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Suburban cattle farm prepares for long haul Feedlot in Gordon Head preparing to hold up to 100 head of cattle Kyle Slavin and Edward Hill News staff
A small herd of black Angus cows trot double-time to Don McHardie, once they realize he’s holding treats. “The key to a cow’s heart is potatoes,” laughs McHardie, manager of the Alberg cattle feedlot in Gordon Head. “If they could, they’d sit here all day and eat potatoes.” The cows grunt and shove to get a mouthful of a tasty tater, and a break from mounds of haylage and grains. Newly arrived red Angus cows stay at a cautious distance while mulling over the Garry oak meadow that is their new home. Now with 60 head of cattle on the property, the mix of manure and hay offers an unmistakable aroma of a working farm. “I like the idea of being part of local food production. I worked in the retail end, in butcher shops for a number of years,” McHardie says. “When people look on packaged beef and it says ‘local organic beef,’ this is what local organic beef looks like.” The five acre property at 1516 Mount Douglas Cross Rd. has been a point of frustration for its owners – siblings Don and Gordon Alberg and Florence Davis – the municipality of Saanich and a few of the surrounding residential neighbours. In past years, Saanich twice denied sup-
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Potatoes are candy for cows. Farm manager Don McHardie feeds a potato to a black Angus cow at the Alberg cattle feedlot on Mount Douglas Cross Road. The controversial farm in the midst of suburban Gordon Head is expanding its pens and plans to rotate more cattle in and out as a permanent operation. porting the Albergs’ request to have the property removed from the provincial agricultural land reserve to have it rezoned for a residential neighbourhood. A majority of Saanich councillors didn’t support sacrificing farmland for housing. The Albergs moved a few dozen cattle onto the property in February after Saanich quashed a plan for a poultry farm. Don Alberg said until the past week, the family had delayed bringing more cattle onto the property in anticipation of movement from Saanich, but that has yet to come. “We waited two-and-a-half months, but our business plan isn’t working. If we don’t have cattle coming in, that part that’s not working,” Don Alberg said. “A couple dozen head wasn’t a big impact (on the neighbourhood), but certainly 60 is going
to be bigger, and 100 is going to be bigger still. We’re serious about this. That’s why we’ve brought this cattle in. We’re just moving forward with what we’re doing … and we’ll see how Saanich responds.” Saanich, for its part, likely won’t do anything until a new rezoning request is submitted by the property owners. As it stands, the land is zoned for farming, is protected for agriculture, and raising livestock is an accepted farming use. McHardie, a long-time family friend of the Albergs, is preparing the property for the long-haul. He and Don Alberg are constructing two more pens in the fields that stretch to Mount Douglas Cross Road (for a total of four large pens), another pen for transporting livestock in and out of the lot, and an alley pen for vaccinations.
“This is not a temporary thing. We’ve driven in at least 400 posts (for fencing) with the excavator,” McHardie said. “This farm could go on for a number of years. All this land was here sitting and doing nothing for so long, but it’s a farm and it has been since 1945.” Residential homes back onto the feedlot, and McHardie said some neighbours remember the days when Vera Alberg kept a few cows on the property. “Council wanted it to be a farm, so it’s a farm. It was here before all the houses.” “This may not be the way people envision local food, but you can’t grow vegetables here. It’s all rock,” McHardy said. “It’s a good thing to have local food produced here.” editor@saanichnews.com
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A Saanich police officer who effected an improper arrest in May 2011 will face a seven-day suspension, and not a demotion, following a public hearing this week by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner. Adjudicator Jakob de Villiers, in his decision, said Const. David Smit abused his authority as a police officer, by persuading a man to exit his home in order to arrest him for being drunk in a public place. Smit was also alleged to have committed deceit by providing false statements to his superiors about the circumstances surrounding the arrest. On May 20, 2011, Smit attended a family home where an intoxicated father assaulted his son for refusing to cut the lawn. Smit met the father at the front door, but “erroneously was of the opinion that he did not in the circumstances have the legal power to arrest the father for assault,” de Villiers wrote in his decision. “Const. Smit proceeded to create the circumstances that would, in his opinion, make a lawful
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Tranquility amid nature
The Capital Regional District staff lead an evening canoe trip around Beaver Lake. The tour touches on the roll of Elk and Beaver lakes in local history, and views of plenty of local wildlife. Kyle Slavin/News staff
Saanich history and ecology merge on the water with CRD canoe tours
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The three-hour tour was amela Pattera leisurely paddle around son pulls her the lake, with participants paddle out intent on spotting some of of the water and the wildlife that call Saanich places it over her home. lap. The canoe she’s Naturalists Heather Chain continues to glide twin and Reed Osler were across the colourful on hand to lead the trip and rippled surface of talk about the lake’s natural Beaver Lake, reflectand unnatural history. ing the blues, reds “If you’ve ever heard and oranges from Kyle Slavin about the bullfrog invathe sunset above. Reporting sion on Vancouver Island, “It’s so quiet,” Patterson says in a slow, relaxed tone. we’re actually at ground zero of that invasion,” Chatwin tells the A bald eagle screams above, an group, recounting a story about army of bullfrogs hiding in the catan entrepreneur in the 1970s who tail croak in unison, and a raft of unsuccessfully started up a frog wood ducks quack at the side of business in Victoria, with the hope the canoe. of selling their legs to restaurants. Beaver Lake isn’t all that quiet, “There wasn’t much of a market in the purest sense of the word. for frog legs, and the bullfrogs here But for Patterson, being so far take five years to mature. So what removed from the sounds of the happened is all these disgruntled Pat Bay Highway or the bustle of people who bought in to the (busiurban living, and amid nature is ness) were sad, and they dumped the kind of quiet she enjoys. the bullfrogs into this lake.” “We live in paradise. And being While Chatwin talks about the on the water with the canoe, with lake’s history – dams separated the quiet and the nature – there’s Beaver from Elk Lake while it was nothing like it,” she says. used as Victoria drinking water Patterson is one of eight people supply – she shows off a beaver’s taking part in a guided evening tooth, and pulls out a tin can filled canoe trip, put on by the Capital with the scent of castoreum (or Regional District.
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Young driver injures two motorcyclists
A young Saanich woman turned into the path of a motorcycle Friday afternoon, sending the two people on the bike to hospital with injuries. The 18-year-old was turning left from Shelbourne Street onto McRae Avenue around 4 p.m., but her car struck a motorcycle travelling southbound on Shelbourne. Saanich police Sgt. Scott Treble said the 63-year-old rider and his 69-year-old passenger “were both forcibly ejected and they slid along the roadway.” The motorcycle driver sustained serious leg and lower body injuries, while his passenger sustained bruises and other injuries. The 18-year-old car driver sustained only minor head injuries. Police issued her a ticket for failing to yield while making a left turn, citing her inexperience and inattention as contributing factors in the crash.
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Heather Chatwin, parks naturalist with the CRD, shows off the impact a beaver could have on a piece of wood, while Evan Wallbridge, 9, looks on. natural castor oil). “I’ve learned a lot from the program that the CRD puts on – the history of the area and the wildlife, how it’s all interconnected,” Patterson says. While she lives in Kelowna now, the Victoria native returns to Vancouver Island regularly, and participates in the canoe trips at least once a year. “This is such a great opportunity to get out on the lake. You see wildlife when you’re out on the
lake that you just don’t see when you’re running around it,” Osler says. “It’s amazing to get to see all the different creatures – because every time we go out it’s a different experience – and to be constantly learning every single day,” Chatwin adds. The CRD offers canoe adventures throughout the summer at Elk/Beaver Lake park. For more information, see crd.bc.ca/parks. kslavin@saanichnews.com
When the big one hits, cyclists may be the first people saving the day in Greater Victoria. The City of Victoria and the Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition are partnering to present the Inaugural Tour de Disaster -- Cyclist Emergency and Disaster Response Rally on July 27 from 9 a.m. to noon. The Tour de Disaster will include up to 40 cyclists working their way through a series of tasks such as moving supplies, searching for people and conducting damage assessments within a local neighbourhood – all while navigating through a simulated damaged or congested transportation system. The Tour de Disaster will start and end at the Topaz Park parking lot. Pre-register for this free event before July 23. For more information, go online to PrepareVictoria. ca or gvcc.bc.ca.
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The height of tourist season is upon Victoria, when scarcely an intersection along Government Street is without street performers. But two particularly enticing curiosities are helping the audience take centre stage for the second consecutive year, thanks to one motivated Victoria teen. Make Me Sing is an outdoor piano project spearheaded by Reynolds secondary graduate Alastair Kierulf, 17, who imported the idea after playing a public piano in London, England. “I wasn’t sure how it would go, reaching out to the public and asking them to play the piano in an open square,” Kierulf says. “A lot of people can play the piano, but a lot of people don’t have access to a piano, and this project provides the opportunity to play, even if you just know a few notes.” The pianos sit in CRD Square at Government and Fisgard streets and at the corner of Government and Belleville streets, near the B.C. legislature. Both were donated by families at Kierulf’s church, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian. Kierulf recalls watching several
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Alastair Kierulf and Monique Sekhon play a duet to kick off the Make Me Sing project in the Inner Harbour. homeless people play beautiful pieces last year at CRD Square. “One of the guys said to me, ‘I haven’t played a piano in three years, but this is so great,’” he says. In the mornings, when Kierulf removes the rain covers from the pianos, he takes a few minutes to play mostly for joggers passing by. “One thing I noticed, is even if I didn’t put the cover over in the night, somebody would do that. It was really great to see the public take on the pianos as their own and look after them.” Make Me Sing pianos are available until July 14 from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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Homeowner suspects oak deliberately poisoned Saanich arborist confirms tree tampered with Kyle Slavin News staff
The Garry oak tree in Margaret Thompson’s front yard typically prospers in the summer, with a full, leafy canopy that blooms in the spring providing ample shade for her Wellsview Road home in Cordova Bay. But this year the tree is patchy – mostly brown – with the majority of the leaves that remain hanging dead and dry. “This spring the tree started to leaf as usual, and one side of it was in full leaf but the other side got to the bud stage and then it sort of froze and nothing materialized,” Thompson says. “It was bare on one side and kind of leafy on the other. And then very quickly the leafy side started to turn brown and die, and a good portion of the tree now is brown and dead.” Fearing the tree may have succumbed to sudden oak death, Thompson contacted a Saanich arborist in late June to determine what happened. The arborist, however, found evidence that somebody had tampered with the tree. “Doing his visual inspecDon Denton/News staff tion, our arborist looked at Margaret Thompson stands in front of a Garry oak in her yard the base of the tree and noted that appears to have been poisoned and is now nearly dead. there was five holes dug into Thompson made the sign that sits at the top of her driveway on the trunk and backfilled with Wellsview Road in Cordova Bay. dirt,” said Cory Manton, SaanCONSERVE & SAVE WITH NATURAL GAS ich’s manager of urban forestry and natural areas. “We can’t unequivocally say what killed the tree, but I think we’re putting two and two FURNACES together, with holes and die-off.” Thompson and Manton suspect the tree was poisoned – possibly injected with a herbicide. 95% Single Stage .................................... $4,395 + GST “It paints a negative view of the neighbourhood. 97% Two Stage ........................................ $4,995 + GST It’s unnerving to think that somebody’s creepMay be eligible for $1,000 Rebate ing around and doing this. And I’m just really sad that somebody had so little regard for living • Fully installed • Free oil tank removal things they will wantonly destroy a living entity,” • 10 year parts & lifetime heat exchanger warranty • Many Gas Fireplace options available Thompson said. “I’m outraged.” Saanich police Sgt. Steve Eassie says investigaHomeglow Heat Products tors followed up on information Thompson pro250-382-0889 • www.homeglow.bc.ca vided and spoke to a potential suspect, but no homeglow@shaw.ca further action will be taken. “The unfortunate thing is it’s extremely difficult to prove who would be responsible unless there was some evidence we would be able to get,” he said, but suggested that Thompson could pursue a civil suit against the person she believes is
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been deliberately poisoned.” She will now look at getting the dead tree removed from her property, though she contemplated leaving “the skeleton tree standing as a perpetual reproach” to the person who killed the tree. “This is what I would like to say to the author of this mischief … what you did to the tree was despicable,” Thompson begins. “Here you are, right on my doorstep, slaughtering a tree that, for all its strengths, is defenceless against your malice. What happens the next time something, or someone, gets in your way? … You are poison.” kslavin@saanichnews.com
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ictoria finally has its summer heat wave, with no signs of letting up, at least into next weekend. For many Greater Victorians that means trips to regional watering holes such at Thetis and Elk lakes, popular beaches like Willows, plenty of barbecuing and catching some rays. If history is any guide, Victoria summers can also be busy time for first responders. At the temperature soars for any length of time, more people, often teens and young adults, put themselves at risk for drowning in boating mishaps, cliff jumping missteps and over-confident swimming skills. Thetis Lake has been the scence for falling injuries and a drowning death every few years. The Sooke Potholes also sees a few broken bones from poorly aimed cliff jumps and the occasional drowning tragedy. These deaths and injuries are preventable, and usually go hand in hand with intoxication, bravado and high temperatures. B.C. had four water-related deaths in the first five days of July, prompting a plea by the Corners Service of B.C. for people to contemplate water safety and to better understand the risks of jumping into unfamiliar rivers and lakes. The Capital Region is a playground of parks, lakes and rivers for summer fun, and most have plenty of information available on hazards. But mostly, safety comes with caution and common sense. The other hot weather disasters waiting to happen are the annual highway-side brush and forest fires. The region’s commuter routes continue to be the region’s ashtray. Flicking cigarette butts into dry grass is a choice people make, and only by fast-acting fire response has the city avoided major property damage from grassfires. More problematic are the city’s prized urban forests and large regional parks. Most of these areas have large fuel loads of deadfall, leaves and brush built up over decades or longer. During these dry days, a careless cigarette or an illicit campfire could spark a major forest fire near residential neighbourhoods. Victoria’s lucky streak is bound to run out one of these summers.
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mainly to the shortage of highskill labour such as geotechnical engineering that the remote region already faces. And this is before natural gas pipelines and LNG plants gear up. Bennett takes over from the last sheriff, Rich Coleman, who put B.C. Hydro through the wringer in 2011. Coleman soon abandoned his idea of putting off the Ruskin and John Hart upgrades (again) to keep rates low through the election, and saw the B.C. Utilities Commission jack up the rate increase to seven per cent to help slow the ballooning debt. What’s ahead for rates? The utility is looking for 32 per cent in the next three years, says energy lawyer David Austin. He calculates that only 2.5 per cent is attributable to increased private power costs. Among other things, B.C. Hydro needs regional emergency centres capable of functioning after a Japansized quake, plus expansion. Bennett came clean on another reason for rate increases – the government’s increasing dependence on taking a “dividend” as B.C. Hydro’s lone “shareholder.” The newly updated budget tells us this annual “dividend” is past $500 million and rising fast: $545 million this year, $611 million next year and $684 million the year after. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Re: Feds cut astronomy outreach (News, June 26) To abandon science is to abandon society. Does anyone look at the past to see what has happened to a society that abandons science and research? Medicine and the welfare of our society has only come about because of research and science. The whole of humanity is 2,000 years behind because the elite in charge have no vision past the pocketbook. To abandon any science is to reject the world for the sake of making the present livable. This is insane. The elites with no vision are taking us to the abyss to farther retard us another 1,000 years. What is wrong? Stan St. Louis Victoria
Sitting at my school’s graduation was lovely and emotional and everything you hope for when you are a high school teacher; a beautiful and poignant sendoff of children to become successful and productive adults. But, (and you knew there was a but coming) during the ceremony the valedictorian said something I found quite profound. She said, “Most of us were in Grade 1 in our first week of school when the tragedy of 9/11 happened.” And it hit me. What a world in which these children have had to grow up. A world of fear, constant world tensions and the inundation of security, intrusion and general societal paranoia. A world where distrust and an overabundance of precautions are now the norm. And then the other shoe dropped for me. The government I work for wants to lock in a contract with B.C. teachers for 10 years. I am in no means suggesting
Residents given poor options for changes to Gyro park Re: Gyro park in line for major overhaul (News, June 26) Major overhaul? Not if you ask users and neighbours what changes they would like to see in Gyro Park. The overwhelming answer is “What’s wrong with the way it is? Just clean up winter flooding of the playground, parking lot and central field, and address the parking lot potholes ... but keep it natural.” The three options showcased at the June 17 open house received less than overwhelming support; far from it, judging by the comments left on the comment boards. In fact, it appears that Option D, which was presented in the parking lot by a concerned citizen (because Saanich parks would not allow him to present inside with the other options) gathered more support than Saanich Parks options A, B and C. This is hardly surprising, given that, Options A, B and C do not deal with the major user gripes. How did Saanich come up with the three options? User surveys and workshop feedback has shown little support for many of the features Saanich propose and lots of support for features Saanich wants to remove, such as parking close to beach and playground, and retention of the two tennis courts. Why is Saanich not hearing park user’s priorities? Jeanette Funke-Furber Saanich
CRD chair should resign for Viewfield fiasco The Capital Regional District leadership is in crisis. A real estate purchase that wasted $17 million of our hard-earned tax dollars is just the last disgrace in the ongoing CRD sewage fiasco. The established protocol in B.C. is that leaders are accountable for their major screw-ups by way of resignation: ■ Fantasy Gardens: Bill Vander Zalm resigns. ■ Bingo-gate: Mike Harcourt resigns. ■ Fast Ferries: Glen Clark resigns. ■ HST: Gordon Campbell resigns. CRD Sewage Fiasco: CRD Chair Alastair Bryson’s response to calls for Denise Blackwell’s resignation is that he has “full confidence in the role and position she is serving in for the CRD and that I will not be asking for her resignation.” Perhaps it’s Bryson who should be resigning. In B.C. that is the only means by which public trust can be restored. Tim Morrison Councillor Township of Esquimalt
the tragedy of Sept. 11 is the same as our contract struggle. Not at all. I just would suggest that we look at how much the world has changed since then and how changes in B.C. education that will be required in the next 10 years will be significantly thwarted if we don’t have a school system and a collective agreement that will be flexible and adaptive to students’ and teachers’ needs. The world is changing. So is education. And while we call for a system that will be adaptive to 21st century needs, we are being told labour peace is the benefit of a 10-year deal. But what about the needs of a system to evolve? A 10-year deal thwarts and throttles that because so much cannot be negotiated for 10 years. Of course I’d like labour peace, but to suggest that a 10-year deal is good for B.C. is much like suggesting we all should just stick with the automobile we have now and not get a new one if the current one no longer runs or is fixable or needs new tires. If asking to keep up with the cost of liv-
ing and having contract rights that were illegally returned is considered greedy, then yes, I am greedy. If asking for the government of B.C. to respect students and teachers in this province by funding education is the stuff of pipe-dreams, then call me a smoker. Nobody would sign a 10-year cellphone deal, why would we do it with our children’s future? And my career. Colin Plant Saanich
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For his University of Victoria mechanical engineering master's degree, Aaron Philippsen showed that seaweed could be a viable source of ethanol for B.C. compared to imported biofuels.
Seaweed – it’s great for sushi, and perhaps even better for biofuels. A study by a University of Victoria mechanical engineering student has shown that large-scale seaweed farms could make environmental sense in B.C. in terms of producing biofuels. Aaron Philippsen, a 27-yearold Saanich resident, produced a study for his master’s thesis that shows B.C. has the coastline capacity to produce enough seaweed-based ethanol to replace what’s being imported into the province. And on the face of it, that ethanol production would produce less greenhouse gases than conventional ethanol
derived from corn or wheat. “With seaweed, you don’t need irrigation, you don’t need farmland. These are the main drawbacks to current biofuels,” Philippsen said. “We found seaweed ethanol is twice as effective in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.” Philippsen’s work estimated B.C.’s near-shore coastline could yield 1.3 billion litres of ethanol, where B.C. consumes about 240 million litres of ethanol, typically blended with gasoline. Seaweedbased animal feedstock could also offset costs for large-scale seaweed ethanol production. “It looks like there’s potential to reduce the amount of ethanol imported into B.C. through farming on the coast,” he said. “Here it could make a significant difference. Globally, it won’t replace gas.” The study examined the “energy return” and carbon output for seaweed versus conventional biofuels in terms of equip-
ment, harvesting, processing, transportation fuel and electrical consumption. The biggest factor behind why seaweed is less of a carbon emitter than corn or wheat is the use of fertilizers. “Growing seaweed doesn’t require fertilizer,” he said, although it does require large rafts in the ocean, which would need to co-exist with fishing, boating and other aquaculture. Slightly more ethanol can be squeezed from corn than seaweed, and large-scale seaweed production needs a renewable energy process for drying, otherwise it’s unlikely to be cost effective or have a large advantage in terms of carbon output. “Seaweed is big and heavy and has a lot of water to deal with,” he said. “That means you have to use solar thermal (greenhouses) or geothermal to do the drying. Part of the next step is to look at the cost of thermal drying in our climate.” editor@saanichnews.com
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Vancity certifies living wage Vancity Credit Union has extended its certification as a living wage employer
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Designers open new green studio Technology reigns supreme at the newly opened Studio 531 design space at 531 Herald St. Moore Architecture has teamed up with Monk Office Supply and DIRTT, the sustainable international design firm, to create a flexible-use, high-tech integrated workspace that is not only home
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Summer movie nightS - First Metropolitan Church (932 Balmoral) hosts a free feature movie night each Thursday in July. Check out The Life of Pi at 7pm this week. Donations welcome. Fame - Victoria Youth Musical Theatre Company presents Fame the Musical July 11-13 at 7:30pm and July 13-14 at 2:30pm at Claremont Secondary School’s Ridge Playhouse. $12 at 250-361-6246. vymtc.com. down dangerouS paSSeS road - Intrepid Theatre presents a one-night only fundraising performance of Down Dangerous Passes Road by Michel Marc Bouchard. All proceeds to benefit Intrepid’s Metro Studio upgrades (air conditioning). Directed by Sean Guist, starring Robin Gadsby, Jenson Kerr and Derek Wallis.8pm at 1609
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pat Benatar and neil giraldo-This husband-wife duo is getting ready to hit you with their best shot, 7:30pm at UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium. Limited tickets available at tickets.uvic.ca. emily Spiller-Live looping artist and 2011 Vancouver Island Music Awards’ Female Vocalist of the Year hits the stage at the Copper Owl (1900 Doulgas). 7:30pm. $10. Johnny galaCtiC-three-piece acoustic rock band brings sunny strumming and power-pop to Pioneer Park (West Saanich and Clarke). Bring a blanket, picnic dinner and enjoy the show. 6:30-8:30pm. Free. SKa FeSt-The largest festival of ska music in North America comes to Ship Point and various other venues across Victoria July 9-13. Victoriaskafest.ca. playground.iS-A one-day, interactive event that brings together a band, an audience and a community, with the goal of recording a song in one take in less than an hour. Open to anyone. Register at playground.is/ signups/victoria.html. Secret location to be revealed upon registration. 7pm.
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The list is getting longer for junior B hockey players graduating to the next level for the 2013-14 season. Shawn McBride of the Saanich Braves will suit up for the Victoria Grizzlies of the B.C. Hockey League. And with junior A camps running summer long there will likely be more players from the Braves, Westshore Wolves, Victoria Cougars and Peninsula Panthers to make the jump before the September start to the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League. The VIJHL has long been a feeder league for the BCHL. What’s new is the consistent number of VIJHL grads, particularly from Greater Victoria, who are moving on to college. Leading the way is Braves captain Ty Jones, MVP of the VIJHL in 2011-12. The Spectrum Community school grad has finally settled on a school and will play for the University of Oklahoma Sooners
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Nick Smith rigs his laser standard prior to a training run at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club in Oak Bay. He is in Hungary for the Balaton Laser Worlds 2013 Championships on Lake Balaton, the landlocked country’s biggest lake. 420 starter dinghy) then to the standard when I was strong enough,” he said. “To be only 17 at this world championship is young, so my expectation is to make the top-60 of the top 150 boats in the world.” Smith is heading into Grade 12 next year and has lots of time to improve. His most promising result this season was at the Midwinter Regatta in Los Angeles where he came 23rd among a
field with the top laser standard sailors from western North America. When he gets to Hungary, he’ll set up a chartered laser with the rigging, lines and sail from his boat at RVYC. “They only provide a hull and it’s my first time chartering a boat. Any time you go to a competition you have to derig your boat for the trailer so it’s not that different.” sports@vicnews.com
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Travis Paterson Ryder Hesjedal’s race-worn and autographed Tour de France jersey sold for $1,775 on Saturday through eBay. The money goes to the Ryders Cycling Society of Canada, a foundation Hesjedal started to support up-and-coming cyclists in Canada and to promote the sport of cycling in North America. Hesjedal wore the jersey for Stage 5 of the 2012 Tour de France. Bidding closed on Saturday, July 6. “It’s a great way to celebrate the start of the Tour de France and raise funds to support cycling in Canada,” said Cody Graham, director of Victoriabased Media One Multimedia and the RCSC. “Ryder is an inspiration to so many young cyclists and proceeds from this auction will help them in their athletic pursuits. It’s a pretty neat piece of sports memorabilia as well.” To support RCSC visit ryderscyclingsociety.org or to registration for Ryder Hesjedal’s Tour de Victoria on Sept. 22 see tourdevictoria.com.
Travis Paterson Nick Smith didn’t know he could race at the world championships. The 17-year-old Mount Douglas secondary student applied and qualified in February to race at the Balaton Laser Worlds 2013 Championships in Balatonfüred, Hungary, which start next week. Smith is competing in the laser standard under-21 Men’s World and European Championship category, July 14 to 21. “Once I qualified it changed sailing for me. It’s made me much more devoted to the sport,” he said on Sunday, derigging his boat before flying out on Monday. “In the boat I train three times a week, but once I qualified I added four to five (gym) workouts to boost myself for the world level, and it’s helped.” Smith will be joined by Max Gallant, a teammate from the Royal Victoria Yacht Club junior sailing program in Oak Bay under coach Eric Vanderpol. Together they make up two of the five Canadians headed to Hungary for the laser standard U21 world championships. “There’s only eight of us in total going from North America so I think it’s pretty cool we have two of the eight from Victoria,” Smith said. Gym training has helped the Gordon Head resident grow far more comfortable and hungry, if you will, when racing the 4.2-metre-long boat. “I’ve been a RVYC member since 2008 and moved to the laser radial (from the
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in the American Collegiate Hockey Association. Jones spearheaded the Braves’ best season in the modern junior B era as the team finished second in 2012-13 with 30 wins in 48 games and made it to the VIJHL semifinals. The Sooners play in Div. 1 of the ACHA, an alternative organization to the NCAA, albeit a tier below, which has grown leaps and bounds in terms of its on ice product and status, said Braves coach Brad Cook. “We have five guys moving on to college which is pretty exciting, not just for the players and the team but for our league. It’s a huge step in the right direction for us.” Braves committed to play in the ACHA next year are defenceman Chad Roorda to the University of Central Oklahoma Bronchos, and forwards Justin Polischuk and Sam Johnston to the Adrian College Bulldogs in Michigan, which ranked No. 1 in the ACHA last year. More Braves are expected to sign
including Garrett Kemmler, the top defenceman of the year, and forwards Josh Gray and Josh McGladery. Perhaps the most coveted VIJHL player, Brody Coulter, opted not to explore his U.S.A. and Canadian college options and will play for the UVic Vikes of the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League. Coulter was the VIJHL MVP in 2012-13 and half of the Cougars’ dynamic duo. The other half was assistant captain Sam Rice, who will join the Braves’ Roorda on the Central Oklahoma Bronchos. “It has been the best four years of my life (with the Cougars) and I am sad that it is over,” Rice said. The Cougars are also expecting to announce additional player advancements this summer, coach Mark Van Helvoirt said. This summer Wade Murphy (185th, Nashville Predators) and Nolan De Jong (197th, Minnesota Wild) were the first two Spectrum hockey academy players drafted to the NHL. sports@vicnews.com
A broken rib suffered in a crash on Stage 1 of the 2013 Tour de France hasn’t stopped Ryder Hesjedal. The Victoria cyclist and Garmin-Sharp team member held strong through the flat stages but slipped in the first two mountainous legs of the tour, Stages 8 and 9 on Saturday and Sunday. Garmin-Sharp teammate Dan Martin won Stage 9 on Sunday but by that time Hesjedal was down 26 minutes from the lead. To his credit, Hesjedal was part of a five-man break which was caught earlier in the day that forced the peloton’s hill climbers to chase them down and ultimately helped Martin win. However, mountains tend to be Hesjedal’s strength, and the 18 minutes Hesjedal dropped back of the lead on Sunday signals a limitation to his output, and an end to his attack on the general classification. His role will now involve helping or protecting Dan Martin and, for Canadian cycling fans, hopefully chasing a stage win. “I have had some discomfort since the crash I was involved in during Stage 1,” Hesjedal said last week. “A scan (July 3) confirmed a fracture so at least now we know what we’re dealing with. A lot of times with rib injuries fractures don’t show up right away, so waiting until today we were able to confirm what’s going on. There’s not much you can do about a fractured rib except for deal with the discomfort so that is what I’ve been doing and will keep doing.”
Volleyball star carries flag at world Universiade games in Russia National team volleyball player Shanice Marcelle, a former Spectrum Community school student, carried Canada’s flag at the opening ceremonies of the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, on Saturday. Marcelle and the volleyball team defeated Norway in three straight sets on Sunday and are set to play Brazil today (July 10). Canada sent a record-setting 442 athletes to the Universiade, which are the world university games. Marcelle, a 6-foot-tall outside hitter, was named the top CIS athlete in 2013 and represented Canada in the Pan American Cup in Peru last month. sports@vicnews.com
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LEGALS NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS JEAN MABEL FISHER also known as JEAN M. FISHER and JEAN FISHER, Deceased. NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the estate of JEAN MABEL FISHER also known as JEAN M. FISHER and JEAN FISHER, deceased, formerly of #304 – 1007 Esquimalt Road, Victoria, BC, V9A 3N1, are required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned Executor at #201 – 300 Gorge Road West, Victoria, BC, V9A 1M8, on or before the 10th day of August, 2013, after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to claims that have been received. Urmas Olev Anniko, Executor ANNIKO, HUNTER, Solicitors WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN ACT Notice is hereby given that Kustom Towing, (2009) Ltd, 3297 Douglas St, Victoria, BC, V8Z 3K9 will be selling: 1999 GMC JIMMY
Owner Unknown 1GKDT13W0X2536691 2001 FORD FOCUS Owner M. Bruce 1FAFP34351W135-720 Will be sold on July 24, 2013. At 647B Dupplin Rd, Victoria, BC between 10am-2pm.
U-Haul Moving Center Victoria
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Claims Landlords Contractual Lien against the following persons goods in storage at:
Claims Landlords Contractual Lien against the following persons goods in storage at:
790 Topaz Avenue Victoria BC 250.382.4711
10201 McDonald Park Road, Sidney BC 250.656.5321
128 Darren Jack #124 - 1702 West Camelback 13, Phoenix, Arizona
21 Juan Carlos Duque Lopez 69 Tara Lake Terrace NE, Calgary, Alberta
201E Emily Roberts 245 Regina Avenue, Victoria, BC
268 Dakota Petrak 7681 Wallace Drive, Saanichton, BC
234 Doris Johnson 2860 5th Street, Victoria, BC
27 Jeffery Cloes 150 Skaha Place, Penticton, BC
283 Everett Innes #112 - 55 Bay Street, Victoria, BC
72 Gordon Uren 898 Elkhorn Avenue, Courtney, BC
284 Abdoulmoulla Algazal #22 - 4305 Moltwood Lane, Victoria, BC 312 Michael Bragg 538 West Bay, Victoria, BC 318 Naomi Simpson 1527 Oakcrest Drive, Victoria, BC
A sale will take place at the storage location on Friday, July 19, 2013. Viewing 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Sealed bids will be opened at 12:30 p.m. Room contents are personal / household goods unless noted otherwise. Bids will be for entire contents of each locker unit.
319 Doris Underwood 3120 Glen Lake Road, Victoria, BC 326 Nicole Wright 2682 Deville Road, Victoria, BC 361A Arnold Smith 100 Lincoln Cross, Halifax, Nova Scotia A123 Chris Klassen Victoria, BC A211 Chauntelle Parrish 17 Bowerbank Road, Victoria, BC A224 Bryan Sweeney 143 Lurline Avenue, Victoria, BC A228 Thomas Gradson 6001 Payne Road, Duncan, BC AA0926A Elicia Gordon 524 Avenue K.N. Saskatoon, SK. AA6258A Elicia Gordon 524 Avenue K.N. Saskatoon, SK. H8 Robert Douglas Dicks #304 - 1976 Bee Street, Victoria, BC A sale will take place at the storage location on Thurs. July 18, 2013. Viewing 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Sealed bids will be opened at 12:30 p.m. Room contents are personal / household goods unless noted otherwise. Bids will be for entire contents of each locker unit.
U-Haul Self - Storage Victoria Claims Landlords Contractual Lien against the following persons goods in storage at:
644 Queens Avenue Victoria BC 250.381.2271 1031 Zachary Wilkins 2750 Mt. Stephen Avenue, Victoria, BC 3036 Morgan Allen 1239 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC 3078 Chris Wheeler 950 Walker Street, Victoria, BC A sale will take place at the storage location on Thurs. July 18, 2013. Viewing 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sealed bids will be opened at 4:30 p.m. Room contents are personal / household goods unless noted otherwise. Bids will be for entire contents of each locker unit.
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LIFECYCLES PROJECT SOCIETY is looking for team leaders for the Fruit Tree Project. Coordinate a small team to pick fruit from privately owned trees which will be shared with the homeowner and food banks. Eight sessions requested in summer and fall. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.
MEADOW LAKE Business for sale. Self-serve car wash + r/o water vending station + computer repair business. Also 1000 sq.ft. of unused indoor space to develop. Serious enquiries only please phone 306236-3339, 306-240-7778 or email: garrye@sasktel.net
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FOUND EARRING. Identify at Mitchell Farms. LOST: RINGS, men’s gold with diamonds, maybe lost in Sidney area. Very sentimental. Reward. (250)213-3456
HELP WANTED An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring dozer and excavator operators, Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing required. Call (780)723-5051 Edson,Alta. HAIRSTYLIST WANTED Full time/part time for First Choice Hair Cutters in their Victoria location. Guaranteed $11/hour, 25% profit sharing, paid overtime, benefits, paid birthday, vacation pay, annual advanced training and advancement opportunities. Call Alison 250-391-7976 today for an interview.
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PERSONAL SERVICES MIND BODY & SPIRIT INTERLUDE MASSAGE: Kripalu Swedish or chair massage, Hot Stone Therapy and Indian Head Massage. Please call Andrea for rates and appointment time. For women only, men by referral. 250-5146223 www.andreakober.com
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VOLUNTEERS INTREPID THEATRE Company seeks volunteers with various skills for the 27th annual Victoria Fringe Festival Aug. 21 to Sept. 1, in exchange for ticket credits. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269. ISLAND DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CENTRE requires a newsletter editor with graphic design skills to write and produce 3 newsletters per year. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269. THE ROYAL BC MUSEUM seeks volunteers who enjoy working with 8-10 year olds to assist week-long Base Camps on Antarctic exploration in July & August. Morning or afternoons for 1 week, all activities pre-planned. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.
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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE
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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
FOR SALE BY OWNER
FOR SALE BY OWNER
2004 14.8 Cubic foot Kenmore chest freezer, like new. Paid $800. Selling for $400. Receipts available. Call (250)478-1912. AT LAST! An iron filter that works. IronEater! Fully patented Canada/U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manganese. Since 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions; www.bigirondrilling.com Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON. NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS$2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enterprise Cres, Victoria. Goldstream Press Division.
PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO
NIKKORMAT FT 2 film camera PC architecture lens and 75-260 telephoto. Interesting history. $500. (250)595-5727.
RETOUCH, RESTORE, Edit Photos. Home Movies to DVD. Also, Portraiture, Baby, Family + Maternity. 250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com
RESTLESS LEG Syndrome and leg cramps? Fast relief in one hour. Sleep at night. Proven for over 32 years. www.allcalm.com Mon-Fri 8-4 EST 1-800-765-8660.
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE BUILDING SUPPLIES METAL ROOFING & siding sales. Seconds avail. Custom roof Flashings. 250-544-3106.
FREE ITEMS 2.5 XT Sportcraft Treadmill, $60 obo. Call (250)656-1271.
FRIENDLY FRANK 3 SEAT sofa, $15, good cond. Silver serving plate, $25. Call (250)881-8133. ANTIQUE PEWTER mugs four for $99. 250-658-8743. AUTO SHELVES from Express Chevy van, steal, $50. Call (250)478-0968. BLACK SNAKE plant, $7. Assorted smaller flower pots, $1-3/each. 250-383-5390. LADIES PLUS Sized clothes, 10 tops (4x) 5 pants (5x), $3-$5. (250)721-2386. Sternberg’s Sign language dictionary, $10. 2 Holly Hobby plates, $10/e. (250)477-1819. USA 1876 Centennial Jacquard (throw). Machine woven. Believe authentic. $90, Call 250-656-8720.
FUEL/FIREWOOD ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fir, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.
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STEEL BUILDING - DIY summer sale! Bonus days extra 5% off. 20x22 $3,998. 25x24 $4,620. 30x34 $6,656. 32x42 $8,488. 40x54 $13,385. one end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca STEEL BUILDINGS, metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca
COZY COTTAGE on 2.14 acres a stone’s throw from the ocean. This 800sqft, 2 bedroom home was completely renovated in 2007 with new electric, plumbing, bathroom, kitchen, roof, etc. It is close to schools, a corner store, and neighbourhood pub and is only 5 kms to downtown Courtenay. The property is zoned for 2 dwellings so you could live in the cottage while building your dream home and after rent out the cottage for extra revenue. Gardener’s paradise with several heritage fruit trees, berries, grape vines and beautiful roses. The Royston area received a grant this year to put in sewer. (778)428-1159.
GARDENER’S PARADISE 1 acre. 4-bdrm character home, 1800 sq.ft. Wired shop, Shed. 1720 Swartz Bay Rd., $555,000. (250)656-1056. SIDNEY- 2444 Amherst Ave. 1300sq ft updated character home looking for a family w/2 children and a dog. Fenced south facing corner lot near the Salish Sea. Walk to town and schools. Orangic gardens & fruit trees, fireplace, hot tub, 6 appls. Free TV forever.... $499,000. (250)656-6136.
HOUSES FOR SALE
Incredible 5 acre treed PARK-LIKE PROPERTY with Well-Maintained Furnished Home 1500 sq.ft, 3-bdrm, 2 bath. Extremely close to Pristine Cowichan Lake, in the town of Caycuse. Perfect for recreational property or full time living. Motivated seller $358,800. Exceptionally low yearly cost. Not leased land. Call 250-745-3387 smartytwo@hotmail.com
MISCELLANEOUS WANTED ANTIQUES, BOOKS, collectibles, furniture, china, jewelry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700
TOOLS TILTING ARBOR table saw, excellent condition. $600. (250)652-3679.
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A1 AUTO Loans. Good, bad or no credit - no problem. We help with rebuilding credit and also offer a first time buyer program. Call 1-855-957-7755.
2004 FORD MUSTANG Convertible, 40th anniversary Special Edition. Black Beauty! 56,000 km, V-6 automatic, new soft top, fully loaded. $11,500 obo. Serious inquiries only. 250-474-1293, Barb.
VICTORIA CONDO FOR SALE Bright 3rd floor 1 bedroom 1.5 bath adult complex along the Gorge waterway. Unit offers patio with water view,in-suite laundry,fireplace,updated paint & new flooring,Tennis court, indoor pool,hot tub,sauna and well kept grounds. Low strata fee and city bus out front to UVIC, Camosum or down town. Excellent rental investment or live in. Great value at $204,900. call 250-615-7225 or 250-886-8397 for pictures and more info.
DUPLEXES/4PLEXES
2-BEDROOM CONDO ground floor in desirable Saanichton. Open concept, electric fireplace, custom kitchen. Carpets & laminate. Ensuite laundry, small pet ok. Low strata fee. Great starter, $235,000. By appointment 1-250-652-1218
PENDER ISLAND- level building lot (3819 Pirates Rd) 0.36 acre, 15,681 sq ft with water, sewer, hydro, cable at lot line. By owner only $109,900. Call 604-988-2653.
MILTON ST, 2bdrm condo. Top floor. Fantastic City & Ocean views. 10% Down; Owner will carry mortgage. (250)753-0160
OTTER POINT RV Trailer Park. 40’ park model trailer (no pad fees) 3 slide outs + 30’x52’ lot, finished deck & shed in new cond. Reduced to $117,900. obo. 306-290-8764.
JUST BUILT family home in downtown Langford, 10 year warranty, across park, 3 bed, 3 bath, family room, potential suite, garage, 2200 sq.ft. $459,900. Call 250-216-4415.
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VIC WEST Bright sunny near ocean 3 bdrm. 2 lvng rms, sunrm, 5 appl’s 1600sq.ft. garage N/S, ref’s 1yr lease June or July $1650. 250-383-8800
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2-BDRM INDEPENDANT LIVING CONDO. $245,000. Rosebank Gardens is a very well-managed 55+ complex with 24 hr management and security. Daily meals & weekly housekeeping services. Bright, top floor, 2-bdrm corner unit. Ray Kong, Fair Realty (250)590-7011.
8’ SLUMBER Queen Truck Camper, north/south queen bed, 597kg, 3-burner stove w/oven, toilet, 3-way fridge. As new, offers. (250)360-1198
SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES
2000 JEEP Grand Cherokee Ltd. Gold, with tan leather. New Michelin, new brakes, service records avail. 193,000 km.$5500. Rob (250)517-0885
CARS
HARRIET/UPTOWN: 3 bdrms, newly reno’d, 4 appls, bus route, NS/NP. $1600 utils incl, own laundry. 250-480-0849.
MARIGOLD AREA- cozy 1 bdrm, F/P. shared W/D, quiet. NS/NP. $850. 250-727-6217. SAANICH: LARGE 2000 sq ft 2 bdrm on hobby farm, lights & heat included, NS/NP. Refs. $1100. Call 250-652-0591.
SUITES, UPPER
WANTED TO RENT SINGLE DAD in need of long term rental suite in house with yard. I have full-time secure employment and am looking for a 2 bedroom rental including amenities. My budget is $1000 per month. We are no pets, no smoking, quiet and respectful tenants. If you can help please reply to: shawnmagnus@gmail.com or call (778)433-1217 (home) or 250-480-3298 (office), call anytime.
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1999 24’ Glendale Royal Expedition Classic Ford Econoline 350 Super duty Motorhome. V10, 125km. Please phone 250-655-4840. Located in Sidney.
SUITES, LOWER
Psychiatric Nursing (online): This 23 month program is accredited by the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of BC (CRPNBC). Entry-level earnings start at $30.79/hour to $40.42/hour. Special Education Assistant (online): In only 9 months you could be earning $17 - $25.99/hour. You will receive training and certiďŹ cation from the Provincial Outreach Program for Autism and Related Disorders (POPARD). Therapeutic Recreation – Gerontology (online): Support and promote optimal health for seniors by planning, implementing and evaluation therapeutic recreation services. Earn up to $23.50/hour. Government student loans & funding (ELMS/WCB) & other ďŹ nancing options available to qualiďŹ ed applicants.
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HOMES FOR RENT
SIDNEY. 1-BDRM suites in new upscale townhouse complex. Priv. entrance, all appliances with insuite W/D. N/S, small pet OK. $1100.-$1200. + utils, inclds parking. 2320 Oakville Ave at 8th. (250)508-9095
COLLEGE HEIGHTS. 3-level, 4bdrm +1bdrm suite. Beautiful Ocean & City views. 10% Down! Owner will carry mortgage. Call (250)753-0160.
1992 FORD E350 Citation 24DB Motor home, 1 owner, 107km, A/C, stored inside since new. Excellent condition. $13,500. Call 250-812-9900.
TANNER RIDGE- 5 bdrms, 3 bath, 5 appls, dbl carport, 2 F/P. $1700. NS/NP. Avail now. Call (250)477-2561.
MOBILE HOMES & PARKS
FOR SALE BY OWNER
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE
SIDNEY. PRIVATE Accommodation in beautiful, centrally located home, community oriented. Light care available. Utilities included. N/S. $850. (250)656-9194.
LANGFORD, 1 bdrm grd flr suite, own patio, full kitchen, F/S, D/W, built-in vac, in-suite lndry. Utils incl. Close to shops, Galloping Goose, Royal Roads, golf course, bus route. NS/NP. $850. (Immed). 250-474-0079.
APARTMENT/CONDOS
COLLEGE HEIGHTS. 5bdrm +1bdrm suite. Gorgeous Ocean & City views. Easy to buy. 10% Down! Owner will carry mortgage. 250-753-0160
ACREAGE
APARTMENTS FURNISHED GORGEOUS CUSTOM built main level living basement home. 3000+ sq.ft. Lives like a large 3 bdrm, 2 bthm rancher. Excellent ocean views. Huge R/V parking, triple garage.Campbell River $499,900. 250-203-0050
TRANSPORTATION
EAST COAST: Nova Scotia, 54 acres, $22,000 obo. Hunting and fishing. Listing #BB977, Monica toll free 1-877637-2553 or 1-902-637-2553, fax 1-902-637-3797.
UPTOWN AREA, 2 bdrms, 1/2 Duplex, avail now, $1200 mo. Call Harj at 250-686-8847.
REAL ESTATE SERVICES
42� ROUND solid wood pedestal table, (opens to 57� oval), w/ 4 chairs, black/cherry finish. Only 8 months old. Contact Joanne 250-381-0438.
TRANSPORTATION
APARTMENT/CONDO COLLEGE HEIGHTS. Beautiful Ocean & City views. 4bdrms + 2bdrm suite. 10% down. Owner will carry mortgage. (250)753-0160.
SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest firewood producer offers firewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.
FURNITURE
RENTALS
1990 CHEVROLET Cavalier Z 24, 3.1 Litre. Only 70,000 km on rebuilt motor. Newer Luc High Performance clutch, 5sp trans, near new Hankook tires. Red, sun roof, mint interior, power doors/windows (new motors and regulators). Pioneer stereo w/iPod adapter, sub woofer, Pioneer 6x9 3 way speakers. Same owner since 1990, have all receipts. $3000. Chris, 250-595-0370 lv mess. 1991 VOLVO 940 4 cyl gas sedan. Dark green/blue exterior, black leather interior. Auto, 322,000 km. Very good cond. $1000.obo. (250)721-4497. 1993 MERCEDES Benz 190 E- 2.3l, 4 cylinder, local, well maintained, spotless, auto, PS PB, moonroof, etc. $3750. 250-655-1484 or bilot@shaw.ca 2002 MUSTANG Convertible w/black racing stripes, lighted roll bar, low definition tires and mag wheels, runs great. Great Grad gift. Call (250)724-2092. 2007 HYUNDAI Sonta- only 40,000 km, auto, sun roof, mint condition, $13,000 obo. (250)655-6599. 2007 HYUNDAI- very low mileage, V-6, 2-wheel drive, excellent condition. $14,000. (250)370-1718.
$50 to $1000 Scrap Junk Broken Down Cars Trucks Vans
FREE TOW AWAY
250-686-3933
MARINE BOATS
18FT FIBERGLASS hull and oak and ash wood finish canoe with paddles and life jackets is suitable for exploring the coast or for more extended canoe trips where carrying capacity is required. To inspect please phone 250.665.6537 Asking price, $1200. 1993 BAYLINER 2452, in premier condition. 2 sounders & GPS, head, galley, canopy, 9.9 hp 4 stroke Yamaha on hydraulics, downriggers, dinghy in 27’ newer Van Isle Marina boathouse near the ramp. $18,000. obo. 250-656-6136.
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