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While a Victoria firefighter is down under dodging kangaroos on his bicycle, an Australian firefighter is in Victoria layering up to keep out the colder weather.
The reason? It’s the result of an international exchange in which two families have swapped lives for one year.
Andrew Wood, lead firefighter at the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in Melbourne, Australia arrived in Victoria with his wife in mid-March.
For the last two years, he’s worked with both the Melbourne Fire
Brigade and Victoria Fire Department to coordinate the exchange with Victoria firefighter Rob Rutherford.
The first exchange through the Victoria Fire Department occurred around 1999, said Victoria Fire Chief Paul Bruce, when one firefighter went to Perth, Australia.
The last exchange was about 10 years ago.
Throughout the years, there were several inquiries from firefighters in Australia, New Zealand and Victoria about the possibility of an exchange.
It was not until Rutherford and Wood got connected and pursued the idea that anything came of it.
“These requests always piqued
my interest as I felt that an exchange would provide me and my family with tremendous career and life experiences,” said Rutherford.
Rutherford, who is now living in Melbourne with his wife and two daughters, is doing a complete house and car swap with Wood.
Wood said the biggest shocks when he got here were the cold and the bigger food portions.
“[I’m] having to keep the exercise up while I’m over here,” he said.
One thing Rutherford said he misses is being able to function as a family without a vehicle as they do in Victoria. “Work is now an hour-long commute into Melbourne by train instead of a 10 minute walk,” said Rutherford.
PLEASE SEE: Firefighters learn
new skills, Page A12
Firefighter up, firefighter down
Firefighter Andrew Wood
is on exchange in Victoria from
Melbourne, Australia for one
year. He’s already witnessed
some subtle differences on
how fires are fought differently between the two
countries.Andrea Peacock
News staff
Firefighters Andrew Wood and Rob Rutherford switches jobs for one year in unique international exchange
Drew McLachlanNews staff
The City of Victoria has begun making internal operational changes to the $92.8-million Johnson Street Bridge replacement project after an indepen-dent review last month questioned its viability.
Consultant Jonathan Huggett, who has since been named interim project director, put forth eight rec-ommendations to fix the project.
Mayor Dean Fortin said the city is already putting them into place, in hopes the project can still finish on time and on budget.
“We were surprised to hear what Huggett had to say,” said Fortin, “but we’re grateful the review came early. We still have time to take corrective measures.”
Among the recommendations are a change in leadership, which the review most heavily criti-cized. The report also found cooperation between the city and their various contractors was lacking.
Along with the city appointing Huggett as project director, PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc. and MMM Group have also replaced their leadership in an attempt to repair the strained relationships among each other.
PLEASE SEE: Bridge expected to open
on time in 2016, Page A15
City makes changes to bridge project internal operations
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Parents pay a $40 ‘shock’Drew McLachlanNews staff
The president of the Greater Victoria Teachers’ Association is in “shock” over the B.C. govern-ment’s plan to pay parents $40 a day if the teach-ers’ strike continues into the fall.
But Benula Larsen remains hopeful for a resolu-tion to the ongoing labour dispute.
Last week Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced that if the teacher strike isn’t settled by September, the B.C. government will use the payroll savings to pay $40 per missed school day to parents of children under 13.
“What we’ve been expecting is for them to accept mediation,” said Larsen,.
The $40 a day is meant to cover the cost of daycare or tutoring for younger children, while the province’s answer for older students is to use “online options” to maintain their studies if the labour disputes continue.
The potential program will be funded by the $12 million a day in salary that teachers will not be receiving during the strike.
“The Liberal government’s focus should be entirely on getting our schools running again and improving learning for our kids,” said Victoria Swan Hills MLA Rob Fleming. Fleming is also the NDP’s education critic.
“Every penny saved from the school shutdown should stay in our public education system to make that happen.”
Parents would have to register online to be eli-gible for compensation, to be paid by October.
Four weeks still remain before classes are sched-uled to open again, and Larsen said she remains hopeful a resolution can still be made.
“I’m a mother as well, and I’d rather my child be back in school in September than receiving child
care from the government,” she said. “Hopefully this will force trustees to push the government into a corner.”
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Certain occupations such as outside work or driving may benefit from sunglass protection. Sunlight provides the light we need to see objects clearly, but it also emits two invisible forms of radiation, ultraviolet and infrared rays. A low tolerance to bright light or over-exposure to the rays of the sun may cause minor eye irritation while prolonged exposure may cause more serious problems.
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Drew McLachlanNews staff
Frustrated with the lack of support she’s received for her son Justin, 18, Cheryl Lin-gard is taking matters into her own hands, and hopes to open a place for other autistic children – and their par-ents – to find respite.
Lingard has garnered support from other families in her goal to open Safe Place for Our Unique Kids, but she still needs a physical space to host it.
“An old house, a place in need of some TLC, would be best,” Lingard said.
“The kids could learn to cook in the kitchen, learn how to garden in the backyard and be able to hang out with their own kind without
having to worry about being picked on. A lot of these kids have to live most of their social life online, because in
real life they’re bullied so often.”
Though she hasn’t received any offers for a house, Lingard said
that several construc-tion workers have vol-unteered to fix it up when she does, and an electronics store has offered to donate com-puters for the kids.
Lingard plans for the home to be open for parents to drop their children off whenever needed, while other parents volunteer to supervise, as options for special needs kids in Victoria are limited and expensive.
Lingard said that the $6,000 annual allow-ance she receives to cover Justin’s special needs hasn’t changed over the past 18 years, but it could go a lot further if she had an option like this.
“There’s nothing out here for these kids to get them motivated, to give them purpose in life,” she said. “The Goodwill used to be able to do that, but with the cutbacks the special needs kids are falling through the cracks.”
Lingard said that other parents she’s spo-ken to are fully behind the idea, and Justin, who mentors younger autistics, is enthusias-tic as well.
“He’s already coming up with ideas on stuff they can do with the little ones,” she said.
Lingard is still seek-ing donations for the Safe Place for Our Unique Kids project and can be reached at 250-590-9071.
Victoria mom hopes to open ‘safe place’ for autistic kids
Drew McLachlan/News staff
Cheryl Lingard hopes to open a place for autstics like her son, Justin, to socialize and learn life skills.
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Frustrated with the lack of support she’s received for her son Justin, 18, Cheryl Lin-gard is taking matters into her own hands, and hopes to open a place for other autistic children – and their par-ents – to find respite.
Lingard has garnered support from other families in her goal to open Safe Place for Our Unique Kids, but she still needs a physical space to host it.
“An old house, a place in need of some TLC, would be best,” Lingard said.
“The kids could learn to cook in the kitchen, learn how to garden in the backyard and be able to hang out with their own kind without
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real life they’re bullied so often.”
Though she hasn’t received any offers for a house, Lingard said
that several construc-tion workers have vol-unteered to fix it up when she does, and an electronics store has offered to donate com-puters for the kids.
Lingard plans for the home to be open for parents to drop their children off whenever needed, while other parents volunteer to supervise, as options for special needs kids in Victoria are limited and expensive.
Lingard said that the $6,000 annual allow-ance she receives to cover Justin’s special needs hasn’t changed over the past 18 years, but it could go a lot further if she had an option like this.
“There’s nothing out here for these kids to get them motivated, to give them purpose in life,” she said. “The Goodwill used to be able to do that, but with the cutbacks the special needs kids are falling through the cracks.”
Lingard said that other parents she’s spo-ken to are fully behind the idea, and Justin, who mentors younger autistics, is enthusias-tic as well.
“He’s already coming up with ideas on stuff they can do with the little ones,” she said.
Lingard is still seek-ing donations for the Safe Place for Our Unique Kids project and can be reached at 250-590-9071.
Victoria mom hopes to open ‘safe place’ for autistic kids
Drew McLachlan/News staff
Cheryl Lingard hopes to open a place for autstics like her son, Justin, to socialize and learn life skills.
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Last week, the city released its draft Harbour Vitality Principles for three strategic sites along the Inner Harbour: Belleville Terminal, Ship Point and Lower Wharf Street site.
Once approved, the principles will be used to support Inner Harbour revitalization and help position the city and other landowners for poten-tial capital funding, grants and devel-opment opportunities.
Earlier this year, thecity collabo-rated with the public in developing the draft Harbour Vitality Principles. All public input on the draft princi-ples will be presented to city council for final consideration in September.
Three public sessions occurred throughout the months of May and June. More than 400 people attended the Harbour Dialogue Open House
and 100 people attended the Ideas Forum, both held in May.
The input from these public ses-sions was used to inform a techni-cal workshop in June, where local technical experts advanced the pub-lic’s ideas for the Inner Harbour into potential development concepts.
The public feedback, the devel-opment concepts as well as exist-ing city plans and background docu-ments were used to create the draft Harbour Vitality Principles.
The public can view the draft Har-bour Vitality Principles on the city’s website at victoria.ca/harbourdia-logue and provide their comments via email to [email protected].
Copies of the principles and com-ment forms are also available at City Hall. Feedback can be provided until Aug. 22.
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Last week the Coastal Fire Centre ordered a ban on open burning (including campfires) throughout a region that includes Victoria and its surrounding parks and forests.
The aim is to prevent human-caused fires from diverting resources from other parts of the province where they are desperately needed.
Currently there are more than a dozen significant fires burning in the province, with some forcing people from their homes.
So far, Vancouver Island has been spared any major fire. In our area, we’ve had a few grass fires.
But none of us should be fooled into thinking the forest fire risk is any less serious here.
The campfire and open burning ban hopes to stem any accidental fires as people continue to enjoy the outdoors. It also bans fireworks, burn barrels and even “tiki torches.”
But it can only go so far.It doesn’t stop the idiots who think a tossed
cigarette will automatically extinguish itself once it leaves the car window. Or the ones who think butting out in a patio flower box, filled with bone-dry material, is a safe option.
British Columbia has all too many examples of fires started through such carelessness.
In 2003 the small town of Barriere was destroyed by fire, started by a tossed cigarette butt.
Here in Victoria and Esquimalt, firefighters are routinely called out to douse bark mulch and grass fires that not only tap resources, but could pose an even greater threat if they get out of control.
There are enough naturally occurring fires every year in B.C.
We don’t need to add to that number through negligence and thoughtlessness.
The B.C. government’s move to ease liquor restrictions is undergoing its hot summer test, and music festivals are only part of it.
Premier Christy Clark’s government loves its populist gestures, and as with increasing rural highway speed limits, the negative effects have yet to be quantified.
Free-range drinking, or removing fences from festival beer gardens, is one of the moves that will be undergoing a post-mortem as communities clean up after their big summer parties.
One of the biggest, the Squamish Valley Music Festival with headline acts Arcade Fire, Bruno Mars and Eminem, is still to come, Aug. 8 to 10. Country fans gathered over the long weekend for Sunfest in the Cowichan Valley, with the Rockin’ River Musicfest in Mission coming up next.
(Another big bash next weekend is Shambhala, the popular electronic music event on a farm near Nelson, but alcohol is officially banned there and their big issue is controlling the effects of “ecstasy” and other rave drugs.)
Early reviews of free-range festivals have been positive. Victoria’s Rock the Shores event went smoothly without a fenced-in area for alcohol sales. Festival organizers did create a fenced “dry” area, but I’m told hardly
anyone used it.Penticton has had its share of
experience with summer bashes gone bad. For B.C. Day it inherited the Boonstock Music and Arts
festival, sent packing from a small community in Alberta after complaints of rowdy crowds and crime, so Penticton officials were understandably cautious.
Boonstock organizers were refused a provincial liquor licence after struggling to arrange security and emergency services. The festival licence process is likely getting renewed attention these days.
After attending the recent Calgary Folk Festival, where the beer garden was securely fenced and the capacity monitored, I’m wondering what is really achieved by these measures. Litter and empties were contained, but since under-aged festival visitors are allowed into the serving area, it’s not clear to me whether the fence was ever worth the effort.
It’s unlikely that there will be riots at farm markets as a result of allowing sales of locally made beer, wine and spirits, or from relaxing rules for operation of winery tasting rooms. But there are more reforms to come.
New regulations are on the way for the Agricultural Land Reserve. As it stands, farms are allowed to have a winery or cidery, but not a brewery
or distillery. Expect that to be changed as B.C. and other provinces strive to develop their craft beer and spirits industry, trying to emulate the tourism benefits that have come from an expanding wine industry.
One area where the B.C. government has screwed up is its minimum pricing rules, introduced along with the overdue move to allow “happy hour” discounts in pubs.
The minimum price of 25 cents an ounce for beer, 60 cents an ounce for wine and $3 an ounce for hard liquor was an effort to balance business-friendly policy with legitimate public health concern about over-consumption.
But the minimum beer price prompted protests from a few watering holes that had been selling pints or jugs of beer for slightly less. Some media made a big deal of this, and the government over-reacted to this tempest in a beer stein with an ill-thought-out cut in the minimum price to 20 cents an ounce – for beer in jugs only.
The pub industry was not impressed with this bit of knee-jerk populism. Encouraging beer jug sales makes it difficult to see if someone at a table of revelers is being over-served, drinking most of the jug himself.
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A room to stimulate the senses and calm anxiousness is now open at Aberdeen Hos-pital, a care facility on Hillside Avenue.
The therapeutic sensory room, or the “Snoezelen Room,” is filled with elements such as coloured lights, bubble tubes and fibre optic cables.
It is for any patient or staff member to go into when feel-ing anxious or need time out to relax, said Johanne Hemond, recreation therapist at Aber-deen Hospital.
“It’s an opportunity to take some time out, which is really important in a facility like this,” said Hemond. “These people don’t have [the] privilege like we do to just get out of the building and go places where they know they can relax. So this gives them [an] area where they can do that.”
Snoezelen is a mix of two Dutch verbs. Snuffelen, mean-ing to seek out or explore, and doezelen, meaning to relax.
Dutch therapists created Snoezelen in the 1970s when they found success using sen-sory-stimulating objects as a kind of therapy.
Completed at the end of May, Aberdeen’s therapeutic sensory room officially opened earlier this month.
It was funded by Island
Health, Greater Victoria Elder-care Foundation and the Juan de Fuca Hospitals Auxiliary.
So far the response at Aber-deen has been positive.
“The care staff have been bringing residents in when they’re feeling like they need it,” said Hemond. “Residents love it.”
One of the challenges in designing the room was mak-ing it not seem too childish, said Hemond.
“You don’t want to degrade [residents] to that level.”
Resident Marya Brown finds the sensory room to be helpful. She suffered a stroke five years ago, resulting in her losing the use of the left side of her body and she often gets migraines.
“I can go in there and calm down and can prevent migraines even,” said Brown. “The lights and the movement of them are very calming. So if you have any stress at all, it melts away in that room. It’s amazing.”
Similar rooms exist elsewhere in Greater Victoria.
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Marya Brown, a resident at Aberdeen Hospital, enjoys going into the new therapeutic sensory room, known as the Snoezelen Roomto relax.
Emerging fashion designers will get a chance to show their best at a unique fashion show in Victoria on Aug. 13.
The Mercedes-Benz Start Up is an initiative providing a national platform to discover and support emerging Canadian fashion designers.
To be eligible to participate, designers must have a business that has been operating for less than five years.
This three-city semi-final phase will produce six designers who will then participate in the national finale at World MasterCard Fashion Week in October.
The Mercedes-Benz Start Up event will be hosted at Three Point Motors at 2546 Government St., 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Fashion show puts spotlight on young designers
August is typically the busiest month of the year at the Royal BC Museum, and this year should be no exception, with a wide-ranging slate of exciting events set to impress.
Night Shift: Meet the Vikings, on Aug. 9 from 8 to 11 p.m., is an adults-only event that will explore creative connections to the Vikings: Lives Beyond the Legends exhibi-tion through unique displays, spe-cial guests, music, entertainment, food and a cash bar.
Tickets for Night Shift are $50 per person, with a 10 per cent discount for members, and are on sale now at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.
The Vikings Are Here weekend event will see members of the Victoria branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism recreate a Viking market site at the Royal B.C. Museum.
Meet weavers, spinners, glass-makers, a leather worker, a cook and a skald (singer/storyteller)
inside the museum and make sure you cheer on the combatants in the fight ring outside. Discover the vital role Vikings played as traders and craftspeople, as visitors are invited to decide for themselves if the Vikings’ fierce reputation is justified.
Vikings Are Here runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 9 and Aug. 10.
On Aug. 21 join Dr. Erin McGuire, from the University of Victoria, for a guided tour through Vikings: Lives Beyond the Legends. McGuire will focus on some of the most impor-tant and interesting objects out of the 500-plus artifacts in the exhibi-tion. Tours run at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Provincial Carillonneur Rose-mary Laing will be playing live con-certs 21 metres above the ground in the Netherlands Centennial Carillon at the Royal B.C. Museum at 3 p.m. on Sundays starting Aug. 10.
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As the Gorge Swim Fest enters its third year, society director Jack Meredith hopes on taking the Gorge back to the turn of the 20th century, when thousands of Victorians spent the weekend soaking in the sun on the waterway.
The Gorge fell from favour in the 1940s, partly due to the appearance of swimming pools in Victoria, and as a result of becoming increasingly polluted.
It wasn’t until 1996 that the Gorge became a priority again, with a cleanup campaign led by John Roe.
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Gorge hold some of the lowest fecal coliform levels in Greater Victoria, according to the Van-couver Island Health Authority. Still, its reputation hasn’t been so easy to clean up.
“The response from people is almost predictable,” Mer-edith said. “They’re surprised people are swimming there. I’m often asked ‘isn’t it dirty? Isn’t it cold?’ The water was 26 degrees the other day, that’s almost too warm to swim in.”
Meredith said that a huge draw for swimmers is the Gorge’s proximity to town, and as it sees more and more use each summer, an expansion of infrastructure is due.
He cited a rejuvenation or
removal of the seawall at Ban-field Park, as well as an expan-sion of the dock at Esquimalt Gorge Park, as future possibili-ties.
“I went down to Banfield Park (last Wednesday) and there were so many people on the dock it was to the point of congestion,” Meredith said. “It’s starting to get really exciting for us.”
The Gorge Swim Fest takes place Aug. 10, noon to 4 p.m. at Banfield and Esquimalt Gorge parks. Following a “picnic in the park” theme this year, the festi-val will feature live music and food trucks in addition to swim-ming.
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� is year the Mela is two and a half days of free events and performances celebrating the richness and diversity of India’s arts and culture. More than eight thousand visitors and spectators enjoy the Mela ev-ery year and they are thrilled every year by the modern and traditional performances including Bollywood music, internation-ally renowned Bhangra dances, fashion, palmistry, the art of henna and more, not to mention mouth-watering, Indian cui-sine prepared with authentic and aromatic spices!And as Victoria’s premier multicultural event, performers include the internation-ally renowned Chinese Lotus Dancers, powerful Japanese Taiko Drummers, beautiful Polynesian Dancers and exotic Middle Eastern Dancers—and much more.Presented by the 36-year-old India Canada Cultural Association “Mela” means “fair” in the Indian language. “A Mela is an age-old celebration of life in India and it is an opportunity to share the richness of Indian arts & culture, create community partner-ships and demonstrate a healthy way of life,” said Gordy Dodd, President of the Association. Here in Victoria, Mela is a way to continue those traditions, and share and celebrate with the greater Victoria community. “In growing up in India we had places we could go to see and participate in Melas, where people gathered to learn about one another, share food and enjoy art and music. Now we have those places less and less and they are much needed here in
Victoria,” explained Mr. Sehmi, an Indo-Canadian Elder.Part of the Mela’s success is its ability to create cultural pride & bridge generations as well as cultures. “I love to go on the decorated stage in my beautiful clothes and show people watching how I have learned to dance. It makes me feel proud and good when they clap and I think that they like what I am sharing with them,” said one young Bhangra performer.While in the square enjoying the many performances, be sure to leave time to enjoy delicious Indian treats, lunch or din-ner. A full menu of Indian foods, prepared in the authentic way, is available at the co-lourful & numerous food booths, includ-ing butter chicken, naan, vegetable curries, rice, pakoras, samosas, papadam, plus a chai and sweets booth and a barbecued Indian delicacies booth. Browse and learn from the cultural kiosks o� ering Indian arts, clothes, Rajasthani jewellery, henna hand decorations or learn about your future from the ancient art of palm reading. Take a look at the ICCA’s powerful Echoes of Courage: Kom-agata Maru 1914-2014 display that o� ers a look at how far Canada has come in a hundred years in becoming one of the most multi-cultural nations in the world.Various themed performances, from clas-sical to modern, are o� ered from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday and two full days of performances, with local and internation-
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Part of the Mela’s success is its ability to create cultural pride & bridge generations as well as cultures. “I love to go on the decorated stage in my beautiful clothes and show people watching how I have learned to dance. It makes me feel proud and good when they clap and I think that they like what I am sharing with them,” said one young Bhangra performer.While in the square enjoying the many performances, be sure to leave time to enjoy delicious Indian treats, lunch or din-ner. A full menu of Indian foods, prepared in the authentic way, is available at the co-lourful & numerous food booths, includ-ing butter chicken, naan, vegetable curries, rice, pakoras, samosas, papadam, plus a chai and sweets booth and a barbecued
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Being on exchange gives prime opportunities for both men to share and learn new firefighting methods.
“I have been able to use my experience with VFD’s high angle rescue team to cross train with counterparts in the MFB and will be able to demonstrate the subtle differences in technique when I return home,” said Rutherford.
One of Wood’s main reasons for coming to Victoria was to learn about the Victoria Fire Boat.
“We’re only just now in infancy of getting a marine department running [in Melbourne],” said Wood.
The Melbourne Fire Brigade will be deploying its own fire boat, a Canadian-built Firestorm 40, in October, said Rutherford. He will be involved in the program’s development.
In terms of firefighting, Wood said the Victoria Fire Department is more advanced than the Melbourne Fire Brigade in many ways. For example, he said he would like to take back the VFD’s method of positive pressure, which involves using a fan to aid in firefighting.
Both families have been getting involved with local athletics.
“One thing I love culture-wise is how sport-crazy people are over here,” said Wood, adding that he followed the Victoria Royals through the playoffs and has been getting into the Shamrocks.
Meanwhile, Rutherford said he and his family have become hooked on Australian football. They have also gotten involved in surfing and scuba diving.
Although he loves Victoria, Wood said he and his wife would probably never move here permanently, because of family back home.
“We both come from big families, so we miss them,” said Wood. “And my football team [is] doing well, so I miss that.”
Although Wood is working here in Victoria and Rutherford is taking his place for the year in Melbourne, each of them are still getting paid through their home departments.
“They’re both what I would say honorary members of each other’s local, but they pay dues to their home local,” said Bruce.
“Rob is still on his Canadian benefits and still being paid by the City of Victoria, but he’s actually working in Melbourne, and vice versa. Andrew’s here working for us, but [his] pay, his holiday entitlements and everything are facilitated through Melbourne.”
In the future when Wood and his wife have kids, he said they would like to look into going on another exchange, possibly in a country where English is not the first language.
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BIG BROTHERS Big Sisters invites mentoring volunteers to meet with a child for one hour per week at an elementary school during the school year. Time can be devoted to arts & crafts, reading, or sports. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.
CANADIAN CANCER Society seeks a sponsorship coordina-tor with ties to business and local sponsors to obtain dona-tions for a fund-raising event in February. Other positions available. Call Volunteer Vic-toria at 250-386-2269.
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YM-YWCA DOWNTOWN seeks a recreational volleyball coordinator for Saturday after-noons. Must know rules and have fi rst aid training. Other positions available. Call Volun-teer Victoria at 250-386-2269.
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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
ANTIQUES/VINTAGE
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CORNER CABINET, 32”l, shelves, glass doors, $75.(250)380-7559.
DOZEN ASSORTED Berna-dine jars & a 1.2L electric ket-tle, new, $12. (250)383-4578.
LEATHER SOFA- dark green, good condition. $50. Call (778)433-4337.
LG CELL phone, almost new w/leather magnetic case, $68. Ask for Mike,(778)432-2822.
NEW 16” early American crys-tal bowl + dispenser, $35. Call (250)477-5798.
FUEL/FIREWOOD
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HEAVY DUTY MACHINERY
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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
OFFICE CORNER computer desks, beech and green laminate with keyboard tray, fi ling drawer and stationary drawer. 72”x60”x24”, formerly used in professional offi ce but would also suit home/student use. Excellent condition. Ask-ing $100 obo. Call Jim at 250-656-1151, ext.126.
STEEL BUILDINGS/Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca
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ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700
FIREARMS. All types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed Dealer. 1-866-960-0045. www.dollars4guns.com.
REAL ESTATE
HOUSES FOR SALE
AFFORDABLE AND quiet. 55+ community in Ladysmith. Home of the famous Festival of Lights!!!! Carefree manufac-tured homes on easy care lots for as low as $119,700. Low monthly lot fee. On transit. Close to parks, community centre, pool and amazing trails. Only 50 minutes from Victoria and less than 20 min-utes to Nanaimo. New Home Warranty. Contact Duck Pater-son @ 250-246-0637 or email: [email protected]
REAL ESTATE SERVICES
ONLINE AUCTION: 60 acre idyllic Mountain Ranch with buildings located on Foghorn Creek, Clearwater, British Co-lumbia. View at www.mcdou-gallauction.com. Call Mike: 1-250-833-1400 or 1-800-263-4193. DL#319916.
RENTALS
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SIDNEY- 1 bdrm condo “The Landmark”, overlooking mari-na, 28’ balcony, recently re-no’d, walk-in shower, in suite W/D, locker, secure under grd prking. NS/NP. $1050+ utils. Refs req’d. (250)656-9272. (9am-8pm).
RENTALS
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DUPLEXES/4PLEXES
COLWOOD- LRG 3 bdrm apt, 1300sq ft, new reno. $1350inclds satellite, water, gar-bage. Pets ? Available Sep-tember 1. (250)478-7062.
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GOLDSTREAM AREA- 1400 sq ft, newly furnished, W/D, D/W, A/C, big deck & yard, hi-def TV, parking. Working male only. $650 inclusive. Call Ray 778-433-1233.
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BEAR MTN area- suite in new house, 2 bdrms, ground fl oor. Laundry. $1150. inclds utils. Great views. 250-886-7755.
GLANFORD: 2 bdrm, $900/mo utils incld’d. N/P. Avail. Aug. 1. (250)479-9310.
SOOKE, 1 Bdrm + offi ce. Lrg, grnd level. c/w f/p, offi ce, lndry rm, storage. Utilities incl, $850 n/s,n/d, ref. req. 250-589-5337
SUITES, UPPER
LANGFORD. 2-BDRM, main level. W/D. $1200./mo. N/S. indoor cat ok. (250)516-6141.
MAYFAIR- 3 bdrms, yard, patio, NS/NP. $1400. Avail. now. Call (250)479-4112.
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AUTO FINANCING
AUTO SERVICES
$$$ TOP CA$H PAID $$$. For ALL unwanted Vehicles, any condition. Call (250)885-1427.
TRANSPORTATION
CARS
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MARINE
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ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi
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BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.
JEREMIAH’S CARPENTRY Specializing in small indoor and outdoor jobs and repairs. 20 yrs exp. Licensed, insured, registered. (250)857-1269.
CLEANING SERVICES
15+ YEARS exp., cheerful cleaner w/ own supplies. Sen-ior discounts. (778)432-3588.
AFFORDABLE! SUPPLIES & vacuum incld’d. All lower Is-land areas. 250-385-5869.
EXP. HOUSECLEANER and home care, bondable, have own supplies except vacuum, $20/hr. Call (250)220-4965
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BARBER CEMENT Finishing; Driveways, sidewalks, patios, form work. Free est. 40 yrs exp. Call (250)704-9053.
RBC CONCRETE Finishing. All types of concrete work. No job too small. Seniors dis-count. Call 250-386-7007.
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
CONTRACTORS
MASTER CARPENTER does restorations, renovations, sun decks, fences. Good rates, work guaranteed. No job too small. Ward (250)881-0296.
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BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Painting, Repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.
HOUSE & Yard repairs. no job too small. OAP Discounts, free est. Andy, (250)886-3383.
SENIOR HANDYMAN. Assists do-it-yourselfers. Household repairs. Fred, 250-888-5345
STUCCO, Hardy Plank siding, painting, carpentry & roofi ng. Free est. Dan 250-391-9851.
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CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.
FAMILY MAN Hauling. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.
GARBAGE, DEMOLITION, compost, attics & basements. Refuse Sam. (250)216-5865.
GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.
JUNK BOX- Junk Removal Company. Local guys. Low rates. Call (250)658-3944.
JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.
PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774
PETE’S HAUL A DAY- Junk removal. Airforce guy. Call 250-888-1221.
SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.
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ANDREW’S GARDENING. 20+ years exp. Mowing, weed-ing, clearing, woodwork, rock-work & planting. Insured. Call (778)967-1246.
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DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. Senior Discount. No travel time before or after local moves. BBB accredited. Free est. Call Tyler 250-418-1747.
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A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.
BIG BEAR Painting. Interior & Exterior. Quality work. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071
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ABBA EXTERIORS Gutter &window cleaning. Power wash-ing. Roof de-mossing. Pkg dis-counts. WCB. (778)433-9275.
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All young people need adults in their lives to talk to, depend on and assist them in creating positive change. Our Care Homes have provided this kind of support for thousands of youth in our community.
Boys & Girls Clubs are looking for people who will open their home to a youth who needs some stability and support in getting their life back on track.
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TRAFFIC NOTICEMCKENZIE –QUADRA AUGUST 6-11
BC Hydro is upgrading the underground transmission system that serves the greater Victoria area.
As part of this work, BC Hydro will be working in the McKenzie Ave - Borden St intersection from August 6 to August 11. Unfortunately, this will cause traffic delays. We regret the inconvenience this will cause. If you have questions regarding the work, please email [email protected] or call (250) 755-4713.
To ensure the safety and protection of all workers please observe posted speed limits and obey flaggers.
Thank you for your patience.
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Our 20th year!Meet 60ArtistsLive music all weekend!Emerging Artists GalleryClassic Car Show & Land Art
Paintings, ceramics, sculpture,wood-working, jewelry andbeads, unique art for yourgarden, bonsai, glassworks,textiles and much more...
Kids’ entertainment
Enjoy creative fare fromNourish Bistro or concessionsin the Gardens.
Beer tent featuring craftbeers from Victoria’s MoonUnder Water Brewery.
Plant Sale: unique plantselections to take home.
Master Gardeners will be onhand to answer all yourgardening questions.
Bonsais on display and sale!
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The city has also hired a third party to supervise the contractors’ inspection of steel fabrication, much of which is currently taking place in China.
A change order submitted by PCL, which calls for an additional $7.8 million and 5.5 months to complete the project is currently under review.
“We’re not sure how long the review process is
going to take,” Fortin said. “We don’t want to rush it, we want to make sure the job gets done well.”
The new bridge is expected to open in 2016.reporter@victorianews
What do you think?Give us your comments by email: [email protected]. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.
Bridge expected to open on time in 2016
Don Denton/News staff
Pondering lifeA woman watches the waves from her perch on a driftwood log on the beach below Dallas Road near Cook Street.
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