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Taxman arrives, but only online Cuts to federal tax agency sees influx of new clients at local aid centres
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Funding cuts to federal tax offices are creating confusion and frustration for hundreds of Victoria residents, with non-profit groups being left to pick up the slack, says the head of a local legal aid group. Together Against Poverty Society is one of several local organizations who run tax preparation clinics for lowincome, disabled and senior residents on behalf of the Canada Revenue Agency each year. “It’s a program that the CRA
delivers, but all they do is refer people to organizations like us,” said Kelly Newhook, TAPS executive director. “So if you call CRA and ask them to help low-income people do their taxes, they end up in our office.” TAPS relies on six retired accountants and accounting students to help about 60 people file their taxes once a week as part of the CRA’s Community Volunteer Income Tax Program. Last year, volunteers recov-
ered $1.5 million in federal and provincial tax returns, and TAPS has already recovered $790,000 for more than 400 clients this season, Newhook said. On the CRA website, the referral program is touted as a “collaboration” with community organizations, but it amounts to little more than the downloading of government responsibility onto aid groups, Newhook said. “The program increases our overhead and CRA
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James Bay project gets rezoning OK
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The transformation of more than six acres of property behind the B.C. legislature is one step closer to reality after Victoria council passed a rezoning application at its Thursday council meeting. South Block and Q Lot, located to the south and west of the legislature grounds, will be developed by Jawl Development Corp. and Concert Properties. Council approved rezoning the parcels for office use, and the province has promised to lease back about 180,000 square feet of commercial space once the project is complete. Last week’s approval also ensures developers will honour the Victoria Accord, a master development agreement between the city and B.C. government set to expire this June.
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Plumbers of the world unite With a massive sewage project set to disrupt Capital Region traffic for the next five years, the City of Victoria can be forgiven for its timing in proclaiming World Plumbing Day on March 11. The proclamation recognizes an “effective plumbing infrastructure is a huge factor in the tragic statistics which show that an unacceptably high proportion of the world population does not have access to safe water or to effective sanitation systems,” among other sanitary accolades. Council also declared International Medical Marijuana Day on March 17 in the City of Victoria. editor@vicnews.com
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Victorians may boast some of the lowest official unemployment numbers in Canada, but statistics gathered at local job fairs are highlighting alarming trends, say organizers. Since last November, GT Hiring Solutions has hosted three hiring fairs, the most recent attracting more than 1,100 people and 42 employers at a downtown church on March 6. “We had 118 seniors (ages 55 and up) show up,” said Garth Yoneda, GT’s community relations manager for Vancouver Island. “There are so many people at the end of their careers who are looking for work.” Job fairs in November and February attracted similar numbers, but Yoneda was concerned nearly 30 per cent of attendees at this month’s fair were already employed. “People are looking for another job because salaries are so pitiful out there,” he said. “In the past, attendance at job fairs was parallel to unemployment. Now, that doesn’t seem to be the case.” Women also appear more motivated and willing to attend job fairs immediately after losing a job or graduating, Yoneda said. Half of women at the fair reported searching for work within the first month, while only 34 per cent of men reported the same. “Males and females looking for work for more than six months are about the same statistically. But females are looking a lot harder at the beginning of unemployment. We don’t know what that’s about yet, but it helps us know who we should be targeting.” GT Hiring Solutions is one of about 70 organizations across B.C. that delivers job search
training and support through government funding. Yoneda said the job hunt has changed in the past decade, and many larger organizations now screen applicants using keyword-scanning software or other online filtering methods. Using a hiring centre for help with a resume or cover letter can make a big difference, he said. “There are tips and tricks for some of these application processes. You have to know how to apply. Island Health told me they would be surprised if they didn’t get at least 35 hires out of this month’s job fair.” The event also attracted volunteer organizations such as Beacon Community Services, Community Living Victoria and Victoria Youth Empowerment Society. Look for details on the next hiring fair at gthiringsolutions.ca. dpalmer@vicnews.com
INCLUSIVE WORKPLACES Community Living Victoria, GT Hiring Solutions and the province are hoping to convince more employers to hire people with disabilities. On April 1, the groups and several industry speakers host a complimentary breakfast for employers from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Hotel Grand Pacific to discuss the benefits of inclusive workplaces. For more information, call Community Living Victoria at 250-477-7231 or email employment services@clvic.ca.
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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
Victoria architect chosen for art gallery renovation The planned transformation of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is inching closer after architects were chosen for the project last week. Victoria-based Moore Architecture Inc. Associated Architects will provide expertise in local heritage alteration, while design plans will be created by Vancouver-based LWPAC Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture Inc. “We are excited by the prospect of expanded public space for community engagement, the increased state-of-the art exhibit space and the improved and expanded storage facilities,” said John Tupper, AGGV director. The AGGV board whittled down a list of 18 teams of architects before
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CRA cuts make tax time worse It’s tax time again, a point on the calendar that most Canadians dread. Pulling together our receipts, filling out forms and paying for help are not activities we usually embrace. While the Canada Revenue Agency is probably not on everyone’s Favourite Government Agencies list, the CRA has been able to help out taxpayers by supplying tax forms, advice and one-on-one help for those of us who can’t afford professional help or just find filling out paperwork a challenge. This role, like many other federal government programs, has been sharply curtailed in recent years as the feds continue to download responsibilities to the provinces, cities and non-profit groups. They have cut back on the availability of paper forms, pushing the citizenry to online tax filing. This particular trend has hit a couple of groups harder than others: seniors, lower income individuals and those with disabilities. These groups, for obvious reasons, may have a harder time dealing with online forms, understanding advice delivered via the phone or finding the extra funds to pay for an accountant’s help. It’s exceptionally curious in the case of seniors, a demographic that has traditionally been supportive of the current Conservative government. This is a group that has not grown up with computers, is less likely to own one and faces diminished financial resources and health issues that can complicate communication that is not face-to-face. Luckily, volunteer groups have stepped up to fill the governments’ responsibilities. Several local non-profits, such as the Together Against Poverty Society, James Bay New Horizons, Silver Threads and the Victoria Cool Aid Society, offer tax preparation clinics and advice. Kudos should be extended to these organizations for their efforts, but it highlights a troubling trend. The federal government is continuing to turn its back on some of our most vulnerable citizens and in an area that we are forced, by law, to deal with. Unlike the federal government, Canadian citizens can’t walk away from our tax responsibilities. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@vicnews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Victoria News is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.
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Green machine gathers in B.C. Coast Environmental Law, Wildsight Canada’s sleek, imported green and Seattle-based Conservation propaganda machine rolled into Northwest. the capital last week for a couple of Tides is itself a front for wealthy days of meetings. charitable foundations You wouldn’t have based mostly in Seattle heard about it, because and California, funded they didn’t stage any by billionaires who see protests or press “saving” B.C. as their conferences. Instead personal eco-project. they met quietly with Their hired activists selected reporters as met with Environment well as politicians from Minister Mary Polak both sides of the aisle. to discuss her justThey didn’t invite me for introduced Water some reason, but from Sustainability Act. what I can gather, it was Tom Fletcher This was to demand a friendly networking B.C. Views heavy fees and choking session. regulations on water used When I speak of for “fracking,” that nefarious gas our U.S.-directed environmental drilling technology so demonized in movement, many people still don’t fake documentaries and celebrity know what I mean. They see the protests. sign-waving on TV and assume Tides no longer attempts to hide it’s all spontaneous, driven by its strategy of targeting energy passionate volunteers. Nuke the development in B.C. and Alberta. Whales for Jesus, as we used to Its tactics are well known, too. joke in the 1970s. Environmentalists need high-profile It’s an industry now, and as with wins, and the economic pain is best our automotive industry, Canada is inflicted outside of the U.S., the a branch plant of the U.S. biggest polluter in world history. The Victoria event was an annual Organizing for Change’s stated conference called Organizing priorities for the year are the “last for Change, sponsored by Tides stand of the Great Bear Rainforest,” Canada. Thanks mainly to the work the “Sacred Headwaters” and the of B.C. researcher Vivian Krause, Water Sustainability Act. this offshoot of the U.S. Tides Professional protesters are Foundation now at least identifies mainly just taking credit for the itself while it pulls B.C.’s political 2012 buy-back of Shell’s coalbed gas strings. licences around the headwaters of Organizing for Change currently the Nass, Skeena and Stikine Rivers. includes Ecojustice, Greenpeace, Tahltan Central Council declared Sierra Club B.C., ForestEthics that territory theirs in 1910, and Advocacy, ForestEthics Solutions, having pros roll in with slogans and Georgia Strait Alliance, Dogwood graphics wasn’t exactly crucial to Initiative, Pembina Institute, West
the outcome. Their greatest marketing success so far is the Great Bear Rainforest, which is continually portrayed as being in peril from hunting, logging and of course, oil and gas development. One of the documents Krause unearthed is a 2008 plan entitled “Tar Sands Campaign Strategy 2.1” that has proven remarkably prophetic. As Greenpeace, Sierra and ForestEthics were negotiating the 2007 Great Bear land use plan, other network members were preparing to “raise the negatives” and market Alberta as a unique threat to planetary integrity. I’ve written before about the distortions and evasions required to present such a fossil fuel fairy tale. Suffice it to say that while we have busloads of protesters in B.C., you don’t see them in those benevolent petro-states Angola, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Venezuela, Kuwait or Algeria. They’re not saving the whole planet, just the safe and lucrative parts. And as I mentioned after the protester-staged Neil Young concert tour, it’s amazing how American oil and gas interests and Alaska oil tankers remain invisible to this sophisticated network. NDP environment critic Spencer Chandra Herbert met with the green machine too. He wants all of B.C.’s groundwater mapped and measured deep into the Earth’s crust. That should take a while. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com
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Proper bike instruction starts with parents Re: Caution urged in cycling plan (Letters, March 12) While much of what Robert McInnes has to say about this initiative is apt, and makes sense, I must take mild issue with his suggestion that schools are the place for instruction in proper cycling. I’ve been a cyclist, myself, for 60 years – always in traffic – and have ridden here for the last 35 of them. Unfortunately, the schools cannot carry the onus of teaching our children to cycle. First, they have neither time, nor funds, to do so. Further, no insurance company, in today’s litigious climate, would ever permit them to undertake such instruction in the only milieu that counts – on the streets, in real time, in traffic – as it would be deemed far too risky for anyone to do. So, who should be doing this work? The only people who can, really, are the parents – assuming that they know how to drive properly themselves. This last, unfortunately, is where things get difficult. What I see as the standard of driving skill, of attitudes towards other road users, leads me to suspect that most of our drivers have only had the sketchiest notion of what is important in driving, and scant knowledge of what the rules are. It is little wonder that there are many cyclists who do not understand how to drive a bike in traffic. I also point out that we need drivers (and we do have them – things are far better than they were 20 or 30 years ago) who see cyclists, and recognise them as part of the flow of traffic. It is far easier for me to act the driver, when I am, as a rule, treated as one by other drivers. For this – I say “thank you” to the drivers of this city. John A. Laidlaw Victoria
Canada’s gift to the world One of Canada’s finest foreign assistance achievements is TB Reach, a grassroots health organization dedicated to help those TB sufferers that other programs miss: those who are physically isolated and difficult to treat. There are an estimated three million of these people, with each untreated sufferer eventually infecting about 10 other people. Canada is the only major funder of TB Reach. Our federal government already does great work fighting this ancient scourge through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, but TB Reach is Canada’s own gift to the world. Currently, TB Reach is short about $200 million, spread over 5 years. I sincerely hope that on March 24, World TB Day, Canada pledges to complete funding of TB Reach and saves the lives of those last three million. Nathaniel Poole Victoria
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Reader feedback @ www.vicnews.com Re: CRD sewage sludge pipeline route unveiled (vicnews.com) “You would think that with all the taxpayers dollars that are going to be spent on this project and the brains, hopefully, involved, that someone might put forward the fact that it is so much easier and less expensive when gravity is used, as much as possible, to move this by-product. The end of the line should be somewhere down near sea level, not uphill at Hartland.” – Daryle Cosgrove Re: Victoria spray-paint artist ousted from long-time Inner Harbour spot (vicnews.com) “This guy makes serious artwork. Masterpieces. If anything, the government should be throwing money at him to continue his great art right here in Canada. Not trying to stop him.” – Graham Bruce
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the law by dumping the contract secured by the previous government. But the court also ruled the government could continue the crime to secure an agreement. It’s unlikely a judge would decide a convicted dope dealer can keep dealing until
he pays off his car loan. Many complain about the courts failure to protect society from criminals released from our jails. Nevertheless the rates of these particular crimes are declining, indicating compassion does make us all a little safer. On the other hand, when obvious criminal actions are either ignored, or in the case of teachers, actually permitted by the courts, we all suffer. Inability to prosecute company owners whose trains derail or sawmills explode due to their failure to follow required safety guidelines is far more dangerous than the odd drunk driver. Cleanup of the Gail Shea oil spill by a Norwegian tanker in Squamish estuary is being contested in B.C. courts while the company continues building fish farms that spread diseases to our wild salmon. A threeyear court battle over government employees giving inside information on the sale of B.C. Rail resulted in taxpayer’s forking out a $6 million fine and all court costs. It’s difficult to
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Folly of medical databases The case of ongoing mis-transmission of individual’s medical records, reported in your March 12 issue, illustrates the folly of government and its licensees keeping health databases. Many incidents have shown that the competency of government and medical businesses is not adequate. More safeguards than those suggested by David Mason are needed. For example, even if a fax number is pre-programmed it is essential to look for a unique “answer back” from the receiving fax machine. A major problem is the low quality of administration in medical offices. Few staff have the smarts and dedication to customers that nurses and doctors have. Sloppy work and officious attitudes are common. Most doctors
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simply do not know how to administer. Both medical offices and government offices are bureaucracies, of which one characteristic is that they cannot fix their errors. For example, a UK hospital did not transfer specialist bookings to a new computer system despite being told they were overlooking the need. That resulted in further delay in care, on top of their long wait times. Government involvement by licensing medical providers and by running its own functions gives people false confidence. It would be better to have all functions in the free market where the “buyer beware” maxim is fostered, private audit agencies rate performance, and business owners lose if they don’t perform well. Keith Sketchley Saanich
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Volunteer tax preparers hope to pick up slack Continued from Page A1
Rankin said CRA employees who previously trained volunteers in person
and assisted with complicated tax files are now only available through an 800-number that can be backlogged.
“The government walks away from any accountability for service delivery and who picks up the slack? Community-
minded groups,” he said. James Bay New Horizons expanded its seniors-only tax preparation program
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to the greater lowincome community this year, and its 300plus appointments are already booked to midApril, said executive director Kim Dixon. “We’ve noticed a substantial increase in demand this year,” she said. Volunteers book appointments and run the program, but staff time and resources are still required, Dixon says. “We use our own computers, and we print everything off for people’s records,” she says. “I think we’re only one of four (local) organizations running this program.” Silver Threads offices in Saanich and Victoria also administer in the CRA’s low-income program, assisting about 320 seniors during tax season, said Anne Nelson, Saanich centre director. Drop-off tax
“The government walks away from any accountability for service delivery and who picks up the slack? Community minded groups,” – MP Murray Rankin preparation services are also available through St. Vincent de Paul Social Concern office, Saanich Baptist Church and others. To help meet demand, TAPS and the Victoria Cool Aid Society are hosting a “tax return blitz” today at the Downtown Community Activity Centre, 755 Pandora Ave., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A financial information fair will be held in conjunction and hosted by the Community Social Planning Council and the Financial Empowerment Resources Network. “Of course we want people to come get their taxes done, but
there is a constant downloading of responsibility onto community services for basic needs,” Newhook said. “Doing your taxes is a basic right of citizenship and not being provided support to complete that action is a problem.” Rankin’s office keeps a list of organizations providing volunteer tax clinics online at murrayrankin.ndp.ca or by calling 250-3633600. dpalmer@vicnews.com
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the food to make 700 more lunches per month. “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
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A $100,000 donation from an anonymous Vancouver Island donor, in honour of her late beloved dog Murdoch, is adding momentum to the Victoria Humane Society’s fundraising cam-
paign. “Donors are the heart and soul of the Victoria Humane Society,” said Penny Stone, executive director. “We are able to do this work because of the sup-
port of caring, communityminded people such as this donor, and the others who have contributed to date.” The society is working to raise $1 million to secure a two-hectare kennel in East
Sooke. In its first four months of operation, the Victoria Humane Society rescued more than 130 dogs, puppies, cats, kittens, and rabbits, and has paid more
than $50,000 for the animals’ medical care, including spaying and neutering. About 80 per cent of these animals have been adopted out, and the remainder are in foster homes.
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realize that these members stay to help mentor the newer ones, such as myself. This also enables them to witness our growth, as we come into our full potential. Since understanding this, I have been gentler on myself, knowing that I still have a long way to go when it comes to eradicating filler words from A common thing people struggle with when my vocabulary. speaking publicly is the use of filler words. I Yet, I still push myself to pause, think, and then believe I speak for us all when I say we are all proceed to speak. too familiar with the terms “um,” “ah,” “so,” and I find that when I deliver both my organized “like.” Having been a Toastmaster now for 16 months, speeches and my evaluations now, I feel less afraid to increment small pauses intermittently. when I hear interviews with athletes, musicians This also serves to make me feel more grounded, or other people on radio or television, it is relaxed and connected while all eyes difficult for me not to notice just how are on me. often people use filler words simply to A few ways in which any of us can avoid silences. learn to monitor our use of filler words: A silence that feels long to the if you are already a Toastmaster, pay speaker may not feel long to the attention at each meeting to the um/ audience. It also allows the speaker ah counter’s challenge at the beginning to clearly collect her thoughts before of the night, and take it seriously. At proceeding. the end of the meeting, when they give If you think about how many their um/ah/filler word report, listen unnecessary words people tend to attentively. use to convey one idea, there is a lot If you are one of the people they list that can be cut out, and one can still Tasha Waite who use a notable number of these, try effectively express what one is trying Toastmasters to be conscious of them and you will to express, most likely more efficiently. start to notice when they slip out. I have observed the long-time Another way: Begin to train yourself in social members in my Toastmasters club. When I situations to pause and breathe before offering first joined, I thought to myself why are they an answer, such as, when friends ask you a still here? They have already mastered public question. This will demonstrate your ability speaking. to pause and reflect before jumping to a quick Eventually, I realized that part of what keeps answer. our seasoned members actively committed to In today’s society, when people are more often the club is that they have grown exponentially than not listening with the intent to answer both in the club, and in their professional and instantly, this will prove powerful, as well as personal lives through improving themselves as refreshing, both for them, and for you. Toastmasters. Tasha Waite is a member of Thunderbird Often, people say that we can’t see ourselves Toastmasters. The club can be reached through its grow the same way that others can, since we can not see ourselves objectively. I have also come to website at thunderbirdtoastmasters.org.
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The BC Government is proposing to offload the province’s world-class recycling programs, run by local municipalities, to an association led by big multi-national corporations. The idea is that we’ll get a better, more efficient program that costs taxpayers less.
Currently, BC homeowners only pay, on average, $35 a year for curbside recycling. Under the proposed regime, you’ll pay more. Every time you bring home a pizza, buy toilet paper,
Unfortunately, what we’ll really end up with is anyone’s guess.
How much more? Well, nobody’s saying.
The association isn’t guaranteeing that we’ll get a better program, or even one as good as the current Blue Box program already in place. Since the association is led by big businesses outside of BC, many of whom are not even headquartered in Canada, one could presume that profits will come before environmental stewardship. They usually do. They also won’t guarantee that there won’t be any job cuts here in BC.
Here’s the only thing anyone does know: we already have a Blue Box program that works, is efficient, managed locally and puts the BC environment first. So why is the BC government flipping a coin, bringing in a questionable recycling program that some of our local elected officials are already calling a “scam?”
And how is this supposed to make things better for BC?
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Phoenix theatre takes a Unity trip end of the First World War is overshadowed by a pandemic sweeping the nation. While chronicling the Spanish influenza that slashed the country’s population killing an estimated 30,000 to 50,000 Canadians, the play portrays of the citizens of the isolated town of Unity, Sask., as told through the pages of Beatrice’s diary. Be warned: the play runs three hours with a 15-minute intermission, and includes graphic death scenes. The play promises to delve into relationships, love, sex and death with a 1379 Esquimalt Rd. Parish of dollop of black humour. St. Peter & 250-386-6833 St. Paul Kerr, assistant theatre www.stpeterandpaul.ca professor at UVic, also Rev. Lon Towstego directed Unity which he Sunday Service 8:30 am and 10:30 am originally wrote in 2000 as Sunday School at the 10:30 service, playwright-in-residence at best suited to children 5-12 years. Vancouver’s Touchstone Theatre. St. Paul’s Historic Naval Garrison Church Visit Unity (1918) runs until March 22, Tickets at the Phoenix Box Office To book space please call in person or call 250-721Kelly Somerville at 250-480-3228 8000.
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ELECTRICAL (250)217-3090.ELECTRICIAN Lic. #3003. 30yrs exp. Renos, Knob & Tube Replacement. Sr.Disc.No job too big or small 250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779. AT&T ELECTRIC. Renovations. Residential & Commercial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550. GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm. Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632. KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.
FAMILY MAN Hauling. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463. GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.
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ARAM RENO’S Basement, bathrooms, additions Free est. WCB/Insured 250-880-0525
HANDYMAN- Light Maintenance & Repair. Call for estimate. (250)818-2709.
CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitchen/bath, wood floors, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877
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MOVING & STORAGE (250)858-6747. WRIGHT Bros Moving. $70/hour. 4 ton / lift. Seniors discount. Call Philip. DONE RIGHT MOVING $70/hr. Senior Discount. Free Est’s. No travel time before or after. BBB accredited. Call Tyler at 250-418-1747.
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OLD TIMER. Quality old fashioned service. Great rates. Excellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187. STACYANN SCHIFFNER Painting & Colour Design. WCB + Ins. Professional Guarantee. Free est.250-213-1054.
PLUMBING EXPERIENCED JOURNEYMAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104. FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376. FREE ESTIMATES. Reasonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544. LICENSED. QUALITY work guaranteed, great rates, WCB. Free est’s. Seniors discount on labour. Norm (250)413-7021.
PLASTERING PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, match the textures, coves, fireplaces. Bob, 250-516-5178.
STUCCO/SIDING PATCHES, ADDITIONS, restucco, renos, chimney, waterproofing. Bob, 250-516-5178.
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DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.
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SOOKE. 3BDRM + den, 3 bath, newer half duplex. Fully fenced big yard, deck, garage, gas fireplace. Bright kitchen with DW, F/S. W/D in sep. laundry. Nice views, forest, trails across road. $1550 incls weekly garbage pickup and water. Avail April 1 or 15. 250508-4064. tjoblue@gmail.com
SAANICHTON- 1 bdrm bsmt suite. Avail now. NS/NP. $850 inclds utils. (250)652-1730.
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SIDNEY- QUIET cozy 1 bdrm. W/D, utils included, NS/NP, furnished or unfurnished. Avail April. 1. Call (250)656-7184.
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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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COLWOOD- 2 lvl, furnished 1 bdrm, 5 appls. $850 inclusive, NS/NP. 250-380-0700.
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GLANFORD- 1 bdrm, lrg living rm+ kitchen. W/D. $750 inclds utils. N/P. (778)350-2446.
SIDNEY: 2 bdrm rancher, completely remodeled, close to town. NS/NP. Avail now. $1200.+ utils. 604-836-5407.
GORDON HEAD. 3-bdrm, Furnished, 1200 sq.ft. May 1st. Bus #39 to Uvic. $1600. + utils. (250)885-5588.
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MARIGOLD: 1 bdrm, shared W/D, quiet. NS/NP. $850 utils incld’d. Call 250-727-6217.
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. 1993 ACURA INTEGRA (bought in the USA), 204,810, km, in good condition. $2500. Call (250)884-6861. 2009 KIA Spectra- Reliable new car at a GREAT low price! 36,000 km, under warranty, 4 cylinder, 5 speed, detailed, spoiler, great looking car in mint condition, $8500. Call (778)426-3424.
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TRUCKS & VANS FOR SALE: 2008 Ford Ranger Sport 4 x 4; ** Excellent Condition ** only 89k km; 4 litre V-6; 5 sp std. Kept in Garage. One Owner. Extras: Extended Cab; Towing Package; SIRIUS Radio; 6-CD AM/FM; AC. Charcoal Grey. $14,500 OBO. Please call: 250-217-3105 MUST SELL 2003 Windstar LX, 7 passenger. Sliding doors 174,000 km. Good running condition. Priced for quick sale $2,700. Call (778)440-3045
MARINE BOATS 2010 HARLEY DAVIDSON Heritage. Black. 4950Kms. $15,000. 250-216-2200
12 HOUR on 50 HP motor, 14’ boat, depth sounder transmitter and receiver. $5,000 obo. Call (250)652-1725.
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MUST SELL 1999 Saturn, 4 door, 5 passenger. Manual trans. Very good on gas. 192,000 km. Clean inside and out. Well maintained. Excellent body and engine. Asking $1,100. Call (250)813-2458
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ACROSS 1. Ancient queen of the gods 5. Employee stock ownership plan 9. Indian shot plant 14. Expression of pity 15. Bog down 16. Central China city 17. Mountain unicycling, (abbr.) 18. Nine banded armadillo 19. Metrical feet 20. The genie’s lair 23. Acquire by one’s efforts 24. Before 25. Popular beverage 26. Most benighted 31. Steeples 35. A navy serviceman 36. Ctenophores lacking tentacles 37. Coffee shop 38. Parts of a garlic bulb
2009 PASSION for 2, exc cond. New brakes/ring tone/back window struts. Heated seats, A/C, sunroof, P/W, fog lights, side mirror defogger, rear window wiper. Good on gas, exe parking dwntwn. 108,000km. (778)425-4287.
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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Saanich grad spikes B.C. competition Shanice Marcelle is B.C.’s top University Athlete
SPORTS NEWS IN BRIEF
Island Junior B final an all-south affair
Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
Spectrum community school graduate Shanice Marcelle, a volleyball phenom now playing for UBC, was named the University Athlete of the Year at the 48th Annual Sport BC Athlete of the Year Awards earlier this month. “I am truly honoured to be recognized as the university athlete of the year in British Columbia,” she said in an email to the News after the March 5 ceremony. “There is so much talPhoto by Richard Lam/UBC Thunderbirds ent in this province at Spectrum community school grad Shanice Marcelle capped her university all levels and it is inspir- volleyball career at UBC by being named University Athlete of the Year. ing to be recognized among these amazing Player of the Year. athlete (at Spectrum) said. individuals.” See an extended story at In 2013, Marcelle Currently living in Dres- high school I was able den, Germany, Marcelle, to develop time man- earned the Jim Thomp- vicnews.com. reporter@saanichnews.com 23, is in her first season agement skills, learn the son Trophy as the top as a professional volley- importance of teamwork university female athlete ball player with a top club and strengthen my men- in Canada and the Mary tal capacities before mak- Lyons Award as the Canateam – Dresden SC. “As a student and an ing the move to UBC,” she dian Interuniversity Sport
The Peninsula Panthers erased a 3-2 series deficit with two straight wins over the Comox Valley Glacier Kings to secure a spot in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League playoff finals. Saturday’s 2-1 win in Courtenay completed the comeback and put the Panthers in a best-of-seven showdown with two-time defending champion Victoria Cougars. The Cougars host Game 1 tomorrow (March 20), 7 p.m. at Archie Browning Sports Centre in Esquimalt. Game 2 shifts to Panorama Recreation Centre in North Saanich on Friday. Puck drop is 7:30 p.m.
Victoria teen named to rugby 7s team
Aaron Hersant, who hails from Victoria but attends and plays for Brentwood College, has been named to the B.C. Elite Youth Sevens team travelling to Hong Kong next week. The under-18 squad will try to defend its title at the Standard Chartered Bank
NEWS
International Youth Sevens tournament March 27. The juniors plan to take in Team Canada in the Hong Kong Sevens senior event while there. That team trains at City Centre Park in Langford and includes nine players competing for local club teams.
Midget teams host baseball pre-season
The three Victoria Eagles high-performance midget teams get a jump on their B.C. Premier League baseball season this weekend at Lambrick Park in Saanich. The Victoria Selects, Premier Eagles and Junior Premier Eagles play exhibition doubleheaders against the Calgary Blues Babe Ruth Baseball team March 21 to 23. Opening day for the Premier League is April 12.
Grizzlies growl at Powell River
The Victoria Grizzlies started its B.C. Hockey league playoff series against Powell River strongly, winning the first two games at home, 4-1 and 5-0. Games 3 and 4 were in Powell River on Monday and Tuesday, past the News’ deadline. Game 5, if necessary, would happen back at The Q Centre March 20 at 7:15 p.m. ddescoteau@vicnews.com
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