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When Fred Dobbs was buried in sand on the beach near Dublin, Ireland, he didn’t just lay there like most five year-olds might. He sculpted a dashboard and steer-ing wheel in front of him, while his father crafted the body of a car.
“When the whole thing was over with, there I was sitting in this sand car down at the beach,” said Dobbs, who would later travel the world working professionally in the medium. “I believe that there’s some connection to why I like to be a sand sculp-tor.”
Dobbs, a Saanich resident who also works in bronze, is the sculpting director for the Cadboro Bay Festival, which, for the first time on Aug. 11 and 12 includes a sand sculpting competition.
In years past, sculptors have created a single exhibition sculpture along Cadboro Bay beach. This weekend, “Desserted Island,” a 28-tonne dessert-themed sculp-ture sponsored by Pepper’s Foods, will continue the tradition.
Meanwhile, four other artists will go in head-to-head creating seven-tonne sculp-tures with themes relating to their spon-sors: Shaw, B.C. Hydro, Uptown and the Cadboro Bay Village Business Improve-ment Association, for which Dobbs will be sculpting. At stake: the people’s choice award bearing the likeness of the much mythologized Cadborosaurus.
Suitable sand for the sculpting – younger, more coarse sand – is trucked in from Duncan. On Friday night before the festi-val, sculptors will begin adding water and pounding sand into wood forms.
Just those two components, sand and water, are used to create the structures.
A sealer designed to guard against wind and rain damage is sprayed on finished sculptures only to preserve details already carved into the sand. Sealer doesn’t play a role in creating structurally sound pieces.
Sculpting begins Saturday and wraps up by the 3 p.m. deadline on Sunday amidst the fanfare of the Cadboro Bay Festival.
“When you’re a sand sculptor, you
are almost given an immediate critique, because you’re sculpting in a performance-type (environment),” Dobbs said. “You typically have people watching you and as you’re moving along through the sculpting process. You’re getting feedback almost immediately.”
While both cold and extreme heat, as well as heavy rains, have been hurdles
Dobbs, like any other pro sculptor, has had to overcome on competition day, they haven’t stood in the way of his champion-ships, including a 1993 Guinness World Records title for height.
Before his quarter century spent as a sand sculptor, Dobbs initially pursued work in graphic design, but chose sand over all other mediums.
“Sand affords sculptors the opportunity to be outdoors with other sculptors and to create things quickly,” he said.
See www.saanichsunfest.ca for more information. Free activities run from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at Gyro Park. Saturday also features a street party in Cadboro Bay Village.
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United triumphantVictoria United’s under-21 side wins the top trophy of the Pacific Coast Soccer League. Page A19
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Art, music and gardensArtists of all mediums show off their prized works this weekend at Glendale Gardens. Page A3
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Saanichb-based professional sand artist Fred Dobbs digs into the model of his “Dessert Island” sculpture that he will build as part of the Cadboro Bay Festival this weekend at Gyro Park and in the Cadboro Bay Village.
Playing in the sand Champion sculptor creates 28-tonne art for Cadboro Bay fest
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Onboard GPS helps track stolen truck
A man was arrested after being found inside an allegedly stolen truck that rolled over on the Pat Bay Highway on Sunday.
The incident began around 1:40 p.m. when the On Star navigation system inside a Chevrolet Colorado pickup alerted police the vehicle was being stolen. It was taken from a hotel parking lot in the 3300 block of Doug-las Street in Victoria. The truck’s owner also reported it stolen.
The truck was tracked through Victoria and Saan-ich into Central Saanich, where police tried to follow it, but heavy traffic made it impossible.
Just before 3 p.m., Cen-tral Saanich police officers learned the truck rolled off the highway at Island View Road. They found a sus-pect inside, uninjured, and arrested the 33-year-old man.
Police are recommend-ing charges of theft over $5,000, possession of sto-len property over $5,000, dangerous driving, causing a police pursuit and failing to stop for police.
Kettlebells on the beach, for charity
Kettlebell fitness trainer Linda Gilmour hosts “Bells on the Beach” this week-end on Dallas Road in sup-port of Lifetime Networks, a Saanich-based charity that creates support net-works for people with dis-abilities.
Try kettlebell workout exercises for the first time or participate in the one-hour challenge, beginning at 1 p.m. this Sunday (Aug. 12).
Minimum $20 donation to participate. Bring your own kettlebell (a weight with a handle) and water and meet between Cook Street and Clover Point.
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Natalie NorthNews staff
Linda Skalenda was in the pas-senger seat next to her husband Paul, when she spied a patch of orange, yellow and gold alders peeking out from a bank of dark fir trees along the oceanside and asked him to stop the car immedi-ately.
Then she pulled out her camera and began snapping photos.
“This is how the process starts,” Skalenda said. “If I don’t have a camera, I’ll sketch it out on any-thing – a napkin if I have to.”
The scene from last year’s trip to Tahsis, punched up in bright con-trasting acrylics, now hangs on the wall of her home studio in Victoria.
For Skalenda, who spent the last several years living in Lantzville and painting from The Old School House Arts Centre in Qualicum Beach, the move back to her old stomping grounds in Fairfield this summer brought some of that sudden inspiration straight to her doorstep.
Behind her rests a near pan-oramic rendition of the view over-looking the Dallas Road bluffs, a piece she painted almost entirely in one day since her return to the capital city.
“I don’t let anything stand between me and the first part of my painting because that’s when the passion comes out on the can-vas,” she said. “It’s a thrill from the beginning to end of the project, a little bit like falling in love each time. Being attracted to the scene and knowing it’s going to work for me makes my heart beat faster.”
Skalenda is best known as a landscape artist, with works dis-played at Morris Gallery on Burn-side Road East, but the range of works stacked up around her
studio, from fruit to farm animals, reveal a thirst for experimentation.
She attributes her lifelong cre-ative journey through crafts and jewelry-making, knitting Cowichan sweaters, and more recently, experimenting with cooking to the children’s art classes she first took through the Victoria Art Gallery that first whetted her appetite.
“I would call myself an artist my whole life,” she said. “I’ve always been interested in learning how to create … Once my kids went off and did their own thing, I was able to come back and do what I wanted to do, what I needed to do, and that was to paint. It’s a thrill. It’s a thrill from beginning to end.”
Skalenda joins 60 other artists – painters, printmakers, photog-raphers, sculptors, metalworkers, potters, glass designers, woodturn-ers, weavers, quilters, jewellers, mosaic and bonsai artists at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific, otherwise known as Glendale Gar-dens.
Musicians include Terry Bren-nan (rhythm and roots); Brad Pre-vadoros (guitar); The Dancehall Players (country dance); Islander (jazz); Greg Madill (folk); Sarah Tradewell (fiddle); and Ron Sera (accordion).
New this year, the event also includes a gallery of emerging art-ists and vintage car displays, as
well as a plant sale. Check out hpc.ca for the schedule of events.
Art in the garden at GlendaleVictoria landscape artist joins 60 others for show in Saanich
Art & music Aug. 11 and 12, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Tickets for two-day entry are $12; $9 for seniors and students, available at the door or online at hcp.ca. Kids under 16 are free.
The Horticultural Centre of the Pacific (Glendale Gardens) is located at 505 Quayle Rd., off of West Saanich Road.
Natalie North/News staff
Linda Skalenda poses with one of her finished works at her new home studio in Cook Street Village. Skalenda moved back to her hometown this summer and will be one of the artists featured at the Arts and Music in the Gardens event Aug. 11 and 12, at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific.
Body found off Oak Bay that of young canoeist
The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed the body found in the water off Oak Bay on Sunday is a young Saanich canoeist who went missing in July.
The body of Iman Bulghani, 19, was found by kayakers on Aug. 6 floating near Tod Island, just south of where he was last seen exactly
one month ago. A police marine unit recovered his body.
On July 6, a Bulghani went missing and was presumed drowned after he and a friend tried to canoe to Discov-ery Island in the late evening, and didn’t bring life jackets.
Their canoe was swamped and it capsized near Ten Mile Point. Bul-
ghani’s friend was found clinging to Tod Rock near Mary Tod Island off Oak Bay.
He was hospitalized with hypo-thermia, but otherwise recovered without harm.
The coroners service said it will continue to investigate this death.
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In 2010, Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin declared June 30 Social Media Day, the first city in the world to do so.
The trio hope to release YYJ: A
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To learn more, visit victoriawave.ca or tap into #YYJchat on Twitter.
A fire badly damaged a single family home on Hartwood Place near Mount Doug school on Sun-day evening.
The Saanich Fire Department found smoke and flames billowing from the first and second floors at the rear of the house.
Firefighters knocked down the flames quickly, but it took time to extinguish fire crawling through the walls in the upper floor.
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Fire damages house near Mt. Doug school
Tapping into Victoria’s Twitterverse
Daniel PalmerNews staff
Three community organizers plan on turning their social media experiment into a full-length documentary.
Four months ago, Kyle Schembri, Mat Wright and Susan Jones began a weekly Twitter-based discussion on Greater Victoria issues.
“We wanted to keep it open and really informal,” Schembri said. “It was completely an experiment. We had no idea what would happen.”
Under the hashtag #YYJchat, the Twitter con-versation has quickly grown into an open platform hub for town hall-like discussions. They take place every Tuesday from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and feature a well-known guest responding to questions from organizers and the public. Topics range from poli-tics and regional amalgamation to the best place to buy a bottle of wine.
“There’s an informal accountability for these guests to answer questions,” Schembri said. “I wouldn’t normally get to pose questions to these decision-makers, but with #YYJchat, I can do that.”
The online discussions are curated and posted each week on VictoriaWave.ca, the brainchild of Schembri and Wright. The duo began producing
podcasts last March, but it wasn’t until Jones sug-gested they utilize Twitter to engage more discus-sion that the website really gained traction.
“I always refer to it as a face-palm moment,” said Wright, who runs a local marketing and communi-cations agency. The website received more than 100 unique visitors during last month’s #YYJchat discussion with former provincial NDP leader Car-ole James, but using Twitter makes it difficult to measure those people who observe without par-ticipating.
“Twitter can be an intimate conversation, but at the same time, you’re broadcasting that to the world,” Wright said. “There may be 80 or 100 peo-ple engaging, but there are likely hundreds more watching.”
#YYJchat has had an impressive lineup of guests since its inception, including mayors Barb Desjar-dins of Esquimalt and Frank Leonard of Saanich. Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May guest-hosted on Aug. 7, at her request.
But don’t be fooled by the political slant. #YYJchat’s organizers are open to any relevant topic and every willing participant.
“The good thing about Twitter is anybody can come on board,” Schembri said. “My mom hopped on board last week and started texting me, asking why I wasn’t posting. And she doesn’t even use Twitter.”
Across Canada, 52 per cent of people use Face-book while 18 per cent are on Twitter.
In Victoria, those numbers are estimated to be at least 10 per cent higher in a city well-known
Daniel Palmer/News staff
Mat Wright, left, and Kyle Schembri check their Twitter feeds at the B.C. Legislature. The pair, with partner Susan Jones, created #YYJchat, a weekly Twitter discussion addressing regional issues.
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Locals have the chance to return to the old days of swimming on the Gorge this Sunday, like Jack Wellburn’s family did 90 years ago.
“The big deal are the bathing suits,” said Well-burn, 82, referring to a photo of his family before a 1920 Christmas swim. “The men are all covered up and the women certainly aren’t wearing any bikinis.”
Wellburn has kept a polar bear charm from a 1945 Christmas Day swim in the Inner Harbour when he was 15 years old.
Does the Saanich senior plan to relive his youth and go for a dip in the Gorge this weekend? “No,” he said laughing. Wellburn is more of a boater these days.
The Gorge Swim Fest takes place at three loca-tions on Aug. 12 from noon to 4 p.m.: Banfield Park (in Vic West), Gorge Park (at Curtis Point in Saan-ich), and Gorge-Kinsmen Park (in Esquimalt).
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Gorge swimming is all in the family
Saanich resident Jack Wellburn holds an original photo of the Christmas Day swim on the Gorge Waterway in 1920. Among the swimmers about to dive off the dock into the Gorge’s chilly December waters for a 50-metre race are Wellburn’s uncle Gerry Wellburn, Ethel Heathcoat, who would later marry Gerry, aunts Grace Knight (nee Wellburn) and Kathleen Richardson (nee Wellburn), as well as his father Tommy Wellburn.
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Six decades ago, visitors to the Cedar Hill Golf Club could walk across the street to the pro shop, located within the club owner Lyle Barnes’ family home, and play a few slot machines – until police raided the pro shop and seized the slots.
The cops didn’t find one illegal machine, how-ever. Lyle’s son Barney was a fan of the penny slot and had it hidden in his bedroom.
Barney, who later became the head greens superintendent for Cedar Hill golf course, hung on to that machine and rumour has it, he’ll bring it back to the club for the anniversary celebration set for this weekend.
“Cedar Hill is the story that won’t quit,” said Val Meiras, president of the Cedar Hill Golf Club. “It’s been a challenging year as Saanich closed down Cedar Hill restaurant. … For us, we’ve been through clubhouses and managers and the club has continued; we’ve actually added 47 new mem-bers this year.”
More than 180 golfers will tee off at 9 a.m. on Sunday (Aug. 12) to celebrate the Cedar Hill Golf Club’s 60th birthday.
While the tournament sold out quickly, there
is additional capacity for anybody who has fond memories of the club to attend a post-tournament reunion barbecue and ceremony at 2 p.m.
Guests will also receive a copy of a book chroni-cling Cedar Hill Golf Club’s history, including details on the slot machine fiasco and Cedar Hill legends, such as junior champ and future pro golfer Gordie Scutt. The book, compiled by Aki Graber, has been in the works since the 50th anniversary of the club.
“There was a hurry to talk with the people who remember while they’re still here to tell us,” Mei-ras said. “(The club) does have a colourful history and people are very attached.”
Tickets to Sunday’s barbecue are $15 and avail-able through the end of the day Saturday, at the golf club. For more information visit cedarhillgolf-club.com.
Cedar Hill Golf Club hits 60
Cheryl Scutt photo/Courtesy of Cedar Hill Golf Club - A Historical Record
Gordie Scutt won the North American Junior Golf Championship a the age of 10 at Cedar Hill in 1990. He went on to a professional golf career.
Ryder Hesjedal celebration Friday
The community is invited to a celebration today (Aug. 10) for cyclist Ryder Hesjedal’s victory in the Giro D’Italia in May.
The Belmont secondary grad recently finished in the middle of the pack in the London Olympic’s road race and time trial events.
A parade from the Victoria Mar-riott hotel starts at 3:30 p.m. and travels along Government Street to Centennial Square.
Events include a Q&A with Hesjedal from 3:50 to 6:30 p.m.
Enbridge pipeline vigilTuesday at legislature
The next in a series of monthly vigils protesting the Enbridge oil pipeline and similar projects in British Columbia happens Tues-day (Aug. 14) from 5 to 6 p.m. at the cenotaph in front of the leg-islature. Email [email protected] for details.
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Why did the chicken cross the road? To escape the clutches of a homophobic
fast food restaurant.Crap, I screwed up
the punchline. It’s sup-posed to be: to escape the clutches of a fast food restaurant that supports traditional family values.
A few weeks back, Dan Cathy, the president of Chick-fil-A (an American chicken chain), was asked by a small Baptist news-paper whether he sup-ports same-sex marriage.
He indirectly answered the question, saying, “We are very much supportive of the family – the biblical definition of the family unit. We know that it might not be popu-lar with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principle.”
Well Cathy was right about his views being unpopular.
Since then, a nationwide boycott of Chick-fil-A was launched and sup-ported by an overwhelming num-ber of Americans who defend gay marriage.
Cathy, the businessman, was mar-tyred because of his personal views, which don’t seem to be related to his business practices. His restau-rants still hire homosexuals and serve fried chicken to gay custom-ers, if they so choose to work or eat there.
And though I disagree whole-heartedly with Cathy’s stance on gay marriage, he’s absolutely right that he can openly share his values and operate on biblical principle, if
he so chooses.And he’s not alone.An Angus Reid poll from March of
this year suggest 48 per cent of Americans are still opposed to gay marriage. That means Cathy’s not alone by any means. Sta-tistically speaking, some 48 per cent of the own-ers of the businesses at which you shop share a similar view.
But 48 per cent is now a minority. And that minority is shrinking.
It seems Canada is more progressive, at 36
per cent opposition. But that’s still a high number.
And it’s likely – though I don’t want to generalize – that the major-ity of those who don’t support same-sex marriage probably oper-ate, like Cathy, on biblical princi-ples, or other religious scriptures.
To boycott a company whose president doesn’t share the same religious views as you is silly. To boycott a company whose presi-dent doesn’t share the same politi-cal views as you is ridiculous. But to boycott a company whose president openly supports a form of inequality is reasonable.
And it’s unfortunate the Chick-fil-A employees who don’t agree with Cathy’s stance – even those who do – are being branded and chastised for being affiliated with a homophobic company, but Cathy must’ve known the impact a public statement on this issue would have.
Not only that, apparently the company annually donates mil-lions of dollars to organizations and
groups that actively and openly oppose same-sex marriage.
That’s where I draw the line. Chick-fil-A doesn’t operate in Can-ada, so I can’t boycott it for reasons other than its unhealthy, deep-fried menu options.
It’s one thing for a businessman to come forward and state his stance on an issue – I may disagree with you, for reasons of equality or religion, but your views are your own. I wouldn’t boycott you for that.
However, it’s another thing entirely to use your company’s prof-its to finance groups whose sole objective is to deny equal rights to a portion of the population that includes some of your employees and customers. That’s boycott-worthy.
I realistically don’t expect to change anyone’s stance on gay mar-riage with this column. Your views, like mine, are founded in each of our upbringings and our under-standings of our social and political environments.
But I, like many, should thank Cathy for coming out and publicly stating his position on such a divi-sive issue – even if it makes no sense for a businessman to wade into the discussion.
At least there’s an awareness now of where money goes once it’s exchanged for Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Strips; I wouldn’t want to knowingly have my money finance discrimina-tory ventures.
Maybe more business owners should be as open.
Kyle Slavin is a reporter with the Saanich News.
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Athletes’ legacy with communityIt’s been a tough year for a few of Victoria’s high-
profile athletes.After winning the Giro D’Italia and solidifying his
place as Canada’s premier cyclist, Ryder Hesjedal crashed out of the Tour de France, and middle-of-the pack outcomes in the Olympic road race and time trial, and no medals.
Last Saturday, 22-year-old Paula Findlay showed true grit and fought through an injury-plagued year to finish the women’s triathlon in last place (with a time of 2:12:09; that’s still a blistering pace. Consider this: the female winner of the Victoria Subaru Olympic-dis-tance triathlon came in at 2:28:07 ).
Findlay’s performance and subsequent apology set off a firestorm of controversy after fellow triathlete Simon Whitfield came to her defence, and criticized Triathlon Canada and Findlay’s coach for giving her poor guidance in recovering from a hip injury.
Then on Tuesday, Whitfield, the pride of Victoria as Canada’s Olympic flag bearer, crashed early in his race, ending his Olympic career in a way he, and the nation, never imagined.
But world-class athletes like Hesjedal, Findlay and Whitfield – not to mention medal winners men’s eight rowing, track cyclist Gillian Carleton and swimmer Ryan Cochrane – will continue to be local heroes, and will continue to exemplify the Olympic spirit.
The legacy of our local athletes doesn’t hinge on medals, but how they give back to the community. Whitfield has raised thousands for KidSport Victoria and mentors up-and-coming competitive triathletes. Hesjedal’s success spurred the Tour de Victoria and the Ryder’s Cycling Society of Canada to promote cycling locally and across the country.
Athletes such as Findlay and Carleton and rowers Lindsay Jennerich and Patricia Obee are mentoring the next generation of young women in their disci-plines, and will continue to be superb athletes to be reckoned with on the world stage.
Victoria is home, or the adopted home, of 32 ath-letes on this year’s Canadian Olympic team. With insti-tutions like Commonwealth Place, the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence and the national team rowing facility at Elk Lake, these athletes will continue to train and inspire youth to stay fit and healthy, to push their limits and strive to be the best in the world.
We can be proud of what our Olympians have achieved in London, but the Games come and go. The impact of local athletes will be felt in the Greater Vic-toria community for years to come.
‘Cathy, the businessman, was martyred because of his personal views.’
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Olympic pageantryis over-the-top
On the eve of my eighth decade, I am contemplating the spectacular performances and events at the current Olympic Games.
Fleetingly, my thoughts return to Games of long ago, when all were amateurs (e.g. Chariots of Fire) and the great names included Owens, Zatopek, Nuurmi, Haag, etc. Champions all.
Today our world is in a chaotic state. Desperate human needs are being thwarted by a lack of funds, we are told (let them eat cake). Coincidentally, extravagant and garish opening and closing Olympic ceremonies – likely for
commercial profit – belie this sickening refrain. Public liability is the likely cost (remember Montreal in 1976?). It reminds one of Nero fiddling while Rome burned.
What has all this showmanship to do with athletic excellence and prowess?
Certainly, all praise to the athletes, and huge congratulations to medal winners, but please, cut the cost of the carnivals. Has greed and crass commercialism become the raison d’être, even at Olympic Games?
Spoil sport? No, create simple, sensible priorities.
Stephen LambVictoria
High cost involvedto keep, transport deer
Re: Deer overpopulationI earned a living in game
management before retirement, so it’s easy for me to form my own opinion on the problem.
And before the many compassionate Walt Disney types get excited – long eyelashes and big ears are deadly – I would hate to be informed that the problem animals have been sent to another country on holiday. I’ve heard they want another $130 a month to keep the rabbits that were sent down there?
Whilst the West Coast is certainly not the United Kingdom, I wonder how many readers know
that six species of deer roam the British Isles, leaving them withan exploding population in excess of two million? Or that, despite the culling of 350,000 a year, it continues to increase?
Because of their secretive and nocturnal habits their numbers are difficult to assess.
Please, good people of Victoria, if you’ve got money to spare, why not remember the cancer fund, or remember to donate first to things like our new cancer hospital.
Are we going soft?Is there anybody in Sooke who
would mind a few bunnies at $130 a month each?
Stan FisherOak Bay
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B.C.’s premier missed the mark on pipelineB.C.’s Christy Clark was right to
walk away from a national energy strategy promoted by Alberta’s Alison Redford at a provincial premiers’ meeting in Halifax in late July.
She just did it for the wrong reasons.
Clark said she won’t sign on unless B.C. is guaranteed a bigger share of benefits from the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project. But all the money in China, Alberta, and Enbridge’s bank accounts won’t be enough to undo the damage from a major leak near one of the thousand waterways the dual pipeline would cross, or from a supertanker spill along the B.C. coast.
B.C.’s premier should have renounced the proposal because it’s focused more on tar sands, pipelines, and markets than on getting Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions under control by shifting from fossil fuel
dependency to a more efficient system based on conservation and renewable energy.
Canadians want and need an energy strategy.
We need it to combat the ever-increasing damage from global warming, to make better use of our resources, to ensure energy security for all Canadians, to respect the rights of aboriginal people, and to create long-term jobs and economic prosperity.
That calls for a better plan than quickly digging up all our bitumen and coal and selling it to China and fracking the hell out of every piece of ground that might have some gas in it.
Oil, gas, and coal are valuable and finite resources.
All represent energy from the sun that has been stored through photosynthesis and concentrated over millions of years.
We waste a lot of it, especially
when we burn it in private automobiles that use only about 15 per cent of the energy to move the car.
Because a car typically weighs 10 to 20 times more than its passengers, we’re only getting about one per cent efficiency from the fuel.
Instead of wasting 99 per cent of this complex and useful non-renewable chemical mix, we could use more of it to make everything from bicycle tires and computer keyboards to heart valves and artificial limbs. And surely we can even find more efficient and less polluting ways to use it for fuel.
A rational energy strategy – one that benefits Canadians more than multinational corporations and the repressive regime in China – would recognize the value of our limited resources not just for fuel and products but as a way to generate steady revenue to help us shift to renewable energy.
What would such a strategy look like?
It’s already too late to stop
global warming, but we can contribute to making it less severe.
That means shifting away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible. Canada would have to reduce its emissions by 80 per cent from 1990 levels by 2050 to do its part to avoid dangerous warming over 2° C.
Instead of doubling oil sands production, we need to reduce the energy we get from fossil fuels by more than 70 per cent.
The target is possible if we transform our energy system over the next 40 years, according to the Trottier Energy Futures Project, a joint effort between the David Suzuki Foundation and the Canadian Academy of Engineering.
Renewable energy use would have to double.
Energy production from non-hydro renewables such as wind, solar, and biomass would have to increase 150 times from today’s levels.
We would also have to make our country 50 per cent more energy efficient.
This could be accomplished by building only net-zero buildings by 2050 and retrofitting existing buildings to the highest efficiency standards.
It would take vision and commitment, including unlocking financing to enable energy efficient retrofits and renewable energy development, training workers to retrofit homes and install local renewable generation, building a flexible electricity grid, and converting refineries to biofuel production from biomass byproducts.
Although the 2007 plan Redford and her fellow leaders hope to build on mentions renewable energy and climate change, it doesn’t offer the bold vision needed to realize the many benefits – and the necessity – of reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.
We need a broad and comprehensive strategy.
Had Premier Clark embraced and articulated such a vision, she would have been seen as a real leader.
Learn more at davidsuzuki.org.
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Tom FletcherBlack Press
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has rejected suggestions his government is considering pushing through the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline across northern B.C.
Harper was asked about Enbridge Inc.’s pipeline project in Vancouver Tuesday, and the accusation that he has already decided it is in the national inter-est for it to proceed.
“I’ve been very clear that deci-sions on these kinds of projects are made through an indepen-dent evaluation conducted by scientists into the economic costs and risks that are associ-ated with the project,” Harper said. “I think that’s the only way governments can handle contro-versial projects of this manner, to ensure that things are evalu-ated on an independent basis, scientifically, and not simply on political criteria.”
Harper told reporters he has spoken with B.C. Premier Christy Clark and other premiers about pipelines, but those con-versations are private.
It’s his first public comment since a dispute erupted between Clark and Alberta Premier Ali-son Redford in July over Clark’s demand for more revenues. “I’m not going to get into an argument or discussion about how we divide hypothetical revenues,” Harper said.
He did emphasize that in general, it is impor-tant for Canada to diversify its trade and open up new markets in Asia. The federal government is planning “huge investments” to improve environmental pro-tection for shipping resource material, but it won’t favour any individual project, he said.
Kinder Morgan hopes to twin its existing oil pipeline from Alberta to port and refinery
facilities in Burnaby, to trans-port more heavy oil from the Athabasca oil sands. But the
company has not yet formally applied for federal environ-ment assessment.
Clark initially said her government would wait until the federal assess-ment of Enbridge is concluded in 2013 before deciding whether to support
it. Then in late July, the B.C. govern-ment presented a
list of preconditions, including a positive recommendation from the federal review.
Other conditions are “world-leading” oil spill prevention and response capability on land and at sea, meeting legal require-ments to consult and accom-modate aboriginal groups along pipeline routes, and a “fair share” of oil revenues for B.C.
Enbridge pipeline won’t be imposed, Harper says
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Daniel PalmerNews staff
Greater Victoria Real-tors recently presented a small bounty to the Mustard Seed Food Bank from their annual food drive.
More than 2,000 pounds of food and nearly $4,000 was raised by Realtors for Mustard Seed, which provides food for more than 7,000 people each month.
The food bank’s storehouse, though, is currently in need of a boost.
“I don’t remember it (ever) being quite this low,” said Rev. Chris Riddell, Mustard Seed executive director. “With school being out for summer, there are no school or lunch pro-grams, so people rely on us.”
“Cash allows us to buy what we need when we need it,” Rid-dell said.
The organization can purchase food at a lower price in bulk, which allows those dollars to go further than if donors go and purchase groceries on their own.
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A sleek, mahogany piano sits tucked into a cozy corner downstairs in Cordova Bay’s newest eatery.
It’s quiet on this day. But if Kate Phoenix, owner-general manager of The Beach House res-taurant, has her way, the room will be a big part
of the success of her latest venture.
“This piano was sold by Alison Piano to McMorrans back in 1920,” she says. “When we called them to come and refurbish it, they said ‘hey, we sold that piano originally.’”
The McMorrans name may no longer be on the busi-ness – the longtime family run operation shut down in 2010 – but the hope is that the musical atmosphere it
cultivated over the years will continue at the new Beach House.
“It’s a musical place … (and) music is a big part of a lot of people’s lives at the restaurant,” Phoe-nix says.
Already doing a brisk business since opening in late June, The Beach House is joining with the Victoria Conservatory of Music for a fundraiser event Aug. 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sales of two menu items, Dough-Re-Mi pizza and Fa-So-La-Tini cocktails – with or without alcohol – will benefit the Conservatory.
During the day, conservatory trained musicians such as rising violin star Ceilidh Briscoe, plus VCM faculty, will perform upstairs in the main dining room and downstairs in the bistro.
“We felt it would be a wonderful opportunity to partner with the new Beach House,” said conser-vatory CEO Jane Butler-McGregor.
“Music was a huge part of the culture and the past of McMorran’s, and the fact Kate and her team are still wanting to put music forward tells us she wants to let that musical legacy live on.”
Phoenix, an Edmonton native and former vice-president of marketing for Rogers Chocolates, says the plan is to offer patrons a regular menu of light jazz or classics with their casual dining experience.
The Beach House is at 5109 Cordova Bay Rd. Call 250-658-5224 for reservations or information.
Naples-styles pizzeria opens doors Victoria’s first Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria wel-
comed guests to its grand opening Thursday at suite 128 in Market Square.
The Canada-wide franchise, making inroads
into B.C., features pizzas made with imported Ital-ian flour, and topped with fior-di-latte mozzarella. The downtown Victoria eatery cooks up their pies in a unique bell-shaped oven.
Hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Sat-urdays. Call 250-590-2648.
Business around townUnited Way of Greater Victoria appointed Jo-
Anne Silverman as its director of fund devel-opment. Silverman comes to the charity after nine years as advancement manager with the Camosun College Foundation … Oak Bay Beach Hotel added Frank Berke to its sales team. Berke owned and operated Brilliant Ideas Canada Ltd. for 24 years, with stores across B.C. and Alberta … Vince Herlaar joined the financial planning firm of Hatch and Muir as an associate after work-ing in the credit union industry … Pacific Chris-tian School grad Ashley Schenk, who will attend Houghton College in New York this fall, won a $500 bursary from Bob Lane Insurance Services in Brentwood Bay, a division of SeaFirst Insurance Brokers.
Send your business news tips to [email protected].
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Kate Phoenix, owner-general manager of The Beach House Restaurant, joins Victoria Conservatory of Music violin student Ceilidh Briscoe in the newly reopened eatery.
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In a unique turn of events, a married couple will cruise Vancouver Island as part of the Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock.
Const. Dorothy Junio, the Oak Bay police school resource officer, will tackle the Tour de Rock alongside husband Const. Jett Junio of Saanich police.
They are the first married couple to take part in the Canadian Cancer Society fundraiser.
“You only get to do it once and to do it together …,” Dorothy
began. “It’s a unique opportunity for sure,” Jett
finished. “We have the luxury of debriefing everything we do from work to riding because we’re on the same page.”
They also share in fundraising responsibilities and aside from police work, in a local business as well. Jett returns to the Saanich police ranks in January after an 18-month leave to run Riders Cycles, a bicycle business on Cloverdale Avenue that the couple purchased a year ago.
The Junios came to Victoria four years ago after long careers with the Edmonton Police Service.
Cops for Cancer fundraisers were
rooted in Edmonton. The Island-wide ride, Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock, developed from those events in the mid-1990s.
“We knew the event (in Edmonton) was raising funds for kids with cancer, but the magnitude didn’t hit us until we got here,” Jett said.
“The fever we didn’t feel until we got to the Island,” Dorothy added. “The whole Island embracing it is amazing.”
With their kids, Adam and Ethan hitting 16 and 17 this year, they felt an opportunity to make a commitment to the cause. Plus it’s a year of milestones for the pair; both turned 50, celebrated 25 years of policing and it’s the 15th year of the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock.
Then there’s the illness itself. Dorothy’s mom developed cancer (she’s faring well right now), and suddenly they saw it throughout their peers.
“It became a big deal,” Dorothy said. The biggest hurdles won’t be the
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“It’s going to be the emotions,” Dorothy said. “You sometimes have to battle that along with the physical.”
As for the highs, just participating and seeing people dig deep to give is already providing those.
“The ride itself is secondary,” Jett said. “It’s a vehicle to reach out to people for a greater cause: the kids.”
“You only get to do it once and do it together …”– Const. Dorothy Junio
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Police officers Dorothy and Jett Junio, owners of Riders Cycles in Saanich, will be the first married couple to take on the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock ride this fall.
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page15Getting fi t and staying fi t for life is a wish for many seniors, Making it happen can sometimes be the bigger challenge.
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Barbara Dicker, 71, warms up with some stretching for her 50+ Strength and Stretch class. Dicker attends the class three times a week.Photo: Charla Huber/News Staff
Fit for life: making it happen
SUSAN LUNDYFEATURE WRITER
At 71, Victoria resident Barbara Dicker decided to take control of her tness.
“I realized I’m at an age where if I don’t get t, I’ll lose whatever I have,” she said. Although she’s an avid walker, she’d started gaining weight and was feeling less steady
on her feet.She decided, “It
was now or never.”Getting t was
a good choice for Dicker: statistics show that seniors who exercise experience numerous health bene ts, including
improved immune function, better bone
density, prevention of chronic disease and cancer, better digestion and lowered risk of heart disease. Exercise is also a natural mood booster, so t seniors are happier seniors.
However, seniors also face a number of barriers when it comes to participating in tness-related activities.
At Saanich Commonwealth Place, where Dicker joined aerobic and strength-building programs, tness technician Kamran Rad said transportation is often the biggest obstacle facing seniors who want to get t.
“Due to mobility and agility issues, many seniors can’t drive,” he said, noting this substantially limits their access to programs.
Even among seniors who do drive, some
suffer vision problems or feel uncomfortable driving early in the morning, at dusk or after dark, limiting the time of day – especially in winter – when they can attend programs. Seniors also tend to barricade themselves in the house during snowy or icy weather conditions for “fear of falling and breaking body parts,” Rad added.
Transportation is a dif cult challenge for programmers to solve, but there are other steps recreational facilities can take to become more “seniors friendly,” such as offering orientation sessions, discounts and face-to-face registration for those
uncomfortable with signing up for programs online.
“It can be frustrating for seniors
who aren’t computer savvy,” Rad said. “We
actually offer computer courses speci cally for
seniors.”At the Crystal Pool and Fitness Centre in
Victoria, programmer Josh Taylor describes ways in which rec centres can make tness more accessible to seniors. At the Crystal, both water and dry-land seniors’ programs
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Saanich Senior
Lifestyle discoveriesThere is a wing
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I have watched contemporary Boomers transition with dignity into their
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It’s not that I haven’t got the message along the way. The age-o-gram with my name on it arrived unexpectedly, in my late 50s, in the middle of the night after an evening of great fun on Pender Island. The pain in my chest was of heart attack quality, but instead of dying I just hurt worse and worse. Tempting as it must have been to let me writhe on the oor, my family called 911 and a rescue mission went into high gear.
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Being an idiot, I processed all this at my leisure over the next few years while I continued to resist the temptation to age gracefully. But, I was constantly troubled by my failure to properly thank all the volunteers who gave up their peaceful Saturday night to save my sorry butt.
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Thus began one of the most rewarding writing assignments I have ever undertaken … a twilight career as a re department communications volunteer. Even though I no longer live on Pender, I still help each month with whatever writing chore the re chief needs doing.
I may have arrived at volunteering through the back door, but I found a home. I have a deep appreciation for the
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I discovered that volunteering is addictive. I branched out and now also do some wordsmithing for the local hospital auxiliary.
Some would say I’m just paying for my sins. Maybe so … but it works for this recalcitrant Boomer.
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The Big Issue continued from 13
Born in London, England, Anne Swannell grew up in a castle in Wales, where her father was chauffeur to Lord Penrhyn. Today, the Saanich resident, a retired copywriter, makes fl ower-panel mosaics using broken china donated by friends and found in thrift shops. In fact, she’ll be showing her work this weekend at Arts & Music in the Gardens at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacifi c, Aug. 11 and 12.
Swannell also paints and is a member of the League of Canadian Poets, having written three books of poetry, one about Swan Lake, one about the West Edmonton Mall, and one called Shifting, published by Victoria’s Ekstasis Editions.In addition to spending time with her three children and nine grandchildren and attending plays, Swannell enjoys going to the gym, swimming, and walking.
Q. Favourite Saanich place, destination or activity?
A. Gordon Head Rec. Centre because it keeps me in shape. And my garden
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Q. What “words of wisdom” from your parents have resonated with you?
A. “Don’t leave jobs half done.”
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Q. What’s at top of your bucket list? Why?
A. To take more walking holidays, starting with one in the south of
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Q. What are you reading right now?
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are comparatively “low impact” and scheduled mid-morning, “when seniors have more time to participate.” The centre also changes up the music for seniors and offers senior-speci c rates to help offset nancial barriers. New signage in the
weight room asks that windows be kept shut because some seniors found the air ow too cold.
Feeling intimidated is another factor for many seniors, Rad added.
“If you’re 70 and haven’t done much activity, it can be intimidating to go into a public facility where you might feel awkward and lost,” he said.
Orientation sessions can help, as can attending with a friend, as Dicker discovered.
“I wouldn’t have gone if I didn’t have someone to go with,” she said. “Even then, I was quite intimidated by the activity itself.”
The cost of programs can also be a barrier – Dicker said she might have to reconsider her tness program if
her income was lower. However, some government programs (such as the provincial Prescription for Health launched in June 2011) provide nancial help. And recreation centres do their part by offering discounts, such as special “seniors day”
drop-in rates and multi-session access passes.
Dicker says 95 per cent of the people in her classes are seniors and almost all are women. She attends two pool-based programs each week (aerobics plus strength and balance) and three dry land strength and balance workouts. She also has a step counter and aims to walk 10,000 steps a day – easier said than done, she noted.
Creating a community is a big aspect of welcoming the senior population to local recreation centres and helping them achieve their tness goals.
“It comes down to making the entire rec centre more welcoming, [for example] having a lounge where seniors can have coffee and socialize,” Taylor said.
In the six months since she started working out regularly, Dicker has seen a de nite improvement in her balance. And she made new social connections, often meeting with people for coffee after the programs.
As the Canadian population continues to age, and the health bene ts of exercise for seniors become even more apparent, it will be increasingly important for society to nd ways of overcoming barriers, allowing people like Dicker to take control of their tness.
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Jim ScottAge 69
Volunteer Coordinator, Friends of Volunteer Coordinator, Friends of the Greater Victoria Public Librarythe Greater Victoria Public Library
As a former library manager with the Greater Victoria Public Library,
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to work with books on a
volunteer basis. After retiring in 2007,
he began volunteering with the Friends of the Greater Victoria Public Library, a group that organizes library book sales throughout the year, with proceeds bene tting library programs such as the Summer Reading Club. Scott also helps coordinate books to be donated to literacy groups throughout Greater Victoria. For the past six years, Scott has also volunteered with the Heart and Stroke Foundation, raising funds by going door-to-door. He also enjoys reading, walking, and cycling.
Volunteer, Thrifty Foods Volunteer, Thrifty Foods Sendial programSendial program
Leatrice LamAge 80
When Leatrice Lam isn’t tending her garden or playing the violin, she can be found
volunteering at Thrifty Foods
on Admirals Road. Lam spends
three hours a week calling people in the
store’s Sendial program. She takes orders from customers, mainly seniors, and passes them to fellow volunteers who gather the groceries before they are delivered to the customers’ homes. Lam started volunteering with the program as a shopper eight years ago. A longtime resident of Winnipeg, Man., Lam moved to Victoria 10 years ago. She was an administrator of a nursing home in Winnipeg and taught nursing at a local college.
Member of Hampton Singers, Member of Hampton Singers, Silver Thread ServicesSilver Thread Services
Ruth ZernialAge 98
As an active member of the Hampton Singers at Silver Thread Services in Saanich, Ruth
Zernial and fellow members
of the ladies’ choir visit seniors’
care homes every two weeks to perform. A choir
member for four years, but a musician most of her life, Zernial loves seeing the smile on people’s faces when they sing. “If you are singing, you are happy,” she says. Zernial sings often, never missing a friend’s birthday – she keeps a list – and plays keyboard to accompany her voice. She also enjoys lawn bowling, painting and playing bridge. Originally from Germany, Zernial has lived in Greater Victoria since 1989.
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Kristeen von Hagen’s first venture into the stand-up comedy world was at a club in Victoria in the
mid-90s.“It was terrifying. Everyone
knew it was my first time so they were super kind and polite … but your first attempt at stand-up is always questionable at best,” she says, now 15-plus years into her career as a comedienne.
“I remember doing this thing about driv-ing and being dis-tracted – looking over and seeing people brush their teeth and playing with the radio. I don’t know if they were even jokes.”
And while von Hagen’s been away from Victoria – where she was born and raised – since 1996, she says returning to per-
form is always unnerving.“My parents will come to at
least one show, and my aunts and uncles. A long time ago I was performing at a club and two girls I’d gone to high school with were in the audience. … I feel the pres-sure’s on a bit more in Victoria,” she says.
Next week (Aug. 15 to 19), von Hagen joins a terrific lineup of
comedians, including Brent Butt (of Corner Gas fame), for the Blue Bridge Comedy Festival.
“This is kind of my dream scenario,” says festival organizer Dan Quinn. He contacted all the best comedi-ans he knew, they all said yes, and the Blue Bridge Comedy Fest was born.
“It’s going to be an amazing weekend of entertainment, to get to see all these top
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In addition to von Hagen and Butt, Blue Bridge will feature shows from Mark Maron, Nikki Payne, Johnny Bagpipes, Sean Proudlove, Damonde Tschritter, Peter White, Paul Myrehaug and Rob Pue.
Von Hagen says her lengthy resumé of experience on stage has helped ease her mind from those first few shows in Victoria, Vancouver and Toronto.
“I no longer have that fear that I’m going to die or it’s going to be a nightmare. I remember a time where I would be phoning in for spots and I would be upset if I
didn’t get a spot and I was hor-rified if I did, because I knew I would have to go do it,” she says.
Stand-up comedy remains an “old boys’ club,” she says, though she doesn’t understand why that is.
“There’s still a lot of people, men and women, who see a woman get on stage and get put off,” she says. “And periodi-cally you hear, ‘there’s no funny women.’ That doesn’t make sense. You’ve never had a funny aunt or wife? Your girlfriend has never made you laugh? That, to me, seems insane.”
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Richard Wong is an artist, and no one is more surprised by it than the artist himself.
Now 58, he picked up a paint brush for the first time in early 2011. “My partner Jackie (Swan) asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I said, ‘maybe a sketch pad.’ I don’t know why I even said that.”
The water colour kit sat unopened for a while, then Wong registered for an art class at the Esquimalt Recreation Centre. “One of the first water colours I painted was a hut. Then when I painted behind it, I just touched the hut with the water and it dis-appeared. It was very frustrat-ing. I almost quit,” he said.
Instead, he signed up for Chi-nese brush lessons with Kileasa Wong, the foremost teacher of traditional Chinese painting in Victoria. At the end of his second session of classes the instruc-tor told him his work was “good enough to sell.”
“That just planted a seed in me,” he said.
From there Wong, who has lived in Esquimalt for seven years, dove into the art world,
expanding his horizons with Western brush technique and showing his work at the Victoria Look Show. “I was very appre-hensive about it,” said Wong. “I was not quite sure I was ready.”
During the show he was approached by Greater Victoria Community Arts Council presi-dent Bob Williams, who asked him to join the board. “I’m like: ‘say what?’ Those things don’t happen to me.”
Wong joined the board in May. He was resident artist at Abkhazi Gardens and artist in residence at Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites in July where he taught an introduction to Chinese Brush
Painting workshop.“It was fun. It was over capac-
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After a 25-year career in the ministry of environment, Wong retired in 2009. Up until his unusual request for a sketch pad he “didn’t have an artistic bone” in his body, but now gets great pleasure from creating his fusion of eastern and western methods.
“As long as I’m painting and I continue to be enjoying it and satisfied, I’ll keep going,” said Wong. The public can meet Wong and see him work at the Esquimalt Arts Festival on Aug. 12. The festival runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the English Inn and Resort, 429 Lampson St.
Painters, photographers, musicians, carvers and other local artists will be displaying and demonstrating their art. There will be creation stations where families can participate in free art projects. Learn more about Wong at richardwongwatercolors.ca.
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Olympians to watchSaanich’s Riley McCormick competes
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swimmer Richard Weinberger is a favourite in today’s 10km marathon.
Team racing at motocross
Westshore Motocross is hosting round three of the WestshoreMX Series and the annual STS Rac-ing Team Race on Sun-day morning.
Riders from ages four and up race in teams of five, with a $1,000 cash purse up for grabs.
Registration runs from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., with practice runs at 9:30 fol-lowed by racing from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Vikes on junior national teams
Two UVic Vikes ath-letes will represent Can-ada on the international stage this month.
This week CIS soccer standout Jaclyn Sawicki (Coquitlam) was named to Canada’s under-20 women’s team for the upcoming FIFA U20 World Cup taking place in Japan, Aug. 19 to Sept. 8.
Earlier this sum-mer, field hockey player James Kirkpatrick, an Oak Bay High grad, was also named to Canada’s junior national team (under-21) for the 2012 Junior Pan American Championship in Mexico, Sept. 10 to 23.
Locals win some and lose some at the Olympic GamesTravis PatersonNews staff
Simon Whitfield’s early morn-ing wipeout on Tuesday should go down as a minor blip in his glorious triathlon career.
But for now, it’s drawing a lot of national attention. Perhaps too much.
The 37-year-old Victoria resident, who already has a gold and silver from the 2000 and 2008 Games, crashed his bike immediately out of the first transition of the London 2012 men’s triathlon. The resulting injuries forced him to withdraw from the event.
“Not how I envisioned this chap-ter ending,” Whitfield said through Triathlon Canada.
“It’s been a remarkable Olympic journey, more than I could have ever imagined. I’ve had two incred-ible Olympics, one not really good (Athens 2004) and then this.”
Fellow Victoria-based triathletes Kyle Jones (1:49:58) and Brent McMahon (1:50:03) finished 25th and 27th, while Great Britain’s Alistair Brownlee, who was the favourite, won gold in a time of one hour, 46 minutes and 25 seconds.
Even with the crushing blow of dropping out, Whitfield’s outlook hasn’t strayed from a month ago, when he said medal or no medal, he’d be playing in a London park with his kids on Wednesday.
“I’ve got some stitches, my knees are sore, my collar bone hurts, but all in all I’ll be out in the park.”
Respect for rowersAll hail the men’s heavyweight
eight, which won silver and lived up to all the hype as a one of Canada’s most powerful crews of all time.
The crew was led by captain and Victoria native Malcolm Howard, as well as 2008 returnees coxswain Brian Price and Andrew Byrnes.
It was a sweet win for the crew that could no doubt be just as for-midable on a rugby pitch.
Just as great, for those who missed it, are spare rower Kevin Light’s photos taken during his time with the team’s pre-Olympic camp in Italy. The former Olympic gold medallist’s behind-the-scenes shots are well worth checking out on his Flickr site.
One of Canada’s most outspoken athletes at the London Olympics comes from right here in Saanich.
Lindsay Jennerich partnered with fellow Saanichite Patricia Obee in the lightweight women’s double. They missed out on qualifying their boat for the A final, but regrouped to win the B final and finish seventh overall.
Prior to departing, Jennerich blogged a fiery statement, one which largely went unnoticed. “I feel that so many believe we are just some second choice (team) ... Well frankly, I’m sick of it and I’m done listening to those opinions.”
Jennerich, 29, continued by stand-ing up for Obee, 20, who she felt was deserving of greater respect going into the Games.
The rowing season is far from over. Next up for Rowing Canada is the 2012 World Rowing Champi-onships, Aug. 15 to 19 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Former UVic Vikes Darcy Mar-
quardt and Rachelle Viinberg (nee de Jong) won silver in the wom-en’s lightweight eight. Gabe Bergen and Doug Csima of the silver medal men’s eight are also UVic alumni.
Carleton sprints to bronzeCyclist Gillian Carleton came out
of the slipstream of anonymity to win bronze for Canada in the track cycling team pursuit.
Victoria’s Carleton, along with Tara Whitten (Edmonton) and Jas-min Glaesser (Coquitlam) took turns going as hard as they could for 12 laps of the 250m velodrome track. The trio averaged 54.52 kilometres per hour, completing the race in three minutes, 17.915 seconds, just a shade ahead of Australia.
Cochrane a step closerSaanich swimmer Ryan Cochrane
is now a two-time Olympic medal-list, winning a silver medal in the 1,500m freestyle on Aug. 4.
Cochrane beat his bronze medal time from Beijing 2008, finishing 8.5 seconds behind gold medal winner Yang Sun of China, who won with a time of 14 minutes, 31.02 seconds.
“I showed I’m still progressing,” Cochrane said. “To be faster than four years ago is fantastic.”
Saanich edge host Westshore at Jr. B lacrosse provincials Travis PatersonNews staff
It took the entire junior B provincial lacrosse tourna-ment, but the Saanich Tigers got their win and a bronze medal.
The Kamloops Venom won gold, beating the Delta Island-ers 6-3 on Sunday afternoon.
Earlier on Sunday, the Tigers enjoyed its only win of the four-game, four-team tour-nament held at Bear Mountain Arena, with a 7-3 defeat of host Westshore Bears.
Reborn as a franchise last year by coach Chris Jackson, the Tigers won the Pacific
Northwest Junior Lacrosse League playoffs in July in series wins over the Peninsula Warriors and Cowichan Valley Thunder.
The Bears earned a bye as hosts while the Venom and Islanders entered as the respective champions of the Thompson Okanagan and West Coast junior leagues.
Kamloops went undefeated and qualified for the Founders Cup national championship held in Six Nations, Ont. next week, Aug. 14 to 19.
Leading the Tigers in scor-ing in the bronze-medal game on Sunday was Saanich cap-tain Ethan Garland with three goals, two of them into an empty net at the end of the game.
Clutch goals from Quinton Hamilton and Craig King kept the Tigers in it, while goal-keeper Jared Jackson was
named the Tigers’ MVP of the game with 33 saves.
Nolan Ryan, Sam Chias-son and Kelly Schiarizza each scored once for the Bears.
The Bears named Tristan Calve their MVP for his hustle.
The Bears had defeated the Tigers 11-8 in the first game of the tournament on Friday morning.
B.C. doubles at nationals
Thirteen-year-old Elle Ham-ilton of Langford was the only player on home soil as Team B.C. won the girls ban-tam lacrosse nationals at Bear Mountain Arena, July 29 to Aug. 3.
B.C. defeated Ontario 4-3 in the gold medal final, a rematch of Ontario’s 4-3 overtime win in their round robin match.
In the midget division, home-town girls Kat Gosselin, 16, of Colwood and Talia Mavin, 15, of Langford, spurred Team B.C. to a 4-2 win over Ontario in the gold medal game.
Silver lining for intermediates
The intermediate A (17- and 18-year-olds) Victoria Sham-rocks nearly won its second B.C. championship in three years while the Juan de Fuca Whalers nearly won their fourth straight Int. B title as both made the provincial gold medal finals in Burnaby on Monday.
Both came up short, how-ever, with the New Westmin-ster Salmonbellies edging the Shamrocks 12-9, and the Port Moody Thunder beating the Whalers 10-8.
Photo by Camellia Lawson
Kat Gosselin of the midget lacrosse Team B.C. celebrates winning the national championship at Bear Mountain Arena on Aug. 2. The Spectrum lacrosse academy grad was part of B.C.’s 4-2 win over Ontario in the final.
Tigers restore growl with bronze
Wipeout won’t keep Simon down: Olympic wrap
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Gillian Carleton of Victoria, centre, celebrates winning bronze with track cycling teamates Tara Whitten, left, and Jasmin Glaesser.
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National targetPresident Al Wills of Archery Canada scores a recently played match at the Victoria Bowmen Club in View Royal. Wills is heading the Canadian Archery Championships at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre this week, Aug. 8 to 12. The tournament kicked off in Cowichan on Wendesday, with archers competing in a forest setting for the field events. Target events start at 10 a.m. on Friday and Saturday (Aug. 10 and 11) at Juan de Fuca, culminating with a single-elimination Canadian Open event starting 9 a.m. on Sunday.
United under-21 men win trophy
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Sixteen-year-old Michael Baart’s mid-season arrival proved to be the final piece of the puzzle for the Victoria United under-21 soccer team.
Baart, a St. Michaels Univer-sity School student, scored twice in the final on Sunday to push United past host Chilliwack FC in the Pacific Coast Soccer League’s Challenge Cup final, 3-1.
“Baart only played 20 minutes, coming on at half, then coming off again because he was feeling quite queezy out there,” said United coach Drew Brittain.
United finished second in the league standings behind Kam-loops. But in the semifinal on Friday, Kamloops fell prey to host Chilliwack, the fourth-place team, which took advantage of playing at home.
The most dramatic moment of the weekend was captain Jared
Atchison’s game-win-ning goal in the final minute, as United squeaked past West Vancouver 3-2.
“It was (Atchison’s) only goal of the entire season, unbeliev-able,” Brittain said.
Nils Webber scored the first goal of the final before Baart scored his two. United goalie Ryan Hulstein was named MVP of the final.
The 23-year-old is one of five over-age players permitted on the U-21 team.
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BROADMEAD: 2 bdrm furn’d. util’s incl’d. NS/NP, $1100 mo. Avail Sept. 1. (250)744-9405.
COLWOOD- 1 bdrm, shared W/D, own ent, patio, NS/NP. $850 incls utils, 250-391-7915
MNT DOUG area: Large 1 bdrm, reno’d. Inclusive, small dog welcome, N/S. $850. Call (250)721-0281, (250)858-0807
SAANICH- 3 bdrms, 1 bath, near schools, bus, mall. $1100 inclds utils. NS/NP. (250)361-1569, (250)920-6282.
SAAN PEN, sunny, garden bach, 850 sq ft, quiet, new appls, W/D, storage, priv, N/S, $900 utils incl’d. 250-655-1702
SIDNEY BSMT 2bdrm. Quiet, NS/NP. $850. Reduced rent for quiet single. 250-655-1863.
TRIANGLE MTN- ocean views, priv deck, carport, 700 sq ft, 1 bdrm, $850 utils incld, NP/NS. Sept. 1. 250-889-0203
UVIC AREA, avail now, fully furn’d, all utils incld’d & hydro, N/S, no drinkers. $650 mo. (250)721-0418.
TOWNHOUSES
SIDNEY- NEW 2 bdrm + den, W/D. NS/NP. $1700 mo. Avail immed. Call 250-217-4060.
TRANSPORTATION
ANTIQUE/CLASSICS
1956 CONSUL MKI Estate Wagon, ONE OF APPROX 15 IN THE WORLD. Body, paint and motor all done. Lots of new parts. The car needs as-sembly. Will Trade for British and Cash. MUST SELL. No Time. Have all receipts. Call 250-490-4150 (Penticton, BC).
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CARS
1977 CADILAC Eldorado, beige metallic. Cruise control, automatic. Very good cond., only 80,000 km. Please call (250)477-7076.
2001 Nissan SentraAutomatic,
Well Maintained, Clean111,000 km$4750.00
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2004 CHRYSLER 300M, 135,000 kms. Fully Loaded, including Winter tires and rims. Asking $5300. 250-508-4663.
2005 DODGE CARAVAN$7800 obo
Excellent condition, seats 5 Cargo area w/screen, easy ac-cess, 5 doors, tinted windows & Viper Alarm system. Only 109,879 km & very very clean.250-213-9409 days, 250-654-0102 [email protected]
2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 fi rm. 250-755-5191.
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1992, 26 ft TRAVELAIRE, Class C Motorhome. Bright, clean, sleeps 4. Twin beds in back and fold down double bed. Excellent and clean condition. Full shower with skylight, gas generator, air conditioning, second owner, new internal batteries (worth $600), new water pump, only 91,300 km. Reliable, clean and functional. REDUCED to $13,000. (250) 748-3539
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RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE
1995 24’ Slumber Queen FordE350. 135,200 km. New tires/brakes. Smart fan, solar pan-els/1200W inverter, scootercarrier.$13,500. 250-474 5802
SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES
1999 ML 320 V6 MercedesBenz SUV, good shape, lowmileage. New tires, loaded, 4wheel drive, $9000 obo. Call(250)478-5836 or cell(250)818-5754.
2004 VW TOUAREG. Only 135,000 km, economical, spir-ited V6 engine, all wheel driveand tow hitch with electricbrakes. Unique 6 speed Tip-tronic auto transmission. Wellequipped interior, rear mount-ed CD changer. Beautiful, wellmaintained. $14,900 obo, 250-658-1123 [email protected]
2009 ACADIA SLT, AWD,seats 7, loaded. 60,500km.$30,000. 250-923-7203
VTRUCKS & ANS
1967 GMC Aluminum PanelVan 350cu.in., 3 spd, auto.Mechanically sound, with re-cent work. $3650 obo. Call250-656-1801.
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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
BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.
COMPLETE HOME Renos. Carpentry, Drywall, Painting. Licenced insured. Call Darren 250-217-8131.
DECKS, STAIRS, interesting projects. 30 years experience. Frank, (250)477-3315.
GEOF’S RENO’S & Repairs. Decks, stairs, railings, gates & small additions. 250-818-7977.
McGREGOR HOME Repair & Renos. Decks to doors. Small jobs OK. WCB. (250)655-4518
ROB’S RENO’S- Decks, stairs, fences. Carpentry; in-terior, exterior. Concrete form-ing & placement. 250-818-1798, (778)433-1788.
STEPS, DECKS, Fence, new repairs, rot, mould, painting, concrete, brick. 250-588-3744.
INSTCARPET ALLATION
MALTA FLOORING Installa-tion. Carpets, laminates, hard-wood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278
CLEANING SERVICES
MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estates, events, offi ces. BBB member. (250)388-0278.
SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning. Affordable, Experienced, Re-liable, Effi cient. (250)508-1018
COMPUTER SERVICES
A HOME COMPUTER Coach. Senior friendly. Computer les-sons, maintenance and prob-lem solving. Please call Des 250-656-9363, 250-727-5519.
COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites, etc. 250-886-8053, 778-351-4090.
CONCRETE & PLACING
RBC CONCRETE Finishing. All types of concrete work. No job too small. Seniors dis-count. Call 250-386-7007.
CONTRACTORS
BATHROOM REMODELING.“Gemini Baths” Plumb, Elec. Tile, Cabinets. 250-896-9302.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
CONTRACTORS
CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood fl oor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877
DRAFTING & DESIGN
HOME RENOVATIONDesign for PermitCall Steven- 250. 381.4123.
DRYWALL
AARON’S RENO’S Drywall, taping, texture. Insured/bond-ed. Free est. 250-880-0525.
DRYWALL PROFESSIONAL:Small additions, boarding, tap-ing, repairs, texture spraying, consulting. Soundproof instal-lation;bath/moisture resistance products. Call 250.384.5055. Petrucci’s Drywall.
MUD on the RUN. Small dry-wall repairs, textures & reno-vations. Ross, (250)812-4879.
ELECTRICAL
250-361-6193. QUALITY Electric. Expert: new homes &renos. No job too sm#22779.
AT&T ELECTRIC. Renova-tions. Residential & Commer-cial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.
EXPERIENCED ELECTRI-CIAN. Reasonable rates. 250-744-6884. Licence #22202.
GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm. Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632.
KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.
NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $35/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.
VAEXCA TING & DRAINAGE
BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini ex-cavator & bob cat services. Perimeter drains, driveway prep, Hardscapes, Lot clear-ing. Call 250-478-8858.
FENCING
DECKS/FENCES, licensed & insured. Call Fred (250)514-5280. thelangfordman.com
QUALITY CEDAR fencing, decks and installation, pres-sure washing. For better pric-es & quotes call Westcoast Fencing. 250-588-5920.
FURNITURE REFINISHING
FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & deliv-ery. References available. 250-475-1462.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
FURNITURE REFINISHING
U-NEEK SEATS. Hand cane, Danish weave, sea grass. UK Trained. Fran, 250-216-8997.
GARDENING
10% OFF. Mowing, Power Raking, Hedge/Shrub Trim-ming, Clean-up. 250-479-6495
J&L GARDENING Specialty yard clean-up and mainte-nance. Master gardeners. John or Louise (250)891-8677
1st & last call- Auricle - homes-commercial & strata’s Call 250-882-3129.
(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Lawn & Gardens- Yard or garden overgrown? Landscap-ing, hedges & trees, blackber-ry & ivy removal, 24yrs. WCB.
250-216-9476 ACCEPTING clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, home re-no’s, garden clean-ups.
(250) 858-0588- Tree Service - Landscaping- Lawn & Garden Clean ups- Hedge trimming & Pruning- Pressure washing - Gutters
Free estimates * WCBwww.mowtime.ca
ARE YOU in need of a profes-sional, qualifi ed, residential or commercial gardener?www. glenwoodgardenworks.com
DPM SERVICES, lawn & gar-den, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141
GARDEN OVERGROWN? Weeding, lawn cuts, clean-ups, pruning. John Kaiser 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.
LANDSCAPE & TREE care hedges/pruning/shaping. Lawn & garden. Maint. 18 yrs exp. WCB. Andrew, (250)893-3465.
NO JOB too BIG or SMALL. SENIOR’S SPECIAL! Prompt, reliable service. Phone Mike (ANYTIME) at 250-216-7502.
YARD ART. Yard Mainte-nance, Tree & Hedge Pruning, Lawn Care. Call 250-888-3224
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS
250-889-5794. DIAMOND DAVE Gutter Cleaning. Thor-ough Job at a Fair Price! Re-pairs, gutter guard, power/win-dow washing, roof de-moss. Free no obligation estimates.
AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, Guards, windows, powerwash-ing, roof de-moss, repairs. In-sured. Call (250)507-6543.
PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, De-mossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.
HANDYPERSONS
AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.
BEETLES RESIDENTIAL Renovations Ltd. Bathrooms, decks, painting, landscaping and handyman services. Fully insured and guaranteed. Free estimates. Call 250-889-4245.
SENIOR HANDYMAN. Household repairs. Will assist do-it-yourselfers. Small hauls. Call Fred, 250-888-5345.
HAULING AND SALVAGE
$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.
CITY HAUL- a lot of junk won’t fi t in your trunk, you’re in luck I own a truck. 250-891-2489.
EWING’S MOVING & Hauling. 1 or 2 bedrooms. 2 men & truck. $80/hr. Call Dave at 250-857-2864.
FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.
✭BUBBA’S HAULING✭ Hon-est, on time. Demolition, con-struction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, top-soil, mulch), garden waste re-moval, mini excavator, bob cat service. 250-478-8858.PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
HAULING AND SALVAGE
SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.
SMART GUYS Hauling. Gar-den waste, junk removal, clean-ups, etc. Reliable, cour-teous service. 250-544-0611 or 250-889-1051.
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
FREE estimates on small home reno jobs & new con-struction Call 250-508-8820 or email [email protected]
MASONRY & BRICKWORK
CBS MASONRY BBB Accred-ited Business. Chimneys, Fire-places, Flagstone Rock, Con-crete Pavers, Patios, Sidewalk Repair. Replace, Rebuild, Re-new! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. Call (250)294-9942 or 250-589-9942.www.cbsmasonry.com
CBS MASONRY BBB. Chim-ney, Fireplaces, Rock, Flag-stone, Concrete, Pavers, Re-pair, Rebuild, Renew. “Quality is our Guarantee.” Free Com-petitive Est’s. Call (250) 294-9942/589-9942.www.cbsmasonry.com
& 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.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
& MOVING STORAGE
DIAMOND MOVING. 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr. Call 250-220-0734.
DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. No travel time before or after. SMOOTH MOVES. Call Tyler 250-418-1747.
MALTA MOVING. Residential & Commercial - BBB Member. (250)388-0278.
PAINTING
250-886-6446 YOUR Personal Interior Painter. No Job too Big or Too Small. Call Gilbert to-day for free quote.
ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694.
A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wallcoverings. Over 25 yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.
CLIFF’S PROFESSIONAL painting Int/Ext, new const. Free Est. Call 250-812-4679.
COLOURS & IDEAS. Exterior/ Interior Painting. All work wa-ranteed. Call (250)208-8383.
DRYWALL REPAIRS & HOUSE PAINTING. Free esti-mates. If you, your family or friends need any of the above give Joseph Bronson a call 250-686-0663. Reasonable rates in a tight economy. I take pride in the end results.
LADY PAINTERServing the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.
SAFEWAY PAINTING
High quality, Organized. Interior/Exterior
Residential/Commercial Jeff, 250-472-6660 Cell 250-889-7715
Member BBB
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.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
PLUMBING
EXPERIENCED JOURNEY-MAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fairrates. Insured. Reliable,friendly. Great references. CallMike at KNA (250)880-0104.
FREE ESTIMATES. Rea-sonable. Reliable. No job toosmall. Call 250-388-5544.
KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICES- Repair, mainte-nance & install. 250-360-7663.
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.
HOUSE Exteriors- walk/drive-ways, low pitch roof de-moss.30 yrs exp. (250)744-9801.
RUBBISH REMOVAL
MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBBmember. (250)388-0278.
STEREO/TV/DVD
WANTED: FLAT screen TV(inexpensive) for a single par-ent. Please call 250-514-6688
STUCCO/SIDING
PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-642-5178.
RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50years experience. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.
UPHOLSTERY
UPHOLSTERER NEEDS work. Your fabric or mine.250-480-7937.
WINDOW CLEANING
BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning Roof demoss, gutters. 25 yrs.Cell 250-884-7066, 381-7127.
DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, Sweeping,Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pres-sure Washing. 250-361-6190.
GLEAMING WINDOWS Gut-ters+De-moss. Free estimate.18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.
WINDOWS
ALFRED, ALFRED QualityWindows Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years Constructionexperience. 250-382-3694.
SERVICE DIRECTORYwww.bcclassified.com 250.388.3535
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OPENOPENHOUSESSelect your home.
Select your mortgage.
Oak Bay 250-370-7601Westshore 250-391-2933
Victoria 250-483-1360Sidney 250-655-0632
www.vericoselect.comChatterton Way 250-479-0688
303-1710 Fort St, $329,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunRoland Stillings, 250-744-3301 pg. 14
3024 Cedar Hill Rd., $354,750Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalTom Croft 250 592-4422 pg. 8
107-75 Songhees, $798,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 12
1050 Pentrelew, $668,000Saturday 3-5Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara 250 384-8124 pg. 15
305-3010 Washington, $264,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyNorma Campbell, 250-477-5353 pg. 6
1736 Emerson St., $484,900Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalSharen Warde, 250-592-4422 pg. 8
101-75 Songhees, $690,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6
103-1527 Coldharbour, $239,900Saturday 2-4Remax AllianceDavid Rusen, 250 386 8875 pg. 5
105-1220 Fort St., $309,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyLaurel Hounslow,250-592-4422 pg. 12
733A HumboldtDaily noon - 5 pm (exc Thurs & Fri)Fair Realty Ryan Bicknell 250 480-3000 pg. 1
3-828 Rupert TerraceSaturday & Sunday 1-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalMurray Lawson 250 385-9814 pg. 7
301-1715 Richmond AveSaturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyClaire Yoo, 250-477-1100 pg. 6
107-1500 Elford, $289,000Saturday 1-2:30Royal Lepage Coast CapitalSharen Warde 250 592-4422 pg. 8
116-75 Songhees, $1,100,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 10
406-708 Burdett Ave., $565,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Bill Knowles, 250-656-0131 pg. 13
3174 Yew St, $499,900Sunday 2:30-4One Percent RealtyGuy Effl er 250 812-4910 pg. 33
506-777 Blanshard St, $212,500Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422
14-60 Dallas Rd, $564,000Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunClayton Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 6
402-11 Cooperage, $438,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 12
1513 Myrtle Ave, $479,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyNeil Rawnsley, 250-592-4422 pg. 5
401-1146 View St, $246,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunKaren Scott, 250 744-3301 pg. 6
631 Avalon Rd., $639,000Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer 250 384-8124 pg. 14
66 Wellington Ave., $995,000Saturday 2-4Burr Properties Ltd.Patrick Skillings, 250-382-8838 pg. 15
113-21 Erie, $525,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 11
1-225 Vancouver, $519,900Saturday 2-4Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 35
623 Manchester, $474,500Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalRosemarie Colterman 250 384-7663 pg. 9
2-1231 Mckenzie St, $369,900Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdSuzanne Mitchell, 250-477-7291 pg. 6
1044 Davie St, $799,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real EstateCassie Kangas 250 477-7291 pg. 14
631 Cornwall, $545000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyBlair Watling 250 385-2033 pg. 15
306-75 Songhees, $750,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 10
406-1149 Rockland, $339,900Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyNorma Campbell, 250-477-5353 pg. 6
441 Stannard, $749,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMaggie Thompson, 250-889-5955 pg. 8
1494 Fairfi eld, $309,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Brown Brothers Real EstateRobert Young 250 385-8780 pg. 13
501-1235 JohnsonSaturday 12-2Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara 250 384-8124 pg. 13
2560-2562 Graham St., $399,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesDiana Winger 250-999-3683 pg. 31
2740 Dewdney, $1,070,000Sunday 2-4Macdonald RealtyScott Garman 250 896-7099 pg. 15
2112 Pentland, $898,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 18
3000 Uplands, $1,595,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes David Scotney, 250-384-8124 pg. 31
203-1270 Beach Dr., $425,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdRick Shumka 250 384-8124 pg. 10
7-314 Six Mile Rd., $499,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4RE/MAX CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 13
24-15 Helmcken Rd., $514,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalPat Tosczak 250-474-4800 pg. 35
16-2319 Chilco, $449,900Saturday & Sunday 1-4RE/MAX CamosunLarry Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 10
814/816 Dunsmuir Rd, $459,000Saturday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808 pg. 18
208-1156 Colville, $339,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJeff Shorter, 250-384-8124 pg. 12
204-1121 Esquimalt, $224,800Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer 250 384-8124 pg. 13
934 Craigfl ower, $379,000Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesNicole Burgess 250 384-8124 pg. 11
10397 Allbay, $1,190,000Sunday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3
852 Caroline Rd., $542,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalJim Russell, 250-592-4422 pg. 9
405-1020 Esquimalt, $249,900Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalPaul Holland 250 592-4422 pg. 18
4029 Providence, $899,888Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdDeborah Kline 250 661-7680 pg. 19
4025 Haro Rd.Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyFred Lerch, 250-889-2528 pg. 33
3922 Quadra, $399,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesGladys Walsh 250-384-8124 pg. 20
4012 Bow Rd., $805,000Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalTom Croft 250 592-4422 pg. 8
981 Perez, $995,000Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyZane Willis, 250-479-3333 pg. 20
901 McKenzie Ave., $469,000Saturday 12-1:45Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 35
303-1580 Christmas, $229,900Saturday 12-2Brown Brothers Real EstateDylan Hagreen 250 385-8780 pg. 12
941 Easter, $614,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesDavid Scotney,250-384-8124 pg. 31
150-4488 Chatterton Way, $423,888Saturday 2-4The Condo Group, Burr Properties Ltd.Mike Janes, 250-382-6636
1800 Feltham Rd., $510,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 20
4413 Houlihan Pl, $579,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyBernie Wilkinson, 250-477-5353 pg. 20
1536 Winchester, $649,000Saturday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdRick Shumka 250 384-8124 pg. 19
3942 Aspen, $780,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 8
2013 Wenman Dr, $634,900Sunday 2-4Sutton West Coast RealtyFred Lerch, 250-889-2528 pg. 31
110-1505 Church Ave, $227,900Saturday 2-4Boorman’sRod Hay, 250-595-1535 pg. 13
101-1110 Willow St, $419,900Sunday 1-3Newport RealtyMarie Blender, 250-385-2033 pg. 12
405-894 Vernon, $269,900Saturday 3-4:30Royal Lepage Coast CapitalSharen Warde 250 592-4422 pg. 8
3995 Hopesmore Dr., $629,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real EstateWendy Herrick 250-656-0131 pg. 20
1877 Feltham Rd, $534,900Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunRick Turcotte, 250-744-3301
3814 Roland, $449,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3Century 21 QueenswoodLaurie Mains 250 477-1100 pg. 20
409-4536 Viewmont, $268,500Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMark Rice, 250 588-2339 pg. 21
303-69 Gorge Rd W, $242,000Sunday 11-1Macdonald RealtyScott Garman 250 896-7099 pg. 14
637 Kenneth St, $499,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyJodie Farup, 250-477-1100 pg. 20
202-535 Heatherdale, $424,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad MacLaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 13
36 Maddock W, $459,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422
4056 Glanford Ave., $429,900Saturday 12-2DFH Real Estate Ltd.Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003 pg. 21
4032 McLellan St, $447,000Saturday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808 pg. 20
3296 Lakeridge Pl, $514,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRoss Shortreed, 250-858-3585 pg. 20
3877 Holland Ave., $1,095,000Sunday 2-4Burr PropertiesShirin Purewal 250 382-8838 pg. 21
101 Kiowa Pl, $1,295,000Saturday 11-1Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-385-2033
7448 East Saanich Rd., $484,900Saturday 2-4Sutton West Coast RealtyJonas Solberg 250 479-3333 pg. 35
2428 Mt. St. Michael, $639,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 22
2139-2600 Ferguson, $269,000Saturday 3-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 22
305-2050 White Birch, $167,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 23
402-1240 Verdier, $349,500Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMay Hamilton, 250-477-5353 pg. 14
1677 Texada, $829,000Saturday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3
8161 Lochside, $999,000Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 22
6529 Bella Vista, $689,000Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyDon Beckner 250 477-5353 pg. 9
301-6880 Wallace, $549,900Saturday 11-1DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 10
301-9858 Fifth, $279,000Saturday 3-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 22
1290 Lands End, $839,000Saturday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3
10371 Patricia, $470,000Saturday 2-4Macdonald RealtyScott Garman 250 896-7099 pg. 23
2129 Skylark Lane, $479,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastInez Louden 250 812-7710 pg. 23
8650 Richland Pl, $958,000Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyDavid Stevens, 250 477-5353 pg. 22
7770 Trentelmann, $559,000Saturday 3-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 22
799 Wain Rd., $1,300,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdBarbara Ronald 250 744-8211 pg. 1
205-2490 Bevan Ave, $279,900Saturday 12:30-2Sparling Real Estate Ltd.Don Sparling, 250-656-5511 pg. 22
7161 West SaanichThursday - Monday 3-5Gordon Hulme RealtyDon King 250 656-4626 pg. 11
16-7509 Central Saanich, $179,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Lu Ann Fraser, 250-384-8124 pg. 22
6471 Bella Vista, $799,000Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 22
1780 Dean Park, $599,900Sunday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3
204-2360 James White, $249,000Saturday 2:30-4:30Sparling Real Estate Ltd.Trevor Lunn, 250-656-5511 pg. 22
9708 First St, $641,900Open House/Hard Hat Tour by appt onlyRe/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 23
5071 Stag Rd., $699,000Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtySharen Warde, 250-592-4422 pg. 8
1622 Millstream,Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 36
1616 Millstream, Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 36
201-2829 Peatt Rd, $219,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunRick Turcotte, 250-744-3301 pg. 23
963 McCallum, $449,900Sunday 1-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003
304-611 Brookside, $189,000Daily 12-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 13
203-594 Bezanton Way, $285,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 14
3058 Glenmanor, $484,900Saturday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 30
107-3640 Propeller, $424,900Sunday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 30
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2875 Acacia, $420,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 24
404-866 Goldstream, $349,900Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDoug Poruchny 250-474-4800 pg. 24
1590 Neild, $1,290,000Sunday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3
662 Goldstream Ave., $254,900Daily 1-4Kahl RealtyJason Kahl 250-391-8484 pg. 16
477 Royal Bay $649,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesDavid Scotney,250-384-8124 pg. 31
318-2710 Jacklin Rd., $289,900Friday 6-8 & Saturday 11-1Royal LePage Coast CapitalSharen Warde, 250-592-4422 pg. 8
3286 Hazelwood Rd, $499,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003
2157 Stone Gate, $674,900Sunday 12:30-2Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 5581180
101-954 Walfred, $407,000Saturday 2-4Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091
959 McCallum, $459,000Sunday 1-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003
579 Tena Pl, $438,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesDavid Hale, 250-812-7277 pg. 2
4980 Deer Park Trail, $1,099,000Sunday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808 pg. 24
664 Orca Pl, $549,900Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422
Westhills, $269,900Saturday & Sunday 12-4DFH Real Estate LtdMike Hartshorne 250 889-4445 pg. 12
B-416 Gamble, $339,900Saturday 12:30-2Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 30
101-608 Fairway AveDaily 1:30-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChuck Meagher, 250-477-1100 pg. 11
201-2234 Stone Creek Pl, $364,900Saturday & Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyCharles Isherwood, 250-479-3333 pg. 25
1522 Stein Way, $499,000Sunday 3-5Pemberton HolmesJeff Shorter, 250-384-8124 pg. 26
2239 McIntosh, $389,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdDeborah Kline 250 661-7680 pg. 26
2493 Boompond Rd., $519,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 8
6255 Selkirk, $508,000Sunday 12-2Pemberton HolmesJeff Shorter, 250-384-8124 pg. 26
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A trio of celebrations and long-weekend fes-tivities attracted thou-sands to Victoria for the B.C. Day holiday and helped keep Victo-ria police busy.
With the Victoria’s 150th anniversary cel-ebrations happening alongside Symphony Splash and the Victoria Electronic Music Festi-val, police received 750 calls to 911 between Friday and early Tues-
day morning, 100 more than the weekend before.
“This was one of our busiest weekends on record and taxed our policing capabilities to the maximum,” said acting VicPD chief John Ducker.
Victoria police esti-mate 50,000 people attended the Sym-phony Splash and upwards of 10,000 attended the two-day
electronic music event at Centennial Square.
On Saturday night, police responded to several incidents in the square, making arrests for intoxication, fights, warrants and breaches.
Unfortunately mis-dials, or pocket dials, also took up police time. On Aug. 4 there were 110 abandoned 911 calls in 12 hours.
“That has to be one of the largest numbers we’ve seen in that period of time,” said Mike Tucker, with-VicPD communica-tions. “It is something that’s tying up a lot of our resources for sure.”
Community events push Victoria police to the max
A 58-year-old Victo-ria man was arrested Monday on suspicion of robbing the RBC Bank at 1079 Douglas St. on Saturday.
The suspect was arrested without inci-dent at around 8:30 p.m. inside a Subway restaurant in the 400-block of Gorge Rd. E.
Just after 3 p.m. on Aug. 4, a robber entered the bank, demanded money from the teller, then fled on foot.
Police used a detailed description to track down the suspect.
Man quickly tracked down for RBC bank robbery
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