSaturday & Sunday 1-3Coldwell Banker Slegg RealtyJohn Byrne, 250-383-1500 pg. 19

304-1593 Begbie, $289,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyColin Holliday-Scott, 250-384-7663 pg. 6

604-75 Songhees, $710,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 15

102-1519 Hillside, $319,900Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyBarbara Walker 250 592-4422 pg. 8

102-640 Montreal, $499,900Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 14

114-10 Paul Kane, $589,000Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdKevin Sing 250 477-7291 pg. 17

3-277 Michigan, $549,000Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 12

503-1030 Yates St, $429,900Sunday 2-3:30Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey, 250-391-1893

111-1619 Morrison, $218,000Sunday 11-1Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDavid Stevens, 250-893-1016 pg. 43

4-797 Tyee Rd, $309,900Saturday 12-2Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 19

402-1366 Hillside, $220,500Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesMichael Luyt, 250-216-7547 pg. 19

2586 Blackwood, $465,000Sunday 1-3Macdonald RealtyScott Garman 250 896-7099 pg. 20

807-620 Toronto, $249,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdDorothee Friese 250 477-7291 pg. 14

309 Kingston, $769,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real EstateCassie Kangas 250 477-7291 pg. 20

3-828 Rupert TerraceSaturday & Sunday 1-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalMurray Lawson 250 385-9814 pg. 11

2-1012 Terrace, $379,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtySylvia Therrien, 250-385-2033 pg. 18

1035 SutlejSaturday & Sunday 2-4Newport RealtySylvia Therrien, 250-385-2033 pg. 11

302-1110 Oscar, $349,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdBill Carnegie 250 474-6003 pg. 15

501-1204 Fairfi eld Rd, $629,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyRobert Buckle 250 385-2033 pg. 14

126-75 Songhees, $979,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 14

#31-416 Dallas Rd., $545,000Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyMarie Blender, 250-385-2033 pg. 18

451 Durban, $629,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdDebbie Hargreaves 250 384-8124 pg. 20

924B Richmond, $475,000Sunday 3-5Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara 250 384-8124 pg. 6

401-1040 Southgate $359,888Saturday 11-1Re/Max CamosunTracy Fozzard 250 744-3301 pg. 15

311 Kingston, $869,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real EstateCassie Kangas 250 477-7291 pg. 20

502-250 Douglas, $399,000Sunday 1-3Newport RealtyMarie Blender, 250-385-2033 pg. 18

13-949 Pemberton, $499,000Sunday 2-4Duttons & Co Real Estate pg. 1

302-2747 Quadra, $228,900Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalRosemarie Colterman 250 384-7663 pg. 10

407-380 WaterfrontSunday 1-3Boorman Real EstateMichael Boorman 250 595-1535 pg. 18

304-1519 Hillside, $325,000Saturday & Sunday 2:30-4:30SmartMove Real EstateIan Jules, 250-380-6683 pg. 19

3238 HarrietSunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBill Bird 250 655-0608 pg. 25

2314 Richmond, $464,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunMark Rice, 250 588-2339 pg. 20

310 Robertson St, $629,900Saturday 1-4Pemberton HolmesRichard Gadoury, 778-977-2600 pg. 20

71 Government St, $489,000Sunday 3-5Century 21 Queenswood RealtyAnke Venema, 250 477-1100 pg. 20

105-636 Montreal, $599,000Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 14

408-1630 Quadra StSaturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunShane King, 250-661-4277 pg. 15

519 William StSaturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunLeslie Manson 250 744-3301 pg. 41

2-1968 Fairfi eld, $679,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyRichard Severs 250 216-3178 pg. 18

307-797 Tyee Rd., $299,900Saturday 11-1Re/Max CamosunShane King, 250-661-4277 pg. 19

305-75 Songhees, $625,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 14

1652 Cyril Close, $729,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalDave Lynn 250 592-4422 pg. 20

1637 Pembroke St, $499,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesPaul Whitney, 250-889-2883 pg. 19

2205 Victor, $439,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyLaurie Abram 250 385-2033 pg. 19

302-105 Gorge Rd E, $299,000Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalDave Lynn 250 592-4422 pg. 18

2094 Quimper, $669,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 21

2031 McNeill, $799,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJerry Mireau, 250-384-8124 pg. 22

2434 Cadboro Bay Rd, $649,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422

2090 Lorne, $769,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyDavid Harvey 250-385-2033 pg. 21

412-2100 Granite St, $239,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyShaunna Jones, 250-888-4628

1001 Foul Bay Rd, $860,000Saturday 2-4Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith 250 388-5882 pg. 21

2184 Windsor Rd., $649,000Sunday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunDaniel Clover 250 507-5459 pg. 43

2492 McNeill, $684,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalPat Meadows, 250-592-4422 pg. 21

2180 Cranleigh, $624,900Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 21

303-1400 Newport, $259,000Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyLorraine Williams, 250-216-3317 pg. 22

3520 Upper Terrace, $939,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyLuisa Celis, 250-477-1100 pg. 21

2511 Cranmore, $739,000Saturday 11-1Re/Max CamosunRoxanne Brass 250-744-3301 pg. 41

3362 Henderson, $799,900Sunday 2-4Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 36

304-2210 Cadboro Bay, $389,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyAvtar Kroad, 250-592-4422 pg. 5

687 Island, $1,189,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyPatricia Parkins, 250-385-2033 pg. 22

103-101 Nursery Hill, $329,900Saturday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808 pg. 33

300-21 Conard, $349,900Sunday 12-4Newport RealtyJohn Monkhouse 250 385-2033 pg. 12

303-101 Nursery Hill Dr.Saturday & Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyShelly Reed, 250-213-7444

116-21 Conard, $269,900Sunday 12-4Newport RealtyJohn Monkhouse 250 385-2033 pg. 6

37-1506 Admirals, $174,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunTracy Fozzard 250 744-3301 pg. 22

295 Bessborough AveSaturday 2-4Re/Max AllianceJason Binab, 250-360-1929

44-850 Parklands, $389,000Sunday 2-3:30Newport RealtyRick Allen, 250-385-2033 pg. 19

934 Craigfl ower, $449,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesNicole Burgess 250 384-8124 pg. 12

7-704 RockheightsSaturday 1-3MacDonald RealtyLorraine Stundon 250 812-0642 pg. 22

927 Devonshire Rd., $439,900Sunday 12-2Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 15

1064 Colville, $479,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdDorothee Friese 250 477-7291 pg. 22

502 Gore, $399,900Saturday 11-1Newport RealtyBrett Jones, 250-385-2033 pg. 2

3-516 SturdeeSaturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunDoreen Halstenson, 250 744-3301 pg. 22

487 Sturdee, $299,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3DFH Real EstateDennis Guevin 250 477-7291 pg. 22

357 Kinver St, $589,900Saturday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey, 250-391-1893

862 Phoenix, $489,000Saturday 2-4One Percent RealtyValentino, 250-686-2242

3922 Staten Pl, $879,000Saturday 2-4Sotheby’s InternationalCathy Travis, 250-380-3933

1520 Winchester, $515,000Saturday 11-1DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 24

5005 Cordova Bay, $869,000Sunday 12-2Century 21 Queenswood RealtyAnke Venema, 250 477-1100 pg. 16

3170 Aldridge, $589,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara 250 384-8124 pg. 24

109-1505 Church Ave, $239,900109-1505 ChurchBoorman’sRod Hay, 250-595-1535 pg. 5

1602 Kenmore, $479,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real EstateSandy McManus 250 477-7291 pg. 43

3958 Hidden Oaks Pl, $839,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Joanne Brodersen, 250-477-7291 pg. 23

5024 Cordova Bay, $999,900Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyBrett Jones, 250-385-2033 pg. 2

5-881 Nicholson, $565,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Wendy Herrick 250 656-0131 pg. 18

5015 Georgia Park Terr. $799,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 24

785 Claremont Ave., $998,000Saturday 1:30-3:30Ocean City RealtySuzy Hahn 250 381-7899 pg. 23

1170 Tattersall, $799,000Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesJens Henderson, 250-384-8124

302-1100 Union RdSaturday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdBrian Graves, 250 477-7291 pg. 18

3229 Cedar HillSunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunShane King, 250-661-4277 pg. 24

4329 Faithwood, $729,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJohn Percy 250 744-3301 pg. 24

834 Royal Oak Ave, $1,200,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodRuth Stark 250 477-1100 pg. 24

4-2305 MaltwoodSaturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Peter Veri, 250-920-6850 pg. 23

4942 Cordova Bay, $1,049,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdKevin Starling 250 889-4577 pg. 24

21-4630 Lochside, $588,000Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdJohn Almond 250 384-8124 pg. 18

206-3263 Alder, $219,750Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdGeri Fitterer 250 360-6493 pg. 19

1663 Bisley, $649,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJacquie Jocelyn, 250-384-8124 pg. 24

4536 Rithetwood, $765,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3Burr Properties LtdPatrick Skillings 250 382-8838 pg. 23

4212 RossiterSaturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyClaire Yoo, 250-477-1100

891 Claremont Ave, $863,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Deana Fawcett, 250-893-8932

1877A Feltham Rd, $599,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

101-3614 Richmond RdSaturday 2-4Re/Max AllianceDavid Strasser, 250-360-1929

4343 Cedar Hill, $575,000Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage NorthstarRossana Klampfer 250 217-5278 pg. 24

14-3993 Columbine, $359,900Saturday 1:30-3:30Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyValerie Edwards 250-477-9947 pg. 18

4168 Clinton Pl., $649,000Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 25

225-3225 Eldon PlSunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer 250 384-8124 pg. 18

658 Sedger RdSunday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Shaughna Boggs-Wright, 250 391-1893

501 PamelaSunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdAngele Munro 250 384-8124 pg. 25

332 Davida, $475,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyMarc Owen-Flood 250-385-2033 pg. 32

88 SimsSaturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdNancy Vieira 250 384-8124 pg. 43

639 Ridgebank, $569,000Saturday 2-4Macdonald RealtyScott Garman 250 896-7099 pg. 26

140 Kamloops, $499,900Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalRosemarie Colterman 250 384-7663 pg. 10

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41 Obed Ave, $379,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDoug Poruchny, 250-474-4800 pg. 26

4921 Prospect, $1,024,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesDiana Winger 250-999-3683 pg. 41

4491 Abraham CourtSunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyBill Walters 250 477-5353 pg. 25

5460 Old West Saanich, $1,199,000Sunday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

982 Meadowview, $695,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastEamon Coll 250 479-3333 pg. 25

2931 Earl Grey St, $499,900Saturday 11-12:30Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey, 250-391-1893

9-4350 West SaanichSaturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunShane King 250-744-3301 pg. 19

3131 Esson Rd., $449,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyLorraine Williams, 250-216-3317 pg. 26

1268 Tall Tree Pl, $729,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesBrendan Herlihy, 250-642-3240 pg. 25

3-864 Swan, $295,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyAlison Stoodley 250 477-1100 pg. 25

4175 Prospect Lake, $619,900Saturday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdShelley Saldat, 250 589-4014 pg. 26

6566 Rey Rd, $569,900Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDoug Poruchny, 250-474-4800 pg. 27

13-2020 White Birch, $439,500Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyPat Meadows, 240-592-4422 pg. 6

8704 Pender Park Dr, $574,900Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 26

304-9880 Fourth St, $288,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 27

316-10461 Resthaven, $410,000Saturday 2:30-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Ann Watley, 250-656-0131 pg. 27

203-9724 Fourth St, $669,000Saturday 12:30-2DFH Real Estate Ltd.Ann Watley, 250-655-0131 pg. 27

202-2311 Mills, $279,000Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 28

44-2070 Amelia Ave, $289,000Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd. Frances Wade, 250-656-0131

316-10461 Resthaven, $429,000Saturday 2:30-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Ann Watley, 250-656-0131 pg. 26

2433 Whidby Lane, $550,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 28

303-9880 Fourth, $269,000Saturday 11-12Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 28

754 Braemar, $729,000Saturday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

B-10470 Resthaven Dr, $549,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Judith Gerrett, 250-656-0131 pg. 5

104-9115 Lochside, $849,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunJenny Stoltz 250 744-3301 pg. 43

203-1196 Sluggett Rd., $209,900Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMorley Bryant, 250-477-5353 pg. 18

3-2020 White Birch RdSaturday 1-3Davis Realty CorporationJack Davis, 250-598-6200

208-9882 Fifth, $279,000Friday - Saturday 1-3Gordon Hulme RealtyLinda Egan, 250 656-4626 pg. 26

8171 Rae-Leigh, $1,199,000Saturday 2-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 28

7628 Sigmar, $444,000Sunday 2:30-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Ann Watley, 250-656-0131 pg. 27

9591 Epco, $479,000Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesMichael Luyt, 250-216-7547 pg. 29

9485 Eastbrook, $455,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Ann Watley, 250-656-0131 pg. 27

2-1893 Prosser Rd, $384,000Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-656-0608 pg. 27

106-9905 Fifth, $337,500Sunday 1-3Holmes RealtyMagdalin Heron 250 656-0911 pg. 27

1622 Millstream, $799,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 29

1616 Millstream, $799,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 29

604 Stewart Mtn Rd, $729,000Sunday 2-4Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay 250 217-5091 pg. 29

969 Glen Willow, $499,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton Holmes LtdChris Marrie, 250 920-8463 pg. 30

310-608 Fairway Ave., $369,900Daily 1:30-4:00Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChuck Meagher 250-477-1100 pg. 5

4980 Deer Park Trail, $1,199,788Sunday 3-5Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns 250-478-0808 pg. 33

16-2210 Sooke Rd, $359,900Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast Capital Realty Colin Lagadyn, 250-474-4800 pg. 29

112-996 Wild Ridge, $299,900Saturday & Sunday 2:30-4:30SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown 250-380-6683 pg. 30

303-611 Brookside, $219,000Thursday to Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 15

101-3210 Jacklin RdSunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyJusten Lalonde, 250-418-0613

1001 Wild Ridge Way, $445,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunPatrick Novotny, 250-478-9600

1008 Paddle RunSaturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunAdrian Langereis 250 514-0202 pg. 37

3067 AlouetteDaily 12-4DFH Real Estate LtdMike Hartshorne 250 889-4445 pg. 15

2849 Knotty Pine, $439,900Saturday 1-4Pemberton HolmesMike Williams, 250-642-3240 pg. 29

103-996 Wild Ridge, $299,900Saturday & Sunday 2:30-4:30SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown 250-380-6683 pg. 31

3945 Olympic View Dr, $1,595,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesBrendan Herlihy, 250-642-3240 pg. 34

994 DunfordDaily 1-4Kahl RealtyLyle Kahl, 250-391-8484 pg. 12

1193 GoldstreamSaturday 2-4Sutton West Coast RealtySimon Sheppard 250 686-0011 pg. 35


2390 Echo Valley Dr, $689,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Re/Max AllianceDavid Rusen, 250-386-8875 pg. 29

676 Kingsview RidgeSunday 2-4Re/Max AllianceJason Binab, 250-360-1929

3352 Mary Anne Cres, $469,900Sunday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Patrick Achtzner, 250-391-1893

2798 Lakeshore, $619,900Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 31

907 Dawn Lane, $595,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 9

563 Brant Pl., $624,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes David Hale 250 595-3200 pg. 30

205-2695 Deville, $334,900Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer 250 384-8124 pg. 15

1217 Parkdale Creek GdnsSaturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra 250-380-6683 pg. 30

2437 Gatewheel, $599,800Saturday 2:30-4:30SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown 250-380-6683 pg. 35

549 Delora, $500,000Saturday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyHans Hegen 250 478-0808 pg. 36

723 Windover Trc., $849,000Sunday 1-3Gallie RealtyBarbara Gallie 250-478-6530 pg. 30

2923 JulieannSunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes Diane Alexander 250 384-8124 pg. 30

724 Claudette CrtSunday 2:30-4:30Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyJusten Lalonde, 250-418-0613

3134 Wishart Rd, $459,900Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDavid Stevens, 250-893-1016 pg. 43

206-611 Goldstream, $237,900Daily 1:30-4:00Century 21 Queenswood Realty Sheila Christmas 250-477-1100 pg. 6

2744 Whitehead Plc., $299,000Saturday 12-1Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren 250-727-5448 pg. 29

408-3226 Jacklin $259,900Saturday 2:30-4:30SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra 250 380-6683 pg. 19

3365 St. Troy Plc., $449,900Saturday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns 250-478-0808 pg. 33


3714 Ridge Pond Dr, $639,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-744-3301 pg. 30

2186 Stone Gate, $664,900Saturday 2:30-4:30Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 30

662 Goldstream, $249,900Daily 1-4Kahl Realty Jason Kahl, 250-391-8484 pg. 13

2794 Lakeshore, $499,900Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 31

3348 Sewell, $599,900Saturday & Sunday 1-4RE/MAX CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 30

6995 Nordin RdSaturday & Sunday 1-4Re/Max CamosunJohn Vernon, 250-642-5050 pg. 5

1919 Maple AvenueSaturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJohn Vernon 250-642-5050 pg. 12

1039 Skylar CircleThursday-Sunday 1-4Re/Max AllianceDavid Strasser, 250-360-1929

A26 • www.goldstreamgazette.com Friday, November 4, 2011 - GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTEA26 • www.goldstreamgazette.com Friday, November 4, 2011 - GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE

Tom FletcherBlack Press

Energy Minister Rich Coleman is examining BC Hydro’s rapidly growing deferred expenses, part of which end up as a dividend to ease the provincial govern-ment’s deficit.

Auditor General John Doyle reviewed BC Hydro’s books and found that as of March, $2.2 billion of the utility’s debt was placed in deferral accounts. Deferred expenses are expected

to grow to $5 billion by 2017.In a report released last

Friday, Doyle said deferral accounts for major capital costs are an acceptable practice to smooth out rate increases, but BC Hydro’s use of it runs ahead of other Canadian utilities.

The practice can “mask the true cost of doing business, creating the appearance of prof-itability where none actually exists, and place undue burdens on future taxpayers,” Doyle warned.

Doyle added that “there does not appear to be a plan to reduce the balance of these accounts.”

Coleman acknowledges the share of declared profit BC Hydro is required to pay to gov-ernment has reduced the pro-vincial deficit. BC Hydro paid $463 million to the province in March, based on a formula that it provide 85 per cent of net income to its only shareholder, the B.C. government.

Coleman said he is studying Doyle’s report, includ-ing the conclusion that deferred debt is creating an illusion of BC Hydro profit when the corporation is running at a loss. He said he will also review bonuses paid to senior management for achieving profit goals.

The province’s defi-cit for the current fiscal year is expected to be $2.3 billion, an estimate that tripled when the harmonized sales tax was defeated in a refer-endum and the govern-ment had to budget for paying back transition funds to Ottawa.

NDP leader Adrian Dix pressed Coleman in the legislature Tuesday to account for bonuses paid to BC Hydro exec-utives. Coleman replied that profits were only one determinant of bonuses, along with worker safety and cus-tomer satisfaction.

Current electric-ity rates include 2.5 per cent that raises $100 million a year to pay down deferred accounts.

Coleman also defended a deferral account set up to pay the $930 million cost of installing BC Hydro’s smart grid. Savings from that upgrade are sufficient to pay for the capital cost, he said.

BC Hydro debt grows, provincial deficit shrinks

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FOUR SEASONS MUSICAL Theatre presents Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Nov. 4, 5, Isabelle Reader Theatre, 1026 Goldstream Ave. See www.fourseasonsmusicaltheatre.com.

WEST SHORE CHRISTMAS craft fair, Nov. 4 to 6, Eagle Ridge arena in Langford. See www.eagleridgecommunitycentre.com under upcoming events.

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SATURDAYBOTTLE DRIVE AND fundraiser for Langford

five-year-old with cancer, Nov. 5, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Drop off cash donations, bottles at 3300 Happy Valley Rd.

METCHOSIN ALL-CANDIDATES AFTERNOON tea. Meet and greet council hopefuls, Nov. 5, 2 to 4 p.m., Metchosin Community House, 4430 Happy Valley Rd.

MONDAYVIEW ROYAL COMMUNITY Association

all-candidate meet and greet, Nov. 7, 7 p.m., View Royal Community Hall, 279 Island Highway. All residents and members welcome to come and talk to candidates for mayor and council.

STEPFAMILY RELATIONSHIPS WORKSHOP, Nov. 7, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., West Shore family centre, 345 Wale Rd. Call 250-384-9133 ext. 222 to register.

ONGOINGCHRISTMAS ARTS AND crafts show and

sale, featuring 100 local artists, until Nov. 6, Coast Collective Gallery, 3221 Heatherbell Rd.

WILLIAM HEAD ON Stage presents Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast, runs to Nov. 12, starring nine prison inmates and three actresses. Tickets $20 at My Chosen Cafe, or call 250-383-2663, or www.ticketrocket.org.

Non-profit groups can submit events to [email protected].


WALMART CORRECTION NOTICEOn page 13 of our flyer distributed on October 26 – 28 and effective October 28 – November 3, the new Drake CD Take Care (#30258549) will not be available until November 15. On

page 17 the following items will be avail-able at a later date. NHL 48” Hockey Table

(#30236524), NHL 72” Hockey Table with Table Tennis (#30234388), NHL 40” Rod Hockey Table (#30237142), Halex 48” Combo Table

(#30237114), Halex 54” Flip Table (#30237117). On page 2 of the SuperCentre flyer the Fresh Atlantic Salmon or Tilapia Fillets Value Pack (#30136554/609) will not be available. We

apologize for any confusion this may have caused.



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Minute Maid

Orange JuiceSelected1.75L

Kraft

Cracker Barrel CheeseSelected600–700g

899On Sale

Each

Coastal Waters

Stuffed Sockeye Salmon Pinwheelsor Stuffed SoleFrozenAssorted350–420gPackPackPack

799On Sale

Each299On Sale

Each

299On Sale

Each

On Sale

99¢Each 119

On Sale

Per lb

minute

Weekly Specials in effect until Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

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Where this symbol appears, deposit & enviro levies are applicable.

Per Package

50

Enter in-store for your chance to WIN a 2 Minute Shopping Spree*

One Winner in Every Store

*No purchase necessary. Entry by way of ballot form. There are twenty-seven (27) prizes consisting of a two-minute in-store shopping spree.Approximate retail value of the Prize is $1000.00. Selected entrant must correctly answer a skill-testing question. Contest closes on November 22nd, 2011. Full contest rules available in-store.

Chances of winning depend on number of entries received during the Contest Period.

Ocean Spray

Cranberry Cocktailsor Ruby Red GrapefruitAssorted1.89L

Quaker

Crispy Minis or Rice CakesSelected100–214g

Red Seedless GrapesGrown in California$2.62/kg

What willyou grab?

Friday, Saturday & Sunday

Offers valid November 4th, 5th & 6th, 2011 only.

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