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The 12th man Lambrick Park baseball academy student Jake Bosence stands on the deck of a B.C. Ferries vessel on an early morning run from Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen en route to watch the Seattle Seahawks play the St. Louis Rams. Bosence and his dad, Tod, attended the Dec. 28 game, and are part of a growing number of Greater Victoria residents who make the trip across the border to support the Seahawks. As NFL teams allow only eleven players per team on the field at a time, the 12th man implies that fans serve a helpful role in their support of their team. See Page A13 for the story.

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Property value analysis from B.C. Assessment shows the average assessed home value in Saanich increased or decreased slightly from 2014, but the Crown corporation says the changes are ‘nothing substantive.’ Assessment notices will begin showing up at Greater Victoria homes this week. Most homeowners will see moderate range with decreases in value from about minus two per cent to increases of up to three per cent in some areas. “The only trend, and there’s not much of one, is a wee dip in some parts of the Western communities of one to two per cent, and a modest increase of one to two per cent in Victoria, Oak Bay, Saanich and Central Saanich,” said Reuben Danakody, assessor for B.C. Assessment Capital Region. In Saanich, assessments are categorized by school district boundaries. The average SD61 assessment increased slightly from $497,000 last year to $503,000 this year. In SD63, assessments decreased on average from $683,000 to $679,000 over the same period. PlEASE SEE: Property assessments to arrive this week, Page A5

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people felt Saanich council wasn’t open to residents to be heard from,” Plant said. “Moving forward, regardless of the governance review … we can at least in the interim put our money where our mouth is and really show right away that one of Rookie Saanich Coun. Colin Plant the most important things we value is pushing forward with one of his as a council is the public input.” One of those options first acts as an elected officould include conductcial: allowing residents to ing in-camera busiaddress council on any ness prior to the start topic of interest at public of council meetings, a meetings. relatively easy method On Monday, Plant put done elsewhere in the forward a report that region. requests staff look into Esquimalt holds its how other municipalities in-camera business allow public participamostly before public tion at council meetings. council meetings. The motion asks staff to The method allows return with options on the public and counhow to implement poten- Colin Plant. cil a chance to interact tial changes by Jan. 26. immediately following “During the campaign, one of the things that we heard meetings, but the method wasn’t overwhelmingly, was the fact that done intentionally as a way to keep

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the public engaged, said Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins. “It certainly does allow for the public to mingle with council after meetings, but it’s just a matter of your mind being focused on the information at hand. If it’s in-camera, it’s usually significant, and your focus is there at the beginning of the night. Running into 11 p.m. and midnight meetings where you then have to engage in in-camera decisions can be tough.” Desjardins added anything that improves public contact “is all good.” Saanich Mayor Richard Atwell said he hopes Plant’s report and request to staff receives unanimous council support. “I think it’s time to move these things forward and we don’t have time to waste. The sooner we open this up the better,” Atwell said. “Other municipalities have a system that works for them and it may be as simple as replicating the system of View Royal or Esquimalt. I’m interested to see what staff will present to us moving forward,” Atwell added. Council voted on the report Monday night, after The News’ deadline.

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n Coun. Judy Brownoff asked council on Monday to send a letter to the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure requesting it establish a working group to improve the intersection of Admirals Road and McKenzie Avenue/Trans-Canada Highway intersection. Brownoff noted the same method was used in 2010 to solve traffic problems at the Sayward intersection, which at the time had the highest collision rate on Vancouver Island. That working group eventually resulted in a $3 million investment made to address the main safety issues, improve transit operations together with pedestrian and cycling improvements. Brownoff hoped the new working group would include members of the Ministry, the District of Saanich, the Capital Regional District, BCTransit, Gorge Waterway Initiative, School District 61 and Island Catholic Schools (major property owners) and relevant community associations.

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Saanich’s Ryan Cochrane is as fast as ever at 26-yearsold, coming off a double-gold medal year at the Commonwealth Games and a bronze at the short course World Championships. Swimming Canada

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Well-comported and well-decorated with Olympic and Commonwealth games medals, Ryan Cochrane can come off as one of the nicer guys in Canadian sport. And so he should. The model citizen was recently named Swimming Canada’s OMEGA Male Swimmer of the Year for the seventh straight time for winning gold in the 1,500-metre and 400m (long course) freestyle events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and bronze in the 1,500m (short course) World Championship. It was another big year for the former Claremont secondary student, who also completed a major in psychology at the University of Victoria this year. His words are calculated and intelligent. But by no means is Cochrane without an edge, one that’s intertwined with his deep desire to succeed.

At 26, Cochrane has become the elder statesman among Swimming Canada’s athletes, and he’s not done yet, having embarked on a two-month training block to start the year. His aim is to win gold at the 2015 FINA long course (50metre) World Championship in August with an eye on the 2016 Rio Olympics. “I said 2016 will be my last Olympics, Tokyo 2020 is a little too far out, but I never said the Rio Olympics would be my last meet.” In terms of expectations, it’s best to let Cochrane decide for himself. He was “disgusted” at himself following his first Olympic bronze in the 1,500m freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Games, at just 19 years of age. He won silver in the 1,500m freestyle at the 2012 Olympics and simple logic would suggest, if he is still improving, that yet another podium finish awaits him in the 1,500m of Rio de Janeiro 2016. Perfomance will dictate his post-Rio career. “I constantly surprise myself, I didn’t think my later 20s would be my best years because the general age of peaking is 20 to 22, but I do have an expectation that this should be my best year,” he said.

Case in point, Cochrane was sixth in the men’s 400m freestyle (3:39.29) at the FINA short course (25m) World Swimming Championships in Qatar last month. Turning, or tumbling, is not Cochrane’s strength, and rarely does he medal in the short course events. However, at just 0.19 seconds off his national record pace from 2009, Cochrane is looking fit. He did manage bronze in the short course 1,500m in Qatar, though he

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admits in the 25m pool he could probably do away with some of the swimming technique that makes him so powerful in the longer 50m course. “Turning is different, and it means there’s less finesse needed in the stroke because you don’t deteriorate as much in the 25m,” Cochrane said. “I’m a pretty technical athlete so in the 25m it’s almost like you should be putting more importance on tempo or cadence rather than how nice it looks. I could get better at it eventually but … to be in that kind of shape only a couple months into the season is awesome.” One thing that’s consistent for Cochrane, either on short course or long, is his running mates on the podium. Cochrane, Chinese star Sun Yang, Tunisian Oussama Mellouli and Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri will be the favourites in the 1,500m at this summer’s long course World Championships in Kazan, Russia, which runs from Aug. 5 to 16. Yang made headlines recently for taking the banned substance Trimetazidine (TMZ) earlier in 2014. It wasn’t just the fact he used a performance enhancing drug,

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but the way Cochrane and other swimmers found out about it. TMZ is used to treat angina pectoris, a coronary issue. It was added to the banned list in 2014 as it was believed to improve performance but was dropped again for 2015. However, the Chinese athletic administration didn’t release the news that Yang had tested positive until November, six months after it was discovered. Yang was suspended three months, but that time already been served. “Going forward we want more transparency in those cases, which is not how it stands now,” Cochrane said. “In Canada, it’s released immediately. … This was all a bit secretive, which isn’t good for anyone,” he said. Controversy aside, 2015 begins for Cochrane in Surfer’s Paradise on Australia’s Gold Coast, with a hard training block. “Being on top of the podium isn’t something I’ve done very often and I want more of that. I’m focused on the World Championships. The bravado you can gain going into the Olympics is one of the most important things you can do.” reporter@saanichnews.com

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Property assessments to arrive this week Continued from Page A1

Always titillating is the release of the 100 most highly-valued properties, led by the all-private James Bay Island ($51.6 million) and Samuel Island ($16.9 million). In fact, most of the top 20 properties are either private islands or on Oak Bay waterfront. Waterfront also dominates criteria among Saanich’s top 10 valued properties, except for one fiveacre stead at 1063 Gardenwood Crt., valued at $5.3 million and situated in the heart of Broadmead subdivisions. Without an ocean view, the 10,000 square-foot house and large property comprise its higher assessed value. “Judging from the assessment, it’s not your typical size house,” Danakody said. “It’s a huge house and it’s not common to get that kind of house and property in (Greater) Victoria.” The mansion boasts a first floor living area of 6,139 square feet, second floor with 3,624 and finished basement of 3,100 more. About 98 per cent of the owners for the prov-

Saanich’s top 10 properties 1. $6,369,000: 2690 Queenswood Dr. Ocean waterfront acreage. 2. $6,344,000: 3911 Smugglers Cove Rd. Ocean waterfront single family residence. 3. $5,883,000: 3051 Mcanally Rd. Ocean Waterfront single family residence. 4. $5,673,000: 2795 Sea View Rd. Ocean waterfront single family residence. 5. $5,583,000: 2901 Sea View Rd. Ocean waterfront acreage. 6. $5,488,000. 2676 Queenswood Dr. Ocean waterfront acreage. 7. $5,373,000: 1063 Gardenwood Crt. Royal Oak/Broadmead acreage. 8. $5,134,000: 2490 Shannon Pl. Ocean waterfront acreage. 9. $4,966,000: 2524 Queenswood Dr. Ocean waterfront acreage. There are 13 more Saanich properties assessed in the region’s top-100. Source: B.C. Assessment

ince’s 1,974,120 properties are expected to accept their property assessment without requesting an independent review, but anyone with concerns must contact B.C. Assessment by Feb. 2. The most dramatic swings in value year over year tend to be from a correction in information, Danakody said. In that case, owners are notified ahead of time to avoid surprise. B.C. Assessment sent letters to about 1,300 Greater Victoria owners in September to warn them they were facing a 15 per cent increase or decrease. See bcassessment.ca to view individual properties and for a list of the top 100 most highly valued properties in each B.C. region. reporter@saanichnews.com

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French in Grade 6. No of French Cedar is Cedar Hillprior Golfknowledge 250.475.7150 Hill 250.475.7121 $502,000 expected. By Grade 8, Late French Immersion students Gordon Head 250.475.7100 GR Pearkes 250.475.5400 $503,000 have usually achieved a level of fluency equivalent to Commonwealth Place 250.475.7600 those in Early Immersion. $679,000

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$536,000

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$312,000

Highlands

$451,000

View Royal

$429,000

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$432,000

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$296, 000

Gulf Islands

$479, 000

Late French Immersion students begin to study French in Late French Immersion is offered at: Grade 6. No prior knowledge of French is expected. By Grade 8, Late *French have Middle usually achieved a * Arbutus Middle Cedar Immersion Hill Middlestudents * Central $681,000 * Lansdowne Middle * Shoreline Middle level of fl uency equivalent to those in Early Immersion. $530,000 $299,000 Late French Immersion is open to any student entering Grade 6 in Late French Immersion is offered at: $441,000 September, 2014. To apply to enroll in Late Immersion, go to your

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Reforming public input process to be applauded Saanich council was set to approve the first step in allowing public participation at council meetings Monday night with a motion from Coun. Colin Plant. Right now, Saanich doesn’t allow the public to address council unless that person is speaking to a specific item during what’s called the “Committee of the Whole.” That agenda generally includes no more than one or two items, such as a development application or a zoning change request. Anything on the council agenda, however, is not open to public input. Further, anything NOT on the agenda can’t be mentioned at all. Plant’s motion asks staff to find out, among other things, how other municipalities handle non-agenda-related input from the public at council meetings, and then to present those options with the necessary steps to achieve a greater level of public participation in Saanich. It’s a quality first step for a new councillor, and one that shows Plant isn’t just waiting for others to take the lead (though if he’s committed to working collaboratively, changes are Plant ran this motion up the flag pole for his colleagues before they all sat down publicly). An equally useful motion came forward from Coun. Judy Brownoff, who hopes to establish a transportation working group comprised of the province, regional and local government, community associations and others to finally start sorting out the mess at Admirals-McKenzie and the Trans-Canada Highway. It worked in 2010, Brownoff pointed out, when Saanich was grappled with the embarrassing title of the most crash-prone intersection on Vancouver Island at Sayward Road. But it only took $3 million to solve that problem; a McKenzie-TCH overpass or other fix will likely be a much heftier price tag. Regardless, these are two solid plans that (hopefully) all of council can get behind as they attempt to build a collaborative relationship and move forward from early hiccups. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@saanichnews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

U.S. ripping us off on water The U.S. has Canada over a barrel of the value of flood protection from 1968 all the way to 2024. on water as well as oil these days, Boy, did we get taken. The SFU but the tide is turning. team calculates the value Last week I mentioned of that flood control to a new book called The the U.S. at more like $32 Columbia River Treaty – billion. A Primer by members of That’s not even Simon Fraser University’s the worst of it. The climate adaptation Kootenays were once team. This slim volume the leading fruit and makes the case that B.C. vegetable growing area has ended up with a in B.C., bigger than the shockingly bad deal from Okanagan. Now in the this 1964 treaty, which concerned itself entirely Tom Fletcher Arrow Lakes and other reservoirs, levels rise and with flood control and B.C. Views fall dramatically to steady hydroelectric power. the flow south. In addition In those days there to the large areas permanently was little or no environmental flooded by the Mica, Duncan assessment. Agriculture, fish and Hugh Keenleyside dams, habitat and aboriginal impacts this renders more of B.C.’s prime were ignored. More than a decade bottom land impassable. after the disastrous flood year of B.C. is paid precisely zero for 1948, once Ottawa stopped its bureaucratic delays, U.S. public and this sacrifice, while Washington state has developed a $5 billionprivate power utilities paid B.C. a-year farm economy using our $254 million to build three dams on stable irrigation source. That has the Columbia system. helped their tree fruit growers push Those dams (and one at Libby, some Okanagan orchardists out of Montana that mostly floods B.C. business. land) hold back the huge spring As U.S. billionaires continue to runoff from the Rockies and bankroll environmental attacks on then dole out water for power B.C. and Alberta energy projects, production in B.C. and for the it’s worth noting that long before 15 hydro dams previously built the treaty, the U.S. militarydownstream in the U.S. The U.S. payment was for half the industrial complex had wiped out the Columbia River salmon runs. power over 30 years, which B.C. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers didn’t need at the time. Then our and its private power partners American cousins cut us another dammed everything they could cheque for $64 million, an estimate

find, exterminating a fishery bigger than the Fraser that had sustained aboriginal people on both sides of today’s border for thousands of years. B.C. Energy Minister Bill Bennett and SFU’s Jon O’Riordan both described to me their experience at the Columbia River Basin conference, held last October in Spokane. Their main impression was that Americans, including traditional tribes, want those salmon runs restored. Vast amounts have been spent on hatcheries and habitat to speed recovery below the Grand Coulee dam, which stands like a giant tombstone for migratory fisheries above it. Should the Americans ever manage to get salmon above their biggest dam, it will largely be up to B.C. to provide sufficient cool water to keep them alive. That service has an increasing value to the U.S. as well as an ongoing cost to B.C. Bennett surprised some in Spokane when he said the U.S. needs to pay more for the benefits from the Columbia River Treaty. The flood control agreement expires in 2024. The treaty requires 10 years’ notice for either country to exit. Climate shifts are expected to make B.C. water more important than ever. Your move, Uncle Sam. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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Webcasting of council meetings now commonplace across region Live webcasting and archiving of council meetings has become commonplace. Many municipalities on Vancouver Island have implemented webcasting so residents are able to remotely follow council business. North Saanich, Central Saanich, Victoria, Esquimalt, Colwood, Sooke, North Cowichan, Nanaimo, Parksville,

Courtenay, Comox and Campbell River provide this valuable service for their residents. Saanich, the most populous municipality on Vancouver Island, discussed webcasting at a council meeting on Nov. 5, 2012, referring the matter to staff. Yet over two years later, it still hasn’t been implemented. Whatever the initial

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was never given the chance to prove or disprove his willingness; he was summarily dismissed before the mayor even took office. The new CAO will labour under the knowledge that he’d better please Mayor Atwell, or he, too, will be shown the door. If he knows which side his bread’s buttered on, compliance with the mayor’s wishes will be the order of the day. That’s a consequence to Saanich’s taxpayers that could prove a lot more expensive than half a million dollars. Lorraine Lindsay Saanich

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With an organic waste ban now in full effect, diverting kitchen waste from the Hartland landfill is about education, not enforcement, says Tom Watkins, the CRD’s manager of environmental resource management, planning and policy. The kitchen scraps landfill ban started on Jan. 1, with the last of the CRD municipalities implementing a kitchen waste pickup earlier in 2014. “We have bylaw officers monitoring (Hartland landfill’s) active surface but we’re not looking to ticket a banana peel in one entire haul,” Watkins said. “We’re looking for large, obvious quantities of (organic waste) coming in, and when we see it, we’ll have conversations with the hauler.”

Just as the blue box recycling program had its hiccups, and still does, the diversion of kitchen and organic waste from Hartland is an ongoing education process. “We’re here to make people aware of the alternatives,” Watkins said. “It’s a behaviour change that will take time. To this day we still have people unaware that cardboard is banned at Hartland Landfill, it’s been 20 years.” The main focus for now is on larger loads of refuge, such as the waste from a commercial food court or grocery market. However, Hartland does accept kitchen and organic waste in a separate facility, so it can be brought to the site by individuals with other recyclables and waste. There’s also some movement on the composting front, as the region’s compostable

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Artist Carlos Colín examines Definiciones (Definitions), a new text-based exhibition at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.

The first exhibition of 2015 at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria considers the use of language in English and in Spanish. Definiciones (Definitions) opens in the LAB Gallery on Jan. 16 with the text based work of Mexicanborn and raised artist Carlos Colín, who now resides in Vancouver. The exhibition explores the impact, limits, and ruptures of language in our everyday lives, and the ways language shapes our thinking about life, social structures, race, culture, geography, politics, and art. Definiciones (Definitions) is paired with the exhibition In Another Place, and Here, opening at the AGGV on Jan. 24, which uses photography to investigate the

relationships between self and place. “As a Mexican artist working in a Canadian context, this project presents a series of definitions in English and Spanish to see how these definitions generate thought around human rights by questioning what a democracy means, or a society means, and how we can reclaim language that is often inherently colonial,” Colín said. “My research investigates how contemporary art, artists, and art institutions are involved in current social movements and how art contributes to social change in Latin America,” he said. Colín completed a BA in Visual Communication and Design (2004) and a

MFA from the National School of Fine Art in Mexico City and a second MFA from the University of British Columbia. He’s now pursuing a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from UBC. Colín participated in the Vancouver Art Gallery Auction in 2014, the Satellite Gallery and Back Gallery Project in Vancouver, BC in 2013 and the Biennial of Painting Rufino Tamayo in Mexico City in 2011. The LAB at the AGGV is a contemporary experimental space designed specifically for presenting challenging and dynamic projects. The exhibition runs through April 19, 2015. For more information, visit aggv.ca or call 250384-4171. editor@saanichnews.com

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After a $675,000 upgrade to Cadboro-Gyro Park in 2014, Saanich parks and engineering staff will begin addressing persistent stormwater pooling in the

parking lot and nearby washrooms later this year. “We’ve got a challenge there with the park essentially being below the sea level during storm events,” said Andrew Giles, parks construction and maintenance manager.

When a perfect storm combines during high tide that forces south-easterly winds and heavy rainfall, stormwater runoff becomes trapped in the parking lot and nearby areas of the park, Giles said. “So basically what’s hap-

pening is there’s a tide flex valve that prevents the sea water from flowing back at high tide after a storm surge,” he said. “Once that valve closes, there’s nowhere else for the storm water to go.” That’s good because

the valve stops flooding in the basements of nearby homes, but it also means the rain water can’t flow out into Cadboro Bay. “This is a situation that’s not new,” Giles said. “It’s happened for years and years. We’re hoping the

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The morning of Dec. 28 began like many others for Kevin Light. With a 5:20 a.m. start, the former Olympic rower, gold medalist and Saanich resident beat the break of dawn and headed towards Elk Lake, where he previously trained until his hands bled. But Light was headed for another boat that day: the 7 a.m. ferry to Tsawwassen and then on to Seattle for NFL gameday. “(Dec. 28) was my sixth Seahawks’ game, and I have to say I’ve become an NFL fan now but I wasn’t when I started,” said Light, a freelance photographer who attended the sidelines of CenturyLink Field prior to the Seahawks’ kickoff versus the St. Louis Rams that day. “It’s actually easier to take photos of the game when you’re not a fan, because you don’t get wrapped up in the game,” he said. “But now, I get excited about the opportunity and the event surrounding the game. Just the excitement of it, it’s a cool vibe that falls on Seattle. You feel it walking to the game.” The fever and hype isn’t for nothing, as the defending NFL champion Seahawks have found the magic of late. That fever is also becoming a significant tourism driver for a growing number of Seahawks fans in Greater Victoria and across B.C. A Seattle trip involving B.C. Ferries can take anywhere from five to eight hours, depending on border lineups. But it’s all worth it, said Grade 12 Lambrick Park baseball academy student Jake Bosence, who made the trek that day with his dad, Tod. “I’ve been to a Canucks playoff game, I’ve seen some other games, but the Seahawks is unreal, it’s out of this world,” Bosence said. It was the second straight year that Bosence attended a Seahawks game. Both games were against the last-place Rams because they were the cheapest tickets he could get for the season. Ironically, however, the Rams match-up was the biggest home game of the season to date and set the stage for this weekend’s semifinal against the Carolina Panthers. The Seahawks flourished in the second half of the Rams game, scor-

ing two touchdowns and winning 20-6. It clinched a home berth in the NFL playoffs for the team. “Both times, we took B.C. Ferries to the game,” Bosence said. “One day, it’d be cool to go down the day before by float plane or the Victoria Clipper and spend the night, but I’ll do whatever to get down there.” Among the most luxurious ways to travel is Seattle’s Kenmore Air seaplanes, which flies harbour to harbour. The small-plane company is openly thankful to the Island’s Seahawks faithful, who have helped with a significant boost to business since the lead up to last year’s Seahawks NFL championship. “On a typical winter weekend, we fly one or two (five-seat) Beavers to Victoria per day, but on Dec. 27th and 28th, we pulled (10-seat) Otters from our San Juan routes and ran them all day long, which is only normal for a Friday,” said Colleen Eastman, marketing co-ordinator for Kenmore Air. “Our numbers have definitely picked up because of the Seahawks, but it’s hard to put a number on exactly how many, though a lot of the ridership is so excited they actually tell us,” Eastman said. Light estimated Bosence was one of about 10 obvious Seahawks fans on the 7 a.m. boat. The early 1:30 p.m. start forced a lot of fans to fly and sail down the day before. Victoria Clipper and BlackBall Ferry Line’s M.V. COHO also sail out of the Inner Harbour and are sure to be packed for this weekend’s Seahawks game versus the Panthers at CenturyLink Field. Kickoff is at 5:30 p.m. reporter@saanichnews.com

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650 g

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per lb 6.30 kg

466

per lb 6.30 kg

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346

600 g

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236

570 g

136

100 g

696

PEPPER'S OWN

Garden Salad

496

180 g

Granola Bars

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500

750 ml

175-230 g

12 Roll

310-430 g

ADAMS

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each

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3/ 00

NATURE VALLEY

Instant Hot Oatmeal

per 100 g

SAN PELLEGRINO

700-900 g

Asst.

CASCADE

500 g

Perogies 96

Shepherds Pie

Bocconcini Cherry

Assorted 907 g

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220-240 g

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500

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per lb 8.51 kg

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500 ml

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256

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per 100 g Troll Caught. Pin Bone Removed

146

per 100 g

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466

Greek Salad

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500 g Asst.

226

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326

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286

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