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Oliver. “It’s lovely and it’s a great improvement,” she said. Where it was just a field before, she added, the new landscaping creates interest that will lure people in. Gravel pathways wind through newly-created hills and a bridge spans a man-made gully, dug to catch rainwater. Native plant beds, paved plazas, rock walls and a sandy “beach” have replaced the previously flat, grassed surface. The $1 million total cost of the project has been spread over three years. Its completion the latest in a Roszan Holmen marks flurry of big upgrades to Reporting several city parks. Other recently completed projects include the new Cecelia Ravine Park in Burnside-Gorge, which includes a bike-skills course, and a complete overhaul of Oswald Park in Oaklands. People living in the vicinity of one of these parks have watched the city’s investment turn underutilized spaces into very popular outdoor amenities. Few people, however, realize the scope of the city’s recent focus on parks.

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VICTORIA NEWS - Wednesday, October 10, 2012

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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. archives’ 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. “(They) 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, as 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 an axis. At the same time, it displays a

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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 on loan from Wendt’s personal collection for Envisioning the World: The First Printed Maps, 14721700 at the Royal BC Museum. (Below) A B.C. Archives map from 1696 that is part of the exhibit shows California as an island and B.C. as an empty space. popular, 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 typically purchased atlases and maps for educational purposes. “They put them on the library shelves, stacked other books on them, forgot about them, and that’s how they came to be preserved for us.” The B.C. archives’ 1696 world map from France (called the Sanson-Jaillot world

map), which is included in the exhibition, shows a world just shy of discovering British Columbia, and one where maps are wielded as political tools. The French knew California wasn’t an island, but printed it as such as a favour to Spain, which was in competition with England for colonial spoils. “(For Spain) it was better to have California as an island, than have vague boundaries," Hammond said. “You see precision, uncertainly and vagueness. It’s almost a modern map, but not quite there yet." The odd map out in the display, but no less intriguing, is the Peutinger Table, a comprehensive map of the Roman Empire, and the oldest road map in the world, printed in 1624. Sixteen feet long with eight segments, the map shows in detail the rest points and distances to all corners of the empire, from Rome to England to Constantinople and to India. Finally, proof that all roads do lead to Rome. Envisioning the World is exhibited at the RBCM until Jan. 27. editor@saanichnews.com

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Before the City of Victoria can take the extraordinary measure of limiting a person’s right to information, there ought to be some political oversight. Coun. Lisa Helps made that argument, unsuccessfully, to fellow councillors, adding that such an important decision ought not to be in the hands of only one staff person. Caught at the receiving end of a hailstorm of criticism over a decision they had nothing to do with, Helps and Coun. Ben Isitt sought an unusual fix to a highly unusual problem. “This motion comes from a loud response from the public,” Helps said at last week’s priorities and governance committee meeting of city council. The City of Victoria is in the midst of a highly publicized conflict with Focus magazine. On Aug. 7, Victoria’s freedom of information co-ordinator, Rob Woodland, made the unilateral

decision to apply to the Information and Privacy Commissioner under section 43 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. If the application is granted, it will allow the city to limit information requests made by contributors to Focus. It would also be the first time the section would be used to limit a media organization in B.C. Acting in accordance with city bylaws, Woodland did not consult council before his decision, but he did inform council of the move in late August. The goal, as it is in most B.C. municipalities, is to keep elected officials at arm’s length from access decisions. Helps, however, argued in favour of doing things differently. “We, as a public body, in a very public process, need to take responsibility for (these significant moments),” she said. “I really strongly think that it will not be misused by councils, because of the political conse-

quences of keeping the public closed out of important discussions.” The issue split councillors right down the middle. While Helps called for political leadership, Coun. Marianne Alto warned of political interference. “I would not have proceeded as Rob Woodland has done,” Alto said. However, she defended his right to make the decision. “Whether it’s with the best of intentions, or whether it’s because I believe I have right on my side, I should not have the authority, or the opportunity, to at all interfere with the process that has been laid out by the provincial government to protect freedom of information.” Alto’s words proved persuasive to a majority on council, which voted 5-4 against Helps’ motion. Expect an alternative motion by Alto in the coming weeks, calling on the city to hire more staff to deal with freedom-of-information requests to the city. rholmen@vicnews.com

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Parking problem prompts rail discussion Continued from Page A1

It will create 6,000 jobs, and a press release stated 15 per cent of the work will be completed in Esquimalt, while the rest will take place at Seaspan’s Vancouver shipyards. Construction is slated to begin later this year or in early 2013, and a $160-million upgrade has been taking place at both locations. Seaspan did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Nearby residents said the company paved a parking lot near their offices on Admirals Road to help alleviate parking congestion earlier this year. But with construction ramping up and more employees arriving, the parking squeeze is likely to get worse. “When you combine (Department of National Defence) and dockyard, that’s approximately 6,000 people,” Mayor Barb Desjardins said. “And we know from years

Catherine Nash, with daughters Alexis, left, and Zoe, often has to park blocks away from her home on Lockley Road due to shipyards employees parking on her street. Daniel Palmer/ News staff

gone by, even prior to the Seaspan announcement, that twothirds of those people come from West Shore and transportation is a real challenge.” The cancellation of the navy’s popular Blue Boat commuter ferry service earlier this year, which brought DND employees to and from Colwood each day, has exacerbated the problem. While the Baseline Connector ferry service still does the daily run, it costs $5 for each

return trip and many workers choose to drive instead. Desjardins said the only regional solution to congestion is the long-delayed Salish Express rail service between Victoria-Langford and Esquimalt-Cowichan. She plans to meet with the region’s mayors this fall to discuss how to fund an implementation plan, estimated to cost $98,000. The plan would be the first in-depth consultant’s report

on the real cost and timeline to get rail service up and running. In July, the Capital Regional District rejected an appeal from eight mayors, including Desjardins, to fund two-thirds of the plan. At the time, CRD staff said the funding fell outside its mandate. “There’s no ability to say halfway through a calendar year to take on a new project,” said Andy Orr, CRD spokesman. “The quickest we could say is to budget for this in the next fiscal year.” But Desjardins said action needs to be taken now to avoid a coming perfect storm of traffic congestion. “This is only the tip of the iceberg. Wait until Craigflower Bridge and Johnson Street Bridge start to go under construction. How are we going to manage parking and problems, then? We have to get a handle on it regionally now,” she said. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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Who’s the lame leader here? With 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 by the Liberals 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 ganged up on in caucus and 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, however. 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 such policy pronouncements from Dix in the very near future. Waiting to lay out his party’s platform, so as not to alienate voters, makes him just as lame as Clark appears to be now. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@vicnews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Victoria 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.

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

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Victoria police needs support from all municipalties Re: Commuter resents mayors’ implications (Letters, Oct. 3) I am a resident of Esquimalt, and while the reader may resent our mayors’ implications, I resent his resentment. It is a fact that Victoria is the downtown for the entire region. VicPD must deal with everything, including parades, protests, festivals, rowdy bar crowds, homeless people, drug addicts, thousands of cruise ship passengers and other tourists all at once, marathons and the traffic and accidents caused by “twothirds of the population” being down there each day. How many of those issues does Saanich face? Esquimalt has been forced

by the province’s incompetence and political cowardice to remain the only municipality helping Victoria with these costs, so if anyone is justified in being resentful, it is us. Esquimalt regularly gets shafted by both the province and the Capital Regional District. There are 33 parks and trails in the CRD, and only one of those – the incomplete and barricaded E & N Rail Trail – is in Esquimalt. Saanich, by comparison, has five regional parks and two trails. Yet we, in Esquimalt, pay for those parks in our taxes because we might one day venture up to Saanich and use them. In fact, by my calculation, Esquimalt

pays more to the CRD per capita than any other municipality in the region and gets little in return. Oh, and we may soon get the privilege of dealing with everyone else’s raw sewage, to boot. So while I am sure everyone appreciates the few fractions of a cent that might make it into the VicPD budget from the reader’s $3 coffee purchase each day, that just doesn’t cut it. May I suggest that he park downtown illegally instead? The Commissionaires will then ensure that he makes a much more generous contribution directly to city coffers. Mike Baker Esquimalt

Readers respond: transit fare hikes, freedom of information Higher ridership key to easing financial woes Re: Transit wants your thoughts on fare changes (News, Sept. 28) No, no and no. This is a typical accountant’s response to a balanced budget. If there are not enough funds, raise the price, or let people go. If this were done, it would backfire, as the public are already paying enough for a ride. Keep the price the same. Want to balance the budget? Get more riders. An increase in fares will reduce ridership, as the public could drive and park cheaper. The general feeling is that it is close now, and convenient to not have a car downtown. Compare the fare for two people of $5 one way or $10 round trip to the cost of driving: a car will only use $2 to $3 worth of gas, and a $2 parkade fee. And depending on the time and day, the parking is free. Don’t raise fares, instead raise ridership. Look at the major cities and notice they are all going to rapid transit or express busing. A major component of the Victoria travelling public comes out of the West Shore. Making “Park & Go” areas and starting the train running again as a commuter makes a lot of sense and a lot of money for transit. Making drivers more customer aware would also help. I have seen numerous times where buses have pulled away leaving people running behind them. It is like a joke to the driver. That is not saying all drivers, as I have also seen some good ones who do wait. But they are few. I would say don’t slash and burn, build and expand. Get the ridership up and the budget will get balanced. Robert Jones Langford

Keeping informed critical in democracy Re: City seeks limits on requests for information (News, Sept. 28) I just read your article detailing how City of Victoria staff have applied to the Freedom of Information Office to prevent journalists working for or with Focus magazine from pursuing more than one active request at a time, including the appeal period. I want to express my personal outrage over this blatant attempt by city staff

to muzzle the magazine from reporting the city’s many machinations and its undeniable history of spinning a hurricane of misinformation over the Johnson Street Bridge replacement project. This latest move by City Hall to derail the democratic process is laughably transparent. I sincerely hope it will be resisted by the authorities concerned, especially the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for B.C. Publisher Dave Broadland and Focus magazine should be commended by all who care about our city, for keeping its citizens fully informed, while the staff at City Hall are busy coming up with a multitude of ways to prevent that very information, the lifeblood of democracy, from being revealed to citizens who are paying the freight. Ryan E. Langkamer Saanich

City’s move to limit info looks like a delay tactic What would happen if a city created a department to twist and spin the truth in order to promote crazy projects and unpalatable ideas? A successful misinformation department will grow and its proponents may even start to believe its messages. Hubris will also grow as each approach to a lie is accepted or tolerated. Outsiders such as the press and public will see the folly of this situation and start demanding the truth through our Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. The city would hire more staff to deal with the many FOI requests that would otherwise be unnecessary if the misinformation department didn’t exist. This is a perfect way to grow bureaucracies at the taxpayer’s expense and it is happening in Victoria. Recently, Focus magazine made an FOI request that, if granted, might get uncomfortably close to the truth. City staff took it upon themselves to block Focus’ requests with a section of the Act meant to prevent abuse by limiting FOI requests. This action is outrageous and abhorrent. Legitimate journalistic requests such as this are not the least bit abusive and often result in contributing to the public good. As it is generally felt that the limiting will be denied, this is

seen as a delaying tactic. Council should take a strong stand on this most basic democratic process by unblocking the FOI request and withdrawing the application to limit Focus magazine journalists. The city’s communications department should be eliminated so that the truth can flow more freely. Andrew Laks Victoria

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Canadian Union of Public Employees members at Royal Roads University (RRU) gathered at the Colwood campus Thursday to spread information about their bargaining woes.

Members of CUPE Local 3886 handed out decals, information pamphlets and small first-aid kits that read “No more Band-Aid solutions – budget cuts hurt us all” to passing students and staff. The information picket was in support of provincewide

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For many years, the city was creating plans for parks but not carrying them out, she said. A lot of the work has flown under the radar, “We said, ‘let’s now sit down and systematisaid David Speed, assistant parks director. “No cally implement these things.’” doubt, this has been a busy, on-the-ground Parks capital expenditures have generally development year.” ranged between $1 million and $2 million in Parks director Kate Friars said the projects the past decade, but saw a low of $421,000 were completed with no additional funding in 2004 and a budgeted high of $5.16 million and were made possible, in part, with amounts this year. The latter figure includes $2 million carried forward from previous years. set aside to acquire park space in BurnsideGorge to replace a playlot removed for the Rock Bay Landing housing project. Not everyone is pleased with the changes – or the expense associated with the Fisherman’s Wharf Park. “We’ve removed a huge grass area (that is) cheap to maintain and facilitates healthy, active lifestyles,” resident Pierre McFarlane, wrote in a letter to the News. He questioned spending $650,000 to build the new rain garden. Coun. Chris Coleman said the water-management offered by the rain garden will help to reduce insurance premiums paid by the city to cover flooded baseelighphoto.com ments in the rainy season. Thank you to our United Way of Greater Victoria 2012 Community Campaign Cabinet! People often point to the Continued from Page A1

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parks department as the first place to cut back the budget, he said. “I don’t think that we should be trying to cut back in that way because I think that’s how you build communities that are multi-generational … thriving, viable, livable neighbourhoods.” With six significant upgrades completed and three in progress, the pace of new park initiatives is expected to slow down. “Next year will be more of a planning year,” Speed said. In 2013, the department will focus on creating a management plan for the Dallas Road waterfront, encompassing issues around erosion, endangered species, parking, dogs and Clover Point. Also expect a plan for Pioneer Square to come before council. If approved, construction could begin in 2013. rholmen@vicnews.com

At a glance Parks projects completed in last two years • Fisherman’s Wharf Park: $1,000,000 • Cecelia Ravine Park: $120,000 • Oswald Park: $250,000 • Pandora Green: $500,000 • Cridge Park: $122,000 • Balfour playground: $50,000 Ongoing construction • Cook Street playground, Victoria 150 legacy project: $300,000 • Chandler-Gonzales pathway: $250,000 • Beacon Hill Park traffic plan: $25,000

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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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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

and generosity and ethics,” she added. “We’re constantly reminded that somebody can be externally beautiful and not so nice on the inside.”

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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Kyara Kahakauwila has her suspicions about why Victoria lost its bid to host the 2014 Juno Awards to Winnipeg. “It’s frustrating, as a committee member putting in two years,” said Kahakauwila, vice-president of the Capital Region Music Awards Society, which submitted the bid. Late last week, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences was keeping tight-lipped about its reasoning. Kahakauwila, however, suspects that two factors may have contributed to the

academy’s decision. “One, we’re on an island,” she said, citing a perception of an added difficulty and expense to cross the water. “The fact that they didn’t come out here to do a site visit was really disappointing for us, because any concerns that they may have had, particularly with regard to travel, could have been waylaid.” Second, Kahakauwila admitted that the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre is smaller than most venues that have hosted the Juno Awards. In counter to those possible concerns, she noted St. John’s twice hosted the Junos despite being across the water and having an arena of a similar size. Academy 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. The Capital Region Music Awards Society will decide whether or not to resubmit its bid for 2015 after getting a better sense for why it lost the bid this year. “All the groundwork (for the bid) is already done,” Kahakauwila said, adding the board is grateful for the financial commitment from the province and most municipalities in region. “Everyone thought this was a great idea. The interest and the need are still there.” Winnipeg hosted the Junos in 2005. It will host the 2014 awards on March 30. rholmen@vicnews.com

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Windfall for UVic ocean project Marine research received a major boost last week as federal and provincial governments chipped in $41.7 million toward the Ocean Network Canada, which manages the Neptune and the Venus underwater observatories. The University of Victoria-run project uses sensor technologies to gather continuous data and images from the ocean depths and streams the live data around the globe. It includes the world’s largest deep-sea tsunami early-warning array, instruments to improve marine safety in the Strait of Georgia, and the first subsea instrument platform in the Arctic. “The significance of this funding support cannot be overstated," said Kate Moran, president of Ocean Networks Canada. “It enables Canada to maintain global leadership in cabled ocean observatory technology and research while playing a major role in understanding our oceans in an era of significant change.” The Canada Foundation for Innovation’s major science initiatives contributed $32.8 million, while the Ministry of Advanced Education came up with $8.9 million. nnorth@saanich news.com

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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 Q Friday, Oct. 12: U.S.A. vs. Argentina Kick off at 5:30 p.m., Canada vs. Uruguay at 7:30 p.m. Q Tuesday, Oct. 16: Uruguay vs. Argentina Kick off at 5:30 p.m. Canada vs. U.S.A. at 7:30 p.m.

Q 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. Q Tickets available at Rugbycanada.ca, Spank It Sports, 735 Cloverdale Ave., and Langford City Hall, Second Floor, 877 Goldstream Ave.

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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 Sharon Tiffin/News staff

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

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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In the Matter of Part 3.1 (Administrative Forfeiture) of the Civil Forfeiture Act [SBC 2005, C. 29] the CFA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: On September 28, 2012, at the 1800 block of Douglas Street, Victoria, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Victoria Police Department seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: $1,485 CAD, on or about 09:15 Hours. The subject property was seized because there was evidence that the subject property had been obtained by the commission of an offence (or offences) under section 5(2) (Possession for purpose of trafficking) Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada. Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2012-1212, is subject to forfeiture under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will be forfeited to the Government for disposal by the Director of Civil Forfeiture

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the Director of Civil Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute is filed with the Director within the time period set out in this notice. A notice of dispute may be filed by a person who claims to have an interest in all or part of the subject property. The notice of dispute must be filed within 60 days of the date upon which this notice is first published. You may obtain the form of a notice of dispute, which must meet the requirements of Section 14.07 of the CFA, from the Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, accessible online at www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/ civilforfeiture. The notice must be in writing, signed in the presence of a lawyer or notary public, and mailed to the Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234 Station Provincial Government, Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.

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FUEL/FIREWOOD ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fir, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391. SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest firewood producer offers firewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

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

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

REAL ESTATE SERVICES

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

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

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.

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

FOR SALE BY OWNER

BUILDING SUPPLIES

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

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

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

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

NEED TO Outﬁt An Ofﬁce? Executive Chair, desk, bookcase, 2 client chairs. Call (250)652-0793.

NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS$2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enterprise Cres, Victoria. Goldstream Press Division.

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

OTHER AREAS

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

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

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

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

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

HOMES FOR RENT

APARTMENT/CONDO

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.

ROOMS FOR RENT VICWEST: FURNISHED room, cable, phone, $450 & up. Call 1-250-748-1310.

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CASH PAID FOR ALL VEHICLES in all conditions in all locations

250-885-1427 Call us ﬁrst & last, we pay the highest fair price for all dead & dying vehicles. Don’t get pimped, junked or otherwise chumped!

CARS

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

ESQUIMALT

Unique Building Must see

1 Bdrm. Very quiet ocean views, Clean, well maintained. Laundry, Sauna, Elevator, Hot Water, Heat.

GRANT MANOR 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

DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

COTTAGES

RENTALS

(250) 388-9384

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 4’L x 2’W x 3.5’H, $600. obo. SCOOTER Rascal Continental,good working order $400. (250)544-2116

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

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

SOOKE: TOP ﬂoor corner, ocean front 2 bdrm condo. Fresh paint, clean, new kitchen ﬂoor. $995. Call Cornelia 250-391-8484.

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

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.

HALF PRICE! Never used; Folding power lift shower commode with chair ($1600). Wheelchair mint cond. (best offer). Call (250)818-4000 or email mercedes500@shaw.ca

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

AUTO FINANCING

Call: 1-250-616-9053

REAL ESTATE

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

TRANSPORTATION

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Cash same day, local ofﬁce.

www.PitStopLoans.com 1.800.514.9399

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

Damaged House? Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale? We will Buy your House Quick Cash & Private. Mortgage Too High and House won’t sell? Can’t make payments? We will Lease Your House, Make your Payments and Buy it Later!

Newly renovated suites, Starting at $675 per mo

To view call 250-642-1900

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JAMES BAY- Available Oct 1, 2 bdrms, $1175. Small pet ok, coin-op laundry, walk to beach & shopping. Equitex, 250-386-6071.

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

VICTORIA HOUSING. $475$575 all incl, suits working/students, disability. 778-977-8288

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

1977 CADILAC Eldorado, beige metallic. Cruise control, automatic. Very good cond., only 80,000 km. $3000. obo. Please call (250)477-7076. 1984 380 SE Mercedes, 126. Daily driver, gold with sunroof. Leather interior, no rust. $1800. obo. (250)595-7573.

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.

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

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

Become a Psychiatric Nurse in your own community There is an urgent need for more Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPN), particularly outside the urban areas of the province. And with the workforce aging – the average age of a Registered Psychiatric Nurse in BC is 47 years – the number of retirees from the profession is exceeding the number of graduates. Entry-level earnings start at $30.79/hour to $40.42/hour. Train Locally – The only program of its kind in BC, students can learn within their local communities via distance education, local and/or regional clinical placements, and some regional classroom delivery. This 23 month program is accredited by the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of BC (CRPNBC). Government student loans, Employment & Labour Market Services (ELMS), band funding & other ﬁnancing options available to qualiﬁed applicants.

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TRANSPORTATION

CARS

VEHICLES WANTED

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

WE BUY All Cars! Not, we will Cars/Trucks/Vans. Car today with Phone call to: 8647. 1985 CADILLAC Seville, 70,000 k. Mint condition. White leather upholstery. 1 owner. $3,500. Call (250)656-1560.

Running or buy it! Sell Any One Free 1-800-551-

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

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.

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 ﬁrm. 250-755-5191. 1982 HYBRID Westphalia. Can run on diesel or veggie oil. 1.9l 1996 Jetta engine. $12K. Serious enquiries only. Nanaimo (250)591-3711.

$50-$1000 CASH For scrap vehicle FREE Tow away

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SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES “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.

Call Today 250-360-0817

TRUCKS & VANS

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

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.

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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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING

CONTRACTORS

GARDENING

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

HAULING AND SALVAGE

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

PLASTERING

ACCOUNTING Vida Samimi

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

J&L GARDENING Specialty yard clean-up and maintenance. Master gardeners. John or Louise (250)891-8677. (250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard a mess? Fall pruning & clean-up. Blackberry & ivy rmvl, weed control. 24yrs exp.

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flagstone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. (250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com JOHN’S STONEWORK. Free estimates. Over 30 years experience. (250)595-6099. ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d & Professional. Chimneys, Brick Veneer, Rockwork, Cultured Stone, Interlocking Paving. Fully insured. Estimates. Call 250-588-9471 - 250-882-5181

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

DRYWALL

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.

MOVING & STORAGE

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

Certiﬁed General Accountant Bookkeeping, Audit, Payroll, HST. Set up & Training. E-File

TAX 250-477-4601

BUSINESS SERVICES DENIED CANADA Pension plan disability beneﬁts? The Disability Claims Advocacy Clinic can help. Call Allison Schmidt at 1-877-793-3222. www.dcac.ca

CARPENTRY BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.

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

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.

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.

EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE 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 ALL TYPES of Concrete & Carpentry work specializing in all types of retaining walls, large or small. IKON Construction since 1980. Call 250-4782898 or 250-880-0928. RBC CONCRETE Finishing. All types of concrete work. No job too small. Seniors discount. Call 250-386-7007.

250-216-9476 ACCEPTING clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, home reno’s, garden clean-ups.

(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

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.

HANDYPERSONS AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397. SENIOR HANDYMAN. Household repairs. Will assist do-it-yourselfers. Call Fred, 250-888-5345.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

AURICLE BSC. 250-882-3129 Fall clean up, Lawn aeration & fertilize-soil-hedges & more.

$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

DPM SERVICES- lawn & garden, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141

CITY HAUL- a lot of junk won’t ﬁt in your trunk, you’re in luck I own a truck. 250-891-2489.

FALL CLEANUP special: $18/hr. Weeding, Pruning, etc: Free est’s. Steve 250-727-0481

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.

GARDEN OVERGROWN? Weeding, lawn cuts, cleanups, pruning. John Kaiser 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

EWING’S MOVING & Hauling. 1 men & truck. $60/hr. Call Dave at 250-857-2864.

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

FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.

JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk. Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK. ✭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. 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.

FENCING ALL TYPES of fencing, repairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.

U-NEEK SEATS. Hand cane, Danish weave, sea grass. UK Trained. Fran, 250-216-8997.

PAINTING ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694. A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wallcoverings. Over 25 yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220. 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.

PLUMBING

FURNITURE REFINISHING FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & delivery. References available. 250-475-1462.

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

YARD ART Tree, Hedge & Shrub Pruning Lawn Care. 250-888-3224

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

EXPERIENCED JOURNEYMAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104. FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376. FREE ESTIMATES. Reasonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

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

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

RUBBISH REMOVAL

STUCCO/SIDING 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

WINDOWS ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Windows Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years Construction experience. 250-382-3694.

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You’ll feel like family! C O U N T R Y V A L U E

CHINESE

Oriental Sun Mandarins

FIRST OF THE SEASON

Broccoli Crowns 5 Lb Box

97¢

Whole Pork Shoulder Blade Roast

Just Juice Blueberry, Pomegranate, Cranberry

$ 47

Lb 3.68 Kg

Ketchup HUGE SAVINGS!

Maple Lodge Chicken Breast Roast Plain or Smoked

in select Saanich News, Victoria News, Goldstream News Gazette & Peninsula News Review

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KNUDSEN

$ 67

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600 g

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FRESH CANADIAN

Multigrain Multi l igra aiin Bread

$ 97

IN OUR BAKERY AKERY

$ 97

Limit 2

UNCLE LUCS

Organic Pure Maple Syrup #2 Amber

100 g

Regular Price: $2.39 100 g

$ 77 500 mL

Proud to be serving Victoria since 1986 Photos are for illustrative purposes only. Deposits and/or environmental fees extra where applicable. We reserve the right to limit quantities.

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