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Construction of a new trades school kicked off with fanfare this week at Camosun College’s Interurban campus. The province’s Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk joined faculty, staff and students Monday to break ground on the $30-million trades centre. “Throughout British Columbia, we are building skills and trades training through targeted investments in infrastructure, equipment and programs,” Virk said. The Centre for Trades Education and Innovation, a 7,432-square-metre building, will house a marine and metal trades training program that will include welding, sheet metal, metal fabrication, nautical and ship building, and more. The existing trades facilities will also be refurbished as part of the project. The new facility will accommodate an additional 370 full-time equivalent seats in trades training programs. Currently, the college has more than 2,200 students each year in 20 different trades foundation and apprenticeship programs. “This new facility will help propel our college and our region to the very forefront of trades education and innovation,” said Camosun president Kathryn Laurin. “Not only will it allow Camosun to expand into new program areas like renewable energy and ship building, but it will provide our trades students the unique opportunity to learn from related disciplines like business and technology, and take part in practical, hands-on experiences through our emerging partnerships with industry.” The new Centre for Trades Education and Innovation is expected to be complete in the summer 2015. The overall project, including renovation to the existing Jack White and John Drysdale buildings, is expected to be complete in spring 2016. reporter@saanichnews.com

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While you’re not looking, this is what’s happening to BC’s world renowned recycling program.

Well, lookie here. One minute you have a perfectly good Blue Box recycling program. The next, something new and rather questionable is being put in its place. And they thought they’d get away with it right under your nose, without telling you or asking your opinion. That’s definitely not democracy in action. The BC Government, elected by us to represent our best interests, has decided to offload the costs of recycling to big multi-national corporations. To implement this new plan, they’ve set up an association that doesn’t really seem to hold the environment, local jobs, or the municipalities that run the Blue Box program, close to its heart.

Perhaps that’s why some of our local elected officials are using the word “scam” to describe how the new program is being set up. It’s also perhaps why several of BC’s municipalities refuse to jump on board. That’s gotta tell you something. Now it’s your turn to let Premier Christy Clark know what you think. Contact her today to say that dismantling an already-working recycling program to replace it with something that few people think will be as good, is a bad idea.

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Kids Klub seeks help to feed hungry students Society provides lunch support programs at 17 Greater Victoria elementary schools Kyle Wells News staff

A hungry child is not a happy child. This is the inspiration behind the Vancouver Island Kids Club Centre Society’s goal of feeding hungry Greater Victoria students. Kids Klub provides elementary schools with food to give to students who are coming to class without a nutritious lunch. This allows the kids to focus on their education, and not on an empty stomach, they say. “I think it’s a critical piece. The more that we know about kids and the way that they learn is that a constant grazing is going to help their academic performance,” said Tarj Mann, principal of Braefoot elementary school in Saan-

ich. “We do have a number of students who come to school hungry. … If we can take that issue off of their mind, provide for them, then they’re going to be in a much better space to learn.” Increased demand from schools this year means the Saanich-based Kids Klub is providing even more food to hungry students this year, and the charity is seeking donations to help keep up with need. The society provides ingredients for lunch programs at 17 elementary and middle schools in the region. The program helps deliver about 3,000 lunches per month, helping out more than 400 families. Meals cost $1 each. Compared to this time last year, the society is providing the food to make 700 more lunches per month.

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District education assistant Sarah Duvall-Hannay hands out sandwiches to two students at Braefoot elementary school. “It just took up all the money we had put aside to meet the need,” said executive director Tertia Yates. “I don’t think the need is going anywhere, it’s just going to increase.” Mann said the lunch program has been offered for at least 12 years at Braefoot, and helps to

feed about six students daily – who remain totally anonymous among their classmates. The Kids Klub Centre Society offers a variety of ways to donate, including a one-time cash donation, giving a monthly amount, or sponsoring a child for the whole school year at $20 per month. The

society is a registered charity and provides tax receipts. All money collected goes to purchase food. Anyone interested in donating to the society can contact Yates at 250-881-1223 or at tertia@kidsklub.ca. kwells@goldstreamgazette.com

UVic nutrition program combats freshman 15 University is first public institution in B.C. to participate in province’s Informed Dining program

first time. So they’re deciding what they’re having for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and it’s not being decided by their parents,” said Jim Dunsdon, UVic’s associate vice-president of student affairs. “So for many students, if they’re living on campus, they’ll have meals prepared for them (by food services) and it’s really important Kyle Slavin for them to know what’s in those meals in News staff order to make healthy choices.” The freshman 15 is a commonly used The University of Victoria implemented a simple new program this year that aims expression that refers to the weight gain many first-year students experience, as a to put an end to the freshman 15. The post-secondary institution is the result of increased access to unhealthier foods. first public institution in “For many first-year The nutritional guide B.C. to adopt the province’s contains all the nutritional Informed Dining program, students, depending on information customers which gives customers – in would want – from cholesthis case mostly students what their eating habits terol to calcium, highlightand staff – a full nutritional have been historically, ing to big two: calories and breakdown of all menu options before placing an they’re making their own sodium. It covers every order at any of the UVic-run choices for the first time.” menu item at the six University Food Service resfood outlets. - Jim Dunsdon taurants on campus. “For many first-year stu“It was a ton of work dents, depending on what their eating habits have been historically, for our registered dieticians. … For years they’re making their own choices for the we’ve had students asking us, ‘What’s in

B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake this food? What’s the sodium content?,’ so it’s really nice to have this information readily accessible to them,” Dunsdon said. Health Minister Terry Lake says the Informed Dining program is part of a prevention strategy to keep British Columbians healthy, which includes maintaining an active lifestyle and making smart food choices. “We know proper nutrition is important to maintain their energy, to avoid illness and to help allow students to keep

pace with their busy lives. Making healthy choices when eating on campus can be a real challenge,” he acknowledged. Lake pointed to a roasted red pepper and hummus melt on the Informed Dining menu at UVic’s Village Greens, acknowledging the food sounds healthier than it is. A single serving of that dish contains 990mg of sodium, 30mg of cholesterol and 450 calories. “Who knew hummus had so much sodium?” Lake asked. There are currently 1,500 restaurants in B.C. participating in the Informed Dining program. Dunsdon says the nutritional information won’t just inform customers, the university will use the information to better plan its food offerings. “One of the next steps is now that we have all this information, we’re going to go through and reassess our food offerings we provide,” he said. “I believe students will begin to make different choices about what they’re eating, and we’ll respond to that.” editor@saanichnews.com

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Conflicts between cyclists and drivers sharing the roadway are nothing new. But in 1995, Saanich’s Bicycle Advisory Committee attempted to alleviate that friction by asking staff to look at allowing cyclists to ride on sidewalks. “After studying the Motor Vehicle Act, … the advisory committee concluded that permitting cyclists on Saanich sidewalks would benefit both drivers and the cycling community,” read an article in the March 15, 1995 issue of the News. Coun. Judy Brownoff was chair of the committee at the time, and says now that the idea came about because they didn’t want to see police issuing tickets under the Motor Vehicle Act to children who were biking on sidewalks. “The idea was that the police would have a sympathetic eye if kids were biking on sidewalks … so it was a way of saying, ‘Okay, we don’t have a lot of (biking) infrastructure built, we

COUNCIL NEWS Tree bylaw gets council support

Saanich council on Monday gave the OK to tightening its tree preservation bylaw, in an attempt to prevent the loss of urban tree canopy in the municipality. The unanimous decision didn’t come without opposition. “(The development community thinks) that this will add costs to homeowners – which it does,” acknowledged Coun. Paul Gerrard. “But at the same time, our general theme is we need to replace trees that are being taken out because we are losing our tree canopy.” Council sent the updated bylaw to public hearing, but also directed staff to have further discussion with opponents to see where things can be reworked.

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A 104-year-old home is on the path to heritage designation, after Saanich council supported a subdivision application for 1245 Burnside Rd. W., which included seeking heritage protection for the existing home. Two new homes are also proposed for the site. They will be built using heritage features to fit in with the area. Council on Monday sent the application to public hearing.

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■ 1993 - Residents living near Rainbow Park, along with staff and parents from Rogers elementary, call on Saanich and the provincial government to build a pedestrian bridge over McKenzie Avenue at Rainbow Street. This came during construction of the McKenzie/ Pat Bay interchange, when a crosswalk was installed at Rainbow Street and drivers were regularly seen running the red light. ■ 1996 - As area school districts await budget announcements from the provincial government, talks heat up surrounding amalgamating the Greater Victoria, Saanich, Sooke and Gulf Islands school districts. Then-Education Minister Paul Ramsay said there would be cost savings by amalgamating, while school districts denied that claim. ■ 1997 - Saanich Coun. Bob Gillespie proposes doing away with secret ballots among councillors to elect representatives to the Capital Regional District, suggesting instead that voters get to choose come election time which councillors will sit on the board. Saanich changed its policy and to this day continues to include the question of CRD appointments on its municipal ballot.

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Politics isn’t entertainment Most people, when they read the words “zoning decision” or “bylaw amendment,” will turn the page (don’t do it!) or their eyes will begin to glaze over. Such is the reality of local politics. And unless there’s a contentious community issue up for debate, council meetings – no matter where in Canada you live – don’t draw big crowds. The same goes for the municipal elections we hold every three (soon to be four) years. Turnout for those is pretty abysmal. In the 2011 civic election, Langford saw some of the lowest numbers in the province, with just 14 per cent of voters casting ballots. Most Greater Victoria municipalities attracted around 25 per cent turnout (Saanich, 25; Victoria, 27), while some, like Oak Bay, North Saanich and Metchosin surpassed the 40 per cent mark. The idea of politics as a serious democratic process is rapidly fading, replaced by a form of entertainment starring a host of colourful characters whose kooky actions and personal life details become our water-cooler discussions. We’re fortunate that Greater Victoria politics isn’t usually overshadowed by politicians – the issues still dominate. But it’s evident that not even the issues are enough to draw people on election day. We have to applaud Victoria Coun. Lisa Helps for trying to change that. This week she launched a new campaign, Vote Pledge 2014, that aims to get voters engaged in municipal politics. The idea behind her campaign is that people are feeling a major disconnect between them and what politics have become. She wants people to feel not just engaged, but like they can make a difference by having a voice in their community. We hope people all over the region – no matter your political views – consider how meaningful this campaign can be and the positive impact it can have, just by taking the simple first step of casting a ballot on Nov. 15. Politics doesn’t exist for our entertainment. Local governments have a lot of power on the issues – yes, zoning and bylaws – that impact your day-to-day life. Being engaged, even on the most basic level of voting, means you care enough about your community that you are trying to make it a better place. It’s the same reason most people get into municipal politics.

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Service missed at tax office When I visited the Canada Revenue Agency’s Tax Services office this week to drop off my 2013 income-tax return, I was appalled to discover that this huge building at the corner of Vancouver Street and Pandora Avenue has been converted into what amounts to a giant call centre and citizens can no longer obtain personal service or even enter the building to pick up tax forms and information booklets. Apparently this change was announced by the federal government a few months ago as part of one of its notorious omnibus tax bills. But I missed that under-the-radar “announcement” and I clearly wasn’t the only one who did. During the five minutes or so that I spent reading the notices posted on the locked doors, no fewer than four other people came to the entrance of the building and were shocked to discover they could no longer receive personal help with their tax problems from the staff in the building. They included an elderly gentleman who was pushing his wife in a wheelchair. He was, quite understandably, so angry and upset that he began rapping on the locked doors in frustration. To add insult to injury, every square inch of the nine glass panels

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at the entrance to the building has been carefully covered with opaque paper. What could possibly be happening on the other side of these locked doors that is so secret that citizens aren’t even being permitted to peek through the glass? Even if any visitors to the building happen to have X-ray vision they should still be careful since there are two bilingual signs at the entrance warning: “This area is under 24-hour closed-circuit television surveillance.” Surely, at the very minimum, a commissionaire could be stationed in the lobby of the building and tax forms and information materials could be made available to the public. Gordon Pollard Victoria

Resource jobs inherently short-lived I am writing in response to two letters that appeared in the Friday, March 7 edition. The first stated that the Prosperity Mine proposal, turned down again on its second proposal, would have created “tens of thousands of secure, high-paying jobs” in the region. Not only are the numbers unproven, but the legacy of the

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resource industry in the area points to the opposite. Resource industry jobs often last only a generation or two at most before depletion, foreign competition and consolidation. What they leave behind is a much longer legacy of environmental degradation and, in this case, the exclusion and disenfranchisement of First Nations. The second letter, on Mike Farnworth’s bid for NDP leadership, makes the claim that he is only “in it” for the money. If only those who knew they could win entered politics, we would have a one party system. On the other hand, privatization under the Liberals has largely benefited those with connections to the party and its leaders. Oak Bay voted in a Green MLA in the last election, and the seat has previously been a tight contest between the Liberals and NDP. I’ll wager that there are others in Oak Bay who, like myself, have a very different take on both the issue of the NDP leadership and the Prosperity Mine. K. Strauss Oak Bay ••• Let your voice be heard. Send your thoughts to editor@vicnews.com

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Supergroup Mounties sparks creative awakening Canadian acts band together, yield unexpected results

tance that record had on my life to him,” Bays says. “He just kept saying, ‘Don’t you feel like you invented a sound with Hot Hot Heat and everybody else stole it and became way more successful?’ He was obsessed with the fact Natalie North that we weren’t more successful, News staff which I guess was his way of givA hodgepodge of musicians min- ing a compliment.” Regardless of whether or not gled backstage at a live taping of Q with Jian Ghomeshi in the run up their kudos were received, a conto the 2009 Juno Awards. Among nection was made over their simthem Hot Hot Heat and Hawksley ilar sensibilities in the Canadian Workman, the latter unaware of music industry. “Most people don’t really talk just how much influence he had on the former and both unable to about that,” says Bays. “It’s all predict what kind of impact they about existentialism, sex drugs and rock ’n’ roll. He talked about would have on their futures. it like he was going Though there to be doing this for may be some dis“The entire the rest of his life. I pute over the oriliked that he was a gin story behind existence of the band behind the scenes Mounties (com- just felt like one big guy and a poet and a prised of Workman, Hot Hot Heat’s rock ’n’ roll party that total weirdo. And he loves to drink wine Steve Bays and I never expected to and so do I.” Ryan Dahle of LimbBays, also one lifter), this is where have at 35 years old.” half of electronic the seeds of that - Steve Bays yacht rock duo Fur history were first Trade, producer and owner of prisewn. Steve Bays, the Victoria-born vate recording studio, Tugboat Hot Hot Heat frontman had dis- Pl., already had plenty on the go covered Workman’s (Last Night and wasn’t looking for another We Were) The Delicious Wolves project. But when their friendat a formative time when he was ship eventually led them to the experimenting with vocals for studio together – with Bays set what would become Hot Hot Heat. to produce Workman’s album and “I tried to convey the impor- Dahle along for the session – their

Mounties, a Canadian supergroup featuring Hawksley Workman, left, Ryan Dahle and Steve Bays, performs next Thursday (March 20) at Sugar Nightclub. Submitted photo

chemistry incited something else entirely. It started with what Bays describes as Workman’s initial “Jon Bonham-esque” beats on the drums during the first moments of their first session. “I had no idea he was such a crazy drummer. I just started playing along on keys and Ryan started playing along on guitar. Before we knew it, we had started a whole

new sound, for us at least. It just felt like a band.” The majority of their debut record Trash Rock Legacy, released earlier this month, is excerpts from three sessions of jamming and enjoying life, beginning with that one in the summer of 2012. “Ryan has his airstream in front of the studio, so we were hanging out in there, talking about ridic-

ulous concepts. It just felt like a really artful experience.” And a refreshing one, to which Bays attributes the creation of another Hot Hot Heat album, after working with the band since 1999 and tiring of the “rock machine” of dirty clubs and shady promoters, he says. Bays and Workman have since begun directing and producing video (beginning with a music video for The Mohrs) under the production name Antler and Power. With their creative partnership set and the sole live experience with Mounties to date (at last September’s Rifflandia) an extremely positive one, Bays is excited to engage in the machine once more. “The entire existence of the band just felt like one big rock ’n’ roll party that I never expected to have at 35 years old.” Mounties play an early show (doors at 7 p.m.) at Sugar Nightclub March 20 with Rich Aucoin and JPNS GIRLS. Tickets, $17.50, via Lyle’s Place Ditch Records and ticketweb.ca. arts@mondaymag.com

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H.M.S. Pinafore on stage in traditional operatic style Actors show off vocal prowess in old-school show Steven Heywood News staff

Actors in the Victoria Gilbert and Sullivan Society’s presentation of H.M.S. Pinafore will have to throw their voices. To be more precise, they will be projecting their voices and their performances to audiences at the Mary Winspear Theatre in Sidney and Victoria’s McPherson Playhouse. This is, says choreographer Heather-Elayne Day, the traditional style of Gilbert and Sullivan operas — no microphones to enhance the sound. “We present Gilbert and Sullivan (operas) as traditional as possible,” she said. “So, there are no body mikes.” The only exception, she con-

tinued, is at the top of a threemetre poop deck where the distance between the actors and the audience requires a little sound enhancement. “The focus, then, is on the actors projecting their voices and delivering clear diction. “They have risen to the task, but it’s a skill that’s being lost.” H.M.S. Pinafore is a comic opera aboard the British ship of the same name. Captain Corcoran (played by Victoria’s Colin Grewar) intends his daughter Josephine (Victoria’s Inge Illman) to marry Sir Joseph Porter, First Lord of the Admiralty (Saanich’s Rudy Ewart). Little does he know that Josephine is in love with a lower class sailor, Ralph Rackstraw (Victoria’s Kaden Forsberg). Day said the cast is powerful and enthusiastic about learning the complex music and lyrics. She said the score is difficult to sing but has given the theatre

world some of its most about songs, such as My Gallant Crew, Good Morning and We Sail the Ocean Blue. Day added there will be challenges with performing on two different stages. The Charlie White Theatre at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney and the McPherson Playhouse stages are different sizes and shapes. Day said they have made the set to be able to fit on both, while using the space as effectively as possible. Lighting and sound, too, are different but Day said both facilities have good technicians. Music for the performances will be provided by a full orchestra. To find out more about the Victoria Gilbert and Sullivan Society, upcoming shows, and ticket info for H.M.S. Pinafore, visit gilbertandsullivanvictoria. ca. editor@peninsulanewsreview.com

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Victoria writers are among those honoured on the B.C. Book Prize shortlist, announced on Wednesday. The West Coast Book Prize Society named works by Catherine Greenwood, Robin Stevenson and Michael Layland of Victoria as the best in the province for 2013. Greenwood’s The Lost Letters (Brick Books) made the list for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Stevenson’s Record Breaker (Orca Book Publishers) earned a nod for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. Layland was recognized in the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award category, for the best book in terms of public appeal, initiative, design, production, and content for his book, The Land of Heart’s Delight: Early Maps and Charts of Vancouver Island (TouchWood Editions). Also shortlisted for the Booksellers’ Choice is Coutenay’s Paula Wild for

The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous (Douglas & McIntyre). University of Victoria alumnus Arno Kopecky was also recognized in the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize category for his literary nonfiction novel, The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway (Douglas & McIntyre). The winners in seven categories will be announced at the Lieutenant Governor’s BC Book Prizes Gala on May 3 at the Renaissance Vancouver Harbourside Hotel. These nominees – who collectively will receive $14,000 in cash prizes – will be celebrated at a free public event, the details of which have yet to be released. Information will be posted to bcbookprizes.ca, along with a list of the as-yet unnamed nominees for the 2014 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence and dates for a short-listed authors reading tour throughout various public venues in BC during the month of April. arts@mondaymag.com

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Cracking Canada’s small car conundrum likely to adopt the same numeric GENEVA, Switzerland - Small moniker. The concept vehicle has cars are huge here in Europe, if an all-new 1.5-litre SKYACTIV-D not in size certainly in numbers. diesel engine. Everywhere you turn, it seems Citroen no longer sells in North there is either a Ford Fiesta America though periodically or an Opel Astra (the General we hear rumours of a return by Motors subsidiary) about to the French manufacturer and its cross your path. If it is not those home rivals, Peugeot and Reexamples, there are any number nault. Their lines are so different of other similar sized economy While there is a to the often indistinguishable cars from the likes of Citroen, greater acceptance of small cars we get. Some of the VW, and Peugeot buzzing by. Micro cars such as the tiny smaller vehicles in our French creations are positively and I found myself gawSmart, with which we are facities, people outside funky ping at such an example in the miliar, and even smaller vehicles urban areas have new Citroen C4 Cactus. It’s zip into roadside parking spots where previously only a motormore ground to cover designed to challenge the likes of the Ford Focus and the VW Golf. cycle would park. and so are tempted It uses lightweight materials exMy two-prong mission at the by larger vehicles. tensively, including an aluminum Geneva Motor Show was to hood, which means it sips gas. view small cars we might see Keith Morgan The rubberized pads along the sometime soon and others we side would be perfect for people never will see but wish we who regularly have close encounters with could! Then ponder whether small cars will garage doorframes! ever catch on here in the way they have in General Motors looks to penetrate the difficult Europe. younger buyer marked with its Opel/VauxThere was something familiar about the first hall Adam. It’s dressed up in interesting car I encountered in the giant Palexpo show colours but it’s what is under the hood that buildings. Ah yes, a European version of the makes it really interesting. It has a variety trusty Honda Civic – Canada’s hottest seller of bigger engines as options but its smallest in that market segment. I am sure Honda engine is a new 1.0-litre, three-cylinder gas Canada would sell more if they resembled the engine, mated to a six-speed manual transvery hot Type R concept, which is destined to mission, with the pulling power of 1.6-litre be a racer. Yes, the new North American Civic power plant. Fuel consumption is expected is sportier than the last generation but the to be a miserly 4.5 L/100 km (combined city Euro versions always seem that bit sharper in highway). It may show up here in some form design. but right now GM has more than its fair share Next up was the Mazda Hazumi hatchback, of small cars. expected successor to the current Mazda2 and

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So far, I’ve looked at econo cars at the lower end of the market. No point in me offering price details because all Euro cars are substantially more expensive than the same examples sold here in Canada. Finally, I cast a close eye over the Audi S1, which is a hot sportback version of the popular A1. It comes with a 228hp 2.0-litre turbocharged gas engine capable of hitting 100 km/h in less than six seconds. I will reveal it will sell for more than $40,000 in the UK. It’s fast, it’s a premium offering and I’ll eat my hat if it shows up here. All of the above have great fuel economy going for them and most are competitively priced. The common keys to their success likely come down to two key factors. Impressive fuel consumption numbers matter because fuel in Europe is substantially more expensive than here. And Europe is crawling with folks going about their daily duties on often far less land and road space. While there is a greater acceptance of smaller vehicles in our cities, people outside urban areas have more ground to cover and so are tempted by larger vehicles, especially as a first family vehicle. And the truth is that the advances in fuel saving technology means there’s not a massive difference between the econo-cars and small family sedans. And perhaps a bigger factor is for “an extra $20 a month, madam, you could have the roominess and utility of this car.” A line heard in most dealerships, most days. And the sales people are not wrong. keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca

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The Fiat 500 is cute, but might not be the most practical as a family vehicle. Sure, it has room for four, a peppy personality but accessing the rear seats isn’t the easiest and the cargo room is minimal. Enter the all-new-for-2014 Fiat 500L: The “L” stands for “large” so those interior volume deficiencies listed with its pint-sized sibling are no more. Dimensionally, the L is 27 inches longer, 6 inches taller in height and in width and there’s an extra 42 per cent when it comes to inside space. But wait, there’s more. Literally. The L comes with two additional doors to allow for easy access to the rear seats. And room for five passengers. It loses a little bit of its pinch-the-cheeks cuteness but its practicality makes up for it. In the driver’s seat, you have an almost unadul-

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wanted to keep my wife happy. She nodded sympathetically. As she handed me the money, she asked if the vehicle was in any accidents. Now, I’m not a good liar. So I simply said, No. It’s her fault for not asking for a CarProof or ICBC vehicle history report. That seemed to do it. She was pleased and drove away with a smile on her face. As for me, I went home with a fat wallet. A few days later, I got a text: “Got CarProof report. Three accidents?!?!? Need money back now!!!” I panicked. But not for long. I was getting good at this. I just got a new cell number. She didn’t know my name – that old fake ID worked great. And she had no idea where I lived. Finding me would wear her out. I was in the clear. But will I be so lucky next time? *Curber – An individual posing as a private seller, but selling vehicles for profit as a business. A curber often misrepresents the history and condition of a vehicle. Curbers offer none of the protections the law provides for purchases from a Vehicle Sales Authority licensed dealer. aler.

In corners, the 500L doesn’t have as tight of a setup as the 500, body roll is more evident. The MSRP of the 2014 Fiat 500L Lounge is $25,995. With the options, the price as tested comes to $30,850. Visit fiatcanada.com. Alexandra.Straub @drivewaybc.ca

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host the top AA Pee Wee teams in the province starting Sunday (March 16). The visiting teams arrive today and tomorrow, but all see their first round robin action Sunday. Juan de Fuca plays the feature game that night at 8 p.m. following the opening ceremonies at 7:30. Teams play three games each, with the top two in each pool advancing to the championship round. The gold medal game happens Wednesday at 8 p.m.

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COLLEGE HEIGHTS, Nanaimo. Beautiful ocean/city views. 4bdrms w/2bdrm suite. Owner will carry mortgage/reasonable down payment. Also LADYSMITH 3bdrm w/1bdrm suite, dble garage +1000 sq.ft. storage area. $25,000 down. 250753-0160

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The GVHA refused to comment on Seagrave-Peel’s suspension, but in a statement said unclaimed or suspended licences are awarded to new performers by a jury of staff and artist representatives. “Each performer has a Daniel Palmer licence with GVHA which News staff includes agreed business terms, a code of conduct and, For the past 17 summers, in the event of disagreement Norman (Jay) Seagrave-Peel between the parties, a dispute has created and sold thouresolution process,” said Curtis Grad, GVHA president and CEO. Seagrave-Peel said he’s willing to serve his suspension, but worries he won’t get his prime performance G N I V I l o A k b AY spot back in 2015. “The city allocated the spot I use for one reason: because it’s SPRING 2014 such an open spot and there are fumes from spray can paint,” he said. “I made a couple of mistakes, and I’m willing to own up to them. But I don’t think I should be punished like famOus this.” Oak Bay’s es Ok tOBin st Visual artist licence cOmpOser, fees have increased dramatically since the your copy at fe GVHA took over the li w ne giving van program, from about tO an este participating HOme cHaracter $500 in 2005 to $1,425 this year. advertisers or “The licence fee for artists has increased amy and online in the mariOn ev ltOn gradually and modestly BOBB Hami ARTS I STo RY › eEditions at over the years and is › FooD › H l e AV R T › PeoPle comparable to fees INSIDE › charged by other vendor markets in neighbouring areas,” said Grad. VICTORIA Westcoast Oak Bay Seagrave-Peel said he Brewshop Art Gallery of regularly does sprayRecreation 155 Langford Street painting in Kelowna 1975 Bee Street Greater Victoria OAK BAY and White Rock, where 1040 Moss Street Oak Bay Artsee Eyewear SAANICH the annual licence Campus Honda 2265 Oak Bay Avenue Senior Care fees are $45 and $150 Campus Acura 506 Finlayson Street 209-2250 Oak Bay Avenue respectively. In Vancou3347 Oak Street Athlone Travel ver’s English Bay, artOak Bay Volunteer Expedia 104-2187 Oak Bay Avenue Cassie Kangas ists pay about $420 for Cruiseship Services 3914 Shelbourne Street Bath Bark & Beyond the April-to-September 2167 Oak Bay Avenue centers 2041 Oak Bay Avenue season. Matticks Farms 170-911 Yates Street Penny Farthing Costs paid by Inner 5325 Cordova Bay Boorman’s Harbour causeway 2228 Oak Bay Avenue Foul Bay Road 2045 Cadboro Bay Road performers are used Physiotherapy RBC Wealth M&M Meats Carlton House of to cover repair and 220-1964 Fort Street 3637 Shelbourne Street Management maintenance like the Oak Bay 2255 Oak Bay Avenue Graham KIA replacement of slate Pepper’s 2080 Oak Bay Avenue 2620 Government Street tiles and heritage light3829 Cadboro Bay Road Red Art Gallery Morgan’s Fabrics ing, Grad said. 2033 Oak Bay Avenue Jason Binab Wild Birds 2070 Cadboro Bay Road The GVHA’s stated 755 Humboldt Street Science Works Unlimited objective is to achieve Oak Bay Beach Hotel 1889 Oak Bay Avenue Jordy Harris 3631 Shelbourne Street market rate for all its 1175 Beach Drive 1286 Fairfield Road Valentus Clinics operations, which Oak Bay Hearing 103-1625 Oak Bay Avenue leaves Seagrave-Peel Julie Rust WESTSHORE 1932 Oak Bay Avenue skeptical about secur1286 Fairfield Road White Heather Windsor Plywood ing such a large Inner Oak Bay Optometry Tea Room Paul Holmes, 888 Van Isle Way Harbour space next 2067 Cadboro Bay Road 1885 Oak Bay Avenue Holmes Wealth year. Oak Bay Pharmasave Zebra Group “It definitely seems Management 2200 Oak Bay Avenue like it’s one sided for 1161 Newport Avenue 1803 Douglas Street the GVHA to make maximum profit out of the area,” he said. sands of his signature spraypainted artworks along the Inner Harbour’s lower causeway. But last week, Seagrave-Peel was told he would be suspended this summer for what the artist called minor infractions: plugging into city power, playing music and rollerblading on the causeway. “I’ve been there for 17 years without one complaint from

the public or City of Victoria, or any run-ins with police,” said the 35-year-old artist. In 2005, the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority assumed management of 29 visual artists, 27 musicians and nine street performers in the lower causeway from the City of Victoria. (The Songhees Nation controls vendor licences along the southern area of the lower causeway.)

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When it comes to shopping for a mortgage, low interest rates aren’t the only thing home buyers are looking for. With banks, credit unions and independent lenders all offering various ways to finance a home purchase, prospective buyers must also determine who they’ll work with to find the mortgage deal that fits them best. Not everyone is comfortable negotiating directly with their potential financier, even if they’ve dealt in past with their chartered bank, credit union or private lender. In such cases, homebuyers often use the services of a mortgage broker as a way to avoid the stress that can come with dealing with an institution that may not be able or willing to work within your financial capabilities. “It can help having somebody who’s a bit more invested in the deal and who does these sorts of things on a regular basis,” says Realtor Tim Ayres, president of the Victoria Real Estate Board. Mortgage broker Lori Lenaghan says one thing brokers can offer that financial institutions can’t always guarantee is the lowest rates, since they shop the

client’s financial situation around to various lenders to find the best fit. “People will move from one bank to another for a quarter per cent,” she says of the search period. Since they are working in the customer’s best interest, a broker tends to have more flexibility than large institutions that are bound to corporate policy, she adds. That means the client can avoid the hassle of pitting their home financial institution against another to get the best rates and terms. That flexibility can come into play in refinancing situations as well. Some lenders will extend a borrower’s amortization period to 35 years of they meet certain criteria, where others are limited to 30 years, she says. In terms of interest, homebuyers are blessed with continued low rates. Variable rate mortgages, which fluctuate with the prime rate, are still a good bet, Lenaghan says, although more conservative people still go with a fixed rate. Even those are hovering just over three per cent for a five-year term. For people who would rather approach their financial institution directly, there are some choices on the market. Ryan McKinley, senior mortgage development manager with Vancity, says

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VICTORIA 406-1615 Belcher, $179,900

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

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

108-545 Manchester Rd, $165,000

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

202-1425 Fort St, $299,000

Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Maggie Thompson, 250-889-5955

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Saturday, Sunday & Monday 1-4 Macdonald Realty Helene Roy, 250 883-2715

1936 Richardson St, $585,000

Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Velma Sproul, 250-213-2858

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204-1012 Collinson, $239,900

Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Rick Humphries, 250-889-2310

Saturday 2-4 403-2527 Quadra, $259,900 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Saturday 2:30-4 Eileen Jespersen, 250-686-4820 One Percent Realty 35-1309 Craigflower, Guy Effler, 250-812-4910

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Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422 Sunday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd Lynnell Davidge, 250-896-1852

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Saturday 1-2:30 Fair Realty Ltd. Sean Thomas, 250 896-5478 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Peter Crichton, 250-889-4000

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Sunday 12-2 Smartmove Realty Inc Linda Clark, 250 380-6683

Sunday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Jane Logan, 250-920-6868

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764 Daffodil Ave, $574,900

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5153 Santa Clara, $769,000

560 Margaret, $535,000

4237 Denrob Pl, $579,999

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty James Liu, 250 477-5353

Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Arran McLellan, 250-884-3980

310-3460 Quadra, $199,900 Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Jim Reslein 250 384-8124

SAANICH WEST 4010 Willowbrook Pl, $509,000 Saturday 11:30-1:30 Re/Max Camosun Peter Gray, 250-744-3301

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Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Dale Sheppard, 250-478-9600

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2252 Players Dr, $799,000

3379 Vision Way, $324,900

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Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Goran Tambic, 250-592-4422

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Ed Sing, 250-744-3301

Thursday 4-6, Saturday & Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Hartshorne, 250-590-3921

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Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

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

2-3957 South Valley, $589,900

10500 McDonald Park, $585,000

758 Egret Cl, $679,900

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Frank Chan, 250-477-7291

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Robin Lewis, 250-656-0131

978 Tayberry Terr, $389,900

1136 Timber View, $774,900

8880 Park Pacific Terr, 4124 Santa Anita, $525,000 $1,199,000

408-1240 Verdier Ave, $319,000

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

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jandy Gruhn, 250-514-9419

2427 Amelia Ave, $529,900 3250 Willshire Dr

Saturday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003

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419 Pelican, $769,900

3150-2600 Ferguson, $245,000

Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Eileen Jespersen, 250-686-4820

Saturday 12-1:30 One Percent Realty Guy Effler, 250-812-4910

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess, 250 384-8124

WEST SHORE A-3153 Metchosin Rd, $319,000

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Deborah Coburn, 250-812-5333

Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Maclaren, 250-727-5448

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

822 Wingsong, $509,000

2557 Sewlyn Rd, $349,900 Saturday 12:30-2 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683

2655 Sooke Rd

Thursday thru Monday 1-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad Gregory, 250 744-3301

SOOKE 2522 Townsend, $424,900

Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Doreen Halstenson, 250-744-3301

2960 Phillips, $384,900

Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Judy Campbell, 250 744-3301

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Sunday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Arran McLellan, 250-884-3980

982 Mckenzie Ave, $299,900

Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Paul Whitney, 250-889-2883

564 Normandy, $449,900

313-3277 Glasgow Ave, $214,999

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Lynne Sager, 250 744-3301

DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jenn Raappana, 250-590-3921

307-1514 Church Ave.

Wednesday thru Sunday 12-4 RE/MAX Alliance Ron Neal, 250-386-8181

303-1204 Fairfield,$450,000 1102-835 View St,$289,500 970 Tolmie Ave, $409,900 Sunday 1-3 Coldwell Banker Slegg Realty Bruce Scott, 250-888-0080

4210 Quadra, $569,900

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

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

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheri Crause, 250-592-4422

803-250 Douglas St.

631 Cowper St, $499,900

Sunday 2-4 Sunday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Doreen Halstenson, 250-744-3301 Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422

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

101-119 Ladysmith, $429,000

2490 Cadboro Heights Ln. $1,288,000

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Mike Fowles, 250-477-7291

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Ed G Sing, 250-744-3301

26-1498 Admirals Rd, $139,900

2650 Belmont, $559,900

3795 Burnside Pl, $549,900 2248 Cooperidge Dr, Sunday 11-1 $549,500

Saturday 1-3, Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091

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

203-3252 Glasgow, $194,900

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Saanich West - SW Strawberry Vale $499,999

Located in a family oriented area of Strawberry Vale, close to all schools. This split level home is on a 9008 sq. ft. lot. It has beautiful oak hardwood floors in the living room and all 3 bedrooms on the upper level. On the lower level you will find a 4th bedroom with its own 3 piece en suite and a separate family room. The home has just been repainted on the inside, and a new oil furnace plus new water line connection. There is a single garage ( 13 X 16 ) which has been extended by a further 22 feet. making a great workshop area ( 14 X 22 ) or second car.

Saanich East - SE Cordova Bay Open House Sunday 2-4pm $649,000 BEAUTIFUL OCEAN AND VALLEY VIEWS. This home has just been COMPLETELY REDONE both the MAIN FLOOR & LOWER FLOOR. Main floor improvements include BEAUTIFUL NEW KITCHEN with “SHAKER” style cabinets and BLACK GRANITE COUNTER TOP, large 18” ceramic floor tile, all HERITAGE STYLE DOORS, wall to wall carpet in the 2 bedrooms, completely new 4 piece bathroom with SOAKER TUB and HIGH END plumbing fixtures. Downstairs is a breathtaking 2 bedroom SUITE with “RAISED PANEL” style cabinets along with extended BLACK GRANITE counter top to allow for bar stools, HERITAGE STYLE doors, completely redone 4 piece bathroom. COMPLETELY REPAINTED inside and out. NEW FIBERGLASS ROOF. ALL APPLIANCES on main and lower INCLUDED!!

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Carefree living at its finest. Beautiful, freshly decorated, 1 level spacious 2 bed 2 bath townhouse in Broadmead’s desirable Foxborough Hills. It’s 1,572 sq ft with many quality features & lovely views over Rithet’s Bog Park. Amazing separate clubhouse with pool, exercise room, tennis court & guest suite. No outdoor maintenance. $539,000

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

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

Luxury single family home crafted by iconic builder Roger Garside. Constructed in 2005 to provide resort style design and elegance in Sidney by the Sea. Lavishly finished home with vaulted ceilings for a spacious, bright and airy effect. Ideal for those requiring a Master on the main floor, and easily left after vacationing, or a family home with 3 bedrooms and 3 baths. Enjoy French doors to your patio for private gas barbecue entertaining. $639,800

This quality end unit offers exceptional privacy, and a sheltered Sunny location with views of the Ocean and Victoria. Enter and be impressed with the lightness, warmth and class. The spacious accommodation offers craftsman finishing with a Master bedroom on the main floor, radiant in-floor heating, luxurious baths, a gourmet kitchen open to the living room, formal dining room, with 9ft ceilings, an office, media room and excellent storage below. $729,000

The warmth of Craftsman modern combined with a LOCATION that pivots on City Excitement and Ocean breezes, is perfectly delivered in this 2007 year home, offering up to five bedrooms! PLUS the Exterior dreams of a Garden Oasis with a gorgeous Gazebo and workshop, crowned by spacious decks and hot tub. Entertain friends, proud of your Executive, easy-care Lifestyle; walk to Fisherman’s wharf, or stroll to Beacon Hill park, Dallas Rd beaches, and the Inner Harbour. $735,000

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Sophisticated Buyers, will flock to this Mid-Century 3/4 bedroom home, combining all the very best of the era, with modern upgrades 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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Custom 3006sqft home on a useable 1 acre featuring a spacious family room, elegant winding oak staircase, amazing lofty ceilings in the LR with FP and HW flooring. The gourmet kitchen and dining area; offer a built-in oven, cook-top, and island for culinary joy. Downstairs the 1 BR ‘Sweet’ surely must be the largest ever built! The level entry space offers a very palatable option for today’s families. $675,000 O 29 pen S Br un iga da do y 2 on -4 Plc .

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FANTASTIC opportunity. Located in desirable Oak Bay border area. Live in one, and rent the other! The main level retains Brigadoon, Heart Lies. the 1912 charm, there while themy upper level isForever recently updated. One of the loveliest beach fronts on the Gorge waterway! This 4-level 7 ft oceanfront height bonus accommodation in theanlower area. home homeinlaw features oak hardwood floors, open concept Great 2 bed extraused accommodation. A glassed-in Mainroom, floorandpresently commercially, currentConservatory revenue covers a relaxing hot tub. Walk across 1/3 Acre of English country approximately $4643 peredge; month (buyer verify). Be quick gardens, down to the water’s launch your to canoe from your 130 ft ofon waterfront. private is a mere 15 mins. to Victoria this one!This (Floor PlansParadise Available) $899,000 city centre. $750,000

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