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Distracted and dangerous Police crack down on drivers using cellphones

Christine van Reeuwyk News staff

A pair of youth are likely still talking about the day last week they helped Saanich police Sgt. John Price issue their moms a ticket.

On separate occasions, Price, with the department’s Traffic Safety Unit, caught two moms not complying with B.C.’s distracted driving legislation while their child was in the vehicle.

The officer had each kid read the ticket aloud to their parent, using the roadside stop as an educational opportunity for all.

“Our message to everybody out there is: hands-free means handsfree. … It’s really telling when we’re stationary and you watch as people approach an intersection,” Price said.

“It is one of the leading causes of serious and fatal crashes.”

Police in Greater Victoria are cracking down on the dangerous driving habit with a month-long campaign targeting cellphone-use behind the wheel. In the first five days of February, Saanich police issued 57 tickets for using an electronic device while driving. More than 100 tickets have been issued in Saanich so far this month.

B.C. banned drivers from using electronic devices in January 2010, but even four years later officers are still hearing excuses.

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“One of the common themes we’re getting from people is they have their cellphone in hand on speaker mode,” Price said. “You can’t have it in your hand, that doesn’t count as hands-free.”

One person was hit with the $167 fine twice in the first six days of the campaign.

Last week, officers from the Victoria Police Department caught distracted drivers in a variety of ways, including being in unmarked cars and being passengers on B.C. Transit buses. Cops on the bus would radio their counterparts on the road if they saw drivers displaying behaviour consistent with distracted driving.

“Being on the bus, you’re in a vehicle people aren’t suspecting you to be in … and looking down into a vehicle is much easier,” said Const. Kristin Greffard with VicPD’s traffic unit. “It was great – in a matter of two hours we had nine distracted drivers (and) five seatbelt tickets.”

“We’re trying to be creative to let people know we’re out there,” she said. “The transit thing was new for us and it was relatively successful, so we might look at that again in the future.”

Both departments plan to target distracted drivers all month, citing an average 91 deaths on B.C. roads each year attributed to distracted driving.

“Most motorists are doing the right thing … but it’s a significant ongoing problem,” Price said.

“Somewhere along the line with the proliferation of smartphones was a shift in mentality that we’re supposed to be reachable 24-7.

“On a weekly basis we get calls from Joe Q motorist reporting other motorists. So there’s an awareness it’s unlawful, but more importantly there’s an awareness that it’s a risk.” reporter@saanichnews.com

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Visualizing success

A Colwood woman’s fight for skills training for the blind highlights a lack of services for the visually impaired in Canada

Edward Hill News staff

H

eidi Propp navigates through her house with ease, and finds her computer. Her Braille translator allows her to read the screen line by line, or to program code for web design, one of her favourite hobbies.

Blind from birth, the 35-yearold Colwood woman appreciates the safety of her parent’s home, but is itching to find a job and a measure of independence.

But making that leap to what sighted people might take for granted – crossing the road, catching a bus, cooking, shopping – requires intensive training, the kind offered nowhere in Canada.

“With the travel skills I have, I can’t use the bus, and I can’t cross busy streets,” she says.

“I don’t have the travel skills to learn the route from my house to the bus stop to downtown.”

Propp has received some cane training from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, but certainly not enough to allow her to safely walk from Kelly Road to Sooke Road and catch a bus. For day-to-day outings, she is reliant on handyDART, an appreciated but oversubscribed service often with more clients than seats.

“I really rely on handyDART to get from place to place at this stage. If that doesn’t come through, you stay at home or call a cab. That’s not conducive to getting a job,” she says.

Propp and a number of advocates for the blind are lobbying the provincial government to help her attend the Colorado Centre for the Blind. Students spend up to nine months honing their senses and mastering skills of everyday life. Propp has $13,000 scholarship and needs $27,000 to cover tuition, but she has an offer the province might find hard to refuse.

The Colorado centre will cover her costs up-front, in return for the province paying it $900 per month that would have gone to Propp for disability assistance, once she returns and finds a job.

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Colwood resident Heidi Propp, who is blind from birth, is trying to convince the province to help fund a intensive skills training program at the Colorado Center for the Blind. She is eager to get off social assistance and to move out of her parent’s house, but there is little in the way of job and skills training for blind people in Canada.

She’s keen to work as a computer programmer, or to help train other people with visual impairments.

“So there’s no up-front cost to government and we’d like the government to pay what I would have earned on income assistance, so they’d lose nothing,” she said. “If the situation continued as it is, I’d be on income assistance anyway.”

Elizabeth Lalonde knows the benefits of training for the blind.

The Saanich mother of two graduated from the Louisiana Centre for the Blind in 2010, where they learned self-reliance skills. Like an army ranger dropped into the jungle at night, they dropped Lalonde 10 kilometres away from the centre.

“They’d drop us off and we’d find our way back on our own.

Once you accomplish that, it’s like wow, it feels so good to get to that point,” she said. “You live in apartments, every day it’s like you’re working at a job. At the

centre you’re learning Braille, technology, cooking. We created a big meal for 40 people. It’s a lot of confidence building. If you can cook for 40, you can cook for your family.”

“The majority of blind people never work, not because they can’t, but because they’re not given a little extra help.”

– Graeme McCreath, advocate for the blind

Lalonde launched the Pacific Training Centre for the Blind in 2011, which operates out of a scouts hall in Saanich. This winter she received a $50,000 grant from the Ministry of Social Development and the Disability Without Poverty Network, to teach employment skills to blind adults.

“One problem is that all our

participants don’t have the skills to get to the centre on their own, but it is so doable. I take the bus every day with my two boys,” she said. “It’s so vital to have these skills.”

She models her centre off the Colorado institution, where it teaches “structural discovery” in complete darkness – even partially sighted people wear blindfolds.

Students are taught to construct a map of their environment through the position of the sun, sounds of cars and people, and changes in the texture of the ground. Traditional training for the blind has focused on rote memorization of specific unbending routes such as between home and a job.

“The expectations of the blind in society are terribly low. We’re trying to raise the bar for blind people too. (Blind people) often don’t know what they are capable of,” said Lalonde, who earned a BA in journalism and anthro-

pology from the University of Victoria. “The model we teach is different, it’s about empowering blind people and giving them confidence to learn skills and to take charge of their own life.”

Propp attends the Pacific Training Centre twice per week where clients have trained in cooking and urban navigating, but the facility is still too small to advance her skill set to a place where she can hunt for a job.

“I have no apprehensions cooking. I have apprehensions of getting hit by a car. There’s not a lot of sidewalks around here. Sooke Road is tricky. I’m not confident crossing that street. Once I get that training and conquer that fear, I will totally catch the bus.

It’s the only way to be independent.”

Propp also spends a few days per week in the gym with Graeme McCreath, a visually impaired physiotherapist in Saanich and author of The Politics of Blindness.

He’s helping Propp press her case for the government to underwrite her proposal to go to Colorado.

McCreath, 67, who last year won a human rights complaint against the TC10K race, received job training for the blind in the U.K. in the 1960s, and worked as a typist and eventually as a physiotherapist. Skills training in Canada is virtually nonexistent and unemployment among the blind is extremely high, he said.

The Canadian Federation of the Blind estimates 90 per cent of completely or mostly blind people can’t find a job.

“The system isn’t kind to blind people at all,” McCreath said.

“The unemployment stats are terrible. The majority of blind people never work, not because they can’t, but because they’re not given a little extra help.”

McCreath expects that if Propp can’t get skills training, she’ll be on social assistance and living at her parent’s house for the rest of her life.

“You can’t just pay someone $900 a month to go away. Why not give them a chance to contribute to society, and give them an expectation of a proper life.” editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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In December 2013, the government announced it would eliminate funding for subsidized English language training for immigrants, including $2.5 million allocated for Camosun, where 13 faculty members are at risk of losing their jobs.

“We’re in the middle of something called a pre-layoff

canvas,” said Joan Yates, vice-president of community engagement. She says the school will know how many staff members will face layoffs by next week, as talks are ongoing for staff who may have other employment opportunities or those interested in early retirement.

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Disaster preparedness workshops remind residents to be ready Kyle Slavin News staff

When a major natural disaster makes headlines worldwide, the phone lines at the Saanich Emergency Program ring off the hook.

When coverage subsides, so too does local interest in emergency preparedness.

“Unfortunately there seems to be some apathy towards being prepared for disasters.

It’s not one of those things that’s top of mind for many, but it’s very important to be prepared. We never know when a disaster is going to happen,” said Brock Henson, a captain with the Saanich fire department and Saanich’s emergency program officer.

While most people in British Columbia talk of “the big one” – a massive earthquake expected to strike the West Coast in the next 700 years – there are other disasters that should be considered. Dwelling fires, urban interface fires, floods, pandemics and hazardous material spills are all possible disasters that could happen locally with little warning – and it’s best to be prepared.

“Unfortunately there seems to be some apathy towards being prepared for disasters. It’s not one of those things that’s top of mind for many.”

- Brock Henson, Saanich Emergency Program

Henson points to the devastating earthquakes that struck New Zealand and Japan in February and March 2011, respectively. When those occurred, SEP received a flood of requests for emergency preparedness information.

“We did a survey this year.

Our results suggested that Saanich residents might be more prepared when compared to other areas of the province,” Henson said. “We can always become more prepared for disasters, and we want to do everything we can to encourage people to become prepared and provide them with the tools and information they require.”

SEP will host a series of free, 90-minute emergency preparedness presentations

in the coming months at Saanich’s rec centres. As part of the presentations, SEP will distribute a new 100-page emergency preparedness booklet, complete with information on what to do before, during and after a disaster.

“Major disasters disrupt the normal functions of our society. In addition to normal infrastructure being compromised, it’s important people are self sufficient for a period of seven days,” Henson said. “Emergency officials and first responders, we can handle several emergencies at the same time, but in a major disaster our resources will be overwhelmed and … it could be a week or more before emergency personnel can attend the less critical needs of our community.”

SEP presentations happen Feb. 18 at Commonwealth Place, March 26 at Gordon Head Rec, April 5 at Cedar Hill Rec and May 14 at Pearkes. While the court is free, registration is required. For more information and registration details, visit sep.saanich.ca. editor@saanichnews.com

Never too old for nature Kyle Wells News staff

Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary is hoping to help seniors get in touch with nature, no matter how creepy and crawly it can be.

A series of newly offered 45-minute nature programs are specifically designed for seniors and will offer avenues into the nature and beauty of Swan Lake.

“We’ve been with families forever but it’s been a while since we’ve done something with seniors,” program naturalist Coral Forbes said.

Two programs are being offered at the nature sanctuary (3873 Swan Lake Rd.), as well as a mobile version, where naturalists come to seniors residences for group participation.

Awaken Your Senses will see participants listen to bird songs, smell beehives, observe turtles and even touch a snake. Grand fir and honey tea will be served, giving participants a literal taste of nature.

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Swan Lake is home to two species of garter snakes, and the sanctuary has a collection of live exotic snakes it brings out for special events.

Forbes said many people grew up in rural areas, catching snakes as children, and this is a unique way to re-establish that connection with nature.

The programs are designed for at least 20 participants, at a cost of $60 when presented at the sanctuary, with an additional cost of $20 for the mobile program.

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Prepare for downtown parking shake-up Daniel Palmer News staff

Free parkades after 6 p.m., automatic firsthour free parking and $1 on-street parking between 6 and 9 p.m. are a few changes that could be coming to downtown Victoria.

The city plans to vote on changes to parking services in June, as part of a review that began last summer. The analysis was spurred by a decline in city-

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“We do have five parkades – they’re very convenient – and we want to make it easier for drivers to use it,” said Dwayne Kalynchuk, Victoria’s engineering director.

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As part of parkade improvements, staff recommend moving monthly users to higher levels to free up more convenient spaces for short-term use. Parkades would also be free after 6 p.m. (currently $2 for evening parking) and downtown on-street parking would rise to $1 hourly between 6 and 9 p.m. to entice drivers into parkades.

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“We’re very fortunate to have a municipality that owns this much downtown parking – (nearly) 1,900 stalls is huge,” said Kelly, who sits on the city’s parking advisory committee.

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Kalynchuk said the city will roll out a comprehensive public input process before council votes on the changes. More recommendations on customer service and enforcement will be presented to council in the coming months, as well.

“What we’re trying to do is make it as easy as possible for people to pay,” he said, noting that increasing pre-pay options in parkades and paying by cellphone are being considered.

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Gudgeon said hospitality staff sometimes fill nearby on-street parking in the evenings, and shifting vehicles to parkades will be good for businesses. She also applauded a staff recommendation to eliminate on-street parking passes for municipal councillors and staff, an incentive in which Gudgeon doesn’t participate.

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Ten-year-old Jada Benwell, right, along with help from friends and family including, from left, eight-year-old Caleb Bentham, eight-year-old Quinn Benwell and six-year-old Summer Bentham has been collecting socks, toques, gloves and scarves in her homemade Sox Boxes to distribute to those less fortunate.

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10-year-old collecting socks, toques to be handed out at Our Place Steven Heywood News staff

When Jada Benwell found out her dad and a few of his neighbouring businesses were going to host a lunch for Victoria’s homeless at Our Place this month, she sprang into high gear.

The Grade 5 student at Deep Cove elementary in North Saanich and daughter of Russ Benwell, owner of the Red Barn Markets,

decided she was going to collect 400 pairs of warm socks, toques and more in a campaign called Socks Box. She has placed collection boxes at her school, Kelset Elementary, Toast Cafe and at Melinda’s Biscotti in Sidney.

There are also boxes up at the Red Barn Market (West Saanich Road, Mattick’s Farm, Vanalman Avenue and Latoria Walk). Jada said she plans to gather some of her best friends on the day of the lunch and hand out the warm clothes to people in need.

Jada said she has done a lot of fundraising in the past and wanted to help people again at the Feb. 23 lunch at Our Place, sponsored by the

Red Barn, Back Fit and the Roy Group.

“There’s a whole bunch of awesome people supporting me,” she said.

Caleb Bentham, in Grade 3 and son of Back Fit owner Craig Bentham, said he’s helping his friend because there are other people who need warm clothes.

“It’s important to help people,” he said.

Jada and Caleb are joined

by Caleb’s sister Summer and Jada’s brother Quinn in the Socks Box campaign. It has been running all of February and Jada said they are nearly three-quarters of the way to their goal.

Jada said she is collecting socks and more because she knows a lot of people are

better off than others, and this is one way of giving back to the community.

“And if I can reach my goal,” she continued, “I know I can set the bar higher next year.”

She said she hopes the Socks Box campaign will be an annual event.

Her dad Russ said giving back to the community is important to local businesses like his and his daughter has taken that to heart.

“It’s good to learn about this at a young age,” Russ said.

Learn more at redbarnmarket.ca/ community-events. Find out about Our Place at ourplacesociety.com. editor@peninsulanewsreview.com

Cops offer amnesty on tickets to unlit cyclists Any cyclist caught riding in Oak Bay at night without lights will get a two-week amnesty to buy some, in lieu of a violation ticket.

Oak Bay Police launched Project Lumiere earlier this month to encourage cyclists to be more visible at night and comply with the Motor Vehicle Act. “High visibility with adequate lighting on your bike could save your life,” said

Const. Rick Anthony.

Police will target cyclists riding in the dark without the legally required lighting.

If a cyclist doesn’t own lights, he or she would be offered a two-week window to buy lights, install them and visit the Oak Bay police station with the bike and proof of purchase. Otherwise, the ticket would be processed and the violator fined.

“The primary goal is to promote and enforce bike safety, not just penalize people for not adhering to the law,” Anthony said. “We would much rather have safe cyclists than someone just paying a fine and likely still continuing to ride without proper and adequate lighting on their bikes.”

The program runs to March 23. editor@oakbaynews.com

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Parking habits hard to break Humans are creatures of convenience and habit – especially when it comes to driving. We all have our routine routes to get us to and from work, and we all get a little bit flustered when someone parks in our usual spot.

So with the City of Victoria reviewing its downtown parking model, we feel the need to stress that people don’t instinctively like change. Even if the changes are generally good.

And the recommendations that city staff have put forward are generally good. People will make a fuss about the proposals to charge for on-street parking in the evenings or to charge more to park near parkades, but these changes aren’t necessarily tax grabs, they’re disincentives.

The idea is that Victoria wants more drivers to use parkades as opposed to street parking. The changes aim to promote quicker turnover of the on-street stalls.

It’s already cheaper to use a parking garage than a metered stall, but either most drivers don’t know this or the cost savings aren’t yet enough of an incentive to use the parkades.

If getting more people into the nearly 1,900 stalls in parking garages is the end goal, then widening the gap between convenience and cost savings is the right way to go – and that’s what these proposed changes do. On-street stalls can no longer be seen simply as another parking option, but rather luxury parking where you pay for the convenience to use a primo spot.

And they’re not just widening that gap by raising costs; also proposed is a decrease in hourly and daily rates in the parkades.

If Victoria decides later this year to change the downtown parking model, then the public education component of implementation will be crucial.

Even staff admit aspects of the existing parking system are “convoluted and difficult to explain.”

Throwing a wrench into the status quo will just add to that confusion if people aren’t properly informed.

The financial benefits alone should be reason enough to sell most drivers on parkade parking.

If the scale tips in favour of cost savings over convenience for more people who drive into downtown, as Victoria hopes it will, these changes should be a win-win for the city and for those drivers willing to change their habits.

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Too much sewage uncertainty Re: Sewage price tag swells with delay: taxpayers advocate (News, Feb. 7).

Over the years the continued growth in the Capital Regional District has seen a greater amount of (screened) sewage pumped into Strait of Juan de Fuca.

What CRD governance issue could be growing even faster? That would be the cost of the proposed sewage treatment project, from the planning estimate of $783 million to the total submitted by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation of $830 million. I’m inclined to believe that, as there’s still no confirmation of the sewage treatment site or (without contracts) cost confirmation of the treatment plant or a biosolids and incinerator facility.

Unfortunately, these new and significantly higher costs follow the earlier troubling promise of $13 million for Esquimalt “amenities” (also known as bribes). This total included costs for such sewage treatment necessities as oceanfront walkways and bike lanes. Clearly we need new options.

There may be good news on the horizon. Of the seven CRD municipalities participating in the sewage project, Colwood is reportedly considering withdrawing to build its own system. With one

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of seven municipalities having publicly announced possible nonparticipation, odds are that some of the other six are also quietly considering new options.

Time is of the essence as the present project manager himself has confirmed overall project costs are quickly growing.

In any alliance campaign, there are obvious risks if one or more of the allies announce they may withdraw. It’s time for the CRD to reconsider the presently proposed sewage treatment project.

Ron Johnson Saanich

Cell tower concerns must be taken seriously It is encouraging to see James Moore and Industry Canada recognizing there are issues and concerns regarding the proliferation of cell towers.

Thousands of people across the country have expressed concern about the placement of cell towers, citing health reasons, lower property values, harm to the environment and many other issues. Those concerns must be properly considered and appropriate precautions taken when there are indications they have even a small level of justification.

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The area of potential harm could extend for hundreds of metres around cell towers, the impact of which must be considered beyond just the economic welfare of the company wishing to install the tower.

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Fossil fuel subsidies poor use of tax money Re: 2014 Federal budget Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says his budget will “support Canadian families.”

In January 2013, the International Monetary Fund reported Canada’s implicit subsidies to oil, gas and coal companies amount to 1.52 per cent of GDP, or about $787 per Canadian. That’s more than $3,000 a year for a Canadian family of four.

Remarkably, despite cutting spending elsewhere, this budget did nothing to reduce these unnecessary subsidies for one of the world’s most profitable industries. Perhaps Mr. Flaherty considers the fossil fuel sector to be “family?”

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B.C. throne speech vows skills training Tom Fletcher Black Press

In a speech from the throne that echoed Premier Christy Clark’s election campaign, the B.C. government promised Tuesday to begin a 10-year skills training plan to drive industrial development.

Lt. Governor Judith Guichon read the speech in the ceremonial beginning of the B.C. legislature session. It touched on the B.C. Liberal government’s familiar themes, including the need to train and retain citizens to fill one million jobs due to growth and baby boomer retirements in the next decade.

“British Columbians can look forward to enhancements to the Industry Training Authority, as well as the re-engineering of our secondary and post-secondary institutions to ensure our students have the skills for the jobs of the future,” Guichon told MLAs gathered for the first time in 2014.

Employers and job seekers will be watching for details in the provincial budget, to be presented by Finance Minister Mike de Jong on Feb. 18. Opposition critics have focused on the government’s reductions of skills training and the shortage of spaces and equipment for industrial training.

The speech also promises a new 10-year plan for transportation, to build on major road, bridge and

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transit works that have become contentious in the Lower Mainland as it struggles to keep up with population growth.

In education, the government renewed Clark’s goal of a personalized education plan for each student and “an agreement to ensure a decade of labour peace in our classrooms.” That goal comes as the government pursues an appeal of the latest court judgment in favour of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation over removal of class size and support staff from their union contract.

Speaking to reporters after the speech, Clark emphatically denied the conclusion of a B.C. Supreme Court justice that her government engineered the 2012 teacher strike to build public support for an imposed settlement.

NDP leader Adrian Dix called the speech “particularly lacking in vision or substance,” adding that it contains nothing for B.C. residents who “don’t work in the industries of liquefied natural gas or liquor.”

In addition to touting the future benefits of LNG exports and pending liquor law reforms, the speech recounts increases in Asian trade, the ongoing “core review” to reduce provincial spending, and new union agreements that tie wage increases to an expanded economy. editor@saanichnews.com

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Local art on display at Cedar Hill Rec

Members of the Cedar Hill Art Club are showing and selling their work in the at the Cedar Hill Recreation Centre.

Twelve local painters – using watercolours, oil and acrylic – have their art on display in the Gallery Cafe (3229 Cedar Hill Rd.).

The art show runs until Feb. 18.

UVic biz school cracks top 50

University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business ranks 49th among North American business schools, in the most recent listings from Quacquarelli Symonds

Limited. QS, which grades colleges and universities around the world overall and by faculty of study, placed Gustavson 12th among Canadian schools on the business listing.

The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Business posted the best Canadian ranking at No. 8. editor@saanichnews.com

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ictoria-based musician Kaya Fraser knows from recent experience just how tough life can get.

Things turned for her in 2011, a year which saw Fraser lose both her mother and her marriage within a six-month time period. Music went on the back burner for about two years as she struggled with the events.

“I had to stop for a while,” Fraser said. “I was still playing and singing, (but) I just didn’t have the energy. Being an independent musician, you’re running the whole business end of things as well. And I was exhausted.”

Recently Fraser began to get back into the musical swing of things. She has a new backing band and has been booking gigs around Victoria, and is working on new songs with an eye to putting something out in the near future, whether an album, EP, online release or something else.

A Victoria transplant, Fraser comes with Montreal roots and a London, Ont. post-secondary education in English. It was while working on her PhD at Western University that Fraser started spending more time in the music scene and writing her own material.

Fraser had grown up playing guitar and singing in choir, and comes from a musical background. Her father was one half of the now cult-classic folk duo Fraser and DeBolt, who put out two albums in the early 1970s.

“My dad has written some incredibly beautiful songs, and I think I sort of grew up in the shadow of that a little bit,” Fraser said. “I was a little bit self-conscious of writing my own stuff. I didn’t think it was going to be my medium.”

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Almost despite herself, Fraser found when she started to write music, the songs just kept coming.

And that was it for her. She quit her PhD program and turned her attention to her music.

“It was a tough decision,” Fraser said.

A first album came to fruition in 2007, titled Tremor and Slip and live performances surrounded its release.

The following year Fraser moved with her then-husband to Victoria. In 2010 she released her second album, Open Horizon.

Much has changed since, including Fraser’s songwriting, which she sees evolving under the influence of life experiences and her present surroundings. She finds she’s still touching on the same subjects lyrically, with life and love at the forefront, but from a different perspective.

“When you’ve lived through it, it’s different. It puts more honesty in the lyrics,” Fraser said.

Coming from the vibrancy of music scenes in places like Montreal and London, Victoria can come off as a little sleepy, Fraser said. Rather than finding inspiration SHARON TIFFIN PHOTO in a vibrant, bustling arts community, however, Fraser is Singer songwriter Kaya Fraser plays in the Central Library happy finding her muse in natural surroundings, wildlife courtyard. Fraser plays a house concert March 3. and the beauty of the city.

And the three-piece backing band has also brought out “What it lacks in that sheer activity level, there’s a Fraser’s country-rock side. peacefulness here that, for me, really feeds my introspec“More sort of a Kathleen Edwards, Lucinda Williams tive tendencies,” Fraser said. “Inspiration is coming from Americana rock sound,” Fraser said. the place, the feel, the environment.”

Fraser and special guest Dan Frechette plays Victoria She finds West Coast imagery seeping into her new House Concert B (1726 Stanley), March 3 at 7:30pm. songs, including the mountains, the ocean and wildlife. A Tickets, $10 advance/$15, available at the door. Contact new song “Raven,” for instance, features the titular charrandrewbriggs@hotmail.com or 250-598-8047 for more acter, which Fraser asks for guidance as she navigates her recently tumultuous life. info and kayafraser.com for updates on new material.

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FILM OPENING

ROBOCOP -(Westshore/SilverCity) The classic sci-fi cautionary tale from 1987 about a cyborg cop with ultra-lethal capabilities gets a remake at the hand of Jose Padilha (Elite Squad). Expect maximum carnage when this law-and-order guy suits up. Starring Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, and Abbie Cornish.

WINTER’S TALE -(Odeon/Landmark Uni 4/Westshore) There is romance in the air in this fantastical tale about a burglar (Colin Farrell) who falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms.

When he discovers that he has the gift of reincarnation, the plucky fellow sets out to save her. Hey, wouldn’t you?

ENDLESS LOVE -(SilverCity/ Westshore) A privileged girl falls for a hunky, blue collar boy. But is it love or just an opportunity for a lot of reckless, parent-defying behaviour?

The cast includes Bruce Greenwood and Joely Richardson.

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★★★★ 12 YEARS A SLAVE -(Odeon) This harrowing, true-life tale of a free black man in 1840s America who was kidnapped and sold into slavery is this year’s Oscar front runner. Directed by Steve McQueen (Hunger, Shame) and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Brad Pitt. ★★★½ AMERICAN HUSTLE -(Odeon/SilverCity) David O. Russell (Three Kings, The Fighter) looks good to be collecting Oscar Gold for this screwball crime dramedy, loosely based on the 1970s Abscam scandal, when an FBI sting ensnared a bunch of congressman on corruption charges. This devil’s brew of messy emotions and sneaky double-crosses features a great cast that includes Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, and Jennifer Lawrence. ★★½ AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY -(Odeon) A wildly dysfunctional family has an acrimonious, often venomous reunion after a funeral.

Meryl Streep acts up a storm as the family matriarch, but all the shrieking and anger and emotional messiness doesn’t have much of a point. The great cast includes Chris Cooper, Sam Shepard, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis, Ewan McGregor, and Dermot Mulroney. ★★★½ DALLAS BUYERS CLUB -(Odeon) Matthew McConaughey has latterly gone from laughing stock to leading actor, and is currently an Oscar fave for his role in this true-life 1980s-era story of Ron Woodroof, a redneck, homophobic rodeo rider from Texas who finds out he has contracted AIDS from wild living.

Given only weeks to live, Woodroof finds out about the experimental drug AZT and comes alive as a drugsmuggling AIDS activist, helping not just himself but many other sufferers.

Co-star Jared Leto is also nominated, for best supporting actor.

FROZEN -(SilverCity/Westshore) As a prelude to winter comes this appealing Disney animated tale about a brave woman who sets out to rescue a kingdom trapped in eternal winter. Some of the other characters include a goofy snowman and his reindeer buddy. Based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen. ★★★HER -(Odeon) Most critics have loved the latest from the incomparably weird Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich), which stars Joaquin Phoenix as a lonely writer who develops an intensely intimate relationship with his computer’s Siri-like operating system (voiced with beguiling sexiness by Scarlett Johansson). See review in the monthly Monday Magazine. ★★★ THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG -(SilverCity) Peter Jackson delivers three hours of fast-paced entertainment in this exciting, combat-filled and often funny account of Bilbo, Gandalf, and a bevy of bearded dwarves as they confront that terrifying, gold-hoarding dragon named Smaug (voiced by the suddenly ubiquitous Benedict

Cumberbatch). ★★½ JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT -(SilverCity/ Westshore) A young Jack Ryan (Chris Pine, Star Trek) has to upshift from covert CIA analyst to kick-ass field agent in this high-octane thriller about a Russian plot to destroy the U.S. economy as part of a terrorist attack. Directed by Kenneth Branagh and co-starring Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley, and Colm Feore. ★★ LABOR DAY-(Odeon) The previously credible Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) directs Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin in a sudsy, occasionally laughable melodrama about a depressed single mom who has an encounter with a seemingly scary escaped convict, only to find herself falling for the hunky dude. ★★½ THE MONUMENTS MEN -(Odeon/Landmark Uni 4/SilverCity/ Westshore) George Clooney directs and acts in this corny and somewhat disappointing true-life tale of an American platoon during the Second World War tasked with retrieving European art masterworks pilfered by the Nazis. With Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, and John Goodman.

THE NUT JOB -(SilverCity/ Westshore) So-so reviews have greeted this animated romp about a curmudgeonly squirrel who gets banished from his park and has to learn to survive in the big city -- so watch out, Maury’s Nut Store! With the vocal talents of Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, and Will Arnett. ★★★½ PHILOMENA -(Landmark Cinema 4) Oscar-nomination speculation is already swirling around Judi Dench for her performance as a woman who was forced to give up her out-of-wedlock child 50 years ago and is now determined to track him down. This surprisingly funny dramedy co-stars Steve Coogan and is directed by the great Stephen Frears (High Fidelity, The Queen). ★★THAT AWKWARD MOMENT -(SilverCity/Westshore) Three 20-something guys who are best friends find themselves confronting a terrifying question: are their current dates just casual affairs . . . or something more? Zac Efron stars in an uninspired romcom, set amidst the hookup generation, that clumsily blends raunchy jokes with tender feelings.

VAMPIRE ACADEMY -(SilverCity) Peaceful and mortal vampires called Morols live discreetly amongst us humans, but are being hunted by nasty, immortal vampires. Luckily, the Morols have a sexy guardian named Rose. Let the biting begin! ★★★½ THE WOLF OF WALL STREET -(Odeon/SilverCity) Revered director Martin Scorsese reunites with Leonardo DiCaprio for this electrifyingly debauched, true-life tale of Jordan Belfort, a sleazy Wall Street stockbroker at the centre of a massive financial scandal in the 1990s. With Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill, and Jon Favreau.

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GREAT WHITE SHARK -(Fri.-Thurs., 10 am, 1 pm, 3 pm, 5 pm) The ocean’s most iconic predator gets star billing in a documentary exploring the myth and the reality of the great white shark and the scientists who study it. ★★★ HIDDEN UNIVERSE -(11 am, 2 pm, 4 pm: Fri.-Thurs.) Travel to the farthest reaches of the visible universe courtesy of the world’s most amazing telescopes. ★★★ SPACE JUNK -(noon, 6 pm) Hundreds of tons of junk are orbiting above the planet, and this fascinating doc tells you why you need to know about it.

SCREENINGS

MOVIE MONDAY screens The Big Lebowski. Everyone loves this classic Coen Brothers comedy about a doped-up slacker (Jeff Bridges) who gets involved with a bunch of gangsters and other lowlifes. 6:30 pm MONDAY in the 1900-block Fort.

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INSIGHTS shows Fetching Cody, which uses a “magic realist” style as it tells a tale about a drug addict on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

With Jay Baruchel and Jim Byrnes.

This is part of the Silver Screen Insights into Mental Health series that is run by the fine folk at Movie Monday. THURSDAY, 7 pm, at the

Hollywood builds a franchise ROBERT MOYES

arts@mondaymag.com In the old days, Hollywood created toys as an after-market tie-in to popular children’s movies.

Lately, though, that trend has reversed itself as toys as diverse as Care Bears and Transformers have become icons of the silver screen. The latest to join these exalted ranks is Lego, those once-humble Danish building blocks that are now Hollywood’s newest superstars.

The Lego Movie has a formulaic plot, but one expressed with clever visual ideas and an imaginative playfulness. The story unfolds inside an elaborate Lego world where everything is run by the seemingly kindly President Business (voiced by Will Ferrell). But he’s really a tyrant who hates any kind of spontaneity, and in order to ensure perpetual harmony he plans to glue the entire universe together. Luckily there’s a prophecy that a heroic mini-figure will arise as the people’s champion. Enter Emmet, an ordinary mini-figure who is mistaken for this saviour.

But with the help of a rag-tag squad of rebels, the bumbling Emmet finds unexpected inner resources as he leads the charge to defeat the forces of darkness.

Although a bit less original than, say, Wreck-It Ralph, this is witty, briskly paced, and sly entertainment. With guest appearances by Green Lantern, Han Solo and Batman (voiced by Will Arnett, but channeling the growl of Christian Bale’s dark knight), there is a pop culture playfulness that helps flesh out the skimpy plot. And a live-action movie-within-an-animated-movie adds some genuine poignancy amidst all the silliness. This Lego has been well built to appeal to kids of all ages.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ (The Lego Movie continues at SilverCity, Landmark Uni 4, & the Westshore)

Royal Jubilee Hospital’s Patient Care Lecture Theatre – S169.

SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM NIGHT -presents The People Speak. Based on a pair of books of American oral history, this documentary features the words (in letters, songs, speeches, etc.) of rebels, dissenters, and other interesting folk ranging from Frederick Douglass to Muhammad Ali, and Susan B. Anthony to Bob Dylan.

In all, a powerful celebration of the possibilities for creating social change. THURSDAY, 7 pm, 2994 Douglas Street (BCGEU Hall).

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Cinecenta at UVic screens its films in the Student Union Building. Info: 721-8365. cinecenta.com. ★★★½ DALLAS BUYERS CLUB -(Fri., Feb. 14: 3:00, 7:00, 9:15) Matthew McConaughey has latterly gone from laughing stock to leading actor, and is likely in line for an Oscar nomination for his role in this true-life 1980s-era story of Ron Woodroof, a redneck, homophobic rodeo rider from Texas who finds out he has contracted AIDS from wild living.

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Brewing beer at the Four Mile House in View Royal is a family effort. At left, brewer Doug White, Graham Haymes Sr., front, Graham Haymes Jr., back, and Wendy Haymes, right, show off a tank of IPA in an open top fermenting vessel, a traditional English style of beer making.

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The historic Tudor building has hosted many souls over the past century as a roadhouse for stagecoaches, a dance hall turned brothel after the Second World War and now a neighbourhood pub and restaurant.

To cap off its evolution, the Haymes family has installed the West Shore’s first microbrewery and the latest entrant into Victoria’s renowned craft beer industry.

Wendy and Graham Haymes bought the rundown roadhouse in 1979, and ushered it into the modern era. Graham Haymes junior, 32, manager of the business, says owning a brewery has never been far from their minds.

“We’ve been planning this since Day 1, since (my parents) built the pub in the 1980s. Now we’re finally ready to take the plunge,” he said. “It felt like the right time. The market for craft beer has exploded.

“We see that demand and feel we can be successful and competitive. It’s something we can do to differentiate us from other pubs. Certainly we’re the only place on the West Shore that is brewing beer. Everything else is downtown.”

Stainless steel fermentation and conditioning tanks that make up the bulk of the brewery lie below the pub, at parking lot level. Leading up to the launch, it’s been a busy hive of work as the family installed the final touches to the gas-fired brick brewing kettle, built in the English beer-making style called the Peter Austin brewing system.

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Wendy Haymes, tested samples of fermenting ales in a small laboratory, under the watch of Alan Pugsley, a brewmaster from Portland, Maine.

“This project has been with me for years, and now we’ve got it going,” White said. “The learning curve is there, but we’re confident with Alan backing us up.”

White trained in traditional English beer making under Pugsley at the Ringwood Brewery in England in the 1980s, and called on the 32-year career brewmaster to install the Four Mile brewery and formulate its six initial beers.

Pugsley was instrumental in setting up Shipyard Brewing Co., in Maine, and has installed the Peter Austin system throughout the U.S. and Canada, and in more obscure places, such as Redtown Brewery in Siberia and Mopa Brewery in Nigeria.

Victoria certainly has quality beer, Pugsley said, but the brews at Four Mile will measure up.

“The most important feature to produce the best beer is years of experience. You have to pay attention to the raw material, refine the formulation to work with the style of beer to produce something that is unique, interesting and world class,” he said.

Graham junior said one of their ales will absorb character from used Jack Daniels whiskey barrels, shipped in from Kentucky.

The small-batch brewery will offer six brews – golden ale, pale ale, West Coast IPA, brown ale, best bitter and a winter IPA – at its pub and sports bar, and its liquor store in Admirals Walk.

“The brewery is a bucket list item. We’ve always wanted to

brew our own beer,” Wendy said. “I’ve tasted a sample each day, from wort to adding hops, to beer that’s carbonated. It’s delicious already. We’re so excited.”

Wendy said it was many tough years to shepherd the business through its incarnations as a tea room and antique store to the pub and restaurant.

But it’s been a family affair the entire way.

Wendy and Graham live within walking distance of the pub and their five kids grew up around and worked in the Four Mile, and helped renovate it.

Some 15 family members have been involved with the business over the years.

Graham senior chuckles and Graham junior rolls his eyes when Wendy talks about the guiding hand of the building’s ghosts. Lately, a pump switch in the brewery keeps turning off, she said.

“Every time there is a project in the building, a ghost guides us along, and lets us know if we’ve done a good job. They tweak the odd thing,” she said.

“A ghost switches off one switch to make sure they’re doing it right. Three days in a row, the same time of day, a switch goes off.”

Ghosts in the machine or not, the Four Mile is going up against Victoria’s many established and beloved breweries, but the family says fellow beermakers the have welcomed them into the fold, and called the pub to offer encouragement. “(Craft beer) is a great community to be a part of. They’re very supportive within the industry,” White said. “The quality craft beer in Victoria has a high standard. The bar is set.

Hopefully we can measure up.”

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the last three years and will definitely be missed in 2015,” Chewpoy said.

At six-foot-three, 185 pounds, Fougner is a five-tool player – he can run, hit for average and power, and throws and fields well – who plays right field and pitches for the Mariners. “He’ll be our number 2 (starter) this year,” Chewpoy said.

He signed with Salt Lake Community College in Utah, a team ranked as high as No. 1 in the NJCAA this past year. Fougner hit nine doubles, two triples and a home run and stole 24 bases in 2013. On the mound, he has velocity in the upper 80s and went 5-1 with a 1.71 ERA. Chewpoy compares him to Victoria alumnus and current Seattle Mariner, Michael Saun-

ders, who pitched before shifting his focus to outfield. “Chris has the same ability – he can win a game all by himself.”

The 6-2, 195-pound Willow excelled as the team’s catcher the past three years. Next fall, he’ll join former teammate Austin Russell at McPherson College in Kansas, part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

“Willow is a big, strong kid with excellent receiving skills and a strong arm,” Chewpoy said. “He throws the ball to second base in two seconds, which is a Major League average.”

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Three Victoria Mariners players will be suiting up with some of the top developmental baseball colleges in the U.S. this fall.

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In the past 12 years, more than 80 Mariners have been recruited to play at college, university or on professional teams.

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Merry Maids embraces pet culture They’ve also won a number Walk into the Oak Bay office Victoria a sexy centre of company awards as one of of Merry Maids Victoria for adult toy company the top franchises in North and it’s possible you may be America. greeted by a fourLooking down its order Matt Tanner legged welcoming book for the 2013 calendar says in this highly committee. year, PinkCherry Adult Toys competitive industry, Matt Tanner determined that Greater being successful heads up sales and Victoria residents ordered the is “all about the marketing for the most products per capita (of people.” local franchise. He is residents 18-over).

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COMPANION/ Housekeeper.

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MECHANIC

Required F/T for Vancouver Outboard. Primary duties will include maintenance troubleshooting and repair of diesel & gas marine engines.

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FUEL/FIREWOOD

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ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fir, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

VOLUNTEERS COOK STREET Village Activity Centre is looking for a volunteer calligrapher to help update their Memory book.

Build your calligraphy skills while meeting new people and having fun. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

HELP FILL a Dream Foundation is seeking two organized, happy-go-lucky volunteers to help set up and man Water Station #1 on April 27, 2014 in support of the TC 10K race participants. Event coordination and team management experience an asset. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-3862269.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS-VICTORIA is seeking an experienced volunteer to fill their Local Coordinator position. This position requires a high level of engagement and a long term commitment, and is best suited for those with strong leadership and communications skills. Experience with persons with disabilities preferred. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

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ESTATE SALE: Sofa and matching loveseat, chairs, 2 futon sofa beds, bedroom sets, 60� TV, dinning room set, dishes, china cabinets, Persian carpets, Persian satellite, garden tools, clothing, complete household items. All in excellent condition. Everything must go! Call (250)477-4600.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE DOWNSIZING Hand & Electric Tools 10 x 5 Billiard Slate Table 100 lb Lino Roller Carpet Cutter 2 briefcases Wine Carboy Lifter 6�x 20� Timber Steel Rollers Lrg.Cap. Sawdust Vaccum Tooled Saddle, Mens jewellry And more!

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TIMESHARE FOR sale; weeks 49 & 51 at Panorama BC Ski Resort. Available for ownership at only the cost for legal fees. Deed property. Call (250)995-2992.

WHITE DAY bed w/trundle includes cover & 3 shams. $275.

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Women’s Mustang Floater Coat & Bib Pants.

2 VW & Audi Bike Racks.

Car Brochures.

Magazines from 50’s & 60’s.

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New Home For Sale: 5887 Stone Haven Rd, 2050sq ft, 2 bdrm+ den+ rec room heat pump, 5 appls, built-in vac, $384,000 includes gst, on bus route near hospital.

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SIDNEY 9805 2nd St- Large south facing 1 bdrm apt.

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WATERFRONT. NORTH Saanich. Large 2-bdrm, 2 bath. $1800./mo inclds utils. Possibly small boat moorage +.

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SIDNEY: 2 bdrm rancher, completely remodeled, close to town. NS/NP. Avail Mar. 1. $1200.+ utils. 604-836-5407.

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1990 CHEVROLET Cavalier Z 24, 3.1 Litre. Only 70,000 km on rebuilt motor. Newer Luc High Performance clutch, 5sp trans, near new Yokohama tires. Red, sun roof, mint interior, power doors/windows (new motors and regulators). Pioneer stereo w/iPod adapter, Pioneer 6x9 3 way speakers.

Same owner since 1990, have all receipts. $2500. Chris, 250595-0370 leave message.

1998 TRAVELAIRE 5th wheel. Exc. cond. new hot water heater, circuit board in fridge, toilet wheel bearings packed tires & electrical brake system checked. In floor heating privacy screens, rubber roof vinyl siding water purification kit, 24x12 outdoor mat.

Full winter storage shroud with breathable sides & rubber roof. $10,000. 250-652-9660.

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1982 GRAND Prix LJ, only 29 original km on car, 350 4 bolt Vette motor and 350 Turbo trans installed in 1985. Seals done in 2008. A.C. works, New head liner 2014, a true time piece. $5,900 obo. Must Sell. Call Terry 250-478-1426.

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SUITES, LOWER BRENTWOOD BAY- brand new 1 bdrm grd level suite, own entry, NS/NP. D/W, W/D. $700+ utils.

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SPACIOUS 1800 sq.ft. 2-bdrm + den, 2 bath townhouse. $479,000. Complete new interior. #1-10045 5th St. Just 2 blocks to Sidney’s main street.

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NEWS

Helmcken traffic to get worse before it gets better View Royal approves traffic calming on ‘raceway’ between Burnside, highway Kyle Wells News staff

Upcoming changes to Helmcken Road are set to be a mixed blessing for drivers, as extra congestion is created while improvements are made to traffic calming.

Since the beginning of the application process for the Eagle Creek Village development from Omicron, traffic has been a primary concern for View Royal council and staff.

“The north side of Helmcken, coming down from the Burnside Road intersection, has been a raceway,” said Mayor Graham Hill. “Town council has been berated pretty heavily, ‘please fix this and make it better.’”

Designs for what the changes will look like have now been approved by council.

Underground parking, a round-

about on Watkiss Way at the entrance to Victoria General Hospital, carefully designed entrances and exits and other steps will be put in place to minimize the Eagle Creek development’s impact on local traffic.

On Helmcken Road heading north, there will be two left-turn lanes onto Watkiss Way, heading towards the hospital, compared to the one there now. Two through-traffic lanes will remain.

Heading south, towards the Trans-Canada Highway, the section of Helmcken Road intersecting with Watkiss Way will be reduced from two through-traffic lanes to one, along with a left-turn lane at the intersection.

Currently one lane becomes two before the intersection, and three after, with the right-hand lane turning onto the highway heading north.

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Kyle Wells/News staff

Traffic backing up Helmcken Road from View Royal into Saanich is a normal daily occurrence, but congestion could get worse as Eagle Creek Village gets underway. which one lane expands to three,” said Kim Anema, View Royal’s chief administrator. “There’s been a number of accidents in that stretch from Burnside to Watkiss, and by eliminating that one lane

we’re going to be calming the traffic more.”

Lanes in both directions will be narrowed and traffic calming features, such as boulevards and median improvements, will

be added on the north side of the Watkiss/Helmcken intersection, along with bike lanes and improved pedestrian walkways.

Drivers coming from Saanich heading towards the TransCanada Highway can expect increased traffic and delays as a result of the changes.

Hill sees this as a necessary cost for progress and said with the new Craigflower Bridge opening this summer, traffic flow in this part of the region will improve.

Regardless of immediate increased inconvenience, Hill said it is reality for a development that will be a boon to local services and the economy.

“Where in the local region is traffic not a problem? Is this a new issue? The answer is no,” Hill said. “Commercial development is going to continue as people want to move here. And I think that our transportation issues are going to be with us for some time, on a regional basis.” kwells@goldstreamgazette.com

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John Kaiser, 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

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

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ELECTRICAL (250)217-3090.ELECTRICIAN 30 yrs exp. New homes and Renos. Knob & tube replacement. Service calls. Senior’s Disc. Free est. Lic.#3003.

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

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DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free est.

HANDYPERSONS 12% OAP Discount. Paint, Plumb, Carpentry. Power saw, etc. Don (250)661-1588.

AROUND THE HOUSE.ca ALL repairs & renovations.

Call Ben (250)891-7395.

BIG BEAR Handyman. Painting, household repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.

HANDYMAN- Light maintenance. Leaky taps, caulking, stain fabric/floor removal, electrical outlets & switch. Call (250)818-2709.

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Q: WHAT IS MEANT BY THE TERM ‘BENCHMARK HOME?’ Benchmark home defined: In past, the Victoria Real Estate Board and others have used the inaccurate term ‘average’ house sale price to help describe the direction of the overall market.

Such a measurement was skewed by sales at both extremes, but more so by sales of largedollar figure properties.

Last year the Canadian Real Estate Association established the House Price Index system, which determines ‘benchmark’ prices to indicate the strength of local real estate markets. It tends to throw out the extremes and produces a figure that more accurately reflects the price of a ‘typical’ home in the market.

Do you have a house-hunting story you’d like to share with us? Email ddescoteau@ vicnews.com To advertise in HomeFinder, call John Graham at 250.480.3227 or email jgraham@ blackpress.ca

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SELLING TIP |Don’t wait until spring to list your home, when competition for buyers is tougher

Real estate groundhog sees no shadow No winter doldrums in this market Don Descoteau News staff

Greater Victoria is blessed with a variety of unique characteristics that attract and retain home buyers, not least of which is having mild weather for the majority of the year.

As such, the local real estate market suffers far less of the winter doldrums than centres with harsher climates, where sellers are more likely to delist their properties as they prepare to hunker down for the cold months.

Not unlike elsewhere in North America, the number of residential listings go down over the Christmas season in the Capital Region as sellers shift their focus.

Historically, there has been a dividing line when business starts ticking upward again, says Bill Ethier, president of Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty.

“The ‘Groundhog Day’ used to be Jan. 7, when things started up again, the kids are back in school, people are back to work and dusting off after Christmas,” he says.

“That’s when people started calling their Realtors again.”

Some years ago, home sellers here fell into the trend of setting things in motion by spring so their home would sell by summer, when moving would be less affected by

weather, Ethier says.

These days, people are more savvy. Plus, real estate agents advise that waiting to sell until a busier time of year – when there’s more competition for buyers – isn’t necessarily a good strategy.

“We always have a Jan. 7 check-in with people who might have taken their homes off the market over the holidays,” Ethier says.

“We’re telling people, ‘let’s start now and get it out there while we can.’”

Because of that, the market generally sees a spike in the numbers in January.

Not only does Greater Victoria’s climate lend itself to moves at any time of year, other factors help reduce ups and downs in the real estate market.

People have had a year to get used to federal changes to regulations around mortgage financing and amortization periods. Where the impact of the more limiting lending rules was significant in the days and months after they took effect, Ethier says, buyers can still secure lowinterest mortgages.

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The number of mid-winter listings in Greater Victoria is creeping up as people start shifting their minds back to selling their homes.

Looking ahead to the spring, he’s encouraged by recent movements in the local market. “On Feb. 6 for example, we saw 51 new properties come on the market. That’s a solid number for this time of year.”

Helping brighten the picture are the positive

GREATER VICTORIA MARKET UPDATE » AS OF FEB. 12, 2014

394 » 342 » 3,550 »

PROPERTIES SOLD AND DEALS PENDING IN FEBRUARY 2013 (ALL CATEGORIES, INC. COMMERCIAL) PROPERTIES SOLD AND DEALS PENDING, MONTH TO DATE ACTIVE RESIDENTIAL LISTINGS (ALL CATEGORIES)

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ball, Ethier says Fairfield and Oak Bay continue to be strong investments – they’re the first to go up in price and the last to come down – and Langford will remain popular for its variety of housing options at reasonable prices.

He also sees some potential for a rebound in the hard-hit Saanich Peninsula.

“The market that has some comeback in it is the condo market, which has been lagging,” he says.

Regardless of where one looks, there are good buys out there in all areas. The key is to start looking now, Ethier says.

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local unemployment numbers announced recently, both signs the economy is improving. The real estate market always benefits from the consumer confidence that is a byproduct of economic growth, he says.

While selling prices have remained relatively flat here for the past year or so, property values are expected to increase more than previously forecast, Ethier says.

“A year ago we were predicting 2014 at a two per cent increase in the value of properties. Now it’s looking more like four to six per cent appreciation in value.”

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OPEN HOUSES | FEB. 14 TO FEB. 19, 2014

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

VICTORIA 302-1494 Fairfield, $287,500 Sat 2-4, Brown Brothers Real Estate Robert Young 250 385-6900

108-545 Manchester Rd.

Sat 2-4, Sutton Group West Coast Realty, June Wing, 250-479-3333

606 Speed Ave, $245,000

Sat & Sun 1-3, Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty, Scott Munro, 250 477-5353

304-55 Songhees, $649,900

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

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202-1070 Southgate, $94,900

733A Humboldt (200 Douglas)

4-1231 McKenzie St, $519,000

510-165 Kimta Rd, $379,999

1107-160 Wilson, $269,000

408-3170 Irma St, $169,900

Sat 1-3, Royal Lepage Coast Capital Cheri Crause 250 592-4422 Sun 1-2:30, Fair Realty Ltd. Sean Thomas, 250 896-5478

199 Olive St, $839,900 Sat 2-4, Pemberton Holmes Shawn Adye, 250-384-8124

Sat, Sun & Mon 1-4, Macdonald Realty, Helene Roy, 250 883-2715

Sat 11:30-1:30, Duttons & Co. Real Estate Ltd. 250-383-7100

305-951 Topaz, $278,000

Sun 2-4, Sutton Group West Coast Realty, Elke Pettipas, 250-479-3333

Sun 2-4, Royal LePage Coast Capital Sharen Warde, 250-592-4422 Sun 11-1, Re/Max Camosun Fran Jeffs, 250-744-3301

OAK BAY 3214 Henderson, $799,000

307-1070 Southgate, $74,900

301-640 Montreal St, $679,000

2358 Cadboro Bay, $539,000

Sat 1-3, Newport Realty, Holly Harper 250 888-8448

Sun 2-4, DFH Real Estate Ltd. Alison Stoodley, 250-477-7291

Sun 2-4, Royal LePage Coast Capital, Sharen Warde, 250-592-4422 Sat 1-3, Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

OPEN HOUSE Saturday 1 - 3pm ♦ 1233 Tall Tree Place

A-3102 Volmer Rd, $309,900

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11-1063 Valewood Trail

204-2326 Harbour, $339,000

3379 Vision Way, $339,900

3832 Pitcombe Pl, $759,000

9576 Lapwing Pl, $529,900

8-2711 Jacklin, $249,900

3712 Kootenay, $649,900

Sat & Sun 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Catherine Hallock, 250-479-3333

110-9560 Fifth, $219,900

212-1145 Sikorsky Rd, $259,900

76-14 Erskine, $399,000

Sat 11:30-1:30, One Percent Realty Valentino, 250-686-2242

379 Kislingbury, $419,000 Sat 2-4, One Percent Realty Valentino, 250-686-2242

SAANICH EAST 3934 Cedar Hill X Rd, $859,000 Sat 2-4, Pemberton Holmes Corie Meyer, 250-818-3216

Gorgeous Executive Family Home $614,900 Lg. 3 bd, 3 bath, + office, executive family home nestled on a no through street in very popular Strawberry Vale area, with water, city & mountain views. Original Show Home for Parkheights. Lot backs into parkland of Knockan Hill trails from your back gate! Walk out at grade level to gorgeous new deck & private backyard from family rm. Heated tile floors in entry, & kitchen. LR, DR, Family Rm. has recently installed European laminate floors. Office

8-8025 East Saanich, $525,000

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

Sun 2-4, Pemberton Holmes Murray Clodge, 250-818-6146

206-68 Songhees, $609,000

Sat 2-4, Newport Realty, Sylvia Therrien, 250-385-2033

973 Owlwood, $825,000

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

20 Newcastle Crt, $579,000

1375 Slater St, $499,000

Sun 2-4, Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty, Dave O’Byrne, 250-592-4422

2116 McLaren, $699,900

has built in computer desk & cabinets.

Huge Mstr bd with fully renovated luxurious ensuite bath with tub and separate shower. 14’ x 12’ second storey loft/workout room or kids’ play area, opens onto deck with outstanding water & city views! Don’t miss this gorgeous family home! MLS 332885. Call Barbara or Bruce Scott for details or see you at the Open House. For more photos www.scottrealestateteam.ca

110-1505 Church Ave, $199,000

Sat 1-3, Saanich Peninsula Properties John Romashenko 250 588-9246 Sat 1-2, Holmes Realty, Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

Sun 2-4, Pemberton Holmes Corie Meyer, 250-384-8124

Sat 1-3, DFH Real Estate Ltd. Alison Stoodley, 250-477-7291

Sat 2-4, Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty, Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422

Sat 11-12, Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

10410 Allbay, $346,000

SAANICH WEST

Sun 11-1, Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

2309 Muriel Pl, $409,500

1233 Tall Tree, $614,900

Sat 1-3, Coldwell Banker Slegg Realty Barbara Scott, 250-383-1500

Sat 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty, May Hamilton, 250-477-5353

201-9950 Fourth, $399,000

Sun 1-3, Saanich Peninsula Properties Sat 2-4, Boorman’s, Rod Hay, 250-595-1535 170 Kamloops Ave, $534,000 Sun 2-4, Century 21 Queenswood Realty John Romashenko 250 588-9246 Midtown Park, $299,888 9650 Fifth St, $542,900 Anke Venema, 250-477-1100 Wednesday thru Sun 12-4 Sat 1-3, DFH Real Estate Ltd. 224-40 Gorge Rd. W., $265,000 RE/MAX Alliance, Ron Neal, 250-386-8181 Ann Watley, 250-474-6003 Sat 2-4, RE/MAX Camosun 4009 Cedar Hill Rd, $489,900 401-2354 Brethour Ave, Deanna Noyce, 250-744-3301 Sat & Sun 1-4, Sutton Group West $329,000 Sat 1-3 3835 South Valley Dr, $759,000 Coast, James Gardiner (250) 507-4333 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Sat 2-4, Century 21 Queenswood Realty Judy Gerrett, 250-656-0131 4210 Quadra, $569,900 Anke Venema, 250-477-1100 Sun 12-2 SmartMove Real Estate 306-10016 Third, $209,900 Gary Brown, 250-380-6683 Sat 3-4, Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911 3673 Blenkinsop, $498,000 Sat 2-4, One Percent Realty Guy Effler, 250-812-4910

SAANICH PENINSULA

303-3263 Alder St, $249,000

Sat 12-1, Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty, Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422

982 Mckenzie Ave, $299,900

104-1959 Polo Park, $244,000 Sat 1-2:30, Holmes Realty, Magdalin Heron 250 656-0911

WEST SHORE

3343 Wishart Rd, $635,900 Sat 2-4, Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448

17-7070 West Saanich,

Sat 2-4, Re/Max Camosun Tony Wick, 250-478-9600

Sat & Sun 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-590-3921 Sun 2-4, DFH Real Estate Ltd. Ron Bahrey, 250-477-7291

Sat & Sun 12-4, DFH Real Estate Ltd Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

931 Lobo Vale, $364,900

Sat & Sun 12-4, DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

587 Atticus Crt, $449,000 Sat 1-3, Macdonald Realty Ltd. Chace Whitson, 250-818-9338

2062 Gourman, $739,900 Sun 2-4, RE/MAX Camosun Shirley Zailo, 250-478-9600

887 Wild Ridge Way, $399,900 Sun 2:30-4, SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683

554 Gemini Dr., $619,900 Sun 2-4, Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124

3640 Vitality

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

2655 Sooke Rd, $219,900 Thursday thru Monday 1-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Gregory, 250 744-3301

1102 Bearspaw Plat, $749,800

$264,900 Sat 1-2, Holmes Realty, Sat & Sun 1-4, Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty, James Liu, 250 477-5353 Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

419 Pelican, $777,900

2604 Sinclair Rd, $747,000

3250 Willshire Dr, $439,900

3310 Ocean Blvd, $875,000

Estate Ltd., Ann Watley, 250-474-6003

Sat 1-3, Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty, Patricia Gatey 250-592-4422

9820 Seaport, $479,000+

3065 Metchosin, $319,900

1018 Grob Crt, $344,900

Sat 1-3, Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736

3898 Lancaster, $595,000

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

9393 East Saanich Rd, $449,900 Sat & Sun 1-3, DFH Real Sun 1-3 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

Sat 1-3, Re/Max Camosun Brad Gregory, 250-744-3301

Sat 1-3, DFH Real Estate Ltd. Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003

Sat 2-4, Re/Max Camosun Nickole Goeujon, 250-478-9600 Sat 1-3, Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736

Daily 12-4, DFH Real Estate Ltd Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

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A Rare Opportunity to acquire a marina in the heart of Brentwood Bay complete with lovely home, and self contained suite. Two level, on-dock cottage and retro pub bar, all easily converted to a restaurant, with 2 huge decks.

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Good Morning Starshine

Capture the feelings of childhood summers again, and move to this quarter acre sunny home in Deep Cove, across from the quaint Marina.

The lovely home is nestled in very private gardens with views of the ocean and Mt.Tuam. Gorgeous new kitchen, windows, hardwood floors, and baths! A home for all... Water you waiting for? $629,000

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Newly updated contemporary Oceanfront masterpiece plus dock. Architecturally designed taking advantage of the spectacular private location. Floor to sky windows create a true indoor-outdoor flow. At 3200 sqft it will suit most circumstances & incl In Law. Once inside the most discerning buyer will be wowed by the Artistry! $1,499,800

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Custom-built Whistler-inspired, 1 Acre Haven. Highly evolved design is evident by controlled skylights, pre-set temperature Schluter shower system and AH!, a deep Japanese soaker tub. The Master Suite awes with its Vaulted ceiling, and rain-sensor Skylight. The “piece de resistance” handsome fir doors open 180° to a gorgeous covered deck for dining al fresco, w/ Sunset Malahat Views! $660,000

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If you love horses, and nature, come Live the Dream in this 4800sqft craftsman built home in the picturesque haven of Metchosin. This 3.08 acre Estate backs on to endless trails. The Kitchen is the heart of this home, with its Quartz Island, and Jenn-Air appliances. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, and a double garage, with games room above is only the beginning. Your trophy is the NEW 2,155 sqft Workshop to hold every outdoor toy! $1,349,000

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Sophisticated Buyers, will flock to this Mid-Century 13/4 US 6 th bedroom -4p E home, combining all the very best of the era, with modern2upgrades m like granite countertops, NEST thermostat, cherry hardwood and LEATHER flooring! Beautiful 1/3 acre sunny backyard; a gardener’s paradise located right in coveted Oak Bay! $720,000

This well designed 3 bedroom home enjoys a garden view open kitchen, cozy adjoining family room, and rare formal dining room, complete with gorgeous rock fireplace. Custom design is evident in the avantegard open stairways and straight clean lines of its exterior. Beautifully landscaped Japanese zen-like terraced backyard takes full advantage of the one acre property. Call Now! $750,000

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