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Romance, war tied to medallion mystery Questions remain about medal’s journey from Peninsula to England Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
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A tiny tale of a handed-down medallion in England sparked memories of a romance left unfinished. An email to the News Review from Judith Beeby of Northamptonshire, England ignited the flame. She sought information about a medallion engraved on one side “won by S.F.C. Saanich Fair Oct. 5, 1912 W.J. Apps” with a three-dimensional “football” (soccer for us Canadians) on the other. The 2.5 by three inch silver medallion was handed down to Beeby by her grandmother. The small story in the May 2 edition of the PNR caught the eye of Michael Rice of Fenian Antiques in Saanichton. He did a little digging, as did a couple of other readers. Thanks to a lifetime of skill and an abundance of resources – a 33 year Saanichton resident and a former Central Saanich heritage commission member who just likes Peninsula history – Rice came up with the most extensive timeline for William John Apps. While there is no soccer – or football – played at the fairgrounds now, Rice figures it could have been, back when the area was larger. The fair traditionally offered out cards and ribbons for prizewinners, never medallions. “They couldn’t afford to have medals given out … there were just too many,” Rice said.
Olive Buckingham enjoys tea in the dining room at Butchart Gardens on Thursday afternoon to celebrate her 100th birthday. The former employee, who lives in Victoria, routinely visits her former workplace and often brings friends. See the story, page A16.
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Peninsula
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A look back at historical stories that shaped the Saanich Peninsula
Left: Frank White Jr. in the early 2000s wearing a bi-laminate dry suit. Below: Frank White Sr. shown in the 1950s wearing an old-style rubber dry suit before a dive. submitted photos
Andrew Farris Contributor
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he Saanich Peninsula has seen many pioneers, but few have left behind a more prosperous legacy than Frank White Sr. In 1956 he founded one of the first SCUBA equipment manufacturers “We beat in the world; the first in out the U.S. Canada to manufacturer make wet suits for the biggest and first in North America [dry suit] to make dry suits. contract ever “After the with the U.S. war he got some old Marines.� surplus bottles – Frank White Jr. off some old Lancaster bombers and some masks and fins and took to the water,� said his son Frank White Jr. “It was a hobby that became a business.� Frank White’s passion infected his son, Frank Jr.,
who learned to dive at 12 and became an instructor at 18. When White Jr. got older he took a more prominent role in the company and set about converting the little dive shop in Saanichton into a worldclass research laboratory and manufacturing facility. Just as the invention of the Aqualung came about for use by militaries in the Second World War, White’s first big customer was the Canadian military. “The military has always been one of the cornerstones of the company,� explained brand manager Justin Balasky. All Canadian military, police, coast guard and fire department divers wear their suits. The high quality and durability of White’s suits are recognized by the most elite combat forces in the world. Divers in the American, French, British and Israeli militaries all don White’s equipment. Sea Air and Land, or SEAL Team 6, who recently received a Presidential Unit Citation for the assassination of Osama bin
Laden, sport made-in-Central Saanich dry suits when they take to the water. “We have probably the most technical knowledge in dry suits in the world,� White said. “That’s why we beat out the U.S. manufacturer for the biggest [dry suit] contract ever with the U.S. Marines.� Equipment for sport and commercial divers form the other pillars of White’s business and have taken on increasingly important roles since the company was founded. Sport diving took off in the 1970s and 1980s leading to a surge in demand for wet and dry suits. This demand levelled off in recent years, something Balasky attributes to the proliferation of other outdoor adventure sports. In more recent decades, expanding underwater oil and gas exploration and offshore development has helped pick up the slack left by recreational divers finding new hobbies. A new development in dry suit technology has, above all else, ensured White’s
competitiveness in the years to come. Prior to this breakthrough, the standard dry suit “hadn’t changed for many, many years,� said Balasky. They were often seen as inflexible and filled a niche for technical divers, being too awkward and impractical for most diving situations. In 2006, White’s developed a new, more lithe material which allowed dry suit operators previously unheard-of freedom and mobility – the Fusion suit. Before this “we had a suit like everyone else,� Balasky said. But now the Fusion suit “really just changed the game.� White diving’s success caught the eye of Aqualung, the original
SCUBA equipment company, who bought White’s in 2010. Now the Saanichton start-up has its eyes set on being “the No. 1 manufacturer in the world,� Balasky said. “That’s going to happen in the next five years.� editor@peninsulanewsreview.com
Correction The May 23 Peninsula Reflections feature “Churches stand the test of time� incorrectly identified Shady Creek church’s location and religious affiliation. It should have identified its location as Saanichton and its affiliation as the United church.
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SBA, merchants compromise for 2012 summer market Fewer vendor stalls this year Erin Cardone News staff
With the start of the new summer market season, new leadership and a somewhat new format for the busy attraction. After a turbulent few months, the Sidney Business Association will run the popular Sidney summer market with some changes from former years. “We have 120 vendors in less space than before. It’s been very dramatic trying to fit them all in,” said Patti Anthony, the SBA’s executive director. “The vendors have been absolutely fantastic and very co-operative.” In all, 165 vendor stalls will line Beacon Avenue for this summer for the market. That’s down from more than 200 vendors last year. The change means some vendors are sharing tables, while others can only attend
every other week. Vendors launched the petition for a were reduced to allow gaps down-the-middle configurabetween some stalls, increas- tion, but says she’s happy with ing visibility for merchants the changes to the market thus behind the sidewalks. far. Food stalls are slightly dif“I really do believe [the gaps] ferent too, with space for will help,” Middlebrooks said. up to eight on Second Street Vendors will be allowed to and eight more on have covered tents Fourth. over their stalls – The changes “You have to procome after a group tect them from the of Beacon Avenue elements,” Anthony merchants brought said – another bone a petition to the of contention with Town of Sidney that some merchants, outlined some negabut fewer will have tive impacts the enclosed sides or market has on their Ross Macfarlane backs. businesses. Some “Town hall has said business dies as of 3 p.m. been fantastic,” Middlebrooks every Thursday and asked that said. “They’ve been working the vendors line the middle of with everyone to make everyBeacon, rather than the side- body happy. I’m actually really, walks. really looking forward to the This led to a working group market this year.” that determined the centre Discussions about trying configuration wouldn’t work, a centre configuration have but agreed on changes being taken place and plans are in made by the SBA. the works to use that layout on One of those Beacon mer- a trial basis near the end of this chants was Erin Middlebrooks, market season. owner of Dragon Horse. She “That’s all I’ve asked for
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SBA finances under the microscope The 2011 financial statements of the Sidney Business Association will undergo scrutiny this year. At the May 18 annual general meeting, SBA members didn’t approve the 2011 statements as shown. In response, three people were named to an audit committee that will oversee a review of the financials: consultant Richard Talbot, who also sits on the SBA’s new board of directors, Angus Matthews of the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre and Jane Powell, owner of Buddies Toy Store. The SBA, a not-for-profit, reported revenue and expenses around $170,000 last year.
New management at SBA On May 18, the SBA held its annual general meeting which brought about new directors. ■ Ross Macfarlane, independent insurance broker – president ■ Bill Buckley, CARE funeral Services – vicepresident ■ Nick Coates, Victoria Airport Travelodge – secretary ■ Victor Sanchez, Carlos Cantina and Grill – treasurer ■ Richard Talbot, Talbot Consultants – director ■ Clair Hawkins – director The SBA hoped to have 11 directors, but not enough stepped forward. They’re still seeking more directors. The SBA has about 200 members.
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Deep Cove parents vote on teacher appreciation Some PAC members question releasing funds during teacher job action Christine van Reeuwyk
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Though some Deep Cove parents voiced concern over funding a teacher thank you with volunteer teacher services withdrawn, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll offer the annual breakfast again. The day after school ends, staff at Deep Cove elementary will get a bellyful of food after the Parent Advisory Council took a second vote to fund the dish rental for the annual staff appreciation event, in response to job action in schools. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The vote was really about funding the breakfast,â&#x20AC;? said Lisa Makar, president of Deep Cove PAC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an annual event and it had already been approved in our budget, but circumstances have changed with the removal of extracurricular activities.â&#x20AC;?
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The majority of PAC members wanted to continue the tradition of thanking teachers for providing a caring workplace, as well as showing appreciation to administration and support staff at the school. So on May 23, ironically parent appreciation day where parents were offered muffins by teachers as they dropped kids off at school, Deep Cove parents voted again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Typically we might not revote on something already approved. â&#x20AC;Ś We wanted to make sure that everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voices were heard,â&#x20AC;? Makar said. After some discussion, 44 voted in favour of funding the breakfast while 15 were opposed. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com
Residents shun proposed CS cell tower Second tower would â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;deface,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;devalueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rural land Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
Residents worry the proposal for a second monopole near Highway 17 will lower property values in the area. A public hearing earlier this month for a pair of monopoles â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one existing and one proposed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; revealed nothing but concern from the dozen people who attended.
The application is to rezone land at 6485 Gliddon Rd. to public utility to build a 29 metre tower with an array of antennae north of an existing tower on the property. It would also retroactively allow for the existing monopole that was constructed more than 12 years ago without municipal approvals. The land is zoned A1 agriculture, but is not in the Agricultural Land Reserve. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just seeing the tip of the iceberg when we add another tower,â&#x20AC;? said resident Bill Jackson. He pointed to the beauty of rural Central Saanich. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m opposed to defacing it, devaluing it, seeing these things in our
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A proposal for 25 townhouses with a commercial component at West Saanich and Keating X roads is back before Central Saanich council. The application, on behalf of Artisan Properties, would require an official community plan amendment and rezoning to allow for a multi-family development of 25 townhouses on the eastern 1.86 acres of the four-property site plus amending just over an acre of the western portion to neighbourhood commercial. It would require an OCP amendment to include the properties within the urban settlement area, change the land use designation area from tourist commercial to commercial mixed use and multifamily residential and rezone the properties from tourist commercial to residential attached and neighbourhood commercial. Because it would mean changes to the regional context statement, Capital Regional District approval is necessary for the proposal to move forward. Council was tasked with deciding how and when to move the proposal to the CRD. Staff, should the decision be ratified, will work on a report that goes back to council before going to the advisory planning commission in time for its June meeting. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com
beautiful skyline. The property owner is the only one who gains for this.â&#x20AC;? Seven people opposed the application citing property values, view and the potential for unknown health concerns. Some suggested better camouflaging would be necessary should the tower be approved. WIND Mobile, who made the application, say the new telecommunications facility would provide increased wireless service to the area. Council gave the bylaw third reading Tuesday, May 22. It will come back for final adoption. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com
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Broader thinking on fire dispatch It might seem like a no-brainer to have a single fire dispatch centre for all of Greater Victoria, but there is merit to having at least two facilities for the region. Right now the 13 municipalities that make up our metropolitan home are served by three centres dispatching firefighters to select municipalities. The issue is making news as Colwood and View Royal’s fire dispatch is relocated to the Saanich dispatch centre, which the departments say can better serve their needs than Langford, their former service provider. The switch means that Saanich, which recently upgraded its facility’s technology to ensure stateof-the-art reliability, now takes calls and sends them out to eight fire departments ranging from Oak Bay to North Saanich. Langford, which also boasts current technology, serves 16 jurisdictions, though most of those have relatively small fire departments. Clients include the Gulf Islands of Saturna Island and Salt Spring, as well as rural communities such as Shirley and Otter Point. A main reason why those departments chose Langford is due to the lower cost than Saanich. Both Colwood and View Royal will pay slightly more to contract Saanich, which is the largest municipality on the Island and requires a top-end facility to meet its own needs. The move raises the question of whether the region is better served by moving all departments to a single dispatch centre. It’s a timely question too as the Capital Regional District proposes spending $100,000 to upgrade Langford dispatch service. It’s a worthwhile discussion, but one that needs to be considered over the long term. The Victoria dispatch centre, which just serves Victoria, is showing its age. In time, it makes sense for the city’s fire department to look to Saanich, which is the logical centre of the region and has the mass to best serve larger municipalities. But for the immediate future, it also makes sense to maintain Langford’s service so that it can provide an affordable alternative to smaller communities. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@peninsulanewsreview.com or fax 250-656-5526. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Peninsula News Review is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.
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Scenes from the farm trenches With ongoing pipeline and spectacular ecosystem,” Rosenau oil tanker skirmishes, and a hot told the Chilliwack Progress. “A summer for mining and logging massive and productive floodplain still to come, the green war in B.C. of fish and aquatic values … has shows no signs of slowing down. been drained, ditched, tiled and Things are already hot in the laser-levelled for agricultural profit.” Fraser Valley, where the federal The same could be said for the government’s change to the broad fields of Richmond and Pitt definition of fish habitat Polder farms north of the has opened a new front Fraser, a wetland diked on the farms. and drained by Dutch Farmers briefly got into settlers after World War II. the public discussion Farms are “industrializing by hauling a couple the landscape,” said of cute calves into Rosenau, who stopped downtown Vancouver short of calling for them all and staging a televisionto be shut down. friendly demo in front At the provincial of the federal fisheries level we have a new office. They have been Tom Fletcher Animal Health Act, saying for decades that which threatens heavy B.C. Views imposing salmon stream fines or even jail time regulations on drainage for prematurely leaking ditches around their fields is reports of serious animal disease impractical. outbreaks. This was also portrayed Fraser Valley Conservative MPs as a jack-booted sellout of the Randy Kamp and Mark Strahl even public’s right to know, putting had the nerve to meet with local the business interests of land and mayors to hear their concerns ocean farms ahead of public safety. about B.C.’s most productive Here’s what’s really happening. farmland, without inviting selfAs is generally the case with meat appointed “activists.” inspection and livestock issues, Arrayed against them is an the federal government is imposing environmental lobby whose deep rules on provinces in the wake of green wing was defined by Marvin avian flu and “mad cow” outbreaks. Rosenau, a former provincial Canadian beef was banned in 30 biologist who now teaches “fish, countries after a single infected cow wildlife and recreation technology” was identified in Alberta in 2003. at BCIT. B.C. Agriculture Minister Don “Mark Strahl is leading the charge McRae assures me this legislation of eco-fascists intent on making will not result in reporters or the last dime off the backs of the environmental activists being last remnants of an absolutely thrown in jail for telling the public
about sick animals. They and the farmers themselves can say all they want, once infections are confirmed and quarantines established. McRae and Paul Kitching, B.C.’s chief veterinarian, pleaded for the public to understand that any farm reporting system must rely on voluntary compliance by farmers. When the B.C. government took the advice of B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham and began releasing fish farm inspection data in 2010, the operators stopped providing samples voluntarily. The fish farmers’ position was that you can have a co-operative system of farm inspections or one that’s imposed, but not both. Imposing inspections on land farms across B.C.’s vast area is even less practical. Former Alberta premier Ralph Klein famously observed that the next rancher to find a possible mad cow should have “shot, shovelled and shut up” rather than file a report and devastate the industry. Denham, the NDP and others appear to operate under an assumption that there should be sufficient government resources to sample and inspect every farm across B.C. for reportable contagious illnesses. This is similar to the fashionable notion that we should have enough park rangers to guard every cedar tree. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com. tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Cutting OAS will hurt poor seniors the most Last month’s federal includes the Guaranteed budget made it official: the Income Supplement, which government is raising the is a monthly allowance age for Old Age Security for low-income seniors. from 65 to 67. By raising the Scott Brison age for OAS, the Any Canadian Guest comment government is born after March 31, 1958 must also raising the wait up to two years longer age for GIS – a move that before receiving their OAS will hit Canada’s most pension. vulnerable seniors the What will these cuts hardest. mean for Canada? Let’s Making Canadians wait consider who depends on another two years before OAS. receiving OAS takes away Today, four out of every more than $15,000 per year 10 Canadians who receive from the very seniors who OAS are living on less than can least afford it. $20,000 per year. Single The government’s women are more likely to message to these rely on OAS as their main Canadians is clear: You are source of income. Rural on your own. You should communities, with their work longer. You should older populations, are also have saved more. more likely to be hurt by If you are 50 right cuts to OAS. now, you may have been The OAS program counting on receiving OAS
when you turn 65. Now you must try to find an additional two years of income to live off. Unfortunately, working longer isn’t an option for many baby boomers and future seniors. For workers with physically demanding jobs – such as construction workers, miners and those who work on their feet all day on a plant floor – by the time they reach the age of 65, their bodies may not allow them to continue working. High local unemployment may keep others from working longer. According to the latest tax returns, almost half of all Canadians earn less than $25,000 per year. You can’t save for tomorrow when you can hardly pay the bills
today. The inevitable result of cuts to OAS will be increased hardship for many seniors, while provincial governments are left picking up the tab with new seniors on social assistance. Cutting the pensions of the most vulnerable is not right in a successful country like Canada. The federal government says it must make these cuts to OAS in order to make the program sustainable. Nothing could be further from the truth. Experts from the OECD and World Bank, the parliamentary budget officer, and even Canada’s own chief actuary have all said that Canada’s OAS system is already sustainable. It doesn’t need
to be cut. The government’s own experts have looked at population and economic projections and concluded that “there is no pressing financial or fiscal need to increase pension ages in the foreseeable future.” If the government truly believes – against all evidence to the contrary – that OAS must be cut in order to be saved, why didn’t the Prime Minister say this during the election last year? We’ve known about the baby boom generation for some time. But the Conservative party did not warn Canadian seniors about their plans to cut OAS. Instead, this is what the party promised in its 2011 election platform: “We will not cut transfer
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payments to individuals or to the provinces for essential things like healthcare, education and pensions.” OAS is a transfer payment to individuals for pensions. For our most vulnerable seniors, it is their only source of income. According to recent public opinion polls, Canadians believe that income inequality – the growing gap between rich and poor – is the most important issue facing the country. By cutting OAS, the government is doing something about income inequality. It is making it worse. MP Scott Brison is the finance critic for the Liberal Party of Canada.
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New North Saanich middle school opens Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
Starting with “O Canada” and winding up with an extra long recess, North Saanich middle school officially opened Thursday amid a flurry of official speeches and performances by the awardwinning Grade 8 stage band. “Obviously this wasn’t just another construction project for the team that put this together, obviously this was an inspiration, this was a commitment on the part of the builders. This is absolutely beautiful,” said Education Minister George Abbott during the official launch Thursday. “Bricks and mortar are important and what we see here are not really bricks and mortar. We see a very beautiful structure including those incredibly beautiful wood beams,” he added gesturing toward the ceiling. “The building’s important and I know that everyone’s very much enjoying this new school building, but it’s the team that works inside the building that ensures that you as students at North Saanich middle school have exceptional education.” The new school can hold up to 400 students from grades 6 to 8, meets B.C.’s Wood First Initiative by incorporating wood as much as possible and follows LEED Gold or equivalent environmental standards. Heat is generated by a ground source heat pump and solar hot water panels. Solar
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panels and a wind turbine generate some of the school’s electricity. The school has an automatic light adjustment system to conserve energy and a greenhouse to teach children about growing food. “This was a $23 million investment in your future. It was $23 million very well spent,” Abbott said. “You have not only a beautiful structure, but from a seismic perspective, a safe structure … it is a great investment in 21st century education.” The 5,000 square metre school includes 14 classrooms, art, music, home economics, woodwork and drama rooms, a library, computer
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lab, multipurpose space and double gym. Students moved into the school after spring break. “When you were across the street you were in a great school,” Keven Elder, superintendent for the Saanich school district, said of the former school. “You’re still in a great school as you’ve come across to this new facility, it just happens to be one that is built for the 21st century, that is organized around learning as we understand it in the 21st century, and that you will be in as you go forward to Parkland and other places, helping us understand the best ways to educate young people in this
day and age.” North Saanich school will also be home to a neighbourhood learning centre with the enlarged gym and a multipurpose room that can be used for meetings or changed into a full theatre with sound system for performances. The school district has partnered with the Peninsula Recreation Commission to offer fitness, fine arts and recreational programs through the learning centre after school hours. After the ceremonies, some students escorted groups on tours of the building, while the rest of the kids got an extra lengthy afternoon recess. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com
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Cycling in pink Since 1931, the Giro leader’s jersey, known as the maglia rosa, has been pink to reflect the colour of La Gazzetta Dello Sport. Like the Tour de France, the Giro which started in 1909, was created to increase the readership of newspapers.
Ryder ready Asked repeatedly on Sunday about competing for Canada at the upcoming Olympics, Hesjedal responded: “It’s the last thing on my mind right now, I don’t even know the selection date to be honest. But I’ve said all along I want to do it. I don’t see why I shouldn’t be in London, but we’ll see.”
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He’s Canada’s top cyclist and for the moment, he’s the top cyclist in the world. Victoria’s Ryder Hesjedal won the maglia rosa (pink jersey) as the overall winner of the Giro d’Italia on Sunday, following a sensational effort in the final three stages of the 3,500 kilometre, 21 stage race. Hesjedal started the final day, May 27, in second place, and erased a 31-second deficit behind leader Joaquin Rodriguez in the 28.8 kilometre time trial of Stage 21 which wove through the streets of Milan. Hesjedal was sixth on the day with a time of 34:15, while Rodriguez slipped to second overall, finishing 26th in the time trial at 35:02. Belgium’s Thomas De Gendt was climbed to third overall in the general classification. The West Shore’s Hesjedal, a Belmont secondary grad, is the first Canadian to win a grand tour, which includes the Giro, Tour de France and Spain’s ˜ Vuelta a Espana. In the initial interviews and photo opportunities following his win, Hesjedal had yet to Graham Watson/Garmin-Barracuda show much emotion. “I can’t even describe [the Ryder Hesjedal hoists the Giro d’Italia trophy. feeling] going,” Hesjedal said during Sunday’s media conference call from Italy. pace the maglia rosa pack, with his rivals drafting “It’s overwhelming and it’s going to take a while his slipstream up the steep climb. to sink in.” Despite the conspiring by trio of Rodriguez, Hesjedal truly won the race by holding his sec- Basso and Scarponi, as well as others, to bump ond-place position, a half minute back of Rodri- Hesjedal out Friday and Saturday, the contenders guez, through the treacherous mountain climbs of could not. stages 19 and 20 on Friday and Saturday, including “We were supposed to drop Ryder Hesjedal but Saturday’s seven hour marathon up the snowy it’s been the opposite,” Rodriguez told the Cycling slopes of the Stelvio summit. Both days Hesjedal News on Friday. “Hesjedal gave us a lesson … the successfully fended off breakaway attacks by Giro is in his hands. If he doesn’t make any [misleading contenders and previous Giro winners takes] he’ll be the winner.” Ivan Basso (2006 and 2010) and Michele ScarRodriquez was right. poni (2011). Eurosport’s television analysts were “I had to fight for this Giro, [my competitors] impressed, thinking the attempts would slowly weren’t helping me, and it makes this victory even bleed Hesjedal’s stores, like being eaten by a pack sweeter,” Hesjedal said in response to the mounof piranhas. tain stages. “I had help from my team, who did Not only did Hesjedal march on undeterred, he what they could. But my rivals put the pressure nearly stole Stage 19 on Friday from winner Roman on … as we approached the last part of the Stelvio, Kreuziger, finishing second, just 19 seconds back. my rivals weren’t willing to work because they felt Kreuziger was the last man standing from a break- it was my race to lose. It’s tactics and situation, away group that had held a commanding lead for and I had to save my own Giro the last five kilomemuch of the stage. tres, and that makes it that much sweeter.” Then on Saturday, Hesjedal once again comAlso sweetening it was multiple kisses with wife pleted the demanding final stretch while having to Ashley Hofer, and seeing his friend and Tour de Victoria organizer Seamus McGrath and his dad at the Stelvio summit. As for Hesjedal’s status in July’s Tour de France and this summer’s London Olympics, the Italian champion said he’ll begin putting a plan together soon. “Once I start to see my name with the previous Excellence in restoring your smile. winners who’ve accomplished this, it will sink in, but I’m just enjoying it right now.” Robert Knight R.D. Earlier this year Hesjedal’s seventh place finish at the 2010 Tour de France was bumped to sixth PENINSULA due to the disqualification of that year’s winner, DENTURE CLINIC LTD. Alberto Contador, who is also banned two years from international cycling for doping. 9769-B 5th St., Sidney 250-656-1417 sports@vicnews.com 4085 Quadra St., Victoria 250-658-1417
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES class at Stelly’s secondary school is planning a movie night on May 31, 9 p.m. at Star Cinema in Sidney. Indiana Jones is on the bill with tickets $5 and funds raised going toward the group’s Nepal 2013 trip. THE FRIENDS OF the Sidney North Saanich library are having their book sale on Saturday, June 2, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Nell Horth room at the library, 10091
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virl.bc.ca. BAYSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL fundraiser – bottle drive and car wash – for the Grade 8 kayak trip is Saturday, June 2 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Peninsula Co-op parking lot, 2132 Keating X Rd. STRAWBERRY CAFE &
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Olive Buckingham enjoys tea in the dining room at Butchart Gardens. away. Buckingham’s history with the gardens goes back to her working days. She worked in the Seed and Gift Shop for several years just after the Second World War. “She always says Mr. Ross was her favourite boss in her lifetime,” Cleroux said, referring to Ian Ross. reporter@peninsulanews review.com
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Get to know someone from another generation Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
Friday is Intergenerational Day Canada in Sidney. The town proclaimed the day to remind people to connect on a one-to-one basis with someone from another generation. “The positive power of intergenerational connecting starts from the simple exchange of a respectful greeting,” said Sharon MacKenzie, executive director of i2i Intergenerational Society of Canada. “The June 1 proclamation is meant to remind people of the importance of making this small, purposeful effort.” MacKenzie sent the request to declare the day to multiple districts. “We were the first people in Canada to do that,” said Coun. Marilyn Loveless. “For Sidney it’s key to part of our strategic goals and that’s to have a balanced community. We really want to focus on bringing our younger generations and older generations together. And we do quite
a bit.” She recalls working at the Shoal Centre and bringing seniors to North Saanich middle school to use the computer lab. “It was remarkable to see these young folks with 90-yearolds and they were each learning from each other,” she said. Sidney has a number of similar activities from Rotarians reading at Sidney elementary to the upcoming opportunity for grandparents to sit and watch while grandkids play at the Iroquois spray park. “And the sculpture walk. I can’t wait to walk around the waterfront and talk about art with my grandchildren,” Loveless said. “One of the things we hope to do at some point is to form an inventory of some of the activities that go on in our town.” A former member of the National Seniors Council, Loveless hopes to see intergenerational activities fostering knowledge of skills, as well as developing understanding. “The more you understand about
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other people, the richer your life is. For some young people they get to a point where they see an older slower person as less than the ideal. If they know that person and they understand that [he or she] takes a little longer in the line at the bank … it doesn’t bother them, because they’ve got a relationship,” Loveless said. “An older person could see a group of people with piercings and funny hair … and there could be a level of fear that is completely unnecessary. “ Anyone interested in developing an inventory, or ideas surrounding intergenerational interaction, or already doing things that could be of interest can contact Loveless at 250479-6898 mloveless@shaw.ca. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com
Greater Victoria’s Bike to Work Week offers prizes for participants More than 500 teams have registered for Bike to Work Week, happening until June 3. The annual challenge is in its 18th year
in Greater Victoria. The event encourages commuters to cycle rather than drive to work for at least a week and hopefully
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The 16th annual Brentwood Bay Festival starts Saturday, June 2, with a traditional pancake breakfast flipped by the Central Saanich Lions Club at 8 a.m. at the Old School Hall on West Saanich Road. The parade starts at 10 a.m. at Bayside middle school and heads down Wallace Drive, hangs a left on West Saanich Road and swings through downtown Brentwood Bay past the festival site in Pioneer Park. The park will keep the party going with live music, kids games, displays, market and food vendors. Opening ceremonies are
slated for 11:10 a.m. followed by a Zumba dance flashmob and at noon Bill Johnson takes the stage followed by a second set at 1 p.m. Michael Jackson, aka Tristan Thompson, will take the stage for 12:40 p.m. and 1:40 p.m. The Archers will round the event out with a performance at 2 p.m. The Strawberry Cafe and Market at Brentwood Bay United Church will also be open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. that day, serving shortcake and other treats. reporter@peninsulanews review.com
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The wayward delusions of a miniature orange tree Next week we celebrate the We could almost go and sit month containing the longest in the sun for a few minutes day of the year. I hate it when until our conscience kicks we pass this time because from in with a reminder that we then until December, each day haven’t yet transplanted all the will be shorter than broccoli seedlings (or the one before until whatever else we still it is almost dark by haven’t done). 4 p.m. This is a poor My brother used to way to look at things. I say he had a monkey should be celebrating on his back that the coming of kept hounding him summer, instead of about things he still moaning about what needed to do. Just is still months away. when he had figured Helen Lang So, looking on he was finished and Over the Garden could now go and the bright side, let’s Fence visit the vegetable lie in a deck chair garden for a couple and “contemplate of minutes. Nice to visit when his navel.” He is a doctor so is we don’t have to pull weeds, allowed to use the word navel, isn’t it? And nice because we whereas we ordinary mortals have finished the planting and have to say belly button. it’s too early to worry about I have asked our editor if harvesting, or to think about it would be possible to get a planting winter vegetables. picture of my allium with this
column, but she wanted a bargain – a picture of the allium with me beside it. I hesitate for good reason. I am an old lady, and find cameras most unkind. I hate to think I actually look that way. However, if I have a new perm (and a facelift) maybe it would be OK. I’m giving it serious thought as I really think you’d enjoy a picture of the allium, which is both exotic and beautiful (and if you squint you don’t have to notice me at all). My ornamental miniature orange tree is suffering from delusions. It is convinced that it now is a normal orange tree, and to celebrate has begun to grow mightily. It has sprung out in all directions, especialIy up. It makes me nervous – just where does it think it’s headed? Helen Lang has been the Peninsula News Review’s garden columnist for more than 25 years.
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Stars align in Victoria for David Foster gala Roszan Holmen News staff
Now that Victoria’s Inner Harbour walkway belongs to David Foster, at least in name, the Saanich-raised star intends to wield his influence. “The city deserves a beautiful performing arts centre right on the water,” Foster said, at a surprise, star-studded announcement in front of the Fairmont Empress Hotel on Friday afternoon. “Mayor, I’m going to be on your ass for the next 10 years,” he said, turning to Dean Fortin. Foster was joined by Michael Bublé, Pamela Anderson, Rick Hansen and other stars from B.C. to unveil a pathway sign in his name. The newly named David Foster Way runs from Ogden Point to the Johnson Street Bridge. The city plans to extend the walkway to Rock Bay. The idea for the naming came from Bublé.
“Mayor Dean Fortin, I drove him nuts,” said Bublé. “I called him about a year and a half ago and told him that I believe David represented this city so well and he’d made a huge impact on culture and I said that it was about time that Mr. Foster had a street named after him.” Foster called the honour much bigger than a Grammy. “This is right up there, honestly, with the birth of my children,” he said. With a little prompting, three of the four Canadian Tenors on hand for the unveiling gave an impromptu performance of Hallelujah for the crowd. In the audience were Foster’s extended family, including sisters, kids and grandkids. He concluded with this thought: “Thank you again to all of Victoria. I wave the Victoria flag every day of my life, I promise you I do. You can hold me to task on that.” rholmen@vicnews.com
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CRD seeks transit driver’s seat Natalie North News staff
From Sooke to Sidney, every Greater Victorian pays for transit, but not every municipality has an equal say over how their tax dollars are spent. The unjust nature of taxation without representation was the primary argument Capital Regional District directors brought to the board table last Wednesday, May 23, when they asked to take control of regional transit planning. If given the chance to assume the role of the Victoria Regional Transit Commission, the CRD could deliver better service, make B.C. Transit spending more transparent and hold local politicians more accountable to taxpayers, directors argued. “My colleagues in local government refer to transit in third person … it’s not a part of us,” said Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard. “We take no ownership of it, we take no responsibility for it and
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THE ARTS Sunyata sets on St. John’s vesper season The sun sets on the jazz vespers season at St. Johns with the flamenco-hybrid trio, Sunyata. Performing original music with Mediterranean roots, Sunyata is Jim Gawne on mandoquela, Ken Hall on guitar and Laurent Boucher on percussion. Gawne has an eclectic musical background, studying new music and electronic composition with Barry Truax at SFU, to jazzgrass with David Grisman. He has a passion for all the world’s string instruments and an insatiable desire to adopt them into the mandolin family. His earliest instruments were the piano and guitar, but in his early 20s, he was smitten with mando-fever and never fully recovered. He currently plays a custom built hybrid instrument that appears to be a guitar, but is actually a five-string mandolin. Jim co-founded Sunyata in the 1990s and their first CD was released internationally in 1997,
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where it was ranked as third in the World Beat charts for most of that year. The current incarnation of Sunyata has been performing together since 1999 and has released a studio and a live CD. Ken Hall studied composition at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto. Since moving to the Victoria area he has played in and been a founding member of some of Victoria’s most successful bands including The Sidewalk Blues Band, Kumbia, Sunyata and the Sara Merreiros band. He also plays with the Stomp Club, the Emily Braden Trio and the world beat group Saffron. Laurent Boucher was raised
in Montreal and comes from a musical family. He first studied violin, then moved to percussion at the age of 10. Since moving to the west coast in the early ’80s he has been active in a variety of musical projects, ranging in style from rock and pop to big band and world music. He also plays Cuban, Brazilian and African percussion. Laurent has performed with Randy Bachman, Mark Atkinson, Miles Black, Phil Dwyer, Neil Swainson, Rene Worst, Bill Henderson, Celso Machado and others. He lives, performs and teaches on Salt Spring Island. Sunyata performs jazz vespers June 3, 7 p.m. at St. John’s United Church, 10990 West Saanich Rd. There is no admission charge and an offering will be taken. For further information, please call Bernadette at 250656-0875 or email her at bernadettegreene@shaw.ca. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com
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PNR readers help fill in blanks Key piece of puzzle remains unsolved
W.J. Apps’ name appears on the cenotaph outside town hall on Sidney Avenue. Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
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The large silver pendant says S.F.C. on the back, which could be Sidney or Saanich Football Club, bearing in mind soccer was (and often still is by our European friends) referred to as football. That club likely purchased medallions for team members. “It was a stock issue so the same medal would have been used by other sports clubs,” Rice said. It could have been passed down from the Morris family or Miller family and found its way overseas. “I have bought Canadian medals out of Britain and Ireland a number of times without people knowing how they got there,” Rice said. While the little medal remains mired in mystery, Apps provided enough intrigue to keep Rice digging into the former Sidney man’s life. He discovered Apps lived in B.C. in 1912, but there is no easy way to determine when he arrived in Canada. “There are passenger lists for all voyages to Canada back to his year of birth, but these are indexed by shipping line and voyage. There is no means of searching by passenger name,” Rice said. “Given that there were numerous steamship lines engaged in the business of transporting immigrants and many voyages each year, it would be a lengthy pro-
cess to work through them.” Apps was listed in the 1914 Henderson’s Directory living in All Bay, Sidney and working as a painter, but is not recorded in earlier directories. Rice found enlistment papers that describe Apps – born in Portsmouth England on July 9, 1887 – as five foot four and threequarter inches tall with light brown hair, blue eyes, and his religious affiliation as the Church of England. He enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Ottawa on Jan. 20, 1915. He died during the war and is among the
619 Commonwealth troops interred at Ridge Wood Military Cemetery in Belgium. The name W.J. Apps, like on the medallion, is engraved in the centoaph on Sidney Avenue. What Rice – and independent of his search, fellow PNR reader Anne Clarke – unearthed that may tell a tale of romance, was his listing as next of kin: Miss J.M. Morris at 855 Queens Ave, Victoria. Diana McKay, visiting the Peninsula from Terrace to settle her mother in a care home, picked up the News Review for a quick read, and was jarred by the plea for information surrounding the medal inscribed to W.J. Apps. Her grandmother, Jessie Mabel Morris Miller Gibson at the time of her death in the 1973, never stopped talking about “Will Apps.” This despite the fact that in 1918 Jessie married Victoria lawyer Thomas Munro Miller, McKay’s grandfather. “He wasn’t the love of her life,” McKay said. “She never
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stopped talking about Will Apps … he was ‘fair haired and handsome’.” It would all make perfect sense, if only Jessie M. Morris was Beeby’s great aunt. “My grandmother’s sister married in Canada in 1908 and lived in B.C.,” Beeby said. But that aunt’s name was Edith Hawkes. And the mystery continues. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com
Michael Rice, who’s been buying and selling bits of history since he was a kid – back then it was rare coins purchased from other kids – is curious about where William John Apps’ other medals could have travelled. At the end of the war, Jessie as his next of kin, would likely have been sent the military medals to which Apps was entitled – the War Medal, the 1914-15 Star, the Victory Medal and the Canadian Memorial Cross.
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from farms from Fort St. John to Vancouver Island,” McRae said. “Without data, the Animal Health Act is going to be ineffective.” NDP agriculture critic Lana Popham said freedom of information law should apply and the legislation goes too far in protecting the business interests of the industry. She noted that restaurants are regularly inspected for cleanliness and the reports are made public routinely, despite the effect on the reputation of a business. editor@peninsulanews review.com
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Despite controversial private power contracts and approval of two pricy dam refits, B.C. Hydro’s rate increase will be only 1.44 per cent next year, Energy Minister Rich Coleman announced. Coleman said the B.C. government is instructing the B.C. Utilities Commission to limit rate increases to a total of 17 per cent for the three-year period ending April 1, 2014. With rates up 7.1 per cent since April of this year and last year’s eight-percent hike, the 1.44 per cent increase for next year is to meet a political commitment made by Coleman and Premier Christy Clark last year to reduce rate increases by half. The smallest rate increase in years takes effect April 1, 2013, just weeks before the next provincial election. Coleman said in an interview the directed increase was not done for election purposes, but because it was the simplest way to proceed. A “negotiated settlement” with major ratepayer groups means a BCUC hearing that could run for months isn’t necessary, he said. NDP energy critic John Horgan said last week the government’s move is the latest in a series of political interventions into B.C. Hydro policy. It forced the utility to buy private power on expensive long-term contracts, it imposed the smart meter program and moved ahead on the Site C dam on the Peace River, all without review by the BCUC to see if they are in the best interests of ratepayers, he said. “This is a Crown corporation, the envy of North America, and these guys have run it into the ditch.” Coleman launched a review of B.C. Hydro last year, after Clark spoke out against the prospect of a 50 per cent increase in hydro rates expected over five years. The review by deputy ministers said reducing B.C. Hydro staff and in-house engineering, along with other cost-saving measures, would meet the government’s target of keeping annual rate increases below four per cent. Auditor General John Doyle issued a report last year that said the government was taking annual dividends from B.C. Hydro that were not justified by its earnings and the utility was increasing deferred debt as a result. Coleman announced last week that the province was able to reach its rate goal by forgoing $75 million in dividends over three years. editor@peninsulanewsreview.com
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Excellence in Real Estate Debra Bartlett
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- Loads of potential - 4 bedroom, 2 bath, 2982 sq.ft. - Two large family rooms - Bright kitchen with eating area 9252 West Saanich Rd.
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- 3 bedroom, 3 bath, 3108 sq.ft. - Jatoba hardwood floors - Spacious master with fireplace - Stunning gardens, flat stone patio 10942 Prentice Pl.
- Over an acre on Curteis Point - Main level living - Detached 600 sq.ft. garage/workshop - Bright, sunny, quiet & private #10929 Boas Rd.
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- 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 1589 sq.ft. - Large living/dining area with fireplace - Bright kitchen with breakfast nook - Generous sized master bedroom 7972 Polo Park
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AARON’S RENO’S Drywall, taping, texture. Insured/bonded. Free est. 250-880-0525. MUD on the RUN. Small drywall repairs, textures & renovations. Ross, (250)812-4879.
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McGREGOR HOME Repair & Renos. Decks to doors. Small jobs OK. WCB. (250)655-4518
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CARPET INSTALLATION
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MALTA FLOORING Installation. Carpets, laminates, hardwood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278
ALL TYPES of fencing, repairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637. QUALITY CEDAR fencing, decks and installation, pressure washing. For better prices & quotes call Westcoast Fencing. 250-588-5920.
PENNIE’$ BOOKKEEPING Services for small business. Simply/Quickbooks. No time to get that paperwork done? We do data-entry, GST, payroll, year-end prep, and training. 250-661-1237.
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CLEANING SERVICES CARING BONDABLE work since 1985. Supplies & vacuum incld’d. Call (250)385-5869 MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estate organizing, events, parties, office cleaning. BBB member. (250)388-0278. SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning. Affordable, Experienced, Reliable, Efficient. (250)508-1018
COMPUTER SERVICES COMPUDOC MOBILE Computer Services. Repairs, tuneups, tutoring, web sites and more. Call 250-886-8053.
CONTRACTORS BATHROOM REMODELING. “Gemini Baths” Plumb, Elec. Tile, Cabinets. 250-896-9302. CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood floor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877
DRAFTING & DESIGN DESIGN FOR PERMIT. w w w. i n t e gra d e s i g n i n c . c o m Call Steven (250) 381-4123.
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AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.
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Custom Landscapes Home Renovations Garden Clean-ups Accepting New Clients
BIG BEAR Handyman & Painting Services. No job too small. Free Estimates. Senior discounts. Barry 250-896-6071
YOUNG SENIOR Handyman. Household repairs. Will assist do-it-yourselfers. Call Fred, 250-888-5345.
HAULING AND SALVAGE $20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279. CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.
GARDENING 21YRS EXP Garden clean-ups weeding, etc. All areas of city. $25/hr. No tax. 250-656-7045. 250-208-8535 WOODCHUCK: Neglected garden? Spring clean-ups, hedges, power raking, aerating, weed/moss stump, blackberry & ivy removal. 24yrs exp. WCB. ARE YOU in need of a professional, qualified, residential or commercial gardener? www. glenwood gardenworks.com AURICLE LAWNS- Superior lawn care-gardens, hedges & fert-weed mgmt. 882-3129
GUTTER CLEANING. Repairs, Maintenance, Gutterguard, Leaf traps. Grand Xterior Cleaning Services. WCB Insured. Call 250-380-7778. PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, Demossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.
HANDYPERSONS HANDYMAN DAN. Quality workmanship. Free estimates. Call 250-656-6789.
MASONRY & BRICKWORK HAULING & 250-889-5794.
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SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578. PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774
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CBS MASONRY BBB A+ Accredited Business. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flagstone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Patios, Sidewalk Repair. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. Call (250)294-9942 or 250-589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d & Professional. Chimneys, Brick Veneer, Rockwork, Cultured Stone, Interlocking Paving. Fully insured. Estimates. Call 250-588-9471 - 250-882-5181
PRESSURE WASHING
DIAMOND MOVING. 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr. Call 250-220-0734.
RUBBISH REMOVAL MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBB member. (250)388-0278.
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A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wallcoverings. Over 25 yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220. BIG BEAR Painting & Handyman Services. No job too small. Free Estimates. Senior discounts. Barry 250-896-6071 DRYWALL REPAIRS & HOUSE PAINTING. Free estimates. 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 PAINTER Serving the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127. OLD TIMER. Quality old fashioned service. Great rates. Excellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187. TOP NOTCH PAINTINGOver 25yrs exp. Interior/Exterior, Residential Reliable, Reasonable and Friendly Service. Call Brad 250-580-5542. YOUR PERSONAL Interior Painter. No Job too Big or Too Small. Call Gilbert today for free quote. (250)886-6446.
RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50 years experience. Free estimates. Dan, 250-391-9851.
TILING A1. SHAWN The Tile GuyRes/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos. 250-686-6046
TREE SERVICES LOCAL TREE CO. 30 yrs exp. Bucket truck, chipper. We buy logs. Insured. (250)883-2911.
WINDOW CLEANING BLAINE’S WINDOW WASHING. Serving Sidney & Brentwood since 1983. Average house $35. 250-656-1475 BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning Roof demoss, gutters. 25 yrs. Cell 250-884-7066, 381-7127. DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning. Windows, Gutters, Sweeping Roofs, Pressure Washing, Roof Demossing. Call 250361-6190. NORM’S WINDOW cleaning & gutters. Reasonable rates. 250-590-2929, 250-812-3213.
WINDOWS ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Windows Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years Construction experience. 250-382-3694.
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Lewis, Carolyn Isabella (née Oliver)
Passed away peacefully on Thursday May 24, 2012, in hospital in Saanich BC, following a battle with cancer. Carolyn was in her 67th year and remained positive right up to her passing, even as Plan A turned to Plan B then Plan C. She will be deeply missed by her husband Alan, sons Keith (Monique) and Jeffrey (Jaime), and her joy, grandson Graeme. Beloved sister of Iain (Barbara), Brian (Stephanie) and Sandy (late Ken). Predeceased by her father Lawrence, mother Muriel Donkin (late Walt), & brother Gary (Linda). Greatly missed by the many members of her extended family in Canada and the UK, including Aunt Betty Hodgkins. After a first career raising two sons, Carolyn turned her hand to small business. Most recently, she crossed the country and spent the last 14 years building and maintaining a community cinema with her sister Sandy in Sidney BC, from which she derived immense personal satisfaction. Warm, compassionate and caring, she will be fondly remembered by the many relatives and friends in Ontario
SENIORS’ HOME Help: from Housekeeping to Gardens. “A little help helps a lot!” 250-8894705
KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICESRepair, maintenance & install. 250-360-7663.
DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.
ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694.
HOUSEHOLD SERVICES
FREE ESTIMATES. Reasonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.
2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on local moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.
217-9580 ENIGMA PAINTING Renos, commercial, residential Professional Friendly Service.
M&S OXFORD Home/Commercial Reno’s & Painting. Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hardwood and Trim. 25 yrs exp. Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.
250-889-5794. DIAMOND DAVE Gutter Cleaning. Thorough Job at a Fair Price! Repairs, gutter guard, power/window washing, roof de-moss. Free no obligation estimates.
PLUMBING FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.
PAINTING
FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.
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MALTA MOVING. Serving Vancouver Island, surrounding islands and the Mainland. BBB Member. (250)388-0278.
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CBS MASONRY BBB A+. Chimney, Fireplaces, Rock, Flagstone, Concrete, Pavers, Repair, Rebuild, Renew. “Quality is our Guarantee.” Free Competitive Est’s. Call (250) 294-9942/589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com
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HANDYMAN SERVICES. Lawns, fences, pruning, flooring, painting, drywall, small renos. Mike/Chris 250-656-8961
FURNITURE REFINISHING FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & delivery. References available. 250-475-1462. U-NEEK SEATS. Hand cane, Danish weave, sea grass. UK Trained. Fran, 250-216-8997.
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School Programs This Summer WestShore Centre for Learning & Training
Fast Track DL Summer Learning Students enrolling in the Fast Track Distributed Learning summer sessions have the opportunity to attend face-to-face sessions with their teachers, as well as complete on-line paperbased assignments each day. This is an excellent option for students who can work independently and are interested in finishing their courses quickly. Teachers will be available to assist you.
July 9 to August 9, Monday-Thursday MORNING - 9:30 AM TO 12 NOON Biology 12 English 12 Foundations and Pre-Calculus 10 Principles of Math 12 Data Management 12 Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 11 AFTERNOON - 12:30 PM TO 3:00 PM Accounting 11 Information Technology 10 Science 10 English 12 Pre-Calculus Math 11 Chemistry 11 Science & Technology 11 EVENING – 5:30 PM TO 8:00 PM Business Information Management 12 Foundations of Math and Pre-Calculus 10 Foundations of Math 11 Biology 12 English 12
DISTRIBUTED LEARNING OPTIONS: There are three options available for students to take BC Ministry Authorized Distributed Learning courses at WestShore Centre for Learning and Training through summer 2012.
Paper Based Students will be required to attend a COMPULSORY activation session to receive the course outline and guidelines for course completion. Students complete assignments at the activation session and can expect to be in attendance for up to TWO HOURS on the scheduled date. Activation sessions are scheduled as listed below.
July 9: Planning 10 (8:45 am) Graduation Transitions (10:30 am)
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Registration Information There are two forms used to register depending on whether or not you are returning to your current school in September, 2012. 1. Students returning to their current school in September, 2012. • Meet with your current school counsellor • Complete a Cross Enrolled Student Learning Plan All final marks for cross-enrolled students will be forwarded to the home school prior to school start-up in September so that any necessary scheduling changes can be made. 2. All other students NOT returning to their current school or those that have completed graduation. • Call 250-391-9002 to make an appointment with the academic advisor at WestShore • Complete a Student Learning Plan Spaces filled on a first come, first served basis. All Students: When registering, students are required to provide a post-dated cheque or credit card number to cover a textbook deposit. Post-dated payments are processed ONLY if the textbooks are NOT returned within two weeks of completing or withdrawing from the course. You can find registration forms on our website. Attention: Additional fees may be required for Adult Graduates (over 19) as of July 1, 2012. Please call the office for more information.
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Erin Cardone Editor, Peninsula News Review What is your favourite local tourist attraction? The Butchart Gardens. What is your favourite outdoor event? Having only been around since the winter, I’ll go with the Sidney Sparkles Christmas parade, but I haven’t had the chance to see the summer markets or festivals yet. What is your favourite place to go for a hike or walk? Sidney waterfront, but Island View beach is a close second. What is the best activity to relieve stress? Running the waterfront, or people watching on Beacon Avenue. Where do you like to meet your friends for coffee? I’m a big fan of both Stonestreet Cafe and Alexander’s Coffee. They both make amazing chai lattes. Where are the best views on the Peninsula? Island View beach gets my vote as No. 1, but Brentwood Bay is very picturesque too.
Rachel Fisher Brentwood Bay What is your favourite local tourist attraction? Heritage Acres – there’s some great events there. What is your favourite outdoor event? Countryside Preschool picnic. What is your favourite place to go for a hike or walk? John Dean Park. What is the best activity to relieve stress? Yoga. Where do you like to meet your friends for coffee? Cafe Zanzibar. Where are the best views on the Peninsula? Pickles Bluff has an amazing view.
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he Peninsula is home to many wonderful people who make it the great place it is, including some of the Peninsula’s favourite friendly faces in our fire and police departments. This year, Peninsula residents voted fire chief Gary Wilton of the North Saanich Volunteer Fire Department and Const. Ravi Gunasinghe of the Sidney North Saanich RCMP as their Friendliest Firefighter and Coolest Cop of 2012. Wilton began his work with the North Saanich Volunteer Fire Department 37 years ago and has been the municipality’s fire chief for the last 17 years. Wilton says his passion for the community and for his team is what keeps him going. “It’s exciting to work for the fire department and to be part of the community that helps the residents of the Saanich Peninsula,” Wilton said. “We spend a lot of hours training with a really diverse group of people and it’s a great way to get to know one another.” Wilton says over the years he has noticed significant changes in and around the Peninsula. “The biggest change is probably in the houses. When I first started North Saanich, especially Deep Cove, it was extremely rural and now we have so many larger homes and with that comes a bigger responsibility as firefighters. We have to train to adjust our skills to new situations.”
He also adds volunteer firefighting is very different from when he started in 1975. “When I first started out a lot of the guys joined for the social aspect. It was a great way to meet other people and families who live in more rural areas. Now people have other ways of meeting each other socially so volunteer firefighting has
North Saanich RCMP since 2000 and acts as the school liaison officer. He says his love for working as a liaison officer on the Peninsula comes from meeting and connecting with all the residents in a positive and proactive way. “First of all, the Peninsula is a beautiful place to work and my detachment is a great place to be. All the members in the detachment are motivated, happy people and that makes a huge difference in the atmosphere here,” I love connecting with said Gunasinghe. “Also I love what children and families … It I do. I love connecting with chilfeels good to be recognized dren and families, it’s what I’ve always wanted to do, and it feels in the community as good to be recognized in the community as someone who people someone who people can can talk to. I have a very different talk to. position in that respect because Const. Ravi Gunsasinghe instead of always responding to police calls, I get to be out in the community connecting with peochanged a bit. Now we see younger guys ple on a more positive note.” joining because it’s something they want As well as working at the school liaito do as a career and less because of the son officer, Gunasinghe also volunteers in social aspect.” different capacities on the Peninsula. He Wilton has spent most of his life on the works training kids in the Peninsula Track Peninsula with his wife and two children and Field Club as well as sitting on variwho both went through school at Deep ous boards and committees in the Greater Cove, North Saanich and Parkland. Wil- Victoria area. ton says even though he plans to retire in “It is busy, and on my days off I do go the near future, he is looking forward to and meet people who might need guidseeing through construction of their new ance or advice, but I love it because once fire hall and the process of the fire depart- you make a connection like that with famiment acquiring a new, more advanced lies and children, you become a resource truck. for them,” said Gunasinghe. – by Devon MacKenzie Gunasinghe has been with the Sidney
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ATTRACTIONS: SPORTS & LEISURE: BEST ART GALLERY 1. Peninsula Gallery 2. Village Gallery 3. Community Arts Council
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1. Butchart Gardens 2. Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre 3. Victoria Butterfly Gardens
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EVENTS: BEST OUTDOOR EVENT 1. Sidney Thursday Night Market 2. Saanich Fair 3. Sidney Summer Sounds
BEST INDOOR EVENT 1. Sidney Fine Art Show 2. Charlie White Theatre 3. Taste of Salt Spring Christmas Craft Show
1. Brown’s The Florist 2. Thrifty Foods 3. Fiorenza Classic Flowers
FAVOURITE VITAMIN SHOPPING/HEALTH FOOD 1. Lifestyle Markets 2. Sidney Natural Foods
FAVOURITE GROCERY STORE
FAVOURITE THRIFT/ CONSIGNMENT SHOP 1. Beacon Community Services 2. Connections 3. Salvation Army
FAVOURITE MEN’S SHOP 1. Mark’s Work Wearhouse 2. DG Bremner & Co 3. Sidney Casuals
1. Thrifty Foods 2. Sidney Safeway 3. Fairway Market
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CHOICE FOR HIKING
FURNISHING AND DECORATING YOUR HOME
1. Horth Hill 2. John Dean Provincial Park 3. Tod Inlet
1. Capital Iron 2. One Stop Furniture Shop 3. Lilaberry Home Decor
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1. Panorama Recreation Centre 2. Walking along the Sidney Waterfront 3. Brentwood Bay Resort & Spa
DAY AT THE SPA 1. Haven Spa 2. Brentwood Bay Resort & Spa 3. Ocean Palm Spa
FAVOURITE FAMILY RESTAURANT 1. Sassy’s 2. Smitty’s Family Restaurant 3. White Spot Restaurant
IMPROVING YOUR SMILE
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1. Dr. C.A. Eeg 2. Dr. P. Culligan 3. Dr. P. Louie
1. Fish on Fifth 2. Salty’s Fish & Chips 3. Hyland’s Fish & Chips
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GRAB A DRINK 1. Prairie Inn 2. Beacon Landing Waterfront Bar & Grill 3. Haro’s Restaurant & Bar
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BEST AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES CHOICE FOR BEER, WINE & 1. Sidney Tire Auto Service SPIRITS 2. Clair Downey Service 3. Steve’s Service
CHOICE FOR MAKING BEER OR WINE 1. Wine By You 2. Peninsula U Brew 3. Wine Kitz
1. BC Government Liquor Store Sidney 2. Travelodge Centre Liquor Store 3. Prairie Inn
LEGAL SERVICES 1. Salvador Davis & Co 2. Beacon Law Centre 3. Henley & Walden
FRIENDLIEST SERVICE 1. Sassy’s 2. Exist Hairworx 3. Thrifty Foods
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1. Muse Winery 2. Church & State Wines 3. Sea Cider
1. Coast Capital 2. Royal Bank 3. Scotiabank
REAL ESTATE COMPANY 1. Holmes Realty 2. DFH Real Estate Ltd 3. Remax
1. Exist Hairworx 2. Salon J 3. Island Haircutting
FAVOURITE LOCAL WINERY
FAVOURITE FARM PRODUCE 1. Michell’s Farm Market 2. Red Barn Market 3. Silver Rill Corn
FAVOURITE FARM EVENT 1. Saanich Fair 2. Oldfield Farm Octoberfest 3. Peninsula Country Market
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BEST CUP OF COFFEE
1. Cedarwood Inn & Suites 2. Beacon Inn At Sidney 3. Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa
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COFFEE BEANS 1. Fresh Cup 2. Starbucks Coffee 3. Alexander’s Coffee Bar
BEST MUFFIN 1. Alexander’s Coffee Bar 2. Roost Farm Centre 3. Toast Cafe
PLACES TO STAY: CHOICE FOR BED & BREAKFAST 1. Beacon Inn at Sidney 2. Corbett House B & B 3. Orchard House B & B
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BEST PLACE TO TAKE YOUR MOTHER IN LAW
FAVOURITE PLACE TO CATCH UP WITH FRIENDS
1. Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa 2. Beacon Inn At Sidney 3. Cedarwood Inn & Suites
1. Butchart Gardens 2. Haro’s Restaurant & Bar 3. Sassy’s
PET CARE:
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BEST BOARDING/GROOMING
1. Sidney Waterfront 2. Island View Beach 3. Charles Dickens Pub
1. Ravishing Rover 2. Puppy Love Pet Care Centre 3. Shaggy Dawg Dog Grooming
PET SUPPLIES 1. Bosley’s Pet Food Plus 2. Sidney’s Pet Centre 3. Buckerfield’s
BEST VETERINARY SERVICES 1. Sidney Animal Hospital 2. Beacon Cat Hospital 3. Garry Oak Veterinary Hospital
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FAVOURITE PLACE TO HEAR MUSIC 1. Sidney Summer Sounds 2. Mary Winspear Centre 3. Brentwood Bay Music in the Park
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PENINSULA’S CHOICE FOR CHILDREN:
PENINSULA’S CHOICE FOR SENIORS:
PENINSULA’S FAVOURITE PEOPLE:
FAVOURITE KID FRIENDLY ESTABLISHMENT
BEST SENIOR FRIENDLY ESTABLISHMENT
FRIENDLIEST FIREFIGHTER
1. Sassy’s 2. Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre 3. Panorama Recreation Centre
1. SHOAL Centre 2. Sassy’s 3. Smitty’s
1. Gary Wilton 2. Steven Tyler 3. Jim Tweedhope
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1. Tulista Park 2. Panorama Recreation Centre 3. Centennial Park
1. SHOAL Centre 2. Norgarden 3. Amica At Beechwood Village
1. Ravi Gunashinghe 2. Brad Lougheed 3. Kim Horseman
FAVOURITE DAY CARE
BEST PLACE TO PARK A SCOOTER
FAVOURITE LOCAL BAND
1. Giingerbread Preschool 2. Discovery House 3. The Playhouse
1. Red Brick Cafe 2. Sidney Safeway 3. SHOAL Centre
1. Archers 2. Time Benders 3. Phoenix
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A leader among the links Glen Meadows gets kudos from local golfers
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or years, Glen Meadows Golf and Country Club has offered residents of the Peninsula and beyond an exceptional golf experience. This year, Peninsula residents voted the locally owned and operated club their favourite spot for a round of golf. The sprawling 18 hole championship course, located in North Saanich off McTavish Road, is a favourite for golfers mostly because of its layout, says one of the facility’s owners, Jo-Ann Saville. “Our course layout is what sets us apart. We have probably one of the best course layouts in Victoria,” said Saville. “Our grounds are very flat and very walkable and there are short distances from the greens to the next tee.” Saville also noted the course is great for golfers of all skillsets and offers options to those who may want to play a shorter game. “We have five sets of tees and from the front set it can be played as one of the shortest 18 hole golf courses around,” she said.
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I would say a lot of people keep coming back because of the friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Jo-Ann Saville
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A golfer practices his putt on the green at Glen Meadows Golf and Country Club. The sprawling facilities were voted the Peninsula’s favourite place for a round of golf this year. Glen Meadows’ large course has hosted such events as the Canadian Tour qualifiers, the North American Indigenous games, the B.C. Open and the
World Left Handers Tournament. The grounds surrounding the greens also boast tennis courts and a banquet hall that is often booked for special events and
weddings, as well as a curling rink that features six sheets of ice. The rink is home to a number of leagues in the area and plays host to various events
throughout the year. Saville said Glen Meadows Golf and Country Club’s success can be attributed not only to their great facility in a rural but easily accessible setting, but also to the club’s personable members and staff who, she says, keep customers coming back. “Our staff and our members are all so friendly and I think people who come to play here feel that. I would say a lot of people keep coming back because of the friendly and welcoming atmosphere,” Saville said. – by Devon MacKenzie
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The winding roads to spectacular views T
he Peninsula has always been home to some of the best walking and hiking areas on the South Island. This year, like nearly every year since the first Readers’ Choice Awards, readers voted Horth Hill and John Dean Provincial Park as their favourites for hike. John Dean Provincial Park, one
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trails for use in Dean Park. The main draw for people hiking and walking John Dean Provincial Park is the breathtaking views. Because of the park’s location on top of Mount Newton, hikers and walkers can observe the impressive views overlooking the Saanich Peninsula, the Salish Sea and Gulf Islands and the Cascade Mountains.
[Horth Hill] is also nice because it is a fairly moderate, short hike to enjoy some absolutely incredible views. Lloyd Rushton
of the area’s largest, was opened in 1921 when pioneer John Dean organized and donated 79 acres of property to be reserved as park land. In the years that followed, more land was set aside and the park was given provincial status. It is now 430 acres and home to some of the region’s oldest Douglas fir and Garry oak trees among numerous other species of flora and fauna. The trails in John Dean Provincial Park offer something for everyone and are easily accessed for walking, cycling and picnicking. According to B.C. Parks, there are six kilometres of well-cleared
Horth Hill Regional Park in North Saanich also boasts fantastic views from its summit and offers hikers a little something extra, especially in the spring and summer months. “Horth Hill is a great park to visit especially in the spring and summer because it has a great display of wildflowers,” explained Lloyd Rushton, general manager of parks and community services for the Capital Regional District. “It is also nice because it is a fairly moderate, short hike to enjoy some absolutely incredible views.” Horth Hill Regional Park was established in 1966 and though
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A couple begins their hike up Horth Hill Regional Park in North Saanich. Awaiting walkers up the Summit Trail are breathtaking views of the Saanich Peninsula, the Gulf and San Juan islands, and beyond. much smaller than John Dean Provincial Park at about 89 acres, it offers many trails for hikers, walkers and horseback riders (sorry, no bicycles here). The hill was named after one of the first pioneer families in
North Saanich, the Horth family, who settled in the municipality in 1860 on Wain Road. According to the CRD, when Wain Road was renamed (it was originally called Horth Cross Road) the hill was given the handle instead.
The summit trail in Horth Hill Regional Park leads hikers to the top of the hill and to beautiful 360-degree views of the ocean, the Peninsula, the Gulf Islands and San Juan Islands. – by Devon MacKenzie
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The pinnacle of outdoor shopping Sidney’s market has grown since its inception in 2000
the south Island and is often called one of the best summer markets in the area. Edward said the idea behind the market has always been to draw people to Sidney who might not otherwise visit the town during normal business hours. “The market offers people a fun atmosphere and it’s a great place to bring the family. It’s become a tradition for many people and that was our goal when we started,” he explained. “The idea was to do something that would put Sidney on the map and I think we did that.” This year, the Connors and the Sidney Business Association estimate Sidney will see approximately 4,000 people come out every Thursday night for the market,
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or the last 12 years, more than a hundred vendors from all over Victoria and the Gulf Islands have flocked to the streets of Sidney to sell their wares from fresh produce and handmade crafts to high-end gift and food items during the Sidney summer market. The market is a fixture for the town and has continuously drawn thousands of people out on Thursday evenings in the summer. The market will continue to entertain and provide enjoyment for thousands more visitors and residents during its 13th consecutive summer, beginning June 7 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The market, which lines Beacon Avenue between First and Fifth streets, began in 2000 as a smaller version of its current self. In its beginning stages, the market featured a smaller number of vendors selling handmade wares, a few food vendors and live music. “The market itself for the first few years was only a couple of blocks long and only had about 10-15 booths in it. We started it on a trial basis with the town and it just grew and grew,” said Edward Connor. Isabel Connor and eventually Edward, her husband, both formerly of the Sidney Business Association, were the founders of the Sidney summer market and still run it to this day. Over the years, the market indeed grew,
Nearly every year, the Sidney summer market, held on Thursday nights, continues to be voted the Peninsula’s favourite outdoor event. Thousands of people flock to Beacon Avenue to see vendors’ wares, hear music and taste the offerings of food stalls. and Edward says it has now evolved to be one of B.C.’s largest summer markets. It now includes several food vendors offering fare from around the world, close to 200 merchants selling everything from pottery to plants, and usually at least two
displays of live music. Though the market has grown and transformed, Edward says there are still some of the same vendors who started in it so many years ago. The market has become known all over
including residents and visitors. “So far over the last 12 years we’ve brought half a million people to the town of Sidney and we hope to continue that.” – by Devon MacKenzie
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