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Tour of Industry seriesSomething’s a-brewing on Keating X Road in Central Saanich, page 3

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Parkland player Arianne Stevenson defends Oak Bay guard Judy Cristante during the final of the South Island Junior Girls basketball championships. Oak Bay defeated Parkland and both teams qualified for the Island finals in Nanaimo Feb. 19 to 21. Read all about it on page 19.

Group aims to work with developers to start supplying affordable workforce housing as soon as next yearAngela Cowan News staff

With the formation of an interim board of direc-tors this month, the Saanich Peninsula Housing Partnership continues to gain traction in its bid to create affordable workforce housing on the Pen-insula.

Spearheaded by Tim Wake, an independent con-sultant with 16 years of experience working in creating affordable workforce housing, and Jim Bennett, the former president of the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board, the project seeks to cre-ate affordable housing, both for ownership and rental, for the Peninsula workforce.

Wake recently presented the partnership’s goals to all three Peninsula councils at the tri-municipal meeting Feb. 11, and stressed that the group is not looking for funding from local government.

“We’re asking that council supports, in principle, the creation of the Saanich Peninsula Housing Part-nership,” said Wake. “Success is the delivery of housing, not just the plan.”

Several councillors at the table congratulated the partnership team and expressed their personal support.

“It’s time to do something, not just talk about it,” said Sidney councillor Barbara Fallot.

She also stressed that developers need to get on board with stronger sound proofing to ensure multi-unit housing is family-friendly.

Housing Partnership gaining ground

Please see: May inspired to seek, page 5

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n Peninsula Co-op Grand Re-Opening n Saturday, February 14, 2015

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Peninsula Co-op held it’s Grand Reopening of ithe Keating Cross Road, Saanichton location on Saturday. Customers were treated to cake, coffee, taste testing and as well there were several prizes given out throughout the day, including a 10-minute shopping spree. (L-R) Brentwood Gas Station Manager Kevin Anderson with Marketing Manager Penny Sopel.

(L-R) Ringing up some great specials, cashier Susan Pappas with Derrick McNeil.

(L-R) Meat Department Manager Ron Ackinclose with long-time customer Norma Sealey.

(L-R) Dad Steven Thomas with a happy Madison Thomas.

(L-R) Lynda Dickie, from Lyndies Breads, Bonnie Schuring and Bill Lyons.

(L-R) Grocery Manager Stacy Watson and Food Centre Manager Rob Woodburn.

P H O T O F E A T U R E Photos by Adriana Durian

(L-R) Long-time customer Jack Reid with Louise Whitelaw.

Peninsula Co-op was founded in 1977 by a group of local people with a strong belief that the co-opera tive way of doing business could be successful. They went door to door in the local neighbourhoods explaining what a Co-op is and encouraging people to join. The Food Centre on Keating X Road opened its doors in May of that year.Fast forward almost 38 years later to our grand re-opening that

took place on February 14th. You no longer have to price your canned goods with a black grease pencil like back in 1977. Our Food Centre’s renovations encompassed much more than a fresh coat of paint and flooring. Now we have glass doors on all our dairy and frozen foods. Our

redesigned meat department allows for increased meat choices. A self-serve bakery sweet goods case so you can ‘grab and go’…..no more waiting. Larger gluten free section, cheeses from around the corner and around the world. An enhanced energy reclamation system allows us to take excess heat from our refrigeration units to help heat our store and even a reverse osmosis water dispenser. Last but not least, we are proud that Peninsula Co-op continues to have local products that our grown at home, raised at home and produced at home.We would like to thank our customers who continued to shop

with us during our renovations and appreciated your patience. Come by, say hello and check out our new look! We’re open 7 days a week.

– Penny Sopel, Marketing Manager

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This writer cannot blame Category 12 Brewing for being left behind by the tour bus during the Saan-ich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce’s Tour of Industry recently — but the crowds there could be at least some-what at fault.

The final stop on the tour was to the first craft brewery on the Saanich Peninsula — and they were handing out samples.

Category 12 Brewing opened December 19 on Keating X Road in Central Saanich. They started brewing in mid-November to meet that deadline.

The brainchild of owners Michael and Karen Kuzyk, the brew-ery has joined the bur-geoning craft beer mar-ket in Greater Victoria. Already, their entries into the market are being noticed.

Jeff Kendrew, the third partner at Cate-gory 12, says they have been busy brewing and trying to keep up with demand as customers discover a new player. Keeping up and ensur-ing pubs and stores get what they need is always a challenge for a new brewery, he said.

Even with a Novem-ber brewing start date, Michael said they ran out of stock in their first batch quite quickly.

“Beer geeks knew we existed,” he explained. “Now, we’re doing a lot of awareness-building right now.”

Category 12 brands itself with science. Michael has a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Victo-ria and is putting that training to good use.

“We have been brew-ing small batches as a way of experimenta-tion,” he said. “Then we ramp it up on the com-

puter, once we have the recipe down, for large-scale brewing.”

His biochemistry education is serving him well, Michael said of the transition into brewing beer. Getting the engines in their Keating X Road facility up to the right speed is one of the steps similar to science — as is using municipal water in the mix.

“It’s a blank canvas,” he explained, adding he can add specific traits into the water to achieve different out-comes.

It’s all blended in steel vats that were

manufactured in Cen-tral Saanich.

Michael said he’s typically working on a batch between 14 and 16 hours a day. Cate-gory 12 recently hired an assistant brewer, so the workload can be spread around.

Category 12 Brewing chose Central Saanich to locate for a variety of reasons. First, said Michael, they aren’t competing in the same general neighbourhood as the Rock Bay micro breweries.

Second, Michael grew up in Central Saa-nich and was happy to bring his business home.

Category 12 has pro-duced four beers so far: Critical Point North-west Pale Ale, Unsanc-tioned Belgian Inspired Saison, Disruption Black IPA and Transmu-tation Belgian Spec. Ale (the last two are sea-sonal, with the Spec. Ale ready for March).

Following the tour, Category 12’s tap room filled up with custom-ers and their growlers. After moving outside and peeking into one of their neighbouring businesses, this writer misjudged the time and had to run a few blocks to catch the bus.

Category 12 is not to blame — but it was a good running gag, if you’ll pardon the pun.

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Category 12’s Michael Kuzyk is described as a recovering scientist. He has turned his degree in biochemistry into a new venture. He and his wife Karen, below, want to share their passion for craft beer.

Tour of Industry: Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce

The science of the brew at Category 12PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW - Wednesday, February 18, 2015 www.peninsulanewsreview.com • A3

Coming up in the Peninsula News Review

As a follow on to the Tour of Industry series, the PNR interviewed Jeff Kendrew, Category 12 Brewing’s very own cice-rone®. Don’t know what that is? Think of it, he says, as a sommelier, but for beer.

Watch the PNR for the story in a coming edition.

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After being sent back to regroup following an unsuc-cessful and contentious effort in 2013 to introduce a new management plan for Island View Beach, the CRD is now back, forging ahead on the development of a new plan. On February 5, they completed the first step in that process but once again the effort is not without its critics.

The process, as mapped out by CRD staff, listed the first step in the develop-ment of a management plan as providing factual, scien-tific information about the park’s natural environment by way of their web site and through three public meet-ings. The last of those meet-ings took place at the Saa-nich Fairgrounds on Feb. 5 and was attended by a col-lection of about 70 inter-ested residents, academ-ics and CRD staff. Previous meetings had been held at the Leonardo da Vinci Cen-tre in Victoria, and at Heri-tage Park.

The last two of those meetings were attended by representatives of a group

called the Friends of Island View Beach (FIVB), a group that has consistently criti-cized the information being presented by the CRD as being inaccurate and mis-leading. Jason Austin of FIVB maintains that his efforts to present a power point presentation that specifically challenged the CRD’s information were met

with what Austin has called stonewalling by the people running the meeting.

“The first time I tried to give my point of view, the people running the meeting gave me five minutes at the end of the meeting, and then cut me off saying that they had to pack up the hall,” said Austin. “At the last meeting I wanted to present

my information, and I was essentially shouted down by one of the academics that is associated with the CRD and has provided them with information that I was going to challenge.”

Mike Walton, the CRD’s Senior Park Manager, dis-putes that characterization of the meetings.

“I thought that the meet-

ings went very well,” said Walton. “The goal wasn’t for people just to talk to us, but to each other ... to share their points of view... and I think we achieved that.”

When asked about state-ments posted by FIVB both at the meetings and on the FIVB web site that accused the CRD of distributing “misleading environmen-

tal information” and being guilty of a “breach of their duty ... to the public”, Todd Golumbia, one of the CRD’s chief architects of the new process, defended the infor-mation in an interview.

“I stand by the informa-tion that we presented,” said Golumbia. “I’ve reviewed all of the information that is available ... consulted with experts in the field ... and we’ve listened to some of the concerns expressed by people attending the meet-ing and gone back and reviewed the information. I’m confident that, as much as is possible, we’ve got it right. These are very com-plex issues and there is a lot of information out there.”

Walton also stands by the information that was pre-sented but acknowledges that the process inflames the people’s passions regarding the way that park land should be managed.

“We have a responsibil-ity as stewards of the land,” said Walton. “But I’ll be the first to acknowledge that parks are for people ... as well as protected species.”

CRD moves on with contentious park planIsland View Beach management plan, which calls for it to remain multi-use, is not without its critics

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The Capital Regional District is dealing with complex issues surrounding its proposed management plan at Island View Beach.

Please see: Enmity and mistrust, page 5


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After being sent back to regroup following an unsuc-cessful and contentious effort in 2013 to introduce a new management plan for Island View Beach, the CRD is now back, forging ahead on the development of a new plan. On February 5, they completed the first step in that process but once again the effort is not without its critics.

The process, as mapped out by CRD staff, listed the first step in the develop-ment of a management plan as providing factual, scien-tific information about the park’s natural environment by way of their web site and through three public meet-ings. The last of those meet-ings took place at the Saa-nich Fairgrounds on Feb. 5 and was attended by a col-lection of about 70 inter-ested residents, academ-ics and CRD staff. Previous meetings had been held at the Leonardo da Vinci Cen-tre in Victoria, and at Heri-tage Park.

The last two of those meetings were attended by representatives of a group

called the Friends of Island View Beach (FIVB), a group that has consistently criti-cized the information being presented by the CRD as being inaccurate and mis-leading. Jason Austin of FIVB maintains that his efforts to present a power point presentation that specifically challenged the CRD’s information were met

with what Austin has called stonewalling by the people running the meeting.

“The first time I tried to give my point of view, the people running the meeting gave me five minutes at the end of the meeting, and then cut me off saying that they had to pack up the hall,” said Austin. “At the last meeting I wanted to present

my information, and I was essentially shouted down by one of the academics that is associated with the CRD and has provided them with information that I was going to challenge.”

Mike Walton, the CRD’s Senior Park Manager, dis-putes that characterization of the meetings.

“I thought that the meet-

ings went very well,” said Walton. “The goal wasn’t for people just to talk to us, but to each other ... to share their points of view... and I think we achieved that.”

When asked about state-ments posted by FIVB both at the meetings and on the FIVB web site that accused the CRD of distributing “misleading environmen-

tal information” and being guilty of a “breach of their duty ... to the public”, Todd Golumbia, one of the CRD’s chief architects of the new process, defended the infor-mation in an interview.

“I stand by the informa-tion that we presented,” said Golumbia. “I’ve reviewed all of the information that is available ... consulted with experts in the field ... and we’ve listened to some of the concerns expressed by people attending the meet-ing and gone back and reviewed the information. I’m confident that, as much as is possible, we’ve got it right. These are very com-plex issues and there is a lot of information out there.”

Walton also stands by the information that was pre-sented but acknowledges that the process inflames the people’s passions regarding the way that park land should be managed.

“We have a responsibil-ity as stewards of the land,” said Walton. “But I’ll be the first to acknowledge that parks are for people ... as well as protected species.”

CRD moves on with contentious park planIsland View Beach management plan, which calls for it to remain multi-use, is not without its critics

Tim Collins

The Capital Regional District is dealing with complex issues surrounding its proposed management plan at Island View Beach.

Please see: Enmity and mistrust, page 5


“There are 33 species at risk that use the park or the immediate fore-shore.”

It’s a claim by the Capital Regional Dis-trict in its proposed management plan for Island View Beach that The Friends of Island View Beach (FIVB) vehemently dispute.

The group claims the CRD has inflated the number of species at risk with the inclu-sion of plants, insects and other animals who are either not at risk or are not even present in the park.

While one might be excused for thinking the issue could be eas-ily resolved by con-sulting the experts, it appears to be a ques-tion of what experts

you want to believe.Take the bog spider.

According to informa-tion presented by FIVB and drawn from the Committee on the Sta-tus of Endangered Wild-life in Canada (COSE-WIC), “Only single spec-imens were collected at these locations despite several thousand pit-fall traps over multiple months. These occur-rences may represent random dispersal by “ballooning from the strong population at Tumbo Island.” In other words, according to COSEWIC, the bog spi-der isn’t even present at Island View Beach Regional Park.

Not so, according to Claudia Copely, the Senior Collections Man-ager at the Royal BC Museum.

“That information is based on information in

2009. We set our traps in different places ... in the wet areas ... and we’ve identified the species as living in the park.”

When asked why COSEWIC continues to post their information, and why they wouldn’t have accepted this new information and modi-fied their own listing, Copely said that COSE-WIC may have a back-log of information.

“I can understand that people who don’t work in the area could be confused.”

Similar disputes have

arisen about virtually all of the species that have been put forward by the CRD as at risk.

The whole thing is further complicated by exactly what the CRD means when they say that there are 33 spe-cies at risk “that use the park or immediate fore-shore.”

According to Todd Golumbia, one of the CRD’s chief architects of the new process, it’s a complicated issue.

“With plants it’s eas-ier, but with animals you never quite know whether they’re in the park or not. They may be there 100 per cent of the time or they might just be there for a short period as they pass through.”

Still, the FIVB insist that the number of at risk species has been inflated to promote

what they predict will be an environmental bias in the eventual management plan. They say that this belief is borne out by the admission of the CRD itself.

In a January 29 letter

to the FIVB, Mike Wal-ton, the CRD’s Senior Park Manager, said “Regarding your con-cern around species at risk, there are 33 known species at risk in and around the park. Nine species are known to

be resident or breeding in the park.”

The debate con-tinues into the next phase of the process for Island View Beach Regional Park.

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“It’s a socio-ecological system — people and environment — and it’s our job to bring them together.”

Walton acknowledges that the process can be difficult for all sides and points of view.

“We have to look for common ground, elevate the value of each other’s expectations ...” said Wal-ton. “We’re going to have some difficult conversations. Some people may have to think hard about the values of some things that they have never thought about and we have to challenge ourselves.”

According to Susan Brice, the Chair of the CRD’s Regional

Parks Board, the enmity and mistrust between some area res-idents and the CRD are appar-ent.

“I think that a lot of it goes back a few years when some-thing called the Cordova Strat-egy was brought forward. That wasn’t a CRD document, but some people saw it as a planned strategy to fundamen-tally change the way the park operates,” said Brice. “It’s hard to un-ring that bell, but it’s time to move forward.”

Brice said it’s important that people realize that it will be elected representatives who decide how the park is used.

“It’s been a multi-use park for decades and as far as I’m con-

cerned it’s going to stay that way,” said Brice. “We’re going to manage the ditches, control mosquitoes and people will be allowed to enjoy the park. I’m willing to let this process play out.”

The next steps in that process involve the CRD’s gathering of information in small meetings with a variety of stakeholders, setting up round table discus-sion sessions and presenting a draft management plan to another set of public meetings in the hopes of getting feedback from the public.

Austin said he is unimpressed.“The process has started off

flawed. I only hope that it gets better.”


The partnership’s goals include securing seed funding to even-tually become self-funding, securing com-mitments for ten work-force housing units per quarter in the first year of operations, annu-ally measuring and consistently increasing the percentage of the workforce that is resi-dent on the Peninsula, beginning in 2016, and creating a qualification and wait list process to ensure employees working locally actually occupy new workforce housing units.

With dozens of pas-sionate stakeholders, an interim board of directors and an action plan now in place, the partnership seems to be moving steadily for-ward.

The process for the initiative began in the fall of 2013, after Eliza-beth May, leader of the federal Green Party, kept hearing from resi-dents and local busi-nesses that affordable housing was a major issue on the Penin-sula. She’d heard about Wake and his efforts in Whistler to increase workforce housing, and got in touch.

“I wanted to support a forum for honest, respectable people to share on what the road blocks are to getting something done,” she said.

Not only does a defi-cit in affordable hous-ing negatively impact the community, it also threatens employment, she said.

“People are more likely to leave a good

job here on the Penin-sula if they find a house they love elsewhere.”

May, who attended the recent tri-municipal meeting in support of Wake’s presentation, said she was inspired to use her convening power to get a round table together to start discussing some real solutions to the prob-lem.

“I’ve always been convinced that people of goodwill can come together and make a difference,” she said.

Due in large part to May’s tireless efforts, the partnership’s stake-holders have come from a wide cross-sec-tion in the community, including elected offi-cials, municipal staff, architects and devel-opers, local businesses and members of the

chamber of commerce. Next up, the group

still needs to estab-lish a member to actu-ally start approaching developers and a des-ignated group to secure seed funding.

Emphasizing that continuing on with the status quo is unlikely to rectify the afford-able housing shortage, Wake’s takeaway mes-sage to the three coun-cils was “Why not?”

“We’re not asking for money,” he said. “We’re just asking for your support. There’s no risk here, so what have we got to lose?”

For more informa-tion, visit http://bit.ly/1vQ2Afm for the full report from the tri-municipal meeting agenda.

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Continued from page 1

May inspired to seek real solutions

Continued from page 4

Enmity and mistrust apparent: Brice

Defining species at risk in Peninsula park a problem“I can

understand that people who don’t work in the area could be confused.”

– Claudia Copely


Re: Amazed with noise complains, PNR letters Feb. 11.

I wholeheartedly respect the views and concerns regarding aviation noise on the Saan-

ich Peninsula stated in the above noted letter to the editor.

As a resident of Sid-ney (living on the west side of the Pat Bay highway), I am also acutely sensitive to aviation noise, particu-larly having two young children at home. I must state however, that my decision to purchase a home inside the control zone of the 10th busiest airport in Canada was made consciously.

This decision was guided primarily by cost, location, services, quality of schools, proximity to employ-ment for both myself and my spouse and most importantly the opportunity to live in the vibrant and wel-coming communities of Sidney and North Saanich.

I did, however, pre-pare myself and my family for the fact that there would be a reasonable expecta-tion of aviation-related noise as the trade off to enjoying these phe-nomenal benefits.

I would like to take this opportunity to cor-rect one of the asser-tions that I have heard

a number of times from various sources over the years which was echoed in the letter.

The author mentions that the 443 Squad-ron military base was shifted from Esquimalt

to the Victoria airport. 443 Maritime Helicop-ter Squadron has been operating from the Vic-toria airport for more than a quarter century since it moved from the Shearwater (Nova Scotia) airport.

While there were some basing studies related to the Sea King replacement aircraft (of which I was part of), I can categorically state that there have never been any plans to base maritime heli-copter operations in Esquimalt.

Maritime helicop-ters such as the CH148 Cyclone and the CH124 Sea King require a full services airport for much of their routine

operations, mainte-nance and training.

As there is no airport near Esquimalt, nor the real estate available to build one, I can assure you that this has never

been a consideration. LCol.

P. MacNamaraCommanding

Officer 443(MH) Squadron


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Town needs have alignedWhat an amazing opportunity for co-

ordinated planning and cohesiveness in our community.

North Saanich needs to replace its municipal hall, Town of Sidney its town hall and the Town of Sidney appar-ently needs to replace its fire hall. It is not often that these opportunities align themselves at the same time and with teamwork and leadership this needed community infrastructure could be achieved with a minimum cost to the taxpayer.

North Saanich and Sidney could build a shared building with three pods: one for North Saanich administration and one for Town of Sidney administration and a shared central gathering place for a council chamber; after all councils only meet on an intermittent basis so sharing of the space is simply a matter of sched-uling.

This sort of shared building would provide opportunities for natural inte-gration of common service, operational economies of scale and sharing of staff and yet still provide the distinct society that each council seems bound to pre-serve.

A mutual location that seems ideal would be use of the surplus community

lands immediately south of the Mary Winspear Centre on lands owned by the Sidney and North Saanich Memorial Park Society. These memorial lands are for the joint use of the two communities and ideally suited for a location for a well-designed town hall. By leasing the land the annual rent would go to subsidize the operations of the Mary Winspear Centre which indeed is the community cultural centre for both Sidney and North Saanich.

A well-designed building would start to heal the architectural blight that now exists in this location with its unfinished parking lot, its graffiti-ridden skateboard park and tired collection of cobbled together re-used dilapidated mobile trail-ers: indeed it would become the hub of our twin communities and reflect our pride in our Peninsula.

Once up and running the new fire hall, complete with ambulance centre, could be built on the current location of the Sidney town hall, thus providing natural synergy as the centralized emergency precinct, thus minimizing disruptions.

Let’s hope our community leaders grasp this unique opportunity for com-munity building.

Richard Holmes.North Saanich

This is Sidney, behave responsibly

This is an open letter to the person who is not picking up after their dog on Beacon Avenue, as well as on some of the side streets, and on the Sidney waterfront walk.

It is inconceivable that in this day of enlightenment — and of free available disposable bags for this very purpose — that someone should allow their dog to soil our beautiful town, much less the main street and waterfront walk.

Where is your sense of pride and self-respect? Please, stop.

This is Sidney, after all. Behave respon-sibly.

John BoxallSidney

A splendid display of artWhat a splendid art display in Island

Blue Print’s window in downtown Sidney.Not only a fine Ted Harrison painting,

but accompanying childrens’ art.Ted, a teacher, was highly regarded for

his ability to reach kids. His fame as an artist, of course, was national.

Clive TannerSidney

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The annual ritual of declaring a crisis in health care is upon us, with the B.C. Liberal

government boasting that we have the best system in Canada, while the NDP and the B.C. Nurses’ Union try to portray it as the worst.

The BCNU is the last big public sector union still to settle in the latest round of contract talks. Feeding horror stories to the media is part of its strategy, and this time it was a patient at Abbotsford Hospital assigned a bed in a small shower room for a month due to chronic overcrowding. Hospital officials said his care wasn’t compromised.

We’ve seen it in Abbotsford, Surrey and elsewhere: a new hospital or expansion is built and is immediately overcrowded. We are reminded every winter that influenza season brings a wave of people into emergency, expecting treatment for a viral infection that in most cases can only run its course.

Many people still don’t understand what “the flu” is, beyond the notion that it sounds serious enough to tell the boss you won’t be in to work. And as fewer doctors choose the endless demands of family practice, the expectation that all problems must

be dealt with quickly and for free seems to grow as inexorably as the health care budget.

An emergency physician of my acquaintance provided a typical scenario for night shift at the ER. Where once nights were quiet, now there are patients waiting for hours, around the clock.

Several are drunk and one has urinated on the floor. Surveys show as many as half of ER visits are alcohol-related, from overdoses to fights, falls, car crashes and chronic conditions.

Into this chaos comes a mother with her young child, who has nasal and chest congestion. The child’s cough led her to throw up, so off to ER they went, blithely assuming that this is where you

bring a kid with a cold.This week’s B.C. budget brings

us a step closer to the moment when half of all provincial revenues go to keep the health care system running.

In the legislature, NDP health critic Judy Darcy blasted Health Minister Terry Lake for the government’s failure to keep its 2010 promise to find everyone in B.C. a family doctor.

Lake allowed they’re still working on that and then plugged the latest Conference Board of Canada study

showing B.C. ranks third in the world in health care outcomes, second only to Switzerland and Sweden.

Darcy, a former president of the Hospital Employees’ Union, was quick to respond: “This is surely a first in question period, the Minister of Health going back to the record of the NDP government in the 1990s, because we’ve had the best health outcomes in Canada since 1993. The fact is that we exercise more, we smoke less and we drink less, and that’s to the credit of British Columbians.”

We also have more elderly people, as Premier Christy Clark argued in 2011 when the federal government changed its financing formula.

After years of increasing transfers by six per cent per year, the late federal finance minister Jim Flaherty announced that starting in 2014, increases would be tied to economic growth, but wouldn’t fall below three per cent.

This of course was treated as a cut, rather than continued increases above inflation. But there it is and all provinces have to deal with it.

Darcy is quite right that personal responsibility is the key, something to remember as the usual squabbling of special interests continues.Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and

columnist for Black Press. [email protected]

Annual health care crisis grips B.C.

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Hearts of the communityO

n Thursday, the Peninsula News Review joins Beacon Community Services in celebrating some of the volunteers whose dedicated service goes largely unnoticed.

Many of those people would rather we not create such a fuss but at a fundamental level — we must disagree with that sentiment.

It has been said that to maintain a good level of volunteerism in any community,

those people who give of their time must feel as though their efforts are appreciated.

For some, that gratitude can come from the people they are volunteering for — the shut-ins, children and visitors who might not otherwise get a meal, hunt for Easter eggs or build Lego models.

For others, a pat on the back once in a while is thanks enough — maybe an appreciation event of some kind now and then.

And for some, well, they’d rather go about their business without any such fanfare.

At its root, the annual Hearts of the Community gala celebrates all of those volunteers and more. It’s an event that gathers people whose peers nominate them for special recognition — and for young people whose community service will strengthen the fabric of the Saanich Peninsula for years to come.

People who volunteer do it for many reasons and it should come as little surprise to them that many other folk really appreciate the work they do.

So, a little gala event and luncheon is a small price to pay — some tiny degree of local fame — for that community service.

Help the News Review and Beacon Community Services fill the Charlie White Theatre tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 19 at 11 a.m.) for the 17th annual Hearts of the Community Awards.

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Re: Amazed with noise complains, PNR letters Feb. 11.

I wholeheartedly respect the views and concerns regarding aviation noise on the Saan-

ich Peninsula stated in the above noted letter to the editor.

As a resident of Sid-ney (living on the west side of the Pat Bay highway), I am also acutely sensitive to aviation noise, particu-larly having two young children at home. I must state however, that my decision to purchase a home inside the control zone of the 10th busiest airport in Canada was made consciously.

This decision was guided primarily by cost, location, services, quality of schools, proximity to employ-ment for both myself and my spouse and most importantly the opportunity to live in the vibrant and wel-coming communities of Sidney and North Saanich.

I did, however, pre-pare myself and my family for the fact that there would be a reasonable expecta-tion of aviation-related noise as the trade off to enjoying these phe-nomenal benefits.

I would like to take this opportunity to cor-rect one of the asser-tions that I have heard

a number of times from various sources over the years which was echoed in the letter.

The author mentions that the 443 Squad-ron military base was shifted from Esquimalt

to the Victoria airport. 443 Maritime Helicop-ter Squadron has been operating from the Vic-toria airport for more than a quarter century since it moved from the Shearwater (Nova Scotia) airport.

While there were some basing studies related to the Sea King replacement aircraft (of which I was part of), I can categorically state that there have never been any plans to base maritime heli-copter operations in Esquimalt.

Maritime helicop-ters such as the CH148 Cyclone and the CH124 Sea King require a full services airport for much of their routine

operations, mainte-nance and training.

As there is no airport near Esquimalt, nor the real estate available to build one, I can assure you that this has never

been a consideration. LCol.

P. MacNamaraCommanding

Officer 443(MH) Squadron


LETTERSSquadron at the airport for more than 25 years

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Town needs have alignedWhat an amazing opportunity for co-

ordinated planning and cohesiveness in our community.

North Saanich needs to replace its municipal hall, Town of Sidney its town hall and the Town of Sidney appar-ently needs to replace its fire hall. It is not often that these opportunities align themselves at the same time and with teamwork and leadership this needed community infrastructure could be achieved with a minimum cost to the taxpayer.

North Saanich and Sidney could build a shared building with three pods: one for North Saanich administration and one for Town of Sidney administration and a shared central gathering place for a council chamber; after all councils only meet on an intermittent basis so sharing of the space is simply a matter of sched-uling.

This sort of shared building would provide opportunities for natural inte-gration of common service, operational economies of scale and sharing of staff and yet still provide the distinct society that each council seems bound to pre-serve.

A mutual location that seems ideal would be use of the surplus community

lands immediately south of the Mary Winspear Centre on lands owned by the Sidney and North Saanich Memorial Park Society. These memorial lands are for the joint use of the two communities and ideally suited for a location for a well-designed town hall. By leasing the land the annual rent would go to subsidize the operations of the Mary Winspear Centre which indeed is the community cultural centre for both Sidney and North Saanich.

A well-designed building would start to heal the architectural blight that now exists in this location with its unfinished parking lot, its graffiti-ridden skateboard park and tired collection of cobbled together re-used dilapidated mobile trail-ers: indeed it would become the hub of our twin communities and reflect our pride in our Peninsula.

Once up and running the new fire hall, complete with ambulance centre, could be built on the current location of the Sidney town hall, thus providing natural synergy as the centralized emergency precinct, thus minimizing disruptions.

Let’s hope our community leaders grasp this unique opportunity for com-munity building.

Richard Holmes.North Saanich

This is Sidney, behave responsibly

This is an open letter to the person who is not picking up after their dog on Beacon Avenue, as well as on some of the side streets, and on the Sidney waterfront walk.

It is inconceivable that in this day of enlightenment — and of free available disposable bags for this very purpose — that someone should allow their dog to soil our beautiful town, much less the main street and waterfront walk.

Where is your sense of pride and self-respect? Please, stop.

This is Sidney, after all. Behave respon-sibly.

John BoxallSidney

A splendid display of artWhat a splendid art display in Island

Blue Print’s window in downtown Sidney.Not only a fine Ted Harrison painting,

but accompanying childrens’ art.Ted, a teacher, was highly regarded for

his ability to reach kids. His fame as an artist, of course, was national.

Clive TannerSidney

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Central Saanich’s special administration and finance com-mittee has approved a total of $96,425 for the District’s 2015 grant-in-aid applications, includ-ing $20,000 to the Boys and Girls Club and $17,500 to the Saanich Pioneer Society.

A total of 27 grants were approved by the committee —the majority between $500 and $5,000 — with preference going to organizations based in Cen-tral Saanich and those that have a direct effect on the District.

Though the District has no official limit on how much can be allocated for grants-in-aid, the committee had agreed to use one per cent of property taxes — $136,300 — as a guideline in deciding their totals.

The committee also agreed, after some discussion, to use the median of the councillors’ suggested amounts, rather than a weighted average, pre-dominantly because of Coun-cillor Chris Graham’s choice to allocate $0 to each submission which substantially brought down the average amounts.

Graham had submitted late written correspondence outlin-ing a number of reasons explain-ing his decision to not support the allocation of any funds through the grant process. He stated he does not believe council is following the current “Grants-in-Aid” policy and that council does not have the exper-tise to allocate the funds without being subject to personal biases. He added that the majority of funds given out over the years are recurring and funding oper-ating budgets, rather than spe-cific projects.

A better course of action, he said, would be to explore seed funding and special projects funding.

He further emphasized the money council allocates out should be prioritized back into

Central Saanich, something he said is not happening ade-quately.

The committee also approved a motion from Mayor Ryan Wind-sor to defer the grant request for $10,000 from the Peninsula Streams Society to council’s next meeting to discuss the possibil-ity of including the funding as a supplemental 2015 budget item, rather than through grants-in-aid.

Windsor suggested that, as the District does not have an environmental department, the Peninsula Streams Society could provide environmental services in lieu of an internal department.

Should council end up not approving the inclusion of the Peninsula Streams Society into

the supplemental budget, the Society’s original request will go back to the finance committee for approval through grants-in-aid.

The committee also asked that District staff provide a list of the organizations that have received funding through the grants-in-aid program for the past five years to give council the oppor-tunity to consider whether any of the organizations could be considered for the supplemental 2016 budget.

Council was expected to rat-ify the grant allocations at Mon-day’s meeting, after the News Review’s deadline.

[email protected]

Central Saanich approves $96K for ‘Grants-in-Aid’Windsor suggests using Peninsula Streams Society ‘in lieu’ of an environmental department

A breakdown of committee-approved grants: Boys and Girls Club $20,000Saanich Pioneer Society $17,500Saanich Historical Artifacts Society $6,600Central Saanich Senior Citizens’ Assoc. $5,000Saanich Marine Rescue Society $5,000Sidney North Saanich Memorial ParkSociety/Mary Winspear Centre Operating $5,000Saanichton Village Association $4,500Brentwood Bay Revitalization Comm. $4,250Beacon Community Services-Volunteer Services $3,500-Youth Employment $3,500Capital Region Food & AgricultureInitiatives Roundtable $3,000Growing Young Farmers Society $2,500Tsawout First Nation $2,500Peninsula Country Market $2,000NEED2 Crisis and Information Line $1,500Peninsula Dry Grad Society $1,500Peninsula Streams “Creatures of Habitat” $1,000Victoria Human Exchange Society $1,000Navy League of CanadaSaanich Peninsula Branch $1,000676 Kittyhawk Air Cadet Squadron $1,000Central Saanich and District Fast Pitch Association $875CACSP $600Peninsula Celebrations Society $600Volunteer Victoria $500Peninsula Soccer Association $500Peninsula Figure Skating Club $500Greater Victoria Bike to Work Society $500Capital Region Invasive Species Partnership $500


A traffic study on the potential impact of a new commercial devel-opment on Beacon Ave-nue on the west side of the Pat Bay Highway in Sidney is in the hands of the municipality.

James Bogusz, vice-president of operations and development of the Victoria Airport Author-

ity (VAA), says the traf-fic study is complete and is with the Town of Sidney for their review.

The VAA held a series of open houses after the proposal to develop a 10-acre site was raised last year. Bogusz said people felt such a plan could impact traffic off the highway and onto Beacon Avenue. A study was done, he said, to look at options.

The VAA has pro-posed a mixed com-mercial development and has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Town. Sidney holds some of the land to be used.

Bogusz said the VAA still has to seek changes to Sidney’s official com-munity plan and zoning bylaws and negotiate the use of Town ser-

vices to accommodate the project — but that is months away.

Bogusz noted there has been some interest from the commercial sector in the property, but added it’s all hypo-thetical right now.

He said the VAA and Town must continue discussions and take any plans to the public before ground is bro-ken.

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Notice of Budget MeetingsPlease note that the Town of Sidney will be holding a special Council meeting at 6:00 p.m., on Tuesday, February 24th, to consider the Town’s 2015-2019 Financial Plan. A second meeting is scheduled for the following evening, should it be required.

All persons wishing to comment on the Five Year Financial Plan may do so at the Council meeting on February 23rd, the Budget meeting on the 24th, or through written submission.

The financial plan was presented to Council on February 2nd. Background documentation is available at the Town Hall and on the Town’s website. Further inquiries may be directed to the Finance Department at 250-656-1184

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Central Saanich’s special administration and finance com-mittee has approved a total of $96,425 for the District’s 2015 grant-in-aid applications, includ-ing $20,000 to the Boys and Girls Club and $17,500 to the Saanich Pioneer Society.

A total of 27 grants were approved by the committee —the majority between $500 and $5,000 — with preference going to organizations based in Cen-tral Saanich and those that have a direct effect on the District.

Though the District has no official limit on how much can be allocated for grants-in-aid, the committee had agreed to use one per cent of property taxes — $136,300 — as a guideline in deciding their totals.

The committee also agreed, after some discussion, to use the median of the councillors’ suggested amounts, rather than a weighted average, pre-dominantly because of Coun-cillor Chris Graham’s choice to allocate $0 to each submission which substantially brought down the average amounts.

Graham had submitted late written correspondence outlin-ing a number of reasons explain-ing his decision to not support the allocation of any funds through the grant process. He stated he does not believe council is following the current “Grants-in-Aid” policy and that council does not have the exper-tise to allocate the funds without being subject to personal biases. He added that the majority of funds given out over the years are recurring and funding oper-ating budgets, rather than spe-cific projects.

A better course of action, he said, would be to explore seed funding and special projects funding.

He further emphasized the money council allocates out should be prioritized back into

Central Saanich, something he said is not happening ade-quately.

The committee also approved a motion from Mayor Ryan Wind-sor to defer the grant request for $10,000 from the Peninsula Streams Society to council’s next meeting to discuss the possibil-ity of including the funding as a supplemental 2015 budget item, rather than through grants-in-aid.

Windsor suggested that, as the District does not have an environmental department, the Peninsula Streams Society could provide environmental services in lieu of an internal department.

Should council end up not approving the inclusion of the Peninsula Streams Society into

the supplemental budget, the Society’s original request will go back to the finance committee for approval through grants-in-aid.

The committee also asked that District staff provide a list of the organizations that have received funding through the grants-in-aid program for the past five years to give council the oppor-tunity to consider whether any of the organizations could be considered for the supplemental 2016 budget.

Council was expected to rat-ify the grant allocations at Mon-day’s meeting, after the News Review’s deadline.

[email protected]

Central Saanich approves $96K for ‘Grants-in-Aid’Windsor suggests using Peninsula Streams Society ‘in lieu’ of an environmental department

A breakdown of committee-approved grants: Boys and Girls Club $20,000Saanich Pioneer Society $17,500Saanich Historical Artifacts Society $6,600Central Saanich Senior Citizens’ Assoc. $5,000Saanich Marine Rescue Society $5,000Sidney North Saanich Memorial ParkSociety/Mary Winspear Centre Operating $5,000Saanichton Village Association $4,500Brentwood Bay Revitalization Comm. $4,250Beacon Community Services-Volunteer Services $3,500-Youth Employment $3,500Capital Region Food & AgricultureInitiatives Roundtable $3,000Growing Young Farmers Society $2,500Tsawout First Nation $2,500Peninsula Country Market $2,000NEED2 Crisis and Information Line $1,500Peninsula Dry Grad Society $1,500Peninsula Streams “Creatures of Habitat” $1,000Victoria Human Exchange Society $1,000Navy League of CanadaSaanich Peninsula Branch $1,000676 Kittyhawk Air Cadet Squadron $1,000Central Saanich and District Fast Pitch Association $875CACSP $600Peninsula Celebrations Society $600Volunteer Victoria $500Peninsula Soccer Association $500Peninsula Figure Skating Club $500Greater Victoria Bike to Work Society $500Capital Region Invasive Species Partnership $500


A traffic study on the potential impact of a new commercial devel-opment on Beacon Ave-nue on the west side of the Pat Bay Highway in Sidney is in the hands of the municipality.

James Bogusz, vice-president of operations and development of the Victoria Airport Author-

ity (VAA), says the traf-fic study is complete and is with the Town of Sidney for their review.

The VAA held a series of open houses after the proposal to develop a 10-acre site was raised last year. Bogusz said people felt such a plan could impact traffic off the highway and onto Beacon Avenue. A study was done, he said, to look at options.

The VAA has pro-posed a mixed com-mercial development and has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Town. Sidney holds some of the land to be used.

Bogusz said the VAA still has to seek changes to Sidney’s official com-munity plan and zoning bylaws and negotiate the use of Town ser-

vices to accommodate the project — but that is months away.

Bogusz noted there has been some interest from the commercial sector in the property, but added it’s all hypo-thetical right now.

He said the VAA and Town must continue discussions and take any plans to the public before ground is bro-ken.

Airport commercial property back on the table soon

Angela CowanNews Staff

The B.C. Aviation Museum is hosting their fourth annual Avi-ation Career Day this Saturday (Feb. 21) to bring together industry members and aviation enthusiasts, particu-larly students.

“It’s to really show the kids that to have a career in aviation, it’s not necessarily just to become a pilot or flight attendant,” said Vir-ginia Brown, co-ordina-tor for career day and a museum volunteer.

The job market is fairly open from the engineering and tech-nical sides of things, she added, along with a constant need for profi-cient welders.

Search and rescue, manufacturing and air traffic control are also avenues.

The event not only gives students the chance to talk to pro-spective employers and find out about various careers, it also helps them take the first steps by connect-ing them with educa-tional institutions, said Brown,

“It’s a good way to marry the two

together,” she said.The air cadets will

also be at the event, giving younger enthusi-asts a place to get their foot into the aviation world, she added.

Though it’s geared specifically toward stu-dents, Brown said pre-vious years have seen interested people com-ing in off the street.

“We try and put high school students, from Grade 10 to 12, together with corpo-rate and educational people, but it’s also really for anybody who wants to look into the aviation industry.”

“We’re going to have a barbecue as well,”

said Brown. “We’d like to make it a fun day for everyone, and have people enjoy the museum for what it is, which is a really great place to be.”

Businesses and edu-cational institutions attending the career day include the BCIT Aerospace Program, Department of National Defence, Viking Air, Victoria Flying Club, Transport Canada, University of Victoria, North Island College, NAV Canada, Victoria Airport Authority, Vic-toria Airport Firefight-ers, Coastal Pacific Avi-ation, Civil Air Search and Rescue Associa-

tion, Air Cadets and Camosun College.

Aviation Career Day runs from 10 a.m to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 at the B.C. Aviation Museum, 1910 Norse-man Road in Sidney.

Admission is free for students, and by dona-tion for the general public.

Students are asked to fill out a short survey, which then enters them into a prize draw for a free flight through the Victoria Flying Club.

For more informa-tion, call 250-655-3300 or visit bcam.net.

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Members of the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association speak to the public as part of the B.C. Aviation Museum’s annual Aviation Career Day.

Aviation Career Day this SaturdayRepresentatives from industry and educational programs to be present at B.C. Aviation Museum

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Dancers from 9 to 21 performing jazz, hip-hop, tap and more


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“Stage Stars” will feature danc-ers as young as nine years old and up through to 21 years old in a variety of genres, including jazz, tap, hip-hop, ballet and theatre dancing.

“This is our shakedown per-formance,” says Karen Clark, owner of the studio. “It’s all about getting them out in front of an audience.”

“It’s a different feel in the the-atre than in the studio,” says Clark. “Some have done this many times before, but for the

new little ones, we try to make it as pleasant an experi-ence as possible.”

“There’s a certain confidence that comes, no matter what level they’re at, from having a successful perfor-mance.”

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hosting the show in the Charlie White The-atre.

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It allows the performers to still feel comfortable.”

Dancers will per-form on their own in solos, or in twos and threes, or small groups, and they’ve been

working hard to polish up their performances, says Clark.

“These kids are pretty dedicated, and we’re happy to have them.”

The show starts at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 at the Charlie White Theatre at the Mary Winspear Cen-tre, 2243 Bea-con Avenue.

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Rock and Roll fans prepare yourselves, Led ZepAgain, the band Jimmy Page himself said is “as close as you’ll ever get to the real deal,” is coming to Sidney.

Playing classics like Stairway to Heaven, Immigrant Song and Black Dog, Irish vocal-ist Swan Montgomery channels Robert Plant with eerie accuracy, and Jim Kersey pays tribute to the late John Bonham with passion.

Guitars start blazing at 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 2 at the Charlie White Theatre at the Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave.

Tickets are $42.53 and are available at the box office, at marywinspear.ca or by calling 250-656-0275.

Allegro solo showThe Allegro Perform-

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A variety of dance genres will be show-cased, including jazz, modern and hip hop.

Two shows run on Saturday, March 7 at 1 and 7 p.m. at the Charlie White The-atre at Mary Winspear Centre.

Tickets are $14.50, and are available at the box office, at marywinspear.ca or by calling 250-656-0275.

Twists and turnsCelebrate the year’s

second Friday the 13th with Marian Call at Deep Cove Folk Society’s next club night.

Described by a fan as “acoustic joy jazz,” Call’s music pairs folk and rock with classi-cal and gospel influ-ences, with lyrics full of triple rhymes and unexpected twists and turns.

Deep Cove Folk Society’s club nights are held on the sec-ond Friday of the month at St. John’s United Church, 10990 West Saanich Road.

Doors open at 7:15 and the show begins at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 13. For more, visit deepcovefolk.ca.

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ARTs In Brief

Is it me, or by any chance is it my machine?

They say a poor workman always

blames his tools, so I guess it could be me. My com-puter has swallowed my article, just when I was going to add a couple of wonderful words of wis-dom and now it is gone forever. I’m blessed if I can remember what I was going on about, no doubt something to do with spring, but that is a big topic. What on earth shall I do now? Start all over again seems to be the only answer.

• • • •

It’s still a little early to start most planting outdoors, although not too early to plant peas, maybe spinach, chard and radishes, especially if you cover the seed bed with Reemay cloth. It allows water to pass through but protects against light frost.

Let’s talk for a moment about planting peas.

Once you have prepared a seed bed, dig in plenty of composted manure or good compost (is there a bad kind? I don’t think so!) Then put in your pea seed.

I like Little Marvel myself for its generosity — instead of one pod at the end of a stem, there are two! These aren’t as big pods as the Alder-man variety produces, but are both early and delicious.

I’m going to get some tomorrow, soak them overnight and plant them the next day.

At the same time I’ll get a pack-age of the same seed for Anthony, who works for my brother and has a

small garden on my broth-er’s property, where he delights in providing the kitchen with fresh vegeta-bles.

I know that wonderful feeling myself. If you didn’t get around to planting Broad beans last fall you could plant the seed now and expect a crop in July or maybe early August.

If you like creamed Lima beans, you would prob-ably enjoy creamed Broad beans as well.

For those of you who are just beginning to cook, the sauce is a plain white sauce. Melt a heaping teaspoon of butter (margarine), then add a level tablespoon of white flour. Stir until they are blended, then add about 3/4 cup of milk and stir until smooth. Cook over gentle heat until it bubbles and thickens, before add-ing the already cooked, steamed beans. Add salt to taste, and you’ve got it!

I’m pretty sure the article I lost had a bit about dwarf iris in it. I think you’d love these beautiful small plants, grown from bulbs planted in the fall. The one called iris reticu-lata is exquisite, both small, a dark blue, with a thin fuzzy yellow streak down each petal. There is another, not quite as spectacular, named Dan-fordia. If you love small, but glorious flowers, plant some of these dwarf iris next fall. A cluster of these bulbs planted about two inches apart in a big pot would be a heart stopping sight next spring. If you have a heart problem, avoid even a glimpse!

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There’s little left but dirt, construction mate-rials and a pile of dusty bricks.

The Second World War-era building that once housed the admin-istrative staff of 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron was recently demolished, but some of it will live on.

James Bogusz, vice-president of operations and development for the Victoria Airport

Authority (VAA), says bricks from the struc-ture will find new life in a monument in North Saanich.

“We have been work-ing with Wallace du Temple and the North Saanich Heritage Com-mission,” he explained. “We have met a few times and are looking to do something at Hos-pital Hill — the lookout area on Mills Road.”

That spot is across from the North Saanich municipal hall and was upgraded when the

VAA built its Flight Path multi-use trail.

“The bricks are quite brittle,” Bogusz said. “But crews have been picking out the good ones — and we’ll use approximately 1,000 of them in the park.”

A monument is in the works, he said, but a final design is not yet ready.

It will pay tribute to the men and women who served at the air-port in the late 1930s to the end of the war. The monument will

also provide some his-tory of the airport, he added.

By March or April, he continued, the VAA will seek expressions of interest from com-panies who want to develop concept plans for the park.

“We are hoping to add a small parking lot off of Mills Road, on North Saanich land and expand the park. But that will be worked out with the District.”

Bricks, Bogusz said, will be incorporated into the final design.

“There’s a lot of peo-ple out there who are interested in saving some of this history,” he said. “It’s paying tribute to the past.”

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He said by the end of the year, most — if not all — of the land will be handed over to the authority.

“Into 2016, we’ll look at some design changes and try to facilitate some new aviation development,” he said.

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“It’s a Greater Victoria tradi-tion to celebrate the arrival of spring,” said Paul Nursey, CEO of Tourism Victoria. “We just think our climate and garden tourism is a differentiator for Greater Victoria when the rest of Canada is shivering.”

Community members from the 13 municipalities who count flowers will have their numbers attributed to their community specifically and for the overall total.

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Writers Group: critique at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Develop your writing in a supportive environment in this member-led group.

Writers of all genres welcome. Thursday, Feb. 26, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

A FestiVAl oF Favourites musical event at Sidney’s Peace Lutheran Church, 2295 Weiler Ave. (off Lochside) Sunday, March 15 at 2 p.m. Enjoy great selections from classical to classics of the 1920s through the ‘60s, featuring Laura Cave, pianist and singer. A benefit for the Fireside Room Project. Tickets and info at peacesidney.ca or 250-652-6058.

scottish Folk Fun. Come try Scottish Folk Dancing at the Centre 1229 Clarke Rd. in Brentwood Bay next to the library. First time free. Tuesdays 10 to 11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays and Fridays 7 to 9 p.m. All welcome. Wear soft soled light-weight shoes. Contact: [email protected].

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the Sidney North Saanich Library. Curious about what it takes to be a beekeeper? Join Dr. John Esling for an introduction to this ancient art. Sponsored by UVic Speakers Bureau. Wednesday, Feb. 18, 7 to 8 pm. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

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Join the sidney Senior Singles on a trip to the Chemainus Dinner Theatre for the buffet lunch and show on Wednesday, March 11. The show is Ring of Fire, Project Johnny Cash. Transportation leaving from the SHOAL Centre at 10 a.m., returning about 5:30 p.m. on March 11. Deadline for ticket purchase is Monday, Feb. 23. Call Colleen at 250-665-6638.

Get AWAy With a Good Book kickoff at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Read books, write reviews, win prizes, have fun! Find out about Adult Reading Program (now to February 28), get reading recommendations and enjoy refreshments. Register at 250-656-0944.

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Multiple sclerosis support group has just started in Sidney. It will meet Thursday, Feb. 26, and every fourth Thursday of the month, at the Army Navy and Airforce unit 302 (ANAF) hall on 4th Street in Sidney from noon to 1:30 p.m. Followed by a yoga session adapted for the specialist needs of those living with MS. Ample accessible parking available.Contact Karen at [email protected] for details.

the White cAne Club meets at SHOAL Centre for those with vision impairment, on the first Thursday of each month. Next meeting is Thursday, March 5, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Presentation will be by the CNIB store.

literAry kitchen sink Open Mic at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Writers are invited to read their poetry, story excerpts, memoir, or more for up to 5 minutes. Or join the audience and support local writers. Free. For information call 250-656-0944.

neW MeMBers WelcoMe — Senior Women’s Book Club meets once a month, second Monday, 1:30 p.m. for discussion. Call 250-656--5562.

sidney sister cities association meets third Thursday

of the month at the Sidney North Saanich Library (Nell Horth Room) at 7 p.m. Help us build our sister relationships with Anacortes; Cairns, Australia; and Niimi, Japan. For more information check our new website: sidneysister citiesassociation.com.

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BridGe tournament, Saturday, Feb. 21 at St. Elizabeth’s Church, 10030 Third St., Sidney from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Hosted by CWL. Lunch served. Proceeds to Saanich Peninsula Hospital and Women’s Transition House. For tickets, call Olga Sweet, 778-426-1941.

VolunteersVolunteer serVices

At SHOAL Centre is looking for volunteers to join our team of Friendly Visitors. An active listening course to support interested friendly visitors will commence March 11. For more information please call Deb Greenaway 250-656-5537 ext. 106 or email: [email protected].

shoAl ActiVity centre is looking for a volunteer for two hours a week for our Computer Lab Drop-In to help seniors with iPad and tablet questions. If you are interested please contact Anna Hudson 250-656-5537 ext. 117 or [email protected].

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SALES

HOLMES Realty is currently in a position where we would like to expand by hiring a li-censed Realtor to work in the position of a Buyer Agent. This position would comprise of working with our buyer clients in showing property, hosting open houses, drafting/present-ing offers and follow-up. Ideal-ly, applicants will have at least a year of successful real es-tate experience and a desire to work on a team. We are a busy team with progressive ideas and we all love what we do. To apply, [email protected] or call 250-656-0911www.HolmesRealty.com

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BRIDGES FOR Women So-ciety is looking for social me-dia volunteers with expertise in Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms to as-sist with their indiegogo and public awareness campaigns. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

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SPORTSSteven HeywoodNews staff

Parkland’s game against Oak Bay in the South Island junior girls basketball finals on Friday didn’t quite go the way coach Larry Green wanted — but all is not lost.

His team, which finished first in the league this sea-son and holds an overall winning record, advanced to the Island Championships in Nanaimo this weekend and Green says they’ll be pulling out all the stops.

Parkland lost to Oak Bay 77-59 on Feb. 13 at Central Middle School. Green said they lost starter Sarah Gib-son after she fouled out in the first half.

“That affected us, defi-nitely,” he said, adding his players stepped up to fill the gap and played well for most of the game.

Oak Bay seemed to have prepared for Parkland, hav-ing lost to them two times before. Forward Georgia Alexander scored 40 as Oak Bay handled Parkland’s

pressure defense with quick passes and deep post play.

The Panthers’ Arianne Ste-venson poured in 33 points. Lauren Fanelli added 16 and

Emma Dennis had 5.Dennis, who leads Park-

land with 28 three-pointers on the season, said she learned the team can pull

together when one of their starters is lost.

“We’ll come back fighting,” she said.

The loss was an emotional

one for Parkland, but Steven-son said they support each other and will overcome.

“I think (Oak Bay) played well and we’ll be ready for them next time,” she said.

Stevenson, Parkland’s’ top scorer and assists leader, added the game was a wake up call but noted her team-mates still have a lot of good ball left to come.

“We never quit.”Green said his team has

some work to do for the Islands Feb. 19 to 21 at Wel-lington school in Nanaimo. Oak Bay, he said, has improved a lot this season and will be a tough opponent in his team’s goal to get to the provincials.

To that end, Green said he’ll be changing up both offense and defence this weekend — strategies his players have been practicing for weeks, he said.

“It has been a good year,” said the coach. “We’ve had unbelievable support from the school and we owe them a huge thank-you.”[email protected]

Teams from the southern Island came to play in four-day competition


After four days of intense com-petition at the Glen Meadows Mas-ters Bonspiel last week, four teams emerged victorious from their divi-sions.

The Wayne Scott team, comprised of Scott, Lawrence Woytowich, Paul Addison and Gerry Vantreight of Glen Meadows, took the trophy in the ‘A’ division. They were undefeated through the finals and showed off the “cream of the crop” of the league, said co-ordinator Ray Johnson.

“This was nice, because it’s our home club,” said Woytowich. “And believe it or not, we’ve never won our home club. This was our first time winning here.”

“We have the best masters spiels in the province,” said Addison,

smilng as he and the team accepted their trophy.

Runner up for the ‘A’ event was the Steve Begg team, also from Glen Meadows, with Begg, Gary Rowe, Al Thomson and Adrian Koolman.

Coming in close behind and win-ning the ‘B’ division with only one loss to their name was the Garry Franklyn team from Mill Bay, with Franklyn, Terry Bompas, Randy McLeod and Ray Holman.

The runner up in ‘B’ was the Paul Kondal team from Kerry Park, with Kondal, Bruce Ovens, Al Brown and Glenn Marsh.

Winner of the ‘C’ division was the Bob Gallaugher team from Dun-can, with teammates Brian Aaberg, Bud Harbidge and James Turner. The Mike Debeck team from Kerry Park took the runner up spot, with Debeck, Dick McCarthy, Ray Hutchin-son and Sandy Stewart.

And winner of the ‘D’ division, who had to win two more matches than teams in the ‘A’ spot, was the Wayne Silver team from the Esquimalt Curl-ing Club. Paul Langoon, George Marc-yniuk and Denis Lieutard joined skip Silver to beat out ‘D’ runners up from Victoria, the Don Allan team, also with Brian Morin, Phil Marsh and Alf Wiebe.

Glen Meadows’ annual Men’s Mas-ters is a 32-team bonspiel open to players 55 and over, who are mem-bers or spares of a Masters curling league.

For more information, visit glen-meadowscurling.com.

[email protected]

Angela Cowan/News Staff

Winner of the ‘A’ division and undefeated through the entire Men’s Masters Curling Bonspiel at Glen Meadows (Feb. 10 to 13) in North Saanich, Lawrence Woytowich, left, Wayne Scott, Paul Addison and Gerry Vantreight collect their trophy and prize winnings.

Panthers off to Island basketball finals

Home team wins Glen Meadows bonspiel undefeated


Parkland’s Olivia Erfle has her shot blocked by Oak Bay’s Natalie Froese. Erfle did regain the ball and score two points in the play.

SPORTS In Brief

VIJHL playoffs• The Peninsula

Panthers Junior B hockey team played

a wild-card match

Monday night (Feb. 16) to determine the final team into the VIJHL playoffs this season. Look for cov-erage in Friday’s PNR as the game started after our press dead-line for this edition.

On the courtThe Parkland Pan-

thers senior boys bas-ketball team is getting ready to host the 3A South Island Champi-onships Feb. 19 to 21.

Parkland is currently ranked fourth on Van-couver Island in the 3A division and has had a great year in what is coach Roger Pires’ final season.

The school also hosts the 3A Island finals Feb. 26 to 28, promising to be a busy weekend of basketball on the Peninsula.

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Black Press Carrier Night with the Victoria Royals

Black Press com-munity newspapers in Greater Victoria — including the PNR — have free tickets for our paper carriers for the Saturday, Feb. 21 Victoria Royals game.

If you are a carrier, the family of a car-rier — or a reader who wants to reward a carrier for a good job — drop by the office of the PNR (103-9830 Second St. in Sidney). We have free tickets available on a first come-first served basis.


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2.84 L

Limit 3 Total

2 lb Bag

Imported

LargeCantaloupes

EACH377

EACH477

397EACH

500FOR5

500FOR5

• Old• Medium• Marble• Mozzarella

1 Kg

LIMIT 5 Total

597EACHLIMIT 2

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