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ers will perhaps feel inconvenienced by walking up the two sets of stairs to get there, Henderson noted. The majority of the 450 people who responded to a survey on the future of the clubhouse indicated they wanted some kind of food service on the upper level.

Universities and colleges across Greater Victoria are seeing the payoff in campaigns to recruit abroad, as international student enrollment has spiked this year. It’s a trend that isn’t likely to slow as the number of high school grads in B.C. decreases and Camosun College, Royal Roads and the University of Victoria continue to ramp up recruitment and programming geared to attract foreign students. “We’ve come to accept that Victoria is a destination that brings people from all over the world,” said Thevi Pather, director of global advancement at Royal Roads University. “We recognize that given the changing demographics in B.C., we need to offer programs that bring together Canada and different parts of the world and offer a more diverse set of programs.” Royal Roads currently has 220 international students registered in on-campus programs, up from 150 last year. The bulk of those students have come to RRU from Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Israel, Russia, as well as China and India, where growth in the 15-to 25-year-old demographic has created an outpouring of international students. China and India also top the list of 53 source countries for international registries at Camosun. More than 578 international students – up 120 since last year – registered between the college’s two campuses.

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Feeling the buzz Reynolds secondary Grade 10 student Laurel Chweles right, reacts as her friend Kristi Fraser has her head sheared for a Tour de Rock fundraiser last Thursday. The school raised an astonishing $101,000. See the story on page A5.

Middle ground for Cedar Hill food services Natalie North News staff

The Cedar Hill golf course’s money-losing restaurant will remain closed, and will be replaced with the light snack service currently operating on the ground floor. The decision by Saanich comes in the wake two independent public consultations and an analysis of the business over

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Poacher kills deer with arrow in Saanich Edward Hill News staff

A person mowing a vacant lot found a dead deer last Wednesday with an green arrow lodged in its right abdomen, in the first case of poaching this fall. The person found the buck in a grassy lot on Ironwood Place near Claremont high school, around 1:45 p.m., on Oct. 3, and called the Saanich pound. Officers estimate the animal had been there for one or two days. Saanich pound investigators suspect the poacher shot the animal with a crossbow, and that it bolted and fled an unknown distance. Residential neighbourhoods surround the area, but Elk/Beaver Lake park is directly west, across the Pay Bay Highway. Herds of deer are also known to live in the Mount Doug area, to the southeast. Saanich police Sgt. Dean Jantzen said pound officers have tallied three or four deer shot with arrows in the Claremont area in the past few years. “That area seems to be a focal point,” Jantzen said. “This animal appears to have fled from where it was struck. It is certainly a painful way to go.” A photo released by the Saanich police shows the buck covered in flies, with an arrow with dark green fletchings (feathers) protruding from is rear-mid abdomen. Saanich had nine known deer poaching instances in the fall of 2010, and four last fall, where people found animals with arrow wounds or with heads and limbs cut off. Witnesses also reported a few living deer walking around with arrows sticking out of their bodies. “This is a safety issue as much as a wildlife issue. Crossbows shoot with significant velocity and are capable of dropping a deer,” Jantzen said. “They are a high-velocity weapon.” Police are reminding people that deer hunting in urban Greater Victoria is illegal, and contravenes municipal bylaws. Discharging weapons, including crossbows, in an urban area can bring criminal charges. Anyone who witnesses poaching or has information on this incident can call Saanich police at 250475-4321. editor@saanichnews.com

Finding the ends of the Earth Royal B.C. Museum hosts a display of the world's oldest maps Edward Hill News staff

For European mapmakers in the late Middle Ages, the West Coast of Canada remained the last blank spot in the map, the world’s ultimate backwater. The B.C. Archive’s prized 1696 world map, printed for the future king of France, shows continents and oceans similar to what you might see on Google Maps – except the western half of North America, where California remains an island, and points north dissolve into nothing. “We knew the shape of Korea, Japan, China, even Australia, but they were just getting a handle on us,” said Lorne Hammond, curator of history at the Royal B.C. Museum. “At that time the limit of knowledge is us. The west coast of B.C. is an unknown, imagined landscape.” Penciling in that last gap of coastline helped usher in a picture of the modern world, at least from a European point of view. The long journey to get there is charted in a new exhibition at the RBCM, Envisioning the World: The First Printed Maps, 1472-1700. The museum is displaying 30 of the world's oldest printed maps, drawn from the private collection of Henry Wendt, a life-long collector of ancient maps, and in collaboration with the Sonoma County Museum. The collection charts the evolution of the known geographic world, and reveals how people reconciled biblical theology, scientific thought and the world beyond the horizon. “The first 300 years is the theologian view of the known world, and when they started to fill in the gaps,” Hammond says. “It was going from what was imagined, to religion, to myth and then to grid mathematics.” The oldest printed map in the world, printed in 1450s in Germany but originally crafted in 150 B.C., is akin to a pie chart – Europe, Africa and Asia, neatly divided and surrounded by oceans, and linked to Noah’s three sons. A number of world maps in the exhibit are based on the ancient work of Ptolemy, and found in the library of Alexandria during the Renaissance. A map printed in 1482 in Ulm, Germany, but conceived in 147 B.C., spans Africa, Europe and through the east to India and China. An early innovator, Ptolemy employed a sophisticated use of latitude and longitude, and projections of a spherical earth onto a plane. Noah’s three sons reappear on a map by Ptolemy printed in Germany in 1493, as do creatures and monsters thought to exist in unexplored parts of the world. A map from 1582 reveals a deeper understanding of the Earth's movement in space. At the north and south poles, cherubs push crank handles, suggesting the world spins on a axis. At the same time, it displays a popular,

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U.S. map collector Henry Wendt (above) explains details from a world map designed by Ptolemy in 147 B.C., on a print from 1482. The map in is one of 30 on loan from Wendt’s personal collection for Envisioning the World: The First Printed Maps, 1472-1700 at the Royal B.C. Museum. (Left) A B.C. Archives map from 1696 that is part of the exhibit shows California as an island and B.C. as empty space.

church inspired mythology of the unknown world. “Cannibals and monsters show on the lefthand side, suggesting what might be found in the New World,” said Wendt, who gave the media a tour of his maps on Thursday. “If they’re not Christian, they must be monsters. It was basic logic (of the church)." Generations of sailors, explorers, merchants and missionaries helped cartographers shape the known world, and the invention of printing presses in the 1450s spread consistent and artistically appealing maps to major cities in Europe and around the Mediterranean Sea. Wendt was quick to avow that his maps are “all my children,” but admits a favourite child is a 1570 map of the world by Abraham Ortelius, printed in the world’s first modern atlas. Hand coloured, with exquisite detail, the map shows an enormous land mass in the southern hemisphere – labeled as Australia, an unknown land. This wasn’t based on surveys, but a kind of logic of the day. Scholars reckoned that for the Earth to rotate, it needed an equal amount of land in the southern hemisphere. “Maps were limits of the imagination. If the Earth was spinning, there must be a counterweight to keep it spinning,” Hammond noted. Wendt said rich and royal families typi-

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Reynolds raises $101K for Tour de Rock riders Natalie North News staff

Students and staff at Reynolds secondary have once again outdone themselves in their Cops for Cancer campaign, this year raising $101,066 toward sending kids with cancer to camp. On Friday afternoon, the school presented the Canadian Cancer Society’s Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock team with the cheque, raised through studentled fundraisers, including a massive head shave campaign across the school. “The mantras over the last couple of weeks have been ‘one cupcake at a time,’ ‘embrace the chaos’ and we really like to say, ‘hey, it’s Reynolds. That’s how we roll,’” said Dean NorrisJones, a cancer survivor who took on the role of hyping up the students to welcome the Tour de Rock team through their last stop on an Island-wide

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Saanich News reporter and Tour de Rock rider Kyle Slavin gets his head shaved Friday at Reynolds secondary. The school raised $101,066 for the Canadian Cancer Society during a 12-day campaign.

bike tour. When the team rolled in, tour rider and Reynolds grad Niki Hodgkinson, a Saanich Police officer, attributed the school’s passion for the event to principal Alana Charlton who retires at the end of the school year. “We’ve been talking about Reynolds since training,” said Hodgkinson. “You symbolize the energy and the love and the community it takes to make this happen.” After covering the event at Reynolds in 2010 and 2011, Saanich News reporter Kyle Slavin decided to apply to join the Tour de Rock team and had his head shaved during the assembly. “Reynolds is the most unbelievable school,” Slavin said. “There’s no way to describe what Reynolds says or does because you’re so much more than a school; you’re a community unto yourself.” nnorth@saanichnews.com

Food services to move this winter Continued from Page A1

About 18 per cent of respondents indicated they’d like to see the return of the full restaurant. The surveys revealed that most of the respondents didn’t often use the full-service restaurant – either every few months or once or twice per year. People were also unhappy with the speed and secrecy surrounding council’s decision to close the restaurant in February this year. Last year, the golf course wracked up a $820,000 deficit. Of that, $420,000 was from the full-service restaurant, before it was closed. A Chemistry Consulting analysis doubted the full-service, restaurant, staffed with union employees, could return to profitability. Reopening it

entails “significant financial risk,” the report said. Saanich will shift existing licenced “grab and run” light food service to the upper level toward the end of this year or early in 2013 following completion of the deck restoration work. “There’s some level of confidence that the move that will be made to improve access to the upstairs area is going to breathe some new life and hopefully satisfy the desires of some of the folks who were involved in the process,” Henderson said. “We’re certainly going to do everything possible to make it as convenient as possible.” See the District of Saanich website saanich.ca under Community Engagement to see the full consultant reports.

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Who’s the lame leader here? W

ith Christy Clark trying not to appear as a lame-duck premier, NDP leader Adrian Dix has been doing his best not to put his foot in his mouth in the run-up to the 2013 election. It’s interesting to compare and contrast Dix’s situation with that of Victoria-Beacon Hill MLA Carole James, his predecessor as leader. James took the reins of the B.C. NDP in 2003, when people were getting wise to the Gordon Campbell Liberals’ strategy of gutting the public service to balance the budget. James pledged to build a broader base of support for her party, which was still feeling the sting of being annihilated in the 2001 provincial election. With anti-Liberal sentiment growing, the strategy seemed to work. In 2005, the NDP went from two seats to 33 and people began to talk of the once-vanquished party forming government in 2009. But James, doing her best to bridge the gap between big labour and big business, couldn’t get the party over the political hump. As such, she was unceremoniously given the boot in late 2010. Dix, the longtime party strategist and premier-in-waiting by most accounts, wants to please enough voters to gain a majority in the legislature. But he runs the risk of pleasing no one through giving little detail about his party’s stance on such key issues as oil pipelines, labour contracts and welfare rates. He’s politically fortunate that the popularity of Clark and the B.C. Liberals’ is low – even lower than when James was NDP leader. Dix hasn’t been completely silent on policy. During a speech to a business group last month in Vancouver, he showed nerve by pledging to raise corporate taxes if his party forms the next B.C. government. That sounds like the NDP of old, the party line from which James was so keen to distance herself and the NDP, in trying to appeal to more voters. We hope for more policy pronouncements from Dix in the near future. Waiting to lay out his platform, so as not to alienate voters, makes him just as lame as Clark appears to be.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@saanichnews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Saanich News 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.

Skills training ‘our mission:’ Dix M

y column on skills training skills shortage,” he told me. a couple of weeks ago gave In his speech to the recent short shrift to the NDP municipal convention, and again at position: tax the banks an NDP provincial council and hand out grants meeting, Dix zeroed in for women’s studies, on B.C.’s apprenticeship sociology and other system. Since the B.C. worthless pursuits, while Liberals took it from skilled jobs go begging. trade unions and set up a That’s a pretty crude Crown corporation called caricature, so I sat down the Industry Training with NDP leader Adrian Authority in 2004, the Dix in his legislature office completion rate for last week to get a better apprentices has fallen to sense of his thinking on 37 per cent, he said. the subject. Dix assured me he isn’t Tom Fletcher Dix has been devoting proposing to “blow up” B.C. Views a lot of time lately to the ITA, or hand control skills training, in trades back to unions. They will particularly. He meets frequently have “a voice,” along with business. with business people now, and Speaking to the NDP executive, his recent speeches emphasize Dix referred to Phil Hochstein, that every one of them talks about president of the non-union the growing shortage of skilled Independent Contractors and employees. Businesses’ Association, as the Dix credits Premier Christy Clark symbol of trades training decline. and jobs minister Pat Bell with Not surprisingly, Hochstein has a making some good moves recently, different take. announcing equipment upgrades The 37 per cent figure is for vocational programs around misleading, Hochstein said, because the province. He says it’s because under the ITA there are currently the NDP have been “pounding 32,000 apprentices in the system, away at them for eight months” twice as many as when it was about freezing advanced education union controlled. Many drop out spending in their March budget. in the first year, and Alberta claims Dix calls that a crucial mistake a better completion rate because and predicts the government will they don’t start counting until the reverse it soon. second year. “So I think, if we’re going to And when Dix touts Alberta’s have a mission for four years as a “mandatory” trade system, government, if we’re elected, this is Hochstein said he means returning the mission: to start to address the to a system where all work is

restricted to journeymen or registered apprentices of that trade. “What it does is impose union jurisdiction on the training system of the entire construction industry,” Hochstein said. “So multi-skilling, multi-tasking, organizing the work in the most efficient way is blown out of the water, and it’s stuck in the old craft system of training.” The marketplace has spoken on that restrictive system, he said, and unionized construction is down to about five per cent of the market, based on payroll. Hochstein said the NDP talks a great game about getting more young people into trades. But when unions have the upper hand, they will always favour seniority. A quota of two apprentices per journeyman means another one can’t be hired. Dix agreed with me that the public school system has overemphasized university, to the detriment of not just industrial trades but lab techs, chefs and other skilled workers that are in short supply. As B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair recently noted, tradesmen themselves often don’t encourage their kids, because they’ve been told all their lives that they are “tool monkeys” in a dead-end job. And would NDP student grants be targeted to need? Dix’s answer was a definite maybe. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

‘Dix assured me he isn’t proposing to blow up the Industry Training Authority.’

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Facelift for Cedar Hill Saanich municipal workers L-R Shawn Ollson and Ricardo de Melo build the base for a new bus stop on Cedar Hill outside the recreation centre. The municipality has been working to make improvements with new sidewalks, planting trees and re-aligning the ditch. Sharon Tiffin/News staff

LETTERS Education, not more regulation Re: Sugar-heavy drinks eyed for regulation (News, Sept. 21) The Canadian Beverage Association (CBA) believes that education, not restrictions, will empower Canadians to make the food and beverage choices that are appropriate for them and their families. No single food or beverage causes weight gain or obesity – weight gain is an imbalance of calories consumed versus expended. It is misguided and inaccurate to suggest that targeting and restricting a single product, a product’s size or category will successfully impact the issue of obesity. According to recent research, 86 per cent of Canadians feel governments should be educating the public in order to change its behaviour, not taxing or restricting them and 92 per cent said when it comes to reducing obesity government, the food/beverage industry and health care professionals should all work together. It is also important to recognize that Canada isn’t the United States. According to Statistics

Canada, soft drink consumption has declined by 32 per cent over the past 12 years while the obesity rate has continued to rise. No other single fact illustrates the lack of relationship between weight gain and soft drinks as clearly as this statistic. It is through education rather than restrictions that Canadians will become empowered to make the food and beverage choices that are appropriate for them. In order to make these choices, Canadians need access to reliable and factual information and tools. Jim Goetz President Canadian Beverage Association

Wide-ranging impacts from brain injury study Re: Re-wiring the brain (News, Sept. 26) I am very glad to see this research into the brain being done because more and more people are surviving brain injuries and I feel doctors know little about this organ and how it affects the rest of the body’s functions. The brain controls how we

react to situations by putting in place the necessary measures it feels are needed to deal with whatever arises. What we may learn from this investigation is what does the brain need in order for it to function properly. If we learn this it could have an effect on other areas in medicine. Teaching people to recognize what triggers these reactions and how to respond to them is a good start. Now what kind of reactions takes place within our bodies? UBC did a study showing that anxiety caused HBP, and then we learn that HBP can cause kidney problems as well as heart problems, so you see one thing has an effect on another. Chronic disease management has various support groups to help those who have a chronic disease deal with their illness. For example we can have a group of diabetics which meet and discuss there problem with other diabetics. Who best to understand their condition than another person who has the same problem and understands when they say this is what is happening? This knowledge is gained through experience. What I am

going to suggest and I have been an advocate for is that we start a support group for those people who have experienced brain injuries. This can be a learning experience and benefit for everyone. Jim Bates Saanich

Manipulating kids a wrong road Re: Talk so they listen, listen so they talk (Saanich Family, Sept. 14) Were we supposed to laugh as columnist Susan Lundy smugly wrote how “successfully” she manipulated her children? I just felt sad. The book she probably took her title from (How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, by Faber & Mazlish) is the opposite of manipulation, for it shows how to discuss issues with respect and caring. Children need to learn how to express their opinions safely (discussing meaningful pros and cons of any chosen item or activity) and interact honestly (discussing the effects of bullying in all its subtle and not-so-subtle modes.) As they practise expressing

their feelings safely with their parents, they learn to recognize whom to trust and how to identify ethics in the larger world. Whatever we model, our kids will earnestly imitate. When Ms. Lundy is an older woman, will she want her grown children using this same disrespectful technique on her? As parents, we should be open to learning from our kids as well as having our kids learn from us. If we run along that same twoway street, when a mother picks up a movie that interests her, there’s more than a 50-50 chance that her kids won’t give it (or her) “the up-turned nose.” And if they do, there’s an opportunity for learning to take place. Robin Roberts Saanich

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Kids & Company, a Toronto-based, corporate-sponsored child care company, opened in Uptown last week, making it the first shopping centre in Greater Victoria with a dedicated child-care facility. The company teams with employers looking to support working parents, as well as providing short-term help for parents who need to plough through the shopping to-do list without the kids around. Parents can even keep an eye on their children by uploading elighphoto.com the company’s Thank you to our United Way of Greater Victoria 2012 Community Campaign Cabinet! Daycare Watch app to They are an amazing group of community leaders who give their time their cellphone. and support to the United Way Community Campaign. Kids and Company is at 3500 John Guthrie Regional Director, Ingrid Jarisz Realtor, The Chuck Rowe Retired Corporate Uptown Blvd. See Western Canada, CIBC MastersGroup – Newport Reality Director, Wellness and Safety, kidsandcompany.ca. Jawl Development Corporation VIHA

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Victoria loses bid for Junos Roszan Holmen News staff

Victoria has lost its bid to host the 2014 Juno Awards to Winnipeg, and the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences is keeping tight lipped about its reasoning. “While we wish we could tell you the reasons why Greater Victoria was not chosen by CARAS (Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences), they made the decision without visiting Victoria or meeting with our team,” wrote Ray Parks, president of the Capital Region Music Awards Society, which submitted the bid to host the awards. “In the coming days, we will attempt to gain a better understanding of CARAS’ selection process and the reasons for their decision.” CARAS president, Melanie Berry, said in a statement that the board of directors balanced all “relevant and collateral factors” in coming to its decision. “While each bid remains confidential, Victoria put in an excellent bid package but was not the winning bid to host the 2014 Juno Awards,” said Berry. Whether the Capital Region’s bid committee will try again to secure the Junos in 2015 or 2016 is yet to be seen. “A decision to prepare a Greater Victoria bid for 2015 or 2016 will depend on the results of this discussion with CARAS and if we receive continuing support from our provincial and municipal government partners,” said Parks, in a letter posted to capitalregionmusicawards.com. The provincial government had pledged $1.5 million to help stage the event. Winnipeg hosted the Junos in 2005. It will host the 2014 awards on March 30. Regina, Sask., will host the 2013 awards.

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What does it mean to be a church in the 21st century? It’s a question addressed during a Thanksgiving Day visit to Oak Bay United Church by the Right Rev. Gary Paterson. For the newly elected Moderator of The United Church of Canada, the timing of the question couldn’t be more appropriate. Paterson and the entire United Church is being challenged by a fractious membership, a rise in fundamentalism across North America and an erosion in membership. At slightly less than a half-million members nationwide, United Church is about half of what it was 40 years ago, and those numbers continue to decline. That decline has been linked, by some, to the church’s strategy of blurring the lines between religion and social conscience. The United Church has led the way in taking positions on a number of social issues, including the ordination of women and homosexuals, the environment, homelessness and the treatment of prisoners, among other human rights issues. The election of Paterson as Moderator is, in itself, a statement of the socially progressive nature of the church. He is the first openly gay man to serve in that position. Paterson said the church has to reach out to the growing cohort of Canadians who claim to be “spiritual, but not religious.” “What are the practices that sustain and shape our faith?” asked Paterson. “How can the church model a different kind of community so that people want to be a part of that?” It’s a question that David Ewart, a retired United Church minister, addresses regularly in his blogs. Ewart stops short of blaming social activism of the United Church for the decline in membership and acknowledges that it is a problem faced by almost every mainstream Christian church. He maintains that the United Church’s course will see a further halving of membership by 2025. Paterson recognizes the challenge but insists that the church is on the right track. He said that churches have a responsibility to address social issues and to put them within the context of Christian faith. In the absence of that approach, he said, the church will ultimately lose its relevance. “Jesus spoke out about social issues,” said Paterson. “He invited tax collectors and others who had been shunned to share his table. He drove money lenders from the temple. What is that if not social activism?” Rev. Keith Howard, one of the ministry team at Oak Bay United Church, says that Paterson’s approach matches the approach of the congregation. Howard said that his congregation is trying to make connections through a flexible schedules and innovative ideas for services and by ensuring that newcomers, especially those with children, are made to feel comfortable and included. “A survey … I think it was in 2010, showed that people between 30 and 45 felt that traditional churches were judgmental, arrogant, and unwilling to listen. We don’t want to be any of those things,” Howard said.

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UVic alumna, pianist Eve Egoyan will make a special appearance performing her solo repertoire for piano as well as a unique collaborative work with media artist David Rokeby. The show is at UVic’s Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, Sat., Oct. 13, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 and must be purchased in advance. Call 250-721-8480, online at auditorium.uvic.ca.

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Season offerings Good Person of Setzuan Nov. 8 to 24 Directed by Conrad Alexandrowicz. Based on a Chinese parable, the Bertold Brecht play looks at being a good person in an immoral world – a tale originally set in 19th century Setzuan that remains transferrable to a modernday, North American Chinatown, Alexandrowicz said “It could be anywhere. In a lot of ways we’re in one big world now. Love is worked into this as well. The fact that love blinds us to what we ought to do and makes us make bad decisions, it’s incredibly cleverly put together.”

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tions that things go, but at the News staff same time it’s very rooted in common place. There are a lot Since graduating university, of heightened characters and Peter Carlone and Chris Wilson events that we definitely had have dabbled in growing up and fun creating, but there’s also a landing real jobs and now find chance to poke fun at things like themselves at the centre of a all of the annoying things in a murder mystery, though there’s washroom, like the automatic not much of a mystery left to taps not working.” solve. Since graduating, Carlone The narrator spoils the secret and Wilson have relocated to right off the top when he reveals Vancouver and won Pick of the the identity of the murderer in Fringe Awards in Victoria, VanPeter N’ Chris and the Mystery at couver and Edmonton, been Christopher Kattner photo Hungry Heart Motel, the fourth nominated for a 2012 Comedy show written and performed by Peter Carlone and Chris Wilson star Network Canadian Comedy Carlone and Wilson. The sketch in Peter N’ Chris and the Mystery at Award and toured North Amercomedy duo and Fringe stars Hungry Heart Motel. ica. were born of the University of Despite the accolades, the traVictoria theatre department in 2008 and have returned ditionally trained actor acknowledges a conundrum all to their home turf to kick off the Phoenix Theatre’s 2012- comedic performers are faced with. 13 season. “For comedy and comedians to be who they are, The whodunit detective spoof is more stylized than they can’t be taken seriously, but conversely, I don’t their previous works and is less of a sketch show. “We think that they’re taken seriously enough. You’re not do it in real Peter and Chris style, meaning the spooki- supposed to take them seriously, or even respect them ness isn’t allowed to take over, mainly because Peter that much because the whole point is to make people and Chris don’t get it,” Carlone said. laugh and entertainment is the priority. The two 27 year olds met in acting class at UVic and “Comedians have an important role in art and culbegan performing sketches at coffee houses and open ture, but if we started treating them like poet laureates mic nights around town. So far Wilson’s ability to mine and fancy people, then it would diminish how funny it any situation and conflate it until he finds the humour is.” and Carlone’s desire to make everything explode, have Peter N’ Chris and the Mystery at Hungry Heart Motel been a fruitful pairing. runs Oct. 11 to 20, 8 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee Oct. 20. “We have a mix of these outrageous ideas and direcnnorth@saanichnews.com

Reasons to be Pretty Feb. 14 to 23 Directed by Christine Willes. A recent import to Victoria since coming to pursue her M.F.A. in the department, Willes will be taking on the Neil LaBute piece, an examination of the modern obsession with external appearance told through four 20-something blue collar workers. It’s also a play with great writing for women, Willes said. “There’s beauty with the kind of generosity that we all admire in human beings, like kindness

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You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised) March 14 to 23 Directed by Fran Gebhard. Gebhard and her students couldn’t be happier about closing the season with the Peanuts crew. “The theatre department doesn’t do musicals often and the students are ecstatic,” Gebhard said. The show features an unusually musically-inclined cast. “I don’t have to bring anything new to it. The characters are so iconic and the relationships, even though (they were formed) in the ‘50s and ‘60s, they’re still the same with young kids. There are elements of bullying, confidence, being a part of a group, being excluded from a group … having crushes – all of the stuff we went through doesn’t change.” Tickets for all shows (except for Charlie Brown) range from $13 to $24, with $7 preview nights. Season subscriptions are $36 for three plays or $48 for four plays. For more information to to phoenixtheatre.ca or call 250-721-8000.

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Nature K launches in Colwood Capital Regional District

Charla Huber News staff

At five years old Eli Thuot already knows what he wants to be – a nature explorer. Following his bliss, Eli is just one of the 22 students in the nature kindergarten program at Sangster elementary school, the first school in B.C. offering the program. Every morning Eli and his classmates head to the neighbouring forest at Royal Roads University. The young boy beams with excitement as he explains his new nature kit – a pencil, paper and a magnifying glass – to his parents. “We do lots of exploring,” he said. Wearing rain gear and a special backpack with emergency tools such as a whistle, emergency blanket and a snack, Eli is ready to explore. “We know students learn in different ways,” said Sangster principal Maureen Laureen. “The forests, ocean and streams, they are your classroom and they will reveal tremendous things for you.” Safety plays a key role in the course and before the children set out in the forest, safety issues are addressed. “The children have adapted really well,” Laureen said.

Applications/Nominations for Membership Water Advisory Committee The Capital Regional District (CRD) invites applications/ nominations from residents interested in sitting on the Water Advisory Committee to provide advice on water supply, water quality, the stewardship of the lands held by the CRD for water supply purposes and water conservation measures. There are vacancies for members representing Fish Habitat, Resident/ Ratepayers Associations, and Other organizations. Meetings are held at 9 a.m. on the ﬁrst Tuesday of each month at CRD Integrated Water Services ofﬁce, 479 Island Highway, Victoria, BC. Appointments will be for a two (2) year term commencing January 2013. Send us a one-page summary telling about yourself, your area of expertise, which interest group you represent and why you would like to serve on the committee. Deadline for receipt of applications is November 2, 2012. For a copy of the Terms of Reference contact CRD at the address below or visit our website: www.crd.bc.ca/water/administration/ advisorycommittee.htm. Charla Huber/News staff

Eli Thuot, 5, wants to be a nature explorer when he grows up. He is getting a start in nature kindergarten at Sangster elementary. While the mornings are dedicated for outdoors, in the afternoon the students return to the typical classroom environment. The school was able to raise more than $100,000 in

grants to help make to program a reality. Grants were used to cover expenses such as providing rain gear and sunglasses to the students and cover extra staffing costs. This is a two-year pilot

project. The original “forest preschools” concept emerged in Sweden decades ago, and has been used in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and a few places in Canada. charla@goldstreamgazette.com

Mail, fax or email your application to: Water Advisory Committee CRD Integrated Water Services Phone: 250.474.9606 479 Island Highway Fax: 250.474.4012 Victoria, BC V9B 1H7 Email: water@crd.bc.ca

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NOTICE OF PERMISSIVE TAX EXEMPTION Pursuant to Section 224 of the Community Charter, the Council of the Corporation of the District of Saanich intends to adopt a bylaw exempting from property taxation for 3 years (2013-2015), the lands and improvements or both that are owned or held by charitable, philanthropic or other not for proﬁt organizations and that Council considers are used for a purpose that is directly related to the purposes of the Corporation. The properties being considered and the estimated total property taxes for all purposes that would be imposed if they were not exempt are: Owner/Occupier Albert E. Yates, Donald L. Barclay, Charles H. Coulson, Douglas D. Waring, Mark L. Haley (Boy Scouts) BC Hydro (District of Saanich Lease) Broadmead Care Society Canadian Centre of Learning for Maitreya Missionary Capital Mental Health Association Capital Mental Health Association Cordova Bay Community Club The Cridge Centre for the Family The Cridge Centre for the Family District of Saanich (Boy Scouts) District of Saanich (Capital City Allotment Association) District of Saanich (Capital Mental Health Association) District of Saanich (Gorge Soccer Assn) District of Saanich (Goward House Society) District of Saanich (Haliburton Community Organic Farm Society) District of Saanich (Saanich Heritage Foundation) District of Saanich (Saanich Heritage Foundation) District of Saanich (South Island Sailing Society) District of Saanich (Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club) Garth Homer Foundation Girl Guides of Canada Gordon Head Mutual Improvement Society Independent Living Housing Society Independent Living Housing Society Independent Living Housing Society Independent Living Housing Society Independent Living Housing Society Jewish Community Centre of Victoria Luther Court Society Prospect Lake Community Association Province of British Columbia (Horticulture Centre of the Paciﬁc) Queen Alexandra Foundation for Children Royal Oak Women’s Institute Scout Properties (B.C./Yukon) Ltd. Scout Properties (B.C./Yukon) Ltd. Shekinah Homes Society Shekinah Homes Society Society of St. Vincent de Paul Ukrainian Canadian Cultural Society of Vancouver Island University of Victoria (Velox Valhallians Sports Association) University of Victoria (Victoria Rowing Soc) Vancouver Island Netherlands Association Victoria Association for Community Living Victoria Association for Community Living Victoria Association for Community Living Victoria Association for Community Living Victoria Association for Community Living Victoria Association for Community Living Victoria Native Friendship Centre

Property Description

2013 $

2014 $

2015 $

3680 Cottonwood Street 4400 West Saanich Road 846 Nigel Avenue 1834 Adanac Street 970 Greenridge Crescent 972 Greenridge Crescent 941 Sutcliffe Road Conﬁdential Address 1251 Santa Rosa Avenue 2625 Sinclair Road Douglas Street 5500 Hamsterly Road Field houses-Hampton Park 2495 Arbutus Road

6,632 19,747 11,599 3,066 4,000 3,915 11,281 6,240 4,927 7,561 23,071 10,788 549 39,340

6,848 20,388 11,976 3,165 4,130 4,043 11,648 6,443 5,087 7,807 23,820 11,139 566 40,618

7,070 21,051 12,365 3,268 4,265 4,174 12,026 6,653 5,253 8,061 24,594 11,501 585 41,938

741 Haliburton Road 1248 Burnside Road West 4139 Lambrick Way 2620 Sinclair Rd 355/361 Gorge Road West 813 Darwin Avenue 611 Linnet Lane 4146 Tyndall Avenue 1610 Hawthorne Street 1765 Feltham Road 1015 Falmouth Road 910 Easter Road 238 Obed Avenue 3636 Shelbourne Street 1525 Cedar Hill Cross Road 5358 Sparton Road

7,853 1,914 893 549 11,364 74,745 24,062 4,772 3,357 3,679 3,132 3,151 2,932 9,179 64,225 9,829

8,108 1,977 922 566 11,734 77,174 24,844 4,927 3,466 3,798 3,234 3,253 3,027 9,478 66,312 10,148

8,371 2,041 952 585 12,115 79,683 25,652 5,087 3,579 3,922 3,339 3,359 3,126 9,786 68,467 10,478

505 Quayle Road 2390 Arbutus Road 4516 West Saanich Road 505 Marigold Road 3266 Glasgow Avenue 3028 Millgrove Street 3034 Donald Street 4349 West Saanich Road 3277 Douglas Street 3957 Gordon Head Road Elk Lake Park Boathouse 733 Vanalman Avenue 1512 McRae Avenue 754 Lindsay Street 4133 Mariposa Heights 3851 Cedar Hill Cross Road 4482 Tyndall Avenue 595 Burnside Road West 231 Regina Avenue

32,090 19,198 7,438 8,616 8,252 4,225 4,456 37,082 11,311 54,308 8,836 11,311 3,654 3,697 3,229 59,547 4,207 3,120 162,032

33,133 34,210 19,822 20,466 7,680 7,930 8,896 9,185 8,520 8,797 4,362 4,504 4,600 4,750 38,287 39,531 11,679 12,058 56,073 57,896 9,123 9,420 11,679 12,058 3,773 3,896 3,817 3,941 3,334 3,443 61,482 63,480 4,343 4,485 3,222 3,326 167,298 172,735

Pursuant to Section 225 of the Community Charter, the Council of the Corporation of the District of Saanich intends to adopt a bylaw exempting from property taxation for 3 years (2013-2015), the lands that are Riparian land. The property subject to the bylaw and the estimated total property taxes for all purposes that would be imposed if it was not exempt are: Owner/Occupier

Property Description

Hunter, Frances

203 Goward Road

2013 $ 152

2014 $ 157

2015 $ 162

Pursuant to Section 224(2)(f) of the Community Charter, the Council of the Corporation of the District of Saanich intends to adopt a bylaw exempting from property taxation any area of land surrounding a building set apart for public worship. The property subject to the bylaw and the estimated total property taxes for all purposes that would be imposed if it was not exempt are: Owner/Occupier New Life Community Fellowship

3900 Carey Road

2013 $ 1,725

Victoria Full Gospel Fellowship

550 Obed Avenue

7,788

Inquiries concerning the proposed bylaws may be directed to: The Corporation of the District of Saanich 770 Vernon Avenue, Victoria, BC V8X 2W7 Telephone: (250) 475-5415

Property Description

2014 $ 1,781

2015 $ 1,838

8,041

8,302

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON HERITAGE DESIGNATION BYLAW AND ZONING BYLAW NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a PUBLIC HEARING will be held in the SAANICH MUNICIPAL HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 770 Vernon Avenue, on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2012 at 7:30 pm, to allow the public to make verbal or written representation to Council with respect to the following proposed bylaws. A)

“HERITAGE DESIGNATION BYLAW, 2012, NO. 9187” PROPOSED DESIGNATION OF A HERITAGE STRUCTURE ON SINCLAIR ROAD The intent of this proposed bylaw is to designate the structure known as the Hamsterley Farm Water Tower at 2489 Sinclair Road, now part of the University of Victoria at Lot 1, Sections 31, 44, 45, 71 and 72, Victoria District, Plan VIP57957 (3800 FINNERTY ROAD) as a municipal heritage structure because of its signiﬁcance to the agricultural history of Gordon Head.

“ZONING BYLAW, 2003, AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2012, NO. 9196” PROPOSED REZONING FOR ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL LOT ON NEWTON STREET To rezone Parcel A (DD 196111I) of Lots 10 and 11, Block 8, Section 26, Victoria District, Plan 1107 (1810 NEWTON STREET) and Parcel B (DD196110I) of Lot 10, Block 8, Section 26, Victoria District, Plan 1107 (1806 NEWTON STREET) from Zone RS-6 to Zones RS-6 (Single Family Dwelling, minimum lot size-560m2) and RS-4 (Single Family Dwelling, minimum lot size-460m2) in order to create one additional lot for single family dwelling use. A DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT will be considered to vary the minimum lot width of one of the proposed lots. A COVENANT will also be considered to further regulate the use of the lands and buildings.

A copy of the proposed bylaws and relevant reports may be inspected or obtained from the Legislative Division, Saanich Municipal Hall, 770 Vernon Avenue, between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, from October 4, 2012 to October 16, 2012 inclusive, except for weekends and statutory holidays. Correspondence may be submitted by mail to the address above or by email to clerksec@saanich.ca and must be received no later than 4:00 pm on the day of the meeting. All correspondence submitted will form part of the public record and may be published in a meeting agenda.

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Stolen vehicle rams VicPD cruiser Daniel Palmer News staff

Victoria police nabbed the driver of a stolen Chevrolet Cavalier after officers placed a fake drug order to lead them to the accused. At 8 a.m. on Oct. 1, a VicPD officer identified a stolen vehicle at Bridge Street and Gorge Road E. The vehicle was followed through downtown until back-up units arrived. Officers then attempted to box in the Cavalier at the intersection of Vancouver and Balmoral streets, but the driver reversed into a police cruiser and escaped.

Police did not pursue the vehicle in the interest of public safety, but soon discovered the female passenger was a known drug dealer. “By doing checks on her (in police databases), officers discovered she had a number associated to her,” Const. Mike Russell said. The officers ordered drugs from the woman and arranged to meet in Vic West. She then led police on a foot chase to an apartment in the 400-block of Catherine St. Police gained access to the suite and found the woman and the driver of the stolen vehicle hiding under blankets in the bedroom.

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A stolen Chevrolet Cavalier rammed into a police cruiser last week. The driver, a 26-year-old Saanich man, faces multiple charges. “The Cavalier was located a ways away,” Russell said. Crown approved charges against a 26-year-old Saan-

ich man, Christopher Spinney, for possession of stolen property, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, flight

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Fighter comes full circle at AFC

Mixed martial arts competitor John Alessio, a six-fight veteran of the UFC, returns to Victoria for a Nov. 3 match. Alessio has been a cornerman and a referee at AFC and but it’s the first time competing in the Victoria-based for the promotion 155-pound lightweight. Photo by Shane O’Neill Photography

John Alessio returns for first fight in Victoria since 1998 Travis Paterson News staff

John Alessio’s fighting career started when he was pumping gas at a Cowichan Valley Esso station 18 years ago. Jason Heit, a pro boxer living in Duncan at the time, pulled in for a fill up. “I had some Gracie MMA stickers on my car and (Alessio) noticed them and started asking

about them,” recalled Heit from his Island MMA gym last week. It was a chance meeting that’s led Alessio through a 15-year career as one of Canada’s best mixed martial arts fighters. “I didn’t have a gym yet, me and a few guys trained in mixed martial arts out of my garage,” Heit said. “(Alessio) was only 15 when he came out but mentally he was tough - no matter what you did to him in practice he took it and

came right back.” Alessio (36-14) is now based in Las Vegas but is returning to fight at Aggression Fighting Championship 13: Natural Selection, Nov. 3 at Bear Mountain Arena, against David Mazany (10-4), also of Las Vegas. His first fight came soon after that chance meeting, one that’s not on the books anywhere. Just 16 years old, Alessio fought a 29-year-old and won.

“He destroyed him,” Heit said. It was still the early days of the sport and some MMA events were running illegally, long before Heit and co-owner Darren Owen started the AFC. “Back in the 90s, we were in the ring in Surrey when there was a raid; 30 RCMP officers came in. I guess it wasn’t licensed,” Heit recalls. “Alessio was fighting and I was in his corner. I threw a hat and a sweater on him and we made it out of there.” By 1999 the two went their separate ways. Heit moved to Los Angeles in 1999 to pursue pro boxing but ended up doing much better as a bodyguard to movie stars such as Drew Barrymore, David Duchovny, Nicholas Cage and music star Robbie Williams. Alessio moved to Victoria to pursue his training with kickboxer Stan Peterec – who now shares his gym space with Island MMA – and pursued pro fighting. “After day one training with Jason (in 1994), I knew there was something inside of me screaming for that,” said Alessio from Las Vegas. “For some people it’s like touching that bad drug, something they keep chasing, and I’ve kept chasing it. “And now I’m back for my first fight in Victoria in 14 years.” Starting in 1998, Peterec put together a few modified MMA tournaments which were deemed legal enough for those days, and they became Alessio’s jumping off point. He was 7-3 when he signed on to fight at UFC 26 in June of 2000. At that time, Alessio began making regular stays in California to train at the Lion’s Den with famed UFC veterans Ken and Frank Shamrock, though these days he’s permanently based out of Vegas where he trains with Xtreme Couture, owned by UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture. “Alessio is an MMA pioneer. He would say at 15-years-old, ‘I’m

going to fight in the UFC,’” Heit said. Back then, UFC was still on its way to becoming the preeminent MMA organization that it is today. Alessio lost that fight but has stuck around the MMA scene, and has won at various levels. In 2012, he returned to the UFC for the third time and, although he lost his July fight to Shane Roller at UFC 148, he’s a big draw for the AFC next month. “I just love the sport and always saw the potential of it,” Alessio said. “It’s grown so much and the difference now is the average person has accepted it. “It took a long time to happen, especially in the smaller parts of Canada, and that’s part of the reason I struck a deal with AFC, to help it grow.” Alessio has never shied away from fighting in back-to-back dates and, should all go well on Nov. 3, he’s committed to AFC 14, Nov. 23, in Edmonton. “It’s how I like it. You’re in shape, hopefully coming off a nice win, so you feel great and your adrenaline is going, so go make some more money,” Alessio said.

AFC here and there Darren Owen and Jason Heit merged the AFC with similar promotions from Edmonton and Calgary earlier this year. Each of the chapters runs its own events, but also pool their resources for “expansion” shows, like AFC 11: Takeover, which drew about 2,000 people to the Winnipeg Convention Centre last month. AFC 13 will also debut Kendall Grove of Hawaii, winner of UFC’s reality television contest, the Ultimate Fighter 3, in 2006. Locals entering the cage on Nov. 3 include Triston Connelly and Dillon Brown of Island MMA in Victoria with Diego Wilson, Ryan Jane and Alexi Argyriou of Zuma in Vic West. Tickets available through aggressionfc.com. sports@vicnews.com

Upcoming rugby internationals to make history in Langford Canada’s first steps to the 2015 Rugby World Cup are underway on Friday. The top domestic sides from Canada, U.S.A., Argentina and Uruguay will compete in the round-robin 2012 IRB Americas Rugby Championship tournament at Westhills Stadium in Langford. The roster was released last week with two returning members of Canada’s 2011 Rugby World Cup team, prop Hubert Buydens of the

Castaway Wanderers and scrum half Sean White (Oak Bay High) of James Bay Atheltic Association, leading the way. Centre Mike Fuailefau of CW, a St. Michaels University School grad, is the only player to be named to the ARC roster and to the national sevens team headed to Australia for this weekend’s IRB sevens tournament. Fuailefau will miss the Oct. 12 ARC match while in Australia with sevens regulars Phil Mack and Sean Duke of

the UVic Vikes, Thyssen de Goede of James Bay, and captain Nanyak Dala, Chauncey O’Toole and Ciarn Hearn of CW. Local fly halves Connor Braid (Oak Bay High) of James Bay and Pat Kay (Cowichan secondary) of the UVic Vikes will represent Canada’s ARC squad, as will CW scrum half Kyle Armstrong. ARC matches will be streamed online at sportscanada.tv/RugbyCanada. sports@vicnews.com

ARC schedule

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■ Friday, Oct. 12: U.S.A. vs. Argentina Kick off at 5:30 p.m., Canada vs. Uruguay at 7:30 p.m.

■ Saturday, Oct. 20: Uruguay vs. U.S.A. Kick off at 5:30 p.m. Canada vs. Argentina Kick off at 7:30 p.m.

■ Tuesday, Oct. 16: Uruguay vs. Argentina Kick off at 5:30 p.m. Canada vs. U.S.A. at 7:30

■ Tickets available at Rugbycanada.ca, Spank It Sports, 735 Cloverdale Ave., and Langford City

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Winning Royals can benefit from NHL lockout good hockey thing going on in Victoria right now. The Victoria Grizzlies are also off to a great start in Colwood. And never overlook the excitement and intimacy of a junior B game. The only team better than the Saanich Braves in the nine-team Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League is the firstplace Victoria Cougars.

Junior hockey teams off to great start in Victoria Travis Paterson News staff

No one in the major junior ranks is banking on it. But even if it’s just a little, the Western Hockey League stands to benefit from the NHL’s greedy antics. Last week the NHL cancelled its October games. The general consensus around the NHL lockout is Canadian junior hockey leagues could see a small rise in attendance, but not enough to warrant extra marketing. “Normally, we compete with Hockey Night in Canada on Saturdays, so that’s not happening,” said Victoria Royals owner Graham Lee at the start of the WHL season. “If the fans come out because we’re winning that’s great, if they come out because there’s no NHL, I guess that will be a benefit for us too. I’m more concerned with building a winning environment for the team,” Lee said. During the 2004-05 NHL lockout, however, the Vancouver Giants grew their following immensely in Metro Vancouver. That year the Giants climbed out of their expansion cradle and began the path to back-to-back Memorial Cup visits in 2006 and 2007. And now the Royals look like a team poised to breakout, drawing a small but notable similarity. With the retooled leadership core of head coach Dave Lowry and general manager Cam Hope, a crew of talented 18- and 19-year-olds looking to prove themselves,

Hockey night in Victoria The Royals host the Kelowna Rockets Friday (Oct. 12) and Saturday nights, 7:05 p.m. at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. The Kerry Park Islanders visit the Cougars tomorrow (Oct. 11), 7 p.m. at Archie Browning Sports Centre in Esquimalt. Friday night the Westshore Wolves visit the Saanich Braves, 6:30 p.m. at Pearkes arena. Shaw TV will air the Royals on Nov. 20, Dec. 5, Jan. 25 and Feb. 15.

Murphy leads Vees into den Spectrum Community school graduate Wade Murphy and the RBC Cup national champion Penticton Vees visit the Victoria Grizzlies on Friday (Oct. 12). Murphy, who turns 19 on Oct. 22, was traded from the Grizzlies to the Vees last year and is in the top-10 in scoring in the BCHL. He’s committed to the North Dakota Fighting Sioux for 2013 and attended NHL prospect camp for the Calgary Flames this summer. Vees goalie Chad Katunar is also from Victoria, and started the season with seven straight wins. The Grizzlies host the Vees, 7:15 p.m Friday night and Alberni Valley Bulldogs, 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Bear Mountain Arena. sports@vicnews.com

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Eight-year-olds Ryan Kuhn and Hailey Lewis gear up to cheer on the Victoria Royals at Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena. and a bevy of top 15- and 16-year-old prospects yet to contribute, the Royals look like a team on the rise. The Royals won their first three games and are turning fans into believers with wins like last week’s come-from-behind victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers. Alex Gogolev scored to tie the game with a minute remaining and Brett Cote scored in overtime for the win. It’s still early, but that’s the kind of stuff winning teams do. It’s also the kind of stuff that draws on-the-

fence hockey fans, and displaced Canucks’ fans, off of their couches and into the local arena. Sportsnet and Shaw television have both said they will explore added coverage of WHL games, should the NHL lockout continue. The added games won’t air until at least November, however, and it’s likely only a few of them, if any, will be Royals’ games. This month is a chance for displaced hockey fans to get some live hockey and popcorn. And the Royals aren’t the only

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$50 Rebate on 1 5ml or two 3ml purchase. Open House: 7pm October 15 & 22 Dr. Elizabeth Johnstone #113-877 Goldstream Ave Limited Seating RSVP 250-370-1900 Refreshments Free Mascara with each purchase!

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Owner W. Lowery TPLDW6AT005306 2003 DODGE CARAVAN Owner T. Turton 1D4GP25R93B255447 1995 JEEP CHEROKEE Owner N. Klein 1J4GZ78Y9SC778168 2005 R VISION TR CRUISER Owner D. Gillies or L. Chay 4WYT02P2551706291 2009 NISSAN FRONTIER CREWCAB Owner D. Gillies or L. Chay 1N6AD07WX9C405892 Will be sold on October 17, 2012. At 647B Dupplin Rd, Victoria, BC between 10am-2pm.

PERSONALS STEAMWORKS: A club for men to meet men. 582 Johnson St., Victoria. 250-3836623 steamworksvictoria.com

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LONG BEACH - Ucluelet Deluxe waterfront cabin, sleeps 6, BBQ. Fall Special. 2 nights $239 or 3 nights $299 Pets Okay. Rick 604-306-0891

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CHILDREN PRE-SCHOOLS PRE-SCHOOL SPACES avail. Wiseways pre-school and daycare has vacancies in their afternoon classes for 3 and 4 yr olds. Located in the heart of Gordon Head Community. For more information contact Noreen at 250-477-1312, wiseways@lambrick.com or online at: wisewayspreschool.blogspot.com

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Please call Annemarie 1.800.661.6335 email: ďŹ sh@blackpress.ca EARN EXTRA cash! - P/T, F/T Immediate Openings For Men & Women. Easy Computer Work, Other Positions Are Available. Can Be Done From Home. No Experience Needed. www.HWC-BC.com MAKE A FORTUNE with $3000, we know how. Free info pack. Call (250)590-9634. FOUND: 4GB Panasonic camera chip, Sept. 25th near FairďŹ eld Plaza. Contains pics of childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birth. Is this photo you? Or do you know her? Please call Sue at (250)4751258 or (250)363-8691.

NORTHERN ALBERTA clearing contractor seeks experienced Buncher and Skidder Operators for work in Northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommodations provided; Michelle@CommandEquipment. com. Fax 780-488-3002.

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ART/MUSIC/DANCING DRIVERS WANTED: TerriďŹ c career opportunity outstanding growth potential to learn how to locate rail defects. No Rail Experience Needed!! Extensive Paid Travel, Meal Allowance, 4 wks. Vacation & BeneďŹ ts Package. Skills Needed - Ability to travel 3 months at a time Valid License with air brake endorsement. High School Diploma or GED. Apply at www.sperryrail.com under careers, keyword Driver DO NOT FILL IN CITY or STATE

HELP WANTED An Alberta Construction Company is hiring Dozer and Excavator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilďŹ eld road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051.

VOICE LESSONS. Juilliardtrained, 26 years experience, VCM, CCPA faculties. All ages, levels. 778-678-0239 voicemomsbk@gmail.com;

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TRADES, TECHNICAL Civil Engineering Technologist II District of Kitimat, full time permanent - wage range $36.11 - $43.69, over 2 years. Civil Technologist diploma required. Reporting to the Technical Services Manager, duties include a variety of infrastructure investigations, surveying, design, contract preparation, inspection and material testing on projects related to the municipalityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water, sewer, drainage and transportation systems. Candidates should be proďŹ cient in using electronic survey equipment, computer assisted design using AutoCad 3D, and MS OfďŹ ce. Valid BC driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s licence required. Submit resumes by October 23, 4:30 pm, to Personnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC, V8C 2H7, Fax (250) 632-4995, or email dok@kitimat.ca

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE 500 RECENT paperbacks, $.50; Altas Lathe, $900; 1200 hand crafted earrings/necklaces, $2-$7, large amounts 50% off. Call (250)655-3347.

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

EDUCATION/TUTORING TUTORING SERVICE in your home. CertiďŹ ed teachers, any grade, any subject. email: schooliseasyvic@gmail.com or call (250)483-5496. or go to www.schooliseasy.com/Victoria

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BUSY Lower Mainland tire shop is looking for an Experienced Service Truck Tire Technician. Your own Service Truck is preferable but not necessary. Top Wages Paid. Please send inquiries to tireshop1234@hotmail.com

TWO FULL time position available immediately for Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep dealership in Salmon Arm, BC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dispatch /coordinatorâ&#x20AC;?-Applicant must possess automotive mechanical knowledge-strong work ethic, organizational skills and can multi task. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Journeyman Technicianâ&#x20AC;? -Applicant must have good attitude, quality workmanship. Both applicants must be able to produce in a fast paced environment. Excellent wage and beneďŹ t package. Please send resume: pat@brabymotors.com

PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO RETOUCH, RESTORE, Edit Photos. Portraiture-Baby+Family Maternity. Home Movies to DVD. Call 250-4753332. www.cwpics.com

ELECTRONIC SCOOTER Shop Rider Voyager 778S. Used indoors except for 3 trips outside. Exc. cond., $1200 obo. Call (250)472-1361.

FREE ITEMS FREE: LARGE overstuffed Sofa, dark green, full size. Call (250)656-1056. FREE QUEEN bed, frame, box spring, mattress. Cordova Bay area. Call (250)477-3147.

FRIENDLY FRANK 8 SPIDER plants in pots, $4/ea. 8 Geraniums plants in pots, $4/ea. 250-652-4199. ADJUSTABLE ELECTRIC single bed w/ Certa mattress, incls bedding, $75 obo. Call (250)475-6627. Antique Kneeling prayer bench 2 compartments, great cond. $60 obo. (250)656-2477 DROWNING IN debts? Helping Canadians 25 years. Lower payments by 30%, or cut debts 70% thru Settlements. Avoid bankruptcy! Free consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1 877-556-3500 GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161. M O N E Y P R OV I D E R . C O M . $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused. Fast, Easy, 100% Secure. 1-877-776-1660.

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RED RECLINER rocker, excellent cond, ultra suede type fabric, $99. 778-433-2855.

BERNINA 820 QE Sewing Computer - high end sewing & quilting machine w/ 40 cm long free arm, stitch regulator, dual feed. $4500. (250)882-5465. DOWNSIZING SALE. Rocker/Recliner, Sears Special, dark brown, $125, Charbroil BBQ, side burner-rotisserie, $100, electric body heater/vibrator, $35. Call 250-655-4185 FOR SALE 1-200 KW/250 KVA/300 amp 480 generator Cat engine 3406B c/w 1-1800 litre double wall Tidy Tank. $7000. Call 250-949-8133. LOWREY ORGAN Symphonic Holiday.4 channels, upper/lower keyboard, about 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;L x 2â&#x20AC;&#x2122;W x 3.5â&#x20AC;&#x2122;H, $600. obo. SCOOTER Rascal Continental,good working order $400. (250)544-2116 NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS$2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enterprise Cres, Victoria. Goldstream Press Division.

FUEL/FIREWOOD ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, ďŹ r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391. FIREWOOD Seasoned Douglas ďŹ r, $200/cord + delivery. Free delivery in Sooke. Call Mike at 778-679-7687, 250472-1766. SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest ďŹ rewood producer offers ďŹ rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

FURNITURE DOWNSIZING/ SACRIFICE. Glass & white oak china hutch - wall mount or buffet. $200. White solid oak entertainment/ media storage centre $250. (250)656-9717. NEED TO OutďŹ t An OfďŹ ce? Executive Chair, desk, bookcase, 2 client chairs. Call (250)652-0793.

Osteoporosis~MS~Fibromya lgia? Increase Performance? Commercial Vibration machine. Clinically proven. (250)287-2009. YAMAHA KAYAK roof racks, 2 locking bars, 1 side has 2 cradles, 2nd side has a Hullavator unit, drops to waste level. Seldom used, paid over $1200, asking $500 ďŹ rm. Please email: keebird@shaw.ca

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED ANTIQUES, BOOKS, collectibles, furniture, china, jewellery. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700

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SAANICH NEWS - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE

RENTALS

TRANSPORTATION

FOR SALE BY OWNER

HOUSES FOR SALE

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

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10353 DEVLIN Plc, Sidney. Private Rancher. $499,000. 3 bdrm, 2 bath, lrg treed lot. Complete details at w w w. p r o p e r t y g u y s . c o m ID#192295 www.realtor.ca mls #307481

SIDNEY Spectacular Rancher. Inside & Out! Very private, 12ft hedge ¾’s way around house. Beautiful exposure on a quiet, well maintained Cul-de-sac! Call 250-656-2222 or for more info: www.propertyguys.com ID#192329

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES

LAKEFRONT PROPERTYDesirable location in Sooke, $575,000. View by appt. (250)658-9133.

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REAL ESTATE SERVICES

OAK BAY. Updated home on two levels. 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, sunroom + patio, new everything. 1766 sq ft & 956 unﬁnished sq ft. $658,000. Call 250-598-6902.

Qualicum Beach: $295,000 1512 sq.ft. modular, 5yrs old, on own land in 45+ Coop Park. 2bdrm +den, 2baths. Close to beaches and golf courses. (250)738-0248

RIVERFRONT RESORT, Southern BC. Lots available as low as $61,900. Year round park, indoor pool & spa. Low maintenance fees. Inquiries: Jan 250-499-7887; Caroline 250-499-4233; www.riversidervparkresort.com

OTHER AREAS

C. SAANICH. 1-Bdrm. $850. inclds utils & laundry. NS/NP. Avail immed. 250-418-0780.

FLORENCE LAKE, 2 yr old 1 bdrm ground level suite, large mudroom, F/S, W/D, & micro. 2 private entrances w/ sunroom & patio on 1 acre prop. Utils incl. N/S, small pet ok, $950. Oct. 15. 250-391-1967. LANGFORD- BRIGHT, new 1 bdrm. Lvl entry. W/D, NS/NP. $825. incl. utils (250)220-8750 SAANICH: 2 bdrm. NS/NP, N/D. Separate ent. W/D. Quiet area close to Beckwith Park. Avail. Nov. 1. $1300/mo. Call (250)479-7201. SAANICH- LARGE, 2000sq ft, 2 bdrm, lights & heat incld, NS/NP. Refs, $1100 mo. Avail now. 250-652-0591. Sidney Waterfront- furnished 1 bdrm. $1000 inclusive. Refs. NP/NS. Call (250)656-4003. UVIC/CAMOSUN area, 2 bdrm, priv ent, N/P, N/S, $900. Avail immed. (250)477-6652.

RENTALS

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CASH PAID FOR ALL VEHICLES in all conditions in all locations

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SPORTS & IMPORTS 1981 MERCEDES 300SD Turbo Diesel for sale. 281,000 KMS, (Champagne colour) in fair condition, asking $3000. Maintenance log available. Call 250-885-9010.

VEHICLES WANTED WE BUY All Cars! Not, we will Cars/Trucks/Vans. Car today with Phone call to: 8647.

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RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

CARS

1982 HYBRID Westphalia. Can run on diesel or veggie oil. 1.9l 1996 Jetta engine. $12K. Serious enquiries only. Nanaimo (250)591-3711.

TOWNHOUSES

SENIORS 65/66 looking for private, quiet unfurn. cottage or suite, up to $900. Prefer Saanich area. We will provide exc. care of your property, NS/NP. 778-679-2044

1977 CADILAC Eldorado, beige metallic. Cruise control, automatic. Very good cond., only 80,000 km. $3000. obo. Please call (250)477-7076.

AUTO FINANCING

1985 CADILLAC Seville, 70,000 k. Mint condition. White leather upholstery. 1 owner. $3,500. Call (250)656-1560.

circulation@saanichnews.com circulation@goldstreamgazette.com 2005 TIFFIN Allegro bus 21,500 miles, 400 Cummins diesel, 6 speed Allison transmission, Freightliner Chassis, 3 slides, solar panels, star choice satellite, 7500 Onan generator, fully loaded, immaculate. $129,500. Small trades considered. Call 250656-5875 or 250-889-3042.

1998 PONTIAC Grand Prix GT US car, 193,000 km, lady driven since 1993. $2800 obo. Alan, (778)426-3487.

DEEP COVE: cozy 1bdrm, wood ﬂoors, acreage, skylights $950 mo, N/S. 250-656-1312.

$399,000. Next to VGH, 2 bdrm + 3rd or ofﬁce, 2 lvl, end unit, windows on 3 sides. Large family room, 2 ﬁreplaces, pet allowed. 71-14 Erskine Ln., Tel: 250-478-0269. Open House, 2PM-4PM, Sat & Sun. www.Comfree.com/367097

SIDNEY EXECUTIVE suite. near ocean & town. $1295. Short/ long term.250-656-8080

HOMES FOR RENT CENTRAL PARK area, 3-4 bdrm home, full bsmt, W/D incl’d, $1450. 250-479-6569. HIGH QUADRA bright 3 bdrm w/ ensuite, liv rm/din rm, W/D, close to all amens, lease, N/P, $1200 mo. 778-350-1952.

FOR SALE BY OWNER. #30 Lekwammen Drive. 55+ complex. 2 bdrm, 2 bath, den, family room, dbl. garage. LP $319,900. Irma (250)477-4117

LOCHSIDE AREA, waterfront lrg 1 bdrm, close to James Island wharf, quiet, 4 appls, $800 incls heat. N/S, small pet neg. (250)544-0470.

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1984 380 SE Mercedes, 126. Daily driver, gold with sunroof. Leather interior, no rust. $1800. obo. (250)595-7573.

TRANSPORTATION

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WESTHILLS: NEW 1 bdrm apt. $950+ util’s. Close all amens. W/D. NS/NP. Avail. Nov. 1st. Call 250-477-5610 or email scottman12@shaw.ca

HOUSES FOR SALE

CORDOVA BAY. REDUCED! (Bring Offers). 3 bdrm, 3 bath Character house, view. with 1bdrm suite. $575,000. (below appraisal) Call 250-818-5397.

BUY A car with Bad Credit! $0 Down, 24 Hour Approvals, Low Payments, No Credit OK. Approval Hotline Call 1-888222-0663 or Apply Online at www.CanadaDrives.ca

SIDNEY: QUIET cozy 1 bdrm. W/D, utils incld, NS/NP, completely furnished. Avail. Nov. 1st. $995/mo. (250)656-7184.

SIDNEY5TH STREET Available now. 2 bdrms, $950. small pet ok, coin op. Includes HW & parking. Call Equitex, 250-386-6071.

SOOKE RANCHER Beautiful, immaculate, 1,649 sq ft executive rancher located in Whiffen Spit Estates, Sooke, BC. 10,000+ sq ft lot. Asking price $429,900. 250-686-5372

AUTO SERVICES

SUITES, UPPER

SIDNEY- NEW 2 bdrm + den, W/D. NS/NP. $1700 mo. Avail immed. Call 250-217-4060.

GLANFORD AREA- Avail now 3 bdrms, 2 bath upper, $1400. 5 appls, 2 balconies, quiet str. Yard is shared. Sm pet ok. Call Equitex 250-386-6071.

‘99 SUNFIRE, Painted & inspected, $2500. 778-425-3604 250-532-0751

DEEP COVE lrg 1 bdrm, acreage, hot tub. W/D, cat ok, N/S. $850+ util. 250-656-1312

BUY LAND in Belize - English Commonwealth country in Central America. Caribbean Jungle lots - 3 miles from sea Starting at $11,000. All types available. For information call Patrick Snyder 778-403-1365.

APARTMENT/CONDO

Give them power. Give them conﬁdence Give them control.

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 ﬁrm. 250-755-5191.

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

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SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

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“2004 RAV4 4WD”- $13,500 ﬁrm. 4 cyl, auto, silver, Michelins, 120,000 km,Victoria only vehicle. Complete maintenance history. Lady-driven, no accidents, excellent condition, keyless entry. Model Recommended In Top 10 by Consumer Reports. (250)479-5545.

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TRUCKS & VANS

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22’ 5TH wheel, $4,900. Or sell with 2006 Chevy Silverado total package (asking $14,900). Incld’s Tonneau Lid. All excellent cond. Call (250)655-1147.

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

1995 PLYMOUTH Voyager Van, 7 seater, 1 family owned, well maintained, woman driven, low mileage (164,000 KMS). Asking $2900. Call (250)477-4256.

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CARPENTRY BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748. COMPLETE HOME Renos. Carpentry, Drywall, Painting. Licenced insured. Call Darren 250-217-8131. DECKS, STAIRS, interesting projects. 30 years experience. Frank, (250)477-3315. McGREGOR HOME Repair & Renos. Decks to doors. Small jobs OK. WCB. (250)655-4518

CARPET INSTALLATION MALTA FLOORING Installation. Carpets, laminates, hardwood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278

CHIMNEY SERVICES JKG CHIMNEY. Clean, Repairs, Gutters, Roof Demoss, Torch On Flat. 250-588-3744.

CLEANING SERVICES GREAT RATES! Guar. cleaning since 1985. Supplies & vacuum incld’d. (250)385-5869 MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estates, events, ofﬁces. BBB member. (250)388-0278. PRIVATE HOUSEKEEPER. Has available openings. Exc ref’s. $25/hr. 778-433-4340.

COMPUTER SERVICES COMPUDOC MOBILE Computer Services. Repairs, tuneups, tutoring, web sites, etc. 250-886-8053, 778-351-4090.

CONCRETE & PLACING RBC CONCRETE Finishing. All types of concrete work. No job too small. Seniors discount. Call 250-386-7007.

CONTRACTORS CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood ﬂoor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard a mess? Fall pruning & clean-up. Blackberry & ivy rmvl, weed control. 24yrs exp. 250-216-9476 ACCEPTING clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, home reno’s, garden clean-ups.

DRYWALL 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.

ELECTRICAL 250-361-6193 QUALITY Electric. New homes, renos. No job too sm. Seniors disc. #22779. AT&T ELECTRIC. Renovations. Residential & Commercial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550. GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm. Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632. KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991. LICENSED, BONDED & F.S.R. Electrician, 30 yrs. Exp. Residential, new construction & renos. Knob & tube removal. Aluminum wiring upgraded and made safe. Lic.#3003. (250)590-9653. NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $40/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

(250) 858-0588 - Tree Service - Landscaping - Lawn & Garden Clean ups - Hedge trimming & Pruning - Pressure washing - Gutters Free estimates * WCB www.mowtime.ca ARE YOU in need of a professional, qualiﬁed, residential or commercial gardener? www. glenwood gardenworks.com AURICLE BSC. 250-882-3129 Fall clean up, Lawn aeration & fertilize-soil-hedges & more. DPM SERVICES- lawn & garden, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141 FALL CLEANUP special: $18/hr. Weeding, Pruning, etc: Free est’s. Steve 250-727-0481 GARDEN OVERGROWN? Weeding, lawn cuts, cleanups, pruning. John Kaiser 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

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✭BUBBA’S HAULING✭ Honest, on time. Demolition, construction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, topsoil, mulch), garden waste removal, mini excavator, bob cat service. 250-478-8858. JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk. Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.

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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. DIAMOND MOVING- 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr. Call 250-220-0734.

HANDYPERSONS AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397. BEETLES RESIDENTIAL Renovations Ltd. Bathrooms, decks, painting, landscaping and handyman services. Fully insured and guaranteed. Free estimates. Call 250-889-4245. SENIOR HANDYMAN. Household repairs. Will assist do-it-yourselfers. Call Fred, 250-888-5345.

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PLASTERING PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, old world texturing, coves, ﬁreplaces. Bob, 250-642-5178.

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AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, Guards, windows, powerwashing, roof de-moss, repairs. Insured. Call (250)507-6543. PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, Demossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.

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.

BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini excavator & bob cat services. Perimeter drains, driveway prep, Hardscapes, Lot clearing. Call 250-478-8858.

ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d & Professional. Chimneys, Brick Veneer, Rockwork, Cultured Stone, Interlocking Paving. Fully insured. Estimates. Call 250-588-9471 - 250-882-5181

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.

$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279. CITY HAUL- a lot of junk won’t ﬁt in your trunk, you’re in luck I own a truck. 250-891-2489. CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164. EWING’S MOVING & Hauling. 1 men & truck. $60/hr. Call Dave at 250-857-2864. FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.

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JOHN’S STONEWORK. Free estimates. Over 30 years experience. (250)595-6099.

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DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. Senior Discount. Free Est’s. No travel time before or after. SMOOTH MOVES. Call Tyler at 250-418-1747.

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774 SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS GEOF’S RENO’S & Repairs. Decks, stairs, railings, gates & small additions. 250-818-7977.

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS DEMOSS Dr. $499 per/roof. 2 years warranty. We also install new roofs? Call 250-589-4998

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PAINTING ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694.

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

NORM’S PAINTING- Reasonable, Reliable. References. 25 yrs exp. 250-478-0347. OLD TIMER. Quality old fashioned service. Great rates. Excellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

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MALTA BLOWN Insulation. Attics - interior/exterior walls & sound silencer. (250)388-0278

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

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

LADY PAINTER Serving the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.

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EXPERIENCED JOURNEYMAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, restucco, renos, chimney, waterprooﬁng. Bob, 250-642-5178. RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50 years experience. Free estimates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

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

WINDOW CLEANING DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning. Windows, Gutters, Sweeping, Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pressure Washing. 250-361-6190. GLEAMING WINDOWS Gutters+De-moss. Free estimate. 18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB. WINDOW & Gutter Cleaning, minor repairs. Comm/Res. Insured, free est. (250)881-3684

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PEERS Victoria is fighting hard to keep its doors open to some of the Capital Region’s most vulnerable people. In the past three years, the non-profit organization, which helps more than 500 sex workers each year, has seen its monthly provincial funding shrivel from $32,000 to $6,000. “Our bare-bones budget is $16,000 a month, but we’re continuing to operate on our $6,000 funding because we believe there will be a way to get through this,” said PEERS executive director Marion Little. The funding shortage is a result of the provincial government’s shift in April from annual grants to a fee-for-service system, where non-profits must apply for individual program grants and register their users in an integrated system. “We’re not willing to hustle our clients. People can come through our door and receive unconditional welcome,” Little said. “They don’t need to give us their name or social insurance number and can get a hot meal, see a doctor, shower and

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