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Photography school closing after 30 years Western Academy of Photography shuts doors for ‘financial reasons’ Daniel Palmer News staff

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National award-winner Former Victoria News intern Ben Gawletz captured this picture of James Bay’s Jordan Wilson-Ross being tackled by Burnaby Lake’s Benoit Piffero during the Rounsefell Cup provincial rugby championship at the University of Victoria last year. The photo earned Gawletz first place for Best Sports Photo in the annual Canadian Community Newspaper Awards. Staff photographer Don Denton placed third for Best Feature Photo. The News also recently won several award nominations in the B.C. Yukon Community Newspaper Association competition. Those awards will be announced April 26.

Western Academy of Photography shut its doors permanently on Monday after the private postsecondary institution ran into financial problems. A representative from the Private Career Training Institutions Agency was at Western’s offices (755 Queens Ave.) on Monday to address student concerns, said PCTIA spokesperson Nadia Stefyn. The Crown corporation oversees and approves private education standards for 320 institutions in B.C. “(Western) notified PCTIA of its inability to continue operating due to financial reasons,” Stefyn said. “We are in the process of cancelling the institution’s registration.” In an email signed by managing director and owner Garry Dodds, the school’s 16 students were asked to accept either a partial tuition refund or possibly continue “teach-out” courses through another institution, in accordance with PCTIA bylaws. Andrea Kucherawy, program manager at Western, confirmed the school was working with PCTIA and students to determine “what will happen.” Kucherawy refused further comment. Dodds did not return calls, and it was unclear when Dodds first became aware of the school’s financial difficulties. Tuition at Western Academy of Photography costs $14,900 for 43-week programs in professional photography and journalism/photojournalism. The school has been in operation since 1984. Dodds assumed ownership in 2000. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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Sundance closure splits school board Daniel Palmer News staff

A $1.8-million budget deficit and the decision to close Sundance elementary school is creating emotional turmoil among School District 61 trustees. Last week, the board voted 5-4 to relocate Sundance’s 58 students to Lake Hill elementary in Saanich. The move will save the district next fall about $316,000 annually. “We’re in a no-win situation, in that we have a deficit that needs to be addressed,” said Peg Orcherton, SD61 chair. “Under the school act, boards are not allowed to file deficit budgets.” Orcherton said the Sundance closure was an emotional, difficult decision made harder by continued provincial funding reductions. The suggestion by some trustees that the decision could still be reversed is now doing more harm than good, she said. “It’s with great consternation to see what some of the trustees are doing, because it’s giving false hope to the parents and students of Sundance,” Orcherton said. A minority of trustees tried unsuccessfully this week to call a special meeting to again discuss the school closure. The board also voted this week by email on a motion to notify

the Ministry of Education about the school closure, a regular practice for administrative bylaws, Orcherton said. But some trustees are frustrated with the expedited decision. “We had four days to consider other alternatives,” said SD61 Trustee Diane McNally. “The process of this board is so rushed, it’s very difficult to understand all the financial information.” The SD61 board still needs to approve more than $1.5 million in budget reductions before a final budget vote April 23. “Any cut is a difficult cut,” Orcherton said. “Our budget is 88.9 per cent salaries and benefits, so that only leaves us with 10.1 per cent for services and supplies, where we need to make tough decisions.” A list of recommended options for reducing the deficit are available at sd61.bc.ca, and include closing the district’s resource centre, eliminating school learning mentors and relocating the Girls Alternative program. Several public meetings are being held to garner public input before the final vote, beginning tonight (April 2) and on April 9 at S.J. Willis Alternative school, 923 Topaz Ave., beginning at 7 p.m. Pre-registration is required. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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Single-vehicle crash sends one to hospital A truck slammed into a light standard on Blanshard Street early Monday morning, sending one man to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The crash occurred around 7:30 a.m. north of Bay Street, and the vehicle continued to travel north for about 50 metres before coming to a stop. Neither speed nor alcohol were a factor in the crash, said VicPD spokesman Bowen Osoko. “Early investigation indicates a medical cause,” he said. – Dan Palmer

Daniel Palmer The first things one notices about Iris Gray is her affinity for purple and her aversion to eye contact. She attributes her purple obsession, from eye glasses frames to iPad cover to backpack to watch strap to clothing – as well as an encyclopedic knowledge of cats – to her autism, though she wasn’t diagnosed until well into her 30s. “Sometimes I describe autism as being on another planet,” says Gray, sitting inside QV Cafe on Government Street, where she organizes a Victoria Autism-Asperger meet up group. “Say you’re in Battlestar Gallactica and they send you to another planet and everybody looks like you and you speak the same language, but you can’t read their body language, you can’t read their facial expressions … and the only way you can understand them is to take everything completely literally.” Autism affects one in 88 children in Canada, though a new U.S. study pegs that number at closer to one in 68 children. About 200,000 Canadians live with some diagnosis on the autism spectrum, according to the Autism Society of Canada. The array of behavioural challenges range from minor social discomfort, such as difficultly making eye contact with strangers, to repetitive, ritualistic routines like rocking or hitting movements. While many people have come to better understand autism in recent years, Gray says comprehension of the

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Iris Gray, left, and Dev Percey say autism doesn’t need fixing, but views towards the medical condition do. autism spectrum is lacking. “People tend to lump us into groups without realizing there’s a whole range of people within that spectrum,” Gray says. “There are people who need help with everyday tasks, but then there are people classified as low functioning who can make brilliant art or write fantastic books.”

“There are people who need help with everyday tasks, but then there are people classified as low functioning who can make brilliant art or write fantastic books.” – Iris Gray

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and does the same for deaf students taking online classes through Royal Roads University. Charities shouldn’t aim to “fix” the disorder, she says, but should instead celebrate the differences in the behaviour it creates. “We don’t need to be cured, we just think different,” says Dev Percey, settling into her seat. “This group is more about what’s going on in my world. I couldn’t find that for years.” The twice-monthly meet up group isn’t affiliated with any organization, but fills a niche for autistic adults who want to socialize in a non-clinical and non-judgmental environment. Gray shares her struggle with anxiety, but stressed she doesn’t believe that problem is related to her autism. “If a person who is nonautistic has anxiety, we don’t say, ‘We need to fix your neurotypical disorder,” she quips. Gray and Percey begin listing some of historical figures

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who purportedly dealt with autism or Asperger’s without the formal diagnosis: Albert Einstein (“He didn’t speak until he was about three years old,” Gray says), Mozart, Glenn Gould and even Dan Ackroyd. “A lot of people think Bill Gates has Asperger’s,” Gray adds. The camaraderie, the collective bond of the group, is what pulls Gray and her friends back for each social event, where the “neuro-typicals” become the oddballs, and reporters are left out of the inside jokes. Gray tries another analogy to make sense of it all: “If you’re a Canadian and you go to France, you might be able to speak French, but you’re not part of their culture. But if you run into another Canadian, you’re automatically going to have something in common. You come from the same culture,” she says. “We seem to just share that connection in our group.”

Victoria police volunteers and reserve members are stopping by residences and businesses in Victoria and Esquimalt for the department’s 2014 VicPD Community and Business Survey. The surveys help VicPD with planning and feedback on programs. “These surveys will allow us to learn more about the people we serve and the unique needs of their neighbourhoods,” said Mark MacIntyre, VicPD’s director of crime prevention services and public affairs. Each survey package contains a self-addressed envelope. Surveys must be returned by April 30.

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Esquimalt launches community arts council Kevin Laird News staff

Esquimalt’s Township Community Arts Council has wasted little time in taking flight. Formed just over a month ago after the township’s arts, culture and special events advisory committee was disbanded by council, the arts council has announced three major projects for 2014. “We’re trying to promote local arts, local culture and be a cornerstone for a healthy and vibrant community,” said arts council president Morlene Tomlinson. The non-profit arts council has seven directors and more than 20 members, with an aggressive campaign to attract more membership. Tomlinsion said she’s been surprised by the early success of the council with Esquimalt residents. “I’m shocked at the uptake. Esquimalt has so much potential.” The first major event planned by the council is the Memorial Park Music Fest, which will be held every Tuesday night from June 24 to July 29, beginning at 6 p.m. It features local singers and bands. Next up is the expansion of last year’s Esquimalt Arts Festival at Gorge Point Park on Aug. 10. Sculpture Splash, an Arts Extravaganza by the Sea, is slated for Sept. 20-21 at Macaulay Point Park. Sculptures will be strewn throughout the park’s greenspace. Tomlinson said this event has the potential to grow internationally. Tomlinson said other projects are planned by the arts council in the coming year, but are still in the planning stages. “We (the arts council) believe that all this good

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Township Community Arts Council president Morlene Tomlinson at Memorial Park in Esquimalt. The park will host a music festival this summer. work can be enhanced and augmented by engaging the community using its own arts council as a vehicle,” she said. “What will result is a greater sense of people’s connection to their community.” For more information on the arts council, please email to townshiparts@gmail.com. klaird@blackpress.ca

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Many helpers needed for a variety of roles Want to Volunteer? Opportunities are available through these positions at Volunteer Victoria. For more information, please call 250386-2269 or go online to volunteervictoria.bc.ca. ••• • Learning Through Loss which delivers grief and loss education to young people is seeking two-year board members to assist in grant and fund development. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-3862269. • Junior Achievement is seeking facilitators for one or more four-hour high school visits to teach investment strategies and financial literacy skills. Training provided. Other positions available. • Innovative Communities which is involved with poverty

alleviation overseas needs a web editor to produce content for its website. Requires ability to explain complex issues in a readable manner. • James Bay Community Project is looking for an Italian-speaking volunteer to provide companionship and conversation with a senior for about one hour per week. Other positions available. • The Canadian Mental Health Association is seeking a board treasurer with knowledge of professional accounting norms to liaise with the accounting administrator. • The Island Artisans Association would appreciate a volunteer with proficiency in QuickBooks to assist the treasurer with skill development for a short time. editor@vicnews.com

News opens pages to community groups Get your club news out into the community. The Victoria News is opening its pages to community groups. We’re offering free editorial space – written by you – to get your club news broadcast city wide. Articles should be 200-400 words in length, and ideally concentrate on a specific issue (i.e. a fundraising campaign, a major project, etc.). Contact editor Kevin Laird at editor@vicnews.com or phone 250-480-3265.

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Humour and serious topics It can be a challenging task to deliver a speech on a serious subject. Starting with something tastefully humorous when presenting a serious topic is great – both for relaxing you and your audience. It’s crucial to choose your humorous anecdotes with care to ensure that they are appropriate for the context. Once you’ve done so, you can move on to writing and preparing the more serious parts of your speech. Beginning with humor will make members of your audience laugh and once they begin to laugh, you Tasha Waite will too. This will make you loosen up, therefore strengthening the Toastmasters remainder of what you say. In an earlier article, I wrote how one can grow more fluent in speaking when one is relaxed. A close friend of mine passed away suddenly last August. A woman in our community hosted a gathering to commemorate her life. Countless people spoke about her. I was one of them. A few people began their tributes to her with comedic stories they wanted to share. This made me remember all the personal memories of her that were, and still are, worthy of laughter.

The tears were still there, but somehow the laughter shed a new light on everything. Recalling the jovial disposition she had embodied allowed me to process my sorrow in a fresh way. How cathartic to find relief through the expression of both sorrow and humor. I was able to share how she and I would make up stupid, yet witty names for fictional heavy metal bands together. Followed by which, I threw out a few of the names we had come up with. Many people found it amusing. After I sat down, another friend was triggered to tell us about the sarcastic jokes the two of them had loved when she was alive. There were several laughs, which somehow made the harsh reality that she had passed more bearable to swallow. People also spoke of how she’d impacted them in serious and formal ways. This is just one example of how the use of humor can lighten a serious topic. When used appropriately, it can lighten any topic you can imagine. This is not to undermine more solemn content, but rather, to offer an additional perspective. ••• Tasha Waite is a member of Thunderbird Toastmasters. The club can be reached through its website at thunderbirdtoastmaster. com.

Old cemeteries offer a peek into past The Old Cemeteries Society is opening the gates to the Victoria graveyards – and bringing local history to life. How Victoria and other communities came to exist is part of the many stories told about colonial fur traders, settlers and Aboriginal people at weekly tours conducted at 2 p.m. on Sundays. Most tours begin in front of Oregano’s in the Fairfield Plaza, rain or shine. The tour schedule

is online at oldcem.bc.ca. The $5 fee for non-members and $2 fee for members of the OCS helps raise funds to restore and repair grave markers, record and document grave sites and maintain archives for research about families buried at old cemeteries in the community. Information about Ross Bay Cemetery, Pioneer Square and more than 30 other cemeteries in the Greater Victoria region is continually gathered. Each tour

emphasizes a different theme or topic. Upcoming tours: • April 6 – The Key to Mythic Victoria is the title of author Linda Foubister’s book about mythic tales of Victoria and Victorians. Foubister will discuss mythic tales of the city. • April 13 – St. Ann’s Academy, Sisters of St. Ann Graves. The grounds of St. Ann’s Academy National Historic Site once contained two cemeteries dedicated to the sisters.

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Buckerfields weighs in on B.C. blue box battle A few months back, I received a notification which advised me that I had to declare whether Buckerfields was a ‘producer’ of printed paper or packaging material. If so, we would have to implement an ‘approved stewardship plan’ to deal with the material. Otherwise we Kelvin McCulloch would have to join another CEO Buckerfields ‘stewardship plan’ and pay fees to that plan holder. I thought it was a scam. But I looked into it further and determined that there was indeed regulatory provisions in effect which stated this very thing and according to the regulations, Buckerfields is now a ‘producer’ of printed paper and packaging material, with the best example being our Buckerfields feed bags. I then discussed the alternatives with a Ministry of Environment official and came to realize that we had no choice but to join the only approved stewardship plan in the Province, MMBC. We signed the MMBC contract. But we also read it. And it stated that MMBC had to file audited financial statements on its web site. I recently went to the web site and there are no audited financial statements. Several months later, I have discovered the following: • MMBC is a corporation under the Societies Act comprised of three Directors, two of which live in Ontario. None of the Directors have public sector credentials. All of the Directors represent large corporate interests. • MMBC is not accountable to any government agency, appointed official, elected official or any other government body other than the Registrar of Companies under the Societies Act • MMBC is not governed by the Province’s Financial Administration Act which sets out the rules for the administration of all public monies. • None of the monies collected by MMBC, including the fees Buckerfields is supposed to pay go to the Public Accounts of the Province or any other government organization. • MMBC is not subject to oversight by the Auditor General of BC • Under MMBC’s ‘stewardship plan’ as approved by the Provincial government, MMBC has the authority to charge companies like Buckerfields unlimited fees based on whatever MMBC spends, regardless of what the actual

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costs are to recycle our feed bags and regardless of the fact that we already pay municipal taxes in all eight of our locations. • MMBC has the authority to come into any municipality in the Province and offer financial incentives to the locally elected government to do what MMBC wants in the area of waste collection and recycling; if the locally elected government refuses, MMBC has the authority to do what it wants anyway. • The municipal governments of the province do not know the background of MMBC and don’t yet realize the fees that MMBC is charging to Buckerfields and all the other companies amounts to double taxation • The municipal governments are going to have to give up that tax base they have for waste collection and recycling because the shift to ‘producers’ paying directly for waste collection and recycling eliminates the need and justification for ‘consumers’ i.e. property tax payers to pay for these services through the municipalities. • The Provincial government did not consult with the municipal governments or the public but companies like Buckerfields are pointing it out because until it is resolved, we are being taxed twice for the same service and residential taxpayers (including me) are being taxed for something that someone else is actually paying for. • Taxpayers and municipal governments were not consulted as to whether they really want to shift the financing and control of municipal waste and recycling services out of the municipal jurisdiction, that is , the jurisdiction of democratically elected municipal officials into the hands of a corporation under the Societies Act that is accountable to no one and is outside the jurisdiction of the Provincial Auditor General • Taxpayers and voters are unaware that the fees being charged by MMBC are so onerous that they will cause newspaper closures and job losses of 300-500 in the newspaper industry in British Columbia, even though recycled newsprint is actually very valuable. In finding all this out, I lament the fact that none of this was introduced into the legislature for proper debate because it means that instead of spending my days managing the sale of chicks and garden supplies at Buckerfields, I have to spend my time trying to revive democratic processes in British Columbia, retroactively. I find it

appalling. My position as of the time of this writing is this, we ain’t paying a dime to MMBC and neither should anyone else, not until: • The provincial government reconciles what it is doing with the municipal governments and municipal taxpayers so that taxpayers don’t have to pay twice. • The provincial government takes back the legislation which calls us ‘producers’ and ‘blames us’ for the choices made by manufacturers and indeed consumers that are completely outside of our control. • Any monies charged under the auspices of the Recyling Regulation are included in the Public Accounts of the Province and subject to the provisions of the Financial Administration Act and the Auditor General Act. • Whatever is going to be done is introduced into the Legislative Assembly in the form of a Bill so that the proper public debate can occur. • Insofar as MMBC has not filed its audited financial statements since inception, and the period of time not reported spans more than two years, and insofar as MMBC is actually a taxing and funding agency, there be an independent public enquiry into the financial operations, sources and uses of funds, contractual procedures and expenditures of MMBC. No, Buckerfields is not paying a dime until this cash and power grab is unraveled and revealed for what it is. One final word, 96 per cent of all printed paper and packaging material is already being picked up or deposited into municipally financed facilities. Despite what MMBC is saying, at least 53 per cent of that is already being recycled and it is very likely that number was seriously understated to give the government a reason for its MMBC cash and power grab. In reality, there is no basis for setting up a recycling dictatorship and charging punitive fees to companies like Buckerfields at all. Recycling is a booming business with rapidly increasing prices of marketable commodities. Could that be why the Board of MMBC is all big business and outside the jurisdiction of the Auditor General? We don’t have to change a thing to see recycling take off in BC, in the hands of our elected municipal officials. We need to send the MMBC regime to the recycle bin. editor@saanichnews.com

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Esquimalt efforts applauded – now it’s time to move forward The Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce appreciates the process that Esquimalt council has taken to exercise its duties regarding the rezoning of McLoughlin Point. The process has been comprehensive and may have gone far beyond what is necessary considering the current zoning permits a wastewater treatment facility. The chamber of commerce accepts the regulation requiring sewage treatment and believes the Capital Regional District needs to move expeditiously and efficiently to construct sewage treatment. We recognize that the project process has not been smooth but unfortunately in a public sector procurement, such as this project, challenges are common place. The chamber of commerce would prefer an inexpensive plan and one that has less impact on the community but such a plan is simply not available. The chamber of commerce did recently examine two alternative paths and found that neither were feasible. The plan to oppose sewage treatment and ask for an exemption from federal and provincial environmental regulations is contrary to national environmental standards and does not represent the stewardship for the environment our community believes is a core principal. The plan to have a distributed system at considerably less cost is, after our investigation,

Too many municipalities View Royal, Colwood, Langford, North Saanich, Central Saanich, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, Victoria. Did I miss one? Most have their own police force, fire department, etc. Why? Seems incredibly wasteful and expensive. Amalgamation of all, or two separate municipalities is a no brainer. Everyone I talk to agrees. Put it on the ballot. Stephen Nordquist Victoria

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High-wattage lights have lit up Oak Bay Avenue, flatbed trucks of film gear lined the street along Clover Point and local actors have found their way into background performer and stand-in roles. The upcoming FOX television series Gracepoint has had a visible presence in the community since shooting began at the end of January, and come the

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$25M donated to hospital campaign Daniel Palmer News staff

It took three years, thousands of volunteer hours and more than 3,500 donors, but the Victoria Hospitals Foundation made history last week by reaching its $25-million goal for the Building Care Together campaign. Campaign chair Leslie Farrell was unable to contain her beaming smile as she stepped towards the podium at the Royal Jubilee Patient Care Centre to make the announcement official on Friday. “We were challenged many times in many ways on this goal, but I always knew as a community we’d achieve it,” Farrell said. More than 100 donors and supporters were on hand, including Victoria Hospitals Foundation board chair Alan Lowe, Dr. Brendan Carr, CEO and president of Island Health, and B.C. philanthropist Jim Pattison, who pledged earlier this year to match donations up to $5 million for the remainder of the campaign. “You are one of Canada’s finest business leaders and philanthropists, and we’re glad you picked us,” Farrell told Pattison. The hospital renamed the Patient Care Centre’s atrium and concourse in honour of Pattison for his gift earlier this year.

The Greater Victoria Public Library is partnering with 3M for an e-book pilot project that will make more than 1,000 titles available for lending. GVPL is one of 10 libraries in Canada running the 3M Cloud Library project, which allows library card holders to download e-books to their computer, e-reader or mobile phones for up to 21 days. “Users will truly enjoy how simple and convenient it is to borrow books from the library through services like this,” said Anne Parker, GVPL’s digital collections co-ordinator. Users need only download the 3M Cloud Library app and enter their library card information. The library’s existing OverDrive e-book lending service will also continue, Parker said. For more information, visit gvpl. ca/3m. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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Victoria firefighters abseil down the side of the Royal Jubilee Hospital Patient Care Centre to unveil a thank you banner, as the hospital foundation reached its $25-million fundraising goal this week after more than three years of efforts. Highlights of the celebration included a performance by world renowned harpist Julia Cunningham and multi-talented Victoria musician Daniel Lapp. Outside, Victoria Firefighters rappelled down the eight-storey Patient Care Centre to unfurl a 30-foot banner thanking the community for the donations. Singer Georgia Murray wrapped up the event with a special performance for the community. The $25.2 million in funds will be used

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OPEN HOUSE- Sat & Sun, every weekend, 1-4pm. New Home For Sale: 5887 Stonehaven Dr, 2050sq ft, 2 bdrm + den + rec room heat pump, 5 appls, central vac, $364,500. Near hospital. Quality homes at an affordable price. Call Gord (250)710-1947. OPEN HOUSE- Sat & Sun, every weekend, 1-4pm. New Duplex For Sale, Duncan, at 5909 Stonehaven Dr in Stone Manor Estate’s (near Hospital) 1850sq ft 3 bdrms, 3.5 baths, 5 appls and much more, $295,000. Call Gord, 1-250746-7240.

SIDNEY CONDO for Sale in the Shoal Centre. Thinking of downsizing or buying into a great investment? There’s 1 bdrm, 1 bath, a full kitchen, all appliances and has 4th floor views of Malahat & gorgeous sun sets. Presently rented at $1475/mo. Asking $273,000. Across from Library & Rose gardens. Call (250)655-1956, by appt only. A Real Gem in the Heart of Sidney.

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RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO 1 & 2 Bdrm suites & cabins. Perched on a cliffside with panoramic ocean vista, overlooking The Saanich Inlet. Serene & secure. All amenities on-site, firewood. $500-$1200 inclds utils. Monthly/Weekly. Pets ok with refs. 25 min commute to downtown Victoria. Must have references! Call 250-478-9231.

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ANTIQUES, BOOKS, collectibles, furniture, china, jewelry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700 FIREARMS. ALL types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed Dealer. 1-866-9600045. www.dollars4guns.com

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GORDON HEAD. 3-bdrm, Furnished, 1200 sq.ft. May 1st. Bus #39 to Uvic. $1600. + utils. (250)885-5588.

1993 ACURA INTEGRA (bought in the USA), 204,810, km, in good condition. $2500. Call (250)884-6861.

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1990 CHEVROLET Cavalier Z 24, 3.1 Litre. Only 70,000 km on rebuilt motor. Newer Luc High Performance clutch, 5sp trans, near new Yokohama tires. Red, sun roof, mint interior, power doors/windows (new motors and regulators). Pioneer stereo w/iPod adapter, Pioneer 6x9 3 way speakers. Same owner since 1990, have all receipts. $2500. Chris, 250595-0370 leave message.

SPORTS & IMPORTS ARE YOU a daddy for this Caddy? 2010 Cadillac CTS, (silver with black leather), top luxury 4 door model, fully loaded, like new in every respect. Owned here in Toronto by local business man. Asking only wholesale price, $22,000 firm and fair, no offers, payments or tire-kickers. Call anytime (289)296-7411.

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GREEK RESTAURANT & SNACK BAR Since 1979

LAMB SOUVLAKI IS BACK! About Eugene’s

Take Eugene’s camping or a nice BBQ with friends and family... our Tzatziki & Homous are a tasty treat that goes with anything or pick up our pita bread and make your own souvlaki!

In the alleyway behind the Royal Bank on Douglas and Fort Street, Victoria’s residents of the 80’s learned that Souvlaki and Spanakopita could be addictive, and they loved it. The delicious Greek specialties were created by the Vassiliadis family then… and still are today. The founder of Eugene’s Greek Restaurant, Evgeni (Eugene) Vassiliadis arrived in Victoria from his home in the bustling city of Piraeus (port of Athens) with wife Paschalina (Lina) and two young sons, Elefterios (Terry) and Pantelis (Lee) in November 1974. Only nine-year old Terry understood English and was able to help other family members to settle in. From the very beginning Eugene had a vision to open a traditional Greek Souvlaki Snack Bar in Victoria. However, having arrived in Victoria with only 2 suitcases and a trunk, Eugene began working as a brick-layer, his trade in Greece, in order to support his young family. To supplement the family’s income, Eugene began working in local Greek restaurants by night and took what construction jobs he could during the day. He quickly became head chef of a local Greek Restaurant and soon Lina—an excellent cook herself—joined him. They worked side-by-side until Eugene got a great

Eugene’s Tzatziki, Homous & Pita bread now available at:

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job offer in Edmonton and for a year he worked there, returning to see the family only once a month. Eventually, the family decided Victoria was the place for them. Lina, encouraging Eugene to open a souvlaki snack bar, found their first location in the alleyway of the Royal Bank on Douglas and Fort Street. They opened their doors November 24, 1979. Victorians slowly came to know how wonderful Greek souvlaki could be. With lines getting longer and longer, a second Eugene’s opened in May 1986 at 1280 Broad Street. Today, Terry and partner Pam own and operate the Fort & Foul bay location and Terry’s boys (Evan and Alex), can sometimes be seen carrying on the family tradition making souvlaki. Lee owns and operates Eugene’s warehouse and concentrates his energy on food production and wholesale sales. Lee’s wife Kelly and 6yr old son Evgeni also spend time at the warehouse learning the ins and outs of producing the best Greek food in Victoria. Eugene and Lina oversee from the background while enjoying their retirement, and customers of Victoria continue to enjoy the same wonderful home-made recipes that Eugene and Lina first served in 1979.

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Voted Best in victoria! Celebrating 35 years!

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