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Public hearing for improper Saanich police arrest from 2011 Kyle Slavin News staff

The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner announced this week it will hold a public hearing into allegations of professional misconduct against a Saanich police officer. Complaint commissioner Stan Lowe on Monday said the hearing will look into allegations of deceit and abuse of authority involving Const. David Smit following a May 2011 incident. Smit himself requested the hearing. While attending a report of a domestic dispute on May 20, 2011, Smit directed a man out of his home in order to arrest him for intoxication in a public place. “When questioned by his superiors about his actions, Constable Smit denied that he had directed the male outside in order to affect his arrest,” Lowe wrote in a release. “Constable Smit subsequently admitted his actions to his supervisors and the arrested individual was released from custody as he was improperly arrested.” Saanich police Sgt. Steve Eassie explained that being intoxicated inside a home does not constitute a public place, although being outside does. “Once you are outside the threshold of your door, you are in a public place because you’re accessible to the public.” A Saanich police investigation in 2012 proved the deceit and abuse of authority allegations, and Const. Smit was suspended without pay for seven days, and his rank was to be demoted to third-class constable. PLEASE SEE: Disciplined officer, Page A11

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Tim Stockwell, from the University of Victoria's Centre for Addictions Research, said that an increase to a minimum alcohol price in B.C. would bring in more revenue for the government and could potentially save lives.

Paying more for beer could save lives Alcohol pricing policies linked to injury, death rates, says UVic study Arnold Lim News staff

It may not be popular with the pub crowd, but bumping up the minimum cost of alcoholic drinks could save lives, according to researchers at the University of Victoria. Joint research by the University of Victoria, the University of Toronto and the University of Sheffield in the U.K. indicates boosting the average minimum cost for alcohol from about

$1.25 per “standard drink” – roughly a can of beer or glass or wine – to $1.50 would improve public safety and government profits. “We know what impact it’s going to have on probable rates of admission to hospital on alcohol-related injuries and death,” said Tim Stockwell, the study’s principal investigator. “The government (also) collects more revenue and the retailers make more money.” The research estimates 39 fewer premature deaths, 244 fewer hospital admissions and more than 1,000 fewer crimes committed in B.C. after only one year, in addition to an increase of $2.8 million in provincial and $1.7 million in federal taxes. The study looked at alcohol-related injuries and deaths, hospital admissions, crime, gov-

ernment revenue and alcohol expenditures for light, moderate and heavy drinkers. Stockwell, who works with UVic’s Centre for Addictions Research, said their research shows heavy drinkers would be affected most with an increase of more than $200 per year, and moderate drinkers would have an increase of about $11 per year. Light drinkers would have little extra expenditures. “The bottom line is consumption goes down a little, especially the heavy drinkers, it doesn’t affect light drinkers and moderate drinking doesn’t change much at all,” Stockwell said. PLEASE SEE: Pricing not cure-all, Page A10

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Oak Bay resident and longtime actress Jessica Van der Veen is running for the NDP in Oak Bay-Gordon Head for the May provincial election. Van der Veen launched her campaign with NDP leader Adrian Dix at the Oaks restaurant last Wednesday evening. She moved to Victoria in 2000 after 27 years in film, television, and theatre, based in Vancouver. Van der Veen founded the group LANDS (Let’s Agree Not to Dispose of

Schools). In 2009 she expanded the campaign to include protection of hospital lands and seniors’ care facilities and worked to stop the sale of Oak Bay Lodge and Mt. Tolmie Hospital properties. She currently serves on the Capital Regional District arts advisory council. Van der Veen will face incumbent Liberal cabinet minister and 17-year MLA Ida Chong and Green Party candidate Andrew Weaver, a climate scientist, in the May 14 general election.

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Change Showdown, delivered by the B.C. Sustainable Energy Association and geared towards Grade 4 through 7 students, aims to teach kids about climate change through in-class lessons and an at-home energy consumption reduction contest. “Providing resources and support for schools through programs like these is just one way that the CRD is helping to create a culture of sustainability among residents,” Larisa Hutcheson, general manager CRD Environmental Sustainability, said in a release. The educational programs were launched Thursday at Saanich’s Doncaster elementary. “Having access to free programs, information and resources on environmental issues is a great way to support schools and young learners,” said Marla Margetts, vice-principal of Doncaster. “We have an engaged student population and teachers who strive to deliver locally relevant curriculum.” For more information on the educational resources, visit crd.bc.ca. kslavin@saanichnews.com 1605 Store Street (next to Swans Brewpub) 250-361-3310 wildsaffronbistro.com

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Reconnecting with our history Royal B.C. Museum aims to improve links between the public and its vast collection Don Descoteau News staff

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ust as Victoria’s Chinatown has many hidden secrets, the Royal B.C. Museum has mysteries of its own to unveil. Like the new brick-lined entrance to the Chinatown section of the museum’s Old Town exhibit. “We took the image of the bricks from Fan Tan Alley,” says Tim Willis, the RBCM’s vicepresident of visitor engagement and experience. “This used to be a storage closet.” The bricks look very real, yet a quick touch to the wall finds them to be photographs. The people who oversee the way visitors experience the decades-old museum, including CEO Jack Lohman, have also been rethinking how to connect people with the treasures in the museum’s vast collection. Using individual artifacts or groups of pieces to tell and elicit stories of a community’s history is one way of broadening that community connection.

Future plans involve blending the larger, high-profile exhibitions that take over the museum’s second-floor temporary gallery with smaller, more intimate displays that draw on individual stories and snapshots from B.C.’s history. “One of the things Jack has challenged us to do is focus more on our collection and our own community,” Willis says. That not only includes displays, but “really lively programming that digs into what we have right here in this building.” A good example of this fresh approach was the unveiling last week of an early 20th-century Chinese Freemason’s lantern, acquired in 2010 and believed to be the oldest existing lantern of its kind from Victoria’s Chinatown. The timing for trotting out the artifact, along with conservator Lisa Bengston – her preservation work is part of a live display – was linked with last Sunday’s Chinese New Year celebration. Perhaps more important, however, was the attendance of many of Greater Victoria’s Chinese elders at the unveiling. Royal B.C. Museum history curator Tzu-I Chung says many of the people interviewed in conjunction with the new exhibit Tradition in Felicities: Celebrating 155 years of Victoria’s Chinatown, were on hand.

“Many of these people haven’t seen each other in years,” Chung says. “We know there are many, many stories waiting to be told.” She acknowledges that given the ages of people around Victoria and across B.C. from generations past, it’s important to record personal accounts sooner rather than later. “Generating a variety of cultural perspectives, then pairing those with the rich collections from the museum and archives, help tell us B.C.’s diverse stories,” Lohman says. The museum also plans to utilize its galleries as backdrops for poets, artists and musicians who have been inspired by B.C. history. “The museum is a trusted authority, but people don’t necessarily want to hear the museum lecture them on every topic. This is a scenario where there is a conversation, from First Nations and other (groups). It’s an opportunity for their voices to be heard.”

Ongoing exhibit Multimedia display Tradition in Felicities: Celebrating 155 years of Victoria’s Chinatown, is on now through Sept. 29 in the third-floor foyer at the Royal B.C. Museum. See royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.

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Conservator Lisa Bengston checks a panel on a handmade Chinese Freemason’s lantern at the Royal B.C. Museum. Active preservation work on the unique lantern, likely used for festivals in the 1930s, is part of a new exhibit at the museum on Victoria’s Chinatown.

CRD approves tax hike for sewage treatment Daniel Palmer News staff

Greater Victoria homeowners will begin paying for sewage treatment this year, now that Capital Regional District directors have approved the 2013 budget for the $783-million mega-project. The average household will see an increase of $39 in Saanich, $59 in Victoria and $65 in Oak Bay this year, according to a CRD staff report.

“What this does is smooth out some of the (financial) ramp-up on taxpayers and provides kind of a fiscal planning for them, and I think that’s a positive,” said Saanich Coun. Vic Derman. The decision to levy fees now will also save the CRD $3 million in debt servicing costs. The project is expected to cost Greater Victoria homeowners between $232 and $353 annually by 2018. Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins, who along with

Derman and Colwood Mayor Carol Hamilton opposed approval of the overall sewage treatment budget, said the CRD should wait another month until a panel of experts has been put in place to oversee the project. “I think having our expert commission viewing these numbers would be much more helpful in sussing this out further,” Desjardins told the board. “This was supposed to be part of a process whereby we had a commis-

sion in place.” The appointed commission to run the project will exclude elected officials, a condition of provincial funding. But CRD directors will still have the final say over budgets and major project amendments. More than $47 million will be spent in 2013 to tender design contracts for facilities at the McLoughlin Point wastewater treatment plant, for construction work on the Craigflower pump station

and for further requests for proposals. In addition to the wastewater treatment plant planned for Esquimalt, a network of sewage pipes and a biosolids energy centre will be built to meet the federal government’s compliance deadline of 2020. The provincial and federal governments are contributing up to $501 million for the project, while cost overruns will fall on CRD taxpayers. dpalmer@vicnews.com

Treatment tax hikes Estimated annual cost for an average Saanich home for building regional sewage treatment: 2013 - $39 2014 - $77 2015 - $116 2016 - $155 2017 - $193 2018 - $232

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Ocean swim fundraiser grows Edward Hill News staff

Under the low winter sun at Gyro Park beach, the ocean radiates a definite chill. Yet, Rhyanna Bunniss and Alexander MacDougall storm the water with abandon, diving in for a short swim. The two 20-year-old University of Victoria students emerge from Cadboro Bay laughing, ignoring the full-body shock as veteran swimmers in Victoria’s notoriously crisp ocean. On a stormy day in December, Bunniss and MacDougall were part of the second Victory Ocean Swim, which saw about 30 hearty souls brave the water to raise food and money for the Mustard Seed. The trick, Bunniss says, is not hesitating halfway into the water. “It was all or nothing. It was icy – an icy shock to the system,” she says, referring to the Dec. 9 swim. She once did a winter swim off the coast of Cornwall in her native England, but Victoria is a different level of suffering. “I did an ocean swim in the snow, but it doesn’t compare to here. This is freezing.” “I’m originally from Yellowknife so I’m used to the cold already. But it’s still shocking and a good experience,” MacDougall adds. “I don’t think I’d muster up the courage to do this on my own.” The Victory event aims to support the Mustard Seed, but also to encourage more people to enjoy the ocean off Victoria. Organizer Jasmin Gerwien says for her, the cold water is the only consistent remedy for chronic neck and back pain. “When I swim in the ocean, that’s when it goes away. I come out pain free and rejuvenated,”

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University of Victoria students Rhyanna Bunniss, left, and Alexander MacDougall, right, are now veteran cold water swimmers after participating in Jasmin Gerwien’s Victory Ocean Swim fundraiser in December. Gerwien is hosting her third fundraiser swim for the Mustard Seed on Sunday (Feb. 17) at 1 p.m. at Gyro Park in Saanich. says Gerwien. “When it’s rainy and cold, I force myself to go swimming, then I am able to do some work. “I’m not sure what I would do if I hadn’t discovered it. The health benefit is amazing. For me it works as an antidepressant.” Gerwien organized her first fundraiser ocean swim on Nov. 11 in memory of her mother, which drew 11 swimmers. The December event nearly tripled the participation, thanks to a contingent of UVic students who had been doing daily polar bear dips in Cadboro Bay. “It was mostly running in and out,” MacDougall said. “By the end we were doing some swim-

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Oak Bay police Const. Julie Chanin plans to bring her fiveyear-old son to support the cause, and to show him that people do swim in Victoria’s ocean. “I did a polar bear swim 10 years ago, nothing recently,” Chanin says. “It difficult to say if we’re going to show up and support the event, or be a swimmer. It’s a good community event though – good, clean cold fun.” The Victory Ocean Swim in support of the Mustard Seed is Feb. 17, at Gyro Park, with the swim starting 1 p.m. sharp. People are asked to bring non-perishable food items or cash for the Mustard Seed. See victoryoceanswim.com for more information. editor@saanichnews.com

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Saanich girl champions drive for heart health Kyle Slavin

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Haleigh Miklic was just six weeks old when she underwent open heart surgery to repair a large hole in her heart. When she was 14 months old, her 38-year-old dad passed away from a heart attack, due to a genetic defect known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, where the heart muscle has reduced pumping ability. And up until this past month, Haleigh’s mom, Cindy Heppell, feared her daughter would inherit that same disease. “We’ve been going through some genetic testing for the last while because there was a 50 per cent chance she would’ve inherited her dad’s heart condition,” Heppell said. “The surgery as a baby was completely unrelated to what she could’ve had now.” Haleigh, now eight years old, came out of testing, however, with a clean bill of health, much to the relief of the family. “She’s just a real spirited little girl who’s got a passion for giving back, now that we’ve experienced some pretty tough (heartrelated) stuff,” Heppell said. The Grade 3 student at Cordova Bay elementary has raised more than $6,000 in the last three years as part of Jump Rope for Heart, a fundraiser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. This year alone, her tally is already at $2,600. The all-day jump rope event doesn’t happen until late April, but Haleigh got a head start on fundraising this year, to coincide with February being national heart month. “We’re so proud of her. She’s just such a bright light,” Heppell said. “She’s now in a place where she’s just really driven to move forward and help other people.” Haleigh has launched a website where she’ll post a weekly video offering “healthy heart tips,” and where people can donate to her cause. Cordova Bay elementary has raised more than $120,000 in the past 22 years as a Jump Rope for Heart supporter. For more information on Haleigh or to support her cause, visit haleighjumpsropeforheart.com. – with files from Natalie North kslavin@saanichnews.com

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The Saanich School District is pleased to invite students, parents and community members to visit our Secondary Showcase Evenings. This is a great opportunity to learn about the diverse range of programs and courses available in our secondary schools including many which are unique to our district. Previous Showcase Claremont Secondary School February 7, 2013, 6:30-8:30pm Upcoming Showcases École Stelly’s Secondary School February 21, 2013, 6:30-8:30pm Parkland Secondary School March 7, 2013, 5:30-7:30pm South Island Distance Education 4575 Wilkinson Rd., February 20, 2013, 4:30-6:00pm 4828 West Saanich Rd., February 27, 2013, 6:30-8:30pm (Student Services Transition to Adulthood evening)

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fficiency is a buzzword around government these days, as it is in the private sector. In B.C. that isn’t expected to end any time soon, regardless of which party settles into office after the May provincial election. The beleaguered tourism industry in Greater Victoria and the rest of the province continue to feel the funding restraints. With sluggish economies keeping people from spending vacation dollars, local tourism promoters must get even more creative in marketing Greater Victoria to potential visitors. That doesn’t necessarily mean coming up with more grabby slogans – remember Tourism Victoria’s “Your search for the perfect orgasm is over” campaign? It means looking at new ways of doing more with less. Time will tell whether the Liberals’ creation of Destination B.C. is just pre-election window dressing or a serious effort to enhance the marketing efforts of the many regional and community destination marketing organizations in the province. In the meantime, local and regional groups can take steps to improve their own lot by teaming with neighbouring organizations to market Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland better. Rather than waiting for the post-2010 Olympics ripple to come, why not work together to remind the visitors who came to Vancouver and Whistler how great our region is? Tourism Victoria has done a good job attracting people here from relatively nearby locales – Western Canada and the U.S. West Coast. But at a time when gaining a share of people’s limited travel budgets is more difficult, a consistent, joint action plan could attract new visitors and provide enough stimulus to help get everyone through the lean times. We can’t expect government to lay all the groundwork for the industry and create a perfect environment for entrepreneurship. That has to be done by businesspeople who see opportunities and work hard to create a place for themselves in an industry that continues to be one of B.C.’s biggest economic generators.

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hen the Deepwater Horizon cent of its oceans by 2020, we have drilling platform exploded less than one per cent protected in 2010, killing 11 people now and are not likely to meet our and spewing massive goal within this century. amounts of oil into the “We know that there Gulf of Mexico, it cost is a boom in natural more than $40 billion resources in this to mop up the mess. In country and I think what Canada, an oil company we need now – given would be liable for only the gaps, given the $30 million, leaving problems we found – is a taxpayers on the hook boom in environmental for the rest. That’s just protection in this one of a litany of flaws country as well,” Canada’s environment Vaughan told The Globe David Suzuki commissioner identified and Mail. Not dealing with Ian Hanington with the risks will cause with the government’s approach to economic losses, he environmental protection. said, as well as damage to human According to environment health and the environment, and sustainable development because it will cost more to clean commissioner Scott Vaughan, who up problems than prevent them. released a final series of audits This is not coming from a treebefore stepping down, the federal hugging environmentalist, but from government’s failure to protect the the government’s own independent environment is putting Canadians’ office of the auditor general. It health and economy at risk. should concern all Canadians. Vaughan says the government We have a beautiful country, has no real plan to reduce blessed with a spectacular natural greenhouse gas emissions and is environment and a progressive, not even on track to meet its own caring society. But we can’t take it modest targets (already watered for granted. Beijing was probably a down from the widely accepted nicer city when you could breathe emission-levels baseline of 1990 the air without risking your life. to 2005). It is unprepared for Often, the justification for failing tanker accidents and oil spills in to care for the environment is coastal waters. It lacks regulations that it’s not economically feasible. governing toxic chemicals used by It’s not a rational argument – we the oil industry. can’t survive and be healthy if we He noted the federal government degrade or destroy the air, water, does not even require the oil and soil and biodiversity that make it gas industry to disclose chemicals possible for us to live well. it uses in fracking, which means Vaughan shows the folly of this there is no way to assess the risks. way of thinking on a more basic And despite the fact that Canada level. Beyond the high costs of has committed to protecting 20 per cleaning up after environmental

contamination or disasters, he notes the government doesn’t even have a handle on some of the financial implications of its policies. “The government does not know the actual cost of its support to the fossil fuel sector,” he reports. He added it has no idea how much its sector-by-sector approach to greenhouse gas emissions will cost either, even though that was a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol, which the government bailed on, arguing it was too expensive. The government has also steadfastly refused to consider putting a price on carbon, through a carbon tax and/or cap-and-trade, even though economists point to the ever-growing mountain of evidence that those are effective ways to reduce carbon emissions. With an expected doubling of fracking wells, from 200,000 to 400,000, and tripling of tanker traffic off the West Coast, we can’t afford such a lax approach. Our prime minister has responded mostly with slogans and platitudes, but others in government say the issues will be addressed. For the sake of our country’s future, we must demand that they keep that promise and recognize the role the environment commissioner has in analyzing Canada’s environmental practices and recommending improvements. Given our government’s record of ignoring scientific evidence and gutting environmental laws, it will have to do a lot more to convince Canadians that it doesn’t see environmental regulation simply as impediments to fossil fuel development. editor@vicnews.com

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Sewage treatment plant could work on West Shore Chair Denise Blackwell and the Core Area Liquid Waster Management Committee recently agreed that they did not necessarily have the best plan and asked for ideas for any better strategies for the Capital Regional District. Here’s a great one. Albert Head, a federally owned property of more than 52 hectares has a “no restriction� land-use designation and would easily hold a secondary sewage treatment plant. Underwater, Albert Head is five to six kilometres from current pumping stations. By altering the direction of the current outflow pipes from south (to the straits) to west to the Albert Head peninsula, the controversial harbour entrance site, with its multiple risk factors, including the massive

dig under the water of the harbour entrance, is eliminated. Also eliminated is the need for 17 km of pressurized piping through parkland, municipal and residential land and infrastructure, to the barely adequate, time-limited Hartland landfill and back. Albert Head is a wooded, remote acreage that allows room for on-site sludge treatment/disposal and is ideally located for the cleaned water dispersal into the straits. Engineering would ensure the proper underwater pipe-pressure requirements are fitted, plus earthquake measures and damage prevention are installed. Plans could allow for the future construction of a sewage treatment plant that would support further growth of the

West Shore. The plans could also be designed for future innovation in the science of sewage disposal, whereby pharmaceuticals and heavy metals are removed and benefits to Metchosin are realized, by altering sewage for use as fertilizer in the crop industry in the rural ranch/farm municipality. I believe this is a viable, cost-effective alternative using federal land effectively. It would satisfy the many considerable complaints regarding poor land use; expensive, disruptive and massive construction; financial over-runs and future maintenance requirements for what soon could be obsolete sewage disposal practices. Irene Brett Esquimalt

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Readers respond: Mental illness, PM, Doyle Stigma perpetuated by mainstream media Re: Mental illness costs sizeable (Our View, Jan. 23) This kind of incendiary content is at the heart of the problem when it comes to the scandalous underfunding of mental health services. “Political will� to start properly funding a “broader spectrum of care for those battling mental illness� is totally dependent on citizen engagement and pressure on governments to act. After reading about mentally ill individuals involved in “serious attacks on others and even murder,� “murdering� mom, “incidents of violence� and “stabbing an innocent boy,� no sane person will call their MLA to demand increased funding to help these villains. Our media is largely to blame for perpetuating the harmful and destructive myth that mental illness equals violence. These false beliefs are at the core of the terrible stigma about mental illness that keeps communities stuck in ignorance. This demonization of the mentally ill thwarts any progressive movement to get better funding, programs and services for people afflicted with debilitating illnesses. The media must take a more reasoned and informed role in reporting about mental illness. The facts cannot be disputed: the vast majority of incidents of violent behaviour are not committed by people who are

mentally ill. And the very low percentage of people who do commit violent acts is exactly the same in the mentally ill population as in the general population, two per cent. I would love to see more stories about the many talented, amazing people with mental illnesses who are giving so much to this community. They are the rule, not the exception. Doreen Marion Gee Victoria

Canada’s PM hasn’t done such a bad job Here is a message for all of those who constantly find fault with the prime minister and our Conservative government. We give away billions of dollars every year to countries that never help themselves. Billions in wars that never end, because of the hatred warring factions have for each other’s religion. Losing young men in needless wars. Obviously, Stephen Harper has done something right, when Canada is the only country to survive the mess in the financial world. Imagine having the NDP and how their supporters love to strike, or the Liberals who have no idea what fiscal responsibility is. Canada cannot be responsible for every nation that continues to fight year after year. Our prime minister has taken care of Canada brilliantly. Eileen Nattrass Central Saanich

No mixup on gender in Doyle’s comments Re: Gender equity needed in criticisms (Letters, Feb. 1) Auditor general John Doyle’s reappointment process was rescued by Minnie Mouse, in the form of Premier Christy Clark, who chastised the committee for its questionable behaviour. The committee played the role of Mickey Mouse, so Doyle was politically correct. Roger Love Saanich

Auditor general may be mistaken Re: Gender equity needed in criticisms (Letters, Feb. 1) Did auditor-general John Doyle make a “glaring error?� Perhaps he feels he is still dealing with a Gordon Cambell government. Kathleen Sullivan Victoria

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Norman Giesbrecht of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto and a co-investigator on the project, said there is enough evidence to show that strong alcohol polices can go a long way to reducing the harm for heavy drinkers. Implementing changes wouldn’t involve any significant additional training or financing for businesses or inspectors for government, he said. “Compared to other things, such as changing the system ... pricing lends itself administratively to being efficient,” Giesbrecht said. “It is (also) much wider in scope and range than some other measures which would also be important but would be more focused.” But Giesbrecht cautioned against considering any single solution as a magic bullet to fix alcoholrelated problems. “There are other tools in the pricing area that also need to be considered, the average price should keep pace with the cost of living,” he added. “The pricing should (also) be linked to the strength of the alcohol. I should not be able to pay the same amount for an eight per cent beer as for a 3.5 per cent beer. It just encourages intoxication.” While the information is out there, Stockwell said it is up to the public and the politicians to decide what is most important before making an informed decision. “It depends on one’s priority,” Stockwell said. “Is it for saving lives and preventing people from getting injured? Or is one’s greater priority is on freedom and liberty and people having access to cheap alcohol? We have a democratic society, we are (just) doing (our) bit to put that information out there.” alim@vicnews.com

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Smash-and-grab at Shelbourne Chevron gas station for cigars Saanich police are looking for a man who broke through the glass door of a Chevron gas station this week and made off with $800 worth of cigars and smokeless tobacco products. The incident occurred just before 1 a.m. on Feb. 12. Damage to the gas station door is estimated at more than $1,000. Video surveillance from the gas station, located in the 3500-block of Shelbourne St., identified the suspect as a white man with a medium build and about six feet tall. He was wearing a three-quarter length puffy hooded coat, dark pants, black and white running shoes, and a dark-coloured balaclava. Anyone with information about this crime can call 250-475-4321 or 1-800-222-8477.

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B.C. finance minister to speak at Chamber luncheon Hot on the heels of the 2013 provincial budget announcement, B.C. Finance Minister Mike DeJong will be guest speaker at the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce luncheon Feb. 20. The event is sponsored by the University of Victoria and Camosun College co-op education programs. The lunch runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Victoria Marriott Inner Harbour, 728 Humboldt St. See victoriachamber.ca or call 250-383-7191.

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According to Lowe, an officer is allowed to request a public hearing in circumstances where the discipline decision is dismissal or a reduction in rank. Smit contacted the OPCC in January 2013. Lowe has recommended retired provincial court judge Jakob S. De Villiers preside as adjudicator. A date for the hearing has yet to be determined. Eassie says the police department won't comment further. Smit has been with the Saanich police for four and a half years and is currently on administrative duties. kslavin@saanichnews.com

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With a career spanning more than 35 years, including touring theatre productions and voice acting work, working at home in Victoria is an exciting opportunity for actress Tracey Moore. This is the first time in more than 10 years that Moore has worked in the city she calls home. “I get up in the morning and walk to work,” she said with a smile. “There are no ferries, planes, long car rides. I couldn’t be more thrilled.” Moore is part of the upcoming production at the Belfry Theatre, Helen’s Necklace, but she is no stranger to the Belfry stage. Last year, Moore took the stage as part of Home is a Beautiful Word, and she is happy to be back on stage in Fernwood. “There is so much to like about

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Tracey Moore, right, and Lee Majdoub run through scenes of Helen’s Necklace before opening night at the Belfry Theatre. it,” she said. “It’s easy to be creative because when there is stress, you have to work around the stress to be able to pull things to use for

your work. So when everyone gets along – like they do at the Belfry – you can really just get down to work.”

Helen’s Necklace takes place in a Middle Eastern city where, Helen, a Canadian, tries to retrace her steps in the hopes of finding a lost necklace. Throughout the story, Helen is brought face to face with the realities of a war-torn city and the many impacts of loss. With characters like Sailor Moon, Share Bear from the Care Bears and Anne from Anne of Green Gables as part of her past works, Moore has found more to connect with in Helen. “Helen, I would say, would not be foreign to a lot of women in Victoria,” she said. “She’s an interesting character in literature that we now see emerging.” Moore said in the past female characters have typically been “maidens, mothers or crones,” but now roles like Helen portray a woman who stands on her own and experiences the world on her own terms.

Moore shares the stage with Lee Majdoub who plays Nabil. While Moore hadn’t worked with the production’s director James Fagan Tait, she knew both Tait and the Belfry’s artistic director Michael Shamata from the early years of her career. “(Shamata) is a long term friend and so is Tait,” she said. “We knew each other when we were all starting out in the east. We’d all crossed paths many times but we’ve never worked together. … Then Helen’s Necklace came up and Tait was going to direct it. I love (Tait), he’s brilliant and fun, so I jumped at the chance to come in and audition. It all worked out and I couldn’t be more thrilled.” Helen’s Necklace runs until March 3 at the Belfry’s Studio A. For tickets call the box office at 250-385-6815, visit 1291 Gladstone Ave., or buy online at belfry.bc.ca mcole@oakbaynews.com

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Pretty show Director Christine Willes takes on Neil LaBute’s Reasons to be Pretty, 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 generos-

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Join the 60-voice mixed choir and music director Peter Butterfield in a day of heavenly Renaissance and early Baroque harmony, Feb. 16, St. Mary’s Church, 1701 Elgin, Oak Bay. This is a rare opportunity for singers to spend a fun and relaxed day exploring vocal and stylistic techniques for singing Monteverdi’s madrigals and sections of his monumental Vespers of 1610, which VPC will perform in June. The workshop runs from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with an informal performance of the results at 5 p.m. Music will be provided. Cost of the workshop is $30, $15 for students; admission to the concert is by donation. For registration information go to vpchoir.ca.

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Canadian Federation of University Women Scholarship and Bursary Society Awards Concert and Reception with performers Yun-Chn (Jenny) Chang, pianist and Chance Lovett, jazz vocalist. Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Philip T. Young Auditorium, University of Victoria. Admission is free and donations to the CFUW scholarship and bursary fund will be gratefully accepted.

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The Vernon Vipers bit back at the Victoria Grizzlies with a 3-2 win in Vernon on Sunday, Feb. 10. It was payback from the Grizzlies’ 1-0 shutout of the Vipers in Victoria last month. It was also the Grizzlies second regulation loss in February, something that hadn’t happened in 2013 until Feb. 8, when the Grizz fell to the Langley Chiefs 6-3. Regardless, the Grizzlies (32-11-0-6) are 3-2-1 in February and remain first in the B.C. Hockey League with 70 points. Next are the Penticton Vees with 67 points. Scoring in the loss for the Grizz were a couple of ex-Vipers. Turner Lawson was stymied by Vipers goalie Danny Todoyschuk on two solid scor-

ing chances, but buried a low wrister from 12 feet midway through the second period, his sixth of the year. Pearce Eviston, who was traded by the Vipers a month ago, dangled and went low on a Victoria powerplay five minutes later. Lawson played 50 games as a shut-down defenceman for Vernon last year, and is enjoying a solid role on right wing with Bill Bestwick’s aggressive Grizzlies. “At the start of the year, I was still kind of trying to figure out the finer things of forward. I think I’m kind of getting the hang of it later in the season here so hopefully I’ll be really good for playoffs,” said Lawson. It’s a completely different hand of cards for the 19-yearold, who could just as easily be

on the Vipers (16-23-1-7), a team outside the playoffs, looking in. Instead, he’s atop the league. “I’m really surprised actually,” Lawson said. “I thought it was going to be a really big year for (the Vipers), especially hosting RBC next year.” The Grizz host the Alberni Valley Bulldogs Saturday night, 7:15 p.m. at Bear Mountain Arena.

Royals swap injuries Alex Gogolev is out but Logan Nelson is day-to-day and could return this weekend for the Victoria Royals. The Royals are in Red Deer tonight, Calgary on Saturday and Edmonton on Sunday. -With files from Kevin Mitchell/Vernon Morning Star sports@vicnews.com

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Island league’s wild move Wild Card Game Sunday at the Bear Travis Paterson News staff

Go Kerry Park Islanders, go. That’s the sentiment to be shared when players from the Peninsula Panthers, Saanich Braves and Victoria Cougars stand in audience to cheer the Islanders versus the Campbell River Storm in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League’s first ever Wild Card Game on Sunday. Puck drop is 1:30 p.m. at Bear Mountain Arena followed by the VIJHL’s awards ceremony. The Wild Card Game gives the South division’s fifth place team, the Islanders, the chance to steal the playoff spot owned by the North division’s fourth place team, the Storm. The reason the south teams will be cheering the Islanders is because the Wild Card Game will also decide home advantage in the VIJHL final. If the Islanders win, whatever team represents the South division in the Brent Patterson Memo-

rial final gets the extra home game. And with just one regulation loss in 47 of the 48-game schedule, the defending champion Cougars are the favourite to be that team. If Campbell River wins on Sunday, however, then there will be some deep breaths coming from the Cougars’ dressing room before the day is done. “The league is looking for innovative ways to structure the playoffs,” Cougars president and governor Gary Boyer said. “At times the league had toyed with making our all (VIJHL All-Star Classic) the home ice decider for the final, just like Major League Baseball. “I can say the (Cougars’) coaching staff and players are a lot more passionate about it than I am.” It looks obvious that the Cougars would be against the new feature coming in for this season, as they are head and shoulder above the rest of the league, Boyer said. “In hind sight it’s not the best news for us. But take us out of the equation and the rest of the teams aren’t that far apart in the standings.”

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In other words, Boyer is supporting it for now. Perhaps a day will come again when the Cougars are not the most dominating junior hockey team in Canada, in respect to their league. As for having rival players together in the stands for Sunday’s match, the common goal should keep them all at bay. Let’s hope a win by the Storm doesn’t upset the precarious balance.

Braves draw Wolves The Cougars will face the Panthers and the Braves will face the Wolves in the South division’s first round playoff series. The Cougars and Panthers game times were yet to be announced at press time. The Braves will host Game 1 vs. the Wolves Monday, Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m. at George Pearkes Arena. Game 2 is expected to be Wednesday, Feb. 20, at Bear Mountain Arena but is to be determined. Game 3 is Friday, Feb. 22, at Pearkes. The full schedule for both series will be online soon at vicnews.com, where an update of the Braves season is also available. A full preview of both series is coming Feb. 22. sports@vicnews.com

Stingers bite Roadrunners Parker Phillips potted 27 as the Stellys Stingers (1-9) won their first game of the season, 71-65 over the Reynolds Roadrunners (1-9) on Tuesday. Justin Atwal led Reynolds with 17 points. Liam Horne scored 25 as the Oak Bay Bays (9-1) won 65-59 over the Claremont Spartans (8-2). Erik Spaven posted 27 as his Belmont Bulldogs beat the Mount Doug Rams 71-48. Girls and boys AA basketball city finals go this weekend with the girls at Brentwood College in Mill Bay.

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Black belt karate brothers Geoffrey, left, and Jean Newell, have qualified for the 2013 Karate national black belt championships in Toronto next month. The proteges are also the driving force for the Island’s Zone 6 provincial region and have already qualifed for the 2014 provincial championships. Travis Paterson/News staff

Bros ready for nats Karate’s Newells are nationals bound Travis Paterson News staff

Karate’s Newell brothers have come a long way and they’re only getting started. Geoffrey, 17, and Jean, 14, took up karate six years ago and from that point they’ve been focused on reaching the world championships. “They were only three months in when we showed them a video of the worlds and they started mimicking the Team Kata movements from the black belt competition,� said mother Brigette. Right then mom and dad, David, knew if the boys could reproduce elements of the black belt kata from the world championships, which is the highest level of the choreographed series of movements, then the sky was the limit. It’s been one step at a time, but things are going fast. The brothers are currently training 20 hours a week for the Karate Canada National Championships, March 15 to 17 in Toronto. “Team Kata takes a lot of practise, you really have to feel where the (other person) is at,� Geoffrey said. It’s the first nationals for Jean, and the second for Geoffrey, who, as a brown belt, had to defeat

many black belts to win bronze in 2011. Jean just earned his black belt in 2012 as a 14-year-old, the minimum age, and he and Geoffray already have multiple provincial, national and international medals to their name. Last weekend they were in Vancouver where they picked up so many medals they need mom to keep track of them all. Geoffrey’s kata is so clean he won gold not only in his 16- and 17-year-old divisions, but in the 18 to 20 and men’s open divisions as well. He also took gold in kumite (sparring) amongst 16-and 17- yearolds for his weight class of sub-55 kilograms, and was second in the next age among the 18 to 20 year olds. Like big brother, Jean won gold in his age and weight class for kumite and kata, and won silver in the next age group up for kumite. For those doing the math, that meant Jean lost to Geoffrey in the kumite 16-17 category. Jean also won two gold and two silver at the B.C. Winter Games in 2012. Home schooled out of Oak Bay, the boys maximize their flexible schedule by traveling twice a week to Duncan where they train and teach at the Fernando Correia School of Karate. Here in town they train with black belt Craig Devlin twice a week. At nationals Geoffrey will spar in the individual kumite against fellow 16 and 17 year olds, and the brothers will compete in the Team Kata 14- to 17-year-old division. sports@vicnews.com

Wrestling will be back, says coach Travis Paterson News staff

The International Olympic Committee voted wrestling out for the 2020 Games and beyond on Tuesday. The caretakers of the Games put the sport to the curb despite it being an original part of the modern Games, which started in 1896. It came as a surprise to most in the wrestling community. Especially with reports wrestling is unlikely to find its way back in. The vote does have to be ratified in September, near about the same time either Istanbul, Madrid or Tokyo will be named host of the 2020 Games. “Most of the wrestling is in Russia and the (Middle East), and I can see them just going crazy,� said local coach Ed Ashmore. As the pillar of the local wrestling community, Ashmore has kept the sport alive in Victoria, having coached it here since 1964. He helped Victoria athletes Taras Hryb (Munich 1972) and Clark Davis (Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988) go to the Olympics, and sent multiple athletes to provincial and national titles.

“I’m not overly excited about the vote but my gut feeling is it will get back in again,� Ashmore said. “The Olympics are getting too big, way too costly, and too many events. Wrestling is the original but one of the things is it needs to be more exciting. They try to make it that way, but the average joe doesn’t watch it, maybe the finals.� Wrestling has seen better days in Victoria and there are currently only two high school wrestling teams, Esquimalt High and Reynolds secondary. Everyone else has the option of wrestling with the Victoria Commonwealth Bulldogs out of Cedar Hill middle school, a team started by Ashmore. Among those on the Bulldogs are a pair of brothers, Donovan and Michael Huynh, cousins of Olympic gold medallist Carole Huynh. Ashmore’s hope is that the Olympic decision won’t affect wrestling numbers here in Victoria, at least in the short term. But over time, it could lead to more government cuts funding to wrestling, Ashmore said. The high school provincial wrestling championships take place in Duncan, Feb. 28 to March 2. sports@vicnews.com

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1 & 2 Bdrm suites & cabins. Perched on a cliffside with panoramic ocean vista, overlooking The Saanich Inlet. Serene & secure. All amenities on-site, firewood. $500-$1200 inclds utils. Monthly/Weekly. Pets ok with refs. 25 min commute to downtown Victoria. Must have references! Call 250-478-9231. CEDAR HILL- 1 bdrm, bright, clean. N/S, cat ok. $690. 250655-5060 leave msg. DOWNTOWN, 2 bdrm Condo, 6 appls, underground prkg, $1195 mo. (250)882-2330. ESQUIMALT- fully eqip furn condo, 6 mos, Apr 15-Oct 15, 1 bdrm+ den, 1.5 baths, water/mtn views. NS/NP utils parking incld. $1100. 250-3823630, ruthpeibc@gmail.com

COLWOOD- 2 bdrm level entry, shared W/D, NS/NP. Refs, $1100 incls utils. 250-391-7915

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

VIEW ROYAL. 2-bdrm $1100. Incls utils. NS/NP. Feb. 15. 250-474-2369, 250-217-0767.

SIDNEY: DUPLEX, 3 bdrms, 2 bath, rec room, ocean views, $1450. Call 250-656-5430.

APARTMENTS FURNISHED DOWNTOWN SIDNEY: Bright 1 bdrm deluxe suite. Short term. info@corbetthouse.ca

$50 to $1500 Scrap Junk Broken Down Cars Trucks Vans

FREE TOW AWAY

250-686-3933

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

C: 250-886-5396

SPACIOUS SINGLE family N. Nanaimo 3bdrm, 2bath, open floor plan, family room. Updated kitch & bath, soaker tub, new roof. Near bus, ammen’s. $280,000. 250-756-3593

AUTO FINANCING

HAWAIIAN CONDO for 1 week March 23, 1 bdrm luxury condo, sleeps 4-6 people, barbecue, tennis, pool, 1 block Kuhio beach park. Call Byron, (250)592-0730.

2 BR / 2 BA Condo. #208 - 300 Waterfront Cres New Price. Sat 1 - 3, Sun 1 - 2 4 BR / 3 BA House 2883 Cudlip Rd, Shawnigan Saturday 1 - 3

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TRANSPORTATION

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

GLEN LAKE- cozy 1 bdrm in private home. NS/NP, utils incld’d, $750. (250)474-4682. SAANICH- 2 bdrms, $1050, utils included, laundry. Near Camosun & all amenities, NS/NP. Available Mar 1. Call 250-516-8718. SAANICH: 2 bdrm, share laundry. Heat and util’s incld’d. Avail. Feb. 15/Mar. 1. $1000. NP/NS. Call (778)440-0010.

SPORTS & IMPORTS

2003 R/T Durango, fully loaded, leather, midnight black, full tint package and more. Immaculate inside and out, 126,000 km. (Moving). Have all receipts, $6900 obo. Call (250)217-2988.

TRUCKS & VANS 1988 FORD 16’ cube Van, 176,000 KMS, good condition, $2950. Call (250)656-7132. 1997 CHEVY Suburban Van1 owner, immaculate condition, 240,000 km, V6, seats 7. $3400. Call (250)592-2391.

Mr. Scrapper

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1-800-961-7022

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AUTO SERVICES

TOP CASH PAID For ALL unwanted vehicles. Free Towing

$$$ CASH $$$

05 Toyota Matrix, 5spd, bright red, good fuel economy, 201,000 kms mostly hwy. PDL, AC, non-smoker, first owner, Summer & winter tires. $7500. (250)392-6321

FOR

CLUNKERS 250-858-JUNK

1979 Datsun 280ZX. Silver grey in excellent condition. 98,000 km. Appraised at $10,500, asking $7,900, will consider reasonable offers. Records available.(250) 6554359

$$$ 250-885-1427 $$$

MOTORCYCLES CARS

SAANICH- LARGE 2000 sq ft 2 bdrm on hobby farm, lights & heat included, NS/NP. Refs. $1000 mo. 250-652-0591.

MARINE BOATS 12.5’x25’ BOAT house for sale- converted to floating workshop, small area for tender, floor can be removed, upgraded electrical panel. Moorage at Van Isle Marina. Available for use otherwise must be removed by Mar 31. $1500. (250)216-2835.

SAANICH: NEW 2 bdrm, D/W, W/D. $1300 incld’s hydro, water. N/P. (250)727-2327.

SUITES, UPPER FLORENCE LAKE, 2 bdrm upper suite, 2 private entrances & decks, 6 appls. Non smokers. Avail March 1st. $1400 utils incl. 250-391-1967.

MOORAGE

1988 CHEVROLET Barettablack, w/grey velour interior, 2.8L, 5 speed standard, good cond. $950. obo. Brian, 250999-7887, 250-886-4299. 1995 SAAB TURBO 9000V6, 140,000 km. $3200. (250)592-2391.

2008 DERBY Scooter, 49cc, no motorcycle licence req’d, great shape, 5000 km, w/ helmet. Must sell (Moving). $1400 obo. (250)217-2988.

SELL IT FAST WITH CLASSIFIEDS! 250.388.3535

MOORAGE AVAILABLE Westport marina has 20’ to 30’ slips available. Lowest rates in the area, annual or monthly terms. Saanich Peninsula’s most sheltered marina. Keyed security gates, ample free parking, full service boatyard. 2075 Tryon Rd. N. Saanich 250-656-2832 westport@thunderbirdmarine.com www.thunderbirdmarine.com/westport

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CARPET INSTALLATION

COMPUTER SERVICES

ELECTRICAL

GARDENING

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HANDYPERSONS

ACCOUNTING Vida Samimi

CARPET, LINO installation restretches & repairs. 30 years exp. Glen, 250-474-1024.

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

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.

250-216-9476 ACCEPTING new clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, finish carpentry, garden clean-ups.

NO JOB too BIG or SMALL. Pruning, clean-ups. Winter rates. SENIORS DISCOUNT. Phone Mike 250-216-7502.

Pay No Tax Special! Big Bear Handyman. For all your Home and Business maintenance needs. Free Est. 250-896-6071

CONTRACTORS

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $40/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

PRO IRISH Gardeners; pruning, clean-ups, landscaping, lawn care, weekly gardening. Free est. Call (250)652-6989.

THE LANGFORD MANquality work, competitive pricing, licensed & insured. Fred, (250)514-5280.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

HAULING AND SALVAGE

250-889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Gutter & Window Cleaning at Fair Prices!

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

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

TAX 250-477-4601 BLACK TIE Bookkeeping. Complete bookkeeping and payroll. (250)812-3625, stef@ blacktiebookkeeping.com

CARPENTRY BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748. COMPLETE CARPENTRY Renos, additions, decks & suites, fences, sheds, I can’t be beat. Free estimates. 250812-7626 J. Miller Carpentry Services Decks, Doors, Windows, Stairs. All your home repairs and renovation needs call Joe 250-882-1266 McGREGOR HOME Repair & Renos. Decks to doors. Small jobs OK. WCB. (250)655-4518

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 EXCELLENT CLEANING Exp. Meticulous. References. 1st Clean disc. (778)433-5389 HOUSEKEEPER EXPERIENCED, reliable. References. 250-920-6516, 250-881-7444. MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estates, events, offices. BBB member. (250)388-0278. SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning. Affordable, Exp’d, Reliable, Efficient. Exc refs. 250-508-1018

COMPUTER SERVICES A HOME COMPUTER Coach. Senior friendly. Computer lessons, maintenance and problem solving. Please call Des 250-656-9363, 250-727-5519.

WOMAN

CONTRACTOR.

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Over 20 years of experience. Call 250-888-7042.

DRYWALL DRYWALL PROFESSIONAL: Small additions, boarding, taping, repairs, texture spraying, consulting. Soundproof installation;bath/moisture resistance products. Call 250.384.5055. Petrucci’s Drywall.

ELECTRICAL 250-361-6193- RENO’S, res & comm. Knob and tube rmvl. No job too small. Lic# 22779.

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

FENCING ALL TYPES of fencing, repairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637. STEPS, DECKS, Fence, new repairs, rot, mould, painting, concrete, brick. 250-588-3744.

GARDENING 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.

J&L GARDENING Specialty yard clean-up and maintenance. Master gardeners. John or Louise (250)891-8677. 20% OFF Fall clean-ups, racking, mowing, hedge/shrub trimming. (250)479-6495.

(250) 858-0588 - Tree Service - Landscaping - Lawn & Garden Clean ups - Hedge trimming & Pruning - Pressure washing - Gutters Free estimates * WCB www.mowtime.ca DPM SERVICES- lawn & garden, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141

ELITE GARDEN MAINTENANCE Commercial and Residential. New Year Contracts. Clean-Ups & Landscaping 778-678-2524 FRUIT TREES Overgrown? Shaping trees & roses. Blackberry clearing. Call John, 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

250-507-6543. AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, guards, windows, power washing, roof demoss, repairs. Insured. GUTTER CLEANING. Repairs, Maintenance, Gutterguard, Leaf traps. Grand Xterior Cleaning Services. WCB Insured. Call 250-380-7778.

ALL-HAUL JUNK REMOVAL Const Debris, Garden Waste. Call John 250-213-2999. 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.

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, Demossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.

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

HANDYPERSONS

GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.

AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774

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PAINTING

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UPHOLSTERY

SMART GUYS Hauling. Garden waste, junk removal, clean-ups, etc. Reliable, courteous service. 250-544-0611 or 250-889-1051.

J. ENG Landscaping Co. Custom landscape & garden service. Call Jan 250-881-5680.

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

Peacock Painting

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

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

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

HEAT, AIR, REFRIGERATION Go With The Flow Installations. All residential Heating, Ventilation & Custom Ducting. Call Tom at 250-883-8353.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS THE MOSS MAN ChemicalFree Roof De-Mossing & Gutter Cleaning since 1996. Call 250-881-5515. Free estimates! www.mossman.ca

SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.

MOVING & STORAGE

INSULATION

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.

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

A1 DIAMOND Moving- 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr. Call 250-220-0734.

QUALITY INSULATION blown fiberglass. Affordable rates. (250)896-6652.

A2Z WRIGHT Moving. 3 ton, $80/hr for 2 men. Senior’s discount. Call Phil (250)383-8283

JUNK BOX- We Do All The Loading

✭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.

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

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

250-652-2255 250-882-2254

SAFEWAY PAINTING

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High quality, Organized. Interior/Exterior Residential/Commercial Jeff, 250-472-6660 Cell 250-889-7715 Member BBB

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PLUMBING 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.

UPHOLSTERER work. Your fabric 250-480-7937.

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RUBBISH REMOVAL

WINDOW CLEANING

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

BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning Roof demoss, gutters. Licenced 25 yrs exp. Call 250-884-7066.

TREE SERVICES BUDDY’S TREE SERVICESTrimming, pruning, chipping, removals, hedges. Insured. Keith, (250)474-3697.

LOCAL TREE COMPANY 30 yrs exp. Bucket truck, chipper. We buy logs. Insured. Call (250)883-2911. ALL YOU NEED IN PRINT AND ONLINE

FREE ESTIMATES. Reasonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

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.

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

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This Weekend’s

Select your home. Select your mortgage.

OPENHOUSES Published Every Thursday

Oak Bay 250-370-7601 Victoria 250-483-1360 Westshore 250-391-2933 Sidney 250-655-0632 Chatterton Way 250-479-0688 www.vericoselect.com

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the February 14-20 edition of Real Estate Victoria

205-732 Cormorant St, $217,900

12-942 Boulderwood R, $734,900

413 Ker Ave, $419,800

3629 Coleman, $648,888

Sunday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Betty ‘K’, 250-516-8306

Sunday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Scott Garman 250 896-7099

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Gina Sundberg, 250-812-4999

Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Blair Watling, 250-385-2033

pg. 5

205-2747 Quadra St., $199,000 Saturday 12-2 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Mara, 250-384-8124

1052 Colville, $529,900

11-1880 Chandler, pg. 6

Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Sharen Warde, 250-592-4422

Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Shelly Reed, 250-213-7444

Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Saira Waters, 250-592-4422

116-75 Songhees, $998,000 pg. 5

1655 Warren Gardens, $659,900 Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Roland Stillings, 250-744-3301

pg. 10

pg. 1

402-1433 Faircliff Lane, $283,000 Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Laurel Hounslow, 250-592-4422

pg. 11

pg. 9

pg. 11

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes May Alexandria, 250-384-8124

Saturday 12:30-2 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683

pg. 10

Sunday 2:30 - 4PM Re/Max Camosun Kevin Koetke, 250 478-9600

11-4318 Emily Carr Dr, $539,000

pg. 6

409 Chadwick Place, $1,259,900 pg. 24

pg. 3

987 Falkland Rd, $899,900

306-75 Songhees, $698,000 Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

Sunday 11-1 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736

pg. 6

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Susan Carley, 250-477-7291

Saturday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Realty Rich Humphries 250 592-4422

pg. 8

pg. 5

302-1025 Meares St, $329,000 Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Fred Lerch, 250-889-2528

pg. 11

2740 Dewdney Ave., $995,000 Saturday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Scott Garman 250 896-7099

pg. 5863864

pg. 5

pg. 10

501 Richmond, $689,000 Sunday 2:30-4:30 Re/Max Camosun Daniel Clover 250 507-5459

pg. 10

1004-1034 Johnson St, $399,900 Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Jasmin Gerwien, 250-889-7709

Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Shannon Jackson, 250-474-6003

pg. 11

9-1529 Cooper Rd Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Judy Campbell 250 744-3301

pg. 20

pg. 10

106 Fraser Lane, $148,000 Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Eileen Jespersen, 250-686-4820

2913 Quadra, $550,000 Sunday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Blair Veenstra, 250-380-6683

pg. 11

10 Parkcrest, $599,900

402-1122 Hilda, $199,900 Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

pg. 7

Sunday 12:30 - 2 Re/Max Camosun Kevin Koetke, 250 478-9600

pg. 13

Sunday 1-4 Re/Max Camosun Ed G Sing, 250-744-3301

pg. 11

pg. 13

pg. 23

pg. 12

5410 Fowler, $549,900

pg. 5715449

pg. 20

pg. 12

pg. 6

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Deborah Kline 250 661-7680

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Cathy Duncan & Associates 250-658-0967

pg. 23

pg. 24

pg. 23

pg. 12

pg. 3

Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 pg. 18 & 5872069

Daily 12-4 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124

pg. 14

1851 Barrett Dr., $655,000 pg. 8

1731 Orcas Park Terr, $689,000 pg. 13

Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736

512-2745 Veterans Memorial Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Allen Tepper 250 686-6325

pg. 14

Sunday 12:30-2 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683

pg. 14

Sunday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Komal Dodd 250 479-3333

pg. 14

Thursday - Sunday 1-4 Kahl Realty 250-391-8484

pg. 7

4980 Deer Park Trail, $1,099,000

11075 Salal Pl, $599,900 Sunday 1:30-3:30 JONEsco Real Estate Inc. Ian Heath, 250-655-7653

Sunday 2-4 Kroppmann Realty Dale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808

44-2070 Amelia Ave.

2215 Spirit Ridge Dr, $939,900 pg. 14

Sunday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683

Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Kent Deans, 250-686-4141

pg. 14

1690 Texada, $1,189,000 pg. 12

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Ron Bahrey, 250-477-7291

pg. 14

pg. 17

Saturday & Sunday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Cassie Kangas, 250-477-7291

2415 Carpenter Rd, $649,900

648 Lands End Rd, $1,129,000 pg. 13

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Brendan Herlihy, 250-642-3240

Sunday 1:30-3:30 JONESco Real Estate Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

1701 Jefferson, $459,000 Saturday & Sunday 12-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty John Monkhouse, 250-592-4422

Sunday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Brendan Herlihy, 250-642-3240

pg. 8

pg. 18

637 Rason Rd, $499,900 Saturday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Fred Lerch, 250-889-2528

pg. 1

pg. 15

4-278 Island Hwy, $229,900

4105 Torquay, $569,000

2945 Colquitz, $449,900

875 Wild Ridge Way, $369,900

3582 Pechanga, $459,000

Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Noel Hache 250 744-3301

Saturday & Sunday 12-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty John Monkhouse, 250-592-4422

Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Sharen Warde, 250-592-4422

Saturday & Sunday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-216-7625

Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Gary Bazuik, 250-477-5353

pg. 8

pg. 18

6672 Steeple Chase, $384,900

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Brown Brothers Real Estate Robert Young 250 385-6900

pg. 23

pg. 15

622 Goldstream Ave.

8712 Bourne Terr, $638,000

1494 Fairfield, $299,900 pg. 3

pg. 18

103-982 Rattanwood, $319,900

205-2490 Bevan Ave, $260,000

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Frances Wade, 250-656-0131

pg. 15

633 Rason Rd., $548,800

9708 Fifth St, $599,900

Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608

pg. 6

2136 Bellamy Rd, $519,900

1905 Portway, $948,000

Saturday 1:30-3:30 JONESco Real Estate Ian Heath, 250-655-7653 Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Chris LeBlanc, 250-478-9141

912 Neff, $499,900

404-611 Brookside, $189,000

Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Donna Gabel, 250-477-5353

pg. 5

Saturday 2-4 Kroppmann Realty Dale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808

Saturday 2-3 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

Saturday 2-4 Sparling Real Estate Ltd. Don Sparling, 250-656-5511

4016 Rainbow Hill Lane, $739,000 pg. 24

pg. 15

4294 Torquay Dr, $539,900

15-830 Rogers, $499,900 Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Lynnell Davidge, 250-477-7291

Sunday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Komal Dodd 250 479-3333

9173 Basswood, $999,000

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608

4040 Borden St

5255 Parker, $1,898,000 Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Lynne Sager 250 744-3301

Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Hiro Nakatani, 250 661-4476

pg. 14

Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Dave Lynn, 250-592-4422

4029 Providence, $899,888

982 Mckenzie, $324,900 Tuesday-Sunday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital James Liu 250 477-5353

Saturday 2-3 Fair Realty Diana Winger, 250-999-3683

4859 Rocky Point Rd, $399,900

7891 Patterson, $599,900 Saturday 2:30 - 4 Re/Max Camosun Kevin Koetke, 250 478-9600

114-1110 Willow, $399,000

1742 Tiffin Pl, $649,900 pg. 11

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Cassie Kangas, 250-477-7291

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291

1551 Stockton Cres, $878,000

Saturday & Monday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. John Smith, 250-477-7291

5-15 Helmcken, $438,000

pg. 2

17-7675 East Saanich, $289,000 Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

403-1521 Church, $295,000

3217 Shelbourne St, $449,500

1261 Vista Hts Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Chris Dusseault, 250-516-8773

pg. 13

pg. 13

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Philip Illingworth, 250-477-7291

3072 Cadboro Bay, $789,999 Saturday 1-3 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Julie Rust, 250-477-1100

Sunday 12-2 Pemberton Holmes Shawn Adye, 250-384-8124

Saturday 11-1 One Percent Realty Valentino, 250-686-2242

2194 Ferndale, $679,900

401-670 Dallas Rd, $559,000 Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Fred Lerch, 250-889-2528

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pg. 17

104-405 Quebec, $399,900

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Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jeff Bishop, 250-477-7291

1687 Brousson, $529,000

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty June Wing, 250-479-3333

Saturday 3-5 Pemberton Holmes Jeff Shorter, 250-384-8124

Saturday 11-12 (call for appt) Cathy Duncan & Associates 250-658-0967

991 Rattanwood, $495,000

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3648 Doncaster Dr, $849,000

4038 Cumberland, $499,000 2625 Orchard Ave, $699,900

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Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Mark McDougall, 250-588-8588

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1213 Maywood, $459,900 pg. 8

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Marsha Crawford, 250-889-8200

Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Noel Hache 250 744-3301

Saturday 2-4 Brown Brothers Real Estate Robert Young 250 385-6900

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401-866 Goldstream, $319,850

107-537 Heatherdale, $398,000

780 Lily, $559,900

Sunday 2:30-4:30 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Mara, 250-384-8124

1788 Haultain, $449,900 Sunday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Realty Rich Humphries 250 592-4422

Saturday 1:30-3:30 JONESco Real Estate Inc. Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

1816 Seawood, $739,000

131-2345 Cedar Hill Cross, $449,900 Sunday 2-4 Brown Bros Robert Young, 250-385-6900

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1279 Tattersall, $734,800

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pg. 13

519 Leaside, $468,500 Sunday 12:30-2 SmartMove Real Estate Blair Veenstra, 250-380-6683

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003

3353 Sewell, $609,900

743 Chesterlea, $509,000

302-1420 Beach Dr, $489,000 Saturday 11:30-1 Sparling Real Estate Ltd. Don Sparling, 250-656-5511

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617-623 Treanor Ave, $239,900

Sunday 2-4 Address Realty Ltd. Rob Angus, 250-391-1893

pg. 7

3-1070 Amphion, $349,900

Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Hiro Nakatani, 250 661-4476

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Kevin Starling 250 889-4577

pg. 15

2671 Crystalview Dr, $719,900

303-625 Admirals, $184,900

206-1033 Belmont, $597,500 Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Ron MacDonald 250 360-6493

pg. 10

973 Owlwood Saturday 11-1 Royal LePage Coast Capital Sharen Warde, 250-592-4422

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Jason Binab, 250-744-3301

809 Portage, $379,900

3935 Margot Pl, $479,000

A-1142 Craigflower Rd, $369,900

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pg. 20

402-1580 Christmas, $280,000 Sunday 12-1 Brown Brothers Real Estate Dylan Hagreen 250 385-8780

pg. 13

418 Ker Ave, $489,000

613 Sturdee, $399,900 Sunday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Lorraine Williams, 250-216-3317

pg. 6

107-68 Songhees, $359,000

Saturday 2-4 One Percent Realty Valentino, 250-686-2242

pg. 10

Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

733A Humboldt Saturday - Tuesday noon - 5 pm Fair Realty Ryan Bicknell 250 883-2715

pg. 20

103-1000 Esquimalt Rd, $205,000 pg. 9

101-75 Songhees, $685,000 Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

103E-1115 Craigflower, $354,900 Saturday 1-3 Fair Realty Ltd Sean Thomas 250 896-5478

1947 Runnymede

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pg. 5

101-1235 Johnson St

pg. 12

5373 Pat Bay, $649,900

Saturday & Sunday 2:30-4 Pemberton Holmes Shawn Adye, 250-384-8124

Saturday 2:30-4:30 Newport Realty Melanie Erickson, 250-385-2033

401-525 Broughton St, $399,000 Sunday 2-4 Boorman’s Graham Bavington, 250-415-1931

Check the page number below in Real Estate Victoria or visit www.revweekly.com

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Tough sisters inspire Victoria road bike team Don Descoteau News staff

On the surface, Stacey Olynyk appears built for road bike distance riding. Young, fit and with a beaming smile, the 25-year-old Victoria woman is well-prepared to tackle the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer from Vancouver to Seattle in June. But it wasn’t always that way. Two years ago, Olynyk and her

twin sister, Karen, rushed to Saskatchewan when their father died. While there, Stacey encountered an itchiness all over her body that she couldn’t explain. Tests later showed she had Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph tissue that can also present such symptoms as swollen glands, night sweats, fever, loss of appetite and unexplained weight loss. Having put on hold thoughts of riding in the cancer fundraiser and still grieving the loss of her father, Olynyk put all her energy into battling her own cancer. Karen, her best friend, was there every step of the way. By mid-2012, Stacey was declared

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Four Belmont film students earned a tidy sum of money for themselves and the school with a first-place movie on the dangers of distracted driving. The film topped the national Allstate Just Drive Canada video contest, defeating 146 other entries. The filmmakers, Matt Girard, Gabrielle Semail, and Stephanie Clarke, all in Grade 11, were awarded $1,500 while $1,000 was awarded to Belmont’s drama, film and television class. The contest challenged film students to create a public service announcement on the dangers of distracted driving. The students came up with the concept of a young girl getting ready for a party. As she primps a narrator reveals that this is the last time she will be doing such things as having a meal, putting on makeup and saying goodbye to her parents. As the teen drives to the party she checks a text on her cell phone and is hit head on by another vehicle. “One second ago, her heart beat for the last time,” says the narrator as the video comes to a close. “It makes my mom cry every time,” said Nik Neral, Grade 11, who narrated the film.

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Film students Gabrielle Semail, Matt Girard, Nik Neral and Stephanie Clarke edit a piece at Belmont secondary. The most challenging aspect of filming for the students was using a “green screen” to superimpose the outside of the car during the driving scene. “It was an amazing feeling to actually win,” Clarke said. “We worked really hard on it and thought it turned out really good. It was fun making it too.” Girard hopes to go to film school after he graduates and has aspirations to be a director. Semail is most interested in the acting side of things, but hasn’t decided yet if she wants to pursue it professionally. The Last Time went through

two levels of online voting. The young filmmakers in Lori Haddon’s drama film and television class canvassed classmates, teachers, family and friends to go vote for their videos. From there videos were judged on originality, clarity of message, style and quality of acting. “I’m so proud. Proud that they’re reaching an audience with an important message too,” Haddon said. “It does have an affect.” See goodhandsadvice.ca/en/ distraction/just-drive-contest. kwells@goldstreamgazette.com

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