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BIA gets by counter petition Sidney council has final say on future of business improvement area bylaw Steven Heywood News staff
Another hurdle down — one more barrier to cross. A proposed business improvement area (BIA) for businesses in downtown Sidney is a step closer to reality, as an alternate approvals process failed to garner enough opposition to thwart the idea. Town of Sidney chief administrative officer Randy Humble reported this week that the counter-petition did not hit the 50 per cent threshold of opposition that would have stopped the BIA in its tracks. With only 29.9 per cent of business property owners — representing 38.8 per cent of downtown commercial assessed value — stating they were opposed to a BIA, the measure passes. Now, the proposal faces town council. On Monday, March 11, Sidney politicians have the final say on whether the BIA will proceed. Or at least, they will start the debate over how each will vote on the proposal. In moving the BIA to the town’s alternate approval process in January, most of council was supportive, with those inclined to be on the fence noting that they would let it fall to business owners to have the final say on the initiative. A BIA in Sidney will set into motion a new entity, consisting of a group of business property owners and a levy charged ($1.22 per $1,000 of assessed value) to each commercial operation. That will raise an estimated $250,000, to be spent on local marketing initiatives to help bring more customers and visitors into the downtown core. Angus Matthews, a member of the Sidney Business Development Group that brought the BIA to the community and to town council, said the result is good news. PLEASE SEE: BIA is about telling Sidney’s story, page 5
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Brentwood Elementary student Kyla Mason holds a new dwarf apple tree upright while Stelly’s Secondary student Noah Morgan makes a few adjustments in preparation of filling in the hole. Turn to page 12 for the story.
Activist group sets sights on deer Vancouver-based Lifeforce calling for Central Saanich to revisit decision Devon MacKenzie News staff
A Vancouver-based ecology and animal rights foundation is using an online petition program to encourage the District of Central Saanich to ban the killing of deer in the municipality. Lifeforce Foundation, guided by Founding Director Peter Hamilton, started the petition titled ‘Say No to B.C. Deer Bounty and Killings’ earlier this week on the website change. org. Hamilton said the online petition is designed to encourage
the district to be respectful of wildlife and to find solutions and alternatives to killing deer who are harming crops, something they’ve petitioned in other communities in the province like Invermere and Cranbrook. “This issue comes down to one question which is does one have to kill off the wildlife to prevent crops from being damaged?” said Hamilton.
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Spring ahead this Saturday night Little change coming to local traffic Remember to set your clocks, watches and electronic devices (unless they do it automatically) ahead by one hour before you nod off to sleep Saturday night. Daylight Savings Time begins in the wee hours of Sunday, March 10. You may lose an hour of sleep, but hopefully the sun will stay out longer as a result of this annual time shift that — News staff heralds the approach of spring.
Sidney’s traffic report indicates all’s well on the streets Steven Heywood News staff
A consulting firm hired to evaluate the Town of Sidney’s downtown traffic movement, says there’s little to be done over the next 10 years. Urban Systems of Victoria was tasked with looking at traffic movement in the downtown core and how it interacts with pedestrians, what the safety issues are, determining business access, analyzing traffic signage and signal impacts and making recommendations for change — if any. Dan Huang, senior planner for Urban Systems, told council March 4 that the steps the town has taken to date are acceptable for the next 10 years (the scope of time considered), with only minor areas needing some upgrading when it comes to safety and street light timing. “The town has done a lot of good things here,” Huang said, noting the sidewalks are wide enough for pedestrians and scooters alike and there’s landscaping that is both attractive to pedestrians and helps keep traffic speed down. The 10-year time frame, he continued, stems from estimates in population growth for the area, showing a 0.8 per cent growth rate per year. That translates, Huang said, into a one per cent traffic increase and a two per cent rise in pedestrians. While traffic patterns — even the one-way configuration of a portion of Beacon Avenue — are acceptable, Huang pointed out some areas needing an upgrade. Beacon Avenue and Seventh Street is downtown Sidney’s most danger-
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Urban Systems was tasked with reviewing traffic movement patterns in downtown Sidney and possible ways to make it better. ous intersection, with 64 incidents there over a one-year period (ICBC statistics). Those incidents are mostly rear-enders caused by drivers going too fast off of the Pat Bay Highway into town. Huang said there is little to be done about that, as it’s attributed to driver inattention. Crashes and other incidents drop off dramatically once drivers and pedestrians get past that intersection, he said. There are an estimated three crashes a year elsewhere in the downtown. With little safety concerns and traffic patterns that appear to be holding up, Urban Systems consulted with the town and did come up with three
options to enhance existing conditions and look ahead to when the town might be able to make — and afford — more significant changes. The options range from little to no changes, returning Beacon Avenue between Fifth and Second streets to a two-way system with extra traffic calming in place to protect pedestrians, to creating a full two-way roadway along a refurbished Beacon Avenue with a unique surface texture. Huang said that the cost goes up with each option. Huang added that more consultation with the business community and residents of Sidney would be required before the town went ahead
with any significant changes. Council noted that any changes they might want to make would have ramifications on side streets, parking availability and pedestrian use. They agreed more work would have to be done to flesh out a plan for the future. After a lot of discussion, council voted to: accept Urban Systems’ report; implement split-phase signal timing changes at Beacon Avenue and Seventh Street; relocate pedestrian markings, stop bars and stop signs closer to Beacon at Second, Third and Forth streets, and; install shared-lane markings along Beacon and Fifth Street.
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Rate hike for Ferries VICTORIA — B.C. Ferries has announced a rate hike in passenger and vehicle fares, effective April 1, 2013. This is the first of three planned fare increases, approved by B.C. Ferry commissioner Gord Macatee in October, 2012. On April 1, prices for vehicles and passengers will go up, on average, 4.1 per cent on all routes. The fare for a Swartz Bay to Tsawassen trip will go up to $15.50 per adult passenger, from the current fare of $14.85. The same trip for a vehicle up to 20 feet will go from $49.25 to $51.25. Fees for reservations made less than seven days in advance will increase by one dollar. Reservations made a week or more in advance will still cost $15. Assured loading tickets will increase by $100 for 10. Additional fare hikes are expected in 2014 (4 per cent) and in 2015 (3.9 per cent). B.C. Ferries stated the increases “are required due to the rising cost of operating and capital expenditures.” Turn to page 5 for news on the recent B.C. Ferries public consultation.
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Quick answer to overpopulation shouldn’t be killing Continued from page 1
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“Putting up fences should be considered a cost of doing business for farmers,” he said. Hamilton started Lifeforce in 1981 and over the last three decades the foundation has been involved in a broad range of different wildlife management issues including the keeping of exotic pets and sightseeing boats endangering orcas in B.C. and U.S. waters. The petition against the killing of deer in Central Saanich is their latest project, said Hamilton, one he hopes which will be successful. “The quick answer to a problem like this shouldn’t be killing,” he said. Hamilton started petition last week after requests were made by Central Saanich council to have their staff write bylaws to allow public hunting in the municipality as well as implement anti-feeding bylaws. Council also asked staff to look into provincial issues and what it would take to
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To: Mayor and Councillors, Central Saanich, B.C. Say No to B.C. Deer Bounty and Killings! Veggie farmers and politicians in Central Saanich, British Columbia are trying to change various levels of law to kill deer who are being attracted to crops. This could include a bounty on deer, increased kill limits, sharp shooters, and First Nations hunters. Most people would not make the connection that buying organic fruits and veggies could result in deer being killed. Some Vancouver Island organic growers want this massive slaughter. Some won’t even fence their crop lands and won’t implement other nonlethal controls. Jack Mar, a farmer and former mayor in Central Saanich, claimed that he can’t afford $2,000 to $3,000 for fencing that would keep deer out permanently as compared to shooting the deer that would be costly and ongoing. Fencing to stop attracting deer to the food should be part of the cost of doing business. Instead some want to kill all the deer for eating some veggies? This is further wildlife mismanagement! Are farmers threatening everyone with this bloodbath to get government funding? They risk an international boycott of Victoria with this Wild West “bounty” mentality. Lifeforce hopes to raise public awareness that food should be healthy for people, and be produced without harm to animals. People will buy local if local is humane to wildlife. There are many nonlethal methods. Our society must find ways to live in harmony with the wildlife who are rapidly losing their natural habitats. As humans continue to encroach upon their homes there must be new approaches to protect wildlife. Organic and other veggie farmers must implement nonlethal solutions and wildlife friendly organics. I will shop only at guaranteed Deer Friendly Farms! No pesticides and deer blood on my organics! Keep it local! Keep it humane! Source: Lifeforce Foundation
deer-friendly or not, but I know what I have to do to keep my crops from being stolen and to keep my business profitable,” said Vantreight, likening the damage done by deer
to someone stealing cash or merchandise from a business. “What makes that right?” he said. reporter@peninsula newsreview.com
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B.C. Ferries is looking to shave $26 million from its operations budget by 2016.
Ferry route cuts should be known by summer Tom Fletcher Black Press
VICTORIA — Coastal ferry users are braced for reduced sailings on some under-used routes and many are open to cable ferries, barges, passenger-only vessels or even bridges where practical to contain rising costs. Transportation Minister Mary Polak released the government’s consultation report Tuesday on ways to save $26 million on operations by 2016. That was the target set by B.C. Ferry Commissioner Gord Macatee after he was appointed last year. About 4,000 people took part in the consultation, with more than half saying they agree with the need to reduce costs. When the government announced the service review last year, it added an extra $20 million to the subsidy for the service over four years, bringing the total taxpayer subsidy to about $180 million per year. Polak said specific service cuts won’t be made public until June 30 at the earliest and the government may extend that deadline after reviewing the consultation results with B.C. Ferries. She denied the timing was chosen to push the unpopular move past
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B.C. transportation minister Mary Polak. the May 14 election. “If the idea was to stay away from discussion of potential cuts during an election period, I daresay we would not have embarked on the consultation,” Polak said. “We were very upfront in putting out the utilization numbers so people can see where the challenges were and where there will likely be cuts.” Last year B.C. Ferries cut sailings on the Duke Point-Nanaimo run, which was losing an average of $50 per vehicle carried. B.C. Ferries CEO Mike Corrigan said the corporation expected to cut at least 100 sailings on its major Vancouver Island routes, mostly low-ridership runs late in the evenings.
NDP transportation critic Maurine Karagianis wouldn’t commit to increasing the taxpayer subsidy or any specific action, such as returning B.C. Ferries to Crown corporation status. “If we treat it like transportation infrastructure, the same as bridges, rail, roads, that’s a slightly different approach to the ferry system,” Karagianis said. “At the end of the day, we need to see some cost savings.” Raising property taxes or fuel taxes in coastal communities to help pay for ferry service was an unpopular choice, endorsed by only 20 per cent of participants. Most called for ferries to be funded by all B.C. taxpayers or by the users themselves. A call for “innovative ideas” also produced few surprises. The top suggestion in consultation meetings and written feedback was to reduce fares to increase ridership, an experiment that B.C. Ferries has tried several times on major routes with no success. B.C. Ferries has found that ferry use is declining on B.C.’s free inland ferries and other jurisdictions such as Washington state, as people choose to travel less because of the cost of fuel and other factors.
BIA is about telling Sidney’s story Continued from page 1
“That’s the property owners making that decision,” he said. “Now, (pending council’s vote March 11) it’s time for all sectors of the community to come together and create Sidney’s story and how to market that.” Matthews, executive director of the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre, said recent marketing such as Family Day and the Tourist in your own Town promotion, are evidence of what such efforts can do for the community. Those events saw thousands of visitors and locals on the streets, taking in events and attractions in typical tourist down-time. Matthews said promoting Sid-
By the Numbers Town of Sidney CAO Randy Humble said the BIA alternate approval process was sent to 321 commercial properties in the downtown core, identified in the proposal as those businesses included in the BIA boundary. • The alternate approval process was open for 30 days and ended March 1. • 96, or 29.9 per cent, registered their opposition to the BIA. • Those 96 property owners represent 38.8 per cent of commercial property values in the BIA boundary. • 50 per cent was the property and value threshold owners were required to meet if the BIA proposal were to fail. • March 11 is when town council will debate and/or vote to proceed with Bylaw 2045, to create a downtown business improvement area.
ney is not a business thing. “It’s about the story of the community,” he explained, “and
will require resident involvement and how we want to share our community pride.”
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Liberal secrets can’t be denied Politics is never as exciting as in the weeks leading up to an election. And this year’s provincial election campaign season is shaping up to be one of the most interesting in decades. The latest carbuncle on the Liberal party’s elbow has cost premier Christy Clark her long-time assistant, Kim Haakstad and multiculturalism minister John Yap. Lessons to be Despite several learned from apologies, Clark and the Liberals are feeling latest scandal the heat from their secret plan to woo ethnic voters by using cheap apologies rather than solid policies. So, they had a plan to get the ethnic vote – so what, we’ll bet the NDP does too. The problem here is the government was apparently planning on using taxpayers money to do it, and they were using personal email accounts in order to hide their plan – which is unnacceptable on any terms. With the scandal uncovered it clearly shows the Liberals have a deceptive side. This government, which has always claimed to be open and transparent in its communications, has shown us its true colours. Their efforts to hide communications by using personal emails is a deliberate act that leaves voters uneasy and shakes the confidence of Liberal party members. What we are witness to now – some six weeks away from a provincial election – is the implosion of the Liberal party, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the demise of Bill Vander Zalm’s Social Credit party in the early 1990s. As it sets the stage for a potential NDP landslide, it also sets the stage for how future governments behave. The lesson here is stick to the rules and when you make a promise to be open and honest, take it as seriously as your constituents will. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@peninsulanewsreview.com or fax 250-656-5526. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Peninsula News Review is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.
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Clean-tech sector valuable to region While many visitors to our part In Parliament, I work with a new of the world leave with images of all-party clean-tech caucus, chaired breathtaking scenery, gorgeous by Conservative MP Jay Aspin. We gardens, taste-tempting farmer’s have engaged MPs across party markets and great lines in the exciting restaurants, the Saanich potential for innovation in Peninsula is also home to clean-tech. a large number of thriving The sector is making industries, manufacturers gains in improving the and innovators. Quite energy efficiency of the a number fall in the mining sector, reducing category of clean-tech. wastewater in the oil The clean-tech sector sands and cutting deeply is identified globally into the price differential as having enormous between renewable potential. By 2020, it is energies and coal, to the estimated the sector will Elizabeth May point that some new wind be worth $3 trillion to the and solar initiatives outGuest Column world economy. perform coal in terms of Certainly, investments price. in the U.S. have been outpacing A recent report by the Pembina Canada. U.S. President Barack Institute, Competing in clean energy: Obama’s new tone of resolve How Canada can capitalize on the in addressing the climate crisis global transition to clean energy, suggests that their previous level of (Jan. 22), based on a forensic support will be ramping up. Obama review of the sector and extensive highlighted the potential of cleaninterviews, concluded that Canada tech to stimulate the economy could expand our clean-tech sector and create jobs in his inauguration to $60 billion by 2020. address: “We cannot cede to That realistic assessment needs other nations the technology to be underscored. We have the that will power new jobs and potential for six-fold growth over new industries; we must claim its the next seven years. promise.” Vancouver Island Technology At the moment, Canada has Park has been an incubator for new only one per cent of the sector’s clean-tech firms, with companies current $1 trillion global value. working in bio-fuels, wind energy Still, that relatively small piece of and tidal power. the pie is responsible for 52,600 As well, the Saanich Peninsula Canadian jobs in 700 clean-tech hosts a number of firms working companies. The sector was worth in the clean-tech sector, from more than $10 billion in this Triton Logging, which accesses country last year, a jump of 18 per sustainable hardwood from tropical cent over the previous year. hydro-electric sites, to Aeolis Wind
and a number of environmental consulting companies. Our area benefits from jobs in clean-tech – more than 300 people are working at Stantec’s Sidney location alone. To help the sector reach its full potential, we need provincial and federal policies to align. It is excellent to know we can produce power from tidal action, but it would certainly help start-up companies if they could access a “feed-in” tariff and sell into the grid. The federal government needs to continue its support of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). Founded in 2001, SDTC has successfully completed 19 rounds of funding approvals. So far, more than $500 million has been allocated to 228 projects. That level of investment has resulted in a highly successful track record in leveraging funds from other project partners. The ratio is 2.4:1, with $1.4 billion leveraged from $560 million. Amazingly, two of the 14-member SDTC board are prominent local residents, including its chair, Juergen Puetter of Aeolis Wind, and former Saanich-Gulf Islands Member of Parliament Gary Lunn, who was recently appointed. I sincerely hope they will succeed in gaining replenishment of funding for clean-tech in this spring’s budget. It has tremendous potential for the planet, for Canada and for Saanich-Gulf Islands. Elizabeth May is MP for SaanichGulf Islands, leader of the Green Party of Canada and an officer of the Order of Canada.
‘We have the potential for six-fold growth over the next seven years.’
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am glad you published Mr. Harrison’s response to my commentary. It clearly shows his political agenda and as a member of the advisory planning commission he in fact has more say in development matters than most in our community, certainly more than I do. I am glad he admits North Saanich is incomplete as a community and his statement that there is no reason to address that issue is clearly indicative of his generational belief that any and all change to the status quo is to be feared and rallied against. I don’t recall seeing Mr. Harrison’s professional qualifications as a community planner or architect and based on the rationale of his arguments I am not sure he has even researched the issue objectively as all of his communications, whether it be at council meetings or in
this publication, indicate as much. This is not an issue about my bottom line, as he would like you to believe. It is about every single tax payer in North Saanich. We recently lost almost one hundred thousand dollars per year for the next five years from our municipal budget. How do we address the shortfall? For a community that survives on property tax income I can only foresee an increase on the horizon. Do we want to continue on this unsustainable path to maintain the status quo or should we be exploring alternatives? Mr. Harrison has muddied the water several times in this publication. For example his indication that the current housing study was brought about by the pro development members of council. That is incorrect, I was in attendance at the committee of the whole meeting
Readers respond: Sustainability cult Re: Environment the centre of new CRD schools program, Peninsula News Review, Feb. 20. Kyle Slavin outlines a new plan by bureaucrats from the Capital Regional District to indoctrinate elementary public school students as young as nine years old with sustainability cult propaganda. Mr. Slavin reports ‘students at elementary and middle schools in Greater Victoria may soon be spouting off ... facts and information about water quality and climate change, as the Capital Regional District launches a new in-school education campaign called Every Drop Counts.’ This is an unconstitutional intrusion into the public school system of CRD sustainability cultists who are not trained as teachers, but are rather nonaccountable individuals promoting the United Nations’ Agenda 21 based on junk science and the Earth Charter, the U.N.’s complementary eugenics-based world religion. This anti-human ‘sustainability’ cult based on junk science should not be not be pushed by the CRD in public schools. Gregory Hartnell Victoria
Waterfront property issue emotional The recent guest column writ-
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when the mayor and her supporters on council insisted “the public needs to be informed” and thus the motion was approved and the study was undertaken not only to placate the mayor but also to take the temperature of the residents of our municipality on this issue. I believe everyone should have the right to live and work in the same municipality if they so choose. My generation has not had the benefit that his generation affords through the vast increases in land values in North Saanich over the last 20 years and we have to champion innovative ideas and ways of allowing the next generation of North Saanich residents the ability to thrive both socially and economically. Diversifying the community is the first step. Let’s stop pretending to be something we are not. We are a municipality of million dol-
lar homes. If Mr. Harrison has his way nobody else would be allowed in unless they could afford it. I have been to Sidney. I spend a large portion of my take home pay there because I can’t get the same services within the borders of North Saanich. To state climate change is a red herring I find laughable as I will be dealing with the effects long after Mr. Harrison is gone. Large lot single family development is going the way of the dodo, ask any developer or real estate financier, and my hope is that the NIMBY (not in my backyard) and BANANA (build absolutely nothing anywhere next to anything) attitudes that skew Mr. Harrison’s perspective, and certain members of North Saanich’s council will too. Kyle Shick North Saanich
Sustainability, waterfront property, regional crime unit, deer control issues
ten by a previous Parks Commission representative was a rambling attempt to link together different issues into one overall theme of attacking the integrity of waterfront property owners. The spurious accusation waterfront owners are under the impression their higher tax bills entitles them to “proprietal extensions into the public foreshore” and that they believe that their relative wealth entitles them to special accommodation cannot go unchallenged. That one or two individuals in the height of an emotional debate may have made such a ridiculous statement in the past is certainly possible, but to build a case on what is no more than a rural legend trivializes the whole issue of private property rights in general and waterfront property rights specifically. Any waterfront owner who held those beliefs would be ridiculed and ostracized by their neighbours and in fact would become the laughing stock of the waterfront community. The writer is attempting to introduce this divisive notion as he calls it, all on his own. It is not part of any serious dialogue regarding access to the foreshore but simply a reflection of the paranoia that a small minority continually attempt to interject into the overall debate. Michael Butler North Saanich
RCMP is the answer Re: Sidney and North Saanich pull out of regional crime unit. Better co-operation between the variety of police departments is not the answer. What is the answer, is using one police force, then the ‘unit’ is a section within the same service where everyone shares information, has access to a larger resource. Now let’s see. Who would be able to provide that, while also delivering a cost effective service based on a tried-and-proven model? The RCMP. Lisa Perry Victoria
Animals will be here after I’m gone The Peninsula News Review article of March 1, pertaining to the deer cull, made interesting reading. So, each municipality will be defining their own rules for control. The District of North Saanich sounds like the only sane bunch in the picture, permitting crop protection, but against wholesale slaughter. Will these hunters in other districts be qualified marksman, tested for their proficiency, or will animals be limping off into the bush with arrows and bullets embedded in their bodies?
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Anyone who has witnessed a cull will know there is plenty of blood and guts; a scene of pure mayhem. In 1953 a virus was illegally introduced into an estate in West Sussex, England to eradicate wild rabbits. The government at that time refused to make deliberate spread of the disease illegal. Myxomatosis wiped out 95 per cent of the rabbit population. I lived in Sussex at that time: the countryside was covered with rotting carcasses, rabbits with their eyes hanging from their sockets. A painful, hideous demise. Life is hard for the farmer, long days, and small reward. They
deserve extra subsidies to help with deer control and the government need to address that fact, instead of initiating yet another study. As for the homeowners who are irritated their plants are on the deer menu, put up a fence or grow stuff they do not like. The battle is constant in my garden. Tulip, Hyacinth ... all chewed to ground level. At Christmas, a large Kingfisher swallowed my six, eight year old goldfish. I forgot to put the screen over my pond. Upset? Yes. But the animals and birds were here long before me and will be long after I am gone. Margaret J. Jestico Central Saanich
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Needs versus wants: The housing of Canadians sonal indebtedness in Canada, and for many, the un-affordability of their homes. Wherever one visits — Europe, Asia or South America — it is quickly obvious that some 80 to 90 per cent of the residents live in condominium or apartment accommodation. What is less obvious is that very few of the homes are larger than 800 square feet — even for those who are finan-
cially well-off. It is clear that outside North America, most people have done a much better job of meeting their housing needs rather than striving for super-sized homes. To compensate for the limited indoor space, their communities encourage a feeling of community with neighbourhood parks, playgrounds, cafes and markets. Another clear differ-
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graphic. Over the next several generations, the reduced demand for large single-family dwellings is very likely to make them a harder sell than in the past. Owners of larger homes would be wise to lower their long-term, capital appreciation expectations. Unlike the six per cent average annual price increases of the past decade, we would be wise to plan on only inflation-level adjustments in future decades. In the interest of full disclosure, my wife and I are among those who indulge in a spacious home — well beyond our needs — in beautiful Sidney by The Sea. However, if such ownership were to create financial stress, we would very quickly downsize our expectations. A retired corporate executive, enjoying post-retirement as a financial consultant, Peter Dolezal is the author of three books. His most recent, the Smart Canadian WealthBuilder, is now available at Tanner’s Books, and in other bookstores.
Aquarium octopus gets a name SIDNEY — The new Giant Pacific Octopus at the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre has a name. The Centre chose a winner for its octopus naming contest, which ended Feb. 12. Visitors were asked to use 50 words or less to explain why the aquarium’s newest female octopus should be named after their loved one. Based on caliber of the entries, it was hard to choose. Carter (age 7) requested that we name the octopus Gigi, after his grandma living in Edmonton. Avery (age 4) noticed the octopus and her Uncle Mike are both
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Sidney, North Saanich pull out of crime unit
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Citing a low use-to-cost benefit, Sidney and North Saanich have pulled out of the regional crime unit and are looking into better use of local RCMP resources to prevent crime. Both municipalities cut their annual contributions to the unit in their respective 2013 budgets, saving an estimated $55,000 in Sidney and $44,000 in North Saanich. The mayors of both communities said they did not see the benefit of being a part of the regional initiative when there have been few incidents. Alice Finall, mayor of North Saanich, said both communities decided to withdraw from the unit after speaking with Staff Sergeant Dennis O’Gorman of the Sidney/North Saanich RCMP. Victoria, she added, dropped out after only one year after the unit was created in 2008. Today, the unit has participation from Saanich and Central Saanich, West Shore RCMP and the provincial RCMP. “Our decision was based on a recommendation from staff on a budget issue,” she said. “There were not a lot of action calls for us or for Sidney. This was the consideration for both towns — a significant expenditure each year with low use.” Finall said in the five years North Saanich has been a participant in the regional crime unit, they’ve only had four or five incidents involving the unit. Sidney, said its mayor, has had
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• The new audio visual system was tested out in the council chamber for the first time on Monday night. From now on, council meetings will be recorded and available for viewing online on the Districts website. • The cancellation of the White Road right of way has been filed with the province and registration of the property will done with the land title office. Specifcations are in place to maintain trees on the property for screening and servicing is being lined up for the two lots. • Infill of a property on Puckle Road was postponed until a later date. The property owner has agreed to not allow any more fill to be brought on to the property until then. • Council supported a request from a Saanich Peninsula resident to write a letter to MP Elizabeth May outlining the municipality’s support in maintaining the Royal Canadian Air Force building on the west side of the airport.
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only one. Sidney mayor Larry Cross said the ongoing cost of policing to the town is a concern. Sidney is facing an additional $114,000 this year for an additional RCMP officer and negotiated wage increases. O’Gorman, who sits on a sub committee of the regional crime unit, said they have been looking into different funding models as a result of Sidney and North Saanich’s withdrawal. A report on a budget model, he continued, will be presented to area police chiefs and municipal councils once it’s complete. Both Finall and Cross said if a lower-cost option presents itself, their councils would reconsider their involvement. O’Gorman said he’s now looking into creating a small, local crime reduction initiative. He said it would use existing officers and focus on prolific offenders from Sidney and North Saanich. While still at the discussion level, O’Gorman said such a unit would monitor offenders and work with the justice and parole systems and various provincial ministries to prevent crime. “We have very few people (in Sidney and North Saanich) that are out there doing the crime,” O’Gorman said. “If we focus on those people, then it can help maintain low crime levels.” Finall said that local focus would have an impact and thinks it’s a good idea.
Sidney eyes ban on feeding pests Steven Heywood News staff
Sidney town council is asking its staff to prepare a bylaw that would ban the intentional feeding of raccoons, seagulls, deer and feral rabbits. Resident Denise Duncan spoke at the council’s March 4 committee of the whole meeting, outlining her con-
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SENIORS IN FOCUS New feature in your PNR Seniors in Focus is the start of a new feature in the Peninsula News Review. Running once a month, these pages showcase the local and regional issues and events important to area senior citizens. As well, they will present profiles of people in our communities. The goal is to offer information and even some good stories to our local seniors. Do you know of a senior citizen in Sidney, North Saanich or Central Saanich who deserves a little attention? Do you have a senior-specific event coming up soon? What about an important issue, affecting the elderly, that you think needs more coverage in our community? Let us know. Call the editor at the PNR, 250-6561151, ext. 28 or email editor@peninsulanewsreview. com. —Steven Heywood
Summergate resident wants more buses Steven Heywood News staff
Summergate Village resident Diana Hughes Gough says she thinks the bus interchange at the McTavish Road roundabouts are dangerous and she wants more service elsewhere in west Sidney. Hughes Gough recently complied 400 names on a petition that she presented to a meeting of B.C. Transit in February. That petition is demanding better service, including more buses in her neighbourhood and throughout the industrial area of west Sidney. Last year, she ran a similar petition, garnering some 200 names. She hopes that doubling the count this time, as well as an appear to the council of the Town of Sidney might spark some action. “When I first moved out to Summergate Village, the bus service was great,” Hughes Gough said. “The buses out there were great and Steve Price (a Sidney councillor) got us another bus shelter.” Since the McTavish interchange and park and ride went in, she said, the level of service has changed — fewer buses and less direct service into Victoria. While Hughes Gough said she’s still happy with bus transportation into Brentwood Bay and Sidney, she finds it less convenient to go into Victoria and has stopped using the bus to a great extent. These days, she said she relies
more and more on her scooter to get around. “The problem is the exchange,” she said. “It can be scary for a lone person.” Plus, she said, she find sit difficult to get on a bus to Fifth Street in Sidney and transfer to a different route that would take her into the city. While she agrees that for most people, making the transfers and waiting at the park and ride is probably not that big a deal. However, for older people, it can be intimidating waiting for an extended period of time, in places where she said there appears to be little security. “So many of us have stopped using the bus. It’s just too complicated.” On Feb. 4, Hughes Gough started her petition. She said she had the 400 names in only two days and took the results to B.C. Transit on Feb. 19. “I didn’t really expect to hear anything back,” she said, adding there’s another meeting on March 19 that she might attend. She said she hopes more bus service returns to her neighbourhood — or at least in the Greenglade and industrial park areas of Sidney — and a direct route into Victoria makes a comeback. “Why am I doing this?” she said. “If nobody says anything, nothing will be done.” editor@peninsulanewsreview.com
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Sidney’s Diana Hughes Gough presented a 400-name petition to B.C. Transit in February, asking for more service on the west side of the community and more direct service into Victoria.
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Elder College programs offer smorgasbord of choice Music to writing, technology to fitness on the Elder College menu Steven Heywood News staff
Membership in Sidney’s Elder College program at Greenglade Community Centre has more than doubled in a year as seniors take advantage of what life can offer outside of the workplace. Elder College is run by Panorama Recreation and started in January of 2011. It has gone from
60 members a year ago to 150 this year. One of the reasons: low-cost programming and membership. With that, seniors can access a lot of activities: pottery classes to music, technology skills upgrades to writing. More and more programs are added to the list all the time. One of those was the recent Music To You Ears classes. Instructor Lloyd English said the program was
designed to introduce participants to music — in the perspective of a musician. “It gives the layperson some understanding of the way a musician would look at music,� English said during the recent wrap-up to his course up at Greenglade. “People are here to learn some of the vernacular, music terms and how to apply that to their listening to music.�
The goal, he continued, was music appreciation — “what makes it work and it’s not musicology, more musicianship, from a listener’s perspective.� Margaret Small attended the classes with her husband Ken and said they enjoy listening to music and took part in the short course to learn more about what they were hearing. The couple brought in some Dixieland CDs to share
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Brentwood Elementary students keen on green Devon MacKenzie News staff
The student body at Brentwood Elementary was part of a lasting legacy this week. Learning Assistant and Green Team Leader Fiona Mosher led students in planting 16 dwarf apple trees on the schools property on Wednesday, March 6, something she hopes will give the school different teaching and learning opportunities. “Having these trees will be great because it will allow us to have a common project for the school that teachers can also break out into their own individual classroom projects,” said Mosher. The school was able to plant the trees thanks to a $1,000 grant they won from B.C. Hydro. “We were one of 20 schools who were chosen to win the money based on what we were going to do with it,” Mosher said,
adding that a phone call from the contest organizers right after Christmas got the ball rolling. “We ordered 16 dwarf apple trees, which won’t grow too high so the students can access the fruit, from Fruit Trees and More in North Saanich,” Mosher explained. “Some students had already been on a field trip to visit the trees at the nursery too, so they already knew a lot about them before they were even planted.” she added. The trees were planted by a group of students with help from a handful of Stelly’s Secondary students. Mosher said the fruit trees offered an easy way for the students to learn about growing their own food. “Apple trees are pretty much self-sustaining once they’re in the ground and established. A little pruning is all they really need which is a bit easier than trying to maintain a school veg-
etable garden. It’s just a great way to introduce the children to the concept of growing your own food.” Mosher also hopes the trees will create a sort of lasting legacy for Brentwood Elementary’s current students. “The trees being planted on the fence line along Wallace Drive makes them visible to people and we are going to put up a small sign that will read ‘these trees were planted in 2013 by students at Brentwood Elementary.’ It will give students something to remember and watch as they grow up in the community.” reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com
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POLICE NEWS Saanich Peninsula beat
Crime dropping in Sidney, North Saanich
Devon MacKenzie
Steven Heywood
News staff
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Sidney/North Saanich RCMP
Crime is down or at worst holding steady in Sidney, North Saanich and area First Nations communities and it’s a trend that the local police hope to see more of in 2013. In his quarterly report to Sidney council, Staff Sergeant Dennis O’Gorman of the Sidney North Saanich RCMP said local crime is trending downwards, mirroring similar decreases both provincially and nationally. “There’s no elimination of crime here,” O’Gorman said, “but the trend is the crime statistics are dropping.” Over Christmas, he said impaired driving charges were down. Being a little suspicious of
• On Feb. 27 a unicyclist was struck after a driver failed to stop at a stop sign while leaving the Thrifty Foods Warehouse on Mills Road. The cyclist was uninjured and there was minor superficial damage to the vehicle. The driver was issued a violation ticket for disobeying the stop sign. • Also Feb. 27, RCMP were dispatched to a shoplifting complaint at the B.C. Liquor store on Beacon Avenue in Sidney. Witnesses reported that a young male walked out of the store without paying for his liquor. The male was caught on video surveillance and was last seen walking through the parking area between the Dairy Queen and the Mary Winspear Centre. Upon reviewing video surveillance, police recognized the male but he has yet to be located. • On March 2 RCMP received a report of a suspicious vehicle at Parkland Secondary School. The vehicle was last seen traveling south on McDonald Park Road heading toward Sidney. Officers located the vehicle and found the driver to be impaired. He was issued a 90-day immediate roadside prohibition and a 30-day vehicle impound.
Central Saanich Police Service • On March 6, Central Saanich Police received a report that overnight, a hole had been cut in a fenced enclosure at Brentwood Elementary and two large bags of used juice boxes the students had been saving for fundraising had been stolen. • On March 2 around 10:30 p.m. police got a call about a suspicious truck and occupant parked on Tanlee Crescent. Officers attended and found the driver to have been smoking marijuana in his truck. The Saanich man was given a 24 hour driving prohibition.
By the numbers • The Sidney North Saanich RCMP has 33 regular members (three are on various stages of leave). • Eleven members service North Saanich, 14 for Sidney, four for provincial coverage, two for area First Nations Community Policing and two at the airport (ending March 31, 2013). Crime Stats: There were notable decreases in the crime statistics from October to December, 2012. Here’s the numbers: Assaults: 44 (64 in 2011) Break and Enters: 17 (33) Traffic collisions with injury: 16 (24) Traffic collisions with property damage: 44 (74) Impaired drivers: 16 (59) Thefts over $5,000: 1 (4) Liquor offences: 106 (86) Sexual assaults: 7 (4) Theft from motor vehicles: 63 (47)
those numbers, O’Gorman told Sidney council on March 4 that he went out himself and confirmed what his offi-
cers were seeing — impaired driving incidents are, overall, down. In his report, Sidney saw
667 calls for police service. There were 503 in North Saanich and a total of 214 calls to the area First Nations
communities. In the three months ending 2012, overall crime was lower than the corresponding period of 2011. Staffing levels for the RCMP detachment will change this year, as they will add another officer — funded jointly by Sidney and North Saanich. O’Gorman said the RCMP will no longer have two officers based at the Victoria International Airport by the end of March, as funding for those officer has been terminated. The police will respond to calls there from the Sidneybased detachment, as they would anywhere else. The local RCMP, O’Gorman continued, will work with each area municipality to focus policing to local needs.
Around the province
Proposed B.C. refinery switches technology Tom Fletcher Black Press
Newspaper publisher David Black is revising his B.C. environmental assessment application for a large-scale heavy oil refinery in Kitimat to use a new refining process to reduce its environmental impact. Black gave an update on the project to a B.C. Chamber of Commerce breakfast in Vancouver Wednesday, saying he has found most of the $25 billion in financing needed and buyers for the refinery’s fuel products. He said customer contracts and financing are to be finalized within two months. Black also released a Mustel Group poll conducted in February that shows three out of four people support the
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David Black says he has the financing and buyers to complete a large-scale refinery. idea to refine crude oil in Kitimat. A 57 per cent majority continue to oppose the Enbridge Northern Gateway plan to pipe crude to Kitimat and load it on ocean tankers. Black said rejection of pipelines would only push crude oil producers to use rail transport
to reach his refinery and other buyers. The new process makes synthetic fuels from the heavy tar left over from conventional oil refining, instead of extracting the carbon as petroleum coke. Black said in an interview there are four other heavy oil refiner-
ies under construction around the world, two in Africa and two in Saudi Arabia. All are about the same scale as his proposed Kitimat Clean plant, processing about 400,000 barrels per day of heavy oil using “cokers” that extract the coal-like byproduct. A refinery of that size would fill 100 rail cars per day with petroleum coke, which is typically burned for metal production and contains sulphur as well as similar carbon intensity to metallurgical coal. Shell’s refinery at Anacortes, Wa. currently
processes Alberta oil sands crude using cokers, selling the petroleum coke for aluminum refining. The new process adds hydrogen from natural gas to combine with the excess carbon in heavy oil, increasing the amount of gasoline, jet fuel and diesel produced. “It will be 50 per cent cleaner than any other refinery in the world,” Black said. “It’s going to cost about $3 billion more and I’m going to organize the money for it.” The process received
a Canadian patent last fall for Calgary-based Expander Energy. It adapts a process developed in Germany in the early 1900s to convert coal to synthetic gas, which was relied on for vehicle and aircraft fuel by the German armed forces while their conventional fuel sources were embargoed in the Second World War. Expander’s modified process converts bitumen, petroleum coke, biomass or municipal solid waste into gas products used to make synthetic diesel and jet fuel.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Arts TEN MINUTES OF Fame Open Mic at the Sidney North Saanich Library. The Library’s Writers Group presents an Open Mic for members to read from their work. Mystery, history, romance writers and more. Support your local writers! Thursday, March
14 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Call 250-6560944 to register.
Events TABLE TOP GAME Night at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Attention gamers! Looking for a place to play? Interested in meeting other gamers? Come to the
library every other Friday for fun and refreshments. Thank you Panago Pizza for providing pizza! Friday, March 8 and 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. Ages 16+. Free. To register please call 250-6560944. THE CENTRAL SAANICH Lions are hosting a free family ice skate on Saturday, March
9 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Panorama Recreation Centre. Everyone welcome! MINI SPRING/ EASTER CRAFT Fair Wednesday, March 20 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the SHOAL Activity Centre Craft Room. Free Admission. Call 250656-5537 for more information. SAANICH PENINSULA TOASTMASTERS is hosting an International Speech and Evaluation Contest on Tuesday, March 19 at 7 p.m. at the Sidney North Saanich Library in the Nell Horth Room. Come see talented public speakers from the Greater Victoria and Saanich Peninsula area. Open to the public. Charge is $3 at the door. Contact Gerry at 250656-9458 for more information.
Fundraisers SIDNEY FLEA MARKET Air Cadet fundraiser on Saturday, March 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cadet Hall on Canora Road
in Sidney. If you’re interested in having a table or want more information, call 250544-1040 AN EVENING AT The SHOAL presents an Irish evening of fun with the Island Ukulele Music Society, Thursday, March 28, at 5:30pm. $25 includes buffet and entertainment. Purchase tickets by phone, VISA and MasterCard accepted. Call 250-656-5537.
Kid stuff GOOD MORNING RHYME Time at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Bring your littlest ones to the library for stories, songs, and rhymes. Stay for social time and refreshments. Thursday, March 14 from 10:15 to10:45 a.m. Ages 0-5 years and older siblings welcome. Free. Call 250-656-0944 to register. BOARD GAMES WEDNESDAYS at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Join us Wednesday, March 13 and 20 from 2 to 4
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p.m. for board game fun. Play Candy Land, Labyrinth, Zingo, Tsuro, and more. Bring your friends! Ages 3 years and up. Free. Call 250-6560944 to register. 39 CLUES SCAVENGER Hunt at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Get your 39 Clues list of items to find on Monday, March 11 from 2 to 5 p.m. Return on Friday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and show us what you found. Prizes and fun for the whole family. Free. Call 250-6560944 to register.
Meetings THE LADIES DIVISION of the Ardmore Golf club begins its 2013 season on March 19. There is a meeting at 8 a.m.at the Clubhouse, with tee off at 8:30. We have our ladies’ day every Tuesday until mid October. It’s a great group of ladies with a variety of golfing skills and lots of fun. Everyone is welcome.
Music
UVIC’S PHILOMELA WOMEN’S choir directed by Mary Kennedy performs at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 24 at St. Mary’s Church in Saanichton (East Saanich Rd. and Cultra Ave.) Tickets are $15 (adult/senior) and $12 (student) and available at the door or reserve by calling 250-6525392 or emailing sueandjohn@shaw.ca. CELTIC VESPERS BY Candlelight, an hour of quiet music and reflection. Featuring Denis Donnelly on harp and Lanny Pollet on flute. Sunday, March 17 at 7 p.m. at St. John’s United Church, (10990 West Saanich Rd.)
Volunteers SUMMER BRINGS VISITORS to the Saanich Peninsula and the Visitor Centres in Sidney are staffed by volunteers — you could be one! No experience necessary, training is provided. Interested? Call 250-665-7362.
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SNAITH, Rita (nee Cournoyer) 1908-2013 Rita Snaith died on February 25th, 2013 in Victoria, British Columbia. She was 104 years old. Rita was born in 1908 on a farm in the French Settlement, just outside the Village of Tweed, Ontario. She was the ďŹ rst in her extended family to ďŹ nish high school, graduating ďŹ rst in her class at Tweed High School and attended business college in Toronto where she earned a bookkeeping diploma. She worked as a bookkeeper for a small law ďŹ rm for 16 years and then various Toronto businesses until she retired at 91. In 2001, Rita moved to Sidney, B.C. to live with her daughter, Mary. Rita is predeceased by her husband of 40 years, Leo and her son, Bill. She is survived by daughters, Mary Ott (Richard), Eureka Springs, Arkansas, Margaret Boynton (Jim), Pickering, Ontario; daughter in-law, Virginia Whittal, Woodslee, Ontario; grandchildren, Kris Whittal and Jennifer Baker; great-grandchildren, Joey Whittal and Mason and Caydan Luciano.
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(250)590-9653.ELECTRICIAN 20 yrs + exp. Residential: New homes & Renos. Knob & tube replacement. $40./hr. Senior’s Discount. Lic.#3003.
$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.
MALTA BLOWN Insulation. Attics - interior/exterior walls & sound silencer. (250)388-0278
DALE’S PAINTING Int/ext. Prompt, courteous, 25yrs exp $25/hr Free est. 250-516-2445
DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.
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CARPENTRY LAPWING CARPENTRY. Decks, fences, quality repairs, renos & insulation. 10 years experience. Call 778-967-1246 McGREGOR HOME Repair & Renos. Decks to doors. Small jobs OK. WCB. (250)655-4518
CARPET INSTALLATION MALTA FLOORING Installation. Carpets, laminates, hardwood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278
CLEANING SERVICES MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estates, events, offices. BBB member. (250)388-0278.
AT&T ELECTRIC. Renovations. Residential & Commercial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550. KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991. NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $40/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.
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.
FURNITURE REFINISHING FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & delivery. References available. 250-475-1462.
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20+ YEARS Experience. Lawns, Pruning, Maintenance, Landscaping & more. Reliable. WCB. Andrew (250)656-0052.
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 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779.
GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.
MIKE’S LAWN and Garden. Pruning, Clean-ups. Senior’s discount. Free estimate’s Phone Mike 250-216-7502. PRO IRISH GARDENERSmaintenance, pruning, cleanups, lawn care. 20 yrs exp. WCB. Call (250)652-6989.
SYDANNA Lawn Care. 16 years in business. 250-8588873. www.sydannalawncare.ca
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11 DIAMOND Moving- 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr. Call 250-220-0734.
(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard & garden overgrown? Aerating, pwr raking, blackberry & ivy removal. 25 years exp. 250-216-9476 ACCEPTING new clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, finish carpentry, garden clean-ups.
ELITE GARDEN MAINTENANCE Commercial and Residential. New Year Contracts. Clean-Ups & Landscaping 778-678-2524
PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774
GUTTER CLEANING. Repairs, Maintenance, Gutterguard, Leaf traps. Grand Xterior Cleaning Services. WCB Insured. Call 250-380-7778.
HANDYPERSONS AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397. BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Stairs, Painting, General household repairs. Free estimate. Call Barry 250-896-6071 HANDYMAN SERVICES. Lawns, fences, pruning, flooring, painting, drywall, small reno’s. Mike/Chris 250-656-8961
ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d & Professional. Chimneys, Brick Veneer, Rockwork, Cultured Stone, Interlocking Paving. Small Excavating. Fully insured. Estimates. Call 250-588-9471.
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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
PACIFIC SHORES Resort, Parksville, Owner rental 2 bdrm. sleeps 7, full amenities more info online Mar. 17- 24 $800. Phone 780-332-2699 or margfoden@gmail.com
SPRING CLEANups, complete maintenance. Residential & Commercial. 250-474-4373.
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J&L GARDENING Specialty yard clean-up and maintenance. Master gardeners. John or Louise (250)891-8677.
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A HOME COMPUTER Coach. Senior friendly. Computer lessons, maintenance and problem solving. Please call Des 250-656-9363, 250-727-5519.
CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.
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SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578. SMART GUYS Hauling. Garden waste, junk removal, clean-ups, etc. Reliable, courteous service. 250-544-0611 or 250-889-1051.
HOME IMPROVEMENTS M&S OXFORD Home/Commercial Reno’s & Painting. Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hardwood and Trim. 25 yrs exp. Quality Guar. 250-213-5204. THE MOSS MAN ChemicalFree Roof De-Mossing & Gutter Cleaning since 1996. Call 250-881-5515. Free estimates! www.mossman.ca
1,2,3, WRIGHT Moving. 3 ton, $80/hr for 2 men. Senior’s discount. Call Phil (250)383-8283
LADY PAINTER Serving the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.
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High quality, Organized. Interior/Exterior Residential/Commercial Jeff, 250-472-6660 Cell 250-889-7715 Member BBB SPRING TIME SPECIALS for Painting and Drywall Repairs. Painting of walls to 12’x12’ room 8’ foot ceiling,$ 195.00. Includes 2 coats of Cloverdale paint to walls. TAXES included in price. Drywall patch 2’x2’ to wall.$ 145.00, drywall installed, tape, filled, sanded, primed ready for paint. All work guaranteed, NO mess to clean up during or after job is complete. Book your FREE estimate for your painting and drywall repairs. FREE quotes to Restoration Company’s, for Seal coats, drywall repairs, texture repairs, painting repairs, power washing. Helping People and Restoration Company’s to take care of their Homes and Business with drywall repairs and painting repairs since 1994 Ltd. Call Jason @250797-5067 for FREE ESTIMATE”S or Email @jdhpainting@telus.net Thank You
RUBBISH REMOVAL MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBB member. (250)388-0278.
STUCCO/SIDING RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50 years experience. Free estimates. Dan, 250-391-9851.
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WINDOW CLEANING BLAINE’S WINDOW WASHING. Serving Sidney & Brentwood since 1983. Average house $35. 250-656-1475 BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning Roof demoss, gutters. Licensed Affordable. 250-884-7066. DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning. Windows, Gutters, Sweeping, Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pressure Washing. 250-361-6190.
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Walk, run and roll to find a cure for MS By Jennifer Blyth Make every step count April 14 and join hundreds of others in the community to help find a cure for multiple sclerosis. The annual Scotiabank MS Walk kicks off at Willows Beach Park and takes participants along the Oak Bay waterfront, where more than 600 people are expected to walk, run and roll in this annual fundraiser in support of the MS Society’s South & Central Vancouver Island Chapter. Among those leading the way will be Andrew Kempton, owner of Mortgage Alliance Cutting Edge Lending and one of the Tiddleywinks Tip Toers team. Andrew joined the MS Walk several years ago when his sister-inlaw was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at age 22. “She is such an inspiration and that’s what prompted me to get my company involved as well,” Andrew says, noting that events like the annual walk help raise awareness of the disease while at the same time raising funds for invaluable research that brings Canada one step closer to a cure. “Supporting something like this starts with your inner circle of friends and family and when you take it one step further, it touches clients, friends of friends, etc. “Many of my supporters know someone who is also facing something similar and are happy to support this worthy cause with the hopes
that their support will somehow make one person’s life just that much easier,” Andrew says. Multiple sclerosis is a complex, unpredictable and often disabling disease of the central nervous system. It is most often diagnosed in young adults, aged 15 to 40 and can affect vision, hearing, memory, balance and mobility. The MS Society, through events like the annual Scotiabank MS Walk, MS Awareness Month in May and the MS Bike Tour – Cowichan Valley Grape Escape, raises money to support local programs and support research to find a cure. The atmosphere on walk day is exciting. As walkers proudly wear signs noting they’re walking for their sister, daughter, mother or husband, “it turns it from a fundraising event into something more real and it truly makes your efforts seem that much more appreciated in the end,” Andrew says. For Andrew, being part of a team makes the MS Walk all the more special. “The team experience is everything to me,” he says, and the Tiddleywinks Tip Toers, founded by Courtney Surdu, “is a fun way to show togetherness.” And as word spreads, the team is growing. This year Andrew will welcome all his co-workers along with a whole host of other new Tip Toers.
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In addition to receivvm ing donations, team d members have raised thousands of dollars over the years through dances, silent auctions and raffles, which always generate significant interest when Andrew m mentions that 1100 per cent of tthe proceeds go to tthe MS Society. At the same time, his goals are as m much about raising awareness of tthe disease and people living with it it. “The more we support charities ssuch as the MS Society, the more w we are helping our friends, family aand colleagues within our commun nity,” he says. That same community-minded aapproach is a key reason Andrew aalso involved his business in his
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fundraising efforts. “Philanthropy is ingrained into our business philosophy and we participate jointly to support many community charities,” he explains. “We appreciate the business we’ve gotten through our connection with community events and we hope to build on that. By working with us, not only do people save time and money, they are helping us give back to their community.”
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6,000 Scotiabank MS Walk participants will gather in communities across BC and Yukon to raise funds for research and to enhance the quality of life for those living with MS. Canadians have one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the world. MS is the most common neurological disease affecting young adults in Canada; every day, three more people in Canada are diagnosed with MS. Women are three times more likely than men to develop MS. Here in Victoria, join the walk Sunday, April 14 at Willows Beach Park (Beach Drive at Dalhousie). Choose a 3km, 6km or 9km route, all wheelchair/ scooter accessible. Dogs on leashes welcome. Register or donate at: 250-388-6496 or online at www.mswalks.ca
CO COMING UP: ✦ Lend your support on Mother’s Day weekend, May 10 & 11, by participating in the MS Society’s annual Carnation Campaign. ✦ Take a spin with the Cowichan Valley Grape Escape, July 6 & 7, and enjoy a carefree weekend exploring the region’s wineries, art studios and scenery. MORE INFORMATION: ✦ For more information, contact the South & Central Vancouver Island Chapter of the MS Society of Canada at 250-3886496, email info.victoria@ mssociety.ca or visit www. mssociety.ca
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The big mama gives me the death glare. Her scowling yellow eyes never leave mine as three little puffballs tuck into her chest. You can’t sneak up on an owl, and this one is probably aware of every conversation and keyboard clack in the building where she’s made her home. It’s unusual behaviour, but two great horned owls have decided to nest in a concrete planter box under a window, four storeys off the ground. Where North Saanich had its famed eagle cam, Saanich is now host to live-streaming webcams broadcasting the daily drama of an owl family. So far, much of that action is the mom doting over her three down-covered owlets, while pops delivers a steady diet of rodents and birds after dark. “It rare to have a nest situated next to a window where there’s a lot of activity going on,” said Jeff Krieger of Alternative Wildlife Solutions, an animal control company based in Metchosin. “Usually they take over nests of crows or red tailed hawks. Here they took over a planter. It’s a strange spot. It’s quite unique.” Krieger, a volunteer at the Wild Animal Rescue Centre (Wild ARC) in Metchosin, first got the call from staff at the building in the Tillicum area, who were concerned the mother owl was injured. Turns out she was up to something else. ”I went and took a look and put two plus two together and found she was sitting on three eggs,” Krieger said. The owlets hatched over Feb. 13 to 14 and are now in transition from fluffy down to feathers. Wild ARC asked the precise building location not be identified to keep people away from the nest. Great horned owls are common for Greater Victoria but as nocturnal hunters that tend to nest in rural and forest areas, they aren’t that visible. A
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A great horned owl sits with her three owlets in a planter box outside an office building. pair hatching their brood next to a building and below a window is almost unheard of, and allowed for Krieger to install three webcams relatively easily (including one with infrared), in partnership with the Hancock Wildlife Foundation. Krieger, a specialist in raptors, expects the great horned owl family to stay in place for another six to eight weeks as the owlets gain their footing. Their mother will eventually start leaving the nest for longer periods and join in the hunt with their father. If the pair survive into next year and their planter breeding spot is successful, there’s also a good chance they’ll return next season. “This is an opportunity to show people what really happens in nature,” Krieger said. “It’s an opportunity to watch nocturnal animals feed their young.” Check out www.hancockwildlife.org under Live Cameras, and the cameras labelled “Victoria Wild ARC owls.”
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